This document provides installation steps for racking, cabling, and setting up the Nexsan UNITY
7
900 Storage
System, and cabling all Nexsan storage components for power and data/host connectivity.
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NEXSAN
UNITY
7
900 Storage System
Quick Start Guide
Taking delivery
Your Unity shipment includes the UNITY
7
900, and
one or more Unity Storage Expansions, depending
on your configuration. Check to ensure no damage
has been sustained to the packaging in transit. If
anything appears to be damaged, you should file a
damage claim with your reseller.
Hardware overview
The main components of the UNITY
7
900 are
shown in these diagrams:
Front view (bezel removed)
Rear view
Item Name
Description
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Power supply unit
1,200W Redundant Power Supplies with PMBus
2
Fan assembly
4x 80mm and 4x 40mm PWM cooling fans
Redundant cooling
3
On-board 10GbE LAN ports (2 per
node)
Right port: Primary data network interface (nx0 - optional)
Left port: Management Interface (nx99) and IPMI interface
NOTE:
If using a 1GbE port for the management interface,
these ports will be used for data, with the left port still being
used for the IPMI interface.
4
KVM connections
USB, VGA, and serial connections for remote console access
to the Unity Storage System
5
Storage connectivity
Quad-port SAS PCIe to HD Mini-SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)
HBA (host bus adapter)
6
Optional host connectivity (up to
two):
You can use these slots for additional host connections, which
can be any of these supported NICs:
10GbE dual-port HBA with RJ-45 interfaces
10GbE dual-port HBA with SFP+ optical interfaces
8Gb FC dual-port HBA
16Gb FC dual-port HBA
1GbE quad-port HBA with RJ-45 interfaces
1GbE dual-port HBA with RJ-45 interfaces
Pair of 40GbE NIC with dual QSFP Connectivity
