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Before powering on the DS4500 Storage Subsystem, each attached
storage expansion enclosure must be populated with at least two drives.
If at least two drives are not installed in each attached storage expansion
enclosure, when you power on the DS4500 and its attached storage
expansion enclosure(s), your standard storage partition key might be lost
and must be regenerated using instructions on the IBM DS4000 Solutions
and Premium Features Web site:
https://www-912.ibm.com/PremiumFeatures/
In addition, the resulting insufficient load to the enclosure power supplies
might cause them to intermittently appear as failed, falsely indicating the
power supplies are bad. All drives in the connected storage expansion
enclosure(s) must contain no prior configuration data.
10. Use SFP modules and fibre channel cables to cable the DS4500 to the
DS4000 storage expansion enclosure or enclosures. See “Connecting storage
expansion enclosures to the DS4500” on page 61.
11. Set the enclosure IDs for all storage expansion enclosures in the configuration.
See “Storage expansion enclosure ID settings” on page 102.
Note:
Perform this step if the attached storage expansion enclosures are not
EXP810s. The EXP810 storage expansion enclosure IDs are
automatically set by the controllers to be unique when they are cabled
together.
12. Perform one of the following cabling tasks to enable management of the
DS4500 configuration:
v If you are using out-of-band management, cable the DS4500 Ethernet ports
to either the management workstation or the host.
v If you are using in-band management, cable the DS4500 host channels to
the fibre channel host bus adapters (HBAs) in either the hosts or the fibre
channel switch that connects to the host HBAs. See “Connecting hosts to
the DS4500” on page 106.
13. Connect the power cables for the DS4500. See “Cabling the power supply” on
page 111.
14. Power on the attached storage expansion enclosure and the DS4500 Storage
Subsystem using the procedure described in “Powering on the storage
subsystem” on page 119.
15. Install the DS4500 Storage Manager 9.19 host software on the management
workstation (for out-of-band management) or on the host (for in-band
management). Refer to the IBM System Storage DS4000 Storage Manager
9.19 Installation and Support Guide for the appropriate operating system for
instructions on how to install the DS4000 Storage Manager 9.19 host software.
16. Use the DS4000 Storage Manager 9.19 host software to verify the
configuration.
17. Review and perform the procedures described in “Performing the DS4000
Health Check process” on page 117.
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