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Dell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance SystemAdministrator's GuideIntroductionNAS ManagerAdvanced Disk and Volume ManagementSystem Recovery, Backup

Back to Contents PageNAS ManagerDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Basic Navigation How to Find Online Help Usi

Primary MenuThe primary menu has the following tabs:Welcome — Allows you to take a tour, set the administrator password, set a server appliance name,

CIFS — The Common Internet File System protocol is used by clients running a Windows operating system. NFS — The Network File System protocol is used

Comment field. NOTE: The Comment field is ignored for NFS, FTP, and HTTP shares.4. Check the appropriate box(es) to specify which types of protocols

4. In the Tasks list on the Shared Folders page, click Properties. The General property page displays.5. Uncheck the protocol(s) to remove from the

For example, you can set a user's disk quota limit to 50 megabytes (MB) and the disk quota warning level to 45 MB. Withthe settings, the user can

Modifying Quota Properties1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks. 2. On the Disks page, select Disk Quota. 3. On the Disk Quota page, sele

System logWeb (HTTP) shares logWeb administration logDownloading Log FilesThe Download Log Files page on the NAS Manager allows you to download specif

1. On the PowerVault NAS Manager primary menu, click Maintenance. 2. On the Maintenance page, click Logs. 3. On the Logs page, select the type of l

5. On the Confirmation page, click OK to confirm the action. If you selected to restart the NAS appliance, the Restarting page displays.NOTE: While t

Back to Contents PageIntroductionDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Boot Process System Configuration Administr

The NAS Manager allows you to list available disks, rescan for a disk, and view disk properties.NOTE: You cannot hot swap hard drives on the Dell Powe

Back to Contents PageAdvanced Disk and Volume ManagementDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Using the Array Manage

My Network Places, History, and Favorites provide remote connection functionality not supported by thePowerVault 715N system and should be ignored.Rig

Disk ManagementThis section describes conceptual and procedural information about how Array Manager implements basic and dynamicdisks.The following to

NOTE: After a disk is upgraded to dynamic, it cannot be reverted back to basic unless all volumes on that disk areremoved. Dell recommends that you do

Like disks, volumes can be basic or dynamic. In Array Manager, basic volumes refer to all volumes that are not ondynamic disks. Dynamic volumes are lo

NOTE: To take advantage of all the system features such as defrag and encryption, Dell recommends that you usethe default value of 64 KB for the alloc

Unallocated space exists on a dynamic disk onto which a volume can be extended. You cannot extend a volume if any of the following statements are true

2. Launch the Dell OpenManage Array Manager by clicking the System Management in the AdvancedAdministration Menu, and then clicking Computer Manageme

NOTICE: If the system displays a disk named Missing Disk in the disk section of Array Manager, do not deletethis disk using Array Manager.12. In the

Administrator User Name and PasswordTo log on to the NAS Manager, you must enter the administrator user name and password. The default administrator u

The recovery operating system mirror is synchronized.14. Right-click your RAID 5 data volume (shown as dynamic striped volume), and click Repair. 15.

NOTE: Because the system boots using the recovery image operating system with the Dell default settings, itidentifies itself on the network by its Del

RequirementsNull-modem cable included with your NAS applianceWindows 2000 (Professional or Server Family) client system on the same subnet as the NAS

By default, the data volume is configured as a RAID 5 volume. If you prefer RAID 0, use the NAS Manager toreconfigure the volume to RAID 0. If you per

7. Insert the Reinstallation CD in the CD drive. 8. From Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click the CD drive, select Share, type CD for the na

Network Has a DHCP ServerNOTE: The system being used for the installation is not the DHCP server.RequirementsNull-modem cable included with your NAS a

b. Verify the Services are installed correctly by selecting Stop and Start. The indicator displays Started.12. On the Intel PXE Server software, con

ProcedureTo reinstall the main operating system with Dell default settings on hard disk 0, perform the following steps:1. On a Windows 2000 client sy

17. Use the NAS Manager Disk and Volume tabs to monitor the status of the rebuild. By default, the data volume is configured as a RAID 5 volume. If y

Back to Contents PageSystem Recovery, Backup, and RestoreDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Recovery From System

NOTE: You must be logged in as administrator to perform these steps.On a system running Windows 2000, perform the following steps to connect to the NA

state restore operation. For instructions, see "Restoring System-State Data."If the main operating system mirrored partition fails, you must

NOTE: To restore your system-state data, you must have previously backed up your system using the System-State Backup tool on the Advanced Administrat

24. Click Finish to initiate the restore process 25. Restart your system after the restore process completes. NOTE: Windows must replace all locked

You must first install VERITAS Backup Exec on the Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS appliance, and then install VERITAS RemoteAdministrator on a remote system.NOT

Installing Network Accelerator AgentsVERITAS Backup Exec and Computer Associates ARCserve network accelerator agents can both be installed remotely by

NOTE: Although you are backing up your persistent image from a network share, it does not create network trafficif you are backing up to a local backu

6. Click Computer Management in the left pane. 7. Click System Tools in the left pane. 8. Click Device Manager in the left pane. 9. Click Unknown

The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard displays.12. Click Next. 13. Click the radio button next to Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended

Back to Contents PageDell ActiveArchiveDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Introduction to Persistent Images Sche

NOTE: You cannot take a persistent image of the operating system volumes or the recovery operating systemdrives (C: or D:).Cache ThresholdsThe Dell Ac

This action connects the system you are using for configuration.27. Start the Web browser on the system you are using to configure the NAS appliance.

The files and folders within a persistent image are identical to the permissions on the original files and folders. However,by default, the ActiveArch

Retention Weight, Number of images (per schedule) to save, and the persistent image Name. NOTE: To select multiple volumes, press and hold <Ctrl>

Using Persistent ImagesIn addition to scheduling persistent images, you can take new persistent images on demand, delete existing persistentimages, co

Undoing Writes to a Read/Write Persistent ImageTo undo writes to a read/write persistent image, you must select an item from the Persistent Images lis

point. Each persistent image appears as a subdirectory in the volume which is being imaged. The entirecontent of the volume, as it existed when the pe

Use "$" to specify the root of the volume. For example, in the Folder field, type \\<Dellxxxxxxx>\e$, where<Dellxxxxxxx> is the

Japanese. 8. After the batch file has run, reboot your system. Back to Contents Page

Back to Contents PageAdvanced FeaturesDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Installing Multilanguage User Interface

The PowerVault 715N NAS appliance allows you to change languages for its Microsoft Windows® Powered operatingsystem's user interface. The MUI all

2. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click the Maintenance tab. 3. Click Terminal Services to create a Terminal Services Advanced Client session with

any)Step 3 Perform the following remote IP network configuration procedure:a. Ensure that the appliance is connected to an IP network by going to a w

a. Click OK. b. In the Files needed window, click Browse, browse to the i386 directory on the Multilingual Support CD orthe C:\localization director

IEEE 802.3ad is a performance technology standard that increases your system's network throughput. It is similar to theFEC standard developed by

4. Under Administrative Tools on the Advanced Administration Menu, click Intel Network Teaming. The Network Teaming utility, Intel PROSet II, display

Auditing is the size and location of the logging file and the operations to audit.Locking is the grace period for locks and a list of current locks.Cl

is ".", which disables this feature.Idle Session Timeout is the time until an idle session is forcibly disconnected.Terminate all programs w

2. Click either NIS or PCNFS to select the server type. 3. If the server type is PCNFS, specify the location and file name of the UNIX password file

3. Specify the name and location of the file that contains the saved maps. 4. Click Restore. Basic ScenariosFor UNIX and Windows NT Username Mapping

4. Click Registered User or Guest, and then click OK. 5. Select the Microsoft UAM Volume, and then click OK. 6. Close the Chooser dialog box. To in

have the same frame type, so that they can communicate with the rest of the network.When you are configuring your system, it attempts to automatically

Outline of the Deployment ProcedureThe next two sections describe the procedures for implementing MSDSS in a smaller (local area network [LAN] only) o

Language — You can change the default system language and locale by selecting a language in the drop-down list. This field is required. NOTE: This cha

l. Click Finish. After the user accounts are migrated, you can migrate the file system (migrating the users before the files allow you tomigrate file

After doing all the preparation described above, perform the following steps (adjusted, if necessary, to your situation):1. Back up your NetWare user

Migrate the pilot group of users and their files (adapt instructions from the migration steps provided in the"Small Environment" section). G

Obtaining a Server Certificate From a Certification AuthorityNOTE: If you are replacing your current server certificate, the Internet Information Serv

10. From the Security tab, click Send authentication trap. Select this option if you want a trap message sent when authentication fails.11. Select A

Console redirection allows you to maintain a NAS appliance from a client system by re-directing keyboard input and textoutput through the serial port.

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18. Click Defragment Now. The Defragmentation window displays.19. Click Defragment. You are notified when defragmentation is complete.20. Exit Term

Back to Contents PageTroubleshootingDell™ PowerVault™ 715N NAS Appliance System Administrator's Guide Troubleshooting Tools and Techniques Trou

GeneralTable 7-1. General Troubleshooting IssuesIssue Possible Cause ResolutionI just created a new volume on my system butcannot see the volume on Wi

3. Click a NAS appliance in the Discovered Dell Systems List, and then click Apply. If the configuration was successful, the status of the NAS applia

Computer Management on thePowerVault AdvancedAdministration Menu, which isavailable through Terminal Services. Seethe online help for specific informa

on and it came back up, I had to wait to accessit. The system appeared to regenerate the RAID5 and RAID 1 volumes.shutdown and reboot, theNAS applianc

text boxes.When I log on to the NAS appliance, the eventsare cleared from the log.The Kick-Start utilityclears the event logswhen it runs.If you have

running locally on my appliance,I click Next, and nothinghappens.Start utility ignores Nextand waits until youcomplete the pageproperly.I configured t

I cannot see my persistentimages.Persistent images reside in the ActiveArchive directory,which is a hidden folder.Configure your system to viewhidden

Client throughthe NASManager frommy Linux clientsystem usingthe Netscapebrowser.Advanced Clientsession.I have justchanged the IPaddress of mysystem, a

I am getting event errors forServices for Macintosh.Services for Macintosh are bound to the onboardnetwork interface card (NIC) by default. If thisNIC

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