Netstor NA341A Quick Installation Manual

NA341A
2U-8 bay SAS/SATA JBOD Enclosure
Quick Installation Guide
1. Overview
Netstor's NA341A, 2U 8 bays SAS/SATA rack-mountable JBOD
solution, is designed for direct connection to Host Multilane/miniSAS
ports with dual high bandwidth of miniSAS(SFF8088) cabels for 8 SAS
or SATA disks. NA341A can be configured with Raid protection while
connected to Raid HBA and this high-performance and cost-effctive 2U
is most popular solution for external disks expansion.
2.

Package Checklist

Before installing this unit, please verify that package contains the
following items.
A
Enclosure x1
B
HDD tray (installed in the chassis) x8
C
Power Cord x1 (if Redundnat PSU x2)
D
User manual CD x1
E
Hard drive mounting screw x32
F
Key for HDD tray x2
A B
E F
Notify your sales representative if any of the above items are missing or
damaged.
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Other necessary optional accessories.
AAMMM1 (1 meter) or AAMMM2 (2 meters). For RAID HBA
I
with miniSAS connectors.
AAMSM1 (1 meter) or AAMSM2 (2 meter2). For RAID HBA with
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Multilane/Infiniband connectors.
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AAMMM1
3. Description of Panel Layout
3 4 5
HDD 1 HDD 1
HDD 5 HDD 5
C D
1. HDD Power LED
2. HDD Status LED
3. Mute Button
reset for buzzer beeping
4. Fan Status LED
Normal – Green
Fail – Red (too slow rpm or stop)
5. Temperature LED
Normal – Green; Over 55°C – Red
J
AAMSM1
1 2
HDD 2 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 3 HDD 4 HDD 4
HDD 6 HDD 6 HDD 7 HDD 7 HDD 8 HDD 8
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6. Power Cord Receptacle
7. miniSAS (SFF8088) connector for connection
to Host system.
8. DB9 connector
Connecting SGPIO signal for HDD fail display
Before the build up procedure
If you want to configure NA341A with Raid function, you have to
purchase a Raid Card with external Multilane or miniSAS ports and
install the Raid HBA both physically and setup the sofeware driver of
Raid HBA on Host PC or server workstation.
Standard Raid HBA
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