Deployment Guide
Create a Storage Type..................................................................................................................................................67
Fault Tolerance...............................................................................................................................................................67
Inherit Settings...............................................................................................................................................................69
Configure Time Settings...............................................................................................................................................69
Configure SMTP Server Settings................................................................................................................................69
Set Up SupportAssist ...................................................................................................................................................69
Accept the SupportAssist Collection Agreement......................................................................................................70
Provide Contact Information........................................................................................................................................70
Provide Site Contact Information................................................................................................................................70
Validate the SupportAssist Connection...................................................................................................................... 70
Update Storage Center................................................................................................................................................. 71
Complete Configuration and Perform Next Steps.....................................................................................................71
6 Perform Post-Setup Tasks.......................................................................................................... 73
Update Storage Center Using Storage Manager............................................................................................................ 73
Check the Status of the Update....................................................................................................................................... 73
Change the Operation Mode of a Storage Center..........................................................................................................74
Verify Connectivity and Failover........................................................................................................................................74
Create Test Volumes.....................................................................................................................................................74
Test Basic Connectivity................................................................................................................................................ 74
Test Storage Controller Failover..................................................................................................................................75
Test MPIO...................................................................................................................................................................... 75
Clean Up Test Volumes.................................................................................................................................................75
Send Diagnostic Data Using SupportAssist......................................................................................................................76
7 Adding or Removing Expansion Enclosures....................................................................................77
Adding Expansion Enclosures to a Storage System Deployed Without Expansion Enclosures.................................77
Install New SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures in a Rack.........................................................................77
Add the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures to the A-Side of the Chain................................................ 78
Add the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures to the B-Side of the Chain................................................79
Install New SCv360 Expansion Enclosures in a Rack............................................................................................... 80
Add the SCv360 Expansion Enclosures to the A-Side of the Chain....................................................................... 81
Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the Chain..........................................................................82
Adding a Single Expansion Enclosure to a Chain Currently in Service......................................................................... 84
Check the Drive Count................................................................................................................................................. 84
Add an SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure to the A-Side of the Chain................................................... 85
Add an SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the Chain................................................... 86
Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the A-Side of the Chain.......................................................................... 87
Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the Chain..........................................................................88
Removing an Expansion Enclosure from a Chain Currently in Service.........................................................................90
Release the Drives in the Expansion Enclosure......................................................................................................... 90
Disconnect the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure from the A-Side of the Chain................................. 91
Disconnect the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure from the B-Side of the Chain................................ 92
Disconnect the SCv360 Expansion Enclosure from the A-Side of the Chain....................................................... 94
Disconnect the SCv360 Expansion Enclosure from the B-Side of the Chain.......................................................95
8 Troubleshooting Storage Center Deployment................................................................................97
Troubleshooting Storage Controllers................................................................................................................................ 97
Troubleshooting Hard Drives..............................................................................................................................................97
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