User manual QUANTUM DXI5500 08-2008

[. . . ] User's Guide User's Guide User's Guide User's Guide User's Guide Quantum DXi3500 and DXi5500 DXi-Series 81-81701-02 D01 Quantum DXi3500 and DXi5500 User's Guide, 81-81701-02 D01, August 2008, Product of USA. Quantum Corporation provides this publication "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Quantum Corporation may revise this publication from time to time without notice. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT Copyright 2008 by Quantum Corporation. [. . . ] 7 Type your pass phrase and press Enter. 8 A Successful Upload page displays indicating that the SSL certificate file has been installed on the system. The certificate displays in the certificate area on the SSL page. Quantum DXi3500 and DXi5500 User's Guide 70 Chapter 3 DXi3500 and DXi5500 Remote Management Configuration Configuring System Hardware 3 The DXi3500/DXi5500 system allows you to remotely configure the following hardware options: · Configuring the Device Mappings · Configuring the iSCSI Options · Configuring the Fibre Channel Options · Configuring the RAID Settings Configuring the Device Mappings 3 The Device Mapping page allows you to map or assign DXi3500/DXi5500 virtual devices (robot and tape drives) to specific iSCSI or Fibre Channel ports. The default setting for both the DXi3500 and DXi5500: · Ethernet port 1 is assigned the robot and tape drives 0 through 5. To access the Device Mapping page: 1 In the Hardware page, click Device Mapping. The management frame displays the Device Mapping page (see figure 39). Quantum DXi3500 and DXi5500 User's Guide 71 Chapter 3 DXi3500 and DXi5500 Remote Management Configuration Figure 39 Device Mapping Page 2 There are four ways to assign virtual devices to a specific iSCSI or Fibre Channel port: · Click Auto Populate (Partition Per Port) to allow the DXi3500/ DXi5500 controller to automatically assign virtual devices to a port. The controller assigns a robot and partition to each port. Example: A system with 1 partition would have a robot assigned to LUN 0 and all other devices within that partition assigned to additional LUNs on that port. · Click Auto Populate (iSCSI only) to allow the DXi3500/DXi5500 controller to automatically assign virtual devices to ONLY the iSCSI ports. The controller assigns a robot and partition to each iSCSI port. Example: A DXi3500/DXi5500 has two potential iSCSI ports. A system with 2 partitions would have a robot assigned to LUN 0 on Eth 1 and Eth 2 and all other devices within that partition assigned to additional LUNs on that port. Quantum DXi3500 and DXi5500 User's Guide 72 Chapter 3 DXi3500 and DXi5500 Remote Management Configuration · Click Auto Populate (FC only) to allow the DXi3500/DXi5500 controller to automatically assign virtual devices to ONLY the Fibre Channel ports. The controller assigns a robot and partition to each Fibre Channel port. Example: A DXi3500 has two potential Fibre Channel ports and a DXi5500 has four potential Fibre Channel ports. A system with 2 partitions would have a robot assigned to LUN 0 on FC 1 and FC 2 and all other devices within that partition assigned to additional LUNs on that port. · · Click Add LUN to add additional rows or LUNs at the bottom of the page. Use the drop down boxes located under the port number to select the devices mapped to that port. Do NOT assign the same device to more than one port unless your backup application can support multiple mappings of the same device to more than one port. Example: Assign the robot and tape drives 0 and 1 to Eth1. From the host, only the robot and tape drive 0 and 1 are visible from Eth1. Only tape drive 2 and 3 are visible from FC1. · Click Clear to clear all of the device mappings. Please make note of the following device mapping restrictions: · The maximum number of virtual devices is 64 per system. · The maximum number of virtual tape drives on a Fibre Channel port is 32 per port. · The maximum number of virtual tape drives on an Ethernet port is 64. [. . . ] Class A equipment is intended for Commercial C Class A digital device installation. Compression The DXi3500 and DXi5500 systems are configured with the OptyonTM hardware-based compression card. With an Optyon card installed in your system, unique data that has been through the de-duplication process can be compressed at a ratio of 2:1. This enables you to maximize the storage capacity of your system as well as increase overall backup performance. D Data De-duplication Data de-duplication refers to the elimination of redundant data. During this process, duplicate data is ignored, leaving only one copy of the data to be stored. [. . . ]