American Megatrends StorTrends 1300 User manual
StorTrends/
ManageTrends®
(Version 2.7)
User’s Guide
for the
StorTrends 1300
Storage Appliance
MAN-1300
03/14/08
StorTrends® 1300 User’s Guide (StorTrends iTX version 2.7)
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Revision History
03/05/07 Preliminary release
06/21/07 Updated from StorTrends iTX 2.6 to StorTrends iTX 2.7
10/25/07 Updated Re-Installation Procedure (remove PCI NIC Add-On Card)
11/07/07 Added Battery Replacement Statement and Warning
11/28/07 Updated to build 2.7.1019
11/30/07 Updated to build 2.7.1021
02/01/08 Updated to 2.7.0023 and newer
02/21/08 Email Alert Settings added to the initial setup as of build 2.7.1025
03/14/08 Initial Release of the StorTrends 1300 Hardware Section
Preface iii
Table of Contents
Revision History ............................................................................................................................ii
Table of Contents......................................................................................................................... iii
Limited Warranty.........................................................................................................................xv
Web Site ..................................................................................................................................xv
Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................. xvi
Product Compliance Information............................................................................................... xvii
Electromagnetic Emissions ................................................................................................... xvii
Electromagnetic..................................................................................................................... xvii
Safety .................................................................................................................................... xvii
Chapter 1Introduction.......................................................................................................... 1
Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 1
System Features & Highlights: ................................................................................................. 1
Hardware Specifications: ............................................................................................................. 2
Form Factor .............................................................................................................................. 2
On-Board CPU ......................................................................................................................... 2
Drive Interface.............................................................................................................................. 2
Drive & Storage Capacity ......................................................................................................... 2
Hardware RAID Support........................................................................................................... 2
Status LEDs.............................................................................................................................. 2
Expansion Slots........................................................................................................................ 2
Data Management Ports .......................................................................................................... 2
Other Connectors ..................................................................................................................... 2
Power Specifications ................................................................................................................ 2
Cooling Specifications .............................................................................................................. 3
Operating Environment ............................................................................................................ 3
Physical Characteristics ........................................................................................................... 3
StorTrends® iTX Software Specifications:................................................................................... 3
Volume Replication .................................................................................................................. 3
Advanced Snapshots ............................................................................................................... 3
Backup...................................................................................................................................... 3
Networking................................................................................................................................ 3
iSNS Configuration................................................................................................................... 4
Security..................................................................................................................................... 4
Management............................................................................................................................. 4
Event Management .................................................................................................................. 4
Storage Data Management ...................................................................................................... 4
Remote Management............................................................................................................... 4
UPS Support............................................................................................................................. 5
Applications Supported ............................................................................................................ 5
Chapter 2Chassis Set Up .................................................................................................... 7
Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Unpack the StorTrends® 1300 Storage Appliance...................................................................... 7
Preparing for Setup...................................................................................................................... 8
Choosing a Setup Location.......................................................................................................... 8
Rack Mounting Considerations .................................................................................................... 9
Installing the System into a Rack................................................................................................. 9
Identifying the Sections of the Rack Rails................................................................................ 9
Installing the Inner Rails ......................................................................................................... 10
Installing the Outer Rails ........................................................................................................ 10
Locking Tabs .......................................................................................................................... 11
Installing the Server into the Rack ......................................................................................... 12
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Installing the Server into a Telco Rack................................................................................... 13
Checking the Serverboard Setup............................................................................................... 14
Accessing the Inside of the System........................................................................................... 15
Checking the Drive Bay Setup ................................................................................................... 16
Completing the Hardware Installation........................................................................................ 17
Connect to the StorTrends® Appliance .................................................................................... 18
Step One: Power your system on .............................................................................................. 18
Step Two: Get the IP address.................................................................................................... 18
Step Three: Connecting to the StorTrends® Storage Appliance from another system............. 18
Step Four: Logging on to the StorTrends® Storage Appliance ................................................. 19
Using the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard .................................................................................. 20
Setting up Email Alert Settings .................................................................................................. 20
Step One: Quick Start Setup Wizard ......................................................................................... 22
Step Two: RAID Level................................................................................................................ 23
Step Three: SAN or NAS or Both............................................................................................... 24
Step Four: Allocating Space ...................................................................................................... 25
Step Five: Summary View.......................................................................................................... 26
Step Six: All Done No Errors...................................................................................................... 28
Using the Advanced Setup Wizard............................................................................................ 29
Step One: Advanced Wizard...................................................................................................... 29
Step Two: Create a New Storage Pool...................................................................................... 30
Step Three: Select Pool ............................................................................................................. 31
Select the Disks...................................................................................................................... 31
Set the RAID Levels ............................................................................................................... 32
Type in your Storage Pool’s name ......................................................................................... 32
Step Four: Configure SAN Volume............................................................................................ 33
Enter Volume Name ............................................................................................................... 34
Enter Volume Size.................................................................................................................. 34
Select Thin or Exact Provisioning .......................................................................................... 35
Select SAN as the Dialect Type ............................................................................................. 36
Create Target and Target Name ............................................................................................ 36
Step Five: Configure NAS Volume ............................................................................................ 37
Enter Volume Name ............................................................................................................... 38
Enter Volume Size.................................................................................................................. 38
Select Thin or Exact Provisioning .......................................................................................... 38
Select NAS as the Dialect Type ............................................................................................. 39
Create Share and Share Name.............................................................................................. 39
Step Six: Summary View and Status ......................................................................................... 40
Step Seven: All Done No Errors ................................................................................................ 41
Chapter 3System Interface................................................................................................ 43
Overview .................................................................................................................................... 43
Control Panel Buttons ................................................................................................................ 43
Control Panel LEDs ................................................................................................................... 44
Universal Information LED States .......................................................................................... 44
SATA Drive Carrier LEDs .......................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 4Safety Information and Technical Specifications .......................................... 47
Electrical Safety Precautions ..................................................................................................... 47
Installing the Onboard Battery ................................................................................................... 48
General Safety Guidelines ......................................................................................................... 48
ESD Safety Guidelines .............................................................................................................. 49
Operation Safety Guidelines ...................................................................................................... 49
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Before Accessing the Chassis................................................................................................ 50
Removing the Chassis Cover................................................................................................. 50
Reinstalling the Chassis Covers............................................................................................. 51
Before Installing the Chassis into a Rack............................................................................... 51
Chapter 5Advanced Serverboard Setup.......................................................................... 53
Handling the Serverboard .......................................................................................................... 53
Precautions............................................................................................................................. 53
Unpacking .................................................................................................................................. 53
Processor and Heatsink Installation (if not installed) ................................................................. 54
Installing the Heatsink................................................................................................................ 57
Removing the Heatsink.............................................................................................................. 58
Connecting Cables..................................................................................................................... 59
Connecting Data Cables ........................................................................................................ 59
Connecting Power Cables...................................................................................................... 59
Connecting the Control Panel ................................................................................................ 59
Figure 5-1. Front Control Panel Header Pins (JF1) ............................................................... 60
I/O Ports ..................................................................................................................................... 60
Figure 5-2. Rear Panel I/O Ports............................................................................................ 60
Installing Memory....................................................................................................................... 61
DIMM Installation.................................................................................................................... 61
Memory Support..................................................................................................................... 61
Figure 5-3. Installing DIMM into Slot ...................................................................................... 62
Adding PCI Cards ...................................................................................................................... 62
PCI Expansion Slots............................................................................................................... 62
PCI card installation ............................................................................................................... 63
PCI Slot/Card Configurations ................................................................................................. 63
Serverboard Details ................................................................................................................... 64
Figure 5-4. Sever Board Layout ............................................................................................. 64
Server Board Quick Reference .................................................................................................. 65
Connector Definitions................................................................................................................. 66
ATX Power Connector............................................................................................................ 66
Processor Power Connector .................................................................................................. 66
NMI Button.............................................................................................................................. 66
Power LED ............................................................................................................................. 66
HDD LED................................................................................................................................ 67
NIC1 LED ............................................................................................................................... 67
NIC2 LED ............................................................................................................................... 67
Universal Information LED ..................................................................................................... 67
Power Fail LED ...................................................................................................................... 68
Reset Button........................................................................................................................... 68
Power Button.......................................................................................................................... 68
Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1) ............................................................................................... 68
Universal Serial Bus Headers ................................................................................................ 69
Serial Ports ............................................................................................................................. 69
Fan Headers........................................................................................................................... 69
Chassis Intrusion.................................................................................................................... 70
Speaker Connector ................................................................................................................ 70
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports .......................................................................... 70
Wake-On-LAN ........................................................................................................................ 70
Wake-On-Ring........................................................................................................................ 71
Power SMB (I2C) Connector.................................................................................................. 71
Power Supply Fail .................................................................................................................. 71
Alarm Reset (JAR) ................................................................................................................. 71
LAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ......................................................................................................... 72
Power LED ............................................................................................................................. 72
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Jumper Settings ......................................................................................................................... 72
Explanation of Jumpers.......................................................................................................... 72
CMOS Clear ........................................................................................................................... 72
VGA Enable/Disable............................................................................................................... 73
LAN Enable/Disable ............................................................................................................... 73
Watch Dog Enable/Disable .................................................................................................... 73
Power Force On Enable/Disable............................................................................................ 73
Onboard Indicators .................................................................................................................... 73
LAN1/LAN2 LEDs................................................................................................................... 73
LE1 ......................................................................................................................................... 73
PWR-LED ............................................................................................................................... 73
Floppy, IDE and SATA Drive Connections ................................................................................ 74
Floppy Connector ................................................................................................................... 74
IDE Connector........................................................................................................................ 74
SATA Ports............................................................................................................................. 74
Chapter 6Advanced Chassis Setup.................................................................................. 75
Tools Required ....................................................................................................................... 75
Static-Sensitive Devices ............................................................................................................ 75
Precautions............................................................................................................................. 75
Figure 6-1. Chassis: Front and Rear Views ........................................................................... 76
Control Panel ............................................................................................................................. 76
System Fans .............................................................................................................................. 76
System Fan Failure ................................................................................................................ 77
Replacing System Fans ......................................................................................................... 77
Removing a fan ...................................................................................................................... 77
Installing a new fan................................................................................................................. 77
Figure 6-2. System Cooling Fans........................................................................................... 77
SATA Drive Installation .............................................................................................................. 78
Mounting a SATA drive in a drive carrier ............................................................................... 78
Figure 6-4. Mounting a SATA Drive in a Carrier .................................................................... 78
Installing/removing hot-swap SATA drives............................................................................. 78
Figure 6-5. Removing a SATA Drive from the Server ............................................................ 79
DVD-ROM Drive Installation ...................................................................................................... 79
Power Supply............................................................................................................................. 80
Power Supply Failure ............................................................................................................. 80
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply................................................................................. 80
Removing the power supply ................................................................................................... 80
Installing a new power supply ................................................................................................ 80
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply .................................................................................... 81
Removing the power supply ................................................................................................... 81
Installing a new power supply ................................................................................................ 81
Removing/Replacing the Power Supply................................................................................. 81
Chapter 7Managing the Storage Appliance..................................................................... 83
Overview .................................................................................................................................... 83
Connecting to the Storage Appliance from another system ...................................................... 83
Logging on to the Storage Appliance......................................................................................... 84
ManageTrends Hardware Health Information............................................................................ 85
ManageTrends Management Tree ............................................................................................ 86
Help, About and Sign Out Icons................................................................................................. 86
Event Log (Box Level)................................................................................................................ 86
Control Panel ............................................................................................................................. 88
Control Panel : System Settings............................................................................................. 89
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System Information Page .................................. 90
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System H/W Health Information Page .............. 90
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Control Panel : System : Information Icon : Date/Time Settings Page .................................. 91
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : Update StorTrends iTX software Page ............. 92
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : System Control Page ........................................ 93
Control Panel : System : Information Icon : UPS Configuration Page ................................... 94
Control Panel : Themes.......................................................................................................... 95
Control Panel : Themes : Red ................................................................................................ 95
Control Panel : Themes : Olive Green ................................................................................... 95
Control Panel : Themes : Blue ............................................................................................... 96
Control Panel : Network Settings ........................................................................................... 97
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page .................................................. 98
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Receiving Details ................... 99
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Transmission Details ............. 99
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Receiving Errors .................. 100
Control Panel : Network Settings : Network Statistics Page : Transmission Errors............. 101
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page ................................................... 102
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : DHCP or Static IP Address..... 103
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming ...................... 106
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Balance Round
Robin .................................................................................................................................... 106
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Dynamic Link
Aggregation (IEEE 802.3 AD) .............................................................................................. 106
Control Panel : Network Settings : TCP/IP Settings Page : Create Teaming : Balance TLB
.............................................................................................................................................. 106
Control Panel : Network Settings : SNMP Protocol Settings Page ...................................... 107
Control Panel : Network Settings : Firewall Settings Page .................................................. 108
Control Panel : Network Settings : Firewall Settings Page : Modifying................................ 110
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Windows File Protocol
Page ..................................................................................................................................... 111
Disable Windows File Server Protocol (CIFS) ..................................................................... 112
Enable Windows File Server Protocol (CIFS) ...................................................................... 112
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Network File System
(NFS) Protocol Page ............................................................................................................ 113
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set Apple File Protocol
Page ..................................................................................................................................... 114
Control Panel : Network Settings : File Protocols Settings Page : Set HTTP/FTP File Protocol
Page ..................................................................................................................................... 115
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings ......................................................................... 116
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : Users List Page............................................. 117
Create New User.................................................................................................................. 118
Removing a User.................................................................................................................. 119
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : Groups List Page .......................................... 120
Create New Group ............................................................................................................... 121
Removing a Group ............................................................................................................... 122
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : ADS Settings Page ....................................... 123
Control Panel : Users and Groups Settings : NIS Settings Page......................................... 125
Control Panel : iSCSI ........................................................................................................... 126
Control Panel : iSCSI Settings : ISNS Setting Page ............................................................ 127
Control Panel : iSCSI Portal Settings Page ......................................................................... 128
Control Panel : iSCSI Portal Settings Page : Advanced Page............................................. 129
Control Panel : iSCSI : Statistics Page ................................................................................ 130
Control Panel : iSCSI : iSCSI Session Management Page.................................................. 131
Control Panel : iSCSI : Bi-directional Authentication Page .................................................. 132
Control Panel : Alerts Settings ............................................................................................. 133
Control Panel : Alerts : SNMP Alert Settings Page .............................................................. 134
Control Panel : Alerts: Email Alert Settings Page ................................................................ 135
Control Panel : License Settings .......................................................................................... 136
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Control Panel : License Settings : License Information Page .............................................. 137
RAID Management .................................................................................................................. 138
Physical Disks Management ................................................................................................ 138
Global Spare......................................................................................................................... 139
Disk Properties ..................................................................................................................... 140
Logical Disk Management .................................................................................................... 141
Create Logical Disk .............................................................................................................. 141
Logical Disk Properties......................................................................................................... 142
Deleting a Logical Disk......................................................................................................... 144
Expanding and Transforming Logical Disks......................................................................... 144
Storage..................................................................................................................................... 146
What is iSCSI? ..................................................................................................................... 146
SAN versus NAS .................................................................................................................. 146
iSCSI Network Overview ...................................................................................................... 146
Initiator.................................................................................................................................. 146
Target ................................................................................................................................... 146
iSCSI Name.......................................................................................................................... 147
Zoning................................................................................................................................... 147
Overview of the Steps Required to Configure Storage on your Storage Appliance ............ 147
Step 1 : Create a Logical Disk.............................................................................................. 147
Step 2 : Create a Storage Pool ............................................................................................ 148
Step 3 : Create SAN Volume................................................................................................ 148
Step 4 : Assign a SAN Target .............................................................................................. 149
Step 5 : Enable the Port of the Target on the Storage Appliance ........................................ 149
Step 6 : Enable iSNS on the Storage Appliance (optional).................................................. 149
Step 7 : Log Onto the Target from the server ...................................................................... 150
Step 8 : Verify the target using Disk Management on the server......................................... 153
Step 9 : Create NAS Volume................................................................................................ 154
Step 10 : Create a NAS Share ............................................................................................. 155
Step 11 : Schedule Snapshots............................................................................................. 156
Storage : Storage Pool Management................................................................................... 157
Storage : SAN Volume Management ................................................................................... 158
Storage : Assign Target........................................................................................................ 158
Storage : Snapshot Recovery .............................................................................................. 159
Storage : SAN Snapshot Management ................................................................................ 160
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP)....................................................................... 161
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Navigating to CDP Management................ 161
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Control Window ................................. 162
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Example of a selected CDP window .......... 162
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Flashback Window – Log view .......... 163
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Slider Panel....................................... 163
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Main Control Panel..................................... 163
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time Step Control Panel ............................ 164
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Progress & Review Panel .......................... 164
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Snapshot based sliding .............................. 165
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Time based sliding ..................................... 165
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Event Based Sliding ................................... 166
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Flashback Window - Event View ....... 166
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Event Description ....................................... 167
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Progress of Review .................................... 167
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Completion of Review ................................ 168
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : CDP Window to access the Retrospect
window.................................................................................................................................. 168
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Retrospect Window .................................... 169
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Scrolling Snapshots.................................... 169
Storage : Continuous Data Protection (CDP) : Reviewing Snapshots................................. 170
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Storage : NAS Volume Management ................................................................................... 171
Storage : NAS Quota Management ..................................................................................... 171
Storage : NAS Share Management...................................................................................... 172
Storage : NAS Share Management : Security Settings ....................................................... 172
Storage : NAS Snapshot Management ................................................................................ 172
Storage : Shares .................................................................................................................. 173
Storage : Target Management ............................................................................................. 173
Storage : Target Management : Security ............................................................................. 173
Replication ............................................................................................................................... 174
Replication Feature Table .................................................................................................... 174
Synchronous Local SAN Volume Replication ...................................................................... 175
Synchronous SAN Volume Replication using a Remote Box .............................................. 176
Creating a New Synchronous Replication Pair .................................................................... 177
Managing your Synchronous Replication Pair from the Replication Management page..... 179
Creating a New Snap Assisted Replication Pair .................................................................. 181
Managing your Snap Assisted Pairs from the Replication Management page.................... 184
High Availability .................................................................................................................... 186
Managing your High Availability Pair from the High Availability Management page............ 188
Replication Management...................................................................................................... 190
Replication Management : Create New Replication Wizard ................................................ 190
Replication Management : Create New Replication ............................................................ 191
Storage Resource Management (SRM) .................................................................................. 192
Storage Resource Management (SRM)............................................................................... 192
Data Collection, Analysis and Trending Module .................................................................. 192
Storage Provisioning and Capacity Management................................................................ 193
Performance Trending.......................................................................................................... 194
CPU Utilization and Memory Utilization ............................................................................... 195
Workflow Management......................................................................................................... 195
Backup and Restoration Management................................................................................. 195
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and Container Space Management (CSM) ........ 196
Basic Concepts .................................................................................................................... 197
StorTrends Tiered Storage and ILM (Scaling across tiers).................................................. 197
Information Retention Regulations ....................................................................................... 199
How StorTrends Tiered Storage and ILM Works ................................................................. 199
StorTrends Tiered Storage and CSM (Scaling within tiers) ................................................. 201
How StorTrends Tiered Storage and CSM Works ............................................................... 202
Space Utilization................................................................................................................... 203
Volume Performance............................................................................................................ 204
IO Performance .................................................................................................................... 205
Logical Drive Performance ................................................................................................... 206
System Performance............................................................................................................ 207
Information Lifecycle Management ...................................................................................... 209
Container Space Management............................................................................................. 210
Appendix ARAID.................................................................................................................. 211
Introduction to RAID................................................................................................................. 211
RAID Benefits........................................................................................................................... 211
Improved I/O......................................................................................................................... 211
Increased Reliability ............................................................................................................. 211
RAID Overview......................................................................................................................... 212
Disk Striping ............................................................................................................................. 212
Disk Mirroring ........................................................................................................................... 213
Selecting a RAID Level ............................................................................................................ 214
RAID 0...................................................................................................................................... 215
RAID 1...................................................................................................................................... 215
RAID 1n.................................................................................................................................... 216
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RAID 5...................................................................................................................................... 217
Appendix BCHAP and Mutual CHAP................................................................................. 219
Overview .................................................................................................................................. 219
CHAP ....................................................................................................................................... 219
CHAP Prerequisites ............................................................................................................. 219
Setting up CHAP .................................................................................................................. 219
Mutual CHAP authentication.................................................................................................... 220
Mutual CHAP Prerequisites.................................................................................................. 220
Setting up Mutual CHAP ...................................................................................................... 220
Appendix CInstallation Procedure..................................................................................... 221
Installation Procedure............................................................................................................... 222
Installation Procedure .............................................................................................................. 222
Remove Any PCI NIC Add-on Cards....................................................................................... 223
Attach a Keyboard and Monitor............................................................................................ 223
Installation Procedure .............................................................................................................. 224
Appendix DUpgrade Procedure......................................................................................... 227
FTP Upgrade Procedure.......................................................................................................... 228
FTP Upgrade Procedure (Using ManageTrends).................................................................... 228
Upgrade Procedure using the Command Line Interface ......................................................... 229
Attach a Keyboard and Monitor............................................................................................ 229
Fully Boot into ManageTrends ............................................................................................. 229
Insert the StorTrends iTX Installation CD (with the build you want to upgrade to) .............. 230
Upgrade Procedure (using the Command Line Interface) ................................................... 230
Using StorTrends as an FTP Server........................................................................................ 237
Path Information Configuration............................................................................................. 237
Errors during Upgrade.......................................................................................................... 237
Appendix EReplication Overview...................................................................................... 239
The Business Threat................................................................................................................ 239
The Solution: Remote Replication ........................................................................................... 239
High Availability with Synchronous Replication.................................................................... 239
Remote Replication essentially comes in two flavors.............................................................. 240
Synchronous Replication...................................................................................................... 240
Asynchronous Replication.................................................................................................... 240
StorTrends Remote Replication Suite ..................................................................................... 240
Synchronous Replication...................................................................................................... 241
StorTrends Asynchronous Replication................................................................................. 242
Snap Assisted Replication.................................................................................................... 242
Delta snaps........................................................................................................................... 243
Snap assisted replication of NAS volumes .......................................................................... 244
An Overview of Journal Assisted Replication (JAR)................................................................ 245
Journal and Journal Files ..................................................................................................... 246
Synchronous Replication & High Availability ........................................................................ 247
Navigating within ManageTrends............................................................................................. 247
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Creation.............................................. 247
CLI Command for Creating a Synchronous Replication Pair............................................... 250
Synchronous Replication and High Availability Pair Details ................................................ 251
Synchronous Replication Details.......................................................................................... 251
High Availability Pair Details................................................................................................. 251
Synchronous Replication and High Availability pair deletion ............................................... 252
Synchronous Replication pair view ...................................................................................... 252
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High Availability Pair View.................................................................................................... 252
CLI Command for Deleting a Synchronous Replication Pair ............................................... 253
Split Operation and Replication Tab Status ......................................................................... 253
Split Replication and Tab Status .......................................................................................... 253
CLI Command for Displaying Split Replication and Status .................................................. 254
Join Operation and Resync Progress .................................................................................. 255
Join Replication and Resync Progress ................................................................................ 255
CLI Command for Joining Synchronous Replications Pairs ................................................ 255
Failover Operation................................................................................................................ 256
Synchronous Replication Failover – Before Failover in Original Secondary ....................... 256
Synchronous Replication Failover – After Failover in Original Secondary .......................... 256
CLI Command for Failover Operations of Synchronous Replication Pairs .......................... 257
Failback Operation ............................................................................................................... 257
Synchronous Replication Failback – Before Failback in Original Primary ........................... 257
Synchronous Replication Failback – After Failback in Original Primary .............................. 258
CLI Command for Failback Operations of Synchronous Replication Pairs ......................... 258
Snap-Assisted Replication....................................................................................................... 259
Navigating with ManageTrends ............................................................................................... 259
Snap Assisted Replication using the Replication Wizard..................................................... 260
Replication ............................................................................................................................... 263
SAR view – Primary Box ...................................................................................................... 263
SAR view – Secondary Box ................................................................................................. 263
SAR – Configuring the Schedule ......................................................................................... 264
SAR – Deleting the Schedule............................................................................................... 265
Failover Operation................................................................................................................ 266
Before Failover Operation in Secondary Box....................................................................... 266
After Failover Operation in Secondary Box.......................................................................... 267
Failback Join Operation........................................................................................................ 268
Before Failback join Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box. ................................. 268
After Failback Join Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box. ................................... 269
After Failback Join Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box. ................................... 269
Failback Operation ............................................................................................................... 270
Before Failback Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box......................................... 270
After Failback Operation in Secondary (Original Primary) Box............................................ 270
After Failback Operation in Primary (Original Secondary) Box............................................ 271
Deleting the SAR pair........................................................................................................... 271
Deletion of SAR pair............................................................................................................. 271
Journal Management & Journal Assisted Replication .......................................................... 272
Journal and Journal File........................................................................................................... 272
Creating a Journal ................................................................................................................ 272
Creating a Journal File ......................................................................................................... 274
Journal Assisted Replication ................................................................................................ 276
Create Journal Assisted Replication (JAR) .......................................................................... 276
Appendix FSetting up DHCP from the Console Interface............................................... 283
Logging on from the Console Interface.................................................................................... 283
Console Interface..................................................................................................................... 284
Go to IpConfig.......................................................................................................................... 284
Set IP Address ......................................................................................................................... 285
Set to DHCP............................................................................................................................. 286
Appendix GUpdating an Expired License......................................................................... 287
Overview .................................................................................................................................. 288
Updating an Expired License ................................................................................................... 288
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Appendix HUPS Configuration........................................................................................... 291
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 291
StorTrends - UPS Integration................................................................................................... 291
StorTrends Integrated UPS Configuration ........................................................................... 291
Configuring using ManageTrends............................................................................................ 292
ManageTrends Control Panel .............................................................................................. 292
UPS Configuration Page ...................................................................................................... 292
Configuring Slave Boxes ...................................................................................................... 293
Monitoring UPS through CLI ................................................................................................ 293
Action on Power Failure........................................................................................................... 294
Cache Mode before UPS takeover ...................................................................................... 294
Cache Mode after UPS takeover.......................................................................................... 294
Cache mode change from StorTrends Logs ........................................................................ 295
UPS on Battery Mode........................................................................................................... 295
Monitoring UPS from CLI ..................................................................................................... 295
Messages from StorTrends Log - Auto Shutdown ............................................................... 296
ManageTrends Event Log .................................................................................................... 296
Appendix IContinuous Data Technology ........................................................................ 297
Overview .................................................................................................................................. 297
StorTrends iTX Installation CDT – a True Event Addressable Storage................................... 298
Contemporary CDP Appliance Vs StorTrends iTX Installation CDP ....................................... 300
Under the hood: StorTrends iTX Installation CDT ................................................................... 301
StorTrends Continuous Data Protection architecture .......................................................... 302
Appendix JWDS and Deduplication in StorTrends iTX................................................... 303
The Effects of Packet Loss and Latency on TCP/IP Efficiency............................................ 303
Figure 1: Effect of TCP protocol on transfer bandwidth ....................................................... 304
Figure 2: StorTrends Transfer Profile vs. TCP Transfer Profile ........................................... 305
The StorTrends® iTX WDS Implementation and Transfer Acceleration ................................. 306
WDS in StorTrends iTX: Compression and Data Deduplication for WAN Asynchronous
Replication ............................................................................................................................... 306
Figure 5:The Delta Snapshot Replication Technology behind Asynchronous Replication in
StorTrends iTX ..................................................................................................................... 307
Figure 6: Deduplication and WAN Transfer Acceleration Management in StorTrends iTX . 308
Additional WAN Assists in Asynchronous Replication with StorTrends®................................ 309
Figure 4: ManageTrends® Replication Management Screen Summary ............................. 309
Appendix KSystem Specifications .................................................................................... 311
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................... 313
ACL....................................................................................................................................... 313
Active Directory™................................................................................................................. 313
Alert ...................................................................................................................................... 313
AppleTalk®........................................................................................................................... 313
Appliance.............................................................................................................................. 313
Archive.................................................................................................................................. 314
Asynchronous Replication.................................................................................................... 314
Authentication....................................................................................................................... 314
Base DN ............................................................................................................................... 314
Capacity................................................................................................................................ 314
CDP ...................................................................................................................................... 315
Consistency Groups ............................................................................................................. 315
Consistency Group Rollback ................................................................................................ 315
COW..................................................................................................................................... 317
DAS ...................................................................................................................................... 317
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Data ...................................................................................................................................... 317
Delta Snaps.......................................................................................................................... 318
DHCP ................................................................................................................................... 318
Disaster Recovery Plan/Solution.......................................................................................... 318
Domain ................................................................................................................................. 318
Domain Controller ................................................................................................................ 318
Domain Name....................................................................................................................... 319
Ethernet ................................................................................................................................ 319
Ethernet 802.2...................................................................................................................... 319
Ethernet 802.3...................................................................................................................... 319
Ethernet II ............................................................................................................................. 319
Ethernet snap ....................................................................................................................... 320
Failover................................................................................................................................. 320
Failback join.......................................................................................................................... 320
Failback ................................................................................................................................ 320
FC SAN ................................................................................................................................ 321
FCIP ..................................................................................................................................... 321
Firewall ................................................................................................................................. 321
Frame ................................................................................................................................... 321
FTP....................................................................................................................................... 321
Gateway ............................................................................................................................... 321
Gigabyte ............................................................................................................................... 321
Group.................................................................................................................................... 322
HA......................................................................................................................................... 322
HAK ...................................................................................................................................... 322
Host ...................................................................................................................................... 322
HTTP .................................................................................................................................... 322
iFCP...................................................................................................................................... 323
ILM........................................................................................................................................ 323
Internet ................................................................................................................................. 323
IP Address ............................................................................................................................ 323
IP SAN.................................................................................................................................. 323
IPS........................................................................................................................................ 324
IPv6 ...................................................................................................................................... 324
IPX........................................................................................................................................ 324
iSCSI .................................................................................................................................... 324
iSCSI Adapter....................................................................................................................... 324
iSCSI-FC .............................................................................................................................. 324
iSCSI Initiator........................................................................................................................ 325
iSCSI Name.......................................................................................................................... 325
iSCSI Target......................................................................................................................... 325
IS-NIC................................................................................................................................... 325
iSNS ..................................................................................................................................... 325
ISP........................................................................................................................................ 325
Journaling ............................................................................................................................. 325
LAN....................................................................................................................................... 325
Mail Server ........................................................................................................................... 326
MIB ....................................................................................................................................... 326
Mirrored OS.......................................................................................................................... 326
NAS ...................................................................................................................................... 326
NDMP ................................................................................................................................... 326
Network ................................................................................................................................ 326
NIC ....................................................................................................................................... 327
NIS........................................................................................................................................ 327
Node ..................................................................................................................................... 327
Notification............................................................................................................................ 327
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NTP ...................................................................................................................................... 327
Open..................................................................................................................................... 327
OSI ....................................................................................................................................... 328
OSI Layer 3 .......................................................................................................................... 328
Packet................................................................................................................................... 328
Parameters ........................................................................................................................... 328
Protocol ................................................................................................................................ 328
Proxy Server......................................................................................................................... 328
Quota.................................................................................................................................... 328
RAID 0 .................................................................................................................................. 329
RAID 1 .................................................................................................................................. 329
RAID 5 .................................................................................................................................. 329
RAID 6 .................................................................................................................................. 330
RAID 10 ................................................................................................................................ 330
RAID 50 ................................................................................................................................ 330
RAID 60 ................................................................................................................................ 331
RAID Level ........................................................................................................................... 331
Replication............................................................................................................................ 331
Replication Scheduling......................................................................................................... 331
Router................................................................................................................................... 331
ROW..................................................................................................................................... 332
SAFE .................................................................................................................................... 332
SAN ...................................................................................................................................... 332
SAR ...................................................................................................................................... 333
Schedule............................................................................................................................... 333
SCSI ..................................................................................................................................... 333
Server ................................................................................................................................... 333
Share .................................................................................................................................... 333
SLP....................................................................................................................................... 333
SMB...................................................................................................................................... 334
Snapshot .............................................................................................................................. 334
Snapshot Rollback ............................................................................................................... 334
SNIC ..................................................................................................................................... 334
SNMP ................................................................................................................................... 334
SRM...................................................................................................................................... 335
State ..................................................................................................................................... 335
Stripe Size ............................................................................................................................ 335
Subnet Mask......................................................................................................................... 335
Switch ................................................................................................................................... 335
Synchronous Replication...................................................................................................... 336
Target Discovery .................................................................................................................. 336
TCP ...................................................................................................................................... 336
TCP/IP .................................................................................................................................. 336
Upgrade................................................................................................................................ 336
User DN................................................................................................................................ 336
VSS ...................................................................................................................................... 336
Volume ................................................................................................................................. 337
WAN ..................................................................................................................................... 337
WDS ..................................................................................................................................... 337
WINS .................................................................................................................................... 337
WWN .................................................................................................................................... 337
XFS....................................................................................................................................... 337
Index ........................................................................................................................................... 339
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Limited Warranty
The buyer agrees that if this product proves to be defective, American Megatrends is only
obligated to repair or replace this product at American Megatrends’ discretion according
to the terms and conditions of the warranty registration card that accompanies this
product. American Megatrends shall not be liable in tort or contract for any loss or
damage, direct, incidental or consequential resulting from the use of this product. Please
see the Warranty Registration Card shipped with this product for full warranty details.
Technical Support
AMI provides technical support for AMI products purchased directly from AMI or from
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If… Then…
You purchased this product from AMI or from
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Please be prepared to specify the serial
number of the product.
This AMI product was installed as part of a
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AMI or you purchased an AMI product from
an unauthorized reseller,
Call the technical support department of the
computer manufacturer or the unauthorized
reseller. AMI does not provide direct technical
support in this case.
If the American Megatrends StorTrends® 1300 fails to operate as described or you are in
doubt about a configuration option, please call technical support at 770-246-8645.
Web Site
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http://www.ami.com/
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Disclaimer
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Although efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained
here, American Megatrends expressly disclaims liability for any error in this information,
and for damages, whether direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or otherwise,
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Product Compliance Information
The StorTrends 1300 chassis is compliant with the following safety
standards/requirements:
Electromagnetic Emissions
FCC Class A, EN 55022 Class A, EN 61000-3-2/-3-3, CISPR 22 Class A
Electromagnetic
EN 55024/CISPR 24, (EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-4,
EN 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4-6, EN 61000-4-8, EN 61000-4-11)
Safety
EN 60950/IEC 60950-Compliant, UL Listed (USA), CUL Listed (Canada), TUV
Certified (Germany), CE Marking (Europe)
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Chapter One : Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview
The StorTrends® 1300i is an affordable 1U, rack-mount storage appliance that offers
support for both block and file data. It merges Ethernet-based Storage Area Networks
(IP-SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) on a single storage platform.
The StorTrends 1300i supports iSCSI, enabling block applications like Microsoft®
Exchange and Oracle® to be deployed or stored on the same server as traditional file
services and storage. The StorTrends 1300i is designed with performance in mind, and
includes features for enterprise-level storage management such as hardware RAID,
advanced snapshots, volume replication and failover.
System Features & Highlights:
•Transfer block and file data over existing Ethernet network
•Sturdy 1U rack mountable chassis
•Redundant Power Supply Modules
•Supports major file transfer protocols
•Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
•Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
•WAN-optimization Data Service (WDS)
•Network Teaming
•Advanced Snapshot Capability
•Volume Replication and Expansion
•High Availability (HA) Grouping
•Storage Alerts
•Support for volumes up to 112 TB
•Support for 64 volumes per appliance
•SATA / SAS support with hot swap
•Hardware RAID Controllers
•UPS Support
•ADS/NIS Support
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Hardware Specifications:
Form Factor
•1U Chassis with 450W Redundant Power Supply
•One (1) Slim DVD-ROM Drive
On-Board CPU
•One (1) Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 3000 series
•(2.13GHz) with 1066 MHz FSB, 2 GB of DDR2 SDRAM
Drive Interface
Drive & Storage Capacity
•Four (4) 3.5” Hot-swappable SAS / SATA Drive Bays
•250 GB, 500 GB or 1.0 TB capacity hard drives are supported, for 1.0 TB, 2.0 TB or
4.0 TB physical storage capacity per appliance
Hardware RAID Support
•Integrated Intel® ICH7R Controller (3 Gbps)
•Online capacity expansion & RAID level migration
•Multiple array types per drive
•Distributed sparing
•Read with Write-back caching
•Global dedicated and distributed hot-spare
Status LEDs
•6 LED Indicators (Power, Network Activity (x2), HDD Activity, System Overheat,
UID)
Expansion Slots
Three PCI-Express Expansion Slots:
•Two (x8) PCI-Express Slots (via Riser Card)
•One (x4) PCI-Express Slot (via Riser Card)
Data Management Ports
•2x Single-port Gigabit PCI-Express Ethernet Controller
Other Connectors
•Two (2) USB Ports (2.0, 1.1)
Power Specifications
•450W (1+1) Redundant, AC Power Supply with PFC
•AC Voltage (100 - 240V, 60-50Hz, 6.3 - 3.2 Amp)
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