Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Guide

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
DE Series hardware overview . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Specifications of DE2000 series. . . . . . . . 6
Specifications of DE4000 series. . . . . . . 10
Specifications of DE6000 series. . . . . . . 14
Specifications of drive shelves . . . . . . . 18
Management software overview . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2. System setup and
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cabling your storage system . . . . . . . . . 24
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 24
Host cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drive shelf cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Power cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Hot adding a drive shelf . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ethernet cabling for a management station . . 31
Windows express configuration . . . . . . . . 32
Decide whether to use this Express method . . 32
Understand the workflow . . . . . . . . . 34
Verify the Windows configuration is
supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configure management port IP addresses . . 35
Configure the multipath software . . . . . . 35
Install ThinkSystem Storage Manager for
SMcli and Host Context Agent (HCA). . . . . 36
Access ThinkSystem System Manager and
use the Setup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Perform FC-specific tasks . . . . . . . . . 38
Perform iSCSI-specific tasks . . . . . . . . 40
Perform SAS-specific tasks . . . . . . . . 45
Discover storage on the host . . . . . . . . 47
Configure storage on the host . . . . . . . 48
Verify storage access on the host . . . . . . 48
VMware express configuration . . . . . . . . . 49
Deciding whether to use this Express
method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Understand the workflow . . . . . . . . . 51
Verify the VMware configuration is
supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configure management port IP addresses . . 52
Configure the multipath software . . . . . . 52
Install ThinkSystem Storage Manager for
SMcli and Host Context Agent (HCA). . . . . 52
Access ThinkSystem System Manager and
use the Setup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Perform FC-specific tasks . . . . . . . . . 54
Perform iSCSI-specific tasks . . . . . . . . 56
Perform SAS-specific tasks . . . . . . . . 61
Discover storage on the host . . . . . . . . 63
Configure storage on the host . . . . . . . 64
Verify storage access on the host . . . . . . 64
Linux express configuration . . . . . . . . . . 64
Decide whether to use this Express method . . 64
Fibre Channel Express Setup. . . . . . . . 65
SAS Express Setup . . . . . . . . . . . 73
iSCSI Express Setup . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 3. Hardware replacement
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 91
Replace battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 100
Replace a controller . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Power-fan canisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 112
Replace power supply (12-drive or 24-
drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 116
Replace drive (12-drive or 24-drive) . . . . . 118
Host interface cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 120
Add host interface cards . . . . . . . . . 123
Upgrade host interface card . . . . . . . . 130
Replace host interface card . . . . . . . . 138
Host port protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Overview and requirements . . . . . . . . 146
Change host protocol. . . . . . . . . . . 151
Chapter 4. System upgrade . . . . . . 163
Upgrade ThinkSystem SAN OS software . . . . . 163
Overview and upgrade considerations . . . . 163
Upgrade controller software and firmware. . . 166
Upgrade drive firmware . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 5. System monitoring . . . . 173
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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkSystem DE Series
Category	Storage
Language	English