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Adding a DR Series Hardware System Expansion Shelf To set up, add, and connect an expansion shelf correctly to a DR Series hardware system appliance, you need to complete the following tasks. • Power off the DR Series system. • Install all cabling that connects the external expansion shelf (or shelves) to the DR Series system (For information, see the topic, DR Series System - Expansion Shelf Cabling). • Power on the external expansion shelf (or shelves), and then power on the DR Series system. • Install the Dell license for expansion shelf enclosures (for information, see the topic, Installing an Expansion Shelf License). • In the DR Series system GUI, add and activate the expansion shelf enclosure on the Storage page (as described in the steps below). To add an expansion shelf to the DR Series system, complete the following steps: 1. Click Storage in the navigation panel. The Storage page is displayed. (This step assumes that you have completed all expansion shelf enclosure cable connections and that green LEDs are displayed next to the fastplugs on the rear chassis, indicating that cable connections are active.) 2. In the Physical Storage pane, click Add in the Configured column of the Physical Storage summary table that corresponds to the enclosure you want to add (Not Configured is the displayed State for the enclosure). The Enclosure Addition dialog is displayed that indicates that all input-output to the system will be stopped during an enclosure addition, and prompts you to click OK to continue or click Cancel to stop this process. 3. Click OK to continue adding the enclosure to the DR Series system. 4. If you clicked OK, an Enclosure Addition dialog box is displayed that indicates this process may take up to 10 minutes to complete. A System Status dialog then displays with the following message: The system is currently adding an enclosure. Please wait for this process to complete and the system to become operational. 5. Once the previous step completes, to verify that an enclosure was added, click Dashboard→ Health. The Health page is displayed, and each properly cabled and activated expansion shelf enclosure has a corresponding tab that displays a green status check mark (for example, if you have installed two enclosures, two tabs are displayed: Enclosure 1 and Enclosure 2). NOTE: If the Enclosure tab does not display a green status check mark, this indicates that there is an issue with the enclosure (such as it has not been properly connected or activated). 6. After adding an expansion shelf enclosure, make sure that you install an expansion shelf license. For more information, see the topic, Installing an Expansion Shelf License. 29

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Adding a DR Series Hardware System Expansion Shelf
To set up, add, and connect an expansion shelf correctly to a DR Series hardware system appliance, you need to
complete the following tasks.
•
Power off the DR Series system.
•
Install all cabling that connects the external expansion shelf (or shelves) to the DR Series system (For information,
see the topic, DR Series System — Expansion Shelf Cabling).
•
Power on the external expansion shelf (or shelves), and then
power on the DR Series system.
•
Install the Dell license for expansion shelf enclosures (for information, see the topic, Installing an Expansion Shelf
License).
•
In the DR Series system GUI, add and activate the expansion shelf enclosure on the
Storage
page (as described in
the steps below).
To add an expansion shelf to the DR Series system, complete the following steps:
1.
Click
Storage
in the navigation panel.
The
Storage
page is displayed. (This step assumes that you have completed all expansion shelf enclosure cable
connections and that green LEDs are displayed next to the fastplugs on the rear chassis, indicating that cable
connections are active.)
2.
In the Physical Storage pane, click
Add
in the
Configured
column of the Physical Storage summary table that
corresponds to the enclosure you want to add (
Not Configured
is the displayed
State
for the enclosure).
The
Enclosure Addition
dialog is displayed that indicates that all input-output to the system will be stopped during
an enclosure addition, and prompts you to click
OK
to continue or click
Cancel
to stop this process.
3.
Click
OK
to continue adding the enclosure to the DR Series system.
4.
If you clicked
OK
, an
Enclosure Addition
dialog box is displayed that indicates this process may take up to 10
minutes to complete.
A
System Status
dialog then displays with the following message:
The system is currently adding an enclosure.
Please wait for this process to complete and the system to become operational.
5.
Once the previous step completes, to verify that an enclosure was added, click
Dashboard
→
Health
.
The
Health
page is displayed, and each properly cabled and activated expansion shelf enclosure has a
corresponding tab that displays a green status check mark (for example, if you have installed two enclosures, two
tabs are displayed:
Enclosure 1
and
Enclosure 2
).
NOTE:
If the
Enclosure
tab does not display a green status check mark, this indicates that there is an issue
with the enclosure (such as it has not been properly connected or activated).
6.
After adding an expansion shelf enclosure, make sure that you install an expansion shelf license.
For more information, see the topic, Installing an Expansion Shelf License.
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