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Obtain additional equipment and tools

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Before installing a StorageGRID appliance, confirm you have all of the additional equipment and tools that you need.

All appliances

You need the following equipment to install and configure all appliances.

Screwdrivers
  • Phillips No. 2 screwdriver

  • Medium flat-blade screwdriver

ESD wrist strap
Service laptop
Note Some ports might not support 10/100 Ethernet speeds.
Optional tools
  • Power drill with Phillips head bit

  • Flashlight

Appliance-specific equipment and tools

You need the following additional equipment to install and configure the SG100 and SG1000 hardware.

Optical cables and transceivers
  • Cables, 1 to 4 of either:

    • TwinAx/Copper

    • Fibre/Optical

  • Transceivers/adapters, 1 to 4 of each, based on link speed (mixed speeds aren't supported):

    • SG100:

      • 10-GbE SFP+

      • 25-GbE SFP28

    • SG1000:

      • 10-GbE QSFP-to-SFP adapter (QSA) and SFP+

      • 25-GbE QSFP-to-SFP adapter (QSA) and SFP28

      • 40-GbE QSFP+

      • 100-GbE QFSP28

Ethernet cables

RJ-45 (Cat5/Cat5e/Cat6/Cat6a)