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Cabling a MetroClusters with QuickLoop

Step 2: Installing and preparing the local node and disk shelves

Installing the local node and disk shelves  Top

To install the local node and accompanying disk shelves, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Install the switch in either an equipment rack or system cabinet, as described in the appropriate Brocade switch hardware reference manual.

2

Connect the switch to a system console and, using hyperterm, establish communication with the switch, as described in the appropriate Brocade switch hardware reference manual.

3

Install the local node in either an equipment rack or system cabinet, as described in the F800 Series Hardware Guide.

Caution
Do not boot the node.

4

Install the disk shelves into the equipment rack, as described in the DS14 Hardware Guide.

Note
Each disk shelf is terminated in a MetroCluster.

Caution
Do not turn on the disk shelves.

5

Set a unique disk shelf ID, from 1 to 7, for each disk shelf in the cluster.

Caution
You cannot have duplicate disk shelf IDs anywhere within the cluster, even if the disk shelves are in different loops.

6

Go to Step 3: Configuring the switch.

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