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potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright © 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 3
5 Cabling your enclosure ...7 Single port configuration...7 Redundant configuration...8 Multi-chain configuration...9 3 Managing your storage enclosure 11 4 Downloading firmware 12 5 Getting help...13 Locating your system service tag...13 Documentation feedback...13 Related documentation...13 - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 4
1 Introduction An enclosure containing physical disk drives accessed through EMMs (Enclosure Management Modules) is called a storage enclosure. A storage enclosure includes various hardware components such as physical disk drives, EMMs, fans, and power supply units(PSUs). One or more host systems - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 5
repairs. Troubleshoot and perform simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage because of the service that is not Dell authorized is not covered in the warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions shipped - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 6
. 4. Turn on the PSUs or cooling fan modules. 5. Turn on the host system. 6. Check the LED indicators on the front- and back panel of the storage enclosure. For more information about LED indicators, see the Dell Storage MD1400 Enclosures Hardware Owner's Manual at dell.com/powervaultmanuals. 6 - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 7
your enclosure You can cable the storage enclosure to host systems and to additional storage enclosures in three different configurations: • Single port configuration • Redundant configuration • Mutli-chain configuration NOTE: Clustering is not supported on MD1400 and M1420 enclosures. Related - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 8
Figure 2. Single port configuration Redundant configuration In Redundant configuration, the enclosures are daisy-chained with one of the enclosures connected to both the ports on the controller card. See Figure 3. 8 - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 9
Figure 3. Redundant configuration Multi-chain configuration Multi-chain configuration supports up to eight enclosures. The first four enclosures are daisy-chained with one of the enclosures connected to a single port on the controller card. The - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 10
Figure 4. Multi-chain configuration 10 - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 11
in both physical and logical views. By using Server Administrator you can: • create and manage RAID storage configurations • display storage information • customize event reporting • view logged events For more information, see the Server Administrator documentation at dell.com/support/manuals. 11 - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 12
4 Downloading firmware You can download firmware updates for storage enclosure using the Dell Update Package available at dell.com/support. 12 - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 13
, go to dell.com/support/manuals and enter the system Service Tag to get your system documentation. NOTE: For all Dell OpenManage documents, go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals. NOTE: For all operating system documents, go to dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals. NOTE: For all storage controllers and PCIe - Dell PowerVault Storage MD1400 | Dell Storage MD1400 and MD1420 Enclosures Deplo - Page 14
NOTE: Always check for updates on dell.com/support/manuals and read the updates first because they often supersede information in other documents. NOTE: When upgrading your system, it is recommended that you download and
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