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Who Should Use This Guide This Administration Guide is designed as a comprehensive technical reference for the MaxAttach NAS 6000 system including hardware and software. It assumes that you are highly familiar with networking and system administration basics, that you have read through the Installation and configuration Guide, and that you have your MaxAttach NAS 6000 running on your network.
RAID 5 arrays. Release Notes For the latest in developments on your MaxAttach NAS 6000, be sure to review the Release Notes document (in paper) that was included with your shipment.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Observing Notes, Cautions, and Warnings screen, and keyboard keys. Courier font identifies file names, folder names, text that either appears on the screen or that you are required to type in, or listings of programs or output reports.
Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 NOTE If you have a cabinet-mounted version of the MaxAttach NAS 6000, skip this section and continue with the next chapter. Chapter Outline This chapter provides an in depth description of installation requirements for MaxAttach NAS 6000 rack-mountable systems.
Install the AC Power Strips Install the AC power strips on either side of the rack. They must be close enough to the rack for the Maxtor-supplied power cords to reach from the enclosure power supply. Mount the MaxAttach NAS 6000 Equipment Enclosures Mount the Base Unit and any equipped Expansion Units into your rack.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services If equipped, add the first Expansion Unit enclosure above the Base Unit and tighten all hardware. There should be no gap between the two enclosures.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU) serial port daisy chain NIC cables AC power. Note that the base unit is on the bottom, the first expansion unit in the middle, and the second expansion unit on the top.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Cabinet-Mount System or Single Base Unit Rack Mount System Process Branch Point: If your system has a Base Unit and one or two Expansion Units, perform the next step in this process immediately below in the section titled SCSI Connections Between Base Unit and First Expansion Unit on page 5.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Connector Board. Connect a third SCSI cable from the Mylex lower right Port 3 to the left side SCSI Connector Board.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Install EMU Cables In this section, you will connect the Base Unit CPU to the Environmental Monitor Unit (EMU) mounted in each enclosure unit.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services DECISION POINT - Are there Expansion Units to Install? If your system has only a single Base Unit, skip ahead to Step #13 - Install Network and AC Power Cables on page 9 below.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Install Network and AC Power Cables In this section, you will connect your Network Interface Cards (NICs) to your network hub with user-supplied NIC cables.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services your network for administrative functions. Figure #5 NAS 6000 Network Cable Connections Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 000001628 11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A...
Connect each AC power strip cord to the local AC power source. Recommend that each AC power strip be on a separate circuit. Connect the NAS 6000 Expansion Unit enclosure to the user-supplied AC power strips. Install two AC power cords in each enclosure shelf.
AC power strips are required. Localized Internal AC Power Cords For international locations, the MaxAttach NAS 6000 ships with the correct AC power cord for connection between each Base and Expansion Unit equipment shelf and the user-supplied AC power strips.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Localized AC Power Strips/Blocks Maxtor has identified four power strip solutions for the following countries and world areas: Australia Europe...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Color: White Rating: 250VAC / 10A Agency Approvals: Australia DFT 15632 Europe Vendor: Panel Components Corporation Address: PO Box 115, Oskaloosa, IA 52577, USA Email: info@panelcomponents.com...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services Photo: AC Power Strip Specifications: Vendor’s Part Number: 85010322 Socket Type: BS1363 Number of Sockets: 4 Cord Length: 2.5 meters...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #1 - Installation - Rack Mounting Your NAS 6000 1: User-Supplied Materials and Services AC Power Strip Specifications: Vendor’s Part Number: Socket Type: Number of Sockets: Cord Length: Cable Plug: Case: Color: Rating: Agency Approvals:...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Chapter Outline This chapter covers the following topics: System features System data storage solutions Hardware features Advanced data protection features System disk drive configuration Enclosure configuration options Major components...
Chatsworth cabinet racks in 48” and 84” heights for mounting multiple systems in one location. Overview MaxAttach NAS 6000 is an easy to configure, enterprise-class network-attached storage (NAS) server. This file server provides unparalleled value in data management solutions. Based on a Microsoft Windows-Powered operating system, the MaxAttach NAS 6000...
The MaxAttach NAS 6000 is available in two basic enclosure types of rack-mount ready in a standard 19” rack or assembled in a roll around self-contained cabinet. The rack mount version takes 4 rack space units (4U) per disk drive enclosure (4U, 8U or 12U).
Rack Mount Systems The Max Attach NAS 6000 can be mounted in a user-supplied EIA standard 19” rack for installation in equipment rooms and wiring closets. Each equipment enclosure only requires 4U.
Major Components of the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 Major Components of the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 The Base Unit and the Expansion Unit enclosures are the two major assemblies in the MaxAttach NAS 6000. Within these two assemblies are the sub-assemblies described below. Figure #4...
Major Components of the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base Unit Front Panel The Base Unit is required for every MaxAttach NAS 6000 and contains the system CPU, two power supplies, the fans, the necessary SCSI and Environmental Controllers, and 12 Disk Drive Carrier Assemblies.
Base Unit LCD Panel Overview The MaxAttach NAS 6000 provides a wide range of alerts to inform the system administrator about system status. There are five categories of alerts: LED Alerts: Front panel LEDs indicate status of disk drives, power supplies, and other system components.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Front Panel LEDS LCD Alerts: Messages are displayed on a small liquid crystal display (LCD) on the MaxAttach front panel. Web UI Alerts: Error messages and condition alerts that you access from the device's...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Hard Disk Drive Module Status LEDs Power supply voltage alarm - a power supply indicates that one or more voltages are out of limits. Temperature alarm - temperature inside the enclosure has exceeded programmed limits.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware LCD Alert Panel AC-OK Indicators These indicators remain lit as long as AC power is supplied to the power supplies. If a lamp is off, it indicates that the AC power has been interrupted to the power supply.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware LCD Alert Panel The LCD alert panel displays summary status messages about the state of the MaxAttach. The display is divided into three separate status display areas: Logo and Alert Message Area - Top display area 128 W x 36H pixel area - 2.25”W x 0.7”H - 57mmW x 18mmH.
The Network Information display area is the middle display area on the LCD panel. Every five seconds, the display alternates between the MaxAttach NAS 6000’s IP address and its server name. Only the first 20 to 25 letters of the server name will be displayed; longer names will be truncated.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware LCD Alert Panel The available system icons are: Table #1 - LCD Icons and Definitions Icon Icon Definition Icon Icon Definition System starting (OS Starting) System normal and ready (OS Ready)
Base Unit Back Panel Expansion Unit Up to two Expansion Units may be added above a single MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base Unit. Each Expansion Unit provides 12 disk drives mounted in their Hard Disk Driver carrier Assemblies. In normal default RAID configuration, each unit is divided into two six-disk RAID 5 arrays.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components Expansion Unit Back Panel The Expansion Enclosure Back Panel is similar to the Base Unit with the following exceptions: No CPU I/O Panel Three SCSI Connector Cards mounted in the card cage instead of a single RAID Controller Card.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components Power Supply Modules There are two hot swappable power supplies per Base Unit cabinet enclosure. Each power supply is capable of running the system independently and can be hot swapped with another assembly at any time.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components Optionally, an administrator can modify the default RAID configuration and leave one or two drives available as hot spare drives. These are drives that are powered up, but unused in any array.
A gigabit speed Ethernet NIC with fiber optic connections Clients attached to a particular network type (10BaseT/100BaseTX, Gigabit copper, Gigabit fiber-optic) access the MaxAttach NAS 6000 at the IP address assigned to each LAN adapter. The software drivers for Windows 2000 have been pre-installed at the factory and there is no user configuration required other than entering local network parameters such as IP address.
Description of System Components Determining Your System's NIC Configuration There is a five-slot card cage in the MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base Unit. The card cage holds a video card, a RAID Controller Card, and a SCSI connector. The two remaining slots hold the NICs.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components In addition, the Base Unit enclosure comes with a a fan on each CPU microprocessor. These units are cold swappable, requiring approximately 30 minutes to access and change out.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components Figure #20 Blower Assembly Diagram Three Quarter View CPU Fans Figure #21 CPU Fan Location With Covers Off Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware 000001628 11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components SCSI Interface Connectors to Optional Expansion Enclosures If your system has an optional expansion enclosure/s, the SCSI Interface Connectors from the Mylex SCSI RAID controller card mounted in the PC card cage are used to interconnect the base unit to the next expansion enclosure.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware Description of System Components The EMU is a field replaceable unit. Figure #23 Base Unit Rear View Diagram with EMU Chapter #2 - Overview - MaxAttach NAS 6000 Hardware 000001628 11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Chapter Outline Overview of operating system (O/S) Navigation overview Home and welcome screens Initial system setting screens System status screens Network configuration screens Disks and volumes screens...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 O/S Overview O/S Overview This chapter provides you with a quick overview of the Microsoft Windows-Powered Max Operating System Version 2.0, its screens, and their major functions.
Set Default Page Figure #5 Welcome Page Screen Take a Tour Take a Tour shows you how easy it is to use the MaxAttach NAS 6000 and provides an overview of the O/S features and functions. Figure #6 Take a Tour Screen Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Initial System Settings Initial System Settings Set Server Appliance Name The Set Server Appliance Name page allows you to: Set the name of the server appliance...
Figure #8 Set Administrator Password Screen Set Default Page The Set Default Page allows you to set what page the MaxAttach NAS 6000 displays first. You can display either the Status or Welcome page. Figure #9 Set Default Page Screen Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0...
Status Page From the Status page, you have access to real-time operational and management data for the administration of the MaxAttach NAS 6000. The Status selection options on the secondary menu bar provide access to specialized subsets of system status information:...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 System Status Summary Number of physical disks, total space, and available free space. Figure #11 System Summary Page Screen System Health Page The System Health page provides performance and health metrics for system hardware and...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 System Status Summary Installed Software Elements The Installed Software Elements page lists all installed software modules with typically over 100 listed packages or elements. The listing provides information fields of:...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration Directory location. Figure #14 Windows System Files Screen Export SysInfo Page The Export SysInfo page, allows the administrator to export either the system’s current status or its original as-shipped status data via e-mail to the Administrator’s mailbox.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration Network Page The Network page allows you configure the following network-related properties of the MaxAttach NAS 6000: Identification Global Settings Interfaces Administrator Administration Web Site...
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration Set the Netware name. Figure #17 Server Appliance Identify Identification Page Screen Server Appliance Name The server appliance name is the name of the server appliance on a network. The server appliance name must be unique and must meet certain requirements.
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Including hyphens and periods, a DNS suffix may contain up to 155 characters. The MaxAttach NAS 6000 supports automatic DNS entry into an ADS domain. If you are using a Windows NT 4.0 DNS server, you will need to manually enter the MaxAttach NAS 6000 into the DNS database.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration AppleTalk Name By default, the AppleTalk name will be the same as the standard server name. If you change the server name, the AppleTalk name will automatically change.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration Name Resolution Systems Windows networking components rely on the NetBIOS naming convention. In contrast, TCP/IP components rely on a naming convention known as the Domain Name System (DNS).
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration The system administrator creates either a text file for DNS names, called a HOSTS file, or an LMHOSTS file for NetBIOS names, and enters each computer's name and IP address.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration NetBIOS LMHOSTS Tab The use of an LMHOSTS file is optional. If an LMHOSTS file is not used, however, you cannot use friendly text names. Instead, you must use IP addresses. This can be a disadvantage because Web sites on the Internet usually use the DNS.
Interfaces Page The Interfaces page allows you to configure the local network settings on the MaxAttach NAS 6000 device. From this page, you can: Change the name of the connection. Set or change the Internet Protocol (IP) and gateway addresses, subnet masks, and metrics.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration Interfaces Page - IP Link Each computer on the network must have a unique IP address to send and receive data. You can use the IP Address Configuration page to have your server appliance automatically obtain the IP address configuration from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
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NOTE DNS PAGE PURPOSE: The purpose of this property page is to allow you to enter the addresses of EXTERNAL DNS servers. The MaxAttach NAS 6000 does not contain a DNS server. Interfaces Page - WINS Link WINS clients attempt to register their names with a WINS server when they start or join the network.
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WINS PAGE PURPOSE: The purpose of this property page is to allow you to enter the addresses of EXTERNAL WINS servers. The MaxAttach NAS 6000 does not contain a WINS server. Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 000001628 11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A...
Only one AppleTalk adapter per system can be configured to receive inbound traffic. Figure #27 AppleTalk Configuration Page Administrator Account Page The MaxAttach NAS 6000 server appliance comes with a set of default accounts. Only the administrator account has administrative privileges. Figure #28 Administrator Account Screen...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration NOTE CHANGING THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD: You cannot change the administrator password if you are logged on as a domain user as it is outside the scope of the server appliance Web UI to make changes to domain user accounts.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration SNMP Service Configuration Page From the SNMP Service Configuration page, you can edit the values as needed on the Agent, Traps and Security tabs. Double-click SNMP Service to access the SNMP Service Properties page.
Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration NIC Configuration Page The Network Interface Card (NIC) adapters supplied with the MaxAttach NAS 6000 can vary, depending on which adapters were ordered and whether the system has been upgraded.
Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration To determine which NICs are installed in your system, locate the card cage at the back of the MaxAttach NAS 6000 and match the connector patterns with those shown in the diagram. Figure #33...
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NIC. When you start the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 for the first time and it does not find a DHCP server, it assigns itself a temporary IP address (169.254.nn.mm, where nn and mm are random integers in the range of 0 - 255).
Gigabit Ethernet NIC with Fiber Optic Connections The gigabit Ethernet NIC with fiber optic connections connects the MaxAttach NAS 6000 to a gigabit Ethernet network via a standard fiber interface. It is fully interoperable with existing Ethernet equipment and operates at 1 gigabit per second (Gb/s) in full-duplex mode when connected to a gigabit Ethernet port.
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(850 nm) 1641 (500) 1805 (550) Two status LEDs are located above the cable connector on the MaxAttach NAS 6000 back panel. They indicate the link status as follows: Data LED Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 000001628 11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A...
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Network Configuration On or flashing: NIC is detecting network data. The frequency of the flashes varies with the amount of network traffic. Off: No connection between the NIC and the switch.
From the Disks page, you can: Configure the properties of individual disks and volumes residing on the MaxAttach NAS 6000. Configure disk quotas for volumes on the MaxAttach NAS 6000. Use Persistent Storage Manager to take point-in-time snapshots of selected volumes. Defragment the disks Configure the disk array using the Mylex GAM software.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Disks and Volumes From the Disks and Volumes page, you can choose to configure the disks or volumes on the server appliance. To manage disks and volumes on the server appliance you need to log on to Terminal Services Advanced Client.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Log an event when a user exceeds a specified disk space warning level. Figure #38 Disk Volumes and Quotas Page Screen Disk Quota Page - Quota Link When you enable disk quotas, you can set both the disk quota limit and the disk quota warning level.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes In addition, you also can specify that users can exceed their quota limit. Enabling quotas and not limiting disk space use is useful when you do not want to deny users access to a volume, but want to track disk space use on a per-user basis.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes by a given user. Quota Limit - This column indicates the maximum amount of disk space that a user can occupy on a volume.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Use existing persistent images to recover data Figure #41 Persistent Storage Manager Home Page Screen Once created, a persistent image of a volume appears as a directory on the original volume.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Maximum Persistent Images Specifies the maximum number of active persistent images the server will support to a maximum of 250. If adding another persistent image would exceed this number, the system will delete the oldest existing persistent image.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Persistent Storage Manager Volume Settings Page The Volume Settings page allows you to view the Persistent Storage Manager attributes for each volume and change the volume settings using the Tasks list.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Begin deleting images when - Defines the percentage of cache space which, when consumed, will trigger the automatic deletion of the oldest persistent image on the system.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Persistent Images Page The Persistent Images page allows you to create, delete, edit properties and undo changes made to the persistent image.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Disks and Volumes Disk Defragmenter Page The Disk Defragmenter allows access to the native Windows 2000 disk defragmenter through the Web UI. Select the disk you want to defragment and click Defragment.
From the Users page you can create, edit, and delete local users and groups. You can also change the members of each group. If the MaxAttach NAS 6000 is a member of a domain, you will not want to create any users on the MaxAttach NAS 6000 itself. The primary purpose of this page is to add one or more domain members to the local group.
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A local user account is an account that exists on the server appliance itself and grants users access to its resources. The MaxAttach NAS 6000 can also be configured to grant access to domain users and groups. Domain users and groups are those that exist in a Microsoft Windows NT 4 or Microsoft Active Directory™...
Figure #50 Local Groups on Server Appliance Page Screen A local group account is an account that exists on the MaxAttach NAS 6000 itself and grants groups access to its resources. The MaxAttach NAS 6000 can also be configured to grant access to domain groups.
Users and Groups group, consisting of Tom, Mary, Hazel, and Jim to the administrative group on the MaxAttach NAS 6000. Each of these TeamLeads group members would then have administrative privileges on the MaxAttach NAS 6000. Local Groups Members Page The Members page allows you to add local or domain users to the local group.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares Folders and Shares NOTE For detailed procedures within O/S Folders and Shares Configuration, see Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares on page 184.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares The page displays an Object/Task Selector that has the following columns: Volume Name Lists each volume by name. To create, open, delete, or configure the properties of a given volume, select the check box next to the name of the volume you want to modify.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares - A = Ready for archiving - H = Hidden - C = Compressed - S = System folder When the page is initially displayed, the Object/Task Selector contains a list of root folders for each volume.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares - H = HTTP - A = AppleTalk - N = Netware Description - This column displays a brief description of the share, if one has been provided.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares Shared Properties - CIFS Sharing Tab The CIFS Sharing page is used to change the number of users who have access to a share, change the caching options relative to the share, and set or change user permissions.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares Shared Properties Page - NFS Sharing Tab The NFS Sharing page is used to specify which NFS clients are granted access to each share.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares Shared Properties Page - Web Sharing Tab The Web Sharing page is used to specify the share access permission granted to HTTP clients.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares - Adding files and subfolders. - Changing data in files. - Deleting subfolders and files Full Control. Full Control is the default permission applied to any new shares you create.
AppleTalk Service Properties Page Microsoft Windows 2000 Server AppleTalk network integration allows you to share files and printers among the MaxAttach NAS 6000 and any Apple Macintosh clients that are connected to your network. Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 000001628 11/07/01 -- Revision 2.0.03A...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares With AppleTalk network integration, Macintosh computers need only the Macintosh OS software to function as clients; no additional software is required. AppleTalk network integration simplifies administration by maintaining just one set of user accounts instead of separate user accounts, for example, one on the Macintosh server and another on the computer running Windows 2000 Server.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares Enabling FTP Logging You can log incoming FTP connections to the FTP log by enabling FTP Logging. By %windir%\system32\logfiles\msftpsvc1. default, FTP logs are stored by in...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares If anonymous connections are allowed, you must supply the Windows user name and password that will provide anonymous access to the FTP server. When an anonymous FTP transfer occurs, Windows verifies the user name assigned in this dialog box to determine whether access is allowed to the files.
The NetWare clients do not know they are accessing the MaxAttach NAS 6000. NFS Protocol Properties Page With the NFS protocol, the MaxAttach NAS 6000 can act as a Network File System (NFS) server. Users can then share files in a mixed environment of computers, operating systems, and networks.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Folders and Shares locks even for those locking requests that are received through NFS. This ensures that locks acquired through NFS are visible through the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and to applications accessing the files locally.
Set the language used by the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 Add and remove programs Manage local or remote computers with a single desktop tool Specify how the MaxAttach NAS 6000 is to respond to a boot failure Set the maintenance session time out period Re-image the system drive Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0...
Figure #68 Maintenance Page Screen Software Update Page The Software Update page is used to apply software updates to the MaxAttach NAS 6000. You should only apply software upgrades that have been approved by Maxtor. Figure #69 Software Update Wizard Page Screen Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0...
The Shutdown page is used to shut down, restart, or to schedule a shutdown or restart of the MaxAttach NAS 6000. The restarting page checks periodically to determine whether the appliance is back online. If the restarting page detects that the MaxAttach NAS 6000 is online, it automatically returns to the default page.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Maintenance Page application log. The events that are recorded are dependent upon the application. FTP Logs: The FTP log contains events logged by the FTP server.
Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Maintenance Page Backup Page The Backup page is used to backup or restore MaxAttach NAS 6000 volumes or logical drives and is use primarily for backing up and restoring drives with user data rather than O/S images.
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Desktop After Log In Terminal Services Advanced Client (TSC) is the component running on the client machine; in the case of a MaxAttach NAS 6000, the TSC ActiveX component is automatically installed when the user selects this task. The primary difference between TSC and the traditional mainframe environment is that the dumb terminals in a mainframe environment only provide character-based input and output.
Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Maintenance Page With TSC, you have full access to the MaxAttach NAS 6000 desktop and can manage it as if you are sitting in front of a monitor attached to the MaxAttach NAS 6000. All Microsoft Windows management tools can be used, and the Windows 2000 online Help can be accessed.
Critical: Message requiring immediate administrator action to insure proper functionality of the MaxAttach NAS 6000 unit. The MaxAttach NAS 6000 Web UI messages can also be sent as E-mail messages. You can specify which level(s) of messages should be sent, the E-mail address, and the SMTP server name, FQDN or IP address.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Maintenance Page System Recovery Option Page Boot failover recovery consists of writing a new copy of the O/S to the C:\ drive from a backup O/S copy located on drive D:\. You can set this to occur manually or automatically in the event of a corrupt O/S.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Maintenance Page NOTE BEST PRACTICES RECOMMENDATION: After initial setup, keep the time out value low to prevent unauthorized administrator privileges access. Figure #78 Session Timeout Options Page Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0 Maintenance Page Re-Image System Drive Page Allows you to re-image the system boot or C:\ drive with either the default factory configuration or with the most recently saved image along with its configuration settings including users, disks, volumes, and shares.
The MaxAttach NAS 6000 implements Services for UNIX. This allows the MaxAttach NAS 6000 to act as an NFS server. When the MaxAttach NAS 6000 is configured as an NFS server, file access and administrative tasks are performed through the Web UI.
NFS locks allows a process to have exclusive access to all or part of a file. File locking is implemented both on the MaxAttach NAS 6000 and the client. When a file is locked, the buffer cache is not used for that file, and each write request is immediately sent to the server.
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Simple maps create automatic mappings between the MaxAttach NAS 6000 and UNIX users that both share the same user name. In a simple user map, users on the MaxAttach NAS 6000 are implicitly mapped one-to-one to UNIX users on the basis of user name. Figure #84 User and Group Mappings Page Screen - Simple Mapping Tab Chapter #3 - Overview - Microsoft Windows O/S Version 2.0...
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Explicit user and group maps allows you to create inter- and cross-platform maps among the MaxAttach NAS 6000 and UNIX user and group accounts, even when the user and group names in both environments are not identical. This lets you associate multiple UNIX accounts with a single MaxAttach NAS 6000 account or vice-versa.
The Netware clients do not know they are accessing the MaxAttach NAS 6000. NetWare Users When you try to access shares on the MaxAttach NAS 6000, you will be prompted to enter a user name and password. The default user name is supervisor with a blank password.
In addition to the online help system, you are also provided with a standalone version of the help files on your MaxNeighborhood Software and Documentation CD that came with your MaxAttach NAS 6000. The standalone version is designed to either run from the CD or be installed on a client workstation.
Array RAID Concepts on page 254. Standard Disk Array Configuration A fully equipped Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 consists of a Base Unit and two Expansion Unit equipment shelves. Each shelf is filled with 12 hard disk drives for a maximum system configuration of 36 hard disk drives.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Standard Disk Array Configuration At the Welcome page, click on the Status tab on the main navigation bar. At the Status menu, click the System Status tab.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Disk Drive Array Organization Disk Drive Array Organization In order to fully understand the operation and capabilities of the MaxAttach disk drive array, the disks should be viewed in their logical, physical, SCSI, and RAID configurations, each of which provides additional insight into the system capabilities.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Disk Drive Array Organization Logical Drive Organization A fully equipped MaxAttach consisting of a Base Unit and two Expansion Units has the following logical drives available in its default configuration The size of each volume or logical drive is dependent on the disk drives shipped with the system.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array SCSI Channel Structure SCSI Channel Structure The figure below shows the relationship between the physical drives and the underlying SCSI bus communication system, along with the identification of each drive as to SCSI Channel, SCSI ID, and shelf mounting location.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array SCSI Bus and Target LUN IS Assignments Notes on SCSI Channels SCSI Channel 2 is only used on the Base Unit. SCSI cable runs to Base Unit drives are all internal within the chassis.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array RAID Array Organization Table #2 - Disk Array Components by SCSI Bus & ID Number (Sheet 2 of 2) SCSI Component Location - Drive Number from...
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array RAID Array Organization Base Unit Drive D:\ - System Backup O/S: Factory configured The array setup is identical to drive C:\ A first RAID 1 is striped across a partition on three drives with a second RAID 1 striped across another partition on three different drives.
Base Unit Operating System Arrays Base Unit Operating System Arrays The MaxAttach NAS 6000 operating system is Microsoft Windows-Powered Max Operating System Version 2.0 and is located on drive C:\. An duplicate backup O/S image located on drive D:\. The diagram below illustrated the O/S drive mapping.
Base Unit User Data Arrays Base Unit User Data Arrays The remainder of the MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base Unit disk space is for user data arrays. The array for drive E:\ cannot be changed because it shares physical disks with the operating system logical drives.
The first Expansion Unit comes unconfigured from the factory. At the end of the installation process, the drives are configured using the Mylex Global Array Manager (GAM) software that comes with the MaxAttach NAS 6000. The figure below shows the drives in the recommended default RAID 5 configuration.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Second Expansion Unit User Data Arrays The second Expansion Unit is The second Expansion Unit comes unconfigured from the factory. At the end of the installation process, the drives are configured using the GAM.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Re-Configuring Your MaxAttach NAS 6000 Drive Arrays Re-Configuring Your MaxAttach NAS 6000 Drive Arrays WARNING Any change to your RAID configuration can lead to loss of all user data, system lock up, or both.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Re-Configuring Your MaxAttach NAS 6000 Drive Arrays From there on, use the web user interface and the O/S to administer user needs. To re-configure the disk RAID arrays Read the Administration Guide for the MaxAttach NAS 6000.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #4 - Overview - NAS 6000 Disk Array Re-Configuring Your MaxAttach NAS 6000 Drive Arrays If you want to reconfigure drive H:\, you must first disassemble drive J:\, then drive I:\, and finally drive H:\. The disassembly process takes the drives out of their previous arrays and leaves them in the system with an “unconfigured...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Chapter Outline Network initial setup Identification Server Appliance Name Global settings DNS Name Resolution TCP/IP Hosts NetBIOS LMHOSTS file IPX Settings Network adapter interfaces Renaming a Connection Apple Talk Local Area Network Connection...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Identification Interfaces: Configure the properties of each network adapter on the server appliance. Administrator: Change the password of the user account you are using to access the server appliance administration Web site.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Identification NOTE Adding a DNS suffix is optional; however, if you want to set or change the name of your server appliance, this is the only box from which you can do so.
Server Appliance Name Server Appliance Name The server appliance name is the name of the MaxAttach NAS 6000 on a network. The server appliance name must be unique and must meet certain requirements. The new server appliance name cannot be the same as another computer or the name of a Microsoft Windows domain.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Server Appliance Name To set the default domain used for logon On the primary navigation bar, choose Maintenance. Choose Terminal Services. Log onto Terminal Services. Right-click My Computer and choose Manage.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Global Settings To set or change the workgroup membership of the server appliance On the primary navigation bar, choose Network. Choose Identification. Select the Workgroup button and type the name of the workgroup to join.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration DNS Name Resolution Choose OK. To manually add specific DNS suffixes On the Network page, choose Global Settings. Select the DNS Resolution tab. Select the Append the following DNS suffixes, in order of use button.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration DNS Configuration provide visitors with an easy-to-remember address, such as www.microsoft.com. Name resolution involves supplying the correct numerical address from the friendly name that was typed into a client browser.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration DNS Configuration NOTE The purpose of this property page is to allow you to enter the addresses of external DNS servers. The server appliance does not contain a DNS server.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration TCP/IP Hosts When you are finished adding DNS servers, choose OK. NOTE If you set the IP address to be obtained from DHCP , and you set DNS manually, the system will accept the manual input, and the properties on the server appliance will automatically be set to Configure manually.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration NetBIOS LMHOSTS File a WINS server for name resolution of the lower levels of the DNS hierarchical naming structure. Because WINS assigns computer names dynamically, this effectively changes DNS from a static system to a dynamic system.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration NetBIOS LMHOSTS File The use of an LMHOSTS file is optional. If an LMHOSTS file is not used, however, you cannot use friendly text names. Instead, you must use IP addresses. This can be a disadvantage because Web sites on the Internet usually use the DNS.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration NetBIOS LMHOSTS File Table #1 - LMHOSTS Keywords and Definition LMHOST Keyword Definitions Keywords #END_ALTERNATE Marks the end of an #INCLUDE grouping. \0xnn Supports nonprinting characters in NetBIOS names. Enclose the NetBIOS name in quotation marks and use \0xnn hexadecimal notation to specify a hexadecimal value for the character.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration IPX Settings statements are preloaded into the cache at system startup time and are not accessed later. Remember that comment lines add to parsing time because each line is processed individually.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interface Network Adapter Interface A network adapter provides the physical interface, or connector, and the hardware to let a computer access a network. A network adapter is also called an adapter card, a network interface card (NIC), or simply a card.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration AppleTalk Local Area Network Connection Renaming a Connection To rename an interface connection From the primary navigation bar, choose Network. Choose Interfaces. Select the interface connection you want to rename.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration IP Address Configuration the zone in which this system will appear. Related Topics • Setting AppleTalk Sharing Properties • AppleTalk Service Properties IP Address Configuration Each computer on the network must have a unique IP address to send and receive data.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration IP Address Configuration If you have chosen to use static IP settings, enter the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway in the boxes provided. Changing IP Settings on the Advanced Tab To set or change the IP settings on the Advanced tab On the primary navigation bar, choose Network.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration DNS Configuration Changing Gateway Address Settings To set or change the gateway address settings In the Gateway and Metric boxes, type the IP address of both the default gateway and the metric, and then choose Add.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration DNS Configuration In the DNS client-server model, the server containing information about a portion of the DNS database, the portion that makes computer names available to clients, queries for name resolution across the Internet.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration WINS Configuration NOTE If you set the IP address to be obtained from DHCP , and you set DNS manually, the system will accept the manual input, and the properties on the server appliance will automatically be set to Configure manually.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Administrator Account and Password Keep in mind that the Web UI only allows you to manipulate two WINS addresses, and even then only if you statically assign the IP address for the adapter. If you have DHCP enabled, you can remove one or two existing addresses and add different addresses, but you will not be able to remove all WINS servers from a DHCP-enabled adapter.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Administrator Account and Password NOTE If an administrator adds a domain account to the local administrators group, the domain user may access and administer the server appliance. However, the administrator cannot use the Change Administrator Password page to change his domain account password.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Administration Web Site NOTE The new administrator password must conform to any password complexity rules in effect for the domain to which the server appliance belongs. Retype the new administrator password in the Confirm new password box.
Telnet clients at any time, unless otherwise specified by your server appliance hardware manufacturer. Configuring System for Telnet Administration To configure the MaxAttach NAS 6000 for Telnet administration On the primary navigation bar, choose Network. Choose Telnet.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interfaces Network Adapter Interfaces A network adapter provides the physical interface, or connector, and the hardware to let a computer access a network. A network adapter is also called an adapter card, a network interface card (NIC), or simply a card.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interfaces Renaming a Connection To rename an interface connection From the primary navigation bar, choose Network. Choose Interfaces. Select the interface connection you want to rename.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interfaces • AppleTalk Service Properties IP Address Configuration Each computer on the network must have a unique IP address to send and receive data. You can use the IP Address Configuration page to have your server appliance automatically obtain the IP address configuration from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interfaces Choose Interfaces. Select the network connection you want to modify. In the Tasks list, choose IP. Select the Advanced tab. In the IP address box on the right, type the IP address, and then choose Add.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interfaces DNS Configuration The domain name system (DNS) is a static, hierarchical name service for TCP/IP hosts. The network administrator configures the DNS with a list of host names and IP addresses.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Network Adapter Interfaces Select the Configure manually button. Type the appropriate IP address in the box next to the Add button, and then choose Add. To add another DNS server, repeat step 5.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Change Administrator Password Clients that are not WINS-enabled can use WINS proxies to participate in these processes in a limited way. If you are using a DHCP server to allocate WINS server IP addresses, you do not need to add WINS server addresses.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Change Administrator Password NOTE If an administrator adds a domain account to the local administrators group, the domain user may access and administer the server appliance. However, the administrator cannot use the Change Administrator Password page to change his domain account password.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Administration Web Site NOTE Note The new administrator password must conform to any password complexity rules in effect for the domain to which the server appliance belongs.
The Telnet server included with your server appliance supports a maximum of two Telnet clients at any time, unless otherwise specified by your server appliance hardware manufacturer. To configure your NAS 6000 appliance for Telnet administration On the primary navigation bar, choose Network. Choose Telnet.
Simple Network Management Protocol - SNMP NOTE For detailed information on Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and is use with the MaxAttach NAS 6000, see Chapter #12 - Appendix - SNMP on page 270. Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration 000001628...
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #5 - O/S 2.0 - Network Configuration Simple Network Management Protocol - SNMP The Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 SNMP service provides SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agents that can participate in remote, centralized management via SNMP management consoles.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Chapter Outline Disks and volumes Disk quota Establish default quotas Enabling quota management Quota entries Adding quota entries Removing quota entries Modifying quota properties Persistent storage manager and images Disks and Volumes Log on to use Windows 2000 Disk Management Snap-in.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Disk Quota Management warning level to 45 MB. In this case, the user can store no more than 50 MB on the volume. If the user stores more than 45 MB on the volume, you can have the disk quota system log a system event.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Disk Quota Management Specify which quota events should be logged. Choose OK. Quota Entries The Quota Entries page allows you to add, delete, or configure disk quotas for any server appliance user.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Disk Quota Management From the Tasks list, choose Quota Entries. Adding Quota Entries To add a new quota entry On the primary navigation bar, choose Disks.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Disk Quota Management Choose Disk Quota. Select the volume you want to manage. In the Tasks list, choose Quota Entries. From the Quota Entries page, select the logon name from which you want to remove the quota entry.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Disk Quota Management or group member that she is near her disk capacity limit. Use the list to indicate KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #6 - O/S 2.0 - Disk and Volume Properties Persistent Storage Manager and Images Persistent Storage Manager and Images The Persistent Storage Manager allows the creation and preservation of persistent images, “point-in-time” volume snapshots for the server appliance. Each persistent image (snapshot) is mounted as a volume on the file system to allow read-only or read-write access by clients.
Persistent Storage Manager (PSM) allows you to create “snapshot” images of volumes on your Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000. These snapshots, called persistent images, preserve data on selected volumes in case of a system or power failure. Each persistent images is saved as a volume on the file system to allow clients read-only or read/write access to the data and volume set.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Persistent Storage Manager and Images Persistent Storage Manager and Images The Persistent Storage Manager allows the creation and preservation of persistent images, “point-in-time” volume snapshots for the server appliance. Each persistent image (snapshot) is mounted as a volume on the file system to allow read-only or read-write access by clients.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Managing Persistent Storage Manager Schedules when consumed, will trigger automatic deletion of the oldest persistent image on the system. Automatic persistent image deletions are recorded in the system log.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Managing Persistent Storage Manager Schedules Using the pull-down select one or more Volumes to preserve, Select the Read Only or Read/Write attribute, Select the Retention weight, Enter the Persistent image name.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Context of Persistent Image Groups To edit persistent image properties From the Menu bar, click Disks and Volumes, then click Persistent Images, From the Task List list, click Properties,...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Managing Persistent Image Schedules To work with schedule items Select an individual item by clicking the radio button to the left of the description. After selecting the item you may Add, Delete, or edit item Properties.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Disaster Recovery Click OK to delete the item or Cancel to leave the item intact Editing Persistent Image Schedule Properties To edit persistent image schedule properties select an item from the Schedule List then click Properties in the task list.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #7 - Persistent Storage Manager Restoring a Volume Set from a Persistent Image Restoring a Volume Set from a Persistent Image To restore a volume(s) from a persistent image (snapshot), you must select the image to be restored.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Folders and Shares Chapter Outline Overview of Supported Protocols Windows CIFS Network File System (NFS) File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Web Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Netware Sharing Protocol AppleTalk Protocol...
NetWare: The protocol for accessing a file share from clients running NetWare. AppleTalk: The protocol for accessing a file share from Macintosh clients. When you create a share on the MaxAttach NAS 6000, you can enable any or all of the listed protocols currently enabled or installed on your server appliance.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Microsoft Windows File Sharing Overview Microsoft Windows File Sharing Overview When you share a folder, you can choose permissions that will allow or deny other network users access to the files in that folder. For client computers running Microsoft Windows, you can also specify whether other Windows users will be able to make the shared folder available offline.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Network File System (NFS) Overview CAUTION When you use automatic caching for programs, be sure to restrict permissions on the shared folder files to read-only access.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NetWare Sharing Protocol Overview program to enter a URL, or choose a hyperlink, and retrieve text, graphics, sound, and other digital information from a Web server. All URLs of files on Web servers begin with http://.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Folders AppleTalk network integration simplifies administration by maintaining just one set of user accounts instead of separate user accounts, for example, one on the Macintosh server and another on the computer running Windows 2000 Server.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Folders Sharing Folders To share folders From the Shares page, choose Folders. Select the volume(s) for which you want to share folders, and then choose Share in the Tasks list.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Folders If the root folders are already displayed in the Object/Task Selector, there is no parent folder to choose. To navigate among folders, use the Object/Task Selector to navigate among folders.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Folders Set the access attributes by selecting the appropriate check box. Optional: If you want to compress the contents of the new folder to save space, select the Compress tab.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Folders Modifying Folder Properties From the Folder Properties page, you can set or change the folder name, get details about the folder type, size, and location, as well as compress the data in a folder.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Folders Sharing a Folder To share a folder On the primary navigation bar, choose Shares. Choose Folders. Select the volume with which you want to work, and then choose Open.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares Managing Shares The Shares management page allows you to create, open, delete, or configure a variety of file shares. The Shares page displays an Object/Task Selector that has the following columns: Share Name: Lists each shared folder by name.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares Use the protocol tabs to configure the specific properties of each type of share. CIFS Share Properties Removing a Share You can remove shares entirely, or you can simply disable a given protocol. The result is that access to the share is removed, yet the actual files remain on the server appliance.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares Select the share for which the properties will be modified. In the Tasks list, choose Properties. For instructions about how to set the sharing properties for each protocol, select a link in the Related Topics list, below.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares Permissions list will have over files on the server appliance. Users may have no control, read-only access, change access, change and read access, or full control.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares from the Type of access list. 10. Choose OK. To remove an NFS client On the primary navigation bar, choose Shares. On the Shares page, choose Shares.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares • You may choose to allow read-only, write-only, or read/write permissions. Choose OK. To log client visits to an FTP share On the primary navigation bar, Choose Shares.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares Choose OK. Setting NetWare Share Properties Use these instructions to specify sharing properties for an existing Novel NetWare Share. NOTE If the share does not yet exist, create the share first by following the procedures in Adding A Novell NetWare Share.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares 11. Click OK to accept the changes. 12. Exit the Terminal Services session. 13. Click OK on the Shared Folders page to complete your changes.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Shares NOTE If a share is enabled for more than one protocol, there will be shares with the same name. Be sure to select the share for Macintosh (AppleTalk), as shown in the Type column.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares Managing Sharing Protocols Select the protocol you want to enable. In the Tasks list, choose Enable. Related Topics • Configuring Protocol Properties • Disabling Protocols Disabling Sharing Protocols To disable sharing protocols On the primary navigation bar, choose Shares.
NFS Sharing Protocol Setting NFS Sharing Protocol You can use the NFS Protocol option to configure the MaxAttach NAS 6000 to act as an NFS server. The NFS Protocol allows users to share files in a mixed environment of computers, operating systems, and networks.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Sharing Protocol Choose Add. Choose OK. Related Topics • Editing NFS Client Groups • Setting AppleTalk Sharing Properties Editing NFS Client Groups To add members to an NFS client group On the primary navigation bar, choose Shares.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Sharing Protocol On the Edit NFS Client Group page, select the IP address or computer name of the member to remove from the group. Choose Remove.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Protocol with User and Group Mappings After a system failure, when the server appliance is restarted, the server appliance attempts to restore the file lock status to the previous condition. If the client fails, the server appliance releases the file lock.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Protocol with User and Group Mappings User And Group Mappings lets you create maps between Windows and UNIX user and group accounts even though the user and group names in both environments may not be identical.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Protocol with User and Group Mappings This is a passwd format file from a UNIX system containing all the UNIX user accounts that could be mapped.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Protocol with User and Group Mappings If you select the server appliance name, the local users and groups will be mapped. Choose OK. Related Topics •...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Protocol with User and Group Mappings Select the Explicit User Mapping tab. Optionally: Enter the name of the NIS server to map to in the NIS domain field.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NFS Protocol with User and Group Mappings Configuring Explicit Group Maps User and Group mapping lets you create inter-platform and cross-platform maps among Microsoft Windows and UNIX user and group accounts even when the user and group names in both environments are not identical.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares FTP Sharing Protocol To set one of the mappings as the primary maps for a given group Select the mapping from the Explicitly mapped groups list.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares FTP Sharing Protocol however, that the FTP server relies on the ability to send user passwords over the network without data encryption. As a result, a user with physical access to the network could examine user passwords during the FTP validation process.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares FTP Sharing Protocol Select FTP Protocol, and then choose Properties. Select the Anonymous Access tab. Select the Enable Anonymous Access check box, and then choose OK.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #8 - O/S 2.0 - Folders and Shares NetWare Sharing Protocol To configure Web (HTTP) sharing properties On the primary navigation bar, choose Shares. Choose Sharing Protocols. Select HTTP Protocol, and then choose Properties.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Chapter Outline Manage Local Users Adding a User Account Enabling the Guest Account Removing a User Account Setting a User Password Modifying User Properties Manage Local Groups Adding a Group Account...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Users Manage Local Users A local user or group account is an account that exists on the server appliance itself and grants users or groups access to its resources. The server appliance can also be configured to grant access to domain users and groups.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Users In the Password and Confirm password boxes, you can type a password containing up to 127 characters. NOTE If you are using Microsoft® Windows® 2000 on a network that also has computers using Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, consider using passwords that contain fewer than 14 characters.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Users To enable the guest account On the primary navigation bar, choose Users. Choose Local Users. In the Name column, select Guest. In the Tasks list, choose Properties.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Users • Setting a User Password • Modifying User Properties Setting a User Password This allows you to change the user’s password for their account, usually in cases where they have lost or forgotten it.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Users Select the user account(s) you want to modify. In the Tasks list, choose Properties. Change the user properties you want. The Home Directory field specifies a new directory which will be created, and to which the user will have exclusive access permission.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Groups Manage Local Groups A local user or group account is an account that exists on the server appliance itself and grants users or groups access to its resources. The server appliance can also be configured to grant access to domain users and groups.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Groups To add members to the group, select a user or group to add from the Add user or group box, and then choose Add.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Groups • For more information about modifying group properties, see Modifying Group Properties. Modifying Group Properties The Group Properties page displays the General tab and the Members tab. Use the General tab to set or modify the group name and description.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #9 - O/S 2.0 - Users and Groups Manage Local Groups Choose Add. NOTE If you are adding Domain\Group, however, you must also enter credentials that will allow for the addition from that domain.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Software Update Software Update Use this page to apply software updates to your server appliance. To update the software From the primary navigation bar, choose Maintenance. Choose Software Update.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Add or Remove Programs To shut down or restart the system On the primary navigation bar, choose Maintenance. Choose Shutdown. Choose the task you want to perform. Choose OK to confirm your decision.
Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Add or Remove Programs NOTE Do not remove or change any system software that was provided with the server by Maxtor unless directed to do so by Maxtor Customer Support. To remove a program Using Internet Explorer, log in to the MaxAttach NAS 6000 as administrator.
Schedule. Changing the Automatic Backup Schedule To change the automatic backup schedule Log in to the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 as administrator. Click Maintenance on the main menu bar. Select Terminal Services. A terminal services session starts. Log in to Windows 2000.
Click OK. Manual Back Up You can back up the MaxAttach NAS 6000 system before its scheduled time, for example, if you are about to make changes to the system and want to make a backup before you begin.
Maxtor recommends that you keep the interval as short as practical to enhance system security. If you set a long time interval temporarily, remember to return it to a low value to restore its protective function.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Setting Alert E-Mail To set the session timeout interval Using Internet Explorer, log in to the MaxAttach as administrator. Click Maintenance. Select Session Timeout. This opens the Session Timeout page.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Backing up and Restoring the O/S You may have alert e-mail sent to multiple addresses, simply type the addresses into the To box, separated by a comma. In the With box, type the SMTP gateway name or IP address of the SMTP server.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Terminal Services Client Terminal Services Client Terminal Services Client is the tool used to back up and restore the server appliance operating system. It supports only two concurrent connections. Additionally, if you navigate to another page during an open session, the client will be disconnected but the session will be preserved.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Terminal Services Client select Cache bitmaps to disk. Click Connect. The Log On to Windows dialog box will appear within the Terminal Services Client window. Type your user name, password, and domain (if required).
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Terminal Services Client Using the Clipboard During Terminal Server Sessions Using Terminal Services provides seamless clipboard sharing, making clipboard contents available to applications locally on a user computer and within a Terminal Services session.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Terminal Services Client Manual Printer Redirection Printers attached to LPT and COM ports on the clients local computer can be manually redirected, although manual redirection of printers connected through USB ports is not supported.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Logs NOTE The Terminal Services Client reconnects to this session the next time you connect to this server (if the connection is configured for the re-connection of disconnected sessions).
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Logs Select one or more log files to clear. Choose Clear Log. Choose OK. Related Topics • Downloading Log Files • Modifying Log Properties • Viewing Log Details Download Log Files From this page you can download specific log files to your server appliance.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Logs To download FTP, Web administration, or Web (HTTP) shares logs On the primary navigation bar, choose Maintenance. Choose Logs. Select the log to download. Select the log file to download.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Global Array Manager Overview maximum log size is reached. Related Topics • Clearing Log Files • Downloading Log Files • Viewing Log Details View Log Entry Details You can view the log entry details for application, system, and security logs. From this page you can view the date, time, source, event identifier, description, and data of specific log files.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #10 - O/S 2.0 - Maintenance Global Array Manager Overview Administrators can use the GAM to: Run routine system tests (e.g.: drive consistency check, patrol reads, device health monitoring) View drive statistics and logs (e.g.: disk and controller information, controller log file,...
Introduction Your Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base unit comes configured with a set of standard RAID 5 disk arrays that are ready to go after physical installation. If you want to configure the system into other available configurations to suite your unique local needs, you should have a understanding of disk array concepts including RAID or Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks which forms the key methodology in the MaxAttach NAS 6000 system.
Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts Key RAID Technical Methods The user data arrays in the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base Unit are factory configured as RAID 5 arrays, or although RAID 0 or RAID 1 arrays may be used along with another common disk drive configuration method called JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks).
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts Key RAID Technical Methods Parity Checking Parity checking is creating a parity check sum for the writes to drives in an array, and then writing the parity information to a dedicated parity drive (called dedicated parity) or writing the parity information as the next striped data block to the next drive in the array.separate data block (called distributed parity).
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts RAID 0 Striping RAID 0 Striping Description RAID 0 is a performance oriented striped data mapping technique across two or more drives. Uniformly sized blocks of storage are assigned in regular sequence to all of an array's disks.
RAID 1 array disks are always in pairs. Two disk arrays can be mirrored using a common technique, described below, called RAID 0 + 1 where a stripped array of multiple disks is then mirrored. This technique is used in the MaxAttach NAS 6000 O/S images on drive C:\ and D:\.
Two arrays of striped disks are created. The controller then creates a mirror of the striped array. This technique is used in the MaxAttach NAS 6000 O/S images on drives C:\ and D:\. The resultant array is 100% fault tolerant with an two exact images. The failure of one image usually causes the system to automatically failover to the remaining image.
RAID 5 Multiple Disk Striping with Distributed Parity Description RAID 5 is the default user data disk array configuration used in the NAS 6000 in arrays of six disks and is probably the most popular RAID technique in the world. The factory configured user drives in the Base Unit are configured as six disk RAID 5 arrays.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts RAID 5 Multiple Disk Striping with Distributed Parity Performance Each of the drives is used to store the parity bit, greatly reducing any impact on performance. This can speed small writes in multiprocessing systems. By distributing parity across all of the array's member disks, RAID 5 reduces but does not eliminate the write bottleneck.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks Single Disk Control JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks Single Disk Control Description JBOD is not a RAID methodology, but simply single drive control. The controller treats each drive as a standalone disk and provides a high-performance cache.The limitations of...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts RAID Fault Tolerance Characteristics RAID Fault Tolerance Characteristics Table #3 - RAID Level Availability & Fault Tolerance Characteristics RAID Availability & Fault Tolerance Characteristics Level No fault tolerance. Data is striped across a set of multiple disks. If a disk in the set ceases to function, all data contained on the set of disks is lost.
The term “Hot Swap” refers to the common practice of either inserting or removing disk drives in an operating bus. In the MaxAttach NAS 6000, this specifically refers to the ability to remove defective or failing drive from the system, insert new unformatted drives, and then have the system rebuild and repair the array while maintaining normal system operation and user access to their data.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 RAID Operations and the GAM After the failed drive has been exchanged for a new drive, the administrator must use the GAM to rebuild the affected array and incorporate the new drive. Once initiated by the administrator, the rebuild process will proceed in the background with some load on system performance.
Array types are RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD. The physical disk drives inserted into the MaxAttach NAS 6000 Base or Expansion Unit drive Physical Drive - bays.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #11 - Appendix - Disk Array RAID Concepts Comparison of Terms Volume Set A volume set is an additional storage type, not included in the RAID specifications but supported by Windows NT is a VOLUME SET.
Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 SNMP MIB Variables MaxAttach SNMP Traps Overview MaxAttach NAS 6000 and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) monitors and traps report alert conditions, which are then accessible at an SNMP management system. MaxAttach SNMP Alert Overview MaxAttach SNMP service provides SNMP agents that can participate in remote, centralized management via SNMP management consoles.
MaxAttach and Windows 2000 as SNMP Agents Any computer running SNMP agent software is an SNMP agent. As such, the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 thus also functions as an SNMP agent. The SNMP agent responds to SNMP management system requests for information. The Windows 2000 SNMP service, which is also an SNMP agent, responds to information requests from one or more management systems.
Close the Services window. MaxAttach SNMP Specifications The SNMP agent support for the Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000 consists of various SNMP extension agents provided by the Windows 2000 Server and by the MaxAttach SNMP extension agent. Taken together, they provide the necessary management information and event traps for remote network management.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #12 - Appendix - SNMP MIB File Locations and Types MIB File Locations and Types All of the SNMP MIB extension agent files are stored on the MaxAttach in the C:/Winnt/System32 directory. A system's SNMP MIBs come from two sources:...
Chapter #12 - Appendix - SNMP MIB Specifications MIB Specifications MaxAttach NAS 6000 SNMP MIB The MaxAttach NAS 6000 MIB is mxtr6000.mib. MaxAttach NAS 6000 Series MIB Variables The MaxAttach SNMP agent supports the following unique MaxAttach system information: SysProdName: NAS system product name SysProdVersion: NAS system product version SysManufacturer: NAS system manufacturer’s name...
MIB Specifications MaxAttach NAS 6000 Series MIB Tree The following table is the MIB tree for the MaxAttach NAS 6000 Series servers. The map starts with 1.3.6.1.4.1, followed by the Maxtor Enterprise ID, 4693. Under the MaxAttach NAS 6000 Series servers there is currently a single product, MaxAttach NAS 6000.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #12 - Appendix - SNMP MIB Specifications MaxAttach SNMP Traps The MaxAttach supports all of the standard Microsoft Windows 2000 events, and a number of these events pertinent to the functioning of the MaxAttach are sent as SNMP traps.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #13 - Appendix - Disk Drive Error Codes Mylex Disk Drive Failure Error Codes These error codes indicate the cause of the drive failure: Table #1 - Disk Device Error Codes (Sheet 1 of 3) Error Code Error Code Cause 00 –...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Error Codes Overview A full list of Error Codes, descriptions, and severity levels can be obtained by opening and reading the EVENTDEF.TXT file inside the folder C:\ GAM on the Base Unit.
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Listing of SupportedEvents.Inf Listing of SupportedEvents.Inf In its default factory setting, the SupportedEvents.Inf listing is as follows: [Version] Signature=”$Windows NT$” Provider=”Maxtor” [ONEVENT] ONEVENT=10,12,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,54,57 [OFFEVENT] OFFEVENT=1,2 Instructions to Turn Amber Disk Status LEDs Off SupportedEvents.Inf...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Viewing and Changing Error Codes A hard disk failed because device is not ready. (46, 46, 1, Serious) A hard disk failed because device was not found on start up. (47, 47, 1, Serious) A hard disk failed because write operation of the ‘Configuration On Disk’...
MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Error Codes - EVENTDEF.TXT Error Codes - EVENTDEF .TXT The Mylex RAID Controller Error Codes are used to generate the error messages related to the RAID Controller and its attached disk drives.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 2 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Information SCSI command retried on hard disk.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 3 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Serious A hard disk failed because device was not found on start up.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 4 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Information A rebuild has started on logical drive.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 5 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Serious Fan failure.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 6 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Information Power supply is not present.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 7 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Information BBU reconditioning is finished.
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MaxAttach NAS 6000 Administration Guide Chapter #14 - Appendix - Disk Array Error Codes Mylex Error Codes Table Table #1 - Mylex Error Codes (Sheet 8 of 8) Gam_ev User_ev Severity Priority Description Number Level Number Number Information Server alive.
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