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    Contents Pre f a ce .... .. ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... ... ..... ..... ..... .... ... ..... ..... .... .. 1 Ele ctro stat ic d isc harg e p rotec tion .... .. ..... ..... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... 1 Important saf ety inf ormati on and pre cautions .. .. . ...... . ..... .. .. ..... .. . 2 Wic h ti g e S ic h er h [...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 1 Pre face This manual contain s inf ormation for users of Seagat e Bar ra- cuda 18L P FC (Fibr e Channel in terf ace) disc dri ves . It pro vides techn ical support in f ormation, per f ormance spe cificat ions , i nstal- lat ion inst r u ctions, and a troub lesh ooting sect ion. Addi tiona l inf o[...]

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    2 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallat ion Guid e, Re v . A gro unded t o av oid pot enti ally damag ing s t atic d ischar ges. • Do not remo ve an y circuit b oard s f r om t he dri v e. • Ne ver use an ohmmeter on an y ci rcuit boards . • When installi ng the driv e on a c arrier or t r a y , dis charge the stat ic elect ricity f r om the carrier[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 3 • Fo llo w the pr ec autions l isted a bov e in “ Electro static dischar ge prot ection. ” • Do not re m o ve an y circui t boards fr om t he dr i ve cha ssis. Return the enti re drive f or dep ot repair if an y circuit b oard is def ectiv e. Remov al of circui t boar ds b y personnel not [...]

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    4 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallat ion Guid e, Re v . A This u nit is a c omponent par t and as suc h is not meant to com- ply wi th FCC or simi l a r national requiremen ts as a stand- alone unit . Engineering radi ated emissi ons test resul ts are av ailab le thr ough the Seagate Saf ety De par tment to assist the su bsystem desi gner . Wic htige S[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 5 Beacht en Sie i n jedem F all di e fol genden W ar n-und V orsicht - shi nw eis e: • Beacht en Sie alle W arn- und V orsic ht s hinweise i n diesem Ha nd buc h. • T reff en Sie bei m Be tr i eb , bei der Insta llatio n oder bei der Entf er nung der Einhei t ange m es sene Sicher heitsv orkehru[...]

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    6 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallat ion Guid e, Re v . A • Die HD A ist nicht v or Ort r epar i erbar und da rf nicht auseinan - dergen ommen w erden! Ö f fnen der ver siegelt en HDA dur ch andere P ersonen als die f ü r die we rkseit i ge Repar atur zus t ä n- digen h at eine Besch ä d igung der K ompon enten und Erl ö sc hen des G ar antieans[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 7 Eur opean Un ion Compli ance If this model has t he CE Marking, it compl ies wit h the European Union requirement s of the El ectrom agnetic Compat ibilit y Direc- ti ve 89 /33 6/EEC of 03 M a y 1989 as amended b y Dir ect ive 92 /31/ EEC of 28 April 1992 and Direct iv e 93/68/EE C of 22 Ju ly 199[...]

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    8 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallat ion Guid e, Re v . A Se agat e T ech no logy sup po rt se r v ic es Onli ne Se r v ices In ter ne t F or onl ine inf or mati on about Seagate pr oducts , visi t www .sea gate. com or e-mail your disc or tape question s to: Presal es Sup por t: Disc: ht tp://www .seag ate. com/suppo r t/email/ email_p resales. shtml [...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 9 phone n umbers, commonly ask ed ques tions , t roub leshooti ng ti ps and specif ications for disc driv es and tape dri ves 24 hour s dail y . I nter nat ional c allers c an reac h this se r vice by di aling +1 - 405-93 6-1234. SeaF AX ® is Seag ate's automat ed F AX deliv er y syst em. Usin[...]

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    10 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A spec iali st from 8:00 A.M. to 12:15 P . M. and 1:30 P .M . t o 6:00 P . M. (central time) Monda y through F riday . Custo me r Serv ice (C S O) W arra nt y R e pair Seagat e of fers w orl d wide custo m e r suppo r t fo r Seagate driv es. Seagat e direct OE M , Di strib uti on and System Inte [...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 11 W arra nt y R e pair USA 1-800- 468-3472 F AX: +1-405- 949-674 0 Mexi co an d Lati n Ame ric a +1-405- 949-7758 F AX: +1-405-949- 6738 A ut hor ized Se rvi ce C ent er s Braz il M A In fo r mati ca +55-21- 516-6649 F AX: +55-21-516- 5280 Canada Me mof i x 1 +1-905- 660-4936 F AX: +1-905-660- 4951[...]

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    12 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Ire land 1 800- 55 21 22 Ita ly 1 677 90 695 Netherl and s 0 800-732 4283 Norwa y 800-113 91 P oland 00 800-311 12 38 Spain 900-98 31 24 Sw eden 0 207 90 073 Swit zerland 0 800-83 84 11 T urke y 00 800-31 92 91 40 Unit ed Ki ng dom 0 800-783 5177 SeaBO ARD German y +49-89-14093 31 F ax Ser vice[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 13 Singap ore +65-488- 7584 F AX: +65- 488- 7528 T aiwan +886- 2-2514-2237 F AX: +886- 2-2 715-2923 SeaF AX A ustra lia +61-2-9 756-5170 W arra nt y R e pair Jap an +81-3-5 462-2904 F AX: +81- 3-54 62-2979 Asia/ P acific and +65-485- 3595 F AX: +65- 488- 7503 Au str ali a[...]

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    14 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Gener al descr iption Barr acuda 18LP F C disc driv es are h i gh -speed, random-acce ss digi tal-dat a storag e de vices designed to be used w i thin a Fibre Channel host syst em. The dri ve is a co mponent f or instal lation in an enclosur e desi gned f or the driv e. The di sc driv e mu st r[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 15 Cha rac teri stic s ST3 9175 FC ST 3182 75F C Interface Fibre Channel Fibre Ch a nnel Capacity Unf ormat ted (G b yte s) For mat te d (Gby te s) 1 10.8 9.1 21 .6 18. 2 Recording Cy l ind er s ( us er) Read /wri te da ta hea ds Avg byt es /t ra ck 11, 721 5 186, 000 11, 721 10 186, 000 Ac cess t i[...]

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    16 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Installing the Barracuda 18LP FC drive T o inst all a Barr acuda 18LP FC dri ve , simply plug the dri ve dir ectly into y our system ’ s Fi bre Channel b ackpan el 40-pin sin- gle con nector att achment (FC-SCA). There a re no jumpers or terminat ors on the driv e, and po wer is supp lied thr[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 17 Figur e 2 sh ows one des ign ap proach wit h one or more f ans u sed to ge nerat e air flo w . The air-fl ow pat ter n can be c reated b y the f ans either pushin g or dra wing air . The o ver all flo w p attern must be di rect ed from s ide t o sid e in m ost FC-SC A system s. K ü hl un g des S[...]

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    18 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Figur e 2: Sugg ested air flow Abbil dung 2. Empfohlener L uftstr om verl 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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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 19 Mounting the drive Do not tou ch the connector pins or any compon ents on the con - tro l board wit hout observing static-di scharge precautio ns. Alwa ys handle the driv e b y the frame onl y . Y ou ma y mount the dri ve in any ori entatio n (horizo ntally , verti- call y , or any combin ation t[...]

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    20 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Unter seite des La ufwerk es w eist v ier weit ere Befe st igungsl ö che r auf . S iehe Ab biludung 3. Gemes sen vo n der A u ß enfl ä che d es Geh ä us es d ü rf en die Schr auben maxi m a l 3,81 m m i n die Bef estig ungsl ö cher des Geh ü uses hineinr agen. Die Schraub en m ü ss en g[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 21 Figur e 3: Dimensi ons Abbil dung 3: Laufwerkabm essungen 5.75 4.00 1.026 .620 4.000 .250 3.750 2.380 1.750 0.181 1.622 1.620 .1215 .1215 146.05 101.6 26.06 0 15.748 101.60 0 6.35 0 95.25 60.45 44.45 0 4.59 0 41.20 41.15 0 3.08 0 3.08 0 A B C D E F H J K L M N P R ± ± max ref ± + – ± ± ± [...]

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    22 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Inserti ng the drive Mos t syst ems prov ide a wa y to i nser t t he drive us ing a ca rrier or tr ay whi ch al l ows the driv e t o be hot -plugged int o t he sy stem ’ s Fibr e Channel 40-p in single connector at tachment (F C-SCA). Ref er to y our syst em documen t ation abou t the meth od[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 23 Enabling write cache Write cach ing is a f eature that al lows the drive to tr ansf er write dat a to it s ow n cac he, tel l the cont roll er th at th e ta sk is c omp lete, and then ac tually co m p lete the write at a l at e r time . Thi s impro ve s wr it e per f or mance b y freein g the CPU[...]

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    24 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A Figur e 4: LED i ndicator c onnector ( J6) J6 Drive Front Pin 1 Port A Bypass LED [1] Reserved Port B Bypass LED [1] Fault LED [1] Reserved Active LED [2] +5V Active LED [1] Ground [3] [1] T he drive has a 2 .2K ohm resi stor in series wi th this LED dr iver. Tie th e minus side of a n exter na[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 25 T abl e 1: FC-SCA p in descr i ptions Pin/co ntact S ignal na me Signa l type 1* – EN b ypa ss port A TT L outp ut 2* 12 Volts 3* 12 Volts 4* 12 Volts 5* – P a r a llel ESI 6* Grou nd [1 ] 7* Ac tive LE D o ut Ope n co ll ector out 8* Reser v e d 9* St art _1 TT L inpu t 10* Sta r t_2 TTL i n[...]

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    26 Barr acuda 18 LP FC I nstallati on Guid e, Re v . A *Shor t pi ns in mat ing backpan el connecto r. [1] T his pin m ay be conn ected to external logic to detect the presenc e of the drive. The driv e connects this pin to the commo n ground. 26 Grou nd 27* +P or t B_ in Diff. PE CL inp ut p air 28* – Po r t B _i n 29 Grou nd 30* +P ort A_ou t D[...]

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    Barr acuda 18LP FC Instal lation Gui de , Rev . A 27 T r ouble shoo tin g Bef ore c alling Seagate T echni cal Supp or t, please r ead th e pos- sibi lities di scusse d belo w . The su ggestions p resented her e will resol ve t he ma jorit y of instal lat ion probl ems. Gener al inst al la t i on trou b le s h ooting • Check system compatibi lity[...]

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    Seagat e T echnol ogy , Inc. 920 Disc Dri ve, Scotts V alle y , CA 9 5066- 4544, USA Publ icatio n Numb er: 7776754 2, Re v . A, Pri n ted in USA[...]