4. Press the latch on the outside rail of the drive drawer to disengage it.
Figure 3-15: Disengaging the drawer side-rail latch
5. Carefully slide the drawer back into the enclosure, making sure that it is flush with the rest of the front
panel.
6. Turn the drawer lock counter-clockwise to lock the drawer into place.
7. Repeat all previous steps for the right drive drawer.
Attach a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a Nexsan Storage System
The Nexsan E32X and Nexsan E18X require another Nexsan Storage System to provide RAID functionality
and host or network connectivity. Up to two Nexsan Storage Expansions can be connected to a single
Nexsan Storage System by “daisy-chaining” the two Storage Expansions together. Storage expansions
should be mounted in the same rack as the Nexsan Storage System they'll be connected to, or in an
immediately adjacent rack (see
Note
Each Nexsan Storage Expansion can only be attached to a Nexsan Storage Systems, as follows:
A Nexsan E32X can only be attached to a Nexsan E32.
A Nexsan E18XV can only be attached to a Nexsan E18V.
A Nexsan E18X can only be attached to a Nexsan E18.
Prepare the Nexsan Storage System
In order for your Nexsan E-Series or BEASTNexsan E18 Storage System to communicate properly with the
Storage Expansions, the Nexsan Storage System must be running the proper firmware version:
Q011.1014 or higher for one attached Storage Expansion
Q011.1047 or higher for two attached Storage Expansions
Q0x1.1100 or higher 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 exceed the specification, proceed to
the facing page. If it does meet or exceed the specification, go to
Connect the Nexsan Storage Expansion
Attach a Nexsan Storage Expansion to a Nexsan Storage System
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