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- Page 1 Alnico Gen 2 RAID Subsystem 3 Series ( AN-312 / AN-316) Hardware Installation Guide Ver. 1.0 2011/10/10...
- Page 2 Hardware Installation Guide Copyright ©2011 This guide and any accompanying software and firmware are copyrighted. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored on a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior written consent except for copies retained by the purchaser for backup purposes.
- Page 3 Hardware Installation Guide For Europe This drive is in conformity with the EMC directive. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Those limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
- Page 4 Hardware Installation Guide Welcome to Hardware Installation Guide. This guide is designed to be used as step-by-step instructions for installation of your subsystem, and covers everything you need to know in learning how to operation, troubleshooting and future upgrades. For the detail about how to configure your subsystem, please refer to the Software Operation manual.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Hardware Installation Guide Contents ........BOUT ARDWARE NSTALLATION UIDE ................YMBOLS IN ..................... ONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ............. 1 ................1 ODEL ARIATIONS ..................... 2 EATURES RAID ........ 3 NDERSTANDING THE LNICO SUBSYSTEM Front Panel Overview..............3 Rear Panel Overview ..............4 CHAPTER 2. - Page 6 Hardware Installation Guide Operation..................24 Removing the Battery Backup Module ..........24 APPENDIX C. SPECIFICATIONS..........25 ...................25 PECIFICATIONS...
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Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction There are nine available models in Alnico RAID storage subsystem series, three of them utilize Ultra320 SCSI as Host interface, each with 8,12 or16 device bays. Another three models support 4Gb FC via SFP connector, then rest of three... -
Page 8: Features
Hardware Installation Guide The Alnico series is a high performance, external RAID subsystem using new generation of Serial ATA 2.0 channels for disk drives and either Ultra320 SCSI or 4Gbps Fibre channel I/O or 3Gb SAS standard to connect services to Host computer. -
Page 9: Understanding The Alnico Raid Subsystem
Chapter 1. Introduction Front Panel Overview LCD Module Driver Bay numbering convention The enclosure bay numbering convention is shown in following figure. A bay is designed to house a single 3.5-inch hard disk drive or 2.5-inch hard disk drive in his carrier module. -
Page 10: Rear Panel Overview
Hardware Installation Guide AN-308 Drive Bay Lock LED Indicator Blue : HDD Power on Key Lock Flash : Accessing Unlock LED Indicator Handle Red : HDD Error Release Button Rear Panel Overview AN-312 & AN-308... - Page 11 Chapter 1. Introduction Primary Host Interface Secondly Host Interface Host Interfcae LED Indicato Colors Indicate Green Link Blue + Blink Access Console LAN port Power Switch Power Module 1 AC inlet 1 & Latch Power Module 2 AC inlet 2 & Latch 10.
- Page 12 Hardware Installation Guide AN-316 6 11 10 12 Controller Box Primary Host Interface Secondly Host Interface Host Interfcae LED Indicato Colors Indicate Green Link Blue + Blink Access Console LAN port Power Switch FAN Module 1. FAN failure indicator 1. (Rear / Front) FAN Module latch 1.
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Page 13: Chapter 2. Installation
& & Before unpacking the Alnico RAID subsystem, prepare a clean, stable surface to put on the contents of Alnico RAID shipping container. Altogether, you should find following items in the package : SCSI to SATA Subsystem RAID subsystem x1 CD-ROM x 1 ( Includes Hardware Installation Guide, Software operation Manual &... -
Page 14: What Else You Need
2.5” disks (bag) × 1 To avoid the unmatched connector type between the Fibre HBA in the Host computer and Alnico RAID, Alnico RAID doesn’t include the Fibre cable with the standard shipping. Hard disk drives (different RAID levels requires different numbers of HDDs. -
Page 15: Esd Precaution
Alnico RAID’s modules and components. Avoid contact with backplane components and module connectors. The Alnico Gen 2 RAID series includes 8/12/16 hot swappable drive bays. The following sections describe how to install disks into Alnico RAID subsystems. - Page 16 Only use the screws offered with Alnico RAID subsystem. Longer screws might cause the drive damage. All the drive bays ( with or without hard drive) must be placed in the Alnico subsystem.
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Page 17: Install The Alnico Subsystem In A Rack
Chapter 2. Installation You are shipped one rackmounting kit for each Alnico subsystem that you intend to rackmount. Alnico subsystem is designed for installation into a industry-standard 19-inch rackmount cabinet. Following the use of this section for installing the Alnico subsystem into a Rack Install the Slide Rails 1. - Page 18 2. Fasten two M5 screws through the chassis ears in the front side of the chassis to secure the Alnico subsystem in the rack as Figure 3. Figure 3. The Alnico subsystem is heavy, two person are required to move the system in the procedure.
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Page 19: System Connection
RJ 45 Cable Ethernet Port Switch or HUB Connect to Internet . Alnico RAID subsystem do not require the installation of different drivers for use with different operating systems. Alnico RAID is independent and transparent to the host operating system. -
Page 20: Chapter 3. Trouble Shooting
Alnico RAID operation : If the fault LED on the front panel and LCD of Alnico RAID lights red and LCD displays a error message , or if Alnico RAID’s Internet manager indicates a fault, determine the reason for this alert immediately. -
Page 21: Replacing / Upgrading Dimm
Operation Manual” to reconfigure your RAID Alnico RAID are normally supplied with 128MB cache memory installed. There's no set formula to determine how much cache memory to use, but as a general rule, a workstation, with mostly very large files, such as for audio or video editing and playback, graphics or CAD files, can benefit from a large cache. -
Page 22: Installing Dimm
Hardware Installation Guide If you have plan to install a Battery Back up module with Alnico RAID subsystem, we will strongly recommend you to choice the memory module which uses the low power consumption memory chips. Only this type of memory can meet the spec. -
Page 23: Hot Swapping To Replace The Power Module
Chapter 3. Trouble Shooting Module indicated in the figure below. Removing the Fan Module from Remove the Fan modules by slide the release button left and pull the module out of system. push Pull out Replace the Fan in Fan module 1. - Page 24 Unscrew the thumb fastener, then push right the release button, slide it back and lifting off. Installing the Power module into Alnico: Insert a Power module then fasten the screw. The Power indicator will turn bright “Green” to indicate it has powered on...
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Page 25: Connectors
Appendix A. Connectors SCSI Connector Pin# Signal Name Pin# Signal Name SCSI_AC_DAT<12>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<12>- SCSI_AC_DAT<13>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<13>- SCSI_AC_DAT<14>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<14>- SCSI_AC_DAT<15>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<15>- SCSI_AC_PAR<1>+ SCSI_AC_PAR<1>- SCSI_AC_DAT<0>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<0>- SCSI_AC_DAT<1>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<1>- SCSI_AC_DAT<2>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<2>- SCSI_AC_DAT<3>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<3>- SCSI_AC_DAT<4>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<4>- SCSI_AC_DAT<5>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<5>- SCSI_AC_DAT<6>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<6>- SCSI_AC_DAT<7>+ SCSI_AC_DAT<7>- SCSI_AC_PAR<0>+ SCSI_AC_PAR<0>- TERMPWRA TERMPWRA TERMPWRA TERMPWRA... - Page 26 Hardware Installation Guide Ethernet RJ-45 Connector Pin# Signal Name Fibre SFP Pin# Signal Name FAULT MOD_DEF(2) MOD_DEF(1) MOD_DEF(0) Rate Select miniSAS (SFF-8088)
- Page 27 Appendix A. Connectors Pin# Signal Pin# Signal RX0+ TX0- RX0- TX0+ RX1+ TX1- RX1- TX1+ RX2+ TX2- RX2- TX2+ RX3+ TX3- RX3- TX3+ Only 2 of 4 SAS ports have physical connecting with HBA. RJ-11 Pin# Signal Pin# Signal...
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Page 28: Battery Backup Module (Bbm)
Hardware Installation Guide The external RAID controller operates using cache memory .The battery Backup Module is an add-on module that provides power to the external RAID controller cache memory in the event of a power failure. The Battery Backup Module monitors the write back cache on the external RAID controller, and provides power to the cache memory if it contains data not yet written to the hard drives when power failure occurs. -
Page 29: Bbm Specifications
Appendix B. Battery Back up Module BBM Specifications Mechanical Module Dimension (W x H x D) : 148 x 128 x 244 mm BBM Connector 2 * 10 box header Input Voltage +3.6VDC On Board Battery Capacity 2000MAH (2*1000MAH) Installation Make sure all power to the system is disconnected. - Page 30 Hardware Installation Guide Operation Battery conditioning is automatic. There are no manual procedures for battery conditioning or preconditioning to be performed by the user. Battery bad a tendency to “remember” its capacity. In order to make sure of all the capacity of your battery cells, allow the battery cell to be fully charged when installed for the first time.
- Page 31 Appendix C. Specification Specifications Alnico AN-3 RAID Series AN-316 AN-312 AN-308 Model AN- 316F4 AN- 316S3 AN- 316SC AN- 312F4 AN- 312S3 AN- 312SC AN- 308F4 AN- 308S3 AN- 308SC Controller Number Intel 81348 I/O processor Support extreme performance hardware RAID 6 function...
- Page 32 Hardware Installation Guide AN-316 AN-312 AN-308 Model AN- 316S3 AN- 316SC AN- 312F4 AN- 316S3 AN- 316SC AN- 312F4 AN- 316S3 AN- 316SC AN- 312F4 Firmware-embedded Web browser-based RAID manager via built-in 10/100 Ethernet. Firmware-embedded manager through front LCD control panel. RAID Management Firmware-embedded manager via RS-232 port.
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