symbios logic J21971S-0398, Installation Manual

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Index-2 MetaStor Command Module Installation Guide Revision A, March 1998
connector
Fiber Channel (FC), 18
50-pin, 61
SCSI, 61
68-pin, 61
controller A and B, 59, 62
controller CRU
attaching to
single SCSI bus, 60
two SCSI buses, 60
default settings, 59, 62
features of, 50
host ID, 59
host SCSI ID, 62
number of, 57
power requirements, 54
removing, 11, 19
setting host ID for, 12
slot numbers, 59, 62
weight, 48
controller fan CRU
power requirements, 54
removing, 11
weight, 48
cooling specifications, 53
copper wire
cable
connectors, 58
specifications, 58
hubs, 58
customer replaceable units (CRUs)
described, 9
removing, 11
See also battery CRU, controller
CRU, power supply CRU, and
power supply fan CRU
D
daisy-chain cables, 61
data
blocks, 51
reconstruction rate, 51
redundancy, 51
storage
cache memory, 51
logical vs. physical, 51
preparing for, 51
redundant, 50
writing to drive, 51
Data Center cabinet
back panel, 5
modules and blank panels, 6
rackmount rails, 7
default settings, 48, 51, 59, 62
delay during data reconstruction, 51
differential, 50
dimensions of command module, 49
disk array, 50, 51
drive
channel numbers, 50
data segments, 51
group, 51
hot spares, 51
logical, 51
physical location, 51
reconstruction parameter for, 51
SCA-2 pin assignments, 65
SCSI
cables, 57
connectors, 60
ID setting, 8
illustration of cable
connections, 59
dual controllers, 60
E
8-bit
cables, 60
interface, 61
SCSI interface, 61
SCSI interface restrictions, 62
signals on P-cable, 63
electrical
current, 54
frequency, 54
plug on power cord, 54
receptacle, 54
emissions, 67
equipment needed for installation, 3
Ethernet cable connections, 18
F
factory default settings, 48, 51, 59, 62
FC hosts (copper or fibre optic), 58
See also Fiber Channel (FC)
FCC
labels, 67
statement, i
features
hardware, 50
software, 51
Fiber Channel (FC)
cable
clips, 21
connecting to command
module, 18
connections illustrated, 22
connectors on controller CRU,
18
handling precautions, 10, 20, 21
requirements, 57
command module support of, 57
connectors on controller CRU, 18
controller installation illustrated,
22
controllers, 58
copper wire, 58
fibre optic, 58
host ID numbers, 59
hubs, arbitrated loops, FC hosts,
58
ID number, 12
installing FC controllers, 22
precautions for handling, 10, 20, 21
routing the cables, 20
topologies supported, 58
fibre optic
cable
connectors, 58
handling precautions, 10, 20, 21
specifications, 58
command module support of, 57
connectors on controller CRU, 18
hubs, 58
50-pin
cables, 60
connector, 61
front panel
dimensions, 49
removing, 11