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StorTrends® 2401 Setup Guide
(StorTrends iTX version 2.7)
MAN-2401-SG
04/15/2011
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Revision History
08/30/2010
Initial Release
10/23/2010
Update product name and screens
11/01/2010
Updated raw drive support per enclosure to 24 TB from 16 TB
12/14/2010
Edit Create Share Name section regarding spaces and quotes (cannot use quotes)
04/15/2011
Added Licensing Information and Updating and Removed Maximum Physical and
Theoretical Capacity Information
All screen captures are for representative purposes only. Your actual screen may look
different. You may have a newer version and build of the StorTrends software and/or a
different hardware configuration; such as a different StorTrends storage appliance. Most
of the screen captures found in this document where taken from the StorTrends 3200
storage appliance. However, the basic usage remains the same.
NOTE:
StorTrends® 2401 Setup Guide
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Page 3: Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation Overview This section provides a quick setup checklist to get your StorTrends® 2401 storage appliance up and running. Following the steps in the order given should enable you to have the system operational within a minimal amount of time. NOTE: Follow the steps in the order given to complete the installation process in a minimal amount of time. -
Page 4: Preparing For Setup
Preparing for Setup The StorTrends 2401 includes two sets of rail assemblies, two rail mounting brackets and the mounting screws you will need to install the system into the rack. Please read this document in its entirety before you begin the installation procedure. - Page 5 WARNING! SERVER PRECAUTIONS • REVIEW THE GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. • DETERMINE THE PLACEMENT OF EACH COMPONENT IN THE RACK BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE RAILS. • INSTALL THE HEAVIEST SERVER COMPONENTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RACK FIRST, AND THEN WORK UP. •...
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Page 6: Rack Mounting Considerations
Installing the System into a Rack This section provides information on installing the StorTrends 2401 into a rack with the rack rails provided. If the StorTrends 2401 has already been mounted into a rack, you can skip this step. There are a variety of rack units on the market that may mean the assembly procedure will differ slightly. - Page 7 Requirements The rack rails supplied with your system are designed to be used with four post rack enclosures. The rack rails mount between the posts and are designed to be quickly installed. In order for you to use the supplied rack rails, your rack enclosure must conform to the following: •...
- Page 8 Wrong type of four post rack enclosure l e ) s c a n t o Cannot fit between the posts t d r ( n o Inspection Remove both the left (marked L) and right (marked R) rack rails from their plastic bags. Both the left and right rack rails have two sections to them.
- Page 9 Rack Rail Release Tab Press Down to Release While lifting the locking tab on the inner rack rail, slide the inner rack rail out from the outer rack rail. Inner Rail Fully Released Attaching the Inner Rack Rails to the Chassis The inner rack rail has openings that line up with the side of the chassis.
- Page 10 Inner Rail Attached to Chassis Screw I n n Release Tab Locking Tab NOTE: The inner rack rails are marked LH and RH, which corresponds to the left side and right side of the chassis. Installing the Outer Rack Rails into the Rack Locate the front of the outer rack rail and attach it to the rack.
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Page 11: Left Side
Quick Rail Installation Left Side Right Side Sliding the rear of the outer rack rail until it comes into contact with the back post. Make sure that the outer rack rail is level and secure it to the port in the same manner as you did with the front of the outer rack rail. - Page 12 Slide System into Enclosure StorTrends® 2401 Setup Guide...
- Page 13 Com mpleting the e Hardwar re Installati ext, you should d check to mak ke sure that the hard disk driv ves have been p properly inserte d have not com me loose in tran nsit. Step Descr ription All ha ard disk drives ca an be accessed f from the front of...
- Page 14 onnect to the e StorT Trends® ® App pliance Step p One: Pow wer your sy ystem on ower on your sy ystem by pushi ing the power o on button locat ted on the fron nt lower left rner of the cha assis under the handle.
- Page 15 Step p Three: Co onnecting to the Stor rTrends® S Storage Ap ppliance fr anot ther system ype the IP Addr ress of the Stor rTrends® Stor rage Appliance e that you just w wrote down int ur Internet Bro owser.
- Page 16 sing the e Quic ck Star rt Setu p Wiza If t the storage has s not been conf figured on your ur Storage Appl liance, you wil ll be prompted configure the E Email Alerts S Settings. Once t the Email Alert ts Settings has been complete...
- Page 17 o enable Email Alerts notifica ation, left click k the box next t to ‘Enable Ema ail alert otifications’. Yo ou can configu ure up to four E Email addresse Field d/Item Description Emai l Server Name/I Type IP Ad ddress or FQDN of the SMTP se erver for outgoin...
- Page 18 Quic ck Start Wi zard : Befo ore You Be egin se the followin g instructions a as a basis. NOTE: The Quick Star t Setup Wizard d will select all the physical h hard disk drives s present in the StorTrends®...
- Page 19 Step p Two: RAI D Level nce you initiate e the Quick Sta art Setup Wizar rd, you are pro ovided the follo owing options: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 his step will cre eate a Logical D Disk and a Sto orage Pool from m all the physic...
- Page 20 Step p Three: SA AN or NAS or Both nce an array ha as been created d in the box, yo ou can select ho ow you want to o use your orage Applianc ce. You are pro ovided with the e following opt tions: •...
- Page 21 Step p Four: Allo ocating Sp pace nter the size of your desired V Volume. The de efault volumes s cannot exceed d the available hysical space du ue to the fact th hat they are bo oth using Exact t Provisioning by default.
- Page 22 Step p Five: Sum mmary View summary will appear. Click t the Finish butt ton. Your Stora age Appliance will be tomatically con nfigured based d on the values that you have entered. NOTE: You can change e the default na ames for volum mes and contain ners at this poi...
- Page 23 Do o not close the window or clic c k anywhere else until the op peration compl letes. StorTrends® 240 01 Setup Guide...
- Page 24 Step p Six: All D one No Er rors STOP! YOU SHOU ULD NOW BE E UP AND RU UNNING. ALL L THE OTHER R SECTIONS S CAN BE SKIPPED. StorTrends® 240 01 Setup Guide...
- Page 25 sing the e Adva anced Setup Wizar he Advanced Se etup Wizard all lows you to ha ave more contro ol of the storag ge being nfigured. Step p One: Adv vanced Wiz zard If t the storage has s not been conf figured on your ur Storage Appl liance, you wil...
- Page 26 Step p Two: Crea ate a New Storage Po elect Create new w pool and the en click Next. NOTE: f this is a fresh h installation, a ll other options s except Creat te new pool are e grayed-out. NOTE: All screen captu ures are for rep...
- Page 27 Step p Three: Se elect Pool Select t the Disks elect the Disks t t hat you want t to use in your S S torage Pool. StorTrends® 240 01 Setup Guide 2 2 7...
- Page 28 Set th he RAID Level elect the RAID L Level, Cache O Option type and d Spare type (i if applicable). Type in your Storag ge Pool’s nam ype in a Storage e Pool Name. NOTE: The Storage Po ool Name must not have any s spaces or speci ial characters.
- Page 29 Step p Four: Con nfigure SA AN Volume STOP! This section allo ows you to con nfigure a SAN Volume and a a SAN Target o on to the storag appliance. If yo ou have configu ured this storag ge appliance as s a NAS Only u unit, SKIP TH STEP and go to...
- Page 30 Enter Volume Nam the Enter Volu ume Name field d, enter a name e for your SAN N Volume. The S SAN Volume ame must not h have any spaces s or special cha aracters. The S SAN Volume Na Name can be tween one and d 63 characters...
- Page 31 Select SAN as the Dialect Type Select SAN as the Dialect Type. Select Thin or Exact Provisioning Select the type of provisioning that you want to use. A SAN volume is a block-level volume. This SAN volume can be assigned an actual size of the physical size of the storage device using Exact Provisioning or greater size than the actual physical size of the storage device using Thin Provisioning.
- Page 32 Creat e Target and Target Name ace a check nex xt to the Creat te New Target f field. Enter a n name for your T Target. NOTE: • The Target t Name must no ot have any spa aces or special l characters.
- Page 33 Step p Five: Con nfigure NAS S Volume STOP! This section allo ows you to con nfigure a NAS Volume and a a NAS Share on n to the storage appliance. If yo ou only want to o configure this s storage applia ance as a SAN N Only unit, SK...
- Page 34 Enter Volume Nam the Enter Volu ume Name field d, enter a name e for your NAS S Volume. The N NAS Volume ame must not h have any spaces s or special cha aracters. The N NAS Volume Na Name can be tween one and d 63 characters...
- Page 35 Select Thin or Exact Provisioning Select the type of provisioning that you want to use. A NAS volume is a file-level volume. This NAS volume can be assigned an actual size of the physical size of the storage device using Exact provisioning or greater size than the actual physical size of the storage device using Thin Provisioning.
- Page 36 If you select Auto, the volume size will automatically expand if used disk space begins to reach the maximum allocated size. NOTE: It is recommended to leave 20% of the physical space free for snapshots. Only 1022 snapshots are supported on the following StorTrends 2401 storage appliances: • StorTrends 2401i...
- Page 37 Creat e Share and S Share Name ace a check nex xt to Create Ne New Share if yo u wish to creat te a NAS Share e at this time, herwise click th he Add button and continue o on to the next s step.
- Page 38 Step p Six: Summ mary View w and Statu hen you are fin nished adding y your Volumes, click the Finis sh button. summary will appear. Your s storage applian nce will be auto omatically con nfigured based n the values tha at you have ent ered.
- Page 39 Step p Seven: A ll Done No o Errors STOP! U SHOULD NO OW BE UP A A ND RUNNIN StorTrends® 240 01 Setup Guide 3 3 9...
- Page 40 Lic cense I Inform mation Page his page allows s you to view th he various licen nsing options a and current set ttings for your py of the StorT Trends softwar he StorTrends s software come s with a Licens se Key that is v valid for a trial l period of 45-...
- Page 41 The license can be updated via the Update License button. The Update License screen provides you with the StorTrends software Service Key that will be required any time you make changes or upgrades to the licensing of your product. NOTE: Your Service Key is required in order for your License Key to be generated.
- Page 42 Upda ating an Ex xpired Lice ense NOTE: All screen captu ures are for rep presentative pu urposes only. Y Your actual scre een may look different. You m may have a new wer version and d build of the S StorTrends sof ftware and/or a different hardw...
- Page 43 Step Descript tion Log into the StorTrends storage applianc The first thing you will s see is the License e Information sc creen stating the following: “The lice ense is unavailab ble/expired for b both the SAN and d NAS features. You need to up pgrade to a valid license fo...
- Page 44 Step Descript tion In the Lic cense Key File P Path field and if you have the Li icense key alread dy, type the path h or browse to the Licen nse key file. If yo ou do not have t the License key f file yet, contact an AMI Suppor...
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