Expanding With New Powervault Md1200 Series Expansion Enclosures - Dell PowerVault MD3200 Deployment Manual

Expanding With New PowerVault MD1200 Series Expansion Enclosures

Perform the following steps to attach new PowerVault MD1200 Series
expansion enclosures to a PowerVault MD3200 Series storage array:
1 Before adding the expansion enclosure(s), ensure that the storage array
software is installed and up to date. For more information, see the
Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals.
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2 Stop I/O and turn off all systems:
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3 Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
4 Turn on attached units:
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Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault
MD3200 Series resource media. For information about installing the
software, see "Software Installation" on page 25.
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.
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.
Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems
attached to the storage array.
Turn off the storage array.
Turn off any expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system.
Turn on the expansion enclosure(s). Wait for the enclosure status
LED to light blue.
Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that
the unit is ready:
• If the status LEDs light solid amber, the storage array is still
coming online.
• If the status LEDs are blinking amber, there is an error that can be
viewed using MDSM.
• If the status LEDs light solid blue, the storage array is ready.
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