Contents Notes, Cautions, and Warnings....................2 1 Overview............................5 ..............................5 iSCSI Deployment ........................6 Dell Supported Hardware And Software ................6 Preinstalled Roles And Services Configurations On Your System 2 Applications To Manage Your NAS System................7 ........................7 Initial Configuration Of Your NAS System ..................7 Using Server Manager To Configure Your NAS System .........................8...
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..........................15 Modifying Message Block Shares ................................15 NFS Share ..............16 Windows 2003 Domain Controller As Identity Mapping Source ..............16 Windows 2008 Domain Controller As Identity Mapping Source ................16 User Name Mapping Server As Identity Mapping Source ..........17 Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services As Identity Mapping Source .......................17 Configuring AD LDS For Services For NFS ........................17...
Overview Dell Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems run the Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 operating system, which provides a user interface for: • Initial system configuration • Unified storage appliance management • Simplified setup • Management of storage and shared folders Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is specially tuned to provide optimal performance for NAS.
Dell Supported Hardware And Software • Dell PowerVault NX3200 supports Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2, Standard Edition, x64 With SP1 • Dell PowerVault NX3300 supports Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition, x64 With SP1 Preinstalled Roles And Services Configurations On Your System •...
NOTE: The steps for configuring Microsoft clusters services for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 are similar. For more information, see support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ clusters. Connect one end of the power cable to the NAS system and the other end to a power source.
The Resources and Support area of the Server Manager main window contains links to the latest documentation and downloads and allows you to participate in feedback programs that help improve future versions of Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. The Server Summary area displays details about your server that are particularly useful during troubleshooting, such as the system's name, network addresses, and the product ID of the operating system running on the system.
Share And Storage Management Share and Storage Management provides a centralized location to manage folders and volumes that are shared on the network: • To create Server Message Block (SMB) shares, see "Creating Server Message Block Shares". • To create the NFS shares, see "Creating the NFS Share". NOTE: Volume operations are only available when Virtual Disk Service (VDS) hardware providers are installed on the solution.
Namespaces DFS namespaces allow you to group shared folders that are located on different servers into one or more logically structured namespaces. Each namespace appears to users as a single shared folder with a series of subfolders. However, the underlying structure of the namespace can consist of numerous shared folders that are located on different servers and in multiple sites.
• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator • Remote Desktop for Administration Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Dell OpenManage Server Administrator provides a comprehensive, one-to-one system management solution in two ways: • Integrated web browser-based GUI—through the Server Administrator home page • Command line interface (CLI)—through the operating system Server Administrator allows you to manage NAS systems on a network locally and remotely.
Integrated Dell Remote Access remote access controllers. For more information on the Remote Access Service, see Controller 7 (iDRAC7) Version User's Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. Server Administrator Storage Management Service 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 storage attached to a monitored system using PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC).
Updating Your NAS System To update your NAS system with the latest software: Go to support.dell.com and download the latest PowerVault NAS appliance software and all Dell Update Packages that correspond to your system. For example, if you have a PowerVault NX3300, download the NAS Appliance Software for NX3300 in addition to all Dell Update packages for that system.
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Dell PowerVault Network Attached Storage (NAS) Systems panel LCD of your device. To resolve issues, see the Troubleshooting Guide on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals. After the operating system reinstallation is complete, PowerVault NAS Initial Configuration Wizard appears on your desktop.
Using Your NAS System Creating A Server Message Block Share Server Message Block (SMB) protocol is an access control for Microsoft Windows-based file systems and is implemented by granting permissions to individual users and groups. To create an SMB share using Server Manager: Click Start →...
Windows 2003 Domain Controller As Identity Mapping Source Go to the Windows 2003 Domain Controller and install Identity Management for UNIX. NOTE: You may need the Windows 2003 SP 2 resource media. If required, insert the Windows 2003 SP 2 resource media and perform the following: Click Add or Remove Programs →...
NOTE: Reboot your system after the installation is complete. Go to the NFS client, obtain the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files and copy them to a USB key. 10. Go to the UNM server and copy the UNIX files from the USB key to a local hard disk. Open Microsoft Services for NFS.
In the Add Roles Wizard, read the information in the Before You Begin window and click Next. NOTE: The Before You Begin window is not displayed if the Skip this page by default check box is selected. On the Select Server Roles window, select the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services check box, and click Next.
To verify if an active AD LDS instance exists, start Services.msc. Each AD LDS instance is listed. Add/Remove Programs should also show that AD LDS is present. Extending The AD LDS Schema To Support NFS User Mapping To extend the AD LDS schema to support NFS mapping: Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt.
In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, click Active Directory Schema. Click Add, and click OK. Right-click the Active Directory Schema node, and click Change Active Directory Domain Controller to connect to the AD LDS instance that was previously created. In the Change Directory Server dialog box, under Change to, click This Domain Controller or AD LDS instance.
Under Computer, select the Select or type a domain or server option, and type the server name and port number into the text box, separated by a colon (for example, localhost:389). Click OK. ADSI Edit refreshes to display the new connection. In the resulting tree, under the Default naming context node, right-click the partition name, point to New, and click Object.
Authorizing Appropriate Access To The ADS LDS Namespace Object To connect to the Configuration partition: Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and click Run as administrator to open an elevated command prompt. Navigate to the C:\WINDOWS\ADAM directory, and run the dsacls command to grant the Everyone group read access to the mapping data store as follows: dsacls "\\server1:389\CN=nfsadldsinstance,dc=server1"...
Creating The NFS Share Before creating the NFS share, see "topic NFS Share". NOTE: Ensure that you complete the prerequisites and configuration steps before creating the NFS share. To create an NFS share: Click Start → Programs → Administrative tools → Share and Storage Management, or click Server Manager → Roles →...
Creating Quotas And File Screens Using File Server Resource Manager Quotas and File Screens can be created using the wizard File Server Resource Manager NOTE: You can either use File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) from Administrative Tools or Share and Storage Management for your Quotas and File Screen operations.
To extend a basic volume, it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system. Extending A Basic Volume Using The Windows Interface NOTE: If you do not have un-allocated space in your disk, use Dell OpenManage Server Administrator to extend your LUN before you extend your volume.
Volume Letter Label File System Type Size Status Volume Removable 985 MB Healthy Volume Removable No Media Volume NTFS Partition 2877 GB Healthy DISKPART> select volume 4 Volume 4 is the selected volume. DISKPART> extend size=30000 DiskPart successfully extended the volume. Shrinking A Volume You can decrease the space used by primary partitions and logical drives by shrinking them into adjacent, contiguous space on the same disk.
Additional Information When Deleting A Volume New features of disk management include: • Simpler partition creation—When you right-click a Volume, you can choose whether to create a basic, spanned, or striped partition directly from the menu. • Disk conversion options—When you add more than four partitions to a basic disk, you are prompted to convert the disk to dynamic or to the GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition style.
CAUTION: There is a limit of 64 shadow copies per volume. When this limit is reached or when storage area limits are reached, the oldest shadow copy is deleted. When deleted, the shadow copy cannot be retrieved. Open Server Manager → Disk Management. Right-click the volume and select the Properties tab.
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If you store your backup on optical or removable media, you can only recover entire DVD, other optical media, or volumes, not applications or individual files. In addition, backing up to media that has removable media less than 1 GB of free space is not supported. If you store your backup on an internal hard disk, you can: Local hard disk •...