Dell EqualLogic FS7600, Installation And Setup Manual

Page 1: ...Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Series Appliances Installation and Setup Guide Regulatory Model Series E02T ...

Page 2: ...ademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners Information in this document is subject to change without notice Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell is strictly forbidden Published October 2013 Part Number M1T05 A01 ...

Page 3: ... 15 4 Network Cable Connections 17 Network Configuration Overview 17 Network Interface Ports 17 Network Connection Requirements and Recommendations 18 Steps for Connecting Network Cables 20 Connecting the Client Network Cables 21 5 NAS Cluster Configuration 23 Steps for Configuring a NAS Cluster 23 Gathering the NAS Cluster Configuration Information 23 NAS Cluster Network Requirements and Recommen...

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Page 5: ...ies your country or region Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions To learn more about Dell EqualLogic products and new releases visit the Dell EqualLogic Tech Center site delltechcenter com page EqualLogic Here you can also see articles demos online discussions and more details about the benefits of our product family Technical Support and Customer Service Dell support service is available to answer yo...

Page 6: ...make better use of your hardware or software A CAUTION symbol indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed A WARNING symbol indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death vi Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Installation and Setup Guide Preface ...

Page 7: ...work Attached Storage The EqualLogic FS7600 NAS appliance consists of two 1Gb controllers with battery backup and two power supplies in one 2U chassis An EqualLogic FS7600 requires a PS Series group running the PS Series firmware version 6 0 or later For information on updating your PS Series group to the latest firmware version see the Release Notes and the Updating Storage Array Firmware documen...

Page 8: ...lients 2 Client connections to the client network 3 Client network 4 NAS controller connections to the client network 5 NAS controller connections to SAN internal network 6 SAN network 7 SAN PS Series group 8 Remote KVM 2 Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Installation and Setup Guide 1 Before You Begin ...

Page 9: ...ndations on page 3 Learn how to protect sensitive hardware See Hardware Protection on page 4 Make sure the installation meets the environmental requirements See Environmental Requirements on page 4 Unpack the shipping box according to the instructions on the setup poster and make sure the shipping box contents are complete See Shipping Box Contents on page 6 Gather the hardware needed for the inst...

Page 10: ...scharge When handling an FS7600 NAS appliance make sure you use an electrostatic wrist strap or a similar form of protection Using an Electrostatic Wrist Strap You must use an electrostatic wrist strap to protect sensitive hardware from electrostatic discharge 1 Connect the steel snap on the coiled cord to the stud on the elastic band See Figure 2 Figure 2 Using an Electrostatic Wrist Strap 2 Fit ...

Page 11: ...for the entire system which includes the chassis and two controllers Voltage 90 VAC to 264 VAC autoranging 47 Hz 63 Hz This system is also designed to be connected to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V Battery Power Supply Battery 12 8 V to 13 2 V 4 8 Ah to 6 Ah 63 Wh to 77 Wh Physical Height 86 4 mm 3 4 in Width 481 5 mm 18 96 in with rack flange 446 3 mm 17 6 in w...

Page 12: ...1 as defined by ISA S71 04 1985 Shipping Box Contents Unpack the EqualLogic FS7600 After unpacking place the appliance on a sturdy surface that is protected from electrostatic discharge Make sure you have all the items supplied in the shipping box described in Table 3 Table 3 Shipping Box Contents Part Description One FS7600 NAS appliance Provides high availability and processing power for the NAS...

Page 13: ... hole tool less racks are supported by default The graphics in this manual show a square hole rack but the installation instructions also apply to round hole racks Use an industry standard for example CEA 310 E 48 3 cm 19 inch rack The rack must be rated for 540 kg 1200 pounds static load or greater The minimum rack depth is 100 cm 40 inches from the front to the back of the rack The distance betw...

Page 14: ...s no single switch should have all the client or SAN internal network connections See Network Connection Requirements and Recommendations on page 18 Required Tools If you are installing the appliance in a rack you will need a 2 Phillips screwdriver not supplied 8 Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Installation and Setup Guide 1 Before You Begin ...

Page 15: ...el Components Number Component 1 System health indicator power and system identification LEDs 2 Cooling fan access door Encloses and protects the six hot swappable cooling fans 3 Cooling fan access door release latch Press the access door release latch to expose the hot swappable cooling fans 4 Information tag A slide out label panel listing the system NIC and BMC MAC addresses for both controller...

Page 16: ...er s Manual 10 Remote KVM Guidelines for Installing Mounting Rails in a Rack Plan where to install the mounting rails The appliance uses 2U of rack space Dell recommends that you install the rails according to the following guidelines Make sure the rack meets the requirements in Rack Requirements on page 7 The graphics in this manual show a square hole rack but the installation instructions also a...

Page 17: ... down The front and rear upper mounting hook aligns with the top hole in any 1U section of the rack The front lower mounting hook aligns with the bottom hole in any 1U section of the rack The rear lower mounting hole aligns with the top hole in the next lower 1U section of the rack 3 Attach the front hooks of the rails to the inside front of the rack 4 Slide the end of the rail out until it meets ...

Page 18: ...inserts in the rack Hand tighten the thumbscrews on the left and right side of the appliance 3 Attach the bezel See Attaching the Bezel on page 12 Attaching the Bezel To attach the bezel see Figure 6 and follow these steps 1 Insert the right side of the bezel into the slot on the right side of the chassis callout 1 2 Push the bezel toward the left side and engage the bezel with the left side of th...

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Page 21: ...wer Cable with the Strain Relief The appliance turns on as soon as the power supplies are connected to a live power source Each controller contains a backup power supply BPS The BPS batteries begin to charge when the appliance is connected to power A full charge takes up to eight hours to complete the NAS appliance is not fully redundant until the battery is fully charged The BPS provides the clus...

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Page 23: ...onnections to each controller SAN internal network Used for internal communication between the controllers and for communication between the controllers and the EqualLogic PS Series SAN The recommended configuration is four SAN internal network connections to each NAS controller For security reasons the internal network is usually a private network The client SAN and internal networks must be sepa...

Page 24: ...exist on the same switch or VLAN or Broadcast domain LOM port in each controller Remote KVM Used by Dell Support personnel for remote KVM troubleshooting purposes See NAS Cluster Network Requirements and Recommendations on page 24 for more information Network Connection Requirements and Recommendations Your Dell FS7600 system comes with a Dell service contract A representative from Global Infrastr...

Page 25: ...undant and configured for high availability Flow control is not required but Dell recommends using flow control on the client switches If you change the default load balancing to LACP or if you use standalone switches they must be stacked The client network on the FS7600 is set to 1500 MTU by default However you can modify the setting on client network switches to enable jumbo frames if required R...

Page 26: ...shows the recommended EqualLogic FS7600 network configuration Table 8 describes the components shown in the figure Figure 9 EqualLogic FS7600 Network Configuration Table 8 Network Component Descriptions Description Line Attributes Switch stack for client connections Solid line green Switch stack for SAN and internal network connections Dashed line purple If you use VLANs within your switch stack t...

Page 27: ...t of failure On the left side controller connect the top left client ports to one client switch then connect the bottom left client ports to a different client switch On the right side controller connect the top left client ports to the same client switch as the bottom left client ports on the other controller Connect the bottom left client ports to the same client switch as the top left client po...

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Page 29: ...nformation Service tag number for each FS7600 NAS appliance you want to add to the NAS cluster You must add controllers to a NAS cluster in pairs A NAS cluster can support up to four controllers two appliances The service tag identifies an appliance which contains two controllers that must be paired with each other The service tag number is on the right side ear on the front of the appliance Appli...

Page 30: ...ctions Client network requirements include NAS cluster name Unique name that clients use to access the NAS cluster If using DNS in the PS Series group you must manually add the NAS cluster name and NAS cluster IP address to the DNS server NAS cluster IP address IP address that clients use to access the CIFS shares and NFS exports hosted by the NAS cluster After creating the NAS cluster you can mod...

Page 31: ...block You can choose one of the following options 256 IP addresses 24 Specifies 256 for the IP address block size Allows one choice for the initial IP address 0 for the fourth octet 128 IP addresses 25 Specifies 128 for the IP address block size Allows two choices for the initial IP address 0 or 128 for the fourth octet 64 IP addresses 26 Specifies 64 for the IP address block size Allows four choi...

Page 32: ...ontroller 3 Internal network IP address block size Initial IP address Discovering Controllers and Configuring a NAS Cluster 1 In the Group Manager GUI Activities panel click Discover NAS devices 2 In the Discover Devices dialog box select the service tag for each NAS appliance that you want to include in the NAS cluster Make sure that NAS appears in the Product column for the device Make sure the ...

Page 33: ...NAS cluster configuration When the NAS cluster configuration completes expand Group Configuration in the left panel and click NAS Cluster cluster_name The NAS Cluster Status window displays details about the NAS cluster Refer to the release notes for compatibility information for the PS Series Storage Arrays and the FS Series Appliances firmware 27 Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Installation and Setup Gui...

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Page 35: ...ify the container to change the default container security mode or the UNIX file and directory permissions 3 Make sure clients can access each share or export that you created See Accessing a CIFS Share on page 31 and Accessing an NFS Export on page 32 After allocating NAS storage see Chapter 7 What to Do Next Gathering the NAS Container Information Before creating a NAS container obtain or decide...

Page 36: ...racters in any language s alphabet Arabic numerals dots also called periods and the dash or hyphen character To create a NAS container 1 Click NAS in the lower left GUI window and then click Create NAS Container in the Activities panel 2 In the Create NAS Container wizard dialog boxes enter the information you obtained in Gathering the NAS Cluster Configuration Information on page 23 As you work t...

Page 37: ...AS cluster is part of an Active Directory domain Only the CIFS administrator or the domain administrator can set the permissions for other local users and groups or domain users and groups Accessing a CIFS Share For a user to have access to a CIFS share the following conditions must be met The user must be a valid user and provide a valid password local or remote authentication The group administr...

Page 38: ...cess_vip hostname container_name exported_directory local_directory The exported_directory must be the full path name that you specified when creating the NFS export Because the default trusted user setting is All except root only users other than root can access the export You can modify the export and change the trusted users to Nobody or All In addition The default client access permission prov...

Page 39: ... the default values for space and permission settings applied to new containers When you create a container the cluster applies default values for space and permission settings You can modify the following clusterwide default values for a new container Container in use space warning limit snapshot reserve percentage and snapshot in use space warning limit File security style Mixed NFTS or UNIX UNI...

Page 40: ...l client space usage in a container Create a CIFS share You can create multiple CIFS shares on a container Modify whether to allow guest access to a CIFS share You can allow or disallow guest access to a CIFS share by unknown users Enable NAS antivirus service on CIFS shares only Create an NFS export You can create multiple NFS exports on a container Modify the permission settings for an NFS expor...

Page 41: ...ware that contains two controllers that must be paired together when configured into a NAS cluster After an appliance is configured it becomes a NAS member NAS member A NAS appliance that has been configured into a NAS cluster The NAS member contains two NAS controllers that must be managed as a pair NAS reserve Storage pool space on a PS Series group allocated to a NAS cluster for storing interna...

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Page 43: ...FS exports 33 on NAS containers 29 overriding 29 snapshot reserve 29 30 configuration reference table 25 configuring NAS cluster 26 wizard 26 containers 29 default security settings 30 gathering information 29 modifying default settings 33 controllers client network connections 17 discovery 26 internal network connections 17 Create NAS Container wizard 30 creating quotas 34 D discover devices 26 d...

Page 44: ...ements 24 next steps 29 post configuration tasks 33 post setup tasks 33 required networks 1 requirements and recommendations 24 subnets 24 switch configuration 19 NAS container 23 creating 30 displaying information 34 gathering information 29 snapshot reserve 29 NAS reserve estimating space 23 initial size 23 NAS storage allocating 29 network configuration 20 connecting cables 20 hardware connecti...

Page 45: ...network configuration 17 service tag 23 26 locations 23 shares transferring ownership 31 shipping box unpacking 6 snapshot reserve on NAS containers 29 snapshots 33 34 scheduling 34 specifications controller 5 switch 1GE 7 configuration recommended 19 requirements 7 T technical specifications controllers 5 transferring share ownership 31 U Unicode support 30 UNIX modifying file and directory permi...

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