EMC VNX5300 Block Installation Guide
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Audience.................................................................................................................... 5
Shipment Methods .................................................................................................... 5
Overview of installing an EMC cabinet .................................................................. 5
Overview of installing in a customer cabinet......................................................... 6
Prepare your system
Before you begin ........................................................................................................ 7
Site requirements................................................................................................. 8
Unpack your system
Unpacking the shipping boxes ................................................................................... 9
Assemble components in your cabinet
Installing rails .......................................................................................................... 11
Installing the SPS rails........................................................................................ 11
Installing the DPE rails........................................................................................ 12
Installing the components........................................................................................ 13
Installing the standby power supply ................................................................... 13
Installing the disk processor enclosure .............................................................. 14
Cable your system
Cabling the standby power supply to SP serial port .................................................. 17
Attach system to the network ................................................................................... 18
Attaching storage processors to the network ...................................................... 18
Power up
Before you power up ................................................................................................ 21
Connecting or verifying power cables ....................................................................... 21
Verifying system status ............................................................................................ 22
Add additional storage
Disk-array enclosure types ....................................................................................... 25
Assembling DAEs ..................................................................................................... 26
Install DAE rails .................................................................................................. 27
Install the DAE.................................................................................................... 28
Connect SAS DPE and DAE cables....................................................................... 30
Power up DAEs......................................................................................................... 32