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1.4 Boot Up and Shut Down
Some models of the QOS 8-‐Bay have a 0/1 power switch that sends power to the power
supply. This has to be turned on before the power button is pressed to supply power and
after the unit is booted down to fully power down. To begin using the QOS press the
power button on the rear. The drive activity lights on the front will illuminate. The QOS 8
takes a couple of minutes to boot up, so wait approximately two to three minutes before
turning on the clients. If clients are already booted, re-‐insert the Fibre Channel cable or
reboot after two or three minutes. To shut down the unit, unmounts any volumes using
Finder/Explorer and press and hold the button on the rear.
1.5 Frontpane
The front panel of the QOS allows the user to gain access to the drive bay and view the
drive status indicator lights. Green lights represent OK status and a red light indicates a
drive is failing. The QOS drives are hot swappable, and can be removed by unscrewing
the mounting screws holding the drives in place. Take care not to leave the front panel off
and let excessive dust and debris enter through the front because it will be sucked into
the system by the fans possibly causing damage. The front panel can be locked with a key,
preventing access to the drives.
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Mounting Screws secure each drive in place. Not securing all drives with a screw
could lead to excess internal vibration.
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Red Error light illuminates if the drive above it has failed.
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Green Activity/Status OK light illuminates when the drive above it is functioning
normally. When the array is reading or writing these lights will flash.
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Enterprise quality Seagate Constellation drives. Do not use any other model of hard
drive in the QOS Server system without approval from QOS tech support. Doing so
could compromise the data on the RAID.
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QOS 8-Bay User Manual
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