Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Series Appliances Installation and Setup Guide Regulatory Model Series E02T
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Table of Contents Preface 1 Before You Begin Introduction to the EqualLogic FS7610 Steps for Getting Started Preinstallation Tasks Safety Recommendations Hardware Protection Using an Electrostatic Wrist Strap Environmental Requirements Technical Specifications Shipping Box Contents Required Hardware That Is Not Supplied Rack Requirements Switch Requirements Required Tools 2 Hardware Rack Mounting Appliance Front and Back Panels Guidelines for Installing Mounting Rails in a Rack Steps for Installing an Appl
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Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide Preface Note, Caution, and Warning Symbols A NOTE symbol indicates important information that helps you make better use of your hardware or software. A CAUTION symbol indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. A WARNING symbol indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
1 Before You Begin Proper planning and adherence to requirements help ensure a successful installation. Before you begin the installation, review the steps for getting started and perform all the preliminary tasks. Introduction to the EqualLogic FS7610 The Dell™ EqualLogic® FS Series NAS appliances add Network Attached Storage (NAS) capability to the EqualLogic product line to provide a high-performance, scalable unified storage platform.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 1 Before You Begin Steps for Getting Started To install the EqualLogic FS7610 hardware and create a NAS cluster, follow these steps: 1. Make sure you meet the safety, environmental, and other requirements and have all the necessary hardware. See Preinstallation Tasks on page 3. 2. Install the NAS appliance in the rack. See Hardware Rack Mounting on page 9. 3. Connect the appliance to power. See Network Cable Connections on page 17. 4.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 1 Before You Begin • Use care when moving and opening the cartons. Leave the components packaged until you are ready to install them. • Place the components in a protected area that has adequate airflow and is free of excessive humidity, flammable gas, and corrosive substances. • You need at least two people to install the hardware. Use proper lifting and carrying techniques when unpacking and moving the components.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 1 Before You Begin • Secure the rack to the floor for added stability. • There must be at least 4.1 cm (1.6 inches) between the rack door and the front of the hardware to accommodate the front bezel. • The rack (with installed hardware) must meet the safety requirements of UL 60950-1 and IEC 60950-1. • Mount the hardware in a horizontal position. Any other position voids your warranty and support contract.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 2 Hardware Rack Mounting • Make sure the rack meets the requirements in Rack Requirements on page 7. The graphics in this manual show a square-hole rack, but the installation instructions also apply to round-hole racks. • Install hardware starting from the bottom of the rack. Steps for Installing an Appliance in a Rack You need at least two persons to install the appliance in a rack. 1. Obtain the rail kit. See Shipping Box Contents on page 6. 2.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 2 Hardware Rack Mounting Figure 5: Attaching the Rails to a Rack Securing the Appliance to the Rack To more securely attach the appliance to the rack, follow these steps: 1. Place the appliance on the inner edges of the rails and slide the appliance all the way into place. 2. When fully inserted, the thumbscrews on the front of the appliance will seat into the threaded inserts in the rack.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 2 Hardware Rack Mounting 3. Use the key to lock the bezel (callout 3).
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3 Power Connections After installing the appliance in a rack, connect it to power and make sure it is operational. Connecting an Appliance to Power 1. Remove the power cables from the shipping box. 2. Plug the power cables into the appliance power supplies. Wrap the hook-and-loop strain relief around the power cable, as shown in Figure 7. 3. Connect the appliance to a power source.
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4 Network Cable Connections Before you connect each appliance to the network hardware, you must set up the required network infrastructure and connect each appliance to the networks used in the NAS cluster. Network Configuration Overview The Dell EqualLogic FS7610 requires the following networks: • Client network—Used for client access to the NFS exports and CIFS shares hosted by the NAS cluster. The recommended configuration is two client network connections to each controller.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 4 Network Cable Connections The Dell FS7610 has the following types of networks: • Client network—Enables the system to connect to your user clients for file data access. • SAN/internal network—Enables internal communication between the controllers required for failover and heartbeat, and communication between the controllers and the EqualLogic PS Series SAN for storing user data.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide • 22 4 Network Cable Connections On the right controller, connect the left-side ports to the opposite client switches as the left controller client ports.
5 NAS Cluster Configuration After completing the EqualLogic FS7610 hardware installation, you can configure a NAS cluster. Steps for Configuring a NAS Cluster 1. See Gathering the NAS Cluster Configuration Information on page 23. 2. Complete Table 10. 3. Use the Group Manager GUI to discover each FS7610 NAS appliance that you want to include in the NAS cluster and then start the Configure NAS Cluster wizard. See Discovering Controllers and Configuring a NAS Cluster on page 26.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 5 NAS Cluster Configuration See NAS Cluster Network Requirements and Recommendations on page 24 and complete Table 10 before you begin the NAS cluster configuration. NAS Cluster Network Requirements and Recommendations A NAS cluster includes three networks: client, SAN, and internal. Network requirements and recommendations are as follows: • Obtain IP addresses from your network administrator.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 5 NAS Cluster Configuration In addition, each controller also has an actual, unique IP address. These addresses must be configured manually; you cannot use DHCP. SAN Network SAN access requirements include: • NAS cluster management IP address—IP address for PS Series group access to the NAS cluster. Must be on the same subnet as the group IP address.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide • 5 NAS Cluster Configuration If all the expected devices do not appear in the Discover Devices dialog box, click Rediscover. If the expected devices still do not appear, make sure each controller is correctly connected to the networks. 3. Click Configure NAS Cluster in the Discover Devices dialog box to start the Configure NAS Cluster wizard. Each step in the wizard has online help available if you need assistance. 4.
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6 NAS Storage Allocation After creating a NAS cluster, you can create multiple containers, each with its own size, access controls, and snapshot settings. Steps for Allocating NAS Storage A NAS cluster can contain multiple NAS containers. On each container, you can create multiple CIFS shares and NFS exports, as needed by your environment. To allocate NAS storage for client use: 1. Gather the information for the NAS storage allocation. See Gathering the NAS Container Information on page 29. 2.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 6 NAS Storage Allocation Unless you specify a different value, the container will use the clusterwide default value for the snapshot reserve (50%). • In-use warning limit—Percentage of the container size that—when consumed by user data or snapshots— results in an event message. Unless you specify a different value, the container will use the clusterwide default value for the in-use warning limit (80%).
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 6 NAS Storage Allocation All three options allow access to the other types. However, the Mixed type changes the permission based on the assigned permissions of the last user who accessed the share. Therefore, the Mixed type is not recommended in environments where share access needs to be controlled. Microsoft Active Directory and UNIX/Linux POSIX permissions are different, and cannot be accurately related to each other.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 6 NAS Storage Allocation 4. In the Connect As dialog box, enter a valid user name and password, then click OK. Note that you can enter CIFSstorage\administrator for a user name and the CIFS password that you set previously. Users can now log in to the CIFS share and perform read and write operations. The default permission is to disallow guest access. You can modify the share to allow guest access.
7 What to Do Next You can customize the NAS cluster and create additional containers, CIFS shares, and NFS exports. You can also use snapshots to protect NAS container data. NAS Cluster Documentation The Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Manual provides detailed NAS cluster information. The Group Manager online help describes how to use the Group Manager graphical user interface (GUI) to manage a NAS cluster.
Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide • Set up NIS or LDAP for external authentication of UNIX users. • Create a container—You can create multiple containers in a NAS cluster.
Glossary Understanding terminology related to a NAS cluster will help you successfully deploy, manage, and maintain your unified storage environment. NAS cluster Provides highly available and scalable NAS storage by using a PS Series group and at least one EqualLogic NAS appliance, configured and managed through Group Manager. Dell FluidFS High-performance, scalable file system that is configured on storage space. NAS cluster IP address group Highly available IP address that clients use to access .
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Index containers 29 A Active Directory 33 allocating NAS storage 29 appliance configuring as a NAS member 26 dimensions 5 front and back panels 9 service tag 23 specifications 5 weight 5 default security settings 30 gathering information 29 modifying default settings 33 controllers cables required 7 client network connections 17 discovery 26 internal network connections 17 Create NAS Container wizard 30 creating quotas 34 D B back-up power supply (BPS) 15 bezel discover devices 26 discovering controlle
Index: installation – quotas installation guidelines 10 persons required 11 racking order 11 required configuration 9 safety precautions 3 internal network options 25 private network 17, 24 recommended configuration 17 requirements 25 security 17 iSCSI 1 subnets 24 switch configuration 19 NAS container 23 creating 30 displaying information 34 gathering information 29 snapshot reserve 29 NAS reserve estimating space 23 initial size 23 NAS storage allocating 29 network L LDAP 34 M configuration 20 c
Index: rack mount – using ESD strap UNIX R modifying file and directory permissions 34 using ESD strap 4 rack mount persons required 11 tools required 8 racks round-hole 11 square-hole 11 rail kit 6 rails 10 rediscovering devices 27 reference table, NAS configuration 26 required hardware (not supplied) 7 S safety recommendations 3 security 1 for files 34 network configuration 17 service tag 23, 26 locations 23 shares transferring ownership 31 shipping box unpacking 6 snapshot reserve on NAS contai
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