American Megatrends StorTrends 1300 manual

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 1 StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide MAN-1300-SG 04/02/08 Thank You Thank you fo r purchasing the StorTre nds® 1300 stora ge appliance. Please take a fe w minutes to re view this set up guide bef ore beginnin g the install ation process. If you require a further explanation of any item covered in this guide, please refer[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 2 Preparing for Setup The StorTrends 1300 includes a set of rail a ssemblies, includi ng mounti ng brackets a nd mounting screws you will need to install the syste m into the rack . Please read this document in its entirety before yo u b egin the installation procedure. Choosing a Setup Location • Leave enough clear[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 3 Rack Mounting Considerations Feature Descri ption Ambient Operating Temperature If installed in a closed or multi-unit r ack assembly, th e ambient operating temperature of the rack environment may be greater than the ambient tem perature of the r oom. Therefore, cons ideration should be given to installing th e equ[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 4 Installing the Inner Rails Both the left a nd right side i nner rails have been pre-attache d to the chassis . Proceed to the next ste p. Installing the Outer Rails Begin by m easuring the distance fr om the front rail to the rear rail of the rack. Attach a short bracket to the front side of the righ t oute r rail a[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 5 Locking Tabs Both chassis rails have a locking tab , which serves two functions. The first is to lo ck the server into place when installed an d pu shed fully into the rack, which is its normal position. Secondly, these tabs also l ock the server in place when fully extended from the rack. This prevents the server f[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 6 Installing the Server into the Rack You should now have rai ls attached to both the chassis a nd the rack u nit. The next st ep is to install the server into the rack. Do th is by lining up the rear of the chassis rails with the front of the rack rails. Slide the chassis rails in to the rack rails, keeping the press[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 7 Installing the Server into a Telco Rack To install the StorTrends 1300 in to a Telco type rack, use two L-shape d bra ckets on either side of the chassis (four total). First, determine how far the server will exten d out the front of t he rack. Larger chassis shoul d be positi oned to bala nce the weight between the[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 8 Checking the Serverboard Setup After you install the StorTrends 1300 in the rack, you will need to open the to p cover to make sure the server board is properly inst alled and all th e connections have be en made. Step Description Step 1: Accessing the inside of the syst em First, grasp the two handles on ei ther si[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 9 Accessing the Inside of the System[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 10 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Next, you sh ould check t o make sure t hat the pe ripheral drives, the SATA drives a nd SATA backpla ne have bee n properly inst alled and all connecti ons have been m ade. Step Description Step 1: Accessing the drive bays All drives are ac cessible from the front of the server. F or s[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 11 Completing the Hardware Installation Next, you sh ould check to m ake sure t hat all SAS dri ves have been p roperly i nserted and have not come loo se in transit. Step Description 1. Checking the drive bays All drives can be accessed from the front of the server. Verify that the hard disk dri ve trays are inserted[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 12 Connect to the StorTrends® Appliance Step One: Power your system on Power on your server by press ing the power but t o n o n the fro nt of y ou r serve r. Step Two: Get the IP address Once the StorTrends® Storage Applianc e is fu lly operational, you will see th e following screen. Write down the IP Address list[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 13 Step Four: Logging on to the StorTrends® Storage Appliance You will be prompted to provide a username and password before you ca n gain access to it. Enter y our usernam e and password. Default use r name: itxadmin Default password: password Note: When you l ogin using t he default itxadmin password, yo u have ful[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 14 Using the Quick and Easy Setup Wizard If the storage has not been configured on your Storage Appliance, you will be prompted to configure the Email Alerts Settin gs . Once the Ema il Alerts Setting s has been completed, you will be prompted to run the Wizard . The Quick and Easy Setup Wizard will get your Storage A[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 15 To enab le Email Alerts notification , left click the box next to ‘ Enable Email alert notifications ’. You can configu re up to four Email addresses. Field/Item Descr iption Email Server Name/IP Address Type IP Address or FQDN of the SMTP serv er for outgoing mail into this field. Email Origin (“From ” Add[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 16 Use the following instructions as a basis. Note: The Quick and Easy Setup Wizard will select all the physical ha rd disk drives present in the StorTrends® iTX Storage Applian c e to create the RAID array. SAN and NAS volume nam es are autom atically gene rated. A de fault NAS Share is also automatically created. I[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 17 Step Two: RAID Level Once you initiate the Quick Start Set up Wizard, you are provided the following options: • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 5 This step will create a Logical disk and a storag e poo l from all the physical hard disk drives available in the system/co n troller with the RAID type you specify. Note: O[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 18 Step Three: SAN or NAS or Both Once an array has been create d in the box, you can select how you want to use your Storage Applian ce. You are prov ided with the following options: • Only SAN • Only NAS • Both SAN and NAS If you want your Storage Appliance to be used for block-le vel storage onl y, select Onl[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 19 Step Four: Allocating Space Enter the size of your desired Volum e. The default volumes cannot exceed the availab le physical space due to the fact that they are both using Exact Provisioning by defa ult. Click Next . Note: You can use the slider bar to adjust the si ze of each Volume type. If you have selected Onl[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 20 Step Five: Summary View A summary will appear. Click the Finish button. Your Storage Appliance will be automatically co nfigured based o n the values th at you have entered . Note: You can cha nge the defaul t names for volumes and c ontainers at t his point . Also note that uppercase characte rs are not allowed in[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 21 Do not close the window or click anywhere else until the operation completes.[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 22 Step Six: All Done No Errors STOP! YOU SHOULD NOW BE UP AND RUNNING. ALL THE OTHER SECTIONS CAN BE SKIPPED.[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 23 Using the Advanced Setup Wizard The Advanced Set u p Wiz ar d a llows you t o have m ore control of the storage being configured. Step One: Advanced Wizard If the storage has not been configured on your Storage Appliance, you will be prompted to run the Wizard . Click the Adv anced option and t hen click Next .[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 24 Step Two: Create a New Storage Pool Select Create new storage poo l and then click Next . Note: The screen capture ab ove is from a 3U unit. By default, the 1U units do not d isplay this screen because the 1U units d o not use ha rdware RAID. The 1U unit s only sup port RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 1n. Howev er,[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 25 Step Three: Select Pool Select the Disks Select the Disks that you want to use in your Storage P ool .[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 26 Set the RAID Levels Select the RAID Level , Capacity, Cache Option type, Stripe Size and Spare type (if applicable). Note: The screen captur e above is from a 3U unit. The 1U units only support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RA ID 1n. However, if you install a hardw are RAID contro ller, more RA ID levels are dis playe[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 27 Step Four: Configure SAN Volume STOP! This section allows you to configure a SAN Volume and a SAN Target on to the Storage Appliance. If you hav e configured this storage appliance as a NAS Only unit, SKIP THIS STEP and go to Step Five: Configure NAS Volume . The next pa ge allows you t o Create SAN Volume and Targ[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 28 Enter Volume Name In the Enter Volume Name field, enter a nam e for your SAN Volume . The SAN Volume Name must be alphanumeric, not ha ve any spaces and be between one an d 63 characters in length. Enter Volume Size In the Enter Volume Size field, enter the size that you want to use for y our SAN Volume . The field[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 29 Select Thin or Exact Provisioning Select the type of provisioning that you want to use. Note: The screen capture is from a 3U unit. By de fault, the 1U units use Exact Provisioning because the 1Us only have four drive bays. Thin Provisioni ng is only useful if you plan to add hard disk drives to your cu rrent confi[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 30 Select SAN as the Dialect Type Select SAN as the Dialect Type . Create Target and Target Name Place a check next to the Create New Target field. Enter a name for y our Target . T he Target Name m ust be alphanumeric, not ha ve any spaces and be bet ween one and 63 characters in length. Uppe rcase character s are no[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 31 Step Five: Confi gure NAS Volume STOP! This section allows you to configure a NAS Volume and a NAS Share on to the Storage Appliance. If you only want to configure this storage appliance as a SAN Only unit, SKIP THIS STEP by clicking the Finish button and go to Step Six: Summary View and Status . The next pa ge all[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 32 Enter Volume Name In the Enter Volume Name field, enter a nam e for your NAS Volume . The NAS Vo lume Name must be alphanumeric, not ha ve any spaces and be between one an d 63 characters in length. Enter Volume Size In the Enter Volume Size field, enter the size that you want to use for y our NAS Volume . The fiel[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 33 Select NAS as the Dialect Type Select NAS as the Dialect Type. Create Share and Share Name Place a check next to Create New Share if you wish to create a NAS Share at this time, otherwise click the Add button and conti nue on to the next step. If you want to create a NAS Share now, i n the Share Name field, en ter [...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 34 Step Six: Summary View and Status When you are fin ished adding your Volumes , click the Finish button. A summary will appear. Your Storage Applian ce will be auto matically configured based on the values t hat you have entered. Do not close the window or click anywhere else until the operation completes.[...]

StorTrends® 1300 Set Up Guide 35 Step Seven: All Done No Errors STOP! YOU SHOULD NOW BE U P AND RUNNING.[...]