IBM DS4800 Installation And Cabling Manual
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IBM System Storage
DS4800 Storage Subsystem
Installation and Cabling
Overview
Table 1 summarizes the steps required to correctly install, cable, and power on your IBM
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Storage
DS4800 storage subsystem. Unless otherwise stated, all the following tasks are detailed on the
pages numbers referenced in the IBM System Storage DS4800 Storage Subsystem Installation, User's, and
Maintenance Guide. Review the multilingual IBM Safety Information document and read all safety
information in the IBM System Storage DS4800 Storage Subsystem Installation, User's, and Maintenance Guide
before you begin the installation.
Attention: Before powering on the DS4800, the storage subsystem must be cabled to at least one storage
expansion enclosure populated with at least two drives. If at least two drives are not installed in each
attached enclosure when you power on the DS4800, your standard storage partition key will be lost and
must be regenerated. In addition, the resulting insufficient load to the enclosure power supplies might
cause them to intermittently appear as failed, falsely indicating the power supplies are bad. All drives in
the connected enclosure or enclosures must contain no prior configuration data.
Table 1. Installation tasks
Task
1
Review the DS4800 installation recommendations and requirements.
2
Fold down and open the sides of the shipping box. Without removing
the DS4800 from the box, you can remove the DS4800 rack mounting
rails and hardware from the box. Install the support rails in the rack
cabinet.
3
Before removing the DS4800 from the shipping box, remove the
components to lighten the unit.
4
Record the serial number, machine type, model number, and RAID
controller MAC addresses for your DS4800.
5
Install and secure the DS4800 chassis in the rack cabinet.
6
Replace the components in the installed DS4800 chassis.
7
Install in the rack cabinet the DS4000 storage expansion enclosures
you will cable to the DS4800.
8
Use SFP modules and FC cables to cable the DS4800 to at least one
DS4000 storage expansion enclosure.
9
After you cable the DS4000 storage expansion enclosures, you must
set the enclosure IDs for all enclosures in the configuration.
10
For out-of-band management: Cable the DS4800 Ethernet ports to
either the management workstation or to the hosts.
For in-band management: Cable the DS4800 host channels to the FC
HBAs in either the hosts or the FC switch that connects to the host
FC HBAs.
11
Connect the power cables for the DS4800.
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System
Detailed Description
"Preparing for installation" on page
29
"Installing the support rails" on page
32
"Removing the components" on page
39
Appendix B, "Records," on page 177
"Installing the DS4800 on the support
rails" on page 41
"Replacing the components" on page
43
Installation, User's, and Maintenance
Guide for your DS4000 storage
expansion enclosure.
"Connecting storage expansion
enclosures" on page 59
"Storage expansion enclosure
settings" on page 77
"Connecting secondary interface
cables" on page 81
"Connecting hosts to the DS4800" on
page 79
"Connecting the power cables" on
page 87
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Summary of Contents for IBM DS4800
- Page 1 Attention: Before powering on the DS4800, the storage subsystem must be cabled to at least one storage expansion enclosure populated with at least two drives. If at least two drives are not installed in each attached enclosure when you power on the DS4800, your standard storage partition key will be lost and must be regenerated.
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Page 2: Installing Small Form-Factor Pluggable (Sfp) Modules And Fibre Channel Cables
Figure 1, Figure 2 on page 3, Figure 3 on page 4, Figure 4 on page 5, and instructions, provide a very brief overview of the cabling tasks required after you install the DS4800 in a rack cabinet. Review the following sections and then follow the instructions provided in the IBM System Storage DS4800 Storage Subsystem Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide. -
Page 3: Redundant Drive-Side Fibre Channel Cabling
All host and drive cabling connections require you to use SFP modules in the DS4800 host and drive channels used by the cabling connections. The SFP module housing and fibre channel cable have integrated guide keys that prevent you from inserting these devices incorrectly. Insert SFP modules into ports with minimal pressure so that you do not damage either the SFP module or the port. -
Page 4: Ds4000 Storage Expansion Enclosure Support
RAID controllers A and B. To connect the first host server to the DS4800, connect one host server FC host adapter to host channel 1 of controller A (top), and connect the other host server FC host adapter to host channel 1 of controller B (bottom). - Page 5 International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Note to U.S. Government Users - Documentation related to restricted rights - Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ASP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.
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