User Manual

Vess A2000 Series Product Manual
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
VESS A2000 SERIES OVERVIEW 2
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT 2
SPECIFICATIONS 3
H
ARDWARE 4
FRONT PANEL HARDWARE 4
F
RONT PANEL LEDS 6
B
ACKPLATE HARDWARE 10
Hardware Setup 19
UNPACKING 20
M
OUNTING THE VESS A2000 IN A RACK 21
MOUNTING A 3U ENCLOSURE IN A RACK 22
M
OUNTING A 2U ENCLOSURE IN A RACK 25
INSTALLING DISK DRIVES 29
NUMBER OF DRIVES REQUIRED 29
MANAGEMENT PATH CONNECTIONS 37
C
ONNECT THE POWER 39
P
OWER ON ENCLOSURE 41
POWER ON VESS A2600/A2600S 41
P
OWER ON VESS A2200/A2200S 44
C
ONNECT TO ISCSI STORAGE AREA NETWORK (SAN) 45
INSTALL RISER CARD IN VESS A2600/A2600S 47
I
NSTALL PCIE CARDS IN VESS A2200/A2200S 53
Managing with WebPAM PROe 57
LOGGING INTO WEBPAM PROE 57
Q
UICK LINKS MENU 61
U
SING THE WEBPAM PROE INTERFACE 62
C
HOOSING A DISPLAY LANGUAGE 64
SUBSYSTEM MANAGEMENT 67
B
ACKGROUND ACTIVITIES 68
MANAGE BACKGROUND ACTIVITIES SETTINGS 69
M
EDIA PATROL 74
MANAGING ACTIVITY SCHEDULES 75
E
VENT LOGS 76
A
DMINISTRATIVE TOOLS 77
RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS 77
USER MANAGEMENT 78
VIEWING USER INFORMATION 78
M
AKING USER SETTINGS 78
C
REATING A USER 80
V
IEW NETWORK SETTINGS 82
S
OFTWARE MANAGEMENT 82
E
MAIL SERVICE 87
P
ERFORMANCE MONITORING 89
CONTROLLERS 91
VIEW CONTROLLER INFORMATION 91
V
IEWING CONTROLLER STATISTICS 93
C
ONTROLLER SETTINGS 94
ENCLOSURES 95
ENCLOSURE INFORMATION 95
E
NCLOSURE TEMPERATURE SENSOR SETTINGS 96
B
UZZER SETTINGS 96
PHYSICAL DRIVES 97
D
ISK ARRAYS AND LOGICAL DRIVES 99
LOGICAL DRIVE MANAGEMENT 101
SPARE DRIVES 102
L
OGICAL DRIVE SUMMARY 103