Powering on the control enclosure

After you install all hardware components, you must power on the system and check its status.

About this task

Attention: Do not power on the system with any open bays or slots. Open bays or slots disrupt the internal air flow, causing the drives to receive insufficient cooling.

Every unused drive bay must be occupied by a filler panel.
Filler panels must be installed in all empty host interface adapter slots.

Procedure

To power on the system, complete the following steps.

Power on the control enclosure. Use the supplied power cords to connect all of the power supply units of the enclosure to their power sources.

If the power sources have circuit breakers or switches, ensure that they are turned on. The enclosure does not have power switches.

Notes:

Each enclosure has two power supply units. To provide power failure redundancy, connect the two power cords to separate power circuits.
Ensure that each power cable is secured to each PSU on the back of the enclosure.

What to do next

Next, you will connect an Ethernet cable to the technician port on the control enclosure, and initialize the system.