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1.1.3.2 Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for the RAID System
Hard disk drives or solid state disks come in different storage capacities and performance
levels. For 3.5" SAS or SATA HDD for the A08S3-PS should be the same capacity, speed
performance, model, and firmware.
Accusys recommends 3.5" SAS and SATA Enterprise HDDs for the A08S3-PS systems.
1.1.3.3 ExaSAN QSFP Host Bus Adapter (Z2M)
The ExaSAN QSFP HBA (Figure 3) requires an available PCIe x4, x8, or x16 slot in your client
system. Note that the PCIe slots on some motherboards are for graphics cards only. (Check
your motherboard documentation or verify with the motherboard vendor for compatibility. Also
note that some PCIe x4 or x8 slots only share or run at PCIe1.1 speed, so please be advised to
consult your motherboard documentation to take full advantage of ExaSAN's performance.
1.1.3.4 QSFP (Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable) PCIe Copper or
A 2m QSFP Copper Cable is included in your A08S3-PS system package. It is used to connect
the host system to the storage system.
Optional QSFP cables (Figure 4) are available at varying lengths in copper or optical
1.
2m QSFP Copper Cable
2.
10m QSFP Optical Cable
3.
30m QSFP Optical Cable
4.
50m QSFP Optical Cable
5.
100m QSFP Optical Cable
User Guide
Figure 3: Z2M HBA card
Optical Cables
Figure 4: QSFP optical cable
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