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I6 Infortr end 5251F6 15-bay Rackmount & T ower Enclosur es Installation Guide October 22, 2003 • Revision A Patent Pending.
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, transmi.
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv FORTRA 15-bay I6 Infortrend 5251F6 Installation Guide Rev A Host CH-0 and CH-1 (T op) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4 CH 2 (Bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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.
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.
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.
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.
2-2 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 contin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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