Acer AN1600 User Manual
Acer AN1600 F1 Network Storage System Specifications
Product Front view
Product inside view
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12 x ECC DDR3 1066/1333 MHz registered or unbuffered memory slots
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2 x Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors supporting up to 6-cores per processor
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2 x 720 W 80 PLUS® gold-level efficient hot-swap power supplies (1+1 redundant)
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Hot-plug redundant system cooling fans
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Power button, System ID button, LED indicators (Power, HDD activity, LAN 1-2 status, system
ID/status/fault)
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Support for up to twelve 3.5” hot-plug SATA or SAS hard disk drives
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7 x PCI Express® slots with risers
AN1600 F1 Product Overview
The Acer AN1600 F1 storage system is a cost-effective storage solution, powered by Microsoft Windows
Storage Server offering an easy way for storage centralization, file sharing, data protection, and remote
access.
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Product Rear View
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PS2 keyboard connector
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PS2 Mouse connector
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2 x USB 2.0 connectors
4.
Management IPMI LAN port
5.
COM (Serial) connector
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Video port
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2 x Gigabit LAN connector
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ID LED
What's New
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
Friendly User Interface Customization
Standard-alone NAS OOBE
Single Instance Storage
Performance improvement
SCOM management pack support
iSCSI software version 3.3
Performance improvement
SCOM management pack support
Bitlocker
Branch-Cache-Hosted Cache support
Additional language support
16 port RAID card support
Pre-configured Models
Processor
Memory
Type
HDD
RAID HBA4
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2 x E5620
8 GB
Stand-alone storage
2 x 300 GB SAS
LSI MegaRAID 9240-4i
2
2 x E5620
8 GB
Stand-alone storage
12 x 300 GB SAS
LSI MegaRAID 9260-16i
3
2 x E5620
8 GB
Stand-alone storage
12 x 1 TB SATA
LSI MegaRAID 9260-16i
4
2 x E5620
12 GB
Stand-alone storage
12 x 600 GB SAS
LSI MegaRAID 9260-16i
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2 x E5620
12 GB
Stand-alone storage
12 x 2 TB SATA
LSI MegaRAID 9260-16i
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Features and Benefits
Unified Storage File Server
operating system to manage, protect, and expand.
Efficient Operation
Works together with Acer Smart Setup and Acer Smart Manager for
ease of installation and setup. Microsoft Management Console user
interface from Windows storage operating system enables features
such as iSCSI and SIS1 to reduce maintenance and speed backup.
Expansion as needed; built upon
storage industry standards
Leveraging industry standard SAS/SATA to allow cost effective
expansion to external storage through fibre channel. Powered by the
latest Intel processors to protect your investment and resources for
years to come.
Designed for budget conscious
companies looking for enterprise
class features
Based on an established Server design using server processors,
industry standard HDDs, interconnects, DDR3 memory, and hot-plug
redundant power supplies; the AN1600 F1 is equipped with enterprise
level features such as file de-duplication, snapshots, and distributed file
system replication.
Standard Features
Acer Smart Server Manager
Offers 24-7 monitoring for system health and performance.
Delivering proactive event management features including system event logging, event handling from e-
mail and SNMP Trap (PET) alerting.
Allowing remote control from KVM and Power control.
Satisfying management in web-based UI, role-based administration, and automated management scripts.
Acer Smart Console
Web-based management utility to simplify system management with embedded iBMC
System monitoring and alerting, event handling, remote power control and KVM-over-IP.
Acer Smart Console is OS independent, and offers virtual media through floppy, ODD, and removable
disk.
Out-of-band (OOB) management regardless OS status.
Acer Recovery Utility
A friendly and an intuitive system recovery utility to return to its original factory state.
Supports over twenty some different languages.
Wizard step by step guiding through the complete recovery processes.
Acer Resource Kit
Comprehensive system information in one single disk including System drivers, LAN, RAID, and iSCSI
Target Client utilities, and User Guide.
GN1600 F1 features Windows Storage Server R2 Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2008 R2 operating system provides file storage and print server
capabilities for client and server computers in your network environment. Storage appliances running Windows
Storage Server 2008 R2 can be used in failover clusters, providing high availability storage for application
servers and file storage.
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SIS: Single Instance Storage can recover up to 35% of disk capacity by reducing the number of redundant files.
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Single Instance Storage (SIS) v2
SIS reduces the amount of storage used by data by replacing
multiple identical copies with logical links to a single source copy.
File Server Optimization
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is tuned to provide better
performance in a file server role, realizing as much as an 8%
performance gain in file system operations.
Remote Administration in
Heterogeneous Environments
Remote administration of Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
appliances can be done from Internet Explorer using an ActiveX
control, and from non-Microsoft browsers using a Java control.
Print Services
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 offers performance
enhancements for the Print Services role.
Distributed File System (DFS)
Namespace and Replication
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 can provide DFS support for file
sharing for WANs and satellite offices
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target provides centralized, software-based and hardware-independent iSCSI disk
subsystems in storage area networks (SANs). You can use iSCSI Software Target, which includes a Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) snap-in, to create iSCSI targets and iSCSI virtual disks. You can then use the
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target console to manage all iSCSI targets and virtual disks created using iSCSI
Software Target.
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 provides the following features:
Server Manager
Integration
Manage your Microsoft iSCSI Software Target from Server
Manager.
Improved CHAP Secret
Storage
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.2 uses a more secure and
customizable storage method for CHAP secrets.
ERL0 Compliant
Connection and session reinstatement is now fully ERL0
compliant.
Microsoft Management Console
Microsoft® Management Console (MMC) is an extensible common presentation service for management
applications. MMC unifies and simplifies day-to-day system management tasks. It hosts tools and displays
them as consoles. These tools, consisting of one or more applications, are built with modules called snap-ins.
The snap-ins also can include additional extension snap-ins. Microsoft Management Console enables system
administrators to create special tools to delegate specific administrative tasks to users or groups. Microsoft
provides standard tools with the operating system that perform everyday administrative tasks that users need
to accomplish.
Task Orientation
The tools being defined to work with MMC are task oriented in
nature—they cater to the task being performed rather than merely
displaying the raw objects that can be manipulated. Also, because
administrators can customize their own tools, using pieces from
various vendors, they can create tools that contain only the UI they
need to complete their tasks.
Integration
The UI for all the management tasks an administrator must
perform are collected into a single console. As new applications
are added to a computer or network, their administration is
integrated into the existing administration common console.
Customization of Consoles
Administrators can create custom consoles tailored to their
particular management needs. This is useful in enterprise
environments that divide administrator groups according to duties.
For example, you can create a custom console for software
installation and maintenance, another one for scripts
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administrators, another one for security Group Policy, and so on.
Delegation
Administrators can easily modify existing tools to create new tools
with reduced functionality and less complex views of the tool
namespace, and then give these tools to others. A person who
receives such a tool is presented with a simpler, more manageable
view of the tasks they are being asked to perform.
Overall Interface
Simplification
All tools built for MMC, from Microsoft or third-party software
vendors, will have a similar appearance, making it easier for users
to use all tools after learning one. Because you can mix and match
tools from any vendor, you can use the best tool from each
management product category. MMC also enables a single piece
of software to provide functionality across the interface in a
consistent manner.
Extensibility
Developers can extend the base functionality of MMC snap-ins by
creating extension snap-ins. This allows software vendors to reuse
Microsoft tools without writing a lot of code. Various mechanisms
are available for extending snap-ins, including extending the
namespace, context menus, toolbars, Property pages, and
creating Wizard 97-style pages.
Product Specifications
Processors and chipset
2 x Intel® Xeon® E5620 processors (2.4 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache, 5.86 GT/s, DDR3-1066, 80 W, HT)
Intel® 5520 Chipset
Memory
Memory capacity:
Registered DIMM: 2, 4, 8 GB
Up to 32 GB supported by the OS.
Minimum: 6GB Required
Network Controllers
Integrated Intel® 82576EB dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controllers (2 ports total)
Storage
Hard disk form factor: 3.5”
Type: SAS/ SATA with hot plug capability
HDD Capacity (enterprise level):
3.5” SAS HDD capacity: 300 GB, 450 GB, 600 GB
3.5” SATA HDD capacity: 250 GB, 500 GB, 1TB, 2TB
3.5” Maximum capacity:
Up to 24 TB SATA HDD (2 TB 3.5" x 12 HDDs)
Up to 7.2 TB SAS (600 GB 3.5” x 12 HDDs)
Storage controllers
LSI SAS MegaRAID SAS PCIe 2.0 x16 9260-16i with 16-internal ports, 512 MB, supporting RAID
0/1/10/5/50/6/60 (default bundle in system)
Expansion slots
Two full height PCI-E 2.0 x8 slots (with x4 link; left)
One full height PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot (with x8 link; left)
Two low profile PCI-E 2.0 x8 slots (with x4 link; right)
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One low profile PCI-E 2.0 x8 slot (right)
One Acer Flex I/O (PCI-E 2.0 x8) slot (left)
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2008 R2, Standard x64 edition
Management
Acer Smart Console
Acer Smart Server Manager
iBMC management controller, supporting base board management and KVM-over-IP
LSI MSM (MegaRAID Storage Manager) on-line utility is the OS level utility for data volume RAID
configuration
LSI WebConsole utility is a ROM-based utility provided by HBA FW for data volume RAID
configuration
Windows Disk Management is OS built-in feature on Windows Storage Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Storage Server Administration Tools
Deployment/serviceability
BIOS Update Tool
IPMI Firmware Update Tool
Input/output interface
Front
One Power/off button
LED indicators: power, HDD activity, LAN port 1 through 2, and ID
Rear
PS2 keyboard port
PS2 mouse port
Two USB 2.0 ports
Two RJ-45 ports (dual Gigabit NIC) with activity and link indicators
RJ-45 port (dedicated for management NIC) with activity and link indicators
Serial (DB-9) port
SVGA (DB-15) port
ID LED
Chassis / Form factor
2U rack optimized for up to 12 hot-plug SAS/SATA 3.5” HDDs
Power supply
2 x 720 W 80 PLUS® Gold-level efficient hot-swap power supplies standard (1+1 redundant)
Regulatory compliant standards
EMC
FCC (Class A)
CE (Class A)
BSMI (Class A)
Safety
UL/cUL
CB
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