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Cable an NS224 shelf to your ASA A400 or ASA C400 system

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Cable your NS224 shelf to your ASA A400 or ASA C400 system so that each shelf has two connections to each controller in the HA pair.

Cable shelf to an A400 HA pair

For an A400 HA pair, you can hot-add up to two shelves and use onboard ports e0c/e0d and ports in slot 5 as needed.

Steps

  1. If you are hot-adding one shelf using one set of RoCE-capable ports (onboard RoCE-capable ports) on each controller, and this is the only NS224 shelf in your HA pair, complete the following substeps.

    Otherwise, go to the next step.

    1. Cable shelf NSM A port e0a to controller A port e0c.

    2. Cable shelf NSM A port e0b to controller B port e0d.

    3. Cable shelf NSM B port e0a to controller B port e0c.

    4. Cable shelf NSM B port e0b to controller A port e0d.

      The following illustration shows cabling for one hot-added shelf using one set of RoCE-capable ports on each controller:

      Cabling for an AFF/ASA A400 with one NS224 shelf and one set of onboard ports

  2. If you are hot-adding one or two shelves using two sets of RoCE-capable ports (on board and PCIe card RoCE-capable ports) on each controller, complete the following substeps.

    Shelves Cabling

    Shelf 1

    1. Cable NSM A port e0a to controller A port e0c.

    2. Cable NSM A port e0b to controller B slot 5 port 2 (e5b).

    3. Cable NSM B port e0a to controller B port e0c.

    4. Cable NSM B port e0b to controller A slot 5 port 2 (e5b).

    5. If you are hot-adding a second shelf, complete the “Shelf 2” substeps; otherwise, go to the next step.

    Shelf 2

    1. Cable NSM A port e0a to controller A slot 5 port 1 (e5a).

    2. Cable NSM A port e0b to controller B port e0d.

    3. Cable NSM B port e0a to controller B slot 5 port 1 (e5a).

    4. Cable NSM B port e0b to controller A port e0d.

    5. Go to the next step.

    The following illustration shows cabling for two hot-added shelves:

    Cabling for an /ASA A400 with two NS224 shelves and one set of onboard ports and one set of ports on PCIe cards

  3. Verify that the hot-added shelf is cabled correctly using Active IQ Config Advisor.

    If any cabling errors are generated, follow the corrective actions provided.

Cable shelf to a C400 HA pair

For a C400 HA pair, you can hot-add up to two shelves and use ports in slot 4 and 5 as needed.

Steps

  1. If you are hot-adding one shelf using one set of RoCE-capable ports on each controller, and this is the only NS224 shelf in your HA pair, complete the following substeps.

    Otherwise, go to the next step.

    1. Cable shelf NSM A port e0a to controller A slot 4 port 1 (e4a).

    2. Cable shelf NSM A port e0b to controller B slot 4 port 2 (e4b).

    3. Cable shelf NSM B port e0a to controller B slot 4 port 1 (e4a).

    4. Cable shelf NSM B port e0b to controller A slot 4 port 2 (e4b).

      The following illustration shows cabling for one hot-added shelf using one set of RoCE-capable ports on each controller:

      Cabling for an AFF/ASA C400 with one NS224 shelf and one set of PCIe card ports

  2. If you are hot-adding one or two shelves using two sets of RoCE-capable ports on each controller, complete the following substeps.

    Shelves Cabling

    Shelf 1

    1. Cable NSM A port e0a to controller A slot 4 port 1 (e4a).

    2. Cable NSM A port e0b to controller B slot 5 port 2 (e5b).

    3. Cable NSM B port e0a to controller B port slot 4 port 1 (e4a).

    4. Cable NSM B port e0b to controller A slot 5 port 2 (e5b).

    5. If you are hot-adding a second shelf, complete the “Shelf 2” substeps; otherwise, go to the next step.

    Shelf 2

    1. Cable NSM A port e0a to controller A slot 5 port 1 (e5a).

    2. Cable NSM A port e0b to controller B slot 4 port 2 (e4b).

    3. Cable NSM B port e0a to controller B slot 5 port 1 (e5a).

    4. Cable NSM B port e0b to controller A slot 4 port 2 (e4b).

    5. Go to the next step.

    The following illustration shows cabling for two hot-added shelves:

    Cabling for an AFF/ASA C400 with two NS224 shelves and two sets of PCIe card ports

  3. Verify that the hot-added shelf is cabled correctly using Active IQ Config Advisor.

    If any cabling errors are generated, follow the corrective actions provided.

What's next

If you disabled automatic drive assignment as part of the preparation for this procedure, you need to manually assign drive ownership and then reenable automatic drive assignment, if needed. Go to Complete the hot-add.

Otherwise, you are done with the hot-add shelf procedure.