Microsoft Azure StorSimple Appliance 8600 Hardware Installation Guide

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1 Microsoft Azure StorSimple Appliance 8600 Hardware Installation Guide

2 Contents Unpack your device... Prerequisites... Unpacking your device... Rack-mount your device... Site preparation... Prerequisites... 5 Rack-mounting rail kit... 5 Install the EBOD enclosure on the rails... 5 Mounting the EBOD enclosure in the rack... 7 Mounting the primary enclosure in the rack... 8 Cable your device... 9 Prerequisites... 9 SAS cabling... 9 Power cabling... Network cabling... Serial port cabling...5

3 Unpack your device This section provides clear, detailed instructions on how to unpack your Microsoft Azure StorSimple 8600 storage device. This device is shipped in two separate boxes, one for the primary enclosure and other for the EBOD enclosure. Prerequisites To unpack your device, follow these guidelines. WARNING! Before you begin, ensure that you have two people available to handle the weight in case you are handling it manually. A fully configured enclosure can weigh up to kg (70 lbs). Set the two boxes on a flat, level surface. Unpacking your device Perform the following steps to unpack your device.. Inspect the boxes and the packaging foam for crushes, cuts, water damage, or any other obvious damage. If the box or packaging is severely damaged, do not open the box. Please contact technical support to help you assess whether the device is in good working order.. Open the two boxes and unpack the primary and EBOD enclosures. The following figure shows the unpacked view of your storage device. 6 5 ACCESSORIES AND CABLES Figure Unpacked view of your storage device

4 Label Packing box SAS Cables (in accessories and cables tray) Bottom foam Device 5 Top foam 6 Accessory box. After unpacking the two boxes, ensure you have: a. primary enclosure (the primary enclosure and EBOD enclosure are in two separate boxes). b. EBOD enclosure. c. power cords, in each box. d. SAS cables (to connect the primary enclosure to EBOD enclosure). e. crossover Ethernet cable. f. serial console cables. g. serial-usb converter for serial access. h. single QSFP-to-SFP adapters. i. rack mount kits ( side rails with mounting hardware, each for the primary enclosure and EBOD enclosure), in each box. j. tamper-proof T0 screw driver k. Getting started documentation. If you did not receive any of the items listed above, contact technical support. The next step is to rack-mount your device. See the Rack-mount your device for details. Rack-mount your device This section includes the steps required to install your Microsoft Azure StorSimple 8600 storage device in a standard 9-inch rack with front and rear posts. This device comes with two enclosures: a primary enclosure and an EBOD enclosure. Both of these need to be rack mounted. The installation consists of multiple steps each of which is discussed in the following procedures. Site preparation The enclosures must be installed in a standard 9-inch rack that has both front and rear posts. To prepare for rack installation, ensure that: The primary and EBOD enclosures are resting safely on a flat, stable, and level work surface (or similar). The site where you intend to set up has standard AC power from an independent source or a rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) with an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). One U ( X U) slot is available in the rack where you intend to mount the enclosures.

5 WARNING! Ensure you have two people available to handle the weight in case you are handling it manually. A fully configured enclosure can weigh up to kg. Prerequisites The enclosures are designed for installation into a standard 9-inch rack cabinet with: Minimum depth of 7.8 inches from rack post to post. Maximum weight of kg for the device. Maximum back pressure of 5 Pascal (0.5 mm water gauge). Rack-mounting rail kit A set of mounting rails will be provided to use with the 9-inch rack cabinet. The rails have been tested to handle the maximum enclosure weight. These rails will also allow installation of multiple enclosures without loss of space within the rack. Start with the installation of the EBOD enclosure first. Install the EBOD enclosure on the rails Follow these steps to safely install the EBOD enclosure on the rails.. With the enclosure on the work surface, remove the left and right front flange caps by pulling the caps free. The flange caps simply snap onto the flanges.. These rails are installed at the factory. If these are not, then install the left-rail and right-rail slides to the sides of the enclosure chassis. They attach using six metric screws on each side. To help with orientation, the rail slides are marked LH - Front and RH Front, and the end that is affixed towards the rear of the enclosure has a tapered end. Figure Attaching rail slides to the sides of the enclosure 5

6 Label M X button-head screws Chassis slides. Attach the left-rail and right-rail assemblies to the rack cabinet vertical members. The brackets are marked LH, RH and This side up to guide the user through correct orientation. a. Locate the rail pins at the front and rear of the rail assembly. Extend the rail to fit between the rack posts and insert the pins into the front and rear-rack post vertical member holes. Be sure the rail assembly is level. b. Secure the rail assembly to the rack vertical members using two of the metric screws provided. Use one screw on the front and one on the rear. c. Repeat these steps for the other rail assembly. 5 Figure Attaching rail assemblies to the rack Label Clamping screw Square hole front rack post Left front-rail location pins Clamping screw 5 Right front-rail location pins 6

7 Mounting the EBOD enclosure in the rack Perform the following steps to mount the EBOD enclosure in the rack using the rack rails that were just installed.. Using an assistant, lift the enclosure and align it with the rack rails.. Carefully insert the enclosure into the rails and push it completely into the rack cabinet. Figure Mounting the enclosure in the rack. Secure the enclosure into the rack by installing one provided Phillips-head screw through each flange, left and right.. Install the flange caps by pressing them into position and snapping them into place. 7

8 Figure 5 Installing the flange caps Label Enclosure fastening screw Mounting the primary enclosure in the rack After you have finished mounting the EBOD enclosure, you will need to mount the primary enclosure following the same steps. NOTICE It is possible to have a few empty slots in the rack between the primary enclosure and the EBOD enclosure. Use the provided m SAS cable to connect the primary enclosure to the EBOD enclosure. NOTICE There are no constraints in terms of the relative placement of the head unit with respect to the EBOD. As such, the primary enclosure can be placed in the top slot and the EBOD enclosure below or vice versa. The next step is to cable your device for power, network, and serial access. See Cable your device for detailed steps. 8

9 Cable your device This section includes instructions to cable your device for power, network, and serial connection. Prerequisites Before you begin the cabling of your device, you will need: Your primary enclosure and the EBOD enclosure, completely unpacked. power cables ( each for the primary and the EBOD enclosure) that came with your device. SAS cables supplied with the device to connect the EBOD enclosure to the primary enclosure. Access to Power Distribution Units (PDUs) (recommended). Network cables. Provided serial cables. Serial-USB converter with the appropriate driver installed on your PC (if needed). Provided single QSFP-to-SFP adapters. SFP cables. SAS cabling Your device has a primary and an EBOD enclosure. These enclosures need to be connected together using the SAS cables. Perform the following steps to connect the primary enclosure to the EBOD enclosure.. Identify the primary and the EBOD enclosure. The two enclosures can be identified by looking at the respective back planes. See the following figure for guidance. I II ID Host Fabric A B C I II ID Host Fabric A B C Figure 6 Back plane view of the primary and EBOD enclosures Label Primary enclosure EBOD enclosure 9

10 . Locate the serial numbers on both the primary and the EBOD enclosure. The serial number sticker is affixed on the back ear of each enclosure. The serial numbers must be identical on both enclosures. Contact technical support immediately if the serial numbers do not match. See the following figure to help you locate the serial numbers. FC: XX-XXXX-X-XXXXX-XXX HLA SN: ZZVPPPPPPPSSSSS Rev. X HLA P/N: PPPPPPP-XX ID II Hos I t Fa bric bric t Fa I Hos II ID Figure 7 Rear view of the enclosure showing the location of the serial number sticker Label Ear of the enclosure. The EBOD enclosure now needs to be connected to the primary enclosure using the provided SAS cables. Perform the following steps. a. Identify the four Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ports on primary enclosure and EBOD enclosure. The SAS ports are labeled as EBOD on primary enclosure and CTRL on the EBOD enclosure as shown in Figure 8. b. Use provided SAS cables to connect EBOD ports to CTRL ports. c. The EBOD port on Controller 0 should be connected to the CTRL port on EBOD controller 0. The EBOD port on Controller should be connected to the CTRL port on EBOD controller. See Figure 8 for guidance. 0

11 EBOD A I Host Fabric II 5 ID EBOD ID EBOD 6 Host Fabric I II B 7 CTRL CTRL A B C A B C 8 A CTRL Figure 8 SAS cabling for your device Label A B Primary enclosure EBOD enclosure Controller 0 Controller EBOD Controller 0 EBOD Controller 5, 6 SAS ports on primary enclosure (labeled EBOD) 7, 8 SAS ports on EBOD enclosure (labeled CTRL) Power cabling Your device has a primary enclosure and an EBOD enclosure. Both enclosures include redundant Power and Cooling Modules (PCMs). In each enclosure, each PCM must be installed and connected to different power sources to ensure high availability. Perform the following steps to cable your device for power.. Ensure that the power switches on all the PCMs are in the OFF position.. For the primary enclosure, connect the power cords to both PCMs. The power cords are

12 identified in red in the following diagram.. Ensure that the two PCMs of the primary enclosure use separate power sources.. Attach the power cords to the rack power distribution units as shown in the following figure. 5. Repeat steps - for the EBOD enclosure. 6. Turn on the EBOD enclosure by flipping each PCM s power switch to the ON position. 7. Verify that the EBOD enclosure is turned on by checking that the EBOD controller LEDs (green LEDs on the back of the chassis) have turned ON. 8. Now, turn on the primary enclosure by flipping each PCM switch to the ON position. 9. Verify that the system is up by ensuring the device controller LEDs have turned ON. 0. Verify that the connection between EBOD controller and device controller is active by ensuring the SAS LEDs ( LEDs next to the SAS port) on the EBOD controller are green. NOTICE To ensure high availability of your system, you are advised to strictly adhere to the power cabling scheme shown in the following diagram. Figure 9 Power cabling for your device

13 Label Primary enclosure PCM 0 PCM Controller 0 5 Controller 6 EBOD controller 0 7 EBOD controller 8 EBOD enclosure 9 PDUs Network cabling Your device is in an active-standby configuration: at any given time, one controller module is active and processing all disk and network operations while the other controller module is standby. In the event of a controller failure, the standby controller immediately activates and continues all the disk and networking operations. To support this redundant controller failover, you need to cable your device network as shown in the following steps.. Your device has six network interfaces on each controller, four Gbps and two 0 Gbps Ethernet ports. Identify the various data ports in the backplane of your device. Figure 0 Back plane of your device showing the data ports Label 0,,, 5 Gbps network interfaces, 0 Gbps network interfaces 6 Serial ports

14 . For high availability, the device requires a minimum of two connections for each controller. a. The DATA 0 port is automatically enabled and configured via the serial console of the device. Apart from DATA 0, another data port also needs to be configured through the Management Portal. b. Identify identical network interfaces on each controller. For instance, if you choose to connect DATA 0 and DATA for one of the controllers, you need to connect the corresponding DATA 0 and DATA on the other controller.. For HA, ensure that you connect: a. Identical interfaces on each controller to the relevant network to ensure availability through a controller failure. b. Interfaces from each controller to at least two different switches to ensure availability through a switch failure. c. DATA 0 port to the primary LAN (network with Internet access). The other data ports can be connected to SAN/iSCSI LAN (VLAN) segment of the network, depending on the intended role. At a minimum, configure one network interface for cloud access and one for iscsi. For HA and performance, configure two pairs of network interfaces on each controller. See the following diagram for network cabling. (The minimum network configuration is shown by solid blue lines. For HA and performance, additional configuration required is shown by dotted lines.) Figure Network cabling for your device

15 Label A LAN with Internet access B Controller 0 C PCM 0 D Controller E PCM F EBOD controller 0 G EBOD controller H, I Hosts (for example, file servers) 0-5 Network interfaces 6 Primary enclosure 7 EBOD enclosure Serial port cabling Perform the following steps to cable your serial port.. Your device has a serial port on each controller identified by a wrench icon. Locate the serial ports in the backplane of your device using Figure 0.. Identify the active controller in your device back plane. A blinking blue LED indicates the controller is active.. Use the provided serial cable (if needed, the USB-serial converter for your laptop), and connect your console or computer (with terminal emulation to the device) to the serial port of the active controller.. Install the serial-usb drivers shipped with this device on your computer. 5. Set up the serial connection as follows: 5,00 baud, 8 data bits, stop bit, no parity, flow control set to None. 6. Verify the connection is working by pressing Enter in the console. A serial console menu should be presented. NOTICE Lights-Out Management: When the device is installed in a remote data center or in a computer room with limited access, ensure that the serial connections to both controllers are always connected to a serial console switch or similar equipment. This allows out-of-band remote control and support operations in case of network disruption or unexpected failures. You have completed cabling your device for power, network access, and serial connection. 5

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