IBM FlashSystem 840, Installation Manual

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Contents
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Safety and environmental notices . . . ix
Safety notices and labels . . . . . . . . . . ix
Caution notices . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Danger notices . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Special caution and safety notices. . . . . . . xvi
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . xvi
Sound pressure . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Environmental notices . . . . . . . . . . xvii
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . xix
Related websites . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
How to get information, help, and technical
assistance .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Chapter 1. Planning. . . . . . . . . . 1
Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Planning for hardware . . . . . . . . . . 1
Checking your web browser settings for the
management GUI .
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Chapter 2. Installing the hardware . . . 7
Before you begin the installation. . . . . . . . 7
Reviewing your packaging slip . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the hardware . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing the support rails for the storage
enclosure .
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Installing the enclosure . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting the management port Ethernet cables 18
Connecting Fibre Channel, FCoE, or InfiniBand
cables .
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Connecting the power cords . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3. Initializing the storage
enclosure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Initializing the system with an encryption license. . 27
Initializing the system with a Microsoft Windows
computer .
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Initializing the system with a Linux computer . . 29
Initializing the system with an Apple Macintosh
computer .
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Initializing the system without encryption . . . . 34
Initializing the system with a Microsoft Windows
computer .
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Initializing the system with a Linux computer . . 36
Initializing the system with an Apple Macintosh
computer .
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Chapter 4. Upgrading the hardware . . 41
Installing additional flash modules . . . . . . 41
Adding additional SFPs . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendix A. Accessibility features for
IBM FlashSystem 840 . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix B. Where to find the
Statement of Limited Warranty . . . . 47
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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