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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 6
Part numbers ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Features and Benefits
................................................................................................................................ 6
Understanding RAID
................................................................................................................................. 6
RAID 0................................................................................................................................................. 8
RAID 1................................................................................................................................................. 8
RAID 0+1............................................................................................................................................. 9
RAID 3................................................................................................................................................. 9
RAID 5............................................................................................................................................... 10
RAID 6............................................................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 2 – Initial Setup and Installation.................................................................................................... 11
Safety Statements
.................................................................................................................................... 11
Unpacking
............................................................................................................................................... 11
Environmental Considerations
................................................................................................................ 11
Temperature ....................................................................................................................................... 11
Air Flow ............................................................................................................................................. 12
Electrical Considerations
.................................................................................................................... 12
Installing a Qubex Disk Drive
................................................................................................................. 12
Locating Components
............................................................................................................................. 12
Front View of Qubex ......................................................................................................................... 12
RAID Controller LED Definitions ................................................................................................ 13
Rear View of Qubex........................................................................................................................... 13
FRU replacement ............................................................................................................................... 13
Cooling Fan................................................................................................................................... 13
RAID Controller............................................................................................................................ 14
Drive Carrier ................................................................................................................................. 15
Power Supplies.............................................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 3 – Initial Configuration................................................................................................................ 17
Attaching the SCSI Cables to GQUB6-U4S........................................................................................... 17
Attaching the Fibre Channel Cables to GQUB6-FCS4
............................................................................ 17
Accessing the RAID Controller
............................................................................................................... 17
VT100 terminal (via serial port)
......................................................................................................... 17
RAID subsystem RS-232C Port Configuration .................................................................................. 17
Web browser-based RAID manager
................................................................................................... 18
Web browser-based RAID manager via HTTP Proxy
........................................................................ 19
Configuration Menu Tree................................................................................................................... 20
Front Panel Operation ........................................................................................................................ 20
Appendix A ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................... 22
Appendix B...................................................................................................................................................... 23
Technical Specifications .............................................................................................................................. 23
