Infortrend EonStor GSa 5000 Series, Hardware Manual

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Table of Contents
Safety precaution ..........................................................................................................................v
About this manual ........................................................................................................................vi
Revision history ..........................................................................................................................vii
Hardware specifications ............................................................................................................viii
Package contents........................................................................................................................xii
System package .................................................................................................................xii
Power cord, cable, and accessory boxes ...........................................................................xii
Pre-installed components ...................................................................................................xii
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................1-1
1.1.1 Major components ...............................................................................................1-1
1.2 Chassis ............................................................................................................................1-2
1.2.1 Front panel ..........................................................................................................1-2
1.2.2 Rear panel ...........................................................................................................
1-3
1.2.3 Internal backplane ...............................................................................................1-4
1.3 Front panel components ................................................................................................1-4
1.3.1 LED and buttons panel ........................................................................................1-4
1.3.2 Cooling module and BBU (battery backup unit) ..................................................1-5
1.4 Rear panel components .................................................................................................1-6
1.4.1 Controller module interface .................................................................................1-6
1.4.2 PSU .....................................................................................................................1-7
1.5 System monitoring features ..........................................................................................1-9
1.5.1 Expansion enclosure support ..............................................................................1-9
1.5.2 Audible alarms ..................................................................................................1-10
1.6 Hot-swappable components .......................................................................................1-10
Chapter 2:
Hardware installation
2.1 Installation prerequisites ...............................................................................................2-1
2.2 Installation procedures ..................................................................................................2-2
2.2.1 Unpacking the system .........................................................................................2-2
2.2.2 Installing the slide rail kit ..................................................................................... 2-3
2.2.3 Installing the host boards ....................................................................................2-6
2.2.4 Installing the SAS expansion boards ..................................................................2-9
2.2.5 Installing the memory modules .........................................................................2-11
2.3 Connections ..................................................................................................................2-14
2.3.1 General considerations in connecting devices ..................................................2-14
2.3.2 Fibre-Host connections .....................................................................................2-16
2.3.3 SAS - host connections .....................................................................................2-19
2.3.4 Ethernet - host connections ..............................................................................2-19
2.3.5 Expansion connections .....................................................................................2-20
2.3.6 Management console connections ....................................................................2-24
2.3.7 Power connection ..............................................................................................2-25
2.3.8 Turning off the system .......................................................................................2-28