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First Edition (December 2016)

© Copyright Lenovo 2016.

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Summary of Contents for Storage DX8200D series

Page 1: ...Lenovo Storage DX8200D System Installation Guide Additional Appliances in Existing Server Group ...

Page 2: ...t Lenovo 2016 LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE If data or software is delivered pursuant to a General Services Administration GSA contract use reproduction or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No GS 35F 05925 ...

Page 3: ...ated Deployment Process 8 Stage One Initial Setup 9 Accept the Operating System EULA 9 Starting the Deployment Utility 9 Stage Two User Interview 11 Accept the SANsymphony software EULA 11 Server Configuration 11 SANsymphony Software Setup 12 SANsymphony Networking Configuration 15 Deployment Summary 17 Planned Reboot 18 Stage Three Software Installation and Configuration 19 Post Installation Step...

Page 4: ...8200D family appliances have been previously deployed For disaster recovery restoration of a device which has been deployed previously see the separate document Lenovo DX8200D Disaster Recovery Guide The software and procedures described herein apply only to this specific use case If you are deploying systems other than one from the Lenovo DX8200D family then other procedures will apply If in doub...

Page 5: ...Page 4 Lenovo DX8200D Install Guide Additional Appliance Document Revision History Recent changes made to this document First published December 2016 Release V1 0 ...

Page 6: ...l Disks Mirrored Disks Back End ports are iSCSI initiator ports used to connect external storage systems so that their resources can be managed by the DX8200D appliance Remaining Ethernet network Interface ports are used to provide Management ports out of band communication between DX8200D appliances in highly available topologies and for regular Windows Server administration If your appliance is ...

Page 7: ...liances may be additional provisioned with Fibre Channel FC interface ports Important If your appliance has been supplied with factory installed FC interfaces or if the field installable FC upgrade kit has been applied prior to appliance deployment it is critical that these remain disconnected throughout the automated deployment process or deployment will fail They may be connected once the applia...

Page 8: ...l pre flight phase the deployment utility will verify that the appliance hardware is properly installed and configured as expected will validate aspects of the operating system environment and make any necessary adjustments and will un package and prepare itself to perform the SANsymphony software installation and configuration Stage Two Stage two is characterised by the user interview stage durin...

Page 9: ... upon the actions that are required of those phases Since the deployment process is designed to require as little user intervention as possible reboots will be performed automatically where required At all times the user has the ability to cancel a requested reboot if so desired but should this be done the automation will not restart automatically on the return from the reboot but must instead be ...

Page 10: ...boots the installer will be presented with the Microsoft Licensing Terms for the underlying Windows 2012 operating system You must accept the EULA click I Accept in order to continue with the deployment If this is done an automatic login will be performed in the context of the local administrator account Starting the Deployment Utility Under normal circumstances the automated deployment utility ca...

Page 11: ...Page 10 Lenovo DX8200D Install Guide Additional Appliance The deployment utility is in operation when the DataCore ADK Sequencer window is visible ...

Page 12: ... and conditions and then click the I accept button to signify acceptance of this agreement and to continue with the deployment If you do not accept the agreement the deployment utility will exit and the appliance will remain un configured Server Configuration The Server Configuration page allows configuration of basic server identity and regionalisation settings which will be applied to the operat...

Page 13: ... configuration page To import an existing configuration use the Import Config button and use the resulting open file dialog box to navigate to and to select the desired configuration file If the configuration file is valid the user input fields of the GUI pages will become populated with the saved values SANsymphony Software Setup On this page of the user interview identity and authentication sett...

Page 14: ... Edit button beside the password input box of interest which will cause the password input dialog box to be displayed for the respective input field The password dialog input box allows a new password to be specified confirmed and validated against the server s local security policy If you should need to return to the default password value the Default button on the password input dialog will rest...

Page 15: ...s supplied matches that of the existing DataCore Server Should verification fail a message to that effect will be displayed and will indicate which supplied parameter was found to be suspect Under such circumstances check that the correct details have been supplied It is possible to bypass the connectivity check by clicking Yes at this dialog however this is not recommended since if the supplied d...

Page 16: ... liaise with the appropriate DevOps networking authority to obtain the correct interface details including IP gateway address management interface only and DNS server details These details should be transferred to the corresponding fields within the user interview GUI in accordance with the overall storage system topology Note Subnet mask values may be input either in dotted decimal w x y z or net...

Page 17: ...x and clicking Add An existing entry may be edited or removed by first selecting it within the entry list and then clicking Edit or Delete buttons respectively When the entries list is configured as required click Apply to persist the changes Whilst the Networking Configuration page provides controls for the assignment of VLAN IDs to Network Ports this feature is currently not implement and the co...

Page 18: ...subsequent pages allow the installer to move between previously completed pages where these may be applied as necessary A completed configuration may be saved for later recall either as the basis of a template for the deployment of additional appliances or may be retained for application to the same appliance during disaster recovery procedures To save the configuration settings as an answer file ...

Page 19: ...ed to operate with minimal user intervention once beyond the interview stage all such reboots will occur automatically if not actively prevented by the installer Note Clicking Ok at the reboot warning dialog will NOT prevent a reboot but instead will dismiss the message and expedite the reboot To prevent the reboot from occurring it is necessary to close the DataCore ADK Sequencer window If this i...

Page 20: ...he settings provided during the user interview One or more reboots will be performed automatically Upon each return from reboot the local administrator account will be used to auto login and the deployment utility will resume its activity The deployment is completed when the DataCore ADK Sequencer window displays the Installation Process Complete dialog At this point the system is ready for use ...

Page 21: ...ia a link added to the desktop DX8200D Resources The deployment utility places a plain text file on the local administrator account desktop containing details of the iSCSI storage ports as they have been configured This includes port roles IQN and IP addresses for these ports Account Passwords As part of the deployment passwords will have been set for the local administrator account and for the lo...

Page 22: ...BILITY FOR THE USE OR APPLICATION OF THE PRODUCTS DESCRIBED AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT NEITHER DATACORE NOR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION WARRANTY OR ENDORSEMENT REGARDING AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR THE USE OR APPLICATION OF ANY DATACORE OR THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS OR THE OTHER INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN THIS DOCUMENT ALL SUCH WARRANTIES INCLUDING AN...

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