Quantum F2000, Getting Started Manual

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1. Connect your laptop to Port 2 (configuration port) on controller A with an Ethernet cable (FC model shown in example).
2. Update your laptop's IPv4 Ethernet settings (TCP/IPv4 address:
192.168.17.10
and Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0
).
3. Open a web browser and enter 192.168.17.21 in the address field to display the F-Series Manager initial setup wizard.
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Installation Troubleshooting and Reminders
Issue: Cannot connect to the F-Series Manager Initial Setup Wizard to start the configuration.
Possible Solutions:

Make sure to connect your laptop to Port 2 (configuration port) on controller A. Details are located in 3 – Configure
the F2000 (F-Series Manager) above.

Make sure to update your laptop’s IPV4 Ethernet settings. Details in 3 – Configure the F2000 (F-Series Manager) .

Open a web browser and make sure to enter https://192.168.17.21 in the address field.
Issue:
Cannot connect or log in to the BMC Web UI for troubleshooting.
Possible Solutions:

Make sure to connect an Ethernet cable to the
IPMI/BMC
port on controller A or B (shown at the top of page 1).

Open a Web browser and make sure to enter https://192.168.17.21 in the address field.

Log in to the BMC Web UI using the username admin and the default password admin. You can change the default
BMC Web UI password after logging in to the BMC Web UI.
Reminders:

Did you configure Health Monitoring in the 4 – Configure StorNext Hosts and Clients section? This is also referred
to as configuring RAS or the qstorage plugin.

Did you remember to configure date and time settings or an NTP server in the 5 – Perform Testing and Complete
the Configuration
section?

Do you need to request a new CBA account to complete the CBA configuration? See the 5 – Perform Testing and
Complete the Configuration section above for details.
2 – Configure Storage Network Switches

Step 1 (option 1): Configure Fibre Channel switches (FC option)
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Step 1 (option 2): Configure Ethernet switches (Ethernet option)
3 – Configure the F2000 (F-Series Manager)
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Step 1: Connect to the F2000

Step 2 (option 1): Fibre Channel networks

Step 2 (option 2): Configure dedicated ethernet networks

Step 2 (option 3): Configure converged/VLAN ethernet networks

Step 3: Verify IP addresses are functional
4 – Configure StorNext Hosts and Clients

Step 1: Update the multipath configuration

Step 2: Configure F2000 health monitoring from the StorNext host
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Step 3: Configure storage in StorNext on StorNext hosts

Step 4: Install/upgrade and configure StorNext client software

Step 5: Configure 100 GbE iSER for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora clients
5 – Perform Testing and Complete the Configuration

Step 1: Perform a failover and failback test (optional)

Step 2: Configure time and date settings

Step 3: Enable Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA)
o Enable CBA in the F-Series Manager GUI.
o Request a new CBA account (if necessary) at https://insight.quantum.com

Step 4: Configure SNMP settings (optional)
Controller A
Configuration
Laptop
Port 2
Cloud-Based Analytics
(CBA)
CBA software enables
customers and authorized
support personnel to
remotely monitor the
health of Quantum
products, including the
F2000. CBA must be
enabled in the F-Series
Manager GUI for it to send
data securely to the CBA
server.