XCubeFAS 2026
Hardware Manual
Deployment Types and Cabling
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for the host connection is less than 3 meters. If you want to enable wake on SAS for the
XCubeDAS enclosures, the QSAN genuine SAS cable with sideband is required to enable this
feature.
5.2.1.
Expansion Configuration Rules
The table below shows the rule of configuration for the XF2026 and XCubeDAS expansion
enclosures. You can refer the table below for maximum number of extension enclosures and
disk drives prior to performing system deployment.
Table 5-2 System and Expansion Enclosure Configuration Rules
SAN
MODELS
EXPANSION
ENCLOSURES
MAX. NO.
OF
EXPANSION
UNITS
MAX.
NO. OF
DISK
DRIVES
MAX. RAW CAPACITY
(SFF 2.4TB)
(15.36TB)
XF2026
(2U 26-
bay, SFF)
XD5326 (2U
26-bay, SFF)
10
26 + 10 x
26 = 286
686.4TB
4,392.96TB
5.2.2.
Single Path Deployment
The following images illustrate some examples of deployment types for single controller
XCubeFAS series.
One Host / One XCubeFAS / Single Path
The following figure shows an example of a single controller, direct connect enclosure
configuration with one host accessing the storage. One host is direct connected to the built-in
10GBASE-T iSCSI port in a single controller XCubeFAS series using CAT 6 network cable.
