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Page 1: Installation Guide
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Publication Number: 83329090, Rev. A July 1996 ® Seagate , Seagate Technology®, and the Seagate logo are reg- istered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Barracuda™, SeaFAX™, SeaFONE™, SeaTDD™, and SeaBOARD™ are trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Other product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their owners. -
Page 3: Preface
ST19171FC (Fibre Channel interface) Barracuda disc drives. It provides technical support information, performance specifica- tions, installation instructions, and a troubleshooting section. Additional information is available in the Barracuda 9FC Product Manual (part number 83329100). Contact your Seagate sales representative if you need to order this publication. -
Page 4: Important Safety Information And Precautions
Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A any grounded metal assembly. As a general rule, remember that you and the drive electronics must all be grounded to avoid potentially damaging static discharges. • Do not remove any circuit boards from the drive. - Page 5 As a component, the drive is designed to be installed and oper- ated in accordance with UL1950, IEC950, CSA C22.2 950-M89, VDE0805 and EN60950. Seagate takes all reasonable steps to ensure that its products are certifiable to currently accepted standards. Typical applications of these disc drives include customer pack- aging and subsystem design.
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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 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Die Warn- und Vorsichtshinweise sind nicht allumfassend! Es ist uns einfach nicht möglich, alle Wartungsmethoden oder die eventuellen Risiken jeder Methode zu kennen, zu beurteilen und Sie entsprechend zu beraten. Aus diesem Grund haben wir auf eine derartige umfassende Beurteilung verzichtet.
- Page 8 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A • Nehmen Sie keine Platinen aus dem Laufwerkgehäuse. Wenn eine Platine defekt ist, muß das gesamte Laufwerk zur Rep- aratur eingeschickt werden. Die Herausnahme von Platinen durch anderePersonen als die für die werkseitige Reparatur zuständigen kann zu einer Beschädigung der Komponenten...
- Page 9 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A haltung der Sicherheitsanforderungen ist die Bereitstellung eines Überlastschutzes für die SELV-Versorgungsspannungen des Laufwerks. Dieses Gerät ist eine Baugruppe und unterliegt als solche nicht den Anforderungen der FCC oder ähnlicher nationaler Behörden für eigenständige Geräte. Technische Testergebnisse zu elek- tromagnetische Strahlung sind für Designer von Untersystemen...
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Page 10: Technical Support Services
Product technical support is available for all Seagate products by calling the SeaFAX™, SeaFONE™, SeaTDD™, or Sea- BOARD™ services. These are toll calls if you dial from outside of the number’s local dialing area. Seagate also has a forum on CompuServe and an internet site. SeaFAX: USA 1-800-SEAGATE;... - Page 11 . to 5:00 . PST, Monday through Friday. SeaBOARD The Seagate Technical Support Bulletin Board System (BBS) is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A modem is required to access this service. The communications software must be set for eight data bits, no parity, and one stop bit (8N1).
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Page 12: General Description
Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A General description Barracuda 9FC disc drives are high-speed, random-access digi- tal-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 13 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Characteristics ST19171FC Interface Fibre Channel Capacity Unformatted 11.7 Gbytes Formatted 9.1 Gbytes Recording Cylinders (user) 5,273 Read/write data heads Avg bytes/track (unformatted) 102,000 Seek time Average read 8.0 msec Average write 9.5 msec Disc rotation...
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Page 14: Installing The St19171Fc Drive
Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Installing the ST19171FC drive To install a ST19171FC 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. Table 1 on page 21 lists the pin descriptions of the 40-pin FC-SCA. -
Page 15: Kühlung Des Systems
Barracuda 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 16 Barracuda 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.
- Page 17 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Mounting the drive Do not touch the connector pins or any compo- nents on the control board without observing static- discharge precautions. Always handle the drive by the frame only. Mount the drive to the host system’s chassis using four 6-32 UNC screws.
- Page 18 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Schraube nicht ohne Widerstand einschrauben läßt, sind die Gewinde nicht korrekt aneinander ausgerichtet. 1.875 .005 1.875 .005 .136 Motherboard Ref. (.809) Pin 1 Common centerline Profile in the horizontal (X axis) direction Half of the drive Height Figure 3.
- Page 19 Barracuda 9FC 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). Mounting holes four on bottom, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into bottom of drive is 0.15 in. (3.81 mm).
- Page 20 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Inserting the drive Most systems provide a way to insert the drive using a carrier or tray which allows the drive to be hot-plugged into the system’s Fibre Channel 40-pin single connector attachment (FC-SCA).
- Page 21 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 22 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Pin 2 J6 Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 1 Port A Bypass LED [1] Port B Bypass LED [1] Fault LED [2] Reserved Active LED [2] Ground [3] Active LED [1] The drive has a 2.2K ohm resistor in series with this LED driver.
- Page 23 Barracuda 9FC 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 Reserved NC Reserved NC Active LED out Open collector out Reserved NC...
- Page 24 Barracuda 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Pin/contact Signal name Signal type Ground +CH2_in Diff. PECL input pair –CH2_in Ground +CH1_out Diff. PECL output pair –CH1_out Ground +CH2_out Diff. PECL output pair –CH2_out Ground SEL_2 TTL input SEL_1 TTL input SEL_0...
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Page 25: Troubleshooting
Barracuda 9FC 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 28 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 83329090, Rev. A, Printed in USA...
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