IBM DS4000 FC manual DS4000 Storage Subsystem installation tasks General overview

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DS4000 Storage Subsystem installation tasks - General overview

Table 2 provides a sequential list of many installation and configuration tasks that are common to most DS4000 configurations. When you install and configure your DS4000 storage subsystem, refer to this table to find the documentation that explains how to complete each task.

See also: The DS4000 Storage Server and Storage Expansion Enclosure Quick Start Guide provides an excellent overview of the installation process.

Table 2. Where to find DS4000 installation and configuration procedures

 

Installation task

Where to find information or procedures

 

 

 

1

Plan the installation

v DS4000 Storage Manager Concepts Guide

 

 

v DS4000 Storage Manager Installation and Support Guide for

 

 

AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and Linux on POWER

 

 

v DS4000 Storage Manager Installation and Support Guide for

 

 

Windows 2000/Server 2003, NetWare, ESX Server, and

 

 

Linux

 

 

v DS4100 Storage Server Installation, User’s, and Maintenance

 

 

Guide

 

 

v DS4300 Fibre Channel Storage Server Installation and User’s

 

 

Guide

 

 

v DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server Installation and

 

 

Support Guide

 

 

v DS4500 Fibre Channel Storage Server Installation and

 

 

Support Guide

 

 

v DS4800 Storage Subsystem Installation, User’s, and

 

 

Maintenance Guide

 

 

 

2

Mount the DS4000

v DS4800 Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide

 

storage subsystem in

v DS4400 and DS4500 Rack Mounting Instructions

 

the rack

v DS4300 Rack Mounting Instructions

 

 

 

 

v DS4100 Installation, User’s and Maintenance Guide

3

Mount the DS4000

v DS4000 EXP100 Storage Expansion Unit Installation, User’s

 

EXP storage

and Maintenance Guide

 

expansion unit in the

 

v DS4000 EXP700 and EXP710 Storage Expansion Enclosures

 

rack

Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide

 

 

 

 

v DS4000 EXP810 Storage Expansion Enclosures Installation,

 

 

User’s, and Maintenance Guide

 

 

v FAStT EXP500 Installation and User’s Guide

4

Route the storage

v DS4100 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

expansion unit Fibre

v DS4300 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

Channel cables

 

v DS4400 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

 

 

 

v DS4500 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

 

v DS4800 Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide

5

Route the host

v DS4100 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

server Fibre Channel

v DS4300 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

cables

v DS4400 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

 

 

 

v DS4500 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions

 

 

v DS4800 Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide

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Contents Installation and User’s Guide Page Installation and User’s Guide Page Contents Configuring the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter with Fast!UTIL Contents Page Figures Page Tables Page Safety Statement Safety Page About this document Who should read this documentFAStT product renaming DS4000 Storage Subsystem installation tasks General overview About this document Getting information, help, and service Before you callUsing the documentation Web sitesHow to send your comments Software service and supportHardware service and support Fire suppression systemsHow this book is organized Page About this document Page Overview Fibre Channel definedFC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter features Preinstallation proceduresHandling static-sensitive devices FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter serial number labelWhat you need for the installation FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter componentsYellow LED Green LED Amber LED Activity Description Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter Page Dual port adapter Installing the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter device drivers Installing on Windows and Novell NetWare platforms Installing on the Linux platform GUI installationPage Using the QLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility SANsurfer Pro Utility featuresQLogic SANsurfer Pro Utility overview Bios SANsurfer Pro utilitiesNvram Using the flasutil command prompt Flasutil /i /l xxxx /n NVRAMfile.DAT Command-line options Press ″Enter.″ Following command-line options display Using the flasutil Bios Update Utility menu Creating the diskette For Microsoft Windows 2000 or ServerUnmount /mnt Configuring the FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter with Fast!UTIL Accessing HBA settings through Fast!UTILStarting Fast!UTIL Host bus adapter settings Bios addressAdvanced FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter Settings FC 4Gbps PCI-X Adapter hard loop IDSelectable boot settings Enable LIP ResetScan fibre-channel devices Restore default settingsRaw Nvram data Fibre-channel disk utilityExitFast!UTIL Environment Minimum Maximum RAM Software problems TroubleshootingHardware problems System configuration problemsFibre Channel problems Appendix A. Accessibility ActionShort cut Action Appendix B. Notices Edition noticeTrademarks Important notesElectronic emission notices Class a statements Federal Communications Commission FCC statementEuropean Union EMC Directive conformance statement Copyright IBM Corp Page Appendix D. Battery Return Program Please recycle batteriesPage Appendix E. Cable Warning Page Appendix F. Additional DS4000 documentation DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9 libraryDS4800 Storage Subsystem library DS4700 Storage Subsystem library DS4500 Fibre Channel Storage Server library DS4400 Fibre Channel Storage Server library DS4300 Fibre Channel Storage Server library DS4100 Sata Storage Server library DS4000 Storage Expansion Enclosure documents Other DS4000 and DS4000-related documents Page Index PCI/PCI-X Page Part Number 39M5599