Dell 750N. 755N - Manuals

8 C o n t e n t s Accessing Stored Persistent Images in ActiveArchive . . . . . 6-11 Restoring Volumes From an Existing Persistent Image . . . . . 6-12 7 Advanced Features Installing Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Installing and C...

C o n t e n t s 9 Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services . . . . . . . . . 7-19 Windows 2000 MSDSS Domain Controller . . . . . . . . . . 7-19 Outline of the Deployment Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25 Upgrading to a ...

Pr e f a c e 11 Preface This guide provides system administrators, IT professionals, and those responsible for the installation of network attached storage (NAS) devices, with the information necessary to install, configure, and operate the Dell™ PowerVault™ 750N and 755N NAS appliances. Chapters in...

12 P r e f a c e w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Safety, Regulatory, and Warranty Information For safety, regulatory, and warranty information for your system, see the System Information document included with your system. Other Documents You May Need In addition to this System Admi...

Pr e f a c e 13 • Technical information files—sometimes called “readme” files—that might be installed on the hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical changes to the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians. • Documentation up...

14 P r e f a c e w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m • Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced. Example: “Use the format command to...” In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an in...

1-2 I n t r o d u c t i o n w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m This chapter provides an overview of the Dell™ PowerVault™ 750N and 755N network attached storage (NAS) appliances features, as well as the information necessary to perform the initial configuration of the system. These sys...

I n t r o d u c t i o n 1-3 System Configuration You can perform most configuration tasks through the NAS Manager, which is a web browser interface to the NAS appliance. The NAS Manager menus consist of common management tasks grouped under tabs on a menu bar. Each tab on the main menu bar has an as...

1-4 I n t r o d u c t i o n w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Configuring Your System With DHCP NOTICE: If you do not use Kick-Start to configure your system, you must disable Kick-Start immediately. If Kick-Start is enabled, the system logs in automatically as administrator, which cr...

1-6 I n t r o d u c t i o n w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 21 Click Configure . This selection opens the Modem Configuration window. 22 In the Maximum Speed (bps) drop-down menu, click 115200 . 23 Click OK to close the Modem Configuration window. 24 Click OK to close the Direct Con...

1-8 I n t r o d u c t i o n w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Configuration Methods You can specify configuration information using the following methods: • Method 1: Remote Configuration — Use the Remote Kick-Start utility located on the Resource CD to enter configuration information...

1-12 I n t r o d u c t i o n w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m When you insert the configuration diskette into a NAS appliance diskette drive, Kick-Start looks for configuration files on the Kick-Start diskette. If a configuration file is found, a 20-second countdown timer begins. If ...

I n t r o d u c t i o n 1-13 2 Click Enter Configuration Information . 3 Select the items you want to configure and click Next . Your choices are: • Ethernet port 0 • Ethernet port 1 NOTE: The Kick-Start utility Ethernet 0 matches Windows Local Area Connection, and Ethernet 1 matches Local Area Conn...

1-14 I n t r o d u c t i o n w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Do not save more than one ordered set of configuration files on a single diskette, which creates more than one file with the same three-digit number. Kick-Start uses these three-digit numbers exclusively to decide which co...

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2-2 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m The Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Manager is a Web-based user interface that is the primary way to configure NAS appliances. This chapter describes basic navigation of the NAS Manager. See “How To Find Online Help” for more information...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-3 Menu Bar The main menu bar has the following tabs: • Home — Provides links to the other tabs. • Network — Provides access to basic network setup tasks such as changing passwords. • Disks — Allows you to configure disks and volumes, set disk quotas, and take persistent images....

2-4 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 4 Perform one of the following procedures:• From the Start menu, click Help . • On the Advanced Administration Menu , click Administrative Tools and then click Windows Powered Help . Using Shares A folder on your NAS appliance ...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-5 • Type indicates the share type: – W = Windows (CIFS) – U = UNIX (NFS) – F = FTP – H = HTTP– A = Apple (AppleTalk)– N = NetWare (NCP) • Comment displays a brief description of the share, if one has been provided. • Tasks lists the tasks that can be performed for each selected...

2-6 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 5 Use the protocol tabs to configure the specific properties of each type of share. NOTE: Services for NetWare (SFN) are compatible with Novell NetWare Bindery service for authentication and file access using the internetwork p...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-7 2 On the Shares page, click Shares . 3 In the Shared Name list on the Shared Folders page, select the share for which you want to modify properties. 4 In the Tasks list on the Shared Folders page, click Properties . The General property page is displayed. 5 Uncheck the protoc...

2-8 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Retrieving Your Service Tag 1 On the Advanced Administrative Menu , click Administrative Tools to present the list of options. 2 Click Retrieve Dell Service Tag to display the service tag of the NAS appliance. Disk Quotas Disk ...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-9 5 On the Default Quota for volume page, click the appropriate check box to enable or disable quota management. 6 Select the desired quota size and settings for this volume. Adding Disk Quota Entries The Quota Entries page allows you to add, delete, or configure disk quotas fo...

2-10 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Modifying Quota Properties 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks . 2 On the Disks page, select Disk Quota . 3 On the Disk Quota page, select the volume to manage. 4 From the Tasks list, select Quota Entries. 5 On the ...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-11 Using Logs A log file is a file that stores messages, which are sometimes called events or event log entries, generated by an application, service, or operating system. These messages are used to track the operations performed by the system. Log files are usually plain text ...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-13 4 In the Tasks list, click Log Properties . 5 In the Maximum log size text box on the Log Properties page, enter the maximum size (in kilobytes) of the log. 6 Determine how you want the system to handle log file entries after the maximum log file size has been reached, and c...

2-14 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Shutting Down the NAS Appliance You can shut down, shut down and restart, or schedule a shut down of the NAS appliance from the NAS Manager by performing the following steps: 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu, select Maintenan...

2-16 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m To expand a volume, perform the following steps: 1 On the PowerVault NAS Manager primary menu, select Disks . 2 On the Disks page, select Volumes . 3 In the Volumes column of the Configure, create, or delete volumes , select t...

N A S M a n a g e r 2-17 Managing Disks The NAS Manager allows you to perform the most often used disk management tasks on the external disk arrays. With the NAS Manager, you can list available disks, rescan for disks, create a hot spare, free a hot spare, and force a disk online. NOTE: See “Advance...

2-18 N A S M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 5 In the Physical Disks column of the adapter page, select the disk to use to create a hotspare. 6 In the Tasks list on the adapter page, click Make Hotspare.... Freeing a Hotspare 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu, select Dis...

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3-2 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Although the Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager provides a comprehensive solution to storage management, you should use it only for advanced features that c...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-3 Expanding an Existing Volume 1 Find the virtual disk that corresponds to the volume you are going to expand. 2 Add a member to that virtual disk. NOTE: After adding a member to a virtual disk, the vir...

3-4 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Right Pane The right pane identifies the various objects and their status, and displays any error conditions that might exist. The four tabbed views in ...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-5 You can launch the Array Manager from the NAS Manager 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Maintenance . 2 Click Terminal Services . 3 Log into the Terminal Services session. 4 From the Advanced A...

3-6 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m NOTE: When you create virtual disks, you might want to consider how virtual disks will be deleted. Virtual disks created on the PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/QC c...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-7 1 Right-click the last virtual disk that was created. 2 Click Delete . A confirmation dialog box appears. 3 Click OK to continue. The virtual disk disappears from the left pane. If the disk was not th...

3-10 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Array Disk Commands This section describes the following commands for working with array disks. • Format• Rebuild• Assign a global hot spare• Unassign ...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-11 Assign Global Hot Spare A hot spare is an unused backup disk that is part of the array group. Hot spares remain in standby mode. When an array disk in a virtual disk fails, the assigned hot spare wil...

3-12 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Offline Array Disk You can only set to offline an array disk that is part of a virtual disk that has been set to online. 1 Right-click on the disk that...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-13 Rescan Controller The Rescan Controller command can be used to check whether there are any new disks that were attached after a configuration was set. To rescan the controller, perform the following ...

3-14 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Rebuild Rate The Rebuild Rate command changes the rebuild rate settings. The rebuild rate is the fraction of the compute cycles dedicated to rebuilding...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-15 To write a disk signature, right-click on the unsigned disk. A menu displays showing the Write Signature command. (The Write Signature command appears only if a disk does not have a signature on it.)...

3-16 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Reactivating Dynamic Disks A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down, or disconnected. You can reactivate a dyna...

A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d V o l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r 3-17 The following topics are discussed: • Volume overview• Checking volume properties• Formatting a partition or volume• Deleting a partition or volume Volume Overview A volume is a logical entity that i...

3-18 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 5 Select file system type and formatting options: • Quick format – This option formats the volume or partition without scanning for bad sectors in the ...

3-20 A d v a n c e d D i s k a n d Vo l u m e M a n a g e m e n t U s i n g A r r a y M a n a g e r w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Extending a Dynamic Simple or Spanned Volume You can extend a volume only if the following are true: • The volume is formatted as NTFS.• The volume was...

4-2 S y s t e m M a n a g e m e n t w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m This chapter provides information about system management for your PowerVault™ 750N or 755N NAS appliance. The following topics are discussed: • Dell OpenManage™ Remote Assistant Card (DRAC)• Alert log messages from...

4-4 S y s t e m M a n a g e m e n t w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m For more information about your DRAC, see the Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card User's Guide on the Resource CD. Alert Log Messages From Dell OpenManage Server Agent Server Agent server management software gener...

S y s t e m M a n a g e m e n t 4-5 14 In Community Name , type a case-sensitive community name, and then click Add . 15 In SNMP Service Properties , specify whether or not to accept SNMP packets from a host: • To accept SNMP requests from any host on the network, regardless of identity, click Accep...

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5-2 S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m This section provides instructions on how to recover from a system failure, and how to back up and restore the system state. The following topics are discussed: • Recovery from system fa...

S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e 5-3 4 Turn on the system.The Reinstallation CD automatically starts the installation process if the system is a PowerVault 750N or 755N NAS appliance and if the first logical volume configured on the RAID controller is a drive in a two dri...

5-4 S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Backing up the system state allows you to recover the system if an operating system reinstallation is required. Restoring your system state restores customized settings such as user info...

5-6 S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 19 Click Next . The How to Restore window displays. 20 Click Always replace the files on disk . 21 Click Next . The Advanced Restore Options window displays. 22 Leave all checkboxes unch...

S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e 5-7 • Computer Associates ® ARCserve IT ™ – ARCserve IT 2000 for Windows NT and Windows 2000 – ARCserve IT 6.61 for Red Hat Linux Third-Party Backup Software for Network Backups You may back up your data volumes over the network to local a...

S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e 5-11 11 On the system that is running VERITAS Backup Exec, set up VERITAS Backup Exec so that it is able to backup user shares.You can find this option in Tools—> Options menu on the Network tab. 12 In the Veritas Backup Exec Backup Sel...

5-12 S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 3 Click Restore . 4 Click the Redirection tab. 5 Click the check box next to Redirect Files . 6 Enter the drive letter and path where you want the files to be restored in the text boxes...

S y s t e m Re c o v e r y, B a c k u p , a n d Re s t o r e 5-13 12 Click Update Driver . The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays. 13 Click Next . 14 Click the radio button next to Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) and then click Next . 15 In Optional search locations , cli...

D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ 6-3 Cache File The Dell ActiveArchive software stores changed data in a cache file. A cache file resides on each volume of your system. By default, the persistent image cache file is 20 percent of each volume. You can use the NAS Manager to change the percentage o...

6-4 D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Storing Persistent Images You can store up to 250 persistent images per volume; however, if you exceed 250 persistent images, the oldest persistent image with the lowest retention weight is overwritten. This num...

D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ 6-5 NOTE: To use the PowerVault NAS Manager you must be logged in as Administrator. The PowerVault NAS Manager default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault . 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu, click the Maintenance tab. 2...

6-6 D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Scheduling Persistent Images NOTE: Before scheduling persistent images, prepare each of your volumes for persistent images. (See the Preparing Your Volumes for Persistent Images.) When you click Disks and then A...

D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ 6-7 You can use patterns in the persistent image name to differentiate your persistent images. For example if you use a pattern of Snapshot.%i and you take two persistent images, you would have Snapshot.1 and Snapshot.2. The default persistent image name pattern i...

6-8 D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 4 Use the drop-down menus to select the Starting time , the frequency at which to repeat the persistent image ( Repeat every frequency ), the Beginning day , the Volume(s) , and the number of images to Save . NO...

D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ 6-9 • %s = Second• %i = Instance, which increments once per instance. • %a = AM/PM• %W = Day of the week• %w = Three letter day of the week• %% = Percent sign 7 Click OK to create the persistent image. Deleting a Persistent Image 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu,...

6-10 D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Configuring the Persistent Image Global Settings You can use drop-down menus to modify the various aspects of the persistent image environment. 1 On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks , and then click Ac...

D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ 6-11 3 Click the radio button adjacent to the volume setting you want to change. 4 Click Configure... . 5 Use the dropdown menus to configure the following options. NOTE: Before changing the cache size, you must delete all persistent images on that volume. • Cache...

6-12 D e l l A c t i v e A r c h i v e ™ w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Restoring Volumes From an Existing Persistent Image To restore a volume(s) from a persistent image, you must select the persistent image to be restored. NOTICE: A volume is dismounted during a restore. All read...

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7-2 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m This chapter includes descriptions of advanced features that cannot be performed from the PowerVault™ NAS Manager menus. The following topics are discussed: • Installing Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) support• I...

7-4 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 5 On the Advanced Administration Menu, click System Management, and then click Set Regional Options to launch the Regional Options control panel. 6 On the General tab, select the MUI language from the Your locale (l...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-5 12 If an Insert Disk windows appears, you must perform the following procedure: a Click OK . b From the Files needed window, click Browse and browse to the i386 directory on the Localization CD (if not already selected). c Click Open and then click OK from the Ins...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-7 7 Enter the team name and select the appropriate team mode. The types of team include Smart Load Balance and Fail Over, FEC/GEC, and Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad). 8 Click OK . 9 Select the team name in the Configuration box. 10 Select an unassigned adapter to a...

7-8 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Changing the Network Team Mode Using the Broadcom Advanced Server Control Suite NOTE: This procedure is for Alteon and Broadcom network adapters only. To change the team mode of an existing Broadcom network team thr...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-9 7 Select the adapters to include with this team and click Next . 8 Verify the team contains the appropriate members and click Finish . 9 If the team needs to be modified, click Back . Removing Network Teams Using the Intel PROSet Utility NOTE: This procedure is fo...

7-10 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Changing the Network Team Mode Using the Intel PROSet Utility NOTE: This procedure is for Intel network adapters only. Change the network team mode through the Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II. To access th...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-11 • User Name Mapping associates Windows and UNIX user names, which allows users to connect to NFS resources without having to log on to UNIX systems separately. Server for Network File System (NFS) SFU provides a robust Server for NFS that can be used to provide d...

7-12 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Telnet Server The telnet server works optimally for most installations. It will accept logins from a variety of clients, including the telnet clients shipped with Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 9...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-13 – Terminate all programs when disconnecting toggles with Continue to run programs started with the command bgjob . • Sessions allows you to see data about the currently active sessions (such as user, domain, system, logon date/time) and either send a message to t...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-15 6 Click List UNIX Users or List UNIX Groups . This action refreshes your NIS and Windows maps. 7 Create map entries by selecting a Windows user/group from the list and a UNIX user (UID)/group (GID) from the list and clicking Add . Map Maintenance You can maintain...

7-16 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Domain In the Domain scenario, you configure Username Mapping on the domain controller. The Username Mapping Service and the NT Authentication Service must be installed on the Domain Controller. If multiple Domain ...

7-18 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 4 On the Tasks menu, click AppleTalk . 5 Click the check box next to Enable inbound AppleTalk connections on this adapter . 6 (Optional) If you use AppleTalk zones, select the appropriate zone in the dropdown box. ...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-19 Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services (MSDSS) lets you synchronize a wide variety of data stored in the Active Directory service with Novell Directory Service (NDS) and NetWare 3. x binderies. MSDSS is a highly ...

7-20 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m The larger the environment, the more new servers you will need. If you are planning to have more than one domain, then you will need new hardware for the first domain controller in each domain. You must also instal...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-23 Manually migrate (or use third-party utilities to migrate) object security permissions and system accounts, printer objects, application objects, and other objects that MSDSS does not migrate from Bindery or NDS to Active Directory. (MSDSS migrates NetWare user a...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-25 9 If you chose one-way synchronization, you should now perform all user, group, and OU object management from Active Directory. If you established two-way synchronization, you can now manage user, group, and OU objects from either Active Directory or NDS. 10 If y...

7-26 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m If you are using a UPS and want to change these settings, you need to connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the system. See Microsoft Windows 2000 Help for more information. The system is configured to accept a...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-27 9 Click the appropriate computer type ( ACPI Multiprocessor PC ), click Next , and then click Finish . 10 When prompted, click yes to reboot your system. Using Secured Socket Layers This section explains how secured socket layers (SSL) are used in the NAS applian...

7-28 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m The success of a server certificate as a means of identification depends on whether the user trusts the validity of information contained in the certificate. For example, a user logging on to your company's Web sit...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-29 To obtain a server certificate, perform the following steps: 1 On the PowerVault NAS Manager primary menu, click Maintenance. 2 On the Maintenance page, click Terminal Services . 3 Log on to an Terminal Services Advanced Client session. 4 In the Advanced Administ...

7-30 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Minimum Hardware and Connection Requirements To use console redirection, you must have the following: • An available serial port (COM port) on a client system (This port must not conflict with any other ports on th...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-31 If you select VT100/220 but not all the characters are visible on the screen, you should go back to the system setup program and select ANSI as your terminal type. ANSI can display the full set of ASCII characters. Configuring Console Redirection on the Client Sy...

7-32 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 4 Change the Emulation setting from Auto detect to ANSI or VT100/220. This setting should be the same as the setting you selected for the Console Redirection field on the server. When you click Terminal Setup , you...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-33 For console redirection, an escape sequence starts with an escape character. This character can be entered in a number of different ways, depending on the requirements of your terminal emulation software. For example, 0x1b, ^[, and <Esc> all refer to the sa...

7-36 A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Defragmenting a Volume Containing Persistent Images NOTICE: Defragmenting a volume containing persistent images without using the following procedure can delete your persistent images and will degrade your system p...

A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s 7-37 19 Click Defragment . You are notified when defragmentation is complete. 20 Exit Terminal Services Client . 21 Reschedule your persistent images for this volume.

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8-2 O n l i n e S e r v e r D i a g n o s t i c s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m Dell OpenManage™ Server Diagnostics is a suite of diagnostic programs that run locally on your Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS appliance or remotely on a NAS appliance connected to the network. You select diagno...

O n l i n e S e r v e r D i a g n o s t i c s 8-3 • Monitor (local system only) • Printer (local system only) • Video (local system only) Installing the Online Server Diagnostics NOTE: To perform these steps you must be using a NAS Manager Terminal Services Advanced Client session. To log on to a Te...

8-4 O n l i n e S e r v e r D i a g n o s t i c s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 12 Click Next . 13 When the InstallShield Wizard completes installing the files, click Finish . Installing the JAVA Runtime Environment If your system does not have the Java 2 Runtime Environment insta...

O n l i n e S e r v e r D i a g n o s t i c s 8-5 • To run diagnostics on a remote appliance on the network, specify the IP address of the remote appliance in the Remote IP Address box, and then click Run diagnostics on specified IP . In the remote login window, type the user ID of a local administr...

8-6 O n l i n e S e r v e r D i a g n o s t i c s w w w .d e ll .co m | s u p p o rt .d e ll.c o m 6 If a test fails, click View Details to see a brief description of why the test failed. NOTICE: Do not use your browser's refresh function while running Server Diagnostics. This function closes the Se...

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