Dell PowerVault NX3500 Placemat

Setting Up Your PowerVault Network Attached Storage Solution

Before You Begin

WARNING:

Before you set up and operate your Dell PowerVault system, review the

safety instructions that came with your system.

Read The Dell Software License Agreement

Before using your system, please read the Dell Software License Agreement that came

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with the system.

If you do not accept the terms of the agreement, please call the customer assistance

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telephone number. For customers in the United States, call 800-WWW-DELL

(800-999-3355). For customers outside the United States, visit

support.dell.com

and select your country or region from the top of the page.

Verify Package Contents

Verify that all components listed on your packing slip are available. Save all documentation

and accessories.

Locate Your System Service Tag

Your system is identified by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number.

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The Express Service Code and Service Tag are found on the front of the system by

pulling out the information tag.

This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel.

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Install The Solution In A Rack

The solution requires a properly grounded electrical outlet, a compatible rack,

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and a rack installation kit.

For information about installing the rails for the PowerVault NX3500 system,

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see the

Rack Installation Instructions

that shipped with your rail kit.

For information about installing rails for the backup power supply,

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see the

Dell PowerVault NX3500 Getting Started Guide.

Installation Guidelines

The PowerVault NX3500 hardware configuration consists of two PowerVault NX3500

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controller units and one backup power supply (BPS) unit. The BPS is required even

if you have an uninterruptible power supply system in your environment. Install the

three hardware components adjacent to one another in the same rack.

You must use twelve Category 5E or Category 6 Ethernet cables with RJ45

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connectors.

It is recommended that you use a minimum of four network switches.

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Racking Your Solution

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Cabling Your Solution

Verify that your network environment and modular disk storage arrays are powered on.

Turn on the components in the following order:

Dell backup power supply

1.

Dell PowerVault NX3500 controllers

2.

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Turning On The Solution

IP Chart

The IP chart helps you plan your con

fi

guration. Recording the IP addresses of your

solution in a single location enables you to con

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gure your setup faster and more

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ffi

ciently.

NAS Appliance Setup Worksheet

Storage Array Identi

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cation

Internal Network Con

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guration

SAN Network Con

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guration

One of the storage

array’s iSCSI IPs

Internal IP a 0

SANa IP controller 0

Maximum MTU size

supported by SAN

Internal IP a 1

SANa IP controller 1

NAS Controller Discovery

Internal IP a 2

SANb IP controller 0

Controller 0

MAC address

Internal IP a 3

SANb IP

controller 1

Controller 1

MAC address

Subnet mask

Con

fi

guration Results

NAS Cluster Identi

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cation

Internal IP b 0

NAS controller 0 IQN

NAS cluster name

Internal IP b 1


Primary Network Con

fi

guration

Internal IP b 2

Con

fi

guration Results

NAS management VIP

Internal IP b 3


Client access VIP

Subnet mask


Controller 0 IP

Notes

Use the IQNs recorded from the PowerVault

Con

fi

guration Utility to complete your

mappings con

fi

guration on the MD.

The MAC address for the controller is

located on the information tag. Use the

embedded NIC 1 MAC address.

Controller 1 IP

Subnet mask

Gateway

Environment Setup

Management Station Setup

Your Infrastructure

Management station

IP (IPv4)

DNS server IP

SMTP IP

Verify PVCU software

is installed

NTP server IP

SNMP IP

Enable JavaScript on

the default browser

Active

directory IP

Verify IPv6 is enabled

LDAP/NIS IP

Terms Used In The IP Chart

Controller

— A server appliance installed with the Dell scalable

fi

le system software. An

essential component of a PowerVault NAS clustered solution.

Internal IP

— IP address used for internal operations between the NAS controllers and the

storage subsystem.

SAN network/iSCSI network

— The network that carries the block level (iSCSI) tra

ffi

c and

to which the storage subsystem is connected. It is recommended that this network be

separated from the client network.

NAS cluster name

—The name that is used to identify the PowerVault NX3500

solution.

NAS management VIP

—IP addresses that the management stations use to access the

PowerVault NX3500 controllers.

Client access VIP

— IP address that clients use to access CIFS shares and NFS exports

hosted by a PowerVault NAS solution. The PowerVault NAS solution supports multiple

client access VIPs.

Preparing The Management Station

Connect the management station to the client switch.

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Verify that IPv6 is enabled.

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Install the PowerVault Configuration Utility software.

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Download SSH client for CLI access.

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Preparing The Modular Disk Storage Arrays

Create a disk group for each virtual disk.

1.

Create a virtual disk in each disk group.

Virtual disks must be created and assigned

2.

to the host group in pairs. A minimum of 2 virtual disks is required and a maximum

of sixteen is supported.

Create a host group. For example, name host group PV-NX3500.

3.

Map the virtual disks to the host group.

4.

Note: Additional con

fi

guration is required after completing the steps in the

5.

PowerVault Con

fi

guration Utility

. For more information see step 5.

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Preparing Your Environment For The PowerVault NX3500 Solution

Planning

Proper planning is essential to successfully deploy the PowerVault NX3500 solution. This placemat contains one scenario using two redundant iSCSI networks. If your SAN is configured

in a different configuration, see the

Administrator’s Guide

for additional cabling options. It is recommended that you complete the IP chart in step 4 prior to deploying the solution.

The IP chart is also present in the

Administrator’s Guide

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Network Cabling

Power Cabling

SAN Switches

Client Switches

PowerVault NX3500 Contoller 0

PowerVault NX3500 Contoller 1

PowerVault storage array

MD32x0i/MD36x0i

Client connections

Internal Network and SAN connections

Peer Connections

PowerVault NX3500 controller 0

PowerVault NX3500 controller 1

To the grid

PowerVault NX3500 Controller 0

To power source 1

To power source 2

PowerVault NX3500 Controller 1

Backup Power Supply

To power source 1

To power source 2

USB

Power

USB

Power

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