Dell PowerVault 660F Manuel utilisateur

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UPGRADE INSTALLATION GUIDE

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August 2000 P/N 6809Y Rev. A01

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Dell™ PowerVault™ Fibre Disk

RAID Controller Upgrade

Installation Guide

Dell PowerVault Fibre Disk RAID Controller for the PowerVault 660F and 224F storage

systems provides protection against drive failures and supports configurations using

multiple hosts and redundant controllers for improved fault-tolerance and high-

performance data throughput.

This document describes the major features of your controller, tells you where to find

help, describes installation procedures, and lists technical specifications.

System Features

Your Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controller has the following features:

•Support for 128 (megabytes) MB, 256 MB, and 512 MB of error checking and cor-

rection (ECC) protected synchronous dynamic random-access memory

(SDRAM).

•Three Fibre Channel ports, 1 host port and 2 device ports. Each port provides a

1-gigabyte/second (GB/sec) FC_AL class 3 interface. The interfaces adhere to the

Fibre Channel arbitrated loop direct disk attach profile. The host port supports

direct- or switch-attached connections and the device ports provide the hard-disk

drive interfaces.

•Host connection made through a DB 9-type connector. The controller also has a

high-speed serial data connector (HSSDC) expansion connector port that allows

additional PowerVault 224F enclosures to be daisy chained onto a PowerVault

660F creating a maximum of 112 hard-disk drives possible.

•Rear-panel light-emitting diode (LED) indicators show controller status.

•Hot-pluggable insertion, removal, and replacement of controllers, hard-disk

drives, enclosures, fans, power supplies, and other system components without

shutting down the system.

•In a single-controller (simplex) or dual-controller (duplex) configuration, the con-

troller supports up to 32 data logical unit numbers (LUNs).

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•Supports either write-through or write-back data caching.

•Supports a pool of hard-drives marked as standby hot-spare drives.

•Supports hot-swap hard-drive replacement while system is online.

•Supports automatic rebuild operation in the event of a physical hard-disk drive fail-

ure in a redundant RAID.

•Supports supports mixed hard-disk drive capacity and revolutions-per-minute

(RPM).

Other Documents You May Need

Besides this guide, the following documentation will be useful in installing and using

the controller.

•Dell PowerVault 660F and 224F Storage Systems Installation and Troubleshooting

Guide

•Dell OpenManage Array Manager User’s Guide

NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with your system to describe

changes to your system or software. Always read these updates before consulting

any other documentation because the updates often contain the latest information.

Getting Help

Dell provides a number of tools to help you if you don’t understand a procedure

described in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected. For informa-

tion on these help tools, see the chapter titled “Getting Help” in your Dell PowerVault

660F and 224F Storage Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.

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Installing the RAID Controller

This section describes how to install the controller into Dell PowerVault 660F and

224F storage systems. See Figure 1-1 for a view of the controller, LED indicators, and

connectors.

Figure 1-1. Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controller

Before You Begin

The following items are required to complete this installation:

•Dell PowerVault 660F or 224F storage system(s)

•Cables to interconnect the PowerVault 660F storage system and up to seven

additional Dell PowerVault 224F storage systems

•Cables to connect the system and the controller

•A Phillips-head screwdriver to loosen and tighten the screws

•A minimum of three fibre drives for RAID 3 and RAID 5 configurations

•A Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA); use only the Qlogic QLA2200 Fibre

Channel HBA, or later Dell-supported HBA, with the controller

NOTE: If you are installing a dual-active configuration, both controllers must have the

same physical configuration, the same amount of memory, and the same firmware

version and type.

LED indicators

DB 9

connector

HSSDC

connector

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Upgrading the RAID Controller

Perform the following steps to install the Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controller.

NOTICE: This product is to be used with the PowerVault 660F or a

PowerVault 224F that has been upgraded to a PowerVault 660F. See the

Dell PowerVault 660F and 224 Storage Systems Installation and Trouble-

shooting Guide for additional installation and safety instructions.

See the manufacturer’s installation instructions to install the HBA in the host system.

See the installation instructions in the Dell PowerVault 660F and 224F Storage Sys-

tems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

NOTICE: In a single-controller installation, the controller must be installed

in slot 0. If a single controller is installed in slot 1, the controller will not

boot. See Figure 1-2 for slot locations.

1. To add a second controller, use the Phillips-head screwdriver to loosen the cap-

tive screws on the input/output (I/O) module. See Figure 1-2.

2. Carefully pull the I/O module from slot 1 in the storage system

3. Insert the controller slot 1 and push firmly until it is seated. See Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2. Installing the Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controller

I/O slot 0

captive

screws

I/O slot 1

Dell Fibre Disk

RAID Controller

PowerVault 660F or 224F

storage system

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4. Tighten the two captive screws on the back of the controller.

5. Connect the drive and host channels according to your planned configuration.

For detailed information about installing and using the Dell OpenManage Array

Manager, see your Dell OpenManage Array Manager User’s Guide or go to

http://support.dell.com/docs/software/marb/.

The system normally takes a few minutes to boot.

Conditioning the Battery

Before beginning normal operations, Dell recommends that you condition the battery

for maximum longevity. The battery requires six hours to be fully charged.

NOTE: During conditioning, the controller is in write-through cache mode. This may

slow normal operations; therefore, schedule this operation accordingly.

LED Indicators

Figure 1-3 shows the LED indicators on the Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controller.

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Figure 1-3. Dell Fibre Disk RAID Controller LEDs

partner controller

failure (amber)

controller not

ready (amber)

cache dirty

(amber)

host activity

(green)

device activity

(green)

controller

ready (green)

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