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ExaSAN B08S3-PS User Guide
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Notice.............................................................................................................................................................ii
About This Guide........................................................................................................................................ii
Guide to Conventions ...............................................................................................................................ii
Trademarks..................................................................................................................................................ii
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...............................................................................................................1-3
1.2 What’s in the Box ...................................................................................................................1-4
1.3 Your B08S3-PS at a Glance...................................................................................................1-5
1.3.1 Front view...........................................................................................................................................1-5
1.3.2 Disk Mapping .....................................................................................................................................1-5
1.3.3 Disk Tray and LED Indicators............................................................................................................1-5
1.3.4 Rear Panel...........................................................................................................................................1-6
1.3.5 Z2M-G3..............................................................................................................................................1-7
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 Disk Drive...............................................................................................................3-1
3.2 Installing the HBA Card........................................................................................................3-2
3.3 Install driver and GUI............................................................................................................3-3
3.3.1 Installing driver and GUI on MAC and Windows..............................................................................3-3
3.3.2 Installing driver and GUI on Linux ....................................................................................................3-4
3.3.2.1 Driver Installation .....................................................................................................................3-4
3.3.2.2 RAIDGuardX Installation .........................................................................................................3-6
3.4 Create Array...........................................................................................................................3-7
4. Using RAIDGuardX GUI.................................................................................................................4-1
4.1 RAIDGuardX Overview ........................................................................................................4-1
4.1.1 Menu Bar ............................................................................................................................................4-1
4.1.2 RAIDGuardX main console................................................................................................................4-2
4.2 Add/Remove Controller.........................................................................................................4-3
4.2.1 Add Controller....................................................................................................................................4-3
