Dell PowerVault NX3500 User Manual

Setting Up Your PowerVault Network Attached Storage Solution

1 | Racking Your Solution

WARNING: Before you set up and operate your Dell PowerVault system, review the safety instructions that shipped with your system.

Read the Dell Software License Agreement

Before using your system, please read the Dell Software License Agreement that • came with the system.

If you do not accept the terms of the agreement, please call the customer • assistance telephone number. For customers in the United States, call 800-WWW-DELL (800-999-3355). For customers outside the United States, visit support.dell.com and select your country or region from the top of the page.

Verifying Package Contents

Verify that all components listed on your packing slip are available. Save all documentation and accessories.

Locating Your System Service Tag

Your system is identified by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number. • The Express Service Code and Service Tag are found on the front of the system by pulling out the information tag.

This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.•

Installing the Solution in a Rack

The solution requires a properly grounded electrical outlet, a compatible rack, • and a rack installation kit.

For information about installing the rails for the PowerVault NX3500 system, • see the

For information about installing rails for the backup power supply, • see the

Rack Installation Instructions

that shipped with your rail kit.

Dell PowerVault NX3500 Getting Started Guide.

Installation Guidelines

The PowerVault NX3500 hardware configuration consists of two PowerVault • NX3500 controller units and one backup power supply (BPS) unit. The BPS is required even if you have an uninterruptible power supply system in your environment. Install the three hardware components adjacent to one another in the same rack.

Depending on your configuration, use 18 or 22 Category 5E or Category 6 Ethernet • cables with RJ45 connectors. Connect 14 cables to the PowerVault NX3500 controllers and four or eight cables to the MD storage array.

It is recommended that you use a minimum of four network switches as shown in • step 2.

Connecting the Battery in the Backup Power Supply

CAUTION: Always verify the voltage rating of the backup power supply.

Connecting a 230 VAC into a 120 V back up power supply damages the backup power supply.

Remove the power module front cover.1.

Remove the battery from the power module.2.

Rotate the battery 180 degrees.3.

Reinstall the battery in the power module.4.

Repeat step 2 to step 4 of this procedure for the second battery.5.

Attach the power module front cover.6.

2 | Cabling Your Solution

Planning

Proper planning is essential to successfully deploy the PowerVault NX3500 solution. This placemat contains one scenario using two redundant iSCSI switches. If your SAN is configured in a different configuration, see the It is recommended that you complete the IP chart in step 4 prior to deploying the solution. The IP chart is also available in the

Cabling Worksheet

Peer

connection

Internal connection

to SAN switch

PowerVault NX3500 Controller 0 Controller 1

Client connection 1 To client switch To client switch

Client connection 2 To client switch To client switch

Peer connection 0 Back to back (peer connection 0 to peer

Peer connection 1 Back to back (peer connection 1 to peer

SAN connection A To SAN switch (A) To SAN switch (B)

SAN connection B To SAN switch (B) To SAN switch (A)

Internal connection To SAN switch (B) To SAN switch (A)

PowerVault MD Storage Array Connection

Port 0 To SAN switch (A)

Port 1 To SAN switch (B)

Peer

connection

connection 0)

connection 1)

SAN

Client

SAN

connection

Client

connection

Back to back (peer connection 0 to peer con-

Back to back (peer connection 1 to peer con-

nection 0)

nection 1)

Network Cabling

SAN switches

Administrator’s Guide

PowerVault NX3500 contoller 0

PowerVault NX3500 contoller 1

PowerVault MD storage array

. It is also recommended that you set your switch MTU size to 9000 or greater and enable Spanning Tree Portfast and flow control.

Power Cabling

Client switches

USB

PowerVault NX3500 controller 0

Power

PowerVault NX3500 controller 1

USB

Administrator’s Guide

Power

Backup power supply

for additional cabling options.

To power source 1

To power source 2

To power source 1

3 | Turning On Your Solution

Verify that your network environment and modular disk storage arrays are turned on.

Turn on the components in the following order:

Dell backup power supply1.

Dell PowerVault NX3500 controllers2.

Client connections Internal network and SAN connections Peer connections

To power source 2

PowerVault NX3500 controller 0 PowerVault NX3500 controller 1 To the grid

Setting Up Your PowerVault Network Attached Storage Solution

4 | Preparing Your Environment for the PowerVault NX3500 Solution

(continued)

IP Chart

The IP chart helps you plan your conﬁ guration. Recording the IP addresses of your solution in a single location enables you to conﬁ gure your setup faster and more eﬃ ciently.

NAS Appliance Setup Worksheet

PowerVault NAS Conﬁ guration

Utility Conﬁ guration

Info Requested Value IP Function IPs Allocated Sample IPs Physical

Storage Array Identiﬁ cation Subnet 1 - Primary Network

MD Discovery IP

MTU NAS Management VIP

NX3500 Controller Discovery Controller 0 IP

Controller 0 MAC Address Controller 1 P

Controller 1 MAC Address Subnet Mask

NAS Appliance Identiﬁ cation

NAS Cluster Name Subnet 2 - Internal/Private Network Group 1

NAS Controller 0 IQN Internal IP a2

NAS Controller 1 IQN Internal IP a3

Use the IQNs recorded from the PowerVault NAS Conﬁ guration Utility to complete your mappings conﬁ guration on the MD3x00i backend storage

. . .

PowerVault NAS Conﬁ guration

Utility Results

Client Access VIP

Gateway

Internal IP a0

Internal IP a1

Subnet Mask

NAS Cluster IP Allocation

. . .

10.10.1.100 Client

10.10.1.200 Client

10.10.1.201 Client

10.10.1.202 Client

255.255.255.0 Client

10.10.1.1 Client

172.168.1.1 Internal/Peer

172.168.1.2 Internal/Peer

172.168.1.3 Internal/Peer

172.168.1.4 Internal/Peer

255.255.255.0 Internal/Peer

Connections

Environment Setup Checklist NAS Cluster IP Allocation

Management Station

Verify IPv6 enabled• Install PowerVault NAS Conﬁ guration Utility•

Switch Topology

Determine desired switch topology from one of the following conﬁ gurations:

All-in-one• All-in-one high availability• Optimal• Optimal high availability•

NAS Appliance Setup Worksheet - continued

IP Function IPs Allocated Sample IPs Physical

Subnet 3 - Internal/Private Network Group 2

Internal IP b0

Internal IP b1

Internal IP b2

Internal IP b3

Subnet Mask

Subnet 4 - SAN Network Group 1

SANa IP 0

SANa IP 1

Subnet Mask

Subnet 5 - SAN Network Group 2

SANb IP 0

SANb IP 1

Subnet Mask

. . .

172.168.2.1 Internal/Peer

172.168.2.2 Internal/Peer

172.168.2.3 Internal/Peer

172.168.2.4 Internal/Peer

255.255.255.0 Internal/Peer

192.168.10.20 SAN (to

192.168.10.21 SAN (to

255.255.255.0

192.168.11.20 SAN (to

192.168.11.21 SAN (to

255.255.255.0

Connections

Switch A)

switch A)

switch B)

PowerVault MD Conﬁ guration

IP Function IPs Allocated Sample IPs Physical

Controller 0 Port 0 IP

Controller 0 Port 1 IP

Controller 0 Port 2 IP

Controller 0 Port 3 IP

Controller 1 Port 0 IP

Controller 1 Port 1 IP

Controller 1 Port 2 IP

Controller 1 Port 3 IP

. . .

192.168.10.100 SAN (to

192.168.11.100 SAN (to

192.168.12.100

192.168.13.100

192.168.10.101 SAN (to

192.168.11.101 SAN (to

192.168.12.101

192.168.13.101

Connections

switch A)

switch B)

switch A)

switch B)

Terms Used In the IP Chart

Controller—A server appliance installed with the Dell scalable ﬁ le system software. An

essential component of a PowerVault NAS clustered solution.

Internal IP—IP address used for internal operations between the NAS controllers and the storage subsystem.

SAN network/iSCSI network—The network that carries the block level (iSCSI) traﬃ c and to which the storage subsystem is connected. It is recommended that this network be separated from the client network.

NAS cluster name—The name that is used to identify the PowerVault NX3500 solution.

NAS management VIP—IP addresses that the management stations use to access the PowerVault NX3500 controllers.

Client access VIP—IP address that clients use to access CIFS shares and NFS exports hosted by a PowerVault NAS solution. The PowerVault NAS solution supports multiple client access VIPs.

MD discovery IP—The MD discovery IP is an MD storage array (iSCSI) IP address from either the SAN A or SAN B network.

Preparing the Management Station

Connect the management station to the client switch.•

Verify that IPv6 is enabled.•

Verify that Java (JRE) is installed on the management station.•

Install the • PowerVault Conﬁ guration Utility software.

Download SSH client for CLI access.•

Preparing the Modular Disk Storage Arrays

Create a disk group for each virtual disk.1.

Create a virtual disk in each disk group. Virtual disks must be created and assigned 2. to the host group in pairs. A minimum of 2 virtual disks is required and a maximum of sixteen is supported. Each pair of virtual disks must be of the same size. For more information, see the

Create a host group. For example, name host group 3.

Map the virtual disks to the host group.4.

NOTE: Additional conﬁ guration is required after completing the steps in the

PowerVault Conﬁ guration Utility. For more information, see step 5.

Administrator’s Guide

PV-NX3500

5 | Conﬁ guration Utility and Modular Disk Storage Manager Client

Launching the Conﬁ guration Wizard

From the management station, launch the PowerVault Conﬁ guration Utility and follow the instructions on the

screen.

The PowerVault Conﬁ guration Utility guides you through the network conﬁ guration and enables you to set up and access the PowerVault NX3500 controllers on the management station.

Completing Your Setup

Copy the IQN numbers from the 1. Conﬁ gurations Results screen without closing the screen.

Launch the 2. Modular Disk Storage Manager Client and click the Mappings tab.

In the 3. Mappings screen, right-click the host group and select Deﬁ ne→ Host. Enter a host name and click Next.

For example,

PV-NX3500-Controller-0

4. On the second screen, type the IQN for the controller and provide a user label. The user label must not be the same as the host name. It is recommended that you use the host name appended with -IQN.

For example,

PV-NX3500-Controller-0-IQN

Repeat step 3 and step 4 for controller 1.5.

Close the 6. Modular Disk Storage Manager Client.

In the 7. Conﬁ guration Results screen, click Finish.

6 | System Conﬁ guration 7 | Documentation

The PowerVault NX3500 web interface provides information about the controller and guides you through the steps necessary to conﬁ gure the network for your clustered NAS solution. The web interface automatically launches after you complete the

PowerVault Conﬁ guration Wizard.

NOTE: If your web browser does not display the

PowerVault NX3500 web interface, check the security settings of the web browser, accept the security certiﬁ cate, and ensure that JavaScript is enabled.

To access the PowerVault NX3500 web interface at a later time, type the following URL in your web browser

https://<NAS Management VIP>.

Default User Name and Password

The default user name for the solution is admin

The default password for the solution is Stor@ge!

To complete the system conﬁ guration, complete the following steps in the PowerVault NX3500 web interface:

Configuring DNS •

Configuring time •

Configuring e-mail •

Configuring SNMP•

Setting up file system•

Changing the administrator password•

Configuring system identity•

Configuring identity management•

Configuring cross protocol •

Creating NAS volumes•

Creating CIFS shares•

Creating NFS exports•

Title

Getting Started Guide

Hardware Owner’s Manual

Rack Installation Instructions

Administrator’s Guide

Online Help

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Description

The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of system features, setting up your solution, and technical speciﬁ cations. This document is shipped with your system and is also available at support.dell.com/ manuals.

The Hardware Owner’s Manual provides information about solution features and describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components. This document is available at support.dell. com/manuals.

The rack documentation included with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack. This document is shipped with your rack solution and is also available at support.dell.com/manuals.

The Administrator’s Guide provides information about conﬁ guring, managing, and troubleshooting the software and the solution. This document is available at support.dell.com/manuals.

The Online Help provides information about conﬁ guring and managing the software. The online help is integrated with the system and can be accessed from the PowerVault NX3500 web interface.

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