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XN5 Series
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March 2025

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  • Page 1 XN5 Series Hardware Manual March 2025...
  • Page 2 NNOUNCEMENT Copyright © Copyright 2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted without written permission from QSAN Technology, Inc. QSAN believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Related Documents ......................... xii Technical Support ........................xiii Information, Tip, and Caution ....................xiii Conventions ..........................xiv Product Overview ......................1 1.1. Introduction to XN5 Series ..................... 1 1.2. Hardware Specifications ....................2 1.3. Package Contents ......................2 Overview of System Components..................3 2.1.

  • Page 4: Announcement

    Expansion Unit Connections ..................26 Support and Other Resources ..................28 4.1. Getting Technical Support .................... 28 4.2. Documentation Feedback..................... 29 Appendix ..........................30 End-User License Agreement (EULA) ..................30 Announcement Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 5 Figure 2-16 4-port 10 GbE iSCSI Host Card (SFP+) LEDs ..............22 Figure 2-17 2-port 10 GBASE-T iSCSI Host Card (RJ45) LEDs ............23 Figure 3-1 Memory Module Slot Number ..................25 Figure 3-2 Expansion Unit Connections ..................26 Announcement Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 6 Table 2-16 2-port 25 GbE iSCSI Host Card (SFP28) LED Description ..........21 Table 2-17 4-port 10 GbE iSCSI Host Card (SFP+) LED Description ..........22 Table 2-18 2-port 10 GBASE-T iSCSI Host Card (RJ45) LED Description ......... 23 Announcement Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 7: Notices

    Information contained in this document has been reviewed for accuracy. But it could include typographical errors or technical inaccuracies. Changes are made to the document periodically. These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. QSAN may make improvements or changes in the products. All features, functionality, and product specifications are subject to change without prior notice or obligation.

  • Page 8: Regulatory Statements

    Standards and Specifications listed below. Technical Standard: EMC DIRECTIVE 2014/30/EU (EN55032 / EN55035) UL Statement Rack Mount Instructions - The following or similar rack-mount instructions are included with the installation instructions: Regulatory Statements Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 9 Recommended operation temperature: 0°C ~ 35°C (32°F ~ 95°F); operation rating (100-127  Vac, 50-60Hz, 10.0A; 200-240 Vac, 50-60Hz, 5.0A) Regulatory Statements Official viii Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 10 Опасность взрыва при замене батареи неправильного типа. Пожалуйста, устанавливайте на место батареи такого же или аналогичного типа и утилизировайте использованные батареи в соответствии с инструкциями. 警告: (Traditional Chinese) 電池如果更換不正確會有爆炸的危險，請依製造商說明處理用過之電 池。 Regulatory Statements Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 11 The system may have one or more power supply unit (PSU) cords. To avoid serious injuries, it is recommended that all PSU power cords must be disconnected by trained service technicians before installing or replacing system components. Regulatory Statements Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 12 Battery Backup Module or super capacitor module (applies for cache-to-  flash module): 1-year limited warranty from date of original purchase. For more detail warranty policy, please refer to QSAN official web site: https://www.qsan.com/warranty Regulatory Statements Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc.

  • Page 13: Preface

    REFACE About This Manual This manual provides technical guidance for designing and implementing QSAN XN5 series storage system, and it is intended for use by system administrators, storage consultants, or anyone who has purchased these products and is familiar with servers and computer networks, network administration, storage system installation and configuration, storage area network management, and relevant protocols.

  • Page 14: Technical Support

    XN5 Series Hardware Manual Technical Support Do you have any questions or need help trouble-shooting a problem? Please contact QSAN Support, we will reply to you as soon as possible. Via the Web: https://www.qsan.com/technical_support  Via Telephone: +886-2-77206355  (Service hours: 09:30 - 18:00, Monday - Friday, UTC+8) ...

  • Page 15: Conventions

    Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options | vertical bar or arguments. / Slash Indicates all options or arguments. Indicates the default value. underline Example: [ a | b ] Preface Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 16: Product Overview

    1.1. Introduction to XN5 Series QSAN XN5 series is an all-flash system, the system is composed of system hardware and the XEVO operating system, the system hardware is a modular design and FRU (Field Replacement Unit) optimized.

  • Page 17: Hardware Specifications

    1.3. Package Contents For detailed package contents, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide which can be downloaded from the website. Product Overview Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 18: Overview Of System Components

    XN5226 as an example, and contains detailed of the button and indicator module. Please refer to the following for the definition of LED behavior. Figure 2-1 XN5226 System Controls and Indicators Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 19: Table 2-1 Xn5226 System Control And Indicator Description

    Solid Amber: System has errors including PSU  Enclosure Status LED failure, abnormal voltage, abnormal temperature, any fan module failed or removed, controller degraded, pool Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 20: Figure 2-2 Xn5226 Disk Drive Numbering

    Otherwise, the event log cannot be saved. 2.1.3. XN5226 Disk Drive LEDs Please refer to the following for the definition of LED behavior. Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 21: Figure 2-3 Xn5226 Disk Drive Indicators

     Disk Drive Status LED drive is rebuilding. Blinking Amber (interval of 0.05 sec): Identify  the disk drive. Off: The disk drive is healthy.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 22: Xn5226 Rear Panel

    Power Supply Unit 1 Controller Module 2 Power Supply Unit 2 2.2.2. XN5226 Controller Module The following image and table illustrate each component of a controller module. Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 23: Figure 2-5 Xn5226 Controller Module Components

    Host Card Slot 2 (host card is an optional part) Console Port (3.5mm jack to RS232) Service Port (UPS) Buzzer Mute Button Reset to Factory Default Button Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 24: Figure 2-6 Xn5226 Controller Leds

    Blinking Green: The transmission speed is 1  Speed LED Off: No link detected.  Blinking Amber: Data is being accessed. Management Port  Access LED Solid Amber: No data access.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...
  • Page 25 Solid Blue: 25 Gb / 10 Gb link is established  25 GbE / 10 GbE iSCSI and maintained. Port 4 Speed LED Solid Amber: 10 Gb / 1 Gb link is established  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 26: Xn5226 Power Supply Units

    The system is equipped with two redundant and hot swappable PSUs (Power Supply Units). The images and the table below illustrate the location of PSUs in the system. Figure 2-7 XN5226 Power Supply Unit Location Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 27: Figure 2-8 Xn5226 Power Supply Unit Components

    XN5226 Power Supply Unit Component Description ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION PSU AC Power LED PSU DC Power LED PSU Warning LED PSU Handle PSU Power Cord Hook PSU Power Cord Connect Hole Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 28: Xn5226 Cache-To-Flash Memory Protection

    M.2 flash memory and multiple supercapacitors. The module is hot pluggable with zero system downtime for extra availability and reliability. Images and tables below illustrate the location of the cache-to-flash module. Figure 2-9 XN5226 Cache-to-Flash Module Location Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 29: Figure 2-10 Xn5226 Cache-To-Flash Module

    Solid Green: The power of the flash memory  Cache-to-Flash Module is good. Power LED Solid Amber: When data is flushed to the  Cache-to-Flash module, the indicator will Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 30: Host Cards (Option)

    There are several types of host cards that are available for selection. You can configure a fibre channel by using QSAN 32 Gb or 16 Gb fibre channel host card, or choose an iSCSI host card by using 25 GbE via SFP28 or 10 GbE via SFP+ or RJ45. Following figure is the overview of the host card installation slots.
  • Page 31 Please DO NOT attempt to hot plug in the host card. Please refer to the following for the definition of LED behavior. Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 32: Figure 2-11 2-Port 32 Gb Fibre Channel Host Card (Sfp28) Leds

    Speed LED Solid White: Asserted when an 8 Gb and  below link is established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 33: Figure 2-12 4-Port 16 Gb Fibre Channel Host Card (Sfp+) Leds

    Speed LED Solid White: Asserted when a 4 Gb and below  link is established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 34: Figure 2-13 2-Port 16 Gb Fibre Channel Host Card (Sfp+) Leds

    Speed LED Solid White: Asserted when a 4 Gb and below  link is established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 35: Figure 2-14 4-Port 25 Gbe Iscsi Host Card (Sfp28) Leds

    Solid Amber: Asserted when not a 25 Gb link Speed LED  is established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 36: Figure 2-15 2-Port 25 Gbe Iscsi Host Card (Sfp28) Leds

    Solid Amber: Asserted when not a 25 Gb link Speed LED  is established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 37: Figure 2-16 4-Port 10 Gbe Iscsi Host Card (Sfp+) Leds

    Solid Amber: Asserted when a 1 Gb link is Speed LED  established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 38: Figure 2-17 2-Port 10 Gbase-T Iscsi Host Card (Rj45) Leds

    Solid Amber: Asserted when a 1 Gb link is Speed LED  established and maintained. Off: No link is detected, or link fails.  Overview of System Components Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 39: Install System Hardware

    1. Connect the USB LCM to the female side of the USB extension cable. 2. Connect the male side of the USB extension cable to the USB port on the system front pillar. Install System Hardware Official Document ©2025 QSAN Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. www.qsan.com...

  • Page 40: Wake-On-Lan / Wake-On-Sas (Option)

    You can power on the system remotely using the Wake-on-LAN feature. It can work with any available Wake-on-LAN freeware and shareware. QSAN's Wake-on-SAS technology allows you to remotely turn on or off all cascaded XD5300 expansion enclosures using QSAN's proprietary SAS cable. Wake-on-SAS ensures that after the head system is shut down for maintenance or other purposes, the expansion enclosure will not run idle, thus consuming power.

  • Page 41: Expansion Unit Connections

    XN5 Series Hardware Manual CAUTION To ensure system stability, you MUST install genuine QSAN memory modules to expand the system memory size. The platform does not support mixed installation of DIMMs, so mixed installation of memory combinations is not allowed.
  • Page 42 Hardware Manual Step details are described below. 1. Connect the SAS cable from QSAN CTRL 1 EXP1 to JBOD CTRL 1 port 1. 2. Connect the SAS cable from QSAN CTRL 1 EXP2 to JBOD CTRL 2 port 1. 3. Connect the SAS cable from QSAN CTRL 2 EXP1 to JBOD CTRL 1 port 2.

  • Page 43: Support And Other Resources

    System -> Maintenance > System Information and use it to register your product at https://www.qsan.com/business_partnership. We recommend registering your product in QSAN partner website for firmware updates, document download, and latest news in eDM. To contact QSAN Support, please use the following information.

  • Page 44: Documentation Feedback

    Then the system will automatically generate a zip file the default download location of your web browser. 4.2. Documentation Feedback QSAN is committed to providing documentation that meets and exceeds your expectations. To help us improve the documentation, email any errors, suggestions, or comments to docsfeedback@qsan.com.

  • Page 45: Appendix

    RETURN POLICY. General QSAN Technology, Inc. ("QSAN") is willing to grant you (“User”) a license of software, firmware and / or other product sold, manufactured or offered by QSAN (“the Product”) pursuant to this EULA. License Grant QSAN grants to User a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-distributable, non- assignable, non-sub-licensable license to install and use the Product pursuant to the terms of this EULA.
  • Page 46 QSAN MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE PRODUCT WILL BE FREE OF BUGS, ERRORS, VIRUSES OR OTHER DEFECTS. IN NO EVENT WILL QSAN BE LIABLE FOR THE COST OF COVER OR FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES OR LIABILITIES...
  • Page 47  QSAN reserves the right to renew the software or firmware anytime.  QSAN may assign its rights and obligations under this EULA to any third party without  condition. This EULA will be binding upon and will inure to User’s successors and permitted assigns.

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