IBM 9008-22L Site And Hardware Planning

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Site and hardware physical planning overviewSuccessful installation requires effective planning of your physical and operational environment. You arethe most valuable resource in site planning because you know where and how your system, and thedevices that are attached to it, are used.Site preparation for the complete system is the responsibility of the customer. The primary task of yoursite planner is to ensure that each system is installed so that it can operate and be serviced efficiently.This topic collection provides the basic information that you need to plan for your system installation. Itprovides an overview of each planning task and valuable reference information useful throughout theperformance of these tasks. Depending on the complexity of the system that you ordered and yourexisting computing resource, you might not need to complete all the steps noted here.First, with the help of your systems engineer, sales representative, or with the help of those coordinatingyour installation, list the hardware for which you need to plan. Use the summary of your order to help youwhen you make your list. This list is now your “To Do” list. You can use the Planning task checklist toassist you.While you are responsible for planning, vendors, contractors, and your sales representative are alsoavailable to help with any aspect of the planning. For some system units, a customer servicerepresentative installs your system unit and verifies correct operation. Some system units are consideredcustomer-installed. If you are not sure, check with your sales representative.The physical planning section of this topic collection provides the physical characteristics of many systemunits, and associated products. For information on products not included in this topic collection, contactyour sales representative or your IBM reseller.Before you proceed with planning, ensure that the hardware and software you chose meets your needs.Your sales representative is available to answer questions.While this information is for hardware planning, the system memory and disk storage needed are afunction of the software to be used, therefore some things to consider are listed below. Information onsoftware products is generally in or with the software licensed program itself.In assessing the adequacy of hardware and software, consider the following guidelines:• Available disk space and system memory for accommodating software, online documentation, and data(including future growth needs resulting from extra users, more data, and new applications).• Compatibility of all devices.• Compatibility of software packages with each other and with the hardware configuration.• Adequate redundancy or backup capabilities in hardware and software.• Software portability to the new system, if necessary.• Prerequisites and corequisites of chosen software are satisfied.• Data to be transferred to the new system.© Copyright IBM Corp. 2018, 2019 1