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1 System Requirements
Ensure that the following requirements are met before installing the disk array system.
Operating Environment
• 15 cm (6-inches) of space around the disk array system for proper ventilation
• ambient temperature of 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)
• ambient non-condensing relative humidity of 20% to 80%
• dust, smoke, and oil free environment
• no large magnetic fields, such as those generated by a high voltage power cables
and motors, etc.
• no direct sunlight
• a flat, stable surface capable of supporting the disk array system
Host Interface - 4G Fibre Channel
The easyRAID Q12PS-F4R2 has dual 4 Gbit fibre channel interfaces with SFP connec-
tors for linkage to a fibre channel switch or host computer interface card. With the cor-
rect SFP transceiver and optical cable, the following transmission distances can be
achieved.
Hard Disk Interface - Serial Attached SCSI
easyRAID Q12PS-F4R2 supports up to twelve of quantities of SAS (3Gbps) and SATA I
/ II (1.5Gbps / 3Gbps) disks. All disk tray is hot-swappable.
Component
Optical
SFP Transceiver
LC Optical
Cable
Short Wave
Long Wave
Maximum Cable Length
50m
10 Km
