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Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer Installation, Configuration, and Service Guide

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Product Overview

A network attached storage (NAS) device is an appliance that supplies disk storage
to users over a network. Moving storage from the user’s desktop to the network
maximizes data availability and security. The Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer (hereafter
referred to as “the filer”) is a NAS appliance that consists of a Sun Enterprise 420R
Server and from one to four partner groups of Sun StorEdge T3 Arrays. This equates
to one to four terabytes (Tbytes) of storage.

FIGURE 1

Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer with Maximum Storage Configuration

Summary of Contents for StorEdge N8400

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 N8400 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide Part No 806 6885 11 August 2001 Revision 01 ...

Page 2: ...tems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 Etats Unis Tous droits réservés Ce produit ou document est distribué avec des licences qui en restreignent l utilisation la copie la distribution et la décompilation Aucune partie de ce produit ou document ne peut être reproduite sous aucune forme par quelque moyen que ce soit sans l autorisation préalable et écrite de Sun et de ses bailleurs d...

Page 3: ...r PC Network Connectivity on page 15 To Verify the Installation on page 16 Setting Up the Management LAN to Monitor the Arrays on page 17 To Set Up the Partner Group to Communicate with the Management LAN on page 19 To Configure the Arrays for Monitoring on page 22 Configuration and Monitoring Options on page 26 Monitoring the Sun Enterprise 420R Server on page 26 Configuring the System to Monitor...

Page 4: ...ect Network Storage Solutions Network Attached Storage NAS For Sun Enterprise 420R documentation sequentially select Servers Sun Enterprise 420R For Sun StorEdge T3 Array documentation sequentially select Network Storage Solutions Disk Arrays Sun StorEdge tm T3 Document TItle Part Number Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer Hardware Setup 816 2034 Sun StorEdge T3 Array Installation Operations and Service Manu...

Page 5: ...storage from the user s desktop to the network maximizes data availability and security The Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer hereafter referred to as the filer is a NAS appliance that consists of a Sun Enterprise 420R Server and from one to four partner groups of Sun StorEdge T3 Arrays This equates to one to four terabytes Tbytes of storage FIGURE 1 Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer with Maximum Storage Configurat...

Page 6: ...er contains features that are designed to minimize down time including Mirrored system disks in the Sun Enterprise 420R Server Hardware redundant array of independent disks RAID 5 storage system Redundant power supplies in both the Sun Enterprise 420R Server and each of the Sun StorEdge T3 Arrays Access to the filer s disk storage is through the following industry standard file access protocols NF...

Page 7: ... 4 Tbytes This is done by adding Sun StorEdge T3 Array partner groups for a maximum of 8 individual arrays Contact your local Sun sales representative for more information Network N8400 filer Microsoft Windows host UNIX host Linux host Fibre channel Sun Enterprise T3 array T3 array 420R Server Alternate master Master T3 array Master T3 array Master H u b H u b T3 array Alternate master T3 array Al...

Page 8: ...r returns wait for every Sun StorEdge T3 Array to fully boot Wait approximately eight minutes If possible verify that the flashing LEDs on the back panel of the arrays go steady to indicate they are ready Note The Sun Enterprise 420R Server will not be powered on when facility power returns until the power button on the front of the unit is pushed 2 Power on the Sun Enterprise 420R Server power bu...

Page 9: ...onfiguration and Service Guide 9 FIGURE 3 Console Connection to Reboot the System 4 Establish communications with the filer See Step 1 on page 10 through Step 2 on page 13 5 Type reboot Sun Enterprise 420R Server RS 232 serial cable Console ...

Page 10: ...C Network Connectivity on page 15 To Verify the Installation on page 16 To Set Up the Initial System Configuration This section describes how to set up and configure the filer to communicate with the network hosts Before starting this procedure you must be connected to the filer with a console as shown in FIGURE 3 Note Before you start this procedure review Step 4 to obtain the required informatio...

Page 11: ...Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide 11 ii Type Hypertm and click OK The Connection Description dialog box is displayed ...

Page 12: ...12 Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer Installation Configuration and Service Guide August 2001 iii Enter a connection name choose a connection icon and click OK The Connect To dialog box is displayed ...

Page 13: ...nnect to the filer and then click on OK The COM1 or COM2 Properties dialog box is displayed FIGURE 4 Microsoft Windows COM1 Properties Dialog Box v Choose the exact parameters shown in FIGURE 4 and then click OK A new window is displayed 2 Press Enter to obtain the ok prompt 3 Type boot The initial configuration begins ...

Page 14: ... _______________________ F2 h Type the IP address _______________________ F2 i Is IPv6 used Yes No No j Confirm the above information Yes No F2 Yes k Is Kerberos security used Yes No No l Confirm the above information Yes No F2 Yes m Name the service NIS DNS or none _______________________ F2 If NIS or DNS consult your network administrator to provide The domain name _______________________ F2 The...

Page 15: ...work Connectivity If the filer is connected to a network using the Windows Internet Naming Service WINS perform the following steps Caution Perform this procedure before accessing the administration graphical user interface GUI If this procedure is used after the administration GUI has been accessed the procedure may generate error messages that can only be addressed by a Sun Service Engineer 1 Lo...

Page 16: ...00 and N8600 Filer Administrator s Guide to perform the following steps Caution Step 1 is mandatory If you fail to perform this step you will NOT BE ABLE TO CREATE SHARES via the administration GUI and complete the installation verification 1 Before using the web based Filer Administration Tool to create Shares you must create one or more logical volumes Logical Volumes are created with the vol co...

Page 17: ...e of the MCU The new failover MCU takes the IP address and the MAC address from the former MCU and begins to function as the administrator of the partner group It will also be able to access the former MCU s drives which are still used to store syslog information system configuration information and the bootcode The filer can notify users of array component failures by sending email across a LAN t...

Page 18: ...Edge N8400 Filer Management LAN and Data Network Configuration Alternate MCU MCU Alternate MCU hub MCU hub management LAN hub Customers can install their choice of interface cards in PCI slot 1 to provide communications with a company wide LAN Management LAN Partner group Customer supplied Data network ...

Page 19: ...Connect to the array RS 232 serial port with your tip server From a separate workstation open a telnet session to the tip server and select the corresponding port number that represents the array Proceed to Step 2 on page 20 Laptop Computer Connect a standard telephone line with an RJ 3 connector to the array RS 232 serial port Attach the other end to the appropriate adapter and connect that to th...

Page 20: ...per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control Xon Xoff Then click OK A new window is displayed f Press Enter to bring up the array command line interface CLI or the login dialogue box to access the array CLI If the login dialogue box appears enter the username and password 2 Set up the IP Address using the set ip command This enables the basic ethernet connectivity to the arrays...

Page 21: ...ng For example This establishes connectivity for the arrays 5 Reboot the array by typing the following 6 Repeat To Set Up the Partner Group to Communicate with the Management LAN on page 19 by connecting to the MCU of each remaining partner group This completes the management LAN setup t300name n set netmask 255 255 255 0 t300name n sync t300name n reset Reset the system are you sure N Y ...

Page 22: ...e array set the root password using the passwd command 2 Start an ftp session from the server to the array For example 3 Log on to the array by typing root and then your password at the prompts 4 Access the etc array directory using the cd command T300name n passwd OLD password old password NEW password new password NEW password confirm new password ftp 192 148 226 11 Connected to 192 148 226 11 2...

Page 23: ... address of the server similar to the following example Caution Use tabs to separate field entries when editing the etc syslog conf file If tabs are not used any edits will not be recognized by the array where 192 148 226 11 is the IP address assigned to the server during its initial configuration This allows for Info Notice Warning and Error messages to be passed from the array to the server ftp ...

Page 24: ...tc array directory using the cd command 4 Access your working directory on the server where the newly created syslog conf file exists using the lcd command 5 Type binary to set the transfer mode ftp 192 148 226 2 Connected to 192 148 226 2 220 server name FTP server SunOS 5 8 ready Name 192 148 226 2 root Name 192 148 226 2 root root 331 Password required for root Password password 230 User root l...

Page 25: ...he array by typing the following 10 Repeat To Configure the Arrays for Monitoring on page 22 for both arrays of each remaining partner group This completes setting up the arrays for monitoring ftp put syslog conf 200 PORT command successful 150 ASCII data connection for syslog conf 192 148 226 11 34511 226 ASCII transfer complete local syslog conf remote syslog conf 20 bytes received in 0 0021 sec...

Page 26: ...29 To Install the VERITAS NetBackup Software on page 29 Monitoring the Sun Enterprise 420R Server Monitoring the Sun Enterprise 420R Server requires system specific agents that are not part of the filer package These agents are available as part of Sun Domain Manager formerly known as SunNet Manager Sun Management Center formerly known as SyMon Configuring the System to Monitor the Arrays You can ...

Page 27: ...MP Management Information Base MIB the variables stored by an SNMP agent file is provided with the array for use with SNMP based applications The MIB file is located in the following array directory web snmp t300 mib To use this file copy the MIB file from the array to your SNMP management host and refer to your specific SNMP management documentation for the correct MIB file installation procedure...

Page 28: ...oting Examples of these commands are vol sys and fru these commands have different functions than those of the filer CLI You can use the array CLI to configure the arrays for Remote system logging SNMP notification Refer to Sun StorEdge T3 Array Administrator s Guide Note Do not confuse the array CLI with the filer CLI The filer CLI is used to access a simplified set of commands to manage the syst...

Page 29: ...C choose Start Run and type telnet hostname On Solaris systems type telnet hostname in the terminal window Where hostname is the host name of the filer The log in prompt appears 2 Type root 3 Type the root password 4 Type 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 ...

Page 30: ...34 You Cannot Access Data on an Array and its Controller Card LED Blinks Amber on page 37 Explanation of Array Hot Spare Operation A hot spare is an extra data disk used in the event of a failure of one of the data disks in an array If a data disk in an array fails the unit enters a degraded mode until all of the data on the failed disk is re created on the hot spare This process typically takes b...

Page 31: ... Troubleshooting System Problems No Indication of a Console Connection Is Provided The ok prompt is not displayed and there is no output 1 Ensure that you are using the correct cables Are you using the NULL modem cable that comes with the filer in the serial port A see FIGURE 7 on the back of the Sun Enterprise 420R Server FIGURE 7 Sun Enterprise 420R Server Rear Panel Details and Connections FC A...

Page 32: ... network If you can ping another host a problem exists with the network Contact the system administrator d Check to see if the filer can see traffic on the network by typing Where interface is the name of the network interface device being used Some examples are hme0 hme1 qfe0 qfe1 ge0 and ge2 If nothing is displayed on the screen verify again that the cable connections are correct Note No indicat...

Page 33: ...yping The broadcast address and interface flags are automatically corrected 4 If the problem persists contact your local Sun service provider Cannot Ping the Array on the Network 1 Check to make sure you can ping other hosts on the network 2 Verify that you have set the correct array hostname and IP address Check to ensure that the hostname or IP address is located in the etc hosts file 3 Check th...

Page 34: ...This failure can be reported in the following ways A host generated message found in the var adm messages file indicates a problem with the host channel connection to the array or a drive failure in the array Syslog error reports might also be generated A telnet session that monitors the array for its status A Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP trap message is sent A visual indication of a da...

Page 35: ...ation Operation and Service Manual Note Upon removing a disk drive from a powered on array you will have 30 minutes to install a new drive or the array will automatically power off Note Replace only one disk drive in a array at a time to ensure that no data is lost Complete any volume reconstructions and ensure that the disk drive is fully functional before replacing another disk drive in the same...

Page 36: ...uction of the data choose one of the two following methods Visual When you place the new drive into the array the following sequence should take place Disk drive amber LED blinks fast Disk is spinning up Disk drive green and amber LEDs blink fast Disk is being initialized Disk drive green LED blinks fast and amber LED is steady Disk is being reconstructed Disk drive green LED is steady Done Telnet...

Page 37: ...400 Filer is loose The array controller card has failed The controller card status LED blinks amber If this happens the data on the disks is still intact but you must replace the controller card See TABLE 1 and TABLE 2 for an explanation of the controller card LEDs TABLE 1 Channel Active LED Descriptions Channel Active LED green Description Off Port disabled Solid Port enabled idle Blinking Port e...

Page 38: ...emoving the Sun StorEdge T3 Array Controller Card You do not have to reconfigure the new controller TABLE 2 Controller Status LED Descriptions Controller Status LED green or amber Description Off Controller not installed not recognized Green Controller OK Amber Controller boot shutdown firmware download in progress Blinking amber Controller failure OK to replace controller Note Verify a controller...

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