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Installation Guide

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Connecting expansion systems

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Connecting dual-controller expansions

IMPORTANT!

To ensure redundancy, a dual-controller SAS expansion must be connected to the

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osite ends of the expansions (ﬁrst and last expansion) set up in daisy-chain connection

Summary of Contents for EonStor GS 5000

Page 1: ...ides the procedure of setting up EonStor GS GSe GSe Pro GSa and GSc family storage Hardware and software initial setup will be step by step introduced Version 1 00 Updated February 2020 EonStor GS Ins...

Page 2: ...Installation 15 1 2 1 For 1U model 15 1 2 2 For 2U 3U 4U model 20 1 3 Install Drive on Trays 22 1 3 1 3 5 and 2 5 Drive Tray Model 2U12 2U24 3U16 4U24 22 1 3 2 2 5 Drive Tray Model 2U25 25 1 3 3 3 5...

Page 3: ...ls 57 4 1 2 Create Volume 61 4 1 3 Mapping 63 4 2 File Level 66 4 2 1 Create Pools 66 4 2 2 Create Volume 70 4 2 3 Add Share Folder s 72 4 2 4 Create User s and User group s 74 4 2 5 Set up the Folder...

Page 4: ...re going to deploying EonStor GS GSe GSe Pro GSa and GSc family storage this guide can help you build up the system with step by step tutorial In this guide we separate into several chapters Enclosure...

Page 5: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 5 97 Installation Guide Audience This guide is intended for the Infortrend partners customers and employees who are going to building up EonStor GS...

Page 6: ...how to connect management network and data ports for data transmission Storage Initialization 3 Storage Initialization Outline of the process of GS initialization with EonOne Setup Wizard 4 Connect wi...

Page 7: ...ling the GS into the rack including slide rail and GS installation 1 3 Install Drive on Trays Based on different GS models outline of the process of how to install a drive on the tray 1 4 JBOD Connect...

Page 8: ...n Guide 1 1 Check in Box Before installing the storage system make sure you have received the items listed below in your package box 1 1 1 For Desktop Models GSe Pro 100 200 Item Picture 1 Drive trays...

Page 9: ...97 Installation Guide Power cord Quick configuration guide Quick Installation Guide Unpacking list and China RoHS compliance documentation EonOne CD Software CD 3 5 inch HDD screws 2 5 inch HDD screws...

Page 10: ...r 2U24 2U25 2U12 3U16 4U24 4U60 bay form factor models Item Picture 1 Unpacking list and China RoHS compliance documentation 2 Rackmount kit 3 Tray EPE 4 Power cord cable and accessory boxes 5 Host bo...

Page 11: ...page 11 97 Installation Guide 2 5 3 5 HDD tray Host Board Box Content Optional Host Board optional Power Cord Cable and Accessory Boxes Power cord Power cord clamp set Quick Installation Guide RS 232C...

Page 12: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 12 97 Installation Guide EonOne CD 2 5 3 5 HDD screws Mounting enclosure screws and nuts...

Page 13: ...1 1 3 For 4U form factor models Item Picture 1 Unpacking list and China RoHS compliance documentation 2 Rackmount kit 3 Power cord cable and accessory boxes 4 Enclosure chassis Power Cord Cable and Ac...

Page 14: ...stallation Guide Quick Installation Guide Quick configuration guide Software CD 2 5 3 5 HDD screws Note For models that are not listed here please refer to the Unpacking list document and see the comp...

Page 15: ...is GSe Pro 100 200 tower model 1 2 1 For 1U model Checking the contents of the slide rail kit Item Description Quantity 01 Left front bracket 1 02 Right front bracket 1 03 Rear bracket 2 04 Bracket s...

Page 16: ...ble the slide rail 03 by inserting the rear bracket into the ditch marked with a blue oblong of the left and right front brackets 01 and 02 2 Determine where the slide rail 03 is going to be installed...

Page 17: ...ont bracket with one M5 x 55 mm position screw 05 to the front rack post and two M5 x 55 mm position screws 05 to the rear rack post top and bottom 4 To secure the slide rail s length in place attach...

Page 18: ...age nut secures the enclosure in place 6 Open the covers from the left and right ears of the enclosure then lift the enclosure and align it with the slide rails on the rack keeping the pressure even o...

Page 19: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 19 97 Installation Guide enclosure s chassis ears to secure the enclosure to the rack...

Page 20: ...rear rack posts then insert the cage nuts into the designated holes of the front rack posts Note If the rack does not require M5 cage nuts and has its own screw threads use the M6 or No 10 32 screws...

Page 21: ...of the enclosure using the no 6 32 flathead screws 4 With the assistance of another person lift and insert the enclosure onto the slide rails Ensure that the inner glides on both sides of the enclosu...

Page 22: ...ay Model 2U12 2U24 3U16 4U24 Press the release button to open the spring handle Orient the hard drive to the tray with the interface connectors facing the open side of the tray and the label is facing...

Page 23: ...ation Guide page 23 97 Installation Guide 2 5 SAS NL SAS SATA drive Type 1 Screws from the bottom side Type 2 Screws on tray s sides Insert the assembled hard drive and tray to the enclosure with the...

Page 24: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 24 97 Installation Guide Close the spring handle when the drive is fully inserted to the bay IMPORTANT The system should be full of drives...

Page 25: ...de 1 3 2 2 5 Drive Tray Model 2U25 Press the release button to open the spring handle Place the hard drive on the tray A then secure the clips to both sides of the tray B Insert the assembled hard dri...

Page 26: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 26 97 Installation Guide Close the spring handle when the drive is fully inserted to the bay IMPORTANT Hard drives are installed in all drive slots of the systems...

Page 27: ...top Model GSe pro 100 200 Press the release button to open the spring handle A then gently pull out the tray B Orient and place the hard drive to the tray with the interface connectors facing the open...

Page 28: ...le after the drive is fully inserted to the bay Once all drives are installed the system recognizes the disk drives and scans them automatically when powered on IMPORTANT Ensure that your system has a...

Page 29: ...port please refer to the Expansion Enclosure Guide for more information 1 4 1 For GSe Pro 100 200 series Installing a expansion board on the unit for expansion connection 1 Facing the rear panel remov...

Page 30: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 30 97 Installation Guide 3 Turn the host expansion board s knobs clockwise to secure the expansion board to the system...

Page 31: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 31 97 Installation Guide Connect the expansion systems using the installed 12Gb s SAS expansion board...

Page 32: ...stalling a new host board you will need to remove the screws holding the dummy covers in place 3 By holding onto the edges of the PCB and using the guide pin for positioning power the expansion host b...

Page 33: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 33 97 Installation Guide 5 Secure the controller by fastening the two retention screws 1 under the ejection levers 2...

Page 34: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 34 97 Installation Guide Connect the expansion systems using the installed 12Gb s SAS expansion board...

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Page 36: ...CS Installation Guide page 36 97 Installation Guide 1 4 3 For GS GSe GSa GSc 2U 3U 4U form factor series Please refer to the Expansion Enclosure Guide Expansion Enclosure Connection part for more info...

Page 37: ...attached on slot 9 and 10 you can skip this step and go to the step connecting expansion system 1 Shut down your system and disconnect the cables from the ports on the rear panel 2 Remove the front c...

Page 38: ...a screw IMPORTANT If you are using only one SAS expansion host board you must install it to the host board s slot 10 This slot is located on the rightmost side of the controller 6 Install back the co...

Page 39: ...on Guide Connecting expansion systems Connecting dual controller expansions IMPORTANT To ensure redundancy a dual controller SAS expansion must be connected to the opposite ends of the expansions rst...

Page 40: ...ont panel LED the system works normally with and remaining green GS front panel LED Number LED Name Service Power Cooling Module status Temperature status System fault The following table shows the st...

Page 41: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 41 97 Installation Guide Number LED Name System status Fan Temperature status...

Page 42: ...on Introduces the GS network architecture topology how to connect management network and data ports for data transmission Contents 2 1 Network Overview Introduces the GS network architecture topology...

Page 43: ...is the default management port You may refer to Detailed front and back product views on official website access to link below image https www infortrend com global products families gsepro pro100 GS...

Page 44: ...on official website access to link below image GS 5000 https www infortrend com global products families gs 5000 GSa 5000 https www infortrend com global products families gsa 5000 GSc 5000 https www...

Page 45: ...ge EonOne Initialization wizard will pop up automatically for the GS initialization Initial Setup Wizard is a quick configuration flow that allows users to set up all the necessary configurations of t...

Page 46: ...latest To do so click Browse and select the firmware installation file Then click Update The process may take several minutes to finish Once it is done click Next 3 Under Event Notice you can edit Not...

Page 47: ...pport Department accordingly To edit notification settings a Click Notification settings b Go to the Email page c Enable Email notification by clicking the switch button d Fill in the information for...

Page 48: ...p by clicking the switch button i Click the Enable SNMPv1 support check box to activate the SNMPv1 j Enter the Community information the password of the SNMP k Click Add SNMPv1 trap receiver to add a...

Page 49: ...Enable SNMPv3 support check box to activate the SNMPv3 n Enter the Username the username for authentication of the SNMPv3 server o Click Add SNMPv3 trap receiver to add a trap server p Enter the Rece...

Page 50: ...gree to automatically notify Infortrend when critical events occur The system will automatically create a support ticket to Infortrend Service Center when any critical errors occur e Check I agree the...

Page 51: ...one for the device and configure DNS server s on the System settings page Once you are finished click Next 5 The Storage page helps you configure the drives for storage spaces You can set up logical d...

Page 52: ...ess the volumes By default the system automatically sets all on board data ports for file level access You can change the channel type to block level service manually Once you are finished click Next...

Page 53: ...d to join the device to an AD server or an LDAP server Click Next to proceed 9 Under Summary all the settings will be displayed for you to check if there is any mistake After you click Start initializ...

Page 54: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 54 97 Installation Guide 10 Wait for the system to apply your configurations Once it is done click Close...

Page 55: ...dows and macOS clients Contents 4 1 Block level 4 1 1 Create disk Pools During the initial setup wizard process we already created two disk pools however you can still create more than two disk pools...

Page 56: ...still create more volumes at the GS for different purposes This section outlines the process of creating more volumes for file level 4 2 3 Add Shared Folder s Outline of the process of creating a shar...

Page 57: ...gs Storage Pools Click Add pool to create a new disk pool 2 Create a pool a Specify your pool name this field is required b Select the write policy in cache memory from the scroll down list There are...

Page 58: ...gical drive button You will be directed to the page for configuring logical drive parameters 4 Configure logical drive parameters a Select drive members from enclosures and JBOD that are available to...

Page 59: ...n Guide d Select a stripe size for the logical drive The default may be 128K e Click Apply 5 Once you have completed Logical Drive settings your newly created Logical Drive will appear under the Add l...

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Page 61: ...reate the current amount of volumes and it has been successfully created you can skip this step If you want to create an additional volume follow the instructions below on how to create a volume 1 Go...

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Page 63: ...ou will need to map a volume to the host side from management webpage in order to build up storage space to a host operating system Follow the instructions below on how to map a volume to the host 1 G...

Page 64: ...ion Guide 3 The list of Host LUN mapping configuration will appear Select Create a host LUN mapping set automatically Then Click OK Note If you wish to customize host LUN mapping manually please refer...

Page 65: ...olumes on the host operating system For Windows OS with the iSCSI protocol please refer to the application notes below https www infortrend com ImageLoader LoadDoc 868 True True Infortrend 20document...

Page 66: ...ngs Storage Pools Click Add pool to create a new disk pool 2 Create a pool a Specify your pool name this field is required b Select the write policy in cache memory from the scroll down list There are...

Page 67: ...gical drive button You will be directed to the page for configuring logical drive parameters 4 Configure logical drive parameters a Select drive members from enclosures and JBOD that are available to...

Page 68: ...n Guide d Select a stripe size for the logical drive The default may be 128K e Click Apply 5 Once you have completed Logical Drive settings your newly created Logical Drive will appear under the Add l...

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Page 70: ...nt of volumes and it has been successfully created you can skip this step If you want to create and additional volume follow the instructions below on how to create a volume 1 Go to Settings Storage V...

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Page 72: ...a shared folder for file sharing purpose with different protocol CIFS SMB NFS FTP AFP and Rsync You can share local folders with remote users via the CIFS SMB and NFS protocols 1 Go to Settings Privi...

Page 73: ...shared folder list Share name Specify a name for the network sharing Users only need to specify share name when CIFS AFP or WebDAV is selected as an access protocol Location Choose the volume that st...

Page 74: ...ions There are two ways to create users to manage the GS Create Local User After setting up your disk pools folders and shared folders you can start creating users and set up their access permissions...

Page 75: ...utomatically appear Password expiration Specify the validity period of the user password The user has to change the password when it expires Export the domain user from AD LDAP GS can join a Windows A...

Page 76: ...to protect the connection with the Windows AD server None or TLS Username Specify the administrative username of the Windows AD server Password Specify the administrative password of the Windows AD se...

Page 77: ...e LDAP server LDAP Security Select whether to protect the connection with the LDAP server None or TLS Base DN Specify the LDAP base DN distinguished name Examples dc aadomain dc aa local Root DN Speci...

Page 78: ...gs Privilege Users and user group information in Settings Privilege Groups 6 To update information about domain users click Update the user list Create User Groups After creating the local user and ex...

Page 79: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 79 97 Installation Guide 2 Specify the group name required 3 Select users as group members...

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Page 81: ...et up the Folder Permission Define the folder access permissions to local domain users and group check below how to set up the folder permission 1 Go to Settings Privilege Shared Folders 2 Check the f...

Page 82: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 82 97 Installation Guide The users groups which have been already created can be listed AD users Domain users can also be listed...

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Page 84: ...red folders in EonOne 3 Check the protocol setting which you require to use for this shared folder You can check the folder type shown on the folder For example the folder 123 in above picture s proto...

Page 85: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 85 97 Installation Guide 6 Open a file browser Enter the IP address into the address bar and the shared folder s will appear...

Page 86: ...fficial Website Support Technical Support select the model you have and go to Download Software to download the EonView 2 Find your operating system type and download the corresponding file 3 Launch E...

Page 87: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 87 97 Installation Guide Alternatively enter the specific IP to access the GS...

Page 88: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 88 97 Installation Guide 4 Click Next Enter the account and password to access the GS system 5 Switch to the Shared folders tab...

Page 89: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 89 97 Installation Guide 6 Click Add a shared folder and select the folder you want to mount on the local side...

Page 90: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 90 97 Installation Guide 7 Now you can access this shared folder from your local computer...

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Page 92: ...fortrend and installing designated updated code including but not limited to firmware microcode basic input out system code utility programs device drivers and diagnostics delivered with Infortrend pr...

Page 93: ...ty issues that may arise when 1 products software or options not certified and supported by Infortrend are used 2 configurations not certified and supported by Infortrend are used 3 parts intended for...

Page 94: ...tor and EonServ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Infortrend Technology Inc Other names prefixed with IFT DS GS GSa GSc GSi GSe GSe Pro CS are trademarks of Infortrend Technology Inc All othe...

Page 95: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 95 97 Installation Guide Contact Information...

Page 96: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 96 97 Installation Guide Website For more information of Infortrend s products and services visit https www infortrend com global Home...

Page 97: ...EonStor CS Installation Guide page 97 97 Installation Guide Customer Support Contact your system vendor or visit the following support site http www infortrend com global Support Support...

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