Chapter 1: Introduction
About the StorNext G300 Hardware
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StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance Hardware Guide
• The R520 server contains the serial number format
CKE
, for
example, CX1313
CKE
22333.
Network Connectivity
Here are the quantity and type of network cards and ports available on
the different system models:
• The G300 features one 2-port 8 Gb FC card .
• The G301 ships with two 4-port PCIe expansion cards in slots which
each provide four 1 GbE Ethernet ports. Since there is also one
embedded 1 GbE port, there are a total of nine configurable
1 GbE ports on the system.
• The G302 ships with one 2-port PCIe expansion card which provides
two 1 GbE Ethernet, and one 2-port PCIe expansion card which
provides two 10 GbE Ethernet ports. The embedded 1 GbE port
(Eth1) on the G302 system is not configurable and remains unused.
The StorNext can also come configured as a Base System with an
Expansion , or the Expansion can be added to the system in the field.
The Expansion adds additional disks to the .
StorNext G300 Gateway
Appliance Licensing
There are several items to note about the Gateway Appliance license
used on the G300 Gateway Appliance:
• The StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance has a “per Gateway” DLC
license model. This license allows you to add clients without having
to purchase additional individual licenses.
• For new customers with no existing StorNext components, the
license comes from the factory pre-installed and enabled for use on
a new G300 Gateway Appliance.
• If you choose to install the StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance into
the same StorNext network as a customer-configured DLC gateway,
you will be limited to the existing DLC client license count.
• The Gateway Appliance license is populated on the StorNext G300
in the
license.dat
file. To view license status, open the GUI of the
StorNext MDC set up to monitor and provide the Gateway Metrics
Reports for your G300. Click the
Connected Licensed Gateways
link at the bottom of the License page in the GUI of the host MDC,
which provides a list of all licensed Gateways in the environment.
