Quantum NDX Series Operation & User’s Manual

1 Chapter 1 Introduction Quantum’s NDX tower chassis features a unique and highly-optimized NAS storage design. The NDX NAS is business ready - equipped with 4 hot swappable enterprise class hard disk drives, an Intel Core i3 processor and 4GB of RAM. In addition, you can customize the NDX NAS to meet your needs. It offers 2 5-1/4” peripheral bays, 4 external USB ports, an internal PCI-e slot, and additional internal SATA and USB ports. This document guides you through all of the hardware related information you require to use your Quantum NDX NAS syste ...

Control Panel LEDs Quantum NDX NAS Tower User’s Guide 13 Correcting an Overheat/Fan Fail Condition 1 Check the routing of the cables and move any cables the restrict airflow. 2 Confirm that all fans are operating normally. 3 Verify that the heatsinks are installed properly. 4 If the chassis cover is not aligned correctly, the airflow may be disrupted. This leads to overheating. Confirm that the chassis cover is placed correctly. 5 This LED will remain active as long as the overheat condition exists. ...

System Safety 6 Quantum NDX NAS Tower User’s Guide System Safety Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is generated by two objects with different electrical charges coming into contact with each other. An electrical discharge is created to neutralize this difference, which can damage electronic components and printed circuit boards. The following measures are generally sufficient to neutralize this difference before contact is made to protect your equipment from ESD: • Do not use mats designed to decrease electrostatic discharge as protection from electrical shock. Instead ...

v Figures Figure 1 Front Chassis Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Figure 2 Rear Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 3 Removing the Chassis Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 4 Removing the Hard Drive Carrier from Chassis . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure 5 Chassis Drive Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 6 Removing Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Figure 7 Replacing Hard Dr ...