Quantum DXi8500, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic Operations
Best Practices
Quantum DXi8500 User’s Guide 91
The DXi8500 system must be relocated by a qualified Quantum field
service engineer.
Best Practices
There are several items that should be considered when installing and
configuring your DXi8500 system. By reviewing this information, you
can help shorten the installation and configuration time for your
system.
• Licensing
• Virtual Media – How Many and What Size?
Licensing
The features of the DXi8500 are enabled through licensing options,
which are available through the remote management pages (see License
Keys on page 438).
Licenses are either factory-installed on the DXi8500, or they are
available through a license certificate.
Factory-Installed Licenses
The following DXi8500 licenses are factory-installed:
• VTL
• Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape)
• Data Deduplication
• Replication
• Storage Capacity
VTL
The
Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
license allows the virtual devices such as
the media changer and tape drive to be exposed to the attached Fibre
Channel hosts. This option must be enabled before your virtual devices
are recognized by the backup hosts and applications.