Chapter A
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PFC 500/E Instruction Manual
2 December 1999
Size and weight
Drive type
3.5-inch drives, Fibre Channel interface, 1.0-inches (2.54 cm) or 1.6-inches (4.06 cm)
tall.
Disk module address
Each disk module on a Fibre Channel loop has a unique physical address. This address
is derived from the enclosure address (EA, which must be set to 0 for an iDAE) as
follows:
Fibre Channel loop physical address = (10 multiplied by EA) + (slot address)
where the slot address is number of the slot (0-9) containing the disk module
(numbered from left to right, as viewed from the front of the enclosure).
RC FC-AL interface
Connector - shielded DB-9 receptacle with pinouts as follows.
Item
Measurement
Height
5.41 cm (6.07 in)
3.5 NEMA units including mounting hardware
Width
44.5 cm (17.5 in)
Depth
63.27 cm (24 .91 in) front door to back of drive fan pack
60.43 cm (23.79 in) chassis front to back of drive fan pack
57.25 cm (22.54 in) rail front to back od drive fan pack
Weight
36.0 kg (80.0 lbs) highly available max
1.05 kg (2.3 lbs) disk module
0.68 kg (1.5 lbs) RAID controller or link control card
3.8 kg (8.5 lbs) power supply
1.8 kg (4.0 lbs) drive fan pack
Connector diagram
Pin
Signal
Defined by
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
+fc_out
5V
n_mia_fault(active LO)
key
+fc_in
-fc_out
mia_output_disable
gnd
-fc_in
FC standard
MIA consortium
MIA consortium
MIA consortium
FC standard
FC standard
MIA consortium
MIA consortium
FC standard
1
5
9
6