ESS 3200 Hardware Planning and Installation Guide

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Technical overview
The technical overview topics provide information about the major concepts of IBM ESS 3500 - Model 102.
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 network.
Installing
This section covers how to rack, stack, unpack, and install IBM Elastic Storage System 3200. It also guides the customer on how to fill out the installation worksheet.
Monitoring the system using LEDs
The section provides information about LED based monitoring of IBM Elastic Storage System 3200. The chapter guides customers to use LEDs for monitoring and maintenance of the system.
Troubleshooting (SSR tasks)
This section will help you troubleshoot issues faced while configuring EMS and IBM Elastic Storage System 3200.
Planning worksheets (customer task)
Customers are responsible for completing the system planning worksheets.
Switch VLAN configuration instructions
This topic describes the instructions that are needed to configure an IBM Cumulus switch VLAN.