Expanding With New Powervault Md1200 Series Expansion Enclosures - Dell PowerVault MD3600f Deployment Manual

8 After the PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure is configured as
an expansion enclosure of the storage array, restore the data that was
backed up in step 1.
After the PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosures are online, they
can be accessed as a part of the storage array.

Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures

Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD1200 series
expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3600f series storage array:
NOTE:
Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array
software is installed and up to date. For more information, see the
support.dell.com/manuals.
1 Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault
MD3600f series resource media. For information about installing the
software, see "Software Installation" on page 17.
2 Set up the MD1200 series expansion enclosure(s). For information about
setting up the MD1200 series expansion enclosure(s), see the Hardware
Owner's Manual at support.dell.com/manuals.
3 Using MDSM, update the RAID controller module firmware and
NVSRAM to the latest versions available on support.dell.com. From the
Enterprise Management Window (EMW), click Tools Upgrade RAID
Controller Module Firmware.
4 Stop I/O and turn off the solution:
Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems
a
attached to the storage array.
Turn off the storage array.
b
Turn off any expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system.
c
5 Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
6 Turn on the solution:
Turn on the expansion enclosure(s). Wait for the enclosure status
a
LED to light blue.
Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that
b
the unit is ready:
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