Verifying the SAN Volume Controller 2145-8A4 installation

You must verify the installation after the installation has completed.

1. Press the power-control button. Because the button is recessed, you might need a pointed device, such as a screwdriver, to press the power-control button. Verify that the green power LED is lit. If the LED is not illuminated, see MAP 5000: Start to repair the problem.
   Note: You do not need to install any software. The node boots automatically.
   Figure 1 illustrates the controls and indicators on the front panel that are used to verify the installation.

   Figure 1. SAN Volume Controller 2145-8A4 front panel

   

   •  1  Operator-information panel
   •  2  Front-panel display
   •  3  Navigation buttons
   •  4  Select button
   •  5  Node identification label
   •  6  Power-control button
   •  7  Power LED

   Verify that the node is booting without error. If it boots without error, either the Charging, Recovering, or the Cluster: message is displayed in the first line of the front-panel display.

2. Press and hold the select button for 5 seconds. The check light comes on and a display test is initiated. Check that all display cells light and that a bar scrolls horizontally and vertically across the display. When the display test is complete, the check light goes off and a button test is started.
3. Press the up, down, left, and right buttons to verify that they are working. Figure 2 shows four examples of what the front panel should display when you press the buttons. After you finish testing the buttons, press and hold the select button for five seconds to exit the test.
   Figure 2. Front-panel display when push buttons are pressed

   
4. If the Charging or Recovering message is displayed on the front-panel display, press the select button to switch to the menu. The menu continues to be displayed while you press the buttons on the front panel. If you do not press any buttons within 60 seconds, the menu changes to display the charging progress. You can switch the front-panel display to the menu at any time by pressing the select button again.
5. Press and release the up button or down button until the Node: option is displayed on the first line of the front-panel display.
6. Verify that the node number that is displayed on the second line of the front-panel display is the same as the node number that is printed on the front panel of the node. Figure 3 shows how the node number is displayed on the front panel. If the node number is not the same, contact the IBM® Support Center.
   Figure 3. Node number

   
7. Press and release the up button or down button until the Ethernet option is shown on the front-panel display. The second line of the front-panel display shows the message No Cluster.
8. Press and release the right button to view the values given on the second line of the front panel display for the Ethernet Port-1 option, the Speed-1 option, the MAC Address-1 option, the Ethernet Port-2 option, the Speed-2 option, and the MAC Address-2 option.

   Make sure that an Ethernet cable is attached to Ethernet port 1, which is the port to the left when viewed from the rear. Ethernet port 2 is optional.

   If the second line of each option for either Ethernet Port-1 or Ethernet Port-2 does not show Link Online when there is an Ethernet cable attached, perform each of the following actions and check the display to see if the action fixed the problem. If an action corrects the problem, you do not need to perform the rest of the actions.

   • Verify that an Ethernet cable is plugged into the node port.
   • Verify that the other end of the Ethernet cable is plugged into the Ethernet switch port and that the switch is operating correctly at a supported speed.
   • Replace the Ethernet cable with a new cable.
   • Replace the node system board.

   When the required ports are online, check that the speed and duplex operation are as expected. If either the speed or the duplex operation is not what you expect, check the configuration of the Ethernet switch and check for damage to the Ethernet cables.

   Retain the MAC addresses as reference information.

9. Press and release the up button or down button until the FC Port-1 option shows in the display.
10. Check whether the second line of the front-panel display shows the message Active. If Active is not shown on the second line, go to MAP 5600: Fibre Channel to repair the fault.
11. Press and hold the down button.
12. Press and release the select button.
13. Release the down button. The operational speed of the Fibre Channel link is displayed. Use the cable connection table that is provided by the customer to verify that the Fibre Channel link is operating at the expected speed. If the operational speed does not match the expected speed, go to MAP 5600: Fibre Channel to repair the fault.
14. Press the select button to return to the Fibre Channel status display.
15. Press the right button to display each port in turn and ensure that the port is active and the speed is correct.
16. If you want to select a language other than English:
    1. Press the up button or down button until the Select Language? option is displayed.
    2. Press the select button.
    3. Press the left button or right button until the required language is displayed.
    4. Press the select button.

    If the battery needed to be charged, the Charging or Recovering message is replaced by the Cluster: message when the battery is fully charged. The progress bar no longer displays. The installation of the IBM Spectrum Virtualize hardware is now complete. No software installation is required. Continue with the instructions in the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Software Installation and Configuration Guide to create, if necessary, a new IBM Spectrum Virtualize cluster and to add the nodes into a IBM Spectrum Virtualize cluster.