Promise Technology vERSION 0.81 manual

Intel ® Modular Ser ver to VTrak E-Class C ONNECTION G UIDE V ersio n 0.81 © 2008 Pro mise T echnol ogy , Inc. All Rig hts Reserv ed.[...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 2 Modular Server-to-VT rak Connect ion This do cument c ontain s the follow ing topics and ta sks: • Logica l Drive and LUN Numbe ring S trategy (pa ge 3) • Prerequis ites (pag e 3) • T ask 1 : Log into Mo dular Serve r Control (page 4) • T a sk 2: Enab lin g Ex tern al P orts (page 6) • T ask 3:[...]

Logical Drive and LUN Numbering Strategy 3 Logical Drive an d LUN Nu mbering S trategy A sugges ted strategy is to create a logica l drive fo r each blade server . Each logica l drive h as its own LUN. The LUN is 0 so the blad e server ca n boot from it. This stra tegy is followed throughout th is document . Y ou are free to use a dif ferent strate[...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 4 T ask 1: Log into Modular Server Control 1. On your PC workstati on, open I nternet Exp lorer . 2. In the Ad dress field, type http s:// foll owed by th e IP address of your Mod ular Server , then press Enter . The Mod ular Server Contro l (MSC) log-in s creen appear s. 3. I n th e MSC lo g-i n scre en: [...]

Task 1: Log into M odular Server Cont rol 5 Figure 2. MSC Dashboa rd screen[...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 6 T ask 2: En ab ling Exte rnal Ports The Mod ular Server has external ports that each bla de server can access . The port num bers correspo nd to the slot numb er of each bl ade serve r . T o enab le a port is to ena ble th e ex ter nal da ta con nec tio n, i n this case , to acce ss a L UN on the VT rak.[...]

Task 2: Enabling External Ports 7 Figure 4. MSC Expans ion Port dialog box Server 1’ s externa l port is now e nabled. It wil l appear as a SAS initiator in Web P AM PROe. In “T as k 7: Asso ciating LUN s and Initiato rs” on p age 16, you will associate this port or in itiator with a L UN. What to do next • If yo u are workin g through the [...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 8 T ask 3: Attaching the SAS Cable 1. Power of f the VT rak. 2. Insert th e SAS cable conne ctor into t he SAS port on S torage Control ler 1. 3. Insert th e other end of the SAS cable i nto one of the SAS data p orts (diamon d icon) on the VT rak. If you p lan to atta ch a SAS cable to S torage Con trolle[...]

Task 4: Finding the VTrak’s IP Address 9 T ask 4: Finding the VT ra k’ s IP Address Y ou must fir st set up a s erial connec tion between t he VT rak and your PC. The n you ca n run Micr osoft Hype rT erminal to access the VT rak’ s command line interfac e (CLI) to fin d the IP addres s. This pro cedure require s the RJ1 1-to-DB9 seri al dat [...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 10 3. Press Ent er once to lau nch the CLI. 4. At the Login prompt , type administrator an d press En ter . 5. A t th e Pass wo rd p rompt , ty pe passwor d and press Enter . At this point, you are in the CLI. 6. T o view the IP address, ty pe net and press Enter . administrator@cli > net ===== ======= [...]

Task 5: Logging into WebPAM PROe 11 T ask 5: Logg ing in to WebP AM PROe T o log into W ebP AM PROe: 1. Laun ch your Br owser . 2. In the Brows er address fi eld, type in the virtual IP address of th e VT rak. Use th e virtual IP addre ss you obt ained in S tep 4 (see p age 9). Note that th e IP addres s shown be low is only an example. The IP addr[...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 12 Figure 7. WebP AM PROe log-in s creen Aft er sign-in, the W ebP AM PROe opening screen appe ars. Y ou are ready to create y our disk arrays and l ogical drive s.[...]

Task 6: Cr eating Logical Drives 13 T ask 6: Creating Logical Drives WebP A M PROe offers thre e met hods o f crea ti ng di sk arr ays and lo gica l dri ves. T wo of these methods are suitab le for Modul ar Server bec ause the y can create multipl e logica l drives : • Express – Y ou cho ose the RAID c haracteristi cs and type of applicati on. [...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 14 The foll owing p arameters display: • Disk Arra ys – The number of physical d rives in the disk arra y , their slot numbers , configur able cap acity , and the number of lo gical dri ves to be created • Logical Driv es – The s lot number of the logical drive(s), thei r RAID level , ca pacity , a[...]

Task 6: Cr eating Logical Drives 15 there i s free cap acity re maining , you can specify another l ogical dri ve now or wait until la ter . For Modular Server , create six logical drives. Na me them LD1 throug h LD6. 9. Enter an a lias for th e logical d rive in th e field provi ded. 10. Ch oose a RAID level for th e logical drive from th e dropdo[...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 16 T ask 7: Associating LUNs and Initiators A LUN rep resent s a logical drive on the VT rak. An initiat or represen ts a blad e server in th e Modular Serv er . Each blade server u ses LUN0 for bo oting and storage. This t ask includes the follo wing actions: • Enabl ing LUN Mas king (page 1 6) • Add [...]

Task 7: A ssociating LUNs a nd Initiators 17 What to do next • If yo u do not have a LUN Ma p, contin ue with “Addi ng a LUN Ma p” below . • If yo u have a LU N Map, co ntinue with “Editing a L UN Map” bel ow . Adding a LUN Map A LUN ma p associat es LUNs and initiators. T o add the LUN Map: 1. Click th e Subsystem icon in T ree V iew .[...]

Inte l ® Modular Server Connect ion Guide 18 This ac tion compl etes the ass ociation of t he blade serv ers in slot s 2 thro ugh 6 with l ogical dr ives LD2 t hrough LD6, respectivel y . What to do next • Go back to “T a sk 2: Ena bli ng Ex ter nal Ports ” on pa ge 6 a nd en abl e one more Ext ernal Port until all the p orts have been enabl[...]

Task 8: Installing an OS on a Blade Server 19 T ask 8: Instal ling an OS on a Blade Server In this case, the ph rase inst alling an OS on a b lade server re fers to inst alling the OS onto the VT rak LUN a ssigned to t he blade serv er . Conne ctions requi red to boot the blade server and in stall the OS are made through t he 15-pin video conne cto[...]

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