Ciprico 6500 User manual

Ciprico Disk Array . . . . . . . .

6500 Disk Array

User’s Guide

Ciprico Inc.

Publication 21020690 B

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Programmer Reference

Chapter

Page 4

Preface This guide contains all the information needed to successfully install,

operate, and maintain Ciprico’s 6500 Disk Array subsystems in

standard configurations. If you need more technical information for

non-standard applications, refer to the Ciprico 6500 Controller Board

Technical Reference (available from Ciprico).

Thestandard6500arraycontainseightdatadrivesandoneparitydrive.

The array is equipped with a Wide Ultra SCSI interface, providing

transfer rates up to 40MB per second.

Ciprico 6500 arrays readily fit into any standard SCSI platform

environment, including DEC, HP, IBM, Silicon Graphics (SGI), Sun,

and PC.

Note Different model numbers identify 6500 subsystems as

single-ended (Model 6511) or differential (Model 6512).

In this guide, references to 6500 diskarrays applyto both

models unless specifically stated otherwise.

In This Guide Chapter 1 Description

Chapter 2 Installation

Chapter 3 Display/Operation Panel

Chapter 4 Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Hardware

Replacement

Notational

Conventions The following notational conventions are used throughout this guide:

• An uppercase letter “H” following a number indicates that the

number is a hexadecimal value, e.g., 20H and FFH.

• In this guide, a byte is defined as an 8-bit quantity.

•Note is used in the text to indicate emphasized or supplemental

information.

•Caution is used in the text to indicate a condition that could

destroy data or damage equipment.

•Warning is used in the text to indicate a condition that could

cause injury to the operator or technician.

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Page ii Preface

Revision

History

Note The information in this document is subject to change without

notice.

Warning:

Fire and

Shock

Hazards

To prevent the hazards of fire and electrical shock, do not expose this product

to any type of moisture.

Warning:

Power Cord Incaseofemergency,unplugthe powercordfromthebackof theunittoensure

that no power is applied to the unit.

Publication

Number Revision Date Description

21020690 A 09.96 First release

21020690 B 11.96 Updated for production release

Figure 1 Revision History

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Preface Page iii

Electro-

magnetic

Compatibility

United States

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class

A computing device in accordance with the specifications set forth in Part 15

of the FCC Rules. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or

television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipmenton and

off, use the equipment in another location and/or utilize an electrical outlet

differentfromthatused bythereceiver.Theusershouldusespecialaccessories,

such as a shielded cable, as recommended in these operating instructions, in

order to continue to meet FCC emission limits and not possibly interfere with

nearby radio and television reception.

Canada

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise for

digital apparatus setout on the Radio Interference Regulationsofthe Canadian

Department of Communications.

Cet èquipement èlectronique ne dèpasse pas la limite de la classe A pour le

bruit èlectromagnètique dèfinie pour les appareils èlectroniques numèriques

par la règlementation sur les radio interfèrences des Services Canadiens des

tèlècommunications.

Germany

Hiermit wird bescheinigt, dass das Gerät AS6511 und AS6512 Disk Array

subsystems in Übereinstimmung mid den Bestimmungen der Vfg 1046/1984

funkentstört ist.

Der Deutschen Bundespost wurde das Inverkehrbringen dieses Gerätes

angezeigt und die Berechtigung zur Überprüfung der 6500 auf Einhaltung der

Bestimmung eingeräumt.

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Safety

Listings and

Certification

This symbol on the nameplate means that the product is “listed” by

Underwriters Laboratory Inc.

Ciprico 6500 Disk Array subsystems have been tested and found to be in

accordance with Paragraph 3 ofthe “Equipment Safety Law” ofJune 24, 1968,

the version that is presently valid.

This symbol on the nameplate means that the product is “listed” by

Underwriters Laboratory Inc. and has been certified to Canadian standards.

6500 Disk Array User’s Guide 21020690 B

Table of Contents

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Table of

Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

In This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Notational Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Warning:

Fire and Shock

Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Warning:

Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Electro-magnetic

Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Safety Listings and Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

6500 Disk Array Functions and Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Features and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

SCSI Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Parallel Disk Array Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Parity Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

16-Bit Wide Synchronous Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Single-Ended or Differential Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Primary

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Controller

Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Display/Operation Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Fans and Temperature Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Power Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Display/Operation Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

RESET Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

SELECT Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Navigation Switches (Up, Down, Left, Right) . . . . . . . 1-8

Rear Panel Switches and Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

SCSI Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Activity LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Power ON/OFF Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Power Cord Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

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Power Voltage Selection Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

2 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Step 1.

Move Array to Operation Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Step 2.

Mount Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Step 3.

Attach SCSI Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Step 4.

Terminate SCSI Bus, if Necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Step 5.

Set Array Input Voltage Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Step 6.

Attach Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Step 7.

Power Up the Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Step 8.

Check Array Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Drive Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Drive Status Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Step 9.

Configure the Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Step 10.

Power Up the Host System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

3 Display/Operation Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

In This Chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Operation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Array Power-Up and Built-In Self-Test (BIST) . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Initial Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Tree-Structured Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Changing or Selecting a Menu Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

ARRAY OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

ON/OFF LINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

PASSWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Clear Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

UNIT ATTENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

WRITE PROTECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

ALARM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

SET DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

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