Task 1: Verifying Installation Requirements; Gathering Preliminary Site Information - IBM SAN04M-R Installation And Service Manual

Installation task summary (Continued)
Table 5
Task number and description
Task 6: Preparing the SAN Router for Element Manager ac-
cess
Task 7: Initiating the Element
Task 8: Connecting intelligent/TCP ports
Task 9: Connecting fibre channel ports
Task 10: Configure and enable call home notification

Task 1: Verifying installation requirements

Gathering preliminary site information

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Manager.
Verify the following requirements are met prior to installing the SAN
Router. Ensure that a site plan is prepared, configuration planning
tasks are complete, planning considerations are evaluated, and
related planning checklists are complete. Refer to the IBM TotalStorage
Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual for information.
Obtain and record the following information. If there is trouble with
your installation, this information may be required by support for
problem determination.
IP addresses for:
• SAN Router iSCSI/iFCP switch ports (valid addresses from
LAN/MAN/WAN network).
• SAN Router management ports (valid addresses from
out-of-band management network).
• Next hop router gateways (when connecting iFCP ports to a
Layer 3 network).
• iSCSI initiator NIC.
FC host information:
• Platform version and patch/service pack level (Windows, Solaris,
etc.).
Required or optional
Required performed by customer.
Required performed by customer.
Required performed by customer.
Required performed by customer.
Optional
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