Dell SCv3000 Deployment Manual

Also see for SCv3000: Owner's manual

Contents

Modify iDRAC Interface Settings for a Storage System.......................................................................................66Unconfigure Unused I/O Ports................................................................................................................................ 666 Perform Post-Setup Tasks........................................................................................................................... 67Update Storage Center Using Storage Manager......................................................................................................... 67Check the Status of the Update.................................................................................................................................... 67Change the Operation Mode of a Storage Center...................................................................................................... 68Verify Connectivity and Failover.................................................................................................................................... 68Create Test Volumes..................................................................................................................................................68Test Basic Connectivity.............................................................................................................................................68Test Storage Controller Failover...............................................................................................................................69Test MPIO...................................................................................................................................................................69Clean Up Test Volumes............................................................................................................................................. 69Send Diagnostic Data Using SupportAssist.................................................................................................................. 707 Adding or Removing Expansion Enclosures...................................................................................................71Adding Expansion Enclosures to a Storage System Deployed Without Expansion Enclosures.............................. 71Install New SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures in a Rack...................................................................... 71Add the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures to the A-Side of the Chain.............................................72Add the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosures to the B-Side of the Chain.............................................73Install New SCv360 Expansion Enclosures in a Rack............................................................................................ 74Add the SCv360 Expansion Enclosures to the A-Side of the Chain................................................................... 76Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the Chain.......................................................................76Adding a Single Expansion Enclosure to a Chain Currently in Service...................................................................... 78Check the Drive Count..............................................................................................................................................79Add an SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure to the A-Side of the Chain................................................ 79Add an SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the Chain................................................80Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the A-Side of the Chain.......................................................................82Add an SCv360 Expansion Enclosure to the B-Side of the Chain.......................................................................83Removing an Expansion Enclosure from a Chain Currently in Service..................................................................... 85Release the Drives in the Expansion Enclosure......................................................................................................86Disconnect the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure from the A-Side of the Chain............................. 86Disconnect the SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure from the B-Side of the Chain............................. 88Disconnect the SCv360 Expansion Enclosure from the A-Side of the Chain....................................................89Disconnect the SCv360 Expansion Enclosure from the B-Side of the Chain.................................................... 918 Troubleshooting Storage Center Deployment...............................................................................................94Troubleshooting Storage Controllers............................................................................................................................. 94Troubleshooting Hard Drives.......................................................................................................................................... 94Troubleshooting Expansion Enclosures......................................................................................................................... 94A Set Up a Local Host or VMware Host.......................................................................................................... 95Set Up a Local Host from Initial Setup..........................................................................................................................95Set Up a VMware ESXi Host from Initial Setup........................................................................................................... 95Set Up Multiple VMware ESXi Hosts in a VMware vSphere Cluster........................................................................ 96B Initialize the Storage Center Using the USB Serial Port............................................................................... 97Install the USB Serial Port Driver .................................................................................................................................. 97Contents 5