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- Page 1 STONEFLY USO-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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
System diagram and description................3 Getting Started......................5 Step 1: Mounting Rails Installation...............5 Step 2: Rack Mounting Considerations............6 Step 3: Locking tabs..................9 Step 4: Cabling the Equipment..............11 ......12 Connecting the Storage Concentrators to the RAID Storage Array ........15 USO-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 the StoneFly Unified Scale Out - High Availability (USO-HA™) Appliance. It describes initial steps for launching the USO-HA™ Appliance. The StoneFly USO-HA™ appliance provides a powerful Storage solution that can Scale Out Storage capacity while scaling up performance. -
Page 5: With The Stonefly Uso ™, You Can
• Synchronously replicate (campus mirror) all of your VMs and storage to a second on premises USO-HA™ appliance for business continuity. • Asynchronously replicate all of your VMs and Storage to the cloud or a StoneFly USO at a remote site for disaster recovery. -
Page 6: System Diagram And Description
Quick Start Guide System diagram and description Below you can find the network interconnection diagram of the StoneFly USO-HA™ Appli- ance. It consists of two StoneFly Hyper-Converged Storage Concentrator (SC) Cluster Nodes. Also, it includes shared dual ports Storage array with dual Active-Active failover failback hardware RAID controllers. - Page 7 Quick Start Guide The system is fully pre-configured and ready to be integrated into the existing infrastruc- ture. Each StoneFly USO-HA comes preconfigured with VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit and StoneFly SCVM™ Virtual Storage Controller. Figure 2: Scale Out configuration of USO Appliance Nodes.
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Page 8: Getting Started
Quick Start Guide Getting Started The StoneFly USO-HA comes in Dual 1U, Dual 2U or Dual 3U Storage Concentrator Clus- ter. There are several stages to setting up the StoneFly USO-HA™ Appliance. Environmental: Requirements for power and network availability must be taken into con- sideration when planning where to place your Storage Concentrator. -
Page 9: Step 2: Rack Mounting Considerations
• Determine the placement of each component in the rack before you install the rails. • Install the heaviest StoneFly components on the bottom of the rack first, then work up. • Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to protect the StoneFly Appliance from power surges, voltage spikes and to keep your system operating in case of a power failure. - Page 10 Quick Start Guide Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the StoneFly Appliance to the power supply circuitry and the effect that any possible overloading of circuits might have on over- current protection and power supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of equipment name- plate ratings should be used when addressing this concern.
- Page 11 USO-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 3: 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.
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Page 12: Step 3: Locking Tabs
Figure 4: Installing the Rack Rails Step 3: Locking Tabs Both StoneFly Storage Concentrator rails have a locking tab, which serves two functions. The first is to lock the Storage Concentrator into place when installed and pushed fully into the rack, which is its normal position. Secondly, these tabs also lock the Storage Concen- trator in place when fully extended from the rack. - Page 13 USO-HA Quick Start Guide Insert and tighten the thumbscrews that hold the front of the server to the rack. Figure 5: Installing the USO appliance into a Rack...
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Page 14: Step 4: Cabling The Equipment
Step 4: Cabling the Equipment The cabling plan is straightforward to describe and must be followed to make the USO-HA completely functional. The following description shows the steps for two Storage Concen- trator components, two storage arrays, and one expansion unit. Additional storage compo- nents are connected in a similar manner. -
Page 15: Connecting The Storage Concentrators To The Raid Storage Array
RAID storage arrays must be configured exactly as described. The SAS cables must be attached to the correct SAS port on the Storage Array (See Figure 6). USO-HA™ Cluster Figure 6: StoneFly Each of these SAS connections is connected to one of the SAS ports on the back of each Storage Concentrator. - Page 16 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 USO-HA™ cluster. Figure 9 illustrates the RAID storage array expansion con- nection.
- Page 17 USO-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 9: Storage Array Expansion Connection.
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Page 18: Uso-Ha™ Power Up And Initial Access
StoneFly USO-HA™ is set to DHCP. A monitor is not needed to access the StoneFly USO-HA™, but if you have a monitor hooked up to the box, you will see when the box is ready for access. - Page 19 USO-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 USO-HA™ which is running VMware ESXi as its hypervisor.
- Page 20 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 21 USO-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 22 USO-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” for the SCVM by doing the following: Press “Enter”...
- Page 23 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 24 USO-HA Quick Start Guide Figure 11: Storage concentrator login screen. For more information about the configuration and use of the Storage Concentrator, please consult the StoneFly "Storage Concentrator User Guide" supplied in your package.
- Page 25 StoneFly Inc. 26250 Eden Landing Rd- Hayward, CA 94545 (510) 265-1122 support@StoneFly.com www.StoneFly.com...
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