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WANrockIT 200

Fibre Channel Node

User Manual

Eli-v4.05.204

Bridgeworks

Unit 1, Aero Centre, Ampress Lane,

Ampress Park, Lymington,

Hampshire SO41 8LW

Tel: +44 (0) 1590 615 444

Email: [email protected]

Summary of Contents for WANrockIT 200

Page 1: ...WANrockIT 200 Fibre Channel Node User Manual Eli v4 05 204 Bridgeworks Unit 1 Aero Centre Ampress Lane Ampress Park Lymington Hampshire SO41 8LW Tel 44 0 1590 615 444 Email support 4bridgeworks com...

Page 2: ...e successful installation of your Node Ethernet Cable You will require at least one good quality cable of suitable length to go between your network access point and the Node This should be marked as...

Page 3: ...1 Connecting the Ethernet Interface 12 3 2 Connecting the Fibre Channel Interface 12 3 3 Connecting the Power Supply 13 4 Using the Web Interface 15 4 1 Browsers 15 4 2 Connecting to the Web Interfac...

Page 4: ...27 6 1 2 Adding Nodes 28 6 1 3 Remote Control 30 6 1 4 Configuring a Node s Paths 32 6 1 4 1 Setting Primary and Failover Paths 32 6 1 5 Configuring a Node s Bandwidth 33 6 1 6 Learning 34 6 1 7 Rest...

Page 5: ...ry Defaults 57 10 4 Firmware Updates 57 10 5 Diagnostics 58 10 6 Task Scheduler 59 10 6 1 Adding Tasks 60 10 6 2 Removing Editing Tasks 60 10 6 3 Task Wizard 62 10 6 3 1 Action Email Performance Stati...

Page 6: ...dows using a static IP Address 69 A 1 Windows Server 2003 69 A 2 Windows Vista Server 2008 or 7 72 Appendix B Transfer Statistics Graphing Instructions for Excel 2010 75 Appendix C Useful Links 82 App...

Page 7: ...AS More interfaces will be added as they become part of the mainstream storage protocols Each Node s storage interface can be configured to act either as a target interface working in a similar mode t...

Page 8: ...ld be read thoroughly Definitions Throughout this manual selected terms will be used to describe pieces of equipment and concepts This section provides an explanation of those terms Logical Unit Numbe...

Page 9: ...technician To prevent electric shock do not remove the cover There are no user serviceable parts inside The power cord is used as a disconnection device To de energise the equipment disconnect the po...

Page 10: ...Certain models will use a Small Form factor Pluggable SFP Transceiver module for connection to an optical network These devices may use a Class 1 Laser device it is important that you do not stare in...

Page 11: ...Initiator port See Section 3 2 Connecting the Fibre Channel Interface 3 Power on the WANrockIT 200 See Section 3 3 Connecting the Power Supply 4 If your WANrockIT 200 is in a remote location use a lo...

Page 12: ...d at the back of the WANrockIT 200 labelled MGMT A To connect the WANrockIT 200 to the management Ethernet network insert a Cat 5E cable or better into the MGMT port at the back of the unit When the p...

Page 13: ...mode Optical Fibre 50 125 OM3 Patch Cable LC up to 300 meters Multi mode Optical Fibre 50 125 OM4 Patch Cable LC up to 550 meters When the multi mode cables are inserted in to the SFP a click should b...

Page 14: ...have connected the Management port and the WAN porto your network To turn on the WANrockIT 200 push the switch on the opposite side to the power connector The following image shows the switch Wheneve...

Page 15: ...upported browsers Bridgeworks cannot guarantee the behaviour of the Node s functionality Connecting to the Web Interface Note DHCP is enabled by default on the management interface The default hostnam...

Page 16: ...ser connect to the Node s web interface using default hostname or IP address of a connected management interface Once you have connected to the web interface on the Node you will see the entry page sh...

Page 17: ...ons to the ones shown above depending on the configuration you have purchased The web interface is split into two sections The left hand Node Menu panel typically remains constant wherever you are wit...

Page 18: ...me accessible again The Support link will open up a new tab in your browser at the Bridgeworks website support page The Help is contextually aware of which page you are currently viewing on the web in...

Page 19: ...etwork interface settings and view network statistics From the Home screen select the Network Connections icon under the Node Configuration section The web interface will display the following Global...

Page 20: ...o use IPv6 addresses As with IPv4 you can either choose to use DHCP or assign a static IPv6 address Network Interfaces This section displays each network port present on the Node along with its curren...

Page 21: ...nderstand what the maximum frame size settings are for your switch Setting the IP Address There are two possibilities when configuring the IP address of a network port DHCP The Node will seek out your...

Page 22: ...ection The web interface will display the following System Password This section allows the administrator to change the access password for the web interface The new password must be between 5 and 65...

Page 23: ...be generated from the Node interface by clicking Generate Key and then copying and pasting this key from one Node to each remaining connected Node The pre shared key will not display automatically wh...

Page 24: ...ck of computer systems This feature is critical if you are planning on using the scheduler or useful when viewing the logs to determine when an event occurred Refer to Section 10 2 System Log for more...

Page 25: ...d configuration file was uploaded Confirm these settings by clicking Save The Test button will send a test email to the recipient email address addresses to confirm that the email configuration is wor...

Page 26: ...NAT using a private IP address where your WAN link is via a VPN or direct connect you can use the local IP address of your Nodes The WANrockIT section of the web interface allows the administrator to...

Page 27: ...ing Remote Node Access Control connections will be accepted To only allow certain IP addresses to connect to this Node change the drop down to Whitelist and click on the Save button After navigating b...

Page 28: ...n from a remote Node enter the IP address es of the remote Node s WAN interface s in the space in the Remote Node Access Control table and click on the Add button Adding Nodes Before establishing a co...

Page 29: ...in the window shown below and then click the Add button Important Only IPv4 addresses are supported in the Add Remote Node dialogue box The Node will then search for the remote Node on the Network In...

Page 30: ...dded to your local Node This can be useful if it is not possible to directly access the web interface of a remote Node at a later time To enable remote control of the Node you are currently using sele...

Page 31: ...at the top of the web interface which will contain the name of the Node you are connected to as illustrated below If you close down the window or tab containing the remote control session you can nav...

Page 32: ...A path is a link between two IP addresses when you establish a link between two WANrockIT Nodes This link is set as the primary path and is the default connection used by the Nodes Once this primary p...

Page 33: ...ed the link will be set as inactive and will not be shown by default To view all possible connections that may exist between the two Nodes select the Show Unavailable Paths checkbox at the bottom of t...

Page 34: ...he list When a Learn process has been started the functionality and name of the Learn button will change to Stop Learn where the Learn process can be terminated when clicked You can start multiple Nod...

Page 35: ...tablishing its link to a remote Node the remote Node s name may have Connecting after it as shown During this time it will not be possible to use the features of the remote Node A repeated attempt at...

Page 36: ...ices on this list select the Node you want to refresh the devices on from the Host Name list by clicking on it When successfully selected the Node will become blue Click on the Refresh Devices button...

Page 37: ...When the loading bar is complete a report will be returned informing you of the progress of the update Discovered devices will be displayed the Devices Connected to window as shown 37...

Page 38: ...nality that can be used when a Node is active can be used whilst a Node is connecting but the effects will not occur until the link is up Transfer Statistics This configuration page will allow you to...

Page 39: ...y the following window A Node will be offline if the link between two Nodes has not been re established after a system restart You cannot start the monitoring of the Node until the link has been re es...

Page 40: ...rformance This section shows you both the transmit and the receive rate for any selected Nodes The transmit rate for a Node is in blue and the receive rate is in red To view a Nodes transfer rate clic...

Page 41: ...rate statistics of the previous 24 hours by clicking on the Click Here to Download button The downloaded file is in csv format and can then be viewed in a compatible program See Appendix B Transfer S...

Page 42: ...Note The 24 hour statistics are cleared on reboot 42...

Page 43: ...ll then display the following The icons displayed in the Fibre Channel Interfaces section show the current state of each Fibre Channel Port The green or red light in the icon display whether the port...

Page 44: ...box Check this to enable the link onto the Fibre Channel Storage Area Network SAN The Link Speed drop down menu allows you to select the Fibre Channel network speed In most cases this can be kept as A...

Page 45: ...ERP Clicking Save will save the configuration to memory for use at the next reboot Connected Hosts To list which hosts are connected to the Node select a port under Fibre Channel Interfaces then selec...

Page 46: ...nel target ports so that any connected host will see all devices Manual will allow the administrator to manually assign which target devices appear on which Fibre Channel port Important When Automatic...

Page 47: ...gical Unit drop down menu 2 Select which Fibre Channel Port you wish the device to appear on 3 Select the LUN you wish the device to have on the selected Fibre Channel Port 4 Click the Add Assignment...

Page 48: ...designated as an initiator Three pieces of information are displayed about each port next to an icon In order they are Port designation the number is the designation of the PCI slot and the letter A...

Page 49: ...o 2 Gbit 4 Gbit and 8 Gbit In most cases this option may be left set to Auto If you are unsure set the link speed to the SFP speed 2 The Topology pull down menu has 3 options Auto Loop arbitrated Loop...

Page 50: ...Using the Configuration Link drop down you can change this to manual This allows you to enable or disable each individual target on the Fibre Channel link Select the FC target by clicking on its World...

Page 51: ...SCSI Device Management icon under the Devices and Protocols section The web interface will then display the following You will be presented with a list of all the devices connected to the WANrockIT 20...

Page 52: ...Viewing Device Mappings Clicking on the Mappings option in the menu on the left hand side of the page will display information about all connected devices as shown in the following image 52...

Page 53: ...sented on the system Two or more entries may exist for a device representing the mapping to the AI as well as the mapping to a physical interface By clicking on the blue triangle in the Device Info se...

Page 54: ...select the System Information icon from the Node Maintenance section The following page will be displayed In the Node Firmware Details section the following information is displayed Firmware Revision...

Page 55: ...nt and scheduling the transfer of data between the two interfaces Memory Usage This indicates the percentage of memory used by all processes System Log This page displays the system log useful for dia...

Page 56: ...nce you have finished configuring your Node we recommend that you save your configuration data to a local disk By doing so you could save valuable time if the Node requires replacement or if configura...

Page 57: ...nce Firmware Updates From time to time it may be necessary to upgrade the firmware within the Node New versions contain resolutions to known issues as well as new features and improvements to the func...

Page 58: ...l appear under the Node Menu indicating that a system reboot is necessary To reboot the Node click on the Reboot button located in the Node Menu at the left side of the web interface Diagnostics In th...

Page 59: ...ask Scheduler The Task Scheduler page allows the administrator to schedule tasks with the following actions Email Performance Statistics This will email the log of the throughput rate to a given email...

Page 60: ...can be added by clicking on the Add New Scheduling Task button which will start the task wizard Removing Editing Tasks If you already have some tasks added they will be listed in the Scheduled Tasks...

Page 61: ...king on a task will expand it as shown Clicking the Remove button will remove the task from the task scheduler Clicking the Edit button will start the task wizard for the task allowing it to be edited...

Page 62: ...navigate you to the next section of the wizard Previous If present this button will navigate you to the previous section of the wizard Note The currently active section of the wizard will be highlight...

Page 63: ...IT Bandwidth Limit On the Action section of the wizard enter a bandwidth limit in Megabytes per second or select the Unlimited Bandwidth checkbox Then select which Node should be affected by the bandw...

Page 64: ...fied time and not repeat Daily This means the action will be performed every day at the specified time Weekly This means the action will be performed on specified days every week at the specified time...

Page 65: ...on of the wizard you can pick the starting date and time for the new task Enter a time into the Time for the first trigger box and select your start date using the calendar The selected date will be m...

Page 66: ...should run until cancelled or select a date using the calendar The selected date will be marked with a red cross Summary On the Summary section of the wizard a brief description of the task will be di...

Page 67: ...ng a static IP Address Scan the network using the LAN Scan utility to find all the Node s connected to the network in case the network address is different than what was expected See Section 11 3 Lost...

Page 68: ...ided on the CD accompanying your WANrockIT 200 Using LAN Scan LAN Scan is a command line utility available for Windows The downloaded file is in zip format and contains the files lanscan exe and lansc...

Page 69: ...03 If your computer is running Windows Server 2003 follow the instructions below From the Desktop or Start menu select My Computer In the My Computer window select Network and Dial up Connections posi...

Page 70: ...A general status page will be displayed From within this page select Properties Select the Internet Protocol TCP IP entry and then Properties 70...

Page 71: ...ke a note of your current set up then 1 Click Use the following IP Address 2 Enter 10 10 10 11 into the IP Address field 3 Enter 255 255 255 0 into the Subnet Mask field 4 Finally click the OK button...

Page 72: ...econnect to the Node Windows Vista Server 2008 or 7 If your computer is running Windows Vista or 7 follow the instructions below From the Start menu select Control Panel From the Control Panel select...

Page 73: ...A general status page will be displayed From within this page select Properties Select the Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 entry and then Properties 73...

Page 74: ...Address 2 Enter 10 10 10 11 into the IP Address field 3 Enter 255 255 255 0 into the Subnet Mask field 4 Finally click the OK button Note Once you have completed the initial set up of the Node return...

Page 75: ...n for the transfer statistics Open the file type drop down box and select the transfer statistics csv file as shown Note For information on obtaining transfer statistics from your WANrockIT 200 see Se...

Page 76: ...e Number tab select the Time category and select the option 13 30 55 as shown below then click OK Note The time format chosen here is not the format in which the time will be displayed in the final gr...

Page 77: ...olumns B and C The three columns should now be selected as shown below Warning Selecting all three columns at the same time may cause errors in generating the graph in the following steps Remember to...

Page 78: ...A new chart will be created Right click the vertical axis on this chart and select Format Axis 78...

Page 79: ...From the Number tab select the Custom category Enter the following in the Format Code field MB s Click Add then Close Now right click the horizontal axis and select Format Axis 79...

Page 80: ...From the Number tab select the Time category Select the format you wish for the time to be displayed 80...

Page 81: ...he date In this case select the Custom category and enter your custom format in to the Format Code text field The following is an example of a format code m d yy h mm AM PM Click Add and then Close Yo...

Page 82: ...eworks Support If you continue to experience problems with the WANrockIT 200 please contact support at http www 4bridgeworks com support Bridgeworks Support Videos These videos will guide you through...

Page 83: ...C Non operational temperature 20 C to 60 C Humidity 8 85 non condensing Network Management Interface No of interfaces 1 Physical RJ45 8P8C Speed Auto sensing 10 100 1000Mb s Standards IPv4 IPv6 NTP S...

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