Adding an fc i/o blade – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing

Adding, Removing, and Replacing FC I/O Blades

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device to the host. Thus the host may see the same partition multiple

times. To minimize confusion, you should configure host mapping so

that each host sees each device only once. For more information, see

the

Host Mapping - Overview

on page 116 and

Configuring Host

Mapping

on page 118. To configure host mapping:

a

From the operator panel or Web client, select

Setup > FC I/O

Blades > FC I/O Blade Control

and enable host mapping.

b

From the operator panel or Web client, select

Setup > FC I/O

Blades > Host Mapping

.

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Configure host port failover on the FC I/O blade (optional). From the

Web client, select

Setup > FC I/O Blades > Host Port Failover

. To enable

host port failover, you must configure target ports 1 and 2 on the

FC I/O blade as point-to-point connections (

Setup > FC I/O Blades >

Port Configuration

). For more information, see

Configuring FC Host

Port Failover

on page 119.

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Save the library configuration (see

Saving the Library Configuration

on page 385).

Adding an FC I/O Blade

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These instructions explain how to add an FC I/O blade to your library.

You can add an FC I/O blade while the library is powered on.

Required tools:

None

1

Access the back of the 9U Library Expansion Module.

2

Remove the cover plate from the appropriate bay.

3

Press up and out to open the latch hooks on each side of the FC I/O

blade.

Note:

The recommended order of installing the FC I/O blade

and fan blade in a 9U Library Expansion Module is

starting from the bottom bay and moving up.

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