E-Series Systems
E5500 Controller-Drive Tray and Related Drive Trays Installation Guide
Deciding whether to use this guide
Step 1 - Preparing to install a controller-drive tray
Key terms
Storage array
Controller-drive tray
Controller
Drive tray
Environmental services module (ESM)
Gathering items
Basic hardware
Configuration cables and connectors
Tools and other items
Things to know - More details about cables, SFPs, and QSFPs
Things to know - Taking a quick glance at the hardware in a controller-drive tray configuration
Step 2 - Installing and configuring the switches
Things to know - Switches and routers
Procedure - Installing and configuring switches
Step 3 - Installing the host bus adapters for the controller-drive tray
Key terms
Host bus adapter (HBA)
Host channel adapter (HCA)
HBA host port
HBA host port world wide name (WWN)
HCA host port
HCA host port Global Unique Identifier (GUID)
Network interface card (NIC)
Things to know - Host bus adapters, host channel adapters, and Ethernet network interface cards
Procedure - Installing host bus adapters
Procedure - Installing host channel adapters
Step 4 - Installing the controller-drive tray
Things to know - General installation
Procedure - Installing the E5512 or E5524 controller-drive tray
Procedure - Installing drives in the E5512 or E5524 controller-drive tray
Procedure - Installing the E5560 controller-drive tray
Procedure - Installing drives in the E5560 controller-drive tray
Procedure - Removing drives from a 60-drive tray
Step 5 - Connecting the controller-drive tray to the hosts
Key terms
Topology
Direct topology
Switch or fabric topology
Things to know - Storage array configuration specifications
Things to know - Host channels
Procedure - Connecting host cables on a controller-drive tray
Step 6 - Installing the drive trays for the controller-drive tray configurations
Things to know - General installation of drive trays
Procedure - Installing the DE1600 and DE5600 drive trays
Procedure - Installing drives in the DE1600 and DE5600 drive trays
Procedure - Installing the DE6600 drive tray
Procedure - Installing the drives in the DE6600 drive tray
Things to know - Connecting the power cords
Procedure - Connecting the power cords
Step 7 - Connecting the controller-drive tray to the drive trays
Key terms
Drive channel
Things to know - Controller-drive tray
Things to know - Drive trays
Things to know - Cabling configurations for the E5512 and E5524 controller-drive trays
Things to know - Cabling configurations for the E5560 controller-drive tray
Procedure - Connecting the drive trays to the controller-drive tray
Step 8 - Connecting the Ethernet cables
Key terms
In-band management
Out-of-band management
Things to know - Connecting Ethernet cables
Procedure - Connecting Ethernet cables
Step 9 - Connecting the power cords
Things to know - AC power cords
Procedure - Connecting AC power cords
Step 10 - Turning on the power and checking for problems in a controller-drive tray configuration
Procedure - Turning on the power to the storage array and checking for problems in a controller-drive tray configuration
Things to know - LEDs on the E5512 or E5524 controller-drive tray
Things to know - LEDs on the E5560 controller-drive tray
Things to know - General behavior of the LEDs on the controller-drive tray
Things to know - Service Action Allowed LEDs
Things to know - LEDs on the DE1600 and DE5600 drive trays
Things to know - LEDs on the DE6600 drive tray
Things to know - LEDs on the DE6600 drive drawers
Things to know - LEDs on the DE6600 drives
Things to know - General behavior of the LEDs on the drive trays
Things to know - Display sequence code definitions
Things to know - Component failure identifications
Things to know - Lock-down codes
Things to know - Seven-segment display use cases
Things to know - Seven-segment display for the ESMs on the drive trays
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