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Seagate CHEETAH ST19101FC Installation Manual

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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cheetah 9FC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Fibre Channel •...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ©1997 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 83329200, Rev. A June 1997 Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Seagate logo are regis- tered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Cheetah, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaNET, SeaTDD, and SeaBOARD are either trade- marks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries.

  • Page 3: Preface

    Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Preface This manual contains information for users of Seagate Cheetah 9FC (Fibre Channel interface) disc drives. It provides technical support information, performance specifications, installation instructions, and a troubleshooting section. Additional informa- tion is available in the Cheetah 9FC Product Manual (part num- ber 83329210).

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information And Precautions

    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, CSA C22.2 950- M89, 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 comply 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 Cheetah 9FC 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 Als Teilkomponente ist dieses Laufwerk für die Installation und den Betrieb in Übereinstimmung mit UL 1950, EN60950, CSA C22.2 950-M89 und VDE0805 vorgesehen. Seagate ist ständig bemüht, die Zulassungsfähigkeit von Seagate-Produkten im Rahmen der gegenwärtig geltenden Standards zu gewährleisten. Zu den typischen Anwendungen dieser Festplattenwerke zählen Systemeinbau durch den...
  • 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 the appropriate marking for their...

  • Page 10: Seagate Technical Support Services

    If ® you need additional assistance with your Seagate drive or other Seagate products, use one of the Seagate technical sup- port services listed below. SeaFONE® 1-800-SEAGATE Seagate’s 800 number (1-800-732-4283) allows toll-free access...
  • Page 11 Online technical support for Seagate products is available on CompuServe. To access our technical support forum, type go seagate . This forum provides information similar to that found on SeaBOARD. In addition, you can type questions or browse through previous questions and answers on the forum mes- sages.
  • Page 12 FAX services SeaFAX® You can use a touch-tone telephone to access Seagate’s auto- mated FAX system to receive technical support information by return FAX. This service is available 24 hours daily. Location Phone number Australia 61-2-9756-5170 England 44-1628-894084 1-800-SEAGATE or 408-456-4496...
  • Page 13 82-2-556-8241 Singapore 65-488-7584 (9:00 to 5:00 Taiwan 886-2-514-2237 Please dial 1-800-SEAGATE or 408-456-4496 for the specific product telephone number. (6:00 Pacific time, M–F) SeaTDD™ 408-944-9121 Using a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you can send questions or comments 24 hours daily and exchange mes-...
  • Page 14 Seagate service representative for warranty information. Other customers should contact their place of purchase. Seagate offers comprehensive customer support for all Seagate drives. These services are available worldwide. Location Asia Pacific and Australia Europe, Middle East,...

  • Page 15: General Description

    Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A General description Cheetah 9FC disc drives are high-speed, random-access digital- data storage devices designed to be used within a host system with a Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop peripheral interface. The drive is a component for installation in an enclosure designed for the drive.
  • Page 16 Characteristics Interface Capacity Unformatted (Gbytes) Formatted (Gbytes) Recording Cylinders (user) Read/write data heads Avg bytes/track Seek time Average read (msec) Average write (msec) Disc rotation Average latency (msec) Data transfer rate Maximum instantaneous (Mbytes/sec) 1. The specified formatted capacities are calculated with the stan- dard OEM sector size (512 bytes per logical block) and sparing.

  • Page 17: Installing The Cheetah 9Fc Drive

    Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Installing the Cheetah 9FC drive To install a Cheetah 9FC 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.

  • Page 18: Kühlung Des Systems

    Cheetah 9FC 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 19 Cheetah 9FC 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) Figure 2: Suggested air flow Abbildung 2.
  • Page 20 Cheetah 9FC 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 21 Cheetah 9FC 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 Gewinde nicht korrekt aneinander ausgerichtet.
  • Page 22 Figure 3: Dimensions Abbildung 3: Laufwerkabmessungen Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Notes: Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Screw tightening torque 6.0 in-lb (.675 NM) max with minimum thread engagement of 0.12 in.
  • Page 23 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 24 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...
  • Page 25 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Port A Bypass LED [1] Port B Bypass LED [1] Fault LED [2] Reserved Active LED [2] Reserved Active LED [1] Ground [3] [1] The drive has a 2.2K ohm resistor in series with this LED driver.
  • Page 26 Table 1: FC-SCA pin descriptions Pin/contact Signal name –EN bypass port A 12 Volts 12 Volts 12 Volts –Parallel ESI Ground Active LED out Reserved Start_1 Start_2 –EN bypass port B SEL_6 SEL_5 SEL_4 SEL_3 Fault LED out Reserved NC Reserved NC 5 Volts 5 Volts...
  • Page 27 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Pin/contact Signal name Ground +Port B_in –Port B_in Ground +Port A_out –Port A_out Ground +Port B_out –Port B_out Ground SEL_2 SEL_1 SEL_0 Reserved NC 5 Volts charge Signal type Diff. PECL input pair Diff. PECL output pair Diff.

  • Page 28: Troubleshooting

    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-Arbi- trated Loop (FC-AL) device. Check your system documenta- tion to ensure that it supports FC-AL devices.
  • Page 32 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 83329200, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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