SentinelRAID 170 Installation and Hardware Reference Manual

…Ambient temperature: All the controller components have been acclimated to the surrounding temperature.

4.5.2Power On Sequence

When powering on the SR 170 controller, please follow these steps.

1.Power on the hard drives

The SCSI-320 hard drives that have been connected to the SR controller should be powered up first. For the hard drive power on procedure, please refer to the documentation that came with the hard drives.

2.Power on the SR controller

Once the hard drives have been powered on, power on the controller. To do this, turn on the power supplies that have been connected to the PSU connectors at the back of the controller board.

3.Power on the host computers

The host computers should be the last devices that are turned on. Please refer to the manual that came with your host computers to see their own power on procedures.

4.5.3LCD Screen

When powering on the controller, the following messages should appear on the front panel LCD screen. Wait for the front panel LCD to show READY or No Host LUN before the host boots up. Refer to Figure 4- 1 on how to read the screens.

Model Name

Indicates Firmware version

SR 170

V3.31F

Ready

 

Status/Data Transfer Indicator

Figure 4- 1: The LCD Startup Screen

The LCD screen startup sequence is shown and described in the sequence below.

Initializing….

Please Wait...

This screen appears when the PSUs are turned on.

4-8

Power On

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