DS4700 Express Storage Subsystem drive cabling rules and
recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
One DS4700 Express and one EXP100 storage expansion enclosure. . . 80
One DS4700 Express and two EXP100 storage expansion enclosures
One DS4700 Express and three or more EXP100 storage expansion
enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
One DS4700 Express and three or more EXP710 storage expansion
enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
One DS4700 Express and three or more EXP810 storage expansion
enclosures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
One DS4700 Express and two or more storage expansion enclosures in a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Storage expansion enclosure settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Intermixing storage expansion enclosures in the same drive loop . . . . . . 99
Connecting secondary interface cables
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Configuring the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Storage subsystem management methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Connecting hosts to the DS4700 Express
Redundant host and drive loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Installing the storage subsystem configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cabling the ac power supply for ac models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cabling the dc power supply for dc models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Single-level redundant dc cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dual-level redundant dc cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Chapter 4. Operating the storage subsystem
Performing the DS4000 Health Check process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Powering on the storage subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Turning on the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Installing the DS4000 Storage Manager client . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Monitoring status through software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Finding controller, storage expansion enclosure, and drive information
Checking the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
AC power supply and fan unit LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
DC power supply and fan unit LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Battery unit LEDs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Controller LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seven-segment numeric display LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Powering off the storage subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Turning off the storage subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Performing an emergency shutdown
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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