NetApp DE6900 Quick Install Manual

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ATTENTION Possible equipment damage – Do not place any

object on top of cabinet-mounted devices.

IMPORTANT: The installation order within each drawer is from left-toright in each row. You must install a drive in slots 1, 4, 7, and 10. Make sure that the four drives in each row are adjacent to each other. The long edge of each drive should touch the drive next to it. To maintain a uniform airﬂ ow across all drawers, the drive tray must be conﬁ gured with a minimum of four drives in the front of each row in the drive drawer.

NOTE: The drive drawers ship installed in the DE6900 drive tray, but the drives ship separately from the drive drawers.

Install the drives

Before you begin

For warnings, refer to the printed Safety Notices document.

For detailed installation instructions, refer to CE7900 Controller Tray Installation Guide.

What you need for assembly: DE6900 drive tray (for connection to a CE7900 controller

tray):

• One four-unit (4U) -high DE6900 drive tray

• Two DVDs: – Firmware DVD

– SANtricity™

ES Storage Manager Installation DVD, which contains all of the documents referred to in this guide, except for the quick install guides.

• Two Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers

• One cabinet-mounting hardware kit

Options:

• Drives (four minimum for each drive drawer or 20 minimum for the drive tray)

• Two SFP transceivers for each ﬁ ber -optic cable

• Two ﬁ ber-optic cables or two copper cables for each drive tray connection

• One rail-mounting hardware kit

If you have any questions about the ﬁ rmware or your conﬁ guration, contact your Customer and Technical Support representative.

Tools:

• A medium ﬂ at-blade screwdriver

• A No. 2 Phillips screwdriver

• Anti-static protection

• Labels – To help you to identify cable connections and to trace cables more easily

• A cart – To hold the drive tray and its components

• A ﬂ ashlight

1.1

NOTE Make sure that each drive drawer in the DE6900 drive tray is securely fastened to ensure correct air ﬂ ow to the drives.

1. Four screws for securing the front of the DE6900 drive tray.

DE6900 Drive Tray with Drive Handles

1. Front Bezel

2. Drive Drawers

3. Power Supply

4. ESM A

5. ESM B

DE6900 Drive Tray – Front and Rear View

Quick Install Guide

for the DE6900 Drive Tray

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Storage System

Install the mounting rails

You can install the drive tray into an industry-standard cabinet. There must be a minimum depth of 76 cm (30 in.) between the front

EIA support rails and the rear EIA support rails. Position the mounting rails in the cabinet.

• If you are installing the mounting rails above an existing tray, position the mounting rails directly above the tray.

• If you are installing the mounting rails below an existing tray, allow 17.8-cm (7-in.) vertical clearance for the DE6900 drive tray.

From the front of the cabinet with the mounting-rail ﬂ anges inside of the cabinet’s mounting rail assemblies, place the mounting rail inside the cabinet, and extend the mounting rail until the ﬂ anges on the mounting rail touch the inside of the cabinet.

2.1

1. Front of the Mounting Rail

2. Two M4 Screws for the Rear EIA Support Rail

3. Front of the Cabinet

4. Two M5 Screws for the Front EIA Support Rail

From the rear of the cabinet, use the Phillips screwdriver to loosely tighten the two screws. Do not completely tighten the screws until you have installed the DE6900 drive tray in the cabinet.

2.2

NOTE If the cabinet where you are installing the DE6900

drive tray contains square holes rather than round holes, you will want to use the shoulder screw provided for in the rail-mounting hardware kit.

2.7

Insert one M5 screw through the front of the cabinet, and screw it into the top captured nut in the mounting rail.

Insert two M4 screws through the rear of the cabinet, and screw them into the captured nuts in the rear ﬂ ange in the mounting rail, and tighten the adjustment screws on the mounting rail.

Repeat step 2.3 through step 2.5 to install the second mounting rail.

Insert one M5 screw through the front of the mounting rail. This screw will attach the DE6900 drive tray to the cabinet.

2.6

2.4

2.5

With the help of at least two other persons, remove the DE6900 drive tray and all of the contents from the shipping carton, using the four drive tray handles as shown.

3.1

3.4

3.3

Remove the front bezel by grasping the sides and pulling the bezel toward you. Set it aside.

With the help of a mechanized lift or at least two other persons, place the rear of the DE6900 drive tray on the mounting rails. Slide the DE6900 drive tray into the cabinet, and verify that the rear of the DE6900 drive tray is secured by the hold-down clips at the rear of each mounting rail.

After the DE6900 drive tray is correctly aligned, use your thumb to unlatch the four drive tray handles (two to a side), and remove the drive tray handles from the DE6900 drive tray, from the rear to the front.

3.2

1. Thumb Latch

2. Pull the thumb latch away from the drive tray to detach the hook.

3. Shift the drive tray handle down to release the other four hooks.

4. Move the drive tray handle away from the drive tray.

3.5

Secure the side of the DE6900 drive tray to the cabinet. Use the four 10-32 screws to attach the ﬂ ange on each side of the DE6900 drive tray to the mounting rails.

NOTE Make sure that each drive drawer in the DE6900 drive tray is securely fastened to ensure correct air ﬂ ow to the drives.

4.3

Pull on the extended levers to pull the drive drawer out to its full extension without removing it from the drive tray.

Starting with the ﬁ rst drive, raise the drive handle to the vertical position, and align the raised button on each side over the matching gap in the drive channel on the drive drawer.

4.2

4.1

Starting with the top drive drawer in the DE6900 drive tray, release the levers on each side of the drive drawer by pulling both towards the center.

1. Raised Buttons

Install the drive tray

WARNING (W08) Risk of bodily injury –

Three persons are required to safely lift the component.

WARNING (W08) Risk of bodily injury – An empty tray weighs approximately 56.7 kg (125 lb). Three persons are required to safely move an empty tray. If the tray is populated with components, a mechanized lift is required to safely move the tray.

NOTE Make sure you do not install the drives in the drive tray until you have moved it into the cabinet.

2.3

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Install the software

In the AMW, select the Setup tab. If the storage array is in the Optimal state, perform these tasks:

Conﬁ gure the storage array.

Deﬁ ne the hosts.

Create new storage partitions.

Select the Support tab, and click the Gather Support Information link.

To set or change a password, in the AMW, select either the

Set a Storage Array Password link under the Setup tab, or select Storage Array >> Security >> Set Password.

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11.2

11.3

11.4

11.5

Conﬁ gure the storage array

Turn on the power

ATTE NT ION Risk of bodily injury – Each tray has more

than one power cord. To remove all electrical current from the devices, make sure that all of the power cords are disconnected from the power source.

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5.4

On the CE7900 controller tray, connect the ﬁ ber-optic cable on the copper cable from drive port 3 of controller B to port 1B on the lower ESM of the second DE6900 drive tray.

1. Controller A (Inverted)

2. Controller B

3. Top ESMs on the Drive Tray

4. Bottom ESMs on the Drive Tray

5. ESM Port 1B, two per Drive Tray

6. Drive Ports on Controller A and Controller B

For information about other standard basic cabling conﬁ gurations, refer to either the CE7900 Controller Tray Installation Guide or the Hardware Cabling Guide.

For information about all drive-side trunking conﬁ gurations, refer to the Hardware Cabling Guide.

1A 1B

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Install the other drives in rows from left-to-right, front-to-back, until the drive drawer is fully populated.

NOTE: The maximum number of drives in a conﬁ guration is 480, (12 drives in each drive drawer of a ﬁ ve-drive drawer drive tray and a maximum of eight drive trays).

Push the drive drawer all the way back into the drive tray, closing the levers on each side of the drive drawer.

Continue with the next drive drawer, repeating step 4.1 through step 4.6 for each drive drawer in the conﬁ guration.

Attach the bezel onto the front of the DE6900 drive tray.

4.6

4.5

Lower the drive straight down, and rotate the drive handle down until the drive snaps into place under the drive release lever.

4.4

1. Drive Release Lever

2. Drive Handle

Connect the cables

NOTE If not already installed, insert SFP transceivers into the required drive ports on the CE7900 controller tray and the DE6900 drive ports on the drive trays. Remove any extra SFP transceivers from the drive ports that will not be used.

WARNING (W03) Risk of exposure to laser radiation – Do not disassemble or remove any part of a Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver because you might be exposed to laser radiation.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Controller A

(inverted)

Controller B

1 Drive Ports 8 through 1 on Controller A 2 Drive Ports 1 through 8 on Controller B

5.3

Steps to Connect one DE6900 Drive Tray in Standard Basic Cabling:

Starting with the CE7900 controller tray, connect the ﬁ ber-optic cable or the copper cable from drive port 8 of controller A to port 1B on the upper ESM of the ﬁ rst DE6900 drive tray.

On the CE7900 controller tray, connect the ﬁ ber-optic cable or the copper cable from drive port 1 of controller B to port 1B on the lower ESM of the ﬁ rst DE6900 drive tray.

Steps to Connect a Second DE6900 Drive Tray in Standard Basic Cabling:

Starting with the CE7900 controller tray, connect the ﬁ ber-optic cable or the copper cable from drive port 6 of controller A to port 1B on the upper ESM of the second DE6900 drive tray.

5.1

5.2

You must follow the power sequence in the order shown. To establish power redundancy for trays with two power supplies, use at least two different power distribution units (PDUs) in the cabinet. Split the power connections from each tray into the separate PDUs. Then connect the PDUs to external power receptacles that are on different circuits.

IMPORTANT You must turn on the power to all connected drives before you turn on the power for the controller tray. Performing this action makes sure that the controllers recognize each attached DE6900 drive tray.

Turn off all of the Power switches from the rear of the storage array, and make sure that all of the power cords are connected.

If the main circuit breaker switches in the cabinet are not already turned on, turn on the circuit breaker switches.

Turn on the Power switch on each power-fan canister in all of the newly installed drive trays.

Turn on the Power switch on each power-fan canister in the controller tray.

NOTE When turning off the power to the storage array, perform the procedure in the reverse order. Turn off the power ﬁ rst to the CE7900 controller tray, and then turn off the power to the DE6900 drive trays.

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

8.1

8.2

8.3

Two types of computers are associated with the storage array.

• Hosts send I/O to the storage array.

• Management stations manage the storage array. The type of operating system that the management station runs is the

directory that you need to locate on the DVD. At this time, check your current Fibre Channel host bus adapters’

(HBAs’) BIOS, and device driver versions, and, if necessary, update them before proceeding. For HBAs, obtain the BIOS and device drivers directly from the vendor.

For Microsoft Windows installations,

• Install the StorPort device driver.

• Install the MPIO multi-path driver on the host. On the SANtricity ES Storage Manager Installation DVD, locate the

appropriate operating system (OS) directory.

• Review the appropriate operating system and device driver readme ﬁ les included on the SANtricity ES Storage Manager Installation DVD for additional information.

Launch the SMIA executable ﬁ le. Follow the instructions in the wizard, and select one of these installation methods:

• For the Management Station designated as a monitor (for monitoring and sending alert notiﬁ cations ) , sel e ct Management

Station (full installation), and, when prompted, click Automatically Start Monitor.

• For the Management Station that you will use to manage the storage array, select Management Station, and, when prompted, select Do Not Automatically Start the Monitor.

• For all I/O hosts attached to the storage array, select Host, and, when prompted, select Do Not Automatically Start the

Monitor.

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

Perform a basic setup

In the AMW, select the Setup tab, and select the Rename Storage Array link to name the storage array. You can use up to 30 alphanumeric characters, hyphens (-), pound signs (#), and underscores (_).

Also on the Setup tab, click the Locate Storage Array link to ﬁ nd the storage array in the cabinet. A white LED blinks on the front of the selected storage array. Physically label the storage array with its name.

Click the Storage & Copy Services tab to see the storage array’s conﬁ guration.

If the storage array is not in the Optimal state, click the Needs Attention link. Follow the steps in the Recovery Guru.

Select the Summary tab, and select Storage Array Proﬁ le. By clicking the tabs, ﬁ nd the controller ﬁ rmware, NVSRAM, ESM

ﬁ rmware, drive product ID, and ﬁ rmware version, and record them. Close the storage array proﬁ le.

10.5

Discover the storage array

Before performing this step, make sure that you have correctly conﬁ gured the storage array IP addresses as described in the Initial

Conﬁ guration and Software Installation Guide for SANtricity ES Storage Manager.

Start the SANtricity ES Storage Manager software from your management station either by typing SMclient and pressing Enter (UNIX OSs), or by navigating to the directory that contains the SMclient.exe ﬁ le, typing SMclient and pressing Enter (Windows OSs). The client software starts and shows the Enterprise Management Window (EMW).

Select Tools >> Automatic Discovery from the EMW to discover the storage array.

In the conﬁ guration dialog, click OK to start the automatic discovery.

Click the Devices tab of the EMW to see the storage arrays.

Double-click the storage array that you want to manage. The associated Array Management Window (AMW) is launched.

NOTE To add storage from outside the local subnetwork, use the manual discovery method. From the EMW, click the Add Storage

Arrays link, and follow the instructions.

9.5

9.4

9.3

9.2

9.1

For more information, refer to the “Deciding on the Management Method” step in the Initial Conﬁ guration and Software Installation Guide for SANtricity ES Storage Manager.

For Out-of-band management, use one of the methods below to conﬁ gure the controllers for network connectivity:

Without a DHCP server Connect separate Ethernet cables to each controller.

Manually conﬁ gure the network settings on the controllers, using the guidelines and procedures from the “Manually Conﬁ guring the Controllers” step in the Initial Conﬁ guration and Software Installation Guide for SANtricity ES Storage Manager.

With a DHCP server Connect separate Ethernet cables to each controller.

Assign static IP addresses to the controllers.

NOTE This method applies only to IPv4 networks.

Stateless Address Autoconﬁ guration

Connect separate Ethernet cables to each controller. NOTE This method applies only to IPv6 networks and does not require

either a DHCP server or a router.

Both management methods are speciﬁ c to the installation steps in Section 9. This section and those that follow concern conﬁ guration of the entire storage array.

• In-band management – Managing a storage array by using a storage management station to send commands through the host input/output (I/O) connection to the controller.

• Out-of-band management – Managing a storage array by using a storage management station to send commands through the Ethernet connections on each controller.

Determine the management method

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7.b2

7.c1

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