Testing Enclosure Connections; Cabling Connections Between A Dual-Controller Enclosure And Mixed Drive Enclosures - HP 2000i User Manual

Figure 6

Cabling connections between a dual-controller enclosure and mixed drive enclosures.

TIP: For comprehensive configuration options and associated illustrations, see the HP StorageWorks
2000 G2 Modular Smart Array Cable Configuration Guide.

Testing enclosure connections

1. Press the power switches at the back of each drive enclosure to On.
IMPORTANT:
being scanned by the RAID modules in the controller enclosure.
While enclosures power up, their LEDs blink. After the LEDs stop blinking, if no LEDs on the front and
back of the enclosure are amber, the power-on sequence is complete and no faults have been detected.
For a description of LED behavior and status, see
2. Press the power switches at the back of the controller enclosure to On.
Depending on the number and type of drives in the system, it can take several minutes for the system to
power up.
If the enclosure's power-on sequence succeeds as described in Step 1, the system is ready to be
connected to hosts.
26 Installing the enclosures
In In
In
In
In
This ensures that the disks in the enclosures have enough time to completely spin up before
Controller A
Controller B
1A 1B
In Out In Out
Out
Out
3A 3B
In Out In Out
Out
Out
LED descriptions
0A
0B
2A
2B
4A
4B
on page 35.