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ExaSAN B08S3-PS User Guide
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Notice............................................................................................................................................................. ii
About This Guide ........................................................................................................................................ ii
Guide to Conventions ............................................................................................................................... ii
Trademarks .................................................................................................................................................iii
Table of content ......................................................................................................................................... iv
1. Introducing ExaSAN PCIe 3.0 Storage System .............................................................................. 1-1
1.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.1.1 What is the ExaSAN Solution.............................................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 ExaSAN B08S3-PS features ...............................................................................................................1-2
1.2 What’s in the Box ................................................................................................................... 1-4
1.3 Your B08S3-PS at a Glance ................................................................................................... 1-4
1.3.1 ExaSAN B08S3-PS ............................................................................................................................1-5
1.3.1.1 B08S3-PS Front Panel & LED Indicators .................................................................................1-5
1.3.1.2 Beeper Codes ............................................................................................................................1-5
1.3.1.3 Disk Mapping ............................................................................................................................1-6
1.3.1.4 Disk Tray and LED Indicators ..................................................................................................1-6
1.3.1.5 B08S3-PS Rear Panel ................................................................................................................1-8
1.3.1 Z2M-G3 ..............................................................................................................................................1-9
1.4 What Else You Need ............................................................................................................... 1-9
2. Preparing to Install ExaSAN B08S3-PS ......................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Precaution for Handling the System ..................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Choosing the Location for the System .................................................................................. 2-1
2.3 Electrical Power ...................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.4 Operating Environment ......................................................................................................... 2-2
2.5 Security .................................................................................................................................... 2-2
3. Installing the ExaSAN B08S3-PS ................................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 Installing the System .............................................................................................................. 3-1
3.1.1 Installing Disk Drives .........................................................................................................................3-1
3.1.2 Installing the HBA Card .....................................................................................................................3-2
3.2 Install driver and GUI ............................................................................................................ 3-4
3.2.1 Installing ExaSAN driver and GUI RAIDGuardX .............................................................................3-4
3.2.1.1 Installing driver and GUI on MAC and Windows ....................................................................3-4
3.2.1.2 Installing driver and GUI on Linux ...........................................................................................3-5
3.2.2 Confirm the ExaSAN RAID system driver on OS ..............................................................................3-9
3.2.2.1 Confirming the ExaSAN RAID system driver on Mac .............................................................3-9
3.2.2.2 Confirming the ExaSAN RAID system driver in Windows ....................................................3-10
3.2.3 Confirm LEDs on HBA ....................................................................................................................3-10
3.3 Create Array ......................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.3.1 Check on new Volume in Disk Utility of MacOS ............................................................................3-11