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3.3.
Install the Optional Host Card
Your XCubeNXT XN8000D comes with two on-board 10GbE ports and one on-board 1GbE port
on the controller, with two additional host card expansion slots. If you would like to expand the
number of host ports, you can purchase QSAN’s optional host cards including 10GbE via SFP+,
10GBASE-T, 16GbE fibre channel or 1GBASE-T host cards. To install a host card, please follow
the steps as illustrated below
:
CAUTION:
1.
You must remove the controller module from the system chassis before
installing or removing the host card.
2.
This process don’t need to turn off the storage, disconnect the power adapter,
or any other device/cable that is attached to the XCubeNXT.
TIP:
1.
Please note that if you change the host card type on the controller, the network
setting may change depending on your system configuration.
2.
You can place different host card on two controllers, but the network setting
may change depending on your system configuration.
1.
Remove the controller from the system chassis.
Loosen the screws below the release lever on the back of the XCubeNXT. Pull
down both release lever at the same time, then pull out the controller.
Use one hand to hold one end of the controller module (the side with release levers) and the
other hand hold the bottom of the controller. Pull out the controller module until it is free from
the system chassis.
