Contents
Figures ...............v
Tables ...............vii
Safety and Environmental notices . . . ix
Safety notices ..............ix
Power cords ..............x
Environmental notices ...........xi
Homologation statement .......xiii
Frame safety ............xv
Frame installation ............xv
Frame relocation ............xvii
About the installation roadmap ....xix
Who should read the installation roadmap....xix
What's new in this edition .........xix
Getting information, help, and service .....xx
Getting help online ..........xxi
Before you call for service ........xxi
Getting help by telephone ........xxi
Websites ...............xxii
Related IBM publications .........xxiii
IBM System Storage TS7600 with ProtecTIER
publications ............xxiii
TS7650 3958 AP1 publications ......xxiii
Feature Code 3708: 4.8 TB Fibre Channel Disk
Controller and Feature Code 3707: 4.8 TB Fibre
Channel Disk Expansion Unit publications . . xxiv
WTI network switch publications .....xxiv
Integrated Management Module publication xxiv
System console publications .......xxiv
How to send your comments ........xxiv
Chapter 1. Overview .........1
Ship group ...............1
About the installation roadmap ........2
Finding the instructions you need .......3
Terminology used in this document.......6
Responsibilities matrix ...........7
Chapter 2. Appliance configurations . . 11
Two-drawer stand-alone configuration .....11
Four-drawer stand-alone configuration .....11
Eight-drawer stand-alone configuration .....12
Eight-drawer clustered configuration ......13
About the 3958 AP1 server .........14
About the disk controller and disk expansion
modules ...............19
About the TSSC and related components ....19
Chapter 3. Installing the TS7650
Appliance .............21
Installation checklist ...........21
Installing the frame............24
Applying cable labels ...........26
Cabling a stand-alone appliance .......27
Power connections ...........28
Ethernet connections ..........30
Fibre Channel connections ........36
Cabling a clustered appliance ........46
Power connections ...........47
Ethernet connections ..........50
Fibre Channel connections ........60
Powering up the components ........68
Disk expansion modules .........68
Disk controllers ............68
Servers ...............69
TSSC, KVM, and KVM switch .......70
Visually inspecting indicator and fault LEDs . . . 70
Chapter 4. Setting up the KVM switch 71
Changing device names ..........72
Disabling the flag display .........72
Confirming keyboard settings ........73
Resetting the keyboard and mouse ......73
Viewing KVM switch firmware version information 74
Chapter 5. Setting up the TSSC ....75
Establishing a connection between the TSSC and the
server ................75
Checking the TSSC microcode level ......76
Updating the TSSC microcode ........78
Configuring the TSSC ...........79
Chapter 6. Enabling ProtecTIER RAS
functions..............85
RAS prerequisites ............85
Enabling RAS .............86
Verifying the complex systems attached to the TSSC 90
Calibrating the server battery ........94
Testing Call Home ............97
Chapter 7. Configuring ProtecTIER 101
Prerequisites..............102
Logging in to the server ..........103
Configuring the server ..........103
Configuring the OpenStorage application IP
interfaces ..............114
Changing the system date and time ......117
Performing a system health check ......121
Performing a cluster validation test ......123
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