GRASS VALLEY PFR 600/E User manual

PFR600/E
FIBRE CHANNEL RAID STORAGE SYSTEM
Instruction Manual
071-8266-00
FEBRUARY 2004
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Contents
Safety Summaries
Preface
About this manual.................................................................................................................9
Using the Profile XP documentation Set .........................................................................9
Manual descriptions.......................................................................................................10
How this manual is organized........................................................................................11
Getting more information....................................................................................................12
On-line manuals ............................................................................................................12
Chapter 1 About the PFR600 Series
PFR600 Series features.....................................................................................................15
PFR600 features...........................................................................................................16
Capacity and redundancy..............................................................................................16
PFR600 Series components..............................................................................................17
Chassis..........................................................................................................................19
Midplane........................................................................................................................19
Disk modules.................................................................................................................20
PFR600/E circuit board modules...................................................................................21
PFR600 RAID Storage Chassis circuit board modules............................................21
PFR600E RAID Expansion Chassis circuit board modules......................................24
Power supplies ..............................................................................................................25
Fan modules..................................................................................................................25
Configurations ....................................................................................................................26
Chapter 2 PFR600 Series Installation Information
Installation requirements ....................................................................................................27
Site requirements ..........................................................................................................27
Power........................................................................................................................27
Cooling......................................................................................................................27
Chassis address setting requirement ............................................................................28
Cabling requirements ....................................................................................................29
Binding disk modules into groups..................................................................................30
Installing a PFR600/E in an equipment rack......................................................................31
Unpacking the chassis...................................................................................................31
Installing the rack mounts..............................................................................................32
Inserting the PFR600/E chassis in the rack ..................................................................34
Installing the chassis with drive the support bracket.................................................34
Installing chassis without the drive support bracket..................................................34
PFR600/E power-up and initialization................................................................................36
Connecting electrical cables..........................................................................................36
Powering-up the PFR600/E system..............................................................................37
PFR600/E power-down......................................................................................................38
Battery Backup recharge....................................................................................................38
Chapter 3 Servicing the PFR600 Series RAID
Maintenance procedures using GVG Disk Utility ...............................................................40
Monitoring PFR600 Series RAID status using NetCentral.................................................40
Interpreting disk module LEDs ...........................................................................................41
Interpreting rear panel status LEDs....................................................................................42
LBB 7-segment display codes............................................................................................43
Removing and installing disk modules...............................................................................44

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Moving disk modules.....................................................................................................44
Removing a disk module...............................................................................................45
Installing disk module....................................................................................................46
Replacing the Loop Bypass Board (LBB) or
RAID Controller .............................................................................................................47
Removing the LBB or RAID Controller..........................................................................47
Installing the LBB or RAID Controller............................................................................48
Replacing data ports..........................................................................................................49
Replacing a power supply..................................................................................................50
Replacing the fan module ..................................................................................................51
Appendix A Technical Specifications and
Operating Limits
AC power requirements .....................................................................................................53
Size and weight..................................................................................................................53
Cable lengths .....................................................................................................................53
Environmental limits...........................................................................................................54
Index.................................................................................................................................55

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Safety Summaries
General Safety Summary
Review the followingsafety precautions toavoid injury and preventdamage
to this product or any products connected to it.
Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.
While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system.
Read the GeneralSafetysummaryin othersystem manuals for warnings and
cautions related to operating the system.
Injury Precautions
Use Correct Power
Cord Power cords for this equipment, if provided, meet all North American
electrical codes. Operation of this equipment at voltages exceeding 130
VAC requires power supply cords which comply with NEMA
configurations. International power cords, if provided, have the approval
of the country of use.
Ground the Product This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power
cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected
to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals
of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.
Do Not Operate
Without Covers To avoid electric shock or fire hazard, do not operate this product with
covers or panels removed.
Do Not operate in
Wet/Damp
Conditions
To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or damp
conditions.
Do Not Operate in an
Explosive
Atmosphere
To avoid injury or fire hazard, do not operate this product in an explosive
atmosphere.
Avoid Exposed
Circuitry To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and other metallic
objects. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is
present.
Product Damage Precautions
Use Proper Power
Source Do not operate this product from a power source that applies more than the
voltage specified.
Provide Proper
Ventilation To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation.
Do Not Operate With
Suspected Failures If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualified
service personnel.

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Safety Terms and Symbols
Terms in This
Manual These terms may appear in this manual:
WARNING: Warningstatementsidentifyconditions orpracticesthatcan
result in personal injury or loss of life.
CAUTION: Caution statements identify conditions or practices that may
result in damage to equipment or other property, or which may cause
equipment crucial to your business environment to become temporarily
non-operational.
Terms on the
Product These terms may appear on the product:
DANGER indicates a personal injury hazard immediately accessible as one
reads the marking.
WARNING indicates a personal injury hazard not immediately accessible
as you read the marking.
CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.
Symbols on the
Product The following symbols may appear on the product:
DANGER high voltage
ATTENTION – refer to manual
Service Safety Summary
Do Not Service
Alone Do not perform internal service or adjustment of this product unless another
person capable of rendering first aid and resuscitation is present.
Disconnect Power To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means of the power
cord or, if provided, the power switch.
Use Care When
Servicing With
Power On
Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product. Disconnect power
and remove battery (if applicable) before removing protective panels,
soldering, or replacing components.
To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections
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Certifications and Compliances
Canadian Certified
Power Cords Canadian approval includes the products and power cords appropriate for
use in the North America power network. All other power cords supplied
are approved for the country of use.
FCC Emission
Control 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. These limits
are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference
when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment
in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the
user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Changes
or modifications not expressly approved by Grass Valley Group can affect
emission compliance and could void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.
Canadian EMC
Notice of
Compliance
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference
Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.
Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques
dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la classe A
préscrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le
ministère des Communications du Canada.
EN55022 & EN55024
Class A Warning This product has been evaluated for Electromagnetic Compatibility under
the EN 55022 and 55024 standards for Emissions and Immunity and meets
the requirements for E4 environment.
This product complies with Class A (E4 environment). In a domestic
environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the
user may be required to take adequate measures.
FCC Emission
Limits This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject
to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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Safety Certification
This product has been evaluated and meets the following Safety
Certification Standards:
ATTENTION This product has been designed and certified to comply with certain
regulatory requirements pertaining to Information Technology
Equipment. This product has not been designed for use as a medical
device. Without limitation of the foregoing, this product is not intended
and has not been certified for use in a hospital or clinical environment to
diagnose, treat, or monitor patients under medical supervision, and is not
intended and has not been certified to make physical or electrical contact
with patients, nor to transfer energy to or from patients and/or to detect
such energy transfer to or from patients.
Standard Designed/tested for compliance with:
UL1950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including
Electrical Business Equipment (Third edition).
IEC 950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including
Electrical Business Equipment (Second edition, 1991).
CAN/CSA C22.2,
No. 950-95 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including Electrical Business Equipment.
EN60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including
Electrical Business Equipment 1992.

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Preface
About this manual
The PFR600/E Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis provides RAID protected
storage for Profile XP Media Platforms and Grass Valley Open SANs. If you are
responsible for installing and servicing the PFR600/E in one of these systems, you
should read this manual.
Using the Profile XP documentation Set
This manual is part of a full set of support documentation for the Profile XP Media
Platform. The following figure illustrates how to use the Profile XP documentation
depending on the task you are performing. For instructions on connecting and
configuring the PFR600 Series Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis, consult the
Profile XP Installation Guide (local storage) or Open SAN Instruction Manual
depending on the system you are installing.
Profile XP
Manual
FamilyofXPSeries
Grass Valley Group
Profile XP
Manual
Family ofXPSeries
Grass Valley Group
Profile XP
Manual
FamilyofXPSeries
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Profile XP
Manual
FamilyofXPSeries
Grass Valley Group
Profile XP
Manual
FamilyofXPSeries
Grass Valley Group
Profile XP
Manual
FamilyofXPSeries
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Profile XP
Manual
FamilyofXPSeries
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Profile XP
Manual
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Release Notes
Path for the Installer
Path for the Operator
System Guide
User Manuals
Other Manuals
Contains the latest
information about Profile XP
hardware and software
shipped with your system.
Profile XP
Manual
Family ofXPSeries
Grass Valley Group
Release Notes
Contains the latest
information about Profile XP
hardware and software
shipped with your system.
Installation Guide
Contains essential steps for
installing your Profile XP
system with local storage,
using factory default settings.
Open SAN
Instruction Manual and Release Notes
Contains instructions for installing storage
that is shared by multiple Profile XP systems.
Contains complete instructions for using
Profile applications. These manuals include:
- Profile XP User Manual
- Other user manuals you received with
optional Profile applications.
Installers consult
the User Manuals
as needed.
These manuals include:
- PFC500 Instruction Manual
- PFR500 Instruction Manual
- PFR600 Instruction Manual
- Profile XP Service Manual
Contains the product description
and step-by-step instructions for
modifying system settings.
Use alternate procedures
for shared storage option.

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Manual descriptions
•Installation Guide (for each Profile XP Model) This guide provides step-by-step
instructions for installing the Profile XP Media Platform using factory default
settings for all record/play channels. Factory default settings are indicated within
the guide. After installing the Profile XP system using this installation guide, you
can refer to this Profile XP System Guide to customize system settings for your
installation.
•Profile XP System Guide This guide provides all the information you need to go
beyond factory default settings and customize your system’s configuration to meet
your site-specific needs. This guide also provides an overview of your Profile XP
system, and provides all the specifications you need to integrate the Profile XP
Media Platform into your operation.
•Profile XP User Manual Contains complete instructions for using Profile
applications to operate the Profile XP Media Platform.
•Profile XP Service Manual Contains information for servicing the Profile XP
Media Platform, and includes procedures for the following tasks:
- Problem analysis using symptom, problem, solution tables.
- Running diagnostics locally and remotely
- Set up and operation of NetCentral monitoring software.
- Replacing field replaceable units.
•Profile XP Release Notes Contains the latest information about the Profile
hardware and the software release shipped on your system. This information
includes software specifications and requirements, feature changes from the
previous releases, helpful system administrative information, and any known
problems.
•PFR Series Instruction Manual Contains information for servicing the PFR600
Series Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis including step-by-step procedures for
replacing field replaceable units.

How this manual is organized
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How this manual is organized
The PFR Series Instruction Manual is organized around the tasks you’ll be
performing to install and service your Fibre Channel RAID Storage System. You can
see this reflected in the chapter titles chosen for this manual. The following identifies
and describes the chapters included in this manual:
Chapter 1 - About the PFR600 Series
Introduces the PFR600 Series Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis (PFR600) and
the RAID Expansion Chassis (PFR600E). You can read this chapter to get familiar
with the RAID Storage Chassis key features and components.
Chapter 2 - PFR600 Series Installation Information
Describes how to install a RAID Storage Chassis and RAID Expansion Chassis,
including rack mounting. Refer to the Profile XP System Guide for connection and
configuration information.
Chapter 3 - Servicing the PFR600 Series RAID
Describes how to replace CRUs, such as disk modules, and add disk modules and
redundant CRUs.
Appendix A - Technical Specifications and Operating Limits
This appendix consists of electrical and environmental specifications.
Glossary
The Glossary explains terms used throughout this manual.

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Getting more information
In addition to printed documents, Profile XP product information is available in
on-line manuals. Use these as additional sources for information.
On-line manuals
Electronic versions of the following manuals are located on the system drive of your
Profile XP Media Platform and on the Profile XP software CD-ROM.
• Installation Guide (for your model)
•Profile XP System Guide
•Profile XP User Manual
•Profile XP Service Manual
•PFR Series Instruction Manual
• Profile XP Release Notes
You can view these manuals using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is also pre-installed
on your Profile XP system.

On-line manuals
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Grass Valley Product Support
To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new problems,
contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax.
Web Technical Support
To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the
Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to problems by
searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.
World Wide Web: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/
Technical Support E-mail Address: [e-mail].
Phone Support
Use the following information to contact product support by phone during business
hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract customers.
Authorized Support Representative
A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To locate
the support representative for your country, visit the product support Web page on the
Grass Valley Web site.
Profile Users Group
You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions or share
advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to [e-mail] to join the community
and benefit from the experience of others.
United States [phone] (Toll Free) France [phone]
Latin America [phone] (Toll Free) Germany [phone]
Eastern Europe [phone] Greece [phone]
Southern Europe [phone] Hong Kong [phone]
Middle East [phone] Italy [phone]
Australia [phone] Netherlands [phone]
Belgium [phone] Poland [phone]
Brazil [phone] Russia [phone]
Canada [phone] (Toll Free) Singapore [phone]
China [phone] Spain + 34 91 512 03 50
Denmark [phone] Sweden [phone]
Dubai + 971 4 299 64 40 Switzerland [phone]
Finland [phone] UK [phone]

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Chapter 1
About the PFR600 Series
This chapter introduces the PFR600 Series Fibre Channel RAID Storage Chassis.
Topics include:
• PFR600 Series features
• PFR600 Series components
• Configurations
PFR600 Series features
The PFR600 Series Fibre Channel RAIDStorage Chassis is a high performance, high
availability mass storage system. High-bandwidth storage is made possible using
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) technology. The PFR600 Series’s modular,
scalable design provides additional disk storage as your needs increase.
Feature highlights:
• Ten drives in a 3U vertical rack space
• No single point of failure
• Many active components are hot-serviceable
• Scalable expansion using RAID Expansion Chassis
• Optional dual RAID controllers provide Fibre Channel failover
• Copper or Optical Fibre Channel Small Form-Factor Pluggable interface (SFP)
The PFR600 Series utilizes dual FC-AL technology, allowing two loop
configurations within a single chassis. Port-Bypass Circuits have been added to
maintain loop integrity during failures without user intervention. Each loop and
associated Port Bypass Circuits along with all other active components are on
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redundant modules. This improves serviceability and increases fault tolerance by
eliminating any single point of failure. With two RAID Controllers, the two loops
within a single standard chassis are configured as a single loop with a backup loop in
standby mode.
PFR600 features
The PFR600 controllers provide enhanced performance of up to 2 Gb/s transfer rates
using SCSI protocol. Interchangeable SFPs (Small Form-factor Pluggable) adapters
allow you to configure your PFR600 for operation in a copper or fiber-optic (optical)
cabling environment. Generally, use optical SFPs and cables, which are rated at
2Gb/s, wherever possible, such as to connect a PFR600 to a Profile XP Media
Platform equipped with a Fibre Channel Disk II card, or to a Fibre Channel switch in
an Open SAN installation. Use copper SFPs and cables, which are rated at 1 Gb/s, to
connect a PFR600 directly to an older Profile XP Media Platform that does not
contain a Fibre Channel Disk II card.
The PFR600 supports up to four PFR600E RAID Expansion Chassis. It does not
support connection to PFR500E RAID Expansion Chassis. Always use optical SFPs
and cables to connect the PFR600 to PFR600E RAID Expansion Chassis to ensure
optimal performance of your RAID storage system.
Capacity and redundancy
The PFR600 Series contains five or ten half-height 3.5" Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loop (FC-AL) disk drives. The chassis also supports one or two hardware RAID
Controllers in one 3U high rack-mountable chassis. The PFR600 Seriescurrently uses
36GB, 73GB or 146GB drive capacities. With ten drives, one chassis holds up to
360GB, 730GB or 1.46TB depending on the disk drive option.
The RAID Expansion Chassis provides additional storage capacity. It is an identical
chassis with two Loop Bypass Board installed. Up to four RAID Expansion Chassis
can be connected to a single PFR600 Series comprising a single disk-array storage
system with a total of 60 drives and 2.16TB, 4.38TB or 8.88TB of storage depending
on the disk drive option. The built-in chassis daisy-chaining capabilities provide for
cost effective storage expansion as requirements grow.

PFR600 Series components
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PFR600 Series components
The PFR600 Series components are:
• The chassis with passive midplane board
• One or two RAID controllers (not present in expansion units)
• One or two Loop Bypass Boards
• As many as ten Fibre Channel disk drives per chassis
• Two power supplies
• Two fan modules
The disk drives, power supplies, and fan modules are hot-swappable field replaceable
units (FRUs), which means you can add or replace them while the PFR600 Series is
powered up.
IMPORTANT: You must not hot swap operational devices such as disk drives
without first disabling the target component using the Grass Valley Disk Utility.
An optional second RAID Controller Module in the PFR600 Series, allows for
continued access to the PFR600 Series if the primary RAID Controller fails. Adding
asecondRAIDController tothesamechassisisnot intendedtoincreaseperformance,
but rather to add redundancy.Refer to your Profile XP PVS Series Installation Guide
for detailed connection and configuration instructions.
NOTE: Hot swapping disk drives may occasionally cause a slight interruption in
record or play operations.
The following figure shows the RAID Storage Chassis components. Details on each
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NOTE: Every PFR600 Series RAID controller includes a backup battery so that if
electrical power is lost, data stored in cache memory will be saved. Data store cache
is not used in the PFR600 Series, so the Battery Backup module is not used, even
though it ships as part of the LBB module.
Fan Module A
Chassis
Power Supply A
Fan Module B
Power Supply B
LBB B
LBB A
SFP Battery Backup
Unit (BBU)

Chassis
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Chassis
The chassis is a sheet-metal housing which contains a passive midplane and chassis
slots for the RAID Controllers, or Loop Bypass Boards, disk drives, power supplies,
and the fan modules.
Each chassis includes a chassis address switch on the midplane board that must be set
to a unique address 0 through 9 during installation. Refer to your PVS Series
Installation Guideor the Open SAN Installation Manual for information onsetting the
chassis address switch depending how the PFR600 Series RAID is used. See also,
“Chassis address setting requirement” on page 28.
The following diagram shows how disk modules are identified based on the chassis
address and physical location. The chassis with an address set to 0 contains drives
from 1 to 10; the chassis with an address set to 1 contains drives from 11 to 20; and
so forth.
Midplane
The midplane distributes power and signals to all the chassis components. All FRUs
plug directly into midplane connectors. The midplane includes a chassis address
switch that must be set during installation. Refer to “Chassis address setting
requirement” on page 28 for information on setting the chassis address.
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Disk modules
Each disk module consists of a Fibre Channel disk drive in a carrier assembly. If a
disk drive fails, and needs replacing, you can do so while the RAID Storage Chassis
is powered up. Replacement disk drives take 3-4 minutes to begin rebuild after being
installed. (See “Removing and installing disk modules” on page 44.)
The disk drives are 3.5-inch FC-AL drives that conform to the Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standards and support dual-port FC-AL interconnects
through the two RAID controllers and their cabling.
CAUTION: Once the PFR600 Series RAID is installed and configured, the disk
modules become slot dependent. Moving disk modules between physical slots will
result in loss of data and the need to reconfigure the system.
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