HP NetStorage 6000 User manual

HP SureStore

NetStorage

6000

User’s Guide

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Part Number C4475-90102

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Overview

Network Attached Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

HP NetStorage 6000 Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

The HP NetStorage 6000 Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Integrating with Network Management Applications. . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Backing up the HP NetStorage 6000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Locating Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Using Help While You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Printing Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Chapter 2: The Identity Tab

Chapter 3: Configuring Your System and Network

The Configuration Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Network Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Alert Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

System Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

User Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Shutting Down and Restarting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

Chapter 4: Managing Storage

The Storage Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Managing Physical and Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Managing File Volumes and Directories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Allowing Access to Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

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Chapter 5: Backing Up and Restoring Files

The Backup and Restore Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Using the HP SureStore 818 or 1/9 DLT Autoloader . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Local and Remote Backups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Disk Checkpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Checking the Current Tape Drive Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Backing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Restoring Volumes, Files, and Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Checking Settings and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Chapter 6: Monitoring the System

The Status Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Monitoring Hardware Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Viewing System Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Chapter 7: Reporting

The Report Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Chapter 8: Securing Data

About HP NetStorage 6000 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

HP NetStorage 6000 Security in a UNIX-only Environment. . . . 8-1

HP NetStorage 6000 Security in an NT-only Environment . . . . . 8-4

Security Mapping in a Heterogeneous Environment . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

UNIX Files Accessed by NT Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

NT Files Accessed by UNIX Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Mapping NT and UNIX Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Modifying Map Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Chapter 9: Contacting Support and Upgrading

The Support Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Upgrading the HP NetStorage 6000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

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Chapter 10: Integrating with Management Applications

Management Applications Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

HP Top Tools Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

HP OpenView Network Node Manager Integration. . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

CA Unicenter TNG Framework Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7

ManageX Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10

Chapter 11: Integrating with Remote Backup Applications

Remote Backup Applications Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

Using ARCserveIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2

Using Backup Exec. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

Using HP OpenView OmniBack II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5

Appendix A: Legal Information

Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Appendix B: NetStorage 6000 Warranty Information

Planning for Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Obtaining Warranty Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Obtaining Out-of-Warranty Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Appendix C: System Specifications

Central Processing Unit (CPU). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Hardware Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

Upgrade Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Security and Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Regulatory Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

Power Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Replacements and Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

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Appendix D: Telnet Information

Appendix E: Troubleshooting and Error Codes

General Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Browser Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4

Determining Component Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-6

UPS Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-8

Hardware Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-10

Glossary

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Overview

Network Attached Storage

1-1

Chapter 1

Overview

Network Attached Storage

The HP NetStorage 6000 is a network attached storage (NAS) device used

to store data on your network. NAS devices provide a simpler, more

reliable, and cost-effective way to add storage to your network.

The HP NetStorage 6000:

nRequires minimal setup and is easily maintained

nDoes not impact the productivity of existing general-purpose server

operations

nFrees up the general-purpose server so that applications operate more

efficiently

nContains SCSI hard drives in a pre-configured RAID 5 array

nProvides SNMP notification of critical events

nProvides SMTP/E-mail for critical evens

Getting Started

Before proceeding, make sure that you have installed and configured the

HP NetStorage 6000 device by entering the IP, gateway, subnet, and

broadcast addresses via the front panel of the HP NetStorage 6000. For

more information, refer to Installing the HP NetStorage 6000.

Once the front panel information has been entered, you must use the

HP NetStorage web interface to finish configuring your device:

1Openthe HP NetStorageweb interface. (Oncethe webinterface is open,

you can access help online.) See “The HP NetStorage 6000 Web

Interface” on page 1-9.

Overview

Getting Started

1-2

2Go directly to the Configuration Tab and manually enter:

•System name, see “DNS Settings”on page 3-3

•Administrativepassword,see “Administrative Password Settings”on

page 3-12

•DNS domain name, see “DNS Settings”on page 3-3

•Primary and secondary DNS server IP addresses, see “DNS Settings”

on page 3-3

•NIC parameters, see “TCP/IP Settings”on page 3-2

•Address for event log data, see “System Log”on page 3-9

•UNIX settings, see “UNIX Settings”on page 3-4

•WINS settings, see “Windows Settings”on page 3-6

•SMTP server information, see “SMTP/Email”on page 3-7

•SNMP settings/Traps, see “SNMP/Network Management Settings”

on page 3-8

•Contact and asset information, see “Informational Settings”on

page 3-10

•System time and date, see “Date and Time Settings”on page 3-11

•User mapping information, see “Mapping Strategy”on page 3-14

3Go to the Storage Tab and manually:

•Group your physical drives into logical drives (RAID sets) if

required, see “Create a Logical Drive”on page 4-4

•Create volumes for data storage, see “Create a New File Volume”on

page 4-9

•Create directories and sub-directories beneath your volumes, see

“Create a Directory”on page 4-12

•Make volumes or directories available to users by sharing or

exporting them, see “Create or Edit Windows Shares”on page 4-14

Overview

HP NetStorage 6000 Hardware

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HP NetStorage 6000 Hardware

Physical Drives

The HP NetStorage 6000 contains between four and ten physical hard

drives, depending on your company’s storage needs. Each physical drive

can have up to 73GB of storage capacity.

Figure 1.1 Physical Drives

Note Use only HP Hard Drives approved for your NetStorage 6000. For an up-

to-date list of approved hard disk drives, please visit our web site at

www.hp.com/support/ns6000. Drives on the approved list have custom

firmware for use in your NetStorage 6000. Do not attempt to install any

hard disk drives other than the approved drives listed at this web site as

doing so may result in system failure or loss of data. Using non-supported

hard drives may also void your warranty.

Note All drives in the HP NetStorage 6000 must have the same capacity. Any

other configuration is not supported.

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