Contents
1. BEFORE YOU GET STARTED ...................................................................................................................... 5
1.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2. SUPPORTED CLIENTS .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.3. SUPPORTED NETWORK PROTOCOLS ............................................................................................................ 5
1.4. SUPPORTED NETWORK FILE PROTOCOLS ...................................................................................................... 5
1.5. REQUIRED TOOLS .................................................................................................................................. 6
1.6. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 6
1.6.1. Personal safety ........................................................................................................................ 6
1.6.2. Safety for your data ................................................................................................................. 6
1.6.3. ESD precautions ....................................................................................................................... 6
2. FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1. WHAT IS OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 ......................................................................................... 6
2.2. OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 FUNCTIONALITY ................................................................................. 7
2.3. WHY OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6? ............................................................................................ 8
2.4. RAID TYPES ........................................................................................................................................ 8
3. OPEN-E DSS V6 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ........................................................................................ 9
3.1. PREPARATION OF INSTALLATION MEDIUM.................................................................................................... 9
3.2. UNCOMPRESSING OF A FILE ..................................................................................................................... 9
3.3. MAKING A BOOT MEDIA ........................................................................................................................ 9
3.4. BOOTING THE SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................ 9
3.5. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ................................................................................................................... 10
4. CONFIGURATION DATA STORAGE SERVER ............................................................................................. 11
4.1. FIRST-TIME OPERATION OF OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 ................................................................. 11
4.2. LOGGING INTO OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 ................................................................................ 12
4.3. CREATE DISK ARRAY ............................................................................................................................ 14
4.4. ADDING DISK ARRAY ........................................................................................................................... 14
4.5. CREATING OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 SHARES ........................................................................... 16
4.5.1. Access to Windows Shares ..................................................................................................... 16
4.5.2. Accessing Open-E Data Storage Software V6 shares under Linux ............................................. 20
4.6. CREATING OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 ISCSI TARGETS VOLUME ...................................................... 21
4.6.1. Configuring end user workstation ........................................................................................... 22
5. FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 23
5.1. CONSOLE DISPLAY FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................ 23
5.2. FUNCTIONS OF OPEN-E DATA STORAGE SOFTWARE V6 VIA BROWSER ACCESS.................................................... 25
5.2.1. SETUP .................................................................................................................................... 25
5.2.1.1 Network ........................................................................................................................................... 25
5.2.1.1.1 Interfaces .................................................................................................................................... 25
5.2.1.1.2 iSCSI Failover ............................................................................................................................... 30
5.2.1.2 Administrator ................................................................................................................................... 36
5.2.1.3 H/W RAID......................................................................................................................................... 42
5.2.1.4 S/W RAID ......................................................................................................................................... 43
5.2.1.5 Fibre Channel ................................................................................................................................... 47
5.2.1.6 iSCSI Initiator .................................................................................................................................... 49
5.2.1.7 Hardware ......................................................................................................................................... 51
5.2.1.8 GUI .................................................................................................................................................. 54
5.2.2. CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................... 55
5.2.2.1 Volume manager .............................................................................................................................. 55
5.2.2.1.1 Volume groups ............................................................................................................................ 55
5.2.2.1.2 Volume replication ...................................................................................................................... 61
