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Table of Contents
Safety precaution ..........................................................................................................................v
About this manual ........................................................................................................................vi
Revision history ..........................................................................................................................vii
Hardware specifications ............................................................................................................viii
Package contents........................................................................................................................xii
System package .................................................................................................................xii
Power cord, cable, and accessory boxes ...........................................................................xii
Pre-installed components ..................................................................................................xiii
Rackmount kit contents .....................................................................................................xiii
1.2.1 Front panel ..........................................................................................................1-2
1.2.2 Rear panel ...........................................................................................................1-3
1.2.3 Internal backplane ...............................................................................................1-3
1.4.1 Controller module interface .................................................................................1-6
1.4.2 Controller module interfaces of the JBOD models .............................................1-7
1.4.3 PSU/cooling module ............................................................................................1-8
1.4.4 Super capacitor and flash backup module ..........................................................1-9
1.5.1 Expansion enclosure support ............................................................................1-10
1.5.2 Audible alarms ..................................................................................................1-11
1.6 Hot-swappable components .......................................................................................1-11
Chapter 2:
2.1 Installation prerequisites ...............................................................................................2-1
2.2 Installation procedures ..................................................................................................2-2
2.2.1 Unpacking the system .........................................................................................2-2
2.2.2 Installing the rackmount kit ..................................................................................2-2
2.2.3 Installing the hard drives .....................................................................................2-7
2.2.4 Installing the host boards ..................................................................................2-11
2.3.1 General considerations in connecting devices ..................................................2-13
2.3.2 Fibre-Host connections .....................................................................................2-15
2.3.3 SAS - host connections .....................................................................................2-22
2.3.4 Ethernet - host connections ..............................................................................2-26
2.3.5 Hybrid host connections ....................................................................................2-32
2.3.6 Expansion connections .....................................................................................2-34
2.3.7 Management console connections ....................................................................2-41
2.3.8 Power connection ..............................................................................................2-42
2.3.9 Turning off the system .......................................................................................2-44
