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Sun StorEdge
A1000 and D1000
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Installation, Operations, and
Service Manual
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4150 Network Circle
Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A.
650-960-1300
Part No. 806-2624-12
November 2002, Revision A
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  • Page 1 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 ™ Installation, Operations, and Service Manual Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. 650-960-1300 Part No. 806-2624-12 November 2002, Revision A Send comments about this document to: docfeedback@sun.com...
  • Page 2 LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun’s written license agreements. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in the Sun Microsystems, Inc. license agreements and as provided in DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a) (1995), DFARS 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) (Oct. 1998), FAR 12.212(a) (1995), FAR 52.227-19, or FAR 52.227-14 (ALT III), as applicable.

  • Page 3: Regulatory Compliance Statements

    FCC radio frequency emission limits. Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cables. Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc. may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment.
  • Page 4 ICES-003 Class B Notice - Avis NMB-003, Classe B This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 5: Bsmi Class A Notice

    BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to Taiwan and marked as Class A on the product compliance label. NOTE: Include the following BMSI DoC mark when requested to do so by Compliance Engineering. Otherwise, remove this paragraph and graphic.

  • Page 6: Declaration Of Conformity

    901 San Antonio Road, M/S UMPK15-102 Springfield, Linlithgow Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA West Lothian, EH49 7LR Tel: 650-786-3255 Scotland, United Kingdom Fax: 650-786-3723 Tel: 0506 670000 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 7: Safety Agency Compliance Statements

    Follow all cautions and instructions marked on the Do not make mechanical or electrical modifications to the equipment. equipment. Sun Microsystems is not responsible for regulatory compliance of a modified Sun product. Ensure that the voltage and frequency of your power source match the voltage and frequency inscribed on the equipment’s electrical rating label.

  • Page 8: Lithium Battery

    Do not connect the power cord when the power supply has been removed from the system chassis. viii Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 9 Observez tous les avertissements et consignes N'apportez aucune modification mécanique ou électrique à indiqués sur l'équipement. l'équipement. Sun Microsystems décline toute Assurez-vous que la tension et la fréquence de votre responsabilité quant à la non-conformité éventuelle d'un source d'alimentation électrique correspondent à la produit Sun modifié.
  • Page 10 être utilisés avec des ordinateurs. N'utilisez jamais de cordon d'alimentation à usage domestique avec les produits Sun. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 11 Bloc-batterie CD-ROM Attention – Les unités Sun StorEdge A1000 Attention – .L'utilisation de contrôles et de contiennent une batterie étanche au plomb. réglages ou l'application de procédures autres Produits énergétiques portatifs nº TLC02V50. que ceux spécifiés dans le présent document Il existe un risque d'explosion si ce bloc peuvent entraîner une exposition à...
  • Page 12 Sun-Produkten nicht haftbar. besitzen die gleiche Stromleitung. Normale Verlängerungskabel besitzen keinen Überspannungsschutz und sind nicht für den Gebrauch mit Computersystemen geeignet. Benutzen Sie keine Haushaltverlängerungskabel für Sun-Geräte. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 13 Batterien Achtung – Ihr Sun-Gerät wurde mit einem geerdeten (dreiadrigen) Netzanschlußkabel Achtung – Die Geräte Sun StorEdge A1000 geliefert. Stecken Sie dieses Kabel immer nur enthalten auslaufsichere Bleiakkumulatoren, in eine geerdete Netzsteckdose, um Produkt-Nr. TLC02V50 für portable Kurzschlüsse zu vermeiden.
  • Page 14 Precaución – El nivel de ruido en el lugar de trabajo, definido en el apartado 1000 de DIN 45 635, debe ser 70 Db (A) o inferior. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 15 La precaución siguiente sólo se aplica a aquellos incorrecta. Sustitúyalo sólo por el mismo tipo dispositivos que posean un interruptor de alimentación de de paquete de baterías de Sun Microsystems. espera: No lo desmote o intente recargarlo fuera del sistema. No arroje la batería al fuego.
  • Page 16 Vaihda paristo documento podrían provocar la exposición a ainoastaan laitevalmistajan suosittelemaan radiaciones peligrosas. tyyppiin. Hävitä käytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden mukaisesti. Certificación GOST-R Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 17: Table Of Contents

    Accessing Sun Documentation xxiii Sun Welcomes Your Comments xxiii Getting Started 1 SCSI Host Adapters 1 Before You Begin 1 Sun StorEdge A1000 Configurations 2 Sun StorEdge D1000 Configurations 3 Preparing and Installing the System 5 Installing the System 5 Product Overview 7...
  • Page 18 Replaceable with Power Off 21 Replacing Hot-Pluggable Parts 22 Hard Disk Drives 22 Cooling Canisters 23 Power Supplies 24 Replacing Parts with the Power Off 26 Controller Board 26 xviii Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 19 Battery (A1000 Only) 28 SIMM Upgrade Procedure (A1000 only) 30 System Specifications 33 Physical Specifications 33 Electrical Specifications 33 Environmental Specifications 35 Contents...
  • Page 20 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 21: Preface

    The Sun™ StorEdge™ A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual provides installation and configuration information and service procedures to customers and service personnel for the Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 systems. These instructions are designed for an experienced system administrator.

  • Page 22: Typographic Conventions

    * The settings on your browser might differ from these settings. Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine-name% C shell superuser machine-name# Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser xxii Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 23: Related Documentation

    RAID Manager 6.1.1 Installation and 805-4058 Support Guide for Solaris RAID User Guide RAID Manager 6.1.1 User’s Guide 805-4057 RAID Release Notes Sun StorEdge A1000 Product Release 805-3656 Notes Hot-plug Instructions Sun StorEdge D1000 Storage Guide 805-4013 Accessing Sun Documentation...
  • Page 24 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 25: Getting Started

    C H A P T E R Getting Started The Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 systems are made up of a chassis, dual power supplies, dual cooling canisters, the controller module and from 4 to 12 hot-pluggable, UltraSCSI hard disk drives. Both the A1000 and D1000 units may be used on the desktop.

  • Page 26: Sun Storedge A1000 Configurations

    6. Decide which configuration to use. Sun StorEdge A1000 Configurations You can use the Sun StorEdge A1000 Hardware RAID controller as a single unit connected to one or more hosts, or connect up to ten units together in a chain. For optimal performance, chain only three Sun StorEdge A1000 units together.

  • Page 27: Sun Storedge D1000 Configurations

    SCSI Connectors IN/OUT IN/OUT SCSI Cable to Host Terminator A Sun StorEdge A1000 in a Chained Configuration FIGURE 1-2 Sun StorEdge D1000 Configurations You can use the Sun StorEdge D1000 unit in several different configurations. As a single box of disks attached to a single host (...
  • Page 28 A Single Sun StorEdge D1000 Split Between Two Hosts FIGURE 1-4 A single unit split between two hosts, where each host has access to half the disks FIGURE 1-4 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 29: Preparing And Installing The System

    You must perform the following tasks to prepare and install your Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 system. 1. Set up your Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 with the mounting hardware, if any, that came with your system. 2. Determine which SCSI target addresses are available on your host system.
  • Page 30 3. Connect the cables and power cords. Use only UltraSCSI cables. 4. Install one or more terminators, depending on the configuration you have chosen. 5. Turn on the power to the Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 system and the host system. 6. Install any additional software.

  • Page 31: Product Overview

    D1000 unit — “Just a Bunch of Disks” (JBOD) configuration Sun StorEdge A1000 Hardware RAID System The system chassis houses several removable devices, including: Sun StorEdge A1000 Hardware RAID Controller Module Two power supplies Battery Dual cooling canisters Disk drives...

  • Page 32: Components At The Front Of The Unit

    System Power LED Door Latch System Summary Fault LED Sun StorEdge A1000 Front — An Example of a Twelve 1-inch Drive System FIGURE 2-1 Front Door The lockable front door opens to allow access to the hard disk drives. The door keys are in the ship kit pouch.

  • Page 33: Components At The Back Of The Unit

    68-pin connectors for the host SCSI bus, a SCSI ID switch and a locking power switch. Power Switch The Sun StorEdge A1000 system has one rocker power switch to control both power supplies ( FIGURE 2-3 Right —...
  • Page 34 Battery The Sun StorEdge A1000 system has a data cache hold-up battery in the hardware RAID controller board. During a power outage, a properly charged battery will maintain electrical power to the controller’s data cache memory for up to three days.

  • Page 35: Power Modules

    Off when the battery is not charging Power Modules The Sun StorEdge A1000 system has two hot-pluggable and interchangeable power supplies. The two power supplies provide power to the internal components, converting incoming AC voltage to DC voltages. These are redundant power supplies—one power supply will maintain electrical power to the system if the other...

  • Page 36: Cooling System

    The Sun StorEdge A1000 system has two cooling canisters. Each contains two blowers. The cooling canisters are hot-pluggable and interchangeable. The Sun StorEdge A1000 system can operate fully cooled with three of the four blowers functioning. If two blowers fail, the remaining two can maintain the system in a 30C environment, but the reliability of the components may be affected.

  • Page 37: Sun Storedge A1000 Hardware Raid Controller Module

    Sun StorEdge A1000 Hardware RAID Controller Module The Sun StorEdge A1000 hardware RAID controller module is a compact unit designed to provide high-performance disk array management services. The controller module supports dual SCSI hosts on a 16-bit SCSI-2 bus. There are 2 SCSI controllers inside the controller module that manage data distribution and storage for up to 12 disk drives.

  • Page 38: The Sun Storedge D1000 Unit

    Sun StorEdge D1000 Front — An Example of a Eight 1.6-inch Drive System FIGURE 2-4 Front Door The lockable front door opens to allow access to the hard disk drives. The door keys are in the ship kit pouch. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 39: Components At The Back Of The Unit

    The system backplane for the hard disk drives can accept up to eight 1.6-inch drives or twelve 1-inch drives. LEDs on the Front System Power LED: lights green when the system is powered on. Each slot for a hard disk drive has a two-color LED above the disk drive. The LED: Remains unlit when no drive is in the slot Lights green when the drive is present but not active...

  • Page 40: Power Switch

    Down: check switch 4 4. Drives Delayed Start Up: start with (12 x SCSI device ID number) seconds delay (factory default) Down: start at power-on 5. Reserved (No function) Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 41 Option Switch 2 Option Switch 1 SCSI Disk Array 2 SCSI Disk Array 1 Default Default Option Switch 2 Option Switch 1 Down Down Sun StorEdge D1000 SCSI Disk ID Address Assignment —12-drive system FIGURE 2-7 Option Switch 1 Option Switch 2 SCSI Disk Array 2 SCSI Disk Array 1 Default...

  • Page 42: Power Modules

    The D1000 system can operate fully cooled with three of the four blowers functioning. If two blowers fail, the remaining two can maintain the system in a 30C environment, but the reliability of the components may be affected. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 43: Disk Drives

    The blower speeds are variable and increase their speed to counteract unusual cooling conditions, such as one failed blower or increased internal temperature. Caution – Do not operate the system for extended periods with one or more redundant modules not installed. The cooling system will become inefficient. Disk Drives See the documentation that comes with your system for information about the drives installed in your system.

  • Page 44: Sun Storedge D1000 Software Considerations

    Veritas™ VxVm in a RAID based system. See the Veritas software user’s guide on your system CD. A Veritas VxVm license can be obtained from Sun. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 45: Removing And Replacing Components

    C H A P T E R Removing and Replacing Components The Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 systems contain easy access components, some of which are hot-pluggable and some of which must be replaced with the power off. Hot-pluggable Parts...

  • Page 46: Replacing Hot-Pluggable Parts

    Replacing Hot-Pluggable Parts Hard Disk Drives The Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 system you ordered comes configured with either 1.6-inch drives or one-inch drives. The procedure for removing and replacing the drives differs only in the software you use to control the disks. In all cases the hard disks are hot-pluggable.

  • Page 47: Cooling Canisters

    4. Close the locking handle handle completely, using gentle downward pressure. Cooling Canisters The Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 comes with two cooling canisters, each of which contains two blowers. If any of the blowers fails, the LED on the back of the system lights amber, indicating which blower has failed.

  • Page 48: Power Supplies

    4. Close the locking handle. Power Supplies The Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 enclosure comes with two power supplies. The LED on the power supply lights amber when the power supply fails. Although the system can run well with only one power supply, the faulty one should be replaced in case the good one goes bad.
  • Page 49 To Replace a Power Supply 1. Disconnect the power cord from the power supply you intend to replace. You cannot remove the power supply without first disconnecting the power cord. . and for the positions of the power connector and locking FIGURE 3-2 FIGURE 3-3 handle.

  • Page 50: Replacing Parts With The Power Off

    Sun StorEdge A3500FC array, please refer to FIN I0670-1 for additional precautions that must be taken to ensure the proper replacement of the controller/ESM card. 1. Stop the software communication with the Sun StorEdge A1000 or D1000 system. See the documentation that came with your software.
  • Page 51 Controller Board Levers FIGURE 3-5 5. Slide the controller board canister out and set it on an antistatic mat. a. Use the levers at each side to release the controller board. b. Hold the levers to slide the canister out. Chapter 3 Removing and Replacing Components...

  • Page 52: Battery (A1000 Only)

    To Replace the Battery Replace the battery only with the same type of Sun Microsystems battery. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 53 2. Push down the catch on the outside of the battery. 3. Pull the battery out. Caution – There is a sealed lead acid battery in Sun StorEdge A1000 units. There is danger of explosion if the battery pack is mishandled or incorrectly replaced.

  • Page 54: Simm Upgrade Procedure (A1000 Only)

    3. Remove the two screws that hold the SIMM cover to the center of the controller canister and remove the cover. This exposes the SIMMs ( FIGURE 3-8 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...
  • Page 55 4. Attach the antistatic wrist strap to your wrist and an unpainted metal part of the chassis. Slot A Slot B Slot C Slot D A1000 Controller—Empty SIMM slots FIGURE 3-9 5. Remove the SIMMs and set them on an antistatic mat. Remove the SIMMs from front to back.
  • Page 56 The new part number label correctly identifies your controller upgrade. 9. Remove the antistatic strap and replace the lid to the canister. Secure the screws. 10. Replace the canister into the Sun StorEdge A1000 unit. See “To Replace the Controller Board.” Sun StorEdge A1000—SIMM Upgrade FIGURE 3-11 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual •...

  • Page 57: System Specifications

    A P P E N D I X System Specifications Physical Specifications The outside measurements of the chassis are as follows: Width: 53.34 cm (21.0 in) Depth: 44.7 cm (17.6 in) Height: 17.78 cm (7.0 in) Weight: A1000 without disk drives: 19.3 kg (42.5 lbs) fully loaded:...
  • Page 58 Requirement Max. Operating 2.6 amps Max. Surge 22 amp peaks Typical current ratings at 240 volts AC, 60 Hz. Assumes a 0.70 power efficiency, 0.99 power factor. Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

  • Page 59: Environmental Specifications

    Environmental Specifications Environmental Requirements Table A-2 Climate Control Location Minimum to Maximum Range Temperature (dry bulb) Operating 5˚C to 40˚C Storage -20˚C to 60˚C Transit -20˚C to 60˚C Operating 3.3˚C per 1000m (1.7˚F per 1000 ft) above sea Temperature Derating (max.) level Relative Humidity (non-condensing) Operating...
  • Page 60 Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation, Operations, and Service Manual • November 2002...

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