Operating Environment; Ess 3000 Requirements - IBM ESS 3000 Hardware Planning And Installation Manual

– A clearly visible and accessible emergency power off switch is required.
– For redundancy, two independent power circuits are required. One circuit connects to each power
supply in each enclosure.
• Have you provided appropriate connectivity by preparing your environment?

Operating environment

To use the system, you must meet the minimum hardware and software requirements and ensure that
the other operating environment criterias are met.
Supported hosts
IBM Spectrum Scale needs to be installed on the host server before it is connected to ESS 3000. IBM
Spectrum Scale provides the high-performance scale-out clustering capabilities. For a list of supported
host type and OS, see the IBM Spectrum Scale Frequently Asked Questions.
User interfaces
The system provides the following user interfaces:
• The management GUI, which is a web-accessible graphical user interface (GUI) that supports flexible
and rapid access to storage management information. The ESS 3000 GUI also provides a Directed
Maintenance Procedure (DMP) for drive replacement.
• A command-line interface (CLI) that uses Secure Shell (SSH).

ESS 3000 requirements

Before you install a system, your physical environment must meet certain requirements. This includes
verifying that adequate space is available and that requirements for power and environmental conditions
are met.
Safety notices
Use the following general safety information for all rack-mounted devices:
DANGER:
Observe the following precautions when working on or around your IT rack system:
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