Best Practices; Licensing - Quantum DXi6900 User Manual

Chapter 1: System Description

Best Practices

Best Practices

There are several items that should be considered when installing and configuring your DXi6900 system. By
reviewing this information, you can help shorten the installation and configuration time for your system.
Licensing below
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Virtual Media—How Many and What Size? on page 39
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Licensing

The features of the DXi6900 are enabled through licensing options, which are available through the remote
management console (see
Licenses are either factory-installed on the DXi6900, or they are available through a license certificate,
which is included with the system.
Factory-Installed Licenses
The following DXi6900 licenses are factory-installed:
NAS below
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VTL below
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Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape) below
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Data Deduplication on page 38
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Replication on page 39
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Storage Capacity on page 39
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OST on page 39
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Data-in-Flight Encryption on page 39
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NAS
The Network Attached Storage (NAS) license allows NAS shares to be exposed to backup hosts and
applications.(License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)
VTL
The Virtual Tape Library (VTL) license allows virtual devices such as the media changer and tape drive to be
exposed to the attached Fibre Channel hosts. (License key for 160 VTDs is pre-installed on all DXi6900
systems.)
Backup Application Specific (Path to Tape)
The Backup Application Specific license allows you to export virtual media directly to a maximum of 3
concurrent path-to-tape physical tape drives using Backup Application Specific NDMP or OST Direct to
Tape.(License key is pre-installed on all DXi6900 systems.)
Quantum DXi6900 User's Guide
License Keys on page 366).
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