Hot-adding a DS14/DS14mk2 FC to an existing loop

Has LRCs

• The disk shelves in the existing loop must have a DS14/DS14mk2 FC disk shelf with LRCs as the last shelf.
• You must follow the procedure Hot-adding a disk shelf to an existing loop exactly, if you are hot-adding to a mixed shelf loop.

  Caution
  Failure to follow the procedure exactly causes the last FC9 in the loop to automatically terminate the loop. The storage appliance loses contact with the existing last DS14/DS14mk2 FC in the loop and crashes.

Has ESHs

The disk shelves in the existing loop must have only DS14/DS14mk2 FC disk shelves with ESHs in the loop.

Put on the antistatic wrist strap and grounding leash.

Install the disk shelf.

Follow Step 2 through Step 7 of Installing a disk shelf.

Ground the disk shelf using the provided grounding cable.

Follow Step 4 and Step 5 of Grounding connected disk shelves.

Connect the disk shelf to a power source by following Step 2 of Connecting the disk shelf to power.

Caution
Do not turn on the power to the disk shelf yet.

Give the disk shelf a unique disk shelf ID. See Step 5 of Installing a disk shelf for specific instructions.

Note
Only use disk shelf ID 7 if it is the last ID available.

Verify that the disk shelf ID is not being used in the loop by entering the following command at the console:

fcstat device_map adaptername

Caution
An invalid disk shelf ID causes the storage appliance to panic.

If disk shelves in the loop have...

Then, for loops with...

LRCs

• DS14 only: Go to Step 8.
• A mix of DS14 and DS14mk2 FC: Set the loop speed to 1 Gb.

  Caution
  An incorrectly set loop speed results in an open loop condition.

ESHs

• DS14 only or a mix of DS14 and DS14mk2 FC: Set the loop speed to 1 Gb.
• DS14mk2 FC only that are running at 1 Gb: Set the loop speed to 1 Gb.
• DS14mk2 FC only that are running at 2 Gb: Set the loop speed to 2 Gb.

  Caution
  An incorrectly set loop speed causes the storage appliance to panic.

Turn on the power to the disk shelf.

Caution
You must power up the new disk shelf before you connect it to the last disk shelf in the loop because there must be approximately a 120-second time difference between Step 8 (powering on the disk shelf) and Step 15 (turning off the terminate switch) of this procedure.

Connect one end of the provided cable to the LRC/ESH A Output on the last disk shelf in the existing loop.

Connect the other end of the cable to the LRC/ESH A Input on the new disk shelf.

Connect one end of the provided cable to the LRC/ESH B Output on the last disk shelf in the existing loop.

Connect the other end of the cable to the LRC/ESH B Input on the new disk shelf.

Verify that all the cables are securely fastened.

Caution
Poorly secured cables cause the storage appliance to panic over an open loop.

Turn the termination switch of the newly added disk shelf to the On position for LRC/ESH A (down) and LRC/ESH B (up).

Caution
Failure to place the termination switches in the On position causes the storage appliance to panic over an open loop.

Turn the termination switch of the now second-to-last disk shelf to the Off position for LRC/ESH A (up) and LRC/ESH B (down).

Result

In 60 seconds, the storage appliance recognizes the hot-added disk shelf.

Open loop panic

One of three reasons cause this error message to appear:

• The terminate switch on LRC/ESH A and LRC/ESH B on the new disk shelf are not in the On position.
• The shelf-to-shelf cable between the now second-to-last disk shelf and the newly added disk shelf is defective or is not securely fastened.
• The speed of the newly added DS14mk2 FC disk shelf is incorrectly set.

Soft address 
panic

One of two reasons cause this error message to appear:

• There is an invalid disk shelf ID.
• The power was turned on before the disk shelf ID was changed and the disk shelf was not power-cycled after the disk shelf ID was changed.

Speed mismatch 
termination

(From disk shelves with ESHs only)

The ESH modules on the disk shelf detected a speed mismatch between the preceding disk shelf and this disk shelf and is reporting them as automatic termination errors.