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Chapter 2 Installing StorNext File System

File System Requirements

File System Requirements

Operating System Requirements

To run StorNext File System, the metadata controller must meet all operating system and hardware requirements.

The operating systems, releases and kernels, and hardware platforms supported by StorNext SNFS are presented in Table 7. Make sure the MDC uses a supported operating system and platform, and if necessary update to a supported release or kernel version before installing StorNext.

Table 7 File System

Supported Platforms

Hardware Requirements

Operating System	Release or Kernel	Platform

Windows Server 2003®	SP2	x86 64-bit
Windows Server 2008®	n/a	x86 64-bit
Red Hat® Enterprise	2.6.18-53.EL (Update 1)	x86 64-bit
Linux® 5	2.6.18-92.EL (Update 2)
SUSETM Linux	2.6.16.46-0.12 (SP1)	x86 64-bit
Enterprise Server 10	2.6.16.60-0.27 (SP2)
	2.6.16.60-0.27 (SP2)

The minimum amount of RAM and available hard disk space required to run StorNext SNFS are presented in Table 8.

If necessary, upgrade the RAM and local disk storage in the MDC to meet the minimum requirements before installing StorNext.

Note: The RAM requirements in Table 8 are for running StorNext File System only. Running additional software (including the StorNext client software) requires additional RAM.

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StorNext Copyright Statement Contents StorNext GUI Accessing the StorNext GUI Displaying the Configuration Wizard 106 110111 112 Viewing a Fibre Channel Device 124 125 Figures Figures 101 102103 104 Tables 105 146 Preface Audience Purpose Document Organization Notational Conventions Convention Example Related Documents Online Service Support World Wide Web Contacting QuantumDocument No Document Title Document Description North America 1Installing StorNext File System and Storage Manager Storage Manager System Requirements Operating System RequirementsHardware Requirements Operating System Kernel Platform File Systems Disk SpacePartitioning Local Hard Disks LAN Requirements Getting Ready to Install Configuring Storage DevicesPlanning for LUNs Larger Than 1 TB Operating Label for System LUNs 1 TB LUNs 1-2 TB LUNs 2 TB Vtoc Pre-Installation Script Before You BeginSupport Directory Description Running snPreInstall Pre-installation script runs figure Interpreting snPreInstall Output Type Description StorNext Installation Script Remove the existing rpms Installation script runs figure For Red Hat users only, before proceeding you must Changing Installation Configuration Options Menu Option Description Configuration Menu Changing Application Directory Locations Changing the Default Media Type Performing an Installation Operation 2Installing StorNext File System File System Requirements Windows Server Etc/hosts file Planning for LUNs Larger than 1 TB MacOS X Panthera Apple Xsan SVTOC Installing StorNext File System on Linux or Unix Installing the Linux Kernel Source CodeLaunching the Snfs Installation Script Ls -l Change installation options for the location Exit the Snfs installation scriptApplication directories see Changing Performing an Installation Operation Installing StorNext File System on Windows Disabling Automatic IP Address Configuration StorNext Installation window appears figure Removing a Previous Version of StorNext Running the Setup Wizard StorNext Installation Window Install StorNext Snfs Setup End User License Agreement Click an installation option Snfs Setup Choose Setup Type Restoring a Previous Client Configuration Snfs Setup Finish StorNext Installation Window Configure StorNext Click an option for handling current configuration settings Import/Export Client Configuration Window 3Installing the StorNext Client Client System Requirements Operating System Release or Kernel Platform Hardware Requirements StorNext File System Client Buffer Cache Downloading the StorNext Client Software Platform Type =2GB Memory For a MDC running Snfs only On the home page, click Select Platform window appears figure Download Client Software Window Installing the StorNext Client on Linux or Unix Installing the StorNext Client on Linux Mkdir -pmount point chmod 777 mount point Installing the StorNext Client on Sun Solaris File system mount point cvfs 0 auto rw Installing the StorNext Client on HP-UX Installing the StorNext Client on IBM AIX Mkdir -pmount point chmod 777 mount point Installing the StorNext Client on Windows StorNext Installation Window Remove StorNext Click Next to continue License Agreement window appears figure Snfs Setup Choose Setup Type Restoring a Previous Client Configuration StorNext Installation Window Configure StorNext Click an option for handling current configuration settings Configuring StorNext Accessing the StorNext StorNext GUI StorNext Home File System and Storage Manager Configuration Wizard StorNext Configuration Wizard File System Only Enter License Add File System Add Library Add Tape DriveAdd Media Add Storage Disks Add Storage PolicyMail Notification Configuring a Distributed LAN Client Server Distributed LAN server configuration utility appears figure Sndpscfg Configuration Utility Field / Button Description Creating an Override Configuration Using Distributed LAN Client and Server CommandsCommand Description Windows Configuration Utilities Client Configuration Mount Point Select Map to Drive Letter to map the drive to Specific drive letterSelect the desired drive letter Instead of selecting Map to Drive Letter, select Distributed LAN Select this option to disable the StorNext client Select to configure the StorNext client as aAs a distributed LAN client or distributed LANserver Advanced Mount Options Default is When this box is checked, the driver attemptsDefault is off Soft Mount. Quantum Specify the number of times the driver will re When this box is checked, the file system can Be mounted and accessed without allDisks being accessible in the file system stripe Accessed When you choose Allow I/O Timouts, this Request in error, otherwise resetPenalty value, where n is expressed PathInError will be bypassed in favor Advanced Cache Options When this box is not checked, the file system Directly into the applications memory usingIf Buffer Cache is disabled, the remaining Will not buffer any data. All files will be read File system block size. The value default is Default value is 1MBDefault value is 16 buffers with a Maximum of 100. Using a value of 0 disables Default values are 30 seconds for non Setting these parameters lower will greatlyCircumstances where files are frequently Shared on the SAN, setting the Attribute Flush Disk Device Labeler On the Disk Labeler window, do one of the following Labeling Disks License Identifier Simple File System Configuration Do not write a label to the disk and proceed toClose the Disk Labeler dialog box Name used by clients when establishing a Switching to the next disk in the stripe groupClick to deselect all devices in the list Click to select all devices in the list Click to save the configuration using Current settings. The configuration file isSaved in the StorNext configuration directory Configuration utility Configuring StorNext Windows Configuration Utilities Click to add a file system to the FSM services FSM services listConfigurations is highest priority and 9 is Click to save changes to the FSM services list Click to quit the File System Startup List Utility without saving changes Server Administration File System Properties Stripe Group Properties Quota Properties Type the name of the user or group to set a Quota forDisplays the percentage of the quota that has Been used Quality of Service Information Server ConfigurationClients Information Disk Types on Disk Definitions on Stripe Groups on Global Settings Optional Select to send a warning when a User attempts to access a file that is locked orAllocate when a file is created When reading and storing files Disk Types Server Configuration Disk Types Disk Definitions Select to enable the selected disk definition When enabled, the defined disk is available toConfigured file system for I/O Click to create a new disk definition. Type a Click to delete the selected device name Stripe Groups Select to enable the selected stripe group When enabled, the stripe group is available toAccesses the disk Using the Quality of Service QOS API Installing Promise RAID Controller Software Windows Boot Manager Screen Windows Boot Manager Screen StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 109 Uninstalling StorNext Uninstalling StorNext on Unix and Linux Uninstalling Snsm Snfs Uninstalling the StorNext Client Software StorNext Remove Main Menu Uninstalling StorNext on Windows HP-UX StorNext Administration Tasks Sharing a Library Between Applications Vi mediafilelibraryname Manually Modifying Storage Manager Configuration Fssysparmoverride Configuration File StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 117 Connecting to a StorNext Network Using Xsan Mounting Snfs on the OSx Computer StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 119 Creating the automount.plist File Mounting Snfs on the Mac OS X Computer Plist StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 123 Viewing a Fibre Channel Device StorNext Log Rolling Administration Changing Log Rolling TimesLog Rolling Options Modified find command looks like this Avoiding Poor System Performance StorNext Files Example.cfg File Appendix C StorNext Files Page Page Page Page Page Cluster-Wide Central Control Cluster-Wide Control File Example Page # Snfsall Commonly Used Snfs Files Cvlog debug and runtime messages Usr/cvfs/docs Cvapi.c a sample API application Quality of Service Guide Overview Active vs. Passive Supported Platforms Configuration Non-Realtime OperationUnit of I/O Converting MB/sec to I/O/ sec Name Description Default Rtio Upper Bound Reserve Token Timeouts Real-time I/O SetRtio Oversubscription Handles Ungated files Non-Realtime I/O Configuration Calculating AvailableAll internal calculations are done in terms of I/O/sec Configuration File Examples Host bw-type sg=yy,sg=yy Callbacks Above diagram, a process on client a requests some amount Stripe group back to non-real-time modeIssued and return to the previous state Client in Step Stripe group is back in non-real-time mode , Client a requests some amount of Rtio as in FigureSituation arises it can be detected Be back in its original state StorNext 3.5 Installation Guide 157 , assume the stripe group is already in real-time mode as a Time I/O token in . The FSM calls back to Clients B and DClient C with the new token in Step Failure Semantics FSM Failures Client Failures Monitoring Real-time I/O availableClient Token Releases Send out callbacks to other clients Sharing Disk Resources