NA332A

NA332A

3U-16 bay PCI-e to SAS/SATA JBOD Chassis

Quick Installation Guide

Version II, Dec. 2008

1.

Overview

With the innovative architecture , this chassis is designed to allow plugging any standard SAS or SATA PCI-e x8 Raid control Card directly into its internal PCI-e slot and use its high speed external PCI-Express x8 (20Gbps) as the host interface for substantial connection and high performance. Installation the HBA procedure in this chassis is as easy as you istall the HBA on Mac or PC Workstation.

3.

Description of Panel Layout

3 4 5 1 2

4.

Hardware configuration

Slot1 : 8-Lane slot for Raid Card (HBA).

2.

Package Checklist

Before installing this unit, verify that package contains the following items.

A Enclosure x 1

B

C

HDD Tray x 16 (Installed in chassis)

PCI-e x8 Host Adaptor x1

D PCI-e x8 cable(1.5meter) x1

E Internal miniSAS(SFF8087) to miniSAS(SFF8087), 30cm x4

F Power Cord x 1 (if Redundant PSU x2)

G Hard Drive Mounting Screw x 64

H Key for HDD tray x 2

A B C D

1. HDD Power LED

2. HDD Status LED

3. Mute Button

Reset for Buzzer Beeping

4. Fan Status LED

Normal – Green;

Fail – Red (too slow rpm or stop)

5. Temperature LED

Normal – Green; Over 55°C – Red

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Notice 1

There must be at least one PCI-e (PCI Express) x8 or x16 “slot” in the HOST (Workstation or Computer). But the slot could be PCI-e x4 even it is PCI-e x8 or PCI-e x16 in appearance. Please check the User Manual of the Motherboard or server to make sure the specification.

If only PCI-e x4 is able to be offered, please switch both Host Adaptor Card and Target Adaptor Card to

PCI-e x4 as the following figure.

s/w 1/off - Default(PCI-e x8)

ON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

E F G H

Notify your sales representative if any of the above items are missing or damaged.

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6. Power Cord Receptacle

8. PCI-e x8 connector

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7. How-Swappable Blower Modules

Connecting External PCI-e cable to Host

Page. 1 Page. 2 Page. 3 s/w 1/on (PCI-e x4)

ON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

NA332A

3U-16 bay PCI-e to SAS/SATA JBOD Chassis

Quick Installation Guide

Version II, Dec. 2008

5.

Build up procedures

1. Open the chassis by removing the cover.

2. Place PCI-e x8 SAS or SATA control card (HBA) into PCI-e slots of

NA332A properly and fix them with thumbscrews on the bracket of the card.

3. Connect all miniSAS to miniSAS cables between the HBA and backplane. Connect the first (top) of minSAS connector on the backplane to Channel 1~4 miniSAS connector on the HBA, the second to Channel 5~8 miniSAS connector of HBA, the third to

Channel 9~12 miniSAS connector of HBA and the fourth to

Channel 13~16 miniSAS connector of HBA.

4. Close the chassis and immobilize it on the server rack or other proper place.

5. Connect the chassis and the HOST with PCI-e x8 cable. Then connect it with power source.

6. Take out all the trays.

7.

Place all Hard Drives in the tray and fix them with Hard Drive

Mounting Screws. Put them back to NA333A.

Q&A

(Questions and Answers)

1. According to Netstor’s catalogue, the chassis

supports SGPIO, what’s that for?

When any hard drive fail occurs, the red LED indicator on that tray will light. SGPIO function will be effective while SAS/SATA

Raid HBA supports SGPIO function as well. (For instance,

Areca’s Raid Card)

SAS/SATA Raid HBA miniSAS to miniSAS connectivity

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2. Why does my monitor go blue and the HOST

doesn’t work after I build up the system?

It’s probably because the HOST can only offer PCI-e x4 channel, even the slot appearance is 16-Lane. NA333A could not work properly under PCI-e x4.

6.

Operation

1. Turn on the power of chassis before you turn on the power of the

HOST.

2. After all Drives are indentified by the HOST, please follow the operation procedure indicated by HBA.

D

C

PCIe x8 Cable

PCIe x8 Adapter

If you have any further question, please contact your regional distributor, or Netstor Technology, Taiwan.

5F, No.1, Alley 16, Lane 235,

Baoqiao Rd., Xindian City,

Taipei County 231, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Tel: +886-2-2917-1500

Fax: +886-2-2918-1260

Email: [email protected]

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