Chapter 1: Introduction
About the StorNext G300 Hardware
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StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance Hardware Guide
Determining Server Type By Serial Number
You can also distinguish which server is included in the appliance by
serial number format:
• The R510 server contains the serial number format
CPA
, for
example, CX1111
CPA
22333.
• The R520 server contains the serial number format
CKE
, for
example, CX1313
CKE
22333.
Network Connectivity
Here are the quantity and type of network cards and ports available on
the different system models:
• The G300 features one 2-port 8 Gb FC card .
• The G301 ships with two 4-port PCIe expansion cards in slots which
each provide four 1 GbE Ethernet ports. Since there is also one
embedded 1 GbE port, there are a total of nine configurable
1 GbE ports on the system.
• The G302 ships with one 2-port PCIe expansion card which provides
two 1 GbE Ethernet, and one 2-port PCIe expansion card which
provides two 10 GbE Ethernet ports. The embedded 1 GbE port
(Eth1) on the G302 system is not configurable and remains unused.
The StorNext can also come configured as a Base System with an
Expansion , or the Expansion can be added to the system in the field.
The Expansion adds additional disks to the .
StorNext G300 Gateway
Appliance Licensing
There are several items to note about the Gateway Appliance license
used on the G300 Gateway Appliance:
• The StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance has a “per Gateway” DLC
license model. This license allows you to add clients without having
to purchase additional individual licenses.
• For new customers with no existing StorNext components, the
license comes from the factory pre-installed and enabled for use on
a new G300 Gateway Appliance.
• If you choose to install the StorNext G300 Gateway Appliance into
the same StorNext network as a customer-configured DLC gateway,
you will be limited to the existing DLC client license count.
