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Installing the new 9u expansion module – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing

Adding 9U Library Expansion Modules to an Existing Library

Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide

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Installing the New 9U
Expansion Module

12

Install the new 9U expansion module as follows:

1

Prepare the rack to hold modules, if you want to install your library

in a rack. See

Installing the Library in a Rack

on page 333 for

instructions on installing a rack-mount kit.

2

Remove and replace the cover plates, if appropriate.

a

If you plan to stack the 5U Library Control Module at the top of

the library, and if a 9U Library Expansion Module will be located

below it, remove the 5U Library Control Module’s bottom cover

plate and the 9U Library Expansion Module top plate.

b

If you plan to stack the 5U Library Control Module between 9U

Library Expansion Modules, remove both the top and bottom

plates of the 5U Library Control Module. Also remove the top

plate of the 9U Library Expansion Module, located below the 5U

Library Control Module, and the bottom plate of the 9U Library

Expansion Module, located above the 5U Library Control

Module.

c

If you plan to stack the 5U Library Control Module at the bottom

of the library, and if an 9U Library Expansion Module will be

located above it, remove the 5U Library Control Module’s top

plate and the 9U Library Expansion Module’s bottom plate.

Caution:

Before removing the 5U Library Control Module’s bottom

cover plate, the robot assembly must be parked as

described in

Preparing to Install an Additional 9U Library

Expansion Module

above.