1. Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Guide, Release OS8.8.x
  2. Getting Started with Cabling
  3. New Appliance Cabling Workflow

New Appliance Cabling Workflow

When installing a new Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, this is the installation, cabling, and powering on sequence. To further configure the disk shelves, see Configuring Storage in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Guide, Release OS8.8.x.

Installing, Cabling, and Powering On a New Appliance

  1. Plan for disk shelf and controller placement as described in Cabinet and Cabling Guidelines.
  2. Install disk shelves into the rack as described in Installation Overview in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Installation Guide, Release OS8.8.x. Do not apply power.
  3. Install controllers into the rack as described in Installation Overview in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Installation Guide, Release OS8.8.x. Do not apply power.
  4. Connect the system cables as described in Connecting System Cables.
  5. If clustered controllers, connect the cluster cables as described in Connecting Cluster Cables.
  6. Cable disk shelves to controllers as described in this guide. Locate your controller and disk shelf types, as well as the number of controller HBAs, in Getting Started with Cabling.
  7. Apply power to disk shelves and controllers, configure the system, and perform the initial configuration as described in Powering On the Appliance in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Installation Guide, Release OS8.8.x, and Configuring the Appliance for the First Time in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Installation Guide, Release OS8.8.x.