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  • Page 1 ® InfiniteStorage NAS 50/100 Quick Start Guide 007-5621-001...
  • Page 2 Contractor/manufacturer is SGI, 46600 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538. TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS Silicon Graphics, SGI, and the SGI logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics International Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Hardware Overview . IS-NAS Server Front Controls and Indicators . IS-NAS Server Rear Panel . IS-NAS Server Rear Panel–LEDs and Buttons. RAID Controller/Drive Enclosure Rear Panel . Drive Expansion Enclosure Rear Panel System Indicators . The RAID Controller Module . Drive Locations and Indicators Powering On an IS-NAS Server.
  • Page 5 Managed Services. If you ordered such service, please contact the SGI Customer Support Center to schedule the on-site visit. For more information on the hardware/software used with the SGI InfiniteStorage NAS 50/100, “Documentation” on page This quick start guide as well as other SGI documents can be accessed and downloaded from the SGI publications library: http://docs.sgi.com...

  • Page 6: Hardware Overview

    A System Management Unit (SMU), either internal or external, depending on system configuration • SGI InfiniteStorage NAS 50/100 server(s), referred to as IS-NAS server(s) • Storage subsystem, which includes the storage array controllers and/or drive trays populated with disk drives •...
  • Page 7 Table 1-1 Power Status LED (Green) State Meaning Green Normal operation with a single IS-NAS server or an active cluster node in operation. Slow Flash The system has been shut down. Flashes once every three seconds. Medium Flash The IS-NAS server is available to host file services but it not currently doing so.

  • Page 8: Is-Nas Server Rear Panel

    IS-NAS Server Rear Panel Figure 1-2 shows the rear panel components of an IS-NAS server. 10GbE public (data) network GE ports 10/100 1/2/4Gbps ports (10 Gigabit (Gigabit Ethernet Fibre channel ethernet) ethernet) ports ports 10 GbE cluster Power interconnect ports switch (10 Gigabit RST PWR...

  • Page 9: Is-Nas Server Rear Panel-Leds And Buttons

    IS-NAS Server Rear Panel–LEDs and Buttons As shown in Figure 1-3, the rear panel of an IS-NAS server contains three status LEDs that indicate server status and two buttons that are used to power up and reset the server. NVRAM status LED Power status LED Server status LED RST PWR...
  • Page 10 Table 1-4 Power Status LED (Green) State Meaning Green Normal operation with a single IS-NAS server or an active cluster node in operation. Slow Flash The system has been shut down. Flashes once every three seconds. Medium Flash The IS-NAS server is available to host file services but it not currently doing so.

  • Page 11: Raid Controller/Drive Enclosure Rear Panel

    RAID Controller/Drive Enclosure Rear Panel Note that controller A (left side of enclosure) contains drive channel 1, while controller B (right side of enclosure) contains drive channel 2. Figure 1-4 shows the controller’s input/output ports. Connector not used in this configuration 2.

  • Page 12: System Indicators

    System Indicators Expansion drive enclosures cable to the primary disk enclosure. The RAID controller/drive enclosure has a set of indicators on the front-left side that help you determine the operational status of the unit, see Figure 1-6. Module locate LED 2.

  • Page 13: The Raid Controller Module

    The RAID Controller Module Figure 1-7 identifies the indicators on the rear of a RAID controller module. Link service action required (fault) 2. Link up 3. Battery service action required (fault) 4. Cache active 5. Service action allowed 6. Service action required 7.
  • Page 14 Figure 1-8 Drive Extraction (Front) From the Enclosure The disk drive indicator LEDs have the following meanings: Service action allowed (blue) 2. Service action required (yellow) 3. Disk drive active (green) Figure 1-9 Disk Drive Indicator LEDs 007-5621-001...

  • Page 15: Powering On An Is-Nas Server

    Powering On an IS-NAS Server To power on a server or cluster, do the following: Verify that all servers are switched off. 2. Beginning with expansion enclosures, start all storage subsystems. 3. Wait until the disk LEDs on all of the expansion enclosures have stopped blinking (which indicates that they are spinning up) or two minutes, whichever comes first.

  • Page 16: Software Configuration

    Software Configuration After your IS-NAS server is powered on, you can then configure the Software Management Unit (SMU), a web-based GUI to administer your IS-NAS server. This section describes how you access the web manager SMU and the items to be configured. Accessing the Web Manager SMU You can use one of the following web browsers to access the web manager SMU: •...
  • Page 17 Note: The IS-NAS server may take two to three minutes (after the start of the power-up sequence) to fully come online and be reachable via your browser. Figure 1-11 Login Screen for SMU 007-5621-001...
  • Page 18 Table 1-6 shows the pertinent default settings. Table 1-6 Default Settings Setting Default Root password nasadmin Manager password nasadmin Admin password nasadmin Admin EVS private IP address 192.0.2.2 (eth1) Admin EVS public IP address 192.168.31.101 (eth0) After a successful login, the system displays the SMU home page, as shown in Figure 1-12.

  • Page 19: Configuring Smu For Your Environment

    Figure 1-12 SMU Home Page Configuring SMU for Your Environment This section briefly describes the areas of setup and configuration using the following topics. • General setup and network settings • File system configuration • Serving the file system • Documentation The setup wizard is intended to be easy to use and leads you through the initial system configuration steps.

  • Page 20: General Setup And Network Settings

    General Setup and Network Settings Figure 1-13 SMU Administration Screen Choose SMU Administration from the SMU home page for general SMU setup and network settings. On the SMU Administration screen, choose the SMU Setup Wizard and Management Network links, shown in Figure 1-13.
  • Page 21 Setup Wizard On the Setup Wizard page, you can change the following items: • Passwords • DNS server setup • SMTP relay • Date and Time • Private management network 007-5621-001...
  • Page 22 Modifying IP Addresses of Service EVS Figure 1-14 shows the path to the screen that allows you to change the EVS IP addresses to that of your network enviornment. Figure 1-14 Modifying IP Addresses of Service EVS 007-5621-001...
  • Page 23 Email Alerts to SGI Global Services A special profile, SupportProfile, is intended for customer support use and sends email alerts to SGI Global Services. This feature is enabled by default. To configure your email alerts, use the following path to the Email Alerts Setup screen, as shown Figure 1-15: Home >...

  • Page 24: File System Configuration

    File System Configuration Per customer order, some NAS systems are shipped with file systems already set up. If your system was not so ordered, you must create your file system. First, create a storage pool and then a file system using the Storage Management link from the home page. Figure 1-16 shows the resulting web page.

  • Page 25: Serving The File System

    Serving the File System Choose File Services from the home page if you need to serve your file system. Figure 1-17 shows the resulting web page. Figure 1-17 SMU File Services Screen 007-5621-001...

  • Page 26: Documentation

    Documentation For a comprehensive set of documentation of SMU and the IS-NAS server, choose Documentation from the home page. Figure 1-18 shows the documents that are available. Figure 1-18 SMU Documentation Screen After Software Configuration Once you have completed the software configuration, the SMU software will instruct you to reboot the external SMU or the IS-NAS server.

  • Page 27: Contacting Sgi

    Contacting SGI To contact the SGI Customer Service Center, call 1-800-800-4SGI, or visit http://www.sgi.com/support/customerservice.html. From outside the United States contact your local SGI sales office. For more information on available SGI storage products, see: http://www.sgi.com/storage To reach SGI for other purposes, use the following contact information: SGI Corporate Office 46600 Landing Parkway Fremont, CA 94538...

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