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Contents
Component identification
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Front panel LEDs and buttons.............................................................................................................. 7
Rear panel components ........................................................................................................................ 8
Rear panel LEDs and buttons............................................................................................................... 9
SAS and SATA drive numbers .......................................................................................................... 10
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs....................................................................................................... 11
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations.................................................................................. 11
Operations 13
Power up the storage enclosure.......................................................................................................... 13
Power down the storage enclosure ..................................................................................................... 14
Setup 15
Rack planning resources .................................................................................................................... 15
Optimum environment ....................................................................................................................... 16
Space and airflow requirements.............................................................................................. 16
Temperature requirements ...................................................................................................... 17
Power requirements ................................................................................................................ 18
Electrical grounding requirements.......................................................................................... 19
Rack warnings.................................................................................................................................... 19
Shipping contents............................................................................................................................... 20
Installing the storage enclosure into the rack ..................................................................................... 20
Installing hardware options ................................................................................................................ 21
Installing servers ................................................................................................................................ 21
Choosing a configuration ................................................................................................................... 22
Single-enclosure configuration ............................................................................................... 22
Cascading (1+1) configuration ............................................................................................... 23
Cabling the storage enclosure ............................................................................................................ 23
Supported cables..................................................................................................................... 23
SAS cabling guidelines........................................................................................................... 24
Power cords ............................................................................................................................ 24
Updating firmware ............................................................................................................................. 25
Hardware options installation
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Hard drive options.............................................................................................................................. 27
SAS and SATA hard drive guidelines .................................................................................... 27
Installing a SAS or SATA hard drive ..................................................................................... 27
