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Introduction
Quantum DX-Series System Unpacking and Installation Instructions
The Quantum DX-Series system consists of the DX30 and DX100 device. Both
are backup devices based upon high speed disk drives instead of tape drives.
The DX30 consists of:
•
A single controller and 1 to 4 storage arrays.
The DX100 consists of:
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A single controller and 2 to 16 storage arrays
•
One or two Fibre Channel switches
•
An Ethernet switch
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Two or more AC power sequencers.
The system emulates an ATL P1000 library with up to 55 virtual digital linear
tape (DLT™) 7000 tape drives for DX100 and up to 30 DLT7000 tape drives
for DX30 (see
figure
1).
The DX-Series storage array is shipped with the following RAID
Note:
configuration (refer to the Quantum DX-Series User's Guide
PN6513501 for more information on RAID configurations):
• 1 logical drive configured in RAID 5 (7 data drives + 1 parity
drive)
• 1 logical drive configured in RAID 5 (6 data drives + 1 parity
drive)
• 1 global hot spare
To reconfigure the DX-Series storage array to either remove the hot
spare or add an additional hot spare (total of two hot spares), refer
to the Quantum DX-Series Field Service Manual PN6513503.
RAID configuration MUST be set prior to powering on the DX-Series
system.
Both the DX30 and the DX100 use the same system components (controller
and storage arrays). The DX100 storage arrays, however, contain dual RAID
controllers and the overall DX100 system can expand to sixteen storage
arrays. The DX100 controller also has a full compliment of Fibre Channel
HBAs (two quad port HBAs and four dual port HBAs) whereas the DX30 has
two Fibre Channel HBAs (one quad port HBA and one dual port HBA).
This document describes how to unpack and install both a DX30 and DX100
system into a customer-provided rack enclosure.
Introduction
Document 6513502-06 A01
October 2006
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