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QXS 12G Site Planning Guide

12, 24, and 84-Drive Systems

6-68655-01 Rev B

Summary of Contents for QXS 12G Series

Page 1: ...QXS 12G Site Planning Guide 12 24 and 84 Drive Systems 6 68655 01 Rev B...

Page 2: ...arks or trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Products mentioned herein are...

Page 3: ...s with Chassis and Drives 7 QXS 312 324 412 424 484 12G Chassis Supported Configurations 8 QXS 312 412 12G System Specifications 11 QXS 312 412 12G 2U12 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis 11 2U12 Drive...

Page 4: ...ns 33 QXS 484 12G 5U84 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis 33 5U84 Drive Chassis 33 5U84 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis Dimensions 34 5U84 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis Weight 35 Bezel 35 5U Chassis...

Page 5: ...nce This guide is intended for storage customers and technicians NOTE This guide provides information for site planning at your storage location Prerequisites Prerequisites for planning installing and...

Page 6: ...nd Maintenance Guide Obtaining and installing a license to use licensed features QXS 12G Licensing Guide Using the web interface to configure and manage the product QXS 12G Disk Management Utility Use...

Page 7: ...Document conventions Convention Element Blue text Cross reference links and e mail addresses Blue underlined text Web site addresses Bold text Key names Text typed into a GUI element such as into a b...

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Page 9: ...QXS 312 12G and QXS 324 12G 12G Chassis This section provides general information for the following chassis QXS 312 12G 12 Drive System 2 Port FC or iSCSI QXS 324 12G 24 Drive System 2 Port FC or iSCS...

Page 10: ...e System 4 Port FC or iSCSI QXS 424 12G 24 Drive System 4 Port FC or iSCSI Chassis with Bezels Installed The front of the 12 and 24 drive chassis are 2U high 3 5 inches 88 9mm and use the same bezel 2...

Page 11: ...the QXS 484 12G 84 Drive System 4 Port FC or iSCSI Chassis with Bezels Installed The front of the 84 drive chassis is 5U high 8 75 inches 222 25mm and uses a bezel for each drawer Refer to Figure 5 f...

Page 12: ...s drive slots 42 83 42 drives can be installed NOTE Figure 6 displays the front of the drawer on the left side of the illustration callout 1 The back of the drawer is on the right side of the illustra...

Page 13: ...eight Cabinet Vertical Support Rails Cabinet Configurations with Chassis and Drives Standard Cabinet Figure 7 provides an image of a standard cabinet which includes locations of the following Front do...

Page 14: ...et in a location that allows sufficient space to maintain and service remove and replace parts the applicable units within the cabinet Cabinet Height Cabinets heights might vary A common cabinet is 40...

Page 15: ...o the QXS 12G Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide for rackmount installation information Cabinet Configurations with Chassis and Drives Table provides the maximum number of chassis and maximum...

Page 16: ...2 12G 12 Drive Chassis 2U 12 drive 20 240 QXS 324 12G 24 Drive Chassis 2U 24 drive 20 480 QXS 412 12G 12 Drive Chassis 2U 12 drive 20 240 QXS 424 12G 24 Drive Chassis 2U 24 drive 20 480 QXS 484 12G 84...

Page 17: ...with storage and servers front of cabinet with door closed Figure 9 Fully Populated Cabinet Intermix 2U Expansion Chassis Up to 3 Up to 9 Up to 3 Up to 9 N A Note The 2U12 and 2U24 expansion chassis...

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Page 19: ...sions QXS 312 412 12G RAID and Expansion Rackmount Chassis Weights QXS 312 412 12G 2U12 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis This section provides 2U12 drive RAID and expansion chassis system component CR...

Page 20: ...e same type both AC Power cords are shipped with all chassis Controllers2 The QXS 312 12G system has only 2 host ports per controller The QXS 412 12G system has 4 host ports per controller IOMs3 Suppo...

Page 21: ...on the drives indicate drive slot numbering sequence 0 11 Figure 11 provides a front view of the 2U12 drive chassis Figure 11 2U12 Drive Chassis Front View Table 7 Chassis Weights CRU Component 2U12...

Page 22: ...I ports Figure 12 2U12 Drive RAID Chassis 2 FC iSCSI ports CNC FC iSCSI Controller Callout 1 Figure 12 is the Controller A location Callout 2 Figure 12 is the Controller B location Both controllers ar...

Page 23: ...2U chassis PSU and controller modules are available as CRUs The RAID chassis use 4 port controller modules Use expansion chassis for optionally added storage RAID Chassis CNC Controllers and 4 FC iSCS...

Page 24: ...the drives indicate drive slot numbering sequence 0 11 Figure 17 provides a front view of the 2U12 drive chassis Figure 17 2U12 Drive Chassis Front View 2U12 Drive Expansion Chassis Rear View The top...

Page 25: ...A B C ship configured with 12Gb s HD mini SAS SFF 8644 external connectors Figure 19 Expansion Chassis IOM IMPORTANT RAID chassis and expansion configurations When the expansion chassis shown above Fi...

Page 26: ...of the rack 2U12 RAID chassis 2U12 expansion chassis and any additional equipment The site also requires sufficient space for installation operation and servicing of the chassis together with suffici...

Page 27: ...mm 17 44 in Depth from face of mounting flange to back of chassis body 576 8 mm 22 71 in Depth from face of mounting flange to rearmost chassis extremity 602 9 mm 23 74 in Depth from face of Ops panel...

Page 28: ...r supplies controllers expansion IOMs and differing calibrations between scales Note 4 Weights may vary due to actual number and type of drives SAS SATA or SSD and air management modules installed Tab...

Page 29: ...sions QXS 324 424 12G RAID and Expansion Rackmount Chassis Weights QXS 324 424 12G 2U24 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis This section provides 2U24 drive RAID and expansion chassis system component CR...

Page 30: ...IOMs3 1 PSUs1 Redundant PSUs must be compatible modules of the same type both AC Power cords are shipped with all chassis Controllers2 The QXS 324 12G system has only 2 host ports per controller The Q...

Page 31: ...m 24 79 in Note The 2U24 chassis uses 2 5 SFF disks Table 11 continued Chassis Dimensions Specification Metric Unit Imperial Unit Table 12 Chassis Weights CRU Component 2U24 kg lb Storage chassis empt...

Page 32: ...re available as CRUs The RAID chassis use 2 port controller modules Use expansion chassis for optionally added storage RAID Chassis CNC Controllers and 2FC iSCSI ports Figure 23 provides a rear view o...

Page 33: ...Figure 25 provides a front view of the 2U24 drive chassis Figure 25 2U24 Drive Chassis Front View QXS 424 12G 2U24 Drive RAID Chassis Rear View Refer to the numbers on the CRUs Figure 26 and the tabl...

Page 34: ...roller B location Both controllers are shown in the closed locked position Figure 27 provides a rear view of the CNC FC iSCSI controller used in the 2U24 drive systems You can configure the CNC host i...

Page 35: ...The top middle slot Figure 29 is the Expansion IOM A location The lower middle slot is the Expansion IOM B location Both IOMs are shown in the closed locked position Expansion Chassis Figure 29 provid...

Page 36: ...n Chassis IOM IMPORTANT RAID chassis and expansion configurations When the expansion chassis shown above Figure 29 is used with RAID chassis for adding storage its middle HD mini SAS expansion port B...

Page 37: ...te must be strong enough to support the combined weight of the rack RAID chassis expansion chassis and any additional equipment The site also requires sufficient space for installation operation and s...

Page 38: ...xpansion chassis Table 13 2U24 RAID and Expansion Chassis Dimensions Specification Metric Unit Imperial Unit Overall chassis height 2U 87 9 mm 3 46 in Width across mounting flange located on front of...

Page 39: ...nal and subject to variances Note 2 2U rail kits add between 2 8 kg 6 2 lb and 3 4 kg 7 4 lb to the aggregate chassis weight Note 3 Weights may vary due to different power supplies controllers expansi...

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Page 41: ...D and Expansion Chassis Dimensions QXS 484 12G RAID and Expansion Rackmount Chassis Weights QXS 484 12G 5U84 Drive RAID and Expansion Chassis This section provides 5U84 drive RAID and expansion chassi...

Page 42: ...A 2 2 Expansion IOMs2 53 2 PSUs1 Redundant PSUs must be compatible modules of the same type both AC Power cords are shipped with all chassis IOMs2 Supported expansion IOMs are used in expansion chassi...

Page 43: ...3 5 LFF disks in the DDIC carrier It can also use 2 5 SFF disks with 3 5 adapter in the DDIC Table 16 Chassis Dimensions Specification Metric Unit Imperial Unit Table 17 Chassis Weights CRU Component...

Page 44: ...ation of the 5U84 RAID or expansion chassis drive slots view with the drawer open There are a total of 84 drive slots in the two drawers Drawer 0 has drive slots 0 41 42 drives can be installed Drawer...

Page 45: ...5U84 RAID or Expansion Chassis Drive Slots 2 1 3 4 0 42 2 44 1 43 3 45 4 46 5 47 6 48 7 49 8 50 9 51 10 52 11 53 12 54 13 55 14 56 15 57 16 58 23 65 18 60 19 61 20 62 21 63 22 64 41 83 17 59 25 67 26...

Page 46: ...C controllers FC iSCSI 4 ports installed NOTE The 5U84 RAID chassis supports attachment of expansion chassis for adding storage Refer to Figure 35 for all the 5U84 Raid chassis CRUs with CNC controlle...

Page 47: ...FC SFPs 10GbE iSCSI SFPs or 1Gb s RJ 45 SFPs Figure 36 CNC FC iSCSI Controller 5U84 Expansion Chassis Rear View Figure 37 provides an illustration of the 5U84 expansion chassis rear view with two exp...

Page 48: ...chassis IOM used in the 5U84 drive systems Ports A B C ship configured with 12Gb s HD mini SAS SFF 8644 external connectors Figure 38 Expansion Chassis IOM 1 5 2 3 4 7 6 9 8 1 IOM A 2 IOM B 3 Fan 0 4...

Page 49: ...rations and is disabled Power Supply Unit PSU Figure 39 provides and illustration of the PSU used in the 5U84 RAID chassis and the expansion chassis oriented for use in the left PSU Slot 0 and right P...

Page 50: ...ition The RAID chassis and expansion chassis is comprised of sheet steel that is bonded together using rivets welding and other forced contact methods The metal surfaces are free from non conductive c...

Page 51: ...of Ops panel to rearmost chassis extremity 981 mm 38 62 in Note The 5U84 uses 3 5 LFF disks in the DDIC carrier It can also use 2 5 SFF disks with 3 5 adapter in the DDIC Table 19 5U84 RAID and Expan...

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Page 53: ...midity requirements QXS 2U 5U Environmental Requirements Safety Compliance QXS 2U 5U PSU Specifications EMC Compliance International Standards AC Power Cords Potential for Radio Frequency Interference...

Page 54: ...feet 5U chassis 100 to 3 000 meters 330 to 10 000 feet Maximum operating temperature is de rated by 1 C above 900 meters 3 000 feet Altitude non operating 100 to 12 192 meters 330 to 40 000 feet Shock...

Page 55: ...r correction 95 nominal input voltage Efficiency 115 VAC 60 Hz 230 VAC 50 Hz 80 10 load 87 20 load 90 50 load 87 100 load 85 surge 80 10 load 88 20 load 92 50 load 88 100 load 85 surge Harmonics Meets...

Page 56: ...erference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her expense Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limi...

Page 57: ...ons EMC Compliance Table 25 provides EMC compliance specifications Table 24 Safety Compliance Specifications Item Compliance System product type approval UL cUL CE Safety Compliance UL 60950 1 second...

Page 58: ...safety precautions detailed in the preceding chapters weight restrictions handling batteries and lasers etc when dismantling and disposing of this equipment Table 26 AC Power Cord Specifications 1 Uni...

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