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Contents
About This Guide 11
INTENDEDAUDIENCE..................................11
BLACKPEARLUSERINTERFACESCREENS..................11
RELATEDINFORMATION................................11
TypographicalConventions.................................12
RelatedPublications........................................12
ONLINEFORUM......................................13
Chapter 1 – Product Overview 14
OVERVIEW...........................................14
FEATURES...........................................15
COMPONENTS........................................17
FrontView................................................17
RearView.................................................19
RearPanel................................................21
FrontViewoftheArcticBlueExpansionNode.................23
RearViewoftheArcticBlueExpansionNode..................24
BLACKPEARLUSERINTERFACE..........................24
Menus....................................................25
StatusIcons...............................................28
SupportedBrowsers........................................28
Chapter 2 – Initial Configuration 29
BEFOREYOUBEGIN...................................29
CONNECTETHERNETCABLES...........................30
POWERONTHEGATEWAY.............................30
CONFIGURETHEBLACKPEARLMANAGEMENTPORT........31
LOGINTOTHEBLACKPEARLUSERINTERFACE.............32
ENTERACTIVATIONKEYS..............................34
CONFIGURETHEDATACONNECTION.....................35
CREATEAUSER......................................37
VIEWS3CREDENTIALS.................................38
CONFIGURETHECACHE................................39
NEXTSTEPS..........................................41

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Chapter 3 – Understanding Spectra S3 Concepts 42
SPECTRAS3OVERVIEW................................43
SpectraS3Clients..........................................44
STORAGEDOMAINS...................................45
DATAPOLICIES.......................................45
DataPersistenceRules......................................45
TAPEANDDISKPARTITIONS............................46
TapePartitions.............................................46
DiskPartitions.............................................47
Chapter 4 – Configure Advanced Bucket Management
Settings 48
CREATEADISKPARTITION.............................49
CREATEATAPEPARTITION.............................51
CREATEASTORAGEDOMAIN...........................51
CREATEADATAPOLICY...............................53
CREATEABUCKET....................................57
TRANSFERDATA......................................58
Chapter 5 – Additional Configuration Options 59
CONFIGURESERVICES..................................60
ConfiguretheSNMPService.................................60
ConfiguretheSpectraS3Service.............................62
CONFIGURENETWORKCONNECTIONSANDSETTINGS.......64
EdittheSystemName......................................64
ConfigureEthernetPorts....................................65
ConfigureDNSSettings.....................................66
ConfigureSMTPSettings....................................67
ConfigureDateandTime...................................69
CONFIGUREUSERS....................................69
CreateNewS3Group.......................................70
EditaUser................................................71
DeleteaUser..............................................73
ChangePasswordandSessionTimeoutSetting................73
CONFIGUREBUCKETS..................................75
EditaBucket..............................................75
DeleteaBucket............................................76

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CONFIGUREDISKPOOLS...............................77
CreateOnlineDiskPool.....................................77
DeleteOnlineDiskPool.....................................78
ImportDiskPool...........................................78
Chapter 6 – Working with Tape Libraries
and Media 79
FORMATTAPES.......................................80
INSPECTTAPES.......................................82
EJECTTAPES.........................................83
EditTapeEjectInformation..................................83
EjectaSingleTape.........................................84
CancelTapeEjection........................................85
IMPORTTAPES........................................86
IMPORTFOREIGNTAPES................................87
PUTATAPELIBRARYPARTITIONINSTANDBYMODE........88
ACTIVATEATAPELIBRARYPARTITION...................89
Chapter 7 – Operating the BlackPearl Gateway 91
DOWNLOADANOBJECT................................92
CANCELASPECTRAS3JOB.............................93
MONITORTHEBLACKPEARLGATEWAY...................94
FrontBezelVisualStatusBeacon.............................95
ConfiguringtheVisualStatusBeaconColor...................96
SystemStatusLEDs........................................97
CheckSystemMessages.....................................98
ViewtheStatusofHardwareComponents....................99
ViewtheStatusofServices.................................100
ViewtheStatusoftheDatabaseandCache...................101
ViewBucketContents.....................................103
ViewSpectraS3JobsInformation...........................103
ViewTapeMediaInformation..............................105
ViewPerformanceMetrics.................................108
ViewReports.............................................111
DATABASEBACKUP&RESTORE........................ 112
ManuallyGenerateaDatabaseBackup.......................113
CreateaDatabaseBackupSchedule.........................114
RestorefromaDatabaseBackup............................117
DeleteBackup............................................118
EditBackupDataPolicy....................................118

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MANUALLYSTARTINGTHES3DATAPATHBACKEND...... 119
REBOOTORSHUTDOWNABLACKPEARLGATEWAY....... 120
UsingtheBlackPearlUserInterface..........................120
Power‐CycleReset........................................121
EXITTHEBLACKPEARLUSERINTERFACE................. 121
Chapter 8 – Using the Deep Storage Browser 122
INTRODUCTION...................................... 123
REQUIREMENTS...................................... 123
DOWNLOAD........................................ 123
LAUNCHTHEDEEPSTORAGEBROWSER.................. 124
CONNECTTOABLACKPEARLGATEWAY................. 124
USINGTHEBROWSER................................. 126
InterfaceOverview........................................126
CopyaFiletotheGateway.................................128
ReadaFilefromtheGateway...............................128
Chapter 9 – Using AutoSupport 130
ABOUTAUTOSUPPORT................................ 131
ENTERCONTACTINFORMATION........................ 131
CONFIGUREMAILRECIPIENTS.......................... 132
AddaNewRecipient......................................132
EditaMailRecipient......................................133
SendaTestEmail.........................................134
DeleteaMailRecipient....................................135
LOGSETS........................................... 135
ManuallyGenerateLogSets................................136
EmailaLogSet...........................................137
DownloadaLogSet.......................................138
ConfigureaLogSetSchedule...............................138
DeleteaLogSetorLogSetSchedule.........................139
Chapter 10 – Maintaining the BlackPearl Gateway 140
ACCESSINGTHETECHNICALSUPPORTPORTAL............ 141
CreateanAccount.........................................141
LogIntothePortal........................................142
CONFIGURINGAUTOMATEDSOFTWAREUPLOAD.......... 143

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UPDATINGSOFTWARE................................ 144
ChecktheCurrentSoftwareVersion.........................145
ChecktheCurrentlyReleasedSoftwareVersion...............145
DownloadandStagetheUpdatedSoftware..................146
InstalltheUpdate.........................................148
REPLACINGAFAILEDCOMPONENT..................... 149
IdentifytheFailedComponent..............................149
Chapter 11 – Troubleshooting and Support 152
RESOLVINGABLACKPEARLMANAGEMENTPORTIPADDRESS
CONFLICT........................................ 153
UsingtheConsole.........................................153
UsingaSeparateComputer.................................153
NETWORKSETUPTIPS................................ 155
Configuration............................................155
ConnectivitytotheNetwork................................156
Troubleshooting..........................................158
Tools....................................................158
DETECTTOPOLOGYERRORS........................... 159
SPECTRALOGICTECHNICALSUPPORT................... 160
BeforeContactingSupport.................................160
DetermineGatewaySerialNumber..........................160
OpeningaSupportTicket..................................161
EnablingRemoteSupport..................................164
DisablingRemoteSupport..................................165
Appendix A – Specifications 166
DATASTORAGESPECIFICATIONS........................ 167
DriveSpecifications .....................................167
GatewaySpecifications....................................167
SYSTEMSPECIFICATION............................... 168
SIZEANDWEIGHT ................................. 169
ENVIRONMENTALSPECIFICATIONS...................... 170
POWERREQUIREMENTS............................... 170
InputPowerRequirements.................................170
PowerCords.............................................171
INTERFACESPECIFICATIONS............................ 172
InterfaceConnectors.......................................172
NetworkInterfaceCables..................................172
UniversalSerialBus(USB)Support..........................173

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Chapter B – BlackPearl 1.0 Chassis
Overview & Specifications 174
COMPONENTS....................................... 175
FrontView...............................................175
RearView................................................176
RearPanel...............................................177
SPECIFICATIONS..................................... 179
SystemSpecification.......................................179
InterfaceSpecifications.....................................180
Appendix C – Regulatory & Safety Standards 181
EUDECLARATIONOFCONFORMITY..................... 181
Certifications.............................................182
CEMARKING....................................... 183
FCCNOTICE........................................ 183
SAFETYSTANDARDSANDCOMPLIANCE.................. 183
WasteofElectronicandElectricalEquipment(WEEE)Directive.183
RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesinElectricalandElectronic
Equipment(RoHS).....................................184
CONFLICTMINERALSPOLICY.......................... 184
Appendix D – Open Source Code Acknowledgements &
Package List 185
APACHE............................................ 185
FREEBSD........................................... 185
JAVA............................................... 186
LIKEWISE........................................... 194
RUBY.............................................. 194
RUBYONRAILS...................................... 195
ZFS............................................... 196
INCLUDEDPACKAGES................................ 196

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About This Guide
Thisguidedescribeshowtoconfigure,monitor,andmaintaintheSpectra®
BlackPearl®DeepStorageGateway,sometimesreferredtoasthegatewayin
theseinstructions.Italsoprovidesproductspecifications.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
Thisguideisintendedfordatacenteradministratorsandoperatorswho
maintainandoperatefilestoragesystems.Theinformationinthisguide
assumesafamiliaritywithcomputingterminologyandwithnetwork
connectivityprotocolssuchasSAS,FibreChannel,andEthernet.Youalso
needtobefamiliarwithinstalling,configuring,andusingdatafilestorage
andarchivalsoftware.
BLACKPEARL USER INTERFACE SCREENS
TheBlackPearluserinterfacechangesasnewfeaturesareaddedorother
modificationsaremadebetweensoftwarerevisions.Therefore,thescreens
youseeintheBlackPearluserinterfacemaydifferfromthoseshowninthis
guide.
RELATED INFORMATION
Thissectioncontainsinformationaboutthisdocumentandother
documentsrelatedtotheSpectraBlackPearlgateway.

About This Guide Related Information
December 2015 User Guide—Spectra BlackPearl Gateway 12
Typographical Conventions
Thisguideusesthefollowingconventionstohighlightimportant
information:
Note: Readtextmarkedwith“Note”foradditionalinformationor
suggestionsaboutthecurrenttopic.
Thisguideusesanarrow(>)todescribeaseriesofmenuselections.For
example:
SelectConfiguration > Network.
—means—
SelectConfiguration,thenselectNetwork.
Related Publications
ForadditionalinformationabouttheSpectraBlackPearlgatewayandthe
SpectraS3interface,refertothepublicationslistedinthissection.
Spectra BlackPearl Gateway
ThefollowingdocumentsrelatedtotheSpectraBlackPearlgatewayare
availableontheSupportPortalwebsiteatsupport.spectralogic.com,and
fromtheDocumentationscreenontheBlackPearluserinterface.
TheSpectraBlackPearlSitePreparationGuideprovidesimportant
informationthatyoushouldknowbeforeinstallingaBlackPearl
gatewayinyourstorageenvironment.
TheSpectraBlackPearlRackMountInstallationGuideprovidesdetailed
instructionsforinstallingtheBlackPearlgatewayinastandardrack.
TheSpectraBlackPearlNetworkSetupTipsdocumentprovideshelpful
instructionsfortroubleshootingcommonconnectivityproblems.
TheSpectraBlackPearlSpectraS3APIReferenceprovidesinformationon
understandingandusingtheSpectraS3API.
Important
Read text marked by the “Important” icon for information that help you complete a
procedure or avoid extra steps.
Caution
Read text marked by the “Caution” icon for information you must know to avoid
damaging the gateway, the disk drives, or losing data.
WARNING
Read text marked by the “Warning” icon for information you must know to avoid
personal injury.
WARNUNG Lesen Sie markierten Text durch die “Warnung”-Symbol für die
Informationen, die Sie kennen müssen, um Personenschäden zu vermeiden.

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ThefollowingdocumentsareavailableafterloggingintoyourSupport
portalaccountat: support.spectralogic.com.
TheSpectraBlackPearlReleaseNotesandDocumentationUpdatesprovide
themostup‐to‐dateinformationabouttheBlackPearlgateway,
includinginformationaboutthelatestsoftwarereleasesand
documentationupdates.
TheSpectra12‐&36‐DriveChassisBootDriveReplacementGuideprovides
instructionsforreplacingafailedbootdriveinthegateway.
TheSpectra12‐,36‐&45‐DriveChassisDriveReplacementGuideprovides
instructionsforreplacingafaileddatadriveafterthegatewayis
installed.
TheSpectra12‐,36‐&45‐DriveChassisFanReplacementGuideprovides
instructionsforreplacingafailedfaninthegateway.
TheSpectra12‐,36‐&45‐DriveChassisPowerSupplyReplacementGuide
providesinstructionsforreplacingafailedpowersupplyafterthe
gatewayisinstalled.
TheSpectra12‐DriveChassisHBAReplacementGuideandSpectra36‐Drive
ChassisHBAReplacementGuideprovideinstructionsforreplacinga
failedHBAinthegateway.
TheSpectra96‐DriveChassisDriveReplacementGuideprovides
instructionsforreplacingafaileddatadriveintheArcticBlue™
expansionnode.
TheSpectra96‐DriveChassisFanReplacementGuideprovidesinstructions
forreplacingafailedfanintheArcticBlueexpansionnode.
TheSpectra96‐DriveChassisPowerSupplyReplacementGuideprovides
instructionsforreplacingafailedpowersupplyintheArcticBlue
expansionnode.
TheSpectra96‐DriveChassisI/OModuleReplacementGuideprovides
instructionsforreplacingafailedI/OmoduleintheArcticBlue
expansionnode.
ONLINE FORUM
NeedhelpwithSpectraLogic’sS3softwaredevelopmentkitsorthe
SpectraS3API?PostyourquestionattheSpectraLogicS3‐SDKdiscussion
forumlocatedat:https://developer.spectralogic.com/forums

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CHAPTER 1
Product Overview
ThischapterprovidesanoverviewoftheSpectraLogicBlackPearlDeep
StorageGatewayfeaturesandcomponents.
OVERVIEW
TheBlackPearlgatewayallowsdatatomoveseamlesslyintotapestorage
inawaynotpreviouslypossible.Itenablesuserstodeployatierofdeep
storagethatiscosteffective,easytomanage,andscalabletoexabytesof
data.
Topic
Overview page 14
Features page 15
Components page 17
FrontView page 17
RearView page 19
RearPanel page 21
FrontViewoftheArcticBlueExpansion
Node
page 23
RearViewoftheArcticBlueExpansion
Node
page 24
BlackPearlUserInterface page 24
Menus page 25
StatusIcons page 28
SupportedBrowsers page 28

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FEATURES
TheBlackPearlgatewayincludesthefollowingfeatures:
ArcticBlue Expansion Node TheArcticBlueexpansionnode
accommodatesupto96diskdriveswithanactivebezel.Uptoeight
ArcticBlueexpansionnodescanbeconnectedtoaBlackPearl4Ugateway,
whichallowsthegatewaytousetheArcticBlueexpansionnodesasstorage
domaintargets.UptotwoArcticBlueexpansionnodescanbeconnectedto
aBlackPearl2Ugateway.
BlackPearl Expansion Node TheBlackPearl4Uexpansionnode
accommodatesupto44diskdriveswithanactivebezel,and45diskdrives
withapassivebezel.UptoeightBlackPearlexpansionnodescanbe
connectedtoaBlackPearl4Ugateway,whichallowsthegatewaytousethe
BlackPearlexpansionnodesasstoragedomaintargets.Uptotwo
BlackPearlexpansionnodescanbeconnectedtoaBlackPearl2Ugateway.
BlackPearl User Interface TheBlackPearluserinterfaceisusedtoperform
configurationandmanagementtasksontheBlackPearlgateway.Italsolets
youmonitorthehardwareandviewsystemmessages.TheBlackPearluser
interfacealsoprovidesmonitoringandcontrolofsomeaspectsofan
attachedSpectraLogictapelibrary.
Easy Network-Based Administration TheBlackPearlgatewaycanbe
configuredoveranEthernetnetworkusingastandardwebbrowser.
Integration with a Spectra Logic Tape Library FibreChannelandSAS
HBAscanbeinstalledtoprovideconnectivitytoaSpectraLogictape
library.
LTFS Format TheBlackPearlgatewaywithaSpectraLogictapelibrary,
writesdataontapeintheopenLinearTapeFileSystem®(LTFS)formatto
ensureyouarealwaysabletoaccessit.
Mirrored Boot Drives Theoperatingsystemishostedontwomirrored
drives.
Rack-Mount Hardware TheBlackPearlchassisaredesignedtomountina
standard4‐post,19‐inch(48.3cm)rackusingjust2U(3.5inches,8.9cm)or
4U(7 inches,17.8cm)ofrackspace,dependingonthesizeofthegateway.
Rack‐mountinghardwareisincludedwitheachBlackPearlgateway.
RAID-Protected Data Drives ThebaseBlackPearlgatewayincludestwo
solid‐statedriveswhichstorethegatewaydatabase,andtenspinningdisk
driveswhichprovidethegateway’scachingcapacity.Thedrivesare
groupedintovolumeswithdouble‐parityprotectionanddataintegrity
verificationtoprotectagainstdatacorruption.
Redundant Hardware ThegatewayfeaturesN+1redundantpower
suppliesanddatadrivesthatarehot‐swappableforuninterrupted
operation.

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Spectra S3 Clients UserscanleveragealibraryofexistingSpectraS3
clientsavailablethroughtheSpectraLogicDeveloperProgram,ordevelop
theirownclient.TheusermovesdatathroughtheclienttotheBlackPearl
gatewayandthenthegatewayhandlesallinteractionwiththetapelibrary.
Spectra S3 Interface TheSpectraS3interfaceisadatatransportand
communicationinterfacethatallowssoftwareclientstodirectandmanage
ʺbulkʺstoragereadorwriteoperationsofdataobjects.Thefirst
implementationsupportsbulkobjectstorageoperationswithtapefor
accessibilitytothelowestcostmediaoption.
10 Gigabit Ethernet Adualport,10GigabitEthernet(10 GigE)network
interfacecardisinstalledtoprovidehigh‐speeddataconnectionsbetween
hostsandtheBlackPearlgateway.

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COMPONENTS
Thefollowingsectionsshowthelocationsofandbrieflydescribethe
BlackPearlgatewaymajorfrontandrearpanelcomponents.
Front View
Figure 1andFigure 2showthecomponentsonthefrontoftheBlackPearl
gatewayswiththefrontbezelremoved. .
Figure 1
The front view of the BlackPearl 4U gateway (front bezel removed).
Figure 2 The front view of the BlackPearl 2U gateway (front bezel removed).
Latch Data drive status LEDsVisual Status Beacon control sled
Power button and
system status LEDs
Data drives
Latch Data drive status LEDs
Power button and
system status LEDs
Data drives
Visual Status Beacon control sled

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Component Description
Front bezel
(not shown)
Thefrontbezelmountsonthefrontofthechassis,andcontainstheVisual
StatusBeaconlightbar,whichprovidesstatusinformationforthesystem.See
FrontBezelVisualStatusBeacononpage 95formoreinformation.
Visual Status
Beacon control sled
Thedrivesledintheupperleftcornerofthefrontofthechassisprovidescontrolfor
theVisualStatusBeacon.Adiskdrivecannotbeinstalledinthisposition.
Power button ThepowerbuttoncontrolsthemainACpowerfortheBlackPearlgateway.
System status LEDs ThestatusLEDsindicatepowerstatus,diskandnetworkactivity,aswellas
hardwarefaults.SeeSystemStatusLEDsonpage 97formoreinformation.
Data drives ThebaseBlackPearl4Ugatewayincludesonehigh‐performancesolid‐state
drive,andfivespinning‐diskdrivesmountedonindividualdrivesledsinthe
frontofthechassis.Additionaldrivesareinstalledintherearofthechassis.The
BlackPearl2Ugatewayincludestenspinning‐diskdrivesinthefrontofthe
chassis.
ThedrivesledsslideintobaysinBlackPearlenclosureandlockinplace.The
frontofeachdrivesledhasahandleforremovingthesledfromthechassisand
alatchforlockingthedrivesledinplace.
Data drive status
LEDs
TwoLEDsoneachdrivesledindicatethestatusofthedrive.OneLEDisfor
drivestatuswhiletheothershowsdriveactivity.
Empty drive sleds Emptydrivesledsareinstalledintheunuseddrivebaystoprevent
contaminantsfromenteringtheenclosureandtomaintainproperairflow.

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Rear View
Figure 3andFigure 4showthemajorcomponentsontherearofthe
currentchassisoftheBlackPearlgateway.
ForadescriptionofthecomponentsontheBlackPearl1.0chassis,see
Appendix B BlackPearl1.0ChassisOverview&Specificationsonpage
page 174.
Figure 3 The rear view of the BlackPearl 4U gateway
.
Figure 4 The rear view of the BlackPearl 2U gateway
.
Power
Rear panel
Data drives
supplies Boot drives
Power supplies Rear panel
Boot drives

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Component Description
Power supplies ThestandardBlackPearlgatewayconfigurationincludestwopowersuppliesto
provideN+1redundancyandfail‐overprotection.
EachpowersupplyhasitsownACpowerconnector.
EachpowersupplyhasasingleLEDthatlightstoindicatewhenthepoweris
onandfunctioningnormally.
Rear panel TherearpaneloftheBlackPearlgatewayallowsforEthernet,FibreChannel,
SAS,USB,andotherconnections.SeeRearPanelonpage 21foradetailed
description.
Boot drives ThebootdrivesprovidestoragefortheoperatingsystemandBlackPearluser
interface.ThebootdrivesintheBlackPearlgatewayarehotswappablewhich
allowsforuninterruptedoperationduringreplacement.
Data drives
(BlackPearl 4U
gateway only)
ThebaseBlackPearl4Ugatewayincludesonehigh‐performancesolid‐state
drive,andfivespinning‐diskdrivesmountedonindividualdrivesledsinthe
rearofthechassis.Additionaldrivesareinstalledinthefrontofthechassis.
ThedrivesledsslideintobaysintheBlackPearlenclosureandlockinplace.
Thefrontofeachdrivesledhasahandleforremovingthesledfromthechassis
andalatchforlockingthedrivesledinplace.
Note: TheBlackPearl2Ugatewaydoesnothavedatadrivesintherearofthe
chassis.
Empty drive sleds
(BlackPearl 4U
gateway only)
Emptydrivesledsareinstalledintheunuseddrivebaystoprevent
contaminantsfromenteringtheenclosureandtomaintainproperairflow.
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