NEXSAN
UNITY NV10000 Storage System
Quick Start Guide
This document provides installation steps for racking, cabling, and setting up the Nexsan UNITY NV10000
Storage System, and cabling all Nexsan storage components for power and data/host connectivity. For additional
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Taking delivery
Your Unity shipment includes the UNITY NV10000,
and one or more Unity Storage Expansions,
depending on your configuration. Check to ensure no
damage has been sustained to the packaging in
transit. If anything appears to be damaged, you
should file a damage claim with your reseller.
Item
Name
A
Power button
B
Status LEDs
C
Drive bays
1
Fan assembly
2
Power supply unit
3
Dedicated IPMI LAN port
4
USB 3.0 ports (2)
5
VGA port
6
Storage connectivity
7
Internal cooling fan vents (2)
8
Serial port
9
Dual RJ45 10GbE LAN Ports
10
PCIE 3.0x16 slots (2),
Optional host connectivity
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Front view (bezel removed)
Description
See page 6 of this guide for LED indication descriptions.
Twenty-four 2.5" Hot-swappable NVMe drive bays.
Five 8-cm mid-mounted cooling fans and four 4-cm exhaust fans.
2,000W Titanium level power supply (redundant in device).
Intelligent Platform Management Interface, for remote access,
monitoring, and management.
Can support USB-enabled devices such as keyboard, mouse,
USB/SATA DVD drive, or flash drive.
For VGA display or monitor.
Quad-port SAS-3 controller with HD Mini-SAS connectors.
Positioned over rear chassis for optimal cooling.
For configuration, diagnostics, and emergency maintenance
access.
Can be used to support the following Network Interface Card (NIC)
and Fibre Channel (FC) connections:
1 — UNITY NV10000 Quick Start Guide
Hardware overview
The main components of the UNITY NV10000 are
shown in these diagrams:
Rear view
Left port: Management Interface (nx99)
Right port: Primary data network interface (nx0)
(If additional NIC HBA is available, both interfaces are nx99)
Dual port 16G/32G FC
Dual port 40G NIC
Single and Dual port 100G NIC
Firmware Version 7.0
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