HP 70 Modular Smart Array - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Hardware features and LED descriptions ............................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs ......................................................................................................................... 6
Rear panel components ............................................................................................................... 7
Rear panel LEDs and buttons ........................................................................................................ 7
Disk drive bay numbers ............................................................................................................... 8
Disk drive LEDs ........................................................................................................................... 8
Disk drive LED combinations ......................................................................................................... 9
7-segment display ..................................................................................................................... 10
2 Deployment types ............................................................................ 11
3 Installing the enclosure ...................................................................... 13
Environmental requirements ........................................................................................................ 13
Space and airflow requirements ........................................................................................... 13
Temperature requirements .................................................................................................... 14
Power requirements ............................................................................................................ 14
Electrical grounding requirements ......................................................................................... 15
Rack planning resources ...................................................................................................... 15
Rack warnings ................................................................................................................... 15
MSA70 shipping contents .......................................................................................................... 16
Rack mounting hardware kit contents ........................................................................................... 16
Converting rails for round-hole racks ........................................................................................... 17
Installing the enclosure into the rack ............................................................................................ 18
Installing hardware options ........................................................................................................ 19
Installing disk drives .................................................................................................................. 19
Disk drive options ............................................................................................................... 19
Disk drive guidelines ........................................................................................................... 19
Installing a disk drive .......................................................................................................... 20
Installing SAS controllers or controller enclosures ........................................................................... 22
Preparing the server .................................................................................................................. 22
Connecting SAS cables and power cords ..................................................................................... 23
Cabling best practices ........................................................................................................ 23
Connecting SAS cables to the server or controller enclosure ..................................................... 23
Connecting SAS cables to additional disk enclosures .............................................................. 24
Connecting power cords ..................................................................................................... 24
Powering on the disk enclosure ................................................................................................... 26
Power on best practices ....................................................................................................... 26
Powering on disk enclosures ................................................................................................ 31
Verifying the operating status of the disk enclosures ....................................................................... 27
4 Configuring the enclosure ................................................................. 29
Configuration overview .............................................................................................................. 29
Supported software tools ........................................................................................................... 29
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