Chapter 4. Installation; Installation Checklist; Planning For Installation - IBM Medium J11 Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Chapter 4. Installation

Installation checklist

Plan and successfully install your enclosure system into an industry standard 1.2 m rack cabinet.
CAUTION: To install the system, use only the power cords supplied.
The following table outlines the steps required to install the enclosure. To ensure successful installation,
perform the tasks in the order presented. For rackmount installation, temporarily place all disk drive
modules in a static-protected area, and then install them after the Disk Enclosure is installed in the rack.
Table 14. Installation checklist
Step
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
The environment in which the enclosure operates must be dust-free to ensure adequate airflow.
2
Locate the disk modules and temporarily place them in a static-protected environment for population
of the disk bays once the enclosure is installed and secured into the rack.
3
Removing CRUs before rack-mounting is not necessary, but can be done to lighten the enclosure. See
removal and installation steps for individual CRUs. If you temporarily remove the CRUs, label them and
place CRUs and disk modules in a static-protected environment.

Planning for installation

Before beginning the enclosure installation, familiarize yourself with the system configuration
requirements. The figures listed below show the locations for each plug-in module:
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Task
Unpack the enclosure
Plan and prepare for installing
the Disk Enclosure into the rack
For rackmount installation, defer
installing disks until the Disk
Enclosure is rack-mounted
Install the Disk Enclosure into
the rack space
Cable the Disk Enclosure to IBM
COS Medium and Large Disk
Enclosures
Connect power cords
Test enclosure connectivity
Where to find procedure
See "Unpacking the Disk
Enclosure" on page 27
See "Required tools" on page
1
29
See "Requirements for
rackmount installation" on page
29
See "Populating disk drive slots"
on page 12
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See "ESD precautions" on page
55
See "Installing the Disk
Enclosure" on page 30
See "Routing cables using the
CMA" on page 38 and "Power
cord connection" on page 42
See "Power cord connection" on
page 42
See "Testing enclosure
connections" on page 42
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