Initial configuration is required upon the first login. This section describes how to initialize a storage system using the initial configuration wizard. The initialization includes configuring the basic information, creating a storage pool, and scanning for UltraPath hosts.
The Update License page is displayed on the right.
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The button for file upload varies depending on browsers.
Parameter |
Description |
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Feature |
Value-added feature supported by the license file. |
Invalid Date of Active License |
Expiration date of the active license file. |
Invalid Date of Inactive License |
Expiration date of the inactive license file.
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If the expiration date of the inactive license is later than that of the active license, the inactive license can be used. |
Capacity of Active License |
Total capacity of the active license file. |
Capacity of Inactive License |
Total capacity of the inactive license file.
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If the capacity of the inactive license is greater than that of the active license, the inactive license can be used. |
Confirm your operation as prompted.
A file download dialog box is displayed.
This example is based on Internet Explorer 11.
The Save As dialog box is displayed.
You can use any of the following methods.
The Configure Auto NTP Sync page is displayed on the right.
to query the NTP server status.
Only when NTPv4 or later is used, NTP authentication can be enabled to authenticate the NTP server and automatically synchronize the time to the storage device.
The Configure Email Notification page is displayed on the right.
Parameter |
Description |
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SMTP Server |
IP address or domain name of the SMTP server. This is an SMTP-compliant email-sending server. The emails containing alarm information can be sent to specified email boxes through the SMTP server.
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A maximum of two SMTP servers can be added. If one of the SMTP servers cannot send notification emails, the other SMTP server will be used to send notification emails again. |
SMTP Port |
SMTP port number. The value ranges from 1 to 65535, and the default value is 25.
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The SMTP port number configured on the storage system must be the same as that configured on the SMTP server. |
Encryption Mode |
Indicates whether to encrypt the communication between the storage system and the email server.
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Authenticate SMTP Server |
Indicates whether the SMTP server authenticates a sender's identity. |
Username |
Sender's SMTP user name. If a sender attempts to send alarm notification emails through an SMTP server, the server requires the sender to enter the SMTP user name and password for authentication.
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The value cannot be empty and must contain 1 to 63 characters. |
Password |
Sender's SMTP user password. If a sender attempts to send alarm notification emails through an SMTP server, the server requires the sender to enter the SMTP user name and password for authentication.
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Email Title Prefix |
Sender-defined email title field. If there are too many emails, users can search for desired emails using this field.
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Sender Email Address |
Sender's email address.
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The sender email address must match the SMTP server address. For example, if a Gmail SMTP server is used, the sender email address must be a Gmail address. |
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on the right of the desired recipient email address.
.The Configure SMS Notification page is displayed on the right.
The value starts with a country code followed by digits.
This value can contain only 3 to 31 digits. For an international number, the value must start with a country code followed by digits.
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on the right of the desired recipient.This value can contain only 3 to 31 digits. For an international number, the value must start with a country code followed by digits.
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You can click
to modify the storage pool properties.
Determine whether to select Retain historical monitoring data. If you select this option, historical monitoring data will be saved to the created storage pool.
.The Create Storage Pool page is displayed on the right.
Parameter |
Description |
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Name |
Name of the storage pool.
[Value range]
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Description |
Description of the storage pool. |
Data Encryption |
Indicates whether to enable data encryption for all self-encrypting disks (SEDs) in the storage pool.
NOTE:
If this function is enabled, the system automatically checks whether the key service has been configured. If the key service has not been configured, the system will prompt you to configure the key service. |
Redundancy Policy |
Redundancy policy of the storage pool. Possible options are Disk redundancy and Enclosure redundancy.
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RAID Policy |
RAID policy of the storage pool. Dynamic RAID is used. Dynamic RAID reconstruction uses the erasure coding (EC) algorithm, which dynamically adjusts the number of chunks in a chunk group under all-SSD configurations to ensure system reliability and capacity. If a chunk is faulty and no chunk is available from disks outside the storage pool, the system dynamically reconstructs the original N+M chunks to (N-1)+M chunks. When a new SSD is inserted, the system migrates data from the (N-1)+M chunks to the newly constructed N+M chunks for efficient disk usage. The RAID levels are defined as follows:
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Controller Enclosure |
Select the controller enclosures to which the storage pool belongs.
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This parameter is available only when Redundancy Policy is set to Disk redundancy. |
Controller Enclosure and Disk Enclosure |
Click Select. On the Select Controller Enclosure and Disk Enclosure page that is displayed, select the controller enclosures and disk enclosures to which the storage pool belongs and click OK. When Redundancy Policy is set to Enclosure redundancy, disks in the storage pool must come from at least four enclosures (including controller enclosures and disk enclosures). That is:
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This parameter is available only when Redundancy Policy is set to Enclosure redundancy. |
SmartTier |
Manually select drives of the SCM and SSD types to activate SmartTier. SCM drive types include SCM drives. SSD drive types include SSDs and NVMe SSDs.
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This parameter is available only when Redundancy Policy is set to Disk redundancy and the selected controller enclosure contains SCM drives. |
Storage Pool Capacity |
Set the capacity of the storage pool. When Redundancy Policy is set to Disk redundancy, parameters, including Capacity per Disk, Type, Available Disks, and Selectable Disks per Controller Enclosure, are displayed in the function pane of Storage Pool Capacity. In the text box of Required Disks, enter the number of disks in each controller enclosure used to create the storage pool. When Redundancy Policy is set to Enclosure redundancy, parameters, including Capacity per Disk, Type, Available Disks, and Selectable Disks per Disk Enclosure, are displayed in the function pane of Storage Pool Capacity. In the text box of Required Disks, enter the number of disks in each disk enclosure used to create the storage pool. Select at least three disks from each disk enclosure.
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You can click Select to manually select disks. |
Hot Spare Policy |
Hot spare policy of the storage pool. Hot spare space stores data from the failed member disks to ensure system continuity and reliability. [Value range] None, Low (1 disk), High (2 disks), Custom (3 disks), Custom (4 disks), Custom (5 disks), Custom (6 disks), Custom (7 disks), and Custom (8 disks) [Default value] Low (1 disk)
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Hot spare capacity is provided by all member disks in each storage pool because the storage system uses RAID 2.0+ virtualization technology. For ease of understanding, the hot spare capacity is expressed in the number of hot spare disks on DeviceManager. |
Capacity Alarm Threshold (%) |
When the percentage of the storage pool's allocated capacity to its total capacity reaches this threshold, the system generates a capacity alarm. A proper capacity alarm threshold helps you monitor the capacity usage of a storage pool. [Value range] 1 to 95 |
Capacity Used Up Alarm Threshold (%) |
When the percentage of the storage pool's allocated capacity to its total capacity reaches this threshold, the system generates an alarm indicating that the capacity is being used up. The severity of this alarm is higher than that of the capacity alarm. [Value range] 2 to 99
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The value of Capacity Used Up Alarm Threshold (%) must be greater than that of Capacity Alarm Threshold (%). |
Protection Data Auto Deletion |
Indicates whether to automatically delete earliest scheduled HyperCDP objects when the percentage of the protection capacity to the storage pool's total capacity reaches Protection Capacity Upper Limit (%). The automatic deletion stops when the percentage becomes less than Protection Capacity Lower Limit (%). |
Protection Capacity Lower Limit (%) |
Lower limit for the percentage of the protection capacity to the storage pool's total capacity for the system to stop deleting earliest scheduled HyperCDP objects.
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This parameter is available only when Protection Data Auto Deletion is enabled. [Value range] 1 to 95 |
Protection Capacity Upper Limit (%) |
Maximum allowable percentage of the protection capacity to the storage pool's total capacity. After this threshold is reached, the system automatically deletes earliest scheduled HyperCDP objects.
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[Value range] 2 to 99 |
Parameters including Description, Data Encryption, RAID Policy, Capacity Alarm Threshold (%), Capacity Used Up Alarm Threshold (%), and Protection Data Auto Deletion are hidden. You can click Advanced to display them.
Confirm your operation as prompted.
You can click
or
to modify or delete a storage pool.
FC ports do not need to be configured.
The Manage Logical Port page is displayed.
Parameter |
Description |
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Name |
Name of a logical port. |
ID |
ID of a logical port. |
Owning vStore |
Name of the vStore to which a logical port belongs. |
vStore ID |
ID of the vStore to which a logical port belongs. |
Running Status |
Running status of a logical port. |
Status |
Indicates whether a logical port is activated. |
Data Protocol |
Data protocol of a logical port. |
IP Address |
IP address of a logical port. |
Subnet Mask/Prefix |
Subnet mask of a logical port's IPv4 address or prefix length of a logical port's IPv6 address. |
Gateway |
Gateway of a logical port's IP address. |
Home Port/Current Port |
Home port and current port of a logical port. |
Home Controller/Current Controller |
Home controller and current controller of a logical port. |
Failover Group |
Failover group of a logical port. |
The Create Logical Port page is displayed.
Parameter |
Description |
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Name |
Name of a logical port. The name must meet the following requirements:
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Role |
Role of a logical port. Possible options are: Service: A port of this role is used to access services, such as accessing CIFS shares of file systems. Replication: A port of this role is used for connections of the replication links in remote replication. |
Data Protocol |
Data protocol of the logical port. Possible values are NFS, CIFS, NFS + CIFS, iSCSI, and NVMe over RoCE.
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Owning vStore |
vStore to which the logical port belongs.
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This parameter is available only when Role is set to Service and Data Protocol is set to NFS, CIFS, or NFS + CIFS. |
IP Address Type |
IP address type of the logical port, which can be IPv4 or IPv6. |
IP Address |
IPv4 or IPv6 address of the logical port. |
Subnet Mask |
Subnet mask of the logical port's IPv4 address.
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This parameter is available only when IP Address Type is set to IPv4. |
Prefix |
Prefix length of the logical port's IPv6 address.
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This parameter is available only when IP Address Type is set to IPv6. |
Gateway |
Gateway of the logical port's IP address. |
Port Type |
Type of the port to which the logical port belongs. The value can be Ethernet port, bond port, or VLAN.
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This parameter is available only when Data Protocol is set to NFS, CIFS, NFS + CIFS, or iSCSI. |
Home Port |
Ethernet port, bond port, or VLAN to which the logical port belongs. |
Activation Status |
Determine whether to activate the logical port.
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This parameter is available only when Data Protocol is set to NFS, CIFS, or NFS + CIFS. |
If Role is set to Service, you can set advanced attributes only when Data Protocol is set to NFS, CIFS, or NFS + CIFS.
Table 6 describes the parameters.
Parameter |
Description |
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Failover Group |
Name of a failover group.
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IP Address Failover |
After IP address failover is enabled, services on the failed home port will be taken over by other available ports in a failover group. In the entire process, the IP address used by services remains unchanged.
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Failback Mode |
After the fault of the home port is rectified, services fail back to the home port. Possible values are Automatic and Manual.
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Listen for DNS Query |
With this function enabled, external NEs can access the DNS service provided by the storage system by using the IP address of this logical port.
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This parameter is available only when Data Protocol is set to NFS, CIFS, or NFS + CIFS. |
DNS Zone |
Name of a DNS zone.
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The Modify Logical Port page is displayed.
Some device models do not support the NFS protocol. For details about device models that support this function, see Product Description published on the technical support website or consult your product provider.
Parameter |
Description |
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Name |
Name of the logical port. The name must meet the following requirements:
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IP Address Type |
IP address type of the logical port, which can be IPv4 or IPv6.
NOTE:
When Data Protocol is NFS, only IPv4 addresses are supported. |
IP Address |
IPv4 or IPv6 address of the logical port.
NOTE:
When Data Protocol is NFS, only IPv4 addresses are supported. |
Subnet Mask |
Subnet mask of the logical port's IPv4 address.
NOTE:
This parameter is available only when IP Address Type is set to IPv4. |
Prefix |
Prefix length of the logical port's IPv6 address.
NOTE:
This parameter is available only when IP Address Type is set to IPv6. |
Gateway |
Gateway of the logical port's IP address. |
Port Type |
Type of the port to which the logical port belongs. The value can be Ethernet port, bond port, or VLAN.
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This parameter is modifiable when Data Protocol is set to NFS, CIFS, or NFS + CIFS. |
Home Port |
Ethernet port, bond port, or VLAN to which the logical port belongs. |
Failover Group |
Name of a failover group.
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IP Address Failover |
After IP address failover is enabled, services on the failed home port will be taken over by other available ports in the failover group. In the entire process, the IP address used by services remains unchanged.
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Failback Mode |
After the fault of the home port is rectified, services fail back to the home port. Possible values are Automatic and Manual.
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The Manage Route page is displayed.
You can also click More on the right of the desired logical port and select Manage Route.
. The route information is added to the list.
To delete a route, select it and click
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Select the desired logical port and click Delete.
Confirm your operation as prompted.
You can also click More on the right of the desired logical port and select Delete.
After a fault of the home port is rectified, you can fail back services to the home port. Select the desired logical port and click Fail Back.
You can also click More on the right of the desired logical port and select Fail Back.
Click Scan. The scanned hosts are added to the host list.
Click the digit. On the Hosts page that is displayed on the right, view details of the hosts, including Name, IP Address, and OS. To delete a host, you can click More on the right of the host and select Delete.
Click Create LUN Group. On the Create LUN Group page that is displayed, perform subsequent operations.
Click Create File System. On the Create File System page that is displayed, perform subsequent operations.
Some device models do not support file systems. For details about device models that support this function, see Product Description published on the technical support website or consult your product provider.