IBM DS3500, Installation, User & Maintenance Manual

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Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DS3500 storage subsystem overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
EXP3500 expansion enclosure overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and operating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Models and optional devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operating-system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Product updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Best practices guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
DS3500 storage subsystem and EXP3500 expansion enclosure components
. . 6
Disk drives and bezels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Environmental service modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Power supply and fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Battery units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Software and hardware compatibility and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Software and firmware support code upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Determining firmware levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Area requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Temperature and humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electrical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Site wiring and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
AC power recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power cords and receptacles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Heat output, airflow, and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 2. Installing the storage subsystem and expansion enclosure . . . 17
Installing the DS3500 storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DS3500 installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preparing for installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Required tools and hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Preparing the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the DS3500 storage subsystem in a rack. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the EXP3500 expansion enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing the EXP3500 expansion enclosure in a rack . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem and expansion enclosure . . . 23
Cabling the DS3500 storage subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Controller connectors (with Fibre Channel host port adapters) . . . . . . 23
Controller connectors (with iSCSI host port adapters) . . . . . . . . . . 23
Controller connectors (with SAS host port adapters) . . . . . . . . . . 24
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