Yotta Mini-Sports series User manual

Yotta Mini-Sports Series RAID
Subsystem
Hardware Installation Guide
Ver. 1.1

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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 Adigital 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 with the instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
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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

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configure your subsystem, please refer to the Software Operation manual.
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Contents
A BOUT T HIS H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION G UIDE .................................. III
S YMBOLS IN T EXT ................................................................................ IV
C ONTENTS ............................................................................................. V
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................1
M ODEL V ARIATIONS .............................................................................1
F EATURES .............................................................................................1
U NDERSTANDING THE Y OTTA M INI -S PORTS SUBSYSTEM .....................3
Front Panel Overview.....................................................................3
Rear Panel Overview......................................................................4
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION...............................................................5
U NPACKING & CHECKING THE E QUIPMENT ...........................................5
W HAT ELSE YOU NEED ..........................................................................6
ESD P RECAUTION .................................................................................6
I NSTALLING HARD DISKS .......................................................................6
S YSTEM C ONNECTION ...........................................................................8
CHAPTER 3. TROUBLE SHOOTING...................................................9
H OT S WAPPING TO REPLACE THE F AN M ODULE ....................................9
H OT S WAPPING TO REPLACE THE P OWER M ODULE .............................10
APPENDIX A. CONNECTORS ............................................................11
APPENDIX B. SPECIFICATIONS ............................................14

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There are two available models in Yotta Mini-Sports RAID storage subsystem
series, both of them utilize Ultra320 SCSI as Host interface, and with 6 SATA-II
device bays. But YI-06SApEU4N come with 2 x 250watts redundant power
modules, YI-06SApEU4P only come with standard ATX 250 watts power supply.
Model Name Host Interface Device bays Power System
YI-06SApEU4N Single Ultra320 SCSI 6 SATA-II bays 2 x 250watts
redundant power
modules,
YI-06SApEU4P Single Ultra320 SCSI 6 SATA-II bays standard ATX 250
watts power supply.
YI-06SApEF4N Dual Channel Fibre 4G 6 SATA-II bays 2 x 250watts
redundant power
modules,
YI-06SApEF4P Dual Channel Fibre 4G 6 SATA-II bays standard ATX 250
watts power supply.
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The unique and well-designed AXUS ‘Yotta Mini-Sports’ is categorized as the Entry-level in YOTTA
series, it combines the new generation SATA-II hard drive interface with high performance Ultra 320
SCSI host connection and its superior performance makes this entry-level RAID technologically
advance as well as reliable. The easy management with e-mail event notification feature requires no
supervision of IT personnel which provides the perfect environment for small business department.
The portability Tower-type enclosure provides end-user the flexible connection to various desktops

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and tower-type servers. Under the stylish Yotta Mini-Sports outlook, it features the storage flexibility
and simplicity while ensuring optimum data protection.
The Yotta Mini-Sports series supports the following features:
zSuperior Array Management Firmware supports RAID levels 0, 1
(0+1), 3, 5, 6 and JBOD RAID configurations.
zAdvanced 100MHz/64-bit PCI-X bus architecture
zFixed 128MB DDR SDRAM onboard Cache memory with ECC
protection.
zSingle Ultra-320 SCSI Host Interconnect supported
zNew generation SerialATA II Drive Interface supported,
zRedundant and Hot Swappable Fan, Power and Drives.
zHot Swap, Hot Spare and Automatic Drive Rebuild Supported.
zConfiguration and environmental information is accessible either via
the control panel or Serial Port or 10/100 Ethernet LAN port.
zE-mail event notification.
zLoad sharing hot swappable redundant power system with PFC
function.(optional)
zStandard ATX 250watts power supply with PFC function.
zHost System independent.
zOperating System independent.

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Front Panel Overview
LCD Module
Driver Bay numbering convention
The enclosure bay numbering convention is shown in following figure. A bay is
designed to house a single 1.0-inch high, 3,5-inch hard disk drive in his carrier
module.
Yotta Mini-Sports

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Drive Bay
Rear Panel Overview
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