IBM System Storage Subsystem DS5020 User Manual

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Power and site wiring requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Heat output, airflow, and cooling

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Chapter 2. Installing the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing for installation

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Tools and hardware required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Preparing the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Preparing the rack cabinet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Installing the support rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing the DS5020

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Removing the CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Removing a controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing an ac power supply and fan unit

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Removing an E-DDM

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Installing the DS5020 into a rack on the support rails . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacing the components

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Replacing a controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing an ac power supply and fan unit

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Replacing an E-DDM

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Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Enclosure ID settings

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Fibre Channel loop and ID settings

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Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Handling fiber-optic cables

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Installing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Removing SFP modules

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Using LC-LC Fibre Channel cables

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Connecting an LC-LC cable to an SFP module . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing an LC-LC Fibre Channel cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connecting storage expansion enclosures to the DS5020 . . . . . . . . . 54

Redundant drive channel pair

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Overview of steps to connect storage expansion enclosures to a storage

subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

DS5020 storage subsystem drive cabling topologies . . . . . . . . . . 57

One DS5020 and one storage expansion enclosure . . . . . . . . . 59
One DS5020 and two storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . . . 60
One DS5020 and three storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . . 62
One DS5020 and four storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . . . 63
One DS5020 and up to six storage expansion enclosures . . . . . . . 64
One DS5020 and two or more storage expansion enclosures in a mixed

configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

DS5020 storage subsystem and supported storage expansion enclosure drive

cabling schemes

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DS5020 storage subsystem drive cabling rules . . . . . . . . . . . 67
One DS5020 and one EXP520 storage expansion enclosure . . . . . . 70
One DS5020 and two EXP520 storage expansion enclosures. . . . . . 71
One DS5020 and three or more EXP520 storage expansion enclosures

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Storage expansion enclosure settings

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Fibre Channel loop and ID settings

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Storage expansion enclosure ID settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting secondary interface cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Configuring the storage subsystem

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Storage subsystem management methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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IBM System Storage DS5020 Storage Subsystem: Installation, User’s, and Maintenance Guide

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