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FUSION RX160
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RAID
Drive Enclosure User’s Guide
Rackmount 16-Drive SATA Storage System with Internal SAS Expanders
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Safety Precautions and Disclaimers
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
DISCLAIMERS
Drive Usage:
Please read this section carefully before proceeding. These
precautions explain the correct and safe use of this device,
thereby helping to prevent injury to you or others, and also help
you to minimize the risk of damaging the device.
Sonnet Technologies has qualified specific hard drives for use in
Fusion RX1600RAID storage systems. These drives were chosen
for their superior performance, error handling, and reliability
characteristics, especially when used in RAID groups. One
important difference between these drives and standard hard
drives is how quickly each handles read errors—these qualified
drives attempt to recover from errors for just a few seconds,
while standard hard drives may take minutes. Because RAID
controller cards and software-based RAID schemes allow only
a very short time for drives to recover before dropping them
from the RAID group, hard drive manufacturers recommend
against using standard hard drives in RAID storage systems. The
hard drives qualified by Sonnet also feature improved vibration
characteristics that influence and support storage reliability. We
recommend the use of these Enterprise/RAID edition hard drives
and select, Sonnet certified desktop hard drives in your Fusion
storage system to ensure system reliability and performance.
STANDARD DRIVES MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED AND MAY
DEGRADE SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE. Check
the Sonnet Web site for the latest list of qualified hard drives.
Warnings
Always follow the basic warnings listed here to avoid the risk of
serious injury or death from electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire,
and other hazards. These warnings include, but are not limited to:
• With the exception of the user-swappable parts, do not attempt
to disassemble or modify the enclosure. If this device appears to
be malfunctioning, contact Sonnet Customer Service.
• Do not drop the enclosure or any of its drive modules;
dropping or mishandling of the enclosure or drive modules
may result in a malfunction.
• Do not insert your fingers or foreign objects inside the
enclosure; take particular care when small children are present.
• Do not expose the device to rain, use it near water or containers
that contain liquids which might spill into any openings, or in
damp or wet conditions.
• If unusual smells, sounds, or smoke come from the device, or if
liquids enter it, switch it off immediately and unplug it from the
electrical outlet.
• Follow the instructions in this manual carefully; contact Sonnet
Customer Service for additional advice not covered in this
User’s Guide.
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Enclosure Setup
A – Assemble Rail Assemblies & Install Them Into Rack
1. Adjusting for the depth of the rack you will install the Fusion
storage system, secure an extension bracket to a main rail using
two each of the supplied screws, lock washers, flat washers, and
nuts (Figure 3); do not overtighten the nuts. Secure the other
extension bracket to the other main rail.
right rail
assembly
left rail
assembly
Figure 3
Support Notes: The Fusion rail assemblies are mounted
inside the rack rails, not hooked around them.
There are four mounting holes in the main rail. Use its top and bottom
holes to secure the main rail to the rack. The two middle holes are used
to secure the Fusion storage system to the rack and rails.
main rail
section
screw
2. Using two of the supplied screws, secure the main rail section
of a rail assembly to the front of the rack (Figure 4); do not
overtighten the screws.
screw
extension
bracket
Figure 4
Support Note: There are three mounting holes in the
extension bracket. Depending on the rack’s hole pattern, two
holes should always be available for securing the extension bracket.
screw
extension
bracket
3. Using two of the supplied screws, secure the extension bracket
section of a rail assembly to the back of the rack (Figure 5); do
not overtighten the screws.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the remaining rail assembly.
screw
Figure 5
WARNING: The Fusion RX1600RAID enclosure is heavy without
drives installed; do not install the drive modules until after you
install the enclosure into the rack.
B - Mount the Drive Enclosure Into Rack
1. Holding it level with the rail assemblies, slide the RX1600RAID
enclosure into the rack (Figure 6).
Figure 6
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Enclosure Setup
2. Using four of the provided rack mounting screws, secure the
RX1600RAID enclosure to the rack; do not overtighten the
screws (Figure 7).
screw
Figure 7
C - Prepare the Drive Enclosure for Use
WARNING: When handling computer products, take care to
prevent components from being damaged by static electricity;
avoid working in carpeted areas. Handle hard drives only by their
edges and avoid touching connector traces and component pins.
1. Remove a drive module from its packaging, and then pull out its
lever out until it stops (Figure 8).
Pull lever out
until it stops
WARNING: Before shipping a Fusion RX1600 storage system,
Sonnet formats and tests the included drives, and then
configures them as a RAID group. The individual drive modules are
then removed from the enclosure and labelled with numbers from
1 – 16, and then packaged. When setting up your Fusion storage
system, it is important that you install the drive modules into the
enclosure in numbered order, left-to-right; if you don't do this, your
storage system’s performance will suffer.
Figure 8
Push tray in
until it stops
2. With its lever fully open, carefully slide the drive module into its
assigned slot (drive 1 in slot 1, etc.) in the enclosure until it stops,
and then secure it by pushing the lever in until it snaps closed.
(Figure 9).
Push lever in
until it snaps
closed
WARNING: When inserting drive modules into the enclosure,
do not force the levers closed. If a lever does not close easily,
remove and reinsert the module, and then push the lever in again.
Figure 9
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each remaining drive module.
D - Connect the Drive Enclosure to the Sonnet RAID
Controller
This section describes the connection of the Fusion RX1600RAID
drive enclosure to the Sonnet RAID controller card.
1. Insert one end of each of the supplied data cables to the PRM
LINK mini-SAS ports on the enclosure; verify the connectors are
plugged in securely (Figure 10).
mini-SAS
connector
Figure 10
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Enclosure Setup
2. Connect the data cables’ remaining connectors to the mini-SAS
ports on the Sonnet RAID controller card; verify the connectors
are plugged in securely (Figure 11).
3. Connect the supplied power cables between the Fusion
RX1600RAID enclosure and a grounded wall outlet or power
strip; verify the cables are plugged in securely.
mini-SAS
mini-SAS
connector
connector
4. Push the power switch on the front of the enclosure, and then
power on your computer.
Figure 11
How to Connect Fusion RX1600RAID Expansion Systems
This section explains how to connect Fusion RX1600RAID Expansion
Systems to your system. Perform all steps listed here with your
computer and Fusion storage systems powered off.
1. Perform all of the steps from sections A – D with the Fusion
RX1600 Expansion system.
2. Connect the included mini-SAS to mini-SAS data cables between
the expansion (EXP LNK) mini-SAS ports on the Fusion
RX1600RAID enclosure the primary (PRM LNK) mini-SAS ports
on the RX1600 Expansion system.
3. You may additional RX1600 Expansion systems by connecting
data cables from one enclosure’s expansion ports to another
enclosure’s primary ports.
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Tips and Additional Information
Tips
Contacting Sonnet Customer Service
USA Customers
This section covers some common sense tips for using the Fusion
RX1600RAID enclosure.
most current support information and technical updates. Before
you call Sonnet Customer Service, please check our Web site for
the latest updates and online support files, and check this User’s
Guide for helpful information. When you call Sonnet Customer
Service, have the following information available so our customer
service staff can better assist you:
Connecting Fusion RX1600RAID enclosures to a Sonnet RAID
controller other than the one with which it shipped:
Fusion RX1600RAID enclosures are matched with their included
Sonnet RAID controller. When you connect a Fusion RX1600RAID
enclosure to a different card, you may have to force them to pair
up if the card has not been updated with the latest firmware.
• Product name
• Date and place of purchase
• Hard drive model(s)
• Computer model
• Operating system
• Software/firmware versions
1. Launch the ATTO Configuration Tool. Expand the device
tree in the Device Listing section on the left side of the
window until ExpressSAS R380 is displayed, and then click
ExpressSAS R380.
2. Select RAID Management > Auto Map from the application
If further assistance is needed, please contact us at:
menu.
Sonnet Customer Service:
Hot-swapping drives:
Online Service Form: http://serviceform.sonnettech.com
Tel: 1-949-472-2772
(Monday–Friday, 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Pacific Time)
E-mail: [email protected]
Fusion RX1600RAID supports drive hot-swapping under all
operating systems when replacing a faulted drive that is part of
a RAID group with parity (RAID 6, RAID 5, RAID 4, DVRAID).
Otherwise, drive and volume hot-swapping is only supported for
Mac OS X* users, enabling the exchange a drive or a set of drives
without having to shut down the computer. This does not mean
you can simply pull out a drive at any time; you must follow the
procedures below or you may lose data in the process.
For Customers Outside the USA
For support on this product outside the USA, contact your reseller
or local distributor.
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• Before removing a drive module, you must put away (“eject”,
“unmount”, “dismount”) the drive volume. Simply drag the
drive icon associated with the drive(s) you wish to remove to
the eject icon on the dock.
For the most current product information and online support
sonnettech.com to be informed of future upgrades and product
releases.
• If you remove a drive module from the Fusion RX1600RAID
with a drive that was part of a RAID group, you should power
off the enclosure before reinserting the module. Once the
module is secured, power on the enclosure again; this will
ensure that the RAID group will mount properly.
* Windows and Linux do not provide hot swap support for drives
(drive enclosures) connected to a SATA host controller card
installed in a desktop PC or server.
Connections:
If you experience issues where a drive or volume does not appear
on your computer, or you see an error message stating a drive is
missing when you have the drives configured as a RAID set, the
cause may be as simple as a loose connector, or a drive module
that is not fully seated.
• Disconnect the data cables and reconnect them one at a time,
making sure each one “clicks” in place at both ends.
• If disconnecting and reconnecting the cables does not resolve
the issue, remove and reinsert the drive module.
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