IBM DS6000 Series manual General considerations, Installation site preparation

7.1 General considerations

The successful installation of a DS6000 requires careful planning. The main considerations when planning for the physical installation of a new DS6000 are the following:

￿Floor loading

￿Floor space

￿Electrical power

￿Operating environment

￿Cooling

￿Management console

￿Host attachment and cabling

￿Network and SAN considerations

Always refer to the most recent information for physical planning in the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Introduction and Planning Guide, GC26-7679.

7.2 Installation site preparation

Before you begin to install a new DS6000, you must ensure that the location where you plan to install your DS6000 storage units meets all requirements.

You can install the DS6000 series in a 2101-200 system rack or in any other 19” rack that is compliant with the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 310-D Type A standard.

You have to use these feature codes when you order a system rack from IBM for your DS6000 series:

￿The feature code 0800 is used to indicate that the DS6000 series ordered will be assembled into an IBM TotalStorage 2101-200 System Rack by IBM manufacturing.

￿The feature code 0801 is used to indicate that the DS6000 series ordered will be shipped as an assembled enclosure for field integration into a supported rack enclosure. Supported rack enclosures include the IBM 7014 RS/6000® Rack and the IBM 9308 Netfinity® Enterprise Rack. Field integration of the DS6000 series is customer setup, unless the DS6000 Installation Services are utilized.

The next topics in this section discuss how you prepare the installation site to meet all of these requirements.

7.2.1 Floor and space requirements

When you are planning the location of your storage units, you need to perform the following steps to ensure that your planned installation location meets space and floor load requirements:

1.Determine the number of server enclosures and expansion enclosures that are included in your order.

2.Decide whether the storage units will come within a 2101-200 rack or will be installed in an existing rack.

a.If the storage units come in a rack, plan where the floor tiles must be cut to accommodate the cables.

b.If the storage units will be installed in an existing rack, ensure that there is enough space for cable exits and routing.

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