Expanding With New Powervault Md3060E Expansion Enclosures - Dell PowerVault MD3260 Series Deployment Manual

CAUTION: If a PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosure that was previously attached to PERC H800
adapter is used as an expansion enclosure to a PowerVault MD3260 Series storage array, the physical disks of the
expansion enclosure are reinitialized and data is lost. You must backup all data on the expansion enclosure before
attempting the expansion.
To attach previously configured PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosures to the PowerVault MD3260 Series
storage array:
After the PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosures are online, they can be accessed as a part of the storage
array.
1. Back up all data on the expansion enclosure(s).
2. Upgrade the expansion enclosure firmware to the latest version available at support.dell.com while the enclosure
is still attached to the PERC H800 controller.
Windows systems users can reference the DUP.exe package and Linux kernel users can reference the DUP.bin
package.
3. Ensure that the storage array software is installed and up to date before adding the expansion enclosure(s).
For more information, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals.
4. Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see
5. Update the storage array RAID controller module firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available at
support.dell.com, using Modular Disk Storage Manager.
6. Launch MD Storage Manager.
7. Click Tools → Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware in the Enterprise Management Window (EMW).
8. Stop all I/O to the array and turn off the host systems attached to the storage array.
9. Turn off the storage array.
10. Turn off the expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system.
11. Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
12. Turn on the expansion enclosure(s).
13. Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that the unit is ready:
– When power is on, the power on indicator lights solid green.
– If the Service action required indicator lights amber, there is an error that can be viewed using the
PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager.
14. When the storage array is online and ready, turn on any attached host systems.
15. After the PowerVault MD3060e Series expansion enclosure is configured as an expansion enclosure of the storage
array, restore the data that was backed up in step 1.

Expanding With New PowerVault MD3060e Expansion Enclosures

Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3260 Series
storage array:
1. Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array software is installed and is up to date.
For more information, see the Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals.
2. Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault MD Series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see
3. Using MD Storage Manager, update the RAID controller module and NVSRAM firmware to the latest versions
available on support.dell.com.
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Installing MD Storage Manager.
Installing MD Storage Manager.