Chapter 2: Installation
If you plan to use the mounting rails, follow this procedure to install them:
1.Attach one end of the rail to the back side of the rack’s front post.
2.Reposition the adjusting screws as needed to fit the rail to the rack properly.
3.Attach the other end of the rail to the back side of the rack’s rear post.
4.Repeat steps 1 through 3 to attach the other rail.
5.Square the rails in the rack and tighten the attaching screws.
6.Set the VTrak onto the rails.
7.Attach the VTrak to the rack’s front posts with the screws provided.
Caution
Do not pull or push the handles on the Power Supplies or the Controller units in order to move the VTrak. Hold the VTrak by the housing only.
Install Disk Drives
Before using the VTrak you must first populate it with Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives. You can also use Parallel ATA (PATA) disk drives with the optional SATA-
See Chapter 7, page 207 for a complete explanation of RAID on VTrak.
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RAID 0 | 1 | 15 | |
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RAID 1 | 2 | 2* | |
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RAID 3 | 3 | 15 | |
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RAID 5 | 3 | 15 | |
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RAID 10 | 4 | 14 | |
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RAID 50 | 6 | 14 | |
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* RAID 1 logical drives work in matched pairs. VTrak supports up to seven (7) RAID 1 logical drives.
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