Lenovo Storage DX8200D series Guida utente

LenovoStorageDX8200D

SystemInstallationGuide

(AdditionalAppliancesinExistingServer

Group)

FirstEdition(December2016)

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Table of contents

Intended Audience 3

Document Revision History 4

Recent changes made to this document 4

Physical Installation 5

System Setup 7

OverView 7

Stage One 7

Stage Two 7

Stage Three 8

Interrupting the Automated Deployment Process 8

Stage One (Initial Setup) 9

Accept the Operating System EULA 9

Starting the Deployment Utility 9

Stage Two (User Interview) 11

Accept the SANsymphony software EULA 11

Server Configuration 11

SANsymphony Software Setup 12

SANsymphony Networking Configuration 15

Deployment Summary 17

Planned Reboot 18

Stage Three (Software Installation and Configuration) 19

Post-Installation Steps 20

DataCore Management Console 20

Documentation 20

Account Passwords 20

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Intended Audience

This document has been prepared by DataCore Software as a guide for the benefit of

DataCore Certified Installation Engineers (DCIE) who would deploy SANsymphony™

software in the field as an integral component of the Lenovo DX8200D family of devices.

This document covers only the first-time installation of a new device, into an existing

DataCore SANsymphony Server Group in which other DX8200D family appliances have

been previously deployed.

For disaster recovery restoration of a device which has been deployed previously, see the

separate document “Lenovo DX8200D Disaster Recovery Guide”.

The software and procedures described herein apply only to this specific use-case. If you

are deploying systems other than one from the Lenovo DX8200D family, then other

procedures will apply. If in doubt you should contact your reseller, or consult Lenovo

Technical Support.

Important

It is assumed that the upgrade will be performed by a competent person with requisite

training in the installation and administration of the current release of DataCore

SANsymphony™.

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Document Revision History

Recent changes made to this document

First published (December 2016) –Release V1.0

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Physical Installation

The DX8200D Appliance Family

Connecting your appliance

The DX8200D family of appliances are supplied with six Ethernet network interface ports

dedicated to ‘storage port roles’; two ‘Front-End’ ports, two ‘Mirror’ ports and two ‘Back-

End’ ports.

Front-End ports act only as iSCSI targets and are used to present Virtual Disks (LUNs /

VVols) to host servers. Mirror ports act simultaneously as both iSCSI initiator and target

ports and are used exclusively to provide synchronous replication of highly available

Virtual Disks (‘Mirrored Disks’). Back-End ports are iSCSI initiator ports, used to connect

external storage systems so that their resources can be managed by the DX8200D

appliance.

Remaining Ethernet network Interface ports are used to provide “Management” ports (out-

of-band communication between DX8200D appliances in highly available topologies) and

for regular Windows Server administration.

If your appliance is to operate correctly it is vital that the physical connection of the storage

ports is correct with respect to the DataCore topological design and the prevailing network

infrastructure. In adding additional appliance(s) into an existing DataCore Server Group,

the potential to create a highly available environment arising but only if the requisite

storage port connectivity is observed:

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The Lenovo DX8200D family of appliances are also equipped with a second generation

Integrated Management Module (IMM), providing amongst other functionality; remote

KVM presence, remote power management and virtual media capabilities. It is strongly

recommended that the IMM port be connected.

Optionally, some DX8200D family appliances may be additional provisioned with Fibre

Channel (FC) interface ports.

Important: If your appliance has been supplied with factory installed FC interfaces, or if

the field installable FC upgrade kit has been applied prior to appliance deployment, it is

critical that these remain disconnected throughout the automated deployment process, or

deployment will fail. They may be connected once the appliance has been successfully

deployed into the Server Group.

All Ethernet ports must be connected prior to first starting the appliance and commencing

the automated deployment process.

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System Setup

OverView

The DX8200D family of Lenovo virtualised io appliances are supplied with both

SANsymphony™storage virtualisation software and a factory-installed deployment utility

designed to automate the initial installation and setup of the software so that the system

may be brought into service quickly and with minimum administrative overhead.

The configuration utility is launched automatically upon first boot of the operating system

and orchestrates all the necessary aspects of the deployment of a new server appliance. It

is visible to the installer in the form of a PowerShell Session which may be seen to run

throughout the deployment.

The automated software installation process can be thought of in terms of approximately

three logical stages.

Stage One

During the initial ‘pre-flight’ phase, the deployment utility will verify that the appliance

hardware is properly installed and configured as expected; will validate aspects of the

operating system environment and make any necessary adjustments and will un-package

and prepare itself to perform the SANsymphony™software installation and configuration.

Stage Two

Stage two is characterised by the user interview stage, during which the installation

engineer / administrator will be presented with a GUI for the collection of the minimum set

of configuration parameters that the utility will require in order to be able to make a

successfully installation. The parameters required will vary depending on the installation

context but will necessarily include identity and authentication details for at least one

existing appliance that has been previously deployed into the target Server Group. You

should therefore ensure that these details are available prior to commencing the

deployment process. Once the necessary user input has been made, the deployment runs

to completion.

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Stage Three

In the final stage of the deployment, the SANsymphony™software is installed and prepared

for first use in accordance with the settings provided by the installer in Stage Two. This

includes joining the new, incoming appliance with the existing Server Group and

subsequent synchronisation of the shared configuration database.

Interrupting the Automated Deployment Process

The three logical installation stages may be implemented by a varying number of actual

installation ‘phases’, each of which may be punctuated by one or more reboot cycles

depending upon the actions that are required of those phases. Since the deployment

process is designed to require as little user intervention as possible, reboots will be

performed automatically where required. At all times, the user has the ability to cancel a

requested reboot, if so desired but should this be done, the automation will not restart

automatically on the return from the reboot but must instead be resumed by the user,

requiring manual intervention.

The deployment utility makes use of checkpoints so that if the process is interrupted for

any reason (user action or otherwise), it can be resumed by logging into the server

appliance using the administrator account (in combination with the password credential

established during the second stage) and using the “Resume Installation” shortcut which is

found on the desktop.

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Stage One (Initial Setup)

Initial setup begins once the operating system on the appliance has booted for the first

time. The first action is to finalise the factory-applied system image preparation (or

‘sysprep’).

Important: For the deployment automation to succeed, you must ensure that the cabling

and connectivity prerequisites have all been met, before starting the server appliance.

Accept the Operating System EULA

When the operating system first boots, the installer will be presented with the Microsoft

Licensing Terms for the underlying Windows 2012 operating system. You must accept the

EULA (click “I Accept”) in order to continue with the deployment. If this is done, an

automatic login will be performed, in the context of the local administrator account.

Starting the Deployment Utility

Under normal circumstances, the automated deployment utility can be expected to start

automatically, after the automated login is complete (there may be a pause of a few seconds

between the login and the commencement of the “DataCore ADK Sequencer” session).

If this does not happen, start it manually by double-clicking the “Start-Deployment” icon

located on the desktop.

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