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
Model EMU01

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Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950
Systems
Installation Guide

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Model EMU01
May 2007 P/N MN424 Rev. A01

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Solution Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Configuring Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Configuring Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 . . . . . 8
2 Cabling Your Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cabling the Integrated Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cabling the Dell|EMC SAN Gateway Solution . . . . . 14
3 Connecting to the PowerVault NX1950
Storage System Initially . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Special Administration Console . . . . . 16
Accessing the SAC Command Prompt . . . . . . . 17
Configuring IP Addresses and DNS . . . . . . . . 18
Accessing the PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution
From a Client System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Windows Server Remote Administration Applet . . 19
Remote Desktop for Administration . . . . . . . . 20
Remote Desktop Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote Web Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4Contents
4 Completing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . 23
Dell Storage Initialization Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Integrated Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Dell|EMC SAN Gateway Solution . . . . . . . . . 24
PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration
Tasks Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Initial Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 Obtaining More Information . . . . . . . . . . 27
Restoring Your Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Introduction 5
Introduction
This document provides information about installing, cabling, configuring,
and localizing your Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 storage solution.
The following topics are covered in this document:
• Solution overview
• Cabling your solution
• Connecting to the storage system
• Completing the configuration
• Obtaining more information
Solution Overview
The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution consists of either a single-node
or a multiple-node cluster configuration running Microsoft®Windows®
Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system. The solution is
configured from Dell for either a PowerVault MD3000 storage array
(integrated solution) or a Dell|EMC storage array (Dell|EMC SAN gateway
solution). The solution is pre-configured with the operating system and the
required software. Minimal configuration steps are required to complete the
setup of the solution.
NOTE: The default password for your system is storageserver.
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.
NOTE: The integrated solution supports two-node clustering only. The storage
area network (SAN) gateway solution supports up to eight nodes in a cluster.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the components of both the integrated solution
and the SAN gateway solution.

6Introduction
Figure 1-1. PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solutions
Configuring Your Hardware
The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution is configured from Dell to
include the following peripherals:
• PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 5/i for internal
hardware redundant array of independent disks (RAID) 1
• Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) 5/E host bus adapter (HBA) controller
to connect to the PowerVault storage sub-system for the
integrated
solution
• QLE2462 Fibre Channel HBA to connect to existing or new SANs
for the
SAN gateway solution
PowerVault NX1950 System
PowerVault NX1950 System
PowerVault MD3000 Storage Array Dell|EMC Storage Array
Windows Unified Data
Storage Server 2003
Windows Unified Data
Storage Server 2003
Integrated Solution Dell|EMC SAN
Gateway Solution

Introduction 7
• Broadcom
®
NetXtreme II™ 5708 single-port Gigabit network interface
card (NIC) with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) or Intel
®
PRO/1000
PT dual-port server adapter 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 on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com:
• Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Getting Started With Your System
• Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual
• Dell PowerVault MD3000 documentation
• Dell|EMC storage array documentation
Configuring Your Software
Depending on the solution that you have purchased, Dell has
pre-configured the following software:
Table 1-1. List of Pre-Configured Software
Integrated Solution SAN Gateway Solution
Windows Unified Data Storage
Server 2003, x64 operating system
Windows Unified Data Storage Server
2003, x64 operating system
PowerVault MD3000 Modular
Disk Storage Manager
EMC
®
Navisphere
®
Agent and
command line interface (CLI)
PowerVault MD3000 Volume
Shadow-Copy Service (VSS)
and Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
providers
Dell|EMC VSS and VDS providers
Dell Storage Initialization Wizard Dell Storage Initialization Wizard
EMC PowerPath
®
(This version is not
licensed from Dell. For more information,
see "Registering PowerPath for the SAN
Gateway Solution" on page 24.)
EMC Storage System Initialization Wizard
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

8Introduction
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" on page 23.
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 Network File System [NFS], Common
Internet File System [CIFS], and File Service
• Support for Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
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: For compatibility information, see the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems
Support Matrix.
Supported Editions
Dell supports the following editions of the Windows Unified Data Storage
Server 2003 operating system:
• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
• Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
NOTE: The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
operating system supports a multiple-node cluster environment.
NOTE: The Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
supports the x64-based versions of PowerVault NX1950 management console
snap-ins only and not the 32-bit versions.