Preparing for the deployment and the upgrade

Before IBM Storage Scale deployment or upgrade, download required packages and set up a management server.

Preparing a Power9 management server
Software package installation and the management server must be prepared before deployment or upgrade IBM Storage Scale System.
Preparing a Utility Node
These instructions outline the steps to deploy systems with protocols from an x86 Utility Node management server.
Preparing bring-your-own management server
These instructions outline the steps to deploy systems with protocols from an x86 Utility Node management server.
Configuring dual management server
This appendix describes the basic requirements, use cases, and configuration steps for the dual management server support.

Parent topic: Deployment through the command-line interface