Acoustic noise .......................29
Electrical requirements .....................29
Site wiring and power ....................30
AC power recovery .....................30
Power cords and receptacles..................30
Heat output, airflow, and cooling .................30
Chapter 2. Installing the storage subsystem .............33
Installation overview .......................33
Handling static-sensitive devices ..................35
Preparing for installation .....................35
Preparing the site .......................37
Preparing the rack cabinet....................37
Installing the support rails .....................38
Installing the DS5100 and DS5300 .................42
Installing the DS5100 and DS5300 on the support rails .........43
Chapter 3. Cabling the storage subsystem..............47
Working with SFPs and fiber-optic cables ...............47
Handling fibre-optic cables ...................48
Installing SFP modules .....................49
Removing SFP modules ....................52
Installing fiber-optic cables ...................52
Using LC-LC fibre-channel cables .................53
Connecting an LC-LC cable to an SFP module ...........54
Removing an LC-LC fibre-channel cable .............56
Using LC-SC fibre-channel cable adapters..............57
Connecting an LC-SC cable adapter to a device ..........58
Removing an LC-LC cable from an LC-SC cable adapter .......59
Connecting storage expansion enclosures to the DS5100 and DS5300 ....60
Redundant drive channel pair ..................60
Non-trunking cabling ......................61
Drive-side trunking cabling ...................69
Overview of steps to connect storage expansion enclosure to a storage
subsystem.........................72
DS5100 and DS5300 drive cabling best practices and rules .......73
EXP5000 storage expansion enclosure cabling rules .........75
EXP5060 storage expansion enclosure cabling rules .........76
DS5100 and DS5300 drive cabling topologies ............77
One DS5100 and DS5300 and one EXP5000 storage expansion enclosure 80
One DS5100 and DS5300 and two EXP5000 storage expansion
enclosures........................81
One DS5100 and DS5300 and four EXP5000 storage expansion
enclosures........................82
One DS5100 and DS5300 and eight EXP5000 storage expansion
enclosures........................82
One DS5100 and DS5300 and sixteen EXP5000 storage expansion
enclosures........................84
One DS5100 and DS5300 and one EXP5060 storage expansion enclosure 85
One DS5100 and DS5300 and two EXP5060 storage expansion
enclosures........................85
One DS5100 and DS5300 and three EXP5060 storage expansion
enclosures........................86
One DS5100 and DS5300 and four EXP5060 storage expansion
enclosures........................87
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