Introduction; Supported Ibm System Storage Dcs Series With Gen2 Controllers; Receiving Product Updates And Support Notifications; Ds Storage Subsystem Installation And Support Guides - IBM System Storage DCS Series Installation And Migration Manual

Introduction

This document describes how to add new SAS hard disk drives or a new IBM
System Storage
existing IBM storage subsystem configuration. This document also describes how
to migrate hard disk drives or IBM System Storage storage enclosures that contain
hard disk drives from one storage subsystem to another.
This document also describes how to replace the storage subsystem with a new
storage subsystem of the same or different model. In this case, all the hard disk
drives and storage enclosures in the original configuration become part of the new
configuration.
Before you begin, familiarize yourself with the information in Chapter 1,
"Prerequisites to adding capacity and hard disk drive migration," on page 1. Your
familiarity with the information described in this document is critical to preventing
loss of data availability, and in some cases, loss of data.

Supported IBM System Storage DCS Series with Gen2 controllers

IBM System Storage DCS Series include the following storage models:
v IBM System DCS3700 Storage Subsystem with Gen2 Controllers
v IBM System DCS3860 Storage Subsystem with Gen2 Controllers

Receiving product updates and support notifications

Be sure to download the latest levels of the following packages at the time of
initial installation and when product updates become available:
v DS Storage Manager host software
v Controller firmware
v Environmental service modules (ESM) firmware
v Hard disk drive firmware
Important: Keep your system up-to-date with the latest firmware and other
product updates by subscribing to receive support notifications.
For more information about how to register for support notifications, see
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ and click My notifications.

DS Storage Subsystem installation and support guides

This document frequently refers to the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
Version 11.2 Installation and Host Support Guide for the storage subsystems.
To access the documentation related to your storage subsystem, operating system,
and DS Storage Manager version from the IBM Support Portal, complete the
following steps:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal.
2. Under Choose your products, click Browse for a product or Search for a
3. Under Choose your task, click Documentation.
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