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Table of Contents
Safety precaution ..........................................................................................................................v
About this manual ........................................................................................................................ vi
Revision history ..........................................................................................................................vii
Hardware specications ............................................................................................................viii
Package contents........................................................................................................................xii
System package .................................................................................................................xii
Power cord, cable, and accessory boxes ...........................................................................xii
Pre-installed components ..................................................................................................xiii
Rackmount kit contents .....................................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.1 Overview ..........................................................................................................................1-1
1.1.1 Model variations ..................................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 Major components ............................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Chassis ............................................................................................................................1-3
1.2.1 Front panel ..........................................................................................................1-3
1.2.2 Rear panel ........................................................................................................... 1-5
1.2.3 Internal backplane ...............................................................................................1-6
1.3 Front panel components ................................................................................................1-6
1.3.1 Buttons, LEDs, and LCD panel ...........................................................................1-6
1.3.2 Drive tray bezel ...................................................................................................1-8
1.4 Rear panel components .................................................................................................1-9
1.4.1 Controller module interface .................................................................................1-9
1.4.2 Expansion system controller module interface ..................................................1-10
1.4.3 PSUs and cooling modules ............................................................................... 1-11
1.4.4 Super capacitor and ash backup module ........................................................1-12
1.5 System monitoring features ........................................................................................1-13
1.5.1 Expansion enclosure support ............................................................................1-13
1.5.2 Audible alarms ..................................................................................................1-14
1.6 Hot-swappable components .......................................................................................1-14
Chapter 2: Hardware installation
2.1 Installation prerequisites ...............................................................................................2-1
2.2 Installation procedures ..................................................................................................2-2
2.2.1 Unpacking the system .........................................................................................2-2
2.2.2 Installing the mounting kit .................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.3 Installing the hard drives .....................................................................................2-7
2.2.4 Installing the controller ......................................................................................2-13
2.2.5 Installing the host boards ..................................................................................2-14
2.3 Connections ..................................................................................................................2-16
2.3.1 General considerations in connecting devices ..................................................2-16
2.3.2 Fibre-Host connections .....................................................................................2-18
2.3.3 SAS - host connections .....................................................................................2-25
2.3.4 Ethernet - host connections ..............................................................................2-29
2.3.5 Hybrid host connections ....................................................................................2-35