Hardware Planning and Installation Guide

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Technical overview
The technical overview topics provide information about the major concepts of the IBM Elastic Storage® System 3000.
Planning for hardware
Before the IBM Service Support Representative (SSR) installs the system hardware, the customer must provide a plan that explains where and how the hardware will be installed, configured, and connected in the customer's storage area network.
Installing
This section covers topics on how to rack, stack, unpack, and install an ESS 3000 system. It also guides the customer on how to fill out the installation worksheet.
Troubleshooting (SSR tasks)
This section will help you troubleshoot issues faced while configuring EMS and Elastic Storage System 3000.
Planning worksheets (customer task)
Customers are responsible for completing the system planning worksheets.
Cabling Guide (SSR tasks)
This chapter illustrates various cabling scenarios of IBM Elastic Storage System 3000.
Converting an older Elastic storage System Management Server for ESS 3000 compatibility
The following steps help to address field issues when an older Elastic Storage System Management Server (EMS) is used for the ESS 3000.