Silicon Graphics InfiniteStorage TP9300 User manual

SGI®InfiniteStorage™ TP9300 and TP9300S

RAID User’s Guide

007-4644-003

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Matt Hoy

Updated by Mark Schwenden

Illustrated by Kelly Begley, Matt Hoy, and Jim Ostrom

Production by Karen Jacobson

Engineering contributions by Bill Andrews, Marty Castilla, Bill Lusche, Robert Novak, Henry Ortiz, and Sammy Wilborn

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or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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of the United States. Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1500 Crittenden Lane, Mountain View, CA 94043.

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Graphics Fuel are trademarks, of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

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Record of Revision

Version Description

001 May 2003

Original publication

002 Engineering updates for

Serial ATA

003 September 2004

Engineering updates for 2822 controllers and single-controller cabling

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Contents

Record of Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

1. Introduction to the SGI InfiniteStorage TP9300 and TP9300S . . . . . . . . . . 1

System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

TP9300S RAID Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Performance Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

RAID Controller Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Availability Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Adapter and Switch Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Storage Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TP9300 Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2. Storage Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

RAID Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Contents

Environmental Status Modules (ESMs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Tray ID Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Link Rate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SFP Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3. Operating Storage Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Turning the Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Turning the Power On after an Unexpected Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Troubleshooting an Overtemp Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Turning the Power On after an Overtemp Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Turning the Power On after an Emergency Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Turning the Power Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Monitoring Status with Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Checking the Indicator Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Front Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Rear Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Moving the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Reinstalling the Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

4. Replacing Enclosure Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Replacing a Failed Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Replacing a Failed Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Replacing a Failed Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Replacing a Failed SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Replacing a Failed RAID Controller Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Replacing a Failed Environmental Status Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Upgrading Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adding a Drive to an Empty Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Adding Drives of Larger Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adding Expansion Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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5. Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connecting the Drive Loop Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connecting the System to the Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Examples of Direct Host Connection Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Examples of Fabric/Switch Host Connection Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting Ethernet and Serial Cables for Array Management. . . . . . . . . 79

Powering On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

A. Specifications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Rack Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Area Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Wiring and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Enclosure Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Wiring and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

B. SGI Field Engineering Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Electromagnetic Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Radio and Television Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Product Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Shielded Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

FCC Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

VDE 0871/6.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

European Union Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR). . . . . . . . . .107

Canadian Department of Communications Statement . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Japanese Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

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Figures

Figure 1-1 TP9300 Tower and Rackmount Storage Enclosures (Front View). . 7

Figure 1-2 TP9300 Controller and Expansion Enclosures (Rear View) . . . 8

Figure 1-3 TP9300 Rack with Enclosures Installed . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 1-4 Rack Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 2-1 Storage Enclosure Components (Front View) . . . . . . . 15

Figure 2-2 Storage Enclosure Components (Rear View) . . . . . . . 17

Figure 2-3 Disk Drives and Drive Bay Numbering . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 2-4 2882 or 2822 RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 2-5 Environmental Status Modules . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 2-6 Fan Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 2-7 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 2-8 Tray ID Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 2-9 Link Rate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 2-10 SFP Transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 3-1 Turning the Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 3-2 Storage Enclosure Front Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 3-3 Storage Enclosure Rear Indicator Lights. . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 3-4 Removing the Side Brackets from the Enclosure . . . . . . 43

Figure 3-5 Removing the Empty Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 4-1 Removing and Installing a Drive Module . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 4-2 Removing and Installing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 4-3 Fault Lights for Fan Module Replacement . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 4-4 Removing and Installing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . 53

Figure 4-5 Removing and Installing an SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . 55

Figure 4-6 Removing and Installing a RAID Controller Module . . . . . 57

Figure 4-7 Removing SFPs from the Environmental Status Module . . . . 59

Figure 4-8 Removing and Installing an Environmental Status Module . . . 60

Figure 4-9 Adding New Expansion Enclosures to an Existing Array . . . . 66

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Figures

Figure 4-10 Single-Controller Expansion Example . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 5-1 Single Controller With Single Connection Drive Cabling Example . 70

Figure 5-2 Drive Loop Cabling for Systems With Two Controllers and Two

Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 5-3 Single Controller With Multiple Drive Enclosures Cabling Example . 72

Figure 5-4 Drive Loop Cabling for Systems with Three or More Enclosures . . 73

Figure 5-5 Drive Loop Cabling for Systems with Eight Enclosures . . . . 74

Figure 5-6 Direct Host Connection with Failover . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 5-7 Direct Host Connection without Failover . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 5-8 Connecting to Hosts via a Fibre Channel Switch . . . . . . 78

Figure 5-9 Connecting Ethernet Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 5-10 Power Connections and Switches of the Enclosures . . . . . 81

Figure 5-11 PDU Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Figure A-1 Populated Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure A-2 Dimensions of the System Rack . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure A-3 Rack Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Figure A-4 System Area Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure A-5 Power Connections to Controller and Expansion Enclosures . . . 93

Figure A-6 AC Power Connectors and Receptacles . . . . . . . . . 95

Figure A-7 Dimensions of the System Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . 97

Figure A-8 Air Flow in the System Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . 101

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