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Chapter 4. Installing
This section covers how to rack, stack, unpack, and install IBM Elastic Storage System 3200. It also
guides the customer on how to fill out the installation worksheet.
The service support representatives (SSR) can refer to "Completing the ESS 3200 installation at the
customer site (SSR task)" on page 64 to perform a hardware checkout and to set the management
interface IP, BMC interface IP, and VLAN tag.
Note: Much of the information in this section is intended only for IBM authorized service providers.
Customers need to consult the terms of their warranty to determine the extent to which they must
attempt any IBM Elastic Storage System maintenance.
Tasks to be done by the Customers or an IBM SSR are marked in this chapter.
Installation overview
The installation and initial configuration of your system is carried out by an IBM Service Support
Representative (SSR), following the plan that you provide to them.
Network switch VLAN instructions
Manual setup of the 1 Gb management switch might be required only for unracked installations. If it
is unracked, use the instructions that are given in the following doc link to know how to log in, change
the switch password, and configure the management VLANs. If the customer has their own switch (for
example, Cisco), they are responsible for configuring the switch to the IBM Elastic Storage System 3200
VLAN specifications.
There are dedicated 3200 ports configured on the management switch that have a role in both the
service and management VLANS. They are trunk ports. It is important to carefully review the network
document for more information. For more information about instructions on switch VLAN configuration,
see Appendix B, "Switch VLAN configuration instructions," on page 107.
Hardware installation tasks performed by an IBM SSR
For new ESS customers, a POWER9 (5105-22E) node is required. If you are buying additional ESS 3200
building-blocks, it is assumed that there is already a POWER9 EMS managing the ESS environment.
The required EMS (POWER9) network connections and the associated VLANs are as follows:
• C11-T1 Management VLAN
• C11-T2 FSP VLAN
• HMC1 port FSP VLAN
To install the IBM Elastic Storage System 3200 hardware, an IBM SSR must complete the following tasks:
Important: You must complete the planning tasks and provide completed worksheets to the IBM SSR
before they can proceed with installing and initializing your system.
1. An IBM SSR unpacks and installs the 5141-FN1 system in the rack.
2. If the system comes unracked, the IBM SSR completes the cabling (power, networking). For
information on the networking requirements for the EMS (POWER9) and the IBM Elastic Storage
System 3200, see Planning worksheets (customer task).
Note: An additional connection is required on the EMS on C11-T3. This can be a campus/public
connection or additional management link. The SSR is not responsible for setting this up but might be
asked to run the cable to the desired location.
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