NetApp DS4243 User Manual

Contents
SAS disk shelf safety information...................................................................................4
Installing SAS disk shelves in a new HA pair or single-controller configuration......7
Changing the disk shelf ID..............................................................................................9
Hot-adding a SAS disk shelf......................................................................................... 11
Installing a disk shelf for a hot-add.............................................................................................................................. 13
Cabling the hot-added disk shelf.................................................................................................................................. 15
SAS cabling error messages......................................................................................................................................... 18
Verifying the disk drive, disk shelf, and ACP firmware versions.................................................................................18
Hot-removing disk shelves or stacks in systems running Data ONTAP 8.2.1 or later
......................................................................................................................................22
Removing disk shelves in systems running Data ONTAP 8.2 or earlier...................31
Monitoring disk shelf components............................................................................... 33
Monitoring the disk shelf..............................................................................................................................................33
How the H0 shelf mode and LEDs work..........................................................................................................33
Using the H0 shelf mode.................................................................................................................................. 34
Monitoring the operator display panel..........................................................................................................................34
Location of the operator display panel LEDs...................................................................................................34
What the operator display panel LEDs mean................................................................................................... 35
Operator display panel console error messages................................................................................................35
Monitoring the disk drives or carriers...........................................................................................................................37
Location of the disk drive or carrier LEDs.......................................................................................................37
What the disk drive LEDs mean for DS4243, DS2246, and DS4246 disk shelves..........................................38
What the disk carrier LEDs and H1 shelf mode mean for DS4486 disk shelves.............................................38
Disk drive or carrier console error messages....................................................................................................40
Monitoring the IOMs....................................................................................................................................................41
Location of the IOM LEDs...............................................................................................................................41
What the IOM LEDs mean...............................................................................................................................41
IOM console error messages............................................................................................................................ 42
Monitoring the power supplies.....................................................................................................................................42
Location of the power supply LEDs.................................................................................................................42
Number of power supplies shipped in a DS4243 disk shelf.............................................................................44
What the power supply LEDs mean.................................................................................................................44
Power supply console error messages.............................................................................................................. 44
DS4243, DS2246, DS4486, and DS4246 Installation and Service Guide ii
Contents

NetApp DS4243 Specifications

General

Brand	NetApp
Model	DS4243
Category	Storage
Language	English