H4000 Hardware Overview

Caution: Do not change any BIOS settings on your system.

The Quantum H4000 is a hyper-converged system, providing both management software and StorNext-managed block storage in a single enclosure.

The base system hardware specification (per RAID/controller node):

  • 24-Core CPU
  • 128 GB or 512 GB memory
  • 512 GB boot drives (2x)
  • Base system software:
    • QBSP base system software and operating system (for 2.x systems ONLY)
    • CentOS 7 running as a hypervisor (for 1.x systems ONLY)
    • QCSP/ESOS VM (virtual machine; for 1.x systems ONLY):
      • Network connection end-points are passed into the VM using PCI pass-through
  • H-Series UI
  • StorNext VM

RAID chassis specifications:

Specification

Metric Unit

 Imperial Unit
Chassis height (2U) 13.33cm (133.35mm) 5.25 inches
Chassis depth 66.04cm (660.4mm) 26 inches
Chassis width (standard rack width) 48.26cm (482.6mm) 19 inches

Chassis weight 12-drive chassis

(fully-populated with hard drives)

 26.3 kg 58 lbs.

Chassis weight 24-drive chassis

(fully-populated with hard drives)

 26.8 kg 59 lbs.

JBOD chassis specifications:

Specification

Metric Unit

 Imperial Unit
Chassis height (2U) 13.33cm (133.35mm) 5.25 inches
Chassis depth 52.07cm (520.7mm) 20.5 inches
Chassis width (standard rack width) 48.26cm (482.6mm) 19 inches

Chassis weight 12-drive chassis

(fully-populated with hard drives)

 19.5 kg 43 lbs.

Chassis weight 24-drive chassis

(fully-populated with hard drives)

 20.0 kg 44 lbs.

Item

Component

1

12 drive bays

2

Power supply unit (PSU 2)

3

Power supply unit (PSU 1)

4

Controller B (top); redundant/failover operations supported with Controller A (bottom).
5 Controller A (bottom); redundant/failover operations supported with Controller B (top).
6 Serial Number/Asset Tag

Item

Component

1

12 drive bays

2

Power supply unit (PSU 2)

3

Power supply unit (PSU 1)

4

 Left fan assembly; fan 1 is located in back; fan 3 is located in front
5 Right fan assembly; fan 2 is located in back; fan 4 is located in front

6

Secondary JBOD I/O module (top); redundant/failover operations supported with the primary JBOD I/O module (bottom)
7

Primary JBOD I/O module (bottom); redundant/failover operations supported with the secondary JBOD I/O module (top )
8 Serial Number/Asset Tag

Item

Component

1

24 drive bays

2

Power supply unit (PSU 2)

3

Power supply unit (PSU 1)

4

Controller B (top); redundant/failover operations supported with Controller A (bottom).
5 Controller A (bottom); redundant/failover operations supported with Controller B (top).
6 Serial Number/Asset Tag

Item

Component

1

24 drive bays

2

Power supply unit (PSU 2)

3

Power supply unit (PSU 1)

4

 Left fan assembly; fan 1 is located in back; fan 3 is located in front
5 Right fan assembly; fan 2 is located in back; fan 4 is located in front

6

Secondary JBOD I/O module (top); redundant/failover operations supported with the primary JBOD I/O module (bottom)
7

Primary JBOD I/O module (bottom); redundant/failover operations supported with the secondary JBOD I/O module (top )
8 Serial Number/Asset Tag

The H4000 contains 3 drive types with different total system capacities and drive sizes for each type.

SSD capacity options

Drive Quantity

Raw System Capacity

Drive Size
12

23 TB

1.92 TB
12

94 TB

7.68 TB
12

184 TB

15.36 TB

24

46 TB

1.92 TB

24

184 TB

7.68 TB

24

368 TB

15.36 TB

10K SAS capacity options

Drive Quantity

Raw System Capacity

Drive Size

12

14 TB

1.2 TB

12

21 TB

1.8 TB

24

28 TB

1.2 TB
24 43 TB 1.8 TB

NL-SAS capacity options

Drive Quantity

Raw System Capacity

Drive Size
12

48 TB

4 TB
12

96 TB

8 TB
12

192 TB

16 TB

24

 96 TB

4 TB

24

 192 TB

8 TB

24

 384 TB

16 TB

The H4000 is designed for a StorNext shared storage environment. It is configured with storage for metadata, data, and shared HA (for the StorNext VMs).For 12-drive enclosures, these are shipped with 1 10+2 RAID 6 LUN (logical unit number). For 24-drive enclosures, these are shipped with 2 x 10+2 RAID 6 LUNs (logical unit numbers).

The front of the H4000 contains a drive bay that includes 12 or 24 drives, depending on the hardware purchased.

12-drive numbering

For 12 drive enclosures, drives are numbered from 1 to 12 as shown below (a RAID enclosure is shown in this example, but the same numbering scheme applies to both RAID and JBOD enclosures):

24-drive numbering

For 24 drive enclosures, drives are numbered from left to right and from 1 to 24 as shown below (a RAID enclosure is shown in this example, but the same numbering scheme applies to both RAID and JBOD enclosures):

Note: These apply to both controllers. (Single controller shown)

Item

Component

1

 SAS expansion ports (for JBOD connections)

2

 IPMI/BMC 1 GbE (RJ-45) port
3 USB 3.1 Ports (qty. 4)
4 10 GbE (RJ-45; Em1) – used for management connections
5 10 GbE (RJ-45 Em2) – used for initial system configuration; after configuration, this is for service use only
6 VGA Port (DB-15)

Note: The H4000 is not available with a combination of both 32 Gb FC cards and 100 GbE cards installed in the same system.

H4000 Rear - PCIe Slot Locations

Item

Description

1

Controller B PCIe slot locations.

2

Controller A PCIe slot locations.

PCIe Slot

 Card Profile Bracket Profile

Cards Supported

1

 Low Profile Low Profile
  • Quad Port 32/16/8 Gb Fibre Channel HBA
  • Quad Port 10/25 GbE NIC
  • Dual Port 40/50/100 GbE NIC

    • Note: The Dell/Nvidia CONNECTX-6 DX 40/100 GbE NIC card requires QBSP 2.2 or later software)

2

 Low or Full Height Full Height

3

 Low Profile Full Height

Ethernet port listed in this table has a physical location on the supported PCIe Ethernet cards, and corresponds to a logical port address (which is used when configuring the port, or when trying to identify the port on various displays in the H-Series UI (see Configuration > Storage Interfaces).

Note: For iSCSI configuration, ports use "s" rather than "p" for the slot number. For example, for a Quad-port Eth card in slot 1, port 1 would look like "s513p1", rather than "p513p1", as shown in the "iSCSI Port Address" in the table.

Physical Port Location

 Logical Port Address

StorNext VM Port Address

iSCSI Port Address

 

Rear System Eth Port 1

 em1 em2 n/a

Rear System Eth Port 2

 em2 em4 n/a
For Quad-Port Eth Cards in PCIe Slot 1:

Slot 1 Port 1

 p513p1 p1p1 s1p1
Slot 1 Port 2 p513p2 p1p2 s1p2
Slot 1 Port 3 p513p3 p1p3 s1p3
Slot 1 Port 4 p513p4 p1p4 s1p4
For Dual-Port Eth Cards in PCIe Slot 1:

Slot 1 Port 1

 p513p1 p1p1 s1p1
Slot 1 Port 2 p513p2 p1p2 s1p2
For Quad-Port Eth Cards in PCIe Slot 2:
Slot 2 Port 1 p257p1 p2p1 s2p1
Slot 2 Port 2 p257p2 p2p2 s2p2
Slot 2 Port 3 p257p3 p2p3 s2p3
Slot 2 Port 4 p257p3 p2p4 s2p4
For Dual-Port Eth Cards in PCIe Slot 2:
Slot 2 Port 1 p257p1 p2p1 s2p1
Slot 2 Port 2 p257p2 p2p2 s2p2
For Quad-Port Eth Cards in PCIe Slot 3:
Slot 3 Port 1 p258p1 p3p1 s3p1
Slot 3 Port 2 p258p2 p3p2 s3p2
Slot 3 Port 3 p258p3 p3p3 s3p3
Slot 3 Port 4 p258p4 p3p4 s3p4
For Dual-Port Eth Cards in PCIe Slot 3:
Slot 3 Port 1 p258p1 p3p1 s3p1
Slot 3 Port 2 p258p2 p3p2 s3p2

The cards listed in this table have specific ports when looked at from the rear of the chassis, from left to right. The ports used are included below, in the order found on the system for each.

Card

Slot Location

Port and Port Order

Host Port Names

Xcellis Port Names

Quad Port Eth Cards

Slot 1

1-2-3-4

s1p1, s1p2, s1p3, s1p4

p1p1, p1p2, p1p3, p1p4

Slot 2

4-3-2-1

s2p4, s2p3, s2p2, s2p1

p2p4, p2p3, p2p2, p2p1

Slot 3

4-3-2-1

s3p4, s3p3, s3p2, s3p1

p3p4, p3p3, p3p2, p3p1

Dual Port Eth Cards

Slot 1

1-2

s1p1, s1p2

p1p1, p1p2

Slot 2

2-1

s2p2, s2p1

p2p2, p2p1

Quad Port FC Cards

Slot 1

0-1-2-3

Owned by the host

N/A

Slot 2

3-2-1-0

N/A

Owned by Xcellis

Slot 3

3-2-1-0

N/A

Owned by Xcellis

Dual Port FC Cards

Slot 1

0-1

Owned by the host

N/A

Slot 2

1-0

N/A

 Owned by Xcellis

Slot 3

1-0

N/A

Owned by Xcellis

See Interface Card/Switch Compatibility in the Planning section of this doc center.

Note: These apply to both I/O Modules.

Item

Component

1

 SAS 0 Port

2

 SAS 1 Port
3 SAS Expansion Port

Item

Component

1

Host Operating System/Boot Drive SSDs

2

I/O Expansion Cards (3 slots total)

3

SuperCap/Battery Backup Unit (BBU)

4

I/O Expansion Card Fans (2x)

5

3-in-1 Card

6

 NVD (Non-Volatile DRAM) Card

7

 System Fans (3x)

8

RAID Power Supply Unit (PSU)

9

Motherboard; includes:

  • DRAM Memory DIMMs (quantity depends on memory installed)

  • CPU (1x)

  • SAS Expansion Ports 2x)

  • 1 GbE NIC IPMI/BMS port (1x)

  • USB ports (4x)

  • 10 GbE NIC ports (2x)

  • Video port (1x)

  • Boot Drive SSD slots (2x)

For additional RAID port information, see Controller Port Connections.

12-Drive Control Panels

Item

LED/Button

1

Left Front Control Panel (Controller A)

2

Right Front Control Panel (Controller B)

RAID Control Panel LEDs and Buttons (both control panels)

Item

LED/Button*

Indication/Function

1

Controller Power Status
(LED/button)

Blue: Power on

Off: Power off

2

 Controller ID (LED/button)

Blue: Controller ID enabled

Off: ID not lit
3 Controller Status
(LED)

Red: Controller degraded

Off: Controller healthy

4

LAN Port 1 activity

Yellow: LAN1 (10 GbE) network activity

Off: LAN1 link is down
5 LAN Port 2 activity

Yellow: LAN2 (10 GbE) network activity

Off: LAN2 link is down
6 NVD Save/Restore Activity

Blinking: NVD is saving or restoring data
7 NVD PCIe Up/Ready

On: NVD is healthy and connected to the PCIe interfaces
* LED/button displayed is specific to each controller's panel: Controller A - left control panel; Controller B - right control panel

JBOD Control Panel LEDs and Buttons (control panel on left ear only)

Item

LED/Button*

Indication/Function

1

JBOD Power Status
(LED/button)

Blue: Power on

Off: Power off

2

 JBOD Alarm Mute (button)

Mute audible system alarms
3 JBOD ID
(LED)

Blue: JBOD ID enabled

Off: ID not lit

4

System Status LED

Off: System Healthy

Red: System degraded

12-Drive LEDs

Item

LED Location

 LED State

1

Top Drive LED

Off: System off or drive not fully-seated

Solid Blue: Online/Healthy status

Blinking Blue: Drive access detected

2

Bottom Drive LED

Off: Healthy; no drive failure detected

Solid Red: Drive error

24 Control Panels

Item

LED/Button

1

Left Front Control Panel (Controller A)

2

Right Front Control Panel (Controller B)

RAID Control Panel LEDs and Buttons (both control panels)

Item

LED/Button*

Indication/Function

1

Controller Power Status
(LED/button)

Blue: Power on

Off: Power off

2

 Controller ID (LED/button)

Blue: Controller ID enabled

Off: ID not lit
3 Controller Status
(LED)

Red: Controller degraded

Off: Controller healthy

4

LAN Port 1 activity

Yellow: LAN1 (10 GbE) network activity

Off: LAN1 link is down
5 LAN Port 2 activity

Yellow: LAN2 (10 GbE) network activity

Off: LAN2 link is down
6 NVD Save/Restore Activity

Blinking: NVD is saving or restoring data
7 NVD PCIe Up/Ready

On: NVD is healthy and connected to the PCIe interfaces
* LED/button displayed is specific to each controller's panel: Controller A - left control panel; Controller B - right control panel

JBOD Control Panel LEDs and Buttons (control panel on left ear only)

Item

LED/Button*

Indication/Function

1

JBOD Power Status
(LED/button)

Blue: Power on

Off: Power off

2

 JBOD Alarm Mute (button)

Mute audible system alarms
3 JBOD ID
(LED)

Blue: JBOD ID enabled

Off: ID not lit

4

System Status LED

Off: System Healthy

Red: System degraded

24 Drive LEDs

Item

LED Location

 LED State

1

Left Drive LED

Off: System off or drive not fully-seated

Solid Blue: Online/Healthy status

Blinking Blue: Drive access detected

2

Right Drive LED

Off: Healthy; no drive failure detected

Solid Red: Drive error

The PSU LEDs are located in the same position on PSU 1 and PSU 2. Location and description of the LEDs:

Item

LED/Button

Action

1

PSU Alarm Silence Button

 Push to silence when alarm is sounding
2 PSU Status
  • Green solid: PSU is powered on
  • Orange solid: PSU is not powered on

The PSU LEDs are located in the same position on PSU 1 and PSU 2. Location and description of the LEDs:

Item

LED

Action

1

PSU power
  • Off: PSU is not plugged in
  • Green solid: PSU is plugged in; has power
2 PSU Status
  • Green solid: PSU is powered on
  • Orange solid: PSU is not powered on

Item

LED

Action

1

ID LED/Button
  • Off: Normal state; I/O Module identification not illuminated
  • Blue solid: I/O module identification illuminated

2

SAS 0
  • Off: No SAS activity
  • Green blinking: SAS activity

3

SAS 1

4

SAS Connection
  • Green solid: SAS connection on
  • Green blinking: SAS activity

5

I/O Module
  • Off: I/O module not functioning
  • Green blinking: I/O module active