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Galaxy LX2 Series Network Attached Storage System Configuration and System Integration Guide...
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I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Rorke Data Inc 9700 W 76 Street Eden Praitie , MN 55344 952 829 0300 Sales@rorke.com techsupport@rorke.com This manual only applies to the GalaxyNASLX2 Version 1.1 October 20, 2006 Section 2 Basic Setup...
G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Table of Contents SAFETY PRECAUTIONS...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 2.3.1 Logging into the GalaxyNASLX22 Figure 2.5 ................25...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 3.2.1 Function “NAS Server name“...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 3.6.3 Function “Synchronize schedule”...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 3.12.4 Function “Tape backup”...
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Trademarks Rorke Data and the Rorke Data logo are registered trademarks of Rorke Data, Inc. Rorke Data and other names prefixed with “GAL” and “Galaxy” are trademarks of Rorke Data, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. PowerPC® is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation and Motorola Inc.
G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E GalaxyNASLX22 OS Updates Please contact your system vendor or visit Rorke’s FTP site (ftp.rorke.com) for the latest software or...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E This page left blank intentionally Section 1 Intro and Overview...
GalaxyNASLX2. Although difficult to project how successful it will be with your specific usage, many of Rorke Data’s customers are finding that the GalaxyNASLX2 fits a storage requirement that was recently being filled by expensive direct attached work station storage.
S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 1.1.2 Basic Features and Advantages GalaxyNASLX2 products provide these important features and advantages: Web-based Graphical User Interface • Standard Network Gateway Support •...
5RU model PN GNAS5U-LX2-CCCC has 24 internal SATA II hot swap drives in a RAID 6 configuration with capacities of 3TB up to 12TB The GalaxyNASLX2 share the same basic setup, configuration, and administration so the main portion of the manual will discuss these functions. Each Model will have an Appendix assigned at the end of the manual to show differences and any uniqueness based on the model.
RAID Disk drives and trays 1.3.2 Component specifications The GalaxyNASLX2 16 bay is a 3U 16-bay rack mountable network appliance server and storage enclosure that supports up to sixteen hot-swappable hard disk drives. The cpu board is an ATX, dual Zeon server mother board. This board supports: •...
Individual Cooling Fans - visible and audio alarm Ventilation 6 fans 1.3.3 Raid storage specifications The GalaxyNASLX2 has a sophisticated built in SATA II Raid controller and drives that was pre-configured and prepared for you so it would be plug and play for most users. By default, the SATA RAID has been configured into 2TB RAID 6 logical volumes with the guest account activated and one root level share named galaxynas1[unless otherwise instructed].
1.4 Mounting / Securing GalaxyNASLX2 1.4.1 Rack Mounting the GalaxyNASLX2 The GalaxyNASLX2 is a rack mounted chassis. Mounting holes on the front panel are set to RETMA spacing and will fit into any standard 19” equipment rack. Section 1 Intro and Overview...
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CAUTION should be such that a hazardous stability condition is avoided due to uneven loading. Rorke Data recommends that the rack footings extend 10 inches from the front and back of any rack equipments 22U or higher. Adequate stabilization measures are required. Ensure that the entire rack assembly is properly secured and that all personnel are trained in proper maintenance and operation procedures.
CAUTION It is strongly recommended to securely fasten the mounting rack to the floor or wall to eliminate any possibility of tipping of the rack. This is especially important if you decide to install several GalaxyNASLX2 chassis’ in the top of the rack.
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Section 1 Intro and Overview...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Section 1 Intro and Overview...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X 2 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E CAUTION Due to the weight of the chassis with the peripherals installed, lifting the chassis and attaching it to the cabinet may need additional manpower.
2.1 Configuring the NAS 2.1.1 Indicators and switch descriptions Figure 2.1 The GalaxyNASLX2 front panel has indictors for good and fault conditions and activity. Green LEDs indicate good condition, red LEDs indicate a problem that will also sound an audible alarm.
2.2.1 First time operation of GalaxyNASLX2 Figure 2.3 The booting of the GalaxyNASLX2 will bring you to a text menu screen [see figure 2.3]showing you information on its network IP settings. If your network has a DHCP server then the GalaxyNASLX2 should retrieve and assign network IP settings to the ethernet cards automatically.
G U I D E Remote Administration 2.3.1 Logging into the GalaxyNASLX2 Figure 2.5 Disconnect the display and keyboard of the server and continue with the remote configuration over Ethernet. Connect to the GalaxyNAS via a network using any standard browser by typing the IP address into the URL entry line: https://192.168.0.220 or the assigned DHCP IP...
Please note that you can expand the storage capacity by adding more RAID arrays. In the “Unit Manager” the GalaxyNASLX2 will show both ‘in use’ and new, unformatted units. In order to add a new unit to the Volume Group (vg0), please simply click ‘Add’ after which the page will be refreshed.
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I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E all of the GalaxyNASLX2 storage then no further action is required. However if you want to create shares with users and groups access options then follow the following procedure.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 2.3.6.1 Assigning protocol and attributes Figure 2.12 Note for ease of integration and explanation, all [internal LDAP] SMB shares based...
See figure 2.13 Click on the ‘Use NFS’ button to enable this specific share to have NFS protocol access. The default setting for ‘no root squash’ just allows all users the ability to have root access on the GalaxyNASLX2. For more info check the ‘NFS share access’ function in section 3.
SMB/CIFS mount -t nfs IP_addr:/share/share_name /local_mount_point When the ‘USE NFS’ and ‘USE FTP’ buttons are activated, an assigned dynamic NFS and FTP area of the GalaxyNASLX2 gets created. Here are the ways to access those areas: Section 2 Basic Setup...
2.4 Example of Storage Capacity Usage Your GalaxyNASLX2 may be configured to contain 16 X 500GB drives but Raid parity, Raid spares, snapshots, FTP and NFS areas take up some of this total capacity.
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Spare drive capacity = 500GB Formatted Volume capacity: 7000 —...
Menu Functions 3.0 GalaxyNASLX2 GUI Functions On the following pages, we will thoroughly describe every function of the GalaxyNASLX2. The functions are divided by menu options, which are located at the top part of each GUI screen. 3.1.0 “Resources” Menu Functions Figure 3.1 Figure 3.1...
Shares 3.1.1.1 Creating a Share Figure 3.2 Here, in Figure 3.2, all shares on the GalaxyNASLX2 are listed. By clicking on the branch “Shares,” with Function “Create new share” you can define a new share or add a comment (optional) or set the path. Organized below, you will find all existing shares, which you can edit with a simple click.
3.1.1.4 Function: “FTP Settings” Figure 3.5 The GalaxyNASLX2 allows sharing files over FTP and SFTP protocols. FTP sends users’ IDs, passwords and files over the network as raw, non-encrypted data. SFTP is encrypted FTP and therefore it is much more secure. SFTP allows passwords and files encryption (depending on ftp client configuration).
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E First enable the ftp server.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E When SFTP is enabled, the user has the access to the share through the authorized user name and password.
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Figure 3.6 Example of excel quota configuration file , with user name and quota assigned in KB.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Export In order for users to get the actual Quota’s settings just click on “export”...
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Figure 3.9 3.2.0 ‘Setup’...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E The administrator has to create all users in the “Resources”...
3.2.3 Function “Clock settings” Figure 3.11 Here, you can define an NTP server (Network Time Protocol) to synchronize your GalaxyNASLX2 with a time server on the Internet. This is activated only when the ‘NTP Server’ box is checked A good NTP site that can be used is ‘ ntp.nist.gov ‘...
NTP server is controlling the time.. 3.2.5 Function “NFS settings” Figure 3.12 In NFS settings you can define the NFS options for the entire GalaxyNASLX2. Once you have activated NFS here, the menus will enable the option to activate NFS access to every share created in resources menu.
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Password: In the GalaxyNASLX2 , the allocation of access rights is done via the IP address of the PC currently in the process of accessing. A ‘read access’ is, therefore, granted with typical and anonymous logins. As a standard, the NAS server for FTP uses port 21, which can be changed in the configuration menu (under “Setup –>...
3.2.7 Function “AppleTalk Settings” Figure 3.13 You activate the AppleTalk protocol in the network by clicking on this box. How to use AppleTalk with the Rorke GalaxyNASLX2 server: Using the Rorke Data WEB interface: In the browser GUI page Server> Setup enable AppleTalk.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Or a second example for MAC OSX is: Click on "Connect to server"...
3.2.9 Function “Backup Client Settings” Figure 3.15 This setting allows you to choose common backup software out of the drop down list in order to enable users to backup the GalaxyNASLX2 with existing solutions within your network. Currently, Veritas, Retrospect client and BrightStor are supported.
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By clicking on the “Remote Selections” branch, and next on “Unix Agents”, a NAS server name will appear (eg. GalaxyNASLX2). After clicking the server “GalaxyNASLX2/share volume”, a window „Logon Account Selection” will be displayed where you need to choose the same user name as in the point “a”.
BrightStor backup servers in the network will have access to the NAS server. User: By providing a user name, only this BrightStor user will have access to the GalaxyNASLX2 . If left empty, all users will be able to access the NAS server.
G U I D E Note: The access to WEB GUI can also be blocked, by setup->Administrator in the function “Administrator access”. If in the “Rorke Data NAS” system there is only one network card installed, the “www” option must remain active.
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3.4.0 ‘Setup’ ‘Administrator’ Functions 3.4.1 Function “Administrator Password ” Figure 3.17 Using this function, you can change the passwords for the GalaxyNASLX2 administration accounts. For security reasons, please make sure you change the standard password and select a new one. Three accounts are available by default: Administration (limited access), Maintenance (Enhanced) and Full Access (Maximum Access).
GalaxyNASLX2 OS module or contact technical support. 3.4.3 Function “E-mail notification” Figure 3.18 In case of significant events, critical errors, warnings, etc., the GalaxyNASLX2 can send an email to the administrator. Please enter administrator email address. Note: When the SMTP server receives mail, and uses the monitoring function of IP numbers, it compares the IP number from the SMTP server (for example RorkeData.com) with the IP number of a computer from which email was sent.
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UPS model, cable type, connection port and the length of the time out [ the UPS battery supports the power requirements of the GalaxyNASLX2 based on the rating of the UPS]. The time-out defines the time between a power failure and the moment the system will shut down.
I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Simple means, that the GalaxyNASLX2 is the only system attached to this UPS and that there is no action necessary to do remote shutdown for other systems in the network.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Note: To add shares that you want to synchronize, use the function "Choose shares"...
G U I D E 3.6.3 Function “Choose Shares” Figure 3.20 This function allows you to add shares to synchronize with another GalaxyNASLX2 . It is available only when this NAS is in synchronize "source" mode. To add new shares to synchronize select shares from the left side and click You can start synchronization immediately by selecting "Now"...
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 3.6.6 Function “Units Assigned ”...
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Only when the snapshot is deleted / removed the changes are permanently transferred to the actual data volume.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E time of automatic activation and deactivation (syntax is “him”).
3.10.1 Function “Save resources” Figure 3.28 With this function you can store the settings of your shares, users, and groups resources. The data is saved on the GalaxyNASLX2. This is necessary when you do an OS update. 3.10.2 Function “Restore resources” Figure 3.28 With this function you restore your settings.
Copy and save NAS Server Logs by using the “Status” “Hardware” and click on “Download” under ‘Function Logs’. To do the update, you will install the update CD-ROM and restart the GalaxyNASLX2 to boot from ISO update CD and wait until the prompt: “Update complete, Please Remove CD and restart”...
With update-file option: With “Update-file” you can install the most up-to-date version of the GalaxyNASLX2 software. Copy the new software to the /update directory of the GalaxyNASLX2 and then update it. The new version will be installed immediately. Note: When you create the share “update” use small characters only! 3.12.0 ‘Maintenance’...
Figure 3.30 3.12.4 Function “Tape backup” Figure 3.31 This feature allows logical disks to be added to the Rorke Data NAS’ tape backup support. However, it will only work when a compatible tape drive with a tape inserted is installed.
G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E The shares included in the right window (see the image above) are automatically included when pressing the “apply”...
The “Hardware” option provides you with information on storage and network controllers and the drivers (e.g. network driver and RAID driver). In addition, you may also download the latest GalaxyNASLX2 log files, view specified log file without downloading all log files in compressed form and check memory (RAM) and (SWAP) info usage.
Click on the ‘3DM’ button to launch the internal RAID controllers GUI. Your 3ware login password is ‘ 3ware’ . There you will be able to view, manage, configure, and perform various maintenance features with the raid storage of the GalaxyNASLX2. Figure 3.39...
3.15.1 Function “software license’ Figure 3.40 The GalaxyNASLX2 “Software License” displays the text of the license agreement. By the fact that you have logged into the GalaxyNASLX2, you hereby agree to the terms and conditions described in this agreement.. Figure 3.40...
3.15.4 Function “About GalaxyNASLX2” Figure 3.43 Important information about the GalaxyNASLX2 software version level, serial number, etc appears here as well as the link for service and support from Rorke Data’s Tech support team. Figure 3.43 Section 3 Menu Functions...
GalaxyNASLX2 detects a problem with heat or power Power supplies and fans are redundant and will not shut down the GalaxyNASLX2 if one fails. Follow the replacement procedures in the Maintenance section to replace the power supply or fan.
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Section 4 Maintenance...
4.1.2 Raid Indicators and alarms The GalaxyNASLX2 built in SATA / SAS RAID drives have front facing green or blue drive LEDs indicating the drive is online and in use. If a drive fails, its LED indicator turns red and an alarm sounds.
4.2.0 GalaxyNASLX2 OS The GalaxyNASLX2 OS has an active alert and error log, SNMP alerts, as well as a visual notification when errors are detected. A simple red colored exclamation point on the GalaxyNASLX2 GUI ‘!’ indicates there is an error in the log.
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This problem arises when you installed GalaxyNASLX2 into the secondary IDE slot by mistake. GalaxyNASLX2 is configured for and will only run in the primary IDE connector. Shut down the computer, remove GalaxyNASLX2 from secondary and place it into primary. That solves the problem.
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G U I D E Error: Update file not found You instructed GalaxyNASLX2 to perform a systems update, but did not supply a valid GalaxyNASLX2 update file. Download the latest GalaxyNASLX2 update file from the www.rorke.com Web site. Next, copy the upgrade file into your "update" folder (please spell upgrade lower case).
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E historical reasons, but are still binding today.
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(1) Contain characters: * : " | < > ? / \ ` # $ & ( ) + ; ' . (2) Begin or end with a space The internal operating system of GalaxyNASLX2 does not allow certain characters to be used for directories. The above mentioned characters are invalid, just as trailing or leading spaces.
4.3.1 Replacing a Hard Disk Drive in the RAID Chassis Important : A hard drive failure may occur that will degrade the RAID. Use the RAID manual that shipped with you GalaxyNASLX2 to troubleshoot the failed drive. This procedure shows how to replace that defective drive.
(ii) Push the retention lever to lock in the drive tray. 4.3.2 Replacing a defective internal fan in the GalaxyNASLX2 Chassis Note: If a fan has failed, the system alarm will beep and the FAN Fault LED will change to RED.
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 3.
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I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E 4.3.3 Replacing a defective power supply in the GalaxyNASLX2 Chassis Note: If a supply has failed, the system alarm will beep and the PSU Fault LED will change to amber.
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G A L A X Y N A S L X C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E Section 4 Maintenance...
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