Spring Switzerland GmbH ENTERPRISE iSCSI Open-E Ver. 1.61 Manual de usuario

Manual (Ver. 1.61) May 02, 2006

10 In the package you will find an adapter cable, which provides Open-E iSCSI with power. The little white plug corresponds with the matching conn

11 4 Configuration 4.1 The basic configuration of the iSCSI computer Connect your keyboard and a monitor to the iSCSI computer. You will only ne

12 If the network has a DHCP server, Open-E iSCSI should gain access to the IP settings automatically. If that is the case, you can proceed at 3.5.

13 Page with the software agreement and available language option will be shown after first launching Open-E iSCSI. Later you can change the la

14 4.4 Create RAID Units Use the RAID manager to build a disk array, when a hardware RAID controller is installed in Open-E iSCSI. To create disk

15 4.5 Adding Disk Units Please select “setup” Æ “target manager” and then “volumes” on the left page. After selecting “volumes” you will find a l

16 Here you can also set the snapshots number, and add them to the particular „targets volume”.

17 After creating “tgv” and “snapshots” click on the branch “targets” in Target Volume Manager Function, where you add “targets volumes” only in the

18 How to connect iSCSI in Windows 2000/XP/2003: a. First, you have to install the iSCSI Initiator package. You must be logged in as administrator

19 5 Description of functions 5.1 Functions of the console display While Open-E iSCSI can be fully administered remotely through a secure Web in

2 1 Before you get started ...5 1.1 Content of this package ...

20 F1, F2 and F5 Function key F1 is available to display help information while F5 will reset the console display to default. If you press F2 key al

21 Function “Language Settings” English and German are supported. 5.2.1.2 Network In this place you can find functions helpful in management o

22 Function “IP address” Here you can set TCP/IP parameters for selected NIC. You can activate or deactivate network interface by setting "Act

23 Transmit based on [(source MAC address XOR'd with destination MAC address) modulo slave count]. This selects the same slave for each destina

24 Function “Administrator Password” Using this function, you can change the password for Open-E iSCSI administrator. For security reasons, please

25 Please exercise caution with this function when all computers in the network have assigned IP addresses via DHCP: any current IP can be replac

26 Function “SSL Certificate Authority” If you want to install Certificate Authority (CA) to your web browser, click on the SSLCert.crt link. Downl

27 You can get information by: snmpwalk -v 3 -u public -l AuthNOPriv -A MD5 -A public123 adres_ip SysUpTime - v 3 --> use only 3 version -

28 • option: -p is a port for Remote Access. • option: -l is a user (In our product the user must be "cli"). • option: address_ip is a

29 means that Open-E iSCSI is the only system attached to this UPS and that there is no action necessary to do remote shutdown for other systems in

3 5.2.5 Help...55 6 Troubleshooting Guide

30 Function “Set time” With this function, date and time can be entered manually. Alternatively, take the route via an NTP server, which has to be d

31 Next, the page will be reloaded, and status field will show your units as “in use” and with new group e.g. “vg0”. The Volume Group is the equival

32 Depending on needed capacity administrator can add more capacity to particular Logical Volume. Using iSCSI Volume Manager Function you can add

33 Function “Snapshot definition” This feature takes so-called snapshots of the file system. The Snapshot function of Open-E iSCSI enables the sy

34 Function “Create new target” To create a target assign a name or leave the "Target Default Name" option checked. Target name can contai

35 Function “Target Volume Manager” By using this function you can add available target volumes in premises of one target. In case of defining more

36 Function “Target Rename” This function provides a new target name. Function “Target Remove” Removing target removes all the volumes from the ta

37 Function: Target Snapshot Access You can assign network classes or specify individual IP addresses that are permitted or denied to access the sn

38 CHAP user name cannot: o contain characters: ~ ! @ # $ ^ & ( ) + [ ] { } * ; : ' " ., % | < > ? / \ = ` o begin or en

39 Using snapshot with Open-E iSCSI Usage snapshot facility heavily depends on the initiator of software support for dynamic units* and the partitio

4 Copyright (c) 2004 Open-E GmbH. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted i

40 e. he above procedure will greatly decrease the overload of a disk intended for ance drop off in Open-E iSCSI with a ed on. 5.2.2 Maintenance e

41 Function “Connection reset” ecific setting changIt might be necessary to restart the iSCSI daemon to inform client about spes, e.g. resize of the

42 5.2.2.4 Software Update This function allows you to update the system software. There are two ways of updating Open-E iSCSI software. Duri

43 During update from CD please follow this steps: 1. Write down the actual NAS server IP address and NAS server name. After having updated NAS,

44 In order to download a new update you need to be registered at www.open-e.com. You also have to remember to setup correct DNS and Gateway addre

45 5.2.3.1 Network This function provides information on the IP address, Open-E iSCSI date and time and iSCSI status connections. 5.2.3.2 Hard

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47 5.2.3.3 S.M.A.R.T. Through the S.M.A.R.T. system, modern hard disk drives incorporate a suite of advanced diagnostics that monitor the internal

48 Function: S.M.A.R.T. info This function allows you to view S.M.A.R.T. parameters which this disk is able to return. In the upper part of this f

49 Function: S.M.A.R.T. test This function allows you to perform short and long tests of the hard drive. You will be informed about progress of th

5 1 Before you get started Congratulations on purchasing Open-E iSCSI, the ideal solution for network-based storage management. This manual will a

50 5.2.4.2 Fibre Channel When a fibre channel controller is detected you will find utilities and options specific to that hardware. Function: QLO

51 Available RAIDS: RAID 0: it is stripe array and requires, minimum 2 units. In RAID 0 You can set the Chunksize 4k - 256k. The destination size

52 RAID 5 (layout) parity-algorithm It is possible to set one of four algorithms of placement data blocks and parity blocks in matrix. Our default

53 Function: “S/W RAID E-mail notification “ It is possible to send notification by e-mail about events on software RAID arrays (e.g. rebuild starte

54 Function: „Manager“ In this function you can manage RAID array Available operations: RAID 0: Construction of this RAID does not allowed to ma

55 Function: „Info“ From this function you can obtain information like Creation Time, RAID Level, Array and Device Size, Update Time and state Du

56 By clicking on “Registration” in the “Help” menu you can register yourself at http://www.open-e.com. “About Open-E iSCSI ENTERPRISE” indicate

57 6 Troubleshooting Guide Here is a list of common error messages and their meanings as well as corresponding tips on how to resolve the underly

58 7 Appendix A Open-E Software License agreement IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USI

59 Disclaimer of Warranties Open-E software are licensed "as is" without warrantee of any kind. Open-E GmbH hereby disclaims all warrantie

6 1.3 Supported clients • Microsoft Windows (all versions) • Linux • Unix • Mac OS 8.0, 9.0 and MAC OS X 1.4 Supported network protocols •

60 8 Appendix B GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite

61 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYIN

62 b) You must cause the files modified to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. c) You must cause

63 above provided that you accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of S

64 be distributed under Sections 1 and 2 above); and, if the work is an executable linked with the Library, with the complete machine-readable "

65 b) Give prominent notice with the combined library of the fact that part of it is a work 8. he Library is void, and will automatically terminat

66 12. may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among countr

67 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest poss ible use to the ttach th

7 2 Features 2.1 What is iSCSI? iSCSI (internet SCSI) is a protocol that encapsulates SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) commands and data

8 • Lower costs by centralizing storage management. • iSCSI also simplifies the installation and on-going management of a SAN versus using Fibre C

9 3 Hardware installation 3.1 Getting ready Switch off the computer, remove the power supply, and open the PC's enclosure. In tower cases,