D-Link DSN-6020, DSN-640, DSN-654 User Manual

D-Link iSCSI IP SAN storage

10GbE iSCSI to SA TA II / SAS RAID IP SAN storage

DSN-6410 & DSN-6410 with DSN-640

User Manual

Version 1.0

Preface

Trademarks

All products and trade names used in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

About this manual

This manual is the introduction of D-Link DSN-64x0 IP SAN stor age and it aims to help users know the operations of the disk array system easily. Information contained in this manual has been reviewed for accuracy, but not for product warranty because of the various environments / OS / settings. Information and specification herein are subject to change without notice. For any update information, please visit www.dlink.com.

Model comparison

DSN-6400 series adopted the 2U12 form factor for all models. DSN-64x0 IP SAN

storages stand for the following models.

DSN-6410 with DSN-640: Dual contro ll ers.

- This manual will use “DSN-6410w/DSN-640” for this configuration DSN-6410: Single controller, can be upgr adable to dual mode.

The dual controller specific functions such as dual-active, cache mirroring, flexible RG ownership management, management port seamless take-over, no system down time, and etc are not available in DSN-6410.

Caution

Do not attempt to service, change, disassemble or upgrade the equipmen t’s

components by yourself. Doing so may violate your warranty and expose you to electric shock. Refer all servicing to authorized service personnel.

Please always follow the instructions in this user’s manual.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Overview .................................................................. 6

1.1 Features ........................................................................................ 6

1.1.1 Highlights ................................................................................................................... 7

1.2 RAID concepts .............................................................................. 8

1.2.1 Terminology ............................................................................................................... 8

1.2.2 RAID levels .............................................................................................................. 10

1.2.3 Volume relationship ................................................................................................. 11

1.3 iSCSI concepts ............................................................................ 12

1.4 IP SAN storage specifications ...................................................... 13

1.4.1 Technical specifications ........................................................................................... 13

1.4.2 FCC and CE statements ........................................................................................... 16

Chapter 2 Installation ............................................................ 19

2.1 Package contents ........................................................................ 19

2.2 Before instal lation ....................................................................... 19

2.3 Enclosure .................................................................................... 19

2.3.1 Front view ................................................................................................................ 19

2.3.2 Front LED lights ....................................................................................................... 20

2.3.3 Install drives ............................................................................................................ 21

2.3.4 Rear view ................................................................................................................. 22

2.4 Install battery backup module..................................................... 25

2.5 Deployment ................................................................................ 26

Chapter 3 Quick setup ............................................................ 29

3.1 Management interfaces ............................................................... 29

3.1.1 Serial console .......................................................................................................... 29

3.1.2 Remote control ........................................................................................................ 29

3.1.3 Web UI .................................................................................................................... 30

3.2 How to use the system quickly ................................................... 32

3.2.1 Quick installation ..................................................................................................... 32

3.2.2 Volume creation wizard ........................................................................................... 35

Chapter 4 Configuration ........................................................ 38

4.1 Web UI management interface hierarchy .................................... 38

4.2 System configuration .................................................................. 39

4.2.1 System setting ......................................................................................................... 39

4.2.2 Network setting ....................................................................................................... 40

4.2.3 Login setting ............................................................................................................ 41

4.2.4 Mail setting .............................................................................................................. 42

4.2.5 Notification setting .................................................................................................. 43

4.3 iSCSI configuration ..................................................................... 45

4.3.1 NIC........................................................................................................................... 45

4.3.2 Entity property ......................................................................................................... 48

4.3.3 Node ........................................................................................................................ 48

4.3.4 Session .................................................................................................................... 51

4.3.5 CHAP acc ount .......................................................................................................... 52

4.4 Volume configuration .................................................................. 53

4.4.1 Physical disk ............................................................................................................ 54

4.4.2 RAID group .............................................................................................................. 57

4.4.3 Virtual disk ............................................................................................................... 60

4.4.4 Snapshot .................................................................................................................. 65

4.4.5 Logical unit .............................................................................................................. 68

4.4.6 Example ................................................................................................................... 69

4.5 Enclosure management .............................................................. 74

4.5.1 Hardware monit or ................................................................................................... 75

4.5.2 UPS .......................................................................................................................... 76

4.5.3 SES .......................................................................................................................... 78

4.5.4 Hard drive S.M.A.R.T. .............................................................................................. 78

4.6 System maintenance ................................................................... 79

4.6.1 System informat ion ................................................................................................. 79

4.6.2 Event log.................................................................................................................. 80

4.6.3 Upgrade ................................................................................................................... 82

4.6.4 Firmware synchronization ....................................................................................... 82

4.6.5 Reset to factory default ........................................................................................... 83

4.6.6 Import and export ................................................................................................... 83

4.6.7 Reboot and shutdown ............................................................................................. 84

4.7 Home/Logout/Mute ..................................................................... 84

4.7.1 Home ....................................................................................................................... 84

4.7.2 Logout ..................................................................................................................... 84

4.7.3 Mute......................................................................................................................... 85

Chapter 5 Advanced operations ........................................... 86

5.1 Volume rebuild ............................................................................ 86

5.2 RG migration ............................................................................... 88

5.3 VD extension............................................................................... 89

5.4 Snapshot ..................................................................................... 89

5.4.1 Create snapshot volume .......................................................................................... 90

5.4.2 Auto snapshot.......................................................................................................... 91

5.4.3 Rollback ................................................................................................................... 92

5.4.4 Snapshot constraint ................................................................................................. 93

5.5 Disk roaming ............................................................................... 95

5.6 VD clone ..................................................................................... 95

5.7 SAS JBOD expansion ................................................................. 103

5.7.1 Connecting JBOD ................................................................................................... 103

5.7.2 Upgrade firmware of JBOD ................................................................................... 105

5.8 MPIO and MC/S ........................................................................ 106

5.9 Trunking and LACP ................................................................... 108

5.10 Dual controllers (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-640).................. 109

5.10.1 Perform I/O ........................................................................................................... 109

5.10.2 Ownership ............................................................................................................. 110

5.10.3 Controller status .................................................................................................... 111

5.11 Replication ................................................................................ 112

5.12 VLAN ......................................................................................... 122

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting.................................................. 125

6.1 System buzzer .......................................................................... 125

6.2 Event notifications .................................................................... 125

Appendix 133

A. Certification list ......................................................................... 133

B. Microsoft iSCSI initiator ............................................................. 136

C. From Single controller to Dual Controller ……………………. 142

Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Features

D-LINK DSN-6000 series IP S AN storage provides non-stop service with a high degree of

fault tolerance by using D-LINK RAID technology and advanced array management features.

DSN-6410 & 6410w/640 IP SAN storage connects to the host system by iSCSI interface. It can be configured to numerous RAID level. The IP SAN storage provides reliable data protection for servers by using RAID 6. The RAID 6 allows two HDD failures without any impact on the existing data. Data can be recovered from the existing data and parity drives. (Data can be recovered from the rest drives.)

Figure 1.1.1 (DSN-6410 & 6410w/640)

Snapshot-on-the-box is a fully usable copy of a defined collection of data that c ontai ns

an image of the data as it appeared at the point in time, which means a point-in-time data replication. It provides consistent and instant copies of data volumes without any system downtime. Snapshot-on-the-box can keep up to 32 snapshots for one logical volume. Rollback feature is provided for restoring the previous-snapshot data easily while continuously using the volume for further data access. The data access which includes read / write is working as usual without any impact to end users. The "on-the-box" implies that it does not require any proprietary agents installed at host side. The snapshot is ta ken at target side. It will not consume any host CPU time thus the server is dedicated to the specific or other application. The snapshot copies can be taken manually or by schedule every hour or every day, depends on the mo dification.

D-LINK IP SAN storage is the most cost-effective disk array system with completely integrated high-performance and data-protection capabilities which meet or exceed the highest industry standards, and the best da ta solutio n for small / med ium business

(SMB) and enterprise users.

1.1.1 Highlights

• D-LINK DSN-6410 & 6410w/640 feature highlights

Host Interface

4 x 10GbE iSCSI ports (DSN-6410 with DSN-640) 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports (DSN-6410)

Drive Interface

12 x SAS or SATA II

RAID Controllers

Dual-active RAID controllers (DSN-6410 with DSN-640) Single controller, but can be upg radable to dual (DSN-6410)

Scalability SAS JBOD expansion port Green Auto disk spin-down

Advanced cooling

RAID Level RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 and JBOD

N-way mirror

Compatibility Support multiple OSes, applications, 10GbE NIC, 10GbE iSCSI

HBA, and etc.

Virtualization VMWare, Hyper-V, Citrix

Data Protection

Snapshot (Read only and Writeable), Storage base Replication

Connection Availability

Load balancing and failover support on the 4 x 10GbE iSCSI

ports

Dimension

(W x D x H)

442.8 x 500.6 x 88.0 ( mm)

Power Supply

2 x 500W PSU

Cache Protection

Hot pluggable battery backup module

Fan Redundant

1.2 RAID concepts

RAID is the abbreviation of “Redundant Array of Independent Disks”. The basic idea of

RAID is to combine multiple drives together to form one large logical drive. This RAID drive obtains performance, capacity and reliability than a single drive. The operating system detects the R AID drive as a single storage device.

1.2.1 Terminology

The document uses the following terms:

• Part 1: Common

RAID Redundant Array of Independent D

isks. There are different

RAID levels with d

ifferent degree of data protection, data

availability, and performance to host environment.

PD The Physical D

isk belongs to the member disk of one specific

RAID group.

RG Raid Group. A collection of removable media. One RG consists

of a set of VDs and owns one RAID level attribute.

VD Virtual Disk. Each RD could be divided into several VDs. The VDs

from one RG have the same RAID level, but may have different

volume capacity.

LUN Logical Unit Number.

A logical unit number (LUN) is a unique

identifier whi

ch enables it to differentiate among separate

devices (each one is a logical unit ).

GUI Graphic User Interface.

RAID cell

When creating a RAID group with a compound RAID level, such as 10,

30, 50 and 60, this field indicates the number of subgroups in the RAID

group. For example, 8 disks can be grouped into a RAID group of RAID

10 with 2 cells, 4 cells. In the 2-

cell case, PD {0, 1, 2, 3} forms one RAID

1 subgro up and P D {4, 5, 6, 7} fo rm s a not h er R AI D 1 sub gr o up. In th e 4 cells, the 4 subgroups are PD {0, 1}, PD {2, 3}, PD {4, 5} and PD {6,7}.

WT Write-Through cache-

write policy. A caching technique in which

the completion of a write request is not signaled until data is

safely stored in non-

volatile media. Each data is synchronized in

both data cache and accessed physical disks.

WB Write-Back cache-write policy. A caching technique in which the

completion of a write request is signaled as soon as the data is

in cache and actual writing to non-

volatile media occurs at a

later time. It speeds up system wr

ite performance but needs to

bear the risk where data may be inconsistent between data

cache and the physical disks in one short time interval.

RO Set the volume to be Read-Only. DS Dedicated S

pare disks. The spare disks are only used by one

specific RG.

Others could not use these dedicated spare disks for

any rebuilding purpose.

GS Global Spare disks. GS is shared for r ebuildin g purpose. If s ome

RGs need to use the global spare disks for rebuilding, they could get the spare disks out from the common spa

re disks pool for

such requirement.

DG DeG

raded mode. Not all of the array’s member disks are

functioning, but the array is able to respond to application read

and write requests to its virtual disks.

SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface. SAS Serial Attached SCSI. S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. WWN World Wide Name. HBA Host Bus Adapter. SES SCSI Enclosure Services. NIC Network Interface Card. BBM Battery Backup Module

• Part 2: iSCSI

iSCSI Internet Small Computer Systems Interface. LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol.

MPIO Multi-Path Input/Output. MC/S Multiple Connections per Session MTU Maximum Transmission Unit. CHAP

hallenge Handshake Authentication

Protocol. An optional

security mechanism to control access to an iSCSI storage system over the iSCSI data ports.

iSNS Internet Storage Name Service.

• Part 3: Dual controller

SBB Storage Bridge B

ay. The objective of the Storage Bridge Bay

Working Group (SBB) is to create a specification that defines

mechanical, electrical and low-

level enclosure management requirements for an enclosure controller slot that will support a variety of storage controllers from a variety of independent

hardware vendors (“IHVs”) and system vendors.

• Part 4: 10GbE

SFP+ Small Form-factor Pluggable is a compact, hot-pluggable

transceiver used for both Fibre Channel and 10GbE.

CX4 10GBASE-CX4, a cop per based 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY.

1.2.2 RAID levels

There are different RAID levels with different degree of data protection, data availability, and performance to host environment. The description of RAID levels are on the following:

RAID 0 Disk striping. RAID 0 needs at least one hard drive. RAID 1 Disk mirroring over two disks. RAID 1 needs at least two hard drives. N-way mirror Extension to RAID 1 level. It has N copies of the disk. RAID 3 Striping with parity on the dedicated disk. RAID 3 needs at least three

hard drives.

RAID 5

Striping with interspersed parity over the member disks. RAID 3

needs at least three hard drives.

RAID 6 2-dim

ensional parity protection over the member disks. RAID 6 needs

at least four hard drives.

RAID 0+1

Mirroring of the member RAID 0 volumes. RAID 0+1 needs at least

four hard drives.

RAID 10

Striping over the member RAID 1 volumes. RAID 10 needs at least

four hard drives.

RAID 30

Striping over the member RAID 3 volumes. RAID 30 needs at least six

hard drives.

RAID 50

Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes. RAID 50 needs at least six

hard drives.

RAID 60 Striping over the member RAID 6 volumes. RAID 60 n

eeds at least

eight hard drives.

JBOD The abbreviation of “Just a Bunch Of Disks”

. JBOD needs at least

one hard drive.

1.2.3 Volume relationship

The below graphic is the volume structure which D-LINK has designed. It describes the relationship of RAID components. One RG (RAID group) consists of a set of VDs (Virtual Disk) and owns one RAID level attribute. Each RG can be divided into several VDs. The VDs in one RG share the same RAID level, but may have different volume capacity. All VDs share the CV (Cache Volume) to execute the data transaction. LUN (Logical Unit Number) is a unique identifier, in which users can access through SCSI command s.

Figure 1.2.3.1

PD 2 PD 3 DS PD 1

VD 1

VD 2

Snapshot

Cache Volume

+++

1.3 iSCSI concepts

iSCSI (Internet SCSI) is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) commands and data in TCP/IP packets for linking storage devices with servers over common IP infrastructu res. iSCSI provides high performanc e SANs over standard IP networks like LAN, WAN or the Internet.

IP SANs are true SANs (Storage Area Networks) which allow several servers to attach to an infinite number of storage volumes by using iSCSI over TCP/IP networks. IP SANs can scale the storage capacity with any type and brand of storage system. In addition, i t can be used by any type of network (Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet) and combination of operating systems (Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac, etc.) within the SAN network. IP-SANs also include mechanisms for security, data replication, multi-path and high availability.

Storage protocol, such as iSCSI, has “two ends” in the connection. These ends are initiator and target. In iSCSI, we call them iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target. The iSCSI initiator requests or initiates any iSCSI communication. It requests all SCSI operations like read or write. An initiator is usually located on the host side (either an iSCSI HBA or iSCSI SW initiator).

The target is the storage device itself or an appliance which controls and serves volumes or virtual volumes. The target is the device which performs SCSI command or bridge to an attached storage device.

Figure 1.3.1

The host side needs an iSCSI initiator. The initiator is a driver which handles the SCSI traffic over iSCSI. The initiator can be software or hardware (HBA). Please refer to the certification list of iSCSI HBA(s) in Appendix A. OS native initiators or other software

iSCSI device 1

(target)

Host 1

(initiator)

NIC

IP SAN

Host 2

(initiator)

iSCSI

HBA

iSCSI device 2

(target)

initiators use standard TCP/IP stack and Ethernet hardware, while iSCSI HBA(s) use their own iSCSI and TCP/IP stacks on board.

Hardware iSCSI HBA(s) provide its own initiator tool. Please refer to the vendors’ HBA user manual. Microsoft, Linux, Solaris and Mac provide iSCSI initiator driver. Please contact D- LINK for the latest certification list. Below are the available links:

1. Link to download the Microsoft iSCSI software initiator:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12cb3c1a-15d6-4585b385-befd1319f825&DisplayLang=en

2. In current Linux distributions, OS built-in iSCSI initiators are usually available. For different kernels, there are different iSCSI drivers. Please check Appendix A for iSCSI initiator certification list. If user needs the latest Linux iSCSI initiator, please visit Open-iSCSI project for most update information. Linux-iSCSI (sfnet) and Open-iSCSI projects merged in April 11, 2005.

Open-iSCSI website: http://www.open-iscsi.org/ Open-iSCSI README: http://www.open-iscsi.org/docs/README Features: http://www.open-iscsi.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Roadmap Support Kernels:

http://www.open-iscsi.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Supported_Kernels

Google groups:

http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi/threads?gvc=2 http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi/topics

Open-iSCSI Wiki: http://www.open-iscsi.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl

3. ATTO iSCSI initiator is available for Mac.

Website: http://www.attotech.com/xtend.html

4. Solaris iSCSI initia tor

Version: Solaris 10 u6 (10/08)

1.4 IP SAN storage specifications

1.4.1 Technical specifications

• Controller features

1. Dual-active configuration support (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-640)

2. Better performance, when comparing to other competitors' products in the same segment

3. Cache mirroring through high bandwidth channels (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-

640)

4. Flexible RAID group (RG) own ers hip mana geme nt (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-

640)

 Each RG can be assigned to one of the two controllers  Each LUN can be exported from both controllers

5. Management port seamless take-over (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-640)

 The management port can be transferred smoothly to the other controller with

the same IP address

6. Online firmware upgrade, no system down time (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-

640)

7. Multiple target iSCSI nodes per controller support

 Each LUN can be attached to one of 32 nodes from each cont roller

8. Front-end 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports with high availability/load balancing/fail-over support per controller

 Microsoft MPIO, MC/S, Trunking, LACP, and etc .

9. SBB Compliant

• System key components

1. CPU: Intel Xscale IOP 81342

2. Memory: 4GB DDRII 533 DIMM

3. Hardware iSCSI off-load engine

4. 2 x UARTs: serial console mana gement and UPS

5. Fast Ethernet port for web-based management use

6. Backend: 12 x SAS or SATA II drive connections

7. Front-end: 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports per controller

8. Hot pluggable BBM

9. SAS JBOD expansion port for expansion

10. Multiplexer board support for SATA drives (optional, on Dual controller mode)

11. Two power supplies

12. Redundant fans

• RAID and volume operation

1. RAID level: 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,3 0,50, 60, JBOD, an d N-way mirror

2. Up to 1024 logical volumes in the system

3. Up to 32 PDs can be included in one volume group

4. Global and dedicated hot spare disks

5. Write-through or write-back cache polic y for different application usage

6. Multiple RAID volumes support

7. Configurable RAI D stripe size

8. Online volume expansion

9. Instant RAID volume avail ability

10. Auto volume rebuilding

11. On-line volume migration with no system down-time

• Advanced data protection

1. D-Link writeable snap shot

 Built-in snapshot with rollback enabled  Snapshot enabled up to 16 volumes, each logical volume supports up to 32

snapshot volumes, total 512 snapshot vo lumes per system

2. Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)

3. Configurable N-way mirror for high data protection

4. Online disk roaming

5. Instant volume confi guration restoration

6. Smart faulty sector r elocation

7. Hot pluggable battery backup module support

• Enclosure monitoring

1. S.E.S. inband management

2. UPS management via dedic ated serial port

3. Fan speed monitors

4. Redundant power supp l y m onitors

5. Voltage monitors

6. Thermal sensors for both RAID controller and enclosure

7. Status monitor s for D-LINK SAS JBODs

• Management interface

1. Management UI via

 serial console  SSH telnet  HTTP Web UI  secured Web (HTTPS)

2. Notification via

 Email  SNMP trap  Browser pop-up windows  Syslog  Windows Messenger

3. iSNS support

4. DHCP support

• iSCSI features

1. iSCSI jumbo frame support

2. Header/Data digest support

3. CHAP authentication enabled

4. Load-balancing and failover throug h M PIO, MC/S, Trunking, and LACP

5. Up to 32 multiple nodes support

6. VLAN support

• Host connection

1. 2 x 10GbE iSCSI ports per controller

2. Host access control: Read-Write and Read-Only

3. Up to 128 sessions per controller

4. One logic volume can b e shared by as many as 16 hosts

• OS support

 Windows  Linux  Solaris  Mac

• Drive support

1. SAS

2. SATA II (optional)

3. SCSI-3 compliant

4. Multiple IO tra nsaction processing

5. Tagged command queuing

6. Disk auto spin-down support

7. S.M.A.R.T. for SATA II drives

8. SAS JBODs expansion

• Power and Environment

 AC input: 100-240V ~ 7A-4A 500W with PFC (Auto Switchi ng)  DC output: 3.3V-21A; 5V-39A; 12V-30A  Operating Temperature: 0 to 40 ℃  Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing

• Dimensions

2U 12 bay 19 inch rackmount chassis

442.8mm x 500.6mm x 88.0mm (W x D x H)

1.4.2 FCC and CE statements

FCC statement

This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the measurement procedures specified in the Standards and Specifications listed below and as indicated in the measurement report number: xxxxxxxx-F

Technical Standard: FCC Part 15 Class A (Verification) IC ICES-003

CE statement

Technical Standard: EMC DIRECTIVE 2004/108/EC (EN55022 / EN55024)

UL statement

FCC statement

Technical Standard: FCC Part 15 Class A (Verification) IC ICES-003

CE statement

Technical Standard: EMC DIRECTIVE 2004/108/EC (EN55022 / EN55024)

UL statement

Rack Mount Instructions - The following or similar rack-mount instructions are included with the installation instructions:

A. Elevated Operating Ambient - If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the

operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient. Therefore, consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature (Tma) specified by the manufacturer.

B. Reduced Air Flow - Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the

amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised.

C. Mechanical Loading - Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a

hazardous condition is not ac hieved due to uneven mechanical loading.

D. Circuit Overloading - Consideration should be given to the connection of the

equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern.

E. Reliable Earthing - Reliable earthing of rack-mounted equipment should be

maintained. Particular attention should be given to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circ uit (e.g. use of power strips).

Caution

The main purpose of the handles is for rack mount use only. Do not use the

handles to carry or transport the systems.

The ITE is not intended to be installed and used in a home, school or public area accessible to the general population, and the thumbscrews should be tightened with a tool after both initial installation and subsequent access to the panel.

Warning: Remove all power supply c ords before service This equipment intended for installation in restricted access location.  Access can only be gained by SERVICE PERSONS or by USERS who have been

instructed about the reasons for the restrictions applied to the location and about any precautions that shall be taken.

 Access is through the use of a TOOL or lock and key, or other means of security, and

is controlled by the authority responsible for the location.

Caution Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by incorrect type. Dispose of used

batteries according to the instructions.

Chapter 2 Installation

2.1 Package contents

The package contains the following items:

1. DSN-6410 & 6410w/640 IP SAN storage (x1)

2. HDD trays (x12)

3. Power cords (x4)

4. RS-232 cables (x2), one is for console, the other is for UPS.

5. CD (x1)

6. Rail kit (x1 set)

7. Keys, screws for drives and rail kit (x1 packet)

8. SFP and 5 Meter cable

2.2 Before installation

Before starting, prepare the following items.

1. A host with a Gigabit Ethernet NIC or iSCSI HBA.

2. CAT 5e, or CAT 6 network cables for management port and iSCSI data ports.

3. Prepare storage system configuration plan.

4. Prepare management port and iSCSI data ports network information. When using static IP, please p repare static IP addresses, subnet mask, a n d default gateway.

5. 10GbE switches (recommended). Or 10GbE switches with LCAP / Trunking (optional).

6. CHAP security information, including CHAP username and secret (optional).

2.3 Enclosure

2.3.1 Front view

Figure 2.3.1.1 (DSN-6410 & 6410w/640)

Drive slot numbering

Slot 1

Slot 4

Slot 7

Slot 10

Slot 2 Slot 5 Slot 8 Slot 11 Slot 3 Slot 6 Slot 9 Slot 12

The drives can be installed into any slot in the enclosure. Slot numbering will be reflected in web UI.

Tips

It is advisable to install at least one drive in slots 1 ~ 4. System event logs

are saved to drives in these slots; If no drives are fitted the event log

s will

be lost in the event of a system reboot.

2.3.2 Front LED lights

There are three LED lights on the left frame bar.

Figure 2.3.2.1

• LED lights description:



Power LED:

 Green  Power on.  Off  Power off.



Status LED:

 Red  System is failure.  Off  System is good.



Access LED:

 Blue  Host is accessing.  Off  Host is no access.

  

2.3.3 Install drives

Note : Skip this section if you purchased a solution populated with drives. To install SAS or SATA drives with no Bridge Board use the front mounting holes:

To install SATA drives with Bridge Boa r d (DSN-654), fit the Bridge Board first

Then install the drive using the rear mounting holes:

Figure 2.3.3.3

• HDD tray description:



HDD power LED:

 Green  HDD is inserted and good.  Off  No HDD.



HDD access LED:

 Blue blinking  HDD is accessing.  Off  No HDD.



HDD tray handhold.



Latch for tray kit removal.

2.3.4 Rear view

Figure 2.3.4.1 (DSN-6410 with DSN-640 SFP+)

• PSU and Fan module description:







      



Controller 2. (only on DSN-6410 with DSN-640)



Controller 1.



Power supply unit (PSU1).



Fan module (FAN1 / FAN2).



Power supply unit (PSU2).



Fan module (FAN3 / FAN4).

Figure 2.3.4.3 (DSN-6410 SFP+)

• Connector, LED and button description:



10GbE ports (x2). Link LED:  Orange 

Asserted when a 1G link is established and

maintained.

 Blue 

Asserted when a 10G link is establish and

maintained. Access LED:  Yellow 

Asserted when the link is established and

packets are b

eing transmitted along with any receive

activity.



LED (from right to left) Controller Health LED:

 Green  Controller status normal or in the booting.  Red  Other than above status.

Master Slave LED: (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-640)

 Green  Master controller.  Off  Slave controller.

Dirty Cache LED:

 Orange  Data on the cache waiting for flush to disks.  Off  No data on the cach e .

BBM LED:

 Green  BBM installed and powered  Off  No BBM

  

  



BBM Status Button:  When the system power is off, press the BBM status button,

if the BBM LED is Green, then the BBM still has power to keep data on the cache. If not, then the BBM power is ran

out and cannot keep the data on the cache anymore.



Management port.



Console port.



RS 232 port for UPS.



SAS JBOD expansion port.

2.4 Install battery backup module

To install the IP SAN storage with a battery backup module, please follow the procedure.

Figure 2.4.1

1. BBM (Battery Backup Module) supports hot pluggable. Regardless of the IP SAN storage is turned on or off.

2. Remove the cover of BBM.

3. Insert the BBM.

4. Tighten the BBM and use screws to lock the both sides.

5. Done.

2.5 Deployment

Please refer to the following topology and have all the connections ready.

Figure 2.5.1 (DSN-6410 with DSN-640)

Figure 2.5.2 (DSN-6410)

1. Setup the hardware connection before power on servers. Connect console cable, management port cable, and iSCSI data port cables in advance.

2. In addition, installing an iSNS server is recommended for dual controller system.

3. Power on the DSN-6410 or DSN-6410w/DSN-640 and the DSN-6020 (optional) first, and then power on hosts and iSNS server .

4. Host server is suggested to logon the target twice (both controller 1 and controller 2), and then MPIO should be setup automatically. (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-640)

Tips iSNS server is recommended for dual controller system.

For better data service availability, all the connections among host servers, 10GbE switches, and the dual controllers are recommended as redundant as below.

Figure 2.5.3 (only for DSN-6410 with DSN-640)

The following topology is the connections for console and UPS (optional).

Figure 2.5.4

1. Using RS-232 cable for console (back color, phone jack to DB9 female) to connect from controller to management PC directly.

2. Using RS-232 cable for UPS (gray color, phone jack to DB9 male) to connect from controller to APC Smart UPS serial cable (DB9 female side), and then connect the serial cable to APC Smart UPS.

Caution

It may not work when connecting the RS-

232 cable for UPS (gray color,

phone jack to DB9 male) to APC Smart UPS directly.

Chapter 3 Quick setup

3.1 Management interfaces

There are three management methods to manage D-LINK IP SAN storage, describe in the following:

3.1.1 Serial console

Use console cable (NULL mode m cable) to connect from console port of D-LINK IP SAN storage to RS 232 port of management PC. Please refer to figure 2.3.1. The console settings are on the following:

Baud rate: 115200, 8 data bit, no parity, 1 stop bit, and no flow control. Terminal type: vt100 Login name: admin Default password: 123456

3.1.2 Remote control

SSH (secure shell) software is required for remote login. The SSH client software is available at the following web site:

SSH Tectia Client: http://www.ssh.com/ PuTTY: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/

Host name: 192.168.0.32 (Please check the DHCP address first on LCM.) Login name: admin Default password: 123456

Tips

D-LINK product supp orts SSH for remote control

only. For using SSH, the

IP address and password are required for login.

3.1.3 Web UI

D-LINK IP SAN storage supports graphic user interface (GUI) to operate. Be sure to connect the LAN cable. The default I P sett i ng is DHCP; open the browser and enter:

http://192.168.0.32

And then it will pop up a dialog for authentication.

Figure 3.1.4.1

User name: admin Default password: 123456

After login, choose the functions which lists on the left side of window to make any configuration.

Figure 3.1.4.2

There are seven indicators and three icons at the top-right corner.

Figure 3.1.4.3

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