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Chapter 1. Before you begin the installation
The Quick Installation Guide contains a set of instructions to help you unpack and
install your system. The guide is divided into three chapters. The steps in the first
chapter involve verifying your order, becoming familiar with the hardware
component terminology, and ensuring that you have met the environmental
requirements. The steps in the second chapter involve installing the hardware and
attaching the data cables and power cords. The final chapter helps you configure
the file modules and control enclosures. It ends with enabling the Tivoli Assist
On-site support program.
Occasionally you are referred to topics in the Storwize V7000 Unified Information
Center. A copy of the Storwize V7000 Unified Information Center is on the CD that
is included in your shipping order.
Important information:
1. The guide assumes that you have read the planning information regarding your
2. Ensure that you have available any cables that you are supplying.
IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Information Center
The most current information for Storwize V7000 Unified is available in the IBM
Storwize V7000 Unified Information Center at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/
storwize/unified_ic/index.jsp. If you are unable to access the internet, there is a
copy of the information center on the software CD that was shipped with the
product, it contains the environmental notices, the publication PDFs, and the
information center content.
This documentation steps you through setting up a system
Setting up a new system consists of installing a control enclosure and two file
modules and up to nine expansion enclosures.
Be familiar with the following information
v Where it is applicable, a CAUTION notice indicates situations that can be
v Sliding drawers: Do not pull out or install any drawer or feature (like the file
v Fixed drawers: Any fixed drawer (like the V7000) must not be removed for
v Use safe practices when lifting. The fully populated control enclosure weighs
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physical environment that is available from the Storwize V7000 Unified
Information Center.
potentially hazardous to you. Before doing a step that contains a caution notice,
read and understand the statement that accompanies it.
module) if the rack stabilizer brackets are not attached to the rack. Do not pull
out more than one drawer at a time. The rack might become unstable if you pull
out more than one drawer at a time.
servicing unless specified by the manufacturer. Attempting to move the drawer
partially or completely out of the rack might cause the rack to become unstable
or cause the drawer to fall out of the rack.
about 57.2 lbs (26 kg). Each file module weights 46.5 lbs (21.09 kg) to 55 lbs (25
kg), depending on the configuration. At least two people are required to lift and
install or to remove either unit from the rack.
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