Quantum STORNEXT FX 2.0 User Manual
StorNext FX 2.0 Release Notes
Contents 0
Purpose of this Release ................................................................................................. 2
Operating System Level Requirements ...................................................................... 2
Resolved Issues .............................................................................................................. 8
Known Issues ............................................................................................................... 11
Operating Guidelines and Limitations..................................................................... 12
Documentation............................................................................................................. 18
Contacting Quantum................................................................................................... 19
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Purpose of this Release 0
StorNext FX (SNFX) 2.0 release notes describe known issues and issues that were
resolved for this release. These notes also provide drive and auxiliary firmware
compatibility information.
StorNext FX is a client only version software that is licensed to run in Apple
managed environments and used with an Apple metadata controller. It is fully
interoperable and compatible with Apple Xsan. StorNext FX 2.0 is built using
StorNext File System components from the StorNext 3.1 release.
Visit www.quantum.com/ServiceandSupport for additional information and
updates for StorNext FX.
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Support for the following operating systems has been added in StorNext FX 2.0:
•Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5
•SUSETM Linux Enterprise Server 10
Starting with StorNext FX 2.0, the following operating systems are no longer
supported:
• Windows 2000
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
•AIX 5.2
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
Note: For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 or 5, before
installing StorNext you must first install the kernel header files
(shipped as the kernel-devel-smp or kernel-devel RPM).
For systems running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, you must first
install the kernel source code (typically shipped as the kernel-source
RPM).
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Note: GNU tar is required on Solaris systems. In addition, for systems
running Solaris 10, install the Recommended Patch Cluster (dated
March 10, 2006 or later) before installing StorNext.
To enable support for LUNs greater than 2TB on Solaris 10, the
following patches are required:
• 118822-23 (or greater) Kernel Patch
• 118996-03 (or greater) Format Patch
• 119374-07 (or greater) SD and SSD Patch
• 120998-01 (or greater) SD Headers Patch
Caution: Red Hat 5 ships with secure Linux kernel enabled by default. To
ensure proper StorNext operation, you must not install Red Hat 5
with secure Linux enabled. The secure Linux kernel must be off, or
the file system could fail to start.
StorNext FX 2.0 Requirements
The following table lists the required operating system levels required to
successfully operate StorNext FX 2.0
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Operating System Platform Operating System Levels
Red Hat Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced
Server 4.0 - Updates 4 and 5 (32-bit
Intel and AMD; 64-bit Itanium,
Opteron, and EM64T)
Required kernels:
2.6.9-42.EL (Update 4)
2.6.9-55.EL (Update 5)
Red Hat Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced
Server 5.0 (64-bit Opteron, and
EM64T)
Required kernels:
2.6.18-8
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Sun Solaris
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SolarisTM 9 and 10 (SPARC 64-bit)
Generic_118855-14 release
NOTE: Prior to installing StorNext on
a Solaris 10 machine, you must install
the Solaris 10 Recommended Patch
Cluster dated March 10, 2006 or later.
NOTE: To gain support for LUNs
greater than 2TB on Solaris 10, the
following patches are required:
118822-23 (or greater) Kernel Patch
118996-03 (or greater) Format Patch
119374-07 (or greater) SD and SSD
Patch
120998-01 (or greater) SD Headers
Patch
SuSE Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10,
Service Pack 1; (32-bit Intel and AMD,
64-bit Itanium, Opteron, and EM64T).
Required kernels
2.6.16.21-0.8-default
2.6.16-46-0.12 (SP1)
Both the kernel and kernel source
RPM packages must be installed.
Install all tools necessary to build a
kernel module (including compilers)
on all Linux clients and server
systems.
Windows Server 2003
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Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit Intel
and AMD)
Windows XP® (Client only) Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit Intel
and AMD)
Windows Vista
IBM AIX
HP-UX
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SGI IRIX
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(32-bit and 64-bit Intel and AMD)
5.3 (Power Architecture 64-bit)
11i v2 (PA-RISC and 64-bit Itanium)
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6.5.29 and 6.5.30 (MIPS 64-bit)
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Certified System Components
The following table lists certified system components that have been Quantum
tested and qualified to support StorNext FX 2.0. For details on other supported
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components, contact the Quantum Technical Assistance Center
Component Description
Browsers Netscape 7.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and
later
Mozilla 1.4 and later
FireFox 1.0 and later
Minimum browser resolution:
800x600
HBA Emulex LP8000, LP850, LP9000,
LP90002
QLogic: QLA2200, QLA2310,
QLA2340, QLA2342
NFS Versions 3
Multipathing Failover Software Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0,
Update 3
HP SecurePath - version: 3.0c
Windows 2003
EMC PowerPath - version: 3.0.6
For information on supported HBA
drivers, refer to the RAID vendor’s
documentation.
System Requirements 0 This section describes the system requirements necessary to successfully install
StorNext FX 2.0.
Note: The following requirements assume that StorNext FX is the only
application running on your system.
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StorNext FX 2.0 File System Connectivity Requirements 0
The following connectivity requirements must be met for each StorNext FX
mounted file system:
System/Component Requirement
StorNext Client Software Requirements
Network LAN using TCP/IP
(all clients and servers must be
interconnected)
For SNFX metadata traffic, Quantum
requires that a separate, dedicated,
switched Ethernet LAN be used.
SAN SNFX clients: An FC-HBA or
equivalent SAN communication
device where the storage is visible
and accessible to multiple SAN
clients.
SNFX does not support multiple
hosts connected through an FC hub
device because the resulting
propagation of Loop Initialization
Protocol resets can cause data
corruption.
To install and run the StorNext client software, the client system must meet the
following minimum hardware requirements.
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For SAN (FC-attached) clients:
•1 GB RAM
• 500 MB available hard disk space
StorNext File System Client Buffer Cache
For StorNext FX 2.0, multiple mounted file systems typically share a single buffer
cache. A StorNext client buffer cache is created for each different
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default, all file systems have the same
cachebufsize of 64K, so they all share the
cachebufsize. By
same buffer cache.
Note: These settings do not apply to MacOS X clients, which do not use the
StorNext buffer cache.
The amount of memory consumed by default for each cachebufsize depends on
the platform type and the amount of memory in the system. The following table
shows the default amount of memory consumed by
cachebufsize:
Platform Type <=2GB Memory >2GB Memory
32-bit Windows 32MB 64MB
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