PowerVault ML6000 Maintenance Guide 131
Figure 19 FC I/O Blade and Fan Blade Bays in Expansion Module
Read This First: Complete Installation Steps
When installing an FC I/O blade, you must follow the installation steps in the order shown below, or
communication with the FC I/O blade and tape drives in the library will not work properly.
You may perform the following steps with the library powered on.
1 Ensure that you are running the proper level of firmware. You must be running 400-level code or later
to use I/O blades. See the User’s Guide for instructions on upgrading firmware.
2 Save the library configuration (from the Web client, select Tools > Save/Restore Configuration).
3 Connect the Ethernet cable from the Library Control Blade to the Expansion Module(s). For each
FC I/O blade installed in an expansion module, connect the expansion module containing the FC I/O
blade(s) to a port in the Ethernet hub on the LCB (see #5 in Figure 11
on page 36).
1 FC I/O blade
2 Fan blade
3 Expansion module
If you are adding a new FC I/O blade or completely removing an FC I/O blade, be
sure to read the section Control Paths and FC I/O Blades
on page 133. If you do
not configure control paths correctly, you will experience communication
problems with tape drives, partitions, and the media changer (robot).
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