4U96 System Quick Guide
8.
Setup the Rail Kit.
The 4U96 enclosure has a depth of
42 inches. Adjust the slide rail housing that best fit your rack
depth. See below for the placement suggestions. Slide rail is
extendable to reach the rack post. Secure the slide rail housing
with screws (red circles).
40 - 42"
32 - 36"
Re
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Fr
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t
9.
Place the unit to the rack.
Beforehand, notice the
locations of the enclosure’s ear and slide rail screw holes when
applying the square nuts to the rack posts.
Afterwards, align the sliding rails to the back posts of the rack
and apply the screws to the square nuts. Screw secure the
enclosure ears to the front posts.
1U
2U
3U
4U
1U
2U
3U
4U
Rear
Front
Caution:
At least three people are required to mount the
chassis to the rack.
10.
Install the drawers to the enclosure.
11.
To remove drawers,
see the following:
1. Hold the
drawer handle
2. Lift the drawer
latch upward
3. Pull the
drawer out
4. On halfway out, press the
side latch to fully release the
drawer from the enclosure
12.
Connect to a host.
Connect HD-SAS cable between
the UP port on the master expander and the SAS port of the
host’s HBA or RAID controller. See the following illustration for
a sample of recommended configurations:
4U96
SAS UP Port A
SAS UP Port B
SAS DOWN Port A
SAS DOWN Port B
Host
RAID / HBA
4U96 (optional)
SAS UP Port A
SAS UP Port B
SAS DOWN Port A
SAS DOWN Port B
SA
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xpa
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ion
ca
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SAS cable
(optional)
(o
ptio
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)
---- Optional cables are
for bandwidth increase
13.
Apply power connectors
to the back of the
enclosure. Note the power connector numbering.
A1
A2
A3
14.
Power on the unit.
Plug in the AC power cords to
the AC receptacles of the Power Center and press the power
button on the back of the enclosure.
15.
Turn on the hard drives.
The host’s RAID controller will send a signal to turn on all 96
drives of the enclosure upon system power up.
If HBA is used, there will be cases where hard drives are not
powered up by the time power is applied to the enclosure.
To power on the disks:
1.
Connect a serial cable to the management port
2.
Open console terminal (e.g. HyperTerminal) with baud
setting 38400, 8, N, 1, N
3.
Type “con 1” to go to the first drawer (“con 0” is the
master expander).
4.
Type “t.dslot a” to turn on all the disk of that drawer
5.
Go to Drawer 2 (type “con 2”), type “t.dslot a” to turn
Drawer 2, and so on.
Type “help” for the list of available commands.
If you have any technical questions, please contact your authorized dealer before contacting us.
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