Appendix. Installation and Configuration Checklist
An * denotes a required field.
| Field | Description | Value |
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| License Agreement | ||
| Customer ID * | Specify the customer number provided by VDURA in your order confirmation. Call 1-888-726-2727 if you do not have your customer ID. |
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| Administrator Configuration | ||
| Administrator ID | Specify the user name for the administrator of the VDURA appliance. The default Administrator ID is admin. | |
| Administrator Password * | Specify the password for the administrator of the VDURA appliance. VDURA recommends the administrator password contain at least four characters, one digit or special character, and one letter. | |
| Enable PanActive Link * | Activate VDURA PanActive Link, which provides software updates, up-to-date system information, and error reports. VDURA strongly recommends that you enable PanActive Link. | |
| SMTP Server | Specify the name or IP address of the mail server. The system uses Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) to send mail about problems it encounters. Example: mail.yournetwork.com |
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| Administrator Email | Specify the email address for the VDURA system administrator, including the full domain name (for example: joe@yournetwork.com). | |
| Secure Web Proxy Server | Specify the name of the secure web proxy server that connects to the my.VDURA.com support site. This proxy server will be used to make outbound HTTPS requests to VDURA servers if you have chosen to enable PanActive Link. Example: storage.yourhttphost.com |
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| Secure Web Proxy Port | Specify the secure web proxy port number. Example: 8080 | |
| IPMI Access | Specify a range of IP addresses to be used for the IPMI out-of-band management configuration. | |
| Name and IP Configuration | ||
| VDURA System DNS Name * | Specify a unique network name for the VDURA system. It is best practice to have this be the DNS name associated with the IP address of the system. Example: West01 Note: If the DNS zone name is not equivalent to “system DNS name + DNS domain name”, then the DNS lookups to the DNS zone name fail with NXDOMAIN. |
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| System IP Address * | Specify the IP address for the system. This is the IP address you configured for the first Director Node when you first configured your system. Example: 10.10.10.2 | |
| Netmask * | Specifies the subnet mask for the network to which the VDURA appliance is attached. This is the subnet mask that you entered when you configured the first VDURA Director Node. Example: 255.255.255.0 | |
| Default Router | Specify the name or IP address of the primary routing gateway. If the system does not need routing to reach its clients, leave this field blank. This is the default router that you entered when you configured the first VDURA Director Node. Example: 10.10.10.1 | |
| MTU Size * | If your subnet supports jumbo frames (Ethernet Frame Size=9000), specify that size. | |
| Node Address Range: Start * | Specify the start of a range of IP addresses for the VDURA system. VDURA recommends that you assign the VDURA system its own IP subnet with at least as many available addresses as the maximum predicted number of nodes in the storage system. The start address is the first address in a range of IP addresses that you preassign for the VDURA storage system. By default, the start address is the address that you entered when you configured the first Director Node. | |
| Node Address Range: End * | Specify the end of a range of IP addresses for the VDURA system. The end address indicates the last address in a block of IP addresses that you preassign for the VDURA system. | |
| Calculate Number of Nodes | To see the number of IP addresses that can be assigned to VDURA nodes in the range you just specified, click the Calculate Number of Nodes button. | |
| Network Services Configuration | ||
| DNS Domain Name | Specify the Domain Name Service (DNS) domain name. Example: yournetwork.com |
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| Primary DNS Server IP Address | Specify the IP address for the DNS server that the system uses for host name lookups. Although the DNS server is not required, its absence will prevent the use of hostnames for NTP, SMTP, NIS, and secure web proxy servers as well as DNS delegation. Example: 10.10.10.1. You can add additional DNS servers in the PanActive Manager. |
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| NIS Domain Name | Specify the Network Information Service (NIS) name. If your site does not use NIS, leave this field blank. Example: yournetwork.com |
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| NIS Server Name | Specify an NIS server name or IP address that the system binds to. You can add additional NIS servers in PanActive Manager. Example: nis.yourserver.com. |
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| NIS Hostname Resolution | Choose to enable or disable NIS hostname resolution. | |
| NTP Servers * | Specify the names or IP addresses of the NTP servers. A list of NTP servers is available at tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi. | |
| Time Zone * | Specify your time zone. | |
| Storage | ||
| Enable NFS | Select whether to enable or disable NFS. | |
| Enable CIFS | Select whether to disable CIFS, enable CIFS in Domain mode, or enable CIFS in Workgroup mode. | |
| Enable CIFS Legacy Mode | Yes/no. Legacy mode allows all Director Nodes to provide CIFS service, but does not allow client-side caching. For normal mode, dedicated IP(s) should be allocated before it can be enabled. CIFS service will be accessible only at these IP(s). | |
| Enable MLEC | Enable or disable Multi-Level Erasure Coding feature for the given StorageSet. This can only be set when a StorageSet is created and cannot be changed after. MLEC is disabled by default. |
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| Note: These values are required if you are configuring CIFS. If CIFS is enabled, complete the following: | ||
| NetBIOS Computer Name* | Specify the NetBIOS computer name for the system. Required for Domain mode and Workgroup mode. Note: NetBIOS Computer Name cannot be longer than 15 characters. |
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| Windows Domain Name * | Specify the Windows domain name. Required for Domain mode. | |
| Computer Account OU | Specify the Organizational Unit (OU) where computer accounts are created. The OU string reads from top to bottom without RDNs and is delimited by a ‘/’. If left empty, this will default to the standard AD location of “Computers.” Example: Computers/Servers/Unix | |
| Windows Account Name * | Specify the name of an account with permission to join the domain. This account should also have enough privilege to access the System Account Management Database (SAMR). Required for Domain mode. | |
| Windows Account Password * | Specify the password of the Windows account. Required for Domain mode. |
| User Authentication Services - optional | ||
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| Select zero, one, two or three of the following options for identifying users on the VDURA storage and provide required details. | ||
| NIS | ||
| Enable NIS: | Yes/No | |
| NIS Domain: | ||
| Domain Controller(s): | IP address or DNS name | |
| Use NIS for hostname resolution: | Yes/No | |
| LDAP | ||
| Enable LDAP: | Yes/No | |
| LDAP Domain: | ||
| LDAP Server: | IP address or DNS name | |
| Certificate Available? | ||
| LDAP Account Name: | e.g., cn=[username], [baseDN] | |
| Password for account available for install: | Yes/No | |
| Active Directory (AD) | ||
| Enable AD: | Yes/No | |
| Windows Domain: | e.g., ca.vdura.com | |
| OU where new machine account will be created: | e.g. Computers/Servers/Unix | |
| Name for new machine account: | e.g. VDURAHPC | |
| DN for account that can create above machine account: | e.g. cn=jsmith, ou=admins, dc=ca, dc=vdura, dc=com | |
| Password available during installation: | Yes/No |