Table Of Contents - IBM ESS 5000 SC Series Hardware Manual

Contents
Figures.................................................................................................................. v
Tables................................................................................................................. vii
About this information.......................................................................................... ix
Who should read this information...............................................................................................................ix
IBM Elastic Storage System information units........................................................................................... ix
Related information......................................................................................................................................x
Conventions used in this information.......................................................................................................... x
How to submit your comments................................................................................................................... xi
Chapter 1. Notices................................................................................................. 1
Trademarks.................................................................................................................................................. 2
Homologation statement............................................................................................................................. 3
Safety and environmental notices............................................................................................................... 3
Safety notices and labels....................................................................................................................... 3
Special caution and safety notices........................................................................................................ 8
Environmental notices......................................................................................................................... 10
Electromagnetic compatibility notices......................................................................................................11
Canada Notice...................................................................................................................................... 11
European Community and Morocco Notice......................................................................................... 11
Germany Notice....................................................................................................................................11
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) Notice................... 12
Japan Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) Notice ...................................................... 12
Korea Notice......................................................................................................................................... 13
People's Republic of China Notice....................................................................................................... 13
Russia Notice........................................................................................................................................13
Taiwan Notice.......................................................................................................................................13
United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice................................................... 13
Chapter 2. System overview.................................................................................15
High-level architecture.............................................................................................................................. 15
Servers....................................................................................................................................................... 16
ESS 5000 product line-up......................................................................................................................... 18
Enclosures..................................................................................................................................................22
Network topology.......................................................................................................................................23
Operating system and software levels......................................................................................................26
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features...................................................................................26
Warranty information.................................................................................................................................26
Chapter 3. Installing............................................................................................ 27
Installation prerequisites (SSR task)........................................................................................................ 28
Installation steps (SSR task)..................................................................................................................... 28
Node combination rules............................................................................................................................ 29
Mixing ESS 3000, ESS 5000, and/or legacy ESS................................................................................. 29
Checking I/O servers................................................................................................................................. 30
Checking ESS management server and protocol nodes........................................................................... 39
Chapter 4. Troubleshooting (SSR tasks)................................................................41
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