Unpack the enclosure........................................................................................................................................................... 6
Safety guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Safe handling.................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Safe operation.................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Electrical safety................................................................................................................................................................8
Rack system safety precautions....................................................................................................................................9
Installation checklist...............................................................................................................................................................9
Planning for installation........................................................................................................................................................10
Preparing for installation..................................................................................................................................................... 10
Preparing the site and host server...............................................................................................................................10
Required tools..................................................................................................................................................................11
Requirements for rackmount installation..................................................................................................................... 11
Drive carrier module in 2U chassis................................................................................................................................ 11
Drive status indicators................................................................................................................................................... 12
Blank drive carrier modules........................................................................................................................................... 12
DDIC in a 5U enclosure..................................................................................................................................................13
Install the 5U84 enclosure...................................................................................................................................................16
Connect optional expansion enclosures............................................................................................................................ 17
CNC technology............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Fibre Channel protocol..................................................................................................................................................23
iSCSI protocol................................................................................................................................................................ 23
SAS protocol.................................................................................................................................................................. 24
16 Gb Fibre Channel host connection......................................................................................................................... 25
iSCSI host connection...................................................................................................................................................25
12 Gb HD mini-SAS host connection.......................................................................................................................... 25
10Gbase-T host connection......................................................................................................................................... 25
Connecting direct attach configurations....................................................................................................................26
Single-controller module configurations..................................................................................................................... 26
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