GRASS VALLEY PROFILE XP PFR 500, PROFILE XP PFR 500E Instruction Manual

Instruction Manual

071-8136-01

SEPTEMBER 2 002

PROFILE XP PFR500/E

FIBRE CHANNEL RAID STORAGE SYSTEM

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Rev Date Description

October 16, 2001 Initial release of th e PFR500/E Fibre Channel RAID Storage

Chassis Instruction Manual. 071-8136-00

September 20, 2002 Revised service and int roduction chapters. 071-8136-01

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Contents

Safety Summaries
Preface

About this manual.................................................................................................................9

Using the Profile XP documentation set ..........................................................................9

Manual descript ions....................... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..................... .......... .........10

How this manual is organized.................. .. ...................... .................................. ............11

Getting more information....................................................................................................12

Grass Valley Group Web site .......................... .......... ..................... .......... .......... .......... .12

Other on-line documentation .........................................................................................12

Grass Valley Group Pr oduct Support.............. .. .................... .. .................... .. .................... .13

Chapter 1 About the PFR 500/ E

PFR500/E features.............................................................................................................15

Capacity and redundancy................... .................... .......... .. .......... .......... .. .......... .. .........16

PFR500/E components ......................................................................................................16

Chassis..........................................................................................................................18

Midplane........................................................................................................................18

Disk modules................ .................... .. .................... .. .................... .. .................... .. .........19

Circuit board modules................ ...................... ............ ...................... ............ ................20

PFR 500E RAID Expansion Chassis circuit board modules......................................20

PFR 500 RAID Storage Chassis circuit board modules............................................22

Power supplies ..............................................................................................................23

Fan mod ul e s........... .......... .......... ................. .......... ................. ......... .......... ................. ...24

Configurations ....................................................................................................................24

Chapter 2 PFR 500/ E Installation Informati on

Installation requirements ....................................................................................................25

Site requirements ..........................................................................................................25

Power........................................................................................................................25

Cooling......................................................................................................................25

Chassis address setting requireme nt.............. .. .......... .......... ........... .......... .......... .. .......26

Cabling requirements ....................................................................................................27

Binding disk modul es into groups................. .. .......... .......... .. .......... .. .......... .......... .. .......27

Installing a PFR500/E in an equipment rack........ .. .. .......... .. .......... ............ .......... .. ............28

Unpacking the Chassis..................................................................................................28

Install in g the ra c k mo u nt s.................. ................. .......... ................. .......... ................. .....2 9

Inserting the PFR500/E chassis in the rack...... .......... .. .......... .. .......... .......... .. .......... .. ..31

Installing the chassis with drive the support bracket.................................................31

Installing chassis without the drive support bracket............................. .......... .......... .31

PFR50 0/ E pow e r- up and in itializa tio n....... .. .. .......... ................. .......... .......... ................. .....3 3

Connec ting elect ri ca l c ab l es......... .......... .......... ................. .......... ................. ......... ........33

Powering-up the PFR500/E system ..............................................................................33

PFR500/E power-down ......................................................................................................34

Battery Backup recharge....................................................................................................34

Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR500/E

Maintenance procedures using GVG Disk Util it y............................................... .. .......... .. ..36

Monitoring PFR500/E status using NetCentral.... ....................................................... .......36

Interp re ti ng d is k m o d ul e LED s ............. ................. .......... ................. ......... ................. ........3 7

Interp re ti ng re a r p an e l st a tu s LED s. .. .......... ................. .......... ................. .......... ................. 3 8

LBB 7-segment displ ay codes.................... .. .......... .. .......... .. .......... .................... .......... .. ....39

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Removi n g a nd in st a lling disk m o d ul e s ... ... ......... .................. ......... .......... ................. ..........4 0

Moving disk modules.....................................................................................................40

Removing a disk module......... ..................... .. .......... .......... .. .......... .......... .. .......... .. .......41

Installing disk module............. .......... .. .................. .......... ........... .......... .. .................. ......42

Replacing the Loop Bypass Board (LBB) or

RAID Co nt ro ll er ..................... ................. .......... ................. .......... ................. ......... ........4 3

Removing the LBB or RAID Controller ..........................................................................43

Installing the LBB or RAID Controller ............................................................................44

Repla ci ng G B IC data ports ............... ................. .......... ................. .......... .......... .................4 5

Replacing a power supply ..................................................................................................46

Repla ci ng th e fan m o dule ............... ................. .......... ................. .......... ................. ......... ...47

Appendix A Technical Specifications and

Operating Li m i ts

AC power requirements..................... ...................... .................................. ...................... ..49

Size and weight..................................................................................................................49

Copper cable lengths.............. .. .................... .. .......... .. .......... .. .......... .. .................... .. .........49

Enviro n me n ta l lim its......... .......... .......... ................. .......... ......... ................. .......... ...............50

Index.................................................................................................................................51

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Safety Summaries

General Safety Summary

Review the following sa fety precautions to a void injury and prevent damage
to this product or any products conne ct ed to it.

Only qualified personne l should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to acces s other parts of the system.
Read the General Safety summary in other system manuals for warning s and
cautions related to operating the system.

Injury Precautions

Use Cor r ect Power

Cord

Power cords for this equipment , if provided, meet all North American
electrical code s. Ope ration of this equipment at voltages exceeding 130
VAC requires power supply cords which comply with NEMA
configuration s. I nternati onal po wer cor ds, i f provided, have the appro val
of the country of use.

Ground the Product This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power

cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected
to earth gr ound. B efore makin g c onnections to the in put o r output ter minal s
of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

Do Not Operate
Without Covers

To avoid electric shock or fir e hazar d, do not ope rate this product with
covers or panels removed.

Do Not operate in

Wet/Damp

Conditions

To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or damp
conditions.

Do Not Opera te i n an

Explosive

Atmosphere

To avoid injury or fire hazard, do not opera te this product in an ex plosive
atmosphere.

Avoid Exposed

Circuitry

To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and other metallic
objects. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is
present.

Product Damage Precautions

Use Proper Power

Source

Do not operate this product from a power source that applies mo re than the
voltage specifie d.

Provide Proper

Ventilation

To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation.

Do Not Operate With

Suspec ted Failures

If you suspect there is dama ge to this product, have it inspected by qualifi ed
service personnel.

Safety Summaries

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Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in This

Manual

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING: War ning statements identi fy conditions or pr actices that can
result in personal injur y or loss of life.

CAUTION: Cautio n s tatements ide ntify conditi ons or pr actic es t hat m ay
result in damage to equipment or other property, or which may cause
equipment crucial to your business environment to become temporarily
non-operational.

Terms on the

Product

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER indicates a person al inj ury ha zard i mmediately acc essible as one
reads the marking.

WARNING indicates a personal injury hazard not immediately accessible
as you read the marking.

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property inc luding the product.

Symbols on the

Product

The following symbols may appear on the produc t:

DANGER high voltage
ATTENTION – refer to manual

Service Safety Summary

Do Not Service

Alone

Do not perform interna l service or adjus tment of this pr oduct unless another
person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present.

Disconnect Power To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means of the power

cord or, if provided, the power switch.

Use Care When

Servicing With

Power On

Dangerous voltages or currents may exi st in this produc t. Disconnect power
and remove battery (if applicable) before removing protecti ve panels,
soldering, or replacing components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections

!

!

!

Certifications and Compliances

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Certifications and Compliances

Canadian Certified

Power Cords

Canadian approval incl udes the products and power cords appropriat e for
use in the North America power network. All other power cord s supplied
are approved for the country of use.

FCC Emission

Control

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
harmful inter ference t o rad io communic ations . Opera tion of thi s equipmen t
in a reside ntial area is like ly to cause harmful int erfere nce in whic h case the
user will be r equired t o correct t he interfer ence at his own expense . Changes
or modifications not expressly approved by Grass Valley Group can affect

emission compliance and could void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.

Canadian EMC

Notice of

Compliance

This digital apparatus doe s not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference
Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appareil num érique n’émet pas de bruit s radioélectriques
dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A
préscrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le
ministère des Communications du Canada.

EN55022 & EN55024

Class A W ar n i n g

This product has been evaluat ed for Elec tromagnetic Compatibility under
the EN 55022 and 55024 standards for Emissions and Immunity and meets
the requirements for E4 environment.

This product complies with Class A (E4 environment). In a domestic
environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the
user may be required to take adequate measures.

FCC Emission

Limits

This device complies wit h Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is sub ject
to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful
interferen ce, and (2) thi s devi ce mu st acc ep t any int erf erence receive d,
including interf erence that may cause undesired operati on.

Safety Summaries

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Safety Certification

This product has been evaluated and meets the following Safety
Certification Standards:

ATTENTION This product has been designed and certified to comply with certain

regulatory requi rements pertaining to Information Te chnology
Equipment. This product has not been designed for use as a medical
device. Without limitation of the foregoing, this product is not intended
and has not been certified for use in a hospi tal or clini cal envir onment to
diagnose, trea t, or monito r pat ients under medical su pervi sion, and i s no t
intended and ha s not be en certif ied t o make physi cal or el ectrica l conta ct
with patients, nor to transfer energy to or from patients and/or to detect
such energy transfer to or from patients.

Stand a rd Designed/tested for compliance wi th:

UL1950 Safety of In for mat ion Tec hnol og y Equipme nt, incl udi ng

Electrical Business Equipment (Third editio n).

IEC 950 Safety of In form atio n Tec hnolog y Equi pme nt, in cl uding

Electrical Business Equipment (Second edition , 1991).

CAN/CSA C22.2,
No. 950-95

Safety of In for mat ion Tec hnol og y Equipm ent, incl udi ng
Electrical Business Equipment.

EN60950 Safet y of In for mat ion Tec hnol og y Equipme nt, incl udi ng

Electrical Business Equi pm ent 1992.

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Preface

About this manual

The PFR 500/E Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis provides RAID protected
storage for Profile XP Media Platf orms and Grass Valley Group Media Area
Networks. If you are responsible for installing and servic ing the PFR500/E in one of
these systems, you should read this manual.

Using the Profile XP documentation set

This manual is part of a full set of support documentation for the Profile XP Media
Platform. The following figure illustrates how to use the Profile XP documentation
depending on the task you are performi ng. F or instructions on connecting and
configuring the PFR500 Fibre Channel RAID Stor age Chassis, consult the Profile XP
Installation Guide (local storage) or Media Area Network Instruc tion Manual
depending on the system you are installing.

Profile XP

Manual

Family of XP Series

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rass Valley Group

Profile XP

Manual

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rass

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alley Grou

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Profile XP

Manual

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alley Group

Profile XP

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Profile XP

Manual

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Profile XP

Manual

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Profile XP

Manual

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alley Group

Profile XP

Manual

Family of XP S

eries

Grass Valley Group

Release Notes

Path for the Installer

Path for the Operator

System Guide

User Manuals

Other Manuals

Contains the latest
information about Profile XP
hardware and software
shipped with your system.

Profile XP

Manual

Family of XP Series

Grass

V

alley Group

Release Notes

Contains the latest
information about Profile XP
hardware and software
shipped with your system.

Installation Guide

Contains essential steps for
installing your Profile XP
system with local storage,
using factory default settings.

Media Area Network
Instruction Manual and Release Notes

Contains instructions for installing storage
that is shared by multiple Profile XP systems.

Contains complete instructions for using
Profile applications. These manuals include:

- Profile XP User Manual

- ContentShare Explorer User Manual

- Other user manuals you received with
optional Profile applications.

Installers consult
the User Manuals
as needed.

These manuals include:

- PFC500 Instruction Manual

- PFR500 Instruction Manual

- Profile XP Service Manual

Contains the product description
and step-by-step instructions for
modifying system settings.

Use alternate procedures
for shared storage option.

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Manual descriptions

• Installation Guide (for each Profile XP Model) This guide provides step-by-step
instructions for installing the Profile XP Media Platform usi ng factory default
settings for all recor d/play channels. Factory default settings are indicated wit hin
the guide. After installing the Profile XP system using this installation guide , you
can refer to this Profile XP System Guide to customize system settings for your
installation.

•

Profile XP System Guide This guide provides all the information you need to go

beyond factory default settings and customize your syst em’s configuration to meet
your site-specif ic needs. This guide also provides an overview of your Profile XP
system, and provides all the specifications you need to integra te the Profile XP
Media Platform into your operation.

•

Profile XP User Manual Contains complete instructions for using Profile

applications to operate the Profile XP Media Platform.

•

Profile XP Service Manual C ontains information for servicing the Profile XP

Media Platform, and includes proc edures for the fol lowing tasks:

- Problem analysis using symptom, pr oblem, solution tables.

- Running diagnostics locally and remotely

- Set up and operate NetCentral Lite monitoring software.

- Replacing field replaceable units.

•

Profile XP Release Notes Contains the latest information about the Profile

hardware and the software release shipped on your system. This information
includes software specifications and requirements, feature changes from the
previous releases, helpful system administrative information, and any known
problems.

•

PFC500/E Instruction Manua l Contains information for servicing the PFC500

Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis (PFC500/E) including step-by-step
procedures for replacing field replaceable units.

How this manual is organized

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How this manual i s organized

The following identif ies and describes the chapters include d in this manual:
Chapter 1 - About the PFR500/E

Introduces the PFR500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis and the PFR500E
RAID Expansion Chassis. You can read this c hapter to get famili ar with key fe atures
and components.

Chapter 2 - PFR500/E Installation Information

Contains informati on needed for installation of a RAID Storage Chassis and RAID
Expansion Chassis, including rack mounting information.

Chapter 3 - Servicing the PFR500/E

Contains service infor mation, such as FRU replacement procedures.

Appendix A - Technical Specification s and Operati ng Li mit s

This appendix consists of electrical and environmental specifications.

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Getting more information

In addition to printed documents, Profile XP product information is av ailable in
electronic form. Use these as additional sources for information.

Grass Valley Group Web site

Current versions of this manua l and other Profile product documentation may be
downloaded via the Product Document ation link on the Grass Valley Group home
page.

Other on-line documentation

Electronic ver sions of the following manuals are lo cated on the system drive of your
Profile XP Media Platform and on the Profil e XP software CD-ROM.

• Installat ion Guide (for your model )

• Profile XP System Guide

• Profile XP User Manual

• Profile XP Service

• PFR500/E Instruction Manual

• Profile XP Release Notes

You can view these m anuals using Adobe Acrobat Reade r which is al so pre-in stalled
on your Profile XP system.

Grass Valley Group Product Support

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Grass Valley Group Product Support

To get technical assist ance, check on the status of problems, or report new problems,
contact Grass Valley Produc t Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax.

Web technical support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the
Grass Valley Group Web site. You can download soft ware or find solutions to proble ms
by searching our Frequently Aske d Questions (FAQ) database.

Worl d Wide Web: http://www.grassvalleygroup.com/support/
Technical Support E-mail Address: [e-mail].

Phone support

Use the following information to contact product support by phone during business
hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract customers.

USA and Americas (includes Latin America and Canada)

Europe and UK

Asia Pacific

Autho rized support representative

A local authorized supp ort representative may be avail able in your country. To locate the
support represe ntative for your country, visit t he product suppor t Web page on the Gra ss
Valley Group Web site.

Profile Users Group

You can connect with other Profil e XP Media Platform users to ask questions or share
advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to [e-mail] to join the
community and benefit from the exper ience of others.

Telephone [phone] (Toll Free)

[phone] (Direct Dial Toll Call)

Fax [phone]

UK Regional
Service
Location

Tel [phone]
Fax [phone]

Italy Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

France Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Germany Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Australia Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

India Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

China Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Japan Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Hong Kong Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

South East
Asia

Tel [phone]
Fax [phone]

Preface

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Chapter

1

About the PFR500/E

This chapter introduces the PFR500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis. Topics
include:

• PFR 500/E features

• PFR 500/E components

• Configurations

PFR500/E features

The PFR 500 Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis is a high performance, high
availability mass stor age system. High-bandwidth storage is made possible using
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) technology. The PFR500’s modular,
scalable design provides additional disk storage as your needs increase.

Feature highlights:

• Ten drives in a 3U vertica l rac k sp ace

• No single point of failure

• All active components are hot- se rviceable

• Scalable expansion using P FR500E RAID Expansion Chassis

• Optional dual RAID controllers provide Fibre Channel failover

• Copper Fibre Channel interf ace (GBIC)

The PFR500 utilizes dual FC-AL technology, allowing two loop configurations
within a single chassis. Port-Bypass Circuits have been added to maintain loop
integrity during failures without user intervention. Each loop and associated Port
Bypass Circuits a long with al l other act ive components a re on redundant , separate h ot

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swappable modules. This improves serviceability and incre ases fault tolerance by
eliminating any singl e point of failure. With two RAID Controllers, the two loops
within a single standa rd chassis are configur ed as a singl e loop with a backup loop in
standby mode.

Capacity and redundancy

The PFR500 contains five or ten half-height 3.5" Fibre Channel Arbitrate d Loop
(FC-AL) disk drives. The chassis also supports one or two hardware RAID
Controllers in one 3U high r ack-mountable chassis. The PFR500 currently uses 73GB
or 180GB drive capacities. With ten drives, one c ha ssis holds up to 730GB or 1.8TB
depending on the disk drive option.

The PFR500E RAID Expansion Chassis provides additi onal storage capacity. It is an
identical chassis with two Loop Byp ass Board installed. Up to nine PFR500E RAID
Expansion Chassis can be connected to a single PFR500 comprising a single
disk-array storage system with a total of 100 drives and 7.3TB or 18TB of storage
depending on the disk drive option. The built-in chassis daisy-chaining capabilities
provide for cost effective storage expansion as requiremen ts grow.

Throughout this m anual, the term PFR500/E is used to refer to either the PFR500 or
the PFR500E interchangeably.

PFR500/E com ponents

The PFR500/E components are:

• The chassis with passive midpl ane board

• One or two RAID controllers (PFR500 only)

• One or two Loop Bypass Boards

• As many as ten Fibre Channel disk drives per chass is

• Two power supplies

• Two fan modules

The RAID Controllers, Loop Bypass Boards, disk drives, power supplies, and fan
modules are hot -swappable field r eplacea ble uni ts (F RUs), which means you can add
or replace them while the PFR500/E is powered up.

An optional second RAID Controller Modul e in the PFR500, allows for continued
access to the PFR500 if the primary RAID Controller fai ls. Adding a second RAID
Controller to the same chassi s is not intended to increase performance, but r ather to
add redundancy

. Refer to your Profile XP PVS Series I nstall ation Guid e for detaile d

connection and configuration instructions.

NOTE: Hotswapping the RAID Controlle r or LBB modules (removing or inserting )
causes approximately a 10 second loss of video (record/play). This happens
regardless of whether you exchang e the primary controller or the secondary
controller.

The following figure shows the PFR500/E components. Details on each component
follow the figure.

PFR500/E components

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NOTE: Every PFR500/E RAID controller includes a backup battery so that if
electrical power is lost, data store d in cache memory will be saved. Data store cache
is not used in the PFR500/E, so the Batte r y Back up mo d u le is not used , ev en
though it ships as part of the LBB module.

Fan Module A

Chassis

Power Supply A

Fan Module B

Power Supply B

LBB B

LBB A

GBIC

Battery Backup

Unit (BBU)

8136-5