EMC File Management Appliance and EMC File Management Appliance/VE Getting Started Guide

110 Pages·2010·1.68 MB·English

by  Celerra Technical Communications

EMC® File Management Appliance and
File Management Appliance/VE
Version 7.3.2
Getting Started Guide
P/N 300-005-093
REV A11
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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview of EMC File Management Appliance................................................ 16
File Management High Availability (FMHA).............................................. 16
File Management Appliance/VE (FMA/VE)............................................... 16
File Management Appliances............................................................................... 17
File Management with Celerra implementation.......................................... 18
File Mangement with NetApp implementation.......................................... 19
File Management tasks........................................................................................... 20
Using File Management......................................................................................... 22
Chapter 2 File Management Appliance Hardware and Port Configurations
Contents of the appliance...................................................................................... 24
File Management Appliance types................................................................ 24
File Management High Availability appliance types.................................. 24
File Management Appliance details.................................................................... 25
File Management High Availability appliance details...................................... 28
Appliance diagrams .............................................................................................. 30
Port details for FMA-7, FMHA-7, FMA-6, FMHA-6, FMA-5, and FMHA-5.. 33
Port detail for FMA-4............................................................................................. 34
Chapter 3 Deploying File Management
The File Management Appliance deployment process..................................... 36
Appliance setup...................................................................................................... 37
File Management High Availability..................................................................... 38
Celerra primary storage................................................................................... 38
NetApp primary storage................................................................................. 38
Installing the virtual appliance............................................................................. 39
Configuring the File Management Appliance.................................................... 42
Configuring the FMA network....................................................................... 43
Configuring the hostname, domain, and DNS server................................. 43
Graphical user interface................................................................................... 44
Command line interface.................................................................................. 44
Using the FMA with the Celerra Data Mover as a source................................ 45
Adding a Celerra to the File Management configuration........................... 45
Configuring Celerra to EMC Centera or Atmos archiving on the FMA.. 47
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Configure name resolution.............................................................................. 48
Prerequisites for using Celerra as an archiving source............................... 49
Prerequisite on the Celerra Control Station ................................................. 50
Using the FMA with the NetApp filer as a source............................................. 55
Prerequisites for using NetApp as an archiving source ............................. 55
vFiler configuration ......................................................................................... 56
Configuring NetApp archiving on the FMA ............................................... 56
Adding a NetApp filer to the File Management configuration................. 57
Adding a Windows server to the FMA configuration....................................... 58
Configuring a NAS-based repository .................................................................. 60
Using FMA with EMC Centera............................................................................. 61
Using the FMA with an Atmos server................................................................. 62
Using the FMA with a Data Domain server........................................................ 63
Backing up the configuration................................................................................ 64
Creating a backup dump................................................................................. 65
Restoring a backup dump................................................................................ 66
Maintaining the database....................................................................................... 69
Performing a CD clean install................................................................................ 70
Software upgrades.................................................................................................. 71
Before upgrading FMA to version 7.3 or later.............................................. 71
CD full upgrade................................................................................................. 72
UPG upgrade..................................................................................................... 72
Migrating from FMA to FMA/VE........................................................................ 73
Shutting down and restarting the appliance....................................................... 74
Chapter 4 File Management System Settings
Security hardening.................................................................................................. 76
Single security database................................................................................... 76
Disable root logins............................................................................................ 77
Strengthen passwords...................................................................................... 78
Age passwords.................................................................................................. 78
Configuring the GUI access method.................................................................... 79
STIG hardening........................................................................................................ 79
Enabling STIG hardening................................................................................ 79
Disabling STIG hardening............................................................................... 80
LDAP client configuration .................................................................................... 81
Global LDAP settings....................................................................................... 81
LDAP authentication........................................................................................ 81
Configuring basic LDAP settings................................................................... 82
Configuring advanced LDAP settings........................................................... 83
RADIUS and TACACS+......................................................................................... 84
Certificate management ........................................................................................ 84
Appliance mail delivery settings.......................................................................... 85
Log settings.............................................................................................................. 86
Configuring log rotation.................................................................................. 86
Configuring SCP of rotated log files.............................................................. 86
Alerts................................................................................................................... 88
Configuring e-mail alerts................................................................................. 91
Configuring SNMP alerts................................................................................ 92
Enabling SNMP polling................................................................................... 93
System command accounting................................................................................ 93
Tracking user command history..................................................................... 94
Tracking user login history.............................................................................. 94
Tracking daemon command history.............................................................. 94
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Windows domain user........................................................................................... 95
Creating a Windows domain user................................................................. 95
Adding an admin user to the local administrator group............................ 95
Configuring Windows 2008 for NTLM......................................................... 96
Appendix A Network Topology Scenarios
Advanced network topologies.............................................................................. 98
Configuring the FMA with bonding.............................................................. 98
Configuring the FMA with two subnets....................................................... 99
Configuring the FMA with more than two subnets.................................... 99
VLAN tagging modes for the FMA/VE............................................................ 101
ESX Server virtual switch tagging ............................................................... 101
ESX Server virtual guest tagging ................................................................. 102
Glossary
Index
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Figures
Title Page
1 Celerra implementation ....................................................................................................... 18
2 NetApp FPolicy implementation ........................................................................................ 19
3 Archived report example ..................................................................................................... 21
4 Rear view of Dell R710 ......................................................................................................... 30
5 Front view of Dell R710 with bezel removed .................................................................... 30
6 Rear view of Dell 2950 .......................................................................................................... 30
7 Front view of Dell 2950 with bezel removed .................................................................... 31
8 Rear view of HP ProLiant .................................................................................................... 31
9 Front view of HP ProLiant ................................................................................................... 31
10 Front view of Dell R710 for High Availability with bezel removed .............................. 32
11 Front view of Dell 2950 for High Availability with bezel removed .............................. 32
12 FMA-7 and FMHA-7 port detail ......................................................................................... 33
13 FMA-6, FMHA-6, and FMHA-5 port detail ...................................................................... 33
14 FMA-4 port detail .................................................................................................................. 34
15 File Management process ..................................................................................................... 36
16 Example of Celerra property settings in FMA version 7.2 .............................................. 71
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Tables
Title Page
1 FMA that is based on Dell R710 .......................................................................................... 25
2 FMA that is based on Dell 2950 ........................................................................................... 25
3 FMA that is based on HP ProLiant ..................................................................................... 26
4 FMHA appliance that is based on Dell R710 .................................................................... 28
5 FMHA appliance that is based on Dell 2950 ..................................................................... 28
6 VMware ESX Server interoperability with FMA/VE ...................................................... 39
7 Supported SNMP traps ........................................................................................................ 88
8 File Management alerts ........................................................................................................ 88
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