Dell PowerVault NX1950 User manual

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Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950
Systems
Installation Guide
安装指南
安裝指南
Guide d'installation
Installationsanleitung
設置ガイド
설치 안내서
Guía de instalación

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Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950
Systems
Installation Guide

Notes and Notices
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make better use of your computer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to
hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
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Contents 3
Contents
Solution Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported Editions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What's New in This Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Configuring Your Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring Your Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cabling the Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting to the Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accessing the PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution
From a Client System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Completing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dell Storage Initialization Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration Tasks Wizard . . . . . . . 18
Restoring Your Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing Your Operating System Using the Server
Management CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Restoring the Storage Array Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing and Configuring the MUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Applying the MUI Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Obtaining More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4Contents

Installation Guide 5
This document provides information about deployment, cabling,
configuring, and localizing your Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 storage
solution. The following sections provide information about:
• Solution overview
• Configuring your solution
• Connecting to the storage system
• Completing your system configuration
• PowerVault NX1950 Management Console
• Operating system features
• Restoring your operating system
Solution Overview
The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution consists of single-node or
multiple-node (up to two nodes) configurations running Microsoft®
Windows®Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system and is
configured from Dell with a PowerVault MD3000. This solution delivers
a flexible range of solutions that are pre-configured with the operating
system and the required software. You must perform minimal
configuration steps to complete the setup of the solution.
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003
The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system is
configured to provide the following functionality:
• Optimal performance for unified file (Network File System [NFS]
and Common Internet File System [CIFS]) and iSCSI block
operations
• Support for the new Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
functionality
to provide block storage services in addition to file-level services
• Significant enhancements in share and storage management scenarios,
as well as integration of storage server management components and
functionality
NOTE: You can use the PowerVault NX1950 storage solution as an iSCSI target
device. However, Dell does not support adding hardware iSCSI products to
the solution.

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Supported Editions
Dell supports the following editions of the Windows Unified Data Storage
System 2003 operating system:
• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
NOTE: The x64 editions support only x64-based versions of PowerVault NX1950
management console snap-ins, not 32-bit versions.
What's New in This Release
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 provides the following
features and functionality:
• Efficient and unified file management by extending and consolidating
the management interface.
• Initial Configuration Tasks user interface and command line interface (CLI)
support through the special administration console (SAC) simplify
setting up the storage server.
• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 console integrates
multiple snap-ins for file server management.
• File Server Management provides support for performing additional
administration tasks.
• Share and Storage Management is a new snap-in, that includes
two new wizards, for provisioning shares and storage.
• Microsoft iSCSI Software Target, including the new iSCSI Software
Target snap-in and wizards for creating and managing iSCSI targets,
virtual disks, and snapshots.
• NFS provides an identity mapping interface and wizard.
• Remote Desktop for Administration provides a new Microsoft Remote
Administration applet that enables browser-based remote access to the
management console from client systems running Linux operating
systems.
These features and functionality provide significant improvements over
previous operating systems from Microsoft.

Installation Guide 7
Configuring Your Solution
This section provides information on configuring the hardware and
software for your PowerVault NX1950 storage solution.
NOTE: Throughout this document PowerVault NX1950 storage system refers
to the individual storage unit and PowerVault NX1950 storage solution refers
to the configuration of the storage unit along with the storage arrays.
Configuring Your Hardware
The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution is configured from Dell to
include the following peripherals that are required for the solution:
• PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 5/i for internal
hardware redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 1 feature
• Serial attached SCSI (SAS) 5/E host bus adapter (HBA) controller
to connect to the PowerVault storage sub-system
• Dual-port network interface card (NIC) for additional client network
connectivity (a total number of four Gigabit Ethernet data
connections are available)
• Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) 5 for remote restore capabilities
and lights-out management
For information on setting up your hardware or racks, see the following
documents:
• Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Getting Started With Your System
• Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual
• Dell PowerVault MD3000 documentation
Configuring Your Software
Your PowerVault NX1950 storage solution is pre-configured from Dell with
the required software for the solution and includes the following software:
• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, x64 operating system
• Modular Disk Storage Manager
• PowerVault MD3000 Volume Shadow-Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual
Disk Service (VDS) providers
• Dell Storage Initialization Wizard

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You do not need to install the operating system as it is pre-installed.
However, you need to perform the final steps to complete the installation
and configuration of the solution. For more information, see "Completing
the Configuration."
Cabling the Solution
Before you turn on the system, ensure that the PowerVault MD3000
storage array is cabled to the PowerVault NX1950 storage system(s).
Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 illustrate how to cable the SAS 5/E HBA
controllers in the PowerVault NX1950 storage system to the PowerVault
MD3000 storage array. The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution supports
single-node and two-node cluster configurations only. See Figure 1-1
for single-node configuration and Figure 1-2 for two-node configuration.
Figure 1-1. Single-Node Configuration
1NIC port A to Gb Ethernet switch
for data/management (optional)
4Port 0 on SAS HBA
to In-0 on controller 1
2NIC port B to Gb Ethernet switch for
data/management/backup (optional)
5Port 1 on SAS HBA
to In-0 on controller 0
3Gb1 and Gb2 to Gigabit Ethernet
switch(es) for data (static IP address
required for Gb1, optional for Gb2)
6DRAC port to Ethernet
switch for lights-out
management (optional)
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PowerVault NX1950 storage system
PowerVault MD3000 storage array