Read This First: Complete Installation Steps; Figure 19 Fc I/O Blade And Fan Blade Bays In Expansion Module - Dell PowerVault ML6000 Maintenance Manual

Figure 19 FC I/O Blade and Fan Blade Bays in Expansion Module
1 FC I/O blade
2 Fan blade
3 Expansion module

Read This First: Complete Installation Steps

When installing an FC I/O blade, you must follow the installation steps in the order shown below, or
communication with the FC I/O blade and tape drives in the library will not work properly.
If you are adding a new FC I/O blade or completely removing an FC I/O blade, be
CAUTION
sure to read the section
not configure control paths correctly, you will experience communication
problems with tape drives, partitions, and the media changer (robot).
You may perform the following steps with the library powered on.
1 Ensure that you are running the proper level of firmware. You must be running 400-level code or later
to use I/O blades. See the User's Guide for instructions on upgrading firmware.
2 Save the library configuration (from the Web client, select Tools > Save/Restore Configuration).
3 Connect the Ethernet cable from the Library Control Blade to the Expansion Module(s). For each
FC I/O blade installed in an expansion module, connect the expansion module containing the FC I/O
blade(s) to a port in the Ethernet hub on the LCB (see #5 in
PowerVault ML6000 Maintenance Guide
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Control Paths and FC I/O Blades on page 133. If you do
Figure 11 on page 36).
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