Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series - Index

Index
12- or 24-drive shelf
adding, replacing or upgrading HIC 120
replacing drives in 116
2U controller
replacing power supplies or fan canisters 112
B
batteries
completing battery replacement 98
installing new battery 96
overview of replacement procedure 91
preparing to replace battery 92
removing failed battery 93
replacement preparation (duplex) 92
replacing failed battery 92
requirements for replacement 91
C
cabling
drive shelf 26
Ethernet 31
for out-of-band management 31
host cabling 25
hot adding drive shelf 27
overview 24
power cabling 27
Cabling for a direct-attached topology 25
Cabling for a switch topology 25
Cabling your storage system 24
canisters (power-fan canisters)
overview of replacement procedure 112
replacing power supply 113
requirements for replacement 113
contamination, particulate and gaseous 280
controller firmware
activating software files 167
complete software and firmware upgrade 167
downloading files 166
transferring software files 166
upgrade considerations 163
upgrade procedure 166
upgrade workflow 165
controllers
Attention LED 100
replacing in duplex configuration 101
requirements for replacement 100
creating a personalized support web page 277
custom support web page 277
D
DE2000/DE4000/DE6000
replacing batteries 91
drive firmware
downloading files 169
upgrade considerations 164
upgrade procedure 169
upgrade workflow 165
upgrading 170
drives (12- or 24-drive shelf)
ESD and handling requirements 117
numbering scheme of drives 116
overview of drive replacement procedure 116
replacement preparation 118
replacing drives in shelf 118
F
Feature Code 152
Feature Enable Identifier 152
feature pack
obtaining key 152
firmware
upgrade considerations 163
firmware upgrade
controller software and firmware procedure 166
downloading files 166
drive firmware procedure 169
overview 163
workflow 165
G
gaseous contamination 280
Getting help 277
H
hardware replacement procedures 91
help 277
host interface cards
installing additional HIC 123
overview of adding, upgrading, or replacing 120
replacing HICs 138
requirements for adding, upgrading, or replacing 122
upgrading HICs 130
I
important notices 280
initial setup 23
introduction 1
L
LEDs on the operator display panel 176
LEDs on the power-fan canister 181
Linux express configuration 64
Linux host configuration
configuring array-side iSCSI networking 83
configuring FC switches 69
configuring host-side iSCSI networking 85
configuring iSCSI switches 82
configuring multipath software 68, 75, 81
determining SAS host identifiers 76
determining WWPNs for FC 69
setting up iSCSI network 82
verifying IP network connections 86
M
management software 21
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