Administrator Guide

Figure 5. SAS Port and Cable Connections (Dell PowerVault MD1200 EMM)

1. SAS cable 2. pull-tab

Adding a DR Series Hardware System Expansion Shelf

To set up, add, and connect an expansion shelf correctly to a DR Series hardware system appliance, you need to

complete the following tasks.

• Power off the DR Series system.

• Install all cabling that connects the external expansion shelf (or shelves) to the DR Series system (For information,

see the topic, DR Series System — Expansion Shelf Cabling).

• Power on the external expansion shelf (or shelves), and then

power on the DR Series system.

• Install the Dell license for expansion shelf enclosures (for information, see the topic, Installing an Expansion Shelf

License).

• In the DR Series system GUI, add and activate the expansion shelf enclosure on the

Storage page (as described in

the steps below).

To add an expansion shelf to the DR Series system, complete the following steps:

1. Click

Storage in the navigation panel.

The Storage page is displayed. (This step assumes that you have completed all expansion shelf enclosure cable

connections and that green LEDs are displayed next to the fastplugs on the rear chassis, indicating that cable

connections are active.)

2. In the Physical Storage pane, click Add in the Configured

column of the Physical Storage summary table that

corresponds to the enclosure you want to add (

Not Configured

is the displayed State for the enclosure).

The Enclosure Addition dialog is displayed that indicates that all input-output to the system will be stopped during

an enclosure addition, and prompts you to click OK to continue or click

Cancel to stop this process.

3. Click

OK to continue adding the enclosure to the DR Series system.

4. If you clicked OK, an Enclosure Addition dialog box is displayed that indicates this process may take up to 10

minutes to complete.

A System Status dialog then displays with the following message:

The system is currently adding an enclosure.

Please wait for this process to complete and the system to become operational.