If your HA pair is running ONTAP 9.7 or 9.6, the non-dedicated ports, which display false in the Is
Dedicated?
column, also display enabled in the State column.
Prepare an AFF A700, ASA A700, ASA A800, AFF A800, AFF A400, or ASA A400HA pair to hot-add a second shelf
If you have an AFF A700, ASA A700, AFF A800, ASA A800, AFF A400, or ASA A400HA
pair with one NS224 drive shelf that is cabled to one set of RoCE capable ports on each
controller, you must recable the shelf (after you have installed the additional RoCE
capable PCIe cards or I/O modules) across both sets of ports on each controller, before
hot-adding the second shelf.
Before you begin
• You must have met the system requirements.
Requirements for a hot-add
• You must have enabled the ports on the RoCE capable PCIe cards or I/O modules you installed.
Prepare non-dedicated RoCE capable ports for a hot-add
About this task
• Recabling port connections is a nondisruptive procedure when your shelf has multipath-HA connectivity.
You recable the first shelf across both sets of ports on each controller so that when you hot-add the second
shelf, both shelves have more resilient connectivity.
• You move one cable at a time to maintain connectivity to the shelf at all times during this procedure.
Steps
1. Recable the existing shelf’s connections across both sets of ports on each controller, as applicable to your
platform model.
Moving a cable does not require any wait time between unplugging the cable from one port
and plugging it into another port.
If you have an… Then…
AFF A700 or ASA A700
HA pair
The substeps assume the existing shelf is cabled to RoCE
capable I/O modules in slot 3 on each controller.
If needed, you can reference cabling illustrations showing an
existing single shelf and the recabled shelf, in a two shelf
configuration.
Cable a hot-add shelf for an AFF A700 or ASA A700HA pair
a. On controller A, move the cable from slot 3 port b to slot 7 port b.
b. Repeat the same cable move on controller B.
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