Quantum NDX Series User Manual

User’s Guide

Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack

6-67445-01 Rev A

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Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack User’s Guide, 6-67445-01 Rev A, October 2011, Product of USA.

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Contents

Preface ix

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Motherboard Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Serial ATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Graphics Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Server Chassis Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SATA Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Rear I/O Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2 System Safety 5

Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

ESD Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Operating Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 3 Server Installation 11

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Unpacking the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Preparing for Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Choosing a Setup Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Warnings and Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Rack Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Server Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Rack Mounting Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Ambient Operating Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Reduced Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Mechanical Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Circuit Overloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Reliable Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Installing the System into a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the Rear Inner Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing the Rack Rails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing the Server into a Telco Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Memory Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adding PCI Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PCI Expansion Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PCI Card Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PCI Slot/Card

Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 4 Initial Setup and System Interface 23

Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

First Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting to Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Control Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Control Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Hard Drive Carrier LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 5 Advanced Chassis Setup 29

I/O Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

.System Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

System Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

SATA Drive Replacement and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Accessing the Drive Bays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Mounting a Drive in a Drive Carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Installing/Removing SATA Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

DVD-ROM Drive Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Removing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Removing/Installing a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power Supply Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes 35

Appendix B System Specifications 37

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Figures

Figure 1 Chassis Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Figure 2 Chassis Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 3 Installing the Onboard Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 4 Installing the Rear Inner Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 5 Installing the Server into a Rack (with optional front bezel

shown)17

Figure 6 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack (with optional front

bezel shown)18

Figure 7 Installing DIMM into Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 8 I/O Ports Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 9 Mounting Drive in Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figures

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Preface

This manual introduces the Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack. This preface
includes:

• About This Manual

• Document Organization

• Notational Conventions

• Product Safety Statements

• Contacts

• Worldwide End-User Product Warranty

About this Manual This manual provides information for the installation and use of the

Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack chassis. Please read this manual before
performing installation or maintenance.

The Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack chassis features 4 enterprise class hard
disk drives, Intel Core i3 Processor and 4GB of RAM. The chassis is
equipped with a high-efficiency power supply for superb power savings.

This document lists compatible parts available when this document was
published. Always refer to the our Web site for updates on supported
parts and configurations.

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Document Organization Following is a brief description of chapter contents.

• Chapter 1 Introduction provides a checklist of the main features of
the Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack.

• Chapter 2 System Safety lists warnings, precautions, and system
safety. It recommended that you thoroughly familiarize yourself
with all safety precautions.

• Chapter 3 provides setup instructions to get your system up and
running, and provides procedures for upgrading system memory,

• Chapter 4 System Interface provides interface details on the system
interface, which includes the functions and information provided by
the control panel on the tower as well as other LEDs located
throughout the system.

• Chapter 5 Advanced Chassis Setup covers the steps required to
install components and perform maintenance on the Quantum NDX
NAS 1U Rack chassis.

• Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes

• Appendix B: System Specifications

Notational Conventions This manual uses the following conventions:

Convention Example

User input is shown in bold font. ./DARTinstall

Computer output and command
line examples are shown in
monospace font.

./DARTinstall

User input variables are enclosed in
angle brackets.

http://<ip_address>/cgi-bin/
stats

For UNIX and Linux commands, the
command prompt is implied.

./DARTinstall
isthesameas
#./DARTinstall

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The following formats indicate important information:

Note: Note emphasizes important information related to the main

topic.

Caution: Caution indicates potential hazards to equipment or data.

WARNING: Warning indicates potential hazards to personal safety.

• Right side of the system — Refers to the right side as you face the
component being described.

• Left side of the system — Refers to the left side as you face the
component being described.

•b — All binary numbers are succeeded by “b.”

•h — All hexadecimal numbers are succeeded by “h.”

• Error or attention conditions are represented in parenthesis that
translate as follows:

(SK=S ASC=AA ASCQ=QQ)

where:

S — hexadecimal sense key value

AA — hexadecimal additional sense code

QQ — hexadecimal additional sense code qualifiers

File and directory names, menu
commands, button names, and
window names are shown in bold
font.

/data/upload

Menu names separated by arrows
indicate a sequence of menus to be
navigated.

Utilities > Firmware

Convention Example

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Product Safety
Statements

Quantum will not be held liable for damage arising from unauthorized
use of the product. The user assumes all risk in this aspect.

This unit is engineered and manufactured to meet all safety and
reg

ulatory requirements. Be aware that improper use may result in
bodily injury, damage to the equipment, or interference with other
equipment.

WARNING: Before operating this product, read all instructions and

warnings in this document and in the system, safety, and
regulatory guide.

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Contacts Visit the Quantum home page at:

http://www.quantum.com

Getting More
Information or Help

StorageCare™, Quantum’s comprehensive service approach, leverages
advanced data access and diagnostics technologies with cross­environment, multi-vendor expertise to resolve backup issues faster and
at lower cost.

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information, add attachments, and receive status updates via e­mail. Online Service accounts are free from Quantum. That account
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For further assistance, or if training is desired, contact the Quantum
Customer Support Center:

United States 800-284-5101 (toll free)

949-725-2100

EMEA 00800-4-782-6886 (toll free)

[phone]

APAC [phone] (toll free)

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For worldwide support:

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Worldwide End-User
Product Warranty

For more information on the Quantum Worldwide End-User Standard
Limited Product Warranty:

http://www.quantum.com/pdf/QuantumWarranty.pdf

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Chapter 1

Introduction

The Quantum NDX NAS 1U Rack features is a high-end server comprised
of two main subsystems: the server chassis and the single processor
motherboard.

In addition to the motherboard and chassis, various hardware
components are included, as listed below:

• Four sets of 4-cm counter-rotating fans

• One air shroud

• One passive CPU heatsink

• One riser card for one add-on card

• SATA Accessories

•One SATA backplane

• Four hard drive carriers

• One rackmount kit

Chapter 1: Introduction
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Motherboard Features

Memory The motherboard four DIMM sockets that can support up to 32 GB of

unbuffered DDR3-1333/1066 memory. Refer to Chapter 3 for installing
memory.

Serial ATA An on-chip SATA controller is integrated into the motherboard to

provide a six-port, 3 Gb/sec Serial ATA subsystem, which is RAID 0, 1, 5
and 10 supported (RAID 5 supported with Windows OS only). The SATA
drives are hot-swappable units.

I/O Ports The color-coded I/O ports include one COM port, a VGA (monitor) port,

two USB 2.0 ports, PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports and two gigabit
Ethernet ports. A dedicated IPMI LAN port is also included.

Graphics Controller The motherboard features an integrated ATI video controller based on

the Matrox G200eW graphics chip, which has 16 MB of DDR2 memory.

Server Chassis Features

Figure 1 Chassis Front View

USB Ports

SATA Drives (4)

COM2 Port Control Panel

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Server Chassis Features

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Figure 2 Chassis Rear View

PCI Expansion SlotPower Supply*

Keyboard Port

USB Ports COM1 Port Ethernet Ports

Dedicated IPMI Port

Mouse Port

VGA Port

*The 5017C-MTRF includes two power supplies for redundancy.

The following is a general outline of the main features of the chassis.

System Power The chassis includes a single 350W power supply.

SATA Subsystem The chassis was designed to support four SATA hard drives, which are

hot-swappable units.

Control Panel The control panel provides important system monitoring and control

information. LEDs indicate power on, network activity, hard disk drive
activity and system overheat conditions. The control panel also includes
a main power button and a system reset button. The front also includes
a COM port and two USB serial ports for easy access.