Table Of Contents - IBM TotalStorage DS4300 Installation, User's, And Maintenance Manual

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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2006
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
About this document
FAStT product renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Who should read this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
DS4000 Storage Subsystem installation tasks - General overview . . . . . . xviii
Notices used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Figures used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Getting information, help, and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Fire suppression systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
How to send your comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Product updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
IBM DS4300 Model 6LU/6LX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DS4300 Model 60U/60X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IBM DS4300 Model 60U/60X with Turbo option . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
DS4000 EXP storage expansion enclosures
Features at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Clustering support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Best practices guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Storage subsystem components
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Back view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Interface ports and switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Software and hardware compatibility and upgrades
Software and firmware support code upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
DS4300 hardware and software compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Determining firmware levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shock and vibration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Heat output, airflow, and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 2. Installing and configuring the storage subsystem . . . . . . 21
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rack mounting template and instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the storage subsystem in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting server/tray ID settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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