Chapter 2. Installation; Installation Overview - IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145 Quick Start Manual

Chapter 2. Installation

Learn about installation procedures for your system.

Installation overview

The installation and initial configuration of your system is carried out by an IBM Service Support
Representative (SSR), following the plan you provide to them.
Hardware installation tasks that an IBM SSR completes
To install the hardware, an IBM SSR must complete the following tasks:
Important: You must complete the planning tasks and provide completed worksheets to the IBM SSR
before they can proceed with installing and initializing your system.
1. An IBM SSR unpacks and installs the control enclosures and any optional SAS expansion enclosures in
the rack.
2. Referring to the worksheets that you completed, the IBM SSR completes the cabling.
Note:
If the IBM SSR is aware of your intent to add the to an existing system, the IBM SSR installs the control
enclosure for you, but does not initialize a system on it.
Initial setup tasks that an IBM SSR completes
After the hardware is installed, an IBM SSR connects a workstation to the control enclosure technician
port and completes the following tasks:
1. Configuring the system with a name, and management and service IP addresses.
Note: If you are planning on adding control enclosure to an existing Storwize
the IBM SSR of this intention. In this case, the IBM SSR installs the control enclosure for you, but does
not initialize a system on it, because the Storwize V7000 system is already initialized .
2. Logging in to the control enclosure using the management GUI, and completing the system setup
wizard using information from the customer-supplied worksheets.
First customer tasks
After the IBM SSR completes the service setup process, you will log in to the control enclosure and
complete the following tasks by using the customer setup wizard:
1. Changing the system password
2. Setting the date and time
3. Creating I/O groups (if applicable)
4. Confirming the Call Home settings that were entered by the IBM SSR
5. Configuring licensed functions
6. Creating storage pools
At the completion of the setup wizard, the setup wizard creates storage arrays and assigns the MDisks to
the storage pools.
After the installation and initial configuration of the hardware is complete, IBM strongly recommends that
you check to see whether a later level of firmware and software is available and update to that level.
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