User manual HP STORAGEWORKS B2000 NAS NAS B2000 - QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] StorageWorks by Compaq NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide Part Number 292283-001 (First Edition) May 2002 Product Version: Version 1. 0 This quick start guide provides information about how to deploy the StorageWorksTM NAS B2000 by Compaq. © 2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L. P. Compaq, the Compaq logo, and StorageWorks are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L. P. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. [. . . ] For this reason, Compaq recommends that you set all network ports to DHCP. For information concerning the configuration of NIC teaming after setup is complete, see the administration guide. 1 2 3 4 5 3 2 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 Figure 1-2: Rear panel connectors 1-4 NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide Product Overview Table 1-1: Rear Panel Connectors Item Description PCI expansion slots Serial connector (teal) RJ-45 connector for NIC 2 (Eth1) Mouse connector (PS/2) (green) Power connectors Keyboard connector (PS/2) (purple) RJ-45 connector for NIC 1 (Eth0) USB connectors (2) (black) Video connector (blue) (not supported) Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition board Eth port Keyboard/mouse connector (Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition board) (not needed, internally connected) VHDCI SCSI connector (SCSI port 1) Video connector (Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition board) Power for external adapter (Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition board) NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide  1-5 Product Overview Setup and Configuration Overview Setting up systems is a well-defined process. This section is intended as an overview of the process, not a detailed list of step-by-step instructions. In either type of setup, it is important to read all of the supplied documentation before starting. Relevant documents include: · · · StorageWorks by Compaq NAS B2000 Administration Guide StorageWorks by Compaq NAS B2000 Quick Reference and Rack Installation Guide StorageWorks by Compaq NAS B2000 Release Notes The following describes how to configure the NAS B2000. Install NIC teaming software and create fault tolerant or load-balanced network ports. Follow the recommendations found in this guide and in the administration guide. Place the NAS device into an Active Directory or Windows NT 4. 0 domain for ease of manageability. With the system online, create the arrays and logical volumes (LUNs) using Compaq ACU one at a time so that they can be identified easily in Device Manager and assigned to a Virtual Replicator (VR) pool. See the procedure in the storage management section of the administration guide. Create Virtual Replicator pools and virtual disks from those pools and format the virtual disks. Create shares corresponding to the protocols mentioned in the previous steps. Read the remaining sections of the administration guide. 1-6 NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide Product Overview Storage Management Overview This section provides an overview of the components that make up the NAS storage structure. A complete discussion of the components and their relationships is available in the administration guide. CAUTION: This section on storage management and VR is required reading material for the NAS administrator. This section develops the concepts and requirements that serve as the basis for successfully using a StorageWorks NAS device. Failure to read this section and the appropriate sections on storage management in the administration guide may lead to data loss or file corruption. Storage Management Elements Figure 1-3 provides an illustration of the various storage components of the NAS B2000. Storage is broken up into four major divisions: · · · · Storage elements Virtual storage elements File system elements File sharing elements Each of these elements is composed of the previous level's elements. NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide 1-7 Product Overview Physical Drives Storage Elements RAID Arrays LUNS LUN 1 LUN 2 LUN 3 LUN 4 LUN 5 Pools Pool 1 Pool 2 Virtual Storage Elements Virtual Disks vdisk 1 Snapshots vdisk 2 snap vd2 vdisk 3 snap vd3 snap vd1 D: Folders N: E: O: F: F:\ Eng P: File System Elements D:\ Acct E:\ Mktg Shares and Subfolders B2000\Acct B2000\Mktg B2000\Eng File Sharing Elements Figure 1-3: Storage management process 1-8 NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide Product Overview Storage Elements The lowest level of storage management on the NAS B2000 occurs at the physical drive level. Physical drives are grouped into RAID arrays for fault tolerance and better performance. Refer to the administration guide for more details on creating RAID arrays. Virtual Storage Elements Virtual Replicator (VR) provides volume virtualization for the NAS device by allowing for the creation of virtual disks from VR pools containing the LUNs. VR pools are logical abstractions that aggregate the disk space from one or more LUNs into a large set of disk blocks. From the pool of blocks, VR virtual disks are created and presented to the operating system as New Technology File System (NTFS) volume pools. Virtual disks can be enlarged at a later time when there is a need for more space. [. . . ] It will be several minutes before the NAS device is accessible on the network. Select StorageWorks NAS from the Show drop down list to have RapidLaunch list all NAS devices on the network, as shown in Figure 3-2. NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide 3-3 Configuration Setup 1 2 3 Figure 3-1: Ethernet connectors Table 3-1: Ethernet Network Connectors Item Description Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition board Ethernet port (RILOE Eth) NIC Ethernet port 1 (Eth 1) used for data NIC Ethernet port 0 (Eth 0) used for data Note: Connect a loopback cable to any of the NAS B2000 Ethernet ports that are not configured for use. 3-4 NAS B2000 Quick Start Guide Configuration Setup Figure 3-2: RapidLaunch search screen 8. All the NAS devices found on the network are displayed as shown in Figure 3-3. The NAS device will be displayed in the device discovery portion of the screen. [. . . ]