HP P6000 Installation Instructions Manual page 17

verification could result in potential loss of data access for an extended period of time. Complete
the following steps to verify:
a. Open HP P6000 Command View.
b. Navigate to the newly added disk enclosure within the Hardware folder in the navigation
pane and select it. The Disk Enclosure Properties window opens.
c. Select the I/O tab.
d. For the I/O module that you connected, check that the overall operational state and the
connection and operational states for each port displays Good. The other I/O module that
is not yet connected will display Not installed for the overall operational state and Not
available for each port operational state.
NOTE: If the newly added disk enclosure is at a different I/O module firmware version,
the overall operational state will display Loading firmware. The state will remain as Loading
firmware until the other I/O module is connected. At that point, the I/O module firmware
will be upgraded.
e. Once you connect the other I/O module, repeat
module's status.
6. Complete the connections to I/O module B of the newly installed disk enclosure (below the
controller enclosure). The result is the cable on port P1 of I/O module B of the disk enclosure
previously closest to the controller enclosure is moved to port P1 of I/O module B of the newly
installed disk enclosure (3,
P1 of the preexisting disk enclosure and I/O module B port P2 of the newly installed disk enclosure
(4, Figure 13).
7. Verify that I/O modules A and B on the added enclosure have been assigned a unique (but not
necessarily sequential) index number.
Figure 13). Also, a new cable is installed between I/O module B port
Step 5.b through Step 5.d
Cabling the enclosure
to verify that I/O
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