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Chapter 2—Installing the nTier700
June 2010 Spectra nTier700 Backup and Archive Appliance
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Install the Data Drives
Each of the nTier700’s data drives is mounted on a drive sled for easy
installation. The drive sleds are inserted into individual slots in the blade,
as shown in Figure 3. When viewed from the front of the nTier700, the
odd-numbered slots (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) are located on the left side of the blade;
the even-numbered slots (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) are located on the right side. This
numbering scheme is used to identify the drives on the Drive Status screen
of the operator panel and in the BlueScale web interface.
Latches between the two rows of drives secure the drives in the blades.
Each latch has a label on it that points to the drive that is attached to the
latch. When unlocked, the latch extracts the drive from the internal
connector so the drive sled can be removed.
Warning
Do not pull more than one blade out of the chassis at a time. Extending multiple
blades may cause the nTier700 to tip forward.
Warnung: Ziehen Sie nicht mehr als einen Einschub zu gleicher Zeit aus dem
Gehäuse. Das gleichzeitige Ziehen mehrerer Einschübe kann dazu führen, dass das
nTier700 nach vorne kippt.
Caution
Each box of drives is preconfigured as a RAID 6 for a single blade. Mixing the drives
from one box with the drives from another box may destroy the RAID volume.
Figure 3 Identifying the drive numbers and latches in a blade.
Handle
Drive 1 Drive 3 Drive 5 Drive 7 Drive 9
Latch 1Latch 2Latch 3Latch 4Latch 5Latch 6Latch 7Latch 8Latch 9Latch 10
Drive 2 Drive 4 Drive 6 Drive 8 Drive 10