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  • Page 1 ActiveScale with ActiveScale OS 6.0.2 software ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 6-68924-03, Rev. A...
  • Page 2 Quantum P100E3 Installation Guide, 36-68924-03, November 2021, Product of USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication “as is” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Table of Contents List of figures ..............7 List of tables .
  • Page 4 5.2.1 Quantum Installer VM OVA ........
  • Page 5 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide the sites to PXE boot all nodes from Site 1 ......... 72 5.7.3.2 Scenario 2: There’s NOT enough bandwith between the sites to PXE boot all nodes from Site 1 .
  • Page 6 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide...

  • Page 7: List Of Figures

    Figure 1-1. ActiveScale P100E3 system layout ....... . . 1...
  • Page 8 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide List of figures...

  • Page 9: List Of Tables

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide List of tables List of tables Table 1-1. System specification summary ........2...
  • Page 10 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide List of tables...

  • Page 11: Document Summary

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 1 Document Summary This chapter defines the scope of this document and provides a brief overview of the ActiveScale P100E3 system. 1.1 Scope This document is designed to address all of the important considerations that a user of the ActiveScale P100E3 system needs to make before integrating the system at the site where the system will be deployed.

  • Page 12: System Specification Summary

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 1.3 System Specification Summary The following table is a summary of specifications relevant to the ActiveScale P100E3 system. Table 1-1. System specification summary Condition (fully configured) Non-operating Operating Altitude -984 ft to 39,371 ft -984 ft to 10,000 ft...

  • Page 13: System Upacking

    • Water damage caused by contact with a water source or storage in an overly humid environment. 2.3 Pallet Contents ActiveScale P100E3 system is shipped on one half pallets and contains the P100E3 nodes and accessories. Figure 2-1. P100E3 pallet contents...
  • Page 14 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 1. Remove the overwrap covering the boxes. 2. Unpack the P100E3 Nodes one at a time. There are three P100E3 nodes that contain the node rails and cables. 3. Inspect each component in the P100E3 Node box for damage. Repeat this process for each accessory box on the pallet.

  • Page 15: Installing System Components Using 1U Mounting Kits

    This section covers the installation of the system into a single rack using 1U mounting kits for P100E3 Nodes. 3.1 Installing System Components Introduction The ActiveScale P100E3 system hardware does not come installed in a rack and does not come with a power distribution unit (PDU). 3.1.1 Adding P100E3 Nodes to the Rack Important: Install components into the rack from bottom to top.

  • Page 16: Installing A Storage Node Into The Rack

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 3. Align the mounting kit left rail with the rack rear vertical rail. 4. Press the tab marked “PUSH” to secure the rail to the rack. Repeat these steps to install the right mounting kit rail. 3.1.3 Installing a Storage Node Into the Rack Warning: The Storage Node weighs 60 lbs (27 kg).
  • Page 17 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Align the mounting kit left rail with the rack front vertical rail. 3. Press the tab marked “PUSH” to secure the rail to the rack. 4. Align the mounting kit left rail with the rack rear vertical rail.

  • Page 18: Installing A Storage Node Into The Rack

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 5. Press the tab marked “PUSH” to secure the rail to the rack. Repeat these steps to install the right mounting kit rail. 3.2.2 Installing a Storage Node Into the Rack Warning: The Storage Node weighs 60 lbs (27 kg). Two people are required to lift it.

  • Page 19: P100E3 Software Installation Procedure

    The following requirements should be met in order to successfully install the OS on the nodes: • An ActiveScale ISO, software version 6.0.1 or greater. The 6.0.1 GA release can be downloaded from CSWeb: https://qsweb.quantum.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=ActiveScale#downloads • Three P100E3 nodes. • USB Flash Drives of 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB in size. Optionally multiple pieces (up to 36) if you wish to install the OS in parallel •...
  • Page 20 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide – The rack serial number can be found on the label line ‘System Serial Number’, in the yellow rectangle as shown in the image above. The rack serial can also be found on another label on the side of every cardboard box, see example below:...
  • Page 21 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide The rack serial number can also be found on the top of the P100E3 chassis as identified in the example below: • Physical access to the nodes with USB keyboard and VGA monitor • All bootstrap installation details required during the USB OS install, for the three nodes: –...

  • Page 22: Preconfigure Installation Files

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide • Default gateway address for public network 1 route • For each node: • Machine (host)name (case sensitive) • IP address in the private network 1 range • IPMI user name • IPMI user password • IPMI IP address (advised: in the private network 1 range) •...
  • Page 23 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 3. The configuration files are still a template. It is required you fill in all customer details in those files. Mandatory items that require a customized value are templated with a <CHANGE_ME> name. Please refer to the included inline comments for the configuration instructions. 4.

  • Page 24: How To Specify A Storage Policy

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide and an IP for the IPMI of each machine. In case there is a DHCP range specified for the network, this also needs to be added to the IPs between startip and endip. Note: Basic validation on completion and json integrity of the installation template files will be performed at the very beginning of the install.

  • Page 25: Network Wiring

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide If you really want to use a storage policy which is not included in the P100E3_policies.xlsx file, consult with ActiveScale engineering first. Choosing an unsuitable storage policy can have dramatic effects on the availability, durability and performance of the system! Make sure to update both the small file and the large file policies! The storage policies included in the P100E3_policies.xlsx file should only be used for 3-node P100E3 systems.

  • Page 26: Ethernet Port Map

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 4.4.1 Ethernet port map Note the following portmap, also expressed in the wiring diagrams below · public network 1: eth0 · public network 2: eth3 · private network 1: eth2 · private network 2: eth1 Figure 4-1. Wiring diagram for 1GEO 2 switches with Resilience...

  • Page 27: Download The Iso And Prepare The Usb Flash Drive

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 4.5 Download the ISO and prepare the USB Flash Drive 1. Download the ActiveScale ISO using either the link in the prerequisites or a download source of your choice, should there be a newer or a branded version available/required. 2.

  • Page 28: Installing The Nodes

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide The following is a screen shot of the expected configuration to create a bootable USB Flash Drive using the Windows method (Rufus tool). ISO software version and Volume label can and may be different from the example. 4.6 Installing the nodes You can install multiple nodes in parallel if you wish to do so.
  • Page 29 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 4. During the POST screens press the F11 key repeatedly to enter the BBS POPUP Boot Menu 5. Using the keyboard arrow keys, move up or down until the UEFI USB Flash Drive is selected. Your stick will most likely be shown twice: once with and once without UEFI - make sure to select the UEFI option.
  • Page 30 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide This is expected and part of how you implemented UEFI boot in ActiveScale. The USB Flash Drive should continue to boot fine. 7. The OS will boot and bring you to the Ubuntu login terminal 8. Login using the default support credentials: user: hgstsupport password: default 9.
  • Page 31 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide • Always select network interface 2 and add the IP and netmask you want for this node in the private 1 network. Leave out the default gateway if you don't have a gateway on this subnet configured. •...

  • Page 32: Copy And Complete Installation Files

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Note: For your own ease during the setup, you can now log in to this node via SSH through the defined IP address and default support user/password: ssh hgstsupport@<IP address in private 1 LAN> 4.7 Copy and complete installation files Once all nodes have an OS installed, you can copy over the configuration files.

  • Page 33: Initialize And Configure Nodes

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 2. The operator can choose to configure the interface on public VLAN 1 (customer’s network) while performing the Himalaya install. This should yield a scenario in which the NTP server can be reached and where the deploy of ActiveScale can continue over the public VLAN. 3.
  • Page 34 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 2. Complete the EULA section. a. Review the EULA in its entirety. b. At the bottom of the EULA, type the Name and Title of the system administrator. c. To download a copy of the EULA, click Download. d.
  • Page 35 Important: The Quantum Support Passcode is your portion of the two-factor password for the www.quantum.com/support user. It is limited to 20 characters. You can change it at any time to allow/deny access to your system by Quantum Support. 6. Paste in your SSL certificates for ActiveScale SM and the S3 interface.
  • Page 36 Tip: Street Address, City, State, and Country are optional. Default Country is USA. Tip: Timezone is optional; it defaults to America/Los_Angeles (UTC-8). 12. Choose if you want to enable telemetry collection or not. If you enable telemetry collection, the system sends telemetry back to Quantum Support for analysis and support...
  • Page 37 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 13. Click Apply. A popup appears prompting you to confirm your chosen durability policy.

  • Page 38: Figure 4-2. Post-Login > Apply

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 14. Click Continue to confirm. The Apply page appears with estimated time remaining. Upon successful completion of the post-login configuration wizard, the Go Live button appears. Figure 4-2. Post-Login > Apply 15. Click Go Live. 16. Launch ActiveScale SM. Using a desktop web browser, navigate to , where https://SystemNode1_PublicNetwork1_IP:10443/...

  • Page 39: Post Cbwinstructions

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Upon first login, the ActiveScale SM Welcome screen appears. Figure 4-4. ActiveScale SM welcome screen 4.12 Post CBWInstructions Remove the factory installation SSH keys by running following bash commands: Note: This should be run on all three nodes again. sudo su - marvin grep -v 'factory-install-key$' /home/marvin/.ssh/authorized_keys >...
  • Page 40 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Prerequisites The following requirements should be met in order to successfully install the OS on the nodes: · An ActiveScale ISO, software version 5.7 Atlantic or greater. The 5.7 GA release can be down- loaded here: Beta release: https://symform.jira.com/wiki/spaces/DPD/pages/1155203169/ 5.7+Atlantic+milestone+2 ·...
  • Page 41 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide · 1 GEO 1 switch: §6x 10G for S3. Linked to customer network. §3x 10G for private network 1. Isolated in VLAN as contains unencrypted data, IPMI traffic, DHCP/PXE broadcast traffic. §3x 10G for private network 2. Isolated in VLAN as contains unencrypted data, IPMI traffic, DHCP/PXE broadcast traffic.
  • Page 42 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide · public network 1: eth0 · public network 2: eth3 · private network 1: eth2 · private network 2: eth1 Wiring diagram for 1GEO 2 switches Wiring diagram for 1GEO 1 switch Wiring diagram for 1GEO 2 switches Wiring diagram for 1GEO 1 switch Download the ISO and prepare the USB Flash Drive 1.
  • Page 43 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 1. Connect an USB keyboard and VGA monitor to the back I/O panel of the node you wish to install 2. Insert the USB Flash Drive in the front USB port of the node 3. Power on the node, pressing the power button on the front panel During the POST screens press the key repeatedly to enter the BBS POPUP Boot Menu 5.
  • Page 44 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide user: hgstsupport password: Hg$t5upq0rt! 9. Switch to the root user: sudo su- 10. The Installation Wizard will start, follow the instructions of the wizard When using the wizard, the following applies: · The value between square brackets is the default value, press ENTER to accept this value or enter a custom value.
  • Page 45 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide The following is an example walkthrough of the wizard: Select your action: 1:Install Himalaya OS and Management Services 2:Install Himalaya OS only 3:Exit to shell >>> enter the number of your choice: 2 hardware identified as type 'HGST_DEN_CLM_P-100' selected OS disks: /dev/sda,/dev/sdb,/dev/sdc,/dev/sdd continue installation? [y/n]: y CONFIGURATION:...
  • Page 46 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide For your own ease during the setup, you can now log in to this node via SSH through the defined IP address and default support user/password: ssh hgstsupport@<IP address in public LAN> Copy and complete installation files Once all three nodes have an OS installed, we can start completing the configuration files.
  • Page 47 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide · location.json · machine_bonded.json · machine_not_bonded.json · network_bonded.json · network_not_bonded.json · dssconfig.yml NOTE · In case of nic bonding on the public network side, rename machine_bonded.json to machine.json, rename network_bonded.json to network.json, remove machine_not_bonded.json and remove net- work_not_bonded.json.
  • Page 48 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide sudo cp -r /tmp/config/templates/* /home/marvin/configs/. Verify nodes¶ 1. Verify on all three nodes that the system time is synchronized. WARNING If the system times of the three nodes are not synchronized, we may encounter delay issues during the installation, for example when we configure clusters.
  • Page 49 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide the first node has finished successfully: <date> <time> +0000 INFO Done 6. Start the software installation. This will install the software on all 3 nodes and can take a couple of hours (an estimated 2 hours). It will not produce output: sudo /opt/ampli/apps/marvinbase/tools/install-ng.py --product activescale --brand HGST --type combined -- config /home/marvin/configs/config-ng.ini --path /home/marvin/configs/ -eima --extend-cluster --setup- accounts-storage;...
  • Page 50 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide ssl_certificate = '' with open('/opt/ampli/cfg/marvinweb/ssl/marvinweb.cert') as f: ssl_certificate = f.read() ssl_key = '' with open('/opt/ampli/cfg/marvinweb/ssl/marvinweb.key') as f: ssl_key = f.read() ssl_root_certificate = '' with open('/opt/ampli/cfg/ssl/.ca.crt') as f: ssl_root_certificate = f.read() import json from marvin_lib.utils import load_json column = load_json('/home/marvin/configs/column.json') modelapi = [c for c in column[0]['connection'] if c['connectiontype'] == 'ModelAPI'][0] modelapi['ssl_certificate'] = ssl_certificate...
  • Page 51 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide /opt/ampli/bin/ecmd run -r all -- sudo service marvinservices restart scalerd 14. Ensure from the ecmd result output all three command executed successfully. 15. The final step of the configure process is to set up the scaler accounts on the nodes, this command can take a couple of minutes (an estimated 3 minutes): sudo /opt/ampli/apps/marvinbase/tools/install-ng.py --product activescale --brand HGST --type combined -- config /home/marvin/configs/config-ng.ini --path /home/marvin/configs/ --setup-accounts-scaler;...
  • Page 52 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 2. On only the first node, edit the GUI status configuration file: sudo vi /opt/ampli/var/run/samurai/status.json "status":"LIVE" "status":"NET- Replace in the configuration file the content with WORK_CONFIGURED" 4. Now create the following directory and CBW configuration file with content: sudo mkdir -p /opt/ampli/var/run/samurai/modeldocs/local/ EPOCH=$(date +%s) sudo /bin/bash -c "echo '{\"cbwState\": \"S_EULA\"}' >...
  • Page 53 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Enable or disable syslog streaming Result¶ When you have reached this phase, you have an operational P100E3 setup. You can log in the ActiveScale Management GUI for administrating the system. The system can be used for S3 operations.
  • Page 54 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide...

  • Page 55: Vm Installation Procedure

    5.2.1 Quantum Installer VM OVA The Quantum VM installer is released as an easy to use VirtualBox VM image as part of the official release process. A specific ActiveScale release will have a linked OVA which contains both the installer and ActiveScale ISO.

  • Page 56: Setup Of The Quantum Installer Vm

    5.3.1 Download the OVA The Quantum VM installer consists of an OVA image which contains both the installation VM and the corresponding ActiveScale ISO. Download the appropriate OVA file to your laptop. 5.3.2 Import The VM Installer can be imported by double-clicking the downloaded file and importing it via the VirtualBox Wizard.

  • Page 57: Start Vm Installer

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide vboxmanage modifyvm quantum-vm-installer --nic2 bridged; vboxmanage modifyvm quantum-vm-installer --bridgeadapter2 eth666 Note: eth666 in the above example is the physical NIC of the host systems which is connected to the appropriate Private VLAN of the ActiveScale system.

  • Page 58: Setup Correct Time On Vm Installer

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide should not be in use by any device in the VLAN and it cannot be assigned to any of the to-be-installed nodes. It should be a valid IP in the subnet of the Private VLAN. By default for X200 , this is Private VLAN1, VLANid 1000, 172.20.0.0/24. We recommend using: 172.20.0.240 By default for P100E3, this is Private VLAN2, VLANid 210, 172.16.210.0/24.

  • Page 59: Building The Inventory

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Note: Always double check the date and time defined on the VM installer before continuing. However if there’s no Internet available and/or you see the date/time in the VM installer being off as oposed to the actual UTC time, it’s a good idea to set the clock correctly via the VM Installer UI. We don’t need split-second precision, but we do want to have the correct hour and ofcourse date set, so the ActiveScale system has a nice starting point and does not need to jump time later on.

  • Page 60: Defining The Installer

    5.4.3 Defining the installer First step in building the inventory is defining the installer. For this you will need the IP you set on the VM in 3 Setup of the Quantum Installer VM OVA on page 45 Example all:...
  • Page 61 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide • desired_bmc_user: This is the IPMI/BMC user our rack will use internally. This setting can be set here or on a per node basis. It is important to note this down for future support reference. • desired_bmc_password: This is the IPMI/BMC password our rack will use internally. This setting can be set here or on a per node basis.
  • Page 62 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Note: Failing to set the serial here correctly, will make the installer fail further • dssconfig: Here we set the DSS storage policy the rack will use. Please refer to the different Excel sheets under ~/quantum_installer and the customer’s requirements to select the appropriate values. dssconfig: spread_width: 18 # Large file policy spread width, according to choice made by customer.
  • Page 63 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide • scaleout_rack: Set this to true if this rack is to be used as scale-out rack for an existing ActiveScale system. See the Scale-out guide for more info. • column_number: Defaults to C01, this defines the column number of this rack, should be in format CXX.

  • Page 64: Define The Asnodes For The Activescale System

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Note: While the default for the private VLANs should suffice, it could be a customer has different requirements. Make sure to collect the correct values for the public networks being used. Setting these here correctly prevents a lot of work once the system is installed, because the public interfaces will be reachable immediately.

  • Page 65: Required Parameters

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide for X200, you simply need to add the next CMB0X definition and define all parameters. For each node there are 2 required parameters and 4 optional. hosts: # Below are 6 ASNode entries listed, if you need more, simply create new entries on the same lvel in the file and give them the next consecutive number: e.g.

  • Page 66: Optional Parameters

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Note: Please note, we need the MAC-address of the ASNode itself, NOT the one of the BMC module. So we need the MAC-address which is coming in on the dataswitch, not the IPMI switch. Capturing these MAC-addresses can be tricky, because we don’t have an OS installed to simply list the MAC.

  • Page 67: Opting For The Fully Automated Install (Optional)

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide If you want to override this automatic numbering you need to set private1_ip_address and/or private2_ip_address. CMB02: # Required info mac_address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 bmc_address: 172.20.0.102 # Below is optional private1_ip_address: 172.20.0.66 # Desired IP of this node in Private Network 1, leave undefined if you want to use automatic numbering, please make sure startip is set correctly in network definition.

  • Page 68: Configuring Ipmi/Bmc Manually On X200 (Optional)

    ‘VLAN’ as we do not use VLAN tagging on IPMI level. You can leave gateway blank too, as there is normally no gateway in PrivateVLAN1. 5.5 Deploy ActiveScale using the Quantum VM installer Once the VM installer has been correctly setup, it is time to run the actual installation. This process consists of 3 steps: •...

  • Page 69: Prepare Installer

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide under ~/quantum_installer/logs. Engineering will need at least this file and the inventory used to debug! 5.5.1 Prepare installer This step checks if the installer can reach itself over the Private VLAN (basic sanity check) and also extracts the ISO and configure TFTP.

  • Page 70: Basic Debug

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide potential debugging because if something is wrong, a certain node will run behind in the output. Leave the JBODs powered on! To run this step, either open a terminal on the VM or ssh into the VM from the host via: ssh installer@127.0.0.1 -p 2222 and execute the following: cd quantum_installer bash 002-pxe-boot-asnodes.sh <inventory>...

  • Page 71: Deploy And Configure Activescale

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Where 900000000 is the amount of bits per second you want as a minimum. Please also note that how lower the available bandwidth, the longer it will take to PXE-boot and perform the install to disk, because we need to copy around 3GB of data per ActiveScale node during this install.

  • Page 72: Scale-Out Specifics

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 5.6 Scale-out specifics The VM installer will also be used to bring up a scale-out rack so that an existing ActiveScale system can be scaled-out with this scale-out rack. To achieve this there are some specific settings which are important. 5.6.1 General information about Scale-out A scale-out rack is in essence a new ActiveScale system which will be connected to an existing ActiveScale system.
  • Page 73 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide desired_bmc_user: CHANGE_ME # Desired username to be used by Marvin to connect to IPMI desired_bmc_password: 'CHANGE_ME' # Desired password to be used by Marvin to connect to IPMI # The above can also be defined on node level, just put it under CMB0X datacenter: - name: Site1 # Internal name of datacenter (Will be part of node hostname) timezone: UTC # Timezone of datacenter...
  • Page 74 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Here we define the logical ActiveScale racks. Again the name portion will be part of the hostname. If mutiple racks are defined here, one needs to define the location under this rack. This location needs to match with a datacenter named as defined above, e.g.
  • Page 75 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide maximum_small_file_threshold: 8388608 default: category: custom small_file_threshold: 524288 users: - username: admin password: adminsecret permissions: /manage: [READ, CREATE, DELETE, LIST, UPDATE] /s3manage: [READ, CREATE, DELETE, LIST, UPDATE] - username: s3user password: s3pass namespaces: owner: s3user Where 6node is policy-type, custom is policy-category and Custom policy for 6 node setup is policy-name.
  • Page 76 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide # Defintion of PrivateVLAN1 # Make sure the startip is the first available IP for ActiveScale if not using explicit IP assignment! private1: network: 172.20.1.0 netmask: 255.255.255.0 startip: 172.20.1.1 endip: 172.20.1.254 dhcp_range: 10 # Defintion of PrivateVLAN2 # Make sure the startip is the first available IP for ActiveScale if not using explicit IP assignment! private2:...

  • Page 77: Define The Asnodes For The Activescale System

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Next you can define if NIC bonding on the public NICs will be used or not. If for the scale-out rack the public NICs are not connected, these definition needs to be omitted. In the case it’s a mixed bag, you need to define public1 and public2, and the installer will determine which public NICs are connected by the fact if public1_ip_address and public2_ip_address are defined for that node or not.
  • Page 78 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide hosts: # Below are 6 ASNode entries listed, if you need more, simply create new entries on the same lvel in the file and give them the next consecutive number: e.g. CMB07 CMB01: # Required info mac_address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 # MAC address of network interface connected to PrivateVLAN1, this is needed to be able to PXE boot.

  • Page 79: 3-Geo Specifics

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 5.7 3-GEO specifics The VM installer will also be used to bring up a 3GEO ActiveScale system. To achieve this there are some specific settings which are important, but also the commands differ slightly. This chapter will explain the key differences, how to build the 3GEO inventory and how to perform the 3GEO install.

  • Page 80: Storage Policy Configuration For 3 Geo

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide installer IP in each GEO accordingly! We recommend to use a similar IP in each GEO, keep the last octet the same and simply alter the subnet portion of the IP according to the definition of each private network in the GEOs.
  • Page 81 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide private1: network: 172.21.0.0 netmask: 255.255.255.0 startip: 172.21.0.1 endip: 172.21.0.254 dhcp_range: 10 routes: - name: '172.22.0.0_via_172.21.0.200' destination_network: 172.22.0.0 destination_netmask: 255.255.128.0 destination_gateway: 172.21.0.200 destination_network_guid: 'Site2_PrivateNetwork1' - name: '172.23.0.0_via_172.21.0.200' destination_network: 172.23.0.0 destination_netmask: 255.255.128.0 destination_gateway: 172.21.0.200 destination_network_guid: 'Site3_PrivateNetwork1' # Defintion of PrivateVLAN2 # Make sure the startip is the first available IP for ActiveScale if not usign explicit IP assignment! private2:...

  • Page 82: Use The Vm Installer To Install A 3Geo System

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide 5.7.3 Use the VM Installer to install a 3GEO system As mentioned above the main difference in the inventory is the fact that for 3GEO the inventory is actually a folder of files instead of 1 single file. Depending on the scenario defined below, you will have to point the script to either the folder or a specific file.

  • Page 83: Re-Running (Portions Of) The Installation

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Where 3GEO-X200 is the folder under ~\quantum_installer\inventories containing the filled-in GEO1.yaml, GEO2.yaml and GEO3.yaml files and GEO2 is the GEO that needs to be installed, Site 2 in this case. Note: Please notice the absence of the .yaml extension here after GEO2. This done intentionally and not a mistake in the documentation! Once the 2 steps are performed in each GEO (GEO1, GEO2 and GEO3), the final step is to connect the VM Installer to Site 1 and start the deployment and configuration of ActiveScale.
  • Page 84 ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide...

  • Page 85: How To Specify A Storage Policy For P100E3

    There are 3 templates (<CHANGE_ME>) that have to be replaced by a number, in order to determine a storage policy. 6.1 Recommended Storage Policy Quantum recommends the following values for your storage policy: spread_width: 14 blockstore_safety: 8 data_balance_rule: [100, 100, 7] Although this policy has a storage overhead of a factor 2.33, it is a policy that combines high durability...

  • Page 86: Other Storage Policies

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Lower overhead while still supporting rolling upgrade. spread_width: 8 blockstore_safety: 4 data_balance_rule: [100, 100, 4] Advantages: • Lower overhead: 2.00x • Rolling upgrade for data writes. Disadvantages: When disks are down, some data will be unavailable for reads when performing upgrade or when a node goes down for other reasons.

  • Page 87: Contacting Support

    ActiveScale™ P100E3 Installation Guide Contacting Support Contacting Support For further assistance, contact the Quantum Corporation Support Center. Region Support Contact North America 1-800-284-5101 (toll free) +1-720-249-5700 EMEA +1-800-7826-8888 (toll free) +49 6131 324 185 Asia Pacific +800-7826-8887 (toll free) +603-7953-3010 For World Wide Support https://www.quantum.com/support...

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