Avamar Data Store Gen3
Avamar Data Store Gen3
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Avamar DataStoreGeneration3
Phase1Hardware
January2010
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
CourseOverview
Description
ThiscourseprovidesinformationaboutthenewAvamar DataStoreGeneration3Phase1
hardware.Generation3hardwareisdesignedtopreservetheinvestmentofGen1andGen2
installationsbysupportingapathforcontinuedexpansionofthosesystems,aswellasimproving
thepowerrequirementsandeaseofassembly,forthecustomershardwaresolution.
Audience
ThiscourseisdesignedforthosealreadyknowledgeableaboutAvamar softwareandhardware
whoneedtounderstandthedifferencesofhowtoperformsysteminstallationandpreparationat
acustomersite.Itisintendedforthoseinvolvedintheinstallation,maintenance,and
implementationoftheAvamar ADSsystem.
Uponcompletionofthiscourse,youshouldbeableto:
DescribetheservertypesandcapacitythatcomprisetheGeneration3hardwarefamily
Objectives
DefinethehardwarecomponentsofaGeneration3node
ListthecomponentsofamultinodeGeneration3grid
DescribethenodeallocationwithintheUrack
DescribetheADSsystempreparationtasks
TroubleshoottheGeneration3hardware
NametheFieldReplaceableUnits(FRUs)andCustomerReplaceableUnits(CRUs)
DeterminethestepsofGeneration3hardwarereplacementprocedures
EMCbelievestheinformationinthiscourseisaccurateasofitspublicationdate.ItisbasedonpreGAproduct
information,whichissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.Forthe mostcurrentinformation,seetheEMCSupportMatrix
andproductreleasenotesinPowerlink.
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Course Overview
ThiscourseprovidesinformationaboutthenewAvamar DataStoreGeneration3Phase1hardware.
Generation3hardwareisdesignedtopreservetheinvestmentofGen1andGen2installationsby
supportingapathforcontinuedexpansionofthosesystems,aswellasimprovingthepower
requirementsandeaseofassembly,forthecustomershardwaresolution.
ThiscourseisdesignedforthosealreadyknowledgeableaboutAvamar softwareandhardwarewho
needtounderstandthedifferencesofhowtoperformsysteminstallationandpreparationata
customersite.Itisintendedforthoseinvolvedintheinstallation,maintenance,and
implementationoftheAvamar ADSsystem.
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
FeaturesandBenefits
Generation3ensurescontinuityofsupplyandavailability
Generation3nodetypessupportexpansionofandinteroperability
withexistingGen1andGen2systems
Buildtoordervirtuallyeliminatesonsiteassemblyreducinginitial
installationcosts
Snapinrailassemblieseaseinstallationandreplacementof
expansionnodes
Spareutilitynodecandramaticallyreducereplacementtime
Switchuplinktrunking improvestheavailabilityofDataStore
systems
ThissliderepresentsthefeaturesandbenefitsoftheADSGeneration3hardware.
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
HardwareOverview
EMCR710
NehalemEP2SProcessor
Intel64bitarchitecture
Quadcoreforprocessing
DDR3Memorytechnology
2embeddedBroadcom5709C
dualportLANcontrollers
iDRAC6EnterpriseRemote
Management
57.5lbs(26.1kg)
Tested,burnedinandOS
loadedbeforeshipping
SnapIn19inchrackmounting
rails
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TheEMCR710isa2Urackmountedserverdesignedtoaddressthe needsofmainstreamenterprise,
datacenter,andremoteofficecustomersaswellasgrowingsmall businesseswith3ormoreservers.
TheIntelNehalemEP2S(EfficientProcessor),isthemicroprocessordesignedspecificallyforservers
andworkstationapplications.Theprocessorfeaturesquadcoreprocessingtomaximize
performanceandperformance/wattfordatacenterinfrastructuresandhighlydensedeployments.
TheNehalemEP2SprocessoralsofeaturesIntelsCore microarchitectureandIntel64
architectureforflexibilityin64bitand32bitapplicationsandoperatingsystems.
AllADSnodesaretested,burnedinandpreloadedwiththeoperatingsystem.TherearenewSnapin
railsthatshipwiththesystemmakingiteasierforinstallationandreplacement/repair.
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
HardwareSpecifications
1TBStorageNode
2TBStorageNode
UtilityNode
AcceleratorNode
6X300GBSASDrives
RAID5
6x1TBSATADrives
RAID1
2x300GBSASDrives
RAID1
2x300GBSASDrives
RAID1
6GBRAM
18GBRAM
6GBRAM
36GBRAM
DualPowerSupplies
DualPowerSupplies
DualPowerSupplies
DualPowerSupplies
RemoteAccessCard(RAC)
RemoteAccessCard(RAC)
RemoteAccessCard(RAC)
RemoteAccessCard(RAC)
RedHat Linuxrelease4
update8
RedHat Linuxrelease4
update8
RedHat Linuxrelease4
update8
RedHat Linuxrelease4
update8
1TBLicensedCapacity
2TBLicensedCapacity
Nobackupsstoredlocally
Nobackupsstoredlocally
Partnumber
100580601
Partnumber
100580602
Partnumber
100580604
Partnumber
100580604,100580605
CompatiblewithAvamar
4.0and4.1software
CompatiblewithAvamar
4.0and4.1software
CompatiblewithAvamar
4.0and4.1software
CompatiblewithAvamar
4.0and4.1software
AvailableasSingleNode
SystemInstallation
AvailableasSingleNode
SystemInstallation
TheAvamarDataStoreGeneration3hardwarenodesconsistof1TB and2TBnodes,Utilitynodes
andaacceleratornode.EachnodecomespreloadedwithRedHatLinuxrelease4update8.Capacity
forthestoragenodesare1TBand2TBlicensedrespectively.The utilitynodeprovidesessential
internalservicesfortheserver(forexample,Administratorserver,cronjob,DomainNameServer
[DNS],Externalauthentication,NetworkTimeProtocol[NTP]andWebaccess).Becauseutilitynodes
arededicatedtorunningtheseessentialservices,theycannotbeusedtostorebackups.The
acceleratornodeisaspecializednodethatutilizesNDMPinordertoprovidedataprotectionforNAS
filers(forexample,EMCCelerra,NetworkAppliance)andNovellNetWareservers.
Asinglenodeserversoftwareinstallationcombinesallfeatures andfunctionsofUtilityandStorage
nodesinoneunit.Thisservertypemustbeinstalledinacustomerprovidedlocation.TheAvamar
systemcanefficientlyreplicatedatafromoneAvamarservertoanotheronascheduledbasis.This
ensurescompletedatarecoveryiftheprimarybackupAvamarserverislost.Singlenodeservers
requireareplicationtarget.
Note:Generation3nodeshavebeenqualifiedtorunAvamarsoftwareversions4.0and4.1.
Allstoragenodesinagridmustbeofthesamesize(differentH/Wgenerationsok).
AllnodesinagridmustrunthesameAvamarsoftwareversion.
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
HardwareTour
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
HardwareRailKit
Snaptonode,Snaptorack
Supportforcircularand
universalsquareholeracks
BackwardscompatibletoGen2
servers
Forwardandreversedirection
stops
Newrailkitshavebeendesignedtoeaseinstallationandrepair.Thesesnapinrailslessenthe
replacementtimeatacustomerssite.Therailsaredesignedtosupportcircularanduniversalsquare
holeracksandarebackwardscompatibleto2ndgenerationservers.Alsotheserailshaveforward
andreversedirectionstops.
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
HardwareIdentification
Top View
Partnumbersandserial
numberscannowberead
fromtoporbottomof
eachnodelocatedonthe
LCDdisplay.
Bottom View
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AllGeneration3nodeswillshipfromthefactorywithserialnumberandpartnumberlabelslocated
onthetopandbottomoftheLCDpanelforeasieridentification isarackmountscenario.
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
AlliedTelesyn Switch
Ports14tocustomerswitcharetrunked ports:Eliminatessinglepointoffailure
Ports14canalsobeassignedtoopticalports
Port523torackedservers
Port24remainsaserviceaccessportaswithpreviousGen2systems
EMCfieldpersonnelwillapplypatch&config fileforeachinstallorrepair
Optical Ports
RJ45 switch
service port
The9924TisanadvancedGigabitEthernetswitch.The9924Tprovidesfineserviceprovisioning
granularityandhighavailability.Theswitchsupports10/100/1000x24portsand4opticalports
whichcanbeusedinsteadofthefirst4Ethernetportsoftheswitch.The9924Tisenclosedina1RU
standardrackmountchassis.Ports14areBONDEDtrunked portswhicheliminatessinglepointof
failureinthecustomersenvironment.Ports523areforconnectionstotheAvamarservers.Port24
isreservedastheserviceport.UponconfigurationoftheAvamargrid,EMCservicewillapplypatch
andconfigurationfilesforproperoperation.
RJ45Switchserviceportsettings:
9600,n,8,1
Username:manager
Pswd:friend
AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
CapacityAdd ExpansionNode
nodesfactoryorfieldinstalled
PSengagementforfield
installment
2nodesaddedatatime,
systemdowntimerequired
Databalancecantakeupto40
hoursforevery2nodes
SnapInrailswillshipwith
node(s)
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Optional Storage/Expansion
Storage Node 4
Storage Node 3
Storage Node 2
Storage Node 1
Utility Node 2
Utility Node 1
Network Switch
Base Configuration
Optionalstorage/expansion
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Ifthecustomerdeterminesthattheirsystemneedsmorestoragespace,expansionnodescanbe
addedtoaAvamargridovertimetoexpandstorage.Theseexpansionnodesmustbeinstalledat
customersiteandsnapinrailswillshipwiththenode(s).Inordertoputtheexpansionnodeinto
serviceasautilityorstoragenode,certainfollowonconfigurationproceduresmustbeperformed.
Youmustfirstconfigurethebasicnetworkingcapabilitiesofthenode.Thenjointhenodetothegrid
andbalancethenodes.Only2expansionnodescanbeaddedatanygiventime.ConsultEMC
Avamarexpansionnodedocumentationforfurtherassistance.
AvamarclientsconnectdirectlywithAvamarnodes;clientconnectionsanddataareloadbalanced
acrossthestoragenodesoncethenewexpansionnodesareinstalledbyEMCservicepersonnelor
authorizedpartners.
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
Generation3RackAllocation
Click here to see
enlarged table.
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Systemsarecustommanufacturedfrom5to18nodesbutexpansion nodescanbeaddedinthefield
toexpandasystemwithlessthan18nodes.Acceleratornodesarealwaysshippedforfield
installation.
Amultinodeserverconsistsofthreekindsofnodes:
Utility
Hostsbasiccontrolandcommunicationservices(forexample,administratorserver,cronjob,NTPand
soforth).
Storage
Storestheactualclientbackups.
Spare
Canbereconfiguredlaterasstoragenodes.
Theutilitynodeisinitiallylocatedinsecondfromthebottomofamultinodeconfigurationwiththe
sparenodeandstoragenodesstackedaboveit,inthatorder.
Thesparenodeisthesamehardwareastheactivestoragenodes. AvamarDataStoreconfigurations
largerthansixnodescanbebuiltbyaddingexpansionnodes.ThePrerackedserverscanbebuilt
with5nodes,allthewayupto18nodeswhichisthemaximumconfiguration
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
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Astandardrackwillusea19Ethernetcablebundletowiretheentireassemblyinthefactory
regardlessofnumberofnodesinstalled.Thiswirebundlerunsdownthesidesoftherackandisa
littleover8feetinlength.
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
SystemPreparation
AvamarinformationavailableonPowerlinkhttp://powerlink.emc.com/
FromPowerlinkchoose:Support ProductandDiagnosticTools
http://www.cs.isus.emc.com/csweb2/avamar/avamar.htm
ForSinglenodeorMultinodegridsperformthefollowingsteps:
Step
Description
Powerupservers
Ifmultinodegrid,powerupnetworkswitch
Configurelaptopcomputerwiththefollowing:
IPaddress:10.99.99.99
Netmask:255.255.255.0
Gateway:10.99.99.5
RefertotheProductRegistrationDocumentinthesupportingmaterialstab.Theregistrationisa
veryimportantpartoftryingtoachieveinstallbaseaccuracy.
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ToacquireAvamarinformationfromPowerlinkgoto:Powerlink:Login(http://powerlink.emc.com/)
andnavigatetotheappropriatelocation:Support ProductandDiagnosticTools.
Oneotherwebsiteisalsoavailablethatcontainsadditionalinformation:
http://www.cs.isus.emc.com/csweb2/avamar/avamar.htm
ForSinglenodeorMultiplenodegridspoweruptheserver(s)thenapplypowertothenetwork
switch(Multinodegrid).Thenyouwanttoconfigureyourlaptopforthefollowingtoconfigurethe
nodes:
IPaddress=10.99.99.99
Netmask =255.255.255.0
Gateway=10.99.99.5
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
Demonstration:
Generation3SystemPreparation
ThisvideodemonstratestheGeneration3
systemsoftwarepreparation.
Thevideoconsistsof:
Netconfig
ConfigureDRAC
ConfigureServerNetworkSettings
Verificationtesting
Benchmarktesting
ThisdemonstrationisgeneralADS
configuration.Forspecificconfiguration
stepspleaseconsultwithEMCAvamar
InstallationandConfigurationprocedures.
Launch
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ThisvideorecordingdemonstratestheAvamarSystempreparationandconfiguration.Thisconsists
ofNetconfig,ConfigureDRAC,ConfigureNetworkSettings,VerificationtestingandBenchmark
testing.
Theaudioportionofthisdemonstrationwilldealwithbothsinglenodeandmultinodesetup.
ClickontheViewMediabuttontostartthevideo.
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
TroubleIndication
LCDPanelProvides:
SystemID
Statusinformation
SystemerrormessagessenttothedisplaybyeitherDRACorBIOS
StatusColor
Status
InformationType
Blue
Normaloperation
Normalruntimeinformation
Amber
Systemneedsattention
Errorcodeswithdescription
NormalOperation
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Fault
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ThesystemLCDpanelislocatedonthefrontofthesystemchassistoprovideuseraccessfordisplay
oftroubleindications.TheLCDpanelisagraphicsdisplaycontrolledbyiDRAC6.Errorcodescanbe
senttothedisplaybyeitheriDRAC6orBIOS.Consultdocumentationforalistoferrorcode
messages.
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FRUs andCRUs
FRU
CRU
105000175=DellR710570WPowerSupply
100580601=ADSGen31TBStorageNode
100580602=ADSGen32TBStorageNode
100580604=ADSGen3Utility/SmallAcceleratorNode
100580605=ADSGen3LargeAcceleratorNode
100580500=ADSSwitch
ReplaceableUnit:
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ThischartliststheFieldReplaceableUnitsaswellastheCustomerReplaceableUnits.Italsoprovides
somepertinentinformationabouteachitem.
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
Demonstration:Generation3
HardwareReplacement
Thisdemonstrationshowsthe
replacementproceduresfor:
DiskDrive
Switch
Node
PowerSupply
Launch
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Thesereplacementvideosarenottobeusedasdefinitivereplacementstepsforthefield.
ForauthorizedreplacementprocedurespleaseconsultADSdocumentationfoundonPowerlink.
Powerlinkhttp://powerlink.emc.com/
FromPowerlinkchoose:Support ProductandDiagnosticTools
https://support.emc.com/products/Avamar
http://www.cs.isus.emc.com/csweb2/avamar/avamar.htm
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
Troubleshooting
HTTPSconnectiontoIPaddressofEth1
IPMIv2.0compliant
Gatherssystemlogs,alerts,voltages,etc.
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ThesystemdiagnosticsprogramisrunfromtheiDRAC6ExpressSystemServicesmenu.Thepurpose
ofthediagnosticsistotestyoursystem'shardwarewithoutrequiringadditionalequipmentorrisking
dataloss.ToaccessthediagnosticssoftwareuseaHTTPSconnectiontotheIPaddressofEth1orthe
dedicatedDRACEthernetport.Thisprogramgatherssystemlogs,alerts,voltages,etc.
Therearemanyreasonswhyaservermightbeslowtorespond.To investigatereasonsforslow
serverresponsetimes,reviewthefollowinglogfiles:
avqinstall primarylogfile,/usr/local/avamar/var/log/avqinstall.log
avqinstall temporarylogcapturefiles,/tmp/avqinstall*
gsan logsoneachstoragenode,/data01/cur/{err,gsan}.log
MCserverlogfile,/usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server_log/mcserver.log.0
EMserverlogfile,/usr/local/avamar/var/em/server_log/emserver.log.0
Maintenancecron job,/usr/local/avamar/var/cron/*.log
LogfilesmaintainedbyvendorRAIDmonitoringsoftware
Systemlogfiles
Theoutputofdmesg,whichdisplaysthekernel'slogbuffer
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AvamarDataStoreGeneration3Phase1Hardware
CourseSummary
Keypointscoveredinthiscourse:
Generation3nodesarequalifiedtorunAvamarsoftwareversions 4.0and4.1.
WeviewedcomponentsoftheAvamarDataStoreGeneration3hardwarenodes.
SnaptonodeandSnaptorackhardwarerailkitsareavailableandarebackwards
compatibletoGen2hardware.
Weidentifiedpartnumberandserialnumberlocationsfornodeidentification
andreplacement.
Expansionnodesandoptionalstoragenodesareinstalledtwonodesatatimefor
additionalstoragecapacity.
WelookedatsystempreparationtasksforGeneration3node(s).
WelookedatalistoftheFieldReplaceableUnitsaswellastheCustomer
ReplaceableUnits.
WeviewedsimulationsoftheGeneration3hardwarereplacementprocedures.
WealsolookedattheavailabletroubleshootingtechniquesfortheGeneration3
hardware.
Youhavefinishedthiscourse.Proceedtotakethecourseassessment.
Afterlaunchingtheassessment,youmustcompleteitbeforereturningtothecourse.
ThiscoursewillautomaticallymovetoyourTranscriptwithin48 hoursafterpassingtheassessment.
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Thesearethekeypointscoveredinthistraining.Theyinclude:
Generation3nodesarequalifiedtorunAvamar softwareversions4.0and4.1.
WeviewedcomponentsoftheAvamar DataStoreGeneration3hardwarenodes.
SnaptonodeandSnaptorackhardwarerailkitsareavailableandarebackwardscompatibleto
Gen2hardware.
Weidentifiedpartnumberandserialnumberlocationsfornodeidentificationandreplacement.
Expansionnodesandoptionalstoragenodesareinstalledtwonodesatatimeforadditional
storagecapacity.
WelookedatsystempreparationtasksforGeneration3node(s).
WelookedatalistoftheFieldReplaceableUnitsaswellastheCustomerReplaceableUnits.
WeviewedsimulationsoftheGeneration3hardwarereplacementprocedures.
WealsolookedattheavailabletroubleshootingtechniquesfortheGeneration3hardware.
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AdditionalResources
GeneralResources
Avamar Resources
ProductsonPowerlink
Avamar Support
SoftwareTechnologyandAutomation
EMCAvamar TechnicalSupport
TSServiceKitsandServiceOfferings
SolutionsValidationCenter
CompetitiveInformation
ProductLaunchTrainingDirectories
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Additionalresourcestosupportyouinusingthisproductarelisted.Selectalinktoaccessaspecific
resource.
Thisconcludesthetraining.PleaseproceedtotheCourseCompletionslidetotaketheassessment.
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