Nexsan UNITY2200 Quick Start Manual

NEXSAN UNITY2200 Storage System
Quick Start Guide
This document provides installation steps for racking, cabling, and setting up the UNITY2200 Storage
System and the UNITY2200X Storage Expansion.
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Taking delivery
Your Unity shipment includes the UNITY2200
Storage System, and optionally one UNITY2200X
Storage Expansion. Check to ensure that no
damage has been sustained to the packaging in
transit. If any of the Unity storage components
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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appear damaged, please contact your reseller
immediately.
Hardware overview
The main components of the UNITY2200 are shown
in these diagrams.
UNITY2200 front view
UNITY2200 rear view
Description
1200W 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 you are using a 1GbE port for the management
NOTE:
interface, 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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