Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Initial Configuration NAS Manager Disk and Volume Management Systems Management Backing Up the System Recovering and Restoring the System Configuring Systems in a Heterogeneous Environment Advanced Features Security Recommendations Troubleshooting Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer.
Back to Contents Page Recovering and Restoring the System Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Software-RAID Recovery and Restoration Procedures Hardware-RAID Recovery and Restoration Procedures External Storage Configuration Recovery and Restoration Procedures Reinstalling the Operating System Restoring System-State Data After Reinstallation Restoring Initial System Setup This section provides instructions on how to recover and restore your NAS system.
l Are you using a standard Ethernet cable to connect to the network? Do not use a crossover cable. l Have you allowed enough time for the NAS system to boot? The NAS system typically takes several minutes to boot. l Does the NAS system boot completely? Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the NAS system, and observe the boot process. l Are the LEDs for all four hard drives on the NAS system lit? If the LEDs are not all lit, you may have a failed hard drive.
6. Turn on the system, if it is not turned on already. NOTE: The NAS system takes approximately 5 minutes to boot completely. NOTE: The NAS system automatically starts rebuilding the operating system volume. The rebuild procedure may take several hours. NOTE: If the volume does not start building, you do not have a drive that is the same size or larger than the failed drive, you did not have the drive in the system when the system booted, or you were not using a RAID 1 volume.
NOTICE: Do not use the following procedures to recover and restore a software-RAID or external- storage NAS system. If your NAS system uses software RAID, see "Software-RAID Recovery and Restoration Procedures." If your NAS system uses an external storage configuration, see "External Storage Configuration Recovery and Restoration Procedures." For instructions on how to determine the configuration of your NAS system, see "Determining a NAS System's Configuration" in "NAS Manager.
Hardware-RAID NAS System Software Failures Reinstalling the operating system on a hardware-RAID NAS system does not delete the data volume; therefore, a data recovery volume, which is available on a software-RAID NAS system, is not necessary. RAID 5 redundancy protection is provided by its ability to recover data through parity matching. Therefore, if the operating system files are missing or corrupt, the operating system must be reinstalled. See "Recovering From a Hardware-RAID Operating System Failure.
See your Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for information about removing and replacing drives. 4. Insert the new hard drives in the same location as the failed hard drives. NOTE: Ensure that the new hard drives are the same size as or larger than the failed drives. 5. Replace the front bezel. 6. Recreate the virtual disks as explained in "Recreating Virtual Disks." Recreating Virtual Disks 1. Turn on the NAS system. 2.
5. Right-click on the unknown/uninitialized Disk and click Initialize Disk. 6. Convert the newly created disk to a dynamic disk by right-clicking the disk and selecting Convert to dynamic disk. 7. Right-click on the disk and click New Volume. Follow the instructions in the New Volume Wizard to create the Volume. Ensure that you select NTFS as the file system for the volume. 8. When the Completing the New Volume Wizard window displays, click Finish.
l Does the NAS system boot completely? Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the NAS system, and observe the boot process. l Are the LEDs for all hard drives in the NAS system lit? If the LEDs for the hard drives are not all lit, you may have a failed hard drive. See "Software-RAID NAS System Hard-Drive Failures.
NOTICE: The reinstallation procedure resets your NAS system to the Dell default settings. Replacing External Storage Hard Drives For information about replacing an external storage hard drive that has failed, see your external storage systems documentation. Recreating an External Storage NAS System Data Volume For information about recreating an external storage data volume, see your external storage systems documentation.
The Resource CD automatically starts. 2. From the Resource CD menu, click Reinstallation Utilities. 3. Click on Dell PowerVault NAS Reinstallation Console. 4. When prompted to open the file or save it to your computer, click Open. 5. Follow the prompts and accept the defaults to complete the installation. 6. Click Start, point to Programs→ Dell NAS Reinstallation Tools, and click Dell PowerVault NAS Reinstallation Console. 7. Select the volume you want to share.
NOTE: Dell recommends that you back up your system, if possible, before attempting a system reinstallation. See "Backing Up the System." 1. Shut down the NAS system. See "Shutting Down the NAS System" in "NAS Manager." 2. Ensure that the NAS system is using NIC 1 to connect to the same network as the client system. NOTE: During reinstallation, you must use NIC 1 to connect the NAS system to a network that includes your client system. 3.
NOTE: During the reinstallation process, do not attempt to connect to your NAS system. Depending on your configuration, this part of the reinstallation process could take several hours. During this process, the system may reboot several times while completing the reinstallation process. The reinstallation process is complete when the logon screen is displayed. 26. If this is an external storage NAS system, follow with step 27, otherwise go to step 30. 27.
17. Click Finish. 18. When the Enter Backup File Name window displays, click OK. NOTE: If your backup file is in a different location, click Browse and navigate to the file. 19. Click Start Restore. 20. When a message warns that the system restore will overwrite the current system state, click OK. 21. Click OK in the Confirm Restore window. 22. Restart the NAS system after the restore process completes.
Back to Contents Page Troubleshooting Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Tools and Techniques Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques This section provides suggestions for and information about alternative troubleshooting tools and techniques. Ping Your NAS System If you are unable to connect to the NAS system using the NAS Manager, try to ping the NAS system. From a client system, click the Start button, click Run, and then type cmd. At the command prompt in the cmd.
Troubleshooting Use the following tables to help you troubleshoot various conditions that might occur on your NAS system: l Table 10-1, "General Troubleshooting" l Table 10-2, "NAS Manager" l Table 10-3, "Server for NFS" l Table 10-4, "Macintosh and AppleTalk" l Table 10-5, "Hardware-RAID NAS System Internal RAID Controller Card" NOTE: Some of the procedures refer to a software-RAID, a hardware-RAID, and an external storage configuration NAS system.
The NAS system may not be booting properly. You may not be allowing enough time for the NAS system to boot or a system alert may be occurring. The NAS system requires at least 5 minutes to boot. Connect a monitor to the NAS system or use console redirection to view the boot routine of the system.
seem to cancel the operation. When I select the Check All box and then deselect one or more choices on some screens in the NAS Manager, the Check All box remains selected. The Check All box is not automatically deselected. However, this does not mean that all items in the list are selected. This behavior does not affect functionality. The Check All box does not indicate what has specifically been selected or deselected.
I am getting event errors for Services for Macintosh. Services for Macintosh are bound to the onboard network adapter by default. If this network adapter has been disabled, binding errors occur. Bind the AppleTalk protocol to an enabled NIC. See "AppleTalk Protocol Adapter Binding" in "Advanced Features." From a Macintosh client, users cannot modify or delete a file that a Windows client has accessed. The time between clients and the system is not properly synchronized.
Back to Contents Page Initial Configuration Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Configuring Your NAS System for the First Time Configuring Your NAS System Automatically on a Network (With DHCP/DNS) Configuring Your System Using a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse Other Documents You May Need This section provides information necessary to perform the initial configuration of the system.
6. From a client system on the same network, open Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, type the default system name in the Web address field, and press . The default system name is Dellxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxx is the system's service tag number. For example, if your service tag number is 1234567, enter http://DELL1234567. You can also access the system directly through secure port 1279 by connecting to https://DELLxxxxx:1279 where xxxxxxx is the system's service tag number.
For more information, see "Configuring the Network Address for the NAS System" or your Windows online help. Other Documents You May Need Table 1-1 lists the additional documentation included with your system. Table 1-1.
Back to Contents Page NAS Manager Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Determining a NAS System's Configuration Logging Into the NAS Manager Basic Navigation Changing the NAS Manager Language How to Find Online Help Configuring Network Properties Creating Local Users and Groups Using Shares Disk Quotas Using Logs Shutting Down the NAS System Managing Disks and Volumes Shadow Copies The Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Manager is a Web-based user interface that is the primary tool for configuring
NOTE: Your system can have only one RAID controller card in the PCI expansion slots. Logging Into the NAS Manager To use the NAS Manager, you must be logged in as an administrator. You can log in only if the NAS system is on the network or if you are connected directly to the NAS system with a keyboard, monitor, and mouse. Logging Into the NAS Manager on the Network To connect to the NAS Manager using a secure SSL port, perform the following procedure: 1. Open a Web browser from a client system.
When navigating the NAS Manager, use the buttons within the program instead of the navigation buttons on the Web browser (for example, Back and Forward). The top of each page of the Web user interface (UI) displays a status area, as well as primary and secondary menu bars, and the body of each page displays specific content related to each functional area.
To start Windows Storage Server 2003 help, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance. 3. Click Remote Desktop. 4. Log in to the NAS system. NOTE: The default administrative user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 5. From the Start menu, click Help and Support. Configuring Network Properties Use the Network tab in the NAS Manager to configure the NAS system for the network.
NOTE: Before you configure the IP address, make sure that the NAS system is connected to the network. To configure the IP address, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Network, and then click Interfaces. 3. Select the radio button beside the network connection that you want to configure. NOTE: If some of the text is missing due to column width, pass your cursor over the text in the column to see a pop-up window with a full description. 4.
NOTE: In a domain environment, do not create local users that have the same user name as domain users unless the local user and domain user have identical passwords. The Home Directory text box specifies a new directory that will be created and to which the user will have exclusive access permission. The directory name is the same as the user name and is located in the path specified. 6. Click OK.
NOTICE: It is recommended that you create your data shares on the data drives. Shares that are created on the operating system drive will be deleted if you reinstall the operating system. To add a share, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Shares. 3. On the Shares page, click Shares. 4. In the Tasks list on the Shared Folders page, click New. 5. Type the share name and share path. 6. If you entered a nonexistent folder in the Share path, click Create folder. 7.
Removing a Protocol From the Share Because a share may have more than one protocol assigned, it is possible to remove a protocol from a share without removing the remaining protocols. To remove one or more specific protocols from a share, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Shares. 3. On the Shares page, click Shares. 4. In the Shared Folders table, click the share for which you want to remove a protocol. 5. Click Properties. 6.
Enabling, Disabling, or Setting Disk Quotas on a Volume 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Disks. 3. Click Volumes. 4. On the Volumes page, click the volume to manage. 5. Click Set Default Quota. 6. On the Default Quota for volume page, click the Use quota limits to manage use of the volume check box. 7. Click the Limit volume usage to check box and enter the volume usage limit. 8. Click OK.
capacity limit. Use the drop-down box to select KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB. NOTE: Any previously entered warning level does not appear in the text box. However, the warning level is still set on the NAS system. 9. Click OK. Disabling Disk Quotas on a Volume 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Disks. 3. Click Volumes. 4. On the Volumes page, select the volume to manage. 5. Click Set Default Quota. 6.
3. Click Logs. 4. On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to view. 5. Click the radio button next to the log entry you want to view. 6. In the Tasks list, click Event Details or View Log depending on the selected log type. 7. On the Log Details page, click Up and Down to scroll through the log files. 8. Click Back to close the Log Details page and return to the log entry list on the Logs page.
and then click Open. Clearing Log Files 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance. 3. Click Logs. 4. On the Logs page, select the type of log you want to clear. 5. Select the specific log you want to clear, and then click Clear Log in the Tasks list. 6. On the Clear Log Confirmation page, click OK to clear the log. Shutting Down the NAS System To shut down, restart, or schedule a shutdown of the NAS system using the NAS Manager, perform the following steps: 1.
Shadow Copies Shadow Copy service allows the creation of point-in-time copies of your NAS system's data volumes. Shadow Copy software can be configured using the NAS Manager. NOTE: Shadow copies can be accessed through SMB and NFS shares. Shadow copies cannot be accessed through HTTP, FTP, AppleTalk, or NetWare shares. Introduction to Shadow Copies A shadow copy is a point-in-time copy of a shared file or folder.
7. Click OK. Using Shadow Copies In addition to scheduling shadow copies, you can make new copies on demand, delete existing copies, configure the shadow copies environment, and set shadow copy retention weights. Making a Shadow Copy on Demand 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Disks. 3. Click Shadow Copies. 4. Select the volume(s) of which you want to make a shadow copy. 5. In the Tasks list on the Manage Shadow Copies page, click New Shadow Copy.
1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Disks. 3. Click Shadow Copies. 4. Select the shadow copy schedule that you want to delete, and click Set Schedule in the Tasks list. 5. Select the scheduled shadow copy you want to delete. 6. In the Tasks list, click Delete. 7. Click OK to delete the scheduled shadow copy. Editing a Shadow Copy Schedule 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Disks. 3. Click Shadow Copies. 4.
Defragmenting a Volume Containing Shadow Copies Defragmenting the source volume causes the difference file to increase. If the difference file increases beyond the allocated space, you might lose previous versions of some files. Even with a 16 KB cluster size, the shadow copy difference file will increase. If the difference increases too much (greater than the maximum set), shadow copies will be deleted.
Back to Contents Page Disk and Volume Management Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Drive Configurations Using Array Manager to Manage Disk Arrays Disk Management Managing Volumes Using Disk Management Enabling and Disabling Hard Disk Write Cache on Software RAID NAS Systems. This section provides information about how to manage your physical hard drives, arrays, and volumes.
partitions. Data can be stored on all four SATA hard drives in partitions that are configured as RAID 5 by default. Table 3-1. Software RAID Default Hard-Drive Partitions Volume Hard Drives and RAID Layout Description C: 0 and 1: RAID 1 Primary operating system volume D: 2 and 3: RAID 1 Recovery operating system volume E: 0, 1, 2, and 3: RAID 5 Data volume Figure 3-1.
NOTE: If two or more hard drives fail, the virtual disks must be recreated. See "Recreating Virtual Disks" in "Recovering and Restoring the System" for more information. Each hard drive has front-panel LEDs that provide information about the drive and RAID volume(s). See "Front-Panel Indicators" in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the location of the LEDs. Table 3-4 provides the hard-drive LED codes. Table 3-4.
Each hard drive has front-panel LEDs that provide information about its RAID volume. See "Front-Panel Indicators" in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for the location of the LEDs. NOTE: These LED status indicators only apply to the internal operating system hard drives and volumes. For information about the external hard drive LED status indicator patterns and definitions, see your external enclosure documentation. Table 3-6 provides the hard drive and RAID volume LED codes. Table 3-6.
Creating Virtual Disks The first step in configuring your system for improved system management is creating virtual disks. NOTE: Virtual disks created using a supported PERC controller card cannot be created from array disks with an aggregate size greater than 2 terabytes (TB). This limitation is a standard SCSI limitation. For example, you cannot select more than 30 array disks that contain 73 gigabytes (GB), regardless of the size of the resulting virtual disk.
The Virtual Disk Reconfiguration dialog box appears. The available disks are listed in the left pane. You can choose appropriate disks to add by selecting them and using Add Disk to move them to the right pane. 3. Select the RAID level in the Type drop-down menu. 4. Click OK to continue or Cancel to cancel the operation. 5. To view your progress, click the parent of the virtual disk.
Blink Virtual Disk This command allows you to locate the array disks included in a virtual disk by blinking the LEDs on the array disks. This command automatically cancels after a short duration such as 30 or 60 seconds. NOTE: This procedure only applies to drives on an external SCSI enclosure. Unblink Virtual Disk This command allows you to cancel the Blink Virtual Disk command before the 30- or 60-second time limit has been reached.
Assign Global Hot Spare NOTE: This procedure applies to the external storage configuration only. A hot spare is an unused backup disk that is part of the array group. Hot spares remain in standby mode. When an array disk in a virtual disk fails, the assigned hot spare will be activated to replace the failed array disk without interrupting the system or requiring your intervention. You can change the hot-spare disk assignment by unassigning a disk and choosing another disk to assign, as needed.
General Controller Commands This section describes the general controller operations. Rescan Controller The Rescan Controller command can be used to check whether any new disks were attached after a configuration was set. To rescan the controller, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click the controller you want to rescan. 2. Click Rescan Controller.
Properties The Properties command displays controller attributes. To view properties, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click the appropriate controller. 2. Click Properties. A Controller Properties dialog box appears displaying Name, Vendor, Status, Type, Firmware Version, and Cache Size of the controller. Enclosure Management The PERC 4/DC and 4/SC controllers and Array Manager support storage enclosure management.
The temperature probes that are installed in the enclosure are displayed under Temperature Probes in the tree view. You can select Temperature Probes to display the individual temperature probes and their status information in the right pane. The status information includes the current temperature in Celsius and the warning and error thresholds for the temperature probe. The error threshold has a default value that cannot be changed. However, you can set the warning threshold.
Accessing the Disk Management Tool 1. Log in to the NAS Manager as an administrator. 2. Click the Disks tab. 3. Click Disks to manage disks. 4. When the Remote Desktop session launches, log in as an administrator. NOTE: The NAS Manager default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 5. When the Computer Management screen displays, click on Disk Management to manage disks.
Merging Foreign Disks Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that have been moved from another system. You cannot reactivate a foreign disk; you must merge the disk to the system. To change the status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a part of the current system, use the command Merge Foreign Disk. Perform the following steps to merge foreign disks: 1. Right-click a foreign disk, and then click Import Foreign Disks. The Import Foreign Disk Wizard is displayed. 2.
NOTE: If you use NTFS file system file compression on the source volume, you cannot use an allocation unit size larger than 4 KB. Defragmenting a source volume with shadow copies causes the difference file, which contains all changed data, to grow. If the difference file grows beyond the allocated space, you might lose previous versions of some files. Having a large NTFS file cluster size decreases the growth of the difference file. 6.
You cannot extend a volume if any of the following are true: l The volume is formatted as FAT or FAT32. l The volume is using software RAID (striped, mirrored, or RAID 5 volume). l Unallocated space is not available on a dynamic disk. You can extend simple and spanned volumes on dynamic disks onto a maximum of 32 dynamic disks. However, after a volume is extended, it cannot be mirrored or striped using software RAID.
Back to Contents Page Systems Management Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Using Remote Access Controllers Alert Log Messages From Server Administrator Configuring SNMP Properties This section provides information about systems management for your NAS system, including an overview of Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator, using an optional DRAC III/XT, and configuring SNMP properties.
The Storage Management Service provides storage management information in an integrated graphical view. The Storage Management Service enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to a monitored system. The Storage Management Service obtains logical and physical information about attached storage devices from the Dell OpenManage Array Manager managed node.
See the Dell OpenManage Remote RACADM User's Guide for information about running the Remote Access Service from the command line. When using the Remote Access Service, you can click Help on the global navigation bar for more detailed information about the specific window you are viewing. Remote Access Service help is available for all windows accessible to the user based on user privilege level and the specific hardware and software groups that Server Administrator discovers on the managed node system.
Alert Log Messages From Server Administrator Server Administrator generates alert messages that appear in the SNMP event log file. Alert log messages contain information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive, temperature, fan, and power conditions. To see the trap logs, perform the following steps: 1. Log into the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance. 3. Click Remote Desktop, and then log in to the NAS system as an administrator.
NOTE: The default administrative user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 3. Right-click My Appliance, and click Manage. 4. In the Computer Management window, double-click Services and Applications, and then double-click Services. 5. In the right pane, double-click SNMP Service to display the SNMP Service Properties window. 6. Click the Agent tab, select Contact, and then type the name of the user or system administrator. 7.
Back to Contents Page Backing Up the System Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide System-State Backup Backing Up Data Volumes Windows Backup and Restore Tools Third-Party Backup Software Installing Tape Device Drivers for Windows Backup and Recovery Tools This section provides instructions on how to back up files on your system.
The Backup Progress window displays the system state data being backed up. Backing Up Data Volumes To back up your volumes, you can use direct-attached local backups or network backups. In a direct-attached backup, the NAS system is backed up to an external tape device connected directly to the system. In a network backup, the NAS system is backed up to LAN-attached backup servers.
Installing and Using Third-Party Backup Software for Local Backups VERITAS Backup Exec NOTE: Before installing the backup software, see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com for the latest driver and software updates. You might need to install the updates after completing the procedures that follow. Installing VERITAS Backup Exec on the NAS System NOTE: VERITAS Backup Exec supports installation using Remote Desktop and management using VERITAS Remote Administrator. 1.
1. Share the CD drive on a remote system, mount that remote CD drive on the NAS system, and then insert the TapeWare installation CD into the CD drive of the remote system. 2. Log in to the NAS Manager. 3. Click Maintenance. 4. Click Remote Desktop. 5. Log in to the NAS system. 6. Map a network drive to the CD share, but do not select Reconnect at logon. 7. Follow the instructions in the documentation that came with your backup software to complete the installation.
Back to Contents Page Configuring Systems in a Heterogeneous Environment Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Server for Network File System (NFS) Services for Macintosh Services for the Novell NetWare Operating System Microsoft Directory Synchronization Services This section provides information about configuring the Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 operating system to work with other operating systems.
NOTE: To prevent root squashing for specific NFS shares, the UNIX root user and group must be mapped to the Windows administrator user and group. The access type for the NFS share's permissions must also be set to root for each applicable client or client group.
Explicit User Maps User and group mapping also allows an administrator to create cross-platform maps among Microsoft Windows and UNIX users and groups, even when the user and group names in both environments are not identical. These maps are called explicit mappings. User and group mapping allows you set up one-to-one or one-to-many mappings among Windows and UNIX users and groups.
6. Click the UNIX Sharing tab. 7. Select the machine or group from the list on the left, or type an NFS client computer name or IP address in the box on the right. 8. Select the degree of control the specified client can exercise over files in the share from the Access Permissions list. 9. Select the Allow root access check box to grant root access to the selected group. 10. Click Add. 11. Click OK. To remove a client or client group from an NFS share, perform the following steps: 1.
The entry for a map from the UNIX character ":" to the Windows character "-" in the filename character translation text is as follows: 0x3a : 0x2d ; Map ':' (0x3a) to '-' (0x2d) To map the character combination "()" to the character "^", add the following entry: 0x28 0x29 : 0x5e ; Map '()' to '^' To set up the character translation, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. From the NAS Manager, click Maintenance. 3. Click Remote Desktop. 4. Log on as an administrator.
4. Click AppleTalk Protocol, and then click Disable. Configuring the AppleTalk Protocol To configure the AppleTalk protocol, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Shares. 3. Click Sharing Protocols. 4. Click AppleTalk Protocol, and then click Properties. 5. 6.
Installing User Authentication Log in to the Microsoft UAM Volume on the system to access the MS UAM file, and then drag the file to the AppleShare Folder in your System folder. To access the Microsoft authentication files on the system, perform the following steps: 1. Create a user with a password of less than eight characters. a. Log in to the NAS Manager. b. Click Users. c. Click Local Users. d. Click New. e. Complete the information in the Create New User window and click OK.
Services for the Novell NetWare Operating System Services for NetWare (SFN) are compatible with Novell® NetWare® Bindery service for authentication and file access using the internetwork packet exchange/sequenced packet exchange (IPX/SPX) network protocol. Services for NetWare are disabled by default. For information about enabling SFN, see the file install.rtf, which is located in the c:\sfn directory of your NAS system. NOTE: SFN is not installed by default.
Ethernet SNAP. Configuring the IPX Protocol By default, the Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol is configured on the NAS system to automatically detect frame types. To use the IPX protocol, you must change your NAS system's IPX properties to manually detect frame types. To configure IPX to manually detect frame types, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance, and then click Remote Desktop. 3. Log in to the NAS system as an administrator.
MSDSS supports all major NetWare platforms and most Novell directories and binderies, and it includes support for IPX/SPX and TCP/IP network protocols. Windows Server 2003 MSDSS Domain Controller To implement MSDSS, you must install the Windows Server 2003 operating system and the MSDSS software (available on the Microsoft Services for NetWare Version 5 or later CD) on at least one system.
You must also run the File Migration utility. e. f. Specify the path to the Active Directory container in which you want to copy items. Accept the default domain controller in which to store the migration log. g. Specify the NDS Container or Bindery Container from which to copy items. h. Provide the name and password of the Novell administrative account. i. On the Initial Reverse Synchronization page, specify the password options (such as Set passwords to the user name.
Medium-Sized or Large Environment An organization large enough to have WAN links probably selects to synchronize its networks temporarily while performing a gradual migration over time (up to 3 months for a large network), or it prefers to use synchronization to establish a mixed Novell/Windows network on a long-term basis. If you plan a staged migration, one-way synchronization is often the appropriate method.
Back to Contents Page Advanced Features Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Using the NAS Utilities Installing Multilanguage User Interface (MUI) Support Network Adapter Teaming Telnet Server FTP Using Secure Sockets Layer Using DFS This section includes descriptions of advanced features that cannot be performed from the Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Manager. To perform the procedures in this section, you must use the Remote Desktop.
Multilingual Support CD. NOTE: Installing and configuring the operating system MUI does not affect the language used by the NAS Manager. 1. Insert the Multilingual Support CD into the NAS system's CD drive. 2. On the client system, in the Sharing tab on the Compact Disk Properties page, click the radio button next to Share this folder to share the CD drive 3. From a client system, log in to the NAS Manager. 4. Click Maintenance, and then click Remote Desktop. 5.
Adaptive Load Balancing Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a simple and efficient method for increasing the NAS system's network transmission throughput. The ALB software continuously analyzes transmission loading on each adapter and balances the load across the teamed ports as needed. Adapter teams configured for ALB also provide the benefits of adapter fault tolerance. To use ALB, the Ethernet ports on the NAS system must be linked to the same Ethernet switch.
1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance. 3. Click Remote Desktop. 4. Log in to the system as an administrator. NOTE: The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 5. Double-click the network icon on the NAS system's system tray (near the time on the bottom right corner). The Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II, displays. 6. Click Action, click Add to Team, and then click Create New Team. The Teaming Wizard displays. 7.
Changing the Intel PROSet II Network Team Mode 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance, and then click Remote Desktop. 3. Log in to the Remote Desktop session as an administrator. NOTE: The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 4. Double-click the network icon on the NAS system's taskbar. The Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II, is displayed. 5. In the tree view, click the team to modify. 6.
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is disabled on the NAS system by default. You must enable the FTP protocol for FTP client systems to access the NAS system. To enable the FTP protocol, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Shares. 3. Click Sharing Protocols. 4. Click FTP and then click Enable. Using Remote Desktop to Enable FTP Write Privileges FTP write privileges to the NAS system's default FTP site are disabled by default.
This section explains how secure sockets layer (SSL) are used in the NAS system. It also explains how to use your own certificate, if you have one, and how to regenerate your certificate. Introduction to SSL Certificates Certificates contain information used to establish system identities over a network. This identification process is called authentication.
To obtain a server certificate, perform the following steps: 1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Maintenance, and then click Remote Desktop. 3. Log in to the NAS system as an administrator. NOTE: The default administrative user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. 4. Double-click the NAS Utilities icon on the NAS system's desktop. 5. In the NAS Utilities window, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Internet Information Services. 6.
NOTE: The default administrative user name is administrator and the default password is powervault. c. On the NAS system desktop, double-click NAS Utilities to display the NAS Utilities window. d. Double-click Administrative Tools to expand the list to show Distributed File System. 5. Right-click Distributed File System and click New Root. 6. Click Next in the New Root Wizard window. 7. Click Stand-alone root and then click Next. 8.
c. On the NAS system desktop, double-click NAS Utilities to display the NAS Utilities window. d. Double-click Administrative Tools to expand the list, and then double-click Distributed File System to display the DFS root(s). 2. Right click the DFS root to which you want to link and click New Link. 3. For Link name enter a name for the new link. 4. Enter the path to the shared resource on the target server. 5. Add comments if desired. 6. Click OK.
Back to Contents Page Security Recommendations Dell™ PowerVault™ 745N NAS Systems Administrator's Guide Standard Security Recommendations Additional Security Recommendations Maximum Security Recommendations Standard Security Recommendations This section provides information about standard security practices that Dell recommends to secure your NAS system.
Apple Environments If you are using your NAS system in an Apple environment, install the Microsoft® User Authentication Module (UAM) on the NAS system. If AppleTalk is not installed on the NAS system, client access is not encrypted. See "Services for Macintosh" for more information. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificates SSL certificates enable Web servers and users to authenticate each other before establishing a connection to create more secure communications.
1. Log in to the NAS Manager. 2. Click Shares. 3. On the Shares page, click Sharing Protocols. 4. Click HTTP and then click Properties. 5. Click Security. 6. Click Disable Web Sharing.
