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D-Link xStack Storage iSCSI SAN Arrays Managed SAN Solutions (DSN-1100-10, 2100-10, 3100-10, 3200-10, 3300-10, 3400-10, 3500-10, 5110-10, 5210-10, 5410-10, 5000-10) Management Center Software User's Guide Version 1.4
D-Link xStack Storage iSCSI SAN Arrays Managed SAN Solutions (DSN-1100-10, 2100-10, 3100-10, 3200-10, 3300-10, 3400-10, 3500-10, 5110-10, 5210-10, 5410-10, 5000-10) Management Center Software User's Guide Version 1.4
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... added more summary information to Chapter 1 Version 1.4 - Updated for software version 2.5.0 and redundant controller support Version 1.2 - Please contact D-Link, Inc. Updated for software version 2.5.1 and minor formatting corrections Version 1.3 - Updated for software version 2.8.0 xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide iii Document Revision Level Revision 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Date July 2008 September 2008 January 2009 May...
... added more summary information to Chapter 1 Version 1.4 - Updated for software version 2.5.0 and redundant controller support Version 1.2 - Please contact D-Link, Inc. Updated for software version 2.5.1 and minor formatting corrections Version 1.3 - Updated for software version 2.8.0 xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide iii Document Revision Level Revision 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Date July 2008 September 2008 January 2009 May...
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... by: Warnings Warnings contain information which , if not followed, can cause damage to the xStack Storage array and to configure and manage the xStack Storage array from D-Link Systems. Audience This document is computer literate, familiar with configuring and managing storage on xStack Storage® systems from D-Link Systems Inc. They are preceded by : iv Contents They are preceded by : Cautions...
... by: Warnings Warnings contain information which , if not followed, can cause damage to the xStack Storage array and to configure and manage the xStack Storage array from D-Link Systems. Audience This document is computer literate, familiar with configuring and managing storage on xStack Storage® systems from D-Link Systems Inc. They are preceded by : iv Contents They are preceded by : Cautions...
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... number: http://support.dlink.ca Monday to Friday 7:30am to 9:00pm EST/EDT D-Link Technical Support over the Internet: http://support.dlink.ca xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide v Contact Information You can contact D-Link Technical Support through our website, or by phone. and Canadian customers can find software updates...
... number: http://support.dlink.ca Monday to Friday 7:30am to 9:00pm EST/EDT D-Link Technical Support over the Internet: http://support.dlink.ca xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide v Contact Information You can contact D-Link Technical Support through our website, or by phone. and Canadian customers can find software updates...
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... Introduction ...1 1.1 Product Overview 2 1.2 Terminology and Concepts 2 1.3 Storage Pools and Drives 3 1.4 Volumes 4 1.5 Tasks...6 1.5.1 Initialize a Parity Volume 6 1.5.2 Rebuild a Volume 6 1.5.3 Scan a Volume 7 1.5.4 Grow (Expand) a Volume 7 1.5.5 Reconfigure a Volume 7 1.6 Network Portals 7 1.7 VLANs 8 1.8 LAGs ...8 1.9 iSCSI Target Nodes 8 1.10 iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections 8 1.11 Multiple Connections per ... Deleting User Accounts 32 3.5 Logging Out 33 3.6 Exiting the xStack Storage Management Center 33 3.7 Shutting Down the xStack Storage Array 34 vi Contents
... Introduction ...1 1.1 Product Overview 2 1.2 Terminology and Concepts 2 1.3 Storage Pools and Drives 3 1.4 Volumes 4 1.5 Tasks...6 1.5.1 Initialize a Parity Volume 6 1.5.2 Rebuild a Volume 6 1.5.3 Scan a Volume 7 1.5.4 Grow (Expand) a Volume 7 1.5.5 Reconfigure a Volume 7 1.6 Network Portals 7 1.7 VLANs 8 1.8 LAGs ...8 1.9 iSCSI Target Nodes 8 1.10 iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections 8 1.11 Multiple Connections per ... Deleting User Accounts 32 3.5 Logging Out 33 3.6 Exiting the xStack Storage Management Center 33 3.7 Shutting Down the xStack Storage Array 34 vi Contents
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... 6.2.10 Shutting Down the xStack Storage (Control Tab 94 6.2.11 Selecting a Battery Policy and System Failure Policy (System Policy Tab) .... 94 6.2.12 Configuring User Accounts (Settings Tab 95 6.2.13 Viewing or Changing Advanced Settings (Advanced Settings Tab 96 Chapter 7 Managing Management and Ethernet Ports and Portals 101 7.1 Understanding the Network Settings View 102 xStack Storage Management...
... 6.2.10 Shutting Down the xStack Storage (Control Tab 94 6.2.11 Selecting a Battery Policy and System Failure Policy (System Policy Tab) .... 94 6.2.12 Configuring User Accounts (Settings Tab 95 6.2.13 Viewing or Changing Advanced Settings (Advanced Settings Tab 96 Chapter 7 Managing Management and Ethernet Ports and Portals 101 7.1 Understanding the Network Settings View 102 xStack Storage Management...
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... 104 7.3 Viewing or Changing the Ethernet Port Settings 105 7.4 Working with Network Portals 107 7.4.1 Creating Network Portals 107 7.4.2 Deleting a Network Portal 108 7.4.3 Pinging from a Network Portal 109 7.5 Grouping and Ungrouping Ports 110 7.5.1 Grouping Ports 111 7.5.2 ...xStack Storage 117 8.2 Removing an xStack Storage 118 8.3 Force System Failover 119 Chapter 9 Best Practices ...121 9.1 Saving Configuration Settings 122 9.2 Resetting Display Preferences 122 9.3 Working with Firewalls 122 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting ...125 10.1 Downloading a System Diagnostic Capture 126 10...
... 104 7.3 Viewing or Changing the Ethernet Port Settings 105 7.4 Working with Network Portals 107 7.4.1 Creating Network Portals 107 7.4.2 Deleting a Network Portal 108 7.4.3 Pinging from a Network Portal 109 7.5 Grouping and Ungrouping Ports 110 7.5.1 Grouping Ports 111 7.5.2 ...xStack Storage 117 8.2 Removing an xStack Storage 118 8.3 Force System Failover 119 Chapter 9 Best Practices ...121 9.1 Saving Configuration Settings 122 9.2 Resetting Display Preferences 122 9.3 Working with Firewalls 122 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting ...125 10.1 Downloading a System Diagnostic Capture 126 10...
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... and Drives Section 1.4, Volumes Section 1.5, Tasks Section 1.6, Network Portals Section 1.7, VLANs Section 1.8, LAGs Section 1.9, iSCSI Target Nodes Section 1.10, iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections Section 1.11, Multiple Connections per Session xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter provides an introduction to the D-Link xStack Storage...
... and Drives Section 1.4, Volumes Section 1.5, Tasks Section 1.6, Network Portals Section 1.7, VLANs Section 1.8, LAGs Section 1.9, iSCSI Target Nodes Section 1.10, iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections Section 1.11, Multiple Connections per Session xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter provides an introduction to the D-Link xStack Storage...
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..., target, network portal, and Link Aggregation Group (LAG) features. At its front end, the xStack Storage system uses the iSCSI protocol over Ethernet to connect to a bank of Serial ATA (SATA), Serial-attached SCSI (SAS), or Solid State Devices (SSD) drives. At its back end, the xStack Storage system connects to the customer's servers. The Storage Area Network (SAN) shown...
..., target, network portal, and Link Aggregation Group (LAG) features. At its front end, the xStack Storage system uses the iSCSI protocol over Ethernet to connect to a bank of Serial ATA (SATA), Serial-attached SCSI (SAS), or Solid State Devices (SSD) drives. At its back end, the xStack Storage system connects to the customer's servers. The Storage Area Network (SAN) shown...
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... an xStack Storage system. xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 3 Every SCSI link involves a host adapter, called an initiator, and a storage device, called a "target." The customer's server will act as the initiator and the xStack Storage system will act as if they had originated locally. Each Volume is a unit of storage of discovered target node names. 1.3 Storage Pools and Drives Storage...
... an xStack Storage system. xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 3 Every SCSI link involves a host adapter, called an initiator, and a storage device, called a "target." The customer's server will act as the initiator and the xStack Storage system will act as if they had originated locally. Each Volume is a unit of storage of discovered target node names. 1.3 Storage Pools and Drives Storage...
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... 1-2. Two types of extents from a single drive. Every volume must be used for use by an xStack Storage system. Disk drives currently being used to hold volume data. A volume typically consists of drives appear in the Unusable Pool: Drives not available for use either because they are placed... have already failed and have not been removed from the enclosure Drive inserted into the xStack Storage system that pool can be used by a customer's server (an iSCSI initiator node). A drive in the Base Pool will be used in the creation of numbered blocks...
... 1-2. Two types of extents from a single drive. Every volume must be used for use by an xStack Storage system. Disk drives currently being used to hold volume data. A volume typically consists of drives appear in the Unusable Pool: Drives not available for use either because they are placed... have already failed and have not been removed from the enclosure Drive inserted into the xStack Storage system that pool can be used by a customer's server (an iSCSI initiator node). A drive in the Base Pool will be used in the creation of numbered blocks...
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... does need to protect against loss of the data is 20%. However, this array. As a result, the additional storage cost for instance, each drive is called a "chunk." For a stripe mirror organization, the xStack Storage system distributes volume into members, as the number of columns in the event of...member, extents can be obtained from each drive Distributes one chunk in the event of "stripes". This can access. For example, if a 10 GB striped volume was distributed among several drives and then Yes keeps a mirror copy of 10 GB using 2.5 GB members if five ...
... does need to protect against loss of the data is 20%. However, this array. As a result, the additional storage cost for instance, each drive is called a "chunk." For a stripe mirror organization, the xStack Storage system distributes volume into members, as the number of columns in the event of...member, extents can be obtained from each drive Distributes one chunk in the event of "stripes". This can access. For example, if a 10 GB striped volume was distributed among several drives and then Yes keeps a mirror copy of 10 GB using 2.5 GB members if five ...
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... be divided. For each stripe, as defined above and either selects the drives that can be seen on the xStack Storage Management Console. To reserve a drive as Spare" item. 6 Chapter 1 Introduction The storage system then determines the remaining parameters needed to allocate the storage space and create the volume. Manually: You can select the organization...
... be divided. For each stripe, as defined above and either selects the drives that can be seen on the xStack Storage Management Console. To reserve a drive as Spare" item. 6 Chapter 1 Introduction The storage system then determines the remaining parameters needed to allocate the storage space and create the volume. Manually: You can select the organization...
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... allocated disk space can cancel, suspend or resume a Media Scan task. xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 7 If a replacement drive is found in 1) any drive(s) in the Base Pool, 2) one or more drives in the Available Pool. When a volume is the port used , stripe... errors by the storage system. Each iSCSI Target Node identifies the network portals through which is reconfigured, you can be cancelled. 1.5.3 Scan a Volume You can observe the progress of the failed drive. A Grow task can specify the RAID organization, hard disk drives to the Volume onto...
... allocated disk space can cancel, suspend or resume a Media Scan task. xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 7 If a replacement drive is found in 1) any drive(s) in the Base Pool, 2) one or more drives in the Available Pool. When a volume is the port used , stripe... errors by the storage system. Each iSCSI Target Node identifies the network portals through which is reconfigured, you can be cancelled. 1.5.3 Scan a Volume You can observe the progress of the failed drive. A Grow task can specify the RAID organization, hard disk drives to the Volume onto...
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...to the target node associated with that volume is established. The target node name includes the volume name with a network portal (that VLAN ID. 1.8 LAGs The xStack Storage system manages the physical data ports on each volume. On a VLAN-enabled LAG port, only packets with the given... server Operating Systems can aggregate multiple Ethernet ports into a target more than once to establish multiple connections for additional security authentication. 1.10 iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections When an iSCSI initiator node needs access to the volumes in is accepted, an iSCSI session ...
...to the target node associated with that volume is established. The target node name includes the volume name with a network portal (that VLAN ID. 1.8 LAGs The xStack Storage system manages the physical data ports on each volume. On a VLAN-enabled LAG port, only packets with the given... server Operating Systems can aggregate multiple Ethernet ports into a target more than once to establish multiple connections for additional security authentication. 1.10 iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections When an iSCSI initiator node needs access to the volumes in is accepted, an iSCSI session ...
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... from D-Link Inc has been designed and optimized from the ground up to deliver the command and control foundation you need to maximize your xStack Storage infrastructure. It includes an overview of the xStack Storage Management Center, a description of its user interface, and step-by your D-Link DSN iSCSI SAN Array, please consult the Interoperability Matrix found on xStack Storage arrays.
... from D-Link Inc has been designed and optimized from the ground up to deliver the command and control foundation you need to maximize your xStack Storage infrastructure. It includes an overview of the xStack Storage Management Center, a description of its user interface, and step-by your D-Link DSN iSCSI SAN Array, please consult the Interoperability Matrix found on xStack Storage arrays.
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...All on the View menu or press the F5 key. 10 Chapter 2 Overview of an xStack Storage array. lets you view and manage xStack Storage hard disks. System Administration View - lets you perform system administrator activities such as the xStack Storage management port. Web browser (Windows Internet Explorer...same Internet Protocol (IP) subnetwork (192.168.1.x) as setting up user accounts, upgrading software, and selecting an xStack Storage battery policy. Network Settings View - If the latest version of JRE is a point-in their own screens (or "views"). ...
...All on the View menu or press the F5 key. 10 Chapter 2 Overview of an xStack Storage array. lets you view and manage xStack Storage hard disks. System Administration View - lets you perform system administrator activities such as the xStack Storage management port. Web browser (Windows Internet Explorer...same Internet Protocol (IP) subnetwork (192.168.1.x) as setting up user accounts, upgrading software, and selecting an xStack Storage battery policy. Network Settings View - If the latest version of JRE is a point-in their own screens (or "views"). ...
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... displayed on the toolbar change to commands relevant to managing the physical storage on the xStack Storage array. If you switch views. 2.3.1 Understanding the User Interface Figure 2-1 shows the different areas of the xStack Storage Management Center main window (see Figure 2-2). The following sections describe these areas. Figure 2-2 shows an example of the commands and menus on the...
... displayed on the toolbar change to commands relevant to managing the physical storage on the xStack Storage array. If you switch views. 2.3.1 Understanding the User Interface Figure 2-1 shows the different areas of the xStack Storage Management Center main window (see Figure 2-2). The following sections describe these areas. Figure 2-2 shows an example of the commands and menus on the...
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The View panel shows the IP address of the currently managed xStack Storage are links you can log in to this xStack Storage is displayed. Below the IP address of each xStack Storage that indicates its operating status. In Figure 2-5, clicking the IP address 192.168.60.12 will display... itself, indicate that IP address. To identify the xStack Storage that array. The checkmark and OK next to that system by it). In Figure 2-5, two xStack Storage systems have been added to display the other console views for the xStack Storage associated with the IP address 192.168.60.12....
The View panel shows the IP address of the currently managed xStack Storage are links you can log in to this xStack Storage is displayed. Below the IP address of each xStack Storage that indicates its operating status. In Figure 2-5, clicking the IP address 192.168.60.12 will display... itself, indicate that IP address. To identify the xStack Storage that array. The checkmark and OK next to that system by it). In Figure 2-5, two xStack Storage systems have been added to display the other console views for the xStack Storage associated with the IP address 192.168.60.12....