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Hardware Installation Guide

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Page 3: ...rticular purpose The information in this document is subject to change without notice We assume no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document The manufacturer shall not be liable f...

Page 4: ...llation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inte...

Page 5: ...eek servicing if the casing has been damaged DO NOT place or drop objects on top of the RAID SYSTEM and do not shove any foreign object into it DO NOT expose RAID SYSTEM to liquids rain or moisture DO...

Page 6: ...please refer to the RAID system Software Operation manual G G Gu u ui i id d de e e t t to o o c c co o on n nv v ve e en n nt t ti i io o on n ns s s Important information that users should be aware...

Page 7: ...OF F F C C CO O ON N NT T TE E EN N NT T TS S S 5 CHAPTER 1 7 CHAPTER 1 7 INTRODUCTION 7 FEATURE HIGHLIGHT 7 BEFORE YOU BEGIN 8 Unpacking Checking The Equipment 8 What else you need 9 IDENTIFYING PAR...

Page 8: ...6P 26 Architecture of supported SODIMM 26 Installing SODIMM 27 HOT SWAPPING TO REPLACE THE FAN MODULE 28 HOT SWAPPING TO REPLACE THE POWER MODULE 29 TURNING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME 30 TURNING OFF 30 RES...

Page 9: ...al lll lla a at t ti iio o on n n F F Fe e ea a at t tu u ur r re e e H H Hi i ig g gh h hl l li i ig g gh h ht t t The RAID SYSTEM is designed to meet today s high volume performance storage requirem...

Page 10: ...ner Altogether you should find the following items in the package SCSI to ATA RAID System RAID System x1 RAID system Hardware Installation Guide x1 CD media or Hard Copy RAID system Software Operation...

Page 11: ...oftware that supports ANSI terminal emulation required for viewing Monitor Utility The hard drives in a RAID system should match in size and speed All drives in any array should be identical models wi...

Page 12: ...O Of f f T T Th h he e e R R RA A AI I ID D D s s sy y ys s st t te e em m m The illustrations below identify the various parts of the RAID SYSTEM Get yourself to familiar with these terms as it will...

Page 13: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 11 BR 1600 R BR 1600 D 3 6 5 4 2 1 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 5 6 4 3 1 2 7 8 9 10 5 6 4 3 1 2 7...

Page 14: ...Hardware Installation Guide 12 BR 1200 R BR 1200 D 8 9 10 5 6 4 3 1 2 3 6 5 4 2 1 7 8 9 10...

Page 15: ...ion 13 BR 8000 R BR 8000 D 1 LCD Display Panel The front panel LCD continuously displays the status of the RAID SYSTEM The following is an example of the RAID SYSTEM 2 Disk Cartridge 3 Cartridge Handl...

Page 16: ...Function keys ENT ESC Scroll up Scroll Down Keys Descriptions Up Arrow To scroll upward through the menu items Down Arrow To scroll downward through the menu items ENT Enter To confirm a selected item...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 15 Rear View SA 16U3 SA 16U4P PA 16U4P SA 16FC SA 16FCP PA 16U4P PA 16U3 PA 16FC PA 08U3 PA 08U4P SA 08U3 SA 08U4P PA 08FC PA 08FCP SA 08FC SA 08FCP...

Page 18: ...Hardware Installation Guide 16 BR 1200 1600 BR 8000D 5 2 8 8 8 6 7 1 9 15 11 11 15 13 10 15 14 BR 1200U3 1600U3 3 4 BR 1200FC 1600FC 3 4 3 4 BR 8000U3...

Page 19: ...bre ATA RAID SYSTEM 3 1st Fibre Channel Loop 4 2nd Fibre Channel Loop 5 System Cooling Module 1 6 System Cooling Module 2 7 System Cooling Module 3 8 System Cooling Module Fail Indicator 9 Power Switc...

Page 20: ...register S S Sy y ys s st t te e em m m C C Co o on n nn n ne e ec c ct t ti i io o on n n Connect all cables and power cord as shown below Cable RAID system Device Purpose RS 232 cable RS 232 Port AN...

Page 21: ...e handle to disengage the disk cartridge from the slot Install HDDs Put HDD into the Cartridge Skip this procedure if you are using SATA HDDs Connect the flat cable to the HDD Make sure pin1 also desi...

Page 22: ...p pp p pa a ab b bl lle e e c c co o om m mp p po o on n ne e en n nt t ts s s I I In n ns s st t tr r ru u uc c ct t ti iio o on n ns s s o o on n n h h ho o ow w w t t to o o i iin n ns s st t ta a...

Page 23: ...Turn anti clock wise to release the thumb screw Use the eject kit to remove controller board PA 08 SA 08 SA 08P PA 16 SA 16 SA 16P PA 16P Installing the controller into PA 08 PA 16 SA 16 Reverse the p...

Page 24: ...over and then slide it back and lift it off Disconnect the host cables then unscrew four fasteners on the controller and lift upward to remove it Installing the controller into BR 8000D R Reverse the...

Page 25: ...teners on the bracket and backward to remove the bracket Disconnect the host cables Turn anti clock wise to release the thumb screw then use the eject kit to remove controller board Installing the con...

Page 26: ...large files such as for audio or video editing and playback graphics or CAD files can benefit from a large cache File servers with multiple random access of varying file size generally have little or...

Page 27: ...x8 8 8M x16 or 4 16M x 16 64 MB 8 8M x 8 8 4M x 16 or 4 8M x 16 32 MB 4 4M x 16 RAID SYSTEM is normally supplied with 64MB PA 08P SA 08P and 128MB SA 16P PA 16P DRAM installed There s no set formula...

Page 28: ...128 256 512 MB or 1GB of memory Minimum of 64MB More memory up to 1GB equals better performance the size of the memory module defines the cache writing space available to the RAID SYSTEM Architecture...

Page 29: ...re starting any kind of hardware installation please ensure that all power switches have been turned off and all power cords disconnected to prevent personal injury and damage to the hardware Use scre...

Page 30: ...s section provides instructions for the removal and installation of the Fan Module indicated in the figure below Removing the Fan Module from RAID system Remove the Fan modules by anti clock wise to r...

Page 31: ...D system PA 08 Unscrew the fastener then slide it back and lifting off Removing the Power Module from RAID system BR 8000 Unscrew the fastener then slide it back and lifting off Removing the Power Mod...

Page 32: ...m a quick setup of a single RAID array using the control panel 2 Turn to Chapter 4 of Software Operation Manual to access the Monitor Utility Once the Monitor Utility is accessed you can perform a Qui...

Page 33: ...no RAID level is configured the operating system will not detect RAID SYSTEM as a disk drive RAID SYSTEM does not recognize the HDDs Possible Cause HDD jumper setting problem Fix Make sure all drive...

Page 34: ...a built in host and some data is still in cache buffer during system shutdown Fix 1 Set Cache Off Fix 2 To shutdown select Restart system and wait for 30 seconds then power off the system Fix 3 Shutdo...

Page 35: ...h your modem Fix Change the modem initialization string in the System Params option Refer to your modem manual for its initialization string The following modem models require their own initialization...

Page 36: ...g the utility note the SCSI IDs already in use The RAID SYSTEM is identified as all SCSI IDs Possible Cause The SCSI ID set for RAID SYSTEM is identical to the reserved SCSI ID used by the SCSI card i...

Page 37: ...AC_DAT 5 45 SCSI_AC_DAT 5 12 SCSI_AC_DAT 6 46 SCSI_AC_DAT 6 13 SCSI_AC_DAT 7 47 SCSI_AC_DAT 7 14 SCSI_AC_PAR 0 48 SCSI_AC_PAR 0 15 GND 49 GND 16 GND 50 GND 17 TERMPWRA 51 TERMPWRA 18 TERMPWRA 52 TERMP...

Page 38: ...llation Guide 36 FC AL HSSDC Connector Pin Signal Name 1 TX 2 Ground 3 TX 4 Fault 5 ODIS 6 RX 7 5VDC 8 RX RS 232 Modem Male Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9...

Page 39: ...RAID management allows configuration and status monitoring via standard web browsers or host computers either directly connected to a LAN or WAN FC bypass module Optional Connecting each RAID systems...

Page 40: ...s monitoring via standard web browsers or host computers either directly connected to a LAN or WAN FC bypass module Optional Connecting each RAID systems with in build FC hub adaptors provides the gre...

Page 41: ...ring via standard web browsers or host computers either directly connected to a LAN or WAN FC bypass module Optional Connecting each RAID systems with in build FC hub adaptors provides the greater ext...

Page 42: ...on and status monitoring via standard web browsers or host computers either directly connected to a LAN or WAN FC bypass module Optional Connecting each RAID systems with in build FC hub adaptors prov...

Page 43: ...ssignment 0 15 Software Configuration LCD Display 2 Lines by 16 Characters Hot Swap Yes Power Supply Drive and Fan Hot Spare Yes Drive Select Strip Size Yes 128 64 32 16 8 or 4 blocks 1 block 512 Byte...

Page 44: ...redundant Yes Power Supply Drive and Fan Hot Spare Yes Drive Array Management Support Yes Multiple RAID Support Yes Automatic Bad Sector Error Recovery Yes Automatic Drive Rebuilds Yes Automatic Data...

Page 45: ...es Power Supply Drive and Fan Hot Spare Yes Drive Array Management Support Yes Multiple RAID Support Yes Automatic Bad Sector Error Recovery Yes Automatic Drive Rebuilds Yes Automatic Data rebuilds Au...

Page 46: ...Hardware Installation Guide 44 Specification subject to change without notice all trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners...

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