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Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer
Storage Upgrade Guide
The Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer Storage Upgrade Guide describes how to install and
configure additional partner groups of Sun StorEdge™ T3 arrays in the Sun
StorEdge N8400 Filer.
Add-on partner groups, consisting of two Sun StorEdge T3 arrays and associated
cabling, arrive with each array configured as one logical volume (disks 1 through 8),
with RAID 5, and with disk 9 specified as a hot spare.
Note –
Be sure to use the Sun StorEdge N8400 Filer’s
vol
command to create
logical volumes on your newly installed storage before you try to create shares with
the filer’s graphical user interface (GUI). Until you create these logical volumes, you
will not be able to create shares with the GUI. See
for more information.
The filer incorporates an internal Ethernet local area network (LAN) that only
connects the Sun Enterprise™ 420R server with the Sun StorEdge T3 arrays
contained within the filer. This internal network is secure and cannot be directly
accessed from outside the filer. The filer can be attached to another LAN, such as a
company-wide business network, but this network has no direct access to the filer’s
internal LAN.
During the initial installation of the new partner group, you set up the partner
group’s
syslog.conf
file to include the IP address of the filer’s server. All
warnings and other messages generated by the partner group are sent to the server,
which then generates an email on the external, company-wide LAN to inform
appropriate personnel.
