EasyRAID Q16PS-F4R3 Hardware User Manual - page 11

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1 System Requirements

Ensure that the following requirements are met before installing the disk array system.

Operating Environment

• 15 cm (6-inches) of space around the disk array system for proper ventilation

• ambient temperature of 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F)

• ambient non-condensing relative humidity of 10% to 85%

• dust, smoke, and oil free environment

• no large magnetic fields, such as those generated by a high voltage power cables 

and motors, etc.

• no direct sunlight

• a flat, stable surface capable of supporting the disk array system

Host Interface - 4G Fibre Channel

The easyRAID Q16PS-F4R3 has dual 4 Gbit fibre channel interfaces with SFP connec-

tors for linkage to a fibre channel switch or host computer interface card. With the cor-

rect SFP transceiver and optical cable, the following transmission distances can be 

achieved.

Hard Disk Interface - Serial Attached SCSI

easyRAID Q16PS-F4R3 supports up to sixteen of quantities of SAS (3Gbps) and SATA 

I / II (1.5Gbps / 3Gbps) disks. All disk tray is hot-swappable.

Component

Optical

SFP Transceiver

LC Optical

Cable

Short Wave

Long Wave

Maximum Cable Length

50m

10 Km