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HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection

Storage Server
administration guide

This guide provides hardware and software information for the HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server

running the Standard Edition of Microsoft

Windows

Storage Server 2003 R2. This guide supplements information

about the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) software available from Microsoft Corporation.

5697-5872

Part number: 5697–5872

First edition: June 2006

Summary of Contents for ProLiant ML310 G3 1TB

Page 1: ...or the HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server running the Standard Edition of Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 This guide supplements information about the Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager DPM software available from Microsoft Corporation 5697 5872 Part number 5697 5872 First edition June 2006 ...

Page 2: ... in this document is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting as additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are U S regist...

Page 3: ...orage Server to support additional file servers 16 Additional resources 17 2 Storage server features and specifications 19 Front panel 19 Rear panel 20 Storage server configuration 22 Factory image 23 Physical configuration 23 Default boot sequence 24 3 Remote access monitoring and set up completion 25 Remote Browser 25 Remote Desktop through the HP Data Protection Storage Server Management consol...

Page 4: ...guration Utility 41 Opening the HP Network Configuration Utility 41 Adding and configuring NICs in a team 41 Team Properties page 43 Team type selection 44 Automatic Recommended 44 802 3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance 44 Switch assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance SLB 45 Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance TLB 45 Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance and Preference Order 45...

Page 5: ...ectrostatic discharge 53 Preventing electrostatic discharge 53 Grounding methods 53 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE directive 54 Czechoslovakian notice 54 Danish notice 54 Dutch notice 54 English notice 55 Estonian notice 55 Finnish notice 55 French notice 55 German notice 56 Greek notice 56 Hungarian notice 56 Italian notice 56 Latvian notice 57 Lithuanian notice 57 Polish notice 5...

Page 6: ... management process example 32 11 Configuring arrays from physical drives 33 12 RAID 0 data striping S1 S4 of data blocks B1 B12 33 13 Two arrays A1 A2 and five logical drives L1 through L5 spread over five physical drives 34 14 System Installation and Recovery window 39 15 HP Network Configuration Utility Properties dialog box before teaming 42 16 HP Network Configuration Utility Properties dialo...

Page 7: ...ontrols and indicators 20 3 Rear panel indicators 21 4 ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server features 22 5 ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server configurations 23 6 Summary of RAID methods 34 HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server 7 ...

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Page 9: ...lation guide HP ProLiant Storage Server with Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 release notes You can find these documents from the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center web site http www hp com support manuals In the Storage section click NAS and then select your product For the HP ProLiant Server see HP ProLiant ML310 Generation 3 Server User Guide This document can be obtained at http www ...

Page 10: ...ut Code Commands their arguments and argument values Monospace italic text Code variables Command variables Monospace bold text Emphasized monospace text WARNING Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death CAUTION Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data IMPORTANT Provides clarifying information or specific instruc...

Page 11: ...hoice web site at http www hp com go e updates Subscribing to this service provides you with e mail updates on the latest product enhancements newest versions of drivers and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product resources After signing up you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage under Product Category HP author...

Page 12: ...tion They are not intended to be real time system state monitors that trigger with every event Most system components have the capability of sending hundreds of state events during normal operation SEA and OSEM are designed to filter these component events and only notify customers and or HP Services when action needs to be taken to resolve or prevent an outage As designed they will not report all...

Page 13: ...rage server operating system to create shadow copies of the replicas These point in time snapshots are stored on the storage server and can be accessed by users to recover previous versions of the protected data DPM can store a maximum of 64 shadow copies for each volume in a protection group When storage limits are reached the oldest shadow copies are automatically deleted when new shadow copies ...

Page 14: ...medium business environment In this example the Data Protection Storage Server provides backup services and snapshot capability for local LAN attached file servers Snapshot image of file servers End user restore 10693a MSA Arrays provided with some DP Storage Servers To tape DP Storage Server File servers Figure 1 Small to medium business environment Figure 2 shows a typical Data Protection Storag...

Page 15: ...SIS works by searching a hard disk volume to identify duplicate files If SIS finds identical files it saves one copy of the file to a central repository called the SIS Common Store and replaces other copies with pointers to the stored versions If SIS linked files are backed up by DPM the link information is not restored properly when the files are restored To resolve this problem follow the proced...

Page 16: ...index html Licenses and upgrades This section contains information about how to register your Data Protection Storage Server and how to obtain licenses for additional network file servers Registering your Data Protection Storage Server IMPORTANT If you purchased the Data Protection Storage Server from an HP Authorized reseller you need to register the product with HP within 10 days of purchase to ...

Page 17: ...additional information and documentation for DPM Data Protection Manager technical overview http www microsoft com windowsserversystem dpm evaluation whitepaper mspx Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager Planning and Deployment Guide http go microsoft com fwlink LinkId 46351 Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2006 Operations Guide http go microsoft com fwlink LinkId 46363 HP...

Page 18: ...18 Data Protection Storage Server ...

Page 19: ...D and optional SCSI host bus adapter HBA for disk to disk tape implementation Front panel Figure 3 and Figure 4 show components controls and indicators located at the front of the ML310 G3 HP ProLiant ML310 1 6 5 2 3 gl0052 4 1 Media bays bezel blanks 4 USB connectors 2 2 Power On Standby button 5 Bezel lock 3 Hard drive bays 6 CD ROM drive Figure 3 Front panel components HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data...

Page 20: ...drive activity LED for non hot plug Green Hard drives are properly connected and functioning Off System has no AC power 5 NIC link activity LED Green Linked to network Flashing green Linked with activity on the network Off No network connection 6 Internal system health LED Green Normal system on Amber System health is degraded Red System health is critical Off Normal system off 7 CD ROM drive indi...

Page 21: ...nnector iLO2 4 Serial connector 9 Parallel port connector 5 Video connector Figure 5 Rear panel components gl0055 1 2 Figure 6 Rear panel indicators Table 3 Rear panel indicators Item Description Status 1 NIC link LED On link Off no link 2 NIC activity LED Flashing activity Off no activity HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server 21 ...

Page 22: ...e Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition External storage None Server family ProLiant ML310 G3 Server Chip set Intel E7230 800 MHz front side bus Expansion slots Two PCI X 64 bit 100 MHz from Intel PXH V One PCI Express x4 One PCI Express x1 Hot plug cage SATA Hot plug back panel Yes Power supply single NHP 370 Watts DVD ROM 16X DVD RW RoHS 1 44 floppy disk drive No Fans One non redundant system fan One ...

Page 23: ...ocs support SupportManual c00405440 c00405440 pdf The logical drives reside on all four physical disks as shown in Figure 7 The RAID 5 DON T ERASE volume contains an image that is deployed onto the OS partition during system installation The data volume available for use by the DPM software is also configured as a RAID 5 logical drive across all four drives This ensures redundancy in the event of ...

Page 24: ...vers boot up from the OS logical drive If the system experiences a drive failure the drive displays an amber disk failure LED If a single drive failure occurs it is transparent to the OS The hardware RAID controller on four HDD storage server configurations sounds an audible alarm to indicate a drive failure 24 Storage server features and specifications ...

Page 25: ...Storage Server installation guide that is provided with the server Connecting to the storage server permits you to access the HP Data Protection Storage Server Management console From the console you can access snap ins that allow complete server system management Figure 8 HP Data Protection Storage Server Management console Remote Desktop through the HP Data Protection Storage Server Management c...

Page 26: ...users must log on each time they start a session Accessing Remote Desktop 1 On the primary navigation bar select Maintenance 2 Click Remote Desktop 3 Log on Telnet Server Telnet Server is a utility that lets users connect to machines log on and obtain a command prompt remotely Telnet Server is preinstalled on the storage server but must be activated before use CAUTION For security reasons the Teln...

Page 27: ...ntegrated Lights Out port comes with factory default settings which the administrator can change Administrators may want to add users change SNMP trap destinations or change networking settings Refer to the HP Integrated Lights Out 2 User Guide for information about changing these settings To obtain this guide go to http www hp com support manuals navigate to the servers section and select Server ...

Page 28: ... clients storage power and printer products NOTE ProLiant Storage Servers can only be a managed device within the network managed by HP Systems Insight Manager The Microsoft End User License Agreement EULA shipped with the storage server states that the ProLiant Storage Sever cannot host the HP Systems Insight Management application and serve as the HP SIM host for the network For more information...

Page 29: ...ll the latest applicable critical security updates on the storage server For recommendations instructions and documentation to help manage the software update hotfix and security patches process on the storage server see Microsoft Software Updates on HP ProLiant Storage Servers at http h18006 www1 hp com storage storageservers html Creating and managing users and groups User and group information ...

Page 30: ...30 Remote access monitoring and set up completion ...

Page 31: ...into four major divisions Physical storage elements Logical storage elements File system elements File sharing elements Each of these elements is composed of the previous level s elements Storage management example Figure 10 depicts many of the storage elements that one would find on a storage device The following sections provide an overview of the storage elements HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Prote...

Page 32: ...IP Addresss 172 1 1 1 VirtualServerA IP Addresss 172 1 1 2 Sales Marketing Engineering Snapshot 0 Snapshot 1 Sales Users Customers Marketing Engineering Snapshot 0 Snapshot 1 T gl0044 Figure 10 Storage management process example Physical storage elements The lowest level of storage management occurs at the physical drive level Minimally choosing the best disk carving strategy includes the followin...

Page 33: ... B6 B3 B9 gl0043 Figure 12 RAID 0 data striping S1 S4 of data blocks B1 B12 For data in the array to be readable the data block sequence within each stripe must be the same This sequencing process is performed by the array controller which sends the data blocks to the drive write heads in the correct order A natural consequence of the striping process is that each hard drive in a given array conta...

Page 34: ...tores the system to full RAID level fault tolerance protection However unless RAID Advanced Data Guarding ADG is being used which can support two drive failures in an array in the unlikely event that a third drive in the array should fail while data is being rewritten to the spare the logical drive still fails Logical storage elements Logical storage elements consist of those components that trans...

Page 35: ...amic disk goes offline the entire volume dependent on the one or more dynamic disks is unavailable There could be a potential for data loss depending on the nature of the failed LUN Volumes are created out of the dynamic disks and can be expanded on the fly to extend over multiple dynamic disks if they are spanned volumes However after a type of volume is selected it cannot be altered For example ...

Page 36: ...y is a previous version of the file or folder at a specific point in time By using shadow copies a storage server can maintain a set of previous versions of all files on the selected volumes End users access the file or folder by using a separate client add on program which enables them to view the file in Windows Explorer Shadow copies should not replace the current backup archive or business rec...

Page 37: ... then select the HP ProLiant ML310 Server series link then the Manuals guides supplements addendums etc link to locate the guide Another way to access the hardware documentation for this server is to go to http www hp com support manuals select the category of your product for example under the servers heading select ProLiant and tc series servers and then select your specific server HP ProLiant S...

Page 38: ...l service provider For the North American program refer to the HP web site http www hp com go selfrepair Firmware updates Firmware is software that is stored in Read Only Memory ROM Firmware is responsible for the behavior of the system when it is first switched on and for passing control of the server to the operating system When referring to the firmware on the system board of the server it is c...

Page 39: ...s to boot the server fails While the recovery process makes every attempt to preserve the existing data volumes you should have a backup of your data if at all possible before recovering the system To restore a factory image 1 Connect keyboard monitor and mouse directly to the storage server 2 Insert the System Installation and Recovery DVD and boot the storage server As the server boots from the ...

Page 40: ...e details Systems with a DON T ERASE partition The DON T ERASE logical disk supports the restoration process only and does not host a secondary operating system Be sure to back up your user data and then use the System Recovery and Installation DVD to restore the server to the factory state Managing disks after a restoration After a system has been restored drive letters may be assigned to the wro...

Page 41: ...rovides automatic redundancy If the primary NIC fails the secondary NIC takes over Load Balancing provides the ability to balance transmissions across NICs Opening the HP Network Configuration Utility The HP Network Configuration Utility is now accessible from the Windows system tray at the bottom of the storage server desktop To open the utility click the HP Network Configuration Utility icon Add...

Page 42: ...re teaming 2 Highlight the NICs to team 3 Click Team Figure 16 HP Network Configuration Utility Properties dialog box after teaming 4 Configure the team by clicking the Properties tab The teaming options are discussed in the following sections 42 Network adapter teaming ...

Page 43: ...his tab is only used when the server has a valid ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack INP license It is used to manage Active Path Fast Path and monitor Fast Path port cost and path cost Discovery Protocol Displays the Cisco Discovery Protocol CDP options to enable or disable CDPv1 and CDPv2 This feature is available with a valid INP license Settings This tab is used to manually set the...

Page 44: ...on with the switch then the team will choose to operate as an 802 3ad Dynamic team However if the switch doesn t support LACP or if any ports in the team don t have successful LACP negotiation with the switch the team will choose to operate as a TLB team As network and server configurations change the Automatic team type ensures that HP ProLiant servers intelligently choose between TLB and 802 3ad...

Page 45: ...ming In NFT mode from two to eight teamed ports are teamed together to operate as a single virtual network adapter However only one teamed port the Primary teamed port is used for both transmit and receive communication with the server The remaining adapters are considered to be stand by or secondary adapters and are referred to as Non Primary teamed ports Non Primary teamed ports remain idle unle...

Page 46: ... across teamed ports members Implementers of HP ProLiant Network Adapter Teaming can choose the appropriate load balancing method via the NCU Automatic Recommended Automatic is a load balancing method that is designed to preserve frame ordering This method will load balance outbound traffic based on the highest layer of information in the frame For instance if a frame has a TCP header with TCP por...

Page 47: ... port for transmission If the Destination IP Address algorithm is chosen and the frame doesn t have an IP header the frame is load balanced by destination MAC address refer to Destination MAC Address method below Destination MAC Address Destination MAC Address is another load balancing method that will attempt to preserve frame ordering This algorithm makes load balancing decisions based on the de...

Page 48: ...48 Network adapter teaming ...

Page 49: ...ncy energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at personal expense Class B equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a...

Page 50: ... drive and or fiber optic transceiver Each of these devices contains a laser that is classified as a Class 1 Laser Product in accordance with US FDA regulations and the IEC 60825 1 The product does not emit hazardous laser radiation WARNING Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein or in the installation guide of the laser product may result in h...

Page 51: ...rouilleur du Canada European Union notice Products bearing the CE marking comply with the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community and if this product has telecommunication functionality the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms in parentheses are the e...

Page 52: ... risk of personal injury Do not attempt to recharge the battery Do not expose the battery to temperatures higher than 60 C 140 F Do not disassemble crush puncture short external contacts or dispose of in fire or water Batteries battery packs and accumulators should not be disposed of together with the general household waste To forward them to recycling or proper disposal please use the public col...

Page 53: ...d upon or against them Pay particular attention to the plug electrical outlet and the point where the cords exit from the product Japanese power cord notice Electrostatic discharge To prevent damage to the system be aware of the precautions you need to follow when setting up the system or handling parts A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage system boards or ...

Page 54: ...se af affald fra husstande i den Europæiske Union Hvis produktet eller dets emballage er forsynet med dette symbol angiver det at produktet ikke må bortskaffes med andet almindeligt husholdningsaffald I stedet er det dit ansvar at bortskaffe kasseret udstyr ved at aflevere det på den kommunale genbrugsstation der forestår genvinding af kasseret elektrisk og elektronisk udstyr Den centrale modtagel...

Page 55: ...a Lisateabe saamiseks selle kohta kuhu oma seadmete jäätmed ringlussevõtmiseks viia võtke palun ühendust oma kohaliku linnakantselei majapidamisjäätmete kõrvaldamise teenistuse või kauplusega kust Te toote ostsite Finnish notice Laitteiden hävittäminen kotitalouksissa Euroopan unionin alueella Jos tuotteessa tai sen pakkauksessa on tämä merkki tuotetta ei saa hävittää kotitalousjätteiden mukana Tä...

Page 56: ... και θα διασφαλίσει ότι η ανακύκλωση γίνεται με τρόπο που προστατεύει την ανθρώπινη υγεία και το περιβάλλον Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες σχετικά με το πού μπορείτε να παραδώσετε τον άχρηστο εξοπλισμό σας για ανακύκλωση επικοινωνήστε με το αρμόδιο τοπικό γραφείο την τοπική υπηρεσία διάθεσης οικιακών απορριμμάτων ή το κατάστημα όπου αγοράσατε το προϊόν Hungarian notice Készülékek magánháztartásban t...

Page 57: ...ma Šalintinas įrangos atliekas privalote pristatyti į specialią surinkimo vietą elektros ir elektroninės įrangos atliekoms perdirbti Atskirai surenkamos ir perdirbamos šalintinos įrangos atliekos padės saugoti gamtinius išteklius ir užtikrinti kad jos bus perdirbtos tokiu būdu kuris nekenkia žmonių sveikatai ir aplinkai Jeigu norite sužinoti daugiau apie tai kur galima pristatyti perdirbtinas įran...

Page 58: ... opreme Ločeno zbiranje in recikliranje odslužene opreme prispeva k ohranjanju naravnih virov in zagotavlja recikliranje te opreme na zdravju in okolju neškodljiv način Za podrobnejše informacije o tem kam lahko odpeljete odsluženo opremo na recikliranje se obrnite na pristojni organ komunalno službo ali trgovino kjer ste izdelek kupili Spanish notice Eliminación de residuos de equipos eléctricos ...

Page 59: ...llet återvinns på ett sätt som skyddar människors hälsa och miljön Kontakta ditt lokala kommunkontor din närmsta återvinningsstation för hushållsavfall eller affären där du köpte produkten för att få mer information om var du kan lämna ditt avfall för återvinning HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server 59 ...

Page 60: ...60 Regulatory compliance and safety ...

Page 61: ...egistering 16 use scenarios 14 Data Protector Express 16 data striping 33 Disk Manager 23 disk to disk to any 16 document conventions 10 related documentation 9 documentation HP web site 9 maintenance and service 38 providing feedback 12 DON T ERASE partition 23 40 DPM See Data Protection Manager DPML See Data Protection Management License dynamic disks converting 35 35 E electrostatic discharge 5...

Page 62: ...ork Configuration Utility 41 NIC teaming 41 O online spares 34 P partitions extended 35 primary 35 physical configuration 23 physical storage elements 32 power cords 53 protection groups 13 R RAID data striping 33 LUNs in volumes 35 summary of methods 34 recovery 39 registering Data Protection Storage Server 16 regulatory compliance 49 related documentation 9 remote access Remote Browser 25 Remote...

Page 63: ...nning 35 W web sites customer self repair 38 Data Protector Express 16 DPM resources 17 HP documentation 11 HP storage 11 HP Subscriber s choice 11 Microsoft 9 product manuals 9 server troubleshooting guide 37 WEEE directive 54 Windows update 29 HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Data Protection Storage Server 63 ...

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