IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145 User Manual

Contents
Compliance standards........................................................................................... v
Safety and environmental notices........................................................................ vii
Safety notices and labels........................................................................................................................... vii
Caution notices for the system............................................................................................................ viii
Danger notices for the system ..............................................................................................................xi
Special caution and safety notices............................................................................................................xiii
Inspecting the system for unsafe conditions......................................................................................xiii
Environmental notices......................................................................................................................... xvi
Electromagnetic compatibility notices..................................................................................................... xvi
Canada Notice...................................................................................................................................... xvi
European Community and Morocco Notice........................................................................................xvii
Germany Notice...................................................................................................................................xvii
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) Notice.................xviii
Japan Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) Notice .................................................... xviii
Korea Notice.......................................................................................................................................xviii
People's Republic of China Notice.......................................................................................................xix
Russia Notice........................................................................................................................................xix
Taiwan Notice.......................................................................................................................................xix
United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Notice................................................... xix
Chapter 1. Planning............................................................................................... 1
System overview.......................................................................................................................................... 1
Physical conguration planning of a system...............................................................................................1
Completing the hardware location chart............................................................................................... 1
Reviewing enclosure location guidelines...............................................................................................3
Network cable connections worksheet................................................................................................. 4
Physical installation planning......................................................................................................................5
Contamination information.................................................................................................................... 6
Operating environment.......................................................................................................................... 7
Environmental requirements................................................................................................................. 7
Chapter 2. Installation.........................................................................................13
Installation overview................................................................................................................................. 13
Installing support rails for the control enclosure .................................................................................... 14
Installing the enclosure in a rack.............................................................................................................. 17
Connecting Ethernet cables to the node canisters...................................................................................17
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Initializing the system with the technician port .......................................................................................18
Completing the hardware installation (IBM lab based services or IBM SSR task)..................................19
Powering on the system............................................................................................................................ 19
Completing the initial system setup (customer task)...............................................................................20
Appendix A. Information for Russian users...........................................................23
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IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	SAN Volume Controller 2145
Category	Server
Language	English