D-Link DSN-6420 - Manual

D-Link DSN-6420

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Preface; Copyright; change without notice. For any update information, please visit; Model comparison; Caution
  • Page 5 – Event notifications; Appendix; Certification list
  • Page 6 – Features; every hour or every day, depends on the modification.; Highlights
  • Page 7 – RAID concepts
  • Page 8 – Terminology
  • Page 10 – RAID levels
  • Page 11 – JBOD; Volume relationship
  • Page 12 – iSCSI concepts
  • Page 13 – IP SAN storage specifications; Technical specifications; Controller features; segment
  • Page 16 – FCC and CE statements
  • Page 17 – and as indicated in the measurement report number: xxxxxxxx-F; IC
  • Page 19 – Package contents; Front view; Drive slot numbering
  • Page 20 – Front LED lights
  • Page 21 – Install drives; Then install the drive using the rear mounting holes:
  • Page 22 – Rear view
  • Page 25 – Install battery backup module
  • Page 26 – Deployment; 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.
  • Page 30 – Web UI; There are seven indicators and three icons at the top-right corner.
  • Page 32 – How to use the system quickly; Quick installation
  • Page 35 – Volume creation wizard; Biggest capacity of RAID level for user to choose and,
  • Page 38 – Web UI management interface hierarchy; System configuration
  • Page 39 – Maintenance; System setting; composed of model name and serial number of this system.
  • Page 40 – Network setting
  • Page 41 – Login setting
  • Page 42 – Mail setting
  • Page 43 – Notification setting; and LCM notifications.
  • Page 45 – Most UNIX systems build in syslog daemon.; iSCSI configuration; NIC
  • Page 46 – this mode can also remove the setting of Trunking / LACP in same time.
  • Page 49 – Check the gray button of “OP.” column, click “Authenticate”.
  • Page 50 – Choose the portals for the controller.; Click “OK” to confirm.
  • Page 51 – Session
  • Page 52 – Detail of Authentication status and Source IP: port number.; CHAP account
  • Page 53 – Click “Delete” to delete CHAP account.; Volume configuration
  • Page 54 – Physical disk
  • 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.
  • Page 60 – Virtual disk
  • Page 65 – Snapshot
  • Page 68 – Delete; Delete the snapshot VD.; Attach; Logical unit; volume. Choose LUN number and permission, and then click “OK”.
  • Page 69 – Attach a logical unit number to a virtual disk.; Detach; Detach a logical unit number from a virtual disk.; Example
  • Page 70 – Check the setting. Click “OK“ if all setups are correct.
  • Page 71 – Follow the above steps to create another VD.
  • 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”.
  • 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
  • Page 75 – Hardware monitor
  • Page 76 – The SAS expandor and SAS controller temperature limit is 65 .; UPS
  • Page 78 – Battery; Current power percentage of battery level.; SES; “SES configuration” can enable or disable the management of SES.
  • Page 79 – System maintenance
  • Page 80 – Normal; Dual controllers are in normal stage.; Degraded; One controller fails or has been plugged out.; Lockdown; Single controller mode.; Event log
  • Page 84 – Export: Export all configurations to a file.; Reboot and shutdown; Click “Home” to return to home page.; Logout
  • Page 85 – please enter username and password again.; Mute; Click “Mute” to stop the alarm when error occurs.
  • Page 86 – Volume rebuild; become completely one.
  • Page 88 – RG migration; Check the gray button next to the RG number click “Migrate”.
  • 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.
  • Page 90 – following figure for snapshot concept.; Create snapshot volume; Enter a snapshot name, and then click “OK”. A snapshot VD is created.
  • Page 91 – maximum capacity for writing.; Auto snapshot; Done. It will take snapshots automatically.
  • Page 92 – Rollback; Done, the data in snapshot VD is rollback to original VD.
  • Page 93 – Snapshot constraint; Create a data-consistent snapshot; of snapshot. Please refer to the following diagram.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Page 96 – backup target needs to be set as “BACKUP”.; There are three clone configurations, describe on the following.
  • Page 99 – Click “Start clone”, the clone process will start.
  • Page 100 – After initiating the snapshot space, it will start cloning.; Click “Schedule clone” to set up the clone by schedule.
  • Page 101 – Run out of snapshot space while VD clone
  • Page 103 – SAS JBOD expansion; Connecting JBOD
  • Page 105 – Upgrade firmware of JBOD; Choose a JBOD which wants to upgrade.
  • Page 106 – interruption to the application.
  • Page 107 – more CPU resources than MPIO.
  • Page 108 – Trunking and LACP; D-LINK implements link aggregation as LACP and Trunking.; The usage occasion of LACP:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Page 112 – Replication; Setup the Replication port on the source IP SAN storage
  • Page 113 – Create backup virtual disk on the target IP SAN storage
  • Page 114 – Create replication job on the source IP SAN storage
  • Page 115 – Choose the backup virtual disk and click “Next”.
  • Page 116 – Run the replication job; run the replication job.; Click “Start” again to confirm the execution of the replication job.
  • Page 117 – Create multi-path on the replication job
  • Page 120 – execution will be ignored once.; Configure the snapshot space
  • Page 121 – “Threshold” setting will monitor the; utilization of snapshot space. When the used
  • 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.
  • Page 124 – Assign VLAN ID to replication port
  • Page 125 – System buzzer; be stopped after error resolved or be muted.; PD events
  • Page 126 – EMS events
  • Page 132 – Replication events
  • Page 133 – 0GbE iSCSI HBA card
  • Page 134 – Hard drive
  • Page 136 – Microsoft iSCSI initiator; Connect; Run Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
  • Page 137 – It can connect to an iSCSI disk now.; MPIO
  • 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...”.
  • Page 140 – Select Initiator IP and Target portal IP, and then click “OK”.
  • Page 141 – Done, the iSCSI device disconnect successfully.
  • Page 142 – From single controller to dual controllers; NOT; using; SAS
  • Page 143 – Please follow the steps below to upgrade to dual controller mode.
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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

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Page 6 - Features; every hour or every day, depends on the modification.; Highlights

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