IBM Storage Scale System 5000 Hardware Guide

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System overview
IBM Elastic Storage® System 5000 (ESS 5000) is a high-capacity storage system that uses the GPFS file system. It combines the IBM Elastic Storage System (5105) on the IBM POWER9 architecture with the IBM Storage Scale software, which provides the clustered file system.
Troubleshooting (SSR tasks)
This section explains troubleshoot issues faced while configuring the POWER9™ nodes and/or .
5105 22E: Reference information
Switch VLAN configuration instructions
This topic describes the instructions that are needed to configure an IBM Cumulus switch VLAN.
Dual 24 port (48 ports) MGMT switch ESS configuration
This topic describes how to configure a pair of ECS4100-28T to be the ESS top of the rack (TOR) switches.
Cables/Adapters for SSR activities
This section shows the cables required for installing and configuring code on the server.
PCIe4 x16 2-port HDR 100 Gb InfiniBand ConnectX-6 adapter (FC EC6G; CCIN 590E)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for feature code (FC) EC6G.
PCIe4 x16 2-port EDR 100 GB InfiniBand ConnectX-5 CAPI Capable adapter (FC AJP1; CCIN 2CF2)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for feature code (FC) AJP1 adapter.