Dell Compellent Series 40- User Manual

v Preface Purpose This guide describes how to setting up a new Storage Center. Related Publications While using this guide, you may also want to refer to the following related publications: • Storage Center System Manager User Guide Provides instructions for using Storage Center System Manager to ma...

1 1 Getting Started Pre-installation Documents All hardware must be installed and cabled before you begin the setup and software installation process. If server connectivity is through Fibre Channel (FC), the FC switches must be configured and zoned before the controller/s are set up. Your Storage A...

2 Storage Center System Setup Guide Getting Started System Power Up Power on the system by pressing the power switches in the following order. 1 Power up each enclosure. Simultaneously press the two power switches on the rear of each enclosure. 2 Wait several minutes until the drives spin up. 3 Afte...

3 2 Setting Up the Storage Center Setting Up a Controller Once hardware has been racked and cabled and any FC switches that provide server connectivity have been configured and zoned, you configure and identify a controller. Configuring a controller includes the following tasks: • Connect to a Contr...

4 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Note You should also enable logging as the logs will be helpful if Copilot support is needed. 4 Press Enter several times to initiate the connection. The terminal echoes back to indicate that connectivity has been established. If the ...

5 Setting Up a Controller Set IP Addresses Storage Center controllers use static IP addresses. • eth0 supports system login and access for the software. It is used to send email, alerts, SNMP traps, and phone home data. • eth1 is used for dedicated Inter-Process Communication (IPC) between controlle...

6 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard After establishing a connection to Controller 1, use the Storage Center Startup Wizard for the remainder of the setup. The Startup Wizard takes you through the following steps: Step 1: Launc...

7 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Figure 1. Login Window 5 Enter the default user ID and password: Admin mmm 6 Click on Login . Step 2: License Agreement The Startup Wizard displays the Software End User License Agreement (EULA). 1 Enter information for the required Approving Customer Na...

8 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center • License generation date is shown in YYMMDD format. • .lic is the file extension. Figure 2. Load License 1 Browse to and select the license file, and click Load License . The Startup Wizard informs you when the license is successfull...

9 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Select Disks for the Disk Folder To maximize the benefit of Data Progression, the Startup Wizard selects all available disks. Figure 3. Select Disks for Disk Folder 1 From the list of disks, check disks to include in the disk folder. By default, all disk...

10 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Select Hot Spares A Hot Spare replaces a failed disk. It is held in reserve until needed. A spare disk must be as large or larger than the largest disk in the disk folder. For redundancy, there must be at least one Hot Spare for each...

11 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Name Disk Folder The default name for the disk folder is Assigned . Enter another name or accept the default. Optionally, enter notes for the folder. Figure 5. Name Disk Folder Note Default folder settings are appropriate for most sites. However, the Ad...

12 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Advanced Options (Optional) Note The default disk folder settings are appropriate for most sites. If you are considering changing the disk folder default settings using the advanced options, contact Copilot Services for advice. 1 To ...

13 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard • 2 MB: (Default) Recommended for most application needs. • 512 KB: Appropriate for applications with high performance needs or environments in which Replays are taken frequently under heavy I/O. Selecting this size reduces the amount of space the Syste...

14 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Controller Information To add a controller to the Storage Center, complete the information in the Add Controller dialog. Figure 8. Controller IP Information 1 Enter the following: • Controller ID: If the peer controller’s Hardware Se...

15 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Figure 9. Confirm Add Controller 3 To confirm, click Join Now . Wait for the system to join the controller to the Storage Center.

16 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Step 6: Time Settings The Time Settings step allows you to set the system time for the Storage Center. Figure 10. Set Time 1 Set the system time: • Region: Select the region in which the Storage Center is located. • Time Zone: Select...

18 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Enable / Disable System Read and Write Cache This dialog allows you to set system-wide cache settings. Figure 12. System Cache 1 Use the check boxes to enable or disable read and write cache. Note Disable cache only if no volumes wil...

19 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Figure 13. Configure SMTP 1 Enter the following: • SMTP Mail Server : IP address or fully qualified domain name of the SMTP email server. Use the Test server link to verify connectivity to your SMTP server. • Sender E-mail Address: Email address of the ...

22 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Step 10: User Setup The User Setup step allows you to configure the Admin user. Figure 16. User Setup 1 Configure the default Amin user: • Session Timeout: Select the session timeout. • Email/Email2/Email3: Enter email addresses to w...

23 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Step 11: Configure IO Cards (optional) The Configure IO Cards step allows you to configure iSCSI IO cards. If the Storage Center detects iSCSI IO cards, the Startup Wizard displays information for the IO cards. With Storage Center 5.5, network attribute...

24 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Figure 18. iSCSI IO Card Configuration Warnings 3 For each iSCSI IO card, correct the IP Address , Subnet Mask , and/or Gateway IP Address . 4 When you have finished, click Save Configuration . Go to Step 12: Configure Ports on page ...

25 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Virtual Ports are Licensed FC and iSCSI transport types can use Legacy or Virtual Port Operational Mode. (The default is Legacy.) In this case, the System Startup Wizard displays an Operational Mode choice dialog that enables users to choose between Ope...

26 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Step 12a: Configure Ports – Virtual Ports Not Licensed If Virtual Ports are not licensed, the following dialog appears. Figure 19. Initial Port Configuration Common Action – Continue 1 Click Continue to generate the initial port conf...

28 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center 3 Your next action depends upon the following: • If there are no warnings for any transport type and there is only one Fibre Channel switch fabric, click Continue to proceed to Step 13: Generate SSL Certificate on page 43 . • If ther...

29 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard  To use the dropdown menus • Purpose : Allows you to set the purpose for a port. Valid values for port purpose vary by transport type. • Fault Domain: Allows you to assign a controller port to a fault domain or to <none>. • User Alias : Allows yo...

30 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Figure 23. Edit Fault Domains (iSCSI) 2 Select a domain. 3 Click Edit Fault Domain again. The Fault Domain Properties - Domain <num> dialog appears. From this dialog you can rename the fault domain and add any optional notes. F...

31 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Figure 25. Create Fault Domain (iSCSI example) 2 Enter the name of the new domain, the type, and any additional notes. 3 Click Continue . The confirmation window appears. Figure 26. Fault Domain Creation Confirmation (iSCSI example) 4 Click Create Now t...

32 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Step 12b: Configure Ports – Virtual Ports Licensed If Virtual Ports are licensed, a dialog appears allowing you to select an operational mode. This dialog displays the following information: • Transport types that support Virtual Por...

34 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Figure 29. Create iSCSI Fault Domain 3 ( iSCSI only ) Enter the IP Address of the Control Port for the new iSCSI fault domain. Check your pre-installation documentation for this address. 4 ( iSCSI only ) Click Continue. The Startup W...

36 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Configure Virtual Port Mode Local Ports – FC 1 Click the FC tab to select the Fibre Channel display. Figure 31. Configure Ports (Fibre Channel) 2 Use the the dropdown menus and buttons to open dialogs that enable you to edit Fault Do...

37 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard • Click Reset Defaults if you modified the configuration and want to return to the original configuration displayed in this dialog. Clicking Reset Defaults returns all transports to a single Fault Domain • Edit Fault Domains: Click to open the Edit Faul...

39 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard Figure 35. Confirm Fault Domain Creation (Fibre Channel) 3 Click Create Now to confirm cr eat at ion of the new fault domain or Back to skip creation of the new fault domain.  To edit a virtual port 1 Click Edit VIrtual Ports. The Edit Virtual Ports di...

40 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center  To validate Virtual Port Mode FC port changes After all Fibre Channel Fault Domain and Virtual Port changes have been applied, the configuration is automatically validated. If the valid at on is successful, the confirmation dialog ...

42 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Note For iSCSI only , servers initiate IO to iSCSI ports through the fault domain’s control port. If an iSCSI port moves to a different fault domain, its control port will change. This change will disrupt any service that was initiat...

43 Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard 1 To change a Virtual Port’s Preferred Physical Port, use the dropdown menu. (Optionally, you can edit Virtual Ports later by using the Storage Center Storage Management menu: System > Setup > Edit Virtual Ports .) 2 Use the buttons to: • Click Re...

45 Completing the Storage Center Setup Completing the Storage Center Setup Completing the Storage Center setup consists of these steps: • Configure a Phone Home Proxy on page 45 • Phone Home on page 46 • Check for Storage Center Updates on page 47 Configure a Phone Home Proxy If you will use a proxy...

46 Storage Center System Setup Guide Setting Up the Storage Center Phone Home Complete the setup by phoning home to Copilots to communicate the Storage Center configuration information.  To Phone Home 1 From the Storage Management menu, select System > Phone Home > Phone Home . The Phone Home...

47 Completing the Storage Center Setup Check for Storage Center Updates After setup is complete, check for Storage Center updates that may have become available after the Storage Center release. 1 From the Storage Center Storage Management menu: System>Update>Update Status . 2 Click Check Now ...

51 About Virtual Ports About Virtual Ports Storage Center 5.0 introduced the Virtual Ports feature that enables a Storage Center to dramatically expand the number of available Front End ports. In contrast to the Primary/Reserved physical front end port designations, Virtual Ports allow all Front End...

52 Storage Center System Setup Guide Virtual Storage and Virtual Ports Virtual Port Mode By default, a single virtual port resides on each Front End Physical port. If a port or controller fails, Storage Center moves the virtual port to another Physical port within the Fault Domain. By definition, Ph...

53 Glossary A Assigned Disks Same as Managed Disks . Physical disks that are identified by Storage Center and to which data can be written. Assigned disks use metadata to track information about volumes on the disk and other assigned disks managed by the controller. B Back End The component in the S...

54 Storage Center System Setup Guide Glossary Controller Provides disk aggregation (RAID), I/O routing, error detection, and data recovery. Provides the intelligence for the entire Storage Center subsystem. A Storage Center system contains at least one controller. Copilot Services Combination of cen...

56 Storage Center System Setup Guide Glossary HBA Type In the Storage Center, there are two HBA types: Fibre Channel and iSCSI. Hot Spare A hot spare disk is a backup disk. In the event that an active disk within the array fails, the controller makes the hot spare part of the active array and rebuil...

57 NFS Network File System NIC Network Interface Card P Pagepool A pool of storage from which volumes are stored. See Storage Type on page 60 . Physical Port The physical connection point on servers, switches, Storage Center controller, and disk drive enclosures that is used to connect to other devi...

58 Storage Center System Setup Guide Glossary RAID 10-DM RAID 10 Dual Mirror provides maximum protection for storage. Data is written simultaneously to three separate disks. All three disks return a write acknowledgement. RAID 10 protects against data loss when any 2 disks fail. Redundancy The dupli...

60 Storage Center System Setup Guide Glossary Storage Profile A collection of rules that identify RAID level and drive types (tiers) on which data is stored. All volumes are attached to a Storage Profile. Storage Type Pool of storage from which volumes are created. Storage Center is most efficient w...