Nexsan Unity 2200 Quick Start Manual

NEXSAN Unity 2200 Storage System
Quick Start Guide
This document provides installation steps for racking, cabling, and setting up the Unity 2200 Storage
System and the Unity 2200 Storage Expansion.
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Taking delivery
Your Unity shipment includes the Unity 2200
Storage System, and optionally one Nexsan Unity
2200 Storage Expansion (Unity 2200X). Check to
ensure that no damage has been sustained to the
packaging in transit. If any of the Unity storage
Item Name
1 Power supply unit
2 Fan assembly
3 On-board 10GbE LAN ports (2 per
node)
4 KVM connections
5 Storage connectivity
6 Optional host connectivity (up to
two):
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components appear damaged, please contact your
reseller immediately.
Hardware overview
The main components of the Unity 2200 are shown
in these diagrams.
Unity 2200 front view
Unity 2200 rear view
Description
1,200W Redundant Power Supplies with PMBus
4x 80mm and 4x 40mm PWM cooling fans
Redundant cooling
Right port: Primary data network interface (nx0 - optional)
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Left port: Management Interface (nx99) and IPMI interface
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If using a 1GbE port for the management interface,
NOTE:
these ports will be used for data, with the left port still being
used for the IPMI interface.
USB, VGA, and Serial connections for remote console access
to the Unity Storage System
Dual-port SAS PCIe to HD Mini-SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)
HBA (host bus adapter)
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
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10GbE dual-port HBA with SFP+ optical interfaces
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8Gb FC dual-port HBA
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16Gb FC dual-port HBA
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1GbE quad-port HBA with RJ-45 interfaces
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1GbE dual-port HBA with RJ-45 interfaces
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Firmware Version 5.1