Connecting The San Volume Controller To The Uninterruptible Power Supply - IBM TotalStorage Installation Manual

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Connecting the SAN Volume Controller to the uninterruptible power
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Installation Guide
CAUTION:
To avoid any hazard from the rack tipping forward when boxes are installed,
observe all safety precautions for the rack into which you are installing the
device.
Steps:
Perform the following steps to install the SAN Volume Controller into the rack:
1. Stand at the front of the rack and place the back of the SAN Volume Controller
onto the support rails; then slide the SAN Volume Controller fully into the
rack.
2. Fully tighten the two captive thumbscrews 1 (see Figure 32).
Figure 32. Installing the SAN Volume Controller into a rack
3. Repeat this procedure for each SAN Volume Controller.
This task includes the steps you complete to connect the SAN Volume Controller to
the uninterruptible power supply.
Each SAN Volume Controller of a pair should be connected to a different
uninterruptible power supply. Each uninterruptible power supply can support up
to two SAN Volume Controllers.
Attention: Do not connect two clusters to the same pair of uninterruptible power
supplies. Both clusters will be lost in the event that a power failure occurs on both
of those uninterruptible power supplies.
Note: You must have two uninterruptible power supplies per cluster. A cluster can
contain no more than four SAN Volume Controllers. Also, each
uninterruptible power supply of a pair must be connected to a separate

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