Installing a disk shelf in a rack

Installing a disk shelf

To install the disk shelf in a rack, complete the following steps.

WARNING
You must install each disk shelf with either the two-post telco tray kit or the four-post rail kit that came in your shipment package. If you choose to mid-mount the disk shelf, use the mid-mount brackets with the two-post telco tray kit. Do not ear-mount the disk shelf into a telco-type rack; the disk shelf will collapse from the rack under its own weight.

Step	Action
1	Verify that your NetApp appliance meets the minimum software requirements to support the disk shelf. See the System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com for more information.
2	Verify that you received the envelope with the disk shelf ID labels.
3	Ground yourself to the system chassis using the grounding leash.
4	Use the rail kit installation flyer in the rail kit box to install the appropriate rail kits on the rack.
5	Install and secure the disk shelf onto the support brackets and rack.
6	Change the disk shelf ID with the following procedure: Press the thumbwheel switch on the rear of the disk shelf and use the + button to raise the number and the - button to lower the number to a valid ID from 1 through 7. Note If you change a disk shelf ID, you must power-cycle the disk shelf for the new ID to take effect. The disk shelf ID display on the front of the disk shelf blinks until you power-cycle the disk shelf. Select the correct label from the envelope identified in Step 2 and attach it to the right flange of the new disk shelf.
7	If you are adding multiple disk shelves on the same loop, repeat Step 5 and Step 6 to install the remaining disk shelves.
8	Set the loop speed on all new disk shelves to the same speed as the existing disk shelves in the loop.
9	Connect the grounding strap connecting the disk shelf to the other disk shelves or your NetApp appliance.
10	Connect the disk shelf to the other disk shelves using an SFP-to-SFP patch cable or to your NetApp appliance with the LC-to-LC cable.
11	Connect the two disk shelf power cords to each disk shelf that you are adding.
12	Turn on the power first to the disk shelves and then to the storage appliance.
13	Reboot the storage appliance.