Verifying the SAN Volume Controller 2145-4F2 installation

You must verify the SAN Volume Controller installation after the installation has completed.

Attention: The SAN Volume Controller 2145-4F2 node is supported only in SAN Volume Controller 4.3.1 and earlier releases.

This task shows you how to verify the installation after you install the SAN Volume Controller in the rack and connect it to the uninterruptible power supply, the storage area network (SAN), and the Ethernet.

Note: If at any point the SAN Volume Controller does not operate as described, see MAP 5000: Start, unless a different maintenance analysis procedure (MAP) is specified.

Perform the following steps to verify installation:

  1. Press the SAN Volume Controller power button. Verify that the green power light is on. If the light is not on, see MAP 5000: Start to repair the problem.
    Note: You do not need to install any software. The node boots automatically.

    Verify that the node is booting without error. If it boots without error, either the Charging, Recovering, or the Cluster: message is displayed in the first line of the front-panel display.

  2. Press and hold the select button for five seconds. The check light comes on and a display test is performed. Check that all display cells light and that a bar scrolls horizontally and vertically across the display. When the display test is complete, the check light goes off and a button test is started.
  3. Press the up, down, left, and right buttons to verify that they are working. Figure 1 shows four examples of what the front panel should display when you press the buttons. After you finish testing the buttons, press and hold the select button for five seconds to exit the test.
    Figure 1. Front-panel display when push buttons are pressed
    This figure shows how the navigational buttons are displayed on the front panel when they are pressed
  4. If the Charging or Recovering message is displayed on the front-panel display, press the select button to switch to the menu. The menu continues to be displayed while you press the buttons on the front panel. If you do not press any buttons within 60 seconds, the menu changes to display the charging progress. You can switch the front-panel display to the menu at any time by pressing the select button again.
  5. Press and release the up button or down button until the Node: option is displayed on the first line of the front-panel display.
  6. Verify that the node number that is displayed on the second line of the front-panel display is the same as the node number that is printed on the front panel of the node. Figure 2 shows how the node number is displayed on the front panel. If the node number is not the same, contact the IBM® Support Center.
    Figure 2. Node number
    This figure shows how the node number is displayed on the front panel
  7. Press and release the up button or down button until the Ethernet option is shown on the front-panel display. The second line of the front-panel display in Figure 3 shows the message Inactive. This message indicates that, although an Ethernet connection is available, it cannot yet be used.
    Figure 3. Ethernet mode
    This figure shows how Ethernet: Inactive is displayed on the front panel
  8. Press and release the up button or down button until the FC Port-1 option shows in the display.
  9. Check whether the second line of the front-panel display shows the message Active. If Active is not shown on the second line, go to MAP 5600: Fibre-channel to repair the fault.
  10. Press and release the left or right button to display the other port options. Check whether for each port, the second line of the front-panel display shows the message Active. If Active is not shown for any port, go to MAP 5600: Fibre-channel to repair the fault.
  11. If the configuration data table provided by the user indicates that the SAN Volume Controller nodes are to be operated at 1 Gbps, follow these steps:
    1. Press and hold the down button.
    2. Press and release the select button.
    3. Release the down button.
    The second line of the front-panel display shows the current fibre-channel speed setting of the node. Press the up or down button until 1 Gbps is displayed and then press the select button. This changes the fibre-channel speed for all ports on this node to 1 Gbps.
  12. If you want to select a language other than English, perform the following steps:
    1. Press the up or down button until Select Language? is displayed.
    2. Press the select button.
    3. Press the left or right button until the required language is displayed.
    4. Press the select button.

    If the battery needed to be charged, the Charging or Recovering message is replaced by the Cluster: message when the battery is fully charged. The progress bar no longer displays. The installation of the SAN Volume Controller hardware is now complete. No software installation is required. Continue with the instructions in the IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller Software Installation and Configuration Guide to create, if necessary, a new SAN Volume Controller cluster and to add the nodes into a SAN Volume Controller cluster.

Parent topic: Installing the SAN Volume Controller 2145-4F2
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