Page 2 - Warning
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT NOTE: 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 interferenc...
Page 3 - Safety Precautions; WARNING; CAUTION
- i - Safety Precautions Before using this unit, read this manual carefully and keep cautions in order to use this unit safely and correctly and to avoid to be a cause of damage to the body or properties. Keep this manual to see whenever it is necessary. The following symbols are used in this manual...
Page 4 - Notes on Use
- ii - Notes on Use The following includes information necessary for proper and safe operation of the additional disk enclosure. WARNING Do not use the additional disk enclosure in an area with much moisture or water usage. If so, a fault, electrical shock, or fire may occur. Do not use the addition...
Page 6 - Indication on Safety
- iv - Indication on Safety Warning labels are put on parts possibly be dangerous and/or surroundings in the additional disk enclosure. They are intended to always make you conscious of possible dangers when you handle the additional disk enclosure. (Do not peel off the labels or do not make them di...
Page 9 - Preface; First edition, February 2003
- vii - Preface Thank you very much for your purchase of the additional disk enclosure. The manual describes the operations and notes on use of Additional Disk Enclosure NF2300-SE41E available for the NF2300-SR4xxE disk array unit to be connected to NEC Express5800, NX7000, or CX5000 series system. ...
Page 10 - Check of Components in Package
- viii - Check of Components in Package (1) Unpacking Open the package and take out the additional disk enclosure and accessories from the package without large shock. The additional disk enclosure is greatly heavy. Accordingly, if two people or less lift the unit, their back may be damaged. To take...
Page 12 - Legend; Symbols in the Text
- x - Legend Symbols in the Text This User's Guide uses the following symbols to indicate improper handling which may cause the additional disk enclosure to be defected or frozen. Symbol Description If the description is ignored to handle the additional disk enclosure incorrectly, the unit may be de...
Page 13 - Contents; NOTES ON INSTALLATION AND HANDLING OF ADDITIONAL DISK
- xi - Contents Notes on Use ..................................................................................................... ii Indication on Safety........................................................................................... iv Preface ..............................................
Page 14 - Countermeasures Taken when Occurrence of a
- xii - 8. ACTION TAKEN AT OCCURRENCE OF FAULT OR ERROR ...................40 8.1 Countermeasures Taken when Occurrence of a Fault is Suspected ............................................................................41 8.2 Indication at Occurrence of Fault ..........................................
Page 15 - Note on Carrying Additional Disk Enclosure
- 1 - 1. NOTES ON INSTALLATION AND HANDLING OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE 1.1 Note on Carrying Additional Disk Enclosure Be sure to hold the bottom the additional disk enclosure when carrying it. Hold the front or side bottom of the additional disk enclosure if possible.
Page 16 - Environment in Use of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 2 - 1.2 Environment in Use of Additional Disk Enclosure In installation of the additional disk enclosure, take into account the following items on the location, room temperature, space required for handling, ventilation, and other conditions. Install the additional disk enclosure indoors. Do not e...
Page 17 - Installation and Connection of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 3 - 1.3 Installation and Connection of Additional Disk Enclosure WARNING Do not use the additional disk enclosure in an area with much moisture or water usage. If so, a fault, electrical shock, or fire may occur. Do not use the additional disk enclosure in an area where inflammable gas and/or comb...
Page 19 - Notes on Use of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 5 - 1.4 Notes on Use of Additional Disk Enclosure Do not let any animal (pet) or children touch the cable connected to the additional disk enclosure. Pulling the cable may cause the unit to fall down, resulting in failure of the unit. Do not enter any liquid such as water into the additional disk ...
Page 20 - Routine Inspection of Additional Disk Enclosure; Notes on Storage or Carriage of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 6 - 1.5 Routine Inspection of Additional Disk Enclosure CAUTION To clean the additional disk enclosure, always turn off the power and also disconnect the plugs of power cord from AC outlets. If not, you may be electrically shocked. If a surface of the additional disk enclosure becomes dirt, wipe t...
Page 21 - FEATURES OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE
- 7 - 2. FEATURES OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE The additional disk enclosure has the following features. NF2300-SE41E is a high-performance additional disk enclosure developed for the NF2300-SR4xxE disk array unit connected to the NEC Express5800 basic processing unit, NX7000 basic processing unit, ...
Page 22 - NAMES AND ROLES OF SECTIONS
- 8 - 3. NAMES AND ROLES OF SECTIONS This chapter describes the names and functions of the sections in the additional disk enclosure. 3.1 Disk Enclosure (Front) A front mask is installed on the front face of the additional disk enclosure as shown in the figure above. The front mask can be removed by...
Page 23 - Contains only the dedicated tray with no hard disk drive.
- 9 - (2) SERVICE LED (orange) The SERVICE LED goes on orange if an error occurs in the additional disk enclosure. The LED is off while the disk enclosure operates normally. (3) Disk drive/dummy tray Disk drive: Contains a hard disk drive (HDD) with the dedicated tray. Dummy tray: Contains only the ...
Page 25 - Power Supply for Disk Enclosure; plug
- 11 - 3.3 Power Supply for Disk Enclosure (1) Power plug The power plug is intended to supply power to the additional disk enclosure. Insert the receptacle of the accessory power cord to the power plug and the plug of the power cord to an outlet of 100 - 120 VAC power at 50 or 60 Hz. The additional...
Page 29 - INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION PROCEDURES; Installation and Connection Procedures; • Connection of FC cable
- 15 - 4. INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION PROCEDURES This chapter describes the procedure for the installation and connection of the additional disk enclosure. In general, follow the procedure shown in Section 4.1 for the installation and connection of the additional disk enclosure. Take care of the mat...
Page 30 - CONNECTION OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE
- 16 - 5. CONNECTION OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE The user may conduct the connection of the additional disk enclosure described in this chapter. However, if so, NEC does not assume the responsibility for any damage of the additional disk enclosure and components and any influence resulting from the...
Page 31 - Notes on Connection of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 17 - 5.1 Notes on Connection of Additional Disk Enclosure For the connection of the additional disk enclosure, check the following items. (1) Cables used for connection Use the provided power cord or the NEC-specified power cord to connect the additional disk enclosure with the power supply. To co...
Page 32 - Connection of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 18 - 5.2 Connection of Additional Disk Enclosure This section shows recommended connection samples. Connect the additional disk enclosure with the existing disk enclosures by using FC cables (HSSDC cables) and DE diagnosis cables in the following procedure. HSSDC cables DE diagnosis cables
Page 37 - Outline of cable connections on disk enclosures and
- 23 - Outline of cable connections on disk enclosures and settings of AL-PA/DE-DIAG switches Sample configuration 1: NF2300-SR4xxE
Page 39 - Connection of Power Cords
- 25 - 5.3 Connection of Power Cords WARNING Do not concentrate power cords only to some AC outlets. If so, fire may occur. Do not connect the plug of a power cord to an AC outlet with a wet hand. If so, you may be electrically shocked. Do not put a heavy substance on a power cord. If so, the coatin...
Page 41 - ADDITION OF OPTIONAL DEVICES; Addition of Disk Drive
- 27 - 6. ADDITION OF OPTIONAL DEVICES 6.1 Addition of Disk Drive CAUTION Do not store the product in an area where the temperature may increase extremely or the difference between the warm and cold states is considerably large. In addition, do not store the product in an area with much moisture or ...
Page 45 - (4) Writing information on option label
- 31 - (4) Writing information on option label To allow the options installed in the disk enclosure to be found by external view, the label indicating the options available for the installation is put on the additional disk enclosure. If a disk drive is added, write down the last two digits of model...
Page 46 - HANDLING OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE; Notes on Handling of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 32 - 7. HANDLING OF ADDITIONAL DISK ENCLOSURE This chapter describes how to handle the additional disk enclosure. 7.1 Notes on Handling of Additional Disk Enclosure Note the following in use of the additional disk enclosure. Invalid handling of the additional disk enclosure may cause it to be defe...
Page 47 - Power On/Off of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 33 - 7.2 Power On/Off of Additional Disk Enclosure This section describes how to turn on or off the power of the additional disk enclosure. Turning on or off the power carelessly may cause some data to be broken, some software to operate incorrectly, and/or the device to be defected. (1) AC power-...
Page 50 - and raise the lever.
- 36 - *1 – The shut down switch has a locking mechanism. To turn on/off the switch, hold and raise the lever. – While the shut down switch is on, the disk array unit does not accept any I/O operation by the host system. (The Link UP LEDs of the controller's HL0 and HL1 go off.) *2 – If you turn off...
Page 53 - Spare Disk Setting Procedure
- 39 - 7.3 LD (Logical Disk) Setting Procedure To use the additional disk enclosure, first install the disk drive and then set the RAID level of the installed disk drive, and assign the logical disk (LD) configuration. When the disk drives are added, the RAID level and logical disk (LD) must be set ...
Page 57 - Indication at Occurrence of Fault
- 43 - 8.2 Indication at Occurrence of Fault If the additional disk enclosure is defected, the SERVICE LED goes on orange and also the LED specific for each unit to indicate that the unit is defected goes on. The table below shows the relation between the LED indicating the occurrence of a fault and...
Page 58 - Fault of Disk Drive
- 44 - 8.3 Fault of Disk Drive If a disk drive is defected, the SERVICE LED on the array controller is lit orange. In addition, the SERVICE LED on the additional disk enclosure in which the defected disk drive is installed and the FAULT LED on the defected disk drive are lit orange. The defected dis...
Page 61 - Fault of Power Supply for Disk Enclosure
- 47 - 8.4 Fault of Power Supply for Disk Enclosure If the power supply for the additional disk enclosure is defected, the SERVICE LED on the array controller is lit orange. In addition, the SERVICE LED on the additional disk enclosure in which the defected power supply is installed and the POWER FA...
Page 62 - When the ejector turns by 90
- 48 - (2) Loosen a screw securing the ejector, put your finger on the protrusion (shown in the figure) of the ejector, and pull it toward you. When the ejector turns by 90 o , pull out the defected power supply. When the defected power supply comes out, hold it with both hands and slowly remove it.
Page 65 - Be careful that it is hot.
- 51 - 8.5 Fault of Adapter If an adapter is defected, the SERVICE LED on the array controller is lit orange. In addition, the SERVICE LED on the additional disk enclosure in which the defected adapter is installed and the FAULT LED on the defected adapter are lit orange. The defected adapter may be...
Page 66 - the adapter is carried to the end securely.
- 52 - (4) Set the AL-PA and DE-DIAG ID of the adapter for replacement to be the same as those of the defected adapter. Before replacing the adapter, make sure that the AL-PA switch of the adapter for replacement is set to the same value as that of the defected adapter, as well as the sound adapter....
Page 67 - adapter is inserted firmly, and secure the ejector with the screw.
- 53 - (7) Strongly push the ejector (the part indicated by the arrow in the figure) until the adapter is inserted firmly, and secure the ejector with the screw. When inserting the adapter into the disk enclosure, push it as far as it will go and then secure it with the screws. Incorrect insertion m...
Page 68 - Check of Type Name and Manufacturing Numbers
- 54 - 8.6 Check of Type Name and Manufacturing Numbers The types name and manufacturing number of the additional disk enclosure are shown at the locations in the figure below Manufacturing number label of basic enclosure Manufacturing number label of disk enclosure Manufacturing number label of ada...
Page 69 - Preparation before Phone Call; software products used in the additional disk enclosure.; and; service is no longer available when it becomes 7 years old.; Disposal of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 55 - 8.7 Preparation before Phone Call When you have any question or desire to contact us on the occurrence of a fault or error on the unit, do the following preparations before calling us: • Write down the failure or fault status and questions. • Write down the configuration of the peripherals co...
Page 70 - SPECIFICATION; Basic Specification of Additional Disk Enclosure; Environmental Conditions of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 56 - 9. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 9.1 Basic Specification of Additional Disk Enclosure The table below shows the basic specification of the additional disk enclosure. Physical sector length (bytes/sector) 512 bytes Maximum number of disk drives per unit 15 max. No disk drive is installed in the normal...
Page 71 - Specification; External Dimension and Weight of Additional Disk Enclosure
- 57 - 9.4 Power Specification The table below shows the power specification of the additional disk enclosure. Additional disk enclosure Input voltage 100 to 240 VAC ±10%, 50/60 Hz Maximum power consumption 520 VA * While the additional disk enclosure can accept the power of 100 - 240 VAC (50/60 Hz)...
