Netstor NR340A-IP2 User manual

Netstor Technology Co.,Ltd.
6F, No. 1, Alley 16, Lane 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian District, New Taipei City 231-45, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected]
● NR340A-IP2
First Edition, October 2011
GbE iSCSI to SATA II/III Chassis
Quick Installation Guide
Quick Installation Guide

RS-232
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11 13
RS-232
iSNS server
(Optional)Host / Server
Switch
Management
PC
Gigabit switch
1. After you turn on the NR340A-IP2, there will be an IP address
(e.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx) shown in the LCD in front of the
NR340A-IP2 enclosure.
2. Open the web browser (Internet Explorer…etc.), and key in the IP
address shown from the LCD into the web browser, and press enter.
3. The entry screen of the web GUI will be shown. Then you key in
the default user name and password. The default user name is:
admin, and the default password is: 1234, and then press Login.
NR340A-IP2
Before installing this unit, verify that package contains the
following items.
1. Mute button
。Reset for buzzer beeping
2. Status LED
。Normal – green; failure – red (Fan fails, over-temperature occurs,
or HDD/power supply failure)
3. Access LED
。HDD no access – no light; HDD accessing – flashing green
4. LCD (liquid crystal display)
5. ESC (Escape) (control panel button)
6. ▲ (Up) (control panel button)
7. ENT (Enter) (control panel button)
8. ▼ (Down) (control panel button)
9. HDD power LED
。white - power on indicator
10. HDD status LED
。flashing blue – busy (HDD accessing) indicator
11. Power cord receptacles
12. GbE 1
13. GbE 2
14. RJ45 Ethernet port for management
15. Console
16. RS-232 for connection UPS
GbE iSCSI to SATA II/III Chassis
4. Disk Installation
Install each hard drive into the drive trays and fasten using
the supplied HDD screws.
5. Product Connection
1. Connect one end of the Gigabit Ethernet cable to GbE 1 and GbE 2
on rear of the NR340A-IP2 enclosure, and the other end of the
Gigabit Ethernet cable to the GbE ports on GbE switch.
2. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to RJ45 Ethernet
management port and, and the other end of the Ethernet cable to
the switch.
3. Plug one end of the power cord to the two power cord receptacles
on rear of the NR340A-IP2 enclosure, and the other end of the
power cord to the power outlets.
Key for HDD tray x 2
E
Hard drive mounting screw
package x 1
D
CD user’s manual x 1
F
HDD tray
(installed on enclosure) x 8
B
Power cord x 2
C
Enclosure x 1
A
Notify your sales representative if any of the above items is missing
or damaged.
Netstor’s GbE iSCSI enclosure uses Intel IOP 341, 64-bit Xscale
processor as the core engine that delivers highest performance while
running with dual Gigabit iSCSI channels and supports hardware
RAID levels of RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 & JBOD with
a wide range of RAID function selection for data protection.
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1. Overview
2. Package Checklist
6. Quick RAID Setting
3. Panel Layout
Step 1 Step 2
Net cable
RS-232 cable
1
9
10
24
3
5
6
7
8
HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4
HDD5 HDD6 HDD7 HDD8

4. After you enter the web GUI, to perform a quick setup of RAID,
click Quick installation at the top on the left side of the screen.
Then you are able to select a RAID level (e.g. RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6,
0 + 1…etc.) for NR340A-IP2. After you have selected a RAID
level, press Confirm to proceed to the next step.
5. Information about the RAID level and the volume size that are
going to be created will be shown on the screen. Press Confirm
to finish the setup. After you press Confirm, the RAID level and
the volume size will be created.
6. Click iSCSI configuration, and then click NIC. You will see LAN1
and LAN2 with its default IP address and Gateway address. To
change each LAN’s IP address and Gateway address for your
network environment, click IP settings for iSCSI ports, and key
in the IP address and Gateway address, and then click Confirm.
7. After the IP address and Gateway address have been changed,
remember those addresses for iSCSI Initiator’s Target portals in
the Discovery section in iSCSI Initiator.
8. Open the iSCSI Initiator. Select Discovery, and then click
Discover Portal. Key in the IP addresses shown from iSCSI
configuration > NIC for LAN1 and LAN2.
9. Select Targets in iSCSI Initiator. Click the item “iqn.2001-10.tw.
com.netstor:iscsi-device-000c10021:default-target” shown in the
Discovered targets, and then press Connect. The window of
“Connect To Target” will pop up. Select “Add this connection to
the list…” and “Enable multi-path”, and click OK. After you press
OK, the status of the item will become “Connected”.
GbE iSCSI to SATA II/III Chassis
NR340A-IP2
6F, No. 1, Alley 16, Lane 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian District,
New Taipei City 231-45, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
Netstor Technology Co.,Ltd.
11. Right-click the RAID volume, and select New Simple Volume
Wizard. Complete the steps shown in the New Simple Volume
Wizard, and the RAID volume will be formatted.
12. Click Device Manager on the left side of the window of Computer
Management, and then click Disk drives. You will see “Netstor
iSCSI-Device SCSI Disk Device” (indicating NR340A-IP2) shown
under “Disk drives”.
13. After the formatting of the RAID volume, left-click Computer. The
New Volume will be shown, and you are able to use the RAID
volume on NR340A-IP2.
10. Right-click Computer, and select Manage. After the window of
Computer Management shows up. Click Disk Management.
The RAID volume (Unallocated) you created on NR340A-IP2
will be shown at the bottom part in the window of Computer
Management. For detailed configuration of NR340A-IP2, please refer to
NR340A-IP2’s user’s manual.
If you have any questions, please contact your regional distributor,
or Netstor Technology, Taiwan.