Hi All,
We have 2 DS4243 SATA shelves added to a clustered pair of v3240s as in diagram -1. These shelves are in independent stack now and have only one path from each controller. Our idea is to add dual paths from each controller to the shelves and also merge the stacks by installing shelf interconnect cables (diagram -2) so as to have only one single stack of DS4243 SATA shelves for the clustered pair.
Could someone please advise me if the following steps are the correct way to perform this without downtime -
We are trying to add dual paths to the shelves and merge the stacks as follows -
These are the steps we are planning to perform. However, we are not sure if these can be performed without downtime or disruptions.
1) Connect a new controller-to-shelf cable from controller1 (SAS HBA b port) to the bottom shelf IOM B ‘circle’ port
2) Remove controller-to-shelf cable from controller1 (SAS HBA c port) to the bottom shelf IOM A ‘squre’ port
3) Connect shelf-to-shelf cable from top Shelf IOM A ‘circle’ port to bottom Shelf IOM A ‘square’ port.
4) Connect a new controller-to-shelf cable from controller2 (SAS HBA b port) to the bottom shelf IOM A ‘circle’ port
5) Remove controller-to-shelf cable from controller2 (SAS HBA c port) to the bottom shelf IOM B ‘square’ port
6) Connect shelf-to-shelf cable from top Shelf IOM B circle’ port to bottom Shelf IOM B square port
Thanks,
Rethish Sasidharan
