IBM TotalStorage DS300 Quick Installation Manual

IBM

TotalStorage

DS300

and

DS400

Quick

Installation

Guide

Before

using

this

information

and

the

product

it

supports,

read

the

“IBM

Statement

of

Limited

Warranty”

in

the

IBM

Machine

Types

1700

and

1701

Warranty

and

Support

Information

document

on

the

IBM

®

Documentation

CD.

Obtaining

the

documentation

from

the

IBM

Support

Web

site

All

IBM

TotalStorage

®

documentation

that

is

referred

to

in

this

Quick

Installation

Guide

is

on

the

IBM

Documentation

CD

that

comes

with

the

storage

subsystem.

The

storage

subsystem

might

have

features

that

are

not

described

in

the

documentation

that

you

received

with

the

unit.

The

documentation

might

be

updated

occasionally

to

include

information

about

those

features,

or

technical

updates

might

be

available

to

provide

additional

information

that

is

not

included

in

the

storage

subsystem

documentation.

These

updates

are

available

from

the

IBM

Web

site.

To

check

for

updated

documentation

and

technical

updates,

complete

the

following

steps.

Note:

Changes

are

made

periodically

to

the

IBM

Web

site.

The

actual

procedure

might

vary

slightly

from

what

is

described

in

this

document.

1.

Go

to

http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/.

2.

On

the

“Support

for

TotalStorage

products”

page,

under

Select

your

product

,

in

the

Product

family

field,

select

Disk

storage

systems

.

3.

In

the

Product

field,

select

DS300

Disk

System

or

DS400

Disk

System

.

4.

Click

Go

.

5.

Under

Technical

resources

,

select

Documentation

.

Before

you

begin,

you

should

have

a

plan

for

how

you

want

to

install

this

storage

subsystem

into

a

storage

network.

This

plan

should

allow

for

the

data

servers,

management

station,

host

bus

adapters,

switches,

and

other

equipment.

See

Chapter

2

(for

TotalStorage

DS300)

or

Chapter

5

(for

TotalStorage

DS400)

in

the

IBM

TotalStorage

DS300

and

DS400

Hardware

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

for

more

information.

Installing

the

hardware

To

install

the

hardware,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Remove

all

packing

materials.

2.

Install

the

rails

and

the

DS300

or

DS400

storage

subsystem

into

a

standard

EIA

19-inch

rack

(see

the

printed

Rack

Installation

Instructions

document

that

comes

with

the

storage

subsystem

for

instructions).

3.

Install

the

front

bezel

on

the

DS300

or

DS400

storage

subsystem

(see

Chapter

10

of

the

Hardware

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

for

instructions).

4.

Install

hard

disk

drives

in

the

DS300

or

DS400

storage

subsystem

(see

Chapter

10

of

the

Hardware

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

for

instructions).

5.

Connect

the

power

cables

that

come

with

the

DS300

or

DS400

storage

subsystem

to

the

power

distribution

unit

(see

“Power

cabling”

in

Chapter

9

of

the

Hardware

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

for

instructions).

6.

Install

the

small-form-factor

pluggable

(SFP)

modules

and

connect

the

Ethernet

and

Fibre

Channel

cables.

For

instructions,

see

Chapter

3

(for

DS300)

or

Chapter

7

(for

DS400)

of

the

Hardware

Installation

and

User’s

Guide.