Dell PowerVault MD1000, Hardware Owner'S Manual

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Contents
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Contents
1 About Your System
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Indicators on the Enclosure Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Front-Panel Indicators and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Drive Carrier LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Back-Panel Indicators and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Enclosure Management Module (EMM)
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Enclosure Failover When Two EMMs are Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EMM Thermal Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enclosure Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 Operating Your Storage Enclosure
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling Your Enclosure for Unified or Split Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing Your Enclosure’s Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Managing Your Storage Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Downloading Firmware
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3 Installing Enclosure Components
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing and Replacing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25