VERACITY
COLDSTORE
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CS
TORE
15-3U
QUICK START GUIDE |
REV 3.0.
3
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October 2018
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We highly recommend that the unit is mounted into a rack for normal operation.
If rack-mounted, it is essential that the unit is mounted on a rack tray or shelf for support – it should not
be mounted on the rack-mount lugs alone.
We highly recommend that the unit is mounted in the rack (or if not to be rack mounted, placed in the
desired location) before any disks are inserted. The unit is quite heavy when empty, but very heavy when fully
populated with hard disks. Therefore, care should be taken when lifting the unit, and this is best done before
the disks are fitted. This also removes the risk of physical shock damage to hard disks when moving the unit
into place. (See section M), Disk Management – Adding & Removing Disks, below).
G) System Connections
Once properly located, the power and network cables can be prepared ready for connection. However,
at this stage, do not switch on the power. See rear panel photo below for location of connectors.
Steps:
1
Connect a network cable from your network switch to the network port labelled ETH1.
2
Connect two power cables to the unit, but do not switch the unit on.
If network connection redundancy is required, a second network cable can be connected between your
network switch and the network port labelled ETH2 but before connecting ensure that the COLDSTORE has
been configured to support redundancy.
The digital I/O connections are not covered in this Quick Start Guide – see COLDSTORE User’s Guide.
H) Disk Loading
COLDSTORE is delivered with 15 lockable disk trays. To remove
a tray, slide the top section of the tray upwards, releasing the
lower section. Pull the lower section down and outwards (as
illustrated) and gently slide the tray out.
Any make, model or size of SATA hard disk may be used in
COLDSTORE. For optimum use of disk space, we recommend
that all disks be of identical capacity. Load the disks into the
trays using the mounting screws provided. Use four screws per
disk for secure mounting.
COLDSTORE requires at least two disks for set up and configuration. A minimum of three disks are
required for typical operation (normal COLDSTORE mirrored overlapping-pair mode).
Ensure the system has not yet been switched on before mounting the first disks – the COLDSTORE start
up procedure requires disks to be present for full boot-up and normal operation. If the system has been
switched on in error, simply switch the unit off before proceeding. Note that further disks can be added later
while the system is running.
