DS8000 Service Documentation Version 6.3.3
Routing and connecting customer cables to the storage facility
Procedure
- Record the date and time as follows:
- Record the stop date and time for the HMC Customization and Communication Tests phase in Table 3, in section Recording information for the installation report.
- Record the start date and time for the End of Install and Clean-up phase in Table 3, in section Recording information for the installation report.
- Has the customer ordered the remote power control feature?
- Yes, go to the next step.
- No, go to step 4.
- Route the remote power control cables from each host up
through the tailgate. The customer cables go on the left side to the
four ZLR remote power control card connectors.� Use cable ties to
fasten the cable to the frame. See Figure 1. For racks with overhead cable management
(top exit) for host and data cables, route the remote power control
cables down through the top tailgate and cable channel. Figure 1. Remote power control cables from host to ZLR card
Attention: The remote power control feature will be enabled in the next step. Remind your customers that they must test it. - Ask the customer to supply a diagram or output from the DS8000® Storage Manager to define the connectivity between the DS8000 host card ports and system host card ports.
- Label fibre host cables from each customer host adapter.
- Route the cables 1 to the
rear of the appropriate DS8000 frame.
See Figure 2. Note: To allow correct connection and disconnection of external cables, label cables using the customer's current cable-identification plan and the labels provided by your customer.
- In the tailgate (for racks
with standard tailgates), squeeze the black release levers 2 ,
pivot the retention bracket up, and then remove it, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Tailgate cable and Fibre Channel cable retention
For racks with overhead cable management (top exit) for host and data cables, open the top tailgate (if not open). Unfasten the top tailgate retention bracket, and rotate it open. See Figure 3.Figure 3. Top tailgate
- This step provides information
useful for connecting customer host cables to the I/O enclosure host
adapter card ports.
- The customer may reference the host adapter port locations by using the information displayed in the DS Storage Manager or DSCLI.
- For an example of DS Storage Manager I/O port information, see Figure 4.
- For an example of DS CLI I/O port information, see Figure 5.
- For information on host adapter card port location codes used in serviceable event FRU lists, see Figure 6.
- For information on Rack-1 rear view of I/O enclosure HA port locations and IOPORT numbers, see Table 1.
- For information on Rack-2 rear view of I/O enclosures HA port locations and IOPORT numbers, see Figure Table 2.
Figure 4. DS Storage Manager HA card port ID and location code
Figure 5. DSCLI Host adapter card port IDdscli> lsioport -dev IBM.2107-75RA271 Date/Time: July 13, 2010 2:40:33 PM PDT IBM DSCLI Version: 5.4.2.460 DS: IBM.2107-75RA271 ID WWPN State Type topo portgrp =============================================================== I0200 50050763091006FE Online Fibre Channel-SW SCSI-FCP 0 I0201 50050763091046FE Online Fibre Channel-SW SCSI-FCP 0Figure 6. Location codes for device adapter and host adapter cards
Table 1. Rack-1 rear view of I/O enclosure HA Port locations and IOPORT numbers R1-XI1 I/O Enclosure R1-XI2 I/O Enclosure HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 C1-T0
I0000C4-T0
I0030C1-T0
I0100C4-T0
I0130C1-T1
I0001C4-T1
I0031C1-T1
10I01C4-T1
I0131C1-T2
I0002C4-T2
I0032C1-T2
I0102C4-T2
I0132C1-T3
I0003C4-T3
I0033C1-T3
I0103C4-T3
I0133C1-T4
I0004C4-T4
I0034C1-T4
I0104C4-T4
I0134C1-T5
I0005C4-T5
I0035C1-T5
I0105C4-T5
I0135C1-T6
I0006C4-T6
I0036C1-T6
I0106C4-T6
I0136C1-T7
I0007C4-T7
I0037C1-T7
I0107C4-T7
I0137R1-XI3 I/O Enclosure R1-XI4 I/O Enclosure HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 C1-T0
I0200C4-T0
I0230C1-T0
I0300C4-T0
I0330C1-T1
I0201C4-T1
I0231C1-T1
I0301C4-T1
I0331C1-T2
I0202C4-T2
I0232C1-T2
I0302C4-T2
I0332C1-T3
I0203C4-T3
I0233C1-T3
I0303C4-T3
I0333C1-T4
I0204C4-T4
I0234C1-T4
I0304C4-T4
I0334C1-T5
I0205C4-T5
I0235C1-T5
I0305C4-T5
I0335C1-T6
I0206C4-T6
I0236C1-T6
I0306C4-T6
I0336C1-T7
I0207C4-T7
I0237C1-T7
I0307C4-T7
I0337Table 2. Rack-2 rear view of I/O enclosures HA Port locations and IOPORT numbers R2-XI1 I/O Enclosure R2-XI2 I/O Enclosure HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 C1-T0
I0400C4-T0
I0430C1-T0
I0500C4-T0
I0530C1-T1
I0401C4-T1
I0431C1-T1
I0501C4-T1
I0531C1-T2
I0402C4-T2
I0432C1-T2
I0502C4-T2
I0532C1-T3
I0403C4-T3
I0433C1-T3
I0503C4-T3
I0533C1-T4
I0404C4-T4
I0434C1-T4
I0504C4-T4
I0534C1-T5
I0405C4-T5
I0435C1-T5
I0505C4-T5
I0535C1-T6
I0406C4-T6
I0436C1-T6
I0506C4-T6
I0536C1-T7
I0407C4-T7
I0437C1-T7
I0507C4-T7
I0537R2-XI3 I/O Enclosure R2-XI4 I/O Enclosure HA Card Slot C1 Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 HA Card Slot C1 HA Card Slot C2 DA Card Slot C3 HA Card Slot C4 Slot C5 DA Card Slot C6 C1-T0
I0600C4-T0
I0630C1-T0
I0700C4-T0
I0730C1-T1
I0601C4-T1
I0631C1-T1
I0701C4-T1
I0731C1-T2
I0602C4-T2
I0632C1-T2
I0702C4-T2
I0732C1-T3
I0603C4-T3
I0633C1-T3
I0703C4-T3
I0733C1-T4
I0604C4-T4
I0634C1-T4
I0704C4-T4
I0734C1-T5
I0605C4-T5
I0635C1-T5
I0705C4-T5
I0735C1-T6
I0606C4-T6
I0636C1-T6
I0706C4-T6
I0736C1-T7
I0607C4-T7
I0637C1-T7
I0707C4-T7
I0737 - Does the rack have overhead cable management (top exit) for host and data cables?
- Feed the host cables up through the tailgate
and route them to the destination I/O enclosure and host card and
plug them in. Notes:
- Save the wrap tools removed from each Fibre host card. The wrap tool can be used as a dust cover and also a wrap tool for diagnosis and repair.
- There are two types of Fibre Channel cards:
- Short wave
- Long wave
- Secure the host cables in the cable guide by pressing them into the slots.
- Reinstall the retention bracket removed earlier.
- Go to step 17.
- Feed
the host cables 1 down through the top
tailgate. Carefully route the cables through the channel in the left
rear of the rack, across to the destination I/O enclosure and host
card adapter ports, and then plug them in. See Figure 7. Notes:
- Save the wrap tools removed from each Fibre Channel host card. The wrap tool can be used as a dust cover and also a wrap tool for diagnosis and repair.
- There are two types of Fibre Channel cards:
- Short wave
- Long wave
Figure 7. Overhead cable management (top exit) for Fibre Channel, communication, and power cables
- Leave some slack in the host cables between the host adapter cards and the tailgate. Secure the host cables in the tailgate cable retention slots.
- When you have finished routing and connecting host cables, rotate the top tailgate retention bracket closed, and fasten it. See Figure 3. Continue to step 17.
- Reinstall the tailgate brackets in
all frames using the screws 2 removed
earlier. Tighten all four screws 1 and 2 .
See Figure 8 Figure 8. Tailgate frame bracket

- Go to Finish installation and cleanup.