6.3

Enclosure Installation Procedures

Important

SGI InfiniteStorage 15000 drive enclosures should only be installed in SGI InfiniteStorage 15000

 

racks. Mounting and installing these drive enclosures in any other rack is not authorized or

 

supported by SGI.

Warning

The drive enclosure with all its component parts installed is too heavy for a single person to

 

easily install into a Rack cabinet.

Caution

Ensure that you have fitted and checked a suitable anti-static wrist or ankle strap and observe all

 

conventional ESD precautions when handling drive enclosure modules and components. Avoid contact

 

with Backplane components and module connectors, etc.

Note Drive enclosures are supplied and delivered populated with Backplane, Baseplane, Front Panel, DEMs, and with PCMs installed. The Drive Carrier Modules are supplied as a separate package.

A typical rack mounting installation in shown in Figure 6–4

Figure 6–4Full Rack without Controllers.

6.4I/O Module Configurations

6.4.1Controller Options

The drive enclosure has a standard SAS JBOD IO controller, which employs a 36-port expander with zoning. The zoning is implemented via a preset piano-switch located on the enclosure baseboard. Host ports 1 and 2 present drives 1 through 30 and host ports 3 and 4 present drives 31 through 60. Each host port responds with drive information applicable only to the drives presented on the respective zone and enclosure status information for the entire enclosure.

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