Asus AP3000 Hardware Reference - Page 31

Front Cooling Fan Control Board, Hard Disk Drive Message Board

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IV. Hardware Setup Connects to the SCSI Back plane Board IV. Hardware Setup Front Cooling Fans 3-pin Fan Header Pin 1 3-pin Fan Header 8 1 LED Board Header (connects to the LED 16 9 board through a ribbon cable) Front Cooling Fan Control Board A cable connects the front cooling fan control board and the hard disk drive message board. Orient the red markings on each end of the cable to pin 1. Pin 1 8 1 16 9 First Set of LEDs Green Red Yellow Fifth Set of LEDs Hard Disk Drive Message Board Orient the red markings on the other end of the cable to pin 1. If the fifth set of LEDs fails, it can be indicating a faulty front cooling fan control board condition. Remove the control board and send it back to your dealer. Message LED Description Green: Power LED Yellow: Hard Disk Access LED Red: Hard Disk Status LED Power LED off on on on on fast flash fast flash Status LED off off on fast flash slow flash on fast flash Description Power subsystem OK and ready for hard drive insertion Hard disk drive is ready for operation Hard disk drive failure (*) RAID is rebuilding (*) Hot-spare hard disk drive ready (*) Hard disk drive failure/short circuits Fan failure * Must be provided by RAID controller's SAF-TE function. AP 3000 Hardware Reference Guide 31

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IV. Hardware Setup
IV. Hardware Setup
AP 3000 Hardware Reference Guide
Front Cooling Fan Control Board
A cable connects the front cooling fan control board and the hard
disk drive message board. Orient the red markings on each end of the
cable to pin 1.
Connects to the SCSI
Back plane Board
3-pin
Fan Header
3-pin
Fan Header
LED Board Header
(connects to the LED
board through a ribbon
cable)
Pin 1
8
1
16
9
Hard Disk Drive Message Board
Orient the red markings on the other end of the cable to pin 1. If the fifth set
of LEDs fails, it can be indicating a faulty front cooling fan control board
condition. Remove the control board and send it back to your dealer.
Message LED Description
Green:
Power LED
Yellow:
Hard Disk Access LED
Red:
Hard Disk Status LED
Front Cooling Fans
Power LED
Status LED
Description
off
off
Power subsystem OK and ready for hard drive insertion
on
off
Hard disk drive is ready for operation
on
on
Hard disk drive failure (*)
on
fast flash
RAID is rebuilding (*)
on
slow flash
Hot-spare hard disk drive ready (*)
fast flash
on
Hard disk drive failure/short circuits
fast flash
fast flash
Fan failure
8
1
16
9
Pin 1
Green
Fifth Set
of LEDs
Yellow
Red
First Set
of LEDs
* Must be provided by RAID controller’s SAF-TE function.