Scenario: Installing the IBM PureFlex System
After you order an IBM PureFlex System, multiple groups ship, install, and configure your system.
The following figure shows the flow of events in a typical installation of the IBM PureFlex System.
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Configuration for selection.
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Configuration for selection.
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Configuration for selection.
An option to consider.
Determine which
configuration to
order.
User task
Order the system.
User task
IBM sends you
links to the
planning
information.
Manufacturing
builds the system.
Manufacturing ships
the system with
printed overview and
installation
documentation.
The shipping company
sends the system to
the actual installation
site while keeping in
contact with customer.
Accept the
physical order at
the loading dock.
User task
The shipping
company takes
over shipment.
Follow the
unpacking
instructions that
came with the
system.
User task
Contact IBM Lab Services
Team (if purchased) to tell
them to go ahead with the
next step.
User task
IBM Lab Services
Team (if purchased)
takes over.
Cable system to
the Chassis
Management
Module to ensure
that all hardware
components are
present and
functioning.
User task
Give IBM Lab
Services Team (if
purchased) the
network information
worksheet that you
completed after you
ordered.
User task
IBM Lab Services
Team (if purchased)
cables a laptop to
the management
network to access
the Management
Server Setup
wizard.
Work with
to complete
these steps:
IBM Lab Services
Team (if purchased)
User task
1. Accept any software
license agreements.
2. Set system-level user
IDs and passwords.
Wait until all LEDs on
the front of the rack
are green and are
blinking slowly.
User task
DO NOT POWER ON THE
SYSTEM AT THIS TIME.
Route and connect
power cables to a
power source, but do
not power on the
system.
User task
Installing and configuring the system
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