+1 847. 205.1922 [email protected] www.bcdvideo.com NOVA STORAGE SERIES SETUP GUIDE C US Copyright © 2015 Dot Hill Systems Corp. All rights reserved. Dot Hill Systems Corp., Dot Hill, the Dot Hill logo, AssuredSAN, AssuredSnap, AssuredCopy, AssuredRemote, R/Evolution, and the R/Evolution logo are trademarks of Dot Hill Systems Corp. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are proprietary to their respective owners. The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, changes in the product design can be made without reservation and without notification to its users. Contents About this guide. 10 Overview. 10 Nova Storage Series enclosure user interfaces. 10 CNC ports used for host connection. 11 HD mini-SAS ports used for host connection . 11 Intended audience . 11 Prerequisites. 11 Related documentation . 12 Document conventions and symbols . 12 1 Components . 14 Front panel components . 14 56-drive enclosure front panel components . 14 Enclosure bezel installed . 14 Enclosure bezel removed . 15 Enclosure drawers . 15 Disk drives used in 4U56 enclosures . 16 Controller enclosure — rear panel layout. 17 4854 controller module — rear panel components . 18 4554 controller module — rear panel components . 19 J6G56 drive enclosure rear panel components. 19 Component installation and replacement . 20 Cache . 20 CompactFlash . 20 Supercapacitor pack. 21 2 Installing the enclosures. 22 Installation checklist . 22 Populating drawers. 23 Opening and closing a drawer . 23 Aligning a disk module for installation into a drawer . 24 Installing a disk module . 25 Removing a disk module. 26 FDE considerations. 27 Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS) Level 3 compliance. 28 Generic Requirements (GRs) . 28 Exceptions to GRs . 28 Product documentation requirements . 28 Connecting the controller enclosure and drive enclosures. 28 Connecting the 4U56 controller to the 4U56 drive enclosure. 29 Connecting the 4U56 controller to the 2U48 drive enclosure. 29 Connecting the 4U56 controller to the 2U24 drive enclosure. 29 Connecting the 4U56 controller to the 2U12 drive enclosure. 29 Cable requirements for storage enclosures . 29 Summary of drive enclosure cabling illustrations . 30 Testing enclosure connections. 35 Powering on/powering off. 35 Power supplies . 36 Nova Storage Series AC PSUs. 36 Nova Storage Series DC PSUs. 36 4004 Series . 38 3 Connecting hosts . 41 Host system requirements. 41 Nova Storage Series Setup Guide 3 Cabling considerations . 41 Connecting the enclosure to hosts . 41 CNC technology . 41 Fibre Channel protocol . 42 10GbE iSCSI protocol . 42 1 Gb iSCSI protocol . 43 HD mini-SAS technology. 43 12 Gb mini-SAS ports . 43 Connecting direct attach configurations . 43 Fibre Channel host connection . 43 10GbE iSCSI host connection. 44 1 Gb iSCSI host connection . ..