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Hardware Guide
F800 Series

Preface

Chapter 1: Preparing for the Installation

Preparing your site

Required tools and equipment

Planning and organizing the installation

 

Gathering system components

 

Installation rules and restrictions

 

Understanding the entire system installation process

Chapter 2: Installing the F800 Series Filer

Installing the filer in a rack

Chapter 3: Connecting the Filer to a Network

Connecting to an Ethernet network

 

Types of Ethernet networks supported

 

Connecting to an Ethernet port using copper cabling

 

Connecting to an Ethernet port using fiber cabling

Connecting to a FDDI Network

 

Types of FDDI networks supported

 

Connecting with single-attached FDDI

 

Connecting with dual-attached FDDI

Connecting to an ATM network

Connecting to a Fibre Channel network

Connecting to a DAFS network

Chapter 4: Connecting a Filer to a Tape Backup Device

 

About connecting to third-party tape backup devices

 

Preparing the third-party tape backup devices

 

Connecting a filer to a third-party SCSI tape backup device

 

Connecting a filer to a third-party Fibre Channel switch

Chapter 5: Powering On the System

Establishing a console/terminal connection to the filer

Connecting the system to a power source

 

Connecting the filer to AC power

 

Connecting the filer to DC power

Chapter 6: Startup Responses

LED responses at startup

 

Front panel LEDs

 

Power supply LEDs

 

Network connection LEDs

System messages at startup

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting LCD Messages

POST error messages

Boot error messages

All other error messages

Appendix A: Recommended Power Line Sizes

Recommended AC power line sizes

Calculating the length of DC wires

Appendix B: Communications Regulations

Regulatory notices

Declaration of Conformity

Index