Connecting A P6500 Eva Storage-Centric Rack To A 0C4D Expansion Rack - HP EVA P6000 Reference Manual

d. For the I/O module that you connected, check that the overall operational state and the
connection and operational states for each port displays Good. The other I/O module
that is not yet connected will display Not installed for the overall operational state and
Not available for each port operational state.
NOTE:
the overall operational state will display Loading firmware. The state will remain as
Loading firmware until the other I/O module is connected. At that point, the I/O module
firmware will be upgraded.
9. Complete the connections to I/O module B on the expansion rack disk enclosure:
a. Connect a cable between P2 (I/O-B) on the top disk enclosure in the expansion rack to
P1 (I/O-B) on the newly installed disk enclosure in the expansion rack (6,
b. Using the end of the cable unplugged in
top disk enclosure in the expansion rack (3,
c. Using the end of the cable unplugged in
newly installed disk enclosure in the expansion rack (4,
10. Repeat Step 8
1 1. If the disk enclosure status shows Loading firmware, allow the update process to complete
before adding more enclosures.
12. Repeat these steps to add another disk enclosure, if applicable.

Connecting a P6500 EVA storage-centric rack to a 0C4D expansion rack

For reference,
The storage-centric rack example assumes that there is only EVA hardware in the rack.
If the newly added disk enclosure is at a different I/O module firmware version,
to verify the I/O module B connections.
Figure 13 (page 18) shows a fully cabled P6500 EVA 2C6D main rack configuration.
Step 1, connect the cable to P1 (I/O-B) on the
Figure 12).
Step 2, connect the cable to P2 (I/O-B) on the
Figure 12).
Figure 12).
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