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Installing your IBM PurePower System
Use this information to install your IBM PurePower System
Scenario: Installing the PurePower system
After you order an IBM PurePower System, you must receive the preconfigured, factory-racked system,
install the system into your site, and perform post-installation tasks.
It is important that you have completed the planning tasks associated with installing the IBM PurePower
System. For more information, see Planning for the system (http://www.ibm.com/support/
knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8eek/p8eek_kickoff.htm).
A typical installation scenario follows these steps:
1. You determine which configuration to order and then order the system.
2. IBM sends you links to the planning information.
3. IBM builds and ships your system.
4. You accept the shipment.
5. You follow the unpacking instructions that came with the system.
6. You move the rack to the installation site and perform rack installation tasks.
7. You connect the rack power cords to the power distribution unit (PDU).
8. You plug the rack into the main power source.
9. You wait until all LEDs on the front of the rack are green and are blinking slowly and that the
physical operator panels on any compute nodes display 01 N PVM.
10. If you ordered IBM Systems Lab Services for startup services and basic network integration, you
would stop here and let IBM Systems Lab Services complete the remaining steps while training your
personnel.
11. You access the rack-mounted monitor and keyboard that is preinstalled in the rack.
12. You access the PurePower Integrated Manager by double-clicking the desktop shortcut using the
Keyboard/Video/Mouse on the rack to check your hardware inventory.
13. You access the Nagios Core manager to ensure that your components are functioning properly.
Preparing the rack for installation
You must position the rack, lower the rack leveling pads, and check the rack power connections before
you install the system.
1. Position the rack where you want it to be installed.
2. Use the open-end wrench that comes with the hardware kit to lower each of the four leveling pads
just enough so that they touch the floor. The rack casters support the weight of the rack cabinet. The
pads prevent the rack from rolling.
3. Ensure that the power cords are securely attached to each power distribution unit (PDU).
Additional cabling information for an IBM PurePower System with
multiple racks
Locate and identify the hardware components and port-to-port cabling sequence in a multiple rack IBM
PurePower System.
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