Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 Administrator’s Guide w w w. d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l .
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Contents 1 Configuring Your System for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Naming Convention Running Software RAID Default Administrator User Name and Password . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . 9 Changing the Administrator Password . Configuring the Network Address for the Storage Server . . . . . . . . .
Windows Storage Server Management Console . . . . 16 Accessing the Microsoft Management Console . . . . 16 . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . 17 Accessing the MMC Locally on the Host . Accessing the MMC Remotely Using Remote Desktop. . . . . . . . . . . . Creating and Saving a Remote Desktop Connection To Your Desktop . . . Installing Dell OpenManage Server Administrator . 2 Operating System Features File Server Management . Print Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 RAID and Disk Management . . . . . . . . . . Determining Your RAID Configuration. . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Software RAID Disk Management Initializing a Disk Upgrading a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk. 32 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Checking Partition or Volume Properties . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . .
Installing Using the R2 Reinstallation Media . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Windows License Activation Requirements . . . . . . 56 Activating Windows Using the Internet . . . . . . 57 . . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Running Express Setup . Running Custom Setup Activating Windows Using the Telephone Installing and Configuring the Multilanguage User Interface .
Configuring Your System for the First Time This document provides information about completing the configuration procedures on your system and a general overview of the Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 with SP2 operating system. For more information, see the operating system documentation located on the Dell™ Support website at www.dell.com/ostechsheets.
The term Dell PowerVault 500 refers to the hardware platform. PowerVault NF500 refers to the configuration of PowerVault 500 storage system and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 with SP2 operating system. The term Dell PowerVault 600 refers to the hardware platform. PowerVault NF600 refers to the configuration of PowerVault 600 storage system and Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 with SP2 operating system. Figure 1-1.
Default Administrator User Name and Password When logging into the storage server for the first time, you must enter an administrator user name and password. The default administrator user name for your storage server is administrator and the default password is storageserver. Changing the Administrator Password 1 Click Start→ Administrative Tools→ Computer Management. 2 In the Computer Management window, expand Local Users and Groups and select Users.
Configuring Your System For Network Access 1 Connect one end of the power cable to the storage server and the other end to a power source. 2 Connect one end of an Ethernet cable into one of the 10/100/1000 RJ-45 NIC connectors (see Figure 1-2) on the back of your storage server. See your system’s User’s Guide for the location of your NIC connector(s). 3 Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a functioning Ethernet jack. 4 Turn on the storage server.
Figure 1-2. NIC Connector NIC 1 LED NIC 2 LED NIC 1 NIC 2 NOTE: The NIC connector’s physical orientation may vary depending on your system. See your system’s User’s Guide for more information. Configuring the Network Connection Configuring TCP/IP Using DHCP (Default) NOTE: To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group or the Network Configuration Operators group on the local computer. 1 Click Start→ Settings→ Control Panel→ Network Connections.
Configuring TCP/IP Using a Static IP Address The following procedure is required if a static TCP/IP configuration was previously used. By default, systems running Windows Storage Server 2003 operating systems attempt to obtain the TCP/IP configuration from a DHCP server on your network. NOTE: To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group or the Network Configuration Operators group on the local computer. 1 Click Start→ Settings→ Control Panel→ Network Connections.
9 Configure additional default gateways, if required. Otherwise, go to step 10. a On the IP Settings tab under Default gateways, click Add. b Under TCP/IP Gateway Address in the Gateway field, type the IP address of the default gateway. c To manually configure a default route metric, clear the Automatic metric check box and type a metric in the Metric field. d Click Add. e Repeat step b through step d for each default gateway (if required).
Changing the Computer Name NOTE: When you change your computer name, reestablish your remote desktop connection using the new computer name. 1 Click Start→ Settings→ Control Panel→ System. 2 In the System Properties window, click the Computer Name tab and click Change. 3 In the Computer Name Changes window in the Computer name field, type the name that you want to assign to your system and click OK. 4 Click OK to close the System Properties window. 5 When prompted, restart your system.
If your system was preconfigured with the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 operating system, the MUI is preconfigured with your localized language. No user intervention is required. If the operating system was not preconfigured on your system or you are reinstalling the operating system, you must reinstall the MUI language. The following subsection provides information about reapplying the MUI language on your system.
4 Click the Languages tab and select the appropriate language used in menus and dialogs. 5 Log off and log in to the system again to enable the new MUI language. NOTE: Ensure that you have installed the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 925148 for MUI. You can download the Knowledge Base article from the Microsoft Support website at support.microsoft.com.
Accessing the MMC Locally on the Host The MMC appears on the host as a selectable item in the Start menu. If the MMC does not appear in the Start menu after startup, perform the following steps: 1 Click Start→ Run. 2 In the Open field, type the following and click OK: nas.msc NOTE: The nas.msc file is located at C:\windows\system32. Accessing the MMC Remotely Using Remote Desktop Using Remote Desktop for remote server administration can reduce the overhead associated with remote administration.
3 In the Computer field, type the computer name of the storage server and then click Options. The default system name is Dellxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxx is the system's service tag number. For example, if your service tag number is 1234567, type DELL1234567. NOTE: If you cannot connect to the system through a remote desktop connection, you must use a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to configure the IP address, gateway subnet mask, and DNS server. See "Configuring the Network Connection" on page 11.
Operating System Features The Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 operating systems supports some of the components that Microsoft provides as part of the Windows Server® R2 release. Depending on your Windows edition, the supported components are preinstalled and configured on your system. See your Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 online help for more information.
Table 2-1. Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 Components (continued) Component Express Workgroup Standard Enterprise Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks NS NS X X Single Instance Storage NS NS X* X* Services 2.
• Creating storage utilization reports • Replicating data to and from the file server • Managing Storage Area Networks (SANs) • Sharing files with UNIX® and Macintosh systems Print Management Print Management is an updated Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that you can use to view and manage printers and print servers in your organization.
Single Instance Storage Single Instance Storage (SIS) recovers disk space by reducing the amount of redundant data stored on a volume. To recover the disk space, SIS performs the following procedures: • Identifies identical files • Stores one copy of the file in the SIS common store • Replaces the files with pointers to the file in the SIS common store. For example, user 1 and user 2 receive the same e-mail with an attachment. Both users save the attachment to their home folder.
Single Instance Storage Administration SIS can be managed only through sisadmin.exe—the command line tool. Table 2-2 lists the sisadmin.exe command line parameters. Table 2-2. sisadmin.exe Command Line Parameters Command Description /i [vol] Installs SIS on all volumes, creates common store, and activates filter and groveler. /f [vol] Places the groveler into foreground mode. /b [vol] Places the groveler into background mode. /e Enables the groveler on all volumes.
Distributed File System (DFS) The Distributed File System (DFS) solution in Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 provides simplified, fault-tolerant access to files and Wide Area Network-friendly replication. Distributed File System consists of two technologies: • DFS Namespaces — DFS Namespaces allows administrators to group shared folders located on different servers and present them to users as a virtual tree of folders called a namespace.
For example, you can query all documents containing the word "product," or you can query for all Microsoft Office documents written by a specific author. Indexing Service returns a list of all documents that meet your search criteria. Windows SharePoint Services Windows SharePoint® Services is an integrated portfolio of collaboration and communication services designed to connect people, information, processes, and systems both within and beyond the organizational firewall. Windows SharePoint Services 2.
SharePoint Central Administration You can manage a single server or an entire server farm running Windows SharePoint Services from SharePoint Central Administration— a Web browser interface. Use SharePoint Central Administration to perform the following tasks: • Extend a virtual server • Create sites or turn on Self-Service Site Creation so users can create their own sites • Manage security settings • Manage the list of servers in your server farm Additionally, you can use the stsadm.
When installing the Hardware Management component on a system that has a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), the following message may appear: An IPMI device has been registered within the system BIOS; all 3rd party IPMI drivers must be removed from the system prior to installation in order to prevent system instability; if all 3rd party drivers have been removed or you wish to ignore this risk press ‘OK’ otherwise press ‘Cancel’.
Operating System Features
RAID and Disk Management Your storage server is available from Dell™ in either a software redundant array of independent disks (RAID), a hardware RAID, or an external storage configuration. The following is an overview of supported storage server configurations: • In a software RAID configuration, the RAID functionality is configured by the Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions with SP2 operating systems.
To determine if your RAID configuration is hardware or software based, perform the following steps: 1 On the Windows desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage. 2 In the Computer Management window, click Device Manager. 3 In the Computer Management right window pane, expand SCSI and RAID Devices. If a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) or a Cost Effective RAID Controller (CERC) hardware RAID controller is listed under SCSI and RAID Devices, the system is configured with hardware RAID.
Disk Management Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 features the Disk Management utility, which enables you to configure your storage devices and the logical volumes contained in your system. The Disk Management utility displays storage configuration in list and graphical views. The list view shows a list of all the physical devices and their properties. The graphical view shows your storage as logical volumes.
To upgrade a basic disk to a dynamic disk, perform the following steps: 1 Right-click the disk you want to upgrade, and then click Convert to Dynamic Disk. 2 When the Convert to Dynamic Disk window appears, select the disks to upgrade and click OK. 3 When the Disks to Convert window appears, select the disks that you want to convert to dynamic and click Convert. NOTE: After a disk is upgraded to a dynamic disk, it cannot be reverted to a basic disk unless all volumes on that disk are removed.
Volume Overview A volume is a logical entity that consists 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. Like disks, volumes can be configured as basic or dynamic. Basic volumes refer to all volumes that are not on dynamic disks. Dynamic volumes are logical volumes created from dynamic disks. It is recommended that you create all data volumes on dynamic disks.
5 Enter an allocation size or use the default, which is automatically selected. NOTE: If you use NTFS file compression on the source volume, you cannot use an allocation unit size larger than 4 KB. Defragmenting a source volume with shadow copies causes the difference file, which contains all changed data, to grow. If the difference file grows beyond the allocated space, you might lose previous versions of some files. Having a large NTFS file cluster size decreases the growth of the difference file.
Creating a Dynamic Volume 1 Launch the Disk Management utility. 2 In the bottom half of the window, right click on the basic disk that you want to configure as dynamic and click Convert to Dynamic Disk. 3 In the Convert to Dynamic Disk window, click to select the disk(s) that you want to convert and then click OK. 4 When the Disks to Convert window appears, click Convert.
Working With Mirrors A mirrored volume duplicates your data to two physical disks. A mirror provides data redundancy by simultaneously writing the same data to two separate volumes that reside on different disks. If one of the disks fails, data continues to be written to and read from the unaffected disk. This section discusses how to add, remove, or break a mirror. Adding a Mirror 1 Launch the Disk Management utility.
Upgrading Your Operating System NOTICE: When you upgrade your operating system by following the procedures in this section, only the Windows components will be upgraded. If you upgrade your operating system by booting from the operating system CD, a clean installation will occur and all data will not be preserved. Operating System Upgrade Paths Microsoft provides two upgrade paths for your operating system software. Table 4-1 provides the supported upgrade paths for your software. Table 4-1.
Upgrading Your Operating System Each upgrade kit is shipped with the new operating system media and a new Certificate of Authority (COA) Product Key. Remove the COA label from the upgrade kit and place the label over the existing COA label on your system running Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 With SP2 x64 Edition. Contact your Dell sales representative to obtain an upgrade kit. To upgrade your operating system, perform the following steps: 1 Turn on your system. 2 When prompted, log in to Windows.
8 In the Product Key window, type the 25-character Product Key and click Next. The Product Key is located on the COA label that is attached to your system. 9 When prompted, select Get Updated Setup Files and click Next. NOTE: This procedure may take several minutes to complete. Next, your system automatically restarts. 10 When prompted, log in to your system as Administrator. After login, the following message appears: MMC cannot open the file C:\windows\system32\nas.msc.
15 Click Yes to continue. The Windows Server 2003 R2 Setup Wizard window appears. 16 Click Next. 17 In the Setup Summary window, click Next. The installation procedure continues, and the Windows Storage Server 2003 x64 R2 With SP2-specific files are copied to your system. NOTE: This procedure may take several minutes to complete. 18 In the Completing Windows Server 2003 R2 Setup window, click Finish.
Restoring Your Operating System NOTE: The names Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Microsoft Windows® Storage Server SP2, and Microsoft Windows Storage Server R2 may be used interchangeably during the installation procedures, in the upgrade process, on the System Properties window, and other areas within the operating system. This is as designed by Microsoft. Refer to the Certificate of Authentication (COA) or the Microsoft’s Knowledge Base article 915044 at support.
To perform a clean installation of the operating system, perform the following steps: 1 Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your system. 2 Turn on your system. 3 Insert the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility media into the CD/DVD drive. 4 If you are not using the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility media for the first time, the Welcome to Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant window appears. Go to step 5.
If a RAID controller is installed on your system, the Configure or Skip RAID window appears. Perform the following steps: a Select one of the following options, and then click Continue: • Configure RAID • Skip RAID configuration If you selected Skip RAID configuration, go to step 7. b If you selected Configure RAID, configure the RAID with one of the following options: • Click Go to Advanced Wizard at the top left of the page and follow the prompts. • Select a RAID level and click Continue.
9 To set up a new boot partition, select the appropriate file system and size for your partition and click Continue. NOTICE: If there is an existing partition on the hard drive, the Confirm to delete partition window appears. Click Continue. Server Assistant deletes all existing partitions on the hard drive. NOTE: For maximum system security, Dell recommends selecting NTFS-NT File System. The Network Adapter(s) configuration window appears.
13 When prompted, insert the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 Disk 1 media into the CD/DVD drive. The Dell OpenManage Server Assistant automatically detects the media and begins copying the operating system files. NOTE: This procedure may take several minutes to complete. 14 When prompted, remove the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 Disk 1 media from the CD/DVD drive, and click Finish.
Installing Additional Components To install any additional components, perform the following steps: NOTE: Only supported options will be available for your operating system version. 1 Log on as an administrator and click Start→ Settings→ Control Panel, and then double-click on Add or Remove Programs. 2 Click on Add/Remove Windows Components. The Windows Components Wizard window appears. 3 Select the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 components that you want to install.
To determine which devices require drivers, boot your system from the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility media. In the Welcome to Dell OpenManage Server Assistant window, select View Hardware. The devices installed on your system appear on your screen. To create a device driver diskette, perform the following steps: 1 Insert the Dell OpenManage Server Update Utilities media into another system running the Windows operating system. The Server Update Utilities media starts automatically.
Installing Using the R2 Reinstallation Media 1 Connect a keyboard, monitor, mouse, and any additional peripherals to your system. 2 Turn on your system and any attached peripherals. Several BIOS windows appear during startup, but do not require any user intervention. 3 Insert the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 Disk 1 media into the CD/DVD drive. 4 Press any key to boot from the media. If a Windows operating system is not installed on your system, the screen turns black.
6 In the Welcome to Setup window, press to continue. 7 If you do not have Console Redirection enabled on your system, go to "Running Custom Setup" on page 51. If Console Redirection is enabled on the system, choose one of the following selections: • Express Setup — Automatically configures most of your configuration settings, requiring little or no user intervention. To run Express Setup, press and go to "Running Custom Setup" on page 51.
7 Remove the driver diskette from the diskette drive. When prompted, do not press any key to boot from the media. Next, the system automatically reboots. Next, the EMS Connection Detected window appears. 8 Click OK or press to continue. An error message pop-up window may appear, stating that a setup parameter is missing or invalid. 9 Click OK. NOTE: The installation media includes the System Locked Preinstallation (SLP) PID.
13 When prompted, insert Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 Disk 2 media into the CD/DVD drive to complete the operating system installation. NOTE: The installation procedure may take several minutes to complete. 14 When the installation is completed, the system automatically reboots. 15 When prompted, log in as Administrator. The Windows Storage Server script starts, requiring no user intervention. When completed, the system automatically reboots. The installation procedure is completed.
4 Remove any diskette from the diskette drive, and press to restart your system. If you do nothing, Windows Setup automatically restarts the system after 15 seconds. When prompted, do not press any key to boot from the media. If Console Redirection is enabled, the EMS Connection Detected window appears. Click OK to continue. The Windows Setup window appears and displays the installation progress. Next, the Installing Device window appears, and your screen flashes a few times.
6 Type your full name and the name of your company or organization, and click Next. The Computer Name and Administrative Password window appears. 7 Type your computer name and administrator password, and click Next. The Date and Time Settings window appears. 8 Set the date, time, and time zone for the system, and click Next. Windows Setup begins installing the network components. NOTE: This procedure may take several minutes to complete. The Networking Settings window appears.
11 Click Next. The Workgroup or Computer Domain window appears. 12 Select one of the following options: • No, this computer is not a network, or is on a network without a domain. Make this computer a member of the following workgroup: Requires you to assign a workgroup name to your system. Choosing this selection allows any system on the LAN with the same workgroup name to connect to your system. Enter a workgroup name, and click Next.
16 When prompted, remove the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition With SP2 media from the CD drive, and click Finish. Your system automatically restarts, Windows Setup appears in text mode, and the installation continues. NOTE: If Console Redirection is enabled in the System Setup program, you are prompted for an administrator password in the text mode of Windows Setup. Enter an administrator password and press to continue. The Emergency Management System window appears. Click OK to continue.
Windows License Activation Requirements NOTE: During the installation procedure, if you inserted the Product ID using the Certificate of Authority (COA), you must activate your license with Microsoft. License activation technology is used to help prevent illegal software copies from one system to the next. Dell systems that are pre-installed with the Windows operating system do not require license activation.
Activating Windows Using the Internet 1 Click Start→ Run. 2 In the Run window, type the following and press : C:\Windows\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe /a. The Activate Windows Wizard window appears. 3 Select Yes, let's activate Windows over the Internet now, and then click Next. The Personal Registration window appears. 4 Enter your personal registration information, and then click Next. The wizard establishes a connection with an activation system, and then processes the activation request.
Installing and Configuring the Multilanguage User Interface To reinstall and configure the Multilanguage User Interface (MUI), use the Multilingual Support media that are included in your MUI kit.
4 Run the R2 component installer. a Open the readme.txt file and locate the specific installer number for your desired language. b Browse the media and double-click the *_R2.msi file number for the language that you wish to install. c In the Installer window, select the R2 components to be installed. d Click OK to perform the installation. e Follow the directions on your screen to complete the installation. f Reboot your system. 5 Repeat step 4 for each additional MUI language.
8 Expand Disk and Volume Management and click Disk Management. 9 In the right window in Disk 0, right click the C:\ drive and select Add Mirror. 10 In the Add Mirror window, select the disks you want to mirror and click Add Mirror. The mirror synchronizes with the targeted drive. NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete, depending on your partition size.
Security Recommendations Standard Security Recommendations This section provides information about standard security practices that Dell™ recommends to secure your storage server. Passwords The default administrator user name for your storage server is administrator and the default password is storageserver. Change the default administrator password as soon as possible.
Apple Environments If you are using your storage server in an Apple environment, install the Microsoft User Authentication Module (UAM) on the storage server. If AppleTalk is not installed on the storage server, client access is not encrypted. See “Additional Security Recommendations” for more information. Secure Socket Layer Certificates Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates enable web servers and users to authenticate each other before establishing a connection to create more secure communications.
The success of a server certificate as a means of identification depends on whether the user trusts the validity of information contained in the certificate. For example, a user logging on to your company’s website might be hesitant to provide credit card information, despite having viewed the contents of your company's server certificate. This might be especially true if your company is new and not well known.
Ensure that you place appropriate restrictions on any Anonymous Logon groups. To allow UNIX® users who do not have Windows user accounts to access resources on a system running Windows, you must explicitly add the Anonymous Logon group to the Everyone group and assign the Anonymous Group appropriate permissions. Maximum Security Recommendations This section provides information about practices recommended for maximum security on your storage server.
Other Documents You May Need CAUTION: The Product Information Guide provides important safety and regulatory information. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document. • The Rack Installation Guide or Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution describes how to install your system into a rack. • The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of initially setting up your system.
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Index B Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), 27 C components, 19 Hardware Management, 26 IIS, 63 installing, 46 MUI, 58 network, 53 custom setup running, 51 D Dell OpenManage Server Assistant, 42, 45 Server Update Utility, 46 Version 4.
M S Microsoft Management Console (MMC) accessing, 16 configure RAID 1 volume, 59 Print Management, 21 reinstalling operating system, 42 Storage Manager for SANs, 24 security about, 61 mirrors adding, 36 breaking, 36 removing, 36 Multilanguage User Interface about, 14 Installing and Configuring, 58 Localizing Your System, 14 N NAS System configuring the network address, 9 default password, 9 R RAID controller driver versions, 46 determining RAID configuration, 29 Disk Management, 29 hardware RAID, 31,
