IBM DS8900F, Introduction And Planning Manual

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Appendix C. IBM equipment and documents
Use the documents provided with your storage system to identify and check your main components.
The equipment that you receive can be grouped as follows:
• Components that must stay with the shipment because they are needed for installation
• Components that are for customer use
• Components that must stay with the storage system after installation because they are needed by your
technical service representatives
Note: These lists are not intended to be a comprehensive list. They describe only the main shipped
components.
Installation components
Your shipment includes all the equipment that is needed for the installation of your storage systems.
Equipment includes storage systems, power cords, adapters, cables, installation instructions, and other
essential material.
The following installation components are included with your shipment:
Model 993 Rack Mounted storage system
Your shipment includes the modules that make up the DS8910F Rack Mounted system. These
modules are installed in a conforming rack, in the specified sequence (rack layout).
When the modules arrive, they contain any ordered I/O enclosures, device adapters, storage
enclosures, drives, and the appropriate cables to support those components.
Model 994 and 996 Storage system
Your shipment includes one or more of the following frames that you ordered:
• Base frame
• Expansion frames
When the frames arrive, they contain any ordered I/O enclosures, device adapters, storage
enclosures, drives, and the appropriate cables to support those components. IBM installs these
components at the factory.
Hardware Management Console Model 994 and 996
A primary management console is included with each base frame that you order. The management
console is physically located (installed) inside the base frame. If needed, you can order a secondary
management console for the base frame.
Power cords
Your shipment includes the power cords that you ordered.
Various media
The product ships the following media, which are used during the installation of your storage systems:
• Installation media, which includes installation scripts for the I/O attachment for AIX and HP-UX, DS
CLI (command-line interface) software, and IBM Multipath Subsystem Device Driver installation
instructions and software
• Licensed machine code (LMC) media for the MC
• Operating system media
• LMC media for the 533x machine type
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