Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Getting Started Guide

This chapter describes the components and terminology of the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System, and the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System. It includes the following sections:

• System Features
• Hardware Overview
• Software Overview

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System Features

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance is the Sun Microsystems modular, scalable, network-attached storage (NAS) solution and is available in several configurations:

• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance single server, with controller enclosure and optional expansion enclosures available for back-end storage
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance with two NAS servers for high availability and failover protection, with controller enclosure and optional expansion enclosures available for back-end storage
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System single server that shares storage with other servers in a storage area network (SAN)
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System with two servers in a cluster configuration (for high availability and failover protection) that share storage with other servers in a SAN

Supported File Access Protocols

• Microsoft networks (CIFS/SMB)
• UNIX^® (NFS V2 and V3)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Network Security and Protocol Integration

• Network Logon (Netlogon) client
• Windows Domain support
• Multiple Master Domain (MMD) support
• CIFS Security Descriptors (SD) on files and directories
• Discretionary Access Control Lists (DACL) on files and directories
• NIS
• NIS+
• Unicode
• Windows Active Directory Service (ADS) support
• Windows Dynamic DNS support
• Windows-compatible Kerberos (v5) security
• Windows-compatible Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• LDAP authentication for NFS
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• syslogd Remote Logging
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Supported Clients

A client is any computer on the network that requests file services from the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance. In general, if a client implementation follows the NFS version 2 or 3 protocol or the CIFS specifications, it is supported with the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance, the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System, and the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System.

Network Connection

• Autosensing 10/100/1000BASE-TX RJ-45 network connectors
• Optional dual port optical Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards (NICs)
• Optional dual port copper 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet NIC cards

Automatic IP Address Assignment

• Supports Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) for automatic assignment of IP address

RAID Controllers (Non-Gateway Systems)

• Controller enclosure containing two controllers configured for Fibre Channel (FC) or for Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives

SAN Storage (Gateway Systems)

• Direct attachment or fabric connection to the Sun StorEdge 6130 array, Sun StorageTek FlexLine 280 and 380 systems, Sun StorEdge 6920 system, or Sun StorEdge 9970/9980/9985/9990 systems

Data Management

• Sun StorageTek File Checkpoint facility enables users to recover accidentally damaged or deleted data with a simple file copy operation
• Directory tree quotas
• User and group quotas

Setup and Configuration

• Web-based user interface for system configuration and administration
• Command-line interface (refer to the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide)

Client Data Backup

• Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), V2 minimum
• Enterprise Backup Software, version 7.2 minimum
• Veritas NetBackup 5.x minimum
• Compatible with BakBone NetVault 7 minimum, supported by BakBone

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Hardware Overview

The following system configurations are available:

• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance with back-end storage
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance with back-end storage
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System (single server) with SAN storage
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System high-availability dual server in a cluster configuration with SAN storage

The sections that follow describe each of the system components.

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Server

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance server is the basic server unit for all system configurations. FIGURE 1-1 shows the front of the server.

FIGURE 1-1 Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Front View

In the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance configuration, the server can contain one or two dual port FC host bus adapter (HBA) cards in PCI slot 1 (standard) and PCI slot 0 and other options (see Server Options for All Configurations). FIGURE 1-2 shows the back of the server.

FIGURE 1-2 Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Back Panel With Single HBA Card

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance

In the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance configuration, two high-availability (HA) servers are sold as a matched pair and are identified as server
"-H1" and server "-H2" in their software serial numbers. Each server contains two dual port FC HBA cards and can contain other optional cards (see Server Options for All Configurations). FIGURE 1-3 shows the back of the server with two HBA cards.

FIGURE 1-3 Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Back Panel With Two HBA Cards

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System

In the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System single-server configuration, the server contains two dual port HBA cards and can contain other optional cards (see Server Options for All Configurations).

Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System

In the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System configuration, the servers are sold as a matched pair and are identified as server "-H1" and server "-H2." Each server contains two dual port FC HBA cards and can contain other optional cards (see Server Options for All Configurations).

Server Options for All Configurations

Other options for all server configurations include the following:

• Up to two optional dual port copper 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet cards (PCI slots 3 and 4)
• Up to two optional dual port optical Gigabit Ethernet cards (PCI slots 3 and 4)
• A SCSI HBA card for tape backup (PCI slot 2)

Back-End Storage

The Sun StorEdge 5300 RAID EU Controller Enclosure provides direct-attached back-end storage for the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance or Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance. Systems can be set up with one or two controller enclosures using all Fibre Channel disk drives or all SATA disk drives in one enclosure.FIGURE 1-4 Sun StorEdge 5300 RAID EU Controller Enclosure Front, With Fibre Channel Disk Drives

FIGURE 1-5 Sun StorEdge 5300 RAID EU Controller Enclosure Back Panel

There are two kinds of Sun StorEdge 5300 EU Expansion Enclosures that can be used with the controller enclosures: Sun StorEdge 5300 EU F (Fibre Channel disk drives only) and Sun StorEdge 5300 EU S (SATA disk drives only).

.FIGURE 1-6 Sun StorEdge 5300 EU F Expansion Enclosure Front, With Fibre Channel Disk Drives

FIGURE 1-7 Sun StorEdge 5300 EU F Expansion Enclosure Back Panel

SAN Storage

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System can connect directly or through fabric switches to the following types of SAN storage:

• Sun StorEdge 6130 array
• Sun StorEdge Flexline 280 and 380 storage systems
• Sun StorEdge 6920 system
• Sun StorEdge 9970/9980/9985/9990 systems

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Software Overview

There are three major software components to consider:

• Web Administrator
• Command-Line Interface
• Licensed Options

The software is described in detail in the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide.

Web Administrator

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance ships with the Web Administrator software installed. Other than a standard web browser, you do not need to install any software to manage your system.

The Web Administrator graphical user interface (GUI) is easy to use and lets you configure system parameters through a series of menus and screen panels. These settings are discussed in the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide.

To access the Web Administrator management interface, you must be running Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003, Sun Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) 5.7 (minimum version), or Red Hat Linux software.

Windows users require one of these browsers:

• Internet Explorer 5.5 (minimum version) on systems using Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003
• Netscape software 4.77 (minimum version) on systems using Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003 and Solaris OS. Netscape 6.0 and 6.01 are not supported.

Solaris OS and Red Hat Linux users require one of the following browsers:

• Netscape software 4.77 (minimum version) on systems using Windows 98/NT/2000/XP/2003 and Solaris OS. Netscape 6.0 and 6.01 are not supported.
• Mozilla browser.
• Java platform-enabled browser with Java Plug-in 1.4 (minimum version).

Command-Line Interface

An alternative to the Web Administrator is the command-line interface (CLI). You can use a number of protocols such as Telnet, SSH, or RLogin to connect to the CLI as long as the application you use has an ANSI-compatible terminal emulator. The CLI is described in Appendix A in the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide.

Licensed Options

There are several licensed options you can purchase for the system. The following options are available:

• Sun StorageTek File Replicator, which enables you to duplicate data from one volume onto a mirrored volume on a different Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance, Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Cluster Appliance, Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway System, or Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway Cluster System
• Sun StorageTek Compliance Archiving Software, which allows you to enable volumes to follow advisory or mandatory enforcement of compliance archiving guidelines for data retention and protection

• Sun StorageTek NAS Gateway System, which enables you to use your system as a gateway connection to SAN storage

The options and how to activate them are described in Chapter 9 in the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide.

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