Storage System Components
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Caution:
Although the SCSI bus absolute length limit is 80 feet, exceeding
60 feet on the SCSI bus is not recommended. When cable lengths exceed 60
feet, problems can occur on the SCSI mezzanine card, the IO4B board, or
both.
Storage System Components
The CHALLENGE RAID deskside storage system, or each chassis assembly
in the CHALLENGE RAID rack, consists of these components:
•
one or more host SCSI-2 interfaces that are either
–
native to the POWER Channel™ 2 I/O controller (IO4 board) in the
CHALLENGE server
–
HIO add-on cards (mezzanine cards) on the POWER Channel 2 I/O
controller
•
one or two storage-control processors (SPs)
•
5 to 20 disk modules in groups of five
•
one fan module
•
two or three power supplies (VSCs, or voltage semi-regulated
converters)
•
one battery backup unit (BBU) for storage system caching (optional)
The CHALLENGE server holds the SCSI-2 interface(s); the CHALLENGE
RAID storage system chassis holds the other components.
SCSI-2 Interface
The SCSI-2 interface transfers data between host memory and the SCSI-2
differential bus. A cable connects the SCSI-2 interface to the SP(s) in the
storage-system cabinet, as diagrammed in Figure 1-4. The SCSI-2 interface
has an operating system-specific device name and ID number.
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