Configuring Smart-1 Appliances

Starting the Appliance

Connect the appliance to a power source and turn on the appliance. When the appliance is ready, you can run the First Time Configuration Wizard to configure it.

To start the appliance:

  1. Connect the appliance's management interface to a PC with the included Ethernet cable.

  2. Connect both power cables to the power supply units in the rear panel.

  3. If the power did not come up, press the Power button to power it up.

  4. The appliance turns on.

When the appliance is ready, you can run the First Time Configuration Wizard to configure it.

Available Software Images

The Smart-1 700-S and Smart-1 700-M Appliances come with the R82 software image.

To follow the installation progress and see when the appliance is ready, connect to the appliance with a serial console cable.

For more about software images, see the Home Page sk182601.

Initial Configuration

Configure the appliance with the Gaia First Time Configuration Wizard. See the Smart-1 700-M Appliances Quick Start Guide PDF. Smart-1 700-S / 700-M Appliances Quick Start Guide.

Connecting to the Appliance CLI

You can configure advanced options in the Gaia operating system in the command line.

To connect to the command line interface of the appliance, use one of these:

  • The included serial console cable and terminal emulation software, such as PuTTY (from Windows) or Minicom (from Unix/Linux).

    Connection parameters for the appliances are: 9600 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (8N1), Flow Control - None.

  • An SSH connection to the management interface port (if SSHD is configured).

Synchronizing RAID

The appliances support two storage devices.

  • RAID-1 mirroring across both storage devices is used.

    This enables the appliance to continue to work if there is a storage device failure.

  • The mirror rebuild is automatic.

  • Both storage devices must be the same type and same capacity.

First Boot Up

At first boot up, wait for up to six hours to allow the storage devices to fully synchronize.

If you reboot the appliance before the storage devices are synchronized, the synchronization starts again from the beginning at the next boot.

To monitor the RAID status of the storage devices in the CLI:

  1. Connect to the command line on the appliance.

  2. Log in to Gaia Clish.

  3. Run this command to monitor the RAID status of the storage devices:

    raid_diagnostic

    The output of this command shows data about the RAID and storage devices, with the percent of synchronization complete.

    • DiskID 0 is the left most storage device (numbered 0 on the appliance's chassis).

    • DiskID 1 is the right storage device (numbered 1 on the appliance's chassis).

    After the first boot and after you replace a second storage device, the RAID state (in the VolumeID line) shows DEGRADED (this indicates that the drives are not synchronized). The DiskID:0 state shows ONLINE and the DiskID:1 state shows INITIALIZING.

    After the RAID is synchronized, the RAID state (in the VolumeID line) shows OPTIMAL (this indicates that the drives are synchronized). The DiskID:0 and DiskID:1 states show ONLINE.

    Example from the Smart-1 700-M model:

    Smart-1-700-M> raid_diagnostic
Raid status:
VolumeID:0 RaidLevel: RAID-1 NumberOfDisks:2 RaidSize:7452GB State:OPTIMAL Flags:ENABLED
DiskID:0 DiskNumber:0 Vendor:ATA ProductID:ST8000NM017B-2T  Revision:SN02 Size:7452GB State:ONLINE Flags:NONE
DiskID:1 DiskNumber:1 Vendor:ATA ProductID:ST8000NM017B-2T  Revision:SN02 Size:7452GB State:ONLINE Flags:NONE
Smart-1700-M>

    This example shows that the storage devices are fully synchronized (disk sizes and vendor may vary).

To monitor the RAID status of the storage devices in Gaia Portal:

  1. Log in to the Gaia Portal.

  2. From the left tree, click Maintenance > RAID Monitoring.

To monitor the RAID status of the storage devices in SmartConsole:

  1. From the left navigation panel, click Gateways & Servers.

  2. In the top pane, select the Security Management object that represents the appliance.

  3. In the lower pane, on the Summary tab, click Device Information.

  4. Click RAID Volumes.

    The window shows volume and disk information.

    Example:

To monitor the RAID status of the storage devices using SNMP:

Set up SNMP traps to send information about the RAID.

Use this OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.2620.1.6.7.7

For more information about how to configure the SNMP settings on the appliance, see the Gaia Administration Guide for your version.

To hot swap a storage device:

Important - Make sure that there is at least one fully synchronized storage device in the appliance.

  1. When the appliance is up, remove the failed storage device.

  2. Wait 15 seconds.

    The appliance recognizes that you removed a storage device.

  3. Insert a new storage device.

    If necessary, you can reboot the appliance with one storage device and install the new storage device later.

    The appliance automatically adds the new storage device to the RAID configuration.