Verifying the SAN Volume Controller 2145-8G4 installation

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

1. Press the SAN Volume Controller power-control button. Because the button is recessed, you might need a pointed device, such as a screwdriver, to press the power-control button. Verify that the green power LED is lit. If the LED is not illuminated, see MAP 5000: Start to repair the problem.
   
   Note: You do not need to install any software. The node boots automatically.
   Figure 1 illustrates the controls and indicators on the front panel that are used to verify the installation.

   Figure 1. SAN Volume Controller 2145-8G4 front panel

   • Front-panel display
   • Navigation buttons
   • Operator-information panel
   • Power LED
   • Power-control button
   • Select button
   • Node identification label

   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 2 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 2. Front-panel display when push buttons 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 3 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 3. Node number

   
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 4 shows the message Inactive. This message indicates that, although an Ethernet connection is available, it cannot yet be used.
   Figure 4. Ethernet mode

   
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 hold the down button.
    
11. Press and release the select button.
    
12. Release the down button. The operational speed of the fibre-channel link is displayed. Use the cable connection table that is provided by the customer to verify that the fibre-channel link is operating at the expected speed. If the operational speed does not match the expected speed, go to MAP 5600: Fibre-channel to repair the fault.
    
13. Press the select button to return to the fibre-channel status display.
    
14. Press the right button to display each port in turn and ensure that the port is active and the speed is correct.
    
15. 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.