Owners Manual

Preface

This manual describes how to maintain the hardware for PS3000 Series arrays

from EqualLogic. Each array contains hot-swappable power supply and cooling

modules, up to sixteen RAID-protected disks, and single or dual

hot-swappable control modules.

With one or more PS Series arrays, you can create a PS Series group—a self-

managing, iSCSI storage area network (SAN) that is affordable and easy to use,

regardless of scale. To install hardware, see the PS3000 Series QuickStart.

Audience

This manual is designed for the administrators responsible for maintaining

PS3000 Series hardware. Administrators are not required to have extensive

network or storage system experience. However, it may be useful to understand:

• Basic networking concepts

• Current network environment

• User disk storage requirements

• RAID configurations

• Disk storage management

Note: Although this manual provides examples of using PS Series arrays in some

common network configurations, detailed information about setting up a

network is beyond its scope.

Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, Basic Array Information, describes the PS3000 Series array front

and back panels, how to interpret LEDs, how to use an electrostatic wrist

strap, and how to shut down and restart an array.

• Chapter 2, Maintaining Disks, describes how to install and remove disks.

• Chapter 3, Maintaining Control Modules, describes how to install and

maintain control modules and replace the compact flash card. It also describes

the best way to connect network cables to control modules for high

performance and availability.