Installing The St15150Fc Drive - Seagate BARRACUDA 4FC Installation Manual

14 Barracuda 4FC Installation Guide, Rev. A

Installing the ST15150FC drive

To install a ST15150FC drive, simply plug the drive
directly into your system's Fibre Channel backpanel 40-
pin single connector attachment (FC-SCA). There are no
jumpers or terminators on the drive, and power is supplied
through the connector. Table 1 on page 22 lists the pin
descriptions of the 40-pin FC-SCA.
Read the following general information topics to ensure
your drive is installed properly:
• Providing adequate cooling
• Mounting the drive
• Formatting the drive
Providing adequate cooling
The enclosure design must ensure adequate cooling for
the drive. The maximum ambient temperature is 50
The drive's product manual (83329080) describes how to
evaluate the air-flow design. The evaluation consists of
ensuring that the case temperatures of certain critical
components remain within acceptable limits during drive
operation.
We recommend orienting the drive or directing the air flow
in a way that creates the least amount of air-flow resis-
tance while providing air flow above the circuit boards and
around the head and disc assembly (HDA). Also, choose
the shortest possible path between the air inlet and exit.
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