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Chapter 6. Meeting DS8000 series delivery and installation
requirements
You must ensure that you properly plan for the delivery and installation of your
DS8000 storage unit.
This chapter provides the following planning information for the delivery and
installation of your DS8000 storage unit:
v Planning for delivery of your storage unit
v
Planning the physical installation site
v Planning for power requirements
v
Planning for network and communication requirements
v Energy savings
For more information about the equipment and documents that IBM ships with
DS8000 series models, see Appendix B, “IBM-provided DS8000 equipment and
documents,” on page 191.
Delivery requirements
Before you receive your DS8000 shipment, ensure that you meet all delivery
requirements.
The topics in this section help you ensure that you select a site that meets all
requirements.
Attention: Customers can prepare their environments to accept the new product
based on the installation planning information with assistance from an IBM
Advanced Technical Services (ATS) representative or an IBM authorized service
provider. In anticipation of the equipment delivery, the final installation site must
be prepared in advance so that professional movers can transport the equipment to
the final installation site within the computer room. If this preparation is not
possible at the time of delivery, customers must make arrangements to have the
professional movers return to finish the transportation at a later date. Professional
movers must transport the equipment. The IBM authorized service provider only
performs minimal frame repositioning within the computer room, as needed, to
perform required service actions. Customers are also responsible for using
professional movers in the case of equipment relocation or disposal.
Receiving delivery
The shipping carrier is responsible for delivering and unloading the DS8000 series
model as close to its final destination as possible. You must ensure that your
loading ramp and your receiving area can accommodate your DS8000 shipment.
Use the following steps to ensure that your receiving area and loading ramp can
safely accommodate the delivery of your storage unit:
1.
Find out the packaged weight and dimensions of the DS8000 container and
other containers of your shipment.
2. Ensure that your loading dock, receiving area, and elevators can safely support
the packaged weight and dimensions of the shipping containers.
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