Contents: Dell PowerVault 735N Systems System Administrator's Guide Dell™ PowerVault™ 735N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide You must right-click the link for a portable document format (PDF) file and save the file to your hard-disk drive. Attempting to link directly to large PDF files causes your system to freeze. To save PDF files (files with an extension of .
Contents: Dell PowerVault 735N Systems System Administrator's Guide Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, cautions, and warnings, and they are used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system. NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
Preface This guide provides system administrators, IT professionals, and those responsible for the installation of network attached storage (NAS) devices, with the information necessary to install, configure, and operate the Dell PowerVault 735N NAS appliance. Chapters include the following information: • • • • • • • • • Chapter 1 — “Introduction” provides an overview of the system features, as well as the information necessary to perform the initial configuration of the system.
Safety, Regulatory, and Warranty Information For safety, regulatory, and warranty information for your system, see the System Information document included with your system. Other Documents You May Need In addition to this System Administrator’s Guide, the following documentation is included with your system: • • • • • • • • The Dell PowerVault 735N Systems User's Guide, which describes system features, technical specifications, and device drivers.
Notational Conventions The following subsections describe notational conventions used in this document. Notes, Notices, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, cautions, and warnings, and they are used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system.
• Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are displayed in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substitute a value) are displayed in lowercase italics; constant parameters are displayed in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional. Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p] • Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the command’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New font.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 The Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Basic Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 5 System Recovery, Backup, and Restore . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Recovery From System Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System State Backup and Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third-Party Backup Software for Network Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the Dell™ PowerVault™ 735N network attached storage (NAS) appliance features, as well as the information necessary to perform the initial configuration of the system. This system is a “headless” system that is managed through the onboard Ethernet connection; it operates without a keyboard, monitor, or mouse. While it is possible to connect these peripherals to the system, it is generally not necessary unless troubleshooting the system.
figuration. The PowerVault NAS Manager home page displays a status indicator and provides a link to the Messages page, which contains details about logged events. You can access the Terminal Services Advanced Client from the PowerVault NAS Manager to perform tasks not available directly through the PowerVault NAS Manager. See “Advanced Features” found later in this document for more information. Basic Configuration This section includes information to enable you get your system up and running.
Using a Serial Connection NOTE: You must be logged in as Administrator to perform these steps. On a computer running Windows 2000, perform the following steps to connect to the PowerVault NAS Manager through the Administration port: 1. Connect the serial cable included with your system from the computer you are using for configuration to the administration port (serial port 1) on your system. 2. From the Start menu, click Settings and then click Control Panel. 3.
20. Under Select a Device, click Communication cable between two computers. 21. Click Configure. This selection opens the Modem Configuration window. 22. In the Maximum Speed (bps) drop-down menu, click 115200. 23. Click OK to close the Modem Configuration window. 24. Click OK to close the Direct Connection window. The Connect Direct Connection box prompts you for a user name and password. 25. Enter the User Name and Password for your system. 26. Click Connect.
• Configure one or more systems using the PowerVault Kick-Start diskette Ask your system administrator for the following information for each system you are configuring: • • • • • IP address IP subnet mask Gateway Host system name DNS IP address(es) You must also have the Dell Service Tags for each of the systems you plan to configure using PowerVault Kick-Start. The Dell Service Tag is a seven-digit alphanumeric string that can be found on a sticker on the back of each system.
1. Click the Run PowerVault Kick-Start Application link. The PowerVault 735N PowerVault Kick-Start Application Menu window displays with the following fields: • Dell Service Tag This field is required. The Dell Service Tag consists of a seven-digit alphanumeric string and can be found on a sticker on the back of your system. • Time Zone This field allows you to set the time zone on your system. • Ethernet Port 0 This) field is required.
Part 3: Configuring Systems With a PowerVault Kick-Start Diskette After you have created configuration files on a PowerVault Kick-Start diskette, you can use the diskette to set up one or more systems: support.dell.com 1. Insert the configured PowerVault Kick-Start diskette into the diskette drive of the first system you want to set up and turn on the system. 2. When the configuration is complete, the system automatically shuts down. 3.
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CHAPTER 2 The Dell PowerVault 735N NAS Manager The Dell PowerVault 735N NAS Manager is a Web-based user interface that is the primary way to configure the PowerVault 735N NAS appliance. This chapter describes basic navigation of the NAS Manager. See “How To Find Help” for more information. Basic Navigation The Dell PowerVault NAS Manager displays when you access a PowerVault 735N system from a Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later Web browser. NOTE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.
— Warning (yellow text) — Critical (red text) Clicking Status: sends you to the Messages page. • Microsoft Windows Powered logo Menu Bar The main menu bar has the following tabs: • • • • • • • • Home — Provides links to the other tabs. Network Setup — Provides access to basic network setup tasks such as changing passwords. Disks and Volumes — Allows you to configure disks and volumes, set disk quotas, and take snapshots.
While a single user interface is provided to create a share for all protocols, in actuality, a separate share is created for each protocol. You can remove a share for one protocol without removing the share for the others, but this must be done carefully. To add a CIFS, NFS, FTP or HTTP share, perform the following steps: 1. On the NAS Manager menu bar, click Folders and Shares. 2. Click Shares. 3. On the Shared Folders on Server Appliance page, in the Tasks list, click New. 4.
2. Open Local Users and Groups, and click Users. 3. Double-click on the system name that will access the Apple Macintosh share. 4. Enter the correct username and password of an authorized user. 5. Select the share from the displayed list. Adding Novell® NetWare® Shares To create Novell NetWare shares, perform the following steps: 1. On the NAS Manager menu bar, click Maintenance. 2. Click Terminal Services Advanced Client. 3. Log into the Terminal Services session. 4.
3. Enter the name of the system The default NetWare system name is DellxxxxxxxNW, where xxxxxxx is the Dell service tag number. 4. At the login screen, enter the password for the specified username. Managing Shares The Shares page allows users to create, open, delete, or configure a variety of network folders. The Shares page displays a Shared Folders on Server Appliance table that has the following columns: • Shared Folder lists each shared folder by name.
When you click this icon, a new browser window appears with the context-sensitive help topic related to the page you are on. In addition to the online help for your system, you can also access help for Microsoft Windows 2000 through Terminal Services Advanced Client To start Windows 2000 Help, perform the following steps: 2-6 1. Click Maintenance on the NAS Manager main menu. 2. Click Terminal Services Advanced Client. 3. Log in. 4. From the Start menu, click Help.
CHAPTER 3 Using Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager Software NOTE: If you have an optional second Dell PowerEdge® Expandable RAID Controller 2/Dual Channel (PERC 2/DC), see Chapter 8, “Enabling a Second PERC 2/DC RAID Controller.” Dell OpenManage Array Manager software provides a comprehensive solution to storage management in an integrated graphical view.
4. Create a new volume on the upgraded disk. 5. Assign the next available drive letter and format the volume NT File System (NTFS). Deleting an Existing Volume 1. Select and delete the desired volume. 2. Revert the disk that contained the volume to a basic disk. 3. Determine the virtual disk that corresponds to the basic disk. 4. Delete that virtual disk. Expanding an Existing Volume 1. Find the virtual disk that corresponds to the volume you are going to expand. 2.
• My Network Places, History, Favorites provide remote connection functionality not supported by the PowerVault 735N system and should be ignored. Right Pane The right pane identifies the various objects and their status, and displays any error conditions that may exist. The four tabbed views in the system’s right pane console view include the following: • The General tab displays parameters based on the objects you select in the console's tree view.
NOTE: On each PERC 2/DC controller, you can create a maximum of 8 virtual disks. Each virtual disk can have up to 8 hard-disk drives. The following topics are discussed: • • • • Recommended Virtual Disk Configuration Creating Virtual Disks Deleting Virtual Disks Reconfiguring and Managing Virtual Disks Recommended Virtual Disk Configuration Dell recommends that each virtual disk created on your system's external SCSI enclosures contain 5 physical drives and be configured as a RAID-5 virtual disk.
6. Click Next to continue. The Completing the Create Virtual Disk Wizard dialog box displays. 7. Click Finish to create a virtual disk or Back to return to the previous screen. Dell OpenManage Array Manager confirms the creation of the virtual disk. The Rescan Disk Layout checkbox is selected by default. Rescan Disk Layout allows the Microsoft Windows Powered operating system to recognize the new virtual disk.
Using Add Member Perform the following steps to add array disks to a virtual disk or to change the virtual disk's RAID level: 1. Right-click a virtual disk. 2. Click Add Member. A Virtual Disk Add Member dialog box appears. The available disks are listed in the left pane. You can choose appropriate disks to add by selecting them and using Add Disk to move them to the right pane. 3. Choose the RAID level in the pull down list Virtual Disk Type. 4.
Using Change Policy Perform the following steps to change the cache policies of a virtual disk. 1. Right-click a virtual disk. 2. Click Change Policy. The Virtual Disk Change Policy dialog box displays. 3. From the pull down menu, choose the policies you want. You can enable or disable the write-cache or enable or disable the read-cache. 4. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit the operation. When you are finished, click Properties to verify if the policy changes occurred.
Properties This command displays a window that shows the properties associated with the virtual disk. Array Disk Commands This section describes the following commands for working with array disks. • • • • • • • • Format Rebuild Assign a Global Hotspare Unassign a Global Hotspare Online Array Disk Offline Array Disk Prepare to Remove Properties Format The Format command performs a low-level formatting of the array disk. To format the array disk, perform the following steps: 1.
You can change the hot spare disk assignment by unassigning a disk and choosing another disk to assign, as needed. To assign a global hot-spare, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click on the array disk that you wish to use as a hot spare. 2. Click Assign Global Hotspare. The Assign Hot Spare dialog box appears. 3. Confirm the successful completion of the operation by checking the properties displayed in the right pane.
Prepare to Remove Use this procedure to prepare for removing an array disk from a PERC 2/DC controller. NOTICE: To prevent data loss, it is recommended that you perform this operation before you remove any physical disk from an enclosure. 1. Right-click on the disk that you want to remove. 2. Click Prepare to Remove, then click OK to continue. When the lights on the disk you have prepared to remove stop blinking, the disk is ready to be physically removed.The disk will not be listed in the array group.
Enable Sound The Enable Sound command enables the controller alarm setting. When enabled, the alarm sounds in the event of a device failure. To enable the alarm sound, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click a controller. 2. Click Enable Sound. Disable Sound The Disable Sound command disables the alarm. If disabled, the alarm does not sound in the event of a device failure. To disable the alarm sound, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click a controller. 2. Click Disable Sound.
Writing a Disk Signature When you create a virtual disk and perform a rescan, the newly created virtual disk appears under the Disks node. The disk displays an error bitmap on the icon. The Disk Type is Unsigned Disk. If left unsigned, the disk cannot be used. To write a disk signature, right-click on the unsigned disk. A menu displays showing the Write Signature command. (The Write Signature command appears only if a disk does not have a signature on it.
Reactivating Dynamic Disks A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down, or disconnected. You can reactivate a dynamic disk to bring it back online by performing the following steps: 1. Right-click the disk marked Missing or Offline dynamic disk. 2. Click Reactivate Disk on the menu. The disk should be marked Online after the disk is reactivated. Merging Foreign Disks Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that have been moved from another system.
Volume Management This section describes conceptual and procedural information about how Dell OpenManage Array Manager implements basic and dynamic volumes. The following topics are discussed: • • • • Volume overview Checking volume properties Formatting a partition or volume Deleting a partition or volume Volume Overview A volume is a logical entity that is made up of portions of one or more physical disks. A volume can be formatted with a file system and can be accessed by a drive letter.
3. Enter a label for the volume. The label appears on the Dell OpenManage Array Manager console. If a name has been selected, this name appears in the name field. You can change the name by typing a different name. 4. Enter an allocation size or use the default, which is automatically selected. 5. Select file system type and formatting options: • • 6. Quick format – This option formats the volume or partition without scanning for bad sectors in the volume or partition.
The dynamic group to which the volume will belong is automatically created and appears selected. 3. Click Next. You are prompted for the volume layout and size of the volume to create. 4. Select the concatenated dynamic volume types. NOTE: Software mirroring, striping, and software RAID are not recommended because of performance degradation. 5. Provide a size in MB or GB. 6. Click Next. When you create the volume, you will see a Query Max Size button.
Extending a Dynamic Simple or Spanned Volume You can extend a volume only if the following are true: • • • The volume is formatted as NTFS. The volume was originally created as a dynamic disk. There is unallocated space on a dynamic disk onto which volume can be extended. You cannot extend a volume if any of the following are true: • • • The volume is formatted as FAT or FAT32. The volume is a striped, mirrored, or a RAID-5 volume. There is no unallocated space available on a dynamic disk.
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CHAPTER 4 System Management This chapter provides information about system management for your PowerVault 735N appliance. The following topics are discussed: • • • • Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card 2 (DRAC 2) Alert log messages from Dell OpenManage Server Agent Configuring SNMP community properties Configuring SNMP agent properties Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card The DRAC 2 is an optional server management card designed to provide remote manage capabilities.
4. At the System Settings menu, click Dell Remote Assistant Setup. The Dell Remote Assistant Card Setup and Configuration window displays. 5. Click Install DRAC Software. The Setup/Install Wizard starts. You can install the management software. Ensure that you use the default install directory (C:\Program Files\DRAC\Host). 6. Reboot your system. NOTE: Rebooting disconnects the NAS Manager. 7. Repeat steps 1 through 4 after the system has rebooted. 8. Click Configure DRAC Card.
Alert Log Messages From Dell OpenManage Server Agent The Dell OpenManage Server Agent server management software generates alert messages that appear in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) event log file. Alert log messages consist of information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive, temperature, fan, and power conditions.
• • To accept SNMP requests from any host on the network, regardless of identity, click Accept SNMP packets from any host. To limit acceptance of SNMP packets, click Accept SNMP packets from these hosts, click Add, type the appropriate host name, IP or IPX address, and then click Add again. NOTES: You can make changes to an entry by clicking the entry, and then clicking Edit. You can delete a selected entry by clicking Remove.
NOTE: If you change existing SNMP settings, your changes take effect immediately. You do not need to restart the SNMP service for your settings to take effect. If you are configuring SNMP for the first time, you must restart SNMP before these settings take effect. support.dell.
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CHAPTER 5 System Recovery, Backup, and Restore This chapter provides instructions on how to recover from a system failure, and how to back up and restore the system state.
2. Restart the system. The Dell PowerVault 735N Reinstallation CD automatically starts the installation process if the system is a PowerVault 735N NAS appliance and if the first logical volume configured on the RAID controller is a single drive RAID 0 group. It takes approximately 20 minutes for the system to reinstall. The CD ejects approximately 7 minutes into the installation time. The ejection of the CD does not indicate an error or that the process is finished. 3.
3. Log in to the Terminal Services session. 4. Go to the Advanced Administration Menu. The Advanced Administration Menu loads automatically, unless it was closed in a previous Terminal Services session. 5. Click the Advanced Administration Menu icon. The Advanced Administration Menu displays. 6. Select Administration Tools and click Perform System State Backup. The Performing System State Backup window displays. 7. Click OK to continue. 8.
7. Click Browse. The Select file to catalog window displays. 8. Browse for your file. 9. After locating your file, click OK. The What to Restore window displays. 10. Click + sign next to File. 11. Click + sign next to Media Created on. You are prompted for your backup file location. 12. If the location is correct, click OK; otherwise, browse to the correct backup file location. An icon labeled System State appears in the What to Restore window. 13. Click + (symbol) next to System State.
Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools allow you to back up your data volumes to a locally attached tape drive or to a file. NOTE: You must have a SCSI card installed and have a tape drive to back up your data volumes to tape. To get to the Windows 2000 Backup and Recovery Tools click on System Backup/ Restore on the Maintenance page of the PowerVault 735N NAS Manager or by clicking Windows 2000 Backup/Recovery Tools in the Advanced Administration Menu.
Installing Tape Device Drivers for Windows 2000 To install drivers for the PowerVault 130T DLT 7000 tape library, PowerVault 120T DLT 7000 tape autoloader, or PowerVault 120T DLT1 tape autoloader, perform the following steps. NOTE: The procedure for installing the PowerVault tape devices are identical except for the name of the driver files. Select the appropriate driver for your tape hardware. 1. Connect the PowerVault tape device and restart the machine. 2. Connect to the NAS Manager. 3.
18. Click Finish. 19. Click Close. If you have a PowerVault 120T DLT1 Tape Autoloader, you must follow the steps in the next section to install the driver for the PowerVault 1110T DLT1 tape drive. Installing Driver for the PowerVault 110T LTO and 110T DLT1 Tape Drives To install drivers for the PowerVault 110T LTO tape drive or PowerVault 110T DLT1 tape drives, perform the following steps. NOTE: The procedure for installing the PowerVault tape devices are identical except for the name of the driver files.
17. Click OK and then click Next. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard searches the specified folder for the driver files. 18. Make sure the wizard has selected the appropriate PowerVault tape device and click Next. 19. Click Finish. 20. Click Close to exit the driver properties dialog box.
CHAPTER 6 Dell ActiveArchive™ Dell ActiveArchive allows the creation and preservation of snapshots of the Dell PowerVault 735N system data volumes. When using snapshots, system performance may be degraded, depending on the rate your data is changing and the number of snapshots kept for each virtual disk. Read performance of the virtual disk remains constant, regardless of the presence of snapshots. Read performance of the snapshot is identical to that of the virtual disk.
directory. The files and folders in the snapshot directories have the same permissions as the files and folders on the original volume. Snapshot directories are used exactly the same as conventional read-only system volumes. Unlike conventional volumes, snapshot images are static, recording the precise content of the originating volume at the time the snapshot was created. NOTE: Do not modify the snapshot contents. Modifications to snapshot contents are not persistent.
3. Use the dropdown menus to select the Starting time, the frequency at which to repeat the snapshot (Repeat every frequency), the Beginning day, the Volume, and how long to Keep count. 4. Click OK to delete the item or Cancel to leave the item intact. Taking a New Snapshot To take an immediate snapshot, perform the following steps: 1. From the Menu bar, click Disks and Volumes, then click ActiveArchive. 2. From the Tasks list on the Schedule page, click New... 3.
Quiescent Period: Prior to starting a snapshot, the system waits for a period of relative inactivity on the volume being imaged. The default value for this period allows systems to start an image with a consistent file set and a minimal time-out. Experienced administrators may reduce or increase this value for system optimization.
Accessing Stored Snapshots in ActiveArchives NOTES: Only Windows clients (CIFS) can access Dell ActiveArchive snapshots. The name of the utility that creates snapshots is Dell ActiveArchive. The name of the directory where Dell ActiveArchive snapshots are stored is ActiveArchives. To access the ActiveArchives directory using a Windows client on the network, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click on My Appliance. 2. Click Map Network Drive from the menu. 3.
12. Click Tools. 13. Click Defragment Now. The Defragmentation window displays. 14. Click Defragment. You are notified when defragmentation is complete. 15. Exit Terminal Services Advanced Client. 16. From the NAS Manager, click Disks and Volumes. 17. Click ActiveArchive. You can schedule snapshot or take a snapshot now. If you take a snapshot now, it should appear on the list of snapshots within 10 seconds.
CHAPTER 7 Advanced Features This chapter includes descriptions of advanced features that cannot be performed from the NAS Manager menus. The following topics are discussed: • • • • • • Network adapter teaming Services for UNIX File server for Macintosh Services for NetWare Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) To perform the procedures in this chapter, you must use the Terminal Services Advanced Client.
address, the network does not need to be segmented or reconfigured. ALB can also be used over gigabit Ethernet links, providing throughputs up to 4 Gbps. Intel Server Adapters also support Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT), in which a secondary adapter backs up the link between the primary server and the switch for continued operation if the primary link fails. Team members for the PowerVault 735N system are limited to the network connectivity of the system.
4. Click Network Trunking in the Advanced Administration Menu. The Network Trunking utility, Intel PROSet II, displays. 5. In the tree view, click the team to remove. 6. Click Action and click Remove. Removing an Adapter From a Network Team Remove an adapter from a network team through the Network Trunking utility, Intel PROSet II. To access the Network Trunking utility from the PowerVault NAS Manager, perform the following steps: 1. Click Maintenance. 2. Click Terminal Services Advanced Client.
Services for UNIX Services for UNIX (SFU) provides the tools needed to integrate UNIX and Windows networks by leveraging existing UNIX network resource and expertise. SFU includes more than 60 of the most common UNIX command line utilities to provide a familiar environment for UNIX users and administrators. Server for NFS allows you to leverage your existing UNIX network resources for UNIX clients. SFU provides important tools to enhance and simplify the administration of your network.
Permissions Server for NFS uses discretionary access control lists (DACLs) to simulate typical UNIX and NFS permissions. The default permissions are read/write for all users. To set permissions, perform the following steps in Windows Explorer: 1. Click Properties for the folder you are sharing. 2. Click NFS Sharing. 3. Click Permissions. 4. Set the permissions. NOTE: UNIX and Windows 2000 security models have inherently different permission sets. Any attempt to align them is only an approximation.
Authentication The SFU telnet server supports Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) for authentication of client logins. NTLM allows users to be automatically authenticated to the telnet server based on their Windows NT login. This makes using telnet completely transparent to users, while ensuring that clear text passwords do not pass over the network. NTLM must be supported on the client side of the login as well, however.
ActiveState ActivePerl 5.6 SFU includes ActiveState's ActivePerl 5.6, a full featured port of Perl 5.6 and Perl Script to Windows Powered operating systems. Among other improvements, ActivePerl 5.6 includes support for fork() emulation at the interpreter level, improving the portability of scripts and modules. ActivePerl also provides full support for the Windows Script Host, making ActivePerl an excellent tool for system administration tasks.
Defining Maps To define simple maps in SFU, select the Simple Maps check box and perform the following steps: 1. Specify the Windows Domain. 2. Specify the NIS Domain. 3. Optionally, specify the NIS Server. 4. Click Apply to create the maps. If you are defining advanced maps, you create user and group maps individually. In the NAS Manager, you choose Explict User Maps or Explicit Group Maps. To create advanced maps in SFU, deselect the Simple Maps check box and perform the following steps: 1.
3. Specify the name and location of the file that contains the saved maps. 4. Click Restore. Basic Scenarios For UNIX and Windows NT Username Mapping, an NIS Server must already exist in the UNIX environment. Username Mapping associates NIS users and groups to Windows NT users and groups. There are two types of maps that can be used; simple and advanced. Simple maps define a one-to-one relationship between same name users and groups.
• • • • Apple Clear Text is authentication performed via Apple standard clear-text UAM. Apple Encrypted is authentication performed via Apple RandNum Exchange UAM. Apple Clear Text or Microsoft is authentication performed via Microsoft UAM or via Apple standard clear-text UAM. Apple Encrypted or Microsoft is authentication performed via Microsoft UAM or via Apple RandNum Exchange UAM.
To install the authentication files on the Macintosh workstation 1. Double-click the Microsoft UAM Volume on the Macintosh desktop. 2. Double-click the Microsoft UAM Installer file on the Microsoft UAM volume. 3. Click Continue in the installer welcome screen. The installer will report whether the installation succeeded. If the installation has succeeded, Macintosh users of this workstation will be offered Microsoft Authentication when they connect to the system.
Configuring the NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Protocol To configure this protocol, you need the internal network number, the frame type, and the network number. Internal Network Number Internal network numbers are used for internal routing and are generally only needed for servers. You should not need to change this option on your system. Frame Type and Network Number Frame types define the packet formats that are used by different networks.
• Use directory-enabled applications, devices, and services based on the Windows 2000 Active Directory service. MSDSS is easy to use and makes synchronization and Active Directory setup easy through its management interface. It is fully-featured to allow users a choice of management, synchronization, and migration options. MSDSS supports all major NetWare platforms and most Novell directories and binderies, and it includes support for IPX/SPX and TCP/IP network protocols.
Small Environment A small company with a LAN-based and uncomplicated network is often a likely candidate for a quick migration. After doing all the preparations described in the above section, perform these steps (adjusted, if necessary, to your situation): 1. Back up your NetWare system and user data. 2. Install and configure a Windows 2000 domain controller (see the documentation that comes with your operating system software). 3.
g. Specify the NDS Container or Bindery Container from which to copy items. h. Provide the name and password of the Novell administrative account. i. On the Initial Reverse Synchronization page, specify Password Options (such as “Set passwords to the user name.”) When you are performing a migration, this page does not include the option to actually perform an initial reverse synchronization, but it is the page where you specify which password option you want to use. j.
respectively under NetWare scan logs and Windows scan logs. You can select a number of acceptable errors; if this number is exceeded, the process aborts, letting you return to previous steps to correct the errors. • On the Step 6 - Migrate tab, click Migrate. Manually migrate (or use third-party utilities to migrate) object security permissions and system accounts, printer objects, application objects, and other objects that MSDSS does not migrate from Bindery or NDS to Active Directory.
5. Log on to the NDS tree or Bindery server with administrative credentials. 6. Log on to the appropriate Windows 2000 domain as a member of the Domain Admins group. 7. On the MSDSS server, open the Help files, and then print out the steps (briefly summarized below) for “To perform a one-way synchronization” or “To perform a two-way synchronization.” 8.
10. If you plan long-term coexistence between Active Directory and NetWare, you are now finished, unless you want to migrate a subset of users, computers, and/ or files.
CHAPTER 8 Enabling a Second PERC 2/DC RAID Controller Perform the following procedure when a second Dell PowerEdge expandable RAID controller 2/dual channel (PERC 2/DC) RAID adapter is present on a PowerVault 735N system. NOTE: This procedure requires a monitor and keyboard to access the PERC 2/DC basic input output system (BIOS) Configuration Utility, which allows the user to create a logical drive on the secondary controller.
8. Select View/Add Configuration on the Configure window. The View/Add Configuration - Array Selection Menu window should appear. All physical drives present on the PowerVault 210S attached to the controller should appear with status Ready. 9. Following the instructions on the bottom of the screen, use the up and down arrows to highlight and the space bar to select the disks for the new logical disk. You must select three or more physical disks to allow the creation of a RAID 5 logical disk.
CHAPTER 9 Troubleshooting Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues support.dell.com Issue Possible cause Resolution I cannot access my Dell ActiveArchive from an NFS or Macintosh Client. Only Windows (CIFS) clients can access the snapshots stored in the ActiveArchive folders for each volume. Access ActiveArchive folders through the Windows client to perform data recovery. I cannot take a snapshot of my volume. A snapshot cannot be taken of the volume containing the snapshot cache file.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) 9-2 Issue Possible cause Resolution I cannot create shares for NetWare or Macintosh clients in PowerVault NAS Manager. NetWare and Macintosh shares can only be set up from the Advanced Administration Menu. Select Terminal Services Advanced Client from the PowerVault 735N NAS Manager Maintenance menu. Next, select Shares Management from the Advanced Administration Menu. I have just created an HTTP share and cannot browse the directories.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) support.dell.com Issue Possible cause Resolution I have just added an HTTP share but cannot see it from PowerVault NAS Manager. For security purposes, directory browsing is not enabled by default on an HTTP share directed to the same folder or volume as another share for security purposes.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) 9-4 Issue Possible cause Resolution I forgot to plug in my network connection before I inserted my Kick-Start diskette and powered on. Can I still use Kick-Start? No, power down the system by pressing and holding the power button on the front panel and connect the cable. You will need to connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and then power on the system and log on as administrator.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) support.dell.com Issue Possible cause Resolution I configured the system using Kick-Start and I cannot get to the NAS manager using a browser. The system may not be connected to the network. Check to make sure that the system is connected to the network. If it is, then check to make sure that you entered a correct IP address in the Kick-Start Application Menu.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) 9-6 Issue Possible cause Resolution Every time I try to do a directory listing from an NFS client on the root of a system volume, I get an error message, usually “Permission Denied”. The problem you will experience has to do with a System Volume Information directory, created by Microsoft Index Server. The NFS service does not have access to this directory, and returns an error to the client when trying to list its properties.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) support.dell.com Issue Possible cause Resolution When I am in Dell OpenManage Array Manager, right-clicking on a volume and selecting Explore causes the Advanced Administration Menu to appear and the error /e,/ idlist,:0:2628, C:\ to display. The Terminal Services session had a problem launching the Windows Explorer console. Close the Advanced Administration Menu when the error displays and reselect Explore.
Table 9-1. Troubleshooting Issues (continued) 9-8 Issue Possible cause Resolution I have just received my system and I have attached a keyboard, monitor and mouse directly to my system and I have not connected my network cable. When I turn on the power and my system boots up, I see the system log on, open a DOS shell, run some scripts and log off the session.
Index A ActiveArchives, 6-5 advanced features, 7-1 alert log messages, 4-3 controller commands, 3-10 flush cache, 3-10 properties, 3-11 rescan, 3-10 sound, 3-11 array disk, 3-8 assign global hotspare, 3-8 format, 3-8 offline array disk, 3-9 online array disk, 3-9 properties, 3-10 rebuild, 3-8 remove, 3-10 unassign global hotspare, 3-9 D B Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card, 4-1 backup tools ARCserveIT, 5-5 Veritas Backup Exec, 5-5 Windows 2000, 5-5 boot process, 1-1 C cautions, vii configuration,
F notes, vii flush cache, 3-10 P H PERC 2/DC RAID controller enabling a second one, 8-1 help how to find, 2-5 Windows 2000, 2-5 properties controller command, 3-11 K Kick-Start utility, 1-4 configuring your system, 1-7 create PowerVault Kick-Start diskette, 1-5 creating configuration files, 1-5 M Macintosh file server for, 7-9 Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services, 7-12 R rescan controller, 3-10 S shares, 2-2 adding, 2-2 Apple Macintosh shares, 2-3 managing, 2-2, 2-5 Novell NetWare, 2-4 SMN
backup, 5-2 restore, 5-2 T Troubleshooting, 9-1 typographical conventions, vii U uninterruptible power supply, 7-18 UPS, 7-18 V virtual disk creating, 3-4 deleting, 3-5 manage, 3-5 properties, 3-8 recommended configuration, 3-4 reconfigure, 3-5 volume checking volume properties, 3-14 creating, 3-1 deleting, 3-2, 3-15 expanding, 3-2 formatting, 3-14 W warnings, vii warranty information, v Windows 2000 backup and recovery tools, 5-5 help, 2-5 installing tape drives, 5-6 support.dell.
4 System’s Administration Guide