This video covers how to add a 4-port card to a Unity 480/F, 680/F, and 880/F disk processor enclosure (DPE).
You can expand your connectivity options by adding a new 4-port card to your system. This video shows how to add a 4-port card in the Unity systems shown on the screen, and in the description below the video. Before you begin: ensure that you always wear proper electrostatic discharge, or ESD, protection when servicing the system. Place the system into a special mode called ‘Reset and Hold.’
In this mode, the SP assembly is powered on, but IO modules, embedded modules, and 4-port cards can be safely removed. Place the SP you plan to service into ’Reset and Hold.; When the SP has been placed into reset and hold, the SP fault LED and power LED are lit solid amber and green respectively, and the ‘Unsafe to Remove’ LED is lit on the other SP. Now you’re ready to install a 4-port card.
4-port cards are installed within the embedded module, so, first, remove the embedded module. Label and disconnect any cables that are connected to the embedded module. Then, push the orange tab to release the lever. Pull the release lever, and remove the embedded module from its slot.
Next, prepare the slot, where you’ll be installing the 4-port card by removing the air dam at the front of the embedded module. Align the new 4-port card in the embedded module so the ports on the front of the 4-port card line up with the slots on the front of the embedded module. Align the white pegs with the holes on the 4-port card.
Gently push down on the card, until the card is fully seated on the pegs. Then, push the blue tabs, to lock the card into place. Next, install the embedded module back into the slot you removed it from. When the embedded module is fully seated, push the release lever all the way back into the system, until the orange tab locks the lever in place. Then, reconnect the cables you removed earlier.
You need to install a new 4-port card in the other SP’s embedded module. But, before you do that, reboot the first SP into Normal Mode. It can take up to 15 minutes for the system to reboot. After the first SP has rebooted, you can get the other SP ready, to install the new 4-port card. Place the other SP into ‘Reset and Hold’ following the same instructions as before. Before you continue, make sure that the other SP fault LED and power LED are lit solid amber and green, respectively.
The ‘Unsafe to Remove’ LED should be lit on the SP that you were just working on. Follow the same steps, to install the second 4-port card in the other SP, Then, reboot the SP into Normal Mode. Before you can use the 4-port cards, you need to commit the ports from Unisphere.
Select the DPE where you installed the new part, then choose ‘Commit IO Ports.’ The SP will reboot multiple times during this process, and it can take up to an hour to complete. You’ll also temporarily lose access to Unisphere. Lastly, make sure your 4-port card is recognized by the system and operating correctly from Unisphere.
You’ve just installed a four-port card. For more information on adding or replacing other components of the Dell EMC Unity system, go to the Dell EMC Unity Technical Documentation page using the link in the description for this video.
