Page 2 - Contents
Contents Preface ........................................................................................ 1 Electrostatic discharge protection ............................................... 1 Important safety information and precautions ............................. 2 Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise ....
Page 3 - Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A; Preface; Electrostatic discharge protection; Caution. Removal of circuit boards by personnel not perform-; • Ground yourself to the drive whenever the drive electronics
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 1 Preface This manual contains information for users of Seagate Barra-cuda 9LP FC (Fibre Channel interface) disc drives. It providestechnical support information, performance specifications, instal-lation instructions, and a troubleshooting section. Additi...
Page 4 - Important safety information and precautions
2 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A grounded to avoid potentially damaging static discharges. • Do not remove any circuit boards from the drive.• Never use an ohmmeter on any circuit boards.• When installing the drive on a carrier or tray, discharge the static electricity from the carrier ...
Page 6 - Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise
4 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A This unit is a component part and as such is not meant to com-ply with FCC or similar national requirements as a stand-aloneunit. Engineering radiated emissions test results are availablethrough the Seagate Safety Department to assist the subsystemdesign...
Page 9 - European Union Compliance; • Printer
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 7 European Union Compliance If this model has the CE Marking, it complies with the EuropeanUnion requirements of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Direc-tive 89/336/EEC of 03 May 1989 as amended by Directive 92/31/EEC of 28 April 1992 and Directive 93/68/E...
Page 10 - Seagate Technology support services; Presales support; Disc Drives; Note. You can purchase select tape products and tape acces-; Technical support services; drive or other
8 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Seagate Technology support services Presales support To determine which Seagate products are best suited for yourspecific application, contact us about configuration and compati-bility and for current product availability. You can leave a voicemessage af...
Page 11 - Online services; SeaNET; Location
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 9 asked questions, troubleshooting tips, and specifications for discdrives and tape drives. This service is available 24 hours dailyand requires a touch-tone phone. International callers can reachthis automated self-help service by dialing 405-936-1234. On...
Page 12 - FAX services; SeaFAX®
10 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A FAX services SeaFAX® You can use a touch-tone telephone to access Seagate’s auto-mated FAX system to receive technical support information byreturn FAX. This service is available 24 hours daily. Technical support FAX You can FAX questions or comments to...
Page 13 - Direct-support services; Technical support; xxxx
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 11 Direct-support services Technical support For one-on-one help, you can talk to a technical support special-ist during local business hours. Before calling, note your systemconfiguration and drive model number (ST xxxx ). UK 44-1628-890660 USA Disc: 405-...
Page 14 - Customer service centers
12 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A SeaTDD™ 405-936-1687 Using a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you cansend questions or comments 24 hours daily and exchange mes-sages with a technical support specialist between 8:00 A . M . to 12:15 P . M . and 1:30 P . M . to 6:00 P . M ....
Page 15 - Manufacturer’s representatives
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 13 Location Toll-free phone number Norway 800-113 91 Poland 00 800-311 12 38 Spain 900-98 31 24 Sweden 0 207 90 073 Switzerland 0 800-83 84 11 Turkey 00 800-31 92 91 40 United Kingdom 0 800-783 5177 Location Phone number FAX number Japan 81-3-5462-2904 81-...
Page 16 - General description; Barracuda 9LP FC disc drive
14 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A General description Barracuda 9LP FC disc drives are high-speed, random-accessdigital-data storage devices designed to be used within a FibreChannel host system. The drive is a component for installation in an enclosuredesigned for the drive. The disc d...
Page 17 - Characteristics
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 15 Characteristics ST39173FC Interface Fibre Channel Capacity Unformatted (Gbytes)Formatted (Gbytes) 1 11.579.10 Recording Cylinders (user)Read/write data headsAvg bytes/track 7,5 0110155,000 Access time Average read (msec)Average write (msec) 7.48.2 Disc ...
Page 18 - Installing the Barracuda 9LP FC drive; C for the
16 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Installing the Barracuda 9LP FC drive To install a Barracuda 9LP FC drive, simply plug the drivedirectly into your system’s Fibre Channel backpanel 40-pin sin-gle connector attachment (FC-SCA). There are no jumpers orterminators on the drive, and power ...
Page 19 - Kühlung des Systems
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 17 Figure 2 shows one design approach with one or more fans usedto generate air flow. The air-flow pattern can be created by thefans either pushing or drawing air. The overall flow pattern mustbe directed from side to side in most FC-SCA systems. Kühlung d...
Page 20 - Suggested air flow; Above unit
18 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Figure 2: Suggested air flow Abbildung 2. Empfohlener Luftstromverlauf Note. Air flows in the direction shown (front to back) or in reverse direction (back to front) Note. Air flows in the direction shown or in reverse direction (side to side) Above uni...
Page 21 - Mounting the drive
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 19 Mounting the drive Do not touch the connector pins or any components on the con-trol board without observing static-discharge precautions.Always handle the drive by the frame only. You may mount the drive in any orientation (horizontally, verti-cally, o...
Page 23 - Dimensions
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 21 Figure 3: Dimensions Abbildung 3: Laufwerkabmessungen A F D E L [1] [3] B G [1] Mounting holes three on each side, 6-32 UNC. Max screw length into side of drive 0.15 in. (3.81 mm). Screw tightening torque 6.0 in-lb (.675 NM) max with minimum thread enga...
Page 24 - Inserting the drive; Seagate is not responsible for lost user data.
22 Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Inserting the drive Most systems provide a way to insert the drive using a carrier ortray which allows the drive to be hot-plugged into the system’sFibre Channel 40-pin single connector attachment (FC-SCA).Refer to your system documentation about the me...
Page 25 - Enabling write cache
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 23 Enabling write cache Write caching is a feature that allows the drive to transfer writedata to its own cache, tell the controller that the task is complete,and then actually complete the write at a later time. Thisimproves write performance by freeing t...
Page 27 - FC-SCA pin descriptions; Signal name
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 25 Table 1: FC-SCA pin descriptions Pin/contact Signal name Signal type 1* –EN bypass port A TTL output 2* 12 Volts 3* 12 Volts 4* 12 Volts 5* –Parallel ESI 6* Ground [1] 7* Active LED out Open collector out 8* Reserved 9* Start_1 TTL input 10* Start_2 TTL...
Page 29 - Troubleshooting; General installation troubleshooting; • Check the physical attachment. Ensure that the drive is
Barracuda 9LP FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 27 Troubleshooting Before calling Seagate Technical Support, please read the pos-sibilities discussed below. The suggestions presented here willresolve the majority of installation problems. General installation troubleshooting • Check system compatibility...
