Dell PowerVault MD2460 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Chapter 1: System overview.......................................................................................................... 5
Locate the service tag....................................................................................................................................................... 5
Hardware overview............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Front panel features and indicators................................................................................................................................ 5
Rear panel features and indicators..................................................................................................................................6
PSU indicators................................................................................................................................................................ 7
EMM indicators and ports........................................................................................................................................... 7
Drive carrier module LEDs................................................................................................................................................. 9
Chapter 2: Safety precautions..................................................................................................... 10
Installation safety precautions........................................................................................................................................ 10
Power cable connection................................................................................................................................................... 10
Moving fan blade precaution............................................................................................................................................11
Rack system safety............................................................................................................................................................ 11
Chapter 3: Installing the enclosure.............................................................................................. 12
Required tools..................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Unpack the enclosure....................................................................................................................................................... 12
Install the rails onto the chassis..................................................................................................................................... 12
Install the rails on the rack...............................................................................................................................................14
Install the enclosure into the rack..................................................................................................................................15
Install the cable management arms (optional)............................................................................................................16
Install the hard disk drives............................................................................................................................................... 19
Insert the drives into the drive carriers.................................................................................................................. 19
Open the system cover..............................................................................................................................................20
Install the drive carrier in the enclosure................................................................................................................. 21
Loading drives in the enclosure................................................................................................................................ 21
Install the system cover..............................................................................................................................................21
Install the front bezel (optional).................................................................................................................................... 22
Chapter 4: Connecting the enclosure...........................................................................................23
Connect the enclosure to the host system................................................................................................................ 23
Cabling the enclosure....................................................................................................................................................... 24
Redundant configuration using an HBA355e adapter........................................................................................ 24
Redundant configuration using a PERC H965e................................................................................................... 24
Redundant configuration using a two-port PERC adapter............................................................................... 25
Connect the power cables.............................................................................................................................................. 25
Verify connections............................................................................................................................................................ 26
Configure MPIO.................................................................................................................................................................26
Configure MPIO in Windows.....................................................................................................................................26
Verifying Multipath in Linux.......................................................................................................................................27
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 28
Troubleshooting startup failures....................................................................................................................................28
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