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Task 1: Verifying installation requirements
Verify the following requirements are met prior to installing the SAN
Router. Ensure that a site plan is prepared, configuration planning
tasks are complete, planning considerations are evaluated, and
related planning checklists are complete. Refer to the
IBM TotalStorage
Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual
for information.
Gathering preliminary site information
Obtain and record the following information. If there is trouble with
your installation, this information may be required by support for
problem determination.
IP addresses for:
• SAN Router iSCSI/iFCP switch ports (valid addresses from
LAN/MAN/WAN network).
• SAN Router management ports (valid addresses from
out-of-band management network).
• Next hop router gateways (when connecting iFCP ports to a
Layer 3 network).
• iSCSI initiator NIC.
FC host information:
• Platform version and patch/service pack level (Windows, Solaris,
etc.).
Task 6: Preparing the SAN Router for Element Manager ac-
cess Required performed by customer. 20
Task 7: Initiating the Element Manager . Required performed by customer. 21
Task 8: Connecting intelligent/TCP ports Required performed by customer. 22
Task 9: Connecting fibre channel ports Required performed by customer. 23
Task 10: Configure and enable call home notification Optional 24
Table 5
Installation task summary (Continued)
Task number and description Required or optional Page