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Expansion Guide
EonStor CS Family
Version: 2.1
Updated: March 2022
Summary
This guide describes the instructions and system limitations for adding an expansion enclosure
to an Infortrend EonStor CS storage system without affecting storage operations.

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  • Page 1 Expansion Guide EonStor CS Family Version: 2.1 Updated: March 2022 Summary This guide describes the instructions and system limitations for adding an expansion enclosure to an Infortrend EonStor CS storage system without affecting storage operations.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    6.1.1 Scale-out Online Expansion Steps ................. 7 Scale-up ..........................10 5.1.1 Scale-up Online Expansion Steps ................11 Legal Disclaimer and Information ......................13 Trademarks ............................13 Contact Information ..........................14 Website ............................... 14 Customer Support ..........................14 Infortrend Expansion Guide...

  • Page 3: Preface

    1. Preface The purpose of this guide is to instruct you on how to add/expand expansion enclosures to Infortrend storage system without affecting the existing storage operations with minimum downtime. Infortrend continues to develop the best quality solutions to fulfill customer's expectations and requirements.

  • Page 4: Eonstor Cs Expansion Principle

    EonStor CS supports both scale-out and scale-up expansion, and the system does not need to be turned off during the expansion process. Infortrend Distributed File System (IDFS) is a highly efficient distributed file system that increases performance and capacity by expanding the storage unit based on the disk pool.

  • Page 5: Eonstor Cs Storage Configuration

    If one of the storage nodes in the storage pool is connected to the expansion enclosure for scale-up expansion, it is recommended that you balance storage capacity of all nodes in the pool to avoid excessive I/O load on some nodes. Scale-up Expansion Enclosures must have the same configuration with the nodes Infortrend Expansion Guide...

  • Page 6: Maximum Number Of Drives/Expansion Enclosures

    ID. To prevent any ID conflict, it is recommended that you set a separate ID for each expansion enclosure before deploying an environment with multiple expansion enclosures. Expansion Enclosure ID Turntable Infortrend Expansion Guide...

  • Page 7: Expansion Enclosure Connection

    Install the corresponding drive type into the new node before powering it on. Remember the drive slots of the node must be all inserted with drives, and the only exception is CS 4014U which supports 6 drives as minimum number of drives. Otherwise, the node will not be able to configure. Infortrend Expansion Guide...
  • Page 8 If the node is not found in the list, you can click on Rescan or check the network cable of the new node. Add Node Choose the node that you want to add into your system and click “Next”. You can configure the network connection of the node. Network Configuration Infortrend Expansion Guide...
  • Page 9 Check the node list. If there is no problem with the node, the node is added to the system successfully. For details, please refer to the software manual. Node List Infortrend Expansion Guide...

  • Page 10: Scale-Up

    EonStor CS can be scale-up expanded via the SAS 12 Gb/s back-end disk channel, and you can use the SAS cable included with the Infortrend expansion enclosure to connect it to the EonStor CS back-end disk channel. The scale-up expansion connects the expansion port (IN) on the back of the EonStor CS to the OUT port on the expansion enclosure.

  • Page 11: Scale-Up Online Expansion Steps

    "hot add" function, which may cause the host I/O a delay or a pause of about 10-20 seconds. The delay or pause is due to the operating system, drivers, and other factors. Infortrend Expansion Guide...
  • Page 12 Add Expansion Enclosure Once you can see the information of expansion enclosure, you will need to click “Add an enclosure” to add expansion enclosure to the node. For details, please refer to the software manual. Infortrend Expansion Guide...

  • Page 13: Legal Disclaimer And Information

    Standard Warranty Policy available on the Infortrend website: https://www.infortrend.com/global/Support/terms-conditions Infortrend may from time to time modify, update or upgrade the software, firmware or any accompanying user documentation without any prior notice. Infortrend will provide access to these new software, firmware, or documentation releases from certain download sections of our website or through our service partners.

  • Page 14: Contact Information

    8. Contact Information Website For more information of Infortrend’s products and services, visit: https://www.infortrend.com/global/Home Customer Support Contact your system vendor or visit the following support site. http://www.infortrend.com/global/Support/Support Infortrend Expansion Guide...

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