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Fibre channel i/o blades – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing

Cabling the Library

Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide

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If your library configuration consists of a single module, place

module terminators in the module’s top and bottom module

terminator connectors.

b

If you need to add 9U Library Expansion Modules to the 5U

Library Control Module, remove the module terminator from the

5U Library Control Module terminator connection that is closest

to the 9U Library Expansion Module.

c

Replace the module terminator in the 9U Library Expansion

Module terminator connection furthest from the 5U Library

Control Module.

4

Connect the module-to-module cable from the 5U Library Control

Module to the 9U Library Expansion Module.

5

Connect your Ethernet cable to the Gigabit (GB) Ethernet port on the

Library Control Blade (LCB) for remote access to the library via the

Web client.

6

Connect a power cord to the outlet on the power supply on the rear of

the library.
There should always be a power cord connected to the power supply

on the 5U Library Control Module. If redundant power supplies are

used, connect a power cord to each of the additional power supply

outlets.

7

Power on the library.

a

Turn on the rear power switch of each of the power supplies.

b

Turn on the front power switch.

c

Power up the host system.

8

Verify communication with all devices on the bus.

Configure the library using the commands on the operator panel. See

configuration information in

Configuring Your Library

on page 56.

Cabling Libraries With
Fibre Channel Tape
Drives Connected to
Fibre Channel I/O
Blades

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These instructions explain how to install the FC cables that connect the

FC drives to the FC I/O blades. The FC I/O blades support connections

to LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5 and LTO-6 drives.