Storage Administration

Pool Management

Last Updated: 2026-10-15

This topic applies to the page in XInsight for managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later or XEVO 3.2 or later. The Pool page provides options for creating and managing storage pools, disk groups, volumes, provisioning policies, and pool properties. Go to Storage > Pool. Select a pool from the Pools panel to view its...

Pool Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-10-22

Extended reboot time after a firmware upgrade on systems with a storage pool using more than 64 drives for QSM 4.0.3 and earlier If your system is running QSM 4.0.3 or earlier and has a storage pool created with more than 64 drives, it may take up to one hour to reboot after a firmware...

Volume Management

Last Updated: 2026-09-15

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later, XEVO 3.2 or later, or KSM 1.1 or later. Go to Storage > Volume. The Volume page displays the volumes in each storage pool and provides controls for managing their capacity, operating status, usage, performance properties, and deletion. Create a Volume Click the +...

Host Management

Last Updated: 2026-11-09

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later and XEVO 3.2 or later; go to Storage > Host. The Host page provides options for creating and managing host groups that control access to storage resources. Block host groups provide access to block volumes through supported protocols such as iSCSI, FC or NVMe/TCP....

Host Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-11-05

Applies to: QSM 4 and XEVO 3 How to use net use to mount CIFS share in windows? How to mount NFS share in windows? 1. Install “Microsoft Services for NFS”: 2. Configure NFS Client: 3. Mount NFS Share: 4. Access the Mounted Share How to clear specific CIFS connection cache in windows? Why windows...

Disk Management

Last Updated: 2026-08-25

This topic applies to XInsight-managed systems running QSM 4.2 or later, XEVO 3.2 or later, or KSM 1.1 or later. The Disk page displays the drives installed in the controller head and connected expansion units. The page provides each drive’s location, status, health, usage, interface, type, speed, capacity, and model, along with drive maintenance and...

Disk Troubleshooting

Last Updated: 2026-10-30

Disk roaming mechansim introduction for QSM4 When performing disk roaming from NAS A to NAS B, please note that as long as hard drives are inserted in slots 1 to 4, each NAS will have its own database configuration (dbconfig). The dbconfig on NAS A will be called to as config1, and the dbconfig on...