diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md
index 4dc422b..a06bc24 100644
--- a/deploy/README.md
+++ b/deploy/README.md
@@ -267,10 +267,11 @@ Install `storage` service on **storage** node.
    ```bash
    /opt/3fs/bin/admin_cli -cfg /opt/3fs/etc/admin_cli.toml --config.mgmtd_client.mgmtd_server_addresses '["RDMA://192.168.1.1:8000"]' "user-add --root --admin 0 root"
    ```
-   Save the admin token to `/opt/3fs/etc/token.txt`.
+   The admin token is printed to the console, save it to `/opt/3fs/etc/token.txt`.
 2. Generate `admin_cli` commands to create storage targets on 5 storage nodes (16 SSD per node, 6 targets per SSD).
    - Follow instructions at [here](data_placement/README.md) to install Python packages.
    ```bash
+   pip install -r ~/3fs/deploy/data_placement/requirements.txt
    python ~/3fs/deploy/data_placement/src/model/data_placement.py \
       -ql -relax -type CR --num_nodes 5 --replication_factor 3 --min_targets_per_disk 6
    python ~/3fs/deploy/data_placement/src/setup/gen_chain_table.py \
diff --git a/deploy/data_placement/README.md b/deploy/data_placement/README.md
index 045bfe5..5137a05 100644
--- a/deploy/data_placement/README.md
+++ b/deploy/data_placement/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@ Suppose we are going to setup a small 3FS cluster:
 - 16 SSDs attached to each node
 - 6 storage targets on each SSD
 
+## Install dependencies
+
+The data placement problem is formulated using [Pyomo](https://www.pyomo.org/) and solved with the [HiGHS](https://highs.dev/) solver. Install them and other dependencies:
+
+```bash
+$ cd deploy/data_placement
+$ pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Generate chain table
+
 First generate a solution of the data placement problem.
 
 ```bash
+$ cd deploy/data_placement
 $ python src/model/data_placement.py -ql -relax -type CR --num_nodes 5 --replication_factor 3 --min_targets_per_disk 6 --init_timelimit 600
 
 ...
@@ -45,7 +57,7 @@ $ python src/model/data_placement.py -ql -relax -type CR --num_nodes 5 --replica
 
 Note that some combinations of `--num_nodes` and `--replication_factor` may have no solution.
 
-Then generate commands to create/remove storage targets.
+Then generate commands to create/remove storage targets and the chain table.
 
 ```bash
 $ python src/setup/gen_chain_table.py --chain_table_type CR --node_id_begin 10001 --node_id_end 10005 --num_disks_per_node 16 --num_targets_per_disk 6 --incidence_matrix_path output/DataPlacementModel-v_5-b_10-r_6-k_3-λ_2-lb_1-ub_1/incidence_matrix.pickle