Dell PowerVault Network Attached Storage (NAS) Systems Running Windows Storage Server 2012 Administrator's Guide
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Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings................................................................................................... 2 1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................5 iSCSI Deployment..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Dell Supported Hardware And Software.....................
Using Your NAS System...........................................................................................................19 Creating A Server Message Block Share...............................................................................................................19 Modifying Message Block Shares..........................................................................................................................19 NFS Share................................................................
Overview 1 Windows Storage Server 2012 is an advanced storage and file-serving solution that provides high-level performance and reliability. Dell Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems running Windows Storage Server 2012 operating system are extremely cost effective and help in providing shared storage solutions with storage capabilities. Following are the new features and functionalities: • Data Deduplication — works at the volume level and stores more data in less physical space.
• Dell PowerVault NX3300 • Dell PowerVault NX3200 • Dell PowerVault NX400 Dell PowerVault NX3300, NX3200, and NX400 systems support the following Windows Storage Server 2012 editions: • Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012, Workgroup Edition, x64 • Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012, Standard Edition, x64 Preinstalled Roles And Services Configurations On Your System Based on your organization requirements, server roles, role services, and features are preinstalled and configured on your system
Features Preinstalled features are: .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0) and 4.5 Features Uses Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) activation service to invoke the applications remotely on the network by using HTTP or TCP protocols. Failover Clustering Multiple servers work together to provide high availability. Multipath I/O Provides support for using multiple data paths to a storage device on Windows. Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) Manages roles and features remotely.
Related Documentation WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document. NOTE: For all PowerEdge and PowerVault documentation, go to dell.com/support/manuals and enter the system Service Tag to get your system documentation. To locate the Service Tag of your system, see the topic Locating Your System Service Tag in this document.
Initial Configuration Of Your NAS System 2 Initial configuration of your NAS system includes: • Cabling the system or solution using iSCSI • Powering-up and connecting your NAS solution • System configuration using Server Manager To complete initial configuration of your NAS system: 1. When you start your NAS system running Windows Storage Server 2012 for the first time, press OK on the Default Password screen.
• Customize the events, performance data, services, and Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) results that are displayed on the Server Manager dashboard. • Perform tasks on multiple servers at one time. Starting And Exiting Server Manager Server Manager starts by default when a administrators logs on to the system. If you close Server Manager, you can restart in one of the following ways: • On the Windows Start screen, click Server Manager tile . • On the Windows taskbar, click Server Manager icon.
Shared Folders Is used to centrally manage file shares on a system. Shared Folders enable you to create file shares and set permissions, in addition to viewing and managing open files and users. Local Users and Groups Is used to create and manage users and groups that are stored locally on a computer. Performance Is used to monitor performance in real time or through a log. Configuration data is collected and events traced to analyze results and view reports.
The DFS Management window is displayed. 2. Under Actions, click New Replication Group. The New Replication Group Wizard is displayed. 3. Follow the instructions in the New Replication Group Wizard and complete the wizard. Adding DFS Namespaces To Display To add DFS namespaces to display: 1. In the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools → DFS Management . The DFS Management window is displayed. 2. Under Actions, click Add Namespaces to Display. The Add Namespaces to Display window is displayed. 3.
used with Fibre Channel, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interfaces in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012. MPIO provides the following features: • High application availability through failover clustering • High availability for storage arrays • SAS disk compatibility • The ability to perform MPIO tasks through Windows PowerShell cmdlets NOTE: To work with the DSM provided by Microsoft, storage must be SCSI Primary Commands-3 (SPC-3) compliant.
Managing Your NAS System 3 The following management tools are pre-installed on your system: • Dell OpenManage Server Administrator • Remote Desktop for Administration Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Dell OpenManage Server Administrator provides a comprehensive, one-to-one system management solution in two ways: • Integrated web browser-based GUI—through the Server Administrator home page • Command line interface (CLI)—through the operating system Server Administrator allows you to manage NAS
Activating Remote Desktop Connection To activate Remote Desktop connection on Windows Storage Server 2012: 1. In the Server Manager, click Local Server. Alternatively, you can right-click my computer, select Properties → Remote Settings . The Properties window is displayed. 2. In the Properties window, click Enabled hyperlink for the Remote Desktop. In Windows Server 2012, remote management is enabled by default. The System Properties window is displayed. 3.
Reinstalling The NAS Operating System CAUTION: You must backup the internal disk drives on your system before reinstalling or upgrading the NAS Operating System. 1. Backup any internal disk drives or data on external storage arrays. 2. If applicable, connect the external USB DVD drive to your NAS system. 3. Insert your Dell PowerVault NAS Operating System resource media into your NAS system. 4. Power down your NAS system. 5.
Using Your NAS System 4 Creating A Server Message Block Share Windows Storage Server 2012 introduces Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol. It is a network file sharing protocol that allows applications to read and write to files and requests services from server programs in a network. SMB file shares can also store user database files and dynamically migrates VMs or databases. To create an SMB share using Server Manager: 1. In Server Manager, go to File and Storage Services → Shares .
NFS Share Network File System (NFS) protocol provides access control (for UNIX-based file systems) and is implemented by granting permissions to specific client systems and groups, using network names. Before creating the NFS share, the administrator must configure Identity Mapping.
User Name Mapping Server As Identity Mapping Source To install and configure User Name Mapping: 1. On your NAS system, in the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools → Services for Network File System (NFS) . The Services for Network file System window is displayed. 2. Right-click Services for NFS and select Properties. The Services for NFS Properties window is displayed. 3. Select User Name Mapping as the Identity mapping source and type the Hostname of your User Name Mapping server. 4.
Configuring AD LDS For Services For NFS To configure AD LDS for services for NFS: 1. Install the AD LDS server role. For more information, see Installing The AD LDS Server Role 2. Create a new AD LDS instance. 3. Extend the AD LDS schema to support NFS user mapping. 4. Set a default instance name for AD LDS instances. 5. Update the active directory schema. 6. Add user and group account maps from a UNIX-based computer to a Windows-based computer. 7.
NOTE: For this example, you can use nfsadldsinstance as the instance name. 5. In the Ports window, enter the LDAP port number, SSL port number, and click Next. NOTE: The default LDAP port number is 389 and the default SSL port number is 636. 6. In the Application Directory Partition window, select the Yes, create an application directory partition. 7.
Setting A Default Instance Name For AD LDS Instances To set a default Instance Name for AD LDS Instance: 1. In the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools → ADSI Edit (Active Directory Service Interface). The ADSI Edit console is displayed. 2. In the console, right-click ADSI Edit and click Connect to. Alternatively, in the ADSI Edit console, you can navigate to Actions → More Actions → Connect to The Connection Settings dialog box is displayed. a.
12. Click OK. 13. Add the gidNumber and uidNumber attributes to the user class as follows: a. Expand the Active Directory Schema node, expand the Classes node, right-click User, and click Properties. b. In the Properties dialog box, click the Attributes tab. c. Click Add to open the Select Schema Object dialog box. d. Click gidNumber, and click OK. e. Click Add to open the Select Schema Object dialog box. f. Click uidNumber, and click OK. g. Click OK. 14.
6. In the resulting tree, under the Default naming context node, right-click the partition name, point to New, and click Object. NOTE: For this example, under the Default naming context [localhost:389], select the following properties: CN=nfsadldsinstance, DC=server1. 7. In the Create Object dialog box, select the Container class, and click Next. 8. In the Value text box, type Users, and click Next. This value specifies the name of the container object that is used to hold your user account mappings.
Authorizing Appropriate Access To The ADS LDS Namespace Object To connect to the Configuration partition: 1. Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard. 2. Type CMD. Command Prompt application is displayed. 3. Right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt. 4.
Restarting The Server For NFS To restart the server for NFS: 1. Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard. 2. Type CMD. Command Prompt application is displayed. 3. Right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt. 4. Run the following command: nfsadmin server stop && nfsadmin server start Creating The NFS Share To create an NFS share: 1. In Server Manager window, go to File and Storage Service server role and click Shares.
The File Server Resource Manager console is displayed. 2. Double-click Quota Management to display Quotas and Quota Template. 3. Double-click Quota, either right-click or use the Create Quota option from the right pane. 4. Follow the wizard, select the path (volume or folder in which you want to create the quota), set your preferred Quota Properties and click Create. The newly-created quota is displayed in the central pane. 5.
To extend a basic volume using the Windows interface: 1. Open the Server Manager, click on the Tools menu, and select Computer Management → Storage → Disk Management. 2. In Disk Management, right-click the Basic Volume you want to extend. 3. Click Extend Volume. The Extend Volume Wizard window is displayed. 4. Follow the instructions on your screen. Choose the disks, type in the amount of space and complete the wizard. Extending A Basic Volume Using CLI To extend a basic volume using CLI: 1.
Deleting A Volume To delete a volume: CAUTION: You must delete all shares and shadow copies from your volume before deleting it. If a volume is removed before all shares of that volume have been removed, the Server Manager might not display shares correctly. 1. Open the Server Manager, click on the Tools menu, and select Computer Management → Storage → Disk Management. 2. In Disk Management, right-click the Volume you want to delete and select the Delete Volume option.
Enabling And Configuring Shadow Copies Of Shared Folders Shadow Copies are used to view the previous content of the shared folders. If you enable Shadow Copies of shared folders on a volume using the default values, tasks are scheduled to create shadow copies at 7:00 A.M. and noon. The default storage area is on the same volume and its size is 10 percent of the available space.
– Online Backup : To perform online backup by registering your system for the Windows Azure Online Backup. For more information, see: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831419.aspx. Choosing Volumes To Backup To create a backup, you need to specify the volumes that you want to include. The volumes you select impact what you can recover. You have the following volume and recovery options.
This enables users to move disks offsite for disaster protection and ensure backup integrity. NIC Teaming NIC teaming, also known as Load Balancing/Failover (LBFO) is a built-in feature of Windows Storage Server 2012 that allows fault tolerance for your network adapters. NIC teaming allows multiple network adapters to work together as a team, preventing connectivity loss if one NIC fails.
