LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 Quick Install Manual - 4.1.
LaCie 12big Rack Fibre and expansion
Disk Rules and Configuration/Setup and Cabling
Quick Install Guide
page 7
Disk Rules and
4.
Confi guration
Disk Slot Arrangement
4.1.
cauTion:
All disk slots must have either a Disk Carrier or
Dummy Carrier module installed. No slot should be left empty.
Disk Confi guration Rules
4.2.
The 12big rack fi bre and expansion enclosure systems support
two different types of disks: SATA and SAS. In order to allow
optimal confi gurations to be built, the following rules should
be observed.
• Different disk types cannot be mixed in the same column.
• SATA disks must either have all Active-Passive or all
Active-Active MUX Transition cards. They cannot be mixed
in an array.
• To achieve optimum performance, slots should be popu-
lated in the following sequence, if all slots are not being
populated (see Figure 6):
1 - Column 2 (Disks 2, 6, & 10)
✦
2 - Column 3 (Disks 3, 7, & 11)
✦
3 - Column 1 (Disks 1, 5, & 9)
✦
4 - Column 4 (Disks 4, 8, & 12)
✦
• If it is necessary to install a different type of drive, install the
new drive in a different column (see fi gure 6). All drives in the
column should be the same drive type.
Figure 5: Slot Number Identifi cation
Setup and Cabling
5.
SFP Installation
5.1.
Remove the dust cover from each of the SFP cages and
1.
SFP Transceivers to be populated.
Insert the SFP Transceiver into the SFP cage and push
2.
to seat it. Ensure the ejector is positioned to its stored
location.
Connect the fi bre channel data cables as described in
3.
the next section.
Ethernet Connection (Embedded
5.2.
StorView)
The controller is connected to the network for out-of-band
management and monitoring via the RJ45 10/100 BaseT Eth-
ernet port, using the embedded StorView Management mod-
ule and software.
Ensure that the host computer is connected either directly to or
via a switched LAN to the Ethernet port on the RAID Controller
using a shielded Cat 5 cable.
iMPoRTanT:
Only shielded Cat 5 (or better) cables should be
used for connection to the Ethernet port for EMC conformance.
Example of Ejector Stored
Figure 7: Installing the SFP Modules
Figure 6: Drive Population Order and Sample Type Loading