PowerVault (Dell MD1400 - 16TB) Setup Guide
4. When you finish the cabling, make sure that the external storage devices are powered on and
then power on the host.
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Make sure that you have a live connection to PowerVaults.
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Make sure that the green light next to the Port 0 of the left PERC Card on the
NetWitness Series 5 host is green.
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Make sure that the green lights next to the PowerVault ports are green.
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Make sure that you have a live connection to the 15-Drive DACs.
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Make sure that the green light next to the Port 0 of the right Card on the NetWitness
Series 5 is green.
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Make sure that the blue lights next to the 15-Drive DACs are blue.
Connect External Storage Devices to Series 6 (R640)
1. Ensure that the host is powered off.
2. Connect one end of the SAS cables to the ports of the RAID controller on the back of the
Archiver, Decoder, or Log Decoder host.
Install PowerVaults and 15-Drive DACs on a Series 5 or Series 6 Host (Mixed
Mode)
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