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- Page 1 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Version 1.1 Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide 302-005-719 Rev 03 August 2019...
- Page 2 MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE, COPYING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY DELL SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION REQUIRES AN APPLICABLE SOFTWARE LICENSE. Dell Technologies, Dell, EMC, Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Configure a single switch in the X400 Appliance........43 Chapter 5 Cabling and network requirements Connect power cables................48 Connect iDRAC cables................48 Connect network cables................49 Chapter 6 Configure iDRAC Configure iDRAC..................54 Configure iDRAC with a DHCP server........... 54 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 4 NTP and SMTP server information..........62 Secure Remote Services (SRS) gateway myservice360 account ..Obtain the Dell EMC PowerProtect X400 license file......... 62 Install mDNS on the laptop used for the initial login to the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI..............63 Power on the X400 cubes................
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Page 5: Figures
Information tags on the four sleds in a X400 platform cube........54 Information tag (back side) on the back of a sled with the iDRAC MAC address..55 X400 capacity cube information tag (back side) with the iDRAC MAC address..55 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 6 Figures PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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Page 7: Tables
X400 platform cube and X400 capacity cube node network port cabling connections for dual switch configuration..................41 X400 platform cube and X400 capacity cube node network port cabling connections for single switch configuration..................44 Internal network requirements..................59 External network requirements................... 61 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 8 Tables PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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Page 9: Overview
CHAPTER 1 Overview This chapter contains the following topics: PowerProtect X400 introduction................10 X400 capacity cube storage capacity..............11 Hardware and software required for installation..........11 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 10: Powerprotect X400 Introduction
One or two switches (two for redundancy): Any SFP+ switches that support 10 GbE or 25 GbE and VLAN are compatible with the PowerProtect X400. The X400 platform cube is configured to run at 10 GbE and the X400 capacity cube can be configured to run at 10 or 25 GbE. -
Page 11: X400 Capacity Cube Storage Capacity
10 or 25 GbE.) Switch must support VLAN for isolated internal (private) communication (see Connect network cables on page 49). Two network switches are recommended for redundancy. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 12 SFPs for X400 capacity cubes If optical (SFP+) cables are used (instead of twinax cables), 4 x 10 GbE or 4 x 25 GbE SFPs can be ordered as a kit from Dell EMC. SFPs within all X400 capacity cubes must match.
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Page 13: Hardware Specifications
CHAPTER 2 Hardware specifications This chapter contains the following topics: X400 platform cube.................... 14 X400 capacity cube................... 20 Third-party rack requirements ................28 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 14: X400 Platform Cube
Four drive slots contain fillers. The power buttons and the system identification buttons for the sleds are on the left and right side of the X400 platform cube front panels. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 15: X400 Platform Cube Chassis Front View
NOTICE The pull out information tag contains a white label with the 14- character appliance serial number. The appliance serial number is required for configuring the X400 Appliance in the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI. See Figure 8 on page 20. -
Page 16: Front View Of The Left And Right Control Panels
When the system ID button is pressed, the system identification indicator on the back of the sled lights up. (see Figure 7 on page 19) To turn the system ID on or off. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 17: X400 Platform Cube Internal Chassis View
3. Fan cage (2) 4. Fan (4) 5. Right linking board 6. Backplane 7. Drive cage 8. Expander board 9. Left midplane 10. Left linking board 11. Chassis management board 12. Power interposer board PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 18: X400 Platform Cube Rear View
X400 platform cube rear view The X400 platform cube chassis provides dual hot-swappable power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto-sensing and auto-switching capability. Figure 6 X400 platform cube chassis rear view PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 19: X400 Appliance Serial Number
The X400 Appliance serial number is a 14-character mix of letters and numbers used to identify the X400 Appliance to Dell EMC support. It is located on the information tag pull out tab on the front of the X400 platform cube (near slot 11 in the bottom right corner). -
Page 20: X400 Capacity Cube
2 x Intel Xeon 5118 (2 x 12 cores) 12 x 16 GB RDIMMs (192 GB) Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) card supports 2 x 240 GB M.2 SATA drives with RAID1 Protection storage capacity: 96 TB PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 21: X400 Capacity Cube Front And Internal Views
Figure 9 X400 capacity cube chassis front view Slot 3 Slot 0 Slot 6 Slot 9 Slot 1 Slot 4 Slot 7 Slot 10 Slot 2 Slot 5 Slot 8 Slot 11 Figure 10 Left control panel PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 22: Decoding Of Leds In Light Bar
Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe mode. Blinking amber Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. Check the System Event Log for specific error messages. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 23: Status Leds Decoded View
1. Power button with integrated power LED 2. Two USB 3.0 ports 3. Micro-USB for iDRAC Direct - This is not supported on the X400 capacity cube. 4. Status LED for iDRAC Direct 5. VGA port PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 24: Representative View Of X400 Capacity Cube Internal Chassis
3. Cooling fan (6) in the cooling fan assembly 4. Air shroud 5. Expansion card riser 2 6. Network daughter card 7. System board 8. Expansion card riser 1 9. Integrated storage controller card PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 25: X400 Capacity Cube Rear View
9. Expansion card riser 1 10. Integrated storage controller card X400 capacity cube rear view The X400 capacity cube chassis provides dual hot-swappable power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto-sensing and auto-switching capability. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 26: X400 Capacity Cube Chassis Rear View
Press the button to identify a system in a rack by turning on the system ID button. You can also use the system ID button to reset iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through mode. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 27: X400 Capacity Cube Serial Number
X400 capacity cube under slot 11. Figure 16 Close-up view of the serial number on the X400 capacity cube information tag Figure 17 X400 capacity cube information tag PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 28: Third-Party Rack Requirements
PDU. For customer provided PDUs, the Dell EMC power cords on the cubes expect C13/C14 connections. Note: Dell EMC is not responsible for any failures, issues, or outages resulting from failure of the customer-provided PDUs. -
Page 29: Install X400 Cubes In The Rack
CHAPTER 3 Install X400 cubes in the rack This chapter contains the following topics: Install the X400 capacity cube................30 Install the X400 platform cube................35 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 30: Install The X400 Capacity Cube
Left Front or Right Front when the rail faces the rack front. Procedure 1. Determine where to mount the X400 capacity cube, and mark the location at the front and back of the rack. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 31: Installing The Rear End Of The Rail
Figure 20 Installing the front end of the rail 6. Repeat the preceding steps to install the right rail assembly. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 32: Secure The Rail Assemblies To The Rack
X400 capacity cube in the rack without a mechanical lift and/or help from another person. Procedure 1. At front of the rack, pull the inner slide rails out of the rack until they lock into place. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 33: Pull The Inner Rails Out Of The Rack
5. Pull the blue slide release lock tabs forward on both rails and slide the X400 capacity cube into the rack. The slam latches will engage to secure the X400 capacity cube in the rack. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 34: Install The Front Bezel
1. Align and insert the right end of the bezel onto the X400 capacity cube. 2. Press the release button and fit the left end of the bezel onto the X400 capacity cube. 3. Lock the bezel by using the key. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 35: Install The X400 Platform Cube
X400 platform cube into the rack. Identifying the rail kit components The 2U static rail assemblies allow the X400 platform cube to be secured in the rack. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 36: Install The Rails
1. Press the release latch on the rail. 2. Align the rail with the rack flange, ensuring that the rail pegs are seated in the designated rack holes. 3. Release the latch to lock the rail in place. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 37: Install The X400 Platform Cube In The Rack
3. Hold the X400 platform cube rack ears and slide the X400 platform cube into the rack until the X400 platform cube is seated in place. 4. Tighten the thumbscrews to secure the X400 platform cube. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 38: Install The Optional Chassis Retention Bracket
2. Secure the bracket to the rack flange with two screws by using Phillips #2 screwdriver. Figure 29 Install the chassis retention bracket to the rack 1. Cage nut (4) 2. Screw (4) 3. Chassis retention bracket (2) PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 39: Configure Switches
CHAPTER 4 Configure switches This chapter contains the following topics: Configure two switches in the X400 Appliance..........40 Configure a single switch in the X400 Appliance..........43 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 40: Configure Two Switches In The X400 Appliance
Internal VLAN ports Follow the pattern for capacity cube nodes 3 and 4 (within appliance) X400 platform cube Node 1 Node 3 Node 2 Node 4 Internal network port External network port PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 41: X400 Platform Cube And X400 Capacity Cube Node Ports On Dual Switches
Switch 2 port number number number X400 platform cube node 1 Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 X400 platform cube node 2 Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 42 All 2 ports both on the X400 platform cube and theX400 capacity cubes should be connected to the external VLAN on switch 2. All 1 ports both on the X400 platform cube and theX400 capacity cubes should be connected to the internal VLAN on switch 1. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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Page 43: Configure A Single Switch In The X400 Appliance
Follow the pattern for capacity cube nodes 3 and 4 Internal VLAN ports (within appliance) Node 3 Node 1 Node 4 Node 2 X400 platform cube Internal network port External network port PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 44: X400 Platform Cube And X400 Capacity Cube Node Ports On Single Switch
Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 X400 platform cube node 2 Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 X400 platform cube node 3 Port 0 Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 45 0 and 2) should be connected to the external VLAN. All odd ports both on the X400 platform cube and the X400 capacity cubes (ports 1 and 3) should be connected to the internal VLAN. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
- Page 46 Configure switches PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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Page 47: Cabling And Network Requirements
CHAPTER 5 Cabling and network requirements This chapter contains the following topics: Connect power cables..................48 Connect iDRAC cables..................48 Connect network cables..................49 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 48: Connect Power Cables
Connect iDRAC cables Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) configuration and cabling provides an out-of-band method for remote management and may be required for Dell EMC support engineers to debug and troubleshoot. Customers may disconnect this cabling during normal operation, however it may be necessary to reconnect at the direction of Dell EMC support. -
Page 49: Connect Network Cables
The external network connection uses a routable public VLAN to communicate with the rest of the company network where the backup targets will be located. The external network is used for data backup. You should consult with your network PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 50: X400 Platform Cube Ports Used For Internal And External Networks
Each internal network requires a separate, dedicated VLAN ID. VLAN IDs are assigned per X400 Appliance, and are determined by the network administrator. Contact the network administrator with these requirements. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 51 VLAN as 0 in the PowerProtect X400 configuration UI. In this case, the switch handles the traffic segregation. If in trunk mode, you must enter the VLANs for each network in the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI.
- Page 52 Cabling and network requirements PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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Page 53: Configure Idrac
CHAPTER 6 Configure iDRAC This chapter contains the following topics: Configure iDRAC....................54 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 54: Configure Idrac
Configure iDRAC iDRAC configuration is not required but is strongly recommended, because iDRAC connections are helpful for Dell EMC support engineers to debug and troubleshoot issues. You can also use iDRAC to power the X400 nodes on and off for required maintenance activities. -
Page 55: Information Tag (Back Side) On The Back Of A Sled With The Idrac Mac Address
Optionally, set a hostname for those IP addresses in your DNS. 3. Using the new iDRAC IP address, log in to iDRAC with the following credentials and change the root account password. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 56: Configure Idrac Without A Dhcp Server
(You do not need to use the mini-DP to VGA adapter.) a. Repeat steps 2 through 8 to configure iDRAC on each capacity cube in the X400 Appliance. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 57: Pre-Configuration Tasks
Introduction....................... 58 Review the pre-configuration checklist..............58 Obtain the Dell EMC PowerProtect X400 license file.........62 Install mDNS on the laptop used for the initial login to the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI.................63 Power on the X400 cubes.................. 64 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 58: Introduction
PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI to configure the X400 Appliance. Review the pre-configuration checklist on page 58. Install mDNS on the laptop used for the initial login to the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI on page 63. Power on the X400 cubes on page 64. -
Page 59: X400 Capacity Cube Serial Number
MacOS/iOS: no additional software required For instructions on how to install Bonjour on your laptop, see Install mDNS on the laptop used for the initial login to the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI on page 63. Internal network information You must collect information for the internal (private) X400 Appliance network, which is the dedicated subnet separate from the external/customer network used for data and management traffic. - Page 60 MTU - Make a note of the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size on the switch ports. When you log in to the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI, the MTU size on the switch ports must be greater than or equal to the MTU size settings in the UI.
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Page 61: External Network Information
1 - Installation laptop 1 - Installation laptop 1 - Installation laptop You will need the following information to enter into the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI fields: Management IP - for example, 10.241.247.201. You will use this IP address to log in to the PowerProtect Data Manager UI as the admin user after you complete the initial configuration of the X400 Appliance in the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI as the root user. -
Page 62: Ntp And Smtp Server Information
SMTP server and port, for example, 10.199.194.83, port 1025. SMTP server settings are optional but recommended. It is recommended to set up an SMTP server so that system and user event alerts can be sent to Dell EMC support for system health monitoring and troubleshooting. -
Page 63: Install Mdns On The Laptop Used For The Initial Login To The Powerprotect X400 Appliance Configuration Ui
Dell EMC Software Licensing Central page displays. 3. On the Dell EMC Software Licensing Central page, click Activate My Software. 4. On the Activate page, enter the LAC code, and then click Activate. 5. Select the feature to activate, and then click Start Activation Process. -
Page 64: Power On The X400 Cubes
1, then the power button for sled 2, and so on. The icon displays solid blue when the sled is powered on. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... - Page 65 For the X400 capacity cubes, press the power button on. The LED displays a solid blue line when the X400 capacity cube is powered on. You can power up multiple X400 capacity cubes all at the same time. PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
- Page 66 Pre-configuration tasks PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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Page 67: Configure The X400 Apliance In The Ui
Introduction....................... 68 Connect to the X400 Appliance................. 68 Configure the X400 Appliance................72 Set up the X400 Appliance support settings............74 Log in to the PowerProtect Data Manager UI as the admin user......75 PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide... -
Page 68: Introduction
72 Set up the X400 Appliance support settings on page 74 After you have completed the above steps as the root user in the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI, you log in as the admin user to the PowerProtect Data Manager UI so that you can monitor, manage, protect, and recover data across your enterprise. - Page 69 The PowerProtect X400 splash screen appears. 2. On the PowerProtect X400 splash screen, click Begin Setup. The Initial PowerProtect X400 Configuration page appears. 3. On the Initial PowerProtect X400 Configuration page, read the prerequisites and click Next. The Admin Credentials page appears.
- Page 70 If you select LACP, configure the corresponding LACP ports on the switch(es) after you have completed all the configuration steps in the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Configuration UI. d. In the MTU field, specify the maximum transition units (MTU) value.
- Page 71 In the IP Addresses area, select: IP range if you have a contiguous IP range that is already configured. On entering the first IP address, PowerProtect X400 autopopulates the rest of the addresses and displays the ending IP address.
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Page 72: Configure The X400 Appliance
Applying the PowerProtect X400 license. Applying time settings. Setting up an SMTP server to send alerts to Dell EMC support and to a list of recipients through email. (optional but recommended) You can increase the licensed capacity within a X400 capacity cube (grow in place), or you can increase the licensed capacity by adding a license for an additional X400 capacity cube (scale out). - Page 73 3. On the SMTP Setup page, perform the following actions if you want to send alerts about system and user events to Dell EMC support and to a list of specified recipients through email. SMTP server setup is recommended so that Dell EMC support can monitor the X400 Appliance health and troubleshoot issues.
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Page 74: Set Up The X400 Appliance Support Settings
Services Gateway fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP address. b. In the Username field, type the login user name used to interface with PowerProtect X400 support. This is the same login user name used to log in to https://support.emc.com/myservice360/. -
Page 75: Log In To The Powerprotect Data Manager Ui As The Admin User
The Dashboard view of the PowerProtect Data Manager UI appears. For information on how to monitor, manage, protect, recover, and reuse data across the enterprise using the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, see the PowerProtect X400 Appliance Administration and User Guide . - Page 76 Configure the X400 Appliance in the UI PowerProtect X400 Appliance Hardware Configuration and Installation Guide...
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