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Adaptec 5325302053 - Snap Server 720i NAS, User Manual

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Linux systems

 

42

manual

 

42

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46

troubleshooting

 

145

VMware systems

 

42

Windows Vista systems

 

42

Windows XP systems

 

42

R

RAID

changing RAID levels

 

202

comparing RAID levels

 

201

expanding pools

 

202

selecting RAID levels

 

201

read caches

 

100

REBOOT

 

206

rebuilding pools

 

152

rebuilding, defined

 

151

recurring jobs

 

70

registering the iSCSI Storage Appliance

 

47

replacing an iSCSI Storage Appliance

 

155

requirements

 

25

restarting the iSCSI Storage Appliance

 

110

Rolling back (job status)

 

116

Running (job status)

 

116

S

safety precautions

 

200

SANbloc S50

hardware checklist

 

197

specifications

 

198

SAS disk drive limitations

 

18

SATA II disk drive limitations

 

18

Schedule Manager

deleting a job

 

72

missed start times

 

72

modifying a job

 

71

scheduled jobs

deleting a job

 

72

email notifications

 

126

missed start times

 

72

modifying a job

 

71

rescheduling

 

72

scheduling

 

70

status

 

126

Security Manager

 

86

adding users

 

88

modifying users

 

89

opening

 

88

removing users

 

89

setup

adding iSCSI Storage Appliance

 

35

configuring iSCSI Storage Appliance 

without DHCP server

 

24

configuring the iSCSI Storage Appliance

 

36

creating pools

 

38

DHCP settings

 

37

installing Adaptec Storage Manager

 

27

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32

IP SAN

 

33

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iSCSI storage

 

33

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iSCSI Storage Appliance

 

35

overview of IP SAN setup

 

33

pools

 

38

provisioning storage

 

40

starting Adaptec Storage Manager

 

35

wizard

 

36

shutting down and restarting

 

110

shutting down the iSCSI Storage 

Appliance

 

110

silencing alarms

 

148

Snap Server 700i Series

 

189

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200

cables

 

192

Ethernet ports

 

191

Summary of Contents for 5325302053 - Snap Server 720i NAS

Page 1: ...Snap Server 700i Series User s Guide for Adaptec OnTarget Powered Snap Servers ...

Page 2: ...ommunications Corp AppleShare AppleTalk Macintosh and MacOS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer BakBone and NetVault are trademarks of BakBone Software AIX is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation OpenView and HP UX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Company BrightStor Unicenter TNG ARCserve eTrust and Unicenter are trademarks or registered trademarks of Compute...

Page 3: ...RENT LEASE LOAN RESELL FOR PROFIT DISTRIBUTE OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED UPON THE SOFTWARE OR ANY PART THEREOF 3 Ownership As Licensee You own the media upon which the Software is recorded or fixed but Adaptec and its licensors retain title ownership and intellectual property rights of the Software recorded on the original media and all subsequent copies of the Software regardless of the form...

Page 4: ... the restrictions set forth in the applicable ADP Schedule contract If the Software is acquired under the terms of a DoD or civilian agency contract use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to the restrictions of this license in accordance with 48 C F R 12 212 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and its successors and 48 C F R 227 7202 1 of the DoD FAR Supplement and its succe...

Page 5: ...esidents entered into and to be performed within California except as governed by Federal law Should any provision of this license be declared unenforceable in any jurisdiction then such provision shall be deemed to be severable from this license and shall not affect the remainder hereof All rights in the Software not specifically granted in this license are reserved by Adaptec Should you have any...

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Page 7: ...tec Storage Manager for iSCSI Storage 13 Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager s Main Components 16 Planning Your IP SAN Configuration and Setup 18 Sample IP SAN Configurations 18 Building an IP SAN Without a DHCP Server 24 System Requirements 25 Chapter 3 Installing Adaptec Storage Manager 27 Before You Begin 27 Installing on Windows 27 Installing on Linux 30 Using Adaptec Storage Manager with a ...

Page 8: ...52 Checking System Status from the Main Window 59 Getting Help 60 Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Chapter 6 Protecting Your Data 61 Protecting Your Data with Hot Spares 61 Backing Up Your Data with Snapshots 63 Backing Up Your Data with Mirrored Volumes 72 Backing Up Your Data with Replicas 78 Chapter 7 Controlling Access to Your IP SAN 83 Limiting Discovery of iSCSI Targets with Discovery...

Page 9: ...iewing Status and Activity 118 Using Status and Drive Light Behavior to Monitor Components 121 Notifying Users By Email About Status and Activity 126 Notifying Users By SNMP Trap About Status and Activity 130 Monitoring Your GuardianOS Powered Snap Servers 132 Chapter 11 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager 139 Updating Adaptec Storage Manager 139 Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager 13...

Page 10: ...or VMware 176 Appendix B Using the CLI 179 Accessing the CLI 179 Access Levels and Passwords 180 Using the Wizard to Configure Your iSCSI Storage Appliance 181 About CLI Commands and Parameters 183 About the Command Format in This Guide 184 Command Completion 184 Command Line Editing 185 Viewing Long Reports 186 The CLI and Adaptec Storage Manager 186 Getting Help 187 Appendix C Your Snap Server 7...

Page 11: ...l 201 Expanding Pool Capacity 202 Changing from One RAID Level to Another 202 Appendix E Completing a Silent Windows Installation 203 Completing a Silent Installation 203 Available Properties and Values 204 Example Command Line Installations 206 Appendix F OS Support Quick Reference 209 iSCSI Initiator Support by OS 210 Adaptec Storage Manager Feature Support by OS 211 Glossary 213 Index 221 ...

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Page 13: ...c Storage Manager to monitor any GuardianOS powered Snap Servers on your network as well as any Adaptec direct attached storage DAS RAID controllers Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on workstations and consists of three modules GUI and agent The ASM GUI Install it on laptops or workstations to access the ASM Management Service and manage storage remotely Management Service Install it along wit...

Page 14: ...tec DAS RAID controller What You Need to Know Before You Begin This Guide is written for system or network administrators who want to create an IP SAN Advanced knowledge of storage networks is not required but you should be familiar with computer hardware data storage and network administration terminology and tasks and have knowledge of Internet SCSI iSCSI and Redundant Array of Independent Disks...

Page 15: ... department who will then e mail you with a response To obtain additional service or technical support for your Snap Server 700i Series call 408 934 7274 Additional Resources Resource Description Knowledge Base Search for solutions to specific issues by clicking the Knowledge Base link on the Adaptec support page http ask adaptec com scripts adaptec_tic cfg php exe enduser home php Hardware Compon...

Page 16: ...s Finding More Information Product documentation related to the Adaptec OnTarget powered Snap Server 700i Series and SANbloc S50 expansion array are listed below The current versions of all Convention Usage Italic Emphasis The introduction of new terms File names Settings you select or enter in the Administration Tool Arial Bold Navigational paths command buttons and navigational links Arial Text ...

Page 17: ...uctions for installing the SANbloc S50 to a rack and connecting it to a Snap Server Snap Server 700i Series User Guide User CD and Web Adaptec Storage Manager Online Help Provides an overview of the configuration and maintenance of the Snap Server 700i Series gives detailed instructions on using Adaptec Storage Manager to configure and manage your iSCSI storage and provides hardware specifications...

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Page 19: ...lication that helps you build and manage storage for your online data From the one view user interface you can use Adaptec Storage Manager to Create monitor and manage iSCSI storage View and monitor any GuardianOS powered Snap Servers on your network Create monitor and manage direct attached storage This Guide describes how to use Adaptec Storage Manager to set up monitor and manage iSCSI storage ...

Page 20: ...of data protection and increased data availability supported on some operating systems only Note Synchronous mirroring requires a minimum of two iSCSI Storage Appliances Adaptec Storage Manager provides wizards to guide you through many of these tasks iSCSI Storage Feature Support Support for Adaptec Storage Manager s iSCSI storage features varies by operating system OS depending on which OS is ru...

Page 21: ...cation consistent snapshots of storage provisioned to the system Create synchronous mirrors with automatic failover of storage provisioned to the system Adaptec Multipath Input Output MPIO Device Specific Module DSM Driver Use Adaptec Storage Manager with Microsoft Virtual Disk Services VDS Full Feature Set Windows XP all versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SUSE Linux...

Page 22: ...gent must be installed on at least one system in your IP SAN See Installing Adaptec Storage Manager on page 27 for more information The Management Service The Management Service is the software component that coordinates and enables communication between your iSCSI Storage Appliance and the iSCSI Storage Hosts on your IP SAN The Management Service also Monitors your iSCSI Storage Appliance and IP ...

Page 23: ...tem See page 211 for more information Windows support includes Multipath Input Output MPIO Device Specific Module DSM Driver Supports multiple redundant physical paths between your iSCSI Storage Appliance and your iSCSI Storage Hosts and supports mirror failover Supported on systems running Windows 2003 R2 only Provisioning Agent Automates functions such as volume and snapshot creation Supported o...

Page 24: ...originally initialized by another RAID controller before connecting it to your iSCSI Storage Appliance Refer to your operating system documentation for instructions Sample IP SAN Configurations This section provides configuration examples that illustrate the storage management options and Adaptec Storage Manager installation requirements for each option Install On To Required GUI and Agent At leas...

Page 25: ...e Appliance Windows Small Business Server 2003 Email server with automatically provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed GUI and Agent Management Service Windows Support LAN Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Workstations with manually provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed None Net A Net A Net A Net A ...

Page 26: ...mponents installed Windows Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Workstations Manually provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed None Net A LAN Windows XP Workstations No provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed None SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Backup server with manually provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed GUI and Agent M...

Page 27: ...anager components installed GUI and Agent Management Service Windows Support Net A LAN Windows XP Workstations No provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed None Net A Net A Net A Net A Net B Net B Net B GbE Switch Net A SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Workstations Manually provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Backup Server with man...

Page 28: ... Adaptec Storage Manager components installed None Net B Net A Net B Net C Net C GbE Switch GbE Switch GbE Switch Net A Net C Net C Net C Windows Server 2003 Email server with automatically provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Managercomponents installed Windows Support Windows Small Business Server 2003 File server with automatically provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed...

Page 29: ...Net A Net B Net C Net C Net C GbE Switch Net C Windows Data Center 2003 File server with automatically provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed GUI and Agent Management Service Windows Support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Workstations No provisioned storage Adaptec Storage Manager components installed None GbE Switch GbE Switch ...

Page 30: ...ing this command telnet 10 10 10 10 4 You will automatically be placed in the CLI Installation wizard To exit the wizard and go to the administrator prompt enter this command abort 5 If prompted for an ID and password enter admin admin the defaults 6 To change the IP address type these commands pressing Enter after each line interface manage eth0 ip xxx xxx xxx xxx the IP address you want to give ...

Page 31: ...s iSCSI Initiators Supported by OSs Windows Server 2003 32 bit or 64 bit Enterprise Edition or Enterprise Edition R2 Standard Edition or Standard Edition R2 Web Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 or Small Business Server 2003 R2 Windows Data Center 2003 or Data Center 2003 R2 Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator v 2 04 or higher Q Logic QLA4050C Host Bus Adapter Q Logic QLA4052C Host Bus Ada...

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Page 33: ...h system meets the requirements listed on page 25 Installing on Windows This section describes how to install Adaptec Storage Manager on systems running Windows Adaptec Storage Manager includes the Java Runtime Environment JRE See page 25 for a list of supported OSs Not all Adaptec Storage Manager features are supported by all Windows OSs See iSCSI Storage Feature Support on page 14 for more infor...

Page 34: ...e minimum required features GUI and Agent Required on at least one system Management Service Required on at least one system on the same subnet as your iSCSI Storage Appliance Adaptec recommends the same system as the GUI and Agent Windows Support Required on any system running Windows 2003 to create an iSCSI Storage Host Note The Windows Support option won t appear during installation on any OS b...

Page 35: ...log in information for VSS VDS support 10 Click Install 11 When the installation is complete click Finish Continue installing Adaptec Storage Manager as needed Then continue with Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Appliance and IP SAN on page 33 ...

Page 36: ... Install these two packages compat libstdc 7 3 2 96 122 i386 rpm compat libstdc devel 7 3 2 96 122 i386 rpm For example type rpm install mnt compat libstdc 7 3 2 96 122 i386 rpm where mnt is the mount point of the CD ROM drive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 only install this package xorg x11 deprecated libs 6 8 1 23 i386 rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 only install one of these packages libXp 1 0 0 8 i...

Page 37: ...s the rpm for the OS For example asm mgmt 5 10 1012 rhel5 i586 5 Continue with Creating an Administrator and Starting the Management Service Creating an Administrator and Starting the Management Service By default Adaptec Storage Manager includes only one user account the Administrator which allows full access to your IP SAN and all Adaptec Storage Manager features You use the Administrator user n...

Page 38: ...Support components see page 17 34580 TCP Allows outbound connections from the system running the Management Service allows inbound connections for systems running the Provisioning Agent see page 17 34581 TCP Allows outbound connections from the system running the Management Service allows inbound connections for systems running the Provisioning Agent see page 17 34570 to 34579 TCP Supports Direct ...

Page 39: ...agement Service and add your iSCSI Storage Appliance 2 The wizard opens automatically and prompts you configure your iSCSI Storage Appliance 3 Register your iSCSI Storage Appliance 4 The wizard prompts you create RAID pools pools Pools can be used immediately to provision storage you don t have to wait for them to finish building and verifying 5 The wizard prompts you provision storage to your sys...

Page 40: ...age Appliance belongs the name can be any combination of alphabetical and or numerical characters A password for administrator level full access to the CLI if required A password for operator level limited access to the CLI if required Note The administrator and operator level passwords both default to admin if you don t customize them IP addresses for each Ethernet Port on the iSCSI Storage Appli...

Page 41: ...n 2 Enter the Administrator password you set when you installed Adaptec Storage Manager If the Management Service is not installed on the local system enter the name or TCP IP address of the system on which the Management Service is installed then enter the Administrator user name and password you set when you installed Adaptec Storage Manager Note If you want to be prompted to log in to the Manag...

Page 42: ...ted for a password if this iSCSI Storage Appliance was added to another Management Service previously The default password is admin The iSCSI Storage Appliance is added to Adaptec Storage Manager Step 2 Configuring the iSCSI Storage Appliance The wizard comprises three configuration steps listed in the left panel Configure iSCSI Storage Appliance Create RAID pools Provision Storage This section ex...

Page 43: ...is deselected Note By default Ethernet Port 0 is the management port and is used by the Management Service to communicate with your iSCSI Storage Appliances it is also an iSCSI port You can configure Ethernet Port 0 as a management port only by selecting that option in the Port Type drop down menu 5 Click Next By default the current date and time is used for the iSCSI Storage Appliance You can cho...

Page 44: ...0 pools are supported on a single iSCSI Storage Appliance Note For instructions on creating pools using express configuration see page 95 To build pools with the custom method 1 Select Custom configuration then click Next 2 Select a RAID level The most common RAID levels are listed first advanced RAID levels are available by clicking Advanced settings Note Although all RAID levels are listed in th...

Page 45: ...signated as a hot spare as shown in the previous figure To remove a hot spare designation from a disk drive control click it again 7 Optional Click Advanced Settings and customize the settings as required 8 If you have no other available disk drives skip to Step 10 If you have available disk drives and want to create additional pools click Add pool to open a new tab in the wizard 9 Repeat Steps 2 ...

Page 46: ...e This task is supported by systems running Windows 2003 iSCSI Storage Hosts only When you provision storage to an iSCSI Storage Host you create a volume in Adaptec Storage Manager that automatically appears as a formatted disk drive on the iSCSI Storage Host and can be used right away to store data You don t have to manually partition or format the volume on the iSCSI Storage Host 1 In the Add iS...

Page 47: ... recommends using CHAP authentication Avoid disabling authentication See Controlling Access to Your IP SAN with Authentication on page 85 for more information 7 In the Pools list select the pool to create the volume The Available Space column of the Pools list shows which pools have sufficient space for the new volume When you select a pool the amount of available space is automatically adjusted I...

Page 48: ... Manually Note Use this provisioning method for systems running any supported OS other than Windows 2003 When you provision storage manually you create a logical device in Adaptec Storage Manager that becomes the iSCSI target accessed by an iSCSI initiator Once a logical device is created you must log into it from the iSCSI initiator and format it the same way you would format a physical disk driv...

Page 49: ... authentication is set by default To use CHAP authentication click Set CHAP secret enter a user name and password then click Add Click Cancel to close the window Note If you are using CHAP with the Microsoft iSCSI initiator the CHAP password must be 12 16 characters long or it will be rejected by the iSCSI initiator You can set different user names and passwords for each logical device you create ...

Page 50: ... iSCSI initiators will be able to log in to all logical devices 8 If you have available space in this pool and want to create additional logical devices repeat Step 3 to Step 7 Each pool can support up to 512 logical devices The Physical Devices panel of the window monitors the used and free space available in the pool you re working in To create a new logical device using the same settings as an ...

Page 51: ...ced users only Click Advanced settings to enable or disable Protocol Data Unit iSCSI ping and discovery settings Note Refer to your iSCSI initiator s documentation for more information about the advanced settings f Click OK Note The iSCSI initiator appears in the Initiators drop down menu g Repeat Steps a to f to add more initiators if required h From the Initiators drop down menu select the initi...

Page 52: ...istering Your iSCSI Storage Appliance on page 47 If you have systems on your IP SAN running Windows XP Linux or VMware the next step is to log in to the logical devices from those systems then partition and format the logical devices Log in varies by iSCSI initiator and OS for complete instructions refer to the documentation provided with your iSCSI initiator and system The basic steps are 1 Run t...

Page 53: ...receive technical support Beginning to Use Your IP SAN Once setup is complete use Adaptec Storage Manager to manage and monitor your IP SAN Logging In To Adaptec Storage Manager Next Time Once your IP SAN is set up each time you start Adaptec Storage Manager any Management Services on the iSCSI Storage branch will be grayed out To begin a new session on Adaptec Storage Manager click on the grayed ...

Page 54: ...imiting User Access to Your IP SAN with the Security Manager on page 86 Setting Up VSS VDS Access If you are using a VSS requester or a third party VDS provisioning tool in a system running Windows XP Linux or VMware you must add that system to the Microsoft VDS VSS host list in Adaptec Storage Manager Refer to your Microsoft VDS VSS documentation for more information The Management Service must b...

Page 55: ...DS VSS Access from this Host window You can t use the system s IP address The host name appears in the host list 4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to add more systems to the host list 5 Click OK to close the Microsoft VDS VSS Access window The systems you added to the host list can now complete jobs through the Management Service Note If your system has problems connecting to the VDS Provider see page 147 fo...

Page 56: ... Your IP SAN on page 91 Protecting Your IP SAN Adaptec recommends protecting your IP SAN using Adaptec Storage Manager s security features For more information see Protecting Your Data on page 61 and Controlling Access to Your IP SAN on page 83 Modifying Maintaining and Monitoring Your IP SAN Complete instructions on modifying your iSCSI storage maintaining your iSCSI Storage Appliance and Adaptec...

Page 57: ...cking buttons on the tool bar Right clicking on components in the main window Only tasks and windows associated with a specific component are available on right click menus For simplicity the tasks in this Guide are explained mainly using menu bar options About the Actions Menu Most of the main tasks in Adaptec Storage Manager are part of the Actions menu on the menu bar as shown at right Options ...

Page 58: ...ices and Logical Devices Views Resize the panels and scroll horizontally or vertically to view more or less information The Enterprise View The Enterprise View is an expandable tree with the iSCSI Storage branch see page 52 The iSCSI Storage Branch Under iSCSI Storage the Enterprise View lists the Management Service see page 16 the iSCSI Storage Appliance and any iSCSI Storage Hosts that are part ...

Page 59: ... The Direct Attached Storage branch is not covered in this Guide refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User s Guide for Direct Attached Storage on the installation CD that came with your Adaptec DAS RAID controller The Network Attached Storage Branch Under Network Attached Storage the Enterprise View lists any GuardianOS powered Snap Servers on your network When you select the iSCSI Storage Applian...

Page 60: ...lect a GuardianOS powered Snap Server in the Enterprise View its properties appear in the right hand panel of the window using an identical format to the Properties panel used in Snap Server Manager the management tool provided with your GuardianOS powered Snap Server For more information about monitoring GuardianOS powered Snap Servers in Adaptec Storage Manager see page 132 ...

Page 61: ...nough to protect the pool it s assigned to or may not be assigned to a pool With tool tips enabled see page 141 hold your cursor over any disk drive to see its status port number and maximum speed You can also click the arrow shown at right to see this same information for all the disk drives at the same time To reveal further information use the View buttons to change how the disk drives are disp...

Page 62: ...l tips enabled see page 141 hold your cursor over any pool to see its name and size hold your cursor over any logical device to see its name size and status You can also click the arrow shown at right to view this same information for all pools or logical devices at the same time Select a pool to highlight the disk drives that comprise it in the Physical Devices View and the logical device created...

Page 63: ...he volumes on your iSCSI Storage Hosts appear in the Snapshots View If you have created third party snapshots snapshots created using a tool other than Adaptec Storage Manager they also appear in the Snapshots View Adaptec Storage Manager snapshots are organized by snapshot sets one or more snapshots created at the same time With tool tips enabled see page 141 hold your cursor over any snapshot to...

Page 64: ...ws are available for all components Default View Enclosure View Click the arrows to expand list and reveal basic information Click this button to see the size capacities of your disk drives Disk drives or segments of disk drives that are included in logical devices are shaded brown Click this button to see the size capacities of your disk drives relative to each other Also available in the Volumes...

Page 65: ...ou identify the source of a problem when it occurs See Identifying Failed or Failing Components on page 148 for more information If your IP SAN includes a controller with a temperature sensor or an enclosure with an enclosure management device such as a SCSI Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosure SAF TE processor temperature fan and power module status is displayed by status icons in the Physical Devic...

Page 66: ...er CD or the Administration Tool online Help Uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager Uninstalling From Windows Systems To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager from a Windows system use the Add or Remove Programs tool in the Control Panel All Adaptec Storage Manager components including the Management Service will be uninstalled Uninstalling From Linux Systems 1 To uninstall Adaptec Storage Manager from ...

Page 67: ...build that pool For more information see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure on page 150 Hot spares assigned to iSCSI Storage pools are global hot spares they protect any pool in the iSCSI Storage Appliance except RAID 0 logical devices You can create a hot spare either before or after you build your pools you can also create a hot spare while you re creating a pool To create a hot spare see page...

Page 68: ...hat includes the hot spare A yellow plus sign indicates an error See What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean on page 63 for help solving the problem Any other pools created on that iSCSI Storage Appliance are protected automatically by that hot spare Assigning a Hot Spare to a Logical Device Note You cannot assign a hot spare while a logical device is being built or modified To assign a hot spare drive t...

Page 69: ...onsistent only as the VSS Provider is not supported by the OSs We can now use Target Based Snapshots in Windows XP and Linux operating systems Adaptec Storage Manager s snapshot feature creates a frozen copy of a volume at a point in time A snapshot sets up a link between the source volume and the underlying logical devices in your iSCSI Storage Appliance When data on the source volume changes the...

Page 70: ...volumes in one snapshot When you are creating snapshots for a mirrored volume snapshots will be created on the mirror master plex only To create a snapshot 1 In the Enterprise View select the iSCSI Storage Host you want 2 In the Volumes View select any volume 3 Click the Snapshots button shown at right Or In the Actions menu select Create snapshot The wizard opens 4 Select the volume s you want to...

Page 71: ... snapshot on a recurring basis see Scheduling a Snapshot Job on page 70 When the snapshot has been created it appears in the Enterprise View Select any snapshot in the Enterprise View to open the Snapshot View shown in the next figure Caution Carefully monitor the capacity of the pool that contains your snapshots At this time when the pool reaches maximum capacity all snapshots contained within it...

Page 72: ... on which to mount the snapshots 5 Set a mount point for the snapshots of each volume by selecting a drive letter or entering the full path to an empty directory Each snapshot must have its own mount point 6 Set the access type Read only or Read Write All snapshots in the snapshot set will have the same access type 7 Click OK to mount the snapshot set Caution If you set up a recurring job that cre...

Page 73: ... either CHAP or None and assign to any initiator 3 Login to the new logical device and store data in it 4 Log off the initiator Note Always log off the parent before creating a target based snapshot as target based snapshots are not application consistent snapshots 5 Select the target in the Enterprise View and right click the logical device and select Create Snapshot 6 Provide a description to th...

Page 74: ...ollback from the CLI and wait for rollback to complete 4 Once rollback is complete login to the volume 5 Recreate the mirror with full resynchronization If a full resynchronization is required during a mirror failover existing snapshots on the slave plex that is being resynchronized will be deleted Performing Roll back of a Target Based Snapshot Rollback operation copies the data from the snapshot...

Page 75: ...rage appliances 6 Select the volume you want to snapshot Enter a description and click Next 7 Select the Managed system Drive and Access Type and click Next 8 Click Apply to create the snapshot or Schedule to snapshot the volume at a specific time Ensuring Pool Capacity for Your Snapshots Ensuring that there is adequate capacity in a pool to maintain your snapshots is extremely important Currently...

Page 76: ...k Apply Don t click Apply 2 Click Schedule The schedule window opens 3 Set the date and time for the job Note Keep geography in mind If you are scheduling jobs on an iSCSI Storage Appliance located in another geographical area remember that the time you set for a scheduled job is the Management Service s time which may be different from local time or the iSCSI Storage Appliance s time You will be ...

Page 77: ...or has occurred such as a job missing its start time Failure The job has not completed successfully A non recoverable error has occurred The Schedule Manager displays all scheduled jobs in order of scheduled start time and includes basic information about each job Although you can t sort the jobs in any other order you can reorganize the columns in the Schedule Manager by clicking and dragging the...

Page 78: ... Manager see page 71 2 Select the job you want to delete then click Delete scheduled job 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion The job is deleted Backing Up Your Data with Mirrored Volumes You can mirror a volume to add another layer of data protection and increase data availability Note Mirroring is supported on iSCSI Storage Hosts only When a volume is mirrored a second volume residing on a second...

Page 79: ...rror manager and vice versa See Changing Mirror Priorities on page 75 for instructions Once a mirrored volume is created you can use Adaptec Storage Manager to manage it This section describes how to Create a mirrored volume see page 74 Extend a mirrored volume see page 75 Change mirror priorities see page 75 Force a failover on a mirrored volume see page 76 Fail back a mirrored volume see page 76...

Page 80: ...the Pools list select the pool in which you want to create the mirror Only pools with sufficient space that also reside in a different iSCSI Storage Appliance than the original volume appear in the Pools list 3 Optional Click Advanced settings to adjust the capacity display units 4 Click Next review the mirror settings then click Apply The Job Manager opens see page 115 and the job begins When the...

Page 81: ...ur requirements then click OK The Job Manager opens see page 115 and the job begins When the job is complete the volume appears in the Volumes view with its new size Changing Mirror Priorities This section describes how to change the priority of a mirrored volume When you change the priority the mirror or mirror plex becomes the volume or mirror manager and the original volume becomes the mirror T...

Page 82: ...volume unless the mirror is fully synchronized To fail over a mirrored volume 1 In the Enterprise View select the iSCSI Storage Host you want 2 In the Volumes View right click the mirrored volume you want then select Fail over mirror 3 Click Yes to fail over the mirror The mirror is failed over Any system that was accessing the original volume automatically begins to access the mirror instead Fail...

Page 83: ...iSCSI Storage Host drop down list select an iSCSI Storage Host on which to mount the volume Only iSCSI Storage Hosts are listed b Select a drive letter for the volume Only available drive letters are listed Alternatively type the full path to an existing empty directory 5 Click OK Removing an Unavailable Mirror Plex If a mirror plex becomes unavailable due to a power failure or a failed disk drive...

Page 84: ...ger s replication requires at least two iSCSI Storage Hosts one deployed at a primary site and one deployed at a secondary site Data from a primary site source is copied to a secondary site destination replica After the data is copied the destination replica can be broken away and mounted on the secondary site To break an existing replica see page 80 Specifying Replica Site Note To avoid a corrupt...

Page 85: ...ptec strongly recommends that you copy the volume and its dependencies to avoid losing related data 5 Type a name or description for the replica then click Next 6 Select the management service for creating the replica Set the Compression Enabled or Disabled Set the CRC Enabled or Disabled 7 Click Next 8 Select the replica pool for each volume in the replica set Then click Apply to create the repli...

Page 86: ...lica details 1 Right click the replica set and select Re establish Replica Details 2 Select the secondary site management service to switch the roles and click OK Mounting a Replica Set To mounta replica set to a specific iSCSI appliance 1 Right click the replica set and select Mount Replica Set 2 Select an iSCSI appliance as the Mount Point and select the Drive to mount the replica volume Unmount...

Page 87: ...ularly set the frequency and set the number of replicas to retain at one time 2 Set the date and time for the update Note Keep geography in mind If you are scheduling jobs on an iSCSI Storage Appliance located in another geographical area remember that the time you set for a scheduled job is the Management Service s time which may be different from the local time or the iSCSI Storage Appliance s t...

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Page 89: ...lustrated in this figure Each iSCSI target can have its own auto discovery control list with specified iSCSI initiators that are permitted to discover it Note Discovery control lists don t prevent iSCSI initiators from logging into iSCSI targets that aren t on their control lists If you are using iSNS to discover iSCSI targets and want to control which logical devices are logged into by which iSCS...

Page 90: ...habetic character and can contain only letters and numbers 7 Optional Advanced users only Click Advanced settings to enable or disable Protocol Data Unit and iSCSI ping settings Note Refer to your iSCSI initiator s documentation for more information about the advanced settings 8 Click OK The iSCSI initiator appears in the Initiators drop down menu 9 Repeat Steps 4 to 8 to add more initiators if re...

Page 91: ...without authentication or with the incorrect authentication is rejected Two authentication methods are available in Adaptec Storage Manager Challenge Handshake Authentication Password CHAP Default setting Note If you are using iSNS see page 163 to discover iSCSI targets and want to control which iSCSI targets can be logged into by which iSCSI initiators you must set CHAP authentication Without CHA...

Page 92: ...odified Limiting User Access to Your IP SAN with the Security Manager To protect your IP SAN you can use Adaptec Storage Manager s Security Manager to control which users can access and modify your iSCSI storage Each Adaptec Storage Manager user is given a password and is assigned one of two access privilege levels Administrator level or Operator level see page 87 To access Adaptec Storage Manager...

Page 93: ...rs have restricted access to your IP SAN as described in this table Operators can Operators can t Blink a hardware component such as a disk driver or iSCSI Storage Appliance Provision storage to an iSCSI Storage Host View Properties window of all storage components of your IP SAN Create modify or delete a pool volume or logical device Verify a pool Mirror a volume or modify or break a mirrored vol...

Page 94: ...tor name and password that you added during Adaptec Storage Manager installation is included on the Security List You can add modify and delete users as your requirements change To add a user see the next section To modify a user s name or password see page 89 To delete a user see page 89 Adding a User to the Security Manager To add a user to the Security Manager 1 Open the Security Manager see pa...

Page 95: ...er s name The User Properties window opens 3 Modify the user s information as required then click Modify Note Be sure to note the passwords you enter they won t appear anywhere on screen in the Security Manager Security passwords are case sensitive The new information is saved in the Security Manager Removing a User from the Security Manager You can remove any user from the Security Manager At lea...

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Page 98: ...ervice 2 In the Actions menu click Configure SAN The wizard opens 3 Click Add new iSCSI storage appliance The Add iSCSI Storage Appliance window opens 4 Enter the host name or TCP IP address of your iSCSI Storage Appliance then click Add The TCP IP address appears on the front panel LCD display of your Snap Server 700i Series The iSCSI Storage Appliance is added to the Management Service Adding an...

Page 99: ...e capacity limitations for the components in your IP SAN Component Description Capacity Limitation Number of pools in an iSCSI Storage Appliance 20 Maximum pool size 512 TB Number of characters in a pool name Up to 15 Physical devices in a RAID 5 or RAID 6 pool 16 Physical devices in a RAID 0 or RAID 10 100 Note Each RAID 5 or RAID 6 leg may not have more than 16 physical devices Physical devices ...

Page 100: ... to an existing pool see page 96 Change the RAID level of a pool see page 96 Move a pool to another iSCSI Storage Appliance see page 97 Enable or disable the controller read or write cache for a pool see page 100 Delete a single pool see page 101 or all pools see page 101 Creating a New Pool You can add new pools to your IP SAN at any time as long as adequate disk drive space is available You can ...

Page 101: ...cally creates pools by grouping together same sized physical disk drives and assigns RAID levels based on the number of physical disk drives in a pool A pool with three or more physical disk drives is assigned RAID 5 A pool with two physical disk drives is assigned RAID 1 A pool with only a single physical disk drive becomes a simple volume which does not offer redundancy Note To create a pool wit...

Page 102: ...drives You can expand pools with any of these RAID levels RAID 0 RAID 5 RAID 6 or RAID 10 The maximum supported size for a pool is 512 TB To increase the capacity of a pool 1 In the Logical Devices View select the pool you want 2 In the Actions menu click Expand or migrate pool The wizard opens to the Choose RAID Level window Don t change the RAID level 3 Click Next The Modify Pool window opens 4 ...

Page 103: ... In the Actions menu click Expand or migrate pool The wizard opens to the Choose RAID Level window 3 Select a new RAID level Only supported RAID levels are listed 4 Click Next The Modify Pool window opens 5 If prompted select additional disk drives to support the new RAID level 6 Click Next then review the pool settings 7 Click Apply then click Yes to change the pool s RAID level The RAID level is...

Page 104: ...hat no iSCSI initiators are accessing a pool before you attempt to export it Pools being accessed can t be exported 2 Adaptec recommends that you not export a pool while it is building rebuilding or synchronizing If you do it appears as an alien pool when you import it to a new iSCSI Storage Appliance To move a pool to another iSCSI Storage Appliance Note If possible record the authentication sett...

Page 105: ...ore you exported the pool it must be reset once the pool is imported To reset authentication 1 In the Enterprise View select the iSCSI Storage Appliance you want 2 In the Logical Devices View right click the words Logical devices then select Modify logical devices The wizard opens to the Define Logical Devices screen 3 At the top of the wizard click the tab of the pool you want The logical devices...

Page 106: ...o enable or disable the read and write cache of the RAID controller installed in your iSCSI Storage Appliance Enabling or Disabling the Controller Write Cache Caution Before you change a cache setting be sure that you fully understand the implications of the new setting To enable or disable the controller write cache settings for a pool 1 In the Enterprise View select the iSCSI Storage Appliance y...

Page 107: ... Appliance you want 2 In the Logical Devices View select the pool you want to delete 3 In the Actions menu select Delete pool 4 Click Yes to delete the pool The pool is deleted Note Depending on your OS the drive letter assignments of any remaining drives may change after a pool is deleted and the system is rebooted Deleting All Pools Caution Deleting all pools destroys all data in the iSCSI Stora...

Page 108: ...w to Create a new volume after setup is complete see the following section Add capacity to a volume see page 103 Reassign a volume to a different iSCSI Storage Host see page 103 Delete a volume see page 104 Note To mirror a volume to add another layer of data protection see Backing Up Your Data with Mirrored Volumes on page 72 Creating a New Volume You can add new volumes to your IP SAN at any tim...

Page 109: ...appears in the Volumes view with its new size Reassigning a Volume to Another iSCSI Storage Host You can reassign a volume to a different iSCSI Storage Host on your IP SAN or change the volume drive letter Note When you are reassigning a volume the system it s being assigned to must be connected to the same Management Service as the original system To reassign a volume 1 In the Enterprise View sel...

Page 110: ...al devices appear in the Logical Devices View Note For more information about provisioning storage manually and automatically see Step 4 Provisioning Storage to Your Systems on page 40 Once a logical device is created you can use Adaptec Storage Manager to modify it This section describes how to Create a new logical device after setup is complete see the following section Modify a logical device s...

Page 111: ...e Define Logical Devices screen 3 Click the tab of the pool you want The logical devices for that pool are displayed 4 Adjust the logical device settings as required See Provisioning Storage Manually on page 42 for more information 5 Click Next click Next again then review the configuration summary Notes To create or edit the Auto discovery Control List for a logical device see Limiting Discovery ...

Page 112: ...rprise View select the iSCSI Storage Appliance you want 2 In the Logical Devices View select the logical device you want 3 In the Actions menu select Delete logical device 4 Click Yes to delete the logical device The logical device is deleted ...

Page 113: ...pliance on page 92 Configuring the Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS Monitor You can use Adaptec Storage Manager to set the UPS monitor settings for each iSCSI Storage Appliance in your IP SAN You can set customized UPS monitor settings for each separate iSCSI Storage Appliance You can monitor the UPS using either a USB or SNMP connection Note If the UPS broadcasts that it s about to shut down your...

Page 114: ...tep until you have added all the iSCSI Storage Appliances you want to communicate with the local USB connection Note To remove an iSCSI Storage Appliance from the list select it then click Remove If you select Remote USB enter the local USB host name or TCP IP address in the USB Connected Enclosure field 4 In the Enclosure Powered Off box set the battery life threshold at which the iSCSI Storage A...

Page 115: ... 2 Click OK to stop blinking the component Right click To Blink iSCSI Storage Appliance in the Enterprise View The iSCSI Storage Appliance Controller icon in the Physical Devices View All disk drives installed in an iSCSI Storage Appliance and attached JBODs Disk Drive icon A specific disk drive Enclosure Management Device icon An enclosure Pool icon All disk drives included in a pool Logical Devi...

Page 116: ...pliance using Adaptec Storage Manager 1 In the Enterprise View select the iSCSI Storage Appliance 2 In the Actionsmenu select Restart iSCSI Storage Appliance 3 The appliance restarts Note Restarting may take several minutes during which time the data on the appliance won t be available Changing the iSCSI Storage Appliance s Settings You can use Adaptec Storage Manager to change the network date an...

Page 117: ... Storage Manager to update your iSCSI Storage Appliances To apply a new image see the following section To see which image is currently in use see page 112 To revert to a previous image see page 112 Applying a New Image Caution Before you begin Because all updated iSCSI Storage Appliances will be automatically rebooted after the image has been updated stop all active applications before you begin ...

Page 118: ... powered on Reverting to the Previous Image Adaptec Storage Manager stores two versions or images of Adaptec OnTarget at a time If you experience problems with a newly downloaded image you can revert to the previous one You can also return from the previous image to the new one if required To choose the image to use the next time the iSCSI Storage Appliance is restarted or powered on 1 Follow Step...

Page 119: ...e any configuration changes before you restart the appliance Any changes that you make will be lost when the appliance restarts 6 Restart the iSCSI Storage Appliance see page 110 To check that the image you selected is running select the iSCSI Storage Appliance in the Enterprise View select the controller in the Physical Devices View then in the Actionsmenu select Select controller image The Curre...

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Page 121: ... can monitor jobs such as automatic storage provisioning or creating a snapshot as they progress by using a utility in Adaptec Storage Manager called the Job Manager To open the Job Manager see page 116 The Job Manager opens on the Jobs tab of a new window In the Job Manager the each step is listed and tracked separately As each step is completed a check mark appears in the Done column in the lowe...

Page 122: ...igure menu select the Management Service you want then select Jobs The Job Manager opens on the Security tab of a new window see the figure on page 115 showing all running jobs 3 Select any job to view its progress Close the Jobs window when you re done Cancelling a Job in Progress You can cancel a job in progress unless the job is in Attention status A job in Attention status must be undone not c...

Page 123: ...6 2 Select the job you want to resume click Resume job then click Yes to resume the job The job s status changes to Running and the job continues with the next step on its list Undoing a Failed Job If a job fails you can choose to undo the steps that were completed before the failure such as the creation of new users or targets To undo a failed job 1 Open the Job Manager see page 116 2 Select the ...

Page 124: ...ing on your IP SAN Status is indicated by icons see page 119 in the left hand column as shown in the figure below Double click any event to see more information in an easier to read format Click Next to see the next event in the list To open a full screen version of the event log click the Events button in the tool bar To make it easier to find a specific event click the column heads to sort the e...

Page 125: ...as a SCSI Accessed Fault Tolerant Enclosure SAF TE processor Adaptec Storage Manager also displays temperature fan and power module status in the Physical Device view as shown in the next figure Icon Status Examples Information A connection to the Management Service was successfully established A pool was created A volume was created A logical device was deleted Warning A volume is in a degraded s...

Page 126: ... listed vary depending on which type of component you select Icon Status Examples Enclosure Fan Status Normal Fans are working properly Warning A fan has failed To determine which fan has failed see Identifying Failed or Failing Components on page 148 Error Multiple fans have failed Enclosure Temperature Status Normal Enclosure temperature is normal Warning Enclosure temperature is higher than nor...

Page 127: ...r ETH2 and ETH3 if applicable two lights for each of the four disk drives and an identification light as shown in the following illustration Adaptec recommends that you become familiar with the operation of these lights Power System and LAN LEDs These status lights are located to the right of the power button Looking at the server from the front the lights appear in this order from left to right p...

Page 128: ...TH0 and ETH1 Solid green The server is active and connected to the network Off The port is disconnected or the Ethernet cable is not connected or linked to an active switch LAN 3 and LAN 4 LEDs ETH2 and ETH3 on NIC card on rear of server Activity LED Solid green The server is active and connected to the network Green flashing Indicates data activity Off The port is disconnected or the Ethernet cab...

Page 129: ...09 for instructions Power Supply Module Indicator Lights The LED on a 700i Series power module is identified in the following illustration Status LED left Activity LED right Solid green Off Disk drive installed properly but is not active Solid green Blinking green Disk drive installed properly and is active Solid amber Off Disk drive installed but not working correctly Off Off No disk drive instal...

Page 130: ...t indicate the status of the enclosure These LEDs operate as described in the following table Disk Drive LEDs Each disk drive has three LEDs that indicate the status of the disk drive 1 2 3 4 LED Condition Indication 1 On Enclosure power on 2 On Fault on enclosure When a failure occurs on a controller or APC unit the enclosure LEDs indicate an enclosure fault 3 Solid green Host Link A solid green ...

Page 131: ... failure LED Condition Indication 1 N A Not used 2 Solid green Drive present and OK Solid amber Drive failed Off Drive not present 3 Solid green Drive present and idle Green random flash I O activity on disk drive Off Drive not present Power Fault LED Condition Indication Power Off Enclosure not powered on Green solid APC unit functioning normally Fault Off APC unit functioning normally Yellow fla...

Page 132: ...s to the iSCSI Storage Appliance such as the expansion of a volume the creation of a mirrored volume or the creation of a hot spare Only the email address you specify receives email notifications see page 128 You can specify which types of events generate email messages to ensure that urgent issues receive immediate attention Follow the instructions in this section to Set up email notifications se...

Page 133: ...If you have set up email notifications previously the SMTP Server Settings window doesn t open skip to Step 5 3 Enter the address of your SMTP server and the From address to appear in email notifications If an email recipient will be replying to email notifications be sure that the From address belongs to a system that is actively monitored 4 Click Add to save the settings 5 In the Email Notificat...

Page 134: ...in Modifying a Recipient s Information or Removing a Recipient This section describes how to modify a recipient s email address change the types of event notifications that are sent or stop sending email notifications To modify a recipient s information 1 In the Enterprise View select the Management Service you want 2 Click the Configure button select the Management Service then select Email Notif...

Page 135: ...ill be replying to email notifications be sure that the From address belongs to a system that is actively monitored Modifications become effective immediately Disabling Email Notifications Email notifications are enabled by default but can be disabled if required Note If you disable email notifications events will be generated but email messages won t be sent To disable email notifications 1 Open ...

Page 136: ...cations see page 131 Setting Up SNMP Trap Notifications Note Before attempting the tasks in this section you should be familiar with SNMP traps concepts and technology To set up SNMP trap notifications 1 In the Enterprise View select the Management Service 2 Click the Configure button select the Management Service you want then select SNMP Trap Manager The SNMP Trap Manager opens on the SNMP Traps...

Page 137: ...rmation 1 In the Enterprise View select the Management Service 2 Click the Configure button select the Management Service you want then select SNMP Trap Manager 3 Select the TCP IP address of the listed system 4 In the toolbar click Modify System change the system properties as required then click Modify Or In the toolbar click Delete System then click Yes to confirm the deletion Modifications tak...

Page 138: ...ger is also downloadable from the Snap Server Web site at www snapserver com Viewing Network Attached Storage Status To check the status of all the GuardianOS powered Snap Servers listed in Adaptec Storage Manager click Network Attached Storage in the Enterprise View The Network Attached Storage View opens in the right panel of Adaptec Storage Manager and displays all discovered GuardianOS powered...

Page 139: ...disks are OK A disk has failed Disk status is not available server may be offline Network Card Status All Ethernet ports are OK An Ethernet port has no link An Ethernet port has failed or one Ethernet port in a bonded pair has no link NIC status is not available server may be offline Power Supply Status All power supplies are OK A power supply is missing has failed or is not plugged in Power suppl...

Page 140: ...at www snapserver com Discovering New or Additional GuardianOS Powered Snap Servers You can add new GuardianOS powered Snap Servers to the Network Attached Storage branch of Adaptec Storage Manager at any time or have Adaptec Storage Manager discover all GuardianOS powered Snap Servers on a different subnet To discover new or additional servers 1 In the Enterprise View right click Network Attached...

Page 141: ...ec Storage Manager all offline GuardianOS powered Snap Servers are removed To remove offline servers 1 In the Enterprise View right click Network Attached Storage then click Remove offline network attached storage 2 Click OK to confirm All offline GuardianOS powered Snap Servers are removed from Adaptec Storage Manager Disabling Remote Discovery of GuardianOS Powered Snap Servers You can choose to...

Page 142: ...Attached Storage View and selecting Administer this server The GuardianOS Administration Tool opens For more information about the GuardianOS and for instructions on using the Administration Tool refer to the Snap Server Administrator Guide on the User CD or the Administration Tool online Help Changing the Network Attached Storage Management Settings You can change these Network Attached Storage m...

Page 143: ...the Server Offline Time out Setting Adaptec Storage Manager constantly updates the list of GuardianOS powered Snap Servers in the Network Attached Storage branch with fresh data it receives from servers that are on the local network segment and specified on the Remote Servers list Adaptec Storage Manager considers a server offline if no communication occurs for the specified time out period The de...

Page 144: ...works properly check the Autoscan servers checkbox then click OK Note Activating this feature increases network traffic Using an HTTP Proxy Server In environments that use an HTTP proxy server for external Web based communication Adaptec Storage Manager must be configured to use the proxy for online server registration To use an HTTP proxy server 1 Select the Use a proxy server checkbox 2 Enter th...

Page 145: ...sn t downgradeable after installation you will be notified by Adaptec Storage Manager before the installation begins Note If a previous version of Adaptec Storage Manager is installed on your system you must remove it before installing a new version Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager Change display settings and add or remove features from the Adaptec Storage Manager main window to make managing y...

Page 146: ...in alphabetical order To change how components are ordered in the Enterprise View 1 In the File menu select Preferences 2 Click the Display options tab 3 In the System tree orientation drop down menu select the Enterprise View branch that you want to appear first Options available in the menu depend on what type of storage is included in your network 4 In the System tree sorting drop down menu sel...

Page 147: ...ance of the main window use the View menu options these options are toggle switches which means that they can be selected and deselected by clicking on them Creating and Working with Display Groups You can organize related Management Services into display groups to make managing your IP SAN easier and more effective Management Services and their associated iSCSI Storage Appliances and iSCSI Storag...

Page 148: ...isplay group then click the display group name The system is added to the display group Viewing Display Group Status To quickly view the status of Management Services within a display group you can open the display group Properties window To view display group status 1 In the Enterprise View select the display group name 2 In the Actions menu click Properties The Properties window opens for that d...

Page 149: ... is running Windows 2003 ensure that the Microsoft Software Initiator is installed even if a hardware iSCSI initiator is also installed Ensure that all iSCSI Storage Hosts are powered on and that they have the Windows Support components of Adaptec Storage Manager installed on them See page 17 for more information Ensure that the system on which you re running the Adaptec Storage Manager GUI suppor...

Page 150: ...sfully run Adaptec Storage Manager your system must support 256 color video mode Why am I prompted for a password when I add an iSCSI Storage Appliance to the Management Service You may be prompted for a password if the iSCSI Storage Appliance you are adding was added to another Management Service previously Enter the CLI Administrative password for that iSCSI Storage Appliance The default passwor...

Page 151: ... a new image of the operating system see page 111 then delete a pool that pool will appear offline if you then revert to the previous image of the operating system You can t delete an offline pool from Adaptec Storage Manager Why did my volume creation reassign job fail or seem to fail Currently volume creation jobs may fail or appear to fail if they are started during a period of heavy I O activi...

Page 152: ...e email notifications is not receiving them Ensure that the recipient s email address is correct See Modifying a Recipient s Information or Removing a Recipient on page 128 to modify the address Ensure that your SMTP server address is correct See Modifying Email Settings on page 129 to modify the address Send a test email to ensure that the problem is solved See page 128 Why am I getting an error ...

Page 153: ...ndow Why can t my system connect to the VDS Provider At this time Adaptec Storage Manager does not support Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 Follow the instructions for your OS to work around this issue For Windows XP Service Packs installed or Windows Server 2003 see For Windows XP No Service Pack Installed Windows XP Service Packs Installed or Windows Server 2003 1 Log on to the system with a use...

Page 154: ...default name then click Save Silencing an Alarm At this time the Silence button in Adaptec Storage Manager will not silence an alarm on iSCSI storage devices or JBODs If an alarm sounds you must silence it at the device level for instance by pressing the Mute button on the back of the JBOD or use the CLI to enter a silence command see page 179 Identifying Failed or Failing Components When your are...

Page 155: ... server in the Enterprise View then double clicking the Enclosure Management Device icon to open the Properties window for the server Click the Status tab then scroll through the list of enclosure components A yellow or red exclamation point will appear next to the problem component Error is in your iSCSI Storage storage on this disk drive Double click the disk drive to continue tracing the fault ...

Page 156: ...the button in and to the left to release the latch 3 Open the handle and pull to remove the drive from the chassis 4 Release the latch on the new drive and open its handle If the handle is closed you cannot insert the disk drive completely into the bay 5 Insert the new disk drive making sure you push it forward until it is firmly seated and the handle begins to swing closed Then close the handle u...

Page 157: ...ow part of a pool To recover from the failure 1 Remove and replace the failed disk drive following the instructions in Hot Swapping Disk Drives on page 150 2 Designate a new hot spare to protect the pools on that iSCSI Storage Appliance Failed Disk Drive Not Protected by a Hot Spare When a pool is not protected by a hot spare if a disk drive in that pool fails remove and replace the failed disk dr...

Page 158: ...ta can t be recovered Correct the cause of the failure or replace the failed disk drives Then restore your data if available Note In some instances RAID 10 and RAID 50 pools may survive multiple disk drive failures depending on which disk drives fail Removing a Failed Disk Drive s Icon from Adaptec Storage Manager Note You can only complete this task on disk drives that are not included in any poo...

Page 159: ...ver without fully removing it then wait for it to spin down fully before continuing 2 If nothing is wrong with the disk drive reinstall it If necessary replace the failed disk drive with a new disk drive of equal or larger size 3 The controller detects the reinserted or new disk drive and begins to rebuild the pool ...

Page 160: ...lect an offline snapshot to highlight its snapshot parent then select the snapshot parent 3 In the Actions menu select Set snapshot group online Note If the Set snapshot group online menu option is greyed out recover or create more space in the pool following the suggestions in Step 1 4 Click Yes to confirm The snapshots are recovered Using the Reset Button to Perform a Limited Reset of the Applia...

Page 161: ...e likelihood that the iSCSI initiators on your IP SAN will automatically discover and reconnect to existing iSCSI targets a In the Enterprise View select the iSCSI Storage Appliance b In the Actions menu select Configure iSCSI storage appliance The wizard opens to the Configure iSCSI Storage Appliance step c Enter the settings for your iSCSI Storage Appliance when prompted If possible use the exac...

Page 162: ...tions in this section if you used new settings while configuring your iSCSI Storage Appliance or if you used settings that were identical to the previous configuration but your iSCSI targets failed to come back online You must complete the tasks in this section for each system on your IP SAN For iSCSI Storage Hosts see the next section For systems running Windows XP Linux or VMware see page 159 Re...

Page 163: ...tab 5 From the list of IP addresses remove any address that does not belong to the iSCSI Storage Appliance 6 Click Add 7 Enter the IP address for the iSCSI data port on your iSCSI Storage Appliance as set in Step 2 Configuring the iSCSI Storage Appliance on page 36 then click OK If your iSCSI Storage Appliance has two iSCSI data ports repeat this step for the other port Logging into the iSCSI Targ...

Page 164: ...nage Appliance_A ip add newIPaddress then press Enter c Appliance B logs in to Appliance A This may take a few moments d Type controller list then press Enter Confirm that Appliance A s controller is listed 2 Use Appliance A s CLI to reconnect Appliance A to Appliance B a Type controller discover IPaddress_of_applianceB then press Enter b Type controller add IPaddress_of_applianceB then press Ente...

Page 165: ...ess es of the data port s on your iSCSI Storage Appliance 4 Your iSCSI initiator may automatically discover the iSCSI targets on your iSCSI Storage Appliance If not manually add the iSCSI targets to the iSCSI initiator The recovery of each system is complete Recovering from a Flash Drive Failure in a Mirrored Environment Follow the instructions in this section if a flash drive fails in an iSCSI St...

Page 166: ... are not reconnected a In the CLI enter this command then press Enter logical manage volume_name authentication none b Manually log in to the iSCSI target from the iSCSI initiator CHAP is not used The recovery is complete Displaying ASM Mirror Volumes and Destroyed Mirror Volumes in the Disk Manager When you shutdown the controller JBod and reboot the new master ASM mirror volumes and destroyed mi...

Page 167: ...nd destination sites 3 Abort the stalled replica update set so that it is changed to Replicated LUF state 4 Reschedule the replica update job Unable to Perform Replication When Source and Destination have Static IP Address When the source and destination sites are in the same network and are assigned with a static IP address in Ethernet port1 the replication will happen If the IP address of the de...

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Page 169: ...rs can connect to any iSCSI targets no restrictions are enforced 1 Install the iSNS service on a Windows server Note the IP address of the server on which the iSNS service is installed 2 Open the CLI on the iSCSI Storage Appliance You can access the CLI two ways Each method presents the CLI automatically Attach a VT100 terminal emulation utility for example hyperterminal to the serial port of the ...

Page 170: ...ator and add an iSNS server to complete the configuration of iSNS For example from a Windows client When using the Microsoft initiator run the Microsoft initiator software select the iSNS Servers tab and click Add Enter the name or address of the iSNS server and then click OK When using the QLogic4050 4052 initiator right click the QLogic adapter and select Properties Select the Discovery Configur...

Page 171: ...stems Microsoft does not support dynamic disks for use with the Microsoft iSCSI initiator Adaptec recommends using the QLogic QLA4050 4052 which supports dynamic disks or using only basic disks with the Microsoft initiator to avoid unexpected behavior and possible data loss when using the MS initiator to connect to iSCSI targets in your iSCSI Storage Appliance Choose to install the Microsoft MPIO ...

Page 172: ...nd download the initiator appropriate for your OS version 1 Start up the initiator Navigate to Control Panel iSCSI Initiator When the Properties dialog opens select the Discovery tab 2 Define the iSCSI Storage Appliance as a target portal Under Target Portals click Add enter the iSCSI Storage Appliance s IP address or server name and click OK The server information appears in the Target Portals li...

Page 173: ...ab log into the logical device Select the desired iSCSI target and click Log On To automatically re establish the connection when the Windows system reboots select the Automatically restore option Note The IQNs for your iSCSI targets may be different than those shown in the examples above ...

Page 174: ...uter Management and select Disk Management If a wizard opens close it and proceed to the next step as you must manually write the signature to the disk 2 Initialize the logical device Right click the new disk label Disk 1 in the illustration and select Write Signature Windows 2000 or Initialize Disk Windows 2003 XP The new logical device initializes as a Basic disk 3 Format the logical device Righ...

Page 175: ...y modification suggested by Adaptec are NOT guaranteed and may not be supported Adaptec strongly recommends backing up your registry before making any modifications Please see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 322755 Windows 2000 for details on backing up and restoring the Windows registry Configuring the Server to Persistently Connect 1 As described in previous sections create a logical device on ...

Page 176: ...box b In the Name field enter DependOnService Click OK 5 In the Data box that opens enter MSiSCSI Click OK and then close the registry 6 Reboot the Windows server Configuring Shares to Logical Devices MS Initiator When using the Microsoft initiator shares to logical devices may not automatically reconnect when the Windows system hosting the shares is rebooted There are two methods to resolve this ...

Page 177: ...the Add Drive Letter or Path dialog select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder 8 Create a folder or enter the path to the one that will be shared from the Windows server and select OK 9 Select OK in the Add Drive Letter or Path dialog This will return you to the Disk Management window You will see the icon of a disk in place of the folder icon in the File Management window 10 Create a share t...

Page 178: ...ate driver install for Network adapter and iscsi adapter 4 Install the SAN surfer management software version 5 0 0 32 You can download from q logic support site http support qlogic com support product_resources asp id 962 osid 85 5 Connect Port0 on 4052 to a know network and assign a static dhcp 6 Launch the SAN surfer and connect to the local host Note SAN surfer will connect only if the port ha...

Page 179: ...imary and hit Enter The HBA discovers the target Ensure that the target with a proper iscsi name is displayed in the screen 15 Select Primary Boot Device Settings 16 Save changes and reboot the system During the Q logic post the boot LUN should be displayed with the iSCSI storage appliance build number as shown in the picture below Change the system BIOS to boot from Q logic HBA to install OS 17 L...

Page 180: ...ess Discovery Address Category To localize parameters to targets found on a particular discovery address i e to override the global settings you need to use the DiscoveryAddress setting The format for the DiscoveryAddress setting is a b c d a b c d e where e is a TCP port number or an instance name An example of these settings would be DiscoveryAddress 10 161 205 92 For target name uncomment Targe...

Page 181: ...nt from while creating logical from ASM CLI Note For Mutual CHAP we cannot use same password for both Outgoing and Incoming AUTHENTICATION SETTINGS To globally configure a CHAP username and password for initiator authentication by the target s uncomment the following lines OutgoingUsername user1 OutgoingPassword adaptecadaptec To globally configure a CHAP username and password for target s authent...

Page 182: ...Mware initiator can access See Controlling Access to Your IP SAN with Authentication on page 85 for more information When adding a new ESX initiator to the Auto discovery Control List you must have the uses permanent discovery session option enabled For more information refer Modifying a Discovery Control List on page 84 Using the VI Client to Configure iSCSI Services Follow the instructions in th...

Page 183: ... select the iscsi initiator and click Rescan All assigned logical devices will be displayed in panel below 2 Under Storage configuration click Add Storage and select Disk LUN as storage type Select the iSCSI logical device for your datastore specify the datastore name maximum file size and maximum capacity and click Next ...

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Page 185: ...ccessing the CLI You can access the CLI two ways Each method presents the CLI automatically Attach a VT100 terminal emulation utility for example hyperterminal to the serial port of the iSCSI Storage Appliance Use these terminal emulation program settings to access the CLI Null Modem Cable Baud Rate 115 200 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Flow Control Off Note Flow control must be set to Off O...

Page 186: ...e Appliance Note The default administrator password is admin To change the administrator password type password administrator Enter new password Enter confirm new password Enter Switching Access Levels To switch from operator level to administrator level type administrator press Enter type the administrator password then press Enter To switch from administrator level to operator level type operato...

Page 187: ...o use the three commands in this table If a question has a predefined or default answer the answer appears in square brackets Some values take an arbitrary string in which case you can t use the back or abort commands In those circumstances enclose the answer in double quotes so that the answer will be accepted even if it is the same as a command To configure the iSCSI Storage Appliance 1 Power on...

Page 188: ...d then press Enter Confirm the new password then press Enter 8 Press Enter to accept the DHCP default setting No 9 Press Enter or type a default gateway address the name or IP number of a router to which packets for destinations that do not have routes defined for them in the system should be sent then press Enter 10 Press Enter or type the IP addresses of your DNS servers up to three are supporte...

Page 189: ...xed order the CLI uses their position on the line to determine what they signify When parameters are in a variable order they are preceded by a keyword that the CLI uses to determine what they signify About Manage Commands The manage commands are distinctive because they take as a parameter an item to be acted upon for instance a logical device or a disk and apply to it other commands with their o...

Page 190: ... option pressing Tab has no effect When options such as a range of numbers or class of objects can t be listed a description appears instead enclosed in angle brackets to clarify what information is being requested For example name or stripedepth as shown below Format Examples Description command or parameter device identify logical The command to be entered command or parameter raid level stripe ...

Page 191: ...t of the parameter Command Line Editing You can edit commands and parameters by using the keystrokes described in this table 1 There may be a few exceptions such as file names where case is significant Keystroke Function Ctrl A Jump to the start of the line Ctrl B Move cursor back one character left Ctrl C Escapes and terminates lengthy jobs Ctrl D Delete the character at or in front of the cursor...

Page 192: ...e disk drive s device ID for drive numbering Separate status PDU Adaptec Storage Manager and Piggybacking of SCSI status CLI both refer to an advanced iSCSI initiator setting Esc D Deletes from cursor to end of the word Esc F Moves cursor forward one word Tab Complete the command or display alternatives if there is more than one possible command Q Moves cursor to end of multi page list Keystroke F...

Page 193: ...of help provided depends on where you are in the CLI For instance typing help may generate a list of valid commands or parameters or a list of all available commands You can request a command completion at any time by pressing the Tab key see Command Completion on page 184 for more information ...

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Page 195: ...k configurations are possible Hardware Components The Snap Server 700i Series comes with the hardware required to install the server into an EIA compliant rack if applicable as well as the cables required to connect the server to a power source and to an Ethernet network Other hardware required for a basic installation such as Ethernet switches racks and UPS devices must be supplied by the adminis...

Page 196: ... it can be upgraded to increase available capacity Use only internal hardware components qualified by Adaptec Adaptecstrongly recommends that you use only qualified components from authorized Adaptec resellers Qualified means that Adaptec technicians have tested and verified that the component operates properly with the Snap Server 700i Series and other network components Failure to use qualified ...

Page 197: ...on instructions see http www snapserver com support 2 To find an authorized reseller in your area go to http www snapserver com and click the Where to Buy tab Identifying the Ethernet Ports The Snap Server 700i Series have an on board NIC card with two Ethernet ports eth0 and eth1 In addition the Snap Server 720i has a single port NIC eth2 and the Snap Server 730i and 750i have a dual port NIC eth...

Page 198: ...eries not directly to the network and thus do not ship with Ethernet cables Rack Mount Assemblies Mounting brackets or slide rail assemblies for installing the server into a standard EIA rack come with every rack mountable Snap Server 700i Series See the next section Basic Hardware To Be Acquired from Third Party Vendors for additional requirements for your Snap Server 700i Series or expansion arr...

Page 199: ...er 700i Series Rack for 1U Units Snap Server 700i Series The Snap Server 700i Series comes with two left and right slide rails and must be installed in a four post 32 deep or greater EIA compliant rack Note Mounting the Snap Server 700i Series into a two post rack is not supported Rack for 2U units SANbloc S50 expansion array The SANbloc S50 expansion array comes with adjustable front and rear sli...

Page 200: ...ation prior to the arrival of the storage system Snap Server 700i Series Hardware Checklists Snap Server 720i Hardware Checklist Snap Server 730i and 750i Hardware Checklist SANbloc S50 Hardware Checklist Legend for Checklists The following symbols indicate which hardware components come with each Snap Server 700i Series The described item comes with the Snap Server 700i Series The described item ...

Page 201: ...les 3 per enclosure Required to plug into the mains 1 US 1 UK 1 EU Ethernet Switches Use switches that support GbE APC Brand UPS Device s optional Snap Servers are designed to work with a USB based or network based APC brand UPS Visit the APC Web site for a listing of optimal APC models Rack Slide Rail Assemblies 2 per enclosure Two 2 slide rails and screws for attaching the server to a rack 32 in...

Page 202: ...Power Cables 6 per enclosure Required to plug into the mains 2 US 2 UK 2 EU Ethernet Switches Use switches that support GbE APC Brand UPS Device s optional Snap Servers are designed to work with a USB based or network based APC brand UPS Visit the APC Web site for a listing of optimal APC models Rack Slide Rail Assemblies 2 per enclosure Two 2 slide rails and screws for attaching the server to a r...

Page 203: ...1 per enclosure Required to connect the expansion array to the host Snap Server 700i Series Power Cables 2 per enclosure Required to plug into the mains APC Brand UPS Device s optional The S50 should be connected to the same UPS as the Snap Server to which it is attached Rack Rack Mount Brackets Two 2 rack mount shelves and screws for attaching the server to a rack EIA Compliant Rack S50 expansion...

Page 204: ... warranty Snap Server 700i Series Specifications Feature Specification Network Connection Autosensing 10 100 1000Base T dual RJ 45 network connectors with support for load balancing and failover Dimensions Width 17 5 in 444 5 mm Depth 28 07 in 713 mm Height 1 75 in 44 45 mm 1U Weight 40 lbs 18 5 kg Power Power Rating 400W 100 240 VAC 50 60Hz Input Current 3 4A RMS for 115VAC 2 3A RMS for 230VAC Po...

Page 205: ...r 430 Watts Maximum Peak Output Power 491 Watts Heat Dissipation 169 BTUs hr Operating Environment 5 C to 40 C 10 to 80 humidity noncondensing Vibration 5 400 Hz random at 15 G Shock 8 G half sine shock with pulse duration of 11 milliseconds or less Altitude 200 ft to 10 000 ft xxm to 3 048m Nonoperating Environment 40 C to 70 C 5 to 95 humidity noncondensing Shock 15 G half sine shock with pulse ...

Page 206: ...e Enclosure Openings Openings in the enclosure ensure proper airflow and prevent overheating do not cover these openings Never place liquids on or near the unit to avoid spillage liquid entering an enclosure opening could cause fire or electrical shock Cleaning the Unit Before cleaning the unit be sure to disconnect all cabling Do not use any liquid or spray cleaning agents to clean the unit use o...

Page 207: ...ormance and write performance depend on the number of drives in the pool In general the more drives the better the performance More information about each RAID level is available in the Glossary on page 213 Note None of the RAID levels listed include a built in hot spare Selecting a RAID Level by Size of Pool Use this table to select a RAID level based on the number of disk drives in your pool RAI...

Page 208: ... table lists supported migrations You can also migrate from RAID 1 or RAID 5 to RAID 0 If the pool has a spare drive associated with it the RAID 0 pool retains the spare drive Note Migrations that do not involve a change in RAID level are also supported in RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 and RAID 6 See Expanding Pool Capacity on page 202 for more information Two RAID 0 or RAID 1 Three or more RAID 0 or RAID ...

Page 209: ...o the CD directory 3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager using this command line string setup exe s v qn properties where properties is one or more of the options listed in the next section Available Properties and Values Separate properties with spaces separate feature names for the ADDLOCAL property with commas see examples on page 206 Note Synchronous Installation To install Adaptec Storage Manager...

Page 210: ... the Management Service feature is installed PASSWORD Required Specifies the log in password for the Management Service This Property is required only if the Management Service feature is installed MGMTLOC Required Specifies the location of the local or remote Management Service to allow access for VDS VSS This value should be the local computer name not localhost This Property is required only if...

Page 211: ...2003 x86 only l ManagementService Installs the iSCSI Storage Management Service Requires you to set user name and password properties l SNMP Support Installs SNMP support for Adaptec Storage Manager Requires the Agent feature to be installed also If you select the SNMPSupport feature the Agent feature is automatically included even if you don t specify it l VDSExternal Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 o...

Page 212: ... s v qn ADDLOCAL Console INSTALLDIR C Adaptec Storage Manager To install and have setup wait until the install finishes before it closes start WAIT setup exe w s v qn ADDLOCAL Console Agent REBOOT ReallySupress To install the VDS VSS Services with support for a remote Management Service already installed on machine COMP1234 setup exe s v qn ADDLOCAL VDSExternal VSSExternal MGMTLOC COMP1234 MGMTUSE...

Page 213: ...ce and the VDS VSS Services with support for this local management service on machine COMP1234 setup exe s v qn ADDLOCAL Management Service VDSExternal VSSExternal USERNAME admin PASSWORD pass MGMTLOC COMP1234 MGMTUSER admin MGMTPASS pass ...

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Page 215: ... Quick Reference This appendix provides a quick reference matrix of feature support by OS For more information about Adaptec Storage Manager features including special system requirements see Planning Your IP SAN on page 13 ...

Page 216: ...iator Bundled Software Initiator Windows OSs Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Enterprise Edition R2 Standard Edition Standard Edition R2 Web Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Windows Data Center 2003 Windows Data Center 2003 R2 Windows XP All Versions Linux OSs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server...

Page 217: ...ovider Windows OSs Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Enterprise Edition R2 Standard Edition Standard Edition R2 Web Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Windows Data Center 2003 Windows Data Center 2003 R2 Windows XP All Versions Linux OSs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterpris...

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Page 219: ...l device When a logical device is deleted its space becomes available See also logical device cache A temporary fast storage area that holds data from a slower storage device for quick access Cache storage is normally transparent to the accessing device CHAP Authentication Challenge Handshake Authentication Password Authentication a method of restricting access to your iSCSI Storage Appliance When...

Page 220: ...d from its original iSCSI Storage Appliance but hasn t yet been imported to its new iSCSI Storage Appliance format See initialize gateway A node on a network that controls access to another network GuardianOS powered Snap Server A non 700i Series Snap Server See also iSCSI Storage Appliance GUI Graphical User Interface The window that opens when you start Adaptec Storage Manager The GUI must be in...

Page 221: ...for transfer across the IP SAN See also iSCSI target iSCSI Storage Storage that is created managed and accessed over an IP SAN Also one branch of the Enterprise View tree in Adaptec Storage Manager iSCSI Storage Appliance A Snap Server 700i Series The iSCSI initiators on your network access the iSCSI targets you create on your iSCSI Storage Appliance See also GuardianOS powered Snap Server iSCSI S...

Page 222: ... Appliance and IP SAN generates event alerts when activity errors or failures occur controls access to Adaptec Storage Manager and your IP SAN monitors jobs in progress and can schedule jobs to occur at a future time Similar to the Agent the Management Service runs in the background requires no user intervention and includes no user interface You must install the Management Service on at least one...

Page 223: ...re one disk drive is a mirror of the other the same data is stored on each disk drive partition Divides the space of a disk drive into isolated sections physical device A physical storage devices such as a disk drive tape drive or iSCSI Storage Appliance pool A pool is a disk drive or collection of disk drives which can be divided into logical devices which then become the iSCSI targets that are a...

Page 224: ...es stored data and two sets of parity data across all disk drives in both RAID 6 pools Also referred to as dual drive failure protection rapid fault isolation In Adaptec Storage Manager the trail of yellow or red warning icons that leads from the high level system view to the failed or failing component rebuild Re create a logical device after a disk drive failure recurring job A scheduled job suc...

Page 225: ...tion target See iSCSI target verify Check a logical device for inconsistent or bad data May also fix any data problems or parity errors VDS Provider Virtual Disk Service Provider A component of Adaptec Storage Manager that lets you configure a mixed storage environment a network with both Adaptec and non Adaptec storage devices from single user interface without using management tools from each st...

Page 226: ...ble to back up your data with snapshots See also snapshot Windows Support Windows 2003 Collective term for Windows Server 2003 all versions Windows Small Business Server 2003 and Windows Data Center 2003 operating systems Windows Support Windows Support is a collection of enhanced Adaptec Storage Manager components that can be installed on iSCSI Storage Hosts only Windows Support comprises these c...

Page 227: ...logical devices 84 99 105 156 Mount snapshot set 66 Properties display groups 142 Restart iSCSI Storage Appliance 110 Save support archive 148 Select controller image 112 113 Send test message 128 Send test trap 131 Set snapshot group online 154 Shut down iSCSI Storage Appliance 110 SMTP server settings 129 Update controller images 111 activity on IP SAN 118 126 131 Adaptec ROM Update wizard 111 A...

Page 228: ...SI Storage Hosts 92 adding Management Services 91 ADDLOCAL 205 administrator password default 180 Administrator privileges 87 advanced settings 39 Agent 16 alarms 148 alien pools 98 troubleshooting 145 archive file 148 assigned hot spares 61 creating 62 Attention job status 116 authentication modifying settings 86 setting 43 99 auto discovery control lists 83 modifying 84 automatic provisioning 40...

Page 229: ...efault administrator password 180 deleting mirrored volumes 78 DHCP configuring iSCSI Storage Appliance without DHCP server 24 settings 37 Direct Attached Storage display options 140 documentation 53 Enterprise View 53 discovering network attached storage 134 discovery settings 45 disk drives available space 55 capacity 58 capacity limitations 93 connection limitations 18 failed disk drives 150 15...

Page 230: ...ding mirrored volumes 75 extending volumes 103 F failed components 148 failing back mirrored volumes 76 failing over mirrored volumes 76 Failure job status 71 fan status 120 133 feature support 14 iSCSI Storage Hosts 14 field service documents 9 firewall settings 32 flash drive failure in mirrored environment 159 reconnecting to iSCSI targets 156 foreign pools 98 G gateways 37 global hot spares 39...

Page 231: ...rosoft Software Initiator 165 operating system support 210 QLogic initiators 172 reconnecting to iSCSI targets 156 VMware initiators 176 iSCSI ping settings 45 iSCSI ports 37 iSCSI Storage access control 83 auto discovery control lists 83 CHAP authentication 85 display options 140 Security Manager 86 SRP authentication 85 iSCSI Storage Appliance access control 85 adding new 92 administrative passw...

Page 232: ...job in progress 116 opening 116 resuming a cancelled job 117 status of jobs 116 undoing a failed job 117 jobs 115 117 cancelling job in progress 116 missed start times 72 monitoring jobs in progress 115 opening Job Manager 116 recurring 70 resuming a cancelled job 117 scheduling 70 status 116 undoing a failed job 117 K Knowledge Base 9 L Linux creating logical drives 42 feature support 14 installi...

Page 233: ...t iSNS Server 163 migrating pools 96 migrating RAID levels 202 mirror manager 73 mirror plex 73 mirrored volumes 72 78 breaking 77 creating 74 deleting 78 extending 75 failing back mirrored volumes 76 failing over mirrored volumes 76 mirror manager 73 mirror plex 73 mirror priorities 75 recovering from a flash drive failure 159 monitoring 115 138 activity on IP SAN 118 component properties 120 ema...

Page 234: ...ting all pools 101 disk drive limitations 93 expanding 96 expanding capacity 202 exporting 97 express configuration 38 failed disk drives 150 foreign pools 98 growing 96 hot swap rebuild 152 importing 97 logical device limitations 93 migrating 96 moving 97 names 93 RAID levels 201 202 read caches 100 rebuilding 152 recovering snapshots 154 size limitation 93 troubleshooting 150 viewing status 56 w...

Page 235: ... 18 Schedule Manager deleting a job 72 missed start times 72 modifying a job 71 scheduled jobs deleting a job 72 email notifications 126 missed start times 72 modifying a job 71 rescheduling 72 scheduling 70 status 126 Security Manager 86 adding users 88 modifying users 89 opening 88 removing users 89 setup adding iSCSI Storage Appliance 35 configuring iSCSI Storage Appliance without DHCP server 2...

Page 236: ...ng 154 Snapshots View 57 SNMP trap notifications 130 131 disabling 131 modifying system information 131 removing a system 131 sending test traps 131 setup 130 SNMP traps notifications failed test emails 131 failed test trap 131 troubleshooting 131 software upgrades 139 SRP authentication 44 85 modifying 86 standard unit of measure 140 starting Adaptec Storage Manager 35 status 118 component proper...

Page 237: ...installing Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Linux 60 Windows 60 units of measure 140 updating Adaptec Storage Manager 139 updating controller images 111 user documents 10 V VDS Provider 17 operating system support 211 VDS VSS Host List adding a system 49 removing a system 49 View buttons 58 Virtual Disk Services Provider See VDS Provider VMware creating logical drives 42 feature support 14 iSCSI initiat...

Page 238: ...ng Adaptec Storage Manager 35 uninstalling Adaptec Storage Manager 60 Windows Support components 17 installation requirements 18 troubleshooting 143 Windows Vista creating logical drives 42 provisioning storage 42 Windows XP creating logical drives 42 feature support 14 provisioning storage 42 recovering from flash drive failure 159 wizards Adaptec ROM Update wizard 111 configuring iSCSI Storage A...

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