Install the new host interface card (HIC) to increase the number of host ports in your storage array.
Before you begin
- You have an ESD wristband, or you have taken other antistatic precautions.
- You have a #1 Phillips screwdriver.
- You have one or two HICs, based on whether you have one or two controllers in your storage array. The HICs must be compatible with your controllers.
Attention: Possible loss of data access – Never install a HIC in a controller
canister if that HIC was designed for another DE Series controller.
In a two-controller configuration, both controllers and both HICs
must be identical. The presence of incompatible or mismatched HICs
will cause the controllers to lock down when you apply power.
- Using a #1 Phillips
screwdriver, remove the four screws that attach the HIC faceplate
to the controller canister, and remove the faceplate.
- Carefully lower
the HIC into place, and seat the HIC connector by pressing gently
on the HIC.Attention: Possible equipment damage – Be very careful not to pinch the gold ribbon connector for the controller LEDs between the HIC and the thumbscrews.
