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American Megatrends StorTrends 2.7 User Manual (367 pages)
For the StorTrends 1300 Storage Appliance
Brand:
American Megatrends
| Category:
Network Storage Server
| Size: 12.32 MB
Table of Contents
Revision History
2
Table of Contents
3
Limited Warranty
15
Web Site
15
Technical Support
15
Disclaimer
16
Product Compliance Information
17
Electromagnetic Emissions
17
Electromagnetic
17
Safety
17
Chapter 1 Introduction
19
Overview
19
System Features & Highlights
19
Hardware Specifications
20
Form Factor
20
On-Board CPU
20
Drive Interface
20
Drive & Storage Capacity
20
Hardware RAID Support
20
Status Leds
20
Expansion Slots
20
Data Management Ports
20
Other Connectors
20
Cooling Specifications
21
Operating Environment
21
Physical Characteristics
21
Stortrends® Itx Software Specifications
21
Volume Replication
21
Advanced Snapshots
21
Backup
21
Networking
21
Isns Configuration
22
Security
22
Management
22
Event Management
22
Storage Data Management
22
Remote Management
22
UPS Support
23
Applications Supported
23
Chapter 2 Chassis Set up
25
Overview
25
Unpack the Stortrends® 1300 Storage Appliance
25
Preparing for Setup
26
Choosing a Setup Location
26
Rack Mounting Considerations
27
Installing the System into a Rack
27
Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails
27
Installing the Inner Rails
28
Installing the Outer Rails
28
Locking Tabs
29
Installing the Server into the Rack
30
Installing the Server into a Telco Rack
31
Checking the Serverboard Setup
32
Accessing the Inside of the System
33
Checking the Drive Bay Setup
34
Completing the Hardware Installation
35
Connect to the Stortrends® Appliance
36
Step One: Power Your System on
36
Step Two: Get the IP Address
36
Step Three: Connecting to the Stortrends® Storage Appliance from Another System
36
Step Four: Logging on to the Stortrends® Storage Appliance
37
Using the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard
38
Setting up Email Alert Settings
38
Step One: Quick Start Setup Wizard
40
Step Two: RAID Level
41
Step Three: SAN or NAS or both
42
Step Four: Allocating Space
43
Step Five: Summary View
44
Step Six: All Done no Errors
46
Using the Advanced Setup Wizard
47
Step One: Advanced Wizard
47
Step Two: Create a New Storage Pool
48
Step Three: Select Pool
49
Select the Disks
49
Set the RAID Levels
50
Type in Your Storage Pool's Name
50
Step Four: Configure SAN Volume
51
Enter Volume Name
52
Enter Volume Size
52
Select Thin or Exact Provisioning
53
Select SAN as the Dialect Type
54
Create Target and Target Name
54
Step Five: Configure NAS Volume
55
Enter Volume Name
56
Enter Volume Size
56
Select Thin or Exact Provisioning
56
Select NAS as the Dialect Type
57
Create Share and Share Name
57
Step Six: Summary View and Status
58
Step Seven: All Done no Errors
59
Chapter 3 System Interface
61
Overview
61
Control Panel Buttons
61
Control Panel Leds
62
Universal Information LED States
62
SATA Drive Carrier Leds
63
Chapter 4 Safety Information and Technical Specifications
65
Electrical Safety Precautions
65
Installing the Onboard Battery
66
General Safety Guidelines
66
ESD Safety Guidelines
67
Operation Safety Guidelines
67
Before Accessing the Chassis
68
Removing the Chassis Cover
68
Reinstalling the Chassis Covers
69
Before Installing the Chassis into a Rack
69
Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup
71
Handling the Serverboard
71
Precautions
71
Unpacking
71
Processor and Heatsink Installation (if Not Installed)
72
Installing the Heatsink
75
Removing the Heatsink
76
Connecting Cables
77
Connecting Data Cables
77
Connecting Power Cables
77
Connecting the Control Panel
77
Figure 5-1. Front Control Panel Header Pins (JF1)
78
I/O Ports
78
Figure 5-2. Rear Panel I/O Ports
78
Installing Memory
79
DIMM Installation
79
Memory Support
79
Figure 5-3. Installing DIMM into Slot
80
Adding PCI Cards
80
PCI Expansion Slots
80
PCI Card Installation
81
PCI Slot/Card Configurations
81
Serverboard Details
82
Figure 5-4. Sever Board Layout
82
Server Board Quick Reference
83
Connector Definitions
84
ATX Power Connector
84
Processor Power Connector
84
NMI Button
84
Power LED
84
Hdd Led
85
Nic1 Led
85
Nic2 Led
85
Universal Information LED
85
Power Fail LED
86
Reset Button
86
Power Button
86
Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1)
86
Universal Serial Bus Headers
87
Serial Ports
87
Fan Headers
87
Chassis Intrusion
88
Speaker Connector
88
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports
88
Wake-On-LAN
88
Wake-On-Ring
89
Power SMB (I2C) Connector
89
Power Supply Fail
89
Alarm Reset (JAR)
89
LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports)
90
Power LED
90
Jumper Settings
90
Explanation of Jumpers
90
CMOS Clear
90
VGA Enable/Disable
91
LAN Enable/Disable
91
Watch Dog Enable/Disable
91
Power Force on Enable/Disable
91
Onboard Indicators
91
LAN1/LAN2 Leds
91
Le1
91
Pwr-Led
91
Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections
92
Floppy Connector
92
IDE Connector
92
SATA Ports
92
Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup
93
Tools Required
93
Static-Sensitive Devices
93
Precautions
93
Control Panel
94
Figure 6-1. Chassis: Front and Rear Views
94
System Fans
94
System Fan Failure
95
Replacing System Fans
95
Removing a Fan
95
Installing a New Fan
95
Figure 6-2. System Cooling Fans
95
SATA Drive Installation
96
Mounting a SATA Drive in a Drive Carrier
96
Figure 6-4. Mounting a SATA Drive in a Carrier
96
Installing/Removing Hot-Swap SATA Drives
96
Figure 6-5. Removing a SATA Drive from the Server
97
DVD-ROM Drive Installation
97
Power Supply
98
Power Supply Failure
98
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply
98
Removing the Power Supply
98
Installing a New Power Supply
98
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply
99
Removing the Power Supply
99
Installing a New Power Supply
99
Chapter 7 Managing the Storage Appliance
101
Overview
101
Connecting to the Storage Appliance from Another System
101
Logging on to the Storage Appliance
102
Managetrends Hardware Health Information
103
Managetrends Management Tree
104
Help, about and Sign out Icons
104
Event Log (Box Level)
104
Control Panel
106
Control Panel : System Settings
107
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System Information Page
108
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System H/W Health Information Page
108
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : Date/Time Settings Page
109
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : Update Stortrends Itx Software Page
110
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System Control Page
111
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : UPS Configuration Page
112
Control Panel : Themes
113
Control Panel : Themes : Red
113
Control Panel : Themes : Olive Green
113
Control Panel : Themes : Blue
114
Control Panel : Network Settings
115
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page
116
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Receiving Details
117
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Transmission Details
117
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Receiving Errors
118
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Transmission Errors
119
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page
120
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : DHCP or Static IP Address
121
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming
124
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Balance Round Robin
124
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Dynamic Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3 AD)
124
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Balance TLB
124
Control Panel : Network Settings : SNMP Protocol Settings Page
125
Control Panel : Network Settings : Firewall Settings Page
126
Control Panel : Network Settings : Firewall Settings Page : Modifying
128
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Windows File Protocol Page
129
Disable Windows File Server Protocol (CIFS)
130
Enable Windows File Server Protocol (CIFS)
130
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Network File System (NFS) Protocol Page
131
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Apple File Protocol Page
132
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set HTTP/FTP File Protocol Page
133
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings
134
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : Users List Page
135
Create New User
136
Removing a User
137
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : Groups List Page
138
Create New Group
139
Removing a Group
140
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : ADS Settings Page
141
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : NIS Settings Page
143
Control Panel : Iscsi
144
Control Panel : Iscsi Settings : ISNS Setting Page
145
Control Panel : Iscsi Portal Settings Page
146
Control Panel : Iscsi Portal Settings Page : Advanced Page
147
Control Panel : Iscsi : Statistics Page
148
Control Panel : Iscsi : Iscsi Session Management Page
149
Control Panel : Iscsi : Bi-Directional Authentication Page
150
Control Panel : Alerts Settings
151
Control Panel : Alerts : SNMP Alert Settings Page
152
Control Panel : Alerts: Email Alert Settings Page
153
Control Panel : License Settings
154
Control Panel : License Settings : License Information Page
155
RAID Management
156
Physical Disks Management
156
Global Spare
157
Disk Properties
158
Logical Disk Management
159
Create Logical Disk
159
Logical Disk Properties
160
Deleting a Logical Disk
162
Expanding and Transforming Logical Disks
162
Storage
164
What Is Iscsi
164
SAN Versus NAS
164
Iscsi Network Overview
164
Initiator
164
Target
164
Iscsi Name
165
Zoning
165
Overview of the Steps Required to Configure Storage on Your Storage Appliance
165
Step 1 : Create a Logical Disk
165
Step 2 : Create a Storage Pool
166
Step 3 : Create SAN Volume
166
Step 4 : Assign a SAN Target
167
Step 5 : Enable the Port of the Target on the Storage Appliance
167
Step 6 : Enable Isns on the Storage Appliance (Optional)
167
Step 7 : Log Onto the Target from the Server
168
Step 8 : Verify the Target Using Disk Management on the Server
171
Step 9 : Create NAS Volume
172
Step 10 : Create a NAS Share
173
Step 11 : Schedule Snapshots
174
Storage : Storage Pool Management
175
Storage : SAN Volume Management
176
Storage : Assign Target
176
Storage : Snapshot Recovery
177
Storage : SAN Snapshot Management
178
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
179
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Navigating to CDP Management
179
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Control Window
180
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Example of a Selected CDP Window
180
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Flashback Window - Log View
181
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Slider Panel
181
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Main Control Panel
181
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Step Control Panel
182
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Progress & Review Panel
182
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Snapshot Based Sliding
183
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Based Sliding
183
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Event Based Sliding
184
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Flashback Window - Event View
184
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Event Description
185
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Progress of Review
185
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Completion of Review
186
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Window to Access the Retrospect Window
186
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Retrospect Window
187
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Scrolling Snapshots
187
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Reviewing Snapshots
188
Storage : NAS Volume Management
189
Storage : NAS Quota Management
189
Storage : NAS Share Management
190
Storage : NAS Share Management : Security Settings
190
Storage : NAS Snapshot Management
190
Storage : Shares
191
Storage : Target Management
191
Storage : Target Management : Security
191
Replication
192
Replication Feature Table
192
Synchronous Local SAN Volume Replication
193
Synchronous SAN Volume Replication Using a Remote Box
194
Creating a New Synchronous Replication Pair
195
Managing Your Synchronous Replication Pair from the Replication Management Page
197
Creating a New Snap Assisted Replication Pair
199
Managing Your Snap Assisted Pairs from the Replication Management Page
202
High Availability
204
Managing Your High Availability Pair from the High Availability Management Page
206
Replication Management
208
Replication Management : Create New Replication Wizard
208
Replication Management : Create New Replication
209
Storage Resource Management (SRM)
210
Data Collection, Analysis and Trending Module
210
Storage Provisioning and Capacity Management
211
Performance Trending
212
CPU Utilization and Memory Utilization
213
Workflow Management
213
Backup and Restoration Management
213
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Container Space Management (CSM)
214
Basic Concepts
215
Stortrends Tiered Storage and ILM (Scaling Across Tiers)
215
Information Retention Regulations
217
How Stortrends Tiered Storage and ILM Works
217
Stortrends Tiered Storage and CSM (Scaling Within Tiers)
219
How Stortrends Tiered Storage and CSM Works
220
Space Utilization
221
Volume Performance
222
IO Performance
223
Logical Drive Performance
224
System Performance
225
Information Lifecycle Management
227
Container Space Management
228
Appendix Araid
229
Introduction to RAID
229
RAID Benefits
229
Improved I/O
229
Increased Reliability
229
RAID Overview
230
Disk Striping
230
Disk Mirroring
231
Selecting a RAID Level
232
Raid 0
233
Raid 1
233
RAID 1N
234
Raid 5
235
Appendix Bchap and Mutual CHAP
237
Overview
237
Chap
237
CHAP Prerequisites
237
Setting up CHAP
237
Mutual CHAP Authentication
238
Mutual CHAP Prerequisites
238
Setting up Mutual CHAP
238
Appendix C Installation Procedure
239
Installation Procedure
240
Remove any PCI NIC Add-On Cards
241
Attach a Keyboard and Monitor
241
Installation Procedure
242
Appendix D Upgrade Procedure
245
FTP Upgrade Procedure
246
FTP Upgrade Procedure (Using Managetrends)
246
Upgrade Procedure Using the Command Line Interface
247
Attach a Keyboard and Monitor
247
Fully Boot into Managetrends
247
Insert the Stortrends Itx Installation CD (with the Build You Want to Upgrade To)
248
Upgrade Procedure (Using the Command Line Interface)
248
Using Stortrends as an FTP Server
255
Path Information Configuration
255
Errors During Upgrade
255
Appendix E Replication Overview
257
The Business Threat
257
The Solution: Remote Replication
257
High Availability with Synchronous Replication
257
Remote Replication Essentially Comes in Two Flavors
258
Synchronous Replication
258
Asynchronous Replication
258
Stortrends Remote Replication Suite
258
Synchronous Replication
259
Stortrends Asynchronous Replication
260
Snap Assisted Replication
260
Delta Snaps
261
Snap Assisted Replication of NAS Volumes
262
An Overview of Journal Assisted Replication (JAR)
263
Journal and Journal Files
264
Synchronous Replication & High Availability
265
Navigating Within Managetrends
265
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Creation
265
CLI Command for Creating a Synchronous Replication Pair
268
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Details
269
Synchronous Replication Details
269
High Availability Pair Details
269
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Deletion
270
Synchronous Replication Pair View
270
High Availability Pair View
270
CLI Command for Deleting a Synchronous Replication Pair
271
Split Operation and Replication Tab Status
271
Split Replication and Tab Status
271
CLI Command for Displaying Split Replication and Status
272
Join Operation and Resync Progress
273
Join Replication and Resync Progress
273
CLI Command for Joining Synchronous Replications Pairs
273
Failover Operation
274
Synchronous Replication Failover - before Failover in Original Secondary
274
Synchronous Replication Failover - after Failover in Original Secondary
274
CLI Command for Failover Operations of Synchronous Replication Pairs
275
Failback Operation
275
Synchronous Replication Failback - before Failback in Original Primary
275
Synchronous Replication Failback - after Failback in Original Primary
276
CLI Command for Failback Operations of Synchronous Replication Pairs
276
Snap-Assisted Replication
277
Navigating with Managetrends
277
Snap Assisted Replication Using the Replication Wizard
278
Replication
281
SAR View - Primary Box
281
SAR View - Secondary Box
281
SAR - Configuring the Schedule
282
SAR - Deleting the Schedule
283
Failover Operation
284
Before Failover Operation in Secondary Box
284
After Failover Operation in Secondary Box
285
Failback Join Operation
286
Before Failback Join Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box
286
After Failback Join Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box
287
After Failback Join Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box
287
Failback Operation
288
Before Failback Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box
288
After Failback Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box
288
After Failback Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box
289
Deleting the SAR Pair
289
Deletion of SAR Pair
289
Journal Management & Journal Assisted Replication
290
Journal and Journal File
290
Creating a Journal
290
Creating a Journal File
292
Journal Assisted Replication
294
Create Journal Assisted Replication (JAR)
294
Appendix F Setting up DHCP from the Console Interface
301
Logging on from the Console Interface
301
Console Interface
302
Go to Ipconfig
302
Set IP Address
303
Set to DHCP
304
Appendix G Updating an Expired License
305
Overview
306
Updating an Expired License
306
Appendix Hups Configuration
309
Introduction
309
Stortrends - UPS Integration
309
Stortrends Integrated UPS Configuration
309
Configuring Using Managetrends
310
Managetrends Control Panel
310
UPS Configuration Page
310
Configuring Slave Boxes
311
Monitoring UPS through CLI
311
Action on Power Failure
312
Cache Mode before UPS Takeover
312
Cache Mode after UPS Takeover
312
Cache Mode Change from Stortrends Logs
313
UPS on Battery Mode
313
Monitoring UPS from CLI
313
Messages from Stortrends Log - Auto Shutdown
314
Managetrends Event Log
314
Appendix I Continuous Data Technology
315
Overview
315
Stortrends Itx Installation CDT - a True Event Addressable Storage
316
Contemporary CDP Appliance Vs Stortrends Itx Installation CDP
318
Under the Hood: Stortrends Itx Installation CDT
319
Stortrends Continuous Data Protection Architecture
320
Appendix Jwds and Deduplication in Stortrends Itx
321
The Effects of Packet Loss and Latency on TCP/IP Efficiency
321
Figure 1: Effect of TCP Protocol on Transfer Bandwidth
322
Figure 2: Stortrends Transfer Profile Vs. TCP Transfer Profile
323
The Stortrends® Itx WDS Implementation and Transfer Acceleration
324
WDS in Stortrends Itx: Compression and Data Deduplication for WAN Asynchronous Replication
324
Figure 5:The Delta Snapshot Replication Technology Behind Asynchronous Replication in Stortrends Itx
325
Figure 6: Deduplication and WAN Transfer Acceleration Management in Stortrends Itx
326
Additional WAN Assists in Asynchronous Replication with Stortrends
327
Figure 4: Managetrends® Replication Management Screen Summary
327
Appendix K System Specifications
329
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American Megatrends StorTrends 2.7 User Manual (311 pages)
Web Interface for the StorTrends 2200
Brand:
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| Category:
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| Size: 11.7 MB
Table of Contents
Web Interface
1
Revision History
2
Table of Contents
3
Limited Warranty
13
Web Site
13
Technical Support
13
Disclaimer
14
Chapter 1 Stortrends Storage Appliance Configuration
15
Conceptual Illustration
15
Connect to the Stortrends Storage Appliance
16
Step One: Power Your System on
16
Step Two: Get the IP Address
16
Step Three: Connecting to the Stortrends Storage Appliance from Another System
17
Step Four: Logging on to the Stortrends Storage Appliance
18
Using the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard
19
Setting up Email Alert Settings
19
Step One: Quick Start Setup Wizard
21
Step Two: RAID Level
22
Step Three: SAN or NAS or both
23
Step Four: Allocating Space
24
Step Five: Summary View
25
Step Six: All Done no Errors
27
Using the Advanced Setup Wizard
28
Step One: Advanced Wizard
28
Step Two: Create a New Storage Pool
29
Step Three: Select Pool
30
Select the Disks
30
Set the RAID Levels
31
Type in Your Storage Pool's Name
31
Step Four: Configure SAN Volume
32
Enter Volume Name
33
Enter Volume Size
33
Select Thin or Exact Provisioning
34
Select SAN as the Dialect Type
35
Create Target and Target Name
35
Step Five: Configure NAS Volume
36
Enter Volume Name
37
Enter Volume Size
37
Select Thin or Exact Provisioning
37
Select NAS as the Dialect Type
38
Create Share and Share Name
38
Step Six: Summary View and Status
39
Step Seven: All Done no Errors
40
Chapter 2 Managing the Stortrends Storage Appliance
41
Overview
41
Connecting to the Stortrends Storage Appliance from Another System
41
Logging on to the Stortrends Storage Appliance
42
Managetrends Hardware Health Information
43
Managetrends Management Tree
44
Help, about and Sign out Icons
44
Event Log (Box Level)
45
Control Panel
46
Control Panel : System Settings
47
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System Information Page
48
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System H/W Health Information Page
48
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : Date/Time Settings Page
49
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : Update Stortrends Itx Software Page
50
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System Control Page
51
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : UPS Configuration Page
52
Control Panel : Themes
53
Control Panel : Themes : Red
53
Control Panel : Themes : Olive Green
53
Control Panel : Themes : Blue
54
Control Panel : Network Settings
55
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page
56
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Receiving Details
57
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Transmission Details
57
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Receiving Errors
58
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Transmission Errors
59
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page
60
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : DHCP or Static IP Address
61
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming
64
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Balance Round Robin
64
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Dynamic Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3 AD)
64
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Balance TLB
64
Control Panel : Network Settings : SNMP Protocol Settings Page
65
Control Panel : Network Settings : Firewall Settings Page
66
Control Panel : Network Settings : Firewall Settings Page : Modifying
68
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Windows File Protocol Page
69
Disable Windows File Server Protocol (CIFS)
70
Enable Windows File Server Protocol (CIFS)
70
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Network File System (NFS) Protocol Page
71
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Apple File Protocol Page
72
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set HTTP/FTP File Protocol Page
73
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings
74
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : Users List Page
75
Create New User
76
Removing a User
77
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : Groups List Page
78
Create New Group
79
Removing a Group
80
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : ADS Settings Page
81
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : NIS Settings Page
83
Control Panel : Iscsi
84
Control Panel : Iscsi Settings : ISNS Setting Page
85
Control Panel : Iscsi Portal Settings Page
86
Control Panel : Iscsi Portal Settings Page : Advanced Page
87
Control Panel : Iscsi : Statistics Page
88
Control Panel : Iscsi : Iscsi Session Management Page
89
Control Panel : Iscsi : Bi-Directional Authentication Page
90
Control Panel : Alerts Settings
91
Control Panel : Alerts : SNMP Alert Settings Page
92
Control Panel : Alerts: Email Alert Settings Page
93
Control Panel : License Settings
94
Control Panel : License Settings : License Information Page
95
RAID Management
96
Physical Disks Management
96
Global Spare
97
Disk Properties
98
Logical Disk Management
99
Create Logical Disk
99
Logical Disk Properties
100
Deleting a Logical Disk
102
Expanding and Transforming Logical Disks
102
Storage
104
What Is Iscsi
104
SAN Versus NAS
104
Iscsi Network Overview
104
Initiator
105
Target
105
Iscsi Name
105
Zoning
105
Overview of the Steps Required to Configure Storage on Your Stortrends Storage Appliance
105
Step 1 : Create a Logical Disk
106
Step 2 : Create a Storage Pool
107
Step 3 : Create SAN Volume
107
Step 4 : Assign a SAN Target
108
Step 5 : Enable the Port of the Target on the Stortrends Storage Appliance
108
Step 6 : Enable Isns on the Stortrends Storage Appliance (Optional)
108
Step 7 : Log Onto the Target from the Server
109
Step 8 : Verify the Target Using Disk Management on the Server
112
Step 9 : Create NAS Volume
113
Step 10 : Create a NAS Share
114
Step 11 : Schedule Snapshots
115
Storage : Storage Pool Management
116
Storage : SAN Volume Management
117
Storage : Assign Target
117
Storage : Snapshot Recovery
118
Storage : SAN Snapshot Management
119
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
120
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Navigating to CDP Management
120
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Control Window
121
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Example of a Selected CDP Window
122
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Flashback Window - Log View
123
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Slider Panel
123
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Main Control Panel
124
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Step Control Panel
124
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Progress & Review Panel
124
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Snapshot Based Sliding
125
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Based Sliding
125
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Event Based Sliding
126
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Flashback Window - Event View
126
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Event Description
127
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Progress of Review
127
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Completion of Review
128
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Window to Access the Retrospect Window
128
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Retrospect Window
129
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Scrolling Snapshots
129
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Reviewing Snapshots
130
Storage : NAS Volume Management
131
Storage : NAS Quota Management
131
Storage : NAS Share Management
132
Storage : NAS Share Management : Security Settings
132
Storage : NAS Snapshot Management
132
Storage : Shares
133
Storage : Target Management
133
Storage : Target Management : Security
133
Replication
134
Replication Feature Table
134
Synchronous Local SAN Volume Replication
135
Synchronous SAN Volume Replication Using a Remote Box
136
Creating a New Synchronous Replication Pair
137
Managing Your Synchronous Replication Pair from the Replication Management Page
139
Creating a New Snap Assisted Replication Pair
141
Managing Your Snap Assisted Pairs from the Replication Management Page
144
High Availability
146
Managing Your High Availability Pair from the High Availability Management Page
148
Replication Management
150
Replication Management : Create New Replication Wizard
150
Replication Management : Create New Replication
151
Reports
152
Storage Resource Management (SRM)
152
Data Collection, Analysis and Trending Module
152
Storage Provisioning and Capacity Management
153
Performance Trending
154
CPU Utilization and Memory Utilization
155
Workflow Management
155
Backup and Restoration Management
155
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Container Space Management (CSM)
156
Basic Concepts
157
Stortrends Tiered Storage and ILM (Scaling Across Tiers)
157
Information Retention Regulations
159
How Stortrends Tiered Storage and ILM Works
159
Stortrends Tiered Storage and CSM (Scaling Within Tiers)
161
How Stortrends Tiered Storage and CSM Works
162
Space Utilization
163
Volume Performance
164
IO Performance
165
Disk Performance
166
System Performance
167
Information Lifecycle Management
168
Container Space Management
169
Appendix Araid
171
Introduction to RAID
171
RAID Benefits
171
Improved I/O
171
Increased Reliability
171
RAID Overview
172
Disk Striping
172
Disk Mirroring
173
Selecting a RAID Level
174
Raid 0
175
Raid 1
175
Raid 5
176
Raid 6
176
Raid 10
177
Raid 50
178
Raid 60
179
Appendix Bchap and Mutual CHAP
181
Overview
181
Chap
181
CHAP Prerequisites
181
Setting up CHAP
181
Mutual CHAP Authentication
182
Mutual CHAP Prerequisites
182
Setting up Mutual CHAP
182
Appendix C Installation Procedure
183
Installation Procedure
184
Remove any PCI NIC Add-On Cards
185
Attach a Keyboard, Monitor and External USB CD-ROM Drive
185
Installation Procedure
186
Appendix D Upgrade Procedure
191
FTP Upgrade Procedure
192
FTP Upgrade Procedure (Using Managetrends)
192
Upgrade Procedure Using the Command Line Interface
193
Attach a Keyboard, Monitor and External USB CD-ROM Drive
193
Fully Boot into Managetrends
193
Insert the Stortrends Itx Installation CD (with the Build You Want to Upgrade To)
194
Upgrade Procedure (Using the Command Line Interface)
194
Using Stortrends as an FTP Server
201
Path Information Configuration
201
Errors During Upgrade
201
Appendix E Replication Overview
203
The Business Threat
203
The Solution: Remote Replication
203
High Availability with Synchronous Replication
203
Remote Replication Essentially Comes in Two Flavors
204
Synchronous Replication
204
Asynchronous Replication
204
Stortrends Remote Replication Suite
204
Synchronous Replication
205
Stortrends Asynchronous Replication
206
Snap Assisted Replication
206
Delta Snaps
207
Snap Assisted Replication of NAS Volumes
208
An Overview of Journal Assisted Replication (JAR)
209
Journal and Journal Files
210
Synchronous Replication & High Availability
211
Navigating Within Managetrends
211
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Creation
211
CLI Command for Creating a Synchronous Replication Pair
214
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Details
215
Synchronous Replication Details
215
High Availability Pair Details
215
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Deletion
216
Synchronous Replication Pair View
216
High Availability Pair View
216
CLI Command for Deleting a Synchronous Replication Pair
217
Split Operation and Replication Tab Status
217
Split Replication and Tab Status
217
CLI Command for Displaying Split Replication and Status
218
Join Operation and Resync Progress
219
Join Replication and Resync Progress
219
CLI Command for Joining Synchronous Replications Pairs
219
Failover Operation
220
Synchronous Replication Failover - before Failover in Original Secondary
220
Synchronous Replication Failover - after Failover in Original Secondary
220
CLI Command for Failover Operations of Synchronous Replication Pairs
221
Failback Operation
221
Synchronous Replication Failback - before Failback in Original Primary
221
Synchronous Replication Failback - after Failback in Original Primary
222
CLI Command for Failback Operations of Synchronous Replication Pairs
222
Snap-Assisted Replication
223
Navigating with Managetrends
223
Snap Assisted Replication Using the Replication Wizard
224
Replication
227
SAR View - Primary Box
227
SAR View - Secondary Box
227
SAR - Configuring the Schedule
228
SAR - Deleting the Schedule
229
Failover Operation
230
Before Failover Operation in Secondary Box
230
After Failover Operation in Secondary Box
231
Failback Join Operation
232
Before Failback Join Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box
232
After Failback Join Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box
233
After Failback Join Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box
233
Failback Operation
234
Before Failback Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box
234
After Failback Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box
235
After Failback Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box
236
Deleting the SAR Pair
236
Deletion of SAR Pair
236
Journal Management & Journal Assisted Replication
237
Journal and Journal File
237
Creating a Journal
237
Creating a Journal File
239
Journal Assisted Replication
241
Create Journal Assisted Replication (JAR)
241
Appendix F Setting up DHCP from the Console Interface
249
Logging on from the Console Interface
249
Console Interface
250
Go to Ipconfig
250
Set IP Address
251
Set to DHCP
252
Appendix G Updating an Expired License
253
Overview
254
Updating an Expired License
254
Appendix Hups Configuration
257
Introduction
257
Stortrends - UPS Integration
257
Stortrends Integrated UPS Configuration
257
Configuring Using Managetrends
258
Managetrends Control Panel
258
UPS Configuration Page
258
Configuring Slave Boxes
259
Monitoring UPS through CLI
259
Action on Power Failure
260
Cache Mode before UPS Takeover
260
Cache Mode after UPS Takeover
260
Cache Mode Change from Stortrends Logs
261
UPS on Battery Mode
261
Monitoring UPS from CLI
261
Messages from Stortrends Log - Auto Shutdown
262
Managetrends Event Log
262
Appendix I Continuous Data Technology
263
Overview
263
Stortrends Itx Installation CDT - a True Event Addressable Storage
264
Contemporary CDP Appliance Vs Stortrends Itx Installation CDP
266
Under the Hood: Stortrends Itx Installation CDT
267
Stortrends Continuous Data Protection Architecture
268
Appendix J : WDS and Deduplication in Stortrends Itx 255
269
The Effects of Packet Loss and Latency on TCP/IP Efficiency
269
Figure 1: Effect of TCP Protocol on Transfer Bandwidth
270
Figure 2: Stortrends Transfer Profile Vs. TCP Transfer Profile
271
The Stortrends Itx WDS Implementation and Transfer Acceleration
272
Figure 3: Effect of Latency and Losses in TCP
272
Figure 4: Effect of Latency and Losses in Stortrends Transfer Protocol
272
WDS in Stortrends Itx: Compression and Data Deduplication for WAN Asynchronous Replication
273
Stortrends Itx
273
Figure 5:The Delta Snapshot Replication Technology Behind Asynchronous Replication in Stortrends Itx
273
Figure 6: Deduplication and WAN Transfer Acceleration Management in Stortrends Itx
274
Additional WAN Assists in Asynchronous Replication with Stortrends
275
Figure 7: Managetrends Replication Management Screen Summary
275
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