IBM XIV Gen3 Series User Manual

Shipment weights and dimensions............................ 26
Chapter 6. Planning for installation site requirements ............... 29
Planning for floor and space requirements ......................... 29
Raised or non-raised floor considerations ........................ 29
Floor-load requirements .............................. 30
Rack dimensions and service clearance requirements .................... 31
Preparing for raised-floor installation and cabling ..................... 32
Preparing for non-raised-floor installation and cabling .................... 33
Preparing for the ruggedized rack ........................... 34
Preparing for the rear-door heat exchanger ........................ 35
Planning for power requirements ............................ 36
Power sources ................................. 37
Power consumption ............................... 37
Input voltages and frequencies ............................ 38
Main-power cables specifications ........................... 38
Emergency power-off considerations .......................... 41
Planning for environmental requirements ......................... 41
Operating environment requirements .......................... 42
Air circulation and cooling ............................. 43
Contamination information ............................. 45
Acoustic declaration ............................... 46
Operating vibration requirements ........................... 47
Chapter 7. Planning for network and host connectivity requirements ......... 49
Network connections ................................ 49
Management ports requirements ............................ 53
Network configurations ............................... 54
Fibre Channel network configurations ......................... 54
Ethernet (iSCSI) network configurations ......................... 58
Network cable requirements.............................. 59
Chapter 8. Planning for management-tool requirements .............. 61
Requirements for IBM XIV Storage Management GUI, XCLI, and XIVTop .............. 61
GUI specifications ................................. 61
Chapter 9. Planning for remote support and call home ............... 65
Remote support connections.............................. 65
Remote access through a dedicated network connection ................... 65
Remote access by modem ............................. 67
Remote support for severe system conditions ....................... 67
Call home configuration ............................... 68
Chapter 10. Planning for the rear-door heat exchanger ............... 71
Rear-door heat exchanger operating specifications ...................... 71
Rear-door heat exchanger performance .......................... 72
Preparing your site to provide water to the heat exchanger ................... 74
Water specifications for the secondary cooling loop ..................... 74
Water delivery specifications for secondary loops...................... 76
Raised floor hose requirements and management ...................... 84
Non-raised floor hose requirements and management .................... 87
Secondary cooling loop parts and services information ..................... 88
Maintenance schedule ................................ 91
Notices ................................... 93
Trademarks ................................... 94
Homologation statement ............................... 94
Electromagnetic compatibility notices........................... 94
Canada Notice ................................. 94
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IBM XIV Gen3 Series Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	XIV Gen3 Series
Category	Storage
Language	English