Provisioning The Newly Added Sleds On A Single Site System - Western Digital ActiveScale X100 Installation Manual

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9. Plug the power cords into the power cord ports at the bottom of each power supply unit. The Storage
Enclosure basic will power on automatically.
10. In ActiveScale SM, verify that sled installation succeeded.
a. In ActiveScale SM, click Resources.
b. In the system graphic, select the correct Storage Node and confirm that its status is ONLINE.
c. In the system graphic, select the correct Storage Enclosure Basic and confirm that:
Its status is ONLINE
The correct number and position of installed sled(s) is shown
Disks in the newly installed sled(s) have the status NOTMANAGED
11. Repeat this procedure (starting from step 1) for each unvisited Storage Node- Storage Enclosure
Basic pair at each site.

7.2 Provisioning the newly added sleds on a single site system

Follow this procedure after you have completed the hardware steps for a single scale up kit. Each system
must have identical scale up configurations.
Important: The system must be in a stable state before scaling up. The scale up
job checks data safety levels when it starts. If the system is freshly installed, or if
you just completed an initial scale up, wait 10-15 minutes for the system to
stabilize and start recording data safety levels. This is particularly important if
you purchased multiple columns for an initial install. Systems that have been
running for some time may have a data safety issue as reported in ActiveScale
SM. You must resolve any data safety issues before attempting to scale up. If the
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