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EonStor CS Maintenance Guide
This guide provides the procedure of how to maintain EonStor CS. The
file sharing/storage provisioning, networking, management, system
expansion and troubleshooting will be step-by-step introduced.
Version: 1.00
Updated: March 2020

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  • Page 1 EonStor CS Maintenance Guide This guide provides the procedure of how to maintain EonStor CS. The file sharing/storage provisioning, networking, management, system expansion and troubleshooting will be step-by-step introduced. Version: 1.00 Updated: March 2020...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    EonStor CS Installation Guide Contents Contents ..............................2 Summary ..............................5 Audience ..............................6 Prologue ............................... 7 System Maintenance ........................... 8 1-1. Firmware Update ..........................10 1-2. Hardware components LED Status ....................11 1-2.1 Front panel LED ......................... 11 1-2.2 PSU LED ............................ 18 1-2.3 Controller panel LED ........................
  • Page 3 EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-7 Individual disk pool checking ......................42 1-8 Faulty hardware component replacement ..................43 1-8.1 How to replace PSU and cooling module (FAN) ................. 44 1-8.2 How to replace controller ......................51 1-8.3 How to replace Memory Module (DIMM) ..................54 1-8.4 How to replace Host Board ......................
  • Page 4 EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-4.1 Rsync ............................127 2-4.2 Davinci Resolve Project Server ....................132 2-4.3 Disk defrag ..........................133 page 4 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 5: Summary

    EonStor CS Installation Guide Summary For those who are going to use EonStor CS after the installation process, this guide can help you maintain the system with step-by-step tutorial. In this guide, we separate into several chapters:  System Maintenance with Firmware Update, Hardware components LED Status, General Cluster, Node, Drive, Network, Disk Pool Status Checking, and Faulty hardware component replacement.

  • Page 6: Audience

    EonStor CS Installation Guide Audience This guide is intended for the Infortrend partners, customers, and employees who are going to use/manage and maintain EonStor CS. page 6 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: Prologue

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 0. Prologue Use this Guide if you have any questions on System Maintenance Firmware upgrade procedure for enhancement, new feature and bug fix. If you see the abnormal LED status shows on CS hardware or events on EonOne, how to identify the conditions and troubleshoot.

  • Page 8: System Maintenance

    When storage front end LED, drive tray LED or EonOne event has abnormal status, check here for more information 1-3. General Cluster Checking Outline the process for using EonOne to monitor CS cluster status and how to us Infortrend Service Guide to do the troubleshooting 1-4. Individual Node Status Checking Outline the step for monitoring the node status and how to maintain the node based on different status.
  • Page 9 Outline the step for monitoring the disk pool status and how to maintain the disk pool based on different status. 1-8. Faulty Hardware Components Replacement Replace the hardware components for EonStor CS, including PSU and FAN, Controller, DIMM(Memory Module), Host Board, CBM(Cache Backup module) and drives. page 9 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 10: Firmware Update

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-1. Firmware Update 1. Please go to Infortrend Official Website > Product Service, register your product and go to firmware download page to download the new firmware. 2. When performing the firmware update, please go to EonOne’s Settings > System update > Firmware update.

  • Page 11: Hardware Components Led Status

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-2. Hardware components LED Status The LED indicator on the front panel of CS indicate the system status. Check it on your running cluster. 1-2.1 Front panel LED The following table shows the status of CS front panel LED, the system works normally with , and remain green light.
  • Page 12 EonStor CS Installation Guide Abnormal front panel LED status Please reference to the following six different abnormal LED status and troubleshoot instructions. Abnormal LED status: 1 Troubleshooting Flow Chart Abnormal LED status: 2 page 12 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 13 EonStor CS Installation Guide Troubleshooting Flow Chart Abnormal LED status: 3 page 13 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 14 EonStor CS Installation Guide Troubleshooting Flow Chart Abnormal LED status: 4 page 14 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 15 EonStor CS Installation Guide Troubleshooting Flow Chart Abnormal LED status: 5 page 15 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 16 EonStor CS Installation Guide Troubleshooting Flow Chart Abnormal LED status: 6 page 16 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 17 EonStor CS Installation Guide Troubleshooting Flow Chart page 17 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 18: 1-2.2 Psu Led

    When the power supply LED shows amber, please reference to the following table about which situation the CS is. Please replace the faulty module. When you see the LED lights amber and flashing, please check if there is any high temperature environmental issue. Kindly contact Infortrend if you still cannot solve the issue. ...
  • Page 19 EonStor CS Installation Guide Color/Status Description The system is connected to the power source but the system is not turned on. The PSU is operating normally.  The PSU is faulty.  Over Voltage Protection (OVP)/Over Power Protection (OPP)/Over Current Protection (OCP) is activated.

  • Page 20: 1-2.3 Controller Panel Led

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-2.3 Controller panel LED Please reference to the following table to check what each LED is represent. PSU LED (for CS 3016/3024/4016/4024/4025B) Number LED Name Color/Status Description A controller is operating normally.  Control A component has failed or...
  • Page 21 EonStor CS Installation Guide  The super capacitor temperature reading is abnormal (out of 0 to 35°C range).  The super capacitor is not present. The cached data is being transferred to the FBM after a power outage. Once the transfer is done, all LEDs will turn off.

  • Page 22: 1-2.4 Host Interface Led

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-2.4 Host Interface LED The following tables shows the different host interfaces network status including 1Gb/s management port, on-board 10Gb/s SFP+ interface port. Host board with 25Gb/s and 40Gb/s interfaces. 1GbE Management Port (RJ-45) LEDs Number...
  • Page 23 EonStor CS Installation Guide 10GbE Ports (SFP+) LEDs Link Speed Link Speed Link Speed Link Speed Number LED Name Color/Status Description 10Gb/s connection is establish Speed 10Gb/s connection is establish A connection is established. Link/Active Data I/O is ongoing. No connection is established.
  • Page 24 EonStor CS Installation Guide Host Board 40GbE Ports (QSFP+) LEDs LED Name Color/Status Description 10Gb/s connection is establish Link No connection is established. Data I/O is ongoing. Active No Data I/O. Note! Lighting icon means the color LED is flashing.

  • Page 25: 1-2.5 Drive Tray Led

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-2.5 Drive tray LED There are two LEDs on the tray that indicate the status of drives. Drive Tray LED Number LED Name Color/Status Description Data is being written or read from the drive. The drive is busy.

  • Page 26: General Cluster Status Checking

    You can check if the event logs show up any relative events. You may see “Bad or problematic nodes found” when there is at least one or more nodes met issue, please check if there is any relative events reported. Contact Infortrend if you cannot solve your issue.

  • Page 27: 1-3.1 Summary Of The Number Of Node And Disk Pool

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-3.1 Summary of the number of node and disk pool You can see your total number of node and disk pool here. page 27 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 28: 1-3.2 Event Log

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-3.2 Event log You can see the event logs in Dashboard. If you received any warning or error, please reference to the Service Guide about what action should you take to solve the event. When you see some abnormal event in Dashboard, please reference to the Service Guide to know what to do for the next action.
  • Page 29 3. If it still failed after replacing with a new drive, replace Contact Infortrend if you still cannot solve your issue after you take the corresponding action. Please click here know how to contact Infortrend.
  • Page 30 EonStor CS Installation Guide How to export diagnostic logs 1. Please go to Settings > Maintenance > System report. 2. Click the “Export” to export Diagnostic logs. You can choose to download diagnostic logs for single node or the whole cluster.

  • Page 31: Individual Node Status Checking

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-4 Individual node status checking 1. Go to EonOne’s Settings > Node > Node to check the Cluster Node status, the following table shows the CS Node status. CS Node Status Status Description The node is working normally...

  • Page 32: 1-4.1 How To Replace Node

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-4.1 How to replace node 1. Please go to Settings > Maintenance > Node replacement to start the replaced process. 2. You may need to select the node that you are going to replace the faulty node. The EonOne will automatically fill in IP for the new node.
  • Page 33 EonStor CS Installation Guide 4. You will see the process bar to know which process is the replacement now. page 33 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 34: Individual Drive Status Checking

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-5 Individual drive status checking 1. Please go to EonOne’s Settings > Node > Drive to check the drive status. CS Drive Status Status Description New Drive When there is a drive was newly-scanned and not yet written any data inside.
  • Page 35 EonStor CS Installation Guide  When you met faulty drive issue, please replace it. Reference to How to replace drives about how to replace drive. page 35 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 36: 1-5.1 Drive Status Showing As "Used Drive" Or "Formatted

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-5.1 Drive status showing as “Used drive” or “Formatted” Currently there is no function to clear reserved space. Please perform repair function to make the drive become LD member drive again. page 36 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 37: 1-5.2 How To Repair Drive

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-5.2 How to repair drive You may see “Failed” or “Exiled” when there is a failed drive, please replace the failed drive. Normally, when you plug in the new drive, the CS will start to rebuild. However, the CS might not start auto-rebuild while under heavy IO. You may manually perform repair when you already replace the faulty drive.

  • Page 38: Network Status Checking

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-6 Network status checking 1-6.1 Internal Network: 1. Go to EonOne’s Settings > Network > Internal Network to check the Internal network connection Network Status Checking Status Description Good(Connected) All the Internal network cables are connected and work normally.

  • Page 39: 1-6.2 Front-End Network

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-6.2 Front-end Network: 1. Go to EonOne’s Settings > Network > Internal Network to check the network connection status Network Status Checking Status Description Good(Connected) All the Internal network cables are connected and work normally. Abnormal When trunk mode is enable, some of the network ports are unavailable.

  • Page 40: 1-6.3 Management Network

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-6.3 Management Network: 1. Go to EonOne’s Settings > Network > Management, you can set the IP address, subnet mask and Default gateway for cluster management port in here. If you see the abnormal status for Internal and Front-End Network, please follow the below instructions.
  • Page 41 EonStor CS Installation Guide 3. Contact your reseller if you need to replace the faulty hardware component, like cables or SFP modules. 4. Contact Infortrend if you still cannot solve the issue after take the above actions. page 41 / 133...

  • Page 42: Individual Disk Pool Checking

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-7 Individual disk pool checking 1. Go to EonOne’s Settings > Storage > Disk Pool to check the cluster Disk Pool status Disk Pool Status Status Description Good The disk pool works normally. CS might find issue on member drive or Node, under this situation the local folder and shared folder is still accessible.

  • Page 43: Faulty Hardware Component Replacement

    Infortrend will help to check if the CS is within warranty or not. If the CS is in warranty, Infortrend will help to arrange replacement or repair of the component. If the CS is out of warranty, Infortrend will provide quotations of the repair and shipping cost before arranging it, and if customer accepts the terms and cost Infortrend will arrange the repair as soon as possible.

  • Page 44: 1-8.1 How To Replace Psu And Cooling Module (Fan)

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-8.1 How to replace PSU and cooling module (FAN) The CS 2000/3000/4000 Series system has two redundant, hot-swappable PSUs that provide power and built with a Cooling FAN that helps with the airflow, providing an efficient ventilation.
  • Page 45 EonStor CS Installation Guide Remove the faulty PSU and insert a replaced one. Carefully push the replaced PSU until you feel the contact resistance when the board edge connectors are engaging the backplane. page 45 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 46 EonStor CS Installation Guide PSU for CS 2060/3060/4060 The following table shows PSU components (for CS 2060/3060/4060) PSU (for CS 2060/3060/4060) Number LED Name Mounting Hole for the Cable Tie Retention Lever PSU Status LED Power Socket Retention Screw Extraction Handle Push the retention lever to remove the faulty PSU and insert the replaced PSU carefully until you feel the contact resistance when the board edge connectors are engaging the backplane.
  • Page 47 EonStor CS Installation Guide Press the retention lever to the left (A) then pull out the extraction handle (B). Hold the extraction handle then pull gently to remove the PSU from the system. page 47 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 48 EonStor CS Installation Guide Cooling module for CS 2060/3060/4060 The following table shows Cooling Module (for CS 2060/3060/4060) PSU (for CS 2060/3060/4060) Number LED Name Extraction Handles Cooling Fans Shut down the system, turn off the PSU, then unplug the power cord.
  • Page 49 EonStor CS Installation Guide Loosen the thumb screws that secure the cooling module to the enclosure. Thumb screw Thumb screw Lift up the extraction handles and pull out the cooling module from the enclosure. Insert the replacement cooling module into the enclosure.
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  • Page 51: 1-8.2 How To Replace Controller

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-8.2 How to replace controller Please contact your reseller when there is some hardware component need to be replaced. For CS 3016/3024/4016/4024/4025B 1. Please shut down and power off the faulty node. Disconnect all cables on the faulty controller and remove it, insert the new one and power on the CS.
  • Page 52 EonStor CS Installation Guide Insert the replacement carefully into controller module slot (A). Push the ejection levers upward (indicated by the blue arrows) and fasten the retention screw on the ejection levers (B). The controller module will automatically ease out of the controller module bay.
  • Page 53 EonStor CS Installation Guide For CS 2060/3060/4060 1. Please shut down the faulty node before replacing it. Disconnect all cables on the faulty controller and remove it, insert the new one and power on the CS. 2. To remove the faulty controller, you need to unfasten the retention screw, hold the rim and pull the controller out of the enclosure.

  • Page 54: 1-8.3 How To Replace Memory Module (Dimm)

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-8.3 How to replace Memory Module (DIMM) 1. The controller comes with pre-installed DRAM module(s). You can upgrade or replace it when the bundled module malfunctions. Please contact your reseller when there is some hardware component need to be replaced.
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  • Page 56: 1-8.4 How To Replace Host Board

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-8.4 How to replace Host Board 1. Please contact your reseller when there is some hardware component need to be replaced. 2. Please take note of the following considerations before replacing the host board:  A controller/host board downtime would be need if you replace a host board.
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  • Page 58: 1-8.5 How To Replace Cbm

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-8.5 How to replace CBM 1. Please contact your reseller when there is some hardware component need to be replaced. 2. To replace the super capacitor. You need to remove the controller from enclosure. Loosen the screw (A), lift its side to a 45°...

  • Page 59: 1-8.6 How To Replace Drives

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 1-8.6 How to replace Drives Please contact your reseller when there is some hardware component need to be replaced. You may need to identify the faulty hard drive via using drive tray LED or EonOne. For CS 3016/3024/4016/4024 1.
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  • Page 61 EonStor CS Installation Guide For CS 4025B 1. When the faulty hard drive is located, push the release button to eject the drive tray, wait for around 30 seconds for the drive to spin down and then pull out the tray using the spring handle.
  • Page 62 EonStor CS Installation Guide For CS 2060/3060/4060 1. When the faulty hard drive is located, open the top cover of the enclosure. Look for the defective hard drive, pull up the handle plate (A) and remove the drive and tray (B).
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  • Page 65: Operation

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2. Operation In This Section How to manage, setting the file sharing, network and data service for CS storage system. Contents 2-1. Network In this section introduce the CS Cluster network architecture overview, setup guide for cluster network and advanced setting including Trunk group, SMB Multi-Channel, Jumbo Frame and DNS load balancing.

  • Page 66: Network

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1 Network In This Section Outline the CS cluster network architecture, and network feature setup procedure including trunk group, SMB Multi-Channel and Jumbo Frame. 2-1.1 Overview There are three types of network in CS cluster and different port combination base on the network host board installed on each node.
  • Page 67 EonStor CS Installation Guide Combination 1: 2 x 10GbE (Front-end) + 2 x 10GbE (Internal) Combination 2: 4 x 10GbE (Front-end) + 2 x 25GbE (Internal) Combination 3: 4 x 10GbE (Front-end) + 2 x 40GbE (Internal) page 67 / 133...
  • Page 68 EonStor CS Installation Guide Combination 4: 2 x 25GbE (Front-end) + 2 x 25GbE (Internal) Combination 5: 2 x 40GbE (Front-end) + 2 x 40GbE (Internal) page 68 / 133 Installation Guide...
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  • Page 70: 2-1.2 Management Network

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1.2 Management Network You can change the default management port IP to your desired IP, and you can access the CS management interface with the new IP. 1. Go to Settings > Network > Management. 2. Set the new management IP and click Save.

  • Page 71: 2-1.3 Internal Network

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1.3 Internal Network The following is going to guide you how to set up the internal network. 1. Go to Settings > Network > Internal network. 2. You can set the IP manually by filling in the blank.

  • Page 72: 2-1.4 Front-End Network

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1.4 Front-end Network 1. Go to Settings > Network > Front-end network. 2. You can choose to trunk the front-end channels if you want. If you choose not to trunk the front-end channels, you will have to set the IP addresses for each channel.
  • Page 73 EonStor CS Installation Guide 3. You can also click Set IP range, and set the start IP of the channel. Then the system will automatically set the channel IP for each node. 4. Click Save when you finish setting the front-end network.

  • Page 74: 2-1.5 Trunk Group

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1.5 Trunk Group With the help of trunk group, you can aggregates multiple channels as 1 to increase the total bandwidth thus to provides higher performance for multiple clients and network failure tolerance. Note! If you are trying to trunk channels with LACP, please make sure that your switch supports IEEE 802.3ad.
  • Page 75 EonStor CS Installation Guide 2. Click Save when you finish setting the front-end network. page 75 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 76: 2-1.6 Smb Multi-Channel

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1.6 SMB Multi-Channel With the help of SMB Multi-Channel, you can aggregates multiple channels to increase the total bandwidth thus to provides higher performance for single client and also with network failure tolerance. Note! You can set SMB multichannel in the channels from the same node only, currently cannot support setting the multichannel from the channel across the different CS node.

  • Page 77: 2-1.7 Jumbo Frame

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-1.7 Jumbo Frame With the change of the frame size for each data package, it can provide the better performance for client site Note! After changing the frame size, be sure to check the switch’s frame size is identical as well, the frame size cannot be smaller than CS’s frame size.
  • Page 78 EonStor CS Installation Guide 3. Click Save to change the settings. page 78 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 79: Management

    In this section introduce the management for CS cluster’s component, including disk pool, share folder, user/user group and node 2-2.1 Disk pool You can manage the EonStor CS’s disk pool with following actions Create: add the disk pool on CS cluster.
  • Page 80 EonStor CS Installation Guide Create Disk Pool Please follow the instructions about how to create disk pool 1. Go to Setting > Storage > Disk pool 2. Click Add a disk pool to create a new disk pool. The pool name is necessary. Chose which disk pool type you are going to create.
  • Page 81 EonStor CS Installation Guide 3. Scroll down to fill in the Pool size. 4. Click OK and it might take few minutes to finish the creation. page 81 / 133 Installation Guide...
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  • Page 83 EonStor CS Installation Guide Edit/Advanced Setting: You can specify advanced settings for all disk pools to manage their space usage and performance 1. Go to Settings > Storage > Disk pool 2. Click Advanced disk pool settings. 3. Specify the advanced space usage and performance settings for all disk pools: ...
  • Page 84 EonStor CS Installation Guide  Low: The system utilizes only a small amount of resource for data rebuilding. The rebuilding process may take some time to finish.  AV optimization mode: Fine-tune performance for audio and video editing applications: ...
  • Page 85 EonStor CS Installation Guide 4. Click Save to save the settings. page 85 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 86 EonStor CS Installation Guide Delete disk pool You can find a summary of the disk pool’s information. 1. Go to Settings > Storage > Disk pool > Disk pool list 2. Select a desired disk pool entry in the Disk pool list section.
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  • Page 88 EonStor CS Installation Guide Expand disk pool You can expand the size of an existing disk pool to accommodate more data. 1. Go to Settings > Storage > Disk pool 2. Select a desired disk pool entry in the Disk pool list section.

  • Page 89: 2-2.2 Share Folder

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-2.2 Share Folder You can manage the EonStor CS’s share folder with following actions Create: Add the share folder on disk pool. Edit: Setup the share folder Quota/Access Permission: Setup the share folder quota/permission. Tier data migration: the share folder can be migrated from one disk pool to another for backup/archiving purpose.
  • Page 90 EonStor CS Installation Guide Create Share Folder After creating the local folders on CS, you can create the share folder for file sharing purpose with different protocol (CIFS/SMB, NFS, FTP, AFP and Rsync) You can share local folders with remote users via the CIFS/SMB and NFS protocols.
  • Page 91 EonStor CS Installation Guide Name Description Name Specify a name for the shared folder. This name is displayed in the shared folder list. Specify the location of the folder for sharing, or click Browse to Folder path choose one. Set the shared folder’s accessing protocol: CIFS/SMB, NFS and Protocol FTP.
  • Page 92 EonStor CS Installation Guide Edit Share folder 1. Go to Settings > File system > File Manager 2. Select a desired folder in the list. 3. Click Edit button to change the settings 4. You can change the folder name, edit the access permission for different user/user group.
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  • Page 94 EonStor CS Installation Guide Folder permission settings This feature allows users to configure folder permission. 1. Go to Settings > File system > File Manager 2. Select a desired folder in the list. 3. Click Edit and select Permission tab to assign the folder-access permissions to local/domain users and groups.
  • Page 95 EonStor CS Installation Guide Folder quota settings This feature allows users to configure folder quota size limit. Step 1. Go to Settings > File system > File Manager Step 2. Select a desired folder in the list. Step 3. Click Edit to set quota size. You can specify the quota number and the alert threshold.
  • Page 96 EonStor CS Installation Guide You can login to EonOne and go to Settings > Storage > Disk pool and click Advanced disk pool settings and tick the Enable quota management function. page 96 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 97 EonStor CS Installation Guide Tiered data migration settings This feature allows users to migrate folders to an appropriate disk pool as needed. 1. Go to Settings > File system > File Manager 2. Select a desired folder in the list.
  • Page 98 EonStor CS Installation Guide Note! If you cannot change “disk pool” settings, it is possible that the “Tiered data migration” function was not enabled while deploying. If you want to use this function, you have to redeploy and enable “Tiered data migration”...
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  • Page 100 EonStor CS Installation Guide Delete Share Folder This feature allows users to delete folders 1. Go to Settings > File system > Share folders 2. Select a desired folder in the list. And click Delete button page 100 / 133...

  • Page 101: 2-2.3 User/ User Group

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-2.3 User/ User Group You can manage the user and user group in CS with following actions Create local user: Create the local user and user group Import domain user: join the AD/LDAP domain and fetch the user from domain for management...
  • Page 102 EonStor CS Installation Guide Create Local User 1. Go to Settings > File system > Users 2. Go to the top left menu and select Local users. 3. Click Add to add a new user. 4. Go to the General tab and provide the user information.
  • Page 103 EonStor CS Installation Guide Import Domain User The cluster can join a Windows Active Directory (AD) domain and a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) domain. After joining a domain, the cluster retrieves information of domain users for management. Note! To add/delete/edit domain users or user groups, go to the domain server to do proper management.
  • Page 104 EonStor CS Installation Guide Authentication Set the authentication strength from 2 (lowest security) to 5 level (highest security). To know which authentication level to choose, consult the documentation of Windows AD server Click Fetch to get the domain controller information.
  • Page 105 EonStor CS Installation Guide Examples: cn=admin,dc=aadomain,dc=aa.local Password Specify the root username and password of the LDAP server. 4. Click Save to save the information. 5. The system automatically retrieves the domain-specific user information (in Settings > File system > Users) and user group information (in Settings > File system > Groups).
  • Page 106 EonStor CS Installation Guide Edit Local/ Domain User 1. Go to Settings > File system > Users 2. Select a desired user in the list. And click Edit button 3. Edit the user with password, user group and other setup.
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  • Page 108 EonStor CS Installation Guide Password Policy 1. Go to Settings > File system > Users 2. Click Password Policy button 3. Edit the password policy you want. page 108 / 133 Installation Guide...
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  • Page 110 EonStor CS Installation Guide Delete User 1. Go to Settings > File system > Users 2. Select a desired user in the list. And click Delete button page 110 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 111: 2-2.4 Node

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-2.4 Node You can manage the node in CS with following actions Add: Add the node into the cluster. Edit: edit the node for shutdown and restart Delete: Delete the node and from cluster page 111 / 133...
  • Page 112 EonStor CS Installation Guide Add the node 1. Check that the new node must match the target node in configurations, network host board installation 2. Go to Settings > Node > Node tab, click Add a node button. 3. Select a desired node from the list to join the cluster and tick Rebalance data storage across all cluster nodes option.
  • Page 113 EonStor CS Installation Guide 4. Specify the network settings for the new node. page 113 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 114 EonStor CS Installation Guide 5. Click Next and then OK to add the new node to the cluster. page 114 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 115 EonStor CS Installation Guide Edit node 1. Go to Settings > Node > Node tab, Select a desired node in the list. And click Edit button 2. You can shutdown, restart return the node to the factory default setting. page 115 / 133...
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  • Page 117 EonStor CS Installation Guide Delete node 1. Go to Settings > Node > Node tab, Select a desired node in the list. And click More > Delete button Note! if the cluster has the distributed mode pool, the node cannot be deleted for data protection purpose.

  • Page 118: System Expansion

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-3. System Expansion EonStor CS supports online scale-out and scale-up expansion.  Scale-out: improve system performance and capacity by connecting several storage systems (nodes) together via internal network within a cluster.  Scale-up: improve storage capacity by connecting several expansion enclosures (JBODs) via back-end disk channel of storage nodes.

  • Page 119: 2-3.1 Scale-Out

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-3.1 Scale-out Scale-out policy  All the drive slots of the new node have to be loaded with disks.  The max. number of nodes supported within a cluster is 144.  A CS cluster can be scale-out expanded by connecting onboard 10GbE (SFP+) or an installed 25GbE...
  • Page 120 EonStor CS Installation Guide Scale-out steps 1. Check that the new node must match the target node in configurations, network host board installation 2. Go to Settings > Node > Node tab, click Add a node button. 3. Select a desired node from the list to join the cluster and tick Rebalance data storage across all cluster nodes option.
  • Page 121 EonStor CS Installation Guide 4. Specify the network settings for the new node. page 121 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 122 EonStor CS Installation Guide 5. Click Next and then OK to add the new node to the cluster. And you can check the new node from Node list page 122 / 133 Installation Guide...

  • Page 123: 2-3.2 Scale-Up

    Balance storage capacity of all nodes in the pool to avoid excessive I/O load on some nodes. Expansion Enclosure ID Turntable  EonStor CS offers different scale-up policies for SSD and HDD nodes, please check the table below. Storage Max. Number of Node Type...
  • Page 124 EonStor CS Installation Guide 3*JB 3016 (with 16 x HDDs) 4U 24-bay (24-bay node + 1*60-bay JBOD) 1*JB 3060 (with 60 x HDDs) 4U 60-bay 1*JB 3060 (with 60 x HDDs) (60-bay node + 1*60-bay JBOD) SSD Node SSD Disk Pool...
  • Page 125 EonStor CS Installation Guide Scale-up Step 1. Set the Expansion Enclosure ID, the first expansion enclosure ID must be set to 1, the second expansion enclosure ID must be set to 2, and so on. Expansion Enclosure ID Turntable 2. Install the new expansion enclosure to the rack, to make sure that the SAS cable is long enough to connect between chassis.
  • Page 126 EonStor CS Installation Guide display the new expansion enclosure. Go to Settings > Node > Select a node > More > Add an enclosure to check the status. 5. Install the disks to the new expansion enclosure page 126 / 133...

  • Page 127: Data Services

    EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-4. Data Services Outline the data services operation procedure, like Rsync, Davinci Resolve Project Server and Disk defrag 2-4.1 Rsync Rsync protocol allows users to replicate the folder and files. CS also supports 3rd party via rsync protocol.
  • Page 128 EonStor CS Installation Guide 4. Select Target Type, CS also supports 3rd party via rsync protocol. 5. Fill in IP address, Username and password of target side and Target folder path. The setting of Duplicate ACL settings of the source folder to target will be default enable.
  • Page 129 EonStor CS Installation Guide 6. Click Next and set up the schedule page 129 / 133 Installation Guide...
  • Page 130 EonStor CS Installation Guide 7. You will see the summary of your rsync settings. Click OK and create the rsync schedule. page 130 / 133 Installation Guide...
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  • Page 132 EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-4.2 Davinci Resolve Project Server CS with Davinci Project Server Pre-installed feature allows user to collaborate together without the needs of physcial server installing the database When you need to enable project server function during the deployment. You can go to Settings, Application to enable/disable project server.
  • Page 133 EonStor CS Installation Guide 2-4.3 Disk defrag Run defragmentation to allocate contiguous disk space to files. This action can optimize data access and reduce unused space. You can go to Settings, Schedule and Disk defrag to create a disk defragment schedule. The CS will defrag the data to get better performance scheduly.

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