Dell PowerVault NX1950 User manual

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Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950

Systems

Installation Guide

安装指南

安裝指南

Guide d'installation

Installationsanleitung

設置ガイド

설치 안내서

Guía de instalación

Model EMU01

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Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950

Systems

Installation Guide

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you

make better use of your computer.

NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to

hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property

damage, personal injury, or death.

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OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc. ActiveX, Microsoft, Internet Explorer,

Windows, and Windows erver are either trademarks or registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries Broadcom is

a registered trademark and NetXtreme II is a trademark of Broadcom

Corporation EMC, Navisphere, and PowerPath are registered trademarks of

EMC Corporation Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Red Hat

and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc. U E

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Model EMU01

May 2007 P/N MN424 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Solution Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuring Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Configuring Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 . . . . . 8

2 Cabling Your Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cabling the Integrated Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cabling the Dell|EMC SAN Gateway Solution . . . . . 14

3 Connecting to the PowerVault NX1950

Storage System Initially . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Configuring the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the Special Administration Console . . . . . 16

Accessing the SAC Command Prompt . . . . . . . 17

Configuring IP Addresses and DNS . . . . . . . . 18

Accessing the PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution

From a Client System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Windows Server Remote Administration Applet . . 19

Remote Desktop for Administration . . . . . . . . 20

Remote Desktop Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Remote Web Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4Contents

4 Completing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . 23

Dell Storage Initialization Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Integrated Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Dell|EMC SAN Gateway Solution . . . . . . . . . 24

PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration

Tasks Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Initial Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5 Obtaining More Information . . . . . . . . . . 27

Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Introduction 5

Introduction

This document provides information about installing, cabling, configuring,

and localizing your Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 storage solution.

The following topics are covered in this document:

• Solution overview

• Cabling your solution

• Connecting to the storage system

• Completing the configuration

• Obtaining more information

Solution Overview

The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution consists of either a single-node

or a multiple-node cluster configuration running Microsoft®Windows®

Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system. The solution is

configured from Dell for either a PowerVault MD3000 storage array

(integrated solution) or a Dell|EMC storage array (Dell|EMC SAN gateway

solution). The solution is pre-configured with the operating system and the

required software. Minimal configuration steps are required to complete the

setup of the solution.

NOTE: The default password for your system is storageserver.

NOTE: Throughout this document PowerVault NX1950 storage system refers to

the individual storage unit and PowerVault NX1950 storage solution refers to the

configuration of the storage unit along with the storage arrays.

NOTE: The integrated solution supports two-node clustering only. The storage

area network (SAN) gateway solution supports up to eight nodes in a cluster.

Figure 1-1 illustrates the components of both the integrated solution

and the SAN gateway solution.

6Introduction

Figure 1-1. PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solutions

Configuring Your Hardware

The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution is configured from Dell to

include the following peripherals:

• PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 5/i for internal

hardware redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 1

• Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) 5/E host bus adapter (HBA) controller

to connect to the PowerVault storage sub-system for the

integrated

solution

• QLE2462 Fibre Channel HBA to connect to existing or new SANs

for the

SAN

gateway solution

PowerVault NX1950 System

PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array Dell|EMC Storage Array

Windows Unified Data

Storage Server 2003

Windows Unified Data

Storage Server 2003

Integrated Solution Dell|EMC SAN

Gateway Solution

Introduction 7

• Broadcom

NetXtreme II™ 5708 single-port Gigabit network interface

card (NIC) with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) or Intel

PRO/1000

PT dual-port server adapter for additional client network connectivity

(a total number of four Gigabit Ethernet data connections are available)

• Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) 5 for remote restore capabilities

and lights-out management

For information on setting up your hardware or racks, see the following

documents on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com:

• Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Getting Started With Your System

• Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual

• Dell PowerVault MD3000 documentation

• Dell|EMC storage array documentation

Configuring Your Software

Depending on the solution that you have purchased, Dell has

pre-configured the following software:

Table 1-1. List of Pre-Configured Software

Integrated Solution SAN Gateway Solution

Windows Unified Data Storage

Server 2003, x64 operating system

Windows Unified Data Storage Server

2003, x64 operating system

PowerVault MD3000 Modular

Disk Storage Manager

EMC

Navisphere

Agent and

command line interface (CLI)

PowerVault MD3000 Volume

Shadow-Copy Service (VSS)

and Virtual Disk Service (VDS)

providers

Dell|EMC VSS and VDS providers

Dell Storage Initialization Wizard Dell Storage Initialization Wizard

EMC PowerPath

(This version is not

licensed from Dell. For more information,

see "Registering PowerPath for the SAN

Gateway Solution" on page 24.)

EMC Storage System Initialization Wizard

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

8Introduction

You do not need to install the operating system as it is pre-installed.

However, you need to perform the final steps to complete the installation

and configuration of the solution. For more information, see "Completing

the Configuration" on page 23.

Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003

The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system is

configured to provide the following functionality:

• Optimal performance for Network File System [NFS], Common

Internet File System [CIFS], and File Service

• Support for Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

to provide block storage

services in addition to file-level services

• Significant enhancements in share and storage management scenarios,

as well as integration of storage server management components and

functionality

NOTE: For compatibility information, see the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems

Support Matrix.

Supported Editions

Dell supports the following editions of the Windows Unified Data Storage

Server 2003 operating system:

• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition

• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

NOTE: The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

operating system supports a multiple-node cluster environment.

NOTE: The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

supports the x64-based versions of PowerVault NX1950 management console

snap-ins only and not the 32-bit versions.

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