9175 Installation Manual for Physical Planning

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This publication, the 9175 Installation Manual for Physical Planning or 9175 IMPP, is available for download here.

This document contains information necessary for planning the physical installation of an IBM 9175. It includes system planning details, model and physical specifications, environmental specifications and requirements, power and cooling data, power and I/O cabling, and various other details required for physical installation planning. The intended audience of this document includes all customer personnel who are responsible for providing the necessary and appropriate environment for successful installation and operation of an IBM 9175 system.

Important: You must ensure that you and your IBM marketing representative or Business Partner are thorough when planning for the physical installation of the 9175 system. Proper planning for your new system will facilitate a smooth installation and fast system start up.

Unless otherwise stated, throughout this document 9175 refers to the IBM® z17™ (Model ME1) or IBM LinuxONE Emperor 5 (Model ML1).

The use of the terms, "server", "processor", "system" and "all models" in this publication refer to the 9175.

This graphic shows the front angle view of the IBM z17 four-frame system. — Figure 1. IBM z17 (Model ME1) Four-frame model