INTRODUCTION.................................................................................... 1
CONTENTS
Who should read this Guide 1
Contents of this Guide 1
Course Goals 2
Prerequisites 2
Overview of the ACER Altos NAS 700 Appliance 2
ACER ASC EXPRESS BASICS .............................................................. 3
What is ACER ASC Express ? 3
What is an ASC Network 5
ASC Components 7
ASC Management Console 7
ASC NAS Clients 7
SYSTEM SPECIFICATION ..................................................................... 8
ACER Altos NAS700 Appliance Features 8
ACER ASC Express Features 10
Qlogic 2340 (Optional Fibre Channel HBA Controller) 11
INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION............................................. 12
Installing HBA into the Altos NAS 700 12
Setting up RAID Array and LUNs 12
A) Red Hat Linux 7.3 installation using the Recovery Image 14
Introduction 14
Supported platform 14
How to restore the image 14
Important Notes: 14
B) Red Hat Linux 7.3 manual installation 17
ASC Server installation 24
ASC Management Console installation 34
Installation on Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003. 34
Installation on Linux. 35
ASC SAN Client installation 36
SAN/IP protocol definition 36
iSCSI protocol definition 36
Pre-installation checklist 37
ASC SAN Clients Supported Platform 38
SAN/IP Client 38
iSCSI client 39
SAN/IP Client installation on Windows NT, 2000 and 2003. 40
SAN/IP Client installation on Linux 40
SAN/IP Client installation on NetWare. 41
ASC MANAGEMENT CONSOLE ........................................................ 43
Start the ASC Management Console 43
ASC Management Console User interface 44