Quantum DXi6900 Manuale utente

6-68446-04Rev A *6-68446-04*

Quantum DXi6900

with DXi 3.2.5 Software

User’s Guide

Quantum DXi6900 User’s Guide 2

Quantum DXi6900 User’s Guide, 6-68446-04, December 2016, Product of USA.

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TRADEMARKSTATEMENT

Artico, Be Certain (and the Q brackets design), DLT, DXi, DXi Accent, DXi V1000, DXi V2000, DXi V4000, GoVault,

Lattus, NDX, the Q logo, the Q Quantum logo, Q-Cloud, Quantum (and the Q brackets design), the Quantum logo,

Quantum Be Certain (and the Q brackets design), Quantum Vision, Scalar, StorageCare, StorNext,

SuperLoader, Symform, the Symform logo (and design), vmPRO, and Xcellis are either registered trademarks or

trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks

are the property of their respective owners.

Products mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their

respective companies. All other brand names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Quantum specifications are subject to change.

Contents

Preface 10

Chapter 1: System Description 15

Overview 16

Advanced Data Deduplication Increasing Disk Retention for Backup Data 16

Remote Replication of Backup Data Providing Automated Disaster Recovery Protection 16

Enterprise Features Provide Secure Repository 16

Features and Benefits 17

Determining the DXi6900 Model 18

Data Reduction 20

Data Deduplication 20

Compression 20

Space Reclamation 20

Remote Replication 21

DXi6900 System 21

Drive Storage 24

DXi Usage Scenarios 24

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Contents

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HDDs 25

SDDs 27

Virtual Tape Storage 28

Network Attached Storage (NAS) 29

OpenStorage (OST) 31

Supported RAID Configurations 32

RAID 1 Configuration 32

RAID 6 Configuration 33

Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP) Technology 34

DXi Advanced Reporting 35

Network Configuration 35

Best Practices 36

Licensing 36

Virtual Media—How Many and What Size? 39

Chapter 2: Basic Operations 41

DXi6900 Node 41

DXi6900 Node Front Panel Features and Indicators 42

DXi6900 Node Rear Panel Features 45

Node Drive Carrier Indicators 50

DXi6900 Node 1 GbE Ethernet 51

DXi6900 Node 10 GbE Ethernet Port Indicators 52

DXi6900 Node 10 GBase-T Ethernet Port Indicators 52

DXi6900 Node Power Supply Indicators 53

DXi6900 Array and Expansion Modules 54

DXi6900 Array and Expansion Module Front Panel Features and Indicators 55

Array and Expansion Module Hard Drive Carrier Indicators 56

Array Module Rear Panel Indicators 57

Expansion Module Rear Panel Indicators 59

Contents

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Turning On and Shutting Down the DXi6900 60

Turning On the DXi6900 61

Turning Off the DXi6900 62

Locating DXi6900 Serial Numbers 62

Chapter 3: Remote Management 64

DXi6900 Remote Management Overview 64

Accessing Remote Management 65

The Remote Management Console 69

Chapter 4: Configuration Wizards 76

Configuration Wizards 76

NAS Wizard 78

VTL Wizard 83

OST Wizard 91

Replication Wizard 96

Users Wizard 103

Email Alerts Wizard 109

Support Wizard 113

Chapter 5: Home Page 118

Home Page 118

System Overview 119

Disk Usage 120

Data Reduction Statistics 122

Replication 123

Current Activity 127

Chapter 6: Replication 130

Replication 130

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Replication Send 137

Receive NAS 145

Receive VTL 155

Actions 165

Reports 168

Chapter 7: Status 169

Status 169

Hardware 170

Performance 177

Disk Usage 182

VTL Status 185

Accent Status 189

OST Status 191

Activity Log 192

Chapter 8: Alerts 195

Alerts 195

Admin Alerts 196

Service Tickets 197

Chapter 9: Configuration 204

DXi6900 Configuration Overview 204

NAS Configuration 205

NAS Summary 206

Windows Domain 212

Share Access 214

Advanced Setting 219

VTL Configuration 220

Partitions 220

Contents

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Media 229

Remote Host Access 237

OST Configuration 246

Replicating OST Data 247

Storage Servers 249

LSU 255

Manage Remote Users 261

Target IP Mapping 264

DXi Accent 267

Replication Configuration 268

PTT Configuration 277

Physical Device Discovery 278

Scheduler 279

Notifications 287

Email 287

SNMP 295

System 304

Network 305

Date & Time 316

Security 318

Manage Users 346

Client Plug-Ins 349

FC Initiators and Targets 351

Contacts 352

Company 352

Primary and Secondary 353

Chapter 10: Utilities 355

DXi6900 Utilities Overview 355

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Diagnostics 356

Analyzer 361

Space Reclamation 363

License Keys 366

Secure Shred 371

Software Upgrades 373

Reboot & Shutdown 381

Chapter 11: System Specifications 383

DXi6900 Physical Characteristics 383

DXi6900 G1 Physical Characteristics 384

DXi6900 G2 Physical Characteristics 384

DXi6900-S Physical Characteristics 384

DXi6900 Storage Capacity 385

DXi6900 Cable Drops 386

Virtual Device Limits and Hardware Interfaces 388

DXi6900 G1 Power Requirements 389

DXi6900 G2 Power Requirements 390

DXi6900-S Power Requirements 391

DXi6900 Environmental Specifications 393

Chapter 12: Troubleshooting 395

DXi6900 Status and Problem Reporting 395

General Troubleshooting 396

Viewing Service Tickets 396

Checking Hardware Status 396

Downloading a System Diagnostics File 397

Common Problems and Solutions 397

Contents

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Start-up Problems 397

Hardware Problems 397

Ethernet Network Problems 399

Replication Problems 400

Temperature Problems 400

Preface

This manual introduces the Quantum DXi6900 disk backup solution and discusses:

lSystem operations

lConfiguration

lWeb interface

lBasic troubleshooting

lService menus and FRU replacement

Audience

This manual is written for Quantum DXi6900 operators, system administrators, and field service engineers

Note:It is useful for the audience to have a basic understanding of UNIX® and backup/recovery

systems.

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