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Summary of Contents for CHEETAH 18FC

Page 1: ...Cheetah 18FC Fibre Channel Disc Drive ST118202FC Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...logy Inc All rights reserved Publication Number 83329320 Rev A April 1998 Seagate Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are regis tered trademarks of Seagate Technology Inc Cheetah SeaFAX SeaFONE Se...

Page 3: ...ic electricity due to the electrostatically sensitive devices used within the drive circuitry Although some devices such as metal oxide semi conductors are extremely sensitive all semiconductors as we...

Page 4: ...gs and cautions that must be carefully read and followed to minimize or eliminate the risk of personal injury The warnings point out conditions or practices that may endanger you or oth ers The cautio...

Page 5: ...l damage components and void the war ranty As a component the drive is designed to be installed and oper ated in accordance with UL1950 EN60950 CAN CSA C22 2 950 95 VDE0805 and IEC950 Seagate takes al...

Page 6: ...e Diese Hinweise sind sorgf ltig durchzulesen und zu beachten um das Risiko von Verletzungen auf ein Mindestma zu beschr nken oder ganz zu vermeiden Die Warnhinweise machen auf Situationen oder Prakti...

Page 7: ...ls oder Geh uses die f r das Laufwerk vorgege benen Grenzwerte nicht bersteigt Wenn Einheiten vertikal bereinander betestigt werden achten Sie besonders auf den oberen Stapelbereich da dort die Temper...

Page 8: ...e Konstruktion von Untersystemen Sicherheitsbe h rden gew hren eine bedingte Zulassung f r Komponenten wie das Cheetah Festplattenlaufwerk vorbehaltlich der endg ltigen Zulasssung im Endprodukt Design...

Page 9: ...mework requirements of Australia s Spectrum Management Agency SMA Seagate uses an independent laboratory to confirm compliance to the above directives The drive was tested in a representative system f...

Page 10: ...2410 6 00 A M to 5 00 P M pacific time M F e mail Tape_Sales_Support Seagate com Note You can purchase select tape products and tape acces sories through Seagate Express 24 hours daily by calling 1 80...

Page 11: ...ng and analyzing your drive SeaNET You can obtain technical information about Seagate products over the Internet from Seagate s World Wide Web home page http www seagate com or Seagate s ftp server ft...

Page 12: ...cal support spe cialists 24 hours daily Responses are sent during business hours UK 44 1628 478011 USA Disc 405 936 1600 Tape 405 936 1630 Location Phone number Australia 61 2 9756 5170 Germany 49 89...

Page 13: ...me M F France 33 1 41 86 10 86 9 30 A M to 12 30 P M 2 00 P M to 5 00 P M M F Germany Disc 49 89 140 9332 Tape 49 89 140 9333 9 30 A M to 12 30 P M 2 00 P M to 4 00 P M M F Hong Kong 852 2368 9918 Kor...

Page 14: ...esentative for warranty information Other customers should contact their place of purchase Seagate offers comprehensive customer support for all Seagate drives These services are available worldwide L...

Page 15: ...Cheetah 18FC Installation Guide Rev A 13 Mexico Abicom Seamax SA DE CV 525 546 4888 525 546 4888 Southern Europe Caesar Italia 39 688 18149 39 688 02103 Location Phone number FAX number...

Page 16: ...nel host system The drive is a component for installation in an enclosure designed for the drive The disc drive must receive adequate cooling refer to Providing adequate cooling and it must be suffici...

Page 17: ...r Read write data heads Avg bytes track 6 962 24 104 840 to 159 008 Access time Average read msec Average write msec 5 9 6 7 Disc rotation RPM Average latency msec 10 025 2 99 Data transfer rate Maxim...

Page 18: ...adequate cooling for the drive The maximum ambient temperature is 50o C 30o C for the rated MTBF Refer to Figure 2 on page 18 for an illustration showing suggested air flow patterns The drive s produc...

Page 19: ...K hlung des Laufwerkes gew hrleisten Die Umgebungstemperatur darf max imal 50o C betragen 30o C f r der MTBF Die Produkthandbuch Cheetah 18FC Dokument 83329330 enthalten Anweisungen zur Beurteilung de...

Page 20: ...air flow Abbildung 2 Empfohlener Luftstromverlauf Above unit Under unit Note Air flows in the direction shown back to front or in reverse direction front to back Above unit Under unit Note Air flows...

Page 21: ...the screws should extend into the chassis mounting holes is 0 15 inch 3 81 mm measured from the outer surface of the chassis Tighten the screws down evenly Do not over tighten or force the screw if i...

Page 22: ...ng 3 Gemessen von der Au enfl che des Geh uses d rfen die Schrauben maximal 3 81 mm in die Befestigungsl cher des Geh uses hineinragen Die Schrauben m ssen gleichm ig jedoch nicht zu fest angezogen we...

Page 23: ...torque is 6 0 in lb 3 32 nm with minimum full thread engagement of 0 12 in 3 05 mm Notes 1 Inches A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R S T U 42 01 147 00 101 60 92 25 3 18 44 45 41 28 28 50 101 60 6 35 41 6...

Page 24: ...arrier or tray prior to inserting it into the sys tem Formatting the drive Warning Formatting a drive erases all user data Be sure that you understand this principle before formatting any hard disc dr...

Page 25: ...fault If you want to disable the write cache refer to your system s drive controller and software utility documentation Seagate provides an ASPI utility that you can use in a PC compatible system to d...

Page 26: ...s required when connecting an LED to this pin The minus side of the resistor LED combination is connected to this pin Connect the plus side to 5V This pin con nects in parallel with the signal of the...

Page 27: ...7 Active LED out Open collector out 8 Reserved 9 Start_1 TTL input 10 Start_2 TTL input 11 EN bypass port B TTL output 12 SEL_6 TTL input output 13 SEL_5 TTL input output 14 SEL_4 TTL input output 15...

Page 28: ...connects this pin to the common ground 26 Ground 27 Port B_in Diff PECL input pair 28 Port B_in 29 Ground 30 Port A_out Diff PECL output pair 31 Port A_out 32 Ground 33 Port B_out Diff PECL output pa...

Page 29: ...le connector attachment FC SCA Check to ensure that drive is receiving power Insert the drive into your system Listen carefully for the sound of the drive motor spinning up If the drive motor does not...

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