Installing System Expansion Node Kits - Western Digital ActiveScale P100 Support Manual

ActiveScale™ P100 Support Guide

7 Installing System Expansion Node kits

System Expansion Node kits provide one additional System Node for your ActiveScale system. Additional
System Nodes allow you to increase system performance with your current storage capacity. You can add
up to three System Expansion Node kits (three additional System Nodes) to each ActiveScale P100
ActiveScale X100 base system. Multi-site deployments can support up to 21 System Expansion Nodes.
System Expansion Node kits are supported with other upgrades, this includes:
• Scale out deployments
• Scale up deployments
• Multi-site deployments
Important: System Expansion Node kits do not provide failover or high-
availability capabilities to ActiveScale systems.
Topics:
• System Expansion Node kit requirements 104
• Rack requirements
• Unpacking System Expansion Node kits
• Installing System Expansion Node kits
• Connecting the System Expansion Node kit networking cables
• Installing System Expansion Node kits in multi-site systems
• Programming the System Interconnects
• Powering on the System Expansion Node
• Software steps for adding a System Expansion Node kit
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