DS8000 Service Documentation Version 7.5

Start here for all installation and remove tasks, Model 951/95E

Use the latest version of the instructions in PDF format to perform the tasks in this section. The instructions can have additional updates and corrections that were included after the release of this version of the service information center.

The information in Table 1 must only be used for general planning of your installation or remove activities.

Table 1. Entry for installation procedures
If you are here to install: Go to:
Rack 1 and expansion racks:
  • Shipped new as a storage facility from IBM® manufacturing.
  • Received from another account where they were installed as a storage facility.
 Installing the DS8000
Any expansion rack being installed to an existing storage facility. Installing a DS8000 expansion rack to an existing storage facility
MES hardware:
  • DDMs to be installed in existing storage enclosures.
  • Device adapter cards to be installed in existing I/O enclosures.
  • External management console (installed in a customer-provided rack).
  • Host adapters to be installed in existing I/O enclosures.
  • Storage enclosures.
 Use the MES instructions. Consult your next level of support for this storage model.
1New racks from manufacturing will have a flyer that is similar to one of the following taped to the rack operator panel under the front cover. See the following examples:
This product manufactured for:
IBM Data Storage Systems Ltd.
Deakvari fasor 16-18
H-2600 Vac
Hungary
Machine S/N xxxxx
Ucode bundle installed on this machine is:
              xxxxxxx
              PN 17P8868
Assembled in the U.S.A. of
U.S. and non-U.S. components.
By IBM Corporation,
San Jose, California
Machine S/N xxxxx
Ucode bundle installed on this machine is:
              xxxxxxx
              PN 17P8927
Table 2. Entry for remove procedures
If you are here to remove: Go to:
Any combination of storage facilities, racks, or external HMCs Use the Remove instructions. Consult your next level of support for this storage model.