Adding An Expansion Enclosure To An Existing System; Adding A Control Enclosure To An Existing System - IBM Storwize V5000 Quick Installation Manual

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Adding an expansion enclosure to an existing system

Adding a control enclosure to an existing system

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Storwize V5000: Quick Installation Guide
b. Take the USB flash drive to the Storwize system and allow it to initialize.
c. Return the flash drive to the workstation to check that the initialization
completed.
9. If the system initialization completed successfully, click Finish. If you have a
network connection to the Storwize system, the system management GUI is
displayed. If the workstation does not have a network connection to the
Storwize system, go to the workstation that you will use to manage the
system and start a supported browser. Direct the browser to the management
address you specified for the system.
10. Log in with user name superuser and password passw0rd.
Note: The 0 character in the password is a zero, not the letter O.
11. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin setting up your system.
Note: The other options that are available in the initialization tool are used to
recover the service IP address or the superuser password.
When adding an expansion enclosure to an existing system, you must use the
Storwize management GUI to update the system configuration.
About this task
The management GUI requires a supported web browser (see "Web browser
requirements to access the management GUI" on page 27).
Procedure
To add an expansion enclosure to your system, complete the following steps.
1. Install support rails for the new enclosure (see "Installing the support rails" on
page 11).
2. Install the new enclosure in the rack (see "Installing the enclosures" on page
16).
3. Connect the expansion enclosure attachment cables (see "Connecting SAS
cables to expansion enclosures" on page 17).
4. Connect the power cables and wait for the SAS LEDs to illuminate (see
"Powering on the system" on page 24).
5. Start the management GUI.
6. Select Monitoring > System Details.
7. Select the system name in the tree.
8. Select Actions > Add Enclosures > Expansion only.
9. Continue to follow the on-screen instructions.
About this task
The management GUI requires a supported web browser (see "Web browser
requirements to access the management GUI" on page 27).

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