Hitachi G200 Quick Start page 2

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Connect the Hardware
Ports are color-coded for reference.
SVP
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
Drive
Tray
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
Drive
Tray
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
Drive
Tray
Controller 1
Cabling shown is for illustration purposes only.
NOTE For best practices, run the cables to facilitate
future component replacement.
3
Power Up the System
SVP (rear)
SVP
(front)
Drive Tray (rear)
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
CONSOLE
RDY
AC IN
ALM
Controller (rear)
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
CONSOLE CONSOLE
RDY
AC IN
ALM
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
CONSOLE CONSOLE
RDY
AC IN
ALM
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
CONSOLE CONSOLE
RDY
AC IN
ALM
Controller 2
POWER LOCATE ALARM
IN OUT
CONSOLE
RDY
AC IN
ALM
1. Connect expansion ports to
drive trays.
Cables should lock into place.
Verify they do not pull out
without using the tab.
RDY 2. Make SVP connections.
AC IN
ALM
The SVP is available as:
• A physical device supplied by HDS that runs Windows
Embedded Standard 7 (see the installation below).
RDY
• A software application that operates on a VMware ESXi host,
AC IN
ALM
Linux KVM host, customer-supplied server hardware, or
Windows Hyper-V Server 2012 R Virtual Machine (VM).
As a software application, the SVP runs a customer-supplied
RDY
version of Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1,
AC IN
ALM
Windows 10 Professional, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows
Server 2012, or Windows Server 2012 R2.
LAN3
Connect to
user LAN port on
Controller 1
1. Power off all power
distribution units (PDUs).
2. Plug in power to the SVP.
3. Connect the power cables to the rear panels on the
controllers and drive trays. For redundancy, connect the
power cables to feeds from separate power sources.
Confirm that the POWER LED on the front panel is amber.
4. Power up the PDUs.
5. Power up the SVP before powering up the controllers.
6. Attach the front bezel to the front of the controllers and
each drive tray, and then lock using the supplied key.
7. Press and hold the POWER ON/OFF switch on the
controllers for about 3 seconds. The POWER LED will
change from amber to green.
8. Wait for the READY LED to turn
on (approximately 16 minutes).
SAS cable
Tab
LAN1 LAN2
Connect to
user LAN port on
Connect to
Connect to
Controller 2
network
management
switch
console PC
If possible, use a UPS.
NOTE
Controller (front)
POWER
READY
WARNING
ALARM
POWER
ON/OFF
SVP
LAN4