quantum F2000 Storage Appliance User Guide
- June 4, 2024
- quantum
Table of Contents
quantum F2000 Storage Appliance
F2000 GETTING STARTED
The F2000 is an ultra-fast, highly available storage array for editing,
rendering, and processing of video content and other large unstructured data
sets in a StorNext shared storage environment.
This guide provides an introduction to the F2000 hardware and provides a high-
level overview of the F2000 installation and configuration process. For
complete documentation, refer to the F2000 Documentation Center at
www.quantum.com/F2000docs. In the F2000
Documentation Center, go to Resources > F2000 Documentation Center Downloads
if you need to download a local offline version of the documentation center.
Activate your warranty and register your product with Quantum:
www.quantum.com/startup
F2000 Hardware Overview
F2000 Installation and Configuration
The F2000 installation process consists of installing the hardware and configuring the system. An overview of the steps starts below and continues on page 2. Use this overview as a checklist as you complete the installation. For detailed, step-by-step installation instructions, refer to the Install menu on the F2000 Documentation Center or go directly to www.quantum.com/F2000Install.
WARNING
Before starting the installation, review the important safety information
in the Install > – Install the F2000 Hardware > Safety, prerequisites and
requirements section of the F2000 Documentation Center.
Install the F2000 Hardware
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Safety, prerequisites and requirements
Step 1: Choose an installation location -
Step 2: Unpack the F2000
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Step 3: Install the F2000 into a rack
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Step 4: Cable the F2000
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Connect Ethernet cables to the customer-provided network switch
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Connect FC or Ethernet model cables
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Connect the power cables
FC Model : A dual-port 32 Gb FC card is installed in PCIe Slot 1 and PCIe Slot 3 in both controllers. Connect up to eight FC cables to the cards. At a minimum, one FC cable must be connected to Controller A and one FC cable must be connected to Controller B for the system to function properly. Then connect the other end of the cables to a 32 Gb FC switch.
Ethernet Model : A dual-port 100 GbE card is installed in PCIe Slot 1 in both controllers. For a single-subnet configuration, connect one cable to Controller A and one cable to Controller B. For a dual-subnet configuration, connect two cables to Controller A and two cables to Controller B. Then connect the other end of the cables to a 100 GbE network switch.
Configure Storage Network Switches
- Step 1 (option 1): Configure Fibre Channel switches (FC option)
- Step 1 (option 2): Configure Ethernet switches (Ethernet option)
Configure the F2000 (F-Series Manager)
- Step 1: Connect to the F2000
- Connect your laptop to Port 2 (configuration port) on controller A with an Ethernet cable (FC model shown in example).
- Update your laptop’s IPv4 Ethernet settings (TCP/IPv4 address: 192.168.17.10 and Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0).
- Open a web browser and enter 192.168.17.21 in the address field to display the F-Series Manager initial setup wizard.
- Connect your laptop to Port 2 (configuration port) on controller A with an Ethernet cable (FC model shown in example).
- Step 2 (option 1): Fibre Channel networks
- Step 2 (option 2): Configure dedicated ethernet networks
- Step 2 (option 3): Configure converged/VLAN ethernet networks
- Step 3: Verify IP addresses are functional
Configure StorNext Hosts and Clients
- Step 1: Update the multipath configuration
- Step 2: Configure F2000 health monitoring from the StorNext host
- Step 3: Configure storage in StorNext on StorNext hosts
- Step 4: Install/upgrade and configure StorNext client software
- Step 5: Configure 100 GbE iSER for RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora clients
Perform Testing and Complete the Configuration
- Step 1: Perform a failover and failback test (optional)
- Step 2: Configure time and date settings
- Step 3: Enable Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA)
- Enable CBA in the F-Series Manager GUI.
- Request a new CBA account (if necessary) at https://insight.quantum.com
- Step 4: Configure SNMP settings (optional)
Cloud-Based Analytics (CBA)
CBA software enables customers and authorized support personnel to remotely
monitor the health of Quantum products, including the F2000. CBA must be
enabled in the F-Series Manager GUI for it to send data securely to the CBA
server.
Installation Troubleshooting and Reminders
Issue: Cannot connect to the F-Series Manager Initial Setup Wizard to start the configuration.
Possible Solutions:
- Make sure to connect your laptop to Port 2 (configuration port) on controller A. Details are located in 3 – Configure the F2000 (F-Series Manager) above.
- Make sure to update your laptop’s IPV4 Ethernet settings. Details in 3 – Configure the F2000 (F-Series Manager).
- Open a web browser and make sure to enter https://192.168.17.21 in the address field.
Issue : Cannot connect or log in to the BMC Web UI for troubleshooting.
Possible Solutions:
- Make sure to connect an Ethernet cable to the IPMI/BMC port on controller A or B (shown at the top of page 1).
- Open a Web browser and make sure to enter https://192.168.17.21 in the address field.
- Log in to the BMC Web UI using the username admin and the default password admin. You can change the default BMC Web UI password after logging in to the BMC Web UI.
Reminders:
- Did you configure Health Monitoring in the 4 – Configure StorNext Hosts and Clients section? This is also referred to as configuring RAS or the qstorage plugin.
- Did you remember to configure date and time settings or an NTP server in the 5 – Perform Testing and Complete the Configuration section?
- Do you need to request a new CBA account to complete the CBA configuration? See the 5 – Perform Testing and Complete the Configuration section above for details.
