CHAPTER 8 Expansion Disk Cabinet
8.1 Product Outline
Key Features
2 separate 40MB/s differential UltraSCSI connections to the host per Expansion Disk Cabinet.
Up to 5 UltraSCSI disk units can be installed per UltraSCSI bus, and up to 10 UltraSCSI disk units can be installed per Expansion Disk Cabinet.
The disk units can be
The power supply unit can be configured redundantly, and it can be
Fans are configured redundantly to continue working even if a fan is failed.
The Expansion Disk Cabinet has some status LEDs inside the cabinet, as well as a CHECK LED and a POWER LED on the front panel. It makes easy to identify/isolate hardware problems.
The Expansion Disk Cabinet is connected to the GP7000F main cabinet through a RCI (Remote
Cabinet interface) cable as well as UltraSCSI interfaces. The RCI makes power cycle of the
cabinet linking to the GP7000F main cabinet.
The front panel has a lock key to prevent unauthorized access to the internal units in the Expansion Disk Cabinet.
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