D-Link DSN-610 User manual

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DSN-6000 Series
ISCSI IP SAN STORAGE
Quick Installation Guide+

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Quick Installation Guide
DSN-6000 series
IP SAN storage HDD trays
If any of the items are missing, please contact your reseller.
iSCSI IP SAN storage
Package Contents
RS-232 cables
Before installation
Before starting, prepare the following items.
1. A host with a Gigabit Ethernet NIC or iSCSI HBA.
2. CAT 5e, or CAT 6 network cables for management port and iSCSI data ports.
3. Prepare storage system conguration plan.
4. Prepare management port and iSCSI data ports network information. When using static IP, please
prepare static IP addresses, subnet mask, and default gateway.
5. 10GbE switches (recommended). Or 10GbE switches with LCAP / Trunking (optional).
6. CHAP security information, including CHAP username and secret (optional).
Power cords
CD Keys, screws for
drives and rail kit
Rail kitGBIC transceiver
and cable for
DSN-6410/ 6420
only

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Install drives
Note : Skip this section if you purchased a solution populated with drives.
To install SAS or SATA drives with no Bridge Board use the front mounting holes:
To install SATA drives with Bridge Board (DSN-654), t the Bridge Board rst.
Then install the drive using the rear mounting holes:
Drive slot numbering
Slot 1 Slot 4 Slot 7 Slot 10
Slot 2 Slot 5 Slot 8 Slot 11
Slot 3 Slot 6 Slot 9 Slot 12
Hard drives can be installed into any slot in the enclosure. Slot numbering will be reected in
web UI.
Note: It is advisable to install at least one drive in slots 1 ~ 4. System event logs are saved
to drives in these slots; If no drives are tted the event logs will be lost in the event of a
system reboot.

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Deployment
Please refer to the following topology and have all the connections ready.
1. Setup the hardware connection before powering on servers. Connect console cable, management
port cable, and iSCSI data port cables in advance.
2. In addition, installing an iSNS server is recommended for dual controller system.
3. Power on IP SAN storage and JBOD (optional) rst, and then power on hosts and iSNS server.
4. To ensure MPIO is set-up automatically it is recommended that you log on the target twice (from
controller 1 then controller 2).
Note: iSNS server is recommended for dual controller system.
DSN-6110: 1GbE to SAS/ SATA IP SAN storage, Single controller.
DSN-6110 with DSN-610: 1GbE to SAS/ SATA IP SAN storage, Dual redundant controller.

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DSN-6410: 10GbE to SAS/ SATA IP SAN storage, Single controller.
DSN-6410 with DSN-640: 10GbE to SAS/ SATA IP SAN storage, Dual redundant controller.

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1.Web UI
The D-Link DSN-6000 family includes a simple to use Graphical User Interface (GUI)
for integration and management. Be sure to connect the LAN cable, open a browser
and enter:
http://192.168.0.32
A dialog box for authentication will pop up.
User name: admin
Default password: 123456
After login, choose the functions that list on the left hand side to start your conguration.
2.Quick installation
Please make sure that there are some free drives installed in this system. Please check the
hard drive details in “/ Volume conguration / Physical disk”.
Step1: Click the “Quick installation”; follow the steps to set up system name and date / time.
Step2: Conrm the management port and DNS IP addresses are correct, and click “Next”.
Conguration
Step 1 Step 2

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Step 3: Set up the data port IP and click “Next”.
Step 4: Set up the RAID level and volume size and click “Next”.
Step 3 Step 4
Step 5: Check all items, and click “Finish”.
Step 6: Done.
3.Logon Microsoft iSCSI initiator
Here are the step by step instructions to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. Please visit Microsoft
website for latest iSCSI initiator. This example is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Connect
1.Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
2.Input IP address or DNS name of the target. And
then click “Quick Connect”.
3.Click “Done”.
4.Your Computer can now connect to an iSCSI disk.

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Notes

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Notes

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Notes

Ver. 1.00(US)
May 23, 2012
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