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How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Sun StorageTek 2500 Series array and the hardware installation process.

Chapter 2 describes how to install rack-mounting rails, controller modules, and expansion cabinets in three Sun cabinets.

Chapter 3 describes how to connect the management host and data hosts to enable access to the array.

Chapter 4 describes tray power-on procedures.

Chapter 5 describes data host software and what you need to do to acquire and install it.

Chapter 6 describes how to configure IP addressing on the local management host and the array controllers.

Appendix A describes how to set up a DHCP server.

Related Documentation

Application	Title	Part Number

Site planning information

Late-breaking information not included in the information set

Instructions for installing the Common Array Manager host management software

Quick reference information for the CLI

Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Site	820-0024-nn
Preparation Guide
Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Release	820-0031-nn
Notes
Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager	820-0030-nn
Release Notes
Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager	819-7035-nn
Software Installation Guide
Sun StorageTek 6130, 2500 Series, and	820-0029-nn
6540 Arrays sscs(1M) CLI Quick
Reference

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Contents

Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Hardware Installation Guide Please Recycle Contents Installing Trays Data Hosts, HBAs, and Other Software Connecting the Management Host and Data HostsPowering On the Array Using DC Power Configuring IP AddressingConfiguring a Dhcp Server Glossary Index Page Figures Figure B-1 Tables Table B-1Page Preface Before You Read This Book How This Book Is Organized Related Documentation Accessing Sun Documentation Sun Welcomes Your Comments Third-Party Web SitesContacting Sun Technical Support Tray Overviews Front-Access Components of the Trays 1Sun StorageTek 2500 Series Array Product Overview 2Tray Front-Access Components LEDs on the Front of the Trays LED Rear-Access Components of the Trays 4Controller Tray Rear-Access Components Controllers Sun StorageTek 2540 Array SFP Transceivers Sun StorageTek 2530 Array Controller Tray and Drive Expansion Tray Power- Fan Assembly Sun StorageTek 2501 Array Drive Expansion Tray IOM LEDs on the Rear of the Trays Controller LEDs on the Sun StorageTek 2540 Array Controller LEDs on the Sun StorageTek 2530 Array 100BASE-TX Active Not active LED Service Action LEDs IOM LEDs on the Sun StorageTek 2501 Array Disk Drives 14 Disk Drives LEDs on the Disk Drives Service Advisor and Customer Replaceable Units Common Array Manager Software Overview of the Installation Process Tray Overviews Page Installing Trays Preparing for the Installation Preparing the Universal Rail Kit 1Loosening the Rail Screws to Adjust the Rail Length Preparing the Tray Planning the Order of the Tray Installation Preparing the Cabinet Attaching the Rails to a Cabinet Page 3Securing the Left Rail to the Front of the Cabinet Page Repeat , , and for the right rail 5Securing the Left Rail to the Back of the CabinetPage 7Adapter plate in place on the Cabinet Rail Page 9Securing the Rail to the Front left of the Cabinet Page Installing a Tray in a Cabinet Repeat through to install the right rail 12Positioning the Tray in the Cabinet 13Array Controller Tray Installed 14Rail clip and rear mounting hole on rear of array tray Installing Trays Connecting the Power Cables Intertray Cabling Array Configuration Naming Convention 17Expansion Ports on an Expansion Tray Connecting Expansion Trays Cabling an Expansion Tray to a Controller Tray Cabling an Expansion Tray to Another Expansion Tray To cable a 1x3 array configuration for maximum redundancy Example Label Abbreviation Simplex ConfigurationsDrive Module Cable Labeling Next Steps Connecting the Management Host and Data Hosts Connecting the Management Host Ethernet port Controller B Connecting Data Hosts to the 2540 Array Array Data Host Connection Topologies Host HBA Host Port Controller a Controller B Array Data Host Connections To Connect Data Hosts Using Fibre Channel 7FC host connectors on the 2540 controller Connecting Data Hosts to the 2530 Array 8Direct Connection From a Single Host With Dual HBAs 9Direct connections from two data hosts with dual HBAs To Connect Data Hosts to a 2530 Array 11SAS Data Host Ports on back of tray Host Cable Labeling Page Powering On the Array Before Powering On Powering On the Array 1Tray Power Connectors and Switches Powering Off the Array Next Steps Data Host Software HBAs and Drivers Setting Up a Data Host On a Solaris System Multipathing To Install the SAN 4.4 Data Host Software To Obtain Sun Solaris 8 and 9 Data Host Software Installit Downloading and Installing Sun Rdac Software About Data Host Software For Non-Solaris Platforms Enabling Multipathing Software for Solaris 8 or 9 OS Save the updated file Reboot the hostEnabling Multipathing Software Open the /kernel/drv/scsivhci.conf file with a text editor Press Return to reboot the host Use the cfgadm command to configure HBA pathsType the following command Enabling Multipathing Software for SolarisPage Configuring IP Addressing About IP Addressing Configuring the IP Address of the Array Controllers Configuring Dynamic Dhcp IP Addressing Configuring Static IP Addressing Using the Serial Port Interface to Assign IP Addresses To Set Up the Terminal Emulation Program Press the space bar within five seconds Press S to access the Service Interface menuPress Break Press Break see Note above To Configure the IP Addresses Select option 2, Change IP Configuration IP-address Page Setting Up a Solaris Dhcp Server Before You Begin Usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr Chapter a Configuring a Dhcp Server 0100A0E80F924C Click OK Setting Up a Windows 2000 Advanced Server Click OK to accept the warning Installing the Dhcp ServerConfiguring the Dhcp Server Click Finish to exit the wizard Chapter a Configuring a Dhcp Server Page Using DC Power DC Power Overview Installation Notes for DC Power Figure B-1shows the locations of the power-fan assemblies DC Power Leds Ship Kit Changes Connecting Power Cables Connecting the Cables Page Glossary Controller tray BlockCapacity Control path Data path Failover and recoveryFault coverage Direct attached storage DAS Host Fibre Channel switchField-replaceable unit FRU Host bus adapter HBA Logical unit number LUN In-band trafficInitiator MAC address Master / alternate master Media access control MAC addressPower distribution unit PDU Mirroring Remote monitoring ProfileProvisioning Remote scripting CLI client Storage pool Storage area network SANStorage domain Storage profile Thin-scripting client VolumeVolume snapshot Tray 106 Index Numerics Disk drives Index Page Index