CHAPTER 8 Expansion Disk Cabinet
8.1 Product Outline
Key Features
2 separate 40MB/s differential UltraSCSI connections to the host per Expansion Disk Cabinet.
Up to 5 UltraSCSI disk units can be installed per UltraSCSI bus, and up to 10 UltraSCSI disk
units can be installed per Expansion Disk Cabinet.
The disk units can be hot-swappable.
The power supply unit can be configured redundantly, and it can be hot-swappable when
configured redundantly.
Fans are configured redundantly to continue working even if a fan is failed.
The Expansion Disk Cabinet has some status LEDs inside the cabinet, as well as a CHECK LED
and a POWER LED on the front panel. It makes easy to identify/isolate hardware problems.
The Expansion Disk Cabinet is connected to the GP7000F main cabinet through a RCI (Remote
Cabinet interface) cable as well as UltraSCSI interfaces. The RCI makes power cycle of the
cabinet linking to the GP7000F main cabinet.
The front panel has a lock key to prevent unauthorized access to the internal units in the
Expansion Disk Cabinet.
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