Alnico AN616 Manual

Alnico Gen 2 Series RAID
Subsystem
AN612 / AN616 / AN624
AN712 / AN716 / AN724
Hardware Installation Guide
Version 1.3
10/01/2014

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This drive is in conformity with the EMC directive.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Those limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antennas.
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Welcome to Hardware Installation Guide. This guide is designed to be used as
step-by-step instructions for installation of your subsystem, and covers
everything you need to know in learning how to operation, troubleshooting and
future upgrades. For the detail about how to configure your subsystem, please
refer to the Software Operation manual.
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Contents
ABOUT THIS HARDWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE..................................IV
SYMBOLS IN TEXT................................................................................IV
CONTENTS.............................................................................................V
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................1
MODEL VARIATIONS.............................................................................1
FEATURES .............................................................................................2
Front Panel Overview.....................................................................4
Rear Panel Overview......................................................................6
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION.............................................................21
UNPACKING &CHECKING THE EQUIPMENT.........................................21
WHAT ELSE YOU NEED ........................................................................ 22
ESD PRECAUTION...............................................................................22
INSTALLING HARD DISKS.....................................................................23
INSTALL THE ALNICO RAID SUBSYSTEM IN A RACK..........................25
SYSTEM CONNECTION......................................................................... 27
CONNECTION TO ALNICO GEN 2RAID SUBSYSTEM WITH SAS
JBODS................................................................................................ 27
TURNING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME........................................................29
TURNING OFF ......................................................................................30
CHAPTER 3. A TROUBLE SHOOTING .............................................31
REPLACE THE CONTROLLER................................................................ 31
REPLACING /UPGRADING DIMM.......................................................32
Specifications:............................................................................... 32
AN-6 RAID series..........................................................................32
AN-7 RAID series..........................................................................33
Installing DIMM ........................................................................... 33
HOT SWAPPING TO REPLACE THE FAN MODULE..................................34
HOT SWAPPING TO REPLACE THE POWER MODULE.............................35
APPENDIX A ..........................................................................................37
CONNECTORS ..............................................................................37
APPENDIX B...........................................................................................39
BATTERY BACKUP MODULE (BBM)..............................................39

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BBM Specifications .................................... 錯誤 ! 尚未定義書籤。
Battery Backup Capacity............................ 錯誤 ! 尚未定義書籤。
Operation ................................................... 錯誤 ! 尚未定義書籤。
Removing the Battery Backup Module ....... 錯誤 ! 尚未定義書籤。
APPENDIX C. SPECIFICATIONS .............................................43
SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................43

Chapter 1. Introduction
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There are nine available models in Alnico Gen 2 RAID storage subsystem
series; which utilize Quad 8Gb Fibre / Dual 6Gb miniSAS / Dual 16Gb Fibre as
Host interface per controller, each with 12, 16, or 24 device bays. .
Model
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Controller Numbers
AN-624F8S
4 x 8Gbps FC
24 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-624S6S
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
24 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-624S6N
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
24 bays
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AN-616F8S
4 x 8Gbps FC
16 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-616S6S
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
16 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-616S6N
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
16 bays
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AN-612F8S
4 x 8Gbps FC
12 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-612S6S
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
12 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-612S6N
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
12 bays
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AN-724FHS
2 x 16Gbps FC
24 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)

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AN-724F8S
4 x 8Gbps FC
24 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-724S6S
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
24 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-716FHS
2 x 16Gbps FC
16 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-716F8S
4 x 8Gbps FC
16 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-716S6S
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
16 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-712FHS
2 x 16Gbps FC
12 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-712F8S
4 x 8Gbps FC
12 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-712S6S
2 x 6Gb miniSAS
12 bays
1 ( Upgradeable, Up to 2)
AN-612S6N, AN-616S6N and AN-624S6N is designed to support
single controller only, there is no way to upgrade it as dual
controllers mode.
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The Alnico Gen 2 Series RAID Subsystem is designed to meet today’s high
volume, performance storage requirements from rapidly changing business
environment. It provides a maximum data protection and exceptional
performance in a storage subsystem. Target usage ranges are set from small
business to departmental and corporate server needs. The RAID SYSTEM is
designed for easy integration, smooth data expansion and server migration.
The Alnico Gen 2 series supports the following features:
Quad 8Gbps Fibre / Two 6Gbps mini-SAS / Two 16Gbps Fibre ports
as Host per controller ( Depend on Models )
6Gbps SAS / 6Gbps SATA backplane supported.
RAID Levels : 0, 1,1E, 3, 5, 6, 50, 60 & JBOD.
Multiple RAID selection.
Online RAID level/stripe size migration.

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Online Array roaming.
Globe and dedicated Hot Spare Disk / Pass through Disk support.
Disk Scurbbing/Array verify scheduling.
When connecting with JBODs, Max 122 SAS devices (AN-6).
Max 256 SAS devices ( AN-7).
Max 128 LUNs ( volumeset ) per controller.
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously.
Online Volume Set growth
Support spin down drivers when not in use to extend service
life( MAID).
Instant availability and background initialization.
Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding.

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Understanding the Alnico RAID subsystem
Front Panel Overview
LCD Module
Function keys. ( ENT, ESC, Scroll up, Scroll Down )
Keys
Descriptions
Up Arrow
To scroll upward through the menu items
Down Arrow
To scroll downward through the menu items
(ENT ) Enter
To confirm a selected item
(ESC) ESC
To exit a sub-menu and return to previous menu.
There are three LED indicators on the front panel. Following table provides a
summary of the meanings of these LED indicators: