IBM Elastic Storage Server Implementation Guide for Version 5.3

Adding ESS Generation 2 (PPC64LE) building blocks to ESS Generation 1

This chapter describes the planning and recommended practices for deploying a system with mixed generation 1 (Gen1) and generation 2 (Gen2) hardware. It has the following sections:

•7.1, “Overview” on page 76

•7.2, “Network and hardware planning” on page 76

•7.3, “Storage planning” on page 77

•7.4, “Maintenance” on page 79

7.1 Overview

You deploy new ESS building blocks to extend the capacity of an existing ESS cluster. The storage in these new building blocks can be used to ...