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User`s guide

ManualsBrandsAcQuisition Technology ManualsComputer equipmentQuad M-module Carrier i4000
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Contents
Enclosure Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operators (Ops) Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PSU/Cooling Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
RAID LRC I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
RAID Loopback LRC I/O Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
JBOD LRC I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Drive Carrier Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Enclosure Bay Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Storage System Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rack Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Power Distribution Units (PDUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opening and Closing the Rear Rack Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Storage System Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2. Connecting to a Host and Powering On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting to a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Grounding Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting the Power Cords and Powering On the 2 Gb TP9100 Tower . . . . . . . 37
Checking AC Power and Storage System Status for the Tower . . . . . . . . . 39
Connecting the Power Cords and Powering On the 2 Gb TP9100 Rack . . . . . . . . 40
Checking Grounding for the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Powering On the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Checking AC Power and System Status for the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Powering Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Powering Off the 2 Gb TP9100 Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Powering Off the 2 Gb TP9100 Tower or a Single Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . 46
3. Features of the RAID Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Enclosure Services Interface (ESI) and Disk Drive Control . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configuration on Disk (COD). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Drive Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Data Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Write Cache Enabled (Write-back Cache Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Write Cache Disabled (Write-through or Conservative Cache Mode) . . . . . . . 51