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Installing the DS4100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Setting the interface options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3. Cabling the storage server
Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using LC-LC fibre-channel cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using LC-SC fibre-channel cable adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connecting hosts to the RAID controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Connecting secondary interface cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting expansion units (base storage server only) . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing the DS4000 Storage Manager client
Chapter 4. Operating the storage server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Turning the storage server on and off
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Preparing the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preparing the rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rack mounting template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the support rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing a RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing the DS4100 into a rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the DS4100 CRUs
Replacing a RAID controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacing a fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fibre channel loop and ID settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Server ID (enclosure ID) settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Storage server speed settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Storage subsystem management methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Host-agent (in-band) management method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Direct (out-of-band) management method . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fibre channel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fibre channel loop configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Redundant host and drive loops
Installing the storage subsystem configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Handling fiber-optic cables
Installing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Removing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing fiber-optic cables
Connecting an LC-LC cable to an SFP module . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing an LC-LC fibre-channel cable
Connecting an LC-SC cable adapter to a device
Removing an LC-LC cable from an LC-SC cable adapter . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting hosts to a DS4100 base storage server . . . . . . . . . . 55
Connecting hosts to a DS4100 single-controller storage server . . . . . . 56
Connecting secondary interface cables to a DS4100 base storage server
Connecting secondary interface cables to a DS4100 single-controller storage
server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
DS4000 EXP100 loop redundancy (DS4100 base storage server only) . . . 59
Turning on the storage server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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