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Overview
Thank you for purchasing QSAN Technology, Inc. products. The QSAN XCubeSAN series is a
high-performance SAN storage solutions combining outstanding performance with high
availability, reliability, flexibility, and simple management.
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XCubeSAN Series Product Overview
QSAN XCubeSAN series is a SAN storage system, the system is composed of system
hardware and the SANOS operating system, the system hardware is a modular design and
FRU (Field Replacement Unit) optimized. All the hardware modules are inside the rack
mount chassis including: system controllers, front panel, rear panel, redundant power supply
and fan modules, cache-to-flash module ( by using battery backup module or super
capacitor module), and expansion slots for optional Fibre Channel or 10GbE / 1GbE iSCSI
host cards. This manual will direct you step by step to familiarize you with the XCubeSAN
hardware components, how to install the system, carry out the initial configuration, and
provide you with some quick maintenance guidelines.
INFORMATION:
For how to use the SANOS operating system, please refer to the
XCubeSAN SANOS 4.0 Software Manual
XCubeSAN series supports several standard form factors:
LFF (Large Form Factor): 12-bay 19” rack mount 2U chassis, 16-bay 19” rack mount 3U
chassis, and 24-bay 19” rack mount 4U chassis.
SFF (Small Form Factor): 26-bay 19” rack mount 2U chassis.
