VLS9200 user guide (BW402-10009, August 2012)

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Contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................12

VLS9200 Components............................................................................................................12

2 Hardware Installation................................................................................14

Preparing for the Installation.....................................................................................................14

Tools for Installation...........................................................................................................14

Taking ESD Precautions......................................................................................................14

Grounding Methods to Prevent Electrostatic Discharge............................................................14

Unpacking.............................................................................................................................15

Removing the Packing Materials...............................................................................................15

Rack Planning Resources..........................................................................................................15

Rack Requirements..................................................................................................................15

Rack Warnings.......................................................................................................................16

Identifying the VLS Shipping Carton Contents.............................................................................16

VLS9200 Base Enclosure Shipping Cartons...........................................................................16

VLS9200 Capacity Enclosure Shipping Cartons.....................................................................17

VLS9200 Node Shipping Carton.........................................................................................17

VLS9200 High Performance Node Shipping Carton...............................................................18

VLS9000 40-port Connectivity Kit Shipping Carton................................................................19

VLS9000 Entry-level Connectivity Kit Shipping Carton.............................................................19

VLS Assembly Overview..........................................................................................................19

Installing PDUs.......................................................................................................................20

Installing the Disk Array Enclosures into a Rack...........................................................................22

Installing Cage Nuts...........................................................................................................22

Attaching Side Brackets to Enclosures...................................................................................23

Attaching the Front to the Rear Rail Pieces.............................................................................23

Installing Enclosure Rails into the Rack..................................................................................24

Mounting the Enclosures into the Rack..................................................................................25

Installing the Enclosure Power Cables....................................................................................26

Cabling Base and Capacity Enclosures.....................................................................................26

Installing the VLS Node into a Rack...........................................................................................28

Cabling the Node..................................................................................................................29

Installing the VLS High Performance Node into a Rack.................................................................30

Cabling the High Performance Node........................................................................................31

Cabling External Connections..................................................................................................32

Installing the Ethernet Switches 6600 into a Rack........................................................................32

Installing Cage Nuts and Rail Flanges..................................................................................33

Attaching Rails to the Ethernet Switch 6600-24G....................................................................33

Mounting Ethernet Switch 6600-24G into the Rack.................................................................34

Cabling Ethernet Switches........................................................................................................35

Installing the Ethernet Switch 2510–24 into a Rack......................................................................36

Cabling Ethernet Switch 2510–24.............................................................................................37

Installing the Fibre Channel Switches into a Rack........................................................................38

Cabling Fibre Channel Switches...............................................................................................40

Installing the VLS9000 Interswitch Link Kit..................................................................................41

3 Multi-node Setup......................................................................................42

Configuring the Primary Node 0..............................................................................................42

Configuring the Secondary Nodes............................................................................................42

4 Storage Configuration...............................................................................43

Managing VLS Capacity.........................................................................................................43

Adding VLS Capacity.........................................................................................................43

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