Rohde & Schwarz SpycerNode 2U12 User manual

R&S®SpycerNode
User Manual
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Contents
General .............................................................................................................7
About this Documentation ....................................................................................................... 8
Required Reading ................................................................................................................8
Target Group ........................................................................................................................ 8
Additional Documentation .................................................................................................... 8
Safety ................................................................................................................9
For your Safety ....................................................................................................................... 10
General Notes ......................................................................................................................... 11
2U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 11
5U Enclosure ...................................................................................................................... 12
Product Description ......................................................................................13
Function .................................................................................................................................. 14
Models ..................................................................................................................................... 15
Storage Extensions ............................................................................................................ 15
Enclosure Overview ........................................................................................................... 16
Certified Clients for SpycerNode .......................................................................................... 17
System ID and Serial Number ............................................................................................... 18
System ID ........................................................................................................................... 18
Serial Number .................................................................................................................... 18
The Front of the System ........................................................................................................ 19
Enclosure Front .................................................................................................................. 19
Operating Panel (2U Enclosures) ....................................................................................... 20
Operating Panel (5U Enclosure) ........................................................................................ 22
Drives ................................................................................................................................. 24
Carriers (2U Enclosures) .................................................................................................... 25
Carriers (5U Enclosure) ...................................................................................................... 27
The Rear of the System ..........................................................................................................28
I/O Modules ........................................................................................................................ 29
AP-LS I/O Module .............................................................................................................. 29
JBOD I/O Module ............................................................................................................... 31
Power Cooling Module (2U Enclosures)............................................................................. 33
Fan Cooling Modules (5U Enclosure)................................................................................. 34
Power Supply Unit (5U Enclosure) ..................................................................................... 36
Installation ......................................................................................................39
Unpacking the System ........................................................................................................... 40
Mounting the System into a Rack ......................................................................................... 41
Rack System Precautions .................................................................................................. 41
2U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 43
5U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 44
Installing the Drives ............................................................................................................... 46
5U Enclosure ...................................................................................................................... 46
2U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 48
Connecting the Power Source .............................................................................................. 49
2U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 49
5U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 49

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Connecting the I/O Modules .................................................................................................. 50
2U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 50
5U Enclosures .................................................................................................................... 51
Connecting to Networks ........................................................................................................ 52
Starting the System ................................................................................................................ 53
Shutting down the System .................................................................................................... 54
Configuration ................................................................................................ 55
R&S Network Switch Configuration ...................................................................................... 56
Configure a static IP for Management Interface ................................................................. 56
Configure MTU ...................................................................................................................57
Optional .............................................................................................................................. 57
Setting the Unit Identification Number ................................................................................. 59
Initial Setup ............................................................................................................................. 60
Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ......................................................... 60
Using Static IP .................................................................................................................... 67
Installing the Spectrum Scale Client .................................................................................... 74
Installing under Linux ......................................................................................................... 74
Installing under Windows ................................................................................................... 75
Adding a Native Spectrum Scale Client to an Existing Cluster .......................................... 82
Removing a Native Spectrum Scale Client ........................................................................ 83
Operation ....................................................................................................... 85
Using the R&S®Device Manger............................................................................................. 86
Administration............................................................................................... 89
System Update ........................................................................................................................ 90
System Monitoring ................................................................................................................. 91
Monitoring through SNMP .................................................................................................. 91
Monitoring through the Device Manager ............................................................................ 92
Monitoring Disk Arrays ....................................................................................................... 94
Maintenance .................................................................................................. 97
Safety Instructions ................................................................................................................. 98
Replacing an I/O Module ........................................................................................................ 99
Removing an I/O Module .................................................................................................... 99
Installing an I/O Module .................................................................................................... 100
2U Enclosures....................................................................................................................... 101
Removing and Mounting the Front Plate .......................................................................... 101
Replacing a Power Cooling Module ................................................................................. 102
Replacing a Drive Carrier (2u12) ...................................................................................... 104
Replacing a Drive Carrier (2u24) ...................................................................................... 108
Dummy Carrier Removal/Replacement ............................................................................ 111
Replacing a Power Supply Unit ........................................................................................ 111
5U Enclosures....................................................................................................................... 113
General Procedures ......................................................................................................... 113
Replacing a Drive Carrier ................................................................................................. 115
Replacing a Cooling Module ............................................................................................ 118
Replacing a Power Supply Unit ........................................................................................ 120
Working with the R&S Installer (RSI) ........................................................ 123
Types of RSI Packages ........................................................................................................ 124

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Using an RSI ......................................................................................................................... 125
RSI Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................ 127
Logs .................................................................................................................................. 127
Error Codes ...................................................................................................................... 127
Transport ......................................................................................................131
Safety Notes .......................................................................................................................... 132
Packing the System..............................................................................................................133
2U Enclosures .................................................................................................................. 133
5U Enclosures .................................................................................................................. 134
Index .............................................................................................................135

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GeneralSpycerNode
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General
This chapter includes the following section:
●About this Documentation (page 8)

General
About this Documentation
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About this Documentation
This documentation informs you about the installation of the SpycerNode
hardware, a storage system by Rohde & Schwarz, its operation as well as all
connection possibilities. Furthermore, it describes maintenance tasks that
you may carry out on your own.
Required Reading
Each person who is responsible for installation, operation, maintenance or
setting of the system has to read and understand this manual.
Target Group
To use this manual you should know how to handle computer equipment.
Furthermore, to connect the R&S system to a network you should have
experience as a network administrator and know how to set up the required
network connections on the installation site in hard- as well as software.
When performing maintenance tasks on the hardware of the R&S system,
you must be qualified to work on, repair and test electrical equipment.
Additional Documentation
Following documents have to be heeded while working with SpycerNode:
●Data Sheet
The complete documentation can be downloaded from
https://gloris.rohde-schwarz.com after registering/logging in to access
restricted information. There you may find updated manuals and further
information as well.

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Safety
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
●For your Safety (page 10)
●General Notes (page 11)

Safety
For your Safety
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For your Safety
The product documentation helps you to use SpycerNode safely and effi-
ciently. Keep the product documentation in a safe place and pass it on to the
subsequent users. Use SpycerNode only in its designated purpose as
described in the product documentation. Observe the performance limits and
operating conditions stated in the specification (data sheet).
Safety information is part of the product documentation. It warns you about
the potential dangers and gives instructions how to prevent personal injury or
damage caused by dangerous situations.
Safety information is provided as follows:
●In the "Basic Safety Instructions", safety issues are grouped according to
subjects.
●Throughout the documentation, safety instructions are provided when
you must pay attention during setup or operation.
Always read the safety instructions carefully. Make sure to fully comply with
them. Do not take risks and do not underestimate the potential danger of
small details such as a damaged power cable.

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General Notes
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General Notes
Please observe the following general important notes:
●Do not lift the enclosure by the handles on the rear modules or the
PCMs. They are not designed to take the weight. Only lift from under-
neath the main chassis.
●If this equipment is used in a manner not specified by the manufacturer,
the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired.
●The optional RJ45 socket on the I/O module, it is for Ethernet connection
only and must not be connected to a telecommunications network.
●All plug-in modules and blank plates are part of the fire enclosure and
must only be removed when a replacement can be immediately added.
The system must not be run without all modules or blanks in place.
●Unplug the unit before you move it or if you think it has become
damaged in any way.
●The plug on the power supply cord is used as the main disconnect
device. Ensure that the socket outlets are located near the equipment
and are easily accessible.
●When powered by multiple AC sources, disconnect all supply power for
complete isolation.
●In order to comply with applicable safety, emission and thermal require-
ments no covers should be removed and all bays must be populated with
plug-in modules or blanks.
●The power connection should always be disconnected prior to removal of
a PCM/PSU from the enclosure.
●A safe electrical earth connection must be provided to the power supply
cords. Check the grounding of the enclosure before applying power.
●Provide a suitable power source with electrical overload protection to
meet the requirements laid down in the technical specification.
●Do not remove PCMs, Cooling Modules, PSUs or I/O Modules unless
you have a replacement model of the correct type ready for insertion.
●Connect the system to an uninterruptible power supply redundantly on
two phases.
●It is recommended that you fit and check a suitable anti-static wrist or
ankle strap and observe all conventional ESD precautions when
handling plug-in modules and components. Avoid contact with backplane
components and module connectors, etc.
2U Enclosures
Please observe the following general important notes:
●An enclosure can weigh up to to 26 kg (57lb) depending on configura-
tion. Do not try to lift the enclosure by yourself.
●It is advisable to remove all plug-in modules to minimize weight before
lifting the enclosure.
●The enclosure must only be operated from a power supply input voltage
range of 100-240 VAC.

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●When bifurcated power cords (‘Y’ leads) are used, they must only be
connected to a supply range of 200-240 V.
●A faulty PCM must be replaced with a fully operational module within 24
hours.
5U Enclosure
Please observe the following general important notes:
●Important: The enclosure must be mounted in a rack.
●An unpopulated enclosure can weigh up to 45kg (100lb). Use appro-
priate lifting methods.
●A fully populated enclosure weighs 135kg (298lb). Only lift the enclosure
when the drawers are empty and latched closed. Do not attempt to lift
the enclosure when populated with drives.
●When closing the drawers, do so firmly, ensuring the latches are
engaged.
●Do not attempt to disassemble the rear sub-chassis from the enclosure.
●Operating temperatures inside the enclosure drawers can reach up to
60°C. Take care when opening drawers and removing drive carriers.
●If any component of the product fails, consult your storage vendor.
●For North American use, each branch circuit must be rated for 20A.
●The equipment is suitable for connection to an IT power system
(Norway), when mounted in a Restricted Access Location where equipo-
tential bonding has been applied by a service person.
●Double pole/neutral fusing in PSUs.
●Risk of explosion if the battery within the RAID controller is replaced with
an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions.
There are no user serviceable parts within the RAID controller.
●Due to product acoustics it is recommended that users wear ear protec-
tion for any prolonged exposure.
●To prevent over-turning, drawer interlocks stop users from opening both
drawers at the same time. Do not attempt to force open a drawer when
the other drawer is already open.
●The product ratings are: voltage: 200 to 240 VAC; current: 16A or 13A
per inlet; frequency: 50 to 60 Hz. This information can also be found on
the back of the PSUs.

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Product Description
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
●Function (page 14)
●Models (page 15)
●Certified Clients for SpycerNode (page 17)
●System ID and Serial Number (page 18)
●The Front of the System (page 19)
●The Rear of the System (page 28)

Product Description
Function
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Function
With SpycerNode, Rohde & Schwarz has brought enterprise-class storage
features to the media and entertainment market segment. Today’s exponen-
tial growth of data and transactions is demanding larger and larger amounts
of unstructured data storage and management across diverse workloads. As
each department or division attempts to satisfy its own storage and perfor-
mance needs, your organization can find itself with many disparate systems
isolated from each other. This can result in expensive resource duplication,
complicated management and isolated pools of data. In addition, the
resulting islands of information may hold valuable insights that may not be
accessible in such a fragmented environment. Traditional RAID is no longer
an effective mechanism for data protection for modern disk drives, since it
can take several hours or even days to rebuild a failed drive. Advanced
erasure coding to spread the data and shorten recovery time is required to
avoid the catastrophic results of multi-disk failures with traditional RAID.
The R&S SpycerNode with its ideal physical sizes as a building block is easy
to install and deploy. IT managers appreciate features such as two-digit
front-panel shelf ID, activity and status indicators for all key components,
alarms and lockable carriers. With a “no single point of failure” design and
support for both dual ported NL-SAS and dual ported SSD-drives, the R&S
SpycerNode is ready to fulfill a wide variety of applications.

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Models
SpycerNode
Models
SpycerNode is available in the following hardware platforms with different
configurations:
●SpycerNode 2U12 main unit (including appliance controllers)
●SpycerNode 2U24 main unit (including appliance controllers)
●SpycerNode 5U84 main unit (including appliance controllers)
Storage Extensions
For all systems the following storage extensions are available:
●SpycerNode 2U12JB unit (including SAS expanders)
●SpycerNode 2U24JB unit (including SAS expanders)
●SpycerNode 5U84JB unit (including SAS expanders)
2U12/ 2U12JB
Available drive bundles:
●HDD bundle 96 TB (12 HCS 8TB drives)
●SSD bundle 11TB (12 SAS SSD 960GB drives)
●SSD bundle 23TB (12 SAS SSD 1920GB drives)
●SSD bundle 43TB (12 SAS SSD 3840GB drives)
2U24/ 2U24JB
Available drive bundles:
●SSD Bundle 23TB (24 SAS SSD 960GB drives)
●SSD Bundle 46TB (24 SAS SSD 1920GB drives)
●SSD Bundle 92TB (24 SAS SSD 3840GB drives)
5U84/ 5U84JB
Available drive bundles:
●HDD Bundle 336TB (42 HCS 8TB drives)
●SSD Bundle 40TB (42 SAS SSD 960GB drives)
●SSD Bundle 80TB (42 SAS SSD 1920GB drives)
●SSD Bundle 160TB (42 SAS SSD 3840GB drives)

Product Description
Models
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Enclosure Overview
SpycerNode 2U12/2U12JB
• 2U high, 65 cm length
• 12 x 3.5” SAS drives
• 2 x 764W power cooling modules
• LS controllers: 2 x 1U
• SBB 2.0 compliant
SpycerNode 2U24/2U24JB
• 2U high, 65 cm length
• 24 x 2.5” SAS SSD drives
• 2 x 764W power cooling modules
• 2 x controllers
• SBB 2.0 compliant
SpycerNode 5U84/5U84JB
• 5U high, 96cm length
• 84 x 3.5” high capacity SAS drives
• 2 x 2200W power supply units
• 2 controllers
• 5 x fan modules

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Certified Clients for SpycerNode
SpycerNode
Certified Clients for SpycerNode
There are different ways to connect clients to SpycerNode.
SpycerNode exposes the storage via the NSD (Network Shared Disk)
protocol to the ethernet network. A NSD client is any server or workstation
that has the native Spectrum Scale protocol installed and is designated to
operate as a client. Physically reading or writing user data to the SAN disks
is done on behalf of the NSD clients that trigger the disk operations
The following operating systems are supported for native Spectrum Scale 5
clients:
●Windows 10
●RHEL/CentOS 7.1 (or later)
●SLES12 SP1 (or later)
●Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.1
Besides the native clients following file sharing protocols are supported:
Protocol Version Operating System
Samba SMBv2, SMBv3 Linux/Windows/OSX
NFS NFSv4 Linux/OSX
FTP -Linux/Windows/OSX
Performance values may differ for individual client configuration.

Product Description
System ID and Serial Number
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System ID and Serial Number
The system ID and the serial number are located on the back panel of the
system.
System ID
Location of the system ID
Serial Number
The serial number is part of the system ID and is represented as a 6-digit
number:
Serial number as part of the system ID
sno-xxxxxx-X
System ID
This 6-digit serial number is used as password when logging in to:
●R&S®Device Manager web frontend (username: "administrator")
●IPMI login (username: "admin"). For systems built after April 2022
prepend "rs" to the beginning of the serial number (e.g "rs123456").

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The Front of the System
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The Front of the System
Enclosure Front
The enclosure has a removable front plate. With a 2U12 and 2U24 enclosure
it is necessary to remove the front plate to get access to the drive slots. For
more information about the drives see chapter “Drives” on page 24.
2u enclosure front
5U84 enclosure front
Operating panel For more information see chapter “Operating Panel (2U
Enclosures)” on page 20
Operating panel For more information see chapter “Operating Panel (5U
Enclosure)” on page 22
Operating panel
Operating panel
Anti-tamper lock
Drawer status LEDs Drawer status LEDs

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The Front of the System
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Operating Panel (2U Enclosures)
Operating panel for 2U12 and 2U24
Anti-tamper locks The red arrows on the locks will point inwards if the
locks are disengaged. Unlock them if necessary by
rotating them counterclockwise using a screwdriver with
a torx T20 bit.
Drawer 1/2 status For more information see chapter “Drawer LEDs” on
page 23.
Mute Button (Reserved)
LEDs Fore more information see LEDs.
Unit ID display Displays the enclosure identification number (for use with
multiple enclosure systems).
System power
Module fault
Logical fault
Unit ID display
Mute Button
LEDs