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IBM System Storage DS4800 Storage Subsystem: Installation, User's, and Maintenance Guide
Power cords and receptacles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 2. Installing the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Heat output, airflow, and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing for installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Preparing the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Preparing the rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the support rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing the DS4800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Releasing and locking a component lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing the components
Installing the DS4800 on the support rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing the components
Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Handling fiber-optic cables
Installing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing fiber-optic cables
Using LC-LC fibre-channel cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting an LC-LC cable to an SFP module . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing an LC-LC fibre-channel cable
Using LC-SC fibre-channel cable adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Connecting an LC-SC cable adapter to a device
Removing an LC-LC cable from an LC-SC cable adapter . . . . . . . 58
Connecting storage expansion enclosures to the DS4800 . . . . . . . . . 59
Redundant drive channel pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Overview of steps to connect storage expansion enclosure to a storage
subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DS4800 drive cabling rules and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . 67
DS4800 Storage Subsystem drive cabling topologies . . . . . . . . . . 69
One DS4800 and one storage expansion enclosure . . . . . . . . . 70
One DS4800 and two storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . . . 71
One DS4800 and four storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . . . 73
One DS4800 and eight storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . . 75
One DS4800 and fourteen EXP810 storage expansion enclosures . . . . 76
One DS4800 and sixteen EXP710 storage expansion enclosures . . . . 78
One DS4800 to seven EXP810 and eight EXP710 storage expansion
enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
One DS4800 to two or more storage expansion enclosures in a mixed
environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cabling the storage expansion enclosures to a DS4800 storage subsystem 84
Storage expansion enclosure settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Fibre channel loop and ID settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
DS4000 storage expansion enclosure ID settings . . . . . . . . . . 86
Connecting hosts to the DS4800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Connecting secondary interface cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configuring the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Storage subsystem management methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Host-agent (in-band) management method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Direct (out-of-band) management method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fibre channel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Fibre channel host loop configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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