Galaxy Raid GHDX4 SAS<>-SAS/SATA 12Bay
Installation / Hardware Reference Manual
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NOTE:
Regarding SATA disk drives, currently only 3Gbps SATA-II disk
drives are supported. Make sure you properly configure HDD
configuration (such as jumper setting) before you install hard drives
into the system. Some hard drives come with a default speed set to
1.5Gbps.
If using SATA hard disks that are defaulted to 1.5Gbps, compatibility
issues may occur.
4.
Cabling:
The Galaxy comes with the following cables:
1.
Two (2) power cords for connections to the power
sources. Cable type is determined by the shipped-to
area.
2.
One Mini-SAS cable (1.2m).
Other cables are user-supplied:
1.
Mini-SAS SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cables are available for
your purchase. Please see Chapter 3 for sample
topologies and configuration options.
2.
Serial cable for connecting a terminal station.
3.
One (1) or two (2) Ethernet cables to the 10/100BasetT
management port.
5. Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same enclosure is allowed.
However, please
DO NOT
mix SAS and SATA drives in the same
drive column.
6.
DO NOT
place a column of 3Gb/s SATA disk drives between two
columns of 6Gb/s SAS disk drives. With a higher rotation speed,
6Gb/s SAS disk drives on the flanks of 3Gb/s SATA disk drives
will eventually cause a stability issue.