Table Of Contents - Dell DX6000 Installation And Configuration Manual

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the DX Object Storage Cluster Services Node ................................................. 1
1.1. DX Object Storage Cluster Services Node Overview ................................................... 1
1.2. Components ............................................................................................................. 1
1.3. About this Document ................................................................................................. 2
1.3.1. Audience ....................................................................................................... 2
1.3.2. Scope ............................................................................................................ 2
2. Installation and Configuration ............................................................................................... 3
2.1. Requirements ........................................................................................................... 3
2.1.1. Operating System ........................................................................................... 3
2.1.2. Network ......................................................................................................... 3
2.2. Primary vs. Secondary .............................................................................................. 3
2.3. Installation Steps ...................................................................................................... 4
2.3.1. Primary CSN Configuration ............................................................................. 4
2.3.2. Secondary CSN Configuration ......................................................................... 6
2.3.3. Configuring Object Storage Cluster Licensing ................................................... 6
2.4. Booting DX Storage Nodes ....................................................................................... 9
2.5. CSN Hardware Validation ........................................................................................ 10
2.6. Upgrading the CSN ................................................................................................. 10
2.6.1. Backup Compatibility Across Software Versions ............................................. 11
2.7. CSN-Reset ............................................................................................................. 11
3. Running and Managing the CSN ........................................................................................ 12
3.1. Modifying CSN Network Configuration ...................................................................... 12
3.1.1. Updating the Internal Interface ...................................................................... 13
3.2. Modifying SNMP Access ......................................................................................... 14
3.3. Updating the DX Storage software version ............................................................... 14
3.4. Editing User Access ................................................................................................ 15
3.5. Configuration File Backup and Restore ..................................................................... 16
3.5.1. Backup Manifest ........................................................................................... 17
3.5.2. Automatic Backups ....................................................................................... 18
3.5.3. Manual Backups ........................................................................................... 18
3.5.4. Restoring a Backup ...................................................................................... 18
3.5.5. Failover ........................................................................................................ 18
3.6. Configuring the SCSP Proxy .................................................................................... 20
3.7. Syslog Configuration ............................................................................................... 22
3.8. Password Management ........................................................................................... 22
4. Running and Managing DX Storage .................................................................................... 23
4.1. Adding DX Storage Nodes ....................................................................................... 23
4.2. Updating Configuration Settings ............................................................................... 23
4.3. DX Storage User Access ......................................................................................... 24
4.4. DX Storage Admin Console ..................................................................................... 25
4.5. Gathering SNMP Statistics ...................................................................................... 26
4.5.1. SNMP Command Examples .......................................................................... 26
5. Configuring and Managing DX Content Router .................................................................... 27
5.1. Configuring DX Content Router ................................................................................ 27
5.1.1. Publisher ...................................................................................................... 27
5.1.2. Replicator ..................................................................................................... 28
5.2. Managing DX Content Router .................................................................................. 30
5.2.1. Publisher Console ........................................................................................ 30
5.2.2. Gathering SNMP Statistics ............................................................................ 30
A. Open Source Software ...................................................................................................... 32
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