About the Xcellis Foundation System

The Quantum Xcellis Foundation system is an affordable, easy-to-install, simple-to-manage scale-out NAS storage appliance that provides the capacity and performance you need for both today and tomorrow. It is a turnkey solution with the features, performance, and scalability of an enterprise-grade system, sized and priced for smaller workgroups and organizations. Integrated storage tiering efficiently moves less-frequently used data to the cloud or other archive tiers to drive down the cost of long-term storage and preserve valuable free space in Xcellis Foundation.

The system comes with one of three QXS 3-Series RAID chassis storage capacity options (see QXS-312 RAID Chassis – Front) connected via 10 GbE using the iSCSI protocol, and a pre-installed StorNext NAS license.

StorNext Connect, which is used to perform initial configuration of the system, provides ongoing, holistic monitoring of your entire StorNext environment after initial configuration.

Xcellis Foundation Server

Server – Rear

Figure 3: Rear View (with pre-installed cards and no SFPs; SFP+ Twinax cables used)

Caution: Individual FC ports should not be configured on the FC switch for access to both disk and tape. FC ports should be zoned for use with either disk OR tape, not both.

Item 1 – Slot 1 Expansion Card Options

**Table 1:** Slot 1 Expansion Card Options
Expansion Card Description	Supported Expansion Cards
Dual-Port 10 GbE NIC (shown with SFP+ transceivers installed), low-profile Note: Can be used with Twinax cables or optical SFP+ transceivers.
Dual-Port 10 GbE base-T NIC, low-profile
Quad-Port 1 GbE NIC, low-profile
Empty	(n/a - slot cover installed)

Items 2 and 3 – Slot 2 and 3 Expansion Cards

**Table 2:** Slot 2 and Slot 3 Expansion Cards
Expansion Card Description	Supported Expansion Cards
Item 2, Slot 2 – Dell/Intel X520 Dual Port 10 GbE NIC (shown without SFP+ transceivers installed), low-profile; SFP+ Twinax cables used
Item 2, Slot 3 – Dell/Intel X520 Dual Port 10 GbE NIC (shown without SFP+ transceivers installed), low-profile; SFP+ Twinax cables used

Xcellis Foundation - QXS-312 RAID Chassis

QXS-312 RAID Chassis – Front

The Xcellis Foundation system QXS-312 RAID Chassis is a converged/combo configuration (which combines metadata and user data storage). The QXS-312 Chassis used for Xcellis Foundation comes with the following capacity options:

Supported Drives	Purpose	Capacity
4 TB HDD	Converged metadata and user data	4 TB x 12 drives = 48 TB
6 TB HDD	Converged metadata and user data	6 TB x 12 drives = 72 TB
8 TB HDD	Converged metadata and user data	8 TB x 12 drives = 96 TB

The following shows the front view of the QXS-312:

Figure 4: QXS-312 Front (with bezel)

Figure 5: QXS-312 Front (without bezel)