Expanding with new powervault md1200, Series expansion enclosures – Dell PowerVault MD3200 User Manual

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Hardware Installation

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 dell.com/support/manuals.

a

Install the software and driver package included on the PowerVault

MD series resource media.
For information about installing the software, see "Installing

PowerVault MD Storage Software" on page 27.

b

Set up the PowerVault MD1200 series expansion enclosure(s).
For information about setting up the PowerVault MD1200 series

expansion enclosure(s), see the Owner’s Manual at

dell.com/support/manuals.

c

Using PowerVault MDSM, update the RAID controller module

firmware and NVSRAM to the latest versions available on

dell.com/support.

d

Click Tools Upgrade RAID Controller Module Firmware from the

Enterprise Management Window (EMW).

2 Stop I/O and turn off the system and attached units:

a

Stop all I/O to the storage array and turn off affected host systems

attached to the storage array.

b

Turn off the storage array.

c

Turn off any expansion enclosure(s) in the affected system.

3 Cable the expansion enclosure(s) to the storage array.
4 Turn on attached units:

a

Turn on the expansion enclosure(s). Wait for the enclosure status

LED to light blue.

b

Turn on the storage array and wait for the status LED to indicate that

the unit is ready:
• If the status LEDs are solid amber, the storage array is still coming

online.

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