Dell PowerVault DR4100, DR4x00 User Manual

Setting up

Dell

Through CIFS

A Dell Technical White Paper

™

DR4x00

EMC Networker

EMC Networker

Disk Backup Appliance

on the

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Table of contents

Executive Summary .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4

1 Install and Configure the DR4x00 ............................................................................................................................................. 5

2 Configure the Backup Server .................................................................................................................................................... 11

3 Set up Networker ......................................................................................................................................................................... 13

4 Set up the DR4X00 Cleaner ...................................................................................................................................................... 26

5 Monitoring Dedupe, Compression & Performance ............................................................................................................. 27

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Executive Summary

This paper provides information about how to set up the Dell DR4x00 as a backup to disk target for EMC
Networker™ software. This paper is a quick reference guide and does not include all DR4x00 deployment
best practices.

See the DR4x00 documentation other data management application best practices whitepapers for
additional information.

NOTE: The DR4x00/Networker build version and screen shots used for this paper may vary slightly,
depending on the version of the DR4x00/Networker software version used.

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1 Install and Configure the DR4x00

1. Rack and cable the DR4x00 appliance, and power it on.

2. Log into iDRAC using the default address 192.168.0.1, user name root, and the password calvin.

3. Launch the virtual console.

4. Once the virtual console is open, log in to the system as user administrator and the password
St0r@ge! (The “0” in the password is the numeral zero.).

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5. Set the user-defined networking preferences.

6. View the summary of preferences and confirm that it is correct.

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7. Log into the DR4x00 administrator console, using the IP address you just provided for the DR4x00,
user administrator and the password St0r@ge! (The “0” in the password is the numeral zero.).

8. Join the DR4x00 to Active Directory.

NOTE: if you do not want to add DR4x00 to Active Directory, see the
login instructions.

a. Select Active Directory in the tree on the left hand side of the dashboard.

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b. Enter your Active Directory credentials.

9. Create and mount the container.

a. Select Containers in the tree on the left side of the dashboard, and then click the Create link

at the top of the page.

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b. Enter a Container Name, select Networker as Marker Type, and select the NFS/CIFS check

box for Connection Type.

c. Under CIFS section, note down the CIFS share path (this will be used in configuring device on

Networker server), and select Enable CIFS. For Client Access section, choose either Open
Access or manually add clients into the allow list

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