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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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...-based Management Center lets you install, configure, and maintain all of your online network storage with powerful feature-rich offerings and point-and-click simplicity, the xStack Storage Management Center empowers you to focus your valuable resources on supporting users instead of ...and monitoring of your storage environment along with unparalleled ease and flexibility Easy wizard-based installation slashes configuration time allows you to your investment in xStack Storage arrays while enjoying lower total cost of your D-Link DSN iSCSI SAN Array, please consult the ...
...-based Management Center lets you install, configure, and maintain all of your online network storage with powerful feature-rich offerings and point-and-click simplicity, the xStack Storage Management Center empowers you to focus your valuable resources on supporting users instead of ...and monitoring of your storage environment along with unparalleled ease and flexibility Easy wizard-based installation slashes configuration time allows you to your investment in xStack Storage arrays while enjoying lower total cost of your D-Link DSN iSCSI SAN Array, please consult the ...
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...Sorted by iSCSI initiator using a DSN-5000 Series array with dual controllers and those controllers are using the two radio buttons in the Main Display: An icon to the left of the Detail Tabs shows the composition of the volumes on the xStack Storage array. If you click a volume ...to the volume, and view or define advanced settings. When this button is Selected) Unused iSCSI Initiator Information about the volumes on the xStack Storage and any unused iSCSI initiators. The information shown can be sorted by volume name or by Volume 36 Chapter 4 Managing Volumes 4.1 ...
...Sorted by iSCSI initiator using a DSN-5000 Series array with dual controllers and those controllers are using the two radio buttons in the Main Display: An icon to the left of the Detail Tabs shows the composition of the volumes on the xStack Storage array. If you click a volume ...to the volume, and view or define advanced settings. When this button is Selected) Unused iSCSI Initiator Information about the volumes on the xStack Storage and any unused iSCSI initiators. The information shown can be sorted by volume name or by Volume 36 Chapter 4 Managing Volumes 4.1 ...
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... DSN-5210, DSN-5410 and DSN-5000 units can display the Physical Storage View by performing any of SAS hard drives is required for High Availability (HA) operation. However, the use of the following steps: Clicking Physical Storage on the View menu. Clicking Physical Storage in the View panel. Clicking the Storage View button on an xStack Storage. xStack Storage...
... DSN-5210, DSN-5410 and DSN-5000 units can display the Physical Storage View by performing any of SAS hard drives is required for High Availability (HA) operation. However, the use of the following steps: Clicking Physical Storage on the View menu. Clicking Physical Storage in the View panel. Clicking the Storage View button on an xStack Storage. xStack Storage...
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If you are using a DSN-5000 Series primary array with dual controllers and those controllers are unable to bind, the Drive Actions panel is selected) Information about each of the xStack Storage drives: The total number of drives The drive number The total capacity The percentage of capacity used The status If you click...
If you are using a DSN-5000 Series primary array with dual controllers and those controllers are unable to bind, the Drive Actions panel is selected) Information about each of the xStack Storage drives: The total number of drives The drive number The total capacity The percentage of capacity used The status If you click...
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...-10, the additional controller is the DSN-510, for the DSN5210-10, the additional controller is the DSN-520 and for each controller that has a status of OK. System Administration View - System Selected (Dual Controller Systems) When one or two controllers, along with the status of controller (OK, Needs Attention, Failed or Not Present). xStack Storage...
...-10, the additional controller is the DSN-510, for the DSN5210-10, the additional controller is the DSN-520 and for each controller that has a status of OK. System Administration View - System Selected (Dual Controller Systems) When one or two controllers, along with the status of controller (OK, Needs Attention, Failed or Not Present). xStack Storage...
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... View displays status information about the controller (see Figure 6-7). Healthy or Unhealthy OK or Failed ATX-based systems (DSN-1000/2000/3000 series) or SFF (for DSN-5000 Series systems) Single-controller systems will always show Slot 0, while dual-controller systems will show Slot 0 or...: "Unchanged " The number of drive slots that are defined for the controller The number of iSCSI data ports that are installed for diagnostic purposes; 6.2.3 Controller Details (Controller Tab) The Controller tab in the Main View. If your xStack Storage system is detected The number of ...
... View displays status information about the controller (see Figure 6-7). Healthy or Unhealthy OK or Failed ATX-based systems (DSN-1000/2000/3000 series) or SFF (for DSN-5000 Series systems) Single-controller systems will always show Slot 0, while dual-controller systems will show Slot 0 or...: "Unchanged " The number of drive slots that are defined for the controller The number of iSCSI data ports that are installed for diagnostic purposes; 6.2.3 Controller Details (Controller Tab) The Controller tab in the Main View. If your xStack Storage system is detected The number of ...
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... panel allows you to ping from or delete the portal. If you are using a DSN-5000 Series system with dual controllers and those controllers are unable to bind, the Network Actions panel is replaced with an Unable to Bind action panel that management port. If ... you change the MTU size and disable or enable the network port. 7.1 Understanding the Network Settings View In the Network Settings View, the Main Display shows the IP address and connection status of the xStack Storage management port, Ethernet ports, and Link Aggregate Groups (LAGs) for the selected port and lets ...
... panel allows you to ping from or delete the portal. If you are using a DSN-5000 Series system with dual controllers and those controllers are unable to bind, the Network Actions panel is replaced with an Unable to Bind action panel that management port. If ... you change the MTU size and disable or enable the network port. 7.1 Understanding the Network Settings View In the Network Settings View, the Main Display shows the IP address and connection status of the xStack Storage management port, Ethernet ports, and Link Aggregate Groups (LAGs) for the selected port and lets ...
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... iSCSI initiator is not found by insufficient initiator access for the network portal in this guide. 10.2 Possible Problems and Recommended Corrective Actions Table 10-1 lists some other unexpected system error condition. Figure 10-3. Diagnostic Capture Download Page Click on the specified IP address. ...to detect the iSCSI target on each link to download the diagnostic capture file(s) to your host and the xStack Storage system, by an improperly configured network portal, or by an iSCSI initiator Description and Probable Cause For DSN-5000 series dual-controller systems, the ...
... iSCSI initiator is not found by insufficient initiator access for the network portal in this guide. 10.2 Possible Problems and Recommended Corrective Actions Table 10-1 lists some other unexpected system error condition. Figure 10-3. Diagnostic Capture Download Page Click on the specified IP address. ...to detect the iSCSI target on each link to download the diagnostic capture file(s) to your host and the xStack Storage system, by an improperly configured network portal, or by an iSCSI initiator Description and Probable Cause For DSN-5000 series dual-controller systems, the ...
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... running. Temporarily disable your host system so you have been disconnected from socket. Check all network connections are configured to Write-Back mode. Contact D-Link Technical Support to Write-Through. When using redundant controllers, if the Battery in the Event...DSN-1100/2100/3200/3400 systems, verify that a battery failure has not occurred, or replace the battery or controller module if it has failed. 128 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Verify that the MTU sizes are consistent between the storage array and your host servers, network switches and the xStack Storage...
... running. Temporarily disable your host system so you have been disconnected from socket. Check all network connections are configured to Write-Back mode. Contact D-Link Technical Support to Write-Through. When using redundant controllers, if the Battery in the Event...DSN-1100/2100/3200/3400 systems, verify that a battery failure has not occurred, or replace the battery or controller module if it has failed. 128 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting Verify that the MTU sizes are consistent between the storage array and your host servers, network switches and the xStack Storage...
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D-Link System, Inc.™ xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Rev. A D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 1
D-Link System, Inc.™ xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Rev. A D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 1
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... those of EMC. COPYRIGHT: VMware, ESX Server and Virtual Infrastructure are used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. XStack Storage is a trademark of any of their respective owners. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks... reproduce may be required. Copyright © 2009 D-Link Systems, Inc.™ D-Link Systems, Inc. 17595 Mount Herrmann Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 www.DLink.com D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 © 2009 D-Link Systems, Inc. nor any information, apparatus, product,...
... those of EMC. COPYRIGHT: VMware, ESX Server and Virtual Infrastructure are used for advertising or product endorsement purposes. XStack Storage is a trademark of any of their respective owners. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks... reproduce may be required. Copyright © 2009 D-Link Systems, Inc.™ D-Link Systems, Inc. 17595 Mount Herrmann Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 www.DLink.com D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 © 2009 D-Link Systems, Inc. nor any information, apparatus, product,...
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...storage network starts with VMware are given, and recommendations are sent over Ethernet. The first involves the use with the fabric, which involves the use of load balancing or failover. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Executive Summary The xStack Storage Series iSCSI storage arrays from D-Link... 3 server virtualization software. Servers can leverage existing networking expertise and equipment to simplify their implementation of shared storage to quickly boot up a virtual machine on storage area networks accessible to set up and maintain. December 2, ...
...storage network starts with VMware are given, and recommendations are sent over Ethernet. The first involves the use with the fabric, which involves the use of load balancing or failover. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Executive Summary The xStack Storage Series iSCSI storage arrays from D-Link... 3 server virtualization software. Servers can leverage existing networking expertise and equipment to simplify their implementation of shared storage to quickly boot up a virtual machine on storage area networks accessible to set up and maintain. December 2, ...
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... workload running on the same drives. The benefits of disks in mixed workload and virtualized server environments where multiple application types concurrently access the system resources. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The xStack Storage Series iSCSI SAN solution is ... and medium enterprises will describe the xStack Storage Series, document how to demonstrate usage. Application aware cache algorithms dynamically adjust to RAID types or manage individual LUNS. And, all , D-Link's iSCSI storage arrays are comprised of defining volumes with ...
... workload running on the same drives. The benefits of disks in mixed workload and virtualized server environments where multiple application types concurrently access the system resources. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The xStack Storage Series iSCSI SAN solution is ... and medium enterprises will describe the xStack Storage Series, document how to demonstrate usage. Application aware cache algorithms dynamically adjust to RAID types or manage individual LUNS. And, all , D-Link's iSCSI storage arrays are comprised of defining volumes with ...
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December 2, 2009 Page 5 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The D-Link DSN-1100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-2100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-3200-10 & 3400-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-5110-10, & 5210-10 & 5410-10 iSCSI SAN Figure 1: The xStack Storage family D-Link Systems, Inc.
December 2, 2009 Page 5 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The D-Link DSN-1100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-2100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-3200-10 & 3400-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-5110-10, & 5210-10 & 5410-10 iSCSI SAN Figure 1: The xStack Storage family D-Link Systems, Inc.
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...Link Systems, Inc. An alternate method, in which the guest is attached directly to iSCSI storage through a built-in this configuration, CHAP authentication and IPSEC encryption should be included within a VMware virtual switch that also includes the ESX Service Console and the VMkernel (which the iSCSI storage is created in Figure 3. The physical network... which supports VMotion traffic as well as local storage to iSCSI storage is recommended that appear as iSCSI packets). December 2, 2009 Page 6 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 VMware and iSCSI ...
...Link Systems, Inc. An alternate method, in which the guest is attached directly to iSCSI storage through a built-in this configuration, CHAP authentication and IPSEC encryption should be included within a VMware virtual switch that also includes the ESX Service Console and the VMkernel (which the iSCSI storage is created in Figure 3. The physical network... which supports VMotion traffic as well as local storage to iSCSI storage is recommended that appear as iSCSI packets). December 2, 2009 Page 6 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 VMware and iSCSI ...
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xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 2: ESX Two NIC Configuration for iSCSI Figure 3: ESX Four NIC Configuration for iSCSI D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 7
xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 2: ESX Two NIC Configuration for iSCSI Figure 3: ESX Four NIC Configuration for iSCSI D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 7
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... is necessary to format the storage with the VMware file system, VMFS3. December 2, 2009 Page 8 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Connecting the ESX Server Host to the iSCSI Array The process to connect an ESX Server host to an iSCSI storage array has three steps: First, ...199801.com.vmware:r3esx1950c-7b658143. In this LUN it is connected to the iSCSI storage array the VMs may be created on that will be formatted. Supply a Datastore Name (for New Storage step. D-Link Systems, Inc. Configure iSCSI Software Initiator in ESX As a security measure iSCSI...
... is necessary to format the storage with the VMware file system, VMFS3. December 2, 2009 Page 8 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Connecting the ESX Server Host to the iSCSI Array The process to connect an ESX Server host to an iSCSI storage array has three steps: First, ...199801.com.vmware:r3esx1950c-7b658143. In this LUN it is connected to the iSCSI storage array the VMs may be created on that will be formatted. Supply a Datastore Name (for New Storage step. D-Link Systems, Inc. Configure iSCSI Software Initiator in ESX As a security measure iSCSI...
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...disk LUN on one array. Then the VMs...of the other three arrays. The VMs were ...seconds so that point the storage array could handle no more IOs...Link Systems, Inc. For testing this test, the think time was applied to a single iSCSI storage array were then stressed using an xStack Storage iSCSI storage... offering, a PowerEdge 2850 ESX host with two Intel® dual-core Xeon® processors running a medium size (1 GB) version of the D-Link...and response time recorded. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & ...
...disk LUN on one array. Then the VMs...of the other three arrays. The VMs were ...seconds so that point the storage array could handle no more IOs...Link Systems, Inc. For testing this test, the think time was applied to a single iSCSI storage array were then stressed using an xStack Storage iSCSI storage... offering, a PowerEdge 2850 ESX host with two Intel® dual-core Xeon® processors running a medium size (1 GB) version of the D-Link...and response time recorded. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & ...
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xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 4: Basic Setup (typical servers, switch and xStack Storage DSN-3200-10 iSCSI SAN Solution) D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 10
xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 4: Basic Setup (typical servers, switch and xStack Storage DSN-3200-10 iSCSI SAN Solution) D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 10