Summary Of Cabling Connections - Quantum QX Series Setup Manual

Chapter 2: Installing the Chassis
Connect the RAID Chassis and Expansion Chassis
Use only AssuredSAN or OEM-qualified cables for host connection:
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Qualified Fibre Channel SFP and cable options
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Qualified 10GbE iSCSI SFP and cable options
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Qualified 1 Gb RJ-45 SFP and cable options
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Qualified HD mini-SAS standard cable options supporting SFF-8644 and SFF-8088 host
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connection
A qualified SFF-8644 to SFF-8644 cable option is used for connecting to a 12 Gbit/s enabled
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host.
Where as a qualified SFF-8644 to SFF-8088 cable option is used for connecting to a 6 Gbit/s
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enabled host.
Note: The 4U56 chassis does not use the 0.5 m (1.64') length supported for 2U chassis.

Summary of Cabling Connections

This section cover the following:
QXS-312 and QXS-324 Systems
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QXS and QXS-4 Series Systems
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QXS-648 and QXS-656 Systems
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QXS-312 and QXS-324 Systems
Table 5: Summary of Mini-SAS cable type requirements and related chassis characteristics
Model Host Connect
2U12 FC (8/16 Gb) SFP option
2U24 FC (8/16 Gb) SFP option
2U12 10 GbE iSCSI SFP option
2U24 10 GbE iSCSI SFP option
2U12 1 GbE iSCSI SFP option
2U24 1 GbE iSCSI SFP option
2U12 12 Gb HD mini-SAS
2U24 12 Gb HD mini-SAS
QX and QXS Setup Guide
below
on the next page
on page 75
LFF 12-Drive Chassis
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
SFF 24-Drive Chassis
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
mini-SAS to mini-SAS
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