Dell PowerVault E03J Series User manual

Dell™ PowerVault™
MD1200 and MD1220
Storage Enclosures
Hardware Owner’s
Manual
Regulatory Model: E03J Series and E04J Series
Regulatory Type: E03J001 and E04J001
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if
instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal
injury, or death.
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2009 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc.
is strictly forbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, OpenManage, PowerEdge, and PowerVault are
trademarks of Dell Inc.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming
the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and
trade names other than its own.
Regulatory Model: E03J Series and E04J Series
Regulatory Type: E03J001 and E04J001
October 2009 Rev. A00
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Contents 3
Contents
1 About Your Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front-Bezel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 12
Enclosure Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Enclosure Failover When Two EMMs are
Installed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EMM Thermal Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Enclosure Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 Operating Your Storage Enclosure . . . . . 19
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling Your Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing Your Enclosure’s Operating Mode . . . . . . 25
Managing Your Storage Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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4Contents
Downloading Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3 Installing Enclosure Components . . . . . 27
Recommended Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Front Bezel (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing the Front Bezel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Hard Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Removing a Drive Blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing a Drive Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive
Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing a Hard Drive Into a Drive Carrier . . . . . 35
Enclosure Management Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing an EMM Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing an EMM Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Removing an EMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing an EMM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . 39
Installing a Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . 41
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Removing the Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Contents 5
Installing the Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4 Troubleshooting Your Enclosure . . . . . . . 49
Safety First—For You and Your Enclosure . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting Enclosure Startup Failure . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting Loss of Communication . . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting External Connections . . . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting Power Supply/Cooling Fan Module . . 50
Troubleshooting Enclosure Cooling Problems . . . . . 51
Troubleshooting Enclosure Management Modules. . . 52
Troubleshooting Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Troubleshooting Enclosure Connections . . . . . . . . 54
Troubleshooting a Wet Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Troubleshooting a Damaged Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 55
5 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Contacting Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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6Contents
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About Your Enclosure 7
About Your Enclosure
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front-Panel Features and Indicators—Dell™ PowerVault™ MD1200
Figure 1-2. Front-Panel Features and Indicators—Dell PowerVault MD1220
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8About Your Enclosure
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Enclosure status LED The enclosure status LED lights when
the enclosure power is on.
Lights blue during normal operation and
when the host server is identifying
the enclosure.
Blinks blue when a host server is
identifying the enclosure or when the
system identification button is pressed.
Lights amber when the enclosure is
turned on or is reset.
Blinks amber when the enclosure is in
the fault state.
2 Power LED The power LED lights when at least one
power supply is supplying power to
the enclosure.
3 Split mode LED The split mode LED lights when
the enclosure is in a split-mode
configuration.
If the LED is not lit, it indicates that
the enclosure is in a unified-mode
configuration.
4 System identification
button
The system identification button on the
front control panel can be used to locate
a particular enclosure within a rack.
When the button is pushed, the system
status indicators on the control panel
and the EMM blinks blue until the
button is pushed again.
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About Your Enclosure 9
Front-Bezel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-3. Front-Bezel Features and Indicators
5 Hard drives PowerVault MD1200—Up to 12 3.5-inch
SAS hot-swappable hard drives.
PowerVault MD1220—Up to 24 2.5-inch
SAS hot-swappable hard drives.
6 Enclosure mode
switch
When set in the top position, the
enclosure is configured in unified mode.
When set in the bottom position, the
enclosure is configured in split mode.
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1
2
3
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10 About Your Enclosure
Item Indicator, Button, or
Connector
Icon Description
1 Enclosure status LED The enclosure status LED lights when
the enclosure power is on.
Lights blue during normal operation and
when the host server is identifying
the enclosure.
Blinks blue when a host server is
identifying the enclosure or when the
system identification button is pressed.
Lights amber when the enclosure is
turned on or is reset.
Blinks amber when the enclosure is in
the fault state.
2 Power LED The power LED lights when at least one
power supply is supplying power to
the enclosure.
3 Split mode LED The split mode LED lights when
the enclosure is in a split-mode
configuration.
If the LED is not lit, it indicates that
the enclosure is in a unified-mode
configuration.
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