Cabling The Ethernet Expansion Blade - Quantum Scalar i500 Installation Manual

Quantum Scalar i500: Ethernet Expansion Blade Installation
6-68141-01 Rev A
April 2014
Figure 2 Ethernet Expansion
Blade Control
Cabling the Ethernet
Expansion Blade
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• From the library Web client, complete the following steps:
a Select Tools > Diagnostics to enter library diagnostics.
If a message warns you that entering diagnostics will log out all
other users of the same or lower privilege level, click OK to agree to
log all other users out.
The diagnostics menu bar is displayed.
b Select Drives > EE Blade Control.
A message warns you that power cycling an Ethernet Expansion
blade may cause key exchange failures if FIPS is enabled.
c Click OK to proceed.
The Diagnostics - Ethernet Expansion Blade Control screen is
displayed.
d Check the Status column for the Ethernet Expansion blade to be
sure it says "Ready" (see
14 Save the library configuration:
a From the Web client, select Tools > Save/Restore Configuration.
b Select Save System Configuration, and click Apply.
Cable the library and Ethernet Expansion blade as follows (see
page 2).
• In a 14U and higher library, it is recommended that you do not connect
HP LTO-5 FC tape drives to the library control blade (LCB). Instead, you
should connect the tape drives to an Ethernet Expansion blade using
normal Ethernet cables.
• The Ethernet Expansion blade must be installed in the lower left slot of
the expansion module. A cover plate must cover the slot next to the
Ethernet Expansion blade. See
• For every expansion module that contains an Ethernet Expansion blade,
make sure a standard Ethernet cable is connected from one of the four
Figure 2 on page 6).
Figure 1 on page 2.
Installing the Ethernet Expansion Blade
Figure 1 on