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Chapter 1: System Description
Best Practices
Quantum DXi6900 User’s Guide
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Best Practices
There are several items that should be considered when installing and configuring your DXi6900 system. By
reviewing this information, you can help shorten the installation and configuration time for your system.
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Virtual Media—How Many and What Size? on page 39
Licensing
The features of the DXi6900 are enabled through licensing options, which are available through the remote
management console (see
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Licenses are either factory-installed on the DXi6900, or they are available through a license certificate,
which is included with the system.
Factory-Installed Licenses
The following DXi6900 licenses are factory-installed:
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Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape) below
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Data-in-Flight Encryption on page 39
NAS
The
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
license allows NAS shares to be exposed to backup hosts and
applications.(License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)
VTL
The
Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
license allows virtual devices such as the media changer and tape drive to be
exposed to the attached Fibre Channel hosts. (License key for 160 VTDs is pre-installed on all DXi6900
systems.)
Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape)
The
Backup Application Specific
license allows you to export virtual media directly to a maximum of 3
concurrent path-to-tape physical tape drives using Backup Application Specific NDMP or OST Direct to
Tape.(License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)