Turning On For The First Time; Turning Off; Restarting - Accusys ACS-8990 User Manual

Chapter 2 – Installation
4. Connect a power cable to the connector
on the backplane. The power input
connector is identical to a standard hard
drive power connector.

Turning on for the first time

When cabling is complete, ACS-8990 can be turned on. This should be done in the following
order:
1. First turn on the power source
2. Then boot the host computer(s)
When ACS-8990 is running, you are ready to configure one or more RAIDs. You have the
following options:
1. Turn to Chapter 3 to perform a quick setup of a single array using the control panel.
2. Turn to Chapter 4 to access the Monitor Utility. Once the Monitor Utility is accessed, you
can perform a quick setup (Chapter 3) or complete configuration (Chapter 5) with either
the control panel or Monitor Utility.
3. Turn to Chapter 5 to perform a full configuration using the control panel.

Turning off

The Shut Down command should be used to turn off ACS-8990 to ensure that data is not lost
or corrupted. To shut down, first shut down the terminal/host system, then select Shut Down
from the NVRAM menu (see Saving Configurations in Chapter 5, Configuration). Finally,
power off ACS-8990.

Restarting

When restarting ACS-8990, users are advised to first restart the terminal/host system, then
power on ACS-8990.
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