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Cheetah 9FC
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Fibre Channel
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Disc Drive
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ST19101FC
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Contents Preface ........................................................................................ 1 Electrostatic discharge protection ............................................... 1 Important safety information and precautions ............................. 2 Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise...................................................... 4 Seagate technical support services............................................. 8 General description ...........................................
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 1 Preface This manual contains information for users of Seagate Cheetah 9FC (Fibre Channel interface) disc drives. It provides technical support information, performance specifications, installation instructions, and a troubleshooting section. Additional informa- tion is available in the Cheetah 9FC Product Manual (part num- ber 83329210). Contact your Seagate sales representative if you need to order this publication. Electrostatic discharge protection Cau
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2 Cheetah 9FC 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 or tray prior to inserting it into the system. Important safety information and precautions Caution. Use forced-air ventilation when bench-testing the drive to ensure proper cooling of drive components.
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 3 • Follow the precautions listed above in “Electrostatic discharge protection.” • Do not remove any circuit boards from the drive chassis. Return the entire drive for depot repair if any circuit board is defective. Removal of circuit boards by personnel not perform- ing depot repair will damage components and may void the warranty. • Do not remove the head and disc assembly (HDA) from the drive. Return the entire drive for depot repair if the HDA is defect
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4 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A This unit is a component part and as such is not meant to comply with FCC or similar national requirements as a stand-alone unit. Engineering radiated emissions test results are available through the Seagate Safety Department to assist the subsystem designer. Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise Vorsicht. Beim Testen des Laufwerks auf dem Prüftisch ist Fremdbelüftung vorzusehen, um eine ausreichende Kühlung der Laufwerkkomponenten sicherzustellen. Verwenden Sie g
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 5 Beachten Sie in jedem Fall die folgenden Warn-und Vorsicht- shinweise: • Beachten Sie alle Warn- und Vorsichtshinweise in diesem Handbuch. • Treffen Sie beim Betrieb, bei der Installation oder bei der Entfernung der Einheit angemessene Sicherheitsvorkehrun- gen. • Wenn eine Einheit unter Spannung steht, gehen Sie bei der Fehlerdiagnose besonders vorsichtig vor. Schalten Sie die Einheit aus, bevor Sie mit den Installations-und Entfernung- sarbeiten beginne
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6 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A • Die HDA ist nicht vor Ort reparierbar und darf nicht auseinan- dergenommen werden! Öffnen der versiegelten HDA durch andere Personen als die für die werkseitige Reparatur zustän- digen hat eine Beschädigung der Komponenten und Erlöschen des Garantieanspruchs zur Folge. Als Teilkomponente ist dieses Laufwerk für die Installation und den Betrieb in Übereinstimmung mit UL 1950, EN60950, CSA C22.2 950-M89 und VDE0805 vorgesehen. Seagate ist ständig bemüht,
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 7 European Union Compliance If this model has the CE Marking, it complies with the European Union 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/EEC of 22 July 1993. Australian C-Tick If this model has the C-Tick Marking, it complies with the Austra- lia/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS3548 1995 and meets the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Framew
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8 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Seagate technical support services If you need assistance installing your drive, consult your dealer. Dealers are familiar with their unique system configurations and can help you with system conflicts and other technical issues. If ® you need additional assistance with your Seagate drive or other Seagate products, use one of the Seagate technical sup- port services listed below. SeaFONE® 1-800-SEAGATE Seagate’s 800 number (1-800-732-4283) allows toll-fre
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 9 Seagate CompuServe forum Online technical support for Seagate products is available on CompuServe. To access our technical support forum, type go seagate. This forum provides information similar to that found on SeaBOARD. In addition, you can type questions or browse through previous questions and answers on the forum mes- sages. SeaBOARD® SeaBOARD is a computer bulletin board system that contains information about Seagate disc and tape drive products and
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10 Cheetah 9FC 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 by return FAX. This service is available 24 hours daily. Location Phone number Australia 61-2-9756-5170 England 44-1628-894084 USA 1-800-SEAGATE or 408-456-4496 Seagate technical support FAX You can FAX questions or comments to technical support spe- cialists 24 hours daily. Responses are sent during business hours.
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 11 Direct-support services Seagate technical support For one-on-one help, you can talk to a technical support special- ist during local business hours. Before calling, note your system configuration and drive model number (STxxxx). Location Phone number Australia 61-2-9725-3366 (9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., M–F) England 44-1628-894083 (10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M., 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., M–F) France 33 1-41 86 10 86 (9:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
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12 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Customer service centers Seagate direct OEM, Distribution, and System Integrator cus- tomers should contact their Seagate service representative for warranty information. Other customers should contact their place of purchase. Seagate offers comprehensive customer support for all Seagate drives. These services are available worldwide. Location Phone number FAX number Asia Pacific and Australia 65-485-3595 65-485-4980 Europe, Middle East, and Africa 31-2
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 13 General description Cheetah 9FC disc drives are high-speed, random-access digital- data storage devices designed to be used within a host system with a Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop peripheral interface. The drive is a component for installation in an enclosure designed for the drive. The disc drive must receive adequate cooling (refer to “Providing adequate cooling”) and it must be sufficiently grounded and shielded from emissions. The Cheetah 9FC Produ
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14 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Characteristics ST19101FC Interface FC-AL Capacity Unformatted (Gbytes) 11.7 1 Formatted (Gbytes) 9.1 Recording Cylinders (user) 6,526 Read/write data heads 16 Avg bytes/track 115,078 Seek time Average read (msec) 8.2 Average write (msec) 9.7 Disc rotation RPM 10,033 Average latency (msec) 2.99 Data transfer rate Maximum instantaneous 100 (Mbytes/sec) 1. The specified formatted capacities are calculated with the stan- dard OEM sector size (512 bytes pe
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 15 Installing the Cheetah 9FC drive To install a Cheetah 9FC drive, simply plug the drive directly into your system’s Fibre Channel backpanel 40-pin single connector attachment (FC-SCA). There are no jumpers or terminators on the drive, and power is supplied through the connector. Table 1 on page 24 lists the pin descriptions of the 40-pin FC-SCA. Read the following general information topics to ensure your drive is installed properly: • Providing adequate
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16 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A Figure 2 shows one design approach with one or more fans used to generate air flow. The air-flow pattern can be created by the fans either pushing or drawing air. The overall flow pattern must be directed from side to side in most FC-SCA systems. Kühlung des Systems Die Gehäusekonstruktion muß eine ausreichende Kühlung des Laufwerkes gewährleisten. Die Umgebungstemperatur darf o o maximal 50 C betragen (30 C für der MTBF). Die Produkthandbuch Cheetah 9FC
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Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 17 Above unit Under unit Note. Air flows in the direction shown (back to front)
or in reverse direction (front to back) Above unit Under unit Note. Air flows in the direction shown or
in reverse direction (side to side) Figure 2: Suggested air flow Abbildung 2. Empfohlener Luftstromverlauf
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18 Cheetah 9FC Installation Guide, Rev. A 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, or any combination thereof); however, you must ensure that the drive receives adequate air flow for cooling. Mount the drive to the host system’s chassis using four 6-32 UNC screws. Two mounting holes ar
