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Quick Start Guide

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  • Page 1: Quick Start Guide

    For the latest information, please see http://support.necam.com/Storage/D-Series/ Please feel free to contact your NEC Corporation of America approved reseller or NEC Corporation of America Technical Support at any phase of the integration for assistance. NEC Corporation of America Technical Support...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ................................1 Understanding D3-10i Array Management ....................... 2 Requirements ..............................2 STEP 1: Planning and Preparation ........................3 Preparing For Installation..........................3 Unpacking the Array ............................3 Hardware Component Features ........................4 Array Front View ............................4 Array Rear View ............................. 5 STEP 2: Array Installation .............................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Thank you for your purchase of the NEC D3-10i SAN Storage array. This document provides instructions that are designed to help experienced IT professionals to install and configure the array as quickly as possible. Since this document is a Quick Start Guide, the following assumptions have been made: Readers have experience with network and storage terminology and configurations.

  • Page 4: Understanding D3-10I Array Management

    Understanding D3-10i Array Management The D3-10i array is flexible enough to be implemented in a number of ways, from a single-server storage solution up to a multi-server SAN infrastructure. No matter which approach is used, the array requires an Ethernet connection to a server and client that will perform management functions and an Ethernet connection to servers that will access the array’s storage.

  • Page 5: Step 1: Planning And Preparation

    Note: Check with your D3-10i sales representative to get the latest information about iSCSI HBAs that have been certified for use with the D3-10i array.

  • Page 6: Hardware Component Features

    Active/Fault LED Status Green Steady ON Normal status (Ready) Green Blinking Normal status (Accessing) Green/Orange Alternating Performing RAID rebuild Orange Blinking HDD low power condition Orange Steady ON Abnormal status Table 3. Active/Fault LED Status Conditions NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 7: Array Rear View

    Management and Maintenance Ports The management port provides the network connection for the management server. The maintenance port is only for use by NEC-authorized service professionals. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 8 Online/automatic download sequence in progress Synchronized Blinking In download mode Fault condition exists Blinking Waiting for disk enclosure power-on Blinking Disk interface is disabled Powered off Table 5. Controller Ready LED and Fault LED Status Conditions NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 9: Step 2: Array Installation

    The array then slides into the rails from the front and is secured by two screws on each side of the plastic bezel mount, above and below the front rail mounting screws. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 10: Installing Disk Drives

    IN port on the disk enclosure to the DP0 or DP1 port on the base unit. To connect more than one disk enclosure, connect the DP-IN on the next disk enclosure to DP-OUT on a previously connected disk enclosure as shown in Figure 7 below. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 11: Array Connection Configurations

    CD shipped with your base unit. Array Connection Configurations The D3-10i SAN Storage array can be used in a number of configurations, ranging from a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) configuration to being part of a SAN configuration with the array attached to an Ethernet switch or specialized iSCSI switch.

  • Page 12: Management Connections

    However, the array can be managed by connecting just one controller to the network or directly to the management server with a crossover cable if necessary. Ethernet Management Port Maintenance Port Figure 9. Array Controller Management Port NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 13: Power Cable Connections

    *Note: If the Power LED does not remain lit or if the Service LED does not turn off after the self-test, a controller fault may have occurred. For information about identifying and troubleshooting fault conditions, please refer to the D3-10i Disk Array Unit User Guide available on the Storage Manager CD or contact NEC technical support. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 14: Power-Off Procedure

    4. If the array needs to remain powered off for more than a few hours, partially eject both controllers from the base unit at the same time and then reseat them, to prevent the internal battery backup from draining. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 15: Step 3: Software Installation

    STEP 3: Software Installation The D3-10i SAN Storage array comes standard with Storage Manager software that is required to use basic array features. To extend an array’s feature sets, additional software can be installed depending on which features would be best suited for any given environment.
  • Page 16 Java that comes with the installation software. Ensure that Java is installed during this step even if another version of Java has already been installed on this server, to avoid any compatibility issues. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 17 Administrator (L3) – Authorized for any management tasks. To add users, click Add, create the username and password, select the access level, and then click OK. After all users have been created, click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 18: Application Server Installation

    The following steps outline the process to install the Control Command host agent and configure the application servers to connect with the array through an iSCSI connection with a software iSCSI initiator. For information about how to install iSM Volume List, please refer to the NEC Storage Manager Manuals section on the Storage Manager CD.

  • Page 19: Control Command Installation

    <CD Drive>:\ControlCommand\Install\Windows\ directory. 3. From the ControlCommand Setup Welcome window, click Next. 4. From the License Agreement window, select Yes to continue. 5. Review the information for the ControlCommand setup and click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 20 ControlCommand program icons, and then click Next to continue. 8. Allow the installation process to continue, and after the installation has finished, the Installation Complete window will appear. Click Finish to close the wizard and complete the installation process. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 21 Either click Finish to allow the server to restart automatically, or check the box next to Restart later to restart the server manually at a more convenient time. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 22: Preparing The Software Iscsi Initiator In A Windows Environment

    If you are not using a hardware-based iSCSI initiator then you will need to install and configure a software iSCSI initiator so that the application server can connect with and be configured for use with the D3-10i array. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 servers already have a built-in iSCSI initiator that only needs to be activated to accomplish this step.
  • Page 23 PathManager will be installed. Once all needed options have been selected, click Next to continue. 5. At the License Agreement window, select I Agree, and then click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 24 8. From the General tab of the iSCSI Initiator Properties menu, you can change the initiator name, configure the CHAP authentication settings, and set up IPsec tunneling mode. (IPsec tunneling is not supported by the NEC D3- 10i array) To configure CHAP authentication settings, click the Secret button.
  • Page 25 Discovery tab, and then click Add Portal. 11. In the Add Target Portal window, enter the IP address of the iSCSI array port that this application server will connect with, and then click OK to save. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 26 13. Enter the IP address or DNS name of the iSNS server(s) that will be used for this application server and array, then click OK to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 27 14. Review the iSCSI settings in the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, and then click OK when all needed configuration settings have been entered correctly. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 28: Preparing The Software Iscsi Initiator In A Vmware Esx Environment

    5. At the Network Access window, select the network adapter(s) that the VMkernel vSwitch will use, and then click Next to continue. Note: Ensure that the adapters selected for iSCSI use are at least 1Gb Full or better. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 29 1. Log on to the VI Client and select the application host server from the inventory. 2. Click the Configuration tab, and then click Networking. 3. On the right side of the window, click Properties for the VMkernel vSwitch you just created for iSCSI. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 30 VLAN ID if necessary. When all needed settings have been configured, click Next to continue. 7. In the Summary window, review the configuration settings for the service console connection, and then click Finish to save. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 31 General tab and then click the Configure button. 4. In the Software Initiator General Properties window, select Enabled and ensure that a properly formatted iSCSI Name is entered into the iSCSI Name field. Then click OK to enable the iSCSI initiator. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 32 VMware host server can find the array during the configuration process. To configure a static discovery setting, click the Static Discovery tab, and then click Add. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 33 (default is recommended), and assign an iSCSI Target Name for this static discovery entry. After the configuration settings have been entered, click OK to save, and then exit the iSCSI Initiator Properties window by clicking Close. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 34: Storage Manager Client Installation

    Add. 4. Uncheck the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone checkbox, and then click Close to continue, but do not close the original Internet Options window. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 35 Everything should be ready for the array to be initialized and configured at this point. However, if the Storage Manager fails to launch and prompt for a user name and password, go back through the configuration steps to ensure that everything is correct. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 36: Step 4: Array Initialization And Configuration

    UDP port 2730 traffic to pass through. 2. Log on to the Storage Manager client with a previously created user name that has administrative privileges. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 37 Note: The wizard will only initialize one array at a time. If multiple arrays are selected, the wizard will initialize the first array and then restart the initialization process for subsequent arrays until all selected arrays have been initialized. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 38 If these conditions have not been met, the host information will have to be gathered and typed in manually during the initialization process. After selecting or clearing the Automatic collection field as appropriate, click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 39 Service server is to be used, configure the iSNS Server settings by clicking the Set iSNS Server button at the left side of the window. After all ports are configured correctly, click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 40 Review the port settings and click Set to continue if they are correct. Otherwise, click Back to return to the previous step and modify the port settings as needed. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 41 17. At the Enter License Keys window, type in the Base Product License key from the NEC Storage software license code provided on the Program Product License Sheet that was shipped with the array. Click Enter after the code has been typed in the License Key field.
  • Page 42 (Recommended) When all settings are correct, click Next to continue. Note: If you change the Number of LDs, the LD Capacity needs to be manually changed. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 43 Initialization Complete window will appear. At this point, click Finish to complete the initialization, and then confirm that all configured logical drives and application servers are connected through the Storage Manager client. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 44: Configuring Iscsi Connections

    3. At the Log On to Target window, select the Automatically restore this connection when the computer starts option, and then click Advanced. If you will be using NEC PathManager for Multipathing, do not select “Enable multi-path”. Otherwise, refer to Microsoft’s documentation for information about...
  • Page 45 Initiator Properties window. 5. At the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, ensure that the configured target’s status is Connected and then click OK to close the iSCSI Initiator Properties window and save the settings. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 46 Windows Disk Initialization prompt will appear. If the Initialize Disk prompt does appear, select the disks to initialize, choose the partition style to be used for the new logical drives, and then click NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 47 If they still do not appear or were not created during the array initialization process, attempt to create and bind logical drives through the Storage Manager client as shown in the Configuring Logical Disks and Pools section that appears later in this guide. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 48: Configuring The Iscsi Initiator In Vmware Esx

    Note: This section only details the basic configuration steps needed to configure VMware ESX to work with the NEC D3-10i storage array. For more information about advanced configuration items for VMware ESX or to configure other versions of VMware to use an iSCSI array, please refer to the VMware ESX iSCSI SAN documentation at http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/.
  • Page 49 Next. 6. At the Current Disk Layout window, click Next to continue. 7. At the Disk/LUN Properties screen, assign a Datastore Name to the logical disk, and then click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 50 9. At the Ready to Complete window, review the configuration information for the logical disk and then click Finish to complete the logical disk assignment. At this point, the logical disk is ready for use by the VMware ESX server. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 51: Configuring Logical Disks And Pools

    To create an individual pool from the Configuration Setting menu, click Storage Configuration Setting. Note: For more information about the other configuration options available through the Configuration Settings menu, please refer to the documentation on the Storage Manager installation CD. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 52 6. At the Welcome window for the Pool Binding Wizard, click Next. 7. At the Select Physical Disk Type window, select the desired physical disk type to be used in this pool, and then click Next. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 53 10. At the Select Physical Drive window, select each physical drive to be added to the logical disk pool, and then click Add for each one highlighted until the requisite number of drives for that pool type have been added. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 54 Next. If changes need to be made, click Back to change the settings made in previous steps, or click Cancel to exit the pool binding wizard. 13. At the Pool Binding Wizard confirmation pop-up, click Yes to continue or No to quit. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 55 14. After the Pool Binding Complete window appears, click Finish to complete the new pool binding process. The pool is now ready for logical drives to be configured and bound to application servers. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 56 5. At the iSCSI Setting menu, you can edit or delete existing logical disk sets or you can create new logical disks. To create an individual pool and logical disk set from the Configuration Setting menu, click Create. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 57 Or, if the initiator is not automatically detected, you can manually enter the initiator details by using the Type In/Edit button. When all initiators have been assigned to the logical disk set, click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 58 Once all pool and logical disk settings have been selected, click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 59 Note: If you change the Number of LDs, the LD Capacity needs to be manually changed. 11. At the Setup Details window, review and confirm that the configuration settings are correct, and then click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 60 12. Once the setup has completed successfully, click Finish to close the wizard and configure the application server to connect with the established logical drive(s). NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 61 Your storage array is now ready for use. Thank you for selecting NEC. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 62: Appendix: Configuring Multipathing

    2. Start the installation process from the Storage Manager CD through the Web-based browser interface available by running Index.HTML from the root of the CD drive. Follow the links from there to the NEC Storage PathManager installation appropriate for your operating system.
  • Page 63 Choose the folder, which allows you to configure the installation path where all PathManager files will be installed. After selecting the appropriate option and configuring the installation path if needed, click Next to continue. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 64 The installation process may launch several different windows and command prompts during this process, so do not close any windows launched or interrupt the process until the InstallShield Wizard Complete message appears. NEC D3-10i Quick Start Guide...
  • Page 65 Storage PathManager documentation contained on the Storage Manager CD. © 2009 NEC Corporation of America. NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Other product or service marks mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. PN# 456-01815-001...

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