Overland Storage REO 9000 setup guide Contents

Setup Guide

Contents

	Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1	Reviewing REO 9000 Concepts and Requirements	11
	Important Concepts to Understand	11
	Internet SCSI (iSCSI) Protocol	11
	Fibre Channel (FC)	12
	Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) Backup Capabilities	13
	Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)	15
	Tape Emulation	16
	Logical Volume Management (LVM)	16
	Reviewing Pre-Installation Requirements	16
	Network	17
	iSCSI Initiators	17
	Setting the SCSI Time-Out Value in Windows Environments . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2	Setting Up the REO 9000	19
	Preparing the REO Appliance	19
	Positioning the REO Appliance in a Rack	21
	Installing the Disk Carriers and Disk Drives	25
	Connecting the REO Appliance to the Management LAN. . . . . . . 26
	Connecting the REO Appliance to the Network	27
	Connecting External Devices to the REO Appliance	28
	Attaching the Power Cords	28
Chapter 3	Using the REO SoftKey to Start the REO 9000	31
	Understanding What the REO SoftKey Is	31
	Backing Up Your REO SoftKey (Pre-Configuration)	32
	Editing the Configuration File
	(for a non-DHCP or UNIX Management System)	33
	Connecting the REO SoftKey to the REO Appliance	36
Chapter 4	Configuring the Management System	39
	Mapping a Network Drive to the REO Appliance (Windows Only). . . . 39
	Tracking Configuration Information	41
	Verifying that the Gateway Address and
	Management Port are Correctly Configured	52
	Configuring the GbE Data Ports	55
	Entering the Fibre Channel Information	56
	Entering the System Information	57
	Configuring Logon Information	58
	Configuring E-mail Alerts	58

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