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htm[3/15/20134:07:29PM]DellPowerVault735NNASApplianceSystemAdministrator'sGuideYoumustright-clickthelinkforaportabledocumentformat(PDF)fileandsavethefiletoyourhard-diskdrive.
AttemptingtolinkdirectlytolargePDFfilescausesyoursystemtofreeze.
TosavePDFfiles(fileswithanextensionof.
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Right-clickonlythefollowinglinks:PrefaceTableofContentsIntroductionDellPowerVault735NNASManagerUsingDellOpenManageArrayManagerSoftwareSystemManagementSystemRecovery,Backup,andRestoreDellActiveArchiveAdvancedFeaturesEnablingaSecondPERC2/DCRAIDControllerTroubleshootingIndexNOTES:PDFfilesrequireAdobeAcrobatReaderVersion4.
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htm[3/15/20134:07:29PM]Throughoutthisguide,blocksoftextmaybeaccompaniedbyaniconandprintedinboldtypeorinitalictype.
Theseblocksarenotes,notices,cautions,andwarnings,andtheyareusedasfollows:NOTE:ANOTEindicatesimportantinformationthathelpsyoumakebetteruseofyourcomputersystem.
NOTICE:ANOTICEindicateseitherpotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
CAUTION:ACAUTIONindicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,mayresultinminorormoderateinjury.
WARNING:AWARNINGindicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,couldresultindeathorseriousbodilyinjury.
ModelSMPInformationinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
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Allrightsreserved.
ReproductioninanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutthewrittenpermissionofDellComputerCorporationisstrictlyforbidden.
Trademarksusedinthistext:Dell,theDELLlogo,PowerVault,DellOpenManage,PowerEdge,andDellActiveArchivearetrademarksofDellComputerCorporation;Microsoft,MS-DOS,Windows,andWindowsNTareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation;NovellandNetWareareregisteredtrademarksofNovell,Inc.
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Initialrelease:5Jan2001vPrefaceThisguideprovidessystemadministrators,ITprofessionals,andthoseresponsiblefortheinstallationofnetworkattachedstorage(NAS)devices,withtheinformationnec-essarytoinstall,configure,andoperatetheDellPowerVault735NNASappliance.
Chaptersincludethefollowinginformation:Chapter1—"Introduction"providesanoverviewofthesystemfeatures,aswellastheinformationnecessarytoperformtheinitialconfigurationofthesystem.
Chapter2—"DellPowerVault735NASManager"providesahigh-levelintroduc-tiontotheNASManagerandhowtofindhelp.
Chapter3—"UsingDellOpenManageArrayManagerSoftware"providesacomprehensivesolutiontostoragemanagementinanintegratedgraphicalview.
Chapter4—"SystemManagement"providesdirectionsforinstallingandconfig-uringaDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCard2(DRAC2)andinformationaboutDellOpenManageServerAssistant.
Chapter5—"SystemRecovery,Backup,andRestore"providesinformationonrecoveringfromsystemfailure,andhowtobackupandrestorethesystemstate.
Chapter6—"ActiveArchive"providesinformationonthecreationandpreserva-tionofsnapshotsoftheDellPowerVault735NNASappliancesystemdatavolumesusingDellActiveArchive.
Chapter7—"AdvancedFeatures"providesinformationonnetworkadapterteamingandservicesforUNIX,Macintosh,andNovellNetWare.
Chapter8—"SettingUpaSecondRAIDController"describeshowtosetupanoptionalsecondredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)controller.
Chapter9—"Troubleshooting"listspotentialissueswithprobablecausesandpossiblesolutions.
WarrantyandReturnPolicyInformationDellComputerCorporation("Dell")manufacturesitshardwareproductsfrompartsandcomponentsthatareneworequivalenttonewinaccordancewithindustry-standardpractices.
ForinformationabouttheDellwarrantyforyoursystem,seeyourSystemInformationdocument.
viSafety,Regulatory,andWarrantyInformationForsafety,regulatory,andwarrantyinformationforyoursystem,seetheSystemInformationdocumentincludedwithyoursystem.
OtherDocumentsYouMayNeedInadditiontothisSystemAdministrator'sGuide,thefollowingdocumentationisincludedwithyoursystem:TheDellPowerVault735NSystemsUser'sGuide,whichdescribessystemfea-tures,technicalspecifications,anddevicedrivers.
TheDellPowerVault735NSystemsInstallationandTroubleshootingGuidepro-videsinstructionsforinstallingsystemhardwareandincludestroubleshootinganddiagnosticproceduresfortestingyoursystem.
SupportingsystemdocumentationontheDellPowerVault735NNASApplianceResourceCD,thatincludesinformationaboutalltheoptioncardsandsoftwareinstalled.
TheDellSystemInformationdocument,whichprovidesbasicinformationaboutyoursystem.
TheDellOpenManageArrayManagerUser'sGuideprovidesinstructionsforusingtheDellOpenManageArrayManagercommoninterfaceforconfiguringandmanaginglocalandremotestorage.
TheDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCardVersion2.
3(DRAC2)User'sGuideprovidesinstructionsforusingtheDRAC2tomanageanduseaserverthroughamodemornetworkconnection,evenwhentheserveritselfisdown.
TheDellOpenManageServerAgentMessagesReferenceGuidedescribestheeventmessagesloggedbytheDellOpenManageServerAgent4.
0orlater.
TheDellPowerVault735NSystemsServiceManual,whichcontainsdetailedinformationonservicingyoursystem.
Thisinformationisavailableonlyathttp://support.
dell.
com.
Youmayalsohaveoneormoreofthefollowingdocuments:Documentationthatisincludedwithoptionsyoupurchaseseparatelyfromthesystem.
ThisdocumentationincludesinformationthatyouneedtoconfigureandinstalltheseoptionsinyourDellsystem.
Technicalinformationfiles—sometimescalled"readme"files—thatmightbeinstalledonthehard-diskdrivetoprovidelast-minuteupdatesabouttechnicalchangestothesystemoradvancedtechnicalreferencematerialintendedforexperiencedusersortechnicians.
Documentationupdatesthataresometimesincludedwiththesystemtodescribechangestothesystemorsoftware.
Alwaysreadtheseupdatesbeforeconsultinganyotherdocumentation.
Theseupdatesoftencontaininformationthatsupersedestheinformationintheotherdocuments.
viiNotationalConventionsThefollowingsubsectionsdescribenotationalconventionsusedinthisdocument.
Notes,Notices,Cautions,andWarningsThroughoutthisguide,blocksoftextmaybeaccompaniedbyaniconandprintedinboldtypeorinitalictype.
Theseblocksarenotes,notices,cautions,andwarnings,andtheyareusedasfollows:NOTE:ANOTEindicatesimportantinformationthathelpsyoumakebetteruseofyoursystem.
NOTICE:ANOTICEindicateseitherpotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
CAUTION:ACAUTIONindicateseitherpotentialdamagetohardwareorlossofdataandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
WARNING:AWARNINGindicatesthepotentialforbodilyharmandtellsyouhowtoavoidtheproblem.
Somewarningsmayappearinalternateformatsandmaybeunaccompaniedbyanicon.
Insuchcases,thespecificpresentationofthewarningismandatedbyregula-toryauthority.
TypographicalConventionsThefollowinglistdefines(whereappropriate)andillustratestypographicalconven-tionsusedasvisualcuesforspecificelementsoftextthroughoutthisdocument:Keycaps,thelabelingthatappearsonthekeysonakeyboard,areenclosedinanglebrackets.
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"Incontrast,commandspresentedintheCourierNewfontarepartofaninstruc-tionandintendedtobetyped.
Example:"Typeformata:toformatthedisketteindriveA.
"Filenamesanddirectorynamesarepresentedinlowercasebold.
Examples:autoexec.
batandc:\windowsviiiSyntaxlinesconsistofacommandandallitspossibleparameters.
Commandsaredisplayedinlowercasebold;variableparameters(thoseforwhichyousubsti-tuteavalue)aredisplayedinlowercaseitalics;constantparametersaredisplayedinlowercasebold.
Thebracketsindicateitemsthatareoptional.
Example:del[drive:][path]filename[/p]Commandlinesconsistofacommandandmayincludeoneormoreofthecom-mand'spossibleparameters.
CommandlinesarepresentedintheCourierNewfont.
Example:delc:\myfile.
docScreentextistextthatappearsonthescreenofyourmonitorordisplay.
Itcanbeasystemmessage,forexample,oritcanbetextthatyouareinstructedtotypeaspartofacommand(referredtoasacommandline).
ScreentextispresentedintheCourierNewfont.
Example:Thefollowingmessageappearsonyourscreen:NobootdeviceavailableExample:"Typemdc:\programsandpress.
"Variablesareplaceholdersforwhichyousubstituteavalue.
Theyarepresentedinitalics.
Example:DIMMx(wherexrepresentstheDIMMsocketdesignation).
ixContentsChapter1Introduction.
1-1TheBootProcess1-1SystemConfiguration1-1BasicConfiguration1-2Chapter2TheDellPowerVault735NNASManager2-1BasicNavigation2-1Shares2-2HowToFindHelp2-5Chapter3UsingDellOpenManageArrayManagerSoftware.
.
3-1DellOpenManageArrayManagerCommonTasks.
3-1DellOpenManageArrayManagerConsole.
3-2ManagingDiskArrays3-3ArrayDiskCommands.
3-8GeneralControllerCommands3-10DiskManagement3-11VolumeManagement3-14WorkingWithDynamicVolumes.
3-15Chapter4SystemManagement4-1DellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCard4-1AlertLogMessagesFromDellOpenManageServerAgent4-3ConfiguringSNMPCommunityProperties4-3ConfiguringSNMPAgentProperties.
4-4xChapter5SystemRecovery,Backup,andRestore5-1RecoveryFromSystemFailure.
5-1SystemStateBackupandRestore5-2Windows2000BackupandRecoveryTools.
5-5Third-PartyBackupSoftwareforNetworkBackups5-5InstallingTapeDeviceDriversforWindows20005-6Chapter6DellActiveArchive6-1ScheduledSnapshots6-1AccessingStoredSnapshotsinActiveArchives6-5Hard-DiskDriveDefragmentation6-5Chapter7AdvancedFeatures7-1NetworkAdapterTeaming7-1ServicesforUNIX7-4FileServerforMacintosh7-9ServicesforNetWare7-11MicrosoftDirectorySynchronizationServices7-12UninterruptiblePowerSupply(UPS)7-18Chapter8EnablingaSecondPERC2/DCRAIDController8-1Chapter9Troubleshooting.
9-1Indexsupport.
dell.
comIntroduction1-1CHAPTER1IntroductionThischapterprovidesanoverviewoftheDellPowerVault735Nnetworkattachedstorage(NAS)appliancefeatures,aswellastheinformationnecessarytoperformtheinitialconfigurationofthesystem.
Thissystemisa"headless"systemthatismanagedthroughtheonboardEthernetconnection;itoperateswithoutakeyboard,monitor,ormouse.
Whileitispossibletoconnecttheseperipheralstothesystem,itisgenerallynotnecessaryunlesstrouble-shootingthesystem.
ThissystemismanagedandmonitoredviaaWeb-baseduserinterface,theDellPowerVault735NNASManager.
Youcanalsomanagethesystemremotelyfromaclientcomputerattachedtothenetwork.
TheBootProcessTheMicrosoftWindowsPoweredoperatingsystemandbootsectorsareinstalledonthefirstinternalhard-diskdrive.
Allfiveinternaldrivesarecontrolledbyahardwareredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)controller.
TheoperatingsystemdriveisconfiguredbyasingleRAID0driveandisthefirstlogicalsmallcomputersysteminterface(SCSI)drive(SCSIID0).
Theremainingfourdrives(SCSIID1-4)areconfig-uredintoaRAID5drivegroup.
Thebootsequenceisasfollows:DiskettedriveCD-ROMdriveOperatingsystemhard-diskdriveSystemConfigurationYoucanperformmostconfigurationtasksthroughthePowerVaultNASManager.
ThePowerVaultNASManagermenusconsistofcommonmanagementtasksgroupedundertabsonamenubar.
Eachtabonthemainmenubarhasanassociatedsecond-arymenubarassociatedwithit.
Thesecondarymenubarliststhetasksyoucanperformfromthatpage.
ThePowerVaultNASManagerallowsyoutoperformroutineadministrativetaskssuchasshutdown,restart,newsharecreation,andsetusercon-1-2SystemAdministrator'sGuidefiguration.
ThePowerVaultNASManagerhomepagedisplaysastatusindicatorandprovidesalinktotheMessagespage,whichcontainsdetailsaboutloggedevents.
YoucanaccesstheTerminalServicesAdvancedClientfromthePowerVaultNASManagertoperformtasksnotavailabledirectlythroughthePowerVaultNASMan-ager.
See"AdvancedFeatures"foundlaterinthisdocumentformoreinformation.
BasicConfigurationThissectionincludesinformationtoenableyougetyoursystemupandrunning.
Youwillsetthebasicconfigurationfromanothersystemthathasakeyboard,monitor,andmouse.
Afteryousetthebasicconfiguration,youcanusethePowerVaultNASMan-agertosetpasswords,localusers,shares,andsoon.
Thereareseveralwaystoconfigureyoursystem,dependingonwhetherornotyouareusingDynamicHostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP):IfDHCPisinstalled,yoursystemautomaticallyconfiguresthenetworksettings.
IfDHCPisnotinstalled,youcanconfigureyoursystemusingaserialconnectionorthePowerVaultKick-Startutility.
ConfiguringYourSystemWithDHCPWhenthesystemispoweredonforthefirsttime,itinvokestheDHCPclienttogetparameters(theInternetprotocol(IP)address,gatewaysubnetmask,anddomainnamingsystem(DNS)serveraddress)fromaDHCPsystem.
Thedefaultsystemname("Dellxxxxxxx",wherexxxxxxxisthesystem'sservicetagnumber)isenteredastheDNSservername.
ConnecttothesystemusingMicrosoftInternetExplorer5.
0orlaterbyenteringthesystemnameintheWebbrowser.
NOTE:MicrosoftInternetExplorer4.
0maybeusedonlywithWindowsNT4.
0withServicePack4orlater.
Allotherbrowsersarenotsupported.
IfDHCPfails,youneedtosettheIPaddress,gatewaysubnetmask,andDNSserverusingeitheraserialconnectionorthePowerVaultKick-Startutility.
YoucanconfigurethesystemusingthePowerVaultNASManager.
PowerVaultNASManagerisservedonport1278andisaccessedbytheURL,http://:1278,wheresystemnameistheDELL.
InasystemwithoutaDNSserver,youcanuseInternetExplorertosearchforthedefaulthostnameofthesystem("Dellxxxxxxx",wherexxxxxxxisthesystem'sser-vicetagnumber).
ConfiguringYourSystemWithoutDHCPThefollowingsectionsdescribehowtoconfigureyoursystemusingaserialconnec-tionorthePowerVaultKick-Startutility.
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dell.
comIntroduction1-3UsingaSerialConnectionNOTE:YoumustbeloggedinasAdministratortoperformthesesteps.
OnacomputerrunningWindows2000,performthefollowingstepstoconnecttothePowerVaultNASManagerthroughtheAdministrationport:1.
Connecttheserialcableincludedwithyoursystemfromthecomputeryouareusingforconfigurationtotheadministrationport(serialport1)onyoursystem.
2.
FromtheStartmenu,clickSettingsandthenclickControlPanel.
3.
IntheControlPanel,clickPhoneandModemOptions.
4.
OntheModemstab,clickAddfortheAdd/RemoveHardwareWizard.
5.
ClicktheDon'tdetectmymodem;IwillselectitfromalistcheckboxandthenclickNext.
6.
Inthedrop-downmenuforManufacturers,click(StandardModemTypes).
7.
Inthedrop-downmenuforModels,clickCommunicationscablebetweentwocomputers,andthenclickNext.
8.
ClicktheSelectedportsradiobutton,selecttheappropriatecommunicationportfromthelist,andthenclickNext.
9.
ClickFinishtoclosetheAdd/RemoveHardwareWizard,andthenclickOKtoclosethePhoneandModemOptionsdialogbox.
10.
Onthedesktop,right-clickMyNetworkPlacesandclickProperties.
11.
InthePropertieswindowdouble-clickMakeNewConnection.
TheNetworkConnectionWizarddisplays.
12.
ClickNext.
13.
SelecttheradiobuttonforConnectDirectlyToAnotherComputerandclickNext.
14.
SelecttheradiobuttonforGuestandclickNext.
15.
Inthedrop-downmenu,clicktheCOMportthatyouareusingandthenclickNext.
16.
ClickOnlyformyselfandthenclickNext.
17.
EnterthenameoftheconnectionandthenclickFinish.
Afteryouconfigureyourdirectserialconnection,theConnectDirectConnec-tionwindowdisplays.
18.
ClickProperties.
19.
ClicktheGeneraltab.
1-4SystemAdministrator'sGuide20.
UnderSelectaDevice,clickCommunicationcablebetweentwocomputers.
21.
ClickConfigure.
ThisselectionopenstheModemConfigurationwindow.
22.
IntheMaximumSpeed(bps)drop-downmenu,click115200.
23.
ClickOKtoclosetheModemConfigurationwindow.
24.
ClickOKtoclosetheDirectConnectionwindow.
TheConnectDirectConnectionboxpromptsyouforausernameandpassword.
25.
EntertheUserNameandPasswordforyoursystem.
26.
ClickConnect.
Thisactionconnectsthesystemyouareusingforconfiguration.
27.
StarttheWebbrowseronthesystemyouareusingtoconfiguretheNASappliance.
28.
TypeinthenameofthePowerVault735Nsystem.
ThePowerVaultNASManagerdisplays.
PowerVaultKick-StartUtilityTheDellPowerVaultKick-Startutilityissoftwareshippedwithyoursystem.
Thisutilityisusedtodefinetheinitialnetworkconfigurationofasystem,whichmakesthesys-temavailableonthenetworkforcompleteconfigurationusingthePowerVaultNASManager.
Thisutilityisintendedforcustomerswhohavemultiplesystemstoconfig-urebutarenotusingDHCP.
WhenaPowerVault735Nsystemisinitiallypoweredon,thePowerVaultKick-Startutilityrunstodeterminewhetherthesystemhasbeenconfigured.
IfthesystemisconfiguredandanIPaddresshasbeenassignedtotheonboardnetworkadapter,PowerVaultKick-Startdisablesitselfandwillnotrunagainonsubsequentreboots.
IfthesystemisnotconfiguredandtheuserinsertsaPowerVaultKick-Startdiskette,whenthesystemboots,thesystemautomaticallyreadsandappliestheconfigurationinformationfoundonthediskette.
NOTES:TheonboardnetworkadaptermustbeconnectedtothenetworkbeforeyouusethePowerVaultKick-Startutility.
IfyoubootyoursystemwithoutaPowerVaultKick-Startdisketteandyouarecon-nectedtothenetwork,PowerVaultKick-Startwilldisableitselfandwillnotrunagainunlessyoureinstalltheoperatingsystem.
PowerVaultKick-Startconfigurationisathree-partprocedure:CreateaPowerVaultKick-StartdisketteCreateconfigurationfilesonthePowerVaultKick-Startdiskettesupport.
dell.
comIntroduction1-5ConfigureoneormoresystemsusingthePowerVaultKick-StartdisketteAskyoursystemadministratorforthefollowinginformationforeachsystemyouareconfiguring:IPaddressIPsubnetmaskGatewayHostsystemnameDNSIPaddress(es)YoumustalsohavetheDellServiceTagsforeachofthesystemsyouplantoconfig-ureusingPowerVaultKick-Start.
TheDellServiceTagisaseven-digitalphanumericstringthatcanbefoundonastickeronthebackofeachsystem.
Part1:CreatingaPowerVaultKick-StartDisketteOnacomputerrunningWindows2000orWindowsNT,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Insertablank,formatteddisketteintothediskettedrive.
NOTE:DellrecommendsusinganewdisketteasthePowerVaultKick-Startdiskette.
2.
InserttheDellPowerVault735NNASApplianceResourceCDintotheCD-ROMdrive.
3.
ClickthePowerVaultKick-StartlinktakingyoutothePowerVaultKick-Startpage.
4.
ClicktheCreateaPowerVaultKick-StartDiskettelink.
AnMS-DOSwindowpromptsyoutoinsertaformatteddiskandpress.
5.
Press.
PowerVaultKick-Startcopiesanimagetothediskette.
Whentheimageiscom-plete,youarepromptedtoinsertanotherdiskette,ortopressanykeytocontinue.
6.
Presstocontinue.
TheMS-DOSwindowcloses.
Part2:CreatingConfigurationFilesonthePowerVaultKick-StartDisketteThissectiondescribesaproceduretocreatetheconfigurationfilesyouusetoconfig-ureyoursystem.
1-6SystemAdministrator'sGuide1.
ClicktheRunPowerVaultKick-StartApplicationlink.
ThePowerVault735NPowerVaultKick-StartApplicationMenuwindowdis-playswiththefollowingfields:DellServiceTagThisfieldisrequired.
TheDellServiceTagconsistsofaseven-digitalphanu-mericstringandcanbefoundonastickeronthebackofyoursystem.
TimeZoneThisfieldallowsyoutosetthetimezoneonyoursystem.
EthernetPort0This)fieldisrequired.
Usethefieldtoconfiguretheonboard10/100Intelperipheralcomponentinterconnect(PCI)Ethernetadapterlabeled"eth0.
"SettheIPaddressandIPsubnetmask.
ThedefaultgatewayIPaddressisoptional.
DNSAddressesThisfieldallowsyoutoentertheDNSIPaddresses.
Host/MachineNameThisfieldallowsyoutochangethesystemname.
2.
InsertthePowerVaultKick-Startdiskette,ifitisnotalreadyinthediskettedrive.
3.
ClickNewtoclearanyprevioussettings.
Thedefaultsremainchecked.
4.
Clickanyadditionalcheckboxes.
5.
Completetheentryfields.
6.
ClickSave.
Thebuttonchangesbacktoblueafterthefilehasbeensavedtothediskette.
Theconfigurationfileissavedtoa.
batfile.
7.
Tocreatemoreconfigurationfiles,repeatsteps3through6.
8.
Ifyouarenotmakinganotherconfigurationfile,presstoclosethewindow.
NOTE:WhenusingthePowerVaultKick-Startutility,thecorrectDellservicetagmustbeenteredforeachsystemyouplantoconfigure.
Iftheservicetagentereddoesnotmatchtheservicetagofthesystem,PowerVaultKick-Startwillnotbeabletosuc-cessfullyconfigurethesystem.
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dell.
comIntroduction1-7Part3:ConfiguringSystemsWithaPowerVaultKick-StartDisketteAfteryouhavecreatedconfigurationfilesonaPowerVaultKick-Startdiskette,youcanusethediskettetosetuponeormoresystems:1.
InserttheconfiguredPowerVaultKick-Startdisketteintothediskettedriveofthefirstsystemyouwanttosetupandturnonthesystem.
2.
Whentheconfigurationiscomplete,thesystemautomaticallyshutsdown.
3.
Ifyouneedtoconfiguremultiplesystems,gotothenextsystemandrepeattheproceduresinparts1through3.
1-8SystemAdministrator'sGuidesupport.
dell.
comTheDellPowerVault735NNASManager2-1CHAPTER2TheDellPowerVault735NNASManagerTheDellPowerVault735NNASManagerisaWeb-baseduserinterfacethatisthepri-marywaytoconfigurethePowerVault735NNASappliance.
ThischapterdescribesbasicnavigationoftheNASManager.
See"HowToFindHelp"formoreinformation.
BasicNavigationTheDellPowerVaultNASManagerdisplayswhenyouaccessaPowerVault735Nsys-temfromaMicrosoftInternetExplorer5.
0orlaterWebbrowser.
NOTE:MicrosoftInternetExplorer4.
0maybeusedonlyinWindowsNT4.
0withSer-vicePack4orlater.
Allotherbrowsersarenotsupported.
WhennavigatingNASManager,isusethebrowserbuttonstogobackandforward.
Inaddition,therearetwoassociatedmenubars.
Thetopofeachpageoftheinterfaceiscomposedofastatusarea,aswellasprimaryandsecondarymenubars.
ThebodyofeachpageoftheWebUIiscomposedofthecontentarea.
StatusAreaThefollowinginformationdisplaysfromlefttoright:TheDelllogoClickingtheDelllogosendsyoutohttp://support.
dell.
com.
SystemhostnameSystemstatusThisstatusmaybe:—Normal(greentext)—Informational(greytext)2-2SystemAdministrator'sGuide—Warning(yellowtext)—Critical(redtext)ClickingStatus:sendsyoutotheMessagespage.
MicrosoftWindowsPoweredlogoMenuBarThemainmenubarhasthefollowingtabs:Home—Provideslinkstotheothertabs.
NetworkSetup—Providesaccesstobasicnetworksetuptaskssuchaschang-ingpasswords.
DisksandVolumes—Allowsyoutoconfiguredisksandvolumes,setdiskquo-tas,andtakesnapshots.
Services—Enablesyoutomanageservicessuchasnetworkfilesystem(NFS)andfiletransferprotocol(FTP).
UsersandGroups—Enablesyoutomanagelocalusersandgroups.
FoldersandShares—Enablesyoutomanagelocalfoldersandcreateormodifyfileshares.
Maintenance—Allowsyoutoperformmaintenancetaskssuchasbackupandrestore,checklogs,andaccesstheTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
Help—ProvidesaccesstoWindowsHelpfornetworkattachedstorage.
SharesYoucanaddandmanagesharesfromthePowerVaultNASManager.
NOTICE:Donotcreateanydatasharesontheoperatingsystemhard-diskdrive.
UsingthePowerVault735NReinstallationCDwilldestroyalldataontheoperatingsystemhard-diskdrive.
AddingSharesTocreateashare,youmustsupplyasharenamethatisuniqueacrossallsharesinthesharepath.
Thesharepathisthefullpathofthedirectoryonthesystemthatisshared.
Someprotocolsalsosupporttheinclusionofacommentorbriefdescriptionoftheshare.
Youmustenableatleastoneoftheavailableprotocols.
Therearefourprotocolstochoosefrom:CommonInternetFileSystem(CIFS)NFSFTPHypertextTransferProtocol(HTTP)support.
dell.
comTheDellPowerVault735NNASManager2-3Whileasingleuserinterfaceisprovidedtocreateashareforallprotocols,inactuality,aseparateshareiscreatedforeachprotocol.
Youcanremoveashareforoneprotocolwithoutremovingthesharefortheothers,butthismustbedonecarefully.
ToaddaCIFS,NFS,FTPorHTTPshare,performthefollowingsteps:1.
OntheNASManagermenubar,clickFoldersandShares.
2.
ClickShares.
3.
OntheSharedFoldersonServerAppliancepage,intheTaskslist,clickNew.
4.
OntheGeneraltab,entertheShareName,SharePath,andanoptionalbriefdescriptionoftheshareintheCommentfield.
5.
Clickthecheckboxesforthetypesofprotocolstoenable.
6.
Usetheprotocoltabstoconfigurethepropertiesofeachtypeofshare.
NOTE:Theoperatingsystemdrive(C:)isusedtostoresnapshotlogfileinformationandothersystemspecificinformation.
DonotusetheC:drivetostoreanyuserdata.
AddingAppleMacintoshSharesAppleMacintoshsharesarecreatedusingtheMicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)ontheTerminalServicesdesktop.
UseSharedFolderstocreateashare.
TocreateAppleMacintoshshares,perform.
thefollowingsteps:1.
OntheNASManagermenubar,clickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessession.
4.
FromtheAdvancedAdministrationMenu,clickSharedFoldersunderAdmin-istrationTools.
5.
Right-clickSharesandclickNewFileShare.
TheCreateSharedFolderwindowdisplays.
6.
Enterthenameandpathofthenewshare.
7.
ClickthecheckboxforAppleMacintoshunderAccessiblefromthefollowingclients.
8.
ClickNext.
9.
ClickFinishtogiveallusersfullcontroloftheshareorspecifydesiredpermissions.
ToallowuserstoaccessAppleMacintoshshares,performthefollowingstepsonanAppleMacintoshsystem:1.
OpenNetworkBrowser.
2-4SystemAdministrator'sGuide2.
OpenLocalUsersandGroups,andclickUsers.
3.
Double-clickonthesystemnamethatwillaccesstheAppleMacintoshshare.
4.
Enterthecorrectusernameandpasswordofanauthorizeduser.
5.
Selectthesharefromthedisplayedlist.
AddingNovellNetWareSharesTocreateNovellNetWareshares,performthefollowingsteps:1.
OntheNASManagermenubar,clickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessession.
4.
FromtheAdvancedAdministrationMenu,clickSharedFoldersunderAdmin-istrationTools.
5.
Right-clickSharesandclickNewFileShare.
TheCreateSharedFolderwindowdisplays.
6.
Enterthenameandpathofthenewshare.
7.
ClickthecheckboxforNovellNetWareunderAccessiblefromthefollowingclients.
8.
ClickNext.
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ClickFinishtogiveallusersfullcontroloftheshareorspecifydesiredpermissions.
ToallowuserstoaccessNetWareshares,performthefollowingstepsonasystemwithNetWareinstalled:1.
OpenComputerManagement.
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OpenLocalUsersandGroups,andclickUsers.
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Double-clickontheuserthatwillaccesstheNetWareshare.
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ClicktheNetWareServicestabandclickMaintainNetWarecompatiblelogin.
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ClickOKandpress.
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ConfirmthepasswordAccessingNovellNetWareSharesToaccessaNetWareshare,performthefollowingsteps:1.
UseasystemwiththeNetWareclientloaded.
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FromMicrosoftWindowsExplorer,clickMapnetworkdrive.
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EnterthenameofthesystemThedefaultNetWaresystemnameisDellxxxxxxxNW,wherexxxxxxxistheDellservicetagnumber.
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Attheloginscreen,enterthepasswordforthespecifiedusername.
ManagingSharesTheSharespageallowsuserstocreate,open,delete,orconfigureavarietyofnet-workfolders.
TheSharespagedisplaysaSharedFoldersonServerAppliancetablethathasthefollowingcolumns:SharedFolderlistseachsharedfolderbyname.
Tocreate,open,delete,orconfigurethepropertiesofagivenshare,clicktheradiobuttonnexttothenameoftheshareyouwanttomodify.
SharedPathdisplaysthesharepath.
Typeindicatesthesharetype:—W=Windows(CIFS)—U=UNIX(NFS)—F=FTP—H=HTTPNOTE:NovellNetWareandAppleMacintoshsharesaremanagedthroughtheTerminalServicesAdvancedAdministrationMenu,notthroughNASManager.
Descriptiondisplaysabriefdescriptionoftheshare,ifonehasbeenprovided.
Usethistabletoselectashare,andthenclickthetaskyouwanttoperformfromtheTaskslist(locatedtotherightofthetable).
HowToFindHelpTherearetwokindsofHelpavailabletoyouthroughNASManager.
TheNASManageronlinehelpdocumentsNASManagercontent.
YoucanaccessWindows2000HelpthroughtheTerminalServiceAdvancedClientontheMaintenancepage.
ToaccesshelpInNASManager,selectoneoftwomethods:1.
ClickHelponthemainmenubar.
WhenyouclickHelp,theNASManagerscreenisreplacedbyasplit-screenHelpscreenthathastheTableofContentsofhelptopicsontheleft,andthetopiccontentontheright.
YoucandisplaytheTableofContentsortheIndexontheleftsideofthescreenbyselectingtheappropriatetab.
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Clicktheiconatthefarrightofthemainmenubar.
2-6SystemAdministrator'sGuideWhenyouclickthisicon,anewbrowserwindowappearswiththecontext-sensi-tivehelptopicrelatedtothepageyouareon.
Inadditiontotheonlinehelpforyoursystem,youcanalsoaccesshelpforMicrosoftWindows2000throughTerminalServicesAdvancedClientTostartWindows2000Help,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenanceontheNASManagermainmenu.
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ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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Login.
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FromtheStartmenu,clickHelp.
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"DellOpenManageArrayManagersoftwareprovidesacomprehensivesolutiontostoragemanagementinanintegratedgraphicalview.
Throughacommoninterface,DellOpenManageArrayManagerletsyouconfigureandmanageaPowerVault735Nredundantarrayofindependentdisks(RAID)solutionattachedtoasystemwhilethesystemisonlineandcontinuingtoprocessrequestsDellOpenManageArrayManagerallowsyoutoconfigureyourstoragedevicesandthelogicalvolumescontainedinyoursystem.
DellOpenManageArrayManagerdis-playsstorageconfigurationinbothaphysicalandalogicalview.
Thephysicalviewshowsthephysicalconnectionsbetweenthestoragedevices.
Thelogicalviewshowsalogicalrepresentationofyourstorageaslogicalvolumes.
DellOpenManageArrayManagerprovidesasingleconsoleforarrayandvolumecon-figuration,fromwhichyoucandothefollowing:ManagethePowerVault735NhardwareRAIDsolutionDisplayallofyourstorageinformationinagraphicalenvironmentDellOpenManageArrayManagerCom-monTasksThissectionprovidesahigh-leveldescriptionofthemostcommonproceduresper-formedunderDellOpenManageArrayManager.
CreatingaNewVolume1.
CreateaRAID5virtualdiskfromtheavailablepoolofphysicaldrives.
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Writeasignaturetothediskcreated.
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Upgradethedisktodynamic.
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Createanewvolumeontheupgradeddisk.
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AssignthenextavailabledriveletterandformatthevolumeNTFileSystem(NTFS).
DeletinganExistingVolume1.
Selectanddeletethedesiredvolume.
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Revertthediskthatcontainedthevolumetoabasicdisk.
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Determinethevirtualdiskthatcorrespondstothebasicdisk.
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Deletethatvirtualdisk.
ExpandinganExistingVolume1.
Findthevirtualdiskthatcorrespondstothevolumeyouaregoingtoexpand.
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Addamembertothatvirtualdisk.
NOTE:Afteraddingamembertoavirtualdisk,thevirtualdiskisreconstructedbytheadapter.
Thisoperationwilltakeseveralhours.
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Afterthevirtualdiskhascompletedthereconstructionprocess,rebootyoursystem.
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Extendthespecifiedvolumewiththenewspaceavailabletothevirtualdisk.
DellOpenManageArrayManagerConsoleTheDellOpenManageArrayManagerconsoledisplayusesatreeviewtodisplaystor-ageobjectsintheleftpaneofthewindow,andtabbedviewsintherightpanetodisplayadditionalinformationonstorageobjects.
Thefollowingsectionsprovidemoreinformationabouttheleftandrightpanes.
LeftPaneTheleftpaneshowstheobjectsdetectedbytheDellOpenManageArrayManagersoftware.
Themajorstorageobjectsarethelocalcomputerobject,arrays,disks,andvolumes.
Byclickingtheplussign(+)infrontofastorageobject,youcanseethesub-ordinatestorageobjectsunderthatobject.
ArraysrepresentthephysicalandlogicalstoragesubsystemsconnectedtoRAIDcontrollers.
DisksrepresentthedisksrecognizedbytheMicrosoftWindowsPoweredoperat-ingsystem.
VolumesincludedynamicRAIDvolumescreatedinDellOpenManageArrayManager,primaryandextendedpartitions,logicaldrivesassociatedwithextendedpartitions.
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RightPaneTherightpaneidentifiesthevariousobjectsandtheirstatus,anddisplaysanyerrorconditionsthatmayexist.
Thefourtabbedviewsinthesystem'srightpaneconsoleviewincludethefollowing:TheGeneraltabdisplaysparametersbasedontheobjectsyouselectinthecon-sole'streeview.
Theparametersareasfollows:Nameisthenameoftheobject.
Statuscanvary,dependingontheobject.
CommonStatusconditionsareOnline,Healthy,andRe-Synching.
TypeIdentifiestheobject,suchasArrayDisk.
DiskGroupshowsanentryfordisksinabasicordynamicgroup.
Capacityisthemaximumsizeofthedisk.
UnallocatedSpaceistheamountoffreehard-diskspacestillavailable.
GraphicalLayoutisagraphicalrepresentationofhowmuchofthediskisbeingused.
Progressshowsthecurrentprogress(percentageofcompletion)fortasks.
Deviceisthetypeofdisk:smallcomputersysteminterface(SCSI),inte-grateddriveelectronics(IDE),andsoon.
Portidentifiesthecontrollercard.
ASCSIporthaszeroormoretargetIDs,andatargetIDhasoneormorelogicalunitnumbers(LUNs).
LUNisthelogicalunitnumber.
TargetistheSCSIID,whichuniquelyidentifiesthediskonthecontrollercard.
Vendoridentifiesthevendoronhardwareobjects.
TheEventstabdisplayseventlogmessagesassociatedwithstorageobjects.
TheDiskViewtabdisplaysagraphicallayoutofthedisksonyoursystem,includ-ingCD-ROMsorotherremovablemedia.
TheDMViewtabisgrayed-outontheDellOpenManageArrayManagerConsole.
ManagingDiskArraysThissectiondescribeshowtoconfigureandmanagearrayswiththePERC2/DCthatisincludedwiththeDellPowerVault735NNASappliance.
ThePERC2/DCcontrollerisahigh-performanceintelligentPCI-to-SCSIhostadapterwithRAIDcapabilities.
EachchannelsupportsSCSIdatatransferratesofupto80megabytes(MB)persec-ondperchannel,andupto15devices.
3-4SystemAdministrator'sGuideNOTE:OneachPERC2/DCcontroller,youcancreateamaximumof8virtualdisks.
Eachvirtualdiskcanhaveupto8hard-diskdrives.
Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:RecommendedVirtualDiskConfigurationCreatingVirtualDisksDeletingVirtualDisksReconfiguringandManagingVirtualDisksRecommendedVirtualDiskConfigurationDellrecommendsthateachvirtualdiskcreatedonyoursystem'sexternalSCSIenclo-surescontain5physicaldrivesandbeconfiguredasaRAID-5virtualdisk.
VirtualdisksconfiguredinthismannerareoptimizedbythePERC2/DCadaptertoprovidethebestperformance.
Dellalsorecommendsthatyouassignaglobalhotsparewithinthesameenclosureforeachvirtualdisk.
CreatingVirtualDisksThefirststepinconfiguringyoursystemforimprovedsystemmanagementiscreat-ingvirtualdisks.
NOTES:Whenyoucreatevirtualdisks,youmightwanttoconsiderhowvirtualdiskswillbedeleted.
VirtualdiskscreatedontheDellPERC2/DCcontrollermustbedeletedinreverseorderoftheircreation.
Inotherwords,youmustdeletethemostrecentlycreatedvirtualdiskfirstandcontinuetodeleteinreverseorder.
TotakeadvantageofallthesystemfeaturessuchasDefragandEncryption,Dellrec-ommendsusingthedefaultvalueof64kilobytes(KB)forthestripesizewhencreatingavirtualdisk.
Tocreateavirtualdisk,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickonanarraygroup.
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ClickCreateVirtualDisktolaunchtheCreateVirtualDiskWizard.
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ReadtheWelcomescreenandclickNexttocontinue.
TheSelectCreationModedialogboxdisplays.
YoucancanceltheoperationatanytimebyclickingCancel.
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SelectCustomModeandclickNexttocontinue.
ThenextscreenisSelectDisksandVirtualDiskAttributes.
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Selectthedisksandconfirminformationpresentedinthewizard.
NOTE:ThePowerVault735NonlysupportsNTFSpartitions.
Formattingallparti-tionsNTFSallowforadvancedfeaturesonlyavailableunderthatfilesystem.
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ClickNexttocontinue.
TheCompletingtheCreateVirtualDiskWizarddialogboxdisplays.
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ClickFinishtocreateavirtualdiskorBacktoreturntothepreviousscreen.
DellOpenManageArrayManagerconfirmsthecreationofthevirtualdisk.
TheRescanDiskLayoutcheckboxisselectedbydefault.
RescanDiskLayoutallowstheMicrosoftWindowsPoweredoperatingsystemtorecognizethenewvirtualdisk.
ARescanDiskLayoutcanbeperformedlateriftheboxisnotcheckedwhenyoucreatethevirtualdisk.
DeletingVirtualDisksDeletingavirtualdiskpermanentlydeletesallinformationcontainedonthatdisk.
Vir-tualdiskscreatedontheDellPERC2/DCcontrollermustbedeletedinthereverseorderthattheywerecreated.
Inotherwords,thelastdiskthatyoucreatedmustbedeletedfirst.
NOTICE:Alldataonthevirtualdiskislostwhenthediskisdeleted.
UsethefollowingproceduretodeletevirtualdisksonDellPERC2/DCcontrollers.
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Right-clickthelastvirtualdiskthatwascreated.
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ClickDelete.
Aconfirmationdialogboxappears.
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ClickOKtocontinue.
Thevirtualdiskdisappearsfromtheleftpane.
Ifthediskwasnotthelastonecre-ated,thedeleteoptionisgrayedout.
ReconfiguringandManagingVirtualDisksThissectionsummarizeshowyoucanchangethevirtualdiskconfigurationthroughtheNASManager.
Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:UsingAddMemberUsingTransformTypeUsingChangePolicyUsingCheckConsistencyInitializingDisksPropertiesNOTE:Becauseofhardwarerestrictions,theDellPERC2/DCcontrollerswillnotdetectadrivestatuschangeuntilyouattempttoreadfromorwritetothedrive.
Forexample,whenanunconfigureddriveisremoved,thecontrollerwillnotdetectthechangeuntilayouperformamanualrescanorread/writetothedrive.
3-6SystemAdministrator'sGuideUsingAddMemberPerformthefollowingstepstoaddarraydiskstoavirtualdiskortochangethevirtualdisk'sRAIDlevel:1.
Right-clickavirtualdisk.
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ClickAddMember.
AVirtualDiskAddMemberdialogboxappears.
Theavailabledisksarelistedintheleftpane.
YoucanchooseappropriatediskstoaddbyselectingthemandusingAddDisktomovethemtotherightpane.
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ChoosetheRAIDlevelinthepulldownlistVirtualDiskType.
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ClickOKtocontinueorCanceltocanceltheoperation.
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AddMembershowsprogressinformationintherightpane.
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Toviewprogress,clickontheparentofthevirtualdisk.
ThestatusofthevirtualdiskwillbeReconstructing,andprogressinformationdisplaysuntiltheAddMemberoperationisfinished.
Attheendoftheoperation,theTypecategoryshowsthechangedRAIDlevel.
UsingTransformTypeThefollowingisalistofsupportedRAIDlevelmigrations:RAID-1toRAID-0RAID-5toRAID-0TochangeaRAIDlevelofavirtualdiskwithoutaddingorremovingdisks,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickonthevirtualdiskwhosetypeyouwanttotransform.
TheVirtualDiskTransformTypedialogboxappears.
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SelectRAIDTypeorStripeSizefromtheavailablechoices.
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ClickOKtocontinueorCanceltoquittheoperation.
Awarningdialogboxappearsaskingifyouwanttocontinue.
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ClickYes.
TransformTypedisplaysprogressinformationintherightpane.
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Toviewprogress,clicktheparentofthevirtualdisk.
ThestatusofthevirtualdiskwillbeReconstructing,andprogressinformationdisplaysuntiltheoperationisfinished.
Attheendoftheoperation,theTypecate-goryshowsthechangedRAIDlevel.
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Right-clickavirtualdisk.
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ClickChangePolicy.
TheVirtualDiskChangePolicydialogboxdisplays.
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Fromthepulldownmenu,choosethepoliciesyouwant.
Youcanenableordisablethewrite-cacheorenableordisabletheread-cache.
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ClickOKtocontinueorCanceltoquittheoperation.
Whenyouarefinished,clickPropertiestoverifyifthepolicychangesoccurred.
UsingCheckConsistencyIfyourdiskisinadegradedstate,usingCheckConsistencymightenableyoutorestoreyourdisktoReadystatus.
Tocheckmirrorsynchronizationandrebuildsparityifnecessary,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthevirtualdisktobechecked.
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ClickCheckConsistency.
TheCheckConsistencyoperationdisplaysprogressinformationintherightpane.
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Toviewprogress,clicktheparentofthevirtualdisk.
ThestatusofthevirtualdiskisResynching,andprogressinformationdisplaysuntiltheoperationisfinished.
InitializingVirtualDisksInitializeanyvirtualdiskbeforeyouuseit.
PerformthefollowingprocedureonanyvirtualdiskonaPERC2/DCcontrollersystem.
NOTICE:Alldataonthevirtualdiskislostwhenthediskisdeleted.
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Right-clickthevirtualdiskthatyouwanttoinitialize.
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ClickInitialize.
ThestatusofthediskdisplaysInitializingintherightpaneuntiltheoperationisfinished.
3-8SystemAdministrator'sGuidePropertiesThiscommanddisplaysawindowthatshowsthepropertiesassociatedwiththevir-tualdisk.
ArrayDiskCommandsThissectiondescribesthefollowingcommandsforworkingwitharraydisks.
FormatRebuildAssignaGlobalHotspareUnassignaGlobalHotspareOnlineArrayDiskOfflineArrayDiskPreparetoRemovePropertiesFormatTheFormatcommandperformsalow-levelformattingofthearraydisk.
Toformatthearraydisk,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthediskthatyouwanttoformat.
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ClickFormat.
Therightpaneshowsthestatusoftheformat.
ThestatusdisplaysFormattinguntiltheoperationisfinished.
RebuildTheRebuildcommandisenabledonlywhenadiskisfailed.
Youcanrebuildonlyonfaileddisksinredundantarrays(RAID-1orRAID-5)byperformingthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthefaileddiskthatyouwanttorebuild.
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ClickRebuild.
Intherightpane,thestatusofthediskisRebuildingandaprogressbarshowsthepercentageofcompletion.
AssignGlobalHotspareAhotspareisanunusedbackupdiskthatispartofthearraygroup.
Hotsparesremaininstandbymode.
Whenanarraydiskinavirtualdiskfails,theassignedhotsparewillbeactivatedtoreplacethefailedarraydiskwithoutinterruptingthesystemorrequir-ingyourintervention.
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Toassignaglobalhot-spare,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickonthearraydiskthatyouwishtouseasahotspare.
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ClickAssignGlobalHotspare.
TheAssignHotSparedialogboxappears.
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Confirmthesuccessfulcompletionoftheoperationbycheckingthepropertiesdisplayedintherightpane.
ThestatusofthearraydiskmustbeReadyandthetypemustbeSpareArrayDisk.
UnassignGlobalHotspareThiscommandunassignsthehot-sparedisk.
Tounassignthehot-sparedisk,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickonthediskthatisassignedasahotspare.
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ClickUnassignGlobalHotspare.
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Confirmthesuccessfulcompletionoftheoperationbycheckingthepropertiesdisplayedintherightpane.
ThestatusofthearraydiskmustbeReadyandthetypemustbeArrayDisk.
OnlineArrayDiskYoucanonlysettoonlineanarraydiskthatispartofavirtualdiskthathasbeensettooffline.
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Right-clickonthediskthatyouwanttosettoonline.
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ClickOnline.
Intherightpane,statusofthediskischangedfromOfflinetoOnline.
OfflineArrayDiskYoucanonlysettoofflineanarraydiskthatispartofavirtualdiskthathasbeensettoonline.
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Right-clickonthediskthatyouwanttosettooffline.
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ClickOffline.
Aconfirmationdialogboxappears.
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ClickOKtocontinue.
Intherightpane,statusofthediskwillbechangedfromOnlinetoFailed.
3-10SystemAdministrator'sGuidePreparetoRemoveUsethisproceduretoprepareforremovinganarraydiskfromaPERC2/DCcontroller.
NOTICE:Topreventdataloss,itisrecommendedthatyouperformthisoperationbeforeyouremoveanyphysicaldiskfromanenclosure.
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Right-clickonthediskthatyouwanttoremove.
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ClickPreparetoRemove,thenclickOKtocontinue.
Whenthelightsonthediskyouhavepreparedtoremovestopblinking,thediskisreadytobephysicallyremoved.
Thediskwillnotbelistedinthearraygroup.
PropertiesUsethiscommandtodisplaythearraydiskproperties.
GeneralControllerCommandsThissectiondescribesthegeneralcontrolleroperations:RescanControllerFlushCacheEnableSoundDisableSoundPropertiesRescanControllerThisrescanControllercommandcanbeusedtocheckwhetherthereareanynewdisksthatwereattachedafteraconfigurationwasset.
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Right-clickthecontrolleryouwanttorescan.
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ClickRescanController.
Aftertheoperationisfinished,theconsoleisrefreshedandthenewlyattacheddisks(ifthereareany)willappearundertheArrayDiskGroupobjectandunderthecontrollerobject.
FlushCacheTheFlushCachecommandforcesthePERC2/DCcontrollertowritethecontentsofcachememoryontothevirtualdisks.
Youmaywanttousethisoptionifyoufindyourapplicationordisksinanunstablecondition.
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Whenenabled,thealarmsoundsintheeventofadevicefailure.
Toenablethealarmsound,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickacontroller.
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ClickEnableSound.
DisableSoundTheDisableSoundcommanddisablesthealarm.
Ifdisabled,thealarmdoesnotsoundintheeventofadevicefailure.
Todisablethealarmsound,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickacontroller.
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ClickDisableSound.
PropertiesThisPropertiescommanddisplayscontrollerattributes.
Toviewproperties,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickontheappropriatecontroller.
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ClickProperties.
AControllerPropertiesdialogboxappearsdisplayingName,Vendor,Status,Type,FirmwareVersion,andCacheSizeofthecontroller.
DiskManagementThissectiondescribesconceptualandproceduralinformationabouthowDellOpen-ManageArrayManagerimplementsbasicanddynamicdisks.
Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:WritingadisksignatureUpgradingabasicdisktoadynamicdiskReactivatingdynamicdisksMergingforeigndisks3-12SystemAdministrator'sGuideWritingaDiskSignatureWhenyoucreateavirtualdiskandperformarescan,thenewlycreatedvirtualdiskappearsundertheDisksnode.
Thediskdisplaysanerrorbitmapontheicon.
TheDiskTypeisUnsignedDisk.
Ifleftunsigned,thediskcannotbeused.
Towriteadisksignature,right-clickontheunsigneddisk.
AmenudisplaysshowingtheWriteSignaturecommand.
(TheWriteSignaturecommandappearsonlyifadiskdoesnothaveasignatureonit.
)Selectthiscommandtowriteasignatureonthedisk.
Afterasignatureiswrittenonadisk,thediskdisplaysasaBasicDisk.
Youcancreatepartitionsonthebasicdisk,oryoucanupgradethedisktodynamictocreatevolumesonit.
NOTES:Upgradealldatadisksonthesystemtodynamicbeforecreatinganyvol-umes.
Thisallowsthesystemtosupportonlinevolumeextension.
Eventhoughitispossibletoupgradediskswithexistingvolumestodynamic,thosevolumescannotbeextended.
Onlyvolumescreatedondisksthatarealreadydynamiccanbeextended.
Becauseofsystemrecoverylimitations,theonlydiskthatshouldremainbasicistheoperatingsystemdisk.
Allotherdisksshouldbeupgradedtodynamicduringcreation.
UpgradingaBasicDisktoaDynamicDiskBecauseonlydynamicdiskscanbeusedforonlinevolumeextension,Dellrecom-mendsusingDellOpenManageArrayManagertoupgradealldatadisksonyoursystemtodynamic.
Theupgradeincludesnewdisks,whichareaddedtothesystemasbasicdisks.
NOTICE:Becauseofsystemrecoverylimitationstheoperatingsystemdiskshouldbetheonlydiskthatremainsabasicdisk.
Donotupgradeyouroperatingsystemdisktodynamic.
Toupgradeabasicdisktoadynamicdisk,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthediskyouwanttoupgradeandclickUpgradeDynamicDisk.
TheUpgradeDiskWizardprovidesinformationaboutupgrading.
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ClickNexttocontinue.
Youareaskedtoselectthediskstoupgrade.
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AddthebasicdisksyouwanttoupgradetothelistofdynamicdisksandclickNext.
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ClickFinish.
NOTE:Afteradiskisupgradedtodynamicitcannotberevertedbacktobasicunlessallvolumesonthatdiskareremoved.
Dellstronglyrecommendsthatadisknotberevertedbacktobasicafterdatavolumesarepresent.
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Youcanreactivateadynamicdisktobringitbackonlinebyperform-ingthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthediskmarkedMissingorOfflinedynamicdisk.
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ClickReactivateDiskonthemenu.
ThediskshouldbemarkedOnlineafterthediskisreactivated.
MergingForeignDisksDynamicdiskswithaforeignstatusaredisksthathavebeenmovedfromanothersystem.
Youcannotreactivateaforeigndisk;youmustmergethedisktothesystem.
Tochangethestatusofaforeigndiskandenableittobeseenasapartofthecurrentsystem,usethecommandMergeForeignDisk.
Performthefollowingstepstomergeforeigndisks:1.
FromthePowerVaultNASManager,clicktheDisksandVolumestab,andthenclickDisksandVolumesagainfromthatpage.
TheDellOpenManageArrayManagerlaunches.
Thefirsttimeyoustartthissoft-ware,aninitialDellOpenManageArrayManagerwindowwithsixbuttonsforvarioustasksappears.
Youcanclosethiswindowwithoutselectingatask.
Whenthewindowcloses,theNASManagerpageisopenbehindit.
ThispagehasawindowsimilartoaWindowsExplorerwindowembeddedinit.
ThiswindowislabeledDellOpenManageArrayManager.
ForeigndiskswillappearinthedisklistandgraphicalviewsasForeign.
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Right-clickaforeigndiskandclickMergeForeignDisks.
TheMergeForeignDiskWizarddisplays.
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Selecttheforeigndisksthatyouwouldliketomergetothesystem.
Bydefaultallforeigndisksareselectedtobemerged.
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ClickNext.
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ClickNextagaintovalidatethevolumestatusofeachforeigndisk.
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ClickFinish.
3-14SystemAdministrator'sGuideVolumeManagementThissectiondescribesconceptualandproceduralinformationabouthowDellOpen-ManageArrayManagerimplementsbasicanddynamicvolumes.
Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:VolumeoverviewCheckingvolumepropertiesFormattingapartitionorvolumeDeletingapartitionorvolumeVolumeOverviewAvolumeisalogicalentitythatismadeupofportionsofoneormorephysicaldisks.
Avolumecanbeformattedwithafilesystemandcanbeaccessedbyadriveletter.
Likedisks,volumescanbebasicordynamic.
InDellOpenManageArrayManager,basicvolumesrefertoallvolumesthatarenotondynamicdisks.
DynamicvolumesarelogicalvolumescreatedfromdynamicdiskswithDellOpenManageArrayManager.
Inyoursystem,alldatavolumesshouldbecreatedondynamicdisksandsoshouldbedynamicvolumes.
Onlytheoperatingsystemdriveshouldremainbasicbecauseofsystemrecoverylimitations.
CheckingVolumePropertiesTocheckvolumeproperties,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthepartitionorvolumetobechecked.
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ChoosePropertiesfromthecontextmenu.
ThePropertieswindowdisplays.
3.
Checkthepropertiesforyourvolume.
FormattingaPartitionorVolumeToformatapartitionorvolume,performthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickthevolumeorpartitionyouwanttoformatandthenclickFormat.
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ChooseNTFSasthefilesystemtype.
NOTE:ThePowerVault735NonlysupportsNTFSpartitions.
FormattingallpartitionsasNTFSallowforadvancedfeaturesonlyavailableunderthatfilesystem.
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Enteralabelforthevolume.
ThelabelappearsontheDellOpenManageArrayManagerconsole.
Ifanamehasbeenselected,thisnameappearsinthenamefield.
Youcanchangethenamebytypingadifferentname.
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Enteranallocationsizeorusethedefault,whichisautomaticallyselected.
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Selectfilesystemtypeandformattingoptions:Quickformat–Thisoptionformatsthevolumeorpartitionwithoutscanningforbadsectorsinthevolumeorpartition.
Checkthisboxtousethisformatmethod.
Enablefileandfoldercompression–ThisoptioncanbeusedonlyifyouselectedNTFSformat.
Checkthisboxtousethisformatmethod.
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ClickOKtobeginformatting.
Aprogressbardisplaysinthelistview.
DeleteaPartitionorVolumeNOTE:Beforedeletingavolumeconfirmthatnosharesexistforthisvolume.
Ifavol-umeisremovedbeforeallsharesofthatvolumehavebeenremoved,NASManagermaynotdisplaysharescorrectly.
1.
Right-clickthedesignatedvolumeandclickDeleteVolume.
2.
ClickYestodeleteorNotocancel.
ThevolumeisremovedimmediatelyifyouclickYes.
WorkingWithDynamicVolumesDynamicvolumesarevolumescreatedondynamicdiskswithDellOpenManageArrayManager.
Thissectiondiscusseshowtocreateandextenddynamicvolumes.
CreatingaDynamicVolumeNOTE:TotakeadvantageofallthesystemfeaturessuchasDefragandEncryption,Dellrecommendsusingthedefaultvalueof4KBfortheallocationunitsizewhencre-atingavirtualdisk.
Tocreateadynamicvolume,performthefollowingsteps.
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Fromthetoolbar,clicktheCreateVolumeicon.
TheCreateVolumeWizardappears.
2.
ClickNext.
Youareaskedtoselectwhethertocreateapartitionoravolume.
MakesurethattheDynamicvolumebuttonishighlighted.
3-16SystemAdministrator'sGuideThedynamicgrouptowhichthevolumewillbelongisautomaticallycreatedandappearsselected.
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ClickNext.
Youarepromptedforthevolumelayoutandsizeofthevolumetocreate.
4.
Selecttheconcatenateddynamicvolumetypes.
NOTE:Softwaremirroring,striping,andsoftwareRAIDarenotrecommendedbecauseofperformancedegradation.
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ProvideasizeinMBorGB.
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ClickNext.
Whenyoucreatethevolume,youwillseeaQueryMaxSizebutton.
TheQueryMaxSizebuttonworksdifferentlydependingonwhetheryouhaveonediskormultipledisksselected.
IfyouhavenodisksselectedandyouclickQueryMaxSize,thesizeshownintheTotalvolumesizeentryfieldwillbethemaximumforallavailabledisks.
IfadiskordisksareselectedandyouclickQueryMaxSize,thesizeindi-catedwillbethemaximumsizefortheselecteddisk(s).
However,ifyouclickQueryMaxSizeasecondtime,thesizewillbethemaximumforallavail-abledisks.
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Afterallselectionsaremade,verifyyoursettingsandclickNext.
Youcanchooseadifferentdiskforthevolumeyouarecreating.
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ClickModifytodisplaytheModifyDisksdialogbox.
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Clickthediskyouwanttochange,andthenclickthearrowtoselectadiskfromthedropdownmenu.
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Chooseadriveletter.
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ClickNext.
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FormatthevolumeusingNTFSasthevolumetype.
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Selectanallocationunitsize,ifyouchosetouseasizeotherthanthedefault.
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Choosethefilesystemtypeand,ifdesired,aformattingoption.
NOTE:Quickformatformatsthediskwithoutcheckingforbadsectors.
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ClickNextandthenclickFinish.
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comUsingDellOpenManageArrayManagerSoftware3-17ExtendingaDynamicSimpleorSpannedVolumeYoucanextendavolumeonlyifthefollowingaretrue:ThevolumeisformattedasNTFS.
Thevolumewasoriginallycreatedasadynamicdisk.
Thereisunallocatedspaceonadynamicdiskontowhichvolumecanbeextended.
Youcannotextendavolumeifanyofthefollowingaretrue:ThevolumeisformattedasFATorFAT32.
Thevolumeisastriped,mirrored,oraRAID-5volume.
Thereisnounallocatedspaceavailableonadynamicdisk.
Youcanextendsimpleandspannedvolumesondynamicdisksontoamaximumof32dynamicdisks.
Afteravolumeisextended,itcannotbemirroredorstriped.
Nopor-tionofaspannedvolumecanbedeletedwithoutdeletingtheentirespannedvolume.
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Right-clickthesimpleorspannedvolumeyouwanttoextendandthenclickExtendVolume.
Theselectedvolumeappearsinthedialogboxalongwithitscurrentsize.
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EntertheamounttoextendthevolumeandclickOK.
Ignoreanysystemmessagesthatyoumightseewhilethevolumeextends.
Youdonothavetorunanyspecialutilities.
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ClickOK.
Thevolumenowshowsthesizeoftheextendedvolume.
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Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:DellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCard2(DRAC2)AlertlogmessagesfromDellOpenManageServerAgentConfiguringSNMPcommunitypropertiesConfiguringSNMPagentpropertiesDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCardTheDRAC2isanoptionalservermanagementcarddesignedtoprovideremoteman-agecapabilities.
WiththeadditionoftheDRAC2,systemadministratorscanmanageandmonitorasystemthroughamodemornetworkconnection,evenwhenthesys-temitselfisdown.
IfyoupurchasedaDRAC2withyourPowerVault735Nsystem,youwillneedtoinstalltheDRACsoftwareasoutlinedinthischapter.
Aftertheserversoftwarehasbeeninstalled,youwillneedtoinstalltheDRACWebClientsoftwareonthesystemthatyouplantouseastheDRACclient.
ThissoftwareisincludedontheDellPowerVault735NResourceCD.
SeetheDRACdocumentationontheDellPowerVault735NResourceCDformoreinformationonhowtoinstalltheDRACWebClientsoftware.
TheDRAC2mustalreadybeinstalledinyoursystem.
SeetheDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCardVersion2.
3(DRAC2)User'sGuideontheDellPowerVault735NResourceCDforinstructionsoninstallingthiscardinyoursystem.
ToinstallandconfiguretheDRACsoftwareonyour735NsystemusingtheTerminalServicesAdvancedAdministrationMenu,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ConnecttothesystemthroughNASManager.
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ClickMaintenanceandthenclickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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ClicktheAdvancedAdministrationMenuicon.
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AttheSystemSettingsmenu,clickDellRemoteAssistantSetup.
TheDellRemoteAssistantCardSetupandConfigurationwindowdisplays.
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ClickInstallDRACSoftware.
TheSetup/InstallWizardstarts.
Youcaninstallthemanagementsoftware.
Ensurethatyouusethedefaultinstalldirectory(C:\ProgramFiles\DRAC\Host).
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Rebootyoursystem.
NOTE:RebootingdisconnectstheNASManager.
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Repeatsteps1through4afterthesystemhasrebooted.
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ClickConfigureDRACCard.
TheAdvancedAdministrationWindowdisplays.
Youcanedittheconfigurationfile,applytheconfiguration,andresettheDRAC2.
DRAC2usestheRacConfutilityasdescribedintheDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCardVersion2.
3(DRAC2)User'sGuide.
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ClickEditConfigFile.
EdittheconfigurationfileandcustomizetheDRAC2.
ThefollowingisanexampleofsettinginformationforbothuserandInternetpro-tocol(IP)address:[AdminEntry0]AdministratorAlias=dracPassword=password[NetConfig]IpAddr=10.
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ClickConfigure.
YoucanloadtheconfigurationfileinformationintotheDRAC2afterthefilehasbeeneditedandsaved.
NOTES:Whenyoucreatetheusernameandpassword,ensuretherearenospacesbeforeoraftertheusernameorpassword.
Aftertheconfigurationfilehasloaded,theusernameandpasswordwillbeautomati-callyremovedfromtheconfigurationfileasasecurityprecaution.
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ClickSoftReset.
FormoreinformationaboutyourDRAC,seetheDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCardVersion2.
3(DRAC2)User'sGuideontheDellPowerVault735NResourceCD.
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comSystemManagement4-3AlertLogMessagesFromDellOpenManageServerAgentTheDellOpenManageServerAgentservermanagementsoftwaregeneratesalertmessagesthatappearintheSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)eventlogfile.
Alertlogmessagesconsistofinformation,status,warning,andfailuremes-sagesfordrive,temperature,fan,andpowerconditions.
Toseethetraplogs,fromtheNASManagerMaintenancepage,gototheLogspageorgotoTerminalServicestologontoyourserverandusetheEventViewerunderComputerManagementtoviewloggedevents.
ConfiguringSNMPCommunityPropertiesToconfigureSNMPcommunitypropertiesfromtheNASManager,performthefol-lowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
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ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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Logintothesystem.
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FromtheAdvancedAdministrationMenu,selectAdministrationTools,andclickComputerManagement.
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FromtheComputerManagementconsoletree,clickServicesandApplications.
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ClickServices.
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Inthedetailspane,clickSNMPService.
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FromtheActionmenu,clickProperties.
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FromtheSecuritytab,clickSendauthenticationtrap.
Selectthisoptionifyouwantatrapmessagesentwhenauthenticationfails.
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SelectAcceptedcommunitynames,andclickAdd.
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SelectCommunityRights,andselectapermissionlevelforthishosttoprocessSNMPrequestsfromtheselectedcommunity.
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Toviewadescriptionofadialogboxitem,right-clicktheitem,andthenclickWhat'sThis13.
InCommunityName,typeacase-sensitivecommunityname,andthenclickAdd.
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InSNMPServiceProperties,specifywhetherornottoacceptSNMPpacketsfromahost:4-4SystemAdministrator'sGuideToacceptSNMPrequestsfromanyhostonthenetwork,regardlessofiden-tity,clickAcceptSNMPpacketsfromanyhost.
TolimitacceptanceofSNMPpackets,clickAcceptSNMPpacketsfromthesehosts,clickAdd,typetheappropriatehostname,IPorIPXaddress,andthenclickAddagain.
NOTES:Youcanmakechangestoanentrybyclickingtheentry,andthenclickingEdit.
YoucandeleteaselectedentrybyclickingRemove.
Ifyouremoveallthecommunitynames,includingthedefaultnamePublic,SNMPdoesnotrespondtoanycommunitynamespresented.
Youcanaddadditionalcom-munityandhostnamesasnecessary.
IfyouchangeexistingSNMPsettings,yourchangestakeeffectimmediately.
YoudonotneedtorestarttheSNMPserviceforyoursettingstotakeeffect.
Ifyouareconfig-uringSNMPforthefirsttime,youmustrestartSNMPbeforethesesettingstakeeffect.
ConfiguringSNMPAgentPropertiesToconfigureSNMPagentpropertiesfromtheNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
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ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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Logintothesystem.
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ClickAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
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AttheAdvancedAdministrationMenu,selectAdministrationTools,andclickComputerManagement.
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ClickServicesandApplications.
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ClickServices.
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Inthedetailspane,clickSNMPService.
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FromtheActionmenu,clickProperties.
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SelectContact,selecttheAgenttab,andtypethenameoftheuserorsystemadministrator.
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SelectLocation,andthentypethephysicallocationofthesystemorthecontact.
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SelectService,andthenselecttheappropriatecheckboxesforthissystem,andthenclickOK.
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Toviewadescriptionofadialogboxitem,right-clicktheitem,andthenclickWhat'sThissupport.
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YoudonotneedtorestarttheSNMPserviceforyoursettingstotakeeffect.
IfyouareconfiguringSNMPforthefirsttime,youmustrestartSNMPbeforethesesettingstakeeffect.
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comSystemRecovery,Backup,andRestore5-1CHAPTER5SystemRecovery,Backup,andRestoreThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtorecoverfromasystemfailure,andhowtobackupandrestorethesystemstate.
Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:RecoveryfromsystemfailureSystemstatebackupandrestoreWindows2000backupandrecoverytoolsThird-partybackupsoftwarefornetworkbackupsInstallingdevicedriversforWindows2000RecoveryFromSystemFailureIftheWindowsPoweredoperatingsystembecomesinoperable,youcanusetheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCDtoreinstalltheoperatingsystem.
Aftertheoperat-ingsystemisreinstalled,thesystemstatebackupcanberestoredtorecoversystemconfigurationinformation.
Operatingsystemreinstallationincludesthefollowingprocedures:ReinstallingtheoperatingsystemusingtheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCD.
PerformingsystemsetupRestoringthesystemstatebackup(see"RestoringSystemStateData"formoreinformation)OperatingSystemReinstallationNOTICE:UsingtheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCDerasestheDell-installedoperatingsystem.
Toreinstalltheoperatingsystem,performthefollowingsteps:1.
InserttheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCDintotheCD-ROMdrive.
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Restartthesystem.
TheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCDautomaticallystartstheinstallationprocessifthesystemisaPowerVault735NNASapplianceandifthefirstlogicalvolumeconfiguredontheRAIDcontrollerisasingledriveRAID0group.
Ittakesapproximately20minutesforthesystemtoreinstall.
TheCDejectsapproximately7minutesintotheinstallationtime.
TheejectionoftheCDdoesnotindicateanerrororthattheprocessisfinished.
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UseaWebbrowsertoconnecttothesystem.
InitialSystemSetupAftertheoperatingsystemisreinstalledonthesystem,youshouldconfigurethesys-temagaintoestablishnetworkcommunication.
IfPowerVaultKick-Startisusedforconfiguration,insertyourPowerVaultKick-StartdisketteaftertheCD-ROMejectstheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCD.
SeeChapter1,"Introduction,"forinforma-tiononinitialsystemconfiguration.
SystemStateBackupandRestoreIntegratedWindows2000backupandrecoverytoolsallowsadministratorstobackupandrestorethesystemstatedata.
Systemstatedataincludesthefollowing:RegistryCOM+classregistrationdatabaseSystembootfilesUsersandgroupsinformationCIFS/NFS/NetWare/MacintoshsharedataBackingupthesystemstateallowsyoutorecoverthesystemifanoperatingsystemreinstallationisrequired.
Restoringyoursystemstaterestorescustomizedsettingssuchasuserinformationandshareinformation.
NOTE:Youmustbackupyoursystemstatetoahard-diskdriveotherthanyouroper-atingsystemhard-diskdrivetorestoreyoursystemstateafterusingtheDellPowerVault735NReinstallationCD.
BackingUpSystemStateDataTobackupsystemstatedatafromtheNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
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ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClientLink.
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LogintotheTerminalServicessession.
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GototheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
TheAdvancedAdministrationMenuloadsautomatically,unlessitwasclosedinapreviousTerminalServicessession.
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ClicktheAdvancedAdministrationMenuicon.
TheAdvancedAdministrationMenudisplays.
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SelectAdministrationToolsandclickPerformSystemStateBackup.
ThePerformingSystemStateBackupwindowdisplays.
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ClickOKtocontinue.
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SelectthelocationtostoreyoursystemstatebackupandclickOK.
NOTES:SystemStateBackuptakesapproximately15minutestocompleteandrequiresapproximately250megabytes(MB)ofmemory.
DellrecommendsthatyouregularlybackupyoursystemstatetoyourRAID5pro-tecteddatadrives.
Thisactionenablesyoutogobacktothemostrecentstateincaseanoperatingsystemreinstallationisrequired.
RestoringSystemStateDataNOTE:Torestoreyoursystemstate,youmusthavepreviouslybackedupyoursystemusingtheSystemStateBackupToolontheAdvancedAdministrationMenuorfromWindows2000BackupandRecoveryTools.
TorestoresystemstatedatafromtheNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
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ClickSystemBackupandRestore.
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Loginasadministrator.
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ClickRestoreWizard.
TheRestoreWizardwindowdisplays.
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ClickNext.
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ClickImportFile.
TheBackupFileNamewindowdisplays.
YoumustimportthefilebecauseyoursystemwillnotbeawareofpreviousbackupsonceyoucompleteareinstallationfromtheDellPowerVault735NRein-stallationCD.
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ClickBrowse.
TheSelectfiletocatalogwindowdisplays.
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Browseforyourfile.
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Afterlocatingyourfile,clickOK.
TheWhattoRestorewindowdisplays.
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Click+signnexttoFile.
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Click+signnexttoMediaCreatedon.
Youarepromptedforyourbackupfilelocation.
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Ifthelocationiscorrect,clickOK;otherwise,browsetothecorrectbackupfilelocation.
AniconlabeledSystemStateappearsintheWhattoRestorewindow.
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Click+(symbol)nexttoSystemState.
Youareaskedtoconfirmyourbackupfilelocationagain.
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Ifthelocationiscorrect,clickOK;otherwise,browsetothecorrectbackupfilelocation.
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ClickthecheckboxnexttoSystemState.
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ClickNext.
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ClickAdvanced.
TheWheretoRestorewindowdisplays.
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Clicktheoriginallocationasnewthelocationtorestorethefiles.
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ClickNext.
TheHowtoRestorewindowdisplays.
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ClickAlwaysreplacethefilesondisk.
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ClickNext.
TheAdvancedRestoreOptionswindowdisplays.
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Leaveallcheckboxesunchecked.
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ClickNext.
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ClickFinishtoinitiatetherestoreprocess25.
Restartyoursystemaftertherestoreprocesscompletes.
NOTE:Windowsmustreplacealllockedfilesonthesystem;therefore,therestartsystemprocessmighttakeapproximately15minutestocomplete.
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NOTE:YoumusthaveaSCSIcardinstalledandhaveatapedrivetobackupyourdatavolumestotape.
TogettotheWindows2000BackupandRecoveryToolsclickonSystemBackup/RestoreontheMaintenancepageofthePowerVault735NNASManagerorbyclick-ingWindows2000Backup/RecoveryToolsintheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
FormoreinformationontheWindows2000BackupandRecoveryTools,seetheWindowsPoweredHelp.
YoucanaccessWindowsPoweredHelpbyclickingWin-dowsPoweredHelpintheAdvancedAdministrationMenuorbyclickingHelpintheStartMenuwhenusingtheTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
Third-PartyBackupSoftwareforNetworkBackupsYoumaybackupyourdatavolumesoverthenetworktoLANAttachedBackupServ-ers.
Thisrequiresthatyoualreadyhaveabackupserveronyournetwork.
DellrecommendsuseofBackupSoftwareNetworkAcceleratorAgentstogreatlyimprovenetworkbackupperformance.
NOTICE:DonotinstalloruseanyOpenFileAgentstobackupyourPowerVault735Nsystem.
TheseagentsinterferewithActiveArchive,andcouldresultinthelossofyoursystem'ssnapshotsandinperformancedegradation.
SupportedThird-PartyNetworkBackupAgentsVERITASBackupExec—BackupExec8.
0forWindowsNTandWindows2000ComputerAssociatesARCserveIT—ARCserveIT2000forWindowsNTandWindows2000—ARCserveIT6.
61forRedHatLinuxNetworkAcceleratorAgentInstallationVERITASBackupExecandComputerAssociatesARCserveNetworkAcceleratorAgentscanbothbeinstalledremotelybyinstallingtheagenttothesystemfromaremotesystemonthenetwork.
SeethedocumentationforyourbackupsoftwareformoreinformationonhowtoinstalltheNetworkAcceleratorAgents.
5-6SystemAdministrator'sGuideInstallingTapeDeviceDriversforWindows2000ToinstalldriversforthePowerVault130TDLT7000tapelibrary,PowerVault120TDLT7000tapeautoloader,orPowerVault120TDLT1tapeautoloader,performthefollow-ingsteps.
NOTE:TheprocedureforinstallingthePowerVaulttapedevicesareidenticalexceptforthenameofthedriverfiles.
Selecttheappropriatedriverforyourtapehardware.
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ConnectthePowerVaulttapedeviceandrestartthemachine.
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ConnecttotheNASManager.
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ClickMaintenanceandthenclickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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IntheAdvancedAdministrationMenu,clickComputerManagement.
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ClickComputerManagementintheleftpane,andthenclickSystemTools.
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ClickDeviceManagerintheleftpane.
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ClickMediumChangersintherightpane.
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Double-clickUnknownMediumChanger.
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ClickDriverinthePropertieswindow.
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ClickUpdateDriver.
TheUpgradeDeviceDriverWizarddisplays.
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ClickNext.
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ClicktheradiobuttonnexttoSearchforasuitabledriverformydevice(rec-ommended)andthenclickNext.
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InOptionalsearchlocations,clickthecheckboxforSpecifyalocation.
Deselecttheothercheckbox.
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ClickNext.
Adialogboxdisplayswithafieldforyoutoenterthelocationofthedevicedriver.
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InthepathforCopymanufacturer'sfilesfrom,specifythefoldernamethatcontainsthedevicedrivers,andclickOK.
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ClickNext.
TheUpgradeDeviceDriverWizardsearchesthespecifiedfolderforthedriverfiles.
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MakesuretheUpgradeDeviceDriverWizardhasselectedtheappropriatePowerVaulttapedeviceandclickNext.
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ClickFinish.
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ClickClose.
IfyouhaveaPowerVault120TDLT1TapeAutoloader,youmustfollowthestepsinthenextsectiontoinstallthedriverforthePowerVault1110TDLT1tapedrive.
InstallingDriverforthePowerVault110TLTOand110TDLT1TapeDrivesToinstalldriversforthePowerVault110TLTOtapedriveorPowerVault110TDLT1tapedrives,performthefollowingsteps.
NOTE:TheprocedureforinstallingthePowerVaulttapedevicesareidenticalexceptforthenameofthedriverfiles.
Selecttheappropriatedriverforyourtapehardware.
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ConnecttheDellPowerVaulttapedeviceandrestartthesystem.
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ConnecttotheNASManager.
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ClickMaintenanceandthenclickTerminalServiceAdvancedClient.
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OntheAdvancedAdministrationMenu,clickComputerManagement.
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ClickComputerManagementintheleftpane.
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ClickSystemToolsintheleftpane.
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ClickDeviceManagerintheleftpane.
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ClickUnknownDevicesintherightpane.
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Double-clickUnknownTapeDevice.
10.
ClickDriverinthepop-upwindow.
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ClickUpdateDriver.
TheUpgradeDeviceDriverWizarddisplays.
12.
ClickNext.
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ClicktheradiobuttonnexttoSearchforasuitabledriverformydevice(rec-ommended)andthenclickNext.
14.
InOptionalsearchlocations,clickthecheckboxforSpecifyalocation.
Deselecttheothercheckboxes.
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ClickNext.
ThePropertiesdialogboxdisplays.
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SpecifythefoldernamethatcontainsthedevicedriversinthepathforCopymanufacturer'sfilesfrom.
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ClickOKandthenclickNext.
TheUpgradeDeviceDriverWizardsearchesthespecifiedfolderforthedriverfiles.
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MakesurethewizardhasselectedtheappropriatePowerVaulttapedeviceandclickNext.
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ClickFinish.
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ClickClosetoexitthedriverpropertiesdialogbox.
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comDellActiveArchive6-1CHAPTER6DellActiveArchiveDellActiveArchiveallowsthecreationandpreservationofsnapshotsoftheDellPowerVault735Nsystemdatavolumes.
Whenusingsnapshots,systemperformancemaybedegraded,dependingontherateyourdataischangingandthenumberofsnapshotskeptforeachvirtualdisk.
Readperformanceofthevirtualdiskremainsconstant,regardlessofthepresenceofsnapshots.
Readperformanceofthesnapshotisidenticaltothatofthevirtualdisk.
Writeperformance,however,mayvary.
EachinitialwritetoavirtualdiskareacausestheDellActiveArchivesoftwaretore-writethedatetothesnapshotcachefile,andtheinitialwriteisslowerthanifasnapshotisnotbeingused.
FromtheDellPowerVault735NNASManagerhomepage,clickDisksandVolumesandthenclickActiveArchive.
Eachsnapshotismountedasavolumeonthefilesys-temtoallowread-onlyaccessbyclients.
Snapshotscanbecreatedimmediately,orscheduledasonetimeonlyorregularlyrepeatedevents.
Thischapterprovidesinformationonthefollowingtopics:ScheduledSnapshotsAddingSnapshotstotheScheduleDeletingaSnapshotScheduleEditingthePropertiesofaSnapshot'sScheduleTakingaNewSnapshotDeletingaSnapshotConfiguringtheSnapshotEnvironmentAccessingSnapshotsScheduledSnapshotsWhenyouclickDisksandVolumesandthenActiveArchive,theScheduledSnap-shotpagedisplaysalistofallscheduledsnapshotsandassociatedtasks.
Eachscheduledsnapshotisidentifiedbythescheduledtime,day,frequency,startingdate,andtargetvolumeID.
Snapshotsareidentifiedbytimeanddate,andarelocatedintheActiveArchivedirectory.
TheActiveArchivedirectoryislocatedintherootofeachActiveArchivevolume.
OnlytheAdministratorcanaccesstheActiveArchive6-2SystemAdministrator'sGuidedirectory.
Thefilesandfoldersinthesnapshotdirectorieshavethesamepermissionsasthefilesandfoldersontheoriginalvolume.
Snapshotdirectoriesareusedexactlythesameasconventionalread-onlysystemvolumes.
Unlikeconventionalvolumes,snapshotimagesarestatic,recordingtheprecisecontentoftheoriginatingvolumeatthetimethesnapshotwascreated.
NOTE:Donotmodifythesnapshotcontents.
Modificationstosnapshotcontentsarenotpersistent.
SnapshotListTheSnapshotListdisplaysallcurrentactivesnapshots.
Eachentryidentifiesthedateandtimethesnapshotwascreatedandthevolumeitpreserves.
Selectanindividualsnapshotbyclickingtheradiobuttontotheleftofthedescription.
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Fromthemenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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FromtheTaskslist,clickList.
AddingSnapshotstotheScheduleToaddaasnapshottotheschedule,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheMenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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FromtheTaskslistontheSchedulepage,clickAdd.
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UsethedropdownmenustoselecttheStartingtime,thefrequencyatwhichtorepeatthesnapshot(Repeateveryfrequency),theBeginningday,theVolume,andhowlongtoKeepcount.
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ClickOKtosaveorCanceltodiscardthenewscheduledsnapshot.
DeletingaSnapshotScheduleTodeleteasnapshotschedule,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheMenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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OntheSchedulepage,clicktheradiobuttonnexttothescheduledsnapshottobedeleted.
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FromtheTaskslistontheSchedulepage,clickDelete.
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ClickOKtodeletetheitemorCanceltoleavetheitemintact.
EditingthePropertiesofaSnapshot'sScheduleToeditasnapshot'sscheduleproperties,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheMenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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FromtheTaskslistontheSchedulepage,clickProperties.
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UsethedropdownmenustoselecttheStartingtime,thefrequencyatwhichtorepeatthesnapshot(Repeateveryfrequency),theBeginningday,theVolume,andhowlongtoKeepcount.
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ClickOKtodeletetheitemorCanceltoleavetheitemintact.
TakingaNewSnapshotTotakeanimmediatesnapshot,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheMenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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FromtheTaskslistontheSchedulepage,clickNew.
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UsethedropdownmenutoselecttheVolumetopreserve.
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ClickOKtodeletetheitemorCanceltoleavetheitemintact.
DeletingaSnapshotTodeleteasnapshot,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheMenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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FromtheTaskslistontheSchedulepage,clickList.
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OntheSnapshotListpage,clicktheradiobuttonnexttothesnapshottobedeleted.
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FromtheTaskslist,clickDelete.
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ClickOKtodeletetheitemorCanceltoleavetheitemintact.
ConfiguringtheSnapshotEnvironmentYoucanusedropdownmenustomodifythevariousaspectsofthesnapshotenvironment.
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FromtheMenubar,clickDisksandVolumes,thenclickActiveArchive.
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FromtheTaskslistontheSchedulepage,clickConfigure.
NOTE:Someoftheoptionsdisplayonlyifthereisanactivesnapshot.
RestoreDefaultsreestablishesthesystemdefaults.
MaximumSnapshotsThisspecifiesthemaximumnumberofactivesnapshotssupportedbytheserver,uptoamaximumof250.
Whenthesystemhas250snapshotsstored,startinganothersnapshotwilloverwritetheoldestsnapshot.
6-4SystemAdministrator'sGuideQuiescentPeriod:Priortostartingasnapshot,thesystemwaitsforaperiodofrelativeinactivityonthevolumebeingimaged.
Thedefaultvalueforthisperiodallowssystemstostartanimagewithaconsistentfilesetandaminimaltime-out.
Experiencedadministratorsmayreduceorincreasethisvalueforsystemoptimization.
Reducingthequiescentperiodallowssnapshotstobeginonsystemswherediskinactivityisrare,atthepos-sibleexpenseofsynchronizationproblemswithinapplicationsthatareconcurrentlywritingtomultiplefiles.
QuiescentTime-Out:Specifiestheamountoftimetheservershouldwaittoretrystartingasnapshot.
Asnapshotwillnotstartuntilaperiodofrelativeinactivity,specifiedbytheQuiescentPeriod,occurs.
IfanintervallongerthanQuiescentTime-Outpassesbeforethesnapshotcanbegin,thesnapshotwillnotbetaken.
CacheFullWarningThreshold:Definesthepercentageofcachespaceusedthatwilltriggerwarningmessagestothesystemeventlog.
BeginSnapshotDeletions:Definesthepercentageofcachespaceusedthatwilltriggerautomaticdeletionoftheoldestsnapshotsonthesystem.
Automaticsnapshotdeletionsarerecordedinthesystemlog.
CacheSize:Specifiestheamountofspaceallocatedtothecachefile.
Increasingthisvaluewillallowmoreandlargersnapshotstobemaintained.
Ensurethatadequatespaceisavailableonthesnapshotfileslocationdrive.
SnapshotFilesLocation:Specifiestheservervolumethatwillcontainthecachedatafiles.
Thisfilecontainsanexactimageofalldatafilevaluesthathavebeenpreservedaspartofasnapshot.
Youshouldalterthedefaultvalueonlyifthenumber,type,orcapacityofstoragediskshasbeenaltered.
NOTE:Whenchangingthelocationofthesnapshotsfiles,thepreviousfilesmaynotberemoved.
Toregainthespaceusedbythosefiles,manuallydeletethosefilesfromthepreviouslocation.
SnapshotDirectoryName:Specifiesthedirectorynamewhichwillbeusedforthesnapshotmountpoint.
Eachsnapshotimageappearsassubdirectoriesofthevolumewhichisbeingimaged.
Theentirecontentofthevolumeasitexistedwhenthesnapshotwascreatedappearsunderthisdirectory.
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ThenameoftheutilitythatcreatessnapshotsisDellActiveArchive.
ThenameofthedirectorywhereDellActiveArchivesnapshotsarestoredisActiveArchives.
ToaccesstheActiveArchivesdirectoryusingaWindowsclientonthenetwork,per-formthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickonMyAppliance.
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ClickMapNetworkDrivefromthemenu.
3.
MaptotherootoftheActiveArchivesvolume.
Use'$'tospecifytherootofthevolume.
Forexample,intheFolderfield,type\\\e$,whereisthenameoftheDellPowerVault735Nsystem.
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UseMicrosoftWindowsExplorertonavigatetotheActiveArchivedirectoryonthenewlymappeddrive.
Hard-DiskDriveDefragmentationNOTICE:Defragmentingahard-diskdrivewithoutusingthefollowingpro-cedurecandeleteyoursnapshotsandwilldegradeyoursystemperformance.
Todefragmentahard-diskdrive,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromthePowerVaultNASManager,clickDisksandVolumes.
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ClickActiveArchive.
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SelectascheduledsnapshotandclickDelete.
4.
Repeatuntilallscheduledsnapshotsaredeleted.
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OntheTaskslist,clickList.
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SelectasnapshotandclickDelete.
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Repeatuntilallsnapshotsaredeleted.
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LogintoTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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Double-clickMyAppliance.
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Right-clickthedriveyouaregoingtodefragment.
11.
ClickProperties.
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ClickTools.
13.
ClickDefragmentNow.
TheDefragmentationwindowdisplays.
14.
ClickDefragment.
Youarenotifiedwhendefragmentationiscomplete.
15.
ExitTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
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FromtheNASManager,clickDisksandVolumes.
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ClickActiveArchive.
Youcanschedulesnapshotortakeasnapshotnow.
Ifyoutakeasnapshotnow,itshouldappearonthelistofsnapshotswithin10seconds.
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Thefollowingtopicsarediscussed:NetworkadapterteamingServicesforUNIXFileserverforMacintoshServicesforNetWareMicrosoftDirectorySynchronizationServicesUninterruptiblepowersupply(UPS)Toperformtheproceduresinthischapter,youmustusetheTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
ToaccesstheTerminalServicesAdvancedClient,performthefol-lowingsteps:1.
FromthePowerVaultNASManager,clickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
Loginasadministrator.
NetworkAdapterTeamingAdapterteamingallowsthesystemtousethecombinedthroughputofnetworkadaptersinparalleltoincreaseperformance.
Technologiessupportedbyteamingare:Linkaggregationsupportsscalablebandwidthupto800megabitspersecond(Mbps)fullduplex,orupto8gigabitspersecond(Gbps)inaGigabitEthernetenvironment.
Linkaggregationrequiressupportinthenetworkinterfacecard(NIC)andtheswitch.
Cisco'sFastEtherChannel(FEC)supportsscalablebandwidthupto800Mbpsatfullduplex.
FECrequiressupportintheNICandtheswitch.
Intel'sAdaptiveloadbalancing(ALB)offersasimplewaytoincreaseserverthroughputupto400Mbps.
Outgoingservertrafficisbalancedautomaticallyamongasmanyasfournetworkadapters.
Eachadditionaladapteraddsanother100Mbpslink.
SincetheadapterssharetheexistingInternetprotocol(IP)7-2SystemAdministrator'sGuideaddress,thenetworkdoesnotneedtobesegmentedorreconfigured.
ALBcanalsobeusedovergigabitEthernetlinks,providingthroughputsupto4Gbps.
IntelServerAdaptersalsosupportAdapterFaultTolerance(AFT),inwhichasec-ondaryadapterbacksupthelinkbetweentheprimaryserverandtheswitchforcontinuedoperationiftheprimarylinkfails.
TeammembersforthePowerVault735Nsystemarelimitedtothenetworkconnec-tivityofthesystem.
Validteammembersincludethe10/100megabit(Mbit)embeddedNIC,optionalsingle-port10/100MbitNIC,andtheoptionaldual-port10/100MbitNIC.
CreatingNetworkTeamsCreatenetworkteamsthroughtheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII.
ToaccesstheNetworkTrunkingutilityfromthePowerVaultNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessessionasadministrator.
4.
ClickNetworkTrunkingintheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
TheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII,displays.
5.
ClickAction,clickAddtoTeam,andclickCreateNewTeam….
TheTeamingWizarddisplays.
6.
SelectthetypeofteamtocreateandclickNext.
ThetypesofteamincludeAFT,ALB,FEC,andIEEE802.
3ad.
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SelecttheadapterstoincludewiththisteamandclickNext.
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VerifytheteamcontainstheappropriatemembersandclickFinish.
Iftheteamneedstobemodified,clickBack.
RemovingNetworkTeamsRemovenetworkteamsthroughtheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII.
ToaccesstheNetworkTrunkingutilityfromthePowerVaultNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessessionasadministrator.
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ClickNetworkTrunkingintheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
TheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII,displays.
5.
Inthetreeview,clicktheteamtoremove.
6.
ClickActionandclickRemove.
RemovinganAdapterFromaNetworkTeamRemoveanadapterfromanetworkteamthroughtheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII.
ToaccesstheNetworkTrunkingutilityfromthePowerVaultNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessessionasadministrator.
4.
ClickNetworkTrunkingintheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
TheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII,displays.
5.
Inthetreeview,clicktheadaptertoremove.
6.
ClickActionandclickRemove.
ChangingtheNetworkTeamMode.
ChangethenetworkteammodethroughtheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII.
ToaccesstheNetworkTrunkingutilityfromthePowerVaultNASManager,performthefollowingsteps:1.
ClickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessessionasadministrator.
4.
ClickNetworkTrunkingintheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
TheNetworkTrunkingutility,IntelPROSetII,displays.
5.
Inthetreeview,clicktheteamtomodify.
6.
ClickActionandclickChangeTeamMode.
7.
IntheTeamingWizard,selectthetypeofteamtocreateandclickNext.
ThetypesofteamincludeAFT,ALB,FEC,andIEEE802.
3ad.
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ClickOKtoclose.
7-4SystemAdministrator'sGuideServicesforUNIXServicesforUNIX(SFU)providesthetoolsneededtointegrateUNIXandWindowsnetworksbyleveragingexistingUNIXnetworkresourceandexpertise.
SFUincludesmorethan60ofthemostcommonUNIXcommandlineutilitiestoprovideafamiliarenvironmentforUNIXusersandadministrators.
ServerforNFSallowsyoutoleverageyourexistingUNIXnetworkresourcesforUNIXclients.
SFUprovidesimportanttoolstoenhanceandsimplifytheadministrationofyournet-work.
Thesetoolsinclude:TelnetServerenablescharacterandscript-basedremoteadministrationofWin-dows2000andWindowsNT-basedserversfromavarietyofclients.
MicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)Snap-inenablesaconsistentandcentralmanagementpointforallSFUfunctionality.
ActivePerlenablesexistingandnewscriptstousetheWindowsManagementInterface(WMI)toautomatenetworkadministrationtasks.
UserNameMappingassociatesWindowsandUNIXusernames,whichallowsuserstoconnecttoNFSresourceswithouthavingtologontoUNIXsystemsseparately.
ServerforNetworkFileSystem(NFS)SFUprovidesarobustServerforNFSthatcanbeusedtoprovidediskresourcesfromyoursystemsrunningWindowsNTandWindows2000toanysystemonyournet-workthatsupportsNFS.
ToadministerServerforNFS,setthefollowingoptionsfromtheSFUMMCconsole:UserMappingisthenameofthemappingservertouse.
Auditingisthesizeandlocationoftheloggingfile,andtheoperationstoaudit.
Lockingisthegraceperiodforlocksandalistofcurrentlocks.
ClientGroupsisusedtogroupclientsystemsforeasiersettingofpermissions.
SharesYoucancreatesharesbyselectingFoldersandSharesintheNASManager.
YoucanalsoselectPropertiesinWindowsExplorerandclickNFSSharingtocreateshares.
Youcanshareindividualdirectoriesorentiredrives.
Youcanalsosharedirectoriesfromthecommandline.
Toshareadirectory,type:nfssharesharename=Drive:Pathatthecommandprompt.
Drive:Pathisthelocationofthefolderyouwanttoshare.
AsinUNIX,youcannotshareasubfolderofanexistingshare.
Eachdriveletteristreatedasaseparaterootdirectory.
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Thedefaultpermissionsareread/writeforallusers.
Tosetpermissions,performthefollowingstepsinWindowsExplorer:1.
ClickPropertiesforthefolderyouaresharing.
2.
ClickNFSSharing.
3.
ClickPermissions.
4.
Setthepermissions.
NOTE:UNIXandWindows2000securitymodelshaveinherentlydifferentpermissionsets.
Anyattempttoalignthemisonlyanapproximation.
Forexample,the"TakeOwnership"permissiondoesnotexistinUNIX,butinUNIXthesuperusercanchangetheownershipofanyfiletoanyuser.
UNIXUtilitiesUNIXutilitiesprovidedwithSFUarelistedinbelow.
TelnetServerThetelnetserverworksoptimallyformostinstallations.
Itwillacceptloginsfromavarietyofclients,includingthetelnetclientsshippedwithWindows2000,WindowsNT,Windows95,andWindows98,aswellasavarietyofcharactermodeterminalclientsfromvirtuallyanyoperatingsystem.
Inaddition,itcanbeconfiguredtomeetspecificsiterequirementssuchasimprovingsecurity,simplifyinglogins,andsupportingstreamorconsolemode.
Table7-1.
CategoriesofUNIXUtilitiesCategoryUtilityFileandDirectoryUtilitiesbasename,cp,diff,dirname,dos2unix,find,ln,ls,mkdir,mount,mv,paste,pwd,rm,rmdir,sdiff,split,tee,touch,uniq,uudecode,uuencode,umountTextUtilitiescat,cut,grep,egrep,fgrep,head,more,printf,sed,sort,tail,tr,vi,wcProgrammingUtilitiesperl,od,sh,stringsSecurityUtilitieschmod,chown,suProcessandGeneralUtili-tiescron,crontab,date,du,kill,nice,printenv,ps,rcmd,renice,sleep,atr,top,uname,wait,which,xargs7-6SystemAdministrator'sGuideAuthenticationTheSFUtelnetserversupportsWindowsNTLANManager(NTLM)forauthenticationofclientlogins.
NTLMallowsuserstobeautomaticallyauthenticatedtothetelnetserverbasedontheirWindowsNTlogin.
Thismakesusingtelnetcompletelytrans-parenttousers,whileensuringthatcleartextpasswordsdonotpassoverthenetwork.
NTLMmustbesupportedontheclientsideoftheloginaswell,however.
WhenusingNTLMlogin,usersarerestrictedtolocaldrivesonthesystemtheyareloggedinto.
Iftheyneedtomapnetworkresources,theycandosobyexplicitlymap-pingwithfullcredentials.
AdministrationThetelnetserverisadministeredusingtheSFUMMCsnap-in,orthetnadminprogram.
Theoptionsavailableare:AuthenticationgivesyouthechoicesofNTLMandUsername/Password.
Auditingenablesyoutoseteventloggingtoaseparatelogfile,ortheEventLog,andsetwhateventstolog.
ServerSettingsenablesyoutosetthefollowingoptions:—Maximumnumberofsimultaneousconnections—Maximumnumberoffailedloginattempts—MapAltKeytoCtrlA—TelnetPort—ModeofOperationallowsyoutochooseConsoleorStream.
—DefaultDomainNameisthedomainnamethatisautomaticallyaddedtotheloginusername.
Thedefaultis".
",whichdisablesthisfeature.
—IdleSessionTimeoutisthetimeuntilanidlesessionisforciblydisconnected.
—TerminateallprogramswhendisconnectingtoggleswithContinuetorunprogramsstartedwiththecommandbgjob.
Sessionsallowsyoutoseedataaboutthecurrentlyactivesessions(suchasuser,domain,system,logondate/time)andeithersendamessagetothesessionorterminateit.
ServicesForUNIXMMCConsoleSFUUNIXincludesasingleMMCformanagingallofSFU.
ThisMMCprovidesacohesivemanagementinterfacethatletsyouadministerallsystemsonthenetworkfromanyconsole.
Further,sinceSFUsupportstheWindowsManagementInterface(WMI),managementcanbescriptedfromthecommandline.
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6SFUincludesActiveState'sActivePerl5.
6,afullfeaturedportofPerl5.
6andPerlScripttoWindowsPoweredoperatingsystems.
Amongotherimprovements,ActivePerl5.
6includessupportforfork()emulationattheinterpreterlevel,improv-ingtheportabilityofscriptsandmodules.
ActivePerlalsoprovidesfullsupportfortheWindowsScriptHost,makingActivePerlanexcellenttoolforsystemadministrationtasks.
UserNameMappingUserNameMappingprovidesmappingofnamesbetweentheUNIXandWindowsenvironments.
YoucanperformUserNameMappingeitherfromSFUorbyclickingonNFSontheServicespageoftheNASManager.
WithUserNameMapping,youcancreatesimplemapsbetweenWindowsPowereduseraccountsandcorrespondingUNIXaccounts.
YoucanalsousetheAdvancedMapfeaturetomapaccountswithdissimilarnames.
GiventhatUNIXusernamesarecasesensitive,whileWindowsPoweredoperatingsystemnamesarenot,theuseofUserNameMappingcangreatlysimplifymaintainingandmanagingaccountsinthetwoenvironments.
UserNameMappingusesNIStoauthenticateusers.
Also,UserNameMappingsupportsbi-directionalone-to-manymapping,allowingyoutomapasingleUNIXorWindowsPoweredoperatingsystemaccounttomultipleaccountsintheotherenvironment.
Forexample,youcanmapmorethanoneadministrativeaccountinaWindowsPoweredoperatingsystemtotheUNIXrootaccount.
InSFU,theUsernameMappingServiceandNTAuthenticationServicecanbeinstalledfromtheNASappliance'sshare,DomainUtils.
TocreateUserandGroupNameMaps,accesstheSFUAdministrationwindow.
ToaccesstheSFUAdministrationwindow,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromthePowerVault735NNASManager,clickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintoTerminalServicesasadministrator.
4.
ClosetheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
5.
ClickStartonthedesktoptaskbar.
6.
ClickPrograms.
7.
ClickWindowsServicesforUNIX.
8.
ClickServicesforUNIXAdministration.
TheSFUAdministrationConsoledisplays.
9.
ClickUserNameMapping.
UserNameMappingonLocalComputerdisplays.
Youcanusethiswindowtodefineyourusermaps.
7-8SystemAdministrator'sGuideDefiningMapsTodefinesimplemapsinSFU,selecttheSimpleMapscheckboxandperformthefollowingsteps:1.
SpecifytheWindowsDomain.
2.
SpecifytheNISDomain.
3.
Optionally,specifytheNISServer.
4.
ClickApplytocreatethemaps.
Ifyouaredefiningadvancedmaps,youcreateuserandgroupmapsindividually.
IntheNASManager,youchooseExplictUserMapsorExplicitGroupMaps.
TocreateadvancedmapsinSFU,deselecttheSimpleMapscheckboxandperformthefollow-ingsteps:1.
SpecifytheWindowsDomain.
2.
SpecifytheNISDomain.
3.
Optionally,specifytheNISServer.
4.
CreateUserMaporGroupMapentries.
5.
ClickListWindowsUsersorListWindowsGroups.
6.
ClickListUNIXUsersorListUNIXGroups.
ThisactionrefreshesyourNISandWindowsmaps.
7.
CreatemapentriesbyselectingaWindowsuser/groupfromthelistandaUNIXuser(UID)/group(GID)fromthelistandclickingAdd.
MapMaintenanceYoucanmaintainyourmapsfromtheUserNameMappingtreeoftheSFUwindow.
Mapmaintenanceallowsyoutosavecurrentlydefinedmapsandtorestoresavedmaps.
Tobackupthecurrentlydefinedmaps,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheSFUwindow,clickUserNameMapping.
2.
ClickMapMaintenance.
3.
Specifyanameandlocationofafiletobackupthemapsto.
4.
ClickBackup.
Torestoretheapreviouslybackedupsetofmaps,performthefollowingsteps:1.
FromtheSFUwindow,clickUserNameMapping.
2.
ClickMapMaintenance.
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Specifythenameandlocationofthefilethatcontainsthesavedmaps.
4.
ClickRestore.
BasicScenariosForUNIXandWindowsNTUsernameMapping,anNISServermustalreadyexistintheUNIXenvironment.
UsernameMappingassociatesNISusersandgroupstoWindowsNTusersandgroups.
Therearetwotypesofmapsthatcanbeused;sim-pleandadvanced.
Simplemapsdefineaone-to-onerelationshipbetweensamenameusersandgroups.
Advancedmapsdefinearelationshipbetweendissimilarnamesandgroups.
WorkgroupIntheWorkgroupscenario,youconfigureUsernameMappinglocallyonthePower-Vault735Nsystem.
Allmapsarecontainedonthissystem.
DomainIntheDomainscenario,youconfigureUsernameMappingonthedomaincontroller.
TheUsernameMappingServiceandtheNTAuthenticationServicemustbeinstalledontheDomainController.
IfmultipleDomainControllersarepresent,NTAuthentica-tionmustbeinstalledoneachDomainController.
FileServerforMacintoshToconfigureFileServerforMacintosh(FSM),accesstheFileServerforMacintoshPropertiesdialogboxfromtheMMC.
TogettotheFSMMMCConsoleperformthefollowingsteps:1.
Right-clickMyAppliance.
2.
ClickManage.
3.
Right-clickSharedFolders.
4.
ClickConfigureFileServerforMacintosh.
Theconfigurationmenudisplays.
Hostname,authenticationmethod,logonmessage,andnumberofsessioncanbeconfiguredontheconfigurationmenu.
Hostname—UniquehostnameidentityforMacintoshServices.
Thismaybethesameasthehostname.
AuthenticationMicrosoftOnlyisauthenticationperformedviaMicrosoftuserauthenticationmodule(UAM)only.
7-10SystemAdministrator'sGuideAppleClearTextisauthenticationperformedviaApplestandardclear-textUAM.
AppleEncryptedisauthenticationperformedviaAppleRandNumExchangeUAM.
AppleClearTextorMicrosoftisauthenticationperformedviaMicrosoftUAMorviaApplestandardclear-textUAM.
AppleEncryptedorMicrosoftisauthenticationperformedviaMicrosoftUAMorviaAppleRandNumExchangeUAM.
MicrosoftUAMVolumeAUAMisasoftwareprogramthatpromptsusersforanaccountnameandpasswordbeforetheylogontoaserver.
TheMacintoshChooserhasastandardUAMbuiltin,whichusestheclear-textpasswordorApple'sRandNumExchangemethodofsecurity.
MicrosoftAuthenticationoffersanadditionallevelofsecuritybecausethepasswordisusedasakeytoencryptarandomnumber.
Ifthesystemadministratorhasdeter-minedthatencryptionisanimportantsecuritymeasure,youmaybeaskedtouseMicrosoftAuthenticationinadditiontoMicrosoftUAMauthentication.
RequirementsTouseMicrosoftUAM5.
0,youmusthaveaMacintoshclientrunningAppleShareCli-ent3.
8ornewerorMacOS8.
5ornewer.
Ifyoudonotmeettheseminimumrequirements,theMicrosoftUAMInstallerwillinstalltheoldMicrosoftUAM1.
0mod-ule.
Ifyouupgradeyoursystemsoftware,youwillneedtore-runtheMicrosoftUAMInstaller.
InstallingUserAuthenticationLogontotheMicrosoftUAMVolumeonthesystemtoaccesstheMSUAMfile.
ThendragthisfiletotheAppleShareFolderinyourSystemFolder.
TogainaccesstotheMicrosoftAuthenticationfilesonthesystem,performthefol-lowingsteps:1.
ClickChooserontheMacintoshApplemenu.
2.
Double-clicktheAppleShareicon,andthenclicktheAppleTalkzoneinwhichthesystemwithServicesforMacintoshresides.
Askyoursystemadministratorifyouarenotsureofthezone.
3.
Selectthesystemfromthelistoffileservers,andclickOK.
4.
ClickRegisteredUserorGuest,andthenclickOK.
5.
SelecttheMicrosoftUAMVolume,andthenclickOK.
6.
ClosetheChooserdialogbox.
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comAdvancedFeatures7-11ToinstalltheauthenticationfilesontheMacintoshworkstation1.
Double-clicktheMicrosoftUAMVolumeontheMacintoshdesktop.
2.
Double-clicktheMicrosoftUAMInstallerfileontheMicrosoftUAMvolume.
3.
ClickContinueintheinstallerwelcomescreen.
Theinstallerwillreportwhethertheinstallationsucceeded.
Iftheinstallationhassucceeded,MacintoshusersofthisworkstationwillbeofferedMicrosoftAuthenticationwhentheyconnecttothesystem.
AdapterBindingsFSMcanbindtoonlyonenetworkadapter.
Bydefault,itisboundtotheembedded10/100TXNetworkAdapter.
Tochangethebindinginsystemswithmultiplenetworkadapters,theAppleTalkProtocolPropertiesforthenetworkadaptertobeusedbyAppleTalkmustbemodifiedtoacceptinboundconnections.
AppleTalkProtocolAdapterBinding.
TomodifytheAppleTalkprotocoladapterbindingforFilerswithmultiplenetworkadapters,performthefollowingstepsfromthePowerVault735NNASManager:1.
ClickMaintenance.
2.
ClickTerminalServicesAdvancedClient.
3.
LogintotheTerminalServicessession.
4.
ClosetheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
5.
Fromthiswindow,selecttheadaptertoremove.
6.
FromtheDesktop,right-clickNetworkPlacesandclickProperties.
7.
FromtheNetworkandDial-upConnectionsfolder,right-clicktheconnectiontohavetheAppleTalkprotocolbindandclickProperties.
8.
SelectAppleTalkProtocolfromthelistofcomponentsandclickProperties.
9.
ClickAcceptInboundconnectionsonthisadapterandclickOKtoclosethisdialogbox.
10.
ClickOKtoclosetheConnectionPropertiesdialogbox.
ServicesforNetWareServicesforNetWare(SFN)arecompatiblewithNovellNetWareBinderyserviceforauthenticationandfileaccessusingtheinternetworkpacketexchange/sequencedpacketexchange(IPX/SPX)networkprotocol.
7-12SystemAdministrator'sGuideConfiguringtheNWLinkIPX/SPXCompatibleProtocolToconfigurethisprotocol,youneedtheinternalnetworknumber,theframetype,andthenetworknumber.
InternalNetworkNumberInternalnetworknumbersareusedforinternalroutingandaregenerallyonlyneededforservers.
Youshouldnotneedtochangethisoptiononyoursystem.
FrameTypeandNetworkNumberFrametypesdefinethepacketformatsthatareusedbydifferentnetworks.
Itisimportantthatallsystemsinanetworkhavethesameframetype,sothattheycancommunicatewiththerestofthenetwork.
Whenyouareconfiguringyoursystem,itattemptstoautodetecttheframetypefortheclient.
Inmostcases,thisissuccessful.
However,occasionallytheautodetectfea-turechoosesaninappropriateframetype,usuallybecausemorethanoneframetypeexistsonthenetwork.
Ifthishappens,youshouldmanuallysettheframetypetomatchtheonespecifiedonyourNetWareserver.
Notethatifmorethanoneframetypeexists,choosetheonethatwouldbedetectedfirst.
Forexample,ifframetypeEthernet802.
2andEthernet802.
3areboundtothesamesegment,thenconfigureframetypeEthernet802.
2.
TheorderofdetectionisEthernet802.
2,Ethernet802.
3,EthernetII,andthenEthernetSNAP.
MicrosoftDirectorySynchronizationServicesMicrosoftDirectorySynchronizationServices(MSDSS)letsyousynchronizeawidevarietyofdatastoredintheActiveDirectoryservicewithNovellDirectoryService(NDS)andNetWare3.
xbinderies.
MSDSSisahighlyflexibleservicethathelpsNovellusers:AdoptWindows2000ServerandtheActiveDirectoryservice.
Reducedirectorymanagementthroughtwo-waysynchronization.
MigrateNDSandbinderyinformationtoWindows2000Server.
MSDSSsupportstwo-waysynchronizationwithNDSandone-waysynchronizationwithNetWare3.
xbinderiestoprovideacompletedirectoryinteroperabilitysolution.
MSDSSalsosupportspasswordsynchronizationandprovidesadirectorymigrationservice.
MSDSSallowsNetWareuserstodeployActiveDirectorywithouthavingtoreplaceexistingdirectoriesorbearthecostofmanagingtwoseparatedirectories.
Asaresult,usershavetheflexibilityto:Consolidatedirectorymanagementwhenmultipledirectoriesarerequired.
Manageaccountsfromeitherdirectory.
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comAdvancedFeatures7-13Usedirectory-enabledapplications,devices,andservicesbasedontheWindows2000ActiveDirectoryservice.
MSDSSiseasytouseandmakessynchronizationandActiveDirectorysetupeasythroughitsmanagementinterface.
Itisfully-featuredtoallowusersachoiceofman-agement,synchronization,andmigrationoptions.
MSDSSsupportsallmajorNetWareplatformsandmostNovelldirectoriesandbinder-ies,anditincludessupportforIPX/SPXandTCP/IPnetworkprotocols.
Windows2000MSDSSDomainControllerToimplementMSDSS,youmustinstalltheWindows2000ServeroperatingsystemandtheMSDSSsoftware(availableontheMicrosoftServicesforNetWareversion5CD-ROM)onatleastonesystem.
InWindows2000,whenyoupromoteasystemrunningWindows2000ServertoanActiveDirectoryserver,itbecomesadomaincontroller.
YouusethisdomaincontrollertoconfigureActiveDirectory,toinstallMSDSS,andthentoimportinformationfromtheexistingNetWareenvironment.
Thelargertheenvironment,themorenewserversyouwillneed.
Ifyouareplanningtohavemorethanonedomain,thenyouwillneednewhardwareforthefirstdomaincontrollerineachdomain.
YoumustalsoinstallNovellClientAccesssoftwareontheMSDSSserverorservers.
MSDSSusesNovellClientAccesstoauthenticateandtogainaccesstoNDS.
WhileaccessingNDS,itauthenticates,butdoesnotusealicense.
MSDSSalsousesNovellClientAccesstomaponedirectory'scontentstoanother,takingintoaccountthefactthattheobjectclassesinNovell'sNDSorBinderydirectoriesaredifferentfromActiveDirectoryobjectclasses.
NovellClientAccessisalsorequiredinordertouseFileMigrationUtilitytomigratefiles.
YoucaninstallNovellClientAccessinfourmodes:IPonly,IPXonly,IPandIPXcom-bined,andIPwithIPXCompatibilityMode.
MostNetWareenvironmentsstilluseIPXtoday.
MSDSSworksinallthesemodesbecauseitusesNovellClientAccesstoaccessthelowerlayers.
IfyouaremigratingNDS,youcanimporttheuserandgroupinformationfromoneNDSservertotheMSDSSserver,becauseyouhaveoneuserdatabasepertree.
Youcanthenmigratethefilesystem.
RememberthateachNovellserverhasitsownfilesystem,whichisnotreplicatedtootherservers(whereasNDSisreplicatedtootherservers).
Afterthefilesaremigrated,youcanuninstallNDSfromtheservertofreeupthehardwarefortheWindows2000Serveroperatingsystem.
OutlineoftheDeploymentProcedureThenexttwosectionsdescribetheproceduresforimplementingMSDSSinasmaller(localareanetwork(LAN)only)orlarger(wideareanetwork(WAN))network.
Youneedtoadapttheguidelinestosuityourenvironmentandgoals.
7-14SystemAdministrator'sGuideSmallEnvironmentAsmallcompanywithaLAN-basedanduncomplicatednetworkisoftenalikelycandi-dateforaquickmigration.
Afterdoingallthepreparationsdescribedintheabovesection,performthesesteps(adjusted,ifnecessary,toyoursituation):1.
BackupyourNetWaresystemanduserdata.
2.
InstallandconfigureaWindows2000domaincontroller(seethedocumentationthatcomeswithyouroperatingsystemsoftware).
3.
InstalltheNovellClientforWindows2000fromtheNovellWebsite(http://www.
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com/download/).
4.
ReplaceservicesorapplicationsthatrequireNDSwithsoftwarecompatiblewithActiveDirectory.
(NDSapplicationsshouldbemovedbeforeyoubeginusingMSDSS,exceptforZENworks,whichcanbereplacedbyIntelliMirroratanytime.
)5.
InstallMSDSSfromthesystemDomainUtilsshare.
NOTE:ToaccessMSDSSsoftware,mapanetworkdriveto\\\DomainUtilswhereisthenameoftheDellPowerVault735Nsystem.
6.
LogontotheNDStreeorbinderyserverasAdministrator.
7.
LogontotheappropriateWindows2000domainasamemberoftheDomainAdminsgroup.
8.
OntheMSDSSserver,opentheHelpfiles,andthenprintouttheprocedures"Toperformaone-timemigration"andfor"Tomigratefiles.
"9.
ClicktheStartbuttonandpointtoPrograms—>AdministrativeTools—>DirectorySynchronizationtostartMSDSS.
10.
FollowtheinstructionsasdescribedintheHelpprintout"Toperformaone-timemigration.
"Thepromptswillguideyouthroughthefollowingsteps:a.
Right-clickMSDSSintheconsoletree,andthenclickNewSessiontostarttheNewSessionWizard.
b.
SpecifywhetherobjectswillbecopiedfromNDSorBindery.
c.
ClickMigration.
d.
Ifyouplantomigratefilesaswellasdirectoryobjects,clicktheMigrateFilescheckbox.
YouwillalsoruntheFileMigrationutility.
e.
SpecifythepathtotheActiveDirectorycontainerintowhichyouwanttocopyitems.
f.
Acceptthedefaultdomaincontrollerinwhichtostorethemigrationlog.
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SpecifytheNDSContainerorBinderyContainerfromwhichtocopyitems.
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ProvidethenameandpasswordoftheNovelladministrativeaccount.
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OntheInitialReverseSynchronizationpage,specifyPasswordOptions(suchas"Setpasswordstotheusername.
")Whenyouareperformingamigration,thispagedoesnotincludetheoptiontoactuallyperformaninitialreversesynchronization,butitisthepagewhereyouspecifywhichpasswordoptionyouwanttouse.
j.
Setsynchronizationmodetodefaultobjectmappingortocustomobjectmapping.
k.
Ifyouselectcustomobjectmapping,youwillbepromptedtomanuallyestablishone-to-onerelationshipsbetweenpairsofobjects.
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ClickFinish.
Aftertheuseraccountsaremigrated,youcanmigratethefilesystem(migratingtheusersbeforethefilesallowsyoutomigratefile-systempermissions).
FollowtheinstructionsasdescribedintheHelpprintout"Tomigratefiles.
"Thepromptswillguideyouthroughthefollowingsteps:TostarttheFileMigrationUtilityclicktheStartbuttonandpointtoPrograms—>AdministrativeTools—>FileMigrationUtility.
Toviewmappingrelationships,clickViewMaps.
Toviewmappedaccessrightsfortheusers,groups,organizationunits,andorga-nizationstobemigrated,clickAccessRights.
TheNDSModifyrightconverts,bydefault,toReadbecauseitdoesnothaveanequivalentNFTSright.
YoumaywishtoclicktheWritecheckboxtoallowRead/Writeaccess.
OntheStep2-SecurityAccountstab,verifythatyouareloggedonwiththecorrectActiveDirectory,NDS,orBinderycredentials.
OntheStep3-SourceandTargettab,underSource(NDS/Bindery),clickthevolumeordirectoriesfromwhichyouwanttomigratefiles.
UnderTarget(ActiveDirectory),clickthesharesordirectoriestowhichyouwanttomigratefiles,clicktheMapbutton,andthenclickNext.
IftheNDSorBinderyvolumeyouselectedinthesourcetreeindicatesUnavail-able,thenyouarenotcurrentlyloggedontothattreeorBinderyserver.
Logon,andthenpressafterreselectingthevolumetoviewthedirectorieswithinthedisplayedvolume.
OntheStep4-LogFiletab,chooseyourloggingoptionsandthenclickNext.
OntheStep5-Scantab,clickScan,andthenclickNext.
Theutilityscansallsourcevolumesandcountsanddisplaysthenumberofdirec-toriesandfilesineach.
Itensuresthatproperaccesshasbeengiventoeachsourcevolume,directory,andfile.
Ifanyerrorsoccur,theutilitydisplaysthem7-16SystemAdministrator'sGuiderespectivelyunderNetWarescanlogsandWindowsscanlogs.
Youcanselectanumberofacceptableerrors;ifthisnumberisexceeded,theprocessaborts,lettingyoureturntopreviousstepstocorrecttheerrors.
OntheStep6-Migratetab,clickMigrate.
Manuallymigrate(orusethird-partyutilitiestomigrate)objectsecuritypermissionsandsystemaccounts,printerobjects,applicationobjects,andotherobjectsthatMSDSSdoesnotmigratefromBinderyorNDStoActiveDirectory.
(MSDSSmigratesNetWareuseraccounts,groups,anddistributionlistsforBinderyandNDS,and,forNDSonly,MSDSSalsomigratesNDSorganizationalunitsandorganizations.
)1.
UpgradeyourNetwareserver(s)totheWindows2000ServerorProfessionaloperatingsystem.
2.
OneachWindowsdesktopinyourNetWarenetwork,uninstallNovellClientAccess.
YouwillconfigurethedesktopstojointheWindows2000domain.
3.
Optionally,upgradeNetWareclients(workstations)totheWindows2000Profes-sionaloperatingsystem.
4.
Configureallclientsystems(bothWindowsandnon-Windows),tojointheWin-dows2000domain.
Besuretheusersknowhowtohandletheirpasswordforthefirsttimetheylogon(forpossiblepasswordoptions,see"MSDSSPasswordManagement"in"MSDSSDeployment:UnderstandingSynchronizationandMigration)"availableonhttp://www.
microsoft.
com.
Medium-sizedorLargeEnvironmentAnorganizationlargeenoughtohaveWANlinkswillprobablychooseeithertosyn-chronizeitsnetworkstemporarilywhileperformingagradualmigrationovertime(uptothreemonthsforalargenetwork),oritwillprefertousesynchronizationtoestab-lishamixedNovell/Windows2000networkonalong-termbasis.
Ifyouplanastagedmigration,one-waysynchronizationisoftentheappropriatechoice.
Afterdoingallthepreparationdescribedabove,performthefollowingsteps(adjusted,ifnecessary,toyoursituation):1.
BackupyourNetWareuserandsystemdata.
2.
InstallandconfigureaWindows2000domaincontroller(seethedocumentationthatcomeswithyouroperatingsystemsoftware).
3.
InstalltheNovellClientforWindows2000fromtheNovellWebsitehttp://www.
novell.
com/download/.
4.
InstallMSDSSfromDellPowerVault735NsystemDomainUtilsshare.
NOTE:ToaccessMSDSSsoftware,mapanetworkdriveto\\\DomainUtilswhereisthenameoftheDellPowerVault735Nsystem.
support.
dell.
comAdvancedFeatures7-175.
LogontotheNDStreeorBinderyserverwithadministrativecredentials.
6.
LogontotheappropriateWindows2000domainasamemberoftheDomainAdminsgroup.
7.
OntheMSDSSserver,opentheHelpfiles,andthenprintoutthesteps(brieflysummarizedbelow)for"Toperformaone-waysynchronization"or"Toperformatwo-waysynchronization.
"8.
ClicktheStartbuttonandpointtoPrograms—>AdministrativeTools—>DirectorySynchronizationtostartMSDSS,andletthepromptsguideyouthroughthefollowingtasks:StarttheNewSessionWizard(right-clickMSDSSintheconsoletree).
SelectNovellBinderyorNovellDirectoryServices(NDS)forone-waysyn-chronization;orselectNovellDirectoryServices(NDS)fortwo-waysynchronization.
SelectOne-waysynchronization(fromActiveDirectorytoNDSorBind-ery)orselectTwo-waysynchronization(fromActiveDirectorytoNDSandback).
SpecifythepathtotheActiveDirectorycontainerintowhichyouwanttocopyitems.
Acceptthedefaultdomaincontrollerinwhichtostorethesessiondatabase.
SpecifytheNDSContainerorBinderyContainerfromwhichtocopyitems.
ProvidethenameandpasswordoftheNovelladministrativeaccount.
OntheInitialReverseSynchronizationpage,selectPerformaninitialreversesynchronization.
StillontheInitialReverseSynchronizationpage,specifyPasswordOptions(suchas"Setpasswordstotheusername").
OntheObjectMappingSchemepage,clickDefault(toacceptthedefaultmappingforeachsourceandtargetdirectorypair),or(forNDSonly)clickCustomandthenObjectMappingTable(tospecifyobjectsforwhichyouwanttoestablishaone-to-onerelationship,regardlessoftheobjectlocationineitherdirectorytree).
(MSDSSdoesnotsupportcustomobjectmappingforBindery.
)StillontheObjectMappingSchemepage,clickFiltersifyouwanttocon-figureafilterforthissynchronizationsession.
OntheSessionNamepage,acceptthedefaultsessionnameorspecifyanewname.
ClickFinish.
9.
Ifyouchoseone-waysynchronization,youshouldnowperformalluser,group,andOUobjectmanagementfromActiveDirectory.
Ifyouestablishedtwo-waysynchronization,youcannowmanageuser,group,andOUobjectsfromeitherActiveDirectoryorNDS.
7-18SystemAdministrator'sGuide10.
Ifyouplanlong-termcoexistencebetweenActiveDirectoryandNetWare,youarenowfinished,unlessyouwanttomigrateasubsetofusers,computers,and/orfiles.
IfyouplantocontinuebymigratinginstagesfromNetWaretoActiveDirectory,dothefollowinginthetime-framethatisconvenientforyou:InstallandconfigureFileandPrintServicesforNetware(toletNetWarecli-entsaccessfilesandprintersonWindows2000servers)andGatewayServicesforNetWare(toletWindowsclientsaccessfilesandprintersonNetWareservers).
ReplaceservicesorapplicationsthatrequireNDSwithcommensuratesoft-warecompatiblewithActiveDirectory.
Dolargeconversions(suchasGroupWisetoExchange)asseparateprojects.
Migratethepilotgroupofusersandtheirfiles(adaptinstructionsfromthemigrationstepsprovidedinthe"SmallEnvironment"section).
Getthepilotgroup'sfeedback,andthensetascheduletomigrateadditionalgroupsofusers,accordingtotheprioritiesyouhaveestablished.
Migratetherestoftheusersasappropriate(forexample,ifyoumigratethesetofapplicationstheyuse,itistimetomigratethemaswell).
ForfurtherinformationseetheNovellWebsite,http://support.
novell.
com/servlet/KnowledgebaseandtheMicrosoftWindows2000Website,http://www.
microsoft.
com/windows2000.
UninterruptiblePowerSupply(UPS)WhenyouareinTerminalServicesAdvancedClient,youcancontrolthesettingsforyourUPS.
InPowerOptionsontheControlPanel,theoperatingsystemincludesdefaultsettingsforanAmericanPowerConversionUninterruptiblePowerSupply.
Thedefaultsettingsare:1.
Enableallnotifications.
Secondsbetweenpowerfailureandfirstnotification:5Secondsbetweensubsequentpowerfailurenotifications:1202.
ShutdownwhentheUPSbatteryisalmostexhausted.
3.
TurnofftheUPS.
IfyouareusingaUPSandwanttochangethesesettings,youneedtoconnectakey-board,mouse,andmonitortothesystem.
SeeMicrosoftWindows2000Helpformoreinformation.
ThesystemisconfiguredtoacceptaserialconnectionfromtheUPSinserialport2,calledtheUPSportintheDellPowerVault735NSystemsInstallationandTrouble-shootingGuide.
SeethedocumentationforyourUPSformoreinformationonhowtouseit.
support.
dell.
comEnablingaSecondPERC2/DCRAIDController8-1CHAPTER8EnablingaSecondPERC2/DCRAIDControllerPerformthefollowingprocedurewhenasecondDellPowerEdgeexpandableRAIDcontroller2/dualchannel(PERC2/DC)RAIDadapterispresentonaPowerVault735Nsystem.
NOTE:ThisprocedurerequiresamonitorandkeyboardtoaccessthePERC2/DCbasicinputoutputsystem(BIOS)ConfigurationUtility,whichallowstheusertocreatealogicaldriveonthesecondarycontroller.
Thislogicaldriveisnecessaryformanage-mentoftheadapterundertheWindowsPoweredoperatingsystem.
ThisprocedureassumesthattheuserhasalreadysetupandconfiguredthesystemInternetprotocol(IP)address(throughdynamichostconfigurationprotocol(DHCP),serialconnection,orPowerVaultKick-Start)andthatatleastonePowerVault210SwiththreeormorephysicaldisksisconnectedtothesecondPERC2/DCadapter(secondslotfromthebottom)onchannelA.
1.
ShutdownthesystemfromtheNASManager.
2.
Connectakeyboardandmonitortothesystem.
3.
Restartthesystem.
Whilethesystemisrebooting,waitforthefollowingmessagetodisplay:PowerEdgeExpandableRAIDControllerPresstoRunConfigurationUtility4.
PresstorunthePERCBIOSConfigurationUtility.
5.
FromtheManagementMenuwindow,selectSelectAdapterandpress.
6.
SelectAdapter-1ontheSelectAdapterwindowandpress.
YouarenowmanagingthesecondPERC2/DCadapter7.
FromtheManagementMenuwindow,selectConfigureandpress.
8-2SystemAdministrator'sGuide8.
SelectView/AddConfigurationontheConfigurewindow.
TheView/AddConfiguration-ArraySelectionMenuwindowshouldappear.
AllphysicaldrivespresentonthePowerVault210SattachedtothecontrollershouldappearwithstatusReady.
9.
Followingtheinstructionsonthebottomofthescreen,usetheupanddownarrowstohighlightandthespacebartoselectthedisksforthenewlogicaldisk.
YoumustselectthreeormorephysicaldiskstoallowthecreationofaRAID5logicaldisk.
NOTES:Becauseofadapterlimitations,thefirstlogicaldiskcreatedonaPERC2/DCadaptercannotberemovedlaterbyDellOpenManageArrayManagerundertheWin-dowsPoweredoperatingsystem.
MakesurethatthelogicaldiskyoucreateusingthePERCBIOSConfigurationUtilityisconfiguredasneeded.
Dellrecommendsthatthelogicaldiskcreatedonthesecondadapterbeafive(5)physicaldiskRAID5logicaldiskonchannel0.
10.
Presstoendthearrayafterallthephysicaldisksareselected.
11.
Presstoconfigurethearray.
TheLogicalDrivesConfiguredwindowshoulddisplay.
12.
SelectAcceptandpress.
13.
Presstoexitconfiguration.
14.
ClickYeswhenasked"SaveConfiguration"15.
PressuntiltheExitwindowappears.
16.
ClickYes.
17.
Presstorebootthesystem.
18.
Removethemonitorandkeyboardfromtheconfiguration.
19.
UsetheNASManagerforfurtherconfiguration.
support.
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comTroubleshooting9-1CHAPTER9TroubleshootingTable9-1.
TroubleshootingIssuesIssuePossiblecauseResolutionIcannotaccessmyDellActiveArchivefromanNFSorMacintoshClient.
OnlyWindows(CIFS)cli-entscanaccessthesnapshotsstoredintheActiveArchivefoldersforeachvolume.
AccessActiveArchivefoldersthroughtheWindowsclienttoper-formdatarecovery.
Icannottakeasnapshotofmyvolume.
Asnapshotcannotbetakenofthevolumecon-tainingthesnapshotcachefile.
ThecachefileislocatedontheC:drive.
TakingasnapshotoftheC:driveisnotsupported.
Ihavedeletedavolumeandcreatedanewone.
Icannottakeasnapshotofthenewvolume.
Intheeventthatavol-umeisdeletedandanewoneiscreated,andtheyhavethesamedriveletter,snapshotswillnotbeactiveforthatvolumeuntilthesystemhasbeenrebooted.
Rebootthesystem.
Afterthereboot,snapshotsshouldworkcorrectlyforthatvolume.
Ihavecreatedanewbasicvolumebutcannottakeasnapshotofthevolume.
Aftercreatingabasicvol-ume,thesystemmustberebootedbeforeasnapshotcanbetaken.
Upgradethevolumetodynamicorrebootthesystem.
Snapshotsshouldbesuccessful.
XCOPYwillnotrunonashareI'vecreatedintherootofavolumeonmysystem.
ActiveArchiveisenabled.
XCOPYwillnotreadthesnapshotsonavolume.
WhenActiveArchiveisenabled,onlyuseXCOPYonfoldersandsharesotherthantherootdirec-toryofavolume9-2SystemAdministrator'sGuideIcannotcreatesharesforNetWareorMacintoshclientsinPowerVaultNASManager.
NetWareandMacintoshsharescanonlybesetupfromtheAdvancedAdministrationMenu.
SelectTerminalSer-vicesAdvancedClientfromthePowerVault735NNASManagerMaintenancemenu.
Next,selectSharesManagementfromtheAdvancedAdministra-tionMenu.
IhavejustcreatedanHTTPshareandcannotbrowsethedirectories.
DirectoryBrowsingisnotselectedbydefaultforsharesthatwereorigi-nallycreatedthroughtheAdvancedAdministra-tionMenu(NetWareandMacintosh)andarenowbeingusedforHTTPsharing.
SelectTerminalSer-vicesAdvancedClientfromthePowerVault735NNASManagerMaintenancemenu.
ExitfromtheAdvancedAdministrationMenuandclickMyAppliancefromthedesktop.
Browsethroughthefold-erstotheonebeingsharedforHTTP(WebSharing).
SelectthecheckboxnexttoDirec-toryBrowsing.
Ihavejustdeletedavol-umeinDellOpenManageArrayMan-agerandnowIamunabletoviewmysharesinNASManager.
Intheeventthatavol-umewithsharesisdeleted,NASManagerwillnotdisplayanysharesuntilthesharesthatweredirectedtothedeletedvolumeareremoved.
UseTerminalServicesAdvancedClienttoremovethesharesforthedeletedvolume.
ExitNASManagerandrestart.
Sharesshouldbevisible.
InPowerVaultNASMan-ager,Ihavebeenmodify-ingmanysharesinashortperiodoftimeandnowInoticedthatoneofmysharesislistedtwiceorthatashareI'vecre-atedisnotlisted.
InternetExplorerstorespreviousversionsofpagesinitscache,andwhenthatcachereachesalimit,itmaystarttomisreportthedatabeingsenttothesharesoptioninNASManager.
Thiscanonlyhappenifyouareextensivelyusingthesharingfunctioninashorttimeperiod.
ExitfromMicrosoftInter-netExplorerandrestart,ordisablepagecachinginInternetExplorerTable9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolutionsupport.
dell.
comTroubleshooting9-3IhavejustaddedanHTTPsharebutcannotseeitfromPowerVaultNASManager.
Forsecuritypurposes,directorybrowsingisnotenabledbydefaultonanHTTPsharedirectedtothesamefolderorvol-umeasanothershareforsecuritypurposes.
Toenabledirectoryshar-ingforanHTTPshare,fromthePowerVaultNASManagerMaintenancepage,clickTerminalSer-vicesAdvancedClientandmodifytheWebsharingpropertiesofthefolder.
IamgettingeventerrorsforMacintosh.
ServicesforMacintoshareboundtotheonboardnetworkinterfacecard(NIC)bydefault.
IfthisNIChasbeendisabled,bindingerrorswilloccur.
IftheonboardNICisdis-abledusingNetworkPropertiesintheAdvancedAdministra-tionMenu,bindtheseservicestoanenabledNIC.
IhavejustfinishedusingPowerVaultKick-Startandrebootedmysystem,butitkeepsshuttingdownandpoweringoff.
YouhaveleftthePowerVaultKick-Startdisketteinthediskettedrive.
Removethediskettefromthediskettedriveandpoweronthesystemagain.
IinsertedtheKick-Startdiskette,poweredonthesystem,andithasnotpoweredoff.
Itsbeenatleast15to20minutes,whatshouldIdoKick-Starttakesbetween5to10minutestoconfig-urefromwhenyouinsertthediskette,poweringon,andwaitingforthesystemtoshutitselfoff.
Youwillneedtopressandholdthepowerbut-tontoshutthesystemtoshutdownandpoweroff.
Oncepowereddown,inspectyoursystemnet-workconnectionandreadtherestofthistrou-bleshootingsection.
Table9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolution9-4SystemAdministrator'sGuideIforgottopluginmynet-workconnectionbeforeIinsertedmyKick-Startdisketteandpoweredon.
CanIstilluseKick-StartNo,powerdownthesys-tembypressingandholdingthepowerbut-tononthefrontpanelandconnectthecable.
Youwillneedtoconnectamonitor,keyboard,andmouse,andthenpoweronthesystemandlogonasadministrator.
YouwillnowneedtosettheIPaddressthroughtheAdvancedAdministra-tionMenu.
Todothis:1.
ClickonceonNetworkPropertiesinSystemSettings.
ThiswillopenaNetworkandDial-upconnectionswindow.
2.
ClickLocalAreaCon-nection,scrolldownandclickProperties.
ThiswillopenaLocalAreaCon-nectionPropertieswin-dow.
3.
ScrolldownandselectInternetProtocol(TCP/IP)thenpushthePropertiesbutton.
ThiswillopenanewwindowtitledInternetProtocol(TCP/IP)Proper-ties.
4.
EntertheIPaddress.
5.
ClickOK.
Youwillbepromptedtorebootyoursystem.
6.
Afteryoureboot,youcanusetheNASMan-agertosetupyoursys-tem.
IfinishedusingKick-Startandrebootedthesys-tem,butitkeepsshuttingdownandpoweringoff.
YouhavelefttheKick-Startdisketteinthedrive.
Removethediskettefromthedriveandpoweronthesystemagain.
Table9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolutionsupport.
dell.
comTroubleshooting9-5IconfiguredthesystemusingKick-StartandIcannotgettotheNASmanagerusingabrowser.
Thesystemmaynotbeconnectedtothenet-work.
Checktomakesurethatthesystemisconnectedtothenetwork.
Ifitis,thenchecktomakesurethatyouenteredacor-rectIPaddressintheKick-StartApplicationMenu.
Iftheproblempersists,usetheserialportasdescribedintheSystemSetupPlacemattoaccesstheNASman-agerandcheckthattheconfigurationsettingswerecorrect.
IconnectedthenetworkcablebutforgottoinserttheKick-StartdiskettebeforeIpoweredonthesystem.
CanIstillconfig-uremysystemwithKick-StartNo,whenKick-StartbootedupitdidnotfindaKick-StartdisketteorasystemrunningDHCPtoobtainanIPaddress.
MicrosoftWindowsAdvancedServerassignedyoursystemanAutoconfigurationIPaddress.
YouwillneedtousetheserialportasoutlinedintheSystemSetupPlace-mat.
FromaMacintoshclient,userscannotmodifyordeleteafilethataWindowsclienthasaccessed.
Thetimeisnotproperlysynchronizedbetweenclientsandthesystem.
Makesurethatclientshavetheirtimesynchro-nizedwithintenminutesrelativetothetimezone.
Ijustcreatedanewvol-umeonmysystembutcannotseethevolumeonWindowsExplorerthroughTerminalSer-vices.
TerminalServiceswillnotupdatetoshowanewvolumeduringthesessioninwhichitwascreated.
ExitfromTerminalSer-vicesandreconnect.
Thevolumeshouldnowbevisible.
Table9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolution9-6SystemAdministrator'sGuideEverytimeItrytodoadirectorylistingfromanNFSclientontherootofasystemvolume,Igetanerrormessage,usu-ally"PermissionDenied".
TheproblemyouwillexperiencehastodowithaSystemVolumeInformationdirectory,createdbyMicrosoftIndexServer.
TheNFSservicedoesnothaveaccesstothisdirectory,andreturnsanerrortotheclientwhentryingtolistitsproperties.
Thisissueonlyoccurswhensharingtherootofadriveletter.
Ignorethiserror.
TheSys-temVolumeInformationdirectoryisnotusedbyNFSclientsoryoursys-tembydefault.
IcannotaddauserwiththenameUserorUser1,andsoon.
Creatinguserswiththesenamesisnotsup-portedforsecurityrea-sons.
Donotcreategenericuseraccountsbeginningwiththe"user".
IhavejustchangedtheIPaddressofmysystemandnowIcannotadmin-istrateitthroughPower-VaultNASManager.
AlthoughtheIPaddresschanged,yourlocalhostisstilltryingtocommuni-catewiththesystemusingtheoldIPaddress.
CloseMicrosoftInternetExplorer.
Re-startthePowerVaultNASMan-ager.
InPowerVaultNASMan-ager,"Cancel"doesn'tseemtocancelandI'velockeduptheNASMan-ager.
Canceldoesnotdynami-callystopanupdatetothesystemafter"OK"hasbeenchosen.
Itallowsthesystemadmin-istratortocancelanoper-ationbeforeconfirmingit.
Ifanoperationhasbeenperformedinerror,thesystemadministratormustchangethesettingbackmanually.
Iseethefollowingerrormessageintheeventlog:"WMIADAPwasunabletoloadthewinspool.
drvper-formancelibraryduetoanunknownproblemwithinthelibrary:0x0.
"ThisisanissuewiththeWDAPPerformancelibraryandisdocu-mentedonMicrosoft'sWebsite.
ConnecttothesystemviaTerminalServicesAdvancedClientandopenalocalcommandprompt.
Enterthefollow-ing:"WINMGMT/CLEARADAP".
Whenthepromptreturns,enter"WINMGMT/RESYN-CPERFwinmgmtser-vicePID".
IcannotchangethedefaultWelcomeandexitmessageforFTPshares.
ThedefaultwelcomeandexitmessagesforFTPcanonlybemodifiedthroughTerminalSer-vicesAdvancedClient.
ConnecttothesystemusingTerminalServicesAdvancedClientandmakechangesthroughMicrosoftManagementConsole.
Table9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolutionsupport.
dell.
comTroubleshooting9-7WhenIaminDellOpen-ManageArrayManager,right-clickingonavolumeandselectingExplorecausestheAdvancedAdministrationMenutoappearandtheerror/e,/idlist,:0:2628,C:\todisplay.
TheTerminalServicessessionhadaproblemlaunchingtheWindowsExplorerconsole.
ClosetheAdvancedAdministrationMenuwhentheerrordisplaysandreselectExplore.
TheDellOpenManageArrayManagereventloghasgrownpastitssetsize.
TheDellOpenManageArrayManagereventlogsizedoesnotwork.
CleartheDellOpenMan-ageArrayManagereventlogperiodicallybyright-clickingandselectingClearallEventsfromtheEventtab.
IhavenoticedthatmyDellOpenManageArrayManagerLogfilehasexceededit'smaximumlogsize.
ThemaximumlogfilesizehasbeenexceededbecausethenotificationmessagecannotbeseenandclearedthroughTerminalServicesorNASManager.
UseDellOpenManageArrayManagertoclearthelogsperiodically.
IhavetriedloggingontomyDellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCard(DRAC)throughtheWebconsolesoftwareandIcannotlogon.
Iconfig-uredmyDRACusingthePowerVaultAdvancedAdministrationMenuandIcanpingtheIPaddressIassignedthecard.
WhatshouldIdoTherearespacesbeforeoraftertheusernameorpasswordentries.
Reedittheconfigurationfiletoensuretherearenospacesbeforeorafteranyoftheuserandpass-wordentries.
Table9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolution9-8SystemAdministrator'sGuideIhavejustreceivedmysystemandIhaveattachedakeyboard,monitorandmousedirectlytomysystemandIhavenotconnectedmynetworkcable.
WhenIturnonthepowerandmysystembootsup,Iseethesystemlogon,openaDOSshell,runsomescriptsandlogoffthesession.
WhatismysystemdoingIfyouhavejustreceivedyoursystem,havenotconnectedanetworkcablefromaroutertothenetworkinterfacecardaspicturedintheSystemSetupPlacematdocu-ment,andhavenotcon-figuredthesystemusingtherecommendedstepsintheSystemSetupPlacematdocument,thesystemislookingforavalidIPaddress,notfind-ingone,andthenloggingoff.
Itisstronglyencouragedthatyouuseoneofthethreemethodsdocu-mentedintheSystemSetupPlacemattocon-figureyoursystem.
Ifyoumustattachakeyboard,monitor,andmouse,thenshutdownandpoweroffthemachinebypushingandholdingthepowerbuttononthefrontpanel.
Youcanattachanetworkcablefromyourroutertoyournetworkinterfacecard,andthenpoweronthemachine.
ThisletsMicrosoftWindowsAdvancedServerseethatyoursystemhasanetworkconnection,andthenassignsanAutocon-figurationIPAddress.
ThisallowsKick-Starttorun,findavalidIPaddress,andthendisableitselffromexecuting.
IconnectedthenetworkcablebutforgottoinsertthePowerVaultKick-StartdiskettebeforeIpow-eredonthesystem.
IusedPowerVaultKick-StarttoconfiguremysystembutIcannotcon-necttotheunit.
WhenPowerVaultKick-StartbootedupitdidnotfindaPowerVaultKick-StartdisketteorasystemrunningDHCPtoobtainanIPaddress,sotheoperatingsystemassignedyoursystemanAutoconfigurationIPaddress.
UsetheadministrationserialportasoutlinedintheSystemSetupPlace-matdocument.
Table9-1.
TroubleshootingIssues(continued)IssuePossiblecauseResolutionsupport.
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comIndex1IndexAActiveArchives,6-5advancedfeatures,7-1alertlogmessages,4-3arraydisk,3-8assignglobalhotspare,3-8format,3-8offlinearraydisk,3-9onlinearraydisk,3-9properties,3-10rebuild,3-8remove,3-10unassignglobalhotspare,3-9BbackuptoolsARCserveIT,5-5VeritasBackupExec,5-5Windows2000,5-5bootprocess,1-1Ccautions,viiconfiguration,1-2basic,1-2Kick-Startutility,1-4serialconnection,1-3withDHCP,1-2withoutDHCP,1-2controllercommands,3-10flushcache,3-10properties,3-11rescan,3-10sound,3-11Ddefragmentation,6-5DellActiveArchive,6-1DellOpenManageArrayManager,3-1console,3-2DellOpenManageRemoteAssistantCard,4-1diskarraysmanaging,3-3diskmanagement,3-11disksignature,3-12mergingforeigndisks,3-13reactivatingdynamicdisks,3-13upgradingfrombasictodynamic,3-12DRAC2,4-1dynamicvolume,3-15creating,3-15extending,3-172System'sAdministrationGuideFflushcache,3-10Hhelphowtofind,2-5Windows2000,2-5KKick-Startutility,1-4configuringyoursystem,1-7createPowerVaultKick-Startdiskette,1-5creatingconfigurationfiles,1-5MMacintoshfileserverfor,7-9MicrosoftDirectorySynchronizationServices,7-12NNASManager,2-1menu,2-2navigation,2-1statusarea,2-1NetWareservicesfor,7-11networkacceleratoragent,5-5networkadapterchangingtheteammode,7-3,7-4teamcreation,7-2teamremoval,7-2teaming,7-1notationalconventions,viinotes,viiPPERC2/DCRAIDcontrollerenablingasecondone,8-1propertiescontrollercommand,3-11Rrescancontroller,3-10Sshares,2-2adding,2-2AppleMacintoshshares,2-3managing,2-2,2-5NovellNetWare,2-4SMNPagentproperties,4-4communityproperties,4-3snapshotlist,6-2snapshots,6-1adding,6-2configuringenvironment,6-3deleting,6-3deletingschedule,6-2editingscheduleproperties,6-2new,6-3scheduled,6-1sounddisable,3-11enable,3-11systemfailure,5-1recovery,5-1reinstallation,5-1setup,5-2systemstatesupport.
dell.
comIndex3backup,5-2restore,5-2TTroubleshooting,9-1typographicalconventions,viiUuninterruptiblepowersupply,7-18UPS,7-18Vvirtualdiskcreating,3-4deleting,3-5manage,3-5properties,3-8recommendedconfiguration,3-4reconfigure,3-5volumecheckingvolumeproperties,3-14creating,3-1deleting,3-2,3-15expanding,3-2formatting,3-14Wwarnings,viiwarrantyinformation,vWindows2000backupandrecoverytools,5-5help,2-5installingtapedrives,5-64System'sAdministrationGuide