Quantum StorNext M330 Montageanleitung

Hardware Guide

StorNext M330

Metadata Appliance

6-67638-01 Rev C

Quantum StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide 6-67638-01 Rev C, July 2014.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

About the StorNext M330 Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About the StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hardware Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Network Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Base System and Expansion Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

StorNext M330 Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Purpose of This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

How This Guide is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Product Safety Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview 9

StorNext M330 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

StorNext M330 MDC Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

StorNext M330 Metadata Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

StorNext M330 Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

StorNext M330 Power Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

StorNext M330 SAS Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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StorNext M330 LAN Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

StorNext M330 SAN Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Relocating the StorNext M330 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3 Basic System Operations 31

Powering On All StorNext M330 System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Shutting Down All StorNext M330 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Powering On a Single MDC Node of the StorNext M330. . . . . . . . . . . 35

Shutting Down a Single MDC Node of the StorNext M330 . . . . . . . . . 35

System Serial Numbers and Service Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Locating the System Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Serial Number Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Locating the Service

Tag Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Before Upgrading Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

TSM Indexing Delay for Large Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Running the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Upgrading Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Upgrade Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Obtain the Firmware Upgrade Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Upgrade Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Deleting Uploaded Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Converting to HA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

HA Conversion Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Additional Common Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Changing the MDC VIP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

StorNext Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 4 Contacting Quantum 53

Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide 1

Chapter 1

Introduction

About the StorNext M330 Hardware

About the StorNext

M330 Metadata

Appliance

The StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance offers the powerful file-sharing

capabilities of StorNext in an optimized appliance package. The

StorNext M330 comes with a pair of metadata controller (MDCs) nodes

in a High Availability (HA) configuration and a high-performance

metadata array..

.MDCs coordinate SAN file access across clients. Additionally, the

standby node can be used as a distributed data mover (DDM) host using

the included license.

During installation, the StorNext M330 is configured for use in StorNext

environments operating as a StorNext Metadata Controller (MDC) High

Availability (HA) pair with access to both disk and tape libraries.

Chapter 1: Introduction

About the StorNext M330 Hardware

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About this document This document describes how to maintain the StorNext M330 after

initial installation and configuration .

Hardware Specification Each StorNext M330 MDC node contains the following:

• Two redundant, hot-swappable system hard drives in a RAID 1

configuration

• Redundant cooling fans and power

Network Connectivity Here are the quantity and type of network ports available on the

different system models:

• The StorNext M330 features one 2-port 8 Gb FC card for SAN

network connectivity.

• The StorNext M330 features three configurable 1 GbE Ethernet

ports per node.

MDCs coordinate SAN file access across SAN clients. Additionally, the

standby node can be used as a distributed data mover (DDM) host.

Base System and

Expansion Description

The StorNext M330 comes configured as a Base System with two

Metadata Controller (MDC) nodes which share a common file system

located on a single metadata array for storage.

StorNext M330

Documents

A complete list of documentation for the StorNext M330 Metadata

Appliance is located on the following web page:

http://www.quantum.com/snmdcdocs

Chapter 1: Introduction

Purpose of This Guide

StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide 3

Purpose of This Guide

This guide describes how to identify and operate the key features of the

hardware components of the StorNext M330.

How This Guide is

Organized

This guide contains the following chapters:

•Chapter 1, Introduction provides an overview of this StorNext M330

Hardware Guide, and also includes document conventions, product

safety statements, a list of related documents, and supported

Internet browsers.

•Chapter 2, Hardware Overview provides an overview of the StorNext

M330 system.

•Chapter 3, Basic System Operations provides basic operating

instructions for the StorNext M330 system.

•Chapter 4, Contacting Quantum- provides information on

contacting Quantum support.

Notes, Cautions, and

Warnings

The following describes important information about Notes, Cautions,

and Warnings used throughout this guide.

Note

Note: Emphasizes important information related to the main topic.

Consequences if not followed:

There are no hazardous or damaging consequences.

Caution

Caution: Indicates potential hazards to equipment or data.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Purpose of This Guide

4 StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide

Consequences if not followed:

Failure to take or avoid this action could result in loss of data or

harm to equipment.

Warning

WARNING: Indicates potential hazards to personal safety.

Consequences if not followed:

Failure to take or avoid this action could result in physical harm to

the user or hardware.

Document Conventions This guide uses the following document conventions to help you

recognize different types of information.

When a step includes substantial supporting information, the following

document conventions are used to differentiate the supporting

information from the procedural content:

Hardware Conventions

Conventions

Right side of the system — Refers to the right side as you face the

component being described.

Left side of the system — Refers to the left side as you face the

component being described.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Purpose of This Guide

StorNext M330 Metadata Appliance Hardware Guide 5

Software Conventions

Conventions Examples

For all UNIX-based

commands, the #prompt is

implied, although it is not

shown.

TSM_control stop

is the same as

# TSM_control stop

For all UNIX-based

commands, words in

italic

are variables and should be

replaced with user-defined

values.

cvaffinity

filename

where

filename

is a variable

and should be replaced with

a user-defined value.

User input is shown in bold

font.

./install.stornext

Computer output and

command line examples are

shown in monospace font.

./install.stornext

User input variables are

enclosed in angle brackets.

http://<ip_address>/cgi-

bin/stats

For UNIX and Linux

commands, the command

prompt is implied.

TSM_control stop

is the same as

# TSM_control stop

File and directory names,

menu commands, button

names, and window names

are shown in bold font.

/data/upload

Menu names separated by

arrows indicate a sequence

of menus to be navigated.

Utilities > Firmware

Chapter 1: Introduction

Product Safety Statements

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Product Safety Statements

Quantum will not be held liable for damage arising from unauthorized

use of the product. The user assumes all risk in this aspect.

This unit is engineered and manufactured to meet all safety and

regulatory requirements. Be aware that improper use may result in

bodily injury, damage to the equipment, or interference with other

equipment.

WARNING: Before operating this product, read all instructions and

warnings in this document and in the system, safety, and

regulatory guide.

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