Overland Storage REO 9000 - Manual (Page 6)

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Overland Storage REO 9000 with ProtectionPAC Software
Setting the Time and Date Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 5 Configuring the Systems Involved in the Backup Process . . . . . . . . . 61
Mapping a Network Drive to the REO Appliance (Windows Only). . . . 61
Establishing Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 6 Changing the Volume Setup or Creating Logical Volumes . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Default Volume Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Changing the Volume Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selecting JBOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting a RAID Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Creating Logical Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 7 Configuring REO Devices as Disk or Tape Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using Devices as Disk Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Creating Tape Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Changing a Device from Disk to Tape (Standard) . . . . . . . . . 74
Changing a Device from Disk to Dynamic Tape . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 8 Configuring External (SCSI) Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Detecting External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Changing the iSCSI Target Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 9 Associating Targets (Devices) and Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Understanding How Initiators and Targets (Devices) are Connected . . 87
Reviewing iSCSI Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Reviewing How Targets (REO Devices) and
Initiators are Associated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configuring Targets (REO Devices and
External Devices) and Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring REO Devices (Targets) and Initiators . . . . . . . . . . 92
Configuring the iSCSI Initiator with
Target (REO Device) and Initiator Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . 95
Configuring External Devices (Targets) and Initiators . . . . . . . . 96
Configuring the iSCSI Initiator with
Target (External Device) and Initiator Assignments . . . . . . . . . 97
Backing Up Your REO SoftKey (Post-Configuration) . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 10 Working with the REO 9000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Logging On from Any System with Network Access . . . . . . . . . . 99
Understanding the Summary Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Reviewing the REO Device Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Reviewing the Initiator Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Reviewing the External Device Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Reviewing the External Initiator Summary Page . . . . . . . . . . 103
Reviewing How the Disk Drives are Numbered . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Understanding What the LEDs Represent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Powering Down the REO Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Chapter 11 Expanding Storage Capacity (Scalability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Setting Up Additional REO Appliances in
an iSCSI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Setting Up Additional REO Appliances in an FC Topology . . . . . . . 108
Attaching Each REO Appliance Separately . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Expanding the Capacity of a REO 9000 by Adding Disk Drives . . . . . 112