Sg1000 Appliance Overview - NetApp StorageGRID SG1000 Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

SG1000 appliance overview

The StorageGRID SG1000 services appliance can operate as a Gateway Node or an Admin Node to
provide high availability load balancing services in a StorageGRID system.
Appliance features
The SG1000 appliance provides the following features:
• Provides Gateway Node or Admin Node functions for a StorageGRID system.
• Includes the StorageGRID Appliance Installer to simplify node deployment and configuration.
Note: StorageGRID software can be automatically retrieved from the Admin Node when you
deploy the appliance, or manually uploaded from a local drive. To further simplify the
deployment process, a recent version of the software is preloaded onto the appliance during
manufacturing.
• Includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) for monitoring and diagnosing some of the
appliance hardware.
• Can connect to all three StorageGRID networks, including the Grid Network, the Admin
Network, and the Client Network. Supports up to four 10-, 25-, 40-, or 100-GbE connections to
the Grid Network and Client Network.
SG1000 diagrams
This figure shows the front of the SG1000 with the bezel removed. The two solid-state drives (SSDs),
indicated by the orange outline, are used for storing the StorageGRID operating system and are
mirrored using RAID1 for redundancy. The remaining drive slots are blank. When the SG1000 is
configured as an Admin Node, the drives are used to store audit logs, metrics, and database tables.
This figure shows the connectors on the back of the SG1000.
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