Preparing your equipment You must install your nodes in your system cabinets or equipment racks, depending on your installation type. Installing the nodes in equipment racks Before you cable your nodes together, you install the nodes and disk shelves in the equipment rack, label the disk shelves, and connect the nodes to the network. Installing the nodes in a system cabinet Before you cable your nodes together, you must install the system cabinet, nodes, and any disk shelves, and connect the nodes to the network. If you have two cabinets, the cabinets must be connected together. Parent topic: Installing and cabling an HA pair