. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Working with SAS cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Working with SFP modules and fiber optic cables . . . . . . . . . . . 27
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing SFP modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing SFP modules
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using LC-LC Fibre Channel cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using LC-SC Fibre Channel cable adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cabling the EXP3500 expansion enclosure
ESM connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Single-ESM configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dual-ESM configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting expansion enclosures to the DS3500 . . . . . . . . . . . 40
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Overview of steps to connect expansion enclosures to a storage
subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
DS3500 storage subsystem drive cabling topologies . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding an expansion enclosure to a running dual-controller configuration
Upgrading a single-controller to a dual-controller when there is no attached
EXP3500 enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Upgrading a single-controller to a dual-controller when there is one or more
EXP3500 enclosures attached to the storage subsystem. . . . . . . . 46
Connecting secondary interface cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the storage subsystem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storage subsystem management methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the storage subsystem configuration
Connecting SAS hosts to the DS3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Connecting Fibre Channel hosts to the DS3500 . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Connecting iSCSI hosts to the DS3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Overview of installing an IBM BladeCenter configuration to connect to a
DS3500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cabling the DS3500 and EXP3500 power supplies
Chapter 4. Operating the storage subsystem and expansion enclosure
Performing the health check process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Hardware inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Turning on the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Installing the DS Storage Manager Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Monitoring status through software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Checking the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Power-supply LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Controller LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Seven-segment numeric display LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
ESM LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Turning off the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Recovering from an overheated power supply
Cache memory and cache battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Cache memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Controller cache battery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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