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Nexsan E48X and Nexsan E60X

Storage Expansions

Installation Guide

Part Number: P0450142, Rev. B

NEXSAN

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Summary of Contents for NESAN E48X

Page 1: ...Nexsan E48X and Nexsan E60X Storage Expansions Installation Guide Part Number P0450142 Rev B NEXSAN 1289 Anvilwood Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94089 USA Printed Sunday April 3 2022 www nexsan com ...

Page 2: ...al may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Electromagnetic Emissions FCC Class A EN 55022 Class A EN 61000 3 2 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A Electromagnetic Immunity EN 55024 CISPR 24 EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 6100...

Page 3: ...el 12 Legend 12 Rear panel 14 Legend 14 Drawer interior 16 Legend 16 Physical characteristics 18 Dimensions Nexsan E48X 18 Dimensions Nexsan E60X 18 Power 19 Cooling 19 Materials 19 Environment 19 Chapter 2 Getting Started 21 Taking delivery of your Nexsan Storage System 22 Unpack the Nexsan Storage System 22 Before installation 26 Required tools and equipment 26 Prepare the site 26 Contents Nexsa...

Page 4: ...ves 36 Attach a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a Nexsan Storage System 38 Prepare the Nexsan Storage System 38 Update the firmware 38 Connect the Nexsan Storage Expansion 38 Hot add Nexsan Storage Expansions to a powered up Nexsan Storage System 39 Attach Nexsan Storage Expansions to a powered down system 42 Remove a Nexsan Storage Expansion from an active Nexsan Storage System 46 Glossary 47 Content...

Page 5: ...ages and non interactive items in the GUI References to software user guides monospace Command line interface CLI text or text that refers to file or directory names monospace bold Text strings that must be entered by the user in the CLI or in text fields in the GUI Notes tips cautions and warnings Note Notes contain important information present alternative procedures or call attention to certain...

Page 6: ...nyvale CA 94089 United States of America Worldwide Web site www nexsan com E Series and BEAST support https helper nexsansupport com esr_support European Head Office UK Units 33 35 Parker Centre Mansfield Road Derby DE21 4SZ United Kingdom Contact https helper nexsansupport com contact Related documents The following Nexsan product manuals contain related information Nexsan E48 and Nexsan E60 Stor...

Page 7: ...actices The storage system should only be installed in a clean dry environment The operating temperature is 5º to 35º C 41º to 95º F with operating relative humidity at 20 to 80 non condensing Do not install the storage system in an enclosed cabinet or other small area without ventilation When installing the storage system as a rack mounted component ensure that all Nexsan supplied mounting fixtur...

Page 8: ...at deal with handling components or disks and referencing Take proper ESD precautions on page 27 NXS EX4U IG Rev 02 July 2014 Fixed improper page numbering throughout fixed minor errors throughout removed extraneous illustrations from Connect the Nexsan Storage Expansion on page 38 NXS EX4U IG Rev 01 February 2014 Changed formatting throughout to reflect Nexsan as an Nexsan brand separated install...

Page 9: ...Version 2 5 or higher with 1100W Power Supply Units see Attach a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a Nexsan Storage System page 38 Firmware version Pt70 or higher see Prepare the Nexsan Storage System page 28 Two RAID Controllers the Nexsan E60X will NOT work with single controller Nexsan Storage Systems For Nexsan E Series Firmware version Q011 1014 or higher for one attached Nexsan Storage Expansion Q...

Page 10: ...For Nexsan E Series x Part Number P0450142 Rev B www nexsan com ...

Page 11: ...an E Series base models use 3Gb s SAS for internal communication between the RAID Controllers and hard disks E Series P models use 6 Gb s SAS for internal communication This chapter contains the following sections Front panel 12 Rear panel 14 Drawer interior 16 Physical characteristics 18 Nexsan E48X and Nexsan E60X Installation Guide Nexsan www nexsan com 11 1 ...

Page 12: ...event of a fan failure by removing a screw on each side of the drive drawer see the Nexsan E Series FRU Removal and Replacement Guide for your Storage System Table 1 3 Other modules Number Component Description 2 Active Drive Drawers 3 Each drawer can hold up to 16 for Nexsan E48X Storage Expansions or 20 for Nexsan E60X Storage Expansions 3 5 disk drives for a total of up to 48 or 60 drives in th...

Page 13: ...r age User Guide 5 Environment LED ENV Indicates the temperature and fan status for the drawer Green indicates that the drawer temperature is within specifications and that all fans are operating properly Red indicates that the temperature exceeds specifications or that one or more fans are not operating properly The Environmental Information page under System Information in the graphical user int...

Page 14: ...er status Legend Use the following tables as a legend for the rear panel diagram Table 1 7 Field replaceable modules Number Component Description 1 RAID Controller s 1 or 2 Expansion Controllers 2 Each controller can be field replaced in the event of failure see the Nexsan E60X and Nexsan E48X Storage Expansions FRU Removal and Replacement Guide 2 Power Supply Units PSUs 2 Each controller can be f...

Page 15: ...d 1 EXP OUT 0 and 1 per Expansion Controller Mini SAS 26 pin I Pass 8088 6Gb s SAS connectors 6 One Management port MGMT per RAID Controller Dedicated management port RJ45 for Web based configuration 1Gb in E Series P 10 100 in prior series models 7 One SERIAL port per RAID Controller Mini DIN serial port for low level reporting Support use only 8 Four iSCSI ports 0 through 3 per RAID Controller 1...

Page 16: ...Field replaceable modules Number Module Description 1 Disk Drives Up to 16 for Nexsan E48X Storage Systems or 20 for Nexsan E60X Storage Systems 3 5 disk drives in each drawer Disk drives can be field replaced in the event of failure see the Nexsan E60X and Nexsan E48XNexsan E18 and FRU Removal and Replacement Guide 2 Rear Fan Assembly Dual fan assembly located at the rear of each drawer Can be fi...

Page 17: ...status One for each disk drive slot Solid green indicates that the disk is operating within specifications and is not currently being accessed Flashing green indicates disk activity Red indicates that a disk fault has been detected and that the disk is not currently being used by the system For disk drive slots where no disk drive is installed this LED is off Chapter 1 Overview Nexsan E48X and Nex...

Page 18: ...m weight with drives 84 kg 185 2 lbs Rack mount kit length 660mm to 914mm 26 to 36 Rack mount kit weight approx 2 5 kg 5 5 lbs Dimensions Nexsan E60X Measurement Value Chassis height 4U 177mm 6 97 Chassis length 950mm 37 4 Chassis length including fascia and handles 1 026mm 40 39 allow at least 150mm for cables at rear a 1 200mm rack is recommended Chassis width body 448mm 17 64 Chassis width over...

Page 19: ...935W 4 2A for 600GB SAS drives and 579W 2 6A for 3TB SATA drives Peak current is up to 15A Cooling Front panel One 120mm 12V axial fan life 40 000 hrs per drive drawer for a total of three Internal Two double gang 12V axial fans life 40 000 hrs per drive drawer for a total of six PSUs Four 12V axial fans life 40 000 hrs per PSU for a total of eight Materials Chassis external Galvanized sheet steel...

Page 20: ...Physical characteristics 1 20 Part Number P0450142 Rev B www nexsan com Nexsan BEAST and E Series ...

Page 21: ...ystem quickly and safely Please read this document carefully and review all of the information in this section before installing the Nexsan Storage System This chapter contains the following sections Taking delivery of your Nexsan Storage System 22 Before installation 26 Nexsan E48X and Nexsan E60X Installation Guide Nexsan www nexsan com 21 2 ...

Page 22: ...the Nexsan Storage System Carefully unpack your Nexsan Storage System and inspect each item before installation To unpack the Nexsan Storage System 1 Carefully cut the straps holding the box closed and remove the outer lid Figure 2 1 Opening the outer box 2 Remove the outer packing sleeve Figure 2 2 Removing the outer packing sleeve Taking delivery of your Nexsan Storage System 22 Part Number P045...

Page 23: ...rack four 4 brackets four 4 nuts and four 4 bolts for securing the Nexsan E60X Nexsan E48X to the rack two 2 power cables disposable ESD strap four 4 SAS cables any additional items that may have been ordered 4 Set the accessory boxes aside 5 Open the disk boxes and make sure that the proper number of disk drives is included Figure 2 4 Disk box contents example 6 Set the disk boxes aside Chapter 2...

Page 24: ... foam lid covering the Nexsan E60X Nexsan E48X Storage System Figure 2 5 Removing the foam lid Taking delivery of your Nexsan Storage System 24 Part Number P0450142 Rev B www nexsan com Nexsan BEAST and E Series 2 ...

Page 25: ...y plastic parts or module handles on the chassis Doing so may cause damage to the chassis or to internal components or both Lift the enclosure ONLY using the supplied lifting straps using safe lifting practices Tip The packaging that the Nexsan E60X Nexsan E48X ships in is reusable and should be retained for future re shipment Be sure to keep all packaging components Chapter 2 Getting Started Nexs...

Page 26: ...rage System to which it will be attached or in an immediately adjacent rack To prepare the site and rack for Nexsan Storage System installation Ensure that the ambient temperature at the installation site is between 5 C 41 F and 35 C 95 F Place the rack so that full unimpeded air flow can enter the front of the Nexsan Storage System and exit the back of the Storage System Ensure that the floor ben...

Page 27: ...atic workstation 2 Attach the clip end of the anti static wrist strap to the rack s ESD grounding pin or to any bare metal part of the rack for a racked storage system or to any proper grounding point for an unracked storage system Secure the loop end around your wrist Figure 2 7 Attaching and putting on the anti static wrist strap CAUTION Do not attach the anti static wrist strap to any powder co...

Page 28: ...ce on any Nexsan Storage System See Take proper ESD precautions on the previous page for detailed instructions To prepare the Nexsan Storage System for installation 1 Ground yourself with the included anti static wrist strap see Take proper ESD precautions on the previous page 2 Remove the two PSUs from the Nexsan Storage System Press the spring lock tab inward then carefully remove the PSU from t...

Page 29: ...ight on the outside surfaces as shown in Figure 2 9 When installing them into the rack be sure to place them on the correct sides Figure 2 9 Mounting rails left and right labeling To prepare the mounting rails for Nexsan Storage System installation 1 Extend the slides to fit your rack Note The rails can be adjusted to between 26 66cm and 36 91 4cm Figure 2 10 Extending the rack mount rails Chapter...

Page 30: ...ack nuts 3 Attach the rack nuts to the rear of the rack on the left and right sides The rack nuts should be mounted towards the interior of the rack Figure 2 12 Attaching the rear rack nuts 4 For square hole racks only For each of the four plastic brackets a Insert the bracket nut into the recess in the plastic bracket Figure 2 13 Inserting the nut into the plastic bracket Before installation 30 P...

Page 31: ...ll four brackets attached 5 Attach the rear slide of the left rail to the rack nuts by sliding the large part of the mounting hole over the rack nut and then pressing outward to seat the nut in the small part of the mounting hole Figure 2 16 Attaching the mounting rail in back Chapter 2 Getting Started Nexsan E48X and Nexsan E60X Installation Guide Nexsan www nexsan com 31 2 ...

Page 32: ... rails are now ready to receive the Nexsan Storage System Figure 2 18 Both mounting rails in place Note The rails may seem loose before the Nexsan Storage System is mounted on them This is normal Once the storage system is on the rails they are held in place by the body of the storage system Before installation 32 Part Number P0450142 Rev B www nexsan com Nexsan BEAST and E Series 2 ...

Page 33: ...d RAID management This chapter contains the following sections Mount the Nexsan Storage System 34 Restore the power supply units 35 Reseat the expansion controllers 35 Load the disk drives 36 Attach a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a Nexsan Storage System 38 Remove a Nexsan Storage Expansion from an active Nexsan Storage System 46 Nexsan E48X and Nexsan E60X Installation Guide Nexsan www nexsan com 3...

Page 34: ...tic charge from your person by touching a metal part of the rack Both people lifting the enclosure must do this 2 Attach one end of the anti static wrist strap to a bare metal part of the rack Secure the other end around your wrist Both people lifting the enclosure must do this See Take proper ESD precautions on page 27 3 With the help of a second person carefully lift the enclosure so that the gr...

Page 35: ...exsan Storage System 1 Make sure that the PSU is right side up The spring lock tab should be on the right see Rear panel page 14 2 Insert the PSU into the slot and carefully slide it back until the spring lock tab clicks into place Figure 3 3 Sliding the PSU into place 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for the second PSU Note Do not connect the power cords to the PSUs at this time Reseat the expansion contro...

Page 36: ...s on page 27 for detailed instructions CAUTION Before opening any of the drive drawers on the Nexsan E Series Storage System be sure that the internal temperature is 10 C 50 F or above If the Nexsan Storage System has been shipped or stored in very low temperatures allow the Nexsan Storage System to come to room tem perature Failure to do so may result in internal cable damage To load the disk dri...

Page 37: ... drive Figure 3 7 Loading a disk drive CAUTION Where possible always load disk drives in rows of four across the width of the drive drawer Leaving large gaps between disk drives decreases cooling efficiency and may result in some disk drives overheating Tip You can mix SAS and SATA drives and drives with different speeds in the same drive drawer but it is recommended that all SAS drives are loaded...

Page 38: ...gher to hot add Storage Expansions to a running system To check what version of firmware you have access the graphical user interface GUI for the Nexsan Storage System see the Nexsan Nexsan High Density Storage User Guide for details and click the System Information button on the left On the System Information page ensure that the Firmware Version is the appropriate version If it does not meet or ...

Page 39: ...n E48X does not have power switches The only way to apply power to the Nexsan E60X Nexsan E48X is to attach the power cords Do NOT attach the power cords until the Nexsan Storage System is fully installed with all disk drives in place and all con nections to the local area network LAN and storage area network SAN connected CAUTION Ensure that the A C power socket outlet is near the equipment and e...

Page 40: ...xsan Storage Expansion MUST be connected to Expansion Controller 0 on the second Nexsan Storage Expansion and 2 Expansion Controller 1 on the first Nexsan Storage Expansion MUST be connected to Expansion Controller 1 on the second Nexsan Storage Expansion 2 Attach the first Nexsan Storage Expansion to the Nexsan Storage System Figure 3 9 Connecting Nexsan E60 to Nexsan E60X EXP 0 EXP 1 STAT MGMT S...

Page 41: ... the right Expansion Controller CAUTION RAID Controller 0 MUST be connected to Expansion Controller 0 and RAID Controller 1 MUST be connected to Expansion Controller 1 3 Using the supplied power cords connect each PSU on each Nexsan E60X Nexsan E48X BT60X Nexsan Storage Expansion to main power Note While the Nexsan Storage System is powering up the storage system fans spin up to full speed then th...

Page 42: ...aphical user interface GUI b Click the System Admin button on the left then click the Reboot tab c On the Reboot System screen select System Shutdown select the confirmation check box and then click Execute NOW The Nexsan Storage System shuts down all internal systems The STAT LEDs on both RAID Controllers turn off All front panel LEDs turn off except for the left PWR LED which turns amber The fan...

Page 43: ... Storage System b Insert the other end of the SAS cable into the EXP IN 0 port on the leftExpansion Controller of the Nexsan Storage Expansion c Repeat steps a and b connecting the EXP 1 port of the left RAID controller to the EXP IN 1 port on the left Expansion Controller d Repeat steps a through c to connect theright RAID controller to the right Expansion Controller CAUTION RAID Controller 0 MUS...

Page 44: ...the other end of the SAS cable into the EXP IN 0 port on the left Expansion Controller of the second Nexsan Storage Expansion c Repeat steps a and b connecting the EXP OUT 1 port of the left controller of the first Nexsan Storage Expansion to the EXP IN 1 port of the left controller of the second Nexsan Storage Expansion d Repeat steps a through c to connect the right expansion controllers of the ...

Page 45: ...spin up to full speed then throttle back This process is audible and is expected behavior c Wait for the two LEDs above the power sockets on each PSU of the first Nexsan Storage Expansion light to up green then connect each PSU on the Nexsan E60 Nexsan E48 to main power Note You may need to press and hold one of the two SW0 switches on the rear of the Nexsan Storage System for 4 seconds to initiat...

Page 46: ...Enclosures page displays 3 For the Nexsan Storage Expansion you wish to remove click the Unload button to begin shutting down all RAID sets on the storage expansion 4 Go to System Information Event Log The Event Log page displays 5 Refresh the Event Log page until a series of four events appears Enclosure N not accessible from C0 Enclosure N not accessible from C0 Enclosure N not accessible from C...

Page 47: ...d built in cable management sys tem allows cables to extend and retract with the active drawer for easy servicing Anti Vibration Design Nexsan s proprietary disk installation scheme wherein drives are loaded into the chassis in opposite facing pairs Disks in each pair rotate in opposite directions and serve to self dampen any related vibration antistatic wrist strap An anti static device used to p...

Page 48: ...drawer E E Series The series of Nexsan Storage Systems that includes the Nexsan E18 E48 and E60 Stor age Systems and their V VT and P variants the Nexsan E32V the Nexsan E18X E48X and E60X expansions and their V variants and the Nexsan E32V Nexsan E Series Stor age Systems feature Active Drawer Tech nology Anti Vibration Design and CoolDrive Technology electrostatic discharge The sudden and moment...

Page 49: ...on site Consult Nexsan Support for details G Gb Gigabit Approximately one billion 1 000 000 000 bits GB Gigabyte Approximately one billion 1 000 000 000 bytes Used to describe the storage capacity of hard disk drives A giga byte is usually computed as 109 1 000 000 000 bytes but can also be com puted as 230 1 073 741 824 bytes often called a binary gigabyte and abbreviated GiB Gb s Gigabits Gb per...

Page 50: ...Computer System Interface A transport protocol that provides for the SCSI protocol to be carried over a TCP IP network ISM See Interconnect Service Module L LAN See local area network LED Light Emitting Diode LEDs are used for indic ator lights on the front and back of Nexsan Stor age Systems link module A module of single controller Nexsan E18 E18V storage units that fits into a RAID controller s...

Page 51: ...ns are usually referred to with a two digit number For example RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 rail A type of rack mount that enables a device to be easily slid into and back out of a rack S SAN See storage area network SAS Serial Attached SCSI A serial version of the SCSI interface A point to point architecture that uses a disk controller with four or more channels that operate simultaneously Each full dup...

Page 52: ... join network seg ments U U Unit The standard unit of measure for des ignating the vertical usable space or height of racks 1U is equal to 1 75 inches A device that is described as being 1U in height may be shorter than 1 75 inches but due to the design of most racks will still take up 1 75 inches of rack space W WAN See wide area network wide area network A telecommunication network that covers a...

Page 53: ...lper nexsansupport com contact Copyright 2010 2022 Nexsan All rights reserved Nexsan and the Nexsan logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nexsan All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners This product is protected by one or more of the following patents and other pending patent applications worldwide United States patents US8 191 841 US8 12...

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