Software Deployment Guide

The IBM Storage Scale System deployment guide contains information about software deployment, upgrades, protocol enablement, cluster setup by using command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI), and troubleshooting.

The following table lists information about different management servers and system components:
Table 1. Management servers and components
Components IBM Power9 IBM Storage Scale System Utility Node (MTM 5149-23E) x86 bring-your-own management server (BYOMS)
Protocol node Physical only Protocol VMs supported Protocol VMs supported
Deployment tools essrun, installation toolkit EMSVM script, GUI container, API container EMSVM script
GUI deployment Not supported Supported from the container Not supported
Call home Unified call home Unified call home Manual setup required
Monitoring IBM tools (OPAL, GUI) HAL daemon (host and guest) Customer-managed
Firmware updates Manual through update_flash Supported for IBM hardware Not supported by IBM
Network setup Campus, management, FSP, high-speed Campus, management, FSP, high-speed Manual through ess_ssr_setup
Container access CLI only CLI and GUI CLI only