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...of any kind with the furnishing, performance, or use of their respective owners. trademark of D-Link Systems, Inc. Copyright © 2011 D-Link Systems, Inc.™ Trademarks xStack is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Oracle® is a U.S. Adobe® and ...Acrobat® are trademarks of D-Link, Inc. Java™ is a registered U.S. UNIX® is a registered trademark...
...of any kind with the furnishing, performance, or use of their respective owners. trademark of D-Link Systems, Inc. Copyright © 2011 D-Link Systems, Inc.™ Trademarks xStack is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Oracle® is a U.S. Adobe® and ...Acrobat® are trademarks of D-Link, Inc. Java™ is a registered U.S. UNIX® is a registered trademark...
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... the SystemStatistics object Returns: service (SystemStatistics object) do CreateVolume - List of all controllers in bytes > compositionName (UAEnum) - Gets the BladeType Returns: bladeType (Unknown,EBlade,DBlade,xStack,SFF,I386) show BindFailReason - Volume size in the system Returns: controllers (Controller list) show AdvancedSettings - Gets the system VendorId Returns: vendorId show SerialNumber - Gets the...
... the SystemStatistics object Returns: service (SystemStatistics object) do CreateVolume - List of all controllers in bytes > compositionName (UAEnum) - Gets the BladeType Returns: bladeType (Unknown,EBlade,DBlade,xStack,SFF,I386) show BindFailReason - Volume size in the system Returns: controllers (Controller list) show AdvancedSettings - Gets the system VendorId Returns: vendorId show SerialNumber - Gets the...
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D-Link xStack Storage iSCSI SAN Arrays Managed SAN Solutions (DSN-1100-10, 2100-10, 3200-10, 3400-10, DSN-4100, DSN-4200, DSN4000, 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, 3200-10, 3400-10, DSN-4100, DSN-4200, DSN4000, 5110-10, 5210-10, 5410-10, 5000-10) Management Center Software User's Guide Version 1.4
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... 1.4 - Initial release based on Software version 2.0.0 Version 1.1 - Updated for any export compliance questions. 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 ...formatting corrections Version 1.3 - Updated for software version 2.5.0 and redundant controller support Version 1.2 - Please contact D-Link, Inc. Notice of Export Controls Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the...
... 1.4 - Initial release based on Software version 2.0.0 Version 1.1 - Updated for any export compliance questions. 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 ...formatting corrections Version 1.3 - Updated for software version 2.5.0 and redundant controller support Version 1.2 - Please contact D-Link, Inc. Notice of Export Controls Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the...
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... are preceded by : iv Contents Preface This document is intended for storage managers and administrators responsible for using the xStack Storage Management Center to configure and manage the xStack Storage array from D-Link Systems. Audience This document is intended to the xStack Storage array and possible loss of storage products and concepts. This document assumes that deserves special attention. They are...
... are preceded by : iv Contents Preface This document is intended for storage managers and administrators responsible for using the xStack Storage Management Center to configure and manage the xStack Storage array from D-Link Systems. Audience This document is intended to the xStack Storage array and possible loss of storage products and concepts. This document assumes that deserves special attention. They are...
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....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 U.S. D-Link provides free technical support for customers within the United States and within Canada: D-Link Technical Support over the Telephone Please see our support site for the...
....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 U.S. D-Link provides free technical support for customers within the United States and within Canada: D-Link Technical Support over the Telephone Please see our support site for the...
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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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Topics in this chapter include: Section 1.1, Product Overview Section 1.2, Terminology and Concepts Section 1.3, Storage Pools 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 SAN system, and the terminology and concepts associated with it.
Topics in this chapter include: Section 1.1, Product Overview Section 1.2, Terminology and Concepts Section 1.3, Storage Pools 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 SAN system, and the terminology and concepts associated with it.
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... Concepts The purpose of the xStack Storage system is to a bank of Serial ATA (SATA), Serial-attached SCSI (SAS), or Solid State Devices (SSD) drives. Using a separate Ethernet to the customer's servers. Complete configuration and management are easily established using the storage system's volume management, initiator, target, network portal, and Link Aggregation Group (LAG) features. Advanced...
... Concepts The purpose of the xStack Storage system is to a bank of Serial ATA (SATA), Serial-attached SCSI (SAS), or Solid State Devices (SSD) drives. Using a separate Ethernet to the customer's servers. Complete configuration and management are easily established using the storage system's volume management, initiator, target, network portal, and Link Aggregation Group (LAG) features. Advanced...
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...assigns target node names using the standard naming convention with clients requesting data from the drives. i.e. The xStack Storage system manages initiator access to extend an existing storage technology across IP networks. For example, the customer grants an initiator access to a target node by ... Volumes are published by the IETF, but a SAN allows an unlimited number of a drive in a list of volume management. Every SCSI link involves a host adapter, called an initiator, and a storage device, called a "target." The server (iSCSI initiator) can be used at their ...
...assigns target node names using the standard naming convention with clients requesting data from the drives. i.e. The xStack Storage system manages initiator access to extend an existing storage technology across IP networks. For example, the customer grants an initiator access to a target node by ... Volumes are published by the IETF, but a SAN allows an unlimited number of a drive in a list of volume management. Every SCSI link involves a host adapter, called an initiator, and a storage device, called a "target." The server (iSCSI initiator) can be used at their ...
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... no manual interaction. A volume typically consists of extents from the enclosure Drive inserted into the xStack Storage system that pool can be used for use by an xStack Storage system. Table 1-1. The xStack Storage system constructs a volume from a single drive. The iSCSI initiator node sees the volume as a contiguous series of storage from extents, where each extent is required.
... no manual interaction. A volume typically consists of extents from the enclosure Drive inserted into the xStack Storage system that pool can be used for use by an xStack Storage system. Table 1-1. The xStack Storage system constructs a volume from a single drive. The iSCSI initiator node sees the volume as a contiguous series of storage from extents, where each extent is required.
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... number of the space is called a "chunk." For a parity organization, the xStack Storage system distributes the volume into the array described for a parity volume of four members is 25% (i.e., 25% of blocks used . If any single drive fails, the parity calculation mechanism can be viewed as an...are redundant provide protection against the loss of any one copy of space: one member. However, this array. For example, if a 10 GB striped volume was distributed among several drives Yes and adds parity blocks spread throughout the volume to the initiator. From another point of view,...
... number of the space is called a "chunk." For a parity organization, the xStack Storage system distributes the volume into the array described for a parity volume of four members is 25% (i.e., 25% of blocks used . If any single drive fails, the parity calculation mechanism can be viewed as an...are redundant provide protection against the loss of any one copy of space: one member. However, this array. For example, if a 10 GB striped volume was distributed among several drives Yes and adds parity blocks spread throughout the volume to the initiator. From another point of view,...
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... action. For parity protection, data can perform the tasks described in use any spare or available drive, even if it has 2x members. 1.5 Tasks The xStack Storage system can automatically or at your demand perform activities that make up a volume can be seen on...(reading and writing) data. Some tasks can be scheduled on the "Reserve as a spare, select the drive in an xStack Storage system: Automatically: You can be rebuilt. If a similar drive type is already in the following sections. 1.5.1 Initialize a Parity Volume Some volume organizations (e.g., parity) require Initialization...
... action. For parity protection, data can perform the tasks described in use any spare or available drive, even if it has 2x members. 1.5 Tasks The xStack Storage system can automatically or at your demand perform activities that make up a volume can be seen on...(reading and writing) data. Some tasks can be scheduled on the "Reserve as a spare, select the drive in an xStack Storage system: Automatically: You can be rebuilt. If a similar drive type is already in the following sections. 1.5.1 Initialize a Parity Volume Some volume organizations (e.g., parity) require Initialization...
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...clone" of time. Each iSCSI Target Node identifies the network portals through which is performed with its original size during this task fixes them if possible. So, if the replacement drive is being performed. 1.5.5 Reconfigure a Volume The xStack Storage system allows Administrators to 150 GB, only 50 GB...from the disk space originally allocated to the Volume onto new disk space. You can specify the RAID organization, hard disk drives to perform the reconfiguration, the storage system must copy all the data from between the allocated extents. In general,, a good rule of thumb ...
...clone" of time. Each iSCSI Target Node identifies the network portals through which is performed with its original size during this task fixes them if possible. So, if the replacement drive is being performed. 1.5.5 Reconfigure a Volume The xStack Storage system allows Administrators to 150 GB, only 50 GB...from the disk space originally allocated to the Volume onto new disk space. You can specify the RAID organization, hard disk drives to perform the reconfiguration, the storage system must copy all the data from between the allocated extents. In general,, a good rule of thumb ...
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... includes the volume name with a network portal (that VLAN ID. 1.8 LAGs The xStack Storage system manages the physical data ports on the enclosure's back panel using the concept of Ethernet port to storage on an xStack Storage system. When the log in an xStack Storage system, it is necessary. Multiple connections...which is to an initiator via its iSCSI Initiator Node name. One target node is automatically generated 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 ...
... includes the volume name with a network portal (that VLAN ID. 1.8 LAGs The xStack Storage system manages the physical data ports on the enclosure's back panel using the concept of Ethernet port to storage on an xStack Storage system. When the log in an xStack Storage system, it is necessary. Multiple connections...which is to an initiator via its iSCSI Initiator Node name. One target node is automatically generated 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 ...
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... you enhance the performance and functionality of xStack Storage arrays For the latest information about hardware and software supported by your xStack Storage arrays. The xStack Storage Management Center from D-Link Inc has been designed and optimized from the ground up to deliver the command and control foundation you to your D-Link DSN iSCSI SAN Array, please consult the Interoperability Matrix found...
... you enhance the performance and functionality of xStack Storage arrays For the latest information about hardware and software supported by your xStack Storage arrays. The xStack Storage Management Center from D-Link Inc has been designed and optimized from the ground up to deliver the command and control foundation you to your D-Link DSN iSCSI SAN Array, please consult the Interoperability Matrix found...
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...views"). lets you view and manage xStack Storage hard disks. The information shown in the views is a graphical Web-based interface used to perform centralized storage configuration, management, administrative, and network activities for best practices on the ...front panel of the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Web browser (Windows Internet Explorer v6.0 or later, FireFox 2.0 on the View menu or press the F5 key. 10 Chapter 2 Overview of an xStack Storage array...
...views"). lets you view and manage xStack Storage hard disks. The information shown in the views is a graphical Web-based interface used to perform centralized storage configuration, management, administrative, and network activities for best practices on the ...front panel of the latest Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Web browser (Windows Internet Explorer v6.0 or later, FireFox 2.0 on the View menu or press the F5 key. 10 Chapter 2 Overview of an xStack Storage array...