Quantum NDX Series User manual

User’s Guide
Quantum NDX NAS Tower
6-67444-01 Rev A

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Quantum NDX NAS Tower User’s Guide, 6-67444-01 Rev A, October 2011, Product of USA.
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Contents
Preface vii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 System Safety 3
Warnings and Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Electrical Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
General Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3 Initial Setup and System Interface 7
Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
First Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Connecting to Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Control Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Control Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Chapter 4 Chassis Setup and Maintenance 15
Removing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Replacing a Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Removing Hard Drive Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing the Hard Drive into Hard Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing a Peripheral Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adding or Replacing a Peripheral Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing Add-on or Expansion Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Add-on Card/Expansion Slot Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the Fan Duct and System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing the Fan Duct and System Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Checking the Server's Air Flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Changing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Appendix A Power Supply Specifications 27

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Figures
Figure 1 Front Chassis Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 2 Rear Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 3 Removing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 4 Removing the Hard Drive Carrier from Chassis . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 5 Chassis Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 6 Removing Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 7 Replacing Hard Drive in Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 8 Installing the Peripheral Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 9 Installing Add-on or Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 10 Replacing the Fan Shroud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 11 Removing the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Preface
This manual introduces the Quantum NDX NAS Tower. 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 Tower chassis. Please read this manual before
performing installation or maintenance.
The Quantum NDX NAS Tower chassis features 4 hard disk drives, Intel
Core i3 Processor and 4GB of RAM. The chassis is equipped with a 500W
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 high level summary of the system
features.
• Chapter 2 System Safety lists warnings, precautions, and system
safety. It recommended that you thoroughly familiarize yourself
with all safety precautions.
• Chapter 3 System provides details on the system interface—
including the functions and information provided by the control
panel on the tower, as well as initial setup and other LEDs located
throughout the system.
• Chapter 4 Chassis Setup and Maintenance provides procedures for
installing, removing, or reconfiguring your Quantum NDX NAS
To w e r .
• Appendix A: Power Supply 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
File and directory names, menu
commands, button names, and
window names are shown in bold
font.
/data/upload

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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
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
regulatory requirements. Be aware that improper use may result in
Menu names separated by arrows
indicate a sequence of menus to be
navigated.
Utilities > Firmware
Convention Example

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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.