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Step 10: Troubleshoot the Lattus A10 Installation
Verifying BIOS Settings

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Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide

Node Interleaving

Disabled/Enabled

Disabled

Processor Settings

Logical Processor

Enabled/Disabled

Enabled

QPI Speed

Maximum Data Rate/
8.0Gts/7.2Gts/6.4Gts

Maximum Data Rate

Alternate RTF (Requestor 

Transaction ID) Settings 

Disabled/Enabled

Disabled

Virtualization Technology

Disabled/Enabled 

Disabled

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Enabled/Disabled

Enabled

Hardware Prefetcher

Enabled/Disabled

Enabled

DCU Streamer PreFetcher

Enabled/Disabled

Enabled

DCU IP PreFetcher

Enabled/Disabled

Enabled

Execute Disable

Enabled/Disabled

Enabled

Logical Processor Idling

Disabled/Enabled

Disabled

Number of Cores per Processor

All/1/2/4/6

All

Processor 64-bit Support

Yes

Yes

Processor Core Speed

2.00GHz

2.00GHz

Processor Bus Speed

8.00 GT/s

8.00 GT/s

Processor 1 and 2 Family-

Model-Stepping

06-2D-7

06-2D-7

Intel ® Xeon ® CPU

E5-2650 0 @ 2.00 GHz

E5-2650 0 @ 2.00 GHz

Level 2 Cache

8x256 KB

8x256 KB

Level 3 Cache

20MB

20MB

Number of Cores

8

8

SATA Settings

Field Name

Field Value (Factory Default 

Value)

Quantum’s Required 

Shipping Value

Summary of Contents for Lattus A10

Page 1: ...Installation Guide Lattus A10 Access Node 6 67807 06 Rev A...

Page 2: ...uantum the Quantum Logo Backup Recovery Archive It s What We Do Be Certain Be Quantum Certain DLT the DLT Logo DLTSage DLTtape the DLTtape Logo DXi DXi Accent Dynamic Powerdown FastSense FlexLink GoPr...

Page 3: ...ask Overview 2 Step 1 Unpack and Rack the Lattus A10 5 Before You Begin 5 Installing the Rails and Mounting Brackets 7 Installing the Lattus A10 Access Node 7 Step 2 Cable the Lattus A10 Access Node 9...

Page 4: ...e 30 Configure the Lattus A10 Software and NAS Services 30 Before you Begin 30 Starting Configuration 31 Configuring DSS Policy 33 Creating Namespaces 36 Namespace for Lattus A10 Backup 36 Namespace f...

Page 5: ...ntrify Samba Without Active Directory 69 Installing Centrify DirectControl Without Joining an Active Directory Domain 70 Installing Centrify Samba on the Lattus A10 Node 71 Adding Lattus_user Accounts...

Page 6: ...Common Tasks 81 Changing Passwords 82 Identifying Lattus Limitations and Restrictions 82 Stopping and Starting Lattus Snpolicyd 83 Shutting Down the Lattus A10 83 Modifications to the objs conf File 8...

Page 7: ...Lattus Controller Node Direct Connect Method 11 Table 2 Lattus A10 to Lattus Controller Node Switched Interconnect Method 12 Table 3 Lattus A10 to Lattus Controller Node Direct Connect Settings 26 Tab...

Page 8: ...Tables viii Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide...

Page 9: ...mmand line examples are shown in monospace font GET manage namespace VOL meta json HTTP 1 1 Host my example com Date _date_ User input variables are enclosed in angle brackets ip address ip address Fo...

Page 10: ...by b h All hexadecimal numbers are succeeded by h Error or attention conditions are represented in parenthesis that translate as follows SK S ASC AA ASCQ QQ where S hexadecimal sense key value AA hex...

Page 11: ...nstallation Guide xi bodily injury damage to the equipment or interference with other equipment WARNING Before operating this product read all instructions and warnings in this document and in the sys...

Page 12: ...escription 6 67795 Lattus Site Planning Guide Describes how to prepare the customer site prior to installation 6 67794 Lattus Installation Guide Describes how to install and configure the Lattus syste...

Page 13: ...and Support Website Register products license software browse Quantum Learning courses check backup software and operating system support and locate manuals FAQs firmware downloads product updates and...

Page 14: ...Product Warranty For more information on the Quantum Worldwide End User Standard Limited Product Warranty http www quantum com pdf QuantumWarranty pdf United States 1 800 284 5101 toll free 1 720 249...

Page 15: ...lled and configured This is why the final step outlined in the Lattus Installation and Configuration Guide is to install a Lattus A10 Access Node and or a StorNext M662 Metadata Appliance However beca...

Page 16: ...logy Note the following internal product names and their vendor equivalents Quantum Lattus C5 Controller Nodes Dell R320 Quantum Lattus C10 Controller Nodes Dell R620 Quantum Lattus S10 Storage Nodes...

Page 17: ...n page 29 Step 5 Install Centrify Samba on page 55 Step 6 Install Centrify Samba Without Active Directory on page 69 Step 7 Configure NFS and CIFS Clients on page 77 Step 8 Enabling Communication with...

Page 18: ...Introduction Task Overview 4 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide...

Page 19: ...ore installing the first one Before You Begin 1 Perform an inventory to ensure you have all the components necessary to complete the installation You might need to open the shipping containers to veri...

Page 20: ...Step 1 Unpack and Rack the Lattus A10 6 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide The following illustration shows the contents of the USB drive Figure 1 Lattus A10 USB Drive Contents...

Page 21: ...he mounting brackets to the node before attaching the node to the rails Installing the Lattus A10 Access Node Before installing the Lattus A10 in the rack be sure to remove any protective plastic film...

Page 22: ...Step 1 Unpack and Rack the Lattus A10 Installing the Lattus A10 Access Node 8 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide...

Page 23: ...plied interconnect switch using any available port on the switch This method enables providing I O access to the C10 controller nodes for HTTP REST protocol applications on the same private subnets Be...

Page 24: ...to distribute cords across multiple power banks inside the rack 5 Secure power cords out of the way using cable ties and Velcro tie strips Connecting the Ethernet Cables Verify the cabling method for...

Page 25: ...Step 2 Cable the Lattus A10 Access Node Connecting the Ethernet Cables Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide 11 Table 1 Lattus A10 to Lattus Controller Node Direct Connect Method...

Page 26: ...hernet Cables 12 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide Connecting Using the Switched Interconnect Method Refer to Table 2 and the Lattus Hardware and Cabling Aids located on CSWeb Table 2 Lattus A...

Page 27: ...Lattus A10 Server Task Install the CentOS 6 3 operating system software The Lattus A10 ships from Dell with the BIOS and disk drive RAID layout preconfigured but you must still install the CentOS ope...

Page 28: ...e defined RAID layout on the Lattus A10 Install the OS from the USB Image The Lattus A10 ships without an operating system OS pre installed Follow the steps in this section to install the OS 1 Access...

Page 29: ...for the location of the iDRAC port The iDRAC port allows access to the iDRAC main console which provides access to the root command prompt and service menus Each iDRAC port has a unique IP address 4 U...

Page 30: ...Server Install the OS from the USB Image 16 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide 8 At the Boot Manager Main Menu select the BIOS Boot Menu option 9 When the BIOS Boot Manager appears select Hard...

Page 31: ...Step 3 Install and Configure the Lattus A10 Server Install the OS from the USB Image Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide 17...

Page 32: ...ation Guide The CentOS 6 3 Welcome screen displays as shown below 10 Within 60 seconds press the TAB key to edit the options and add a reference to the kick start file Note You have only 60 seconds to...

Page 33: ...1 Add a reference to the custom ks cfg kick start file by modifying the editable line below the top box as shown below vmlinuz ks hd sda1 ks cfg biosdevname 0 initrd initrd img Note If you receive an...

Page 34: ...aining part of the OS installation is non interactive At the end of the installation a screen prompts you to reboot the system as shown below 13 Select Reboot Note The Eth0 port is now configured as t...

Page 35: ...nd password respectively 2 Change the directory location to the location of the Lattus A10 CentOS SW folder 3 Create a local directory by running mkdr opt A10 This is the directory into which you will...

Page 36: ...e Intel 10GbE driver located in the Lattus A10 CentOS SW folder by using the following command rpm U ixgbe 3 11 33 1 x86_64 rpm Caution This step stops network services on all devices so this task sho...

Page 37: ...0 Access Node Installation Guide 23 Configure Host Settings Before You Begin Refer to the Lattus Installation Worksheet for the following information If you do not have the worksheet collect the infor...

Page 38: ...0 Server Configure Host Settings 24 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide Configuring Settings Complete the following steps 1 Configure the Lattus A10 host settings a From the Xwindows session sel...

Page 39: ...uide 25 The Network Connections dialog box appears b On the Wired tab select the following Ethernet ports and then click Edit to define the network settings Eth1 Customer supplied address Eth2 Custome...

Page 40: ...stem dialog box displays Customer facing ports use non bonded network ports for maximum stream count c Using the appropriate table s set the defined IP address for each of the Lattus ports Table 3 Lat...

Page 41: ...the option Connect automatically 3 In the Method pulldown choose Manual and then enter IP information 4 Click Apply to save each interface s configuration 5 Edit the etc sysconfig network configuratio...

Page 42: ...ttus A10 Server Configure Host Settings 28 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide 6 Restart the network services by running the following command You might have to reboot the system service network...

Page 43: ...itself is not installed Avoid referencing StorNext to customers during the installation process and do not refer to the Lattus A10 GUI as the StorNext interface Configuring Lattus for S3 If you are us...

Page 44: ...ss as described in the document Lattus X Restore Procedures 0 14916 01 If you were referred to this guide from that restore document after you complete the steps in this section return to the restore...

Page 45: ...igure the Lattus A10 software and NAS services 1 Create the usr cvfs config deviceparams file with the following lines scheduler deadline nr_requests 4096 2 Run the command usr cvfs bin cvfsid and use...

Page 46: ...bels using this command usr cvfs bin cvlabel tmp labels 7 Enter the primary IP address of the Lattus A10 system into the usr cvfs config fsnameservers file 8 Start StorNext service cvfs start 9 Edit e...

Page 47: ...ng in the snfs1 cfgx configuration file located on the supplied Lattus A10 USB drive to usr cvfs config directory and then run cvmkfs usr cvfs bin cvmkfs snfs1 14 Start the file system and mount it us...

Page 48: ...tab specify the following i Name dss_pol_20_4 ii Spread width 20 iii Storage Safety strategy 4 b On the Advanced Settings tab specify the following i Safety Strategy Always set to RepairSpread and Dyn...

Page 49: ...umber of racks you have such as 20 4 If the durability policy is not evenly divisible by the number of racks select No v Force dispersion over machines Always select Yes 5 If you are using the Lattus...

Page 50: ...create both namespaces in a single step Note This section applies to the AXR REST interface only If the S3 interface is used refer to Creating Lattus S3 Buckets on page 38 Namespace for Lattus A10 Ba...

Page 51: ...4 Install and Configure Lattus A10 Software and NAS Services Creating Namespaces Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide 37 The Add Namespace dialog box displays the parameter fields for two namesp...

Page 52: ...unt of free space Namespace for Lattus A10 User Data b Enter the following for Namespace 2 i Name Enter NS_DATA1 ii DSS Policy Set this policy to the name you configured in Configuring DSS Policy on p...

Page 53: ...reating S3 Buckets If you are using Lattus S3 complete the following steps to create S3 buckets for A10 user data and backup data 1 Launch the Lattus A10 GUI 2 On the Tools menu select S3 Buckets The...

Page 54: ...uration information for StorNext Namespaces NS_BACKUP and NS_DATA1 were previously configured See Creating Namespaces on page 36 The Lattus Manager host IP address and Port number used for Web GUI acc...

Page 55: ...Installation Guide 41 4 From the Configuration Licenses page verify that the SNFS Lattus Object Storage license is shown and has a green checkmark in the Status column Click Next to continue Configur...

Page 56: ...n string defines the new Lattus Object Storage destination Enter objs1 Provider The REST interface used to access Lattus Object Storage Select Lattus AXR or Lattus S3 S3 Virtual Hosting If you use the...

Page 57: ...e Lattus Object Storage manager GUI interface Or use the default port 80 This is also the manager_port parameter in the usr cvfs config objs conf file Access Hosts This field defines the private 10GbE...

Page 58: ...prior to creating a Lattus Object Storage Destination The certificate applies to each OBJS controller configured for HTTPS If you only intend to use HTTP certificates are not needed To manage SSL cert...

Page 59: ...anual selection you can enter multiple containers separated by commas Containers Click Scan and then select both the backup container and the user data container you configured in Creating Lattus Name...

Page 60: ...us controller If you have two controllers set the number of ingest_threads to 128 and then add 64 for each additional controller beyond two For example set the number of ingest_threads to 192 if you h...

Page 61: ...d process by running usr cvfs bin cvadmin e stopd snpolicyd usr cvfs bin cvadmin e startd snpolicyd 7 Configure snpolicy managed policy a From the left panel click Storage Policies The Lattus Object S...

Page 62: ...Note Note 2 The max segment size in the object storage policy is preconfigured to 64 GB The segment size must NOT be changed after it is defined and applied to a source directory The max segment size...

Page 63: ...to 1 hour When the truncation high low water mark is set to non zero values truncation starts after file system fill level reaches the configured high water mark and truncation candidates older than t...

Page 64: ...tion 6 Click Apply to finish Email configuration If you checked Send Test Email you should receive a test email at the email address you entered Caution parameters unless you re fully aware of what yo...

Page 65: ...g You should then remove the test file stornext snfs1 data1 snpolicy Configure Backup Complete the following steps to configure backups 1 Create the SNPOLICY_INTERNAL_BACKUP file at the root of the fi...

Page 66: ...h avoids potential data loss scenarios when the NFS server is ungracefully rebooted Other security related options may be supplied as needed See the exports 5 man page for additional details Below is...

Page 67: ...ile systems and ensure that NFS is enabled and started exportfs av chkconfig nfs on service nfs start 3 Configure the Samba share s To have Samba share a StorNext file system create a simple share by...

Page 68: ...Step 4 Install and Configure Lattus A10 Software and NAS Services Configuring NFS Export s 54 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide...

Page 69: ...s defined that do not have defined UID and GID mappings Standalone authentication for CIFS access with a small set of pre defined users Centrify Samba Overview At a minimum have the following systems...

Page 70: ...d restart Samba Centrify Installation Packages The following three Centrify installation packages are needed to install Samba These installation packages are available on the USB drive in the Centrify...

Page 71: ...e considerations described in this section Some of the considerations apply after installing Centrify so read this entire section before beginning the installation and then after installing Centrify v...

Page 72: ...following commands on the Lattus A10 root se a10 cifs usr bin adinfo Local host name se a10 Joined to domain selab local Joined as se a10 selab local Pre win2K name se a10 Current DC se ad selab loca...

Page 73: ...ntrifydc samba restart To Do On the File Server Server Manager Configuration Users and Groups Groups Add all Users General and Admin to the Remote Desktop Users group This enables these users to log o...

Page 74: ...dows System 60 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide 2 Run the autorun application 3 Select Centrify DirectManage The Installation Wizard appears 4 Exit all Windows programs before running the Wiz...

Page 75: ...Note If the Wizard asks to install the NET framework a second time cancel and wait a bit longer before trying again 8 Complete the User Registration 9 In the Direct Manager Features dialog box do the...

Page 76: ...Publisher Evidence Verification Note Unless otherwise instructed select the default required actions to continue through the Installation Wizard 12 When the Setup of Centrify DirectManage is complete...

Page 77: ...all default actions for the Setup Wizard 4 You will be asked to install a Centrify license The Centrify license is located in the Licenses folder on the USB drive The other option is to accept the su...

Page 78: ...local windows hosts file usually c windows system32 drivers etc 10 Complete the Zone configuration and exit the Centrify DirectControl Admin Console 11 Uninstall Centrify Note This step is not necessa...

Page 79: ..._sfu or whatever other name you chose above for the Zone name 10 You can select auto detect unless the domain name does not resolve in DNS in which case you should specify the hostname of a Domain Con...

Page 80: ...t samba cd root samba tar zxvf centrify samba 4 5 3 rhel3 x86_64 tgz 2 Uninstall any existing Samba or CIFS packages Run the following to see if any such packages are installed rpm qa grep samba rpm q...

Page 81: ...D resolution and are not expected to be needed in future versions 6 In etc samba smb conf a Remove the homes share from the etc samba smb conf file b Enable core files by commenting out the enable cor...

Page 82: ...ials of a user with UNIX UID and GID mappings You can verify that the mappings are used by creating a file on Windows and then checking the numeric UID and GID used with ls l on the Linux system To ha...

Page 83: ...ages as for the Active Directory configuration but then disable much of the functionality This is because the Centrify Samba package depends on many base libraries installed by Centrify DirectControl...

Page 84: ...rrectly 3 Enter s to install the Standard Edition 4 When asked Do you want to run adcheck enter n 5 When asked whether to Join an Active Directory domain enter n 6 When asked If this information is co...

Page 85: ...thing like the following depending on the versions of the packages installed rpm e samba client 3 5 6 86 el6 x86_64 rpm e samba common 3 5 6 86 el6 x86_64 rpm e samba winbind clients 3 5 6 86 el6 x86_...

Page 86: ...o etc samba smb conf 6 In the etc samba smb conf file a Look for and remove any extraneous shares such as homes and printers b In the global section i Set the load printers option to no ii Comment out...

Page 87: ...reboot At minimum restarting centrifydc samba with the following command should be sufficient service centrifydc samba start Adding Lattus_user Accounts Use the lattus_users sh script located on the...

Page 88: ...lesystem you can create a simple share by copying the entry for samba test in etc samba smb conf giving this share a new name and pointing it at a directory on a StorNext file system Considerations fo...

Page 89: ...to provide limited administrative access via Samba As noted above this does not extend to the ability to configure permissions since ACL configuration is not supported However the ability to create de...

Page 90: ...e Directory Administrator Access through Samba 76 Lattus A10 Access Node Installation Guide The username root The groups wheel and root 2 After changing this run the following adflush service centrify...

Page 91: ...gest application generally does I O in a block size that is a multiple of 1 MB although occasional non compliant writes such as when ingesting the tail end of a file will not significantly affect perf...

Page 92: ...1 data1 nfs 0 yes proto tcp vers 3 wsize 1048576 rsize 1048576 forcedirectio Note Quantum recommends that you DO NOT use NFS clients running RHEL5 or earlier SLES9 or earlier and Solaris 9 or earlier...

Page 93: ...tivity to the local Lattus Controller Node s as well as access to the customer s public network if REST connectivity is desired Although you can enable connectivity between a Lattus A10 and Lattus Con...

Page 94: ...me data center follow this procedure 1 Shut down the local Lattus rack where the Lattus A10 is located 2 Start the Lattus A10 and use the Lattus A10 GUI s Object Storage Destinations page to connect t...

Page 95: ...erforming Lattus Common Tasks Review the Basic Operations section of the Lattus User Essentials document with the customer and explain how to do the following Access the Lattus CMC Configure Durabilit...

Page 96: ...r higher clients Solaris 10 clients Lattus does not support MDC multi mount Lattus does not support the clients drives and libraries as published in the external platforms document Lattus does not sup...

Page 97: ...e only mount or export any given directory via either NFS or CIFS but not both Stopping and Starting Lattus Snpolicyd If Lattus hardware and software must be interrupted from normal operations to perf...

Page 98: ...a delay by replacing the word now with a and a number for example shutdown h 5 will shut down and halt the system after five minutes have passed Modifications to the objs conf File Whenever there is...

Page 99: ...column Quantum s Required Shipping Value Values shown in Blue cannot be changed Field Name Field Value Factory Default Value Quantum s Required Shipping Value Memory Settings System Memory Size 256 0...

Page 100: ...led Hardware Prefetcher Enabled Disabled Enabled DCU Streamer PreFetcher Enabled Disabled Enabled DCU IP PreFetcher Enabled Disabled Enabled Execute Disable Enabled Disabled Enabled Logical Processor...

Page 101: ...RAID Controller 1 PERC H710 Mini One Time Boot Device List Disabled BIOS Boot Sequence Device BIOS Hard Disk Drive Sequence Device UEFI Boot Sequence Device Disabled Integrated Devices Integrated RAI...

Page 102: ...2 Serial Device1 COM1 Serial Device2 COM2 External Serial Connector Serial Device 2 Serial Device 1 Remote Access Device Serial Device 1 Failsafe Baud Rate 115200 57600 19200 9600 115200 Remote Termin...

Page 103: ...Button Enabled Disabled Enabled NMI Button Disabled Enabled Disabled AC Power Recovery Last On Off Off AC Power Recovery Delay Immediate Random User Defined Immediate User Defined Delay 60s to 240s 60...

Page 104: ...r on the Lattus A10 server 4 After the Dell logo appears press F11 to enter the BIOS Boot Manager menu 5 Compare the BIOS settings against those in the table and update as necessary to match the value...

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