LaCie 12big Rack Fibre 8 Getting StartedUser Manual page 232. Getting Started2.1. IntroductionIn this chapter, you are shown how to install your LaCie 12big RackFibre 8 enclosure into an industry standard 19-inch rack cabinet andcable the enclosure subsystem.CAUTION: Use only the power cords supplied or those which meetthe specification quoted in 7.5. AC Power Cords.2.2. Planning Your InstallationBefore you begin the installation, you should become familiar withthe configuration requirements of your system. The correct positionsof each of the plug-in modules are shown in Fig. 21. Please refer tosections 2.5. Cabling the Enclosures through 2.6. Cabling MultipleEnclosures for details on cabling the configurations.Table 06 - Enclosure System ConfigurationModule LocationDrive Slots ALL drive slots must have a drive carriermodule or dummy drive carrier module in-stalled; no drive slot should be empty.Power Cooling Mod-ulesTwo Power Cooling Modules must be in-stalled in the enclosures.RAIDController(12big Rack Fibre 8)Two RAID Controllers or one RAID Con-troller plus one Blank I/O module can beinstalled.Disk I/O Module(12big Rack Fibre Ex-pansion)Two Disk I/O Modules, or one Disk I/OModule plus one Blank I/O module can beinstalled.CAUTION: Blank I/O modules or Dummy Carrier modules MUSTbe installed in ALL unused bays or slots, otherwise there will be inad-equate enclosure cooling.Fig. 21 - Enclosure Bay IdentificationFig. 22 - 12big Rack Fibre 8 RAID Enclosure ModuleLocationsFig. 23 - 12big Rack Fibre Expansion Enclosure ModuleLocations
