Page 2 - Preface; Copyright; change without notice. For any update information, please visit; Model comparison; Caution
2 Preface Copyright Copyright@2011, D-Link Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted without written permission from D-Link corporation. Trademarks All products and trade names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respec...
Page 5 - Event notifications; Appendix; Certification list
5 6.2 Event notifications .....................................................................125 Appendix 133 A. Certification list ..........................................................................133 B. Microsoft iSCSI initiator ..................................................
Page 6 - Features; every hour or every day, depends on the modification.; Highlights
6 Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Features D-LINK DSN-6000 series IP SAN storage provides non-stop service with a high degree of fault tolerance by using D-LINK RAID technology and advanced array management features. DSN-6410/6420 IP SAN storage connects to the host system by iSCSI interface. It can be confi...
Page 7 - RAID concepts
7 D-LINK DSN-6410/6420 feature highlights Host Interface 4 x 10GbE iSCSI ports (DSN-6420) 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports (DSN-6410) Drive Interface 12 x SAS or SATA II RAID Controllers Dual-active RAID controllers (DSN-6420) Single controller, but can be upgradable to dual (DSN-6410) Scalability SAS JBOD e...
Page 8 - Terminology
8 RAID is the abbreviation of “Redundant Array of Independent Disks”. The basic idea of RAID is to combine multiple drives together to form one large logical drive. This RAID drive obtains performance, capacity and reliability than a single drive. The operating system detects the RAID drive as a sin...
Page 10 - RAID levels
10 MTU Maximum Transmission Unit. CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. An optional security mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the iSCSI data ports. iSNS Internet Storage Name Service. Part 3: Dual controller SBB Storage Bridge Bay. The objective of the Storag...
Page 11 - JBOD; Volume relationship
11 four hard drives. RAID 10 Striping over the member RAID 1 volumes. RAID 10 needs at least four hard drives. RAID 30 Striping over the member RAID 3 volumes. RAID 30 needs at least six hard drives. RAID 50 Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes. RAID 50 needs at least six hard drives. RAID 60 Str...
Page 12 - iSCSI concepts
12 1.3 iSCSI concepts iSCSI (Internet SCSI) is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) commands and data in TCP/IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP infrastructures. iSCSI provides high performance SANs over standard IP networks like LAN, WA...
Page 13 - IP SAN storage specifications; Technical specifications; Controller features; segment
13 Hardware iSCSI HBA(s) provide its own initiator tool. Please refer to the vendors’ HBA user manual. Microsoft, Linux, Solaris and Mac provide iSCSI initiator driver. Please contact D- LINK for the latest certification list. Below are the available links: 1. Link to download the Microsoft iSCSI so...
Page 16 - FCC and CE statements
16 Windows Linux Solaris Mac Drive support 1. SAS 2. SATA II (optional) 3. SCSI-3 compliant 4. Multiple IO transaction processing 5. Tagged command queuing 6. Disk auto spin-down support 7. S.M.A.R.T. for SATA II drives 8. SAS JBODs expansion Power and Environment AC input: 100-240V ~ ...
Page 17 - and as indicated in the measurement report number: xxxxxxxx-F; IC
17 (EN55022 / EN55024) UL statement FCC statement This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the measurement procedures specified in the Standards and Specifications listed below and as indicated in the measurement report number: xxxxxxxx-F Technical Standa...
Page 19 - Package contents; Front view; Drive slot numbering
19 Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Package contents The package contains the following items: 1. DSN-6410/6420 IP SAN storage (x1) 2. HDD trays (x12) 3. Power cords (x4) 4. RS-232 cables (x2), one is for console, the other is for UPS. 5. CD (x1) 6. Rail kit (x1 set) 7. Keys, screws for drives and rail ki...
Page 20 - Front LED lights
20 The drives can be installed into any slot in the enclosure. Slot numbering will be reflected in web UI. Tips It is advisable to install at least one drive in slots 1 ~ 4. System event logs are saved to drives in these slots; If no drives are fitted the event logs will be lost in the event of a sy...
Page 21 - Install drives; Then install the drive using the rear mounting holes:
21 2.3.3 Install drives Note : Skip this section if you purchased a solution populated with drives. To install SAS or SATA drives with no Bridge Board use the front mounting holes: To install SATA drives with Bridge Board (DSN-654), fit the Bridge Board first Then install the drive using the rear mo...
Page 22 - Rear view
22 Figure 2.3.3.3 HDD tray description: HDD power LED: Green HDD is inserted and good. Off No HDD. HDD access LED: Blue blinking HDD is accessing. Off No HDD. HDD tray handhold. Latch for tray kit removal. 2.3.4 Rear view Figure 2.3.4.1 (DSN-6420 SFP+) PSU and Fan module ...
Page 25 - Install battery backup module
25 BBM Status Button: When the system power is off, press the BBM status button, if the BBM LED is Green, then the BBM still has power to keep data on the cache. If not, then the BBM power is ran out and cannot keep the data on the cache anymore. Management port. Console port. RS 232 port ...
Page 26 - Deployment; management port cable, and iSCSI data port cables in advance.
26 2.5 Deployment Please refer to the following topology and have all the connections ready. Figure 2.5.1 (DSN-6420) Figure 2.5.2 (DSN-6410) 1. Setup the hardware connection before power on servers. Connect console cable, management port cable, and iSCSI data port cables in advance.
Page 29 - Management interfaces; Serial console; Terminal type: vt100; Remote control; IP address and password are required for login.
29 Chapter 3 Quick setup 3.1 Management interfaces There are three management methods to manage D-LINK IP SAN storage, describe in the following: 3.1.1 Serial console Use console cable (NULL modem cable) to connect from console port of D-LINK IP SAN storage to RS 232 port of management PC. Please re...
Page 30 - Web UI; There are seven indicators and three icons at the top-right corner.
30 3.1.3 Web UI D-LINK IP SAN storage supports graphic user interface (GUI) to operate. Be sure to connect the LAN cable. The default IP setting is DHCP; open the browser and enter: http://192.168.0.32 And then it will pop up a dialog for authentication. Figure 3.1.4.1 User name: admin Default passw...
Page 32 - How to use the system quickly; Quick installation
32 Mute alarm beeper. Tips If the status indicators in Internet Explorer (IE) are displayed in gray, but not in blinking red, please enable “Internet Options” “Advanced” “Play animations in webpages” options in IE. The default value is enabled, but some applications will disable it. 3.2 How to u...
Page 35 - Volume creation wizard; Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and,
35 Figure 3.2.1.6 Step 6: Done. 3.2.2 Volume creation wizard “Volume create wizard” has a smarter policy. When the system is inserted with some HDDs. “Volume create wizard” lists all possibilities and sizes in different RAID levels, it will use all available HDDs for RAID level depends on which user...
Page 38 - Web UI management interface hierarchy; System configuration
38 Chapter 4 Configuration 4.1 Web UI management interface hierarchy The below table is the hierarchy of web GUI. System configuration System setting System name / Date and time / System indication Network setting MAC address / Address / DNS / Port Login setting Login configuration / Admin pas...
Page 39 - Maintenance; System setting; composed of model name and serial number of this system.
39 Maintenance System information System information Event log Download / Mute / Clear Upgrade Browse the firmware to upgrade Firmware synchronization Synchronize the slave controller’s firmware version with the master’s Reset to factory default Sure to reset to factory default? Import and...
Page 40 - Network setting
40 Figure 4.2.1.1 Check “Change date and time” to set up the current date, time, and time zone before using or synchronize time from NTP (Network Time Protocol) server. Click “Confirm” in System indication to turn on the system indication LED. Click again to turn off. 4.2.2 Network setting “Network ...
Page 41 - Login setting
41 Figure 4.2.2.1 4.2.3 Login setting “Login setting” can set single admin, auto logout time and admin / user password. The single admin is to prevent multiple users access the same system in the same time. 1. Auto logout: The options are (1) Disabled; (2) 5 minutes; (3) 30 minutes; (4) 1 hour. The ...
Page 42 - Mail setting
42 Figure 4.2.3.1 Check “Change admin password” or “Change user password” to change admin or user password. The maximum length of password is 12 characters. 4.2.4 Mail setting “Mail setting” can enter 3 mail addresses for receiving the event notification. Some mail servers would check “Mail-from add...
Page 43 - Notification setting; and LCM notifications.
43 Figure 4.2.4.1 4.2.5 Notification setting “Notification setting” can set up SNMP trap for alerting via SNMP, pop-up message via Windows messenger (not MSN), alert via syslog protocol, and event log filter for web UI and LCM notifications.
Page 45 - Most UNIX systems build in syslog daemon.; iSCSI configuration; NIC
45 Most UNIX systems build in syslog daemon. “Event log filter” setting can enable event log display on “Pop up events” and “LCM”. 4.3 iSCSI configuration “iSCSI configuration” is designed for setting up the “Entity Property”, “NIC”, “Node”, “Session”, and “CHAP account”. Figure 4.3.1 4.3.1 NIC “NIC...
Page 46 - this mode can also remove the setting of Trunking / LACP in same time.
46 Figure 4.3.1.2 Default gateway: Default gateway can be changed by checking the gray button of LAN port, click “Become default gateway”. There can be only one default gateway. MTU / Jumbo frame: MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size can be enabled by checking the gray button of LAN port, click ...
Page 49 - Check the gray button of “OP.” column, click “Authenticate”.
49 Figure 4.3.3.1 CHAP: CHAP is the abbreviation of Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol. CHAP is a strong authentication method used in point-to-point for user login. It’s a type of authentication in which the authentication server sends the client a key to be used for encrypting the usern...
Page 50 - Choose the portals for the controller.; Click “OK” to confirm.
50 Figure 4.3.3.3 5. Go to “/ iSCSI configuration / CHAP account” page to create CHAP account. Please refer to next section for more detail. 6. Check the gray button of “OP.” column, click “User”. 7. Select CHAP user(s) which will be used. It’s a multi option; it can be one or more. If choosing none...
Page 51 - Session
51 Rename alias: User can create an alias to one device node. 1. Check the gray button of “OP.” column next to one device node. 2. Select “Rename alias”. 3. Create an alias for that device node. 4. Click “OK” to confirm. 5. An alias appears at the end of that device node. Figure 4.3.3.6 Figure 4.3...
Page 52 - Detail of Authentication status and Source IP: port number.; CHAP account
52 8. DataSeginOrder(Data Sequence in Order) 9. DataPDUInOrder(Data PDU in Order) 10. Detail of Authentication status and Source IP: port number. Figure 4.3.4.1 (Figure 4.3.4.1: iSCSI Session.) Check the gray button of session number, click “List connection”. It can list all connection(s) of the ses...
Page 53 - Click “Delete” to delete CHAP account.; Volume configuration
53 Figure 4.3.5.1 3. Click “OK”. Figure 4.3.5.2 4. Click “Delete” to delete CHAP account. 4.4 Volume configuration “Volume configuration” is designed for setting up the volume configuration which includes “Physical disk”, “RAID group”, “Virtual disk”, “Snapshot”, “Logical unit”, and “Replication”. F...
Page 54 - Physical disk
54 4.4.1 Physical disk “Physical disk” can view the status of hard drives in the system. The followings are operational steps: 1. Check the gray button next to the number of slot, it will show the functions which can be executed. 2. Active function can be selected, and inactive functions show up in ...
Page 57 - Set a hard drive to dedicated spare of the selected RG.; Upgrade; Upgrade hard drive firmware.; Disk Scrub; Scrub the hard drive.; RAID group; command queue function.
57 Set Dedicated spares Set a hard drive to dedicated spare of the selected RG. Upgrade Upgrade hard drive firmware. Disk Scrub Scrub the hard drive. Turn on/off the indication LED Turn on the indication LED of the hard drive. Click again to turn off. More information Show hard drive detail informat...
Page 60 - Virtual disk
60 property Write cache: “Enabled” Enable disk write cache. (Default) “Disabled” Disable disk write cache. Standby: “Disabled” Disable auto spin-down. (Default) “30 sec / 1 min / 5 min / 30 min” Enable hard drive auto spin-down to save power when no access after certain period of tim...
Page 65 - Snapshot
65 Stop clone Stop clone function. Schedule clone Set clone function by schedule. Set snapshot space Set snapshot space for taking snapshot. Please refer to next chapter for more detail. Cleanup snapshot Clean all snapshots of a VD and release the snapshot space. Take snapshot Take a snapshot on the...
Page 68 - Delete; Delete the snapshot VD.; Attach; Logical unit; volume. Choose LUN number and permission, and then click “OK”.
68 Delete Delete the snapshot VD. Attach Attach a LUN. Detach Detach a LUN. List LUN List attached LUN(s). 4.4.5 Logical unit “Logical unit” can view, create, and modify the status of attached logical unit number(s) of each VD. User can attach LUN by clicking the “Attach”. “Host” must enter with an ...
Page 69 - Attach a logical unit number to a virtual disk.; Detach; Detach a logical unit number from a virtual disk.; Example
69 LUN operation description: Attach Attach a logical unit number to a virtual disk. Detach Detach a logical unit number from a virtual disk. The matching rules of access control are followed from the LUN’ created time; the earlier created LUN is prior to the matching rules. For example: there are...
Page 70 - Check the setting. Click “OK“ if all setups are correct.
70 Figure 4.4.6.1 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”. 2. Click “Create“. 3. Input a RG Name, choose a RAID level from the list, click “Select PD“ to choose the RAID physical disks, then click “OK“. 4. Check the setting. Click “OK“ if all setups are correct. 5. Done. A RG has been create...
Page 71 - Follow the above steps to create another VD.
71 Figure 4.4.6.3 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”. 2. Click “Create”. 3. Input a VD name, choose a RG Name and enter a size for this VD; decide the stripe height, block size, read / write mode, bg rate, and set priority, finally click “OK”. 4. Done. A VD has been created. 5. Follow...
Page 72 - Tips; To set a global spare disk, please follow the procedures.; Check the gray button next to the PD slot click “Set global space”.
72 Figure 4.4.6.5 1. Select a VD. 2. Input “Host” IQN, which is an iSCSI node name for access control, or fill-in wildcard “*”, which means every host can access to this volume. Choose LUN and permission, and then click “OK”. 3. Done. Figure 4.4.6.6 Tips The matching rules of access control are from...
Page 74 - To free a global spare disk, please follow the procedures.; Check the gray button next to the PD slot click “Set Free disk”.; Enclosure management
74 To delete a RAID group, please follow the procedures: 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”. 2. Select a RG which all its VD are deleted, otherwise the this RG cannot be deleted. 3. Check the gray button next to the RG number click “Delete”. 4. There will pop up a confirmation page, cli...
Page 75 - Hardware monitor
75 4.5.1 Hardware monitor “Hardware monitor” can view the information of current voltages and temperatures. Figure 4.5.1.1
Page 76 - The SAS expandor and SAS controller temperature limit is 65 .; UPS
76 If “Auto shutdown” is checked, the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal range. For better data protection, please check “Auto Shutdown”. For better protection and avoiding single short period of high temperature triggering auto shutdown, the system u...
Page 78 - Battery; Current power percentage of battery level.; SES; “SES configuration” can enable or disable the management of SES.
78 Battery Level (%) Current power percentage of battery level. 4.5.3 SES SES represents SCSI Enclosure Services, one of the enclosure management standards. “SES configuration” can enable or disable the management of SES. Figure 4.5.3.1 (Figure 4.5.1.1: Enable SES in LUN 0, and can be accessed from ...
Page 79 - System maintenance
79 Figure 4.5.4.1 (SAS drives & SATA drives) 4.6 System maintenance “Maintenance” allows the operations of system functions which include “System information” to show the system version and details, “Event log” to view system event logs to record critical events, “Upgrade” to the latest firmware...
Page 80 - Normal; Dual controllers are in normal stage.; Degraded; One controller fails or has been plugged out.; Lockdown; Single controller mode.; Event log
80 Status description: Normal Dual controllers are in normal stage. Degraded One controller fails or has been plugged out. Lockdown The firmware of two controllers is different or the size of memory of two controllers is different. Single Single controller mode. 4.6.2 Event log “Event log” can vie...
Page 84 - Export: Export all configurations to a file.; Reboot and shutdown; Click “Home” to return to home page.; Logout
84 1. Import: Import all system configurations excluding volume configuration. 2. Export: Export all configurations to a file. Caution “Import” will import all system configurations excluding volume configuration; the current configurations will be replaced. 4.6.7 Reboot and shutdown “Reboot and shu...
Page 85 - please enter username and password again.; Mute; Click “Mute” to stop the alarm when error occurs.
85 For security reason, please use “Logout” to exit the web UI. To re-login the system, please enter username and password again. 4.7.3 Mute Click “Mute” to stop the alarm when error occurs.
Page 86 - Volume rebuild; become completely one.
86 Chapter 5 Advanced operations 5.1 Volume rebuild If one physical disk of the RG which is set as protected RAID level (e.g.: RAID 3, RAID 5, or RAID 6) is FAILED or has been unplugged / removed, then the status of RG is changed to degraded mode, the system will search/detect spare disk to rebuild ...
Page 88 - RG migration; Check the gray button next to the RG number click “Migrate”.
88 5.2 RG migration To migrate the RAID level, please follow below procedures. 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”. 2. Check the gray button next to the RG number; click “Migrate”. 3. Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow to “RAID 5”. There will be a pup- up which indicates th...
Page 89 - VD extension; Check the gray button next to the VD number click “Extend”.; The size of VD extension must be larger than original.
89 5.3 VD extension To extend VD size, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ Volume configuration / Virtual disk”. 2. Check the gray button next to the VD number; click “Extend”. 3. Change the size. The size must be larger than the original, and then click “OK” to start extension. Figure 5.3.1 ...
Page 90 - following figure for snapshot concept.; Create snapshot volume; Enter a snapshot name, and then click “OK”. A snapshot VD is created.
90 any unfortunate reason it might be (e.g. virus attack, data corruption, human errors and so on). Snap VD is allocated within the same RG in which the snapshot is taken, we suggest to reserve 20% of RG size or more for snapshot space. Please refer to the following figure for snapshot concept. Figu...
Page 91 - maximum capacity for writing.; Auto snapshot; Done. It will take snapshots automatically.
91 Figure 5.4.1.1 7. Check the gray button next to the Snapshot VD number; click “Expose”. Enter a capacity for snapshot VD. If size is zero, the exposed snapshot VD is read only. Otherwise, the exposed snapshot VD can be read / written, and the size is the maximum capacity for writing. 8. Attach a ...
Page 92 - Rollback; Done, the data in snapshot VD is rollback to original VD.
92 Figure 5.4.2.1 (Figure 5.4.2.1: It will take snapshots every month, and keep the last 32 snapshot copies.) Tips Daily snapshot will be taken at every 00:00. Weekly snapshot will be taken every Sunday 00:00. Monthly snapshot will be taken every first day of month 00:00. 5.4.3 Rollback The data in ...
Page 93 - Snapshot constraint; Create a data-consistent snapshot; of snapshot. Please refer to the following diagram.
93 5.4.4 Snapshot constraint D-LINK snapshot function applies Copy-on-Write technique on UDV/VD and provides a quick and efficient backup methodology. When taking a snapshot, it does not copy any data at first time until a request of data modification comes in. The snapshot copies the original data ...
Page 94 - inconsistent. For more detail about the VSS, please refer to; What if the snapshot space is over?; warning message will be showed on Web UI.; Rollback / Delete snapshot
94 On Linux and UNIX platform, a command named sync can be used to make the operating system flush data from write caching into disk. For Windows platform, Microsoft also provides a tool – sync, which can do exactly the same thing as the sync command in Linux/UNIX. It will tell the OS to flush the d...
Page 95 - occupied by these snapshots will be released after deleting.; Disk roaming; Check the gray button next to the RG number click “Deactivate”.; Move all PDs of the RG to another system.; Check the gray button next to the RG number click “Activate”.; VD clone; Copy all data from source VD to target VD at the beginning (full copy).; Start VD clone
95 When a snapshot has been rollbacked, the other snapshots which are earlier than it will also be removed. But the rest snapshots will be kept after rollback. If a snapshot has been deleted, the other snapshots which are earlier than it will also be deleted. The space occupied by these snapshots wi...
Page 96 - backup target needs to be set as “BACKUP”.; There are three clone configurations, describe on the following.
96 Figure 5.6.1 2. Create two virtual disks (VD) “SourceVD_R5” and “TargetVD_R6”. The raid type of backup target needs to be set as “BACKUP”. Figure 5.6.2 3. Here are the objects, a Source VD and a Target VD. Before starting clone process, it needs to deploy the VD Clone rule first. Click “Configura...
Page 99 - Click “Start clone”, the clone process will start.
99 Figure 5.6.9 7. Now, the clone target “TargetVD_R6” has been set. Figure 5.6.10 8. Click “Start clone”, the clone process will start. Figure 5.6.11 9. The default setting will create a snapshot space automatically which the capacity is double size of the VD space. Before starting clone, system wi...
Page 100 - After initiating the snapshot space, it will start cloning.; Click “Schedule clone” to set up the clone by schedule.
100 Figure 5.6.12 10. After initiating the snapshot space, it will start cloning. Figure 5.6.13 11. Click “Schedule clone” to set up the clone by schedule. Figure 5.6.14 12. There are “Set Clone schedule” and “Clear Clone schedule” in this page. Please remember that “Threshold” and “Restart the task...
Page 101 - Run out of snapshot space while VD clone
101 Figure 5.6.15 Run out of snapshot space while VD clone While the clone is processing, the increment data of this VD is over the snapshot space. The clone will complete, but the clone snapshot will fail. Next time, when trying to start clone, it will get a warning message “This is not enough of...
Page 103 - SAS JBOD expansion; Connecting JBOD
103 5.7 SAS JBOD expansion 5.7.1 Connecting JBOD D-LINK controller suports SAS JBOD expansion to connect extra SAS dual JBOD controller. When connecting to a dual JBOD which can be detected, it will be displayed in “Show PD for:” of “/ Volume configuration / Physical disk”. For example, Local, JBOD ...
Page 105 - Upgrade firmware of JBOD; Choose a JBOD which wants to upgrade.
105 SAS JBOD expansion has some constraints as described in the followings: 1 User could create RAID group among multiple chassis, max number of disks in a single RAID group is 32. 2 Global spare disk can support all RAID groups which located in the different chassis. 3 When support SATA drives for ...
Page 106 - interruption to the application.
106 5.8 MPIO and MC/S These features come from iSCSi initiator. They can be setup from iSCSI initiator to establish redundant paths for sending I/O from the initiator to the target. 1. MPIO: In Microsoft Windows server base system, Microsoft MPIO driver allows initiators to login multiple sessions t...
Page 107 - more CPU resources than MPIO.
107 Figure 5.8.2 Difference: MC/S is implemented on iSCSI level, while MPIO is implemented on the higher level. Hence, all MPIO infrastructures are shared among all SCSI transports, including Fiber Channel, SAS, etc. MPIO is the most common usage across all OS vendors. The primary difference between...
Page 108 - Trunking and LACP; D-LINK implements link aggregation as LACP and Trunking.; The usage occasion of LACP:
108 5.9 Trunking and LACP Link aggregation is the technique of taking several distinct Ethernet links to let them appear as a single link. It has a larger bandwidth and provides the fault tolerance ability. Beside the advantage of wide bandwidth, the I/O traffic remains operating until all physical ...
Page 110 - Ownership; Check the gray button next to the RG name click “Set preferred owner”.; The ownership of the RG will be switched to the other controller.
110 Figure 5.10.1.1 5.10.2 Ownership When creating RG, it will be assigned with a prefered owner, the default owner is controller 1. To change the RG ownership, please follow the procedures. 1 Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”. 2 Check the gray button next to the RG name; click “Set prefe...
Page 111 - Controller status; Normal: Dual controller mode. Both of controllers are functional.; work and I/O will force to write through for protecting data.
111 Figure 5.10.2.2 (Figure 5.10.2.2: The RG ownership is changed to the other controller.) 5.10.3 Controller status There are four statuses described on the following. It can be found in “/ System maintenance / System information”. 1. Normal: Dual controller mode. Both of controllers are functional...
Page 112 - Replication; Setup the Replication port on the source IP SAN storage
112 5.11 Replication Replication function will help users to replicate data easily through LAN or WAN from one IP SAN storage to another. The procedures of Replication are on the following: 1. Copy all data from source VD to target VD at the beginning (full copy). 2. Use Snapshot technology to perfo...
Page 113 - Create backup virtual disk on the target IP SAN storage
113 3. If you want the replication port to be on special VLAN section, you may assign VLAN ID to the replication port. The setting will automatically duplicate to the other controller. Create backup virtual disk on the target IP SAN storage 1. Before creating the replication job on the source IP S...
Page 114 - Create replication job on the source IP SAN storage
114 Figure 5.11.4 Create replication job on the source IP SAN storage 1. If the license key is activated on the IP SAN storage correctly, a new Replication tab will be added on the Web UI. Click “Create” to create a new replication job. Figure 5.11.5 2. Select the source virtual disk which will be...
Page 115 - Choose the backup virtual disk and click “Next”.
115 Figure 5.11.7 4. The Replication uses standard iSCSI protocol for data replication. User has to log on the iSCSI node to create the iSCSI connection for the data transmission. Enter the CHAP information if necessary and select the target node to log no. Click “Next” to continue. Figure 5.11.8 5....
Page 116 - Run the replication job; run the replication job.; Click “Start” again to confirm the execution of the replication job.
116 Figure 5.11.9 6. A new replication job is created and listed on the Replication page. Figure 5.11.10 Run the replication job 1. Click the “OP.” button on the replication job to open operation menu. Click “Start” to run the replication job. Figure 5.11.11 2. Click “Start” again to confirm the e...
Page 117 - Create multi-path on the replication job
117 Figure 5.11.12 3. User can monitor the replication job from the “Status” information and the progress is expressed by percentage. Figure 5.11.13 Create multi-path on the replication job 1. Click the “Create multi-path” in the operation menu of the replication job. Figure 5.11.14 2. Enter the I...
Page 120 - execution will be ignored once.; Configure the snapshot space
120 2. The replication job can be scheduled to run by hour, by day, by week or by month. The execution time can be configurable per user’s need. If the scheduled time of execution is arrived but the pervious replication job is stilling going, the scheduled execution will be ignored once. Figure 5.11...
Page 121 - “Threshold” setting will monitor the; utilization of snapshot space. When the used
121 Figure 5.11.21 There are three settings in the Replication configuration menu, Figure 5.11.22 “Snapshot space” specifies the ratio of snapshot space allocated to the source virtual disk automatically when the snapshot space is not configured in advance. The default ratio is 2 to 1. It means when...
Page 122 - VLAN; to set PCP value. Using the default setting will do just fine.; Assign VLAN ID to iSCSI ports; Go to “iSCSI Configuration”, select “NIC” tab.
122 5.12 VLAN VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical grouping mechanism implemented on switch device using software rather than a hardware solution. VLANs are collections of switching ports that comprise a single broadcast domain. It allows network traffic to flow more efficiently within the...
Page 124 - Assign VLAN ID to replication port
124 Figure 5.12.5 3. If iSCSI ports are assigned with VLAN ID before creating aggregation takes place, aggregation will remove VLAN ID. You need to repeat step 1 and step 2 to set VLAN ID for the aggregation group. Assign VLAN ID to replication port Please consult figure 5.11.3 of 5.11 Replication...
Page 125 - System buzzer; be stopped after error resolved or be muted.; PD events
125 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 System buzzer The system buzzer features are listed below: 1. The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully. 2. The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error occurred. The alarm will be stopped after error resolved or be muted. 3. T...
Page 126 - EMS events
126 ERROR SATA PRD mem fail Failed to init SATA PRD memory manager ERROR SATA revision id fail Failed to get SATA revision id ERROR SATA set reg fail Failed to set SATA register ERROR SATA init fail Core failed to initialize the SATA adapter ERROR SATA diag fail SATA Adapter diagnostics failed ERROR...
Page 132 - Replication events
132 Level Type Description INFO VD clone started VD <name> starts cloning process. INFO VD clone finished VD <name> finished cloning process. WARNING VD clone failed The cloning in VD <name> failed. INFO VD clone aborted The cloning in VD <name> was aborted. INFO VD clone set...
Page 133 - 0GbE iSCSI HBA card
133 Appendix A. Certification list iSCSI Initiator (Software) OS Software/Release Number Microsoft Windows Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Release v2.08 System Requirements: 1. Windows 2000 Server with SP4 2. Windows Server 2003 with SP2 3. Windows Server 2008 with SP2 Linux The iSCSI Initiator...
Page 134 - Hard drive
134 D-Link All D-Link Managed Gigabit Switches Avago AFBR-703SDZ (10 Gb/s SFP transceiver, 850nm) Finisar FTLX8571D3BCV (10 Gb/s SFP transceiver, 850nm) 10GbE Switch Vendor Model Dell PowerConnect 8024F (24x SFP+ 10Gb with 4x Combo Ports of 10GBASE-T) HP ProCurve 2910al-24G J9145A (4x 10GbE J9149A...
Page 136 - Microsoft iSCSI initiator; Connect; Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
136 Vendor Model Seagate Constellation, ST9500530NS, 500GB, 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 32M (F/W: SN02) B. Microsoft iSCSI initiator Here is the step by step to setup Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. Please visit Microsoft website for latest iSCSI initiator. This example is based on Microsoft Windows Server 20...
Page 137 - It can connect to an iSCSI disk now.; MPIO
137 Figure B.2 Figure B.3 4. It can connect to an iSCSI disk now. MPIO 5. If running MPIO, please continue. 6. Click “Discovery” tab to connect the second path. 7. Click “Discover Portal”. Input IP address or DNS name of the target.
Page 139 - Click “Targets” tab, select the second path, and then click “Connect”.; Done, it can connect to an iSCSI disk with MPIO.; Select one target name, click “Properties...”.
139 9. Click “Targets” tab, select the second path, and then click “Connect”. 10. Enable “Enable multi-path” checkbox. Then click “OK”. 11. Done, it can connect to an iSCSI disk with MPIO. MC/S 12. If running MC/S, please continue. 13. Select one target name, click “Properties…”. 14. Click “MCS…” ...
Page 140 - Select Initiator IP and Target portal IP, and then click “OK”.
140 Figure B.10 Figure B.11 17. Select Initiator IP and Target portal IP, and then click “OK”. 18. Click “Connect”. 19. Click “OK”. Figure B.12 Figure B.13 20. Done.
Page 141 - Done, the iSCSI device disconnect successfully.
141 Disconnect 21. Select the target name, click “Disconnect”, and then click “Yes”. Figure B.14 22. Done, the iSCSI device disconnect successfully.
Page 142 - From single controller to dual controllers; NOT; using; SAS
142 C. From single controller to dual controllers This SOP applies to upgrading from DSN-6110 to DSN-6120 as well as from DSN-6410 to DSN-6420. Before you do this, please make sure that either DSN-6110 or DSN-6410 is properly installed according to the manuals, especially the HDD trays. If you are N...
Page 143 - Please follow the steps below to upgrade to dual controller mode.
143 Please follow the steps below to upgrade to dual controller mode. Step 1 Go to “Maintenance\System”. Copy the IP SAN storage serial number. Step 2 Go to “Maintenance\Upgrade” and paste the serial number into “Controller Mode” section. Select “Dual” as operation mode.