text: **3.4 Physical planning**
  
  You must consider several key factors when you are planning the physical site of a Storwize 
  V7000 installation. The physical site must have the following characteristics: 
  
  (cid:2) Meets power, cooling, and location requirements of the Storwize V7000 nodes. 
  
  (cid:2) Has two separate power sources. 
  
  (cid:2) Sufficient rack space exists for the installation of controller and disk expansion enclosures. 
  
  (cid:2) Has sufficient maximum power rating of the rack. Plan your rack placement carefully to not 
  exceed maximum power rating of the rack. For more information about the power and 
  environmental requirements, see this website. 
  
  Your Storwize V7000 2076-524 and Storwize V7000 2076-624 order includes a printed copy 
  of the IBM Storwize V7000 Gen2 and Gen2+ Quick Installation Guide, which also provides 
  information about environmental and power requirements. 
  
  **3.4.1 Cabling**
  
  Create a cable connection table that follows your environment’s documentation procedure to 
  track all of the following connections that are required for the setup: 
  
  (cid:2) Power 
  (cid:2) Ethernet 
  (cid:2) SAS 
  (cid:2) iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connections 
  (cid:2) Switch ports (FC, Ethernet, and FCoE) 