SAS to SAS JBOD User Manual Version 1.1 (Feb, 2010) - 1 -...
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WARRANTS TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER THAT ITS EXTERNAL ENCLOSURE PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE COMPONENTS THEREIN, SHALL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS IN MATERIAL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS. SHOULD iStoragePro BUNDLE, OFFER, COMBINE OR DISTRIBUTE ANY THIRD PARTY’S HARDWARE, PRODUCTS, COMPONENTS, THE WARRANTY...
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Should it be necessary for any reason to return a product to iStoragePro, an RMA return authorization number must be obtained and the following procedures must be followed: (1) Fax or email a request to a iStoragePro representative stating reason for return and provide: purchase order number, invoice number, iStoragePro's part number, and serial number (when applicable).
Preface About this manual This manual is the introduction of iStoragePro iR16SAEJ controller and it aims to help users know the operations of the disk array system easily. Information contained in this manual has been reviewed for accuracy, but not for product warranty because of the various environments/OS/settings, Information and specification will be changed without further notice.
The cables are thinner, and the connectors are less bulky. Serial data transfer allows the use of longer cables than parallel data transfer. There are some applications to connect with iR16SAEJ. Mostly, it is used as the expansion of RAID subsystem and can be cascaded up to 4 iR16SAEJ. The expansion port of RAID subsystem connects to IN connector of iR16SAEJ;...
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RAID Subsystem Windows Clustering! Server Windows Server iR16SAEJ 2 INs for hosts iR16SAEJ iR16SAEJ iR16SAEJ IN connector OUT connector, Expansion port iR16SAEJ Figure 1.2.1 - 7 -...
Setup the hardware connection before power on hosts and iStoragePro controllers. Connect SAS cables in advance. Tips The best policy of power on sequence would be iR16SAEJ, RAID subsystem, and then hosts. 2.2 Management methods To manage iStoragePro JBOD system, please check the following steps: 2.2.1...
PSU status LED: Hardware activated LED for PSU status. - PSU GOOD: lid up in white color - PSU failure: lid up in red color FAN status LED: Hardware activated LED for FAN status. - FAN GOOD: lid up in white color - FAN failure: lid up in red color Temperature LED: Hardware activated LED for Temperature status.
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“/ Enclosure management / S.M.A.R.T.” can displays S.M.A.R.T. information of all PDs, including Local and all SAS JBODs. Figure 2.3.2 (Figure 2.3.2: Disk S.M.A.R.T. information of Local and JBOD 1, although S.M.A.R.T. supports SATA disk only.) SAS JBOD expansion has some constraints as described in the followings: Up to 4 SAS JBODs can be cascaded.
Barracuda ES.2, ST31000640SS, 1000GB, 7200RPM, SAS 3.0Gb/s, B. Known issues When two controllers (with SAS JBOD expansion) connect to iStoragePro iR16SAEJ (SAS JBOD), they can not detect all PDs of JBOD. Workaround solution: It’s a JBOD limitation. - 11 -...
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