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  • Page 1 ® ® Netfinity EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide SC19-K842-30...
  • Page 3 ® ® Netfinity EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide SC19-K842-30...
  • Page 4 © COPYRIGHT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, 2000. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users — Documentation related to restricted rights — Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Installing a hot-swap power supply/fan unit ..33 Netfinity EXP300 bays ......2 Hot-swap drive bays .
  • Page 6 IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Safety

    Avant de procéder à l'installation de ce produit, lisez le manuel Safety Information. Vor Beginn der Installation die Broschüre mit Sicherheitshinweisen lesen. Przed zainstalowaniem tego produktu należy przeczytać broszurę Informacje Dotyczące Bezpieczeństwa. Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere l'opuscolo contenente le informazioni sulla sicurezza. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...
  • Page 8 Preden namestite ta izdelek, preberite knjižico Varnostne informacije. Antes de instalar este producto, lea la Información de Seguridad. Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten. Installálás el tt olvassa el a Biztonsági el írások kézikönyvét ! IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...
  • Page 9 Statement 1 Danger Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: • Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm. • Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet.
  • Page 10 The device also might have more than one power cord. To remove all electrical current from the device, ensure that all power cords are disconnected from the power source. viii IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 11: About This Book

    About this book This book provides instructions for installing and replacing components in your IBM Netfinity EXP300 storage expansion unit. It also provides information on troubleshooting your expansion unit. To set up your expansion unit, refer to “Chapter 2. Installing the expansion unit,” on page 9 for detailed information.

  • Page 12: Related Publications

    Related publications Additional publications are available for purchase from IBM. For a list of publications available in your country: • In the U.S. and Puerto Rico, call 1-800-426-7282. • In Canada, call 1-800-465-1234. • In other countries, contact the IBM support organization that services your area, your IBM marketing representative, or your IBM reseller.

  • Page 13: Chapter 1. Introduction

    ESM boards — SCSI buses per unit: 2 — Hot-swap technology — SCSI buses can be for drives, power configured as one supplies with built-in continuous SCSI bus. fans, and ESM boards © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...

  • Page 14: Clustering Support

    The following illustration shows the location of the hot-swap drive bays accessible from the front of your expansion unit. The Netfinity EXP300 supports up to 14 IBM Ultra160 SCSI or Ultra2 SCSI hard disk drives. These drives come pre-installed in a drive tray.

  • Page 15: Bridge Card Bay

    In the following figure, seven of the 14 bays contain drive CRUs, and seven bays contain filler panels. To maintain proper cooling within your expansion unit, always keep a filler panel in each drive bay that does not contain a drive CRU. For information on installing and replacing drive CRUs, refer to “Chapter 3.

  • Page 16: Switch Card Bay

    In addition to the internal and external option switches, the switch card also has a 10- position unit ID switch for setting the expansion unit ID using values 0 through 9. System-management software, such as IBM Netfinity Manager™, uses the ID when it provides data and alerts for the expansion unit.

  • Page 17: Front Controls, Indicators, And Devices

    The following illustration shows the location of the switch card on the expansion unit. Switch card External option switches Unit ID switch Front controls, indicators, and devices The primary controls on the front of the expansion unit are shown in the following illustration.

  • Page 18: Rear Controls, Indicators, And Connectors

    Thumbscrews Loosen the thumbscrews to remove or install a power supply. AC power connector The power cord for the power supply connects here. Power-supply/Fan CRU The two hot-swap power supplies with built-in fans are located on the back of the expansion unit. IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 19: Esm Board User Controls

    Attention: The EXP300 comes with two power-supply/fan units installed. When one power supply fails, the power-supply unit must be replaced to re- establish redundancy. When replacing the failed unit with the new power supply unit, ensure that this operation is performed in less than 10 minutes to prevent any overheating.

  • Page 20: System-Management Software Support

    You must use ServeRAID Version 4.20 or later for your ServeRAID controller to report status and alerts properly. To download the latest ServeRAID software, visit the IBM web site at: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support For up-to-date information about the IBM Netfinity Manager and Netfinity Director software support available for your EXP300, visit the IBM Web site at: http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/netfinity...

  • Page 21: Chapter 2. Installing The Expansion Unit

    You can install the EXP300 expansion unit in the following types of enclosures: • An Electronic Industries Association (EIA) 310 standard rack cabinet • The IBM Netfinity EXP300 Rack-to-Tower Conversion Kit • An IBM Netfinity NetBAY enclosure You will need a flat-blade screwdriver and a Phillips-head screwdriver to install your expansion unit.

  • Page 22: Inventory Checklist

    — IBM Safety Book — Template for installing the expansion unit in a rack If an item is missing or damaged, contact your IBM reseller or your IBM marketing representative. If you have not already done so, take a moment to review the information in this chapter and record your expansion unit serial number in the table in “Identification...

  • Page 23: Removing Crus

    Removing CRUs It is easier to lift the expansion unit and install it in a rack or tower enclosure if you remove all CRUs (disk drives, power supplies, and ESMs) first. A fully loaded expansion unit with 14 hard disk drives and two power supplies installed weighs 36.1 kg (79.5 lb).

  • Page 24: External Option Switches

    1 or internal option switch 3 after storing data on the drives. Please contact the IBM HelpCenter for assistance if you want to change the configuration of your expansion unit from a rack (internal switch 1 Off) to a tower (internal switch 1 On) or from a tower to a rack orientation.

  • Page 25: Unit Id Switch

    The unit ID switch has 10 settings. You can use these settings (0 through 9) to set an ID for the expansion unit. System-management software, such as IBM Netfinity Director, uses this expansion unit ID when it provides data and alerts for the expansion unit.

  • Page 26: Installing The Expansion Unit In A Rack

    1. Use the following illustration of the front and rear rack mounting flanges to determine the appropriate rack-mounting holes for installing cage nuts or clip nuts to secure the Netfinity EXP300 rails. From left to right, the illustration shows the front and rear flanges respectively.
  • Page 27 Use clip nuts if your rack has holes. If your rack has square holes, you Note: can use the rack-insertion tool or a flat-blade screwdriver to install cage nuts. 2. On the rail marked R, loosen the four screws 2 . 3.
  • Page 28 ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lbs) CAUTION: Use safe practices when lifting. 7. Slide the expansion unit into the rack, and insert the M6 screws 1 . Do not overtighten the M6 1 screws. IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 29: Installing The Expansion Unit In A Netbay Enclosure

    8. Tighten the rear screws 2 . 9. Verify that option switches 1 and 2 (inside the switch card) are set to Off. See “Setting the interface options and ID settings” on page 11 for more information. 10. Install hard disk drives and power supplies in the EXP300 expansion unit according to “Chapter 3.
  • Page 30 11. Install hard disk drives and power supplies in the EXP300 expansion unit according to “Chapter 3. Installing and replacing devices,” on page 25; then, continue with “Completing the installation” on page 19. IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 31: Completing The Installation

    Completing the installation After you install the hard disk drives and power supplies, follow the instructions in this section to complete the installation. Instructions for installing the identification labels and cabling the expansion unit are included. Installing identification labels Your expansion unit comes with one sheet of 10 labels (0-9) and one sheet of 4 labels (SCSI ID) labels.

  • Page 32: Cabling The Expansion Unit

    21 for the initial startup of the expansion unit. SCSI cabling information The IBM Netfinity EXP300 comes with two ESM boards. There are two 68-pin SCSI Very High Density Connector Interface (VHDCI) connectors. From left to right as seen from the back, these connectors are for SCSI bus 2 and SCSI bus 1.

  • Page 33: Scsi Cable Restriction

    IBM ServeRAID controllers: Note: When clustering with IBM ServeRAID adapters, you must configure all 13 disk drives on a single SCSI bus. The drive bay with SCSI ID=6 is automatically disabled to avoid an ID conflict with one of the ServeRaid controllers.

  • Page 34: Turning Off The Expansion Unit

    Note: Be sure to turn on the IBM Netfinity EXP300 expansion unit before or at the same time as you turn on the server. 3. Turn on each device, based on this power-on sequence.

  • Page 35: Turning Off The Expansion Unit In An Emergency

    3. Check the system documentation for the hardware devices you intend to turn on, and determine the proper power-on sequence. Note: Be sure to turn on the IBM Netfinity EXP300 before or at the same time you turn on the system unit. 4. Turn on each device, based on the power-on sequence.
  • Page 36 IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 37: Chapter 3. Installing And Replacing Devices

    Back up all important data before you make changes to storage devices, such as hard disk drives. This section explains how you can increase the expansion unit capacity by adding more drives or replacing existing drives with larger capacity drives. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...

  • Page 38: Installing Hot-Swap Drives

    Therefore, you can continue to operate your system while a hard disk drive is removed or installed. These drives are known as hot-swap drives. Drive CRUs Your expansion unit supports IBM Ultra160 and IBM Ultra2 SCSI hard disk drives. These IBM drives come pre-installed in a drive tray, ready for installation.
  • Page 39 2. Check for fault LEDs. If any amber LEDs are lit, refer to “Troubleshooting” on page 35. Drive CRU Filler panel Latch Tray handle Activity LED Fault LED 3. Determine the bay into which you want to install the drive. 4.

  • Page 40: Replacing Hot-Swap Drives

    CRU from the expansion unit, to allow for the drive to spin down. e. Verify that there is proper identification (such as a label) on the drive CRU, and then slide it completely out of the expansion unit. IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 41: Working With Cards And Boards

    3. Install the new drive CRU. a. Gently push the drive CRU into the empty bay until the tray handle 2 touches the expansion unit tray. b. Push the tray handle 2 down into the closed (latched) position. 4. Check the drive LEDs. a.

  • Page 42: Replacing A Bridge Card

    6. Turn on the expansion unit. Refer to “Turning the expansion unit on and off” on page 21. Replacing the switch card To replace the switch card CRU in the EXP300 expansion unit, follow the instructions for removing the switch card and installing the switch card. IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 43: Removing The Switch Card

    Removing the switch card Attention: Before removing the switch card, be sure to turn off the expansion unit. Refer to “Turning the expansion unit on and off” on page 21. Make note of the switch card settings so you can set the new card to the same settings. Failure to do so will result in loss of data.

  • Page 44: Removing An Esm Board

    Read the safety and handling guidelines provided in “Safety” on page v and “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 25. The power supplies are customer replaceable units (CRUs) and do not require preventive maintenance. IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 45: Removing A Hot-Swap Power Supply/Fan Unit

    • The power supplies must always be installed in the proper place to maintain proper expansion unit cooling. • Use only the supported power supplies for your specific expansion unit. Removing a hot-swap power supply/fan unit Complete the following steps to remove a hot-swap power supply: 1.
  • Page 46 IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 47: Chapter 4. Solving Problems

    This chapter also provides instructions on how to obtain service and technical assistance for your expansion unit and other IBM products that you might plan to use. Troubleshooting You can use these charts to find solutions to problems that have definite symptoms.
  • Page 48 Green LED on Drive CRU Cluster If not currently cluster configured, power cycle ID=6 configuration the Netfinity EXP300 to re-enable ID=6. One or more green One or two No activity to No action is required. LEDs off drive CRUs...

  • Page 49: Getting Help, Service, And Information

    IBM, will make Engineering Changes (ECs) available that apply to your hardware. Be sure to retain your proof of purchase to obtain warranty service. Refer to the IBM hardware warranty for a full explanation of IBM’s warranty terms. Chapter 4. Solving problems...
  • Page 50 • Exact wording of any error messages • Hardware and software configuration information On the World Wide Web, the IBM Personal Computing Web site has up-to-date information about IBM Personal Computer products and support. Some helpful addresses are: http://www.ibm.com Main IBM home page http://www.ibm.com/pc...

  • Page 51: Appendix A. Records

    SCSI bus (1,2) SCSI ID location numbers number (0-6 or 8-14) Bay 1 Bay 2 Bay 3 Bay 4 Bay 5 Bay 6 Bay 7 Bay 8 Bay 9 Bay 10 Bay 11 Bay 12 Bay 13 Bay 14 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...
  • Page 52 IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 53: Appendix B. Product Warranties And Notices

    The warranties provided by IBM in this Statement of Limited Warranty apply only to Machines you purchase for your use, and not for resale, from IBM or your reseller. The term "Machine" means an IBM machine, its features, conversions, upgrades, elements, or accessories, or any combination of them.
  • Page 54 Machine. If a Machine does not function as warranted during the warranty period, and IBM or your reseller are unable to either 1) make it do so or 2) replace it with one that is at least functionally equivalent, you may return it to your place of purchase and your money will be refunded.
  • Page 55 IBM or your reseller of changes in a Machine's location. IBM is responsible for loss of, or damage to, your Machine while it is 1) in IBM's possession or 2) in transit in those cases where IBM is responsible for the transportation charges.

  • Page 56: Ibm Statement Of Warranty Worldwide Except Canada, Puerto Rico, Turkey, United States (Part 1 - General Terms)

    IBM in this Statement of Warranty apply only to Machines you purchase for your use, and not for resale, from IBM or your reseller. The term "Machine" means an IBM machine, its features, conversions, upgrades, elements, or accessories, or any combination of them.
  • Page 57 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. Warranty Service To obtain warranty service for the Machine, contact your reseller or IBM. You may be required to present proof of purchase. IBM or your reseller provides certain types of repair and exchange service, either at your location or at a service center, to keep Machines in, or restore them to, conformance with their Specifications.

  • Page 58: Part 2 - Worldwide Country-Unique Terms

    IBM is responsible for loss of, or damage to, your Machine while it is 1) in IBM's possession or 2) in transit in those cases where IBM is responsible for the transportation charges. Neither IBM nor your reseller is responsible for any of your confidential, proprietary or personal information contained in a Machine which you return to IBM or your reseller for any reason.
  • Page 59 Limitation of Liability: The following is added to this Section: Where IBM is in breach of a condition or warranty implied by the Trade Practices Act 1974, IBM's liability is limited to the repair or replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods.
  • Page 60 EGYPT: Limitation of Liability: The following replaces item 2 in this Section: 2. as to any other actual direct damages, IBM's liability will be limited to the total amount you paid for the Machine that is the subject of the claim.
  • Page 61 The following item is added to this paragraph: 3. breach of IBM's obligations implied by Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or Section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.

  • Page 62: Notices

    Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk.

  • Page 63: Year 2000 Readiness And Instructions

    This IBM PC product cannot prevent errors that might occur if software you use or exchange data with is not ready for the Year 2000. IBM software that comes with this product is Year 2000 Ready. However, software from other companies might come with this IBM PC product.

  • Page 64: Important Notes

    IBM. Unless otherwise stated, IBM makes no representations or warranties with respect to non-IBM products. Support (if any) for the non-IBM products is provided by the third party, not IBM. Electronic emission notices...

  • Page 65: Industry Canada Class A Emission Compliance

    This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EU Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility. IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a nonrecommended modification of the product, including the fitting of non-IBM option cards.

  • Page 66: Taiwan Electrical Emission Statement

    Taiwan electrical emission statement Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 67: Power Cords

    Power cords For your safety, IBM provides a power cord with a grounded attachment plug to use with this IBM product. To avoid electrical shock, always use the power cord and plug with a properly grounded outlet. IBM power cords used in the United States and Canada are listed by Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) and certified by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).
  • Page 68 IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...

  • Page 69: Index

    NetBAY enclosures NetBAY enclosure installation installing installing in a rack removing operating specifications switches exterior interior operating specifications system-management software sup- fault LED port ESM board supported alerts front SC19-K842-30 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000...
  • Page 70 Class A notice United States FCC Class A notice World Wide Web IBM Netfinity Clustering IBM Netfinity EXP300 expan- sion unit IBM Netfinity Manager World Wide Web home page year 2000 readiness and instructions IBM® Netfinity® EXP300 Installation and User’s Guide...
  • Page 72 Part Number: 19K8423 Printed in the United States of America on recycled paper containing 10& recovered post-consumer fiber. SC19-K842-30 *07SC19K84230*...

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