IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145-CF8, Hardware Installation Manual

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If the second line of each option for either Ethernet Port-1 or Ethernet Port-2
does not show
Link Online
when there is an Ethernet cable attached, perform
each of the following actions and check the display to see if the action fixed
the problem. If an action corrects the problem, you do not need to perform the
remaining actions.
v
Verify that an Ethernet cable is plugged into the node port.
v Verify that the other end of the Ethernet cable is plugged into the Ethernet
switch port and that the switch is operating correctly at a supported speed.
v
Replace the Ethernet cable with a new cable.
v Replace the node system board.
When the required ports are online, check that the speed and duplex
operation are as expected. If either the speed or the duplex operation is not
what you expect, check the configuration of the Ethernet switch and check for
damage to the Ethernet cables.
Retain the MAC addresses as reference information.
9. Press and release the up button or down button until the
FC Port-1
option
shows in the display.
10. Check whether the second line of the front-panel display shows the message
Active
. If
Active
is not shown on the second line, go to MAP 5600: Fibre
channel in the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Troubleshooting Guide
to repair the fault.
11.
Press and hold the down button.
12. Press and release the select button.
13.
Release the down button. The operational speed of the fibre-channel link is
displayed. Use the cable connection table that is provided by the customer to
verify that the fibre-channel link is operating at the expected speed. If the
operational speed does not match the expected speed, go to MAP 5600: Fibre
channel in the
IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Troubleshooting Guide
to repair the fault.
14. Press the select button to return to the fibre-channel status display.
15. Press the right button to display each port in turn and ensure that the port is
active and the speed is correct.
16. If you want to select a language other than English, perform the following
steps:
a. Press the up button or down button until the
Select Language?
option is
displayed.
b.
Press the select button.
c. Press the left button or right button until the required language is
displayed.
d. Press the select button.
If the battery needed to be charged, the Charging or Recovering message is
replaced by the Cluster: message when the battery is fully charged. The
progress bar no longer displays. The installation of the SAN Volume
Controller hardware is now complete. No software installation is required.
Continue with the instructions in the
IBM System Storage SAN Volume
Controller Software Installation and Configuration Guide to create, if necessary, a
new SAN Volume Controller cluster and to add the nodes into a SAN Volume
Controller cluster.
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