About This Document
Intended Audience
This document describes hardware installation of the storage system, covering the following parts: precautions and preparations, installation flow, cabling, installation check, power-on, and status indicator check.
This document is intended for:
- Technical support engineers
- Maintenance engineers
Conventions
As part of an effort to improve and enhance the product performance and capabilities, Huawei periodically releases revisions of the hardware and software. Therefore, some functions described in this document may not be supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use. For the most up-to-date information about product features, refer to the product release notes.
If a product does not function as described in this document, contact Huawei technical support engineers.
Change History
Updates between document issues are cumulative. Therefore, the latest document issue contains all updates made in previous issues.
Issue 14 (2018-08-30)
This is the fourteenth official release.
Optimized some description.
Issue 13 (2018-05-30)
This is the thirteenth official release.
Added the description about how to use the optical fiber binding tape.
Issue 12 (2018-02-05)
This is the twelfth official release.
Optimized some description.
Issue 11 (2017-11-30)
This is the eleventh official release.
Modified the descriptions of the Connecting 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports) (Without Using an ODF) and Connecting 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports) (Using an ODF).
Issue 10 (2017-10-27)
This is the tenth official release.
Modified the descriptions of networking diagrams in sections Connecting GE/10GE Electrical Ports, Connecting 10 Gbit/s TOE Host Ports, Connecting Fibre Channel Host Ports, Connecting 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports) (Without Using an ODF), and Connecting 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports) (Using an ODF) of chapter Connecting Cables.
Issue 09 (2017-07-20)
This is the ninth official release.
Added the description of the maximum number of modems supported by a controller in section Building a Remote Maintenance Environment.
Issue 08 (2017-05-10)
This is the eighth official release.
Added the description of PDU in Connecting AC Power Cables.
Issue 07 (2017-03-27)
This is the seventh official release.
Added the description of checking whether the VLAN configuration of Ethernet switches on the customer's management network conflicts with the VLAN configuration of the storage system before a power-on.
Issue 06 (2016-12-05)
- Updated information about AC, high-voltage DC, and DC in the section of Quick checklist for the installation environment.
- Updated information about storage system noise in the section of Heat Dissipation and Noise.
Issue 05 (2016-11-20)
- Updated content about browsers compatible with DeviceManager.
- Updated descriptions about default subnet masks of management network ports on 2 U controller enclosures.
- Added disk slot numbers in Installing 2.5-Inch Disks and Installing 3.5-Inch Disks.
- Added checking filler panels of disk and interface modules in Checking the Hardware Installation.
- Added the section of Changing IP Addresses of Management Network Ports Using DeviceManager.
- Added the section of Initially Configuring the Storage System (Applicable to V300R003C20) and information about domain names supported by NTP server addresses.
- Added the section of Settings Alarm Dump (Applicable to V300R003C20) and information about domain names supported by alarm dump server addresses.
- Added the section of Settings Trap Server Addresses (Applicable to V300R003C20) and information about domain names supported by Trap server addresses.
- Added the section of Setting the Syslog Notification (Applicable to V300R003C20) to describe the configuration procedure of syslog notification in the certificate verification mode.
- Added the section of Logging In to the CLI of the Storage System Using a Public Key.
Updates in Issue 04 (2016-07-25)
This is the fourth release.
- Added descriptions including Knowing Cable Connection Modes and Principles (Applicable to Common Disk Enclosures) and Knowing Cable Connection Modes and Principles (Applicable to High-Density Disk Enclosures).
- Updated the number of disk enclosures that can be cascaded in Connecting Disk Enclosures.
- Added a 4-link redundancy network diagram to Connecting the Controller Enclosure to Application Servers to show the connections between the controller enclosure and application servers in scenarios where switches are deployed.
Updates in Issue 03 (2016-04-03)
This is the third release.
- Updated information about corrosive airborne contaminants in section Quick Checklist for the Installation Environment.
- Added information about importing a license.
- Added recommended configurations for VMware NMP.
- Added recommended configurations for Linux Device Mapper Multipath.
Updates in Issue 02 (2015-12-10)
This is the second release.
Added the ways to change the password of KVM and the password used for logging in to storage system.
Added the ways to query detailed compatibility information.
Updates in Issue 01 (2015-08-30)
Initial commercial release.
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