Kontron KISS Stor 1 - Manual (Page 24)

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KISS-Stor 1 – User’s Manual 23
Cooling Fan
KISS-Stor 1 is equipped inside with a cooling fan. This provides air circulation for
the disk drives.
To avoid overheating, KISS-Stor 1 should be installed in a well-
ventilated area and in such a way that sufficient airflow is
maintained across the controller chips (rear side of the unit).
Serial RS232 Connector
This connector allows you to connect the RAID subsystem via the supplied serial
cable to the computer. This connection is used for remote monitoring of
KISS-Stor 1 if the KSView management software if installed.
The RS232 port is configured with DTE and PC compatible pin assignments.
Fig. 8: Label for the proper connection of the 3-pin serial adapter cable
There is a triangular symbol “
5
•” on both serial 3-pin on
PCB connector and the RS232 cable connector. Please
make sure you connect in the right direction (both triangle
symbols match each other). Refer to the RS-232 label
located on the rear side of the KISS-Stor 1. To ensure a
proper remote monitoring of the KISS-Stor 1 please use only
the supplied serial 3-pin RS232 cable connector.
Connecting in wrong direction will not damage RAID
controller, however the terminal or KSView will not work.
Please observe that the serial 9-pin D-SUB connector
attached to the slot mounting bracket (of the supplied 3-pin
serial RS232 cable) are not a complete serial port.
Available signals: only Rx-, Tx- and GND (three wire).