Cubix HostEngine 4U, User Manual

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Cubix Corporation
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2800 Lockheed Way
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Carson City, NV 89706-0719
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Sales 800.829.0550
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http://www.cubix.com
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Remove and replace a SATA drive
SATA drives are removable from the front panel once you power down HostEngine.
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Power down gracefully using the OS or the power on/off button on HostEngine front panel
and wait for the power LED to turn off
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Loosen the retention screw on the LaserBlade drive mounting bracket
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Gently tug the drive mounting bracket handle.
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Disconnect the drive power and data cables.
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Remove / replace the drive and re-connect the drive power and data cables.
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Slide in the drive mounting bracket and tighten the retention screw.
Remove / Replace HostEngine
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Power down gracefully using the OS or the power on/off button on the front panel.
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Wait for the power LED to shut off.
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Disconnect power and all other cables from HostEngine.
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Extract the HostEngine while supporting its weight.
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Slide the replacement HostEngine into the rack mount slide mounts.
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Connect power and all other cables to HostEngine.
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Power up HostEngine.
Connections, Controls and Indicators
Connections
On the rear panel, HostEngine provides four USB 2.0 ports, two Gbps Ethernet ports, a COM
port and an IPMI 2.0 GbE port. The AC power receptacle is also on the rear panel.
HostEngine also provides access for Cubix HICs that connect to GPU-Xpander Rackmount 8 or
other Xpander enclosures using external PCIe x16 cables, if needed. With these connections,
you can mount HostEngine immediately above or below GPU-Xpander Rackmount 8. You can
also install PCIe cards inside HostEngine 4U. For example, install 4 x full-length, full-height,
double-wide GPUs inside HostEngine 4U.
Note
Power down HostEngine before removing it or its hard disk drive.