Hardware Installation Planning - IBM Storwize V5010 Manual

2.1 Hardware installation planning

After you verify that you have all of the hardware components that you purchased, it is
important to perform the correct planning before the actual physical installation. The following
checklist of requirements can be used to plan your installation:
 Install the hardware as described in Chapter 2 of the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 Quick
Installation Guide, GC27-8597 available from here:
https://www.ibm.com/support/home/product/5455835/IBM%20Storwize%20V5000
 An appropriate 19-inch rack must be available. Depending on the number of enclosures to
install, more than one might be required. Each enclosure measures 2 U. A single Storwize
V5010 or Storwize V5020 control enclosure supports up to 10 expansion enclosures. A
single Storwize V5030 control enclosure supports up to 20 expansion enclosures.
 Redundant power outlets must be in the rack for each of the two power cords that are
required for each enclosure to be installed. Several power outlets are required, depending
on the number of enclosures to be installed. The power cords conform to the IEC320
C13/C14 standards.
 A minimum of four Fibre Channel ports that are attached to redundant fabrics are required.
For dual I/O group systems, a minimum of eight Fibre Channel ports are required.
Fibre Channel ports: Fibre Channel (FC) ports are required only if you are using FC
hosts or clustered systems that are arranged as two I/O groups. You can use the IBM
Storwize V5000 Gen2 with Ethernet-only cabling for Internet Small Computer System
Interface (iSCSI) hosts or use serial-attached SCSI (SAS) cabling for hosts that are
directly attached.
 For the Storwize V5020 systems, up to two hosts can be directly connected by using SAS
ports 2 and 3 on each node canister, with SFF-8644 mini SAS HD cabling.
 You must have a minimum of two Ethernet ports on the LAN, with four preferred for more
redundancy or iSCSI host access.
 You must have a minimum of two Ethernet cable drops, with four preferred for more
redundancy or iSCSI host access. If you have two I/O groups, you must have a minimum
of four Ethernet cable drops. Ethernet port 1 on each node canister must be connected to
the LAN, with port two as optional.
LAN connectivity: Port 1 on each node canister must be connected to the same
physical local area network (LAN) or be configured in the same virtual LAN (VLAN) and
be on the same subnet or set of subnets.
Technician port: On the Storwize V5010 and V5020 models, Port 2 is the
port
the LAN until the system initialization or service is complete.
The Storwize V5030 model has a dedicated technician port.
 The 10 Gb Ethernet (copper) ports of a Storwize V5030 system require a Category 6A
shielded cable that is terminated with an 8P8C modular connector (RJ45 compatible
connector) to function at 10 Gb.
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, which is used for system initialization and service. Port 2 must not be connected to
technician