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Barracuda 18FC

Fibre Channel

Disc Drive

ST118273FC

Installation Guide

Summary of Contents for BARRACUDA 18FC

Page 1: ... Barracuda 18FC Fibre Channel Disc Drive ST118273FC Installation Guide ...

Page 2: ...l rights reserved Publication Number 77767525 Rev A June 1998 Seagate Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are regis tered trademarks of Seagate Technology Inc Barracuda SeaFAX SeaFONE SeaBOARD and SeaTDD are either trade marks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology Inc or one of its subsidiaries All other trademarks or registered trade marks are the property of their respective owners ...

Page 3: ...tic 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 well as some resistors and capacitors may be damaged or degraded by exposure to static electricity Electrostatic damage to electronic devices may be caused by the direct discharge of a charged conducto...

Page 4: ...hat 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 cautions point out conditions or practices that may dam age the unit possibly making it unsafe for use Always observe the following warnings and precautions Follow all cautions and warnings in the procedures Use sound safet...

Page 5: ...onents 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 all reasonable steps to ensure that its products are certifiable to currently accepted standards Typical applica tions of these disc drives include customer packaging and sub system design Safety agencies conditiona...

Page 6: ...e Diese Hinweise sind sorgfältig durchzulesen und zu beachten um das Risiko von Verletzungen auf ein Mindestmaß zu beschränken oder ganz zu vermeiden Die Warnhinweise machen auf Situationen oder Praktiken aufmerksam die Sie oder andere gefährden könnten Die Vorsichtshinweise machen auf Situationen oder Praktiken aufmerksam die Einheit beschädigen können so daß deren Gebrauch mit Risiko behaftet is...

Page 7: ...lls oder Gehäuses die für das Laufwerk vorgege benen Grenzwerte nicht übersteigt Wenn Einheiten vertikal übereinander betestigt werden achten Sie besonders auf den oberen Stapelbereich da dort die Temperatur gewöhnlich am höchsten ist Befolgen Sie die oben unter Electrostatic Discharge Protec tion angegebenen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen Nehmen Sie keine Platinen aus dem Laufwerk Wenn eine Platine defekt ...

Page 8: ...die Konstruktion von Untersystemen Sicherheitsbe hörden gewähren eine bedingte Zulassung für Komponenten wie das Barracuda Festplattenlaufwerk vorbehaltlich der endgültigen Zulasssung im Endprodukt Designer von Untersystemen sind dafür verantwortlich die Voraussetzungen für die Einhaltung sicherheits oder aufsichtsbehördlicher Vorschriften in ihren Endprodukten und falls gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ...

Page 9: ...ramework 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 for typical applications The selected system represents the most popular characteristics for test platforms The system configurations include 486 Pentium and PowerPC Microprocessors 3 5 inch Floppy D...

Page 10: ...ax 714 641 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 1 800 531 0968 or by faxing your order to 972 481 4812 Technical support services If you need assistance installing your drive consult your dealer Dealers are familiar with their unique system ...

Page 11: ...lling 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 ftp ftp seagate com You can also send e mail with your questions to DiscSupport Seagate com or TapeSupport Seagate com SeaBOARD SeaBOARD is a computer bulletin board system that contains information ...

Page 12: ...pport 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 14305102 UK 44 1628 894084 USA 1 800 SEAGATE or Disc 405 936 1620 Tape 405 936 1640 Location Phone number Australia 61 2 9725 4052 France 33 1 46 04 42 50 Germany 49 89 14305100 Hong Kong 852 2368 7173 Japa...

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Page 14: ...chase Seagate offers comprehensive customer support for all Seagate drives These services are available worldwide Location Phone number FAX number Asia Pacific and Australia 65 485 3595 65 488 7503 Middle East and Africa 31 2031 67222 31 2065 34320 Europe 31 2031 67222 31 2065 34320 European toll free phone numbers are available for you to contact customer service representatives between 8 30 A M ...

Page 15: ...ation Phone number FAX number Japan 81 3 5462 2904 81 3 5462 2979 USA 1 800 468 3472 405 949 6740 Other Americas Brazil Canada Mexico 405 949 6706 405 949 6738 Manufacturer s representatives Brazil MA Informatica 55 21 516 6649 55 21 516 5280 Canada Memofix Adtech 905 660 4936 905 812 8099 1 800 624 9857 905 660 4951 905 812 7807 Mexico Abicom Seamax SA DE CV 525 546 4888 525 546 4888 Southern Eur...

Page 16: ...nnel 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 sufficiently grounded and shielded from emissions The Barra cuda 18FC Product Manual part number 77767524 contains guidelines for a properly designed enclosure Figure 1 Barracuda 18FC disc drive ...

Page 17: ... rotation RPM Average latency msec 7 200 4 17 Data transfer rate Maximum instantaneous Mbytes sec per port 106 1 The specified formatted capacities are calculated with the standard OEM sector size 512 bytes per logical block and sparing ST118273FC DC power requirements 5 1 5 V 12 V Maximum start current Maximum operating current Average idle current 1 70A 1 70A 1 50A 3 1A 1 30A 0 80A 1 For more de...

Page 18: ...ure 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 product manual 77767524 describes how to evalu ate the air flow design The evaluation consists of ensuring that the case temperatures of certain critical components remain within acceptable limits durin...

Page 19: ...Kühlung des Laufwerkes gewährleisten Die Umgebungstemperatur darf max imal 50o C betragen 30o C für der MTBF Die Produkthandbuch Barracuda 18FC Dokument 77767524 enthalten Anweisungen zur Beurteilung der Luftstromkonstruk tion Die Beurteilung muß sicherstellen daß sich die Gehäuse temperatur bestimmter kritischer Komponenten bei Laufwerkbetrieb innerhalb zugelassener Grenzen hält Wir empfehlen das...

Page 20: ...ed 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 in the direction shown or in reverse direction side to side ...

Page 21: ...t 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 it does not seem to screw in easily Installation des Laufwerkes Beachten Sie beim Handhaben und Anfassen der Anschlußstifte und Komponenten die Vorsichtsmaßnahmen zur Verhinderung statischer Aufladung...

Page 22: ...ung 3 Gemessen von der Außenfläche des Gehäuses dürfen die Schrauben maximal 3 81 mm in die Befestigungslöcher des Gehüuses hineinragen Die Schrauben müssen gleichmäßig jedoch nicht zu fest angezogen werden Wenn sich eine Schraube nicht ohne Widerstand einschrauben läßt sind die Gewinde nicht korrekt aneinander ausgerichtet ...

Page 23: ... 021 0 025 64 381 max ref 25 28 12 25 25 50 33 18 69 53 64 max max Notes 1 2 3 4 Inches Millimeters Mounting holes three on each side 6 32 UNC Max screw length into side of drive is 0 15 in 3 81 mm Mounting holes four on bottom 6 32 UNC Max screw length into bottom of drive is 0 15 in 3 81 mm Keep out zone for any components on backplane Connector is centered on module and flush with end of base A...

Page 24: ...r 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 drive it is not necessary to format a drive which has previously been used to store data unless you intend to erase all user data Note Seagate is not responsible for lost user data 1 Supply DC power to the drive power is ...

Page 25: ...he write cache refer to your system s drive controller and software utility docu mentation Seagate provides an ASPI utility that you can use in a PC compatible system to enable the write cache It is available on Seagate s CompuServe forum and on the Seagate BBS refer to Seagate Technology support services on page 8 Connecting remote LEDs You can connect remote LEDs using J6 see Figure 4 Connect th...

Page 26: ...th this LED driver Tie the minus side of an external high efficiency LED i e 2ma to this pin Connect the plus side of the LED to 5V 2 An external current limiting resistor is required when connecting an LED to this pin Connect the minus side of the resistor LED combination to this pin Connect the plus side to 5V This pin is connected in parallel with the signal of the same name in the in terface c...

Page 27: ... 1 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 SEL_3 TTL input output 16 Fault LED out Open collector out 17 Reserved NC 18 Reserved NC 19 5 Volts 20 5 Volts 21 12 Volts charge 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Port A_in Diff PECL input pair 25 Port A_in ...

Page 28: ...ve 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 pair 34 Port B_out 35 Ground 36 SEL_2 TTL input output 37 SEL_1 TTL input output 38 SEL_0 TTL input output 39 Reserved NC 40 5 Volts charge Pin contact Signal name Signal type ...

Page 29: ...gle con nector 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 spin up check the power supply If your power supply is functioning properly but the drive does not spin up contact the company from which you purchased the drive Check your system or backpanel docu...

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