HPE StoreVirtual 3200

Contents
Product overview.................................................................................... 7
Product configurations.................................................................................................................. 7
Features and benefits................................................................................................................... 7
Terminology...................................................................................................................................7
Component identification.............................................................................................................. 8
Storage controller enclosure ............................................................................................. 8
Recovery/power button.................................................................................................... 12
HPE StoreVirtual 3200 drive enclosure............................................................................12
Locating the product serial number on the hardware..................................................................13
Locating the product serial number in the Management Console...............................................14
Operating the storage system............................................................. 15
Supported UPS........................................................................................................................... 15
Powering on the storage system.................................................................................................15
Powering off the storage system.................................................................................................15
Status LED descriptions..............................................................................................................15
Common status LEDs...................................................................................................... 16
Storage controller enclosure controller module status LEDs........................................... 17
Drive enclosure I/O module status LEDs......................................................................... 20
Safely rebooting a storage controller.......................................................................................... 21
Adding storage system capacity......................................................... 22
End-to-end process for adding drives and drive enclosures.......................................................22
Adding disk drives and drive enclosures..........................................................................22
Verifying the state of the new drives and enclosures....................................................... 23
Using the StoreVirtual Management Console to scale up the storage system................ 23
Verifying the added capacity in the StoreVirtual Management Console...........................24
Adding disk drives.......................................................................................................................24
Adding a drive enclosure............................................................................................................ 26
Enclosure types................................................................................................................26
Installing the rail kits.........................................................................................................26
Installing the enclosure.................................................................................................... 28
Adding StoreVirtual 3200 storage systems.................................................................................30
Adding a new storage system to an existing configuration.............................................. 30
HPE StoreVirtual Multi-Site SAN design............................................. 32
Multi-Site SAN features...............................................................................................................32
Design considerations for a Multi-Site SAN................................................................................ 32
Designing the network for the Multi-Site SAN.............................................................................33
Calculating bandwidth.................................................................................................................33
Inter-site Bandwidth based on the number of storage systems at a site.................................... 33
Managing the network.......................................................................... 34
Introduction................................................................................................................................. 34
Traffic types.................................................................................................................................34
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