Seagate CHEETAH ST34501FC manual

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    Contents Pref ace ....... ........... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ........... ... 1 Elec tros tati c dis charg e protec tio n ........... ........... ..... ...... ...... ..... ... 1 Impo r tant s af ety inf or m at ion and pre c a uti ons .... ..... ...... ...... ..... ... 2 Wic htig e Sich erhe itshi nw eis e .....[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 1 P ref ace T his ma nual con tai ns inf ormation f o r users o f Seag ate C h eeta h 4LP F C (Fibre Chan ne l i nterf ace) disc driv es . It p ro vid es te chn i- cal s upp or t inf ormat ion , p erf or m anc e sp ecifi c at ions, insta llatio n ins tructio ns , and a tro ub l e sh ooti ng sec ti [...]

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    2 Chee tah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n Guide , Re v . B all be g rounded to a v oi d pot enti al ly damagi ng static di s- cha r ges . • D o no t remove any c irc uit bo ard s fr om t he d rive. • Ne v er us e a n o hmm et er o n an y ci rcu it board s. • W hen insta lling the driv e on a car r i er o r tr a y , disc harge the sta tic el ec tr ici[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 3 first ensur e th at t he m et hod y ou ch oose w i ll no t risk either y our saf ety or u ni t pe rf or ma nc e. Alw a y s observe the f oll o win g w ar ni ngs and p recaut ion s: • P e rf o r m al l main ten anc e b y f o llowin g th e pro ced ure s in this manua l. • F oll o w a ll ca uti [...]

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    4 Chee tah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n Guide , Re v . B T ypica l applica tion s o f thes e di sc driv es inclu de c ust om er pa c k - agin g and subs ys te m des ign. Saf e ty ag encies conditio nally c er- tify c om pon ent as semb l ies , su ch as t he Chee tah d isc d riv e, bas ed o n th eir fi na l ac ce pta bil ity in the e nd -us e pro duc t. T[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 5 Di e V erf ah ren in d iesem Han db uch u nd die A uf kl ebe r au f de m Gerä t enth al ten W a r n- un d V orsichts hinw e ise . Diese Hi nw eis e sin d sorg fäl tig durc hzu le sen und z u bea ch ten, um das Risi k o v on V erletzungen auf ein Mind es tm aß zu besch rän k en oder gan z zu v[...]

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    6 Chee tah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n Guide , Re v . B • T ragen Sie Si ch erhe its schu he , we nn Si e schw ere T eile aus - bzw . ein bau en. • W en n da s La ufw erk in ein em Einbaug estell od er G eh äus e mont ier t ist , s orgen Si e daf ür , da ß di e T e mper atu r im In ne ren d es Ge stell s o der Ge häu se s d ie f ür da s L au fw[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 7 Als T eilk ompo nen te i st di eses Lau fw er k für die Ins ta lla tion un d den Be trieb in Ü berein sti mm ung mit U L 1950 , IEC950, EN6 095 0, CSA C22.2 95 0 u nd VDE0 80 5 v orge sehen . Seaga te i st s tändig bem üht , die Zul assun gs fäh igk e it v on Seaga te-Pro du kte n im Rah me [...]

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    8 Chee tah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n Guide , Re v . B Regulator y a g ency compliance Electr oma g netic su sceptibility As a co mp one nt as s emb ly , the driv e is not re quired to meet an y sus ceptibil ity perf or m ance requirem ents . It is the respon sibil ity of tho se i nte grati ng the dr iv e wit hin th eir sys tems to per f or m tho se te[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 9 Electr oma g netic co mpliance f or the Eur opea n Unio n If this mo del has the C E Markin g it c om pli es wi th th e Euro pea n Un ion req ui rem ents o f the Elec tro magne tic Com pa tib ili ty Dire c- tiv e 89 /336 /EEC o f 03 M a y 1989 as amen ded b y D i rectiv e 9 2/ 31/EEC of 28 April [...]

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    10 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B Seagate tec hnical suppor t ser vices If y ou need as si sta nc e in sta lli ng y our d riv e , cons ul t y our deal er . De ale rs ar e f amil ia r wi th th eir u niq ue sys tem co nfi gur a tion s an d can hel p you wit h sys tem conf licts and othe r t echni cal issu es . I f y o u n eed a ddi [...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 11 Sea gate Com puServe f orum Onli ne t echn ica l sup por t f or Seaga te p ro ducts is av ail able on Co mp uSer v e . T o acces s our tech nical supp or t f or u m, ty pe go seag ate . This f o r um pro vi des inf or m ation si milar to tha t f ound on SeaBO ARD . I n add iti on, y ou can type [...]

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    12 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B F AX ser vices SeaF AX ® Y ou can u se a to uc h-to ne te lep hone to ac ce ss Seag ate ’ s auto- mate d F AX sy st em to rece ive technic al s up por t inf ormat ion b y return F AX. Thi s s er vic e is a v a ilab le 24 hou rs d ail y . Sea gate tec hnical s uppo r t F AX Y ou can F AX q ues t[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 13 Direct-suppor t services Sea gate tec hnical s uppo r t F or o ne-o n-on e he lp , y ou can ta lk to a tec hni ca l s upp or t spec ial- ist du r i ng loca l b usi ness hou rs. Be f ore call ing, note yo ur syste m con figu r ation and driv e mod el n um ber (ST x xxx ). SeaTD D ™ 405- 936 -16[...]

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    14 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B Customer ser v ice center s Sea gate dir ect OEM, D istr ibut ion , and Sy ste ms Int egrat or c us- tome rs should contact th eir Seagate ser v ice rep resen tativ e f or w arr anty in f ormation . Other c ustom ers sho uld co ntact th eir plac e of pu rchas e . Se aga te off ers compr ehe nsiv e[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 15 General description Che et ah 4L P FC dis c dr ives ar e hi gh- spe ed, random -ac ce ss digi tal-dat a sto ra ge de vi ce s de sig ne d to be us ed with in a Fib re Ch ann el hos t sys tem . T he d riv e is a c omp on ent f or i ns tall ati on i n a n en cl osu re des ign ed f or t he driv e . [...]

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    16 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B 1. For mo re deta iled p ower i nforma tion, re fer to the Cheetah 4LP F C Product M an- ual, publi cation n umber 8332 9190. Char acteristics ST34501FC Interf ace Fibre Channel Arbitr ated Lo op Capacity Unf or matted (Gb yt es) F ormatted (Gb yt es) 5.59 4.52 Recording Cylinders (us er) Read/wri[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 17 Installi n g t he Cheet ah 4LP FC dr ive T o ins tal l a Ch eet ah 4LP F C dr ive , si mpl y plug the dr ive dir ect ly into your syst em’ s F ibre Chan ne l ba c k p anel 40-pi n single con- nec tor a tta chmen t (F C-SCA). There are no ju mpers or ter m in a- tors o n the driv e , and po w e[...]

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    18 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B F igure 2 sho ws on e desi gn appro ach with o ne or more f a ns use d to ge nera te ai r fl o w . Th e air- flow pa tte r n ca n be cre ate d b y the f ans ei ther pus hing o r dra win g ai r . The o v er all flo w pat ter n m ust be d irec ted fro m sid e to si de in mo st FC-SCA sy stem s . Kü[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 19 Figure 2: Sug g ested air flo w Abbildu ng 2. Empf ohlener Lufts tr omverl auf Note. Air flows in the direction shown (front to back) or in reverse direction (back to front) Note. Air flows in the direction shown or in reverse direction (side to side) Above unit Under unit Above unit Under unit[...]

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    20 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B Mounting t he drive Do no t touc h th e c on necto r pi ns or an y c om ponen ts on the co n- tr ol b oa rd wit hout obse r vin g s tat ic- discharg e pre ca uti ons . Alw a y s han dle th e driv e b y the fr a me on ly . Mou nt the driv e to the host sy ste m’ s chassi s usin g f o ur 6-3 2 UNC[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 21 Schr aube n ich t ohne Wi derstan d einsc hr aube n läß t, si nd di e Ge winde n ic ht k orrekt a nei nan der ausge r ichtet . Figure 3: Dimens ions Abb ildu ng 3: Lau fwerkab mes sun gen H S K J [4] Millimeters Inches 5.750 4.000 1.000 0.625 4.000 0.250 2.375 3.750 2.370 1.750 0.181 0.275 0.1[...]

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    22 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B Inser ting the dr ive Mos t s ys tems provid e a w a y to ins er t the driv e usi ng a carrie r or tr a y wh ic h al lo ws the driv e to be h ot-p lug ged int o the syst em’ s F ibre C hannel 40-pin si ngl e c onn ector a ttac hment (FC-SCA). Re f er to y our sys tem do cumentat ion abou t the m[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 23 Enabling write cache W rite cachin g is a f eature that allo ws the driv e to tr ans f er write data to its o wn cac he , tell the c ontro ller th at th e ta sk is co mp let e, and then a ctual ly comp le te the write at a lat er t ime . Thi s imp ro v es write pe rf ormance b y fre ein g the C [...]

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    24 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B [1] The drive has a 2. 2k ohm resistor in series wit h this LED dr iv er . Connect the min us side of an e xternal high-efficiency LED (i.e. 2ma) to t his pin. Connect the plus s ide of the LED to +5V . [2] An e xter nal current li miting resistor is required when connecting an LED to t his pin. T[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 25 T able 1: FC-S CA pin desc ription s Pin/con tact Signal name Signal type 1* –EN b ypass por t A TTL out put 2* 12 V o l ts 3* 12 V o l ts 4* 12 V o l ts 5* –P arallel ESI TTl output 6* Ground (- D R V pres e nt ) 7* Activ e LED out Open collector out 8* Reser v ed 9* RMT_star t TTL input 10[...]

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    26 Cheetah 4LP FC Ins ta llatio n G uide , Re v . B 26 Ground 27* +P or t B_in Diff . PECL input pair 28* –P or t B_in 29 Ground 30* +P or t A_out Diff . PE CL output pair 31* –P or t A_out 32 Ground 33* +P or t B_out Diff . PECL output pair 34* –P or t B_out 35 Ground 36 SEL_2 TTL input 37 SEL_1 TTL input 38 SEL_0 TTL input 39 Reser ved NC 4[...]

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    Ch eeta h 4LP F C Ins tallat ion Guid e , Re v . B 27 T r oub leshooting Bef or e cal li ng Sea gat e T echn ica l Sup por t, p le ase r ead th e po s- sib ili tie s d iscu ss ed bel o w . The s ugg estio ns pres en ted he re wil l reso lve the majo rity of ins tal la tion pro b lems . General instal lation tr oub leshooting • Chec k system com p[...]

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    Sea gate T echnolog y , Inc . 920 D i sc Driv e, Scot ts V alle y , CA 950 66-4544, U SA Pub licati on Num ber : 8 332 91 80, Re v . B, Pr i nte d i n USA[...]