Verifying That The New I/O Ports Are Recognized; Adding The I/O Module To Sp B; Committing The New I/O Ports; Replace A Fan Module - Dell EMC Unity All Flash Installation And Service Manual

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Verifying that the new I/O ports are recognized

About this task
Verify that the new I/O ports are recognized by your system and is not faulted using the procedure that follows.
NOTE:
Do not attempt to commit the new I/O ports at this time. Wait until directed later in this procedure for the
appropriate point to commit both new I/O ports.
Steps
1. Open Unisphere™ and select System View.
2. Select the new I/O ports in the the graphical view:
In the graphical view, the ports should be highlighted yellow.
If the system health monitor shows the ports as faulted, contact your service provider.

Adding the I/O module to SP B

You have completed the addition of the I/O module to SP A. Now you are ready to add the other I/O module to SP B by
repeating the following tasks that you just performed for SP A:
NOTE:
Ensure that you install the I/O module in the same slot on SP B that was used on SP A.
1. Locate the slot for the new I/O module.
2. Remove the I/O filler module from the SP B assembly.
3. Unpack the I/O module.
4. Install the I/O module.
5. Verify that the system recognizes the I/O module.

Committing the new I/O ports

About this task
You must commit the new I/O ports before they can be used.
Steps
1. In Unisphere, select System View.
2. Select the DPE and select Commit IO Ports.
NOTE:
Committing I/O ports requires multiple reboots of the SPs and may take up to an hour to complete. You can
find I/O ports commit and SP reboot status details on Service > Logs. During these reboots you will temporarily lose
Unisphere connectivity.
After this process completes, the new I/O ports have been successfully committed into the system.
If the commit of the new I/O ports fails, please wait 15 minutes for the system to fully boot and then re-attempt the commit
process.

Replace a fan module

Take the following actions to remove the faulted fan module and install the replacement fan module into the system.
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