Chapter 1. Before You Begin The Installation - IBM Storwize V7000 Quick Installation Manual

Chapter 1. Before you begin the installation

The Quick Installation Guide contains a set of instructions to help you unpack your shipping order and
install your system. The guide is divided into three chapters. The steps in the first chapter involve
verifying your order, becoming familiar with the hardware component terminology, and ensuring that
you have met the environmental requirements. The steps in the second chapter involve installing the
hardware and attaching the data cables and power cords. The final chapter helps you create your
configuration file and access the management GUI. The management GUI guides you through the initial
configuration process.
See the following website for the available translated versions of the Quick Installation Guide:
Support for Storwize V7000 website at www.ibm.com/storage/support/storwize/v7000
Occasionally you are referred to topics in the Storwize V7000 Information Center. A copy of the Storwize
V7000 Information Center is on the DVD that is included in your shipping order.
Note: The guide assumes that you have read the planning information regarding your physical
environment that is available from the Storwize V7000 Information Center.
Depending on your order, this documentation steps you through setting up your
system for the following scenarios
v Setting up a new system that consists of installing a control enclosure only. In this case, you are not
installing any expansion enclosures.
v Setting up a new system that consists of installing a control enclosure and installing one or more
expansion enclosures.
v Adding an expansion enclosure to an existing system. In this case, you initially installed a control
enclosure or installed a control enclosure and one or more expansion enclosures. You want to add an
expansion enclosure to your existing system.
Be familiar with the following information
v Where it is applicable, a CAUTION notice indicates situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.
Before doing a step that contains a caution notice, read and understand the statement that accompanies
it.
v Use safe practices when lifting. The fully populated enclosure weighs about 57.2 lbs (26 kg). At least
two people are required to lift and install the enclosure into the rack or to remove an enclosure from
the rack.
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