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Sun StorEdge

N8200 Filer

Installation, Configuration, and

Service Guide

Part No. 806-4668-11
August 2000

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Summary of Contents for StorEdge N8200

Page 1: ...San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 U S A 650 960 1300 Send comments about this document to docfeedback sun com Sun StorEdge N8200 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide Part No 806 4668 1...

Page 2: ...t 2000 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 Etats Unis Tous droits r serv s Ce produit ou document est prot g par un copyright et distribu avec des licences qui en restrei...

Page 3: ...er Installation Guide describes how to install and configure the Sun StorEdge N8200 Filer This document is organized as follows Reference Documentation on page 2 Product Overview on page 2 Installing...

Page 4: ...ing Mirrored system disks in the controller Hardware redundant array of independent disks RAID 5 storage system Redundant power supplies in both the controller and disk storage units Access to the fil...

Page 5: ...in a common network environment FIGURE 1 Typical N8200 Network Configuration Note The N8200 filer system storage can be expanded in 200 Gbyte increments to a maximum of 800 Gbytes This is done by add...

Page 6: ...Unpack the disk storage unit Refer to Sun StorEdge A1000 and D1000 Installation Operation and Service Manual 2 Unpack the mounting rails for the disk storage unit 3 Install the mounting rails in the...

Page 7: ...ple disk storage units connect them to the controller SCSI ports in the order shown in FIGURE 2 Thus if you have two disk storage units you would connect them to slots 1 and 2 FIGURE 3 shows the corre...

Page 8: ...StorEdge N8200 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide August 2000 FIGURE 3 SCSI Connections Between Controller and Two Disk Storage Units ON BOARD SCSI Install first Install second Contro...

Page 9: ...network configuration Note The serial port on the back of the controller is a standard RS 232 DTE port To connect a terminal use the standard null modem cable provided for your convenience If you lose...

Page 10: ...Complete Filer Connections for Initial Setup with Two Disk Storage Units 9 Power on the disk storage unit s and wait 30 seconds 10 Power on the controller ON BOARD SCSI SCSI terminators Disk storage...

Page 11: ...e Before you start this procedure review Step 4 to identify the required information to obtain from your network administrator 1 Establish communications with the controller from your system by doing...

Page 12: ...10 Sun StorEdge N8200 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide August 2000 ii Type Hypertm and click OK The Connection Description dialog box is displayed...

Page 13: ...Sun StorEdge N8200 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide 11 iii Enter a connection name choose a connection icon and click OK The Connect To dialog box is displayed...

Page 14: ...be used to connect to the filer and then click on OK The COM1 or COM2 Properties dialog box is displayed FIGURE 6 COM1 Properties Dialog Box v Choose the exact parameters shown in FIGURE 6 and then c...

Page 15: ...in name _______________________ F2 The controller name _______________________ F2 i Confirm the name service information Yes No F2 Yes j Is the system part of a subnet Yes No F2 Yes k Type the netmask...

Page 16: ...r instructions on how to use and manage the filer refer to Sun StorEdge N8000 Filer Series Administrator s Guide To Verify the Installation Verifying the installation consists of creating a new share...

Page 17: ...ovided with the filer can detect and provide remote notification of disk array failures and other subsystem events using Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP traps SNMP traps are event notification...

Page 18: ...creates the following files rm6traps mib schema rm6traps mib oid rm6traps mib traps The rm6traps mib schema and rm6traps mib oid files are placed in the opt SUNWconn snm agents directory The rm6traps...

Page 19: ...be used for SNMP remote notification d Access the etc raid rmparams file and change the SNMP_Action_Number default value from 0 to either 1 or 2 The SNMP_Action_Number indicates the SNMP trap notifica...

Page 20: ...s available at http docs sun com Search for DNS To Disable SNMP Traps You can disable RAID Manager 6 x from issuing SNMP traps in three ways Change the SNMP_Community_Name to NONE in the etc raid rmpa...

Page 21: ...5 Answer the questions and follow the instructions To Install the VERITAS NetBackup Software Follow the instructions in the VERITAS NetBackup System Administrator s Guide Adding Clients section to do...

Page 22: ...age 23 A Boot Disk in the Controller Fails on page 24 A Data Disk in a Disk Storage Unit Fails on page 24 Disk Storage Unit Hot Spare Operation on page 25 No Indication of a Console Connection Is Prov...

Page 23: ...the error messages available and contact your local Sun service provider Cannot Ping the Filer on the Network 1 Check to make sure you can ping other hosts on the network 2 Verify the filer network ca...

Page 24: ...ollowing f Verify that the following settings are correct IP address Broadcast address Flags g If any setting is incorrect perform the following steps i Type ii Search the file to locate the filer IP...

Page 25: ...filer from another host and typing Output similar to the following should be displayed If the http processes are not displayed contact your local Sun service provider If the http processes are displa...

Page 26: ...t drive Refer to Sun Solstice DiskSuite 4 2 User s Guide for instructions Note The instructions to recover from a boot device failure are also located online at http docs sun com You do not have to re...

Page 27: ...drive slot and is labeled 1 5 If a data disk fails the hot spare becomes active If the active hot spare fails the failure is reported in three ways An amber LED on the disk drive goes lights You recei...

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