IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 manual Adding an expansion unit

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Figure 53. Adding an expansion unit

3.Remove the blank filler trays and insert drive trays. Connect power to the drive expansion unit first and then connect power to the DS4100. After the storage server is powered on, the storage server locates the new drives.

4.Use the DS4000 Storage Manager client to check the status of the new drives, correct any errors found, and configure the new drives.

For more detailed information about how to cable the storage server and expansion units, see the DS4100 Fibre Channel Cabling Instructions that come with the storage server.

DS4000 EXP100 loop redundancy (DS4100 base storage server only)

The DS4000 EXP100 provides redundant loop support when the second ESM is configured, and when both loops (called A and B) are connected to a DS4100 storage server model that supports redundant loops. (The DS4100 base storage server supports redundant loops; the DS4100 single-controller storage server does not support redundant loops.) If a cable or SFP module fails on drive loop A, drive loop B provides redundancy, which is an alternate path to your disk drives.

Figure 54 on page 60 shows a redundant loop that you might create with a DS4100 and three DS4000 EXP100s. The numbers provided in Figure 54 on page 60 show the order in which cables should be attached.

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