IBM DS8880 Series, Introduction And Planning Manual

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Chapter 6. Delivery and installation requirements
You must ensure that you properly plan for the delivery and installation of your
storage system.
This information provides the following planning information for the delivery and
installation of your storage system:
v Planning for delivery of your storage system
v Planning the physical installation site
v Planning for power requirements
v
Planning for network and communication requirements
For more information about the equipment and documents that IBM includes with
storage system shipments, see Appendix C, “IBM equipment and documents,” on
page 197.
Delivery requirements
Before you receive your storage system shipment, ensure that the final installation
site meets all delivery requirements.
Attention: Customers must prepare their environments to accept the storage
system based on this planning information, with assistance from an IBM Advanced
Technical Services (ATS) representative or a technical service representative. The
final installation site within the computer room must be prepared before the
equipment is delivered. If the site cannot be prepared before the delivery time,
customers must make arrangements to have the professional movers return to
finish the transportation later. Only professional movers can transport the
equipment. The technical service representative can minimally reposition the frame
at the installation site, as needed to complete required service actions. Customers
are also responsible for using professional movers in the case of equipment
relocation or disposal.
Acclimation
Server and storage equipment (racks and frames) must be gradually acclimated to
the surrounding environment to prevent condensation.
When server and storage equipment (racks and frames) is shipped in a climate
where the outside temperature is below the dew point of the destination (indoor
location), there is a possibility that water condensation can form on the cooler
inside and outside surfaces of the equipment when the equipment is brought
indoors.
Sufficient time must be allowed for the shipped equipment to gradually reach
thermal equilibrium with the indoor environment before you remove the shipping
bag and energize the equipment. Follow these guidelines to properly acclimate
your equipment:
v Leave the system in the shipping bag. If the installation or staging environment
allows it, leave the product in the full package to minimize condensation on or
within the equipment.
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