Appendix C. Ibm Equipment And Documents; Installation Components - IBM DS8880 Series Introduction And Planning Manual

Appendix C. IBM equipment and documents

Use the documents provided with your storage system to identify and check your
main components.
The equipment that you receive can be grouped as follows:
v Components that must stay with the shipment because they are needed for
v Components that are for customer use
v Components that must stay with the storage system after installation because
Note: These lists are not intended to be a comprehensive list. They describe only
the main shipped components.

Installation components

Your shipment includes all the equipment that is needed for the installation of
your storage systems. Equipment includes storage systems, power cords, adapters,
cables, installation instructions, and other essential material.
The following installation components are included with your shipment:
Storage system
Hardware Management Console
Power cords
Various media
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installation
they are needed by your technical service representatives
Your shipment includes one or more of the following frames that you
ordered:
v Base frame
v Expansion frames
When the frames arrive, they contain any ordered I/O enclosures, device
adapters, storage enclosures, drives, and the appropriate cables to support
those components. IBM installs these components at the factory.
A primary management console is included with each base frame that you
order. The management console is physically located (installed) inside the
base frame. If needed, you can order a secondary management console for
the base frame.
Your shipment includes the power cords that you ordered.
IBM ships the following media, which are used during the installation of
your storage systems:
v Installation media, which includes installation scripts for the I/O
attachment for AIX and HP-UX, DS CLI (command-line interface)
software, and IBM Multipath Subsystem Device Driver installation
instructions and software
v Licensed machine code (LMC) media for the MC
v Operating system media
v LMC media for the 283x or 533x machine type
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