Quantum DXi6902 Quick start guide

Field Service Manual
Quantum DXi6902
with DXi 3.0.0_69 Software
6-68164-01 Rev A

ii Quantum DXi6902 User’s Guide
Quantum DXi6902 User’s Guide, 6-68164-01 Rev A, July 2014, Product of USA.
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Contents
Preface xvii
Chapter 1 DXi6902 Basic Operations 1
DXi6902 Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Node Front Panel Features and Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Node Rear Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Node Hard Drive Carrier Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Node 1 GbE Ethernet Port Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Node 10 GbE Ethernet Port Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Node Power Supply Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DXi6902 Array and Expansion Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Array and Expansion Module Front Panel Features and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Array and Expansion Module Hard Drive Carrier Indicators. . . 15
Array Module Rear Panel Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Expansion Module Rear Panel Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turning On and Shutting Down the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Turning on the DXi6902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Turning off the DXi6902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Accessing Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Supported Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Logging On to the DXi6902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Logging Off of the DXi6902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Locating DXi6902 Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 2 DXi6902 Service Menus 29
Connecting to the DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting to the System Node Using the Service Port . . . . . 30
Connecting to the System Node Using the iDRAC Port . . . . . . 31
Connecting to the System Node Using the Serial Port. . . . . . . 33
Accessing the DXi6902 Service Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hardware Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Serial Number Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Install Application Software Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
More Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Pick to Order (PTO) Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Gathering Collect Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Collect Log: Remote Management Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Collect Log: Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Collect Log: Syscli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Collect Log: Service Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Blockpool Verify and Blockpool Corruption Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Determining the Status of a Blockpool Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Running the Blockpool Verification Script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Detecting Blob Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Repairing a Blocklet Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Verifying the Repair of Blocklet Corruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Verifying the Repair of BLOB Corruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring the Number of Allowed Sources and Replication Streams 55
Configuring the Source and Target Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configuring the Number of OST Replication Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configuring the Number of Traditional and OST Replication
Streams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuring Tag Retention and Continuous Replication . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring the Tag Retention Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring Continuous Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Retrieving a Crash Dump File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Accessing the Crash Dump File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using WinSCP to Compress and Transfer the Crash Dump File 64

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Transferring the Crash Dump File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 3 DXi6902 FRU Removal and Replacement Procedures 71
Hot-Swappable Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Opening and Closing the Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Opening the DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Closing the DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Inside the DXi6902 Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing Node Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Obtaining a Replacement Node Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing a Node Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Replacing Node Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Obtaining a Replacement Node Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing a Node Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Replacing Node Cooling Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Obtaining a Replacement Node Cooling Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing a Node Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Replacing Node Memory Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Obtaining a Replacement Node Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing a Node Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing Node Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Identifying Expansion Card Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Obtaining a Replacement Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Replacing an Expansion Card in Riser 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Replacing an Expansion Card in Riser 2 or 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Replacing the Node Integrated Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Obtaining a Replacement Integrated Storage Controller. . . . 116
Replacing the Integrated Storage Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Replacing the Node Integrated Storage Controller Battery . . . . . . . . 125
Obtaining a Replacement Integrated Storage Controller
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Replacing the Integrated Storage Controller Battery. . . . . . . 126
Replacing the Node Network Daughter Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Obtaining a Replacement Network Daughter Card . . . . . . . . 129
Replacing the Network Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Replacing a Node Processor and Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Obtaining a Replacement Processor and Heatsink . . . . . . . . 132
Replacing the Processor and Heatsink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Replacing the Node Hard Drive Backplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Obtaining a Replacement Hard Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . 140
Replacing the Hard Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Replacing the Node System Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Obtaining a Replacement System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Replacing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Replacing the Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Obtaining a Replacement Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Replacing the Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Replacing the Node Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Obtaining a Replacement Node Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Replacing the Node Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Replacing Array or Expansion Module Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Obtaining a Replacement Array or Expansion Hard Drive . . . 163
Replacing an Array or Expansion Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Replacing Array or Expansion Module Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Obtaining a Replacement Array or Expansion Power Supply. 168
Replacing an Array or Expansion Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . 169
Replacing an Array Module Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Obtaining a Replacement Array Module Controller. . . . . . . . 173
Replacing an Array Module Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Replacing an Array Module BBU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Obtaining a Replacement Array Module BBU . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Replacing an Array Module BBU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Replacing an Expansion Module ESM Canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Obtaining a Replacement Expansion Module ESM Canister . 186
Replacing an Expansion Module ESM Canister . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Replacing an Array or Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Obtaining a Replacement Array or Expansion Module
Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Replacing the Array or Expansion Module Chassis . . . . . . . . 191
Additional Removal and Replacement Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Removing and Installing the Cooling Fan Assembly . . . . . . . 195
Removing and Installing the PCIe Card Holder . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Removing and Installing the Cable Retention Bracket. . . . . . 198

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Removing and Installing the Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
DXi6902 Replacement Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 4 DXi6902 BIOS Settings 203
Updating the DXi6902 BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Required DXi6902 BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Appendix A DXi6902 Cabling Diagrams 211

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Figures
Figure 1 DXi6902 Node Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 2 Node Rear View - DXi6902. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 3 Rear View - DXi6902 With Optional 2 x 10GbE Ports . . . . . . . 6
Figure 4 Rear View - DXi6902 With Optional 4 x 1GbE Ports . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 5 Hard Drive Carrier LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 6 Ethernet Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 7 LEDs for 10 GbE Adapter With Dual Optical or Twinax Ports 11
Figure 8 Power Supply LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 9 Array and Expansion Module LED Indicators – Front Panel . 14
Figure 10 Hard Drive Sled LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 11 Array Module LED Indicators – Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 12 Expansion Module LED Indicators – Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 13 Powering on the DXi6902 Expansion Modules (EBODs). . . 21
Figure 14 Powering on the DXi6902 Array Modules (RBODs) . . . . . . 22
Figure 15 Powering on the DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 16 Login Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 17 Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 18 DXi6902 Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Figure 19 Connecting to the DXi6902 Node (Rear View) . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 20 iDRAC Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 21 iDRAC Main Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 22 Service Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 23 Hardware Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 24 Setup IPMI Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 25 Internal RAID H710 Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 26 Setup Array Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 27 Encryption Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 28 Serial Numbers Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 29 More Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 30 Service Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 31 More Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 32 Blockpool Corruption Detection and Fix Flow . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 33 Initial WinSCP Log-in Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 34 Root Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 35 Progress Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 36 Removing the DXi6902 Node from the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 37 Node Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 38 Removing the Node Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 39 Removing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 40 Replacing the Cooling Shroud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 41 Replacing the Node Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 42 Installing the DXi6902 Node in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 43 Inside the DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 44 DXi6902 Node Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 45 DXi6902 Node Drive Slot Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 46 Node Drive Carrier LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 47 Removing and Installing a Node Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Figure 48 DXi6902 Node Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 49 DXi6902 Node Power Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 50 Node Power Supply LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 51 Removing and Installing a Node Power Supply . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 52 DXi6902 Node Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 53 Checking Fan Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 54 Removing and Installing a Cooling Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 55 DXi6902 Node Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 56 DXi6902 Node Memory Module Locations . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 57 Identifying a Failed Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Figure 58 Removing and Installing a Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . 105
Figure 59 DXi6902 Node Expansion Card Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 60 DXi6902 Node Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Figure 61 Removing and Installing the Expansion Card Riser 1 . . . . 111
Figure 62 Removing and Installing an Expansion Card in Riser 1 . . . 112
Figure 63 Removing and Installing the Expansion Card Riser 2 . . . . 114
Figure 64 Removing and Installing the Expansion Card Riser 3 . . . . 114
Figure 65 Removing and Installing an Expansion Card in Riser 2
or 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 66 DXi6902 Node Integrated Storage Controller . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 67 Checking Integrated Storage Controller Status . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 68 Removing and Installing the Integrated Storage Controller
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 69 Checking Data-at-Rest Encryption Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Figure 70 PERC RAID BIOS - Virtual Disk Management . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 71 PERC RAID BIOS - Security Key Management . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 72 PERC RAID BIOS - Create Security Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 73 PERC RAID BIOS - Key Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 74 PERC RAID BIOS - Verifying Imported Drives . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 75 DXi6902 Node Integrated Storage Controller Battery . . . 125

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Figure 76 Checking Integrated Storage Controller Battery Status . . 127
Figure 77 Removing and Installing the Integrated Storage Controller
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Figure 78 DXi6902 Node Network Daughter Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Figure 79 Checking Network Daughter Card Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 80 Removing and Installing the Network Daughter Card . . . 131
Figure 81 DXi6902 Node Processor and Heatsink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Figure 82 Checking Processor and Heatsink Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Figure 83 Removing and Installing the Processor Heatsink . . . . . . . 136
Figure 84 Processor Shield Opening and Closing Lever Sequence . . 137
Figure 85 Removing and Installing a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Figure 86 DXi6902 Node Hard Drive Backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Figure 87 Removing and Installing the Hard Drive Backplane . . . . . 142
Figure 88 Hard Drive Backplane Cabling Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 89 DXi6902 Node System Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Figure 90 Removing and Installing the Mini SAS Cable Connector . 147
Figure 91 Removing and Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Figure 92 DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Figure 93 DXi6902 Information Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Figure 94 DXi6902 Node Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Figure 95 Removing and Installing the Mini SAS Cable Connector . 160
Figure 96 Removing and Installing the System Board . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Figure 97 DXi6902 Array Module (RBOD) or Expansion Module (EBOD)
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Figure 98 DXi6902 Array and Expansion Module Drive Slot
Numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Figure 99 Array and Expansion Hard Drive Carrier LEDs. . . . . . . . . . 166
Figure 100 Removing and Installing an Array or Expansion Hard
Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Figure 101 DXi6902 Array Module (RBOD) or Expansion Module (EBOD)
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

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Figure 102 DXi6902 Array and Expansion Module Power Supplies . 170
Figure 103 Array and Expansion Module Power Supply LEDs . . . . . 170
Figure 104 Removing and Installing an Array or Expansion Module
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Figure 105 DXi6902 Array Module Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Figure 106 Checking Array Module Controller Status . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Figure 107 Array Module Controller Failure LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Figure 108 Controller Air Blocker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Figure 109 Removing and Installing an Array Module Controller. . . 177
Figure 110 DXi6902 Array Module BBU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Figure 111 Checking Array Module BBU Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Figure 112 Array Module Controller Failure LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Figure 113 Controller Air Blocker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Figure 114 Removing and Installing an Array Module Controller. . . 183
Figure 115 Removing and Installing an Array Module BBU . . . . . . . 184
Figure 116 DXi6902 Expansion Module ESM Canister . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Figure 117 Checking Expansion Module ESM Status . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Figure 118 Expansion Module ESM Canister Failure LEDs . . . . . . . . 188
Figure 119 Removing and Installing an Expansion Module ESM
Canister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Figure 120 DXi6902 Array Module or Expansion Module Chassis . . 191
Figure 121 Removing and Installing an Array Module or Expansion
Module Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 122 Removing and Installing the Cooling Fan Assembly. . . . 196
Figure 123 Removing and Installing the PCIe Card Holder. . . . . . . . 197
Figure 124 Removing and Installing the Cable Retention Bracket . . 198
Figure 125 Removing and Installing the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . 200
Figure 126 Removing and Installing the Information Tag . . . . . . . . 200
Figure 127 DXi6902 SAS Cabling (Node to RBODs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Figure 128 DXi6902 SAS Cabling (RBODs to EBODs) . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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Figure 129 DXi6902 SAS Cabling (EBODs 1-1 through 1-7) . . . . . . . 214
Figure 130 DXi6902 SAS Cabling (EBODs 2-1 through 2-6) . . . . . . . 215
Figure 131 DXi6902 Power Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Figure 132 DXi6902 Fibre Channel Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Figure 133 DXi6902 Ethernet Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Figure 134 DXi6902 Ethernet Cabling - Optional Quad Port 1 GbE
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Figure 135 DXi6902 Ethernet Cabling - Optional Dual Port 10 GbE
Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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Ta b l e s
Ta b l e 1 DXi6902 Node - Front Panel LED Indicators, Buttons, and
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ta b l e 2 Rear Panel Connectors - DXi6902. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Ta b l e 3 Array and Expansion Module LEDs and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ta b l e 4 Hard Drive Sled LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ta b l e 5 Array Module LEDs and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ta b l e 6 Expansion Module LEDs and Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ta b l e 7 Maximum Allowed Replication Sources and Replication
Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ta b l e 8 Maximum Traditional and OST Replication Streams. . . . . . . . 58
Ta b l e 9 DXi6902 Hot-Swappable FRUs and CRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ta b l e 1 0 Items Inside the DXi6902 Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Ta b l e 1 1 DXi6902 Memory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Ta b l e 1 2 DXi6902 Node Expansion Card Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Ta b l e 1 3 DXi6902 Replacement Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ta b l e 1 4 DXI6902 Required BIOS Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

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Preface
This manual introduces the Quantum DXi6902 enhanced data
protection systems and discusses:
• System operations
• Configuration
•Webinterface
• Basic troubleshooting
• Service menus and FRU replacement
Audience This manual is written for DXi6902 operators and administrators.
Note: It is useful for the audience to have a basic understanding of
Windows, Linux, and UNIX® as well as backup/recovery
systems.
Document Organization Following is a brief description of chapter contents.
•Chapter 1, DXi6902 Basic Operations provides basic operating
instructions for the DXi6902.

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•Chapter 2, DXi6902 Service Menus discusses usage of the DXi6902
service menus.
•Chapter 3, DXi6902 FRU Removal and Replacement Procedures
discusses the removal and replacement of DXi6902 field replaceable
units (FRUs).
•Chapter 4, DXi6902 BIOS Settings discusses DXi6902 system board
BIOS settings and updating the BIOS.
•Appendix A, DXi6902 Cabling Diagrams provides cabling diagrams
for DXi6902 components.
Notational Conventions This manual uses the following conventions:
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.
• Data sizes are reported in base 1000 rather than base 1024. For
example:
• 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes
• 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes
• 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes

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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
regulatory 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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Related Documents The following Quantum documents are also available for the DXi6902:
Document
No. Document Title
Document
Description
6-00618 System Safety and
Regulatory Information
- Quantum Products
Lists all safety and
regulatory
information for all
Quantum products.
6-68159 DXi6902 User’s Guide Provides information
for configuring and
using the DXi6902
hardware and
software.