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Hardware Installation 21

Expanding with New MD1000 Enclosures

Perform the following steps to attach new MD1000 expansion enclosures to

the MD3000:

Before adding the MD1000 enclosure(s), make sure the MD3000 software

is installed and up to date. For more information, refer to the

Dell

PowerVault Compatibility Matrix

available on

support.dell.com

Install or update the SAS driver and firmware. For Windows systems

users, use the update package. For Linux systems users, use the DKMS

package.

Install or update (to the latest version available on

support.dell.com

)

the MD Storage Manager on each host server.

Install or update (to the latest version available on

support.dell.com

)

the multipath drivers on each host server. The multipath drivers are

bundled with Modular Disk Storage Management install. On Windows

systems, the drivers are automatically installed when a Full or Host

selection is made.

Using the MD Storage Manager, update the MD3000 RAID controller

firmware (

Support

→

Download Firmware

→

Download RAID

Controller Module Firmware

) and the NVSRAM (

Support

→

Download Firmware

→

Download RAID Controller Module

NVSRAM

Stop I/O and turn off all systems:

Stop all I/O to the array and turn off affected host systems attached to

the MD3000.

Turn off the MD3000.

Turn off any MD1000 enclosures in the affected system.

Referencing the applicable configuration for your rack (Figure 2-1 through

Figure 2-12), cable the MD1000 enclosure(s) to the MD3000.

Turn on attached units:

Turn on the MD1000 expansion enclosure(s). Wait for the expansion

status LED to light blue.

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