Fujitsu Eternus DX80 Setup Manual

Preparation & Installation Area

S T E P

Check that the installation area meets the space requirements

of the rack in which the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 is to be installed.

Installation space

Installation requirements

Chec k that the installation area satisfies all the requirements

described in the "Setting" section of the "ETERNUS DX60/DX80

Disk storage system Safety Precautions"

Prepare the following items Secure the Installation Area

Temperature: 5 – 40°C
Humidity: 20 – 80%RH

Environmental conditions

Power outlets

Chec k that a sufficient number of suitable wall outlets are
available.

Check the Package Contents

S T E P

Refer to the "Package Contents" and check that there are no missing items.

The latest version of this document and the latest information about the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 is released in the following web-site. Access the following address if needed.

http://w ww.fujitsu.com /global/services/computing/storage/eternus/products/diskstorage/dx 60-dx80/

The company names, product names and ser vice names mentioned in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

Copyright 2009 FUJITSU LIMITED

This guide describes the workow required to proceed from installation to

operation of the (Fibre Channel model).

P3AM-3082-02EN

Setup Guide (Fibre Channel model)

Read and understand the "Safety Precautions"

before use.

"Safet y Precau tions"

ETERNUS DX60/DX80 Setup

Setting up the ETERNUS
DX60/DX80 to Support
Maintenance

Server Connection

Operation and Maintenance

Preparation & Installation
Area

Check the Package Contents

Installation

Cable Connection

Pre-Setup Preparation

Workow

Read this Setup Guide first

Disk storage system

1

2
3
4
5

6
7

8
9

The following items need to be prepared in advance:

IP addresses and subnet mask

(for the ETERNUS DX60/

DX80 and maintenance engineer PC)

Network equipment such as a switching hub
Web browser

(Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0, Mozilla

Firefox™ 3.0.x)

Make sure that all of the following manuals are handy:

Documentation CD
"Safety Precautions"
"Package Contents"

"3.1 Preparat ion" in the " User Gui de"
"Safet y Precau tions"

"4.1 Prior Preparation" in the " User Gui de"

"Packa ge Contents"

Proceed to
next step

ETERNUS DX60/DX80

Rack mount kit

Misc. cables

Misc. documents

S T E P

Installation

The rack rail (bracket) needs to be attached to the rack and the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 mounted.

2. Attach the rack rails (brackets) to the rack. The size of the
ETERNUS DX60/DX80 is 2U.

ETERNUS DX60/DX80

1st position

(M5 screws)

3rd position

(M5 screws)

1st position

(M5 screws)

3rd position

(M5 screws)

2U

[Screw location of the rack rail (bracket)]

Tighten the screws in the same locations on both the front and rear sides of the rack pillars

[Left] [Right]

Rack rail (bracket)

Base line of the
ETERNUS DX60/DX80

(Front rack pillars)

(Rear rack pillars)

"R" is stamped on the inner
side of the right rack rail.

"L" is stamped on the inner
side of the left rack rail.

Loosen the screws,
and adjust the rack rails to
the depth of the rack.

[Left]

[Right]

4. Fasten the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 to the rack.

3. Mount the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 in the rack.

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Make sure to install or remove the enclosure

to or from the rack by two or more people.

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Multiple Drive Enclosures must be connected

to the controller enclosure following the order

of the "D E_ No. label" numbers attached to

eac h D rive Enclosure. The position of the

labels are in the positions shown below.

IMPORTANT

Between the EXP#0 and

EXP#1 expanders at the rear

of the drive enclosure

DE_No. label

At the right side of the front of

the drive enclosure

"3.2 R ack Installation" in the "Us er Guide"

S T E P

Cable Connection

When Drive Enclosures are installed, miniSAS cables are
used to connect between the SAS ports of the enclosures.
Connect the Controller Enclosure to Drive Enclosure 1, Drive
Enclosure 1 to Drive Enclosure 2, Drive Enclosure 2 to Drive
Enclosure 3, etc. T he number of Drive Enclosure can be
checked with the "DE_No." label.

Var ious cable s need to be connected to t he rear of the

ETERNUS DX60/DX80.

Rear view

Controller
Enclosure

Cable

LAN Cables

MiniSAS Cables

Use release ties to hold the power cords in place.

Power Cords

Rear view

Controller
Enclosure

Drive
Enclosure

Cord

Rear view

Controller
Enclosure

Drive
Enclosure

Drive
Enclosure

Cable

Fibre Channel Cables

Rear view

Controller
Enclosure

Cable

"4.2.1 LAN Cable Connec tion (For Operation Manag ement)" in th e
"User G uide"

"4.2.2 Fibre Channel Cable Connection (For Fibre Channel) " in the "User
Guide"

The SAS (OUT) port is on the left side,
and SAS (IN) port is on the right side.

Insert the connector with a mark on its
underside in the SAS (OUT) port.
Inser t the connector with a mark on its underside in the
SAS (IN) port.

"4.2.5 MiniSAS Cable Connection (For Dr ive Enclo sures)" in the " User
Guide"

"4.2.6 Power C ord Con nectio n" in the"U ser Guide"

To he lp wi th cable management and prev ent

incorrect connection, attach labels to the cables

and note where each cable is connected to and

from.

Point

The c ab le s should never b e bent, t wisted or

pulled.

IMPORTANT

Underside of
the SAS (OUT) side plug

Underside of
the SAS (IN) side plug

The RMT port is on the left side, and MNT port

is on the right side.

The MNT port must always be connected. The

RMT port onl y needs to be co nnected when the remote

support connection is to be independent of the customer

network.

The left port is 0, and right port is 1.

Connect a Fibre Channel cable to each CM port.

1. Adjust the rack rail (bracket)

size to t the rack.

Example for connection of miniSAS cable
(when two Drive Enclosures are installed)

The following steps need to be per formed before star ting the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 setup procedure:

ETERNUS DX60/DX80 Setup

S T E P

Set the necessar y environment for operating the ETERNUS

DX60/DX80 with its initial setup.

The [Initial Setup] screen appears by clicking t he [Ini ti al

Setup] menu on the [Easy Setup] tab.

This screen is used to set the following items:

Set Date and Time Change password

Change Storage System Name Set Network Environment

After completing these settings with the Finish step, close

the web browser to end the setup session, then detach the

direct c onnection L AN c able (for ope ration management)

fro m the setup PC and connect it to the normal network.

Then try logging on again via the normal network, using the

IP address that has just been set.

Initial Setup

Pre-Setup Preparation

S T E P

1. Fill in the IP address and subnet mask elds on the Network Setting label.

2. Attach it to the rear upper central label plate.

3. Connect the PC and the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 using a LAN cable (for operation
management).

4. Give the PC the following network settings:

IP address: 192.168.1.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

5. Set the Web browser not to use a proxy server or web caching.

6. Check that Java Script and style sheets, and cookies are enabled as an operating
condition for the Web browser.

7. Turn on the ETERNUS DX60/DX80.

1. The connected PC may be used to setup the ETERNUS
DX60/DX80. Start the Web browser and enter either of the
following URLs in the address bar:

http://192.168.1.1/

https://192.168.1.1/

2. Enter the following user name and password, and click the
[Logon] button to logon to the ETERNUS DX60/DX80.

User name: root

Password: root (Default)

3. Af t er log gin g o n, the St orag e S yst em Sta tus sc r een
appears.

Basic ETERNUS DX60/DX80 setup is performed by accessing

the "Initial Setup" and "Conguration Wizard" functions with a

Web browser.

"4.3 ETERNUS DX60/DX8 0 Setup" in t he "User Guide"

The first time the power is turned on, volume

for matt ing may start ac co rding to the factor y

default settings. This does not af fect the setup

operation, which may be started immediately.

IMPORTANT

Per form the necess ar y set tings to operate the ETER NUS

DX60/DX80 using the Conguration Wizard.

The [Configuration Wizard] screen appears by clicking the

[Conguration Wizard] button on the [Easy Setup] tab.

Register hot spares for use in case the regular disks fail.

The [Assign Hot Spare] screen appears by clicking [Assign

Hot Spare] under the [RAID Group Management] menu on the

[Volume Settings] tab.

Set the connecting information for FC port to connect to the server.

The [Set FC Port Parameters] screen appears by clicking [Set

FC Port Parameters] under the [Host I/F Management] menu

on the [Global Settings] tab.

This screen is used to set the following items:

Connection (Factory default is "FC-AL")

Set Loop ID (Required when "Connection" is "FC-AL")

Loop ID (Required when "Connection" is "FC-AL")

Transfer Rate

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Host Afnity

Host Response (Required when "Host Afnity" is "Disabled")

Configuration Wizard

Assigning Hot Spares

Setting FC Port parameters

Create RAID Group Congure Afnity Group

Create Volume



Dene LUN Mapping

Dene Host

"4.3.3 Con guration Wizar d" in the" User Guid e"

"4.3.4.Hot S pare Regi stration" in the"User Guid e"

"5.4 Host I/F Management " in the " Web GUI Us er Guide"

Default RA ID groups, volumes and hot spares

disks are preset in the factory. Refer to "Web GUI

User Guide" if the preset values are to be changed.

Point

"4.3.2 Initial Setup" in the"Us er Guide"

Setting up the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 to Support Maintenance

S T E P

Server Connection

S T E P

Operation and Maintenance

S T E P

Various settings are needed to make certain post-operation maintenance tasks easier.

Notication of ETERNUS DX60/DX80 problems as they occur is possible if the event notication method and level have

been set.

For e-mail notication of ETERNUS DX60/DX80 problems, a destination e-mail address must be set.

If the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 is to be connected to a PRIMERGY and " ServerV iew" used to monitor the server, the

ETERNUS DX60/DX80 needs to be set to send SNMP traps to the server.

If remote suppor t is required, the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 needs to be set to notify the remote support center of failures.

"4.4 Maintena nce Setup" in the "Us er Guide"

Remote suppor t allows prompt detection and resolution of trouble.

Point

Various tasks need to be performed before the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 can be connected to the server. These include the

installation of the appropriate drivers and the setup of Fibre Channel switches.

Check which server OS, Fibre Channel cards, and Fibre Channel switches are to be connected to before starting this step.

All necessary settings are complete, and the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 is now ready for normal operation.

"4.5 Settin g up the Ser ver Con nectio n" in the "User Guide"
"ETER NUS Disk storage sy stems Ser ver Con nectio n Guide (Fi bre Channe l)"

- for Solar is™ Operatin g System

- for Linux

- for HP- UX - E TERNU S Disk Storage System Setti ngs for ET ERNUS DX6 0/DX80

- for AIX - Fibr e Channel S witch Set tings

- for Windo ws® - f or Egenera BladeFrame

- for VMwa re® ESX

Status check

Data backup

Maintenance support period

The status of the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 should be regularly monitored by checking the LEDs and using the Web browser.

Important data should be regularly backed up to a tape drive or similar device as a precaution against system failures.

The maintenance support period for the ETERNUS DX60/DX80 is 5 years from the date of purchase.

Maintenance af ter starting operation:

This manual uses recycled paper.

ETERNUS DX60/DX8 0 Disk sto rage syste m Setup Gui de

(Fibre Channel mode l)

P3AM -30 82-02 EN

Date of issu ance: October 20 09

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