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Dell DX6000 Getting Started Manual

Table of Contents

1. Welcome to DX Storage ...................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Components ............................................................................................................. 1
1.2. About this Document ................................................................................................. 1
1.2.1. Audience ....................................................................................................... 1
1.2.2. Scope ............................................................................................................ 1
2. Network Infrastructure and Recommendations ....................................................................... 2
2.1. About DX Storage in the Network .............................................................................. 2
2.1.1. Sample Networks ........................................................................................... 2
2.1.2. Layer 3 Switching and Routing ....................................................................... 4
2.1.3. Switching Hardware ........................................................................................ 4
2.1.4. Internet Deployments ...................................................................................... 6
2.2. Setting Up the Network for DX Storage ...................................................................... 6
2.2.1. Network Summary .......................................................................................... 7
2.2.2. Recommended Infrastructure .......................................................................... 7
2.3. Setting Up Network Services ..................................................................................... 7
2.3.1. Setting Up NTP for Time Synchronization ....................................................... 8
2.3.2. Setting Up DNS for Name Resolution .............................................................. 8
2.3.3. Preparing for Named Objects .......................................................................... 9
2.3.4. Setting Up SNMP for Monitoring ..................................................................... 9
2.3.5. Setting Up Network Load Balancing .............................................................. 10
2.4. Setting Up PXE Booting .......................................................................................... 10
2.4.1. Setting Up the DHCP Server for PXE Booting ................................................ 10
2.4.2. Configuring the TFTP Server ........................................................................ 11
2.5. Setting Up a Configuration File Server ..................................................................... 12
2.6. Network Devices and Priority ................................................................................... 13
2.7. Proxying the Admin Console .................................................................................... 14
2.8. IGMP Snooping Support .......................................................................................... 14
3. Hardware Considerations ................................................................................................... 15
3.1. Hardware Requirements and Recommendations ....................................................... 15
3.2. Hardware Setup ...................................................................................................... 15
3.3. About Memory Effects on Node Storage ................................................................... 15
3.4. Stream Size Guidance ............................................................................................ 16
3.5. Adaptive Power Conservation .................................................................................. 16
3.6. Proactive Power Conservation ................................................................................. 17
3.7. Local Area Replication Using Subclusters ................................................................. 17
4. Installing and Configuring DX Storage ................................................................................. 19
4.1. Licensing ................................................................................................................ 19
4.1.1. How Licensing Works ................................................................................... 19
4.1.2. About licenseFileURL ................................................................................... 20
4.1.3. About Licensed Capacity Monitoring .............................................................. 20
4.1.4. About Other Licensing Checks ...................................................................... 20
4.1.5. Sample License ............................................................................................ 21
4.2. Configuring DX Storage ........................................................................................... 21
4.2.1. Editing node.cfg ........................................................................................... 22
4.2.2. Storage Volume Configuration ....................................................................... 22
4.2.3. DHCP or Static Network ............................................................................... 23
4.2.4. Administration Password ............................................................................... 23
4.3. Booting DX Storage Nodes ...................................................................................... 23
4.4. Using Syslog ........................................................................................................... 24
5. Open Source Software ....................................................................................................... 25
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December 2010