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 is up to date. For more information, see the
Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals.
Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault
a
MD series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see "Installing
PowerVault MD Storage Software" on page 25.
Set up the PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure(s).
b
For information about setting up the PowerVault MD1200 series
expansion enclosure(s), see the Owner's Manual at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Using PowerVault MDSM, update the RAID controller module
c
firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available on
support.dell.com.
Click Tools Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware from the
d
Enterprise Management Window (EMW).
2 Stop I/O and turn off the system and attached units:
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
3 Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
4 Turn on attached units:
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:
• If the status LEDs are solid amber, the storage array is still coming
online.
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