Installing and upgrading

Quick Start Guides provide useful information about IBM Storage Scale Installation, deployment, and upgrade so that you can start using this product with minimal configuration.

Table 1. IBM Storage Scale quick start and protocols overview guides
Guide name Description Links
Quick Start Guide Provides information about how to download IBM Storage Scale software, obtain documentation, verify hardware and OS compatibility, and understand the product architecture.
Cloudkit CLI for IBM Storage Scale 6.0.0 – Quick Start Guide Provides cloudkit workflow overview.
IBM Storage Scale 6.0.0 Protocols Quick Overview Covers prerequisites, installation steps, protocol deployment (NFS, SMB, S3), and basic commands for cluster health checks and protocol validation by using the installation toolkit.