Planning a location for the rack
Plan to take delivery of the racked system. The delivery consists of 2 - 3 pallets of equipment.
- FlashSystem 9500R model 4666-AH8 or 4666-UH8 control enclosures
- Any optional IBM® model 4666-AFF or 4666-A9F expansion enclosures
- Two IBM power distribution units
- Two IBM Fibre Channel switches
- Power cables
A second pallet carries a package that contains more accessories and cables.
If the FlashSystem 9500R is configured with one or two IBM 4666-AFF or 4666-A9F expansion enclosures, the second pallet also contains 1 - 2 packages of drives for those 5U enclosures. If the configuration contains more than 60 drives per 5U expansion enclosure, a third pallet carries more drives. Drives are packed in cartons within packages. Each drive carton is labeled with the machine type-model (MT-M) and the serial number of the 5U expansion enclosure where the IBM System Services Representative (SSR) is to install the drives.
Drives for control enclosures and drives for 2U expansion enclosures are preinstalled in the enclosures that are already installed in the rack.
Plan to move the FlashSystem 9500R rack off its delivery pallet and into its operating location, as described in Locating the FlashSystem 9500R rack solution (Customer task). Ensure that the additional packages are located nearby for installation.
When the FlashSystem 9500R racked system is in its operating location, an IBM SSR can complete the installation as described in Installing.
After the hardware is installed, IBM Lab Services works with you to configure the FlashSystem 9500R system and to connect the system to your SAN, hosts, and storage.