Nexsan UNITY3300 Manuale utente

This document provides installation steps for racking, cabling, and setting up the

UNITY3300 Storage System and the UNITY US316 Storage Expansion.

For additional documentation please visit http://helper.nexsansupport.com/unt_support.html

NEXSAN UNITY3300 Storage System

Quick Start Guide

Taking delivery

Your Unity shipment includes the UNITY3300

Storage System, and optionally one UNITY

US316 Storage Expansion. Check to ensure

that no damage has been sustained to the

packaging in transit. If any of the Unity

storage components

appear damaged, please contact your reseller

immediately.

Hardware overview

The main components of the UNITY3300 are

shown in these diagrams.

UNITY3300 front view

UNITY3300 rear view

Item Name Description

1Power supply unit 1200W Redundant Power Supplies with PMBus

2Fan assembly 4x 80mm and 4x 40mm PWM cooling fans

Redundant cooling

3On-board 10GbE LAN ports (2 per

node)

Right port: Primary data network interface (nx0 - optional)

Left port: Management Interface (nx99) and IPMI interface

NOTE: If you are using a 1GbE port for the management

interface, these ports will be used for data, with the left port

still being used for the IPMI interface.

4KVM connections USB, VGA, and serial connections for remote console access

to the Unity Storage System

5Storage connectivity

Dual port SAS PCIe to HD Mini-SAS

Optional connectivity to Hosts

You can use these slots for additional host connections, which

can be any of these supported NICs:

Pair of 10GbE NIC with dual RJ-45

Pair of 10GbE NIC with dual SFP+

Pair of 1GigE, Quad-port NIC, RJ-45

Pair of 1GigE, Dual-port NIC, RJ-45

Pair of 32Gb Fibre Channel - dual-port

Pair of 16Gb Fibre Channel - dual-port

Pair of 8Gb Fibre Channel - dual-port

Pair of 40GbE NIC with dual QSFP Connectivity

2 — UNITY3300 and UNITY US316 Quick Start Guide

UNITY US316 rear view I/O components.

Prepare for installation

ACarefully read safety notices on page 8.

BEnsure ahead of time that you have a suitable

rack; see Rack and enclosure specifications on

page 8.

CEnsure that you have a Phillips screwdriver.

DHave someone assist you during installation.

Unpack the UNITY3300

ARemove all the components from packaging.

Reach under the chassis to pull it free from the

foam insert.

Do NOT lift the UNITY3300 chassis from its

packaging using the controller handles or

attached rails.

BPlace the components on an anti-static surface

until you are ready to use them.

UNITY3300 Storage System

package contents

One UNITY3300 3U dual-controller chassis with

16-drive (3.5”) front bay enclosure (with front

bezel)

Rack-mounting hardware:

2 outer-rack rail assemblies (inner-chassis rails

are already installed)

4 mounting screws with 4 washers to attach

outer-rack rails to the rack

(1 on the front and 1 on the back for both the

left and right rail assemblies)

FASTier SSD and HDD drives. (Check that the

components included in your shipment correspond

to your packing slip.)

Two SAS cables (HD Mini SAS to HD Mini SAS)

Two power cords

Two KVM leads

One electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap

Components Not Included In Your Package

Client computer

Network switches

Network cables

Item Name Description

1LAN Port Not used

2System status LED Green: Initialization successful

Red: Initialization failure

3System ID status LED On/Off

4BMC Reset button Resets the base management controller

5SAS IN ports Serial Attached SCSI IN ports from the storage

system

6SAS OUT ports SAS OUT ports to the Unity Storage System

7SAS link status LEDs (2 IN, 2 OUT) Green: All four physical layers (PHY) of each port

connected with consistent link speed (12 G or 6G)

Red: Single PHY degraded link speed or

disconnected

CAUTION: Acclimate new disk drives to

room temperature for two hours before you

install them.

Recommended Acceptable

10GbE Ethernet:

CAT6a cable

10GbE Ethernet:

CAT6 or higher cable

1GbE Ethernet:

CAT6 cable

1GbE Ethernet:

CAT5E or higher cable

10GbE Fiber Multimode duplex LC/LC

50 OM3 fiber cable

3 — UNITY3300 and UNITY US316 Quick Start Guide

Rack the UNITY3300

Step 1: Remove the front bezel

ATurn the key lock at the right end of the bezel to

the unlock position.

BUnhook the left end of the bezel from the chassis.

Step 2: Install the outer rails on the rack

AAttach the RIGHT and LEFT outer rails to the rack

by inserting the hooks included on the rails into

the holes provided on the rack.

The hooks should be located in the TOP holes of

the rack units selected.

BExtend rail assemblies to fit the depth of the rack.

Pull on the rear of the assembly until the hooks

reach the back of the rack.

CScrew the rail to the rack using the mounting

screws provided. The screws should be secured

in the BOTTOM hole on the front and back of

each rail assembly.

Step 3: Install the UNITY3300 on the rack

A Lift the UNITY3300 chassis from the sides—not

from the front and back.

BLine up the inner-chassis rails with the front of the

outer-rack rails.

CSlide the inner-chassis rails into the outer-rack

rails, keeping the pressure even on both sides;

you have to depress the locking tabs when

inserting.

D Push the UNITY3300 completely into the rack;

you should hear the locking tabs click into

position.

ETighten the thumbscrews that hold the front of the

UNITY3300 to the rack.

Step 4: Install the disk drives and FASTier

SSDs

Installation order:

1Install the FASTier

SSDs in the slot as

indicated on the label on

the drive.

2Install the data drives in

any order in the

remaining slots.

NOTE: The half-

populated 9-drive

configuration has empty drive carriers pre-

installed in slots 10 through 16. To install the disk

drives, follow the above procedure in slots 1

through 9.

CAUTION: Physical installation requires

two people.

CAUTION: Put on the ESD wrist strap

before starting:

ASlip the wrist loop over your hand (left or

right), then tighten the loop against your

wrist.

BAttach the clip end of the anti-static wrist

strap to a properly grounded metal

surface.

4 — UNITY3300 and UNITY US316 Quick Start Guide

To install the drives:

A Slide the release button on the front of the drive

carrier and open the handle.

B Insert the hard-drive carrier into the drive bay until

the carrier contacts the backplane.

C Close the hard-drive carrier handle to lock the

drive in place.

D Repeat these steps for each drive.

If you have a UNITY US316 Storage Expansion, go to

(Optional) Unpack the UNITY US316 Storage

Expansion. Otherwise, go to Connect the

UNITY3300.

(Optional) Unpack the UNITY

US316 Storage Expansion

ARemove all the components from packaging.

Reach under the chassis to pull it free from the

foam insert.

Do NOT lift out the expansion chassis from its

packaging using the controller handles or

attached rails.

BPlace the components on an anti-static surface

until you are ready to use them.

UNITY US316 package contents

UNITY US316 (I/O modules)

Rack-mounting hardware:

2 outer-rack rail assemblies (inner-rack rails

are already installed on the chassis)

4 mounting screws with 4 washers to attach

outer-rack rails to the rack

(1 on the front and 1 on the back for both the

left and right rail assemblies)

FASTier SSD and HDD drives. (Check that the

components included in your shipment

correspond to your packing slip.)

Two power cords

Two SAS cables (HD Mini SAS to Mini SAS)

Rack the UNITY US316

Follow the same steps as racking the

UNITY3300 Storage System; see Rack the

UNITY3300 on page 3.

Connect the UNITY3300

Step 1: Connect the network cables

AFor the Unity Management Interface (nx99) and

IPMI, plug an Ethernet cable into the on-board

LEFT GigE RJ-45 connector.

B(Optional if there is a 10GB card) For data

connectivity (nx0), plug an Ethernet cable into the

on-board RIGHT GigE RJ-45 connector.

C(Optional) For additional data connectivity if you

do not have a Fibre Channel card, plug

appropriate cables into an add-on network

interface card.

DRepeat these steps on the second controller.

Step 2: Connect the power cords

A Plug the power cords into both power supply units

on the back of the UNITY US316.

B Plug the power cords connected to the power

supply units into a high-quality strip that offers

protection from electrical noise and power surges.

NOTE: We strongly recommend that you use an

uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Step 3: Connect the KVM dongles

The KVM ports provide USB, VGA and serial

connections for remote console access to

the UNITY3300.

Plug the KVM device cable into the KVM port on

the back of each controller box.

Step 4: (Optional) Connect the UNITY3300

to the UNITY US316

The UNITY3300 can connect to one UNITY

US316. This configuration does not support

daisy-chaining and multipathing.

5 — UNITY3300 and UNITY US316 Quick Start Guide

On each controller, direct connect your HBA SAS cables from the UNITY3300 Storage System to the

UNITY US316, as shown. Snap the cables securely into place.

Step 5: (Optional) Connect to a Fibre

Channel host or switch

Under the required LUN mask configuration, when

connecting the UNITY3300 to a Fibre Channel

switch, each host has at least one connection to

each controller using a port on the switch.

Use one Fibre Channel port on each controller as the

optimized path for data connectivity and the other as

the non-optimized path. For a given LUN, all the

paths on the owning controller are optimized and all

the paths on the other controller are non-optimized.

AConnect a Fibre Channel cable from the host (or

switch) to one of the Fibre Channel HBA ports

(see 1 in Fibre channel connections) on the

back of the first UNITY3300 controller.

BConnect a Fibre Channel cable from that same

host (or switch) to one of the Fibre Channel

HBA ports (2) on the back of the second

UNITY3300 controller.

Fibre channel connections

Power on Unity components

Step 1: Power on the UNITY US316 (if

applicable)

APress and hold the power button located on

the right front panel of the chassis until the power

LED lights up.

BWait approximately 1 minute for the drives to all

become ready. All drive carrier activity LEDs

should be illuminated in green.

If a drive carrier activity LED does not light up,

check to make sure the corresponding drive is

properly seated in the chassis.

CIf all LEDs indicate normal operational status,

reattach the front bezel to the UNITY US 316:

a Hook the left end of the bezel onto the chassis.

b Fit the right side of the bezel onto the chassis.

c Turn the key lock at the right end of the bezel

the lock position to secure the bezel to the

chassis.

Step 2: Power on the UNITY3300 Storage

System

APress and hold the power button located on

the right front panel of the chassis until the power

LED lights up.

BVerify that the power LEDs on the left and right

front control panels are illuminated to ensure that

the controller nodes are receiving power and the

power modules are functioning properly.

CVerify that the heartbeat LED is blinking

yellow in 2-3 second intervals.

DVerify that the drive carrier LEDs are illuminated in

green.

E If all LEDs indicate normal operational status,

reattach the front bezel to the UNITY3300:

aHook the left end of the bezel onto the chassis.

bFit the right side of the bezel onto the chassis.

cTurn the key lock at the right end of the bezel

the lock position to secure the bezel to the

chassis.

NOTE: Unity Storage Systems are hot pluggable;

Once in service, powering down is not normally

required to add a Unity Storage Expansion.

Monitor the Unity Storage

System

This section describes the front panel LEDs that help

you monitor the Nexsan Unity Storage System.

Control panel LEDs

The two control panels located on the front left and

right sides of the Unity system have several LEDs.

These LEDs provide you with critical information

related to the corresponding node.

If the Fan fail LED or Power fail LED illuminates,

replace the component as described in the Nexsan

Unity Storage Expansion Reference Guide.

Drive carrier LEDs

Each drive carrier has two LEDs. If a drive fails,

replace the drive as described in the Nexsan Unity

Storage Expansion Reference Guide at

www.nexsan.com (see Support > Unity >

Documentation & Online Help).

Configure the management

interface (nx99)

Configure network settings for the UNITY3300

management interface (nx99) using the nxadmin

CLI.

NOTE: It is strongly recommended to configure the

management interface (nx99) on a different subnet

from the primary data network interface (nx0).

However, it is acceptable to configure both

interfaces on the same subnet in a flat network

environment.

Configure the management interface (nx99)

using the nxadmin CLI

A Connect to the UNITY3300 via KVM (console).

See Step 3: Connect the KVM dongles.

B When connected, enter nxadmin to log on.

LED Indication

Power

Indicates power is being supplied to

the system’s power supply module.

This LED is illuminated when the

system is operating.

Heartbeat

This is a Controller heartbeat LED and

indicates that power is being supplied

to the Controller.

NIC1

Indicates network activity on the LAN1

port when flashing.

NIC2

Indicates network activity on the LAN2

port when flashing.

Power fail

Indicates a power supply module has

failed. The second power supply

module takes the load and keeps the

system running, but the failed module

should be replaced as soon as

possible.

This LED should be off when the

system is operating normally.

Fan fail

When flashing, this LED indicates a

fan failure.

When illuminated continuously, this

LED indicates an overheated

condition, which may be caused by

cables obstructing the airflow in the

system or the ambient room

temperature being too high.

Check the routing of the cables and

make sure all fans are connected and

operating normally. You should also

check to make sure that the chassis

covers are installed.

This LED remains flashing or

illuminated as long as the error

condition exists.

LED Indication

Green A steady green LED indicates the

drive is powered on.

If this LED is not lit, the drive is not

getting power.

If this LED is flashing, the drive is

being accessed (read or write).

Red A steady red LED indicates a drive

failure.

LED Indication

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7 — UNITY3300 and UNITY US316 Quick Start Guide

CEnter the default nxadmin password: PASSWORD

(all upper-case).

DType setip.

EEnter the IP addresses for the management

interface (nx99); use the Tab key to navigate

between fields.

NOTE: Do not set the network settings for the

primary data network interface (nx0); you

configure this interface in the Unity System

Configuration wizard.

FTab to the <Validate> option and press Enter.

GOnce validation completes, tab to the <OK>

option and press Enter.

Set up the UNITY3300

Step 1: Start the initial setup

A Open a supported Web browser, such as Google

Chrome or Internet Explorer.

B In the address bar, type the UNITY3300

Management Virtual IP address and press

ENTER.

C Read the terms of the license agreement.

D Click the I accept the terms of the license

agreement check box and click the Next button to

continue.

Step 2: Set the password for the

Unity Administrator

The UNITY3300 is shipped with the built-in

Unity Administrator account, nxadmin.

Enter the new password and retype it to confirm,

then click the Set Password button.

The Unity System Configuration wizard opens.

Step 3: Configure Unity System properties

Enter the Unity System information.

AEnter a Unity System Name.

BOptionally, select a Server Time Zone.

COptionally, select Unity CallHome settings.

DClick the Next button to continue.

Step 4: Configure network settings

AEnter IP addresses for the Primary Data Network

Interface (nx0).

In the examples shown, with the exception of the

subnet mask, the last digit of the network

addresses increments from 0 to 10 (or 190 to

200). This practice is a useful standard if you

need to manage multiple systems.

BSet the Management Interface (nx99) IP

addresses, ideally on a separate subnet.

NOTE: It is strongly recommended to configure the

two management interfaces on separate subnets. In

a flat network environment, it is acceptable to

configure both interfaces on the same subnet.

CSet the Gateway and DNS addresses for all

network interfaces.

NOTE: The Default Gateway address should be in

the same domain as the Primary Data Network

(nx0).

Click the Next button to continue.

Step 5: Configure IPMI settings

This step prompts you to configure the Intelligent

Platform Management Interface (IPMI) settings. To

enable IPMI for Unity, you must connect a network

cable to the second on-board 1 Gb LAN port at the

back of each controller on the Unity Storage System

enclosure. This second LAN port is located at the

bottom of each controller, closest to the bottom of the

controller box.

AEnter IP addresses for Controller 1, Controller 2,

and the IP Subnet and IPMI Gateway.

BEnter and confirm the IPMI password.

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Part number: P0450175Rev: ARelease Date: September 2021

Related Documentation: Nexsan Unity Hardware Maintenance Guide,

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CClick the Next button to continue.

Step 6: Allocate storage

This step prompts you to allocate RAID storage.

A Click Allocate to assign the storage system to the

UNITY3300.

B Click Configure to specify RAID settings.

Recommended RAID set levels, number of RAID

sets, hot spares, and volume names are

preconfigured.

CClick the Apply button to apply the RAID settings

and then repeat for the second controller.

DClick the Next button to continue.

Step 7: Verifying configuration settings

In this step, review the summary of the settings you

have set up.

To change a configuration setting, click the step

identifier at the top of the System Configuration

wizard panel to go back to a specific step. For

example, if you want to change the Unity System

name, click the Step 2 icon.

To finalize the Unity Storage System setup, click

Create.

Step 8: Applying configuration settings

The System Configuration wizard begins applying

your settings, displaying the progress as the wizard

configures Unity.

When Unity System configuration is complete, you

can open the Add Storage Pool wizard, OR

Click No I’m finished to close the wizard.

Unity opens and displays the dashboard, where you

can view Cluster Status, Events, Storage System

statistics, Storage Pools, File Systems, and LUNs.

What’s next

Please see the Unity Setup Guide included with your

Unity System for setup instructions for:

Authentication

Adding a storage pool, file system and LUN

Mounting an iSCSI LUN on a Windows client

Mapping a CIFS file system to a Windows client

Safety notices

This equipment must be installed and operated in

compliance with local laws and regulations.

Ensure that the ambient temperature at the

installation site is between 5°C (41°F) and 30°C

(86°F). If the temperature at the site is not actively

regulated, ensure that daily and seasonal

temperature changes will not result in the ambient

temperature going outside these limits.

Always fully stabilize racks with wall anchors or

stabilizing legs, or both, before mounting the

Nexsan systems or any other components on the

rack.

Situate the rack so that full air flow at both the

front and the rear of the Nexsan systems is

possible.

Ensure that the floor beneath the mounting rack

has enough load-bearing capacity to support the

rack and all mounted components.

Always fully secure all rack-mounting hardware

when installing the Nexsan systems in a rack.

Insufficient rack-mount support may allow the

enclosure to fall onto other rack-mounted

hardware or onto the floor, potentially damaging

equipment or causing injury to nearby personnel.

Rack and enclosure specifications

These specifications apply to both UNITY3300

Storage Systems and UNITY US316 Storage

Expansions.

Rail kit mounting

3U enclosure height

The rack must have square holes

Maximum distances: 30" (800 mm)

Enclosure dimensions

Height: 5.2’’ 132 mm

Width: 17.2’’ 437 mm

Depth: 25.5’’ 648 mm

Weight

54 lbs 24.5 kg (no drives installed)

75 lbs 34 kg (all drives installed)

Power requirements

Power supply: 1200W

Input voltage: 100-240V

Amperage: 12V (100A @ 240V), +5Vsb (6A @

240V, 4A @ 100V)

Input frequency: 50/60 Hz

Power consumption: Varies, depending on drive

numbers and sizes, fans, and room temperature.

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