Connect The Power To The Expansion Shelf; Connect And Activate The Expansion Shelf - Hewlett Packard Enterprise AF20 Hardware Manual

Connect the Power to the Expansion Shelf

Connect the Power to the Expansion Shelf
Before you begin
Before you perform this task, you must have already installed the HPE Nimble Storage expansion shelf in a
rack or enclosure.
Procedure
1 Plug the power cables into both power supplies on the back of the expansion shelf.
2 Plug the other end of the power cables into the power circuit.
To minimize the risk of both power supplies losing power simultaneously, connect each power cable to a
different circuit.
3 Verify that the SAS LEDs are green after connecting the power cables.
4
If the expansion shelf does not come online automatically, press the power button
chassis.
If the expansion shelf still does not turn on, contact HPE Nimble Storage Support.

Connect and Activate the Expansion Shelf

Note Do not shut down the array while turning on and connecting the expansion shelf. Arrays must be running
NimbleOS 5.0.5 or later. Fully configure the array before you connect the expansion shelf to it.
Procedure
1 Verify that the SSDs are installed and fully plugged in.
Some slots might be empty.
a) Apply power to the expansion shelf.
Expansion shelf power must be on before connecting the SAS cables.
b) Verify that the power is on before you start cabling.
2 Cable the expansion shelf to the SAS expansion ports on the array.
Use the provided dual cable to cable the array to the expansion shelf.
Make sure not to cross the cables:
• Cable P1 on the array to P1 on the expansion shelf and P2 on the array to P2 on the expansion shelf
• Install the cables into the ports with the retention tabs down
a) Connect the SAS Out ports of controller A on the array to the SAS In ports of expander A on the
expansion shelf.
b) Connect the SAS Out ports of controller B on the array to the SAS In ports of expander B on the
expansion shelf.
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