IBM System Storage EXP2512 Express Storage Enclosure, Installation, User'S, And Maintenance Manual

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The IBM Documentation CD
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and operating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What the EXP2500 offers
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Major components of the EXP2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Inventory checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the EXP2500 in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cabling the EXP2500
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Connecting the power cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Systems-management software support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3. EXP2500 controls, LEDs, and power . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Front view: components
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Front view: LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear view: power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear view: ESMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
EXP2500 power features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Powering on the EXP2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Powering off the EXP2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Turning off the EXP2500 in an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Turning on the EXP2500 after an emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 4. Parts listing, EXP2512 and EXP2524 expansion enclosures. . . 25
Replaceable EXP2500 components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
EXP2512 expansion enclosure parts listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
EXP2524 expansion enclosure parts listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with hot-swap hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive
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Replacing an ESM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing a hot-swap power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacing the bezels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the bezels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing the bezels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the midplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 5. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 6. Remote management and system diagnostics . . . . . . . . 43
Launching the EXP2500 ESM command-line interface . . . . . . . . . . 43
EXP2500 ESM command-line reference
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Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 45
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