Quantum Scalar i500, Installation Manual

Quantum Scalar i500: Ethernet Expansion Blade Installation
6-68141-01 Rev A
April 2014

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Installing the Ethernet Expansion Blade

• From the library Web client, complete the following steps: 

a

Select 

Tools > Diagnostics

 to enter library diagnostics.

If a message warns you that entering diagnostics will log out all 

other users of the same or lower privilege level, click 

OK 

to agree to 

log all other users out.
The diagnostics menu bar is displayed.

b

Select 

Drives > EE Blade Control

. 

A message warns you that power cycling an Ethernet Expansion 

blade may cause key exchange failures if FIPS is enabled.

c

Click 

OK

 to proceed.

The 

Diagnostics - Ethernet Expansion Blade Control

 screen is 

displayed.

d

 Check the 

Status

 column for the Ethernet Expansion blade to be 

sure it says “Ready” (see 

Figure 2

 on page 6).

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Save the library configuration:

a

From the Web client, select 

Tools > Save/Restore Configuration

.

b

Select 

Save System Configuration

, and click 

Apply

.

Figure 2  Ethernet Expansion 
Blade Control

Cabling the Ethernet 

Expansion Blade

Cable the library and Ethernet Expansion blade as follows (see 

Figure 1

 on 

page 2). 

• In a 14U and higher library, it is recommended that you do not connect 

HP LTO-5 FC tape drives to the library control blade (LCB). Instead, you 

should connect the tape drives to an Ethernet Expansion blade using 

normal Ethernet cables.

• The Ethernet Expansion blade must be installed in the lower left slot of 

the expansion module. A cover plate must cover the slot next to the 

Ethernet Expansion blade. See 

Figure 1

 on page 2.

• For every expansion module that contains an Ethernet Expansion blade, 

make sure a standard Ethernet cable is connected from one of the four