
Table of Contents
Installing the Hard Drive into Drive Tray ................................................................................. 42
Installing the Hard Drive Tray into the Enclosure ................................................................... 43
Installing CBM for RAID Models..........................................................................................44
Removing the RAID Controller ............................................................................................... 44
Installing the BBU (1U systems)............................................................................................. 45
Installing the FBM (1U systems) ............................................................................................ 45
Installing the BBU (Type I)...................................................................................................... 46
Installing the FBM (Type I) .....................................................................................................47
Installing the BBU (Type II)..................................................................................................... 48
Installing the RAID Controller .................................................................................................49
System Connection
General Considerations on Making Connections .............................................................50
Host-Side Topologies ............................................................................................................. 51
Host-Side Parameters............................................................................................................51
Maximum Concurrent Host LUN Connection (“Nexus” in SCSI) ............................................ 52
Maximum Queued I/O Count..................................................................................................53
Fibre-Host RAID Connections.............................................................................................54
Fibre-Host Components (including 10GB iSCSI) ................................................................... 55
Fibre-Host Topologies ............................................................................................................ 56
Fibre Cabling.......................................................................................................................... 57
Simple End-to-End Connection .............................................................................................. 58
DAS (Direct-Attached) Connection......................................................................................... 59
Switched Fabric Connection (Dual-Controller) ....................................................................... 61
Switched Fabric Connection (Single-Controller)..................................................................... 63
SAS-Host RAID Connections..............................................................................................65
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection with Redundant Host Path ................................. 66
DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) Connection to Two Servers................................................... 68
iSCSI-Host RAID Connections............................................................................................69
Network & Host Connection Topologies ................................................................................. 69
High Availability IP SAN with Redundant RAID Controller...................................................... 71
Single-Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path.............................................................................. 73
High Availability IP SAN (Remote Replication Enabled).........................................................74
High Availability IP SAN with Port Trunk (Remote Replication Enabled) ................................ 76
Single-Controller with Trunk ................................................................................................... 78
Hybrid Host Connections....................................................................................................79
Single Hybrid Unit Connected to FC/iSCSI Hosts .................................................................. 79
Utilizing Hybrid iSCSI ports for Data Replication.................................................................... 80
JBOD Connections ..............................................................................................................81
Expansion Links ..................................................................................................................... 82
B12x Supported / Unsupported Configuration........................................................................ 84
Configuration Rules................................................................................................................ 87
Management Console Connections ...................................................................................89
Power Connections..............................................................................................................90
Checklist ................................................................................................................................ 90
Connecting Power Cords ....................................................................................................... 91
Power On Procedure..............................................................................................................93
Power On Status Check ......................................................................................................... 94
LCD Screen............................................................................................................................ 96
Power Off Procedure.............................................................................................................. 97
System Monitoring
Monitoring Features.............................................................................................................98
Front Panel .........................................................................................................................100
LCD Keypad for RAID Models.............................................................................................. 100
LCD Panel LED Definitions ..................................................................................................101
LED Panel for JBOD Models................................................................................................ 102
Drive Tray LED..................................................................................................................... 104
Controller LED....................................................................................................................105
Controller LED for RAID Models .......................................................................................... 105
Controller LED for JBOD Models ......................................................................................... 107
Ethernet Management Port LED for RAID Models ............................................................... 108
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