Echostreams 4U 96-Bay Quick Manual

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4U 96-Bay Quick Guide

Version 1.20 Release 2014-07-10

1. Release the

thumbscrew lo ck

2. Open the cover

3. Remove the drive trays by

pulli ng the ri bbon

up or by lifting it by

the side (red

rectan gle)

1. Check the content of the box. Please confirm that

your package contains the following:

Description

Image / Description

Qty

4U 96-Bay

Enclosure

Drawer

HDD Tray

16 per

drawer

Rail Kit

1 set

Serial Cable

This Quick Guide

Packaging

2 set

If any items are missing, please contact your authorized reseller or sales representative

2. Get familiar with the unit.

4U96 enclosure arrives with no drawers installed. The drawers are shipped with separate packaging. The unit has seven expanders: one master expander at the back of the unit, six slave expanders in each drawer.

Front view

Enclosure

Ear

Drawer Handle

Drawer

Latch

Drawer

Pan el

HDD LED:

(Solid) Disk O nline

(Solid) Disk Offline

(Solid) Disk in RAI D / OS (Blink) Disk Activity (Solid) Disk Error

Drawer 1

DRAWER LED:

(Solid) Drawer Norma l (Blink) Drawer Component Faulty e.g. Fan Reading Er ror

ENCLOSURE LED:

(Solid) Enclosure Normal (Blink) Faulty on any Drawer (Solid) Enclosure Error

(Solid) Drawer Cr itical Error

Drawer 2 Drawer 3 Drawer 4 Drawer 5 Drawer 6

Rear view

Power Switch

Master

Expander

Modul e

SAS UP

Ports

SAS DOWN

Ports

Power

Conn ector

Management

Port

Fan Mo d.

Drw. 6

Power LED:

Power

Conn ector

(Solid) Off (Solid) On

A B A B

Power

Conn ector

Slide

Rail

Fan Mo d.

Drw. 5

Fan Mo d.

Drw. 4

Fan Mo d.

Drw. 3

Fan Mo d.

Drw. 2

Fan Mo d.

Drw. 1

3. Setup the drawers by removing it from their boxes.

One drawers contains two container. Each container can hold eight (8) 3.5” drives. One drawer encloses 16 hard drives.

Front Container

Rear C ontainer

8 Disks 8 Disks

4. Remove the drive trays from the drawer. See the

illustration below for the directions. Repeat the step for the other container.

5. Install drives into trays. Follow the diagram closely.

HDD sold separately.

1. Pull the locking

mechan ism

outwa rd

2. Lift the tray cover

3. Insert the

HDD. Note the

direc tion of th e

data port

4. Close the cover. Press at these l ocations (arrows) to secure the disk to the tray

6. Install drive trays into drawers. Fold the ribbon

tightly to the drive tray. Close the lids of the drawer and secure the thumbscrews afterwards.

7. Mount the Power Center at the back of the

enclosure (optional). Power Center sold separately. Refer to Power Center quick guide for the detail of its functions.

Use the bracket to mou nt the

Power Center, and s ecur e it

with screws

Thank you for purchasing the 4U 96-Bay SAS Storage System!

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4U96 System Quick Guide

8. Setup the Rail Kit. The 4U96 enclosure has a depth of

42 inches. Adjust the slide rail housing that best fit your rack depth. See below for the placement suggestions. Slide rail is extendable to reach the rack post. Secure the slide rail housing with screws (red circles).

40 - 42"

32 - 36"

Rear

Front

9. Place the unit to the rack. Beforehand, notice the

locations of the enclosure’s ear and slide rail screw holes when applying the square nuts to the rack posts. Afterwards, align the sliding rails to the back posts of the rack and apply the screws to the square nuts. Screw secure the enclosure ears to the front posts.

Rear

Front

Caution: At least three people are required to mount the chassis to the rack.

10. Install the drawers to the enclosure.

11. To remove drawers, see the following:

1. Hold the

drawer handle

2. Lift th e drawer latch upward

3. Pull the

drawer o ut

4. On halfway out, press the

side latch to fully release the

drawer f rom the encl osure

12. Connect to a host. Connect HD-SAS cable between

the UP port on the master expander and the SAS port of the host’s HBA or RAID controller. See the following illustration for a sample of recommended configurations:

4U96

SAS UP Port A SAS UP Port B SAS DOWN Port A SAS DOWN Port B

Host

RAID / HBA

4U96 (optional)

SAS UP Port A SAS UP Port B SAS DOWN Port A SAS DOWN Port B

SAS ex pansion cable

SAS c able

(optional)

---- Op tional cabl es are for bandwidth increase

13. Apply power connectors to the back of the

enclosure. Note the power connector numbering.

A1 A2 A3

14. Power on the unit. Plug in the AC power cords to

the AC receptacles of the Power Center and press the power button on the back of the enclosure.

15. Turn on the hard drives.

The host’s RAID controller will send a signal to turn on all 96 drives of the enclosure upon system power up. If HBA is used, there will be cases where hard drives are not powered up by the time power is applied to the enclosure.

To power on the disks:

1. Connect a serial cable to the management port

2. Open console terminal (e.g. HyperTerminal) with baud

setting 38400, 8, N, 1, N

3. Type “con 1” to go to the first drawer (“con 0” is the

master expander).

4. Type “t.dslot a” to turn on all the disk of that drawer

5. Go to Drawer 2 (type “con 2”), type “t.dslot a” to turn

Drawer 2, and so on.

Type “help” for the list of available commands.

If you have any technical questions, please contact your authorized dealer before contacting us.

For more information please visit our website at www.echostreams.com