Apc RAID Subsystem SCSI-SATA II User Manual

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Page 1 - P/N: PW0020000000233

- 1 - iSCSI-SATA II SUBSYSTEM Installation Reference Guide Revision 1.1 P/N: PW0020000000233

Page 2 - Preface

- 10 - Chapter 2 Getting started 2.1 Before starting Before starting, prepare the following items. ¨ Check the “Certification list” in Appendix A

Page 3 - Table of Contents

- 100 - Figure E.18 ž Select Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 (192.168.11.229). Then click “OK”. Figure E.19 ž The setting is completed.

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- 101 - Figure E.20 ž Run “Computer Management” in Windows. Make sure the disks are available. Then the disks can be tested for performance by IOMET

Page 5 - Chapter 1 RAID introduction

- 102 - F. MPIO and MC/S setup instructions Here is the step by step to setup MPIO. There are 2 kinds of scenarios for MPIO. Please see Figure F.1. I

Page 6 - 1.2 Terminology

- 103 - Figure F.3 ž Run Microsoft iSCSI initiator 2.03 and check the Initiator Node Name. Figure F.4 ž Attaching LUN to R5 UDV. Input the Initiat

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- 104 - Figure F.6 ž Check iSCSI settings. The IP address of iSCSI data port 1 is 192.168.11.229, port 2 is 192.168.12.229 for example. Figure F.7

Page 8 - 1.3 RAID levels

- 105 - Figure F.9 ž Add second Target Portals on Microsoft iSCSI initiator 2.03. Figure F.10 ž Input the IP address of iSCSI data port 2 (192.168

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- 106 - Figure F.11 ž The initiator setting is done. Figure F.12 ž Log on.

Page 10 - Chapter 2 Getting started

- 107 - Figure F.13 ž Enable “Enable multi-path” checkbox. Then click “Advanced”. Figure F.14 ž Select Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 (192.168

Page 11 - 2.3.1 Front View

- 108 - Figure F.15 ž Log on again. Figure F.16 ž Enable “Enable multi-path” checkbox. Then click “Advanced”.

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- 109 - Figure F.17 ž Select Target Portal to iSCSI data port 2 (192.168.12.229). Then select “OK” Figure F.18 ž iSCSI device is connected. Click

Page 13 - 2.3.2 Rear View

- 11 - 2.3 Identifying Parts of the subsystem The illustrations below identify the various features of the subsystem. Get yourself familiar with the

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- 110 - Figure F.19 ž Click “Device” tab, then click “Advanced”. Figure F.20 ž Click “MPIO” tab, select “Load Balance Policy” to “Round Robin”.

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- 111 - Figure F.21 ž Click “Apply”. Figure F.22 ž Run “Device Manage” in Windows. Make sure MPIO device is available. Then the disk can be tested

Page 16 - 2.6 Install Hard Drives

- 112 - Figure F.23 The MC/S setup instructions are very similar to MPIO, detail steps are in the following figures. For the target side setting, t

Page 17 - 2.7 iSCSI introduction

- 113 - Figure F.24 ž Log on. Figure F.25 ž Then click “Advanced”.

Page 18 - 2.8 Management methods

- 114 - Figure F.26 ž Select set Local Adapter, Source IP, and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 1 (192.168.11.229). Then click “OK” Figure F.27 ž

Page 19 - 2.8.2 Console serial port

- 115 - Figure F.28 ž Choose “Round Robin” for Load Balance Policy Figure F.29 ž “Add” Source Portal for the iSCSI data port 2(192.168.12.229)

Page 20 - 2.9 Enclosure

- 116 - Figure F.30 Figure F.31 ž Select Local adapter, Source IP, and Target Portal to iSCSI data port 2 (192.168.12.229). Then select “OK”

Page 21 - 2.9.2 System buzzer

- 117 - Figure F.32 ž The MC/S setting is done. G. QLogic QLA4010C setup instructions The following is the step by step setup of Qlogic QLA4010C.

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- 118 - Figure G.1 ž Click “Target settings”. Then select the target and click “Config Parameters”. Figure G.2

Page 23 - Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline

- 119 - ž Disable “Immediate Data” and enable “Initial R2T”. Figure G.3 ž Click “OK”. Figure G.4 n Click “Save settings” and click “Yes” on next p

Page 24 - 3.2 Login

- 12 - 2. HDD trays 1 ~ 16 (From right to left) 3. Smart Function Panel - Function Keys Parts Function Access LED Blue blinking LED indicates data i

Page 25 - 3.3 Quick install

- 120 - Figure G.5 ž Click “Refresh” and find a new target with iSCSI name. Figure G.6 ž Check the parameters which “Initial R2T” are enabled.

Page 26 - Figure 3.3.1

- 121 - Figure G.7 ž Check “Target Information” again and the state changed to “Session Active”. Figure G.8 ž Then, run “Computer Management” in W

Page 27 - 3.4 System configuration

- 122 - Figure G.9 H. Installation Steps for Large Volume (TB) Introduction: IS16GL are capable to support large volumes (>2TB) on all product

Page 28 - 3.4.3 Language

- 123 - 7. Gigabit LAN switches. (Recommended) or Gigabit LAN switches with VLAN/LACP/Trunking functions. (Optional) 8. CHAP security information, inc

Page 29 - 3.4.5 Password

- 124 - Figure H.4: a RAID 6 (size 2793G) VG is created. 2. Go to \Volume config\User data volume, create a UDV Figure H.5: create UDV. Figure H.6:

Page 30 - 3.4.7 Mail

- 125 - Figure H.8: a 2793G UDV is created. You may want to check the detail information of this UDV, go to click No. 1 icon. Figure H.9: block siz

Page 31 - 3.4.9 System log server

- 126 - Figure H.12: attach LUN. Step B: configure your host/server 1. User needs to setup software iSCSI initiator or iSCSI HBA first. 2. Below i

Page 32 - Figure 3.4.9.1

- 127 - Figure H.14: go to “Targets” tab, click “Refresh”, and then “Log On…” the target. Figure H.15: Status is “Connected”, the initiator setti

Page 33 - 3.5 iSCSI config

- 128 - Figure H.16: Disk drive status of IS16GL 2. Go to Control Panel \Computer Management\Disk Management Figure H.17: New Disk! Figure H.18:

Page 34 - 3.5.2 NIC

- 129 - Figure H.19: Convert to GPT Disk for over 2TB capacity. For more detail about GPT, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage

Page 35 - Figure 3.5.2.4

- 13 - 2.3.2 Rear View 1. Power Supply Alarm Reset button You can push the power supply reset button to stop the power supply buzzer alarm. 2

Page 36 - 3.5.3 Node

- 130 - Figure H.22: the new disk is ready to go, available size = 2.72TB. Notice: if user setup 512B block size for UDV and the host/server OS is 3

Page 37 - 3.5.5 CHAP account

- 131 - System information IS16GL SW version 2.2.1 Build 20070531

Page 38 - 3.6 Volume configuration

- 14 - 6. Cooling Fan module Two blower fans are located at the rear of the subsystem. They provide sufficient airflow and heat dispersion inside the

Page 39 - 3.6.2 Physical disk

- 15 - 2.4 Connecting iSCSI subsystem to Your Network To connect the iSCSI unit to the network, insert the cable that came with the unit into the ne

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- 16 - 2.6 Install Hard Drives This section describes the physical locations of the hard drives supported by the subsystem and gives instructions on

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- 17 - 2.7 iSCSI introduction iSCSI (Internet SCSI) is a protocol which encapsulates SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) commands and data in TCP

Page 42 - 3.6.3 Volume group

- 18 - The host side needs an iSCSI initiator. The initiator is a driver which handles the SCSI traffic over iSCSI. The initiator can be software or h

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- 19 - browser and type the DHCP address: (The DHCP address is dynamic and user may need to check every time after reboot again.) When DHCP service is

Page 44 - 3.6.4 User data volume

- 2 - Preface About this manual This manual is the introduction of iSCSI-SATA II RAID subsystem, and to help user to know the operation of the disk

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- 20 - Default password: 00000000 2.9 Enclosure 2.9.1 LCM There are four buttons to control IS16GL LCM (LCD Control Module), including:

Page 46 - 3.6.5 Cache volume

- 21 - Reset to Default Reset to default sets password to default: 00000000, and set IP address to default as DHCP setting. Default IP address: 192.1

Page 47 - 3.6.6 Logical unit number

- 22 - 1. The system buzzer alarms 1 second when system boots up successfully. 2. The system buzzer alarms continuously when there is error level even

Page 48 - 3.6.7 Examples

- 23 - Chapter 3 Web GUI guideline 3.1 IS16GL GUI hierarchy The below table is the hierarchy of IS16GL GUI. Quick Install à Step 1 / Step 2 / Step

Page 49 - Figure 3.6.7.3

- 24 - Upgrade à Browse the firmware to upgrade / Export config Info à System information Reset to default à Reset to factory default Config impor

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- 25 - 1. RAID light: Green means RAID works well. Red represents RAID failure happening. 2. Temperature light: Green is normal. Red represents abn

Page 51 - Figure 3.6.7.6

- 26 - E.g., user chooses RAID 5 and the controller has 12*200G HDD + 4*80HDD inserted. Then if using all 16 HDD for a RAID 5, then the volume max siz

Page 52 - Figure 3.6.7.8

- 27 - Figure 3.3.2 (Figure 3.3.2: A RAID 0 user data volume with the UDV name “QUICK13300”, named by the system itself, with the total available vo

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- 28 - 3.4.1 System name Select “System name” to change system name. Default system name composed by model name and serial number of this system, ex

Page 54 - Figure 3.6.7.9

- 29 - Figure 3.4.3.1 3.4.4 Login config Select “Login config” is to set only one admin and set the auto logout timing. The only one admin can pr

Page 55 - Figure 3.6.7.10

- 3 - Table of Contents Chapter 1 RAID introduction...5 1.1 Features...

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- 30 - 3.4.6 Date Select “Date” to set up the current date, time, time zone, and NTP server before using. Figure 3.4.6.1 3.4.7 Mail Select “Mai

Page 57 - Figure 3.6.7.13

- 31 - Figure 3.4.7.1 3.4.8 SNMP Select “SNMP” to set up SNMP trap for alert via SNMP. It allows up to 3 SNMP trap addresses. Default community se

Page 58 - 3.7 Enclosure management

- 32 - means that event log can be forwarded from the RAID subsystem to another running syslogd which it can actually log to a disk file. Figure 3.

Page 59 - 3.7.2 Hardware monitor

- 33 - 4. Change controller’s system log server port number as above 5. Start logging on "Interactives Syslog Server" 3.4.10 Event log Se

Page 60 - Figure 3.7.2.1

- 34 - Figure 3.5.1 3.5.1 Entity property Select “Entity property” to view the the entity name of the IS16GL, and setup “iSNS IP” for iSNS service

Page 61 - 3.7.4 UPS

- 35 - (Figure 3.5.2.1: Each of iSCSI data ports is set to static IP. MTU is 1500.) User can change IP address by clicking the blue square button “

Page 62 - 3.8 System maintenance

- 36 - 1. Multi-homed: The two LAN ports are connected to two different networks. Multi-homed is default. 2. Trunking: Trunking links 2 LAN ports t

Page 63 - 3.8.1 Upgrade

- 37 - 1. Click “ ” in Auth column. 2. Select “CHAP”. 3. Go to \iSCSI config\CHAP account to create account and password. Select “None” to disa

Page 64 - 3.8.3 Reset to default

- 38 - Figure 3.5.5.1 Figure 3.5.5.2 3.6 Volume configuration “Volume config” selection is for the setup of volume configurations including “Phy

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- 39 - Each UDV will be associated with one specific CV (Cache Volume) to execute the data transaction. Each CV could have different cache memory size

Page 66 - 3.8.5 Shutdown

- 4 - 3.5.5 CHAP account...37 3.6 Volume configuration...

Page 67 - 3.9 Logout

- 40 - Figure 3.6.2.1 (Figure 3.6.2.1: Physical disks of slot 1, 2 are created for a VG named “VG-R0”. Physical disks of slot 3, 4, 5, 6 are created

Page 68 - Chapter 4 Advanced operation

- 41 - Status 1 “RD” à RAID Disk. This hard drive has been set to RAID. “FR” à FRee disk. This hard drive is free for use. “DS” à

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- 42 - In this page, IS16GL also provides HDD auto spin down function to save power. The default value is disabled. User can set up in physical disk p

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- 43 - the details of the volume group. Name Volume group name. The blue square button next to the Name is “Rename” function. Total(GB) Total capaci

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- 44 - 3.6.4 User data volume Enter “User data volume” function to view the status of each user data volume. Figure 3.6.4.1 (Figure 3.6.4.1: Crea

Page 72 - 4.3 UDV Extension

- 45 - Status 1 “WT” à Write Through. “WB” à Write Back. The blue square button in below to the status1 is “Set read/write mode” function. Status

Page 73 - 4.4 Snapshot /Rollback

- 46 - ATTACH LUN Attach to a LUN. SNAPSHTOT Choose a UDV to execute snapshot. CREATE Create a user data volume function. DELETE Delete a user da

Page 74 - 4.4.1 Create snapshot volume

- 47 - · CV operations description: CREATE Create a cache volume function. DELETE Delete a cache volume function. 3.6.6 Logical unit number Ente

Page 75 - Figure 4.4.1.1

- 48 - (Figure 3.6.6.2: UDV-01 is attached to LUN 0 with every host can access. UDV-02 is attached to LUN 1 with only initiator node named “iqn.1991-0

Page 76 - 4.4.2 Auto snapshot

- 49 - 1. Select “/ Volume config / Volume group”. 2. Click “ “. 3. Input a VG Name, choose a RAID level from the picklist, press “ “ to choose the

Page 77 - 4.5 QCopy remote replication

- 5 - Chapter 1 RAID introduction 1.1 Features n Front-end 2* 1Gb full iSCSI offload (complete ULP, TCP offload) n Supports load-balancing &

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- 50 - 2. Click “ ”. 3. Input a UDV name, choose a VG Name and input a size to the UDV; decide the stripe high, block size, read/write mode and set pr

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- 51 - 1. Select a UDV. 2. Input “Host”, which is an initiator node name for access control, or fill-in wildcard “*”, which means every host can ac

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- 52 - Figure 3.6.7.7 (Figure 3.6.7.7: Slot 5 is set as global spare disk.) Step 5: Done. They can be used as iSCSI disks. Delete UDVs, VG, pleas

Page 81 - 4.6 Disk roaming

- 53 - 1. Select LUNs by clicking the checkbox of the row, then click “ ”. There will pop up a confirm page. 2. Choose “OK”. 3. Done. Step 7: Delete

Page 82 - Appendix

- 54 - 1. Select “/ Volume config / Physical disk”. 2. Select the global spare disk by clicking the checkbox of the row, then click “ “ to free disk.

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- 55 - 4. Fill in the size and click “ “. 5. Done. A new dedicated cache volume has been set. Step 2: Create VG (Volume Group). Please refer t

Page 84 - B. Event notifications

- 56 - Figure 3.6.7.11 (Figure 3.6.7.11: UDV named “UDV-R5-1” uses global cache volume 40MB, and “UDV-R5-2” uses dedicated cache volume 20MB. “UDV-

Page 85 - Environmental events

- 57 - Figure 3.6.7.13 (Figure 3.6.7.13: Slot 5 has been set as dedicated spare disk of VG named “VG-R5”.) Step 6: Done. The PDs can be used as iS

Page 86 - LVM events

- 58 - 2. Select the dedicated spare disk by clicking the checkbox of the row, then click “ “ to free disk. Step 11: Delete dedicated cache volume.

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- 59 - Figure 3.7.1 3.7.1 SES configuration SES represents SCSI Enclosure Services, one of the enclosure management standards. Enter “SES confi

Page 88 - C. Known issues

- 6 - exceed the highest industry standards, and the best data solution for small/medium business users. 1.2 Terminology The document uses t

Page 89 - D. Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

- 60 - Figure 3.7.2.1 If “Auto shutdown” has been checked, the system will shutdown automatically when voltage or temperature is out of the normal r

Page 90 - Figure D.4

- 61 - S.M.A.R.T. measures many attributes of the hard drive all the time and decide the hard drives which are close to out of tolerance. The advance

Page 91 - Figure D.6

- 62 - Currently, the system only support and communicate with smart-UPS function of APC (American Power Conversion Corp.) UPS. Please check detail fr

Page 92 - C. Click “Log off”

- 63 - import & export” to export and import all controller configuration except for VG/UDV setting and LUN setting, and “Shutdown” to either rebo

Page 93 - Figure E.2

- 64 - When upgrading, there is a progress bar running. After finished upgrading, the system must reboot manually. Notice: When upgrading FW, IS16G

Page 94 - Figure E.4

- 65 - was also imported, the user’s current data will be cleared. Below is table of available configuration in import & export function. System

Page 95 - Figure E.8

- 66 - Physical disk spindown Not available in import function. Hard disk auto spindown setting Volume group Not available in import function. VG set

Page 96 - Figure E.11

- 67 - Figure 3.8.5.1 3.9 Logout For security reason, “Logout” function will allow logout while no user is operating the system. Re-login the sys

Page 97 - Figure E.13

- 68 - Chapter 4 Advanced operation 4.1 Rebuild If one physical disk of the VG which is set as protected RAID level (e.g.: RAID 3 , RAID 5, or RAID

Page 98 - Figure E.15

- 69 - When rebuilding, the status of PD/VG/UDV is “R”; and “R%” in UDV will display the ratio in percentage. After complete rebuilding, “R” and “DG”

Page 99 - Figure E.17

- 7 - RAID width, RAID copy, RAID row (RAID cell in one row) RAID width, copy and row are used to describe one VG. E.g.: 1. One 4-disk RAID 0 volume:

Page 100 - Figure E.19

- 70 - RAID 50 Striping over the member RAID 5 volumes. RAID 50 allows two hard drives fails or unplugging, but at different arrays. RAID 60 Stripin

Page 101 - Figure E.21

- 71 - Figure 4.2.1 Figure 4.2.2 (Figure 4.2.2: A RAID 0 with 2 physical disks migrates to RAID 5 with 3 physical disks.) Figure 4.2.3 (Figur

Page 102 - Figure F.2

- 72 - 4.3 UDV Extension To extend UDV size, please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ Volume config / User data volum

Page 103 - Figure F.5

- 73 - Figure 4.3.1 Figure 4.3.2 (Figure 4.3.2: Extend UDV-R0 from 5GB to 10GB.) 4.4 Snapshot /Rollback IS16GL Snapshot-on-the-box

Page 104 - Figure F.8

- 74 - unfortunate reason it might be (e.g. virus attack, data corruption, human errors and so on). Snap UDV is allocated within the same VG in which

Page 105 - Figure F.10

- 75 - These numbers mean “Free snapshot space” and “Total snapshot space”. 4. Choose a UDV by clicking the checkbox of the row and then click “ ”. 5

Page 106 - Figure F.12

- 76 - 4.4.2 Auto snapshot The snapshot copies can be taken manually or by schedule such as hourly or daily. Please follow the procedures. 1. Selec

Page 107 - Figure F.14

- 77 - 4.4.3 Rollback The data in snapshot UDV can rollback to original UDV. Please follow the procedures. 1. Select “/ Volume config / User data vo

Page 108 - Figure F.16

- 78 - capacity needs to be greater or equal to the source capacity. (The target UDV capacity is equal or larger than the source UDV capacity.) To do

Page 109 - Figure F.18

- 79 - Figure 4.5.1 (Figure 4.5.1: setup QCopy on selected snapshot UDV) Figure 4.5.2 (Figure 4.5.2: input the target system data port IP address)

Page 110 - Figure F.20

- 8 - WWN World Wide Name. HBA Host Bus Adapter. MPIO Multi-Path Input/Output. MC/S Multiple Connections per Session S.E.S SCSI Enclosure Service

Page 111 - Figure F.22

- 80 - Caution Before executing QCopy, it is better to dismount target file system for avoiding any inconsi

Page 112 - Figure F.23

- 81 - 4.6 Disk roaming Physical disks can be re-sequenced in the same system or move whole physical disks from system-1 to system-2. This is called

Page 113 - Figure F.25

- 82 - Appendix A. Certification list · RAM RAM Spec: 184pins, DDR333(PC2700), Reg.(register) or UB(Unbufferred), ECC or Non-ECC, from 64MB to 1GB,

Page 114 - Figure F.27

- 83 - System Requirements: Mac® OS X v10.3.5 or later For ATTO initiator, it is not free. Please contact your local distributor for ATTO initiator.

Page 115 - Figure F.29

- 84 - · SATA hard drive Vendor Model Hitachi Deskstar 7K250, HDS722580VLSA80, 80GB, 7200RPM, SATA, 8M Hitachi Deskstar 7K80, HDS728080PLA380,

Page 116 - Figure F.31

- 85 - Info Non-ECC installed Info: Non-ECC Memory is installed. Error Host chip failure Error: Host channel chip failed. Error Drive chip failur

Page 117 - Figure F.32

- 86 - Warning Voltage warning Warning: System voltage is a little bit higher/lower. Info PSU restore Info: Power <number> is restored to wo

Page 118 - Figure G.2

- 87 - Warning VG Created Fail Warning: Fail to create VG <name>. Info VG Deleted Info: VG <name> has been deleted. Info UDV Created

Page 119 - Figure G.4

- 88 - read/write error <read | write> failed. Error PD read/write error Error: PD <#> lba <#> length <#> <read | write&

Page 120 - Figure G.6

- 89 - 1. Microsoft MPIO is not supported on Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional. Workaround solution: Using Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000

Page 121 - Figure G.8

- 9 - 6 needs at least four hard drives. RAID 0+1 Mirroring of the member RAID 0 volumes. RAID 0+1 needs at least four hard drives. RAID 10 Striping

Page 122 - Figure G.9

- 90 - 4. Click “OK”. Please see Figure D.3. Figure D.3 5. Click “Targets”. Please see Figure D.4. Figure D.4 6. Click “Log On”. Please see Figure

Page 123 - Figure H.1: create VG

- 91 - Figure D.5 7. Click “Advance” if CHAP information is needed. Please see Figure D.6. Figure D.6 8. Click “OK”. The status would be “Connect

Page 124

- 92 - Figure D.7 The following procedure is to log off iSCSI device. A. Click “Details”. Please see Figure D.8. Figure D.8 B. Check the Identifi

Page 125

- 93 - E. Trunking/LACP setup instructions Here is the step by step to setup Trunking and LACP. There are 2 kinds of scenarios for Trunking/LACP. P

Page 126 - Figure H.12: attach LUN

- 94 - ž Create a UDV by using the RAID 5 VG. Figure E.3 ž Run Microsoft iSCSI initiator 2.03 and check the Initiator Node Name. Figure E.4 ž At

Page 127 - - 127

- 95 - Figure E.5 ž Done, please check the settings. Figure E.6 ž Check iSCSI settings. The IP address of iSCSI data port 1 is 192.168.11.229. Usi

Page 128 - Figure H.17: New Disk!

- 96 - ž Now, the setting is in Trunking mode. Figure E.9 ž Enable switch Trunking function of port 21 and 23. Below is an example of Dell PowerCon

Page 129

- 97 - ž Now, the setting is LACP mode. Figure E.12 ž Enable switch LACP function of port 21 and 23. Below is an example of Dell PowerConnect 5324.

Page 130 - - 130

- 98 - Figure E.14 ž Input the IP address of iSCSI data port 1 (192.168.11.229 as mentioned in previous page). Figure E.15 ž Click “Targets” to lo

Page 131 - System information

- 99 - Figure E.16 ž Log on. Figure E.17 ž Click “Advanced”.

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