Owners Manual

Contents
1 About Your System............................................................................................... 6
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................6
Front-Panel Features and Indicators.................................................................................................... 6
Back-Panel Features and Indicators.....................................................................................................9
Physical-Drive Indicator Patterns......................................................................................................... 9
Power Supply and Cooling Fan Features........................................................................................... 10
Power Indicator Codes and Features................................................................................................. 10
Related Documentation...................................................................................................................... 11
2 Controller Modules.............................................................................................12
RAID Controller Modules.................................................................................................................... 12
RAID Controller Module Connectors and Features........................................................................... 12
RAID Controller Module—Additional Features...................................................................................14
Battery Backup Unit.......................................................................................................................14
Storage Array Thermal Shutdown.................................................................................................14
System Password Reset.................................................................................................................15
Cache Functions and Features............................................................................................................15
Cache Mirroring.............................................................................................................................15
Write-Back Cache..........................................................................................................................15
Write-Through Cache................................................................................................................... 15
3 Installing Array Components............................................................................16
Recommended Tools..........................................................................................................................16
Front Bezel (Optional)......................................................................................................................... 16
Removing the Front Bezel.............................................................................................................16
Installing the Front Bezel............................................................................................................... 17
Physical Drives..................................................................................................................................... 17
SAFETY Models AMT E03J and E04J............................................................................................ 17
Removing a 2.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank................................................................................... 17
Installing a 2.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank..................................................................................... 17
Removing a 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank...................................................................................18
Installing a 3.5 Inch Physical-Drive Blank.....................................................................................18
Removing a Hot-Swap Physical Drive.......................................................................................... 18
Installing a Hot-Swap Physical Drive............................................................................................ 19
Removing a Physical Drive From a Physical-Drive Carrier..........................................................20
Installing a Physical Drive Into a Physical-Drive Carrier...............................................................21
RAID Controller Module ..................................................................................................................... 21
Removing a RAID Controller Module Blank................................................................................. 22
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