Seagate Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Manual
Seagate Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Manual

Seagate Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Manual

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  • Page 1: Fibre Channel

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ©1997, 1998 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved Publication Number: 77767523, Rev. A June 1998 Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Seagate logo are regis- tered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Barracuda, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaBOARD, and SeaTDD are either trade- marks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries.
  • Page 3: Preface

    9LP FC (Fibre Channel interface) disc drives. It provides technical support information, performance specifications, instal- lation instructions, and a troubleshooting section. Additional information is available in the Barracuda 9LP FC Product Manual (part number 77767522). Contact your Seagate sales represen- tative if you need to order this publication.
  • Page 4: Important Safety Information And Precautions

    Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 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, CAN\CSA C22.2 950-95, 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 com- ply 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 9LP FC 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 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A • Die HDA ist nicht vor Ort reparierbar und darf nicht auseinan- dergenommen werden! Öffnen der versiegelten HDA durch andere Personen als die für die werkseitige Reparatur zustän- digen hat eine Beschädigung der Komponenten und Erlöschen des Garantieanspruchs zur Folge.
  • 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 CE Marking for their product.
  • Page 10: Seagate Technology Support Services

    Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Seagate Technology support services Presales support To determine which Seagate products are best suited for your specific application, contact us about configuration and compati- bility and for current product availability. You can leave a voice message after business hours or send an e-mail message—we...
  • Page 11 SeaNET You can obtain technical information about Seagate products over the Internet from Seagate’s World Wide Web home page (http://www.seagate.com) or Seagate’s ftp server (ftp:// ftp.seagate.com). You can also send e-mail with your questions to DiscSupport@Seagate.com or TapeSupport@Seagate.com.
  • Page 12 Phone number 44-1628-478011 Disc: 405-936-1600; Tape: 405-936-1630 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...
  • Page 13 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Location Phone number 44-1628-890660 Disc: 405-936-1685; Tape: 405-936-1683 Direct-support services Technical support For one-on-one help, you can talk to a technical support special- ist during local business hours. Before calling, note your system configuration and drive model number (ST xxxx ).
  • Page 14 Seagate direct OEM, Distribution, and Systems Integrator cus- tomers should contact their 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 Phone number FAX number...
  • Page 15 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Location Toll-free phone number Norway 800-113 91 Poland 00 800-311 12 38 Spain 900-98 31 24 Sweden 0 207 90 073 Switzerland 0 800-83 84 11 Turkey 00 800-31 92 91 40 United Kingdom...
  • Page 16: General Description

    Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A General description Barracuda 9LP FC disc drives are high-speed, random-access digital-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.
  • Page 17 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Characteristics ST39173FC Interface Fibre Channel Capacity Unformatted (Gbytes) 11.57 Formatted (Gbytes) 9.10 Recording Cylinders (user) 7,501 Read/write data heads Avg bytes/track 155,000 Access time Average read (msec) Average write (msec) Disc rotation 7,200 Average latency (msec) 4.17...
  • Page 18: Installing The Barracuda 9Lp Fc Drive

    Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Installing the Barracuda 9LP FC drive To install a Barracuda 9LP FC drive, simply plug the drive directly into your system’s Fibre Channel backpanel 40-pin sin- gle connector attachment (FC-SCA). There are no jumpers or terminators on the drive, and power is supplied through the con- nector.
  • Page 19: Kühlung Des Systems

    Barracuda 9LP FC 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 20 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Above unit Under unit Note. Air flows in the direction shown (front to back) or in reverse direction (back to front) Above unit Note. Air flows in the direction shown or Under unit...
  • Page 21 Barracuda 9LP FC 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 22 Barracuda 9LP FC 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.
  • Page 23 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Notes: 0.809 [1] 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. (3.05 mm).
  • Page 24 Barracuda 9LP FC 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 25 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 (refer...
  • Page 26 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Drive Front Pin 1 Reserved Port A Bypass LED [1] Port B Bypass LED [1] Fault LED [1] Reserved Active LED [2] Active LED [1] Ground [3] [1] The drive has a 2.2K ohm resistor in series with this LED driver.
  • Page 27 Barracuda 9LP FC 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 –Parallel ESI Ground Active LED out Open collector out Reserved Start_1...
  • Page 28 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Pin/contact Signal name Signal type Ground +Port B_in Diff. PECL input pair –Port B_in Ground +Port A_out Diff. PECL output pair –Port A_out Ground +Port B_out Diff. PECL output pair –Port B_out Ground...
  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    Barracuda 9LP FC 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 32 Seagate Technology, Inc. 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4544, USA Publication Number: 77767523, Rev. A, Printed in USA...

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