Summary of Contents for STONEFLY DR365-HA
- Page 1 STONEFLY DR365-HA Cluster High-Availability HyperConverged Appliance Quick Start Guide...
- Page 2 All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied or reproduced with- out the prior written consent of StoneFly. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. StoneFly shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
-
Page 3: Table Of Contents
System diagram and description................2 Installation Steps....................3 Step 1: Mounting Rails Installation..............3 Step 2: Rack Mounting Considerations............4 Step 3: Locking tabs..................7 Step 4: Cabling the Equipment..............9 ........10 Connecting the SCs to the DR365-HA™ RAID Storage Array ........13 DR365-HA™ Power Up and Initial Access....... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction This document is aimed for system administrators who would like to know how to get started with StoneFly DR365-HA™ Appliance. It describes initial steps for launching the DR365-HA™ Appliance. DR365-HA™ is the ideal purpose-built hyper-converged infrastructure solution to consoli- date all of your server and backup systems into one easy to manage high-availability clus- ter appliance. -
Page 5: System Diagram And Description
It consists of two StoneFly Hyper-Converged Storage Concentrator (SC) Cluster Nodes. An embedded hypervisor on each cluster node allows backed up VMs and new user-created VMs to be spun up directly on the DR365-HA™ cluster appliance. Figure 1: StoneFly DR365-HA™ Block Diagram. -
Page 6: Installation Steps
Quick Start Guide Installation Steps There are several stages to setting up the StoneFly DR365-HA™ Appliance. Environmental: Requirements for power and network availability must be taken into con- sideration when planning where to place your Storage Concentrator. The space should have well regulated temperature and humidity and should be relatively free of dust and other contaminants. -
Page 7: Step 2: Rack Mounting Considerations
Appliance’s maximum rated ambient temperature. Reduced Airflow The DR365-HA™ appliance should be mounted into a rack so that the amount of airflow required for safe operation is not compromised. - Page 8 Quick Start Guide Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the DR365-HA™ appliance to the power supply circuitry. The effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on overcurrent protection and power supply wiring should be considered.
- Page 9 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 2: Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails Installing the Outer Rails 1. Begin by measuring the distance from the front rail to the rear rail of the rack. 2. Attach a short bracket to the front side of the right outer rail and a long bracket to the rear side of the right outer rail.
-
Page 10: Step 3: Locking Tabs
Figure 3: Installing the Rack Rails Step 3: Locking Tabs Both StoneFly Storage Concentrator rails have a locking tab, which serves two functions: 1) To lock the Storage Concentrator into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack, which is its normal position, and 2) these tabs also lock the Storage Concentrator in place when fully extended from the rack. - Page 11 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Insert and tighten the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack. Figure 4: Installing the appliance into a Rack...
-
Page 12: Step 4: Cabling The Equipment
DR365-HA Quick Start Guide To install the StoneFly Storage Concentrators into a Telco type rack, use two L-shaped brackets on either side of the chassis (four total). First, determine how far the Storage Concentrator will extend out the front of the rack. Larger chassis should be positioned to balance the weight between front and back. -
Page 13: Connecting The Scs To The Dr365-Ha™ Raid Storage Array
DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Connecting the SCs to the DR365-HA RAID Storage Array: ™ Cabling the Storage Arrays to the Storage Concentrator requires two SAS cables for each array. Each Storage array is connected to each Storage Concentrator with one cable. The connections to the RAID storage arrays must be configured exactly as described. - Page 14 Primary Controller cannot function properly due to hard- ware error, controller module removal, etc. The following picture is a suggestion for connecting two StoneFly RAID Storage Arrays to a StoneFly DR365-HA™ cluster. Figure 8 illustrates the RAID storage array expansion connection.
- Page 15 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 8: Storage Array Expansion Connection.
-
Page 16: Dr365-Ha™ Power Up And Initial Access
StoneFly DR365-HA™ is set to DHCP. A monitor is not needed to access the StoneFly DR365-HA™, but if you have a monitor hooked up to the box, you will see when the box is ready for access. - Page 17 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Click on the Download VSphere Client link and that will guide you to download and install a client agent that you will use to access your DR365-HA™ which is running VMware ESXi as its hypervisor.
- Page 18 Double click on the client icon and it will give you a screen to enter the user name and password. Enter root for the username and stonefly for the password. You will see a screen like the one shown below:...
- Page 19 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Accessing the Pre-Installed SCVM The previous screenshot shows one SCVM is already installed. If you want to access the user interface for that particular SCVM, click on that SCVM first and then click on the Con-...
- Page 20 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Steps to use the pre-installed SCVM: The SCVM Storage Controller management network interface is preconfigured with the default IP address of 192.168.0.254. This must be changed to a valid address for your LAN network. Login to the “SC Service” console using the VMware “Virtual Console”...
- Page 21 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 10: The default settings screen. At the “ServiceNetwork” menu, change all of the Storage Concentrator manage- ment network settings to values appropriate for your LAN network, save them, and then completely exit the “SC Service” menu using the ‘q’ option for “q – Logout”.
- Page 22 At this point, it should be possible to login to the Storage Concentrator Management GUI by browsing to the management IP address that you have configured. The default administrative User ID is stonefly, with a Password of stonefly. Once logged in, you should configure the SAN data network settings.
- Page 23 DR365-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 13: Storage concentrator login screen. Please consult the StoneFly Storage Concentrator User Guide for more information about the configuration and use of the Storage Concentrator.
- Page 24 Please refer to VMware documentation (not supplied in your package) that are available from VMware webpage for instructions on how to create a Virtual Machine and install a new Operating System on it. Please refer to StoneFly DR365-HA Documents CD for Acronis Backup Advanced User Guide or follow the link below: http://support.dnfstorage.com/AcronisBackupAdvanced_11.5_userguide_en-US.pdf...
- Page 25 26250 Eden Landing Rd- Hayward, CA 94545 (510) 265-1122 support@StoneFly.com www.StoneFly.com...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the DR365-HA and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers