Lenovo Storage DX8200D series User guide

LenovoStorageDX8200D
SystemInstallationGuide
(AdditionalAppliancesinExistingServer
Group)

FirstEdition(December2016)
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Table of contents
Intended Audience 3
Document Revision History 4
Recent changes made to this document 4
Physical Installation 5
System Setup 7
OverView 7
Stage One 7
Stage Two 7
Stage Three 8
Interrupting the Automated Deployment Process 8
Stage One (Initial Setup) 9
Accept the Operating System EULA 9
Starting the Deployment Utility 9
Stage Two (User Interview) 11
Accept the SANsymphony software EULA 11
Server Configuration 11
SANsymphony Software Setup 12
SANsymphony Networking Configuration 15
Deployment Summary 17
Planned Reboot 18
Stage Three (Software Installation and Configuration) 19
Post-Installation Steps 20
DataCore Management Console 20
Documentation 20
Account Passwords 20

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Intended Audience
This document has been prepared by DataCore Software as a guide for the benefit of
DataCore Certified Installation Engineers (DCIE) who would deploy SANsymphony™
software in the field as an integral component of the Lenovo DX8200D family of devices.
This document covers only the first-time installation of a new device, into an existing
DataCore SANsymphony Server Group in which other DX8200D family appliances have
been previously deployed.
For disaster recovery restoration of a device which has been deployed previously, see the
separate document “Lenovo DX8200D Disaster Recovery Guide”.
The software and procedures described herein apply only to this specific use-case. If you
are deploying systems other than one from the Lenovo DX8200D family, then other
procedures will apply. If in doubt you should contact your reseller, or consult Lenovo
Technical Support.
Important
It is assumed that the upgrade will be performed by a competent person with requisite
training in the installation and administration of the current release of DataCore
SANsymphony™.

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Document Revision History
Recent changes made to this document
First published (December 2016) –Release V1.0

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Physical Installation
The DX8200D Appliance Family
Connecting your appliance
The DX8200D family of appliances are supplied with six Ethernet network interface ports
dedicated to ‘storage port roles’; two ‘Front-End’ ports, two ‘Mirror’ ports and two ‘Back-
End’ ports.
Front-End ports act only as iSCSI targets and are used to present Virtual Disks (LUNs /
VVols) to host servers. Mirror ports act simultaneously as both iSCSI initiator and target
ports and are used exclusively to provide synchronous replication of highly available
Virtual Disks (‘Mirrored Disks’). Back-End ports are iSCSI initiator ports, used to connect
external storage systems so that their resources can be managed by the DX8200D
appliance.
Remaining Ethernet network Interface ports are used to provide “Management” ports (out-
of-band communication between DX8200D appliances in highly available topologies) and
for regular Windows Server administration.
If your appliance is to operate correctly it is vital that the physical connection of the storage
ports is correct with respect to the DataCore topological design and the prevailing network
infrastructure. In adding additional appliance(s) into an existing DataCore Server Group,
the potential to create a highly available environment arising but only if the requisite
storage port connectivity is observed:

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The Lenovo DX8200D family of appliances are also equipped with a second generation
Integrated Management Module (IMM), providing amongst other functionality; remote
KVM presence, remote power management and virtual media capabilities. It is strongly
recommended that the IMM port be connected.
Optionally, some DX8200D family appliances may be additional provisioned with Fibre
Channel (FC) interface ports.
Important: If your appliance has been supplied with factory installed FC interfaces, or if
the field installable FC upgrade kit has been applied prior to appliance deployment, it is
critical that these remain disconnected throughout the automated deployment process, or
deployment will fail. They may be connected once the appliance has been successfully
deployed into the Server Group.
All Ethernet ports must be connected prior to first starting the appliance and commencing
the automated deployment process.

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System Setup
OverView
The DX8200D family of Lenovo virtualised io appliances are supplied with both
SANsymphony™storage virtualisation software and a factory-installed deployment utility
designed to automate the initial installation and setup of the software so that the system
may be brought into service quickly and with minimum administrative overhead.
The configuration utility is launched automatically upon first boot of the operating system
and orchestrates all the necessary aspects of the deployment of a new server appliance. It
is visible to the installer in the form of a PowerShell Session which may be seen to run
throughout the deployment.
The automated software installation process can be thought of in terms of approximately
three logical stages.
Stage One
During the initial ‘pre-flight’ phase, the deployment utility will verify that the appliance
hardware is properly installed and configured as expected; will validate aspects of the
operating system environment and make any necessary adjustments and will un-package
and prepare itself to perform the SANsymphony™software installation and configuration.
Stage Two
Stage two is characterised by the user interview stage, during which the installation
engineer / administrator will be presented with a GUI for the collection of the minimum set
of configuration parameters that the utility will require in order to be able to make a
successfully installation. The parameters required will vary depending on the installation
context but will necessarily include identity and authentication details for at least one
existing appliance that has been previously deployed into the target Server Group. You
should therefore ensure that these details are available prior to commencing the
deployment process. Once the necessary user input has been made, the deployment runs
to completion.

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Stage Three
In the final stage of the deployment, the SANsymphony™software is installed and prepared
for first use in accordance with the settings provided by the installer in Stage Two. This
includes joining the new, incoming appliance with the existing Server Group and
subsequent synchronisation of the shared configuration database.
Interrupting the Automated Deployment Process
The three logical installation stages may be implemented by a varying number of actual
installation ‘phases’, each of which may be punctuated by one or more reboot cycles
depending upon the actions that are required of those phases. Since the deployment
process is designed to require as little user intervention as possible, reboots will be
performed automatically where required. At all times, the user has the ability to cancel a
requested reboot, if so desired but should this be done, the automation will not restart
automatically on the return from the reboot but must instead be resumed by the user,
requiring manual intervention.
The deployment utility makes use of checkpoints so that if the process is interrupted for
any reason (user action or otherwise), it can be resumed by logging into the server
appliance using the administrator account (in combination with the password credential
established during the second stage) and using the “Resume Installation” shortcut which is
found on the desktop.

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Stage One (Initial Setup)
Initial setup begins once the operating system on the appliance has booted for the first
time. The first action is to finalise the factory-applied system image preparation (or
‘sysprep’).
Important: For the deployment automation to succeed, you must ensure that the cabling
and connectivity prerequisites have all been met, before starting the server appliance.
Accept the Operating System EULA
When the operating system first boots, the installer will be presented with the Microsoft
Licensing Terms for the underlying Windows 2012 operating system. You must accept the
EULA (click “I Accept”) in order to continue with the deployment. If this is done, an
automatic login will be performed, in the context of the local administrator account.
Starting the Deployment Utility
Under normal circumstances, the automated deployment utility can be expected to start
automatically, after the automated login is complete (there may be a pause of a few seconds
between the login and the commencement of the “DataCore ADK Sequencer” session).
If this does not happen, start it manually by double-clicking the “Start-Deployment” icon
located on the desktop.