Installation Overview
This guide describes installation procedures for the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance.
Each controller should have at least one NIC port configured as a management interface.
If necessary, install additional NIC card(s) into the appropriate PCIe slot(s) before initial
controller installation. For information on installing a PCIe card, see the appropriate section for
your controller in the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Customer Service Manual.
Follow these steps to install your appliance:
1. Read “Prerequisites for Installation” on page 11.
2. Review the information about your disk shelves and controllers in “Installation
Prerequisites and Hardware Overviews” on page 11.
3. Install your disk shelves using the appropriate procedure in “Installing Disk
Shelves” on page 73.
4. Install your controllers:
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“Installing a ZS5-4 Controller” on page 99
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“Installing a ZS5-2 Controller” on page 109
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“Installing a ZS4-4 or ZS3-4 Controller” on page 127
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“Installing a ZS3-2 Controller” on page 137
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“Installing a 7x20 Controller” on page 155
5. Cable the appliance as described in Getting Started with Cabling.
For the maximum number of disk shelves supported per controller configuration, see
“Maximum Disk Shelves per Controller Configuration” on page 17.
6. Power on your appliance using the procedures in “Powering On the
Appliance” on page 177.
7. Complete first-time configuration and prepare the appliance for production using the
procedures in “Configuring the Appliance for the First Time” on page 183.
For information about troubleshooting hardware faults using Oracle Integrated Lights Out
Manager (ILOM), see “Troubleshooting Hardware Faults” on page 211.
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