NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200 User manual

350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
December 2012
202-11024-03
ReadyDATA 5200
Hardware Manual

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Status and Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Boot Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2 Expansion Disk Arrays
Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3 Maintenance
Front Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Disks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Failed Disk Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Add a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replace a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
System Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix A Warnings and Precautions
Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix B Notification of Compliance

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1. Getting Started
Congratulations on your purchase of a NETGEAR® ReadyDATATM 5200. This ReadyDATA
5200 Hardware Manual describes the physical features of the ReadyDATA 5200. This chapter
includes the following sections:
•Front Panel
•Rear Panel
•Status and Shutdown
•Boot Menu
•Factory Settings
•Technical Specifications
This manual assumes that your ReadyDATA 5200 has been installed in a rack according to the
instructions in the NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200 Installation Guide.
For detailed information about configuring, managing, and using your ReadyDATA 5200 storage
system, see the ReadyDATA OS Software Manual, which is available on the Resource CD that
came with your storage system and at http://support.netgear.com.

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Front Panel
The following figure shows the front panel of the ReadyDATA 5200 with the optional front
bezel removed.
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Figure 1. ReadyDATA 5200 front panel
1. Drive bays with disk status LEDs
2. Control panel
The following figure shows the control panel in more detail.
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Figure 2. ReadyDATA 5200 control panel
1. Power button
2. Reset button
3. Power LED
4. Ethernet LED
5. Power diagnostic LED
6. Disk activity LED
7. Ethernet LED
8. Information LED

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Each drive bay features a latch that releases the pop-out tray handle, as shown in the
following figure.
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Figure 3. Disk tray handle and release latch
1. Disk tray handle
2. Disk tray release latch
WARNING:
No matter how many hard drives are installed in your system,
ensure that all drive trays remain in the drive bays to maintain
proper airflow.
For more information about adding and replacing disk drives, see Add a Disk on page 23 and
Replace a Disk on page 27.
The ReadyDATA 5200 comes with an front bezel that protects the drive bays with a lockable
cover. You can operate the ReadyDATA 5200 with or without the front bezel.
The following image shows a ReadyDATA 5200 with the front bezel installed.
Figure 4. ReadyDATA 5200 with front bezel installed
For more information about installing and removing the front bezel, see Front Bezel on
page 20.

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Rear Panel
The following figure shows the rear panel of the ReadyDATA 5200.
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Figure 5. ReadyDATA 5200 rear panel
1. Power supplies
2. PS2 keyboard and mouse ports
3. USB ports
4. RS232 console port
5. VGA monitor port
6. 1-gigabit Ethernet ports with status LED status indicators
7. 10-gigabit Ethernet ports with status LED status indicators
8. SAS output port
9. Maintenance port
Status and Shutdown
You can obtain information about the status of your unit by reviewing the indicators listed in
the following table.
Table 1. Status indicators
Indicator Description
Power LED The LED has these states:
•On.The unit is powered on.
•Off. The unit is powered off.
Disk activity LED The LED has these states:
•On.A disk is active.
•Off. No disk is active.
Power diagnostic LED The LED has these states:
•On.Power failure
•Off. Normal operation

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You can shut down your unit in these ways:
•Using the Power button:
•Preferred shutdown. Press the Power button two times to initiate a graceful
shutdown.
•Forced shutdown. If the unit is hung, press the Power button and hold for 5 seconds
to force a shutdown.
•Using Dashboard. For information about using Dashboard to shut down your unit, see
the ReadyDATA OS Software Manual.
Information LED The LED has these states:
•On.Overheating or fan failure
•Off. Normal operation
Disk LEDs on disk tray with
SAS drives or SSD with
SAS interface
The top LED indicates disk activity as follows:
•Blinking. The disk in the bay is active.
•On. The disk in the bay is inactive.
The bottom LED indicates disk failure, as follows:
•Off. Normal operation
•On. Disk failure
Disk LEDs on disk tray with
SATA drive or SSD with
SATA interface
The top LED indicates disk activity as follows:
•Blinking. The disk in the bay is active.
•Off. The disk in the bay is inactive.
The bottom LED indicates disk failure, as follows:
•Off. Normal operation
•On. Disk failure
Ethernet LEDs (front panel) The Ethernet port LEDs have these states:
•Green. An Ethernet cable is connected.
•Blinking. An Ethernet cable is active.
•Off. An Ethernet cable is disconnected.
1-gigabit Ethernet port
LEDs (rear panel)
The Ethernet port LEDs have these states:
•Amber. The LAN port is operating at 1 Gbps.
•Green. The LAN port is operating at 100 Mbps.
•Off. The LAN port is operating at 10 Mbps.
10-gigabit Ethernet ports
(rear panel)
The Ethernet port LEDs have these states:
•Green. The LAN port is operating at 10 Gbps.
•Amber. The LAN port is operating at 1 Gbps.
Table 1. Status indicators (continued)
Indicator Description

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Boot Menu
Use the boot menu to restart or troubleshoot your ReadyDATA 5200. It has the following boot
modes:
•Normal. Initiates a normal boot process, just like booting using the Power button.
•Factory default. Initiates a reboot process that resets the system to factory settings and
clears all data.
WARNING:
This boot mode erases all data. If your system has data that you
want to save, back it up to another storage device before
performing a factory default reboot.
•OS reinstall. Reinstalls the firmware from the internal flash to the disks. Use the OS
reinstall boot mode when the system crashes and corrupts some configuration files. OS
reinstall boot mode also resets some settings on your unit, such as Internet protocol
settings and the administrator password, to defaults.
•Tech support. Boots into a low-level diagnostic mode. Use the tech support boot mode
only when instructed to do so by a NETGEAR technical support representative.
•Memory test. Performs a memory test. The pass or fail result is reported using the unit’s
LEDs. Contact a NETGEAR technical support representative to interpret memory test
results.
To access the boot menu:
1. Power off your unit.
2. With a straightened paper clip, press and hold the Reset button.
3. Press the Power button to power on the unit.
4. Continue to press the Reset button until the power diagnostic LED and the information LED
are both lit.
The step takes approximately 1 minute.
5. Release the Reset button.
6. Press the Reset button within 2 seconds to enter the boot menu.

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7. Press and release the Reset button to scroll through the boot menu options.
Watch the blink pattern of the power diagnostic LED and the information LED. The
following table shows the how the system displays the current option using the power
diagnostic LED and information LED.
Boot Mode Power Diagnostic LED and Information LED Blink Pattern
Normal  
Factory default  
OS reinstall   
Tech support   
Memory test    
Legend:
•Left: Power diagnostic LED
•Right: information LED
•Off: 
•On: 
8. When the power diagnostic LED and information LED indicate the correct boot mode, press
and hold the Reset button for 3 seconds to select that boot mode.
The system confirms the selection by blinking the power diagnostic LED and the
information LED twice, and then begins to boot the system in the selected boot mode.

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Factory Settings
The following table lists factory settings for the ReadyDATA 5200.
Table 2. Factory settings
Feature Default
Login
User login URL when the ReadyDATA
5200 is not connected to a DHCP server
https://169.254.x.x
The last two octets are randomly generated based on the
system’s MAC address.
Admin user name (case sensitive) admin
Admin login password (case sensitive) password
Management
System configuration Dashboard web-based configuration and status
monitoring built in to the system’s firmware
Discovery utility RAIDar for Windows, Mac, and Linux
LAN Connections
MAC address See product sticker on top of unit
MTU size 1500
Ports 2 Auto Sense 10/100/1000BASE-T, RJ-45
LAN IP address DHCP acquired

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Technical Specifications
The following table lists the technical specifications for the ReadyDATA 5200.
Table 3. ReadyDATA 5200 technical specifications
Feature Specification
Electrical
Power supplies (PSU) Two 700W server-rated AC power supplies
Input 100–240V AC, 50/60Hz
Power consumption 170 W typical with six1 TB disks
Thermal
Cooling fans Three 80-mm dual ball-bearing chassis cooling fans
Fan failure alerts Hardware LED, software using Dashboard and high
temperature email alert with auto-shutdown option.
Operating Environmental
Temperature 0°–40° C (32°–10°4 F)
Humidity (non-condensing) 20%–80%
Physical
Form factor 2U rack mount with 12 hot-swappable SATA, SAS, and
SSD drive bays
Dimensions (H x W x D) 3.5 x 17.2 x 25.5 in. (89 x 437 x 648 mm)
Weight 38.6 lb (17.5 kg) with no disks installed
Optional Spare Parts
Disk tray Hot-swappable 3.5-in. and 2.5-in. drive trays
Cooling fan 80-mm dual ball-bearing chassis cooling fan
PSU Hot-swappable 700W PSU
Rack mount Sliding rails

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2. Expansion Disk Arrays
This chapter describes physical features of the EDA2000 and EDA4000, which are optional
expansion disk arrays you can use with the ReadyDATA 5200.
This manual assumes that your expansion disk array has been installed in a rack according to
the instructions in the NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200 Installation Guide.
The disk expansion arrays do not work independently; instead, they must be connected to a
ReadyDATA 5200. For information about how to connect an expansion disk array to a
ReadyDATA 5200, see the NETGEAR ReadyDATA 5200 Installation Guide that came with the
EDA2000, EDA4000, and ReadyDATA 5200.
This chapter includes the following topics:
•Front Panel
•Rear Panel
•Status Information
•Technical Specifications

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Front Panel
The following figure shows the front panel of the EDA2000 (2U expansion disk array), top,
and EDA4000 (4U expansion disk array), bottom, with the optional front bezel removed.
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Figure 6. EDA2000 front panel and EDA4000 front panel
1. Drive bays with disk status LEDs
2. Control panel

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The following figure shows the control panels in more detail.
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Figure 7. EDA2000 and EDA4000 control panels
1. Power button
2. Reset button
3. Power LED
4. Ethernet LED
5. Power diagnostic LED
6. Disk activity LED
7. Ethernet LED
8. Information LED
Each drive bay features a latch that releases the pop-out tray handle, as shown in the
following figure.
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Figure 8. Disk tray handle and release latch
1. Disk tray handle
2. Disk tray release latch
WARNING:
No matter how many hard drives are installed in your system,
ensure that all drive trays remain in the drive bays to maintain
proper airflow.

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For more information about adding and replacing disk drives, see Add a Disk on page 23 and
Replace a Disk on page 27.
The EDA 2000 and EDA 4000 come with an front bezel that protects the drive bays with a
lockable cover. You can operate the EDA2000 and EDA4000 with or without the front bezel.
For more information about installing and removing the front bezel, see Front Bezel on
page 20.
Rear Panel
The following figure shows the rear panel of the EDA2000 (2U expansion disk array), top,
and the EDA4000 (4U expansion disk array), bottom.
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Figure 9. EDA2000 rear panel and EDA4000 expansion rear panel
1. Power supplies 
2. SAS input port

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Status Information
The status indicators on the EDA2000 and EDA4000 are the same as on the ReadyDATA
5200. For more information, see Table 1, Status indicators on page 7.
Technical Specifications
The following table lists the technical specifications for the EDA2000.
Table 4. EDA2000 technical specifications
Feature Specification
Electrical
Power supplies (PSU) Two 700W server-rated AC power supplies
Input 100–240V AC, 50/60Hz
Power consumption 170W typical with six 1-TB disks
Thermal
Cooling fans Three 80-mm dual ball-bearing chassis cooling fans
Fan failure alerts Hardware LED, software using Dashboard and high
temperature email alert with auto-shutdown option.
Operating Environmental
Temperature 0°–40° C (32°–10°4 F)
Humidity (non-condensing) 20%–80%
Physical
Form factor 2U rack mount with 12 hot-swappable SATA, SAS, and
SSD drive bays
Dimensions (H x W x D) 3.5 x 17.2 x 25.5 in. (89 x 437 x 648 mm)
Weight 35.3 lb. (16 kg) with no disks installed
Optional Spare Parts
Disk tray Hot-swappable 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. drive trays
Cooling fan 80-mm dual ball-bearing chassis cooling fan
PSU Hot-swappable 700W PSU
Rack mount Sliding rails

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The following table lists the technical specifications for the EDA4000.
Table 5. EDA4000 technical specifications
Feature Specification
Electrical
Power supplies (PSU) Two 700W server-rated AC power supplies
Input 100–240V AC, 50/60Hz
Power consumption 170W typical with six 1-TB disks
Thermal
Cooling fans Five 80-mm dual ball-bearing chassis cooling fans
Fan failure alerts Hardware LED, software using Dashboard and high
temperature email alert with auto-shutdown option.
Operating Environmental
Temperature 0°–40° C (32°–10°4 F)
Humidity (non-condensing) 20%–80%
Physical
Form factor 4U rack mount with 24 hot-swappable SATA drive bays
Dimensions (H x W x D) 7 x 17.2 x 26 in. (178 x 437 x 660 mm)
Weight 64.2 lb. (29.1 kg) with no disks installed
Optional Spare Parts
Disk tray Hot-swappable 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. drive trays
Cooling fan 80-mm dual ball-bearing chassis cooling fan
PSU Hot-swappable 700W PSU
Rack mount Sliding rails

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3. Maintenance
This chapter describes how to perform maintenance activities like adding disks and replacing
disks and system components. It includes the following topics:
•Front Bezel
•Disks
•System Components

Maintenance
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Front Bezel
The ReadyDATA 5200, EDA2000, and EDA4000 come with a front bezel that protects the
drive bays with a lockable cover. You can operate these systems with or without the bezel.
To install the front bezel:
1. Hold the bezel in front of the ReadyDATA 5200, EDA2000, or EDA4000 chassis.
Ensure that the bezel is parallel to the chassis.
2. Insert the tabs on the right side of the bezel into the holes on the right bezel brace.
3. Push the bezel to the right and insert the tabs on the left side of the bezel into the holes on
the left bezel brace.
The bezel snaps into place.
4. (Optional) Lock the bezel.