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Contents Pref ace ............ ................. ........... ................. ................. .............. 1 Electros tati c disch arg e protectio n ................ ................. ........... ... 1 Important saf ety inf ormation and precauti ons ......... ................. ... 2 Wichtig e Sicherheits hinweise ............ .................[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 1 Pref ace This ma nual con tains inf or m ation f or users o f Seagate Cheeta h 4LP FC (Fibre Chan nel inte rfac e) disc dri ves . It pro vides techni- cal s upport inf or mat ion, perf or mance specifi cations , insta llation instructio ns, and a troub leshooting section. Addi tional inf or ma- tion [...]
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2 Cheetah 4LP FC Insta llation G uide, Re v . B all be g rounded to av oid pot entially damaging s tatic dis- char ges. • Do n ot remove any c ircui t board s fro m the d rive. • Ne v er use a n ohmmet er on an y circu it boards . • When installi ng the driv e on a carrier or tr a y , discharge the stati c elec tr icity from t he ca rr ier or[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 3 first ensure th at the met hod y ou choos e will not risk either y our saf ety or u nit perf ormance . Alw ay s observe the f ollo wing w arnings and p recaut ions: • P er f o rm al l mainten ance by f ol lowing the pro cedure s in this manual . • F ollo w all ca utions an d wa r nings in the pro[...]
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4 Cheetah 4LP FC Insta llation G uide, Re v . B T ypical ap plication s of these di sc driv es inclu de custom er pac k- aging and subs ystem design. Safe ty agenc ies co nditional ly cer- tify c omponent assemb lies , su ch as t he Chee tah disc d riv e, based o n their fina l accepta bility in the end- use product. Th e subsys tem d esign ers a r[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 5 Die V er f ahren in d iesem Han dbuc h und die Auf kleber au f dem Gerät enth alten W arn- und V orsic htshinwe ise. Die se Hinweis e sind sorg fältig durc hzulesen und zu beach ten, um das Risi ko v on V erletzun gen auf ein Mind estmaß zu beschrän ken od er ganz zu v er mei den. Di e W ar nhin [...]
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6 Cheetah 4LP FC Insta llation G uide, Re v . B • T ragen Sie Si cherheits schuhe, wenn Sie sc hwere T eile aus- bzw . einbauen. • W enn da s Laufwerk in einem Einb augestel l oder Geh äuse monti er t ist , sor gen Si e dafür, daß di e T e mperatu r im Inne ren des Ge stells o der Gehäu ses d ie für das L aufwe rk v orge gebenen G r en zw [...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 7 Als T eil kompo nente ist dieses Laufw erk für die Ins tallatio n und den Betrieb in Übereinsti mmung mit UL 1950 , IEC950, EN6095 0, CSA C22.2 95 0 und VDE0 805 vo rgesehen . Seagate i st ständig bemüht, die Zul assungs fähigke it vo n Seagate-Pro dukten im Rah men der ge genwär tig g eltenden[...]
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8 Cheetah 4LP FC Insta llation G uide, Re v . B Regulatory agency compli ance Electr omag netic susceptibi lity As a comp onent ass embl y , the drive is not required to meet an y suscepti bility perf ormance requirem ents . It is the respon sibil ity of those inte gratin g the drive w ithin t heir syste ms to perfor m tho se test s required and de[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 9 Electr omag netic compli ance f or the Euro pean Union If this mo del has the CE Marking it c omplies with the Europea n Union requirem ents of t he Electro magnetic Compatib ility D irec- tiv e 89/336 /EEC of 03 M ay 1989 as amended b y Direc tiv e 92/ 31/EEC of 28 April 199 2 and Directiv e 93/6 8/[...]
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10 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B Seagate technical support ser vices If y ou need as sistanc e installi ng y our drive , cons ult y our dealer . Deale rs are f amil iar with their u nique sys tem confi guration s and can he lp you wit h system confli cts a nd othe r techni cal i ssues. If yo u need a dditional assist ance wi th y our [...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 11 Seagate CompuServe f orum Onlin e techn ical s uppor t f or Sea gate product s is available on Comp uSer v e. T o acces s our technic al support forum, type go seagat e . This f orum pro vi des inf or mation si milar to tha t f ound on SeaBO ARD . I n additi on, y ou ca n type questio ns or b rows e[...]
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12 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B F AX ser vices SeaF AX ® Y ou can use a touch-to ne telephon e to access Seagate’ s auto- mated F A X syst em to rece ive technical s upport inf ormation b y return F AX. This s er vic e is av ail able 24 hours d aily . Seagate technic al support F AX Y ou can F AX questions or comm ents to techni c[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 13 Direct-support ser vices Seagate technic al support F or one-o n-one help , you can ta lk to a tec hnical s upport special- ist du ring local b usiness hou rs. Be fore callin g, note y our s ystem configu r ation and driv e mod el n um ber (ST xxxx ). SeaTDD ™ 405-936-168 7 Using a telecom municat[...]
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14 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B Customer serv ice centers Seag ate dir ect OEM, Distr ibuti on, and System s Integra tor cus - tomers s hould co ntact their Seagate ser vic e represen tativ e f or wa rranty inf ormat ion. Ot her cus tomers shoul d conta ct their p lace of pu rchase. Se agate offe rs compr ehensiv e cu stomer s upport[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 15 General description Chee tah 4L P FC dis c dr ives are hi gh-s peed, ran dom -access digital -data sto rage de vice s designe d to be used with in a Fibre Chann el host s ystem. The d rive is a component f or install ation in a n enclosu re design ed f or t he driv e. T he disc drive mus t rece iv e[...]
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16 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B 1. For more detailed p ower info rmation, re fer to the Chee tah 4LP F C Product Man- ual, pu blication n umber 83 329190. Characteristics ST34501FC Interf ace Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Capacity Unformatted (Gbyt es) Formatted (Gb ytes) 5.59 4.52 Recording Cylinders (user) Read/write data heads Ser[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 17 Installing the Cheetah 4LP FC dr ive T o i nstal l a Che etah 4L P FC dr ive, simpl y plug t he dr ive direc tly into y our system’ s Fibre C hannel ba ckp anel 40-pi n single con- nector a ttachmen t (FC-SCA). There are no ju mpers or termina- tors on the drive , and po wer is supplie d through t[...]
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18 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B Figure 2 s ho ws on e desi gn appro ach with one or more f a ns use d to gen erate ai r flow . The ai r-flow pa tter n ca n be creat ed by the f ans ei ther pushi ng or dra wing air . The ov er all flo w pattern must be direc ted from sid e to side in most F C-SCA system s. Kühlung des Systems Die G e[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 19 Figure 2: Suggested air flow Abbildung 2 . Empfoh lener Luftstr omverl auf Note. Air flows in the direction shown (front to back) or in reverse direction (back to front) Note. Air flows in the direction shown or in reverse direction (side to side) Above unit Under unit Above unit Under unit[...]
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20 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B Mounting the drive Do no t touch the c onnecto r pins or any com ponents on the co n- trol b oard wit hout obse r ving s tatic-dis charge pre cautions . Alw ay s handle th e drive by th e frame only . Mount the driv e to the host syste m’ s chassis using f our 6-32 UNC screws. T wo mounting holes are[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 21 Schr aube nich t ohne Widerst and einsc hraube n läßt, sind di e Ge winde nic ht korrek t aneinan der ausge richtet. Figure 3: Dimensions Abbildu ng 3: Laufwe rkabmessun gen H S K J [4] Millimeters Inches 5.750 4.000 1.000 0.625 4.000 0.250 2.375 3.750 2.370 1.750 0.181 0.275 0.190 0.015 1.100 4.1[...]
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22 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B Inserting t he drive Most s ystems provid e a wa y to inser t the driv e using a carrier or tra y which allo ws the driv e to be h ot-plugged into the sy stem’ s Fibre C hannel 40-pin single c onnector a ttachment (FC -SCA). Ref er to y our sys tem documen tation about the me thod the y pro- vide a n[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 23 Enabling write cache Write cachin g is a f eature tha t allows the drive to transf er write data to i ts o wn c ac he , tell th e c ontro ll er th at th e ta sk is co mp let e, and the n actual ly comp lete the write at a later t ime. Thi s impro v es write pe rfo rmance b y freeing the CPU to go on[...]
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24 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B [1] The drive has a 2.2k ohm r esistor in series with this LED driver . Connect the minus side of an e x ternal high-efficiency LED (i.e. 2ma) to this pin. Connect the plus side of the LED to +5V . [2] An e xternal current limiting resistor is required when connecting an LED to this pin. The minus side[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 25 T able 1: FC-SCA pin descriptions Pin/contact Signal name Signal type 1* –EN bypass port A TTL output 2* 12 V olts 3* 12 V olts 4* 12 V olts 5* –P arallel ESI TTl output 6* Ground (-D R V pres ent) 7* Activ e LED out Open collector out 8* Reserved 9* RMT_star t TTL input 10* DL YD_star t TTL inp[...]
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26 Cheetah 4LP FC Installa tion Guide, Rev . B 26 Ground 27* +P or t B_in Diff. PECL input pair 28* –P or t B_in 29 Ground 30* +P or t A_out Diff . PECL output pair 31* –P or t A_out 32 Ground 33* +P or t B_out Diff. PECL output pair 34* –P or t B_out 35 Ground 36 SEL_2 TTL input 37 SEL_1 TTL input 38 SEL_0 TTL input 39 Reserved NC 40 5 V olt[...]
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Cheeta h 4LP FC Ins tallation Guide, R e v . B 27 T roubleshooting Bef ore calling Seagate T echnical Support, please read th e po s- sibili ties dis cussed bel ow . The s uggestio ns presented here wil l resolv e the majority of installa tion prob lems . General installation troubleshooting • Chec k system com patibility . This is a Fibre Cha nn[...]
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Seagate T echnolog y , Inc. 920 Di sc Drive, Scot ts V alley , CA 95066-4544 , USA Pub lication Number: 83329180, Re v . B, Printed i n USA[...]