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G4-60G-040-1152T installation
Getting your appliance installed is the first step to greater visibility of your
network. This topic covers installing your appliance in the cabinet and
connecting it to your network.
Caution:
Do not attempt in-cabinet repairs of your appliance.
The appliance is very heavy! Always use a server lift or work
with a partner to install or remove the appliance from the cabinet
to perform any maintenance.
1.
Take the appliance and all other components out of the packing
materials.
2.
Attach the
official rail kits
to your server rack or cabinet.
3.
Install the JBOD unit(s) into your server rack or cabinet.
4.
Install the head unit (A1) into your server rack or cabinet. See the
head
unit image
.
5.
Using the SAS cables, connect the RAID ports from the JBOD unit(s)
to the head unit and to other JBOD unit(s).
6.
Using an Ethernet cable, connect the ETH0 port to the network.
Connecting the ETH0 port allows you to use Windows Remote
Desktop or other tools to control or configure Windows or Windows
applications, such as Observer Analyzer.
7.
(Optional) Connect an Ethernet cable from your router or switch to the
LOM or IPMI port.
(Optional) A Lights Out Management or IPMI port provides you a
dedicated management channel for device maintenance. It allows you to
monitor, start, stop, and manage your appliance remotely regardless of
whether the appliance is powered on.
8.
into the open slots on the back of
the capture card(s).
9.
If you are connecting to SPAN/mirror ports of a network switch:
connect a straight-through Ethernet cable from the SPAN/mirror ports
on your switch to the SFP transceivers on the capture card.
10. If you are connecting to a network TAP (sold separately):
a.
Connect the TX port from your server, firewall, router, or switch to
the Link A port on the TAP.
b.
Connect the TX port from your other switch to the Link B port on
the TAP.
c.
Use two analyzer cables to connect the analyzer port on the TAP to
the SFP transceivers in the capture card.
d.
If you have more than one TAP to connect, repeat the process for
each TAP.
11. Connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the hardware appliance.
switch if desired. (The KVM must be compatible
with the operating system used on the appliance.) The user input
devices or KVM switch are only temporarily needed to set the IP
address, so you can disconnect them after the IP address is set.
12. Turn on all JBOD unit(s).
See
Caution:
The drive does not properly initialize if the JBOD
unit(s) are not started first. If this happens, restart the head unit.
The power button is located on the front of the appliance. This process
may take a couple of minutes.
13. Turn on the head unit (A1) and wait for the RAID to initialize.
After plugging in the power cords, wait until the blue Information LED
starts to blink. Press the power button once. The power button is located
on the front of the appliance. The control board initiates the power up
sequence in three seconds. The entire process may take a couple of
minutes.
for the ETH0
port (shown as ETH0 in Network Connections in Windows) using
information supplied to you by your network administrator.
The default IP address (
192.168.1.10
) is printed on a sticker
attached to the top of the appliance.
15. Ensure the time zone settings match your environment.
16. (Optional) Change the
in the BIOS using a
static IP address provided by your network administrator.
17. (Optional) Change the
in the BIOS
using a static IP address provided by your network administrator.
18. Double-click the Observer icon on the Desktop to start Observer.
Your hardware appliance is installed and on your network.
Next, give the ETH0 IP address and IPMI port address, if using, to the
Observer administrator. They need the addresses to add this GigaStor probe
to Observer to capture network traffic with a probe instance.
1. SFP, SFP+, QSFP+, and QSFP28 transceivers are sold separately.
