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  • Page 1

    I6 Infortr end 5251F6 15-bay Rackmount & T ower Enclosur es Installation Guide October 22, 2003 • Revision A Patent Pending[...]

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    ii FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Copyright Copyright  2003 by JMR Electronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, r[...]

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    iii FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A T able of Contents 1. Intr oduction 2/4/6/8/10/12/15-bay Product Family Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Rackmount Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 T ower Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    iv FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Host CH-0 and CH-1 (T op) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4 CH 2 (Bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4 CH 3 (T op) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    The 15-bay FOR TRA   I6 Infortrend 5251F6 enclosures are designed to be used with a host system to provide a high-end RAID subsystem. The following is a summary of the 15-bay Rackmount and T ower enclosure features: • The 15-bay FOR TRA   I6 Infortrend 5251F6 T ower enclosure supports up to fifteen LP SCA 40-pin SCA drives. This model[...]

  • Page 6

    1-2 FORTRA   15-bay I4 Infortrend 5251F44 Installation Guide Rev A FOR TRA   products use advanced mid-plane technology developed by JMR, which allows power supplies, drives, and all other enclosure components to interface into a single board. This provides superior performance and easy connectivity . The host interface supports SFP Fib[...]

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    1-3 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Blower Quantity: 4 (2 per cannister) Size: 97mm (3.82") each Air Flow: 25.42CFM (0.72m3/min) each Noise: 52dB(A) Fibre Channel Features Loop Expansion FOR TRA   15-bay 2Gb/s Fibre Channel JBOD enclosures include a loop expansion I/O connector on each fibre channel dr[...]

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    2-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A This chapter covers specification information for all FOR TRA   enclosures. The following matrix describes the available configurations for FOR TRA   and S S t t o o r r B B l l a a d d e e T T M M enclosures. 2. Har d ware Specification FR XX XL2 1X2 X XX X X SINGL[...]

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    2-2 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Environmental Specifications Operating T emperature: 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) Storage T emperature: 0°C to 65°C (32°F to 149°F) The maximum recommended ambient temperature depends on the recommendation of the manufacturer for the devices being installed. Electrical S[...]

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    Thermal Specifications FOR TRA   enclosures have been designed to meet the air-flow/cooling requirements for popular 7,200, 10,000 and 15,000 RPM disk drives. Using high performance blowers, air is pulled in from all open vents and exhausted out the back of the unit. Rotation V ibration Specifications FOR TRA   enclosures have been desi[...]

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    3-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A This chapter covers Fibre Channel device installation for 15-bay rackmount and15-bay tower enclosures. SCA Connection and Hot-Swapping The unit uses SCA-2, 40-pin connectors which provide a safe means of connection/disconnection when hot-swapping devices. In order to hot-swap d[...]

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    Drive Installation Device mounting screws are included with the unit for device mounting. The JMR part number for the #6-32" mounting screws is HDS-01906. 1. After removing the canister , place it on a static free surface along with the device to be installed. 2. Place the device in the canister and mount it using the provided screws (use 4 sc[...]

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    4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until all devices are installed, then move onto step 5 to complete unit setup and installation. 5. Configure ID and other options as required. See Chapter 4 for device setup. 6. For 15-bay rackmount units, refer to Chapter 7 to install the enclosure into a cabinet. 7. Establish host connection. See Chapter 4 for host con[...]

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    4-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A This chapter covers Fibre Channel device configuration and option settings. All Fibre Channel 15-bay units have built-in SES on the personality card. Refer to Chapter 8 for SES operation. Please take note of the installation warnings below before beginning setup. Slot Settings [...]

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    Setting ID Rotary switch settings only affect Slot 0 and all other slots are sequentially increased by a value of one after that slot. The ID is set sequentially starting from a base address. The base address, or starting address, is set via a 0-7 position rotary switch located on the personality module. There is a second 0-15 position rotary switc[...]

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    ID Conflict When two devices share the same ID, a conflict occurs. This should not happen unless two or more enclosures are daisy chained together . If devices in one enclosure conflict with devices in another enclosure, the devices will re-arbitrate ID and resolve the conflict. Option Settings Three option settings are located on the personality c[...]

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    External I/O Connection The external I/O connections are located on both the personality card and the contoller card. There are five SFP I/O connectors accessible from the rear of the unit as shown in the figure below . Host CH-0 and CH-1 (Bottom) Input connections for Host Loops 0 and 1. These are Standard (2Gb/s) SFP transceiver connectors used t[...]

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    CH 3 (T op) This is a standard (2Gb/s) SFP transceiver connector used to connect to a drive expansion enclosure for Loop B side of drives. The 15 internal drives loop side B are connected to this loop as well. CH 4 This is a standard (2Gb/s) SFP transceiver connector used to connect to a host system or drive expansion bay . Host or disk connection [...]

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    This chapter covers all operations of the blowers for 15-bay units. Refer to Chapter 1 for blower specifications. The blower is hot swappable and can be removed or installed while the enclosure continues to function, however , failure to replace a non-working blower within a reasonable period of time may expose drives to extreme heat, which could c[...]

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    5-2 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A User ’ s removing or installing a blower must be awarre of the blower access hole. Contact with the access hole must be avoided while the blower is running to prevent injury . Blower Replacement If the blower has stopped running or the fault LED indicator is lit, the blower m[...]

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    6-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A This chapter covers all operations of the power supplies. For operation, the AC cord (included) must be connected to the AC Inlet on each supply , and the power supply must be switched ON. The ' OK LED' will light to indicate the power supply is functioning properly .[...]

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    6-2 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Low Power Mode (Standby Power) When both power supplies are turned off, the unit will switch to low power or standby mode and the power supply fans will continue to run. The unit blowers will remain operational if a single power supply is turned off, not installed, or fails, in[...]

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    7-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A This chapter covers the installation of the Rackmount enclosure into a standard 19" (483mm) wide and 30" (762mm) to 36" (914mm) deep cabinet that meets the EMA/RETMA standards. Before beginning rail installation, please take note of the following precautions: NOT[...]

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    7-2 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Rail Mounting Kit Hardware • T en #10-32 Screws • Four each #8-32 Screws/W ashers/Nuts Spare Hardware Parts Check with a JMR Sales Representative for pricing and availability of spare hardware parts. Description JMR Part Number #10-32 Screw HDS-01580 #8-32 Screw HDS-00350 #[...]

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    2. Affix the extension bracket to the rear of the unit using two #10-32 screws. There are 3 holes in the extension bracket for mounting. Depending on the hole pattern that is being used in the cabinet, two holes should always be available for securing the extension bracket. 3. The fronts of the rails have three holes. T wo of the holes (top and bot[...]

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    4. Slide the unit into the cabinet and secure it to the cabinet with a single #10-32 screw on each side. 5. Snap the end cap over the screw on each side of the unit to finish the installation. 7-4 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A[...]

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    8-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A For bus management, the FOR TRA   Fibre channel enclosures have a built-in SES processor designed to meet the SFF-8067 specification. By using the SES (S- Link) connector on the back of the unit the SES bus management can be expanded to other FOR TRA   Fibre enclosu[...]

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    9-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A This model is designed to be used with up to two 5251F6 RAID bridge controllers from Infortrend. A total of six loops are provided. The table below indicates the possible host and disk combinations. RCC is used for inter controller communication when two controllers are install[...]

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    10-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A For current information on this product, including updates to the manual and technical support related issues, please contact the sales support section of our web page at www .jmr .com, or you can contact our T echnical Support division directly at the address below . US Corpo[...]

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    A-1 FORTRA   15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Drive Manufacturers Fujitsu Internet Address: www .fcpa.com Hitachi Global Storage T echnologies Internet Address: www .hgst.com Maxtor Internet Address: www .maxtor .com Seagate T echnology Internet Address: www .seagate.com RAID Controller Manufacturers Adaptec, Inc. Internet[...]