Silicon Graphics TP9400 RAID User manual

SGI™TP9400 RAID Owner’s Guide
007-4304-003

CONTRIBUTORS
Written by Marisa Daniels, Chris Perleberg, Sylvia Walker, Debbie Hill, and Danta Chandra
Updated by Matt Hoy
Illustrated by Dan Haines
Edited by David Yeater and Mick Taylor
Production by Karen Jacobson
Engineering contributions by Bill Andrews, Bill Lusche, Robert Novak, and Sammy Wilborn
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Record of Revision
Version Description
001 August 2000
Original Printing.
002 January 2001
Engineering Revisions
003 December 2001
Engineering Revisions

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Contents
Record of Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Structure of This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Reader Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
1. Introduction to the TP9400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. The Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Controller Enclosure Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Minihub Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Controller Enclosure Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Controller Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Battery Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Controller Fan Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fan/Communications Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power Supply Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Minihub Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
GBIC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3. Controller Enclosure Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Accessing the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Turning the Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Overtemp Condition and Power Supply Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Turning the Power On After an Overtemp Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Turning the Power On After an Emergency Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Turning the Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Monitoring Status through Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Checking the Controller Enclosure Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Front Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Checking the Battery Service Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Moving the Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Removing the Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reinstalling the Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4. Controller Enclosure Component Replacement Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing a Failed Controller Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Returning a Failed or New Canister to Normal Operating Mode. . . . . . . . . . 52
Replacing a Failed Battery Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Replacing a Failed Controller Fan Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing a Failed Fan/Communications Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replacing a Failed Power Supply Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing a Failed GBIC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Replacing an SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing a Failed Minihub Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5. The Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Interface Connectors and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Drive Enclosure Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Drive Sled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Fan Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Power Supply Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Environmental Status Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
GBIC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6. Drive Enclosure Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Turning the Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Turning the Power On After an Unexpected Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overtemp Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Turning the Power On After an Overtemp Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Turning the Power On After an Emergency Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Turning the Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Monitoring Status Through Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Checking the Drive Enclosure Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Front Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Rear Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Moving the Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Removing the Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Reinstalling the Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
7. Drive Enclosure Component Replacement Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Replacing a Failed Drive Sled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Replacing a Failed Fan Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Replacing a Failed Power Supply Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Replacing a Failed GBIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Replacing a Failed Environmental Status Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

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Upgrading Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adding Drives to Empty Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adding Larger Capacity Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adding Additional Drive Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Connecting the New Drive Enclosure to a Controller Enclosure. . . . . . . . 118
Connecting the New Drive Enclosure to an Existing Loop . . . . . . . . . 118
8. Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Connecting the Drive Loop Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Connecting Drive Cables to the Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Connecting the TP9400 to the Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Examples of Direct Host Connection Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Examples of Fabric/Switch Host Connection Cabling . . . . . . . . . . 132
In-Band and Out-of-Band Array Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Powering Up the TP9400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
A. Specifications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Rack Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Area Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Wiring and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Controller Enclosure Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Wiring and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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Drive Enclosure Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Wiring and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
B. SGI Field Engineering Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Electromagnetic Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Radio and Television Interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Product Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Electrostatic Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Shielded Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
FCC Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
EMI Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
VDE 0871/6.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
European Union Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR). . . . . . . . . .169
Canadian Department of Communications Statement . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Japanese Class A Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

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Figures
Figure 1-1 TP9400 Controller Enclosure, Drive Enclosures, and Blank Panels . 2
Figure 2-1 Front View of the Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 2-2 Rear View of the Controller Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 2-3 TP9400 Interface Components . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 2-4 GBIC Minihub with GBIC Module . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 2-5 SFP Minihub with SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2-6 Redundant Controllers and Indicator Lights . . . . . . . 12
Figure 2-7 Battery Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 2-8 Controller Fan Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 2-9 Controller Enclosure Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2-10 Fan/Communications Canister and Fault Indicator . . . . . 18
Figure 2-11 Controller Enclosure Diagnostic Interface Connectors (Rear) . . . 20
Figure 2-12 Power Supplies and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 2-13 Minihub Canister and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 2-14 Controller Enclosure Host Interface Connectors . . . . . . 24
Figure 2-15 Controller Enclosure Drive Minihub Connectors (Rear) . . . . 25
Figure 2-16 Removing and Installing a GBIC Module . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 2-17 Removing and Installing an SFP Transceiver . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3-1 Removing the Front Cover of the Controller Enclosure . . . . 29
Figure 3-2 Turning the Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 3-3 Fan/Communications and Power Supply Indicators (Rear) . . . 32
Figure 3-4 Controller Fan Fault Indicator (Front) . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 3-5 Indicator Lights (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 3-6 1 GB Interface Controller Rear Indicator Lights (GBIC) . . . . 40
Figure 3-7 2 GB Interface Controller Rear Indicator Lights (SFP) . . . . . 42
Figure 3-8 Checking the Battery Service Date . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 3-9 Removing the Controller Enclosure from the Rack. . . . . . 47

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Figure 4-1 Removing the Front Cover of the Controller Enclosure . . . . 50
Figure 4-2 Removing and Installing a Controller Canister . . . . . . . 51
Figure 4-3 Active Mode Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 4-4 Recording the Battery Support Information . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 4-5 Removing and Installing a Battery Canister . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 4-6 Battery Canister Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 4-7 Removing and Installing a Controller Fan Canister . . . . . . 59
Figure 4-8 Controller Fan Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 4-9 Fan/Communications Interface Cables and Fault Indicator . . . 61
Figure 4-10 Removing and Installing a Fan/Communications Canister . . . 63
Figure 4-11 Power Supply Switch, Connector, and Indicator . . . . . . 65
Figure 4-12 Removing and Installing a Power Supply Canister . . . . . . 66
Figure 4-13 Removing and Installing a GBIC Module . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 4-14 Removing and Installing an SFP transceiver . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 4-15 Removing and Installing a Minihub . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 5-1 Front View of the Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 5-2 Rear View of the Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 5-3 Connectors and Switches (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 5-4 Drive Sleds and Drive Numbering . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 5-5 Fan Canister and Drive Enclosure Air Flow . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 5-6 Power Supply Canisters in a Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . 80
Figure 5-7 Power Supply Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 5-8 Environmental Status Modules in the Drive Enclosure. . . . . 82
Figure 5-9 Environmental Status Module Indicators and Connectors . . . . 83
Figure 5-10 Fibre Channel Cables and GBICs . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 6-1 Turning the Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 6-2 Overtemp, Power, and Fault Indicators . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 6-3 Activity and Fault Indicators on Front of Drive Enclosure . . . . 90
Figure 6-4 Indicator Lights (Front). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 6-5 Indicator Lights (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 6-6 Removing the Front Bezel from the Drive Enclosure . . . . . 97
Figure 6-7 Removing the Empty Drive Enclosure . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 7-1 Removing and Installing a Drive Sled . . . . . . . . 102

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Figure 7-2 Removing and Installing a Fan Canister . . . . . . . . .105
Figure 7-3 Fault Lights for Fan Canister Replacement . . . . . . . .106
Figure 7-4 Removing and Installing a Power Supply Canister. . . . . .107
Figure 7-5 Power Supply Canister Lever . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Figure 7-6 Removing and Installing a GBIC . . . . . . . . . . .110
Figure 7-7 Removing GBICs from the Environmental Status Module . . .112
Figure 7-8 Removing and Installing an Environmental Status Module . . .113
Figure 7-9 Adding A New Drive Enclosure to an Existing Loop . . . . .120
Figure 8-1 Connecting Two Drive Enclosures Into a Redundant Drive Loop .122
Figure 8-2 Connecting Additional Drive Enclosures to Drive Loops A and B .123
Figure 8-3 Connecting a Second Redundant Drive Loop . . . . . . .124
Figure 8-4 Cabling Redundant Drive Loops to the Controller . . . . . .125
Figure 8-5 Two Drive Groups, Each With Redundant Drive Loops . . . .127
Figure 8-6 Direct Host Connect — 1 Host - 2 HBA . . . . . . . . .129
Figure 8-7 Direct Host Connect — 1 Host - 4 HBA . . . . . . . . .130
Figure 8-8 Direct Host Connect for Non fail-over Configuration . . . . .131
Figure 8-9 Direct Host Connect — 2 Host - 4 HBA/Host . . . . . . .132
Figure 8-10 Switch Connect — 1 Host - 2 HBA . . . . . . . . . .133
Figure 8-11 Switch Connect — 2 Host - 2 HBA/Host . . . . . . . .134
Figure 8-12 Multi-Switch Connect — 2 Host . . . . . . . . . . .135
Figure 8-13 Connecting Ethernet and Serial Interface Cables . . . . . .137
Figure 8-14 Connecting the Controller Enclosure Power Cords . . . . .138
Figure 8-15 Connecting the Drive Enclosure Power Cords . . . . . . .139
Figure 8-16 Securing the Power Cords in the Cord Clips . . . . . . .139
Figure 8-17 The Drive Enclosure Power Switches . . . . . . . . .140
Figure 8-18 The Controller Enclosure Power Switches and Alarm Switch. . .141
Figure A-1 TP9400 with Controller Enclosures and Drive Enclosures. . . .144
Figure A-2 TP9400 Rack Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Figure A-3 TP9400 Area Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Figure A-4 Power Connections to Controller and Drive Enclosures . . . .150
Figure A-5 AC Power Connectors and Receptacles . . . . . . . . .151
Figure A-6 Controller Enclosure Dimensions . . . . . . . . . .154
Figure A-7 Controller Enclosure Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . .158

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Figure A-8 Drive Enclosure Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Figure A-9 Drive Enclosure Air Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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Tables
Table 3-1 Indicator Lights (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 3-2 1 GB Interface Controller Rear Indicator Lights (GBIC) . . . . 40
Table 3-3 2 GB Interface Controller Rear Indicator Lights (SFP) . . . . . 43
Table 5-1 Connectors and Switches (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Table 6-1 Indicator Lights (Front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 6-2 Indicator Lights (Rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table A-1 Rack, Crate, and Enclosure Weights . . . . . . . . . .146
Table A-2 TP9400 Weights with Typical Configurations . . . . . . .148
Table A-3 AC Power Requirements (Domestic and International) . . . .149
Table A-4 AC Power Requirements for Typical Configurations . . . . .149
Table A-5 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Table A-6 Altitude Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Table A-7 Heat Dissipation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . .153
Table A-8 Controller Enclosure Weights. . . . . . . . . . . .154
Table A-9 Controller Canister Weights . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Table A-10 Controller Enclosure Site Wiring Voltages
(Single-Phase Line-to-Neutral) . . . . . . . . . . .156
Table A-11 Controller Enclosure Altitude Requirements . . . . . . .156
Table A-12 Controller Enclosure Environmental Requirements . . . . .157
Table A-13 Drive Enclosure Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Table A-14 Drive Enclosure Site Wiring Voltages
(Single-Phase Line-to-Neutral) . . . . . . . . . . .162
Table A-15 Drive Enclosure Altitude Requirements . . . . . . . . .162
Table A-16 Drive Enclosure Environmental Requirements . . . . . . .162

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About This Guide
This Owner’s Guide gives an overview of the TP9400 and provides information
regarding routine operation and replacement procedures. It also provides
troubleshooting and reference information for all customer-replaceable components.
Audience
This guide is intended for system operators and service technicians who have extensive
knowledge of Fibre Channel network technology, computer system operation,
maintenance, and repair.
Use this guide to:
• Become familiar with the TP9400 rack, the components of the controller enclosures
and drive enclosures.
• Learn the steps required to operate the TP9400.
• Learn how to replace failed components in the controller enclosures and drive
enclosures.
Note: Before using this book, you must install the hardware and software. See the
SGI TP9400 RAID Installation and Upgrade Guide (108-0292-00X), the SGI TP9400 RAID
IRIX Administration Guide (007-4306-00X), and the TPSSM7 RAID Software Concepts Guide
for TP9400 (007-4305-00X).

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Structure of This Guide
This guide contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction to the TP9400”— Introduces the TP9400, gives a functional
overview, and describes features of the system.
• Chapter 2, “The Controller Enclosure” — Gives a detailed overview of the
controller enclosure and its components.
• Chapter 3, “Controller Enclosure Operation”— Describes the functions and basic
operation of the controller enclosure, including power up and troubleshooting with
the indicator lights.
• Chapter 4, “Controller Enclosure Component Replacement Procedures”— Gives
detailed procedures for replacing failed controller enclosure components.
• Chapter 5, “The Drive Enclosure”— Gives a detailed overview of the drive
enclosure and its components.
• Chapter 6, “Drive Enclosure Operation”— Describes the functions and basic
operation of the drive enclosure, including power up and troubleshooting with the
indicator lights.
• Chapter 7, “Drive Enclosure Component Replacement Procedures”— Gives
detailed procedures for replacing failed drive enclosure components.
• Chapter 8, “Cabling”— Describes cabling between TP9400 components and
between the components and the hosts.
• Appendix A, “Specifications and Requirements”— Describes component
specifications and requirements for purposes of installation and maintenance.
• Appendix B, “SGI Field Engineering Compliance Statements”— Describes the
regulatory and compliance information for the TP9400.

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Related Publications
This Owner’s Guide is part of a document set that fully supports the installation,
operation, and service of the TP9400. Make sure you also have the following
publications:
Note: When a document number ends in “X”, use the latest available version of that
document.
•SGI TP9400 RAID Installation and Upgrade Guide (108-0292-00X)
This guide gives complete instructions on how to unpack, install, and configure the
TP9400 and its components. It also contains upgrade information.
•SGI TP9400 RAID IRIX Administration Guide (007-4306-00X)
This guide gives complete instructions on how to install the TPSSM7 software for
host and/or client operation.
•TPSSM7 RAID Software Concepts Guide for TP9400 (007-4305-00X)
This guide explains the terminology and features of the TPSSM7 storage
management software for the TP9400.
•SGI Storage Area Network Installation Instructions (108-0252-00X)
This guide comes packed with the Fibre Channel switch and provides information
on Storage Area Network installation and topologies.
• See also the SGI online technical bulletin TIB #200121 at:
http://bits.csd.sgi.com/cgi-bin/site.cgi?msgId=sbs_BltView&docNumber
=200121
This describes the most recent procedures for updating new or replaced controller
canisters to normal operating mode.
Product Support
SGI provides a comprehensive product support and maintenance program for its
products. If you are in North America and would like assistance with your
SGI-supported products, contact the Customer Support Center (CSC) at 1-800-800-4SGI
(1-800-800-4744) or your authorized service provider. If you are outside North America,
contact the SGI subsidiary or authorized distributor in your country.

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