Nexsan EZ-NAS Quick Start Manual

NEXSAN EZ-NAS Storage System
Quick Start Guide
This document provides installation steps for racking, cabling, and configuring the Nexsan EZ-NAS storage
system. For additional documentation please visit

Taking delivery

Your Nexsan shipment includes the EZ-NAS storage
system and other optional components, such as data
drives or network ports, depending on your
configuration. Check to ensure no damage has been
sustained to the packaging in transit.
Item Name
A Drive bays
B Status LEDs
C Power and Reset buttons
1 Fan assembly
2 Power supply unit
3 DB9 connector
4 VGA connector
5 Dedicated IPMI LAN port
6 USB 2.0 High-Speed ports (2)
7 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ports (2)
8 Dual RJ45 1GbE LAN Ports
9 SFP Port (option) location
Dual RJ45 10GbE LAN Ports
10
(option) location
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Front view with bezel (top) and no bezel (bottom)
Rear view (top) and closeup of ports (bottom)
Description
Four 3.5" Hard Disk Drives (HDDs), slot1 on left to slot4 on right.
See page 4 section 6 of this guide for LED indication descriptions.
To power on/off the unit, or to reset.
Two 8-cm mid-mounted cooling fans and two 4-cm exhaust fans.
2000W Titanium level power supply.
Serial connection
For VGA display or monitor.
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), for remote
access, monitoring, and management.
Can support USB-enabled devices such as keyboard, mouse,
USB/SATA DVD drive, or flash drive.
Can support USB-enabled devices such as keyboard, mouse,
USB/SATA DVD drive, or flash drive.
Top port: Management interface (Interface-2).
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Bottom port: Primary data network interface (Interface-1).
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Small Form Pluggable (SFP) for gigabit interface.
Left port: for management or data network interface.
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Right port: for management or data network interface.
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If anything appears to be damaged, you should file a
claim with your reseller.

Hardware overview

The main components of the EZ-NAS are shown in
the following front and rear view diagrams: