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Mechanical Loading........................................................................ 31
Electrical Considerations......................................................................... 32
Circuit Overloading......................................................................... 32
Setting Fibre Channel Loop Speed (2Gb or 1Gb)................................... 32
2Gb Operation................................................................................. 32
1Gb Operation................................................................................. 33
Split Fibre Channel Loop Operation (Quad Loop).................................. 34
Setting Up Split Loop Operation..................................................... 34
Removing Split Loop Operation..................................................... 34
Configuration Rules................................................................................. 35
Supported Host Bus Adapters.................................................................. 35
Supported Cables..................................................................................... 36
Copper Cables................................................................................. 36
Optical Cables................................................................................. 36
Chapter 3: JBOD Configurations .....................................37
Setting the Enclosure ID.......................................................................... 37
Configurations......................................................................................... 40
JBOD Configurations.............................................................................. 41
Dual FC Loop Configuration........................................................... 41
Quad Loop Configuration................................................................ 44
Connecting a Power Source..................................................................... 45
Connecting an AC Power Source.................................................... 45
Disk Drive Spin Up Sequence................................................................. 46
Chapter 4: RAID Configurations ...................................... 47
2Gb SANbloc Series RAID Controller Introduction............................... 47
RAID Controller Circuit Boards.............................................................. 49