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Seagate Barracuda 50FC Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Barracuda 50FC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ©1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 83329474, Rev. A July 1999 Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Seagate logo are regis- tered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Barracuda, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaBOARD, and SeaTDD are either trade- marks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries.

  • Page 3: Preface

    50FC (Fibre Channel interface) disc drives. It provides technical support information, performance specifications, instal- lation instructions, and a troubleshooting section. Additional information is available in the Barracuda 50FC Product Manual (part number 83329473). Contact your Seagate sales represen- tative if you need to order this publication.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information And Precautions

    Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A grounded to avoid potentially damaging static discharges. • Do not remove any circuit boards from the drive. • Never use an ohmmeter on any circuit boards. • When installing the drive on a carrier or tray, discharge the static electricity from the carrier or tray prior to inserting it into the system.
  • Page 5 UL1950, EN60950, CAN\CSA C22.2 950-95, VDE0805 and IEC950. Seagate takes all reasonable steps to ensure that its products are certifiable to currently accepted standards. Typical applica- tions of these disc drives include customer packaging and sub- system design.

  • Page 6: Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise

    This unit is a component part and as such is not meant to com- ply with FCC or similar national requirements as a stand-alone unit. Engineering radiated emissions test results are available through the Seagate Safety Department to assist the subsystem designer. Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise Vorsicht.
  • Page 7 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Beachten Sie in jedem Fall die folgenden Warn-und Vorsicht- shinweise: • Beachten Sie alle Warn- und Vorsichtshinweise in diesem Handbuch. • Treffen Sie beim Betrieb, bei der Installation oder bei der Entfernung der Einheit angemessene Sicherheitsvorkehrun- gen.
  • Page 8 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A • Die HDA ist nicht vor Ort reparierbar und darf nicht auseinan- dergenommen werden! Öffnen der versiegelten HDA durch andere Personen als die für die werkseitige Reparatur zustän- digen hat eine Beschädigung der Komponenten und Erlöschen des Garantieanspruchs zur Folge.
  • Page 9 • Monitor/Display • Mouse • Printer Although the test system with this Seagate model complies to the directives, we cannot guarantee that all systems will comply. The computer manufacturer or system integrator shall confirm EMC compliance and provide CE Marking for their product.

  • Page 10: Seagate Technology Support Services

    SeaBOARD is a computer bulletin board system that contains information about Seagate disc and tape drive products and is available 24 hours daily. Set your communications software to eight data bits, no parity and one stop bit (8-N-1). This service is available worldwide.
  • Page 11 If you need additional help, you can talk to a Seagate technical support specialist. Before calling, note your system configuration and drive model number (ST ####).
  • Page 12 P.M. (central time) Monday through Friday. Customer Service (CSO) Warranty Repair Seagate offers worldwide customer support for Seagate drives. Seagate direct OEM, Distribution and System Integrator custom- ers should contact their Seagate service center representative for warranty information. Other customers should contact their place of purchase.
  • Page 13 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Warranty Repair 1-800-468-3472 FAX: +1-405-949-6740 Mexico and Latin America +1-405-949-7758 FAX: +1-405-949-6738 Authorized Service Centers Brazil MA Informatica +55-21-516-6649 FAX: +55-21-516-5280 Canada Memofix +1-905-660-4936 FAX: +1-905-660-4951 Adtech +1-905-812-8099 or FAX: +1-905-812-7807 1-800-624-9857 European Support Services...
  • Page 14 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Ireland 1 800-55 21 22 Italy 1 677 90 695 Netherlands 0 800-732 4283 Norway 800-113 91 Poland 00 800-311 12 38 Spain 900-98 31 24 Sweden 0 207 90 073 Switzerland 0 800-83 84 11...
  • Page 15 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Singapore +65-488-7584 FAX: +65-488-7528 Taiwan +886-2-2514-2237 FAX: +886-2-2715-2923 SeaFAX Australia +61-2-9756-5170 Warranty Repair Japan +81-3-5462-2904 FAX: +81-3-5462-2979 Asia/Pacific and +65-485-3595 FAX: +65-488-7503 Australia...

  • Page 16: General Description

    Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A General description Barracuda 50FC disc drives are high-speed, random-access dig- ital-data storage devices designed to be used within a Fibre Channel host system. The drive is a component for installation in an enclosure designed for the drive. The disc drive must receive adequate cooling (refer to “Providing adequate cooling”) and it must be...
  • Page 17 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Characteristics ST150176FC Interface Fibre Channel Capacity Unformatted (Gbytes) 63.1 Formatted (Gbytes) 50.0 Recording Cylinders (user) 12,024 Read/write data heads Avg bytes/track 189,280 Access time Average read (msec) Average write (msec) Disc rotation 7,184 (+/- 5%) Average latency (msec) 4.17...

  • Page 18: Installing The Barracuda 50Fc Drive

    Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Installing the Barracuda 50FC drive To install a Barracuda 50FC drive, simply plug the drive directly into your system’s Fibre Channel backpanel 40-pin single con- nector attachment (FC-SCA). There are no jumpers or termina- tors on the drive, and power is supplied through the connector.

  • Page 19: Kühlung Des Systems

    Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Figure 2 shows one design approach with one or more fans used to generate air flow. The air-flow pattern can be created by the fans either pushing or drawing air. The overall flow pattern must be directed from side to side in most FC-SCA systems.
  • Page 20 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Above unit Under unit Note. Air flows in the direction shown (back to front) or in reverse direction (front to back) Above unit Under unit Note. Air flows in the direction shown or in reverse direction (side to side)
  • Page 21 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Mounting the drive Do not touch the connector pins or any components on the con- trol board without observing static-discharge precautions. Always handle the drive by the frame only. You may mount the drive in any orientation (horizontally, verti- cally, or any combination thereof);...
  • Page 22 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Unterseite des Laufwerkes weist vier weitere Befestigungslöcher auf. Siehe Abbiludung 3. Gemessen von der Außenfläche des Gehäuses dürfen die Schrauben maximal 3,81 mm in die Befestigungslöcher des Gehüuses hineinragen. Die Schrauben müssen gleichmäßig, jedoch nicht zu fest, angezogen werden. Wenn sich eine Schraube nicht ohne Widerstand einschrauben läßt, sind die...
  • Page 23 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Notes: Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive is 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). 1.875±.005 1.875±.005 Mounting holes four on bottom, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into bottom of drive is 0.15 in.
  • Page 24 Note. Seagate is not responsible for lost user data. Supply DC power to the drive (power is supplied to the drive through the 40-pin FC-SCA).
  • Page 25 If you want to enable the write cache, refer to your system’s drive controller and software utility docu- mentation. Seagate provides an ASPI utility that you can use in a PC compatible system to enable the write cache. It is available on Seagate’s CompuServe forum and on the Seagate BBS (refer...
  • Page 26 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Drive Front Pin 1 Reserved Port A Bypass LED [1] Port B Bypass LED [1] Fault LED [1] Reserved Active LED [2] Active LED [1] Ground [3] [1] The drive has a 2.2K ohm resistor in series with this LED driver.
  • Page 27 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Table 1: FC-SCA pin descriptions Pin/contact Signal name Signal type –EN bypass port A TTL output 12 Volts 12 Volts 12 Volts –Parallel ESI Ground Active LED out Open collector out Reserved Start_1 TTL input...
  • Page 28 Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Pin/contact Signal name Signal type Ground +Port B_in Diff. PECL input pair –Port B_in Ground +Port A_out Diff. PECL output pair –Port A_out Ground +Port B_out Diff. PECL output pair –Port B_out Ground SEL_2...

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    Barracuda 50FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Troubleshooting Before calling Seagate Technical Support, please read the pos- sibilities discussed below. The suggestions presented here will resolve the majority of installation problems. General installation troubleshooting • Check system compatibility. This is a Fibre Channel (FC) device.
  • Page 32 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 83329474, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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