Installation overview

The installation and initial configuration of your system is your responsibility, following the plan that you created using the planning information in the Knowledge Center.

Hardware installation tasks that you must complete

To install the system hardware, you must complete the following tasks.

Important: You must complete the planning tasks and have completed worksheets so that you can proceed with installing and initializing your system.

You must unpack and install the control enclosure in the rack.
If applicable, you must unpack and install any optional SAS expansion enclosures in the rack.
Referring to the worksheets that you created, you must complete the cabling.

Initial setup tasks that you must complete

After the hardware is installed, connect a laptop computer to the technician port of one of the node canisters in the control enclosure. Then, complete the following tasks.

Configure the system with a name and management and service IP addresses.
Note: If you intend to add the control enclosure to an existing system, you simply install the control enclosure, because the existing system is already initialized.
Log in to the control enclosure using the management GUI, and complete the system setup wizard using information from the worksheets you created.

First customer tasks

After you complete the service setup process, you can log in to the management GUI and complete the following tasks using the customer setup wizard.

Change the system password.
Set the date and time.
Create I/O groups (if applicable).
Confirm the Call Home settings that you entered during the installation.
Configure licensed functions.
Create storage pools.

When you complete the setup wizard, the setup wizard creates storage arrays and assigns the MDisks to the storage pools.

After the installation and initial configuration of the hardware is complete, IBM® strongly recommends that you check to see whether a later level of firmware and software is available and update to that level.