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Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Series Installation And Setup Manual

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  • Page 1 Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Series Appliances Installation and Setup Guide Regulatory Model Series E02T...
  • Page 2 All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell is strictly forbidden. Published: October 2013...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    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...
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  • Page 6: Preface

    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.

  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    A PS Series group provides iSCSI-accessible block storage. With the latest version of the PS Series firmware and the addition of a Dell EqualLogic FS7610 NAS appliance, the same PS Series group can provide block storage and support for Network Attached Storage.

  • Page 9: Steps For Getting Started

    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.

  • Page 10: Hardware Protection

    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.

  • Page 14: Switch Requirements

    Mount the hardware in a horizontal position. Any other position voids your warranty and support contract. Switch Requirements Dell recommends that you use a highly available network switch configuration for the client and SAN/internal network connections. Ideally, you want a network switch configuration in which a switch failure does not disrupt the availability of the NAS cluster .

  • Page 17: Hardware Rack Mounting

    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.

  • Page 18: Securing The Appliance To The Rack

    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.
  • Page 19 Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 2 Hardware Rack Mounting 3. Use the key to lock the bezel (callout 3). Figure 6: Attaching the Bezel...
  • Page 20 2 Hardware Rack Mounting Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide...

  • Page 21: Power Connections

    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 3.
  • Page 22 3 Power Connections Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide...

  • Page 23: Network Cable Connections

    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.
  • Page 25 Jumbo frames are required on the SAN/internal network. Enable jumbo frames (to support a frame size of 9000 bytes) on the SAN/Internal network switches. Note that Dell PowerConnect switches must be configured to 9216 MTU. Switches from vendors other than Dell might require a different MTU configuration to accept frames of 9000 bytes.
  • Page 28 Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 4 Network Cable Connections • On the right controller, connect the left-side ports to the opposite client switches as the left controller client ports.

  • Page 29: Nas Cluster Configuration

    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 2. Complete Table 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.

  • Page 30: Nas Cluster Network Requirements And Recommendations

    Do not use the same subnet for the internal network, SAN network, and client network. • Dell recommends that the internal network be a private network. A private network, often implemented in a local area network (LAN), uses private IP address space and adheres to RFC 1918 and RFC 4193 standards.

  • Page 31: San Network

    DHCP. If you use DNS, you must make sure that the DNS database reflects the IP number by manually setting the subsystem name and IP address. • Dell recommends four IP addresses for each NAS controller (use Table 10 to plan your initial network configuration).
  • Page 33 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 . If the Rediscover expected devices still do not appear, make sure each controller is correctly connected to the networks.
  • Page 34 5 NAS Cluster Configuration Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide...

  • Page 35: Nas Storage Allocation

    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.

  • Page 36: Creating A Nas Container

    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—...

  • Page 37: Transferring Share Ownership

    CIFS share from a client system. To change the CIFS administrator password, see the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Manual. From a Windows client system, log in to the CIFS share using the new CIFS administrator password and assign or share read-write permissions to individual users or groups.

  • Page 38: Accessing An Nfs Export

    You can modify the share to allow guest access. For complete information about accessing CIFS shares, and setting ACLs or SLPs on a CIFS share, see the Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Manual and the online help available from the Group Manager GUI interface.

  • Page 39: What To Do Next

    Group Manager online help describes how to use the Group Manager graphical user interface (GUI) to manage a NAS cluster. The Dell EqualLogic Group Manager CLI Reference Guidel and the Group Manager command line interface (CLI) help describe how to use the CLI to manage a NAS cluster.

  • Page 40: Nas Container Operations

    Dell EqualLogic FS7610 Installation and Setup Guide 7 What to Do Next • Set up NIS or LDAP for external authentication of UNIX users. • Create a container—You can create multiple containers in a NAS cluster. NAS Container Operations You can optionally perform any of the following operations on a NAS container: •...

  • Page 41: Glossary

    NFS exports on a NAS container and share them with authorized users. A NAS cluster supports multiple NAS containers. NAS appliance Dell hardware that contains two controllers that must be paired together when configured into a NAS cluster. After an appliance is configured, it becomes a NAS member.
  • Page 42 Glossary...
  • Page 43 Index containers default security settings gathering information Active Directory modifying default settings allocating NAS storage controllers appliance cables required client network connections configuring as a NAS member discovery dimensions internal network connections front and back panels Create NAS Container wizard service tag specifications creating quotas...
  • Page 44 Index: installation – quotas subnets installation switch configuration guidelines NAS container persons required racking order creating required configuration displaying information safety precautions gathering information internal network snapshot reserve NAS reserve options private network estimating space recommended configuration initial size requirements NAS storage security allocating...
  • Page 45 Index: rack mount – using ESD strap UNIX modifying file and directory permissions using ESD strap rack mount persons required tools required racks round-hole square-hole rail kit rails rediscovering devices reference table, NAS configuration required hardware (not supplied) safety recommendations security for files network configuration...
  • Page 46 Index: rack mount – Unicode support...

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