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QX and QXS Getting Started 

Guide 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This document contains the following topics:

QX and QXS Systems

2

Related Documentation

2

Systems and Included Hardware

3

Installation and Product Setup

7

Contacting Quantum Support

13

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Summary of Contents for QX Series

Page 1: ...Series FlexSpace FlexSync FlexTier Lattus the Q logo the Q Quantum logo Q Cloud Quantum and the Q brackets design the Quantum logo Quantum Be Certain and the Q brackets design Quantum Vision Scalar St...

Page 2: ...et Enhancements known issues and late breaking information not included in product documentation QX or QXS Release Notes Product overview and overview of setup tasks QX and QXS Getting Started Guide S...

Page 3: ...face V3 the Disk Management Utility QXS Disk Management Utility User Guide V3 Managing a QX and QXS system by using its secondary web interface V2 the Disk Management Utility QX and QXS Disk Managemen...

Page 4: ...lows for FC iSCSI 10GbE iSCSI 1 Gb host interface connections using SFPs Note 1 Air management solution AMS inserts must be installed within the QXS 448 and QXS 648 chassis in the unpopulated drive sl...

Page 5: ...included in the connectivity option Note Mini SAS or HD mini SAS cables are shipped with the RAID chassis for the applicable SAS controller I O modules Drive Options Drive options include the followin...

Page 6: ...dd on licensing available separately l See licensing certificates and disk management utility guide s for more instructions Locating System Serial Number Note If you need Quantum support you will need...

Page 7: ...port as detailed in Contacting Quantum Support on page 13 General Information When contacting Quantum Support you will be asked to provide the following information to open a support case issue subjec...

Page 8: ...into the enclosure s d Connect the enclosures e Install enclosure bezels Setup Guide 4 Install additional drives and options including qualified SFP transceivers Setup Guide 5 Connect power cords 6 Te...

Page 9: ...mask gateway gateway address controller a Important Firmware Notes Note The firmware bundle for the QXS 312 QXS 324 QXS 412 QXS 424 QXS 448 and QXS 456 systems is different from the QXS 648 and QXS 65...

Page 10: ...Disk Management Utility Guide V3 Updating controller module firmware section l Disk Management Utility Guide V2 Updating firmware section Basic Operations and Troubleshooting For detailed information...

Page 11: ...Enclosure level fault condition exists The event has been acknowledged but the problem needs attention Off No fault condition exists 3 FRU OK Green On The enclosure is powered on with at least one po...

Page 12: ...he number of global spares is not configured l StorNext default profiles do not use this functionality l Refer to the disk management utility guide for information on global spares l Using the Provisi...

Page 13: ...Yes Yes Yes Yes StorNext MultiVolume 10 2 RAID6 256k Yes Yes Yes Yes StorNext MultiVolume 12 2 RAID6 128k No No No Yes StorNext Archive MultiVolume 10 2 RAID6 128k Yes Yes Yes Yes Table 2 Storage Pro...

Page 14: ...Quantum North America 1 800 284 5101 toll free 1 720 249 5700 Europe Middle East and Africa EMEA 800 7826 8888 toll free 49 6131 3241 1164 Asia Pacific APAC 800 7826 8887 toll free 603 7953 3010 Indi...

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