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PANZURAAMI–DEPLOYMENTANDSETUPQUICKSTARTGUIDE:STEP-BY-STEPINSTRUCTIONSFORDEPLOYINGA

PANZURAAMIVERSION:2.1

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PanzuraAMI–Deployment&SetupPROCEDUREFORDEPLOYINGANDSETTINGUPAPANZURAAMI

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TableofContentsTableofContents.......................................................................................................................................2Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3AudienceandScope..................................................................................................................................3Prerequisites................................................................................................................................................3AWSPrerequisites................................................................................................................................3PanzuraPrerequisites.........................................................................................................................4

AmazonSizingGuidelines......................................................................................................................5DeployaPanzurafileronAMI..............................................................................................................6UsethePanzuraSetupWizardtoSetUptheFiler....................................................................15AppendixA.AddingVolumes/capacitytothePanzuraAMI................................................37CreateVolumes...................................................................................................................................37AttachvolumestoAMI................................................................................................................39

AppendixB.ExportingPeertoPeerAuthenticationKey......................................................41AppendixC.DiskExpansion...............................................................................................................43

DiskExpansion-ConfigurationandProvisioning..........................................................44AppendixD.CloudConfiguration.....................................................................................................48


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IntroductionThedocumentcoversastep-by-stepprocedureforquicklydeployingandinitiallyconfiguringaPanzuraFreedomFilerintheAmazonmarketplace.

AudienceandScopeThisguideisforStorageAdminsandSystemsEngineersfamiliarwithPanzuraFreedomFilerandhasbasicknowledgeoflaunchingEC2instancesandconfiguringVPCinAWs.Thisdocumentwilldescribe:

- LaunchingaPanzuraAMIfromtheAWSmarketplace- InitialconfigurationofthePanzuraFilerusingthesetupwizard- AddingadditionalcapacitytothePanzuraFiler

ThisdocumentdoesnotaddressnetworkingaspectsofconnectingtheAMItoon-premPanzurafilersforahybriddeploymentmodel.RefertoAWSVPCdocumentationlinksbelowforsettingupvirtualprivatenetwork.Note:Forexternaluseinstructions;portionsofthisdocumentthatprovideinstructionsforrequestingalicensefileortokenfromthelicenseservershouldbeomittedandreplacedwiththeassumptionthateitheratokenIDorlicensefilewillbeprovidedbyPanzuratothecustomer.

Prerequisites

AWSPrerequisitesYouwillneedthefollowinginformationwhendeployingthePanzuraFreedomFiler(Filer)onAmazon.

• AWSaccountandaccesscredentialswithpermissionstolaunchanAMIItem Yourvalue

Amazon

S3bucketpath

S3accesskey

S3secretkey

S3bucketname

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• AWSS3bucketforstorage• ConfiguringaVirtualPrivateCloud-Amazonhasafewarticlesoncreating

theseresources,whichcanbefoundhere:http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/ExerciseOverview.htmlhttp://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/Wizard.html

• YoucanuseasubnetcalculatortofigureoutyourVPCandSubnets. http://www.subnet-calculator.com/

- Selectregion

PanzuraPrerequisites- AccesstoLicenseToken- Completingthefollowingtabletoeaseinstallation

FilerInformation YourvalueLicenseToken Enablesarchive,generalNAS,collaborationservices ConfigurationMode Master–Themanagingfilerforagroupof

distributedfilers.Alllicensesandconfigurationsettingsareaddedtothemasterfilerandautomaticallypropagatetothesubordinatefilers.Subordinate–Bydefault,allfilersaresetassubordinates,andaremanagedbythedesignatedmaster.HA-Global–ThestandbyfilerthatcantakeoverifanactivefilterinaHA-Globalconfigurationbecomesunavailable.HA-Local–ThestandbyfilerthatcantakeoverifanactivefilterintheHA-Localconfigurationbecomesunavailable.Replacementfiler–Afilerthatisconfiguredtoreplaceanexistingmasterorsubordinatefiler.

Peer-to-PeerAuthenticationkey

IfamasterFilerhasbeenconfigured,thekeymustbeexportedfrommasterandimportedintoallthesubordinatesandstandbyfilers

NetworkDeploymentMode

Typeofnetworkdeployment(one-armorinline):Inline:Thisistherecommendeddeploymentoption,providedthatthecloudtrafficandclienttrafficareondifferentnetworks.Inaninlinedeployment,thefilerisconnectedtothenetworkbyseparateLAN(GB1)andWAN(GB2)interfaces.One-arm:Inaone-armdeployment,thefilerisconnectedtothenetworkthroughasingleinterface,GB1.Thefilerisnotdirectlyinthetrafficpathbetweentheinternalandexternalnetworks.Usethismethodonlyifthecloudandclienttrafficareonthesamenetwork

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AmazonSizingGuidelines

Small 1 Gbps *.2xlarge Provisioned IOPs

Medium 1.5 Gbps *.4xlarge Provisioned IOPs

Large 4 Gbps m4.10xlarge+ Provisioned IOPs

Note: AWS instances with less than 8 CPUs or 64GB of memory are not recommended.

StaticFilerIPAddress,Subnetmask,DefaultGateway

DNSServername/IPaddress

ActiveDirectorydomainname/IPaddress

ActiveDirectoryusername/password

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DeployaPanzurafileronAMIFollowthesestepstodeploythePanzuraFreedom7Filer(filer)AmazonMachineInstance(AMI)inAWS.

1. LogintoAmazon

2. SelecttheregionSelectregionthatyouwanttolaunchtheinstance;inthisexampleweselectedUSWest(N.California)


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3. SelectServices

1) SelectServices2) SelectEC2

4. ChooseanAmazonMachineImage

1) SelectAWSMarketPlace2) SearchforPanzura

3) SelectthePanzurainstanceVerifythereleaseversion;inthiscasethereisonlyoneinstanceandthereleaseversionis7.0.0.2

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5. PanzuraAMIandInformationonAWSpricingPanzurarecommendsm4series(seeAMISizingfordetails).Ifyouaresizingtoacomparablemid-rangePanzuraFreedomFiler5600selectm4.4xlarge.


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6. ChooseanInstanceTypeandselect“NextConfigureInstancedetails”

7. ConfigureInstanceDetails

1. SelectNetwork,fromthedrop-downselecttheVPCnetworkthefilershouldconnectto.Note:TheVPCnetworkthatyouselectshouldallowyoutocommunicatewithclients,ADserverandanyon-premfilersifconfiguringahybridcluster.Adefaultsubnetisselectedautomatically

2. Auto-assignPublicIP:EnableapublicIP,thiswillallowyoutoconnecttoPanzura’sWebUIforconfigurationandmonitoring

3. Enableterminationprotection:Topreventaccidentalterminationselectthecheckbox

Youcanselect“Next:AddStorage”toaddadditionalvolumestothenewAMIatbringuporaddvolumesafterlaunchingtheAMI.Inthisexample,wewillbeaddingadditionalvolumesafterthelaunchingtheAMI.

4. Whencomplete,select“ReviewandLaunch”Note:YoucanaddadditionalstoragetotheAMIafterconfiguringthePanzurafiler.RefertoAppendixAforaddingadditionalvolumestotheinstance.Byskipping“ReviewandLaunch”andselecting“Next:AddStorage”willenableyoutoaddcapacityatthetimeoflaunch.Inthisexample,wewilladdcapacityafterbringingupthefiler.


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8. ConfirmthebootdiskshouldbeanSSDforthisandallotherPanzurainstancesandSelect“Next”

9. ReviewInstanceLaunchNote:Youcanignore“Your…..noteligibleforthefreetier”warningmessage.ReviewtheInstancetypeandverifythesearethevCPUresourcesyouwouldliketouseforthePanzurainstance;thiscanbechangedlater.Select“Launch”.

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1) Select“Chooseanexistingkeypair”,Keypairisa.pmfile.Youcanproceedwithoutoutakeypairorcreateanewkeypair.

2) Ifselectinga“Createanewleypair”enterauniquename3) Select“DownloadKeyPair”,thisisacriticalstepsincethisistheonly

opportunitytodownloadthefileandshouldbekeptinasafeplace.

Keypairwouldbea.*.pem’file;ifyoudon’thaveonetoupload,createoneanddownloadit.ThisistheonlytimetodownloadthefileandMUSTbestorageinasecureplace.

11. LaunchStatusInthelaunchstatuspage;copytheinstanceID.TheinstanceIDisuniquenumberfortrackingandaddingCPUanddiskresourcesasyourworkloadneedchange.Inthenextstepyoucancreatealiasforthisinstance.Select“ViewInstance”.

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12. InstanceStatusIdentifytheAMIusingtheInstanceID.Noticethisinstanceisstillinthe‘initialing’state.

Selectthecheckboxtoidentifytheinstance.HoverovertheAMIundertheNamecolumnselecttheediticonandnametheinstancesothatyoucaneasilyidentifytheAMI.Youscrolldownthepagetogetdetails(IPaddress,VPCabouttheinstance.NoticethepublicandprivateIPaddresses.Theprivateaddress.75istheactualIPaddress.


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Note:UsetheprivateIPaddresstojointoAD;AWSwillmaptheprivateIPtopublicIP.232.Waituntilthe“initializing”changestoarunningstatetoconfigurethePanzurafiler.

- ThiscompletesthelaunchingofthePanzuraAMIfromtheAWSmarketplace.FollowtheprocedureinAppendixAtocreatenewvolumes(additionalcapacity)forthePanzuraAMIandAppendixBtoprovisionthecapacitytothefiler.Userscandynamicallyaddcapacitytothefileatanytimetomeettheirstorageneeds..Thenextstepistocompletethefilerconfigurationusingthesetupwizard.


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UsethePanzuraSetupWizardtoSetUptheFilerCompletingthePanzurawizardconfigurationparameterstableinthePrerequisitessectionofthisdocumentwillsimplifybringupthePanzuraFiler.IfthisisthefirstPanzurafiler,configureitasa“Master”.ConnecttothePanzuraAMIusingthepublicaddressassignedtothefilerusingHTTPS;ex:https://<filer-ip-address>.Note:IntheAMIlaunchabove,thepublicaddressis54.153.86.232.

1. Logintohttps://54.153.86.232Ifyouseeanysecuritywarnings,followtheinstructionstoproceed.(OnChromeyoumayneedtoclickAdvancedtoseetheoptiontoproceed.Selecttherecentlycreated.pemfilebyselecting“CHOOSEFILE”touploadthe.pemfile.

2. Uploadthe.pemfileThisisthesamefilethatyoudownloadbeforelaunchingtheAMI(Step10.)Youdiddon’tneedtodecryptsincethepasswordisalreadyembeddedwhentheAMIiscreated.


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3. LoginSincethepasswordisbuiltinandisautomaticallyispre-populated,Select“LogIn”.

ThesetupManagerincludesalloftheinitialandbasicsetuptogettheFilerupandrunning(passwordset,LAN/WAN,License,virtualdisksformetadataandcacheandcloudstorage).Theoptionalsectionallowsyoutoenablefile-sharingprotocols(SMB/NFSorboth),toconnecttoActiveDirectory,andtomountshares.


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4. SetupWizardThesetupisbrokendowntothefollowing:

“Initial”-AcceptEULAandchangedefaultpasswordtomeetyourcorporatepasswordpolicy

“Basic”–Role/personalityofthefiler,networksettingforclientandcloudinterface,installlicenses,allocatedisks,andsetS3cloudcredentialsforPanzuratostorethedata.Note:LicensetokenandcloudsetupcanbeskippedinthesetupwizardandcanbeconfiguredusingtheConfigurationoptionintheWebUI.AtanygiventimeduringWizardsetupprocessyouwanttostartover,comebacktothispageandselect“RESETTOFACTORYSETTINGs”.

OncetheInitialandBasicarecomplete,thereisanoptiontoconfiguretheprotocol(SMB/NFS)settings.Whenyouarereadytostart,selectStart.

5. Terms&Conditions

1)ReviewandaccepttheEndUserLicenseAgreementbyslidingthetoggle2)Enteryourname,3)Enteryouremailaddress,4)Enteryourtitle.5)Oncefieldsareentered,ClickNext.


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6. RequiredInformationReviewandgathertheinformationneededtosuccessfullycompletethewizard.Select“NEXT”whendoneNote:NFSandSMBsetupisoptional,canbedoneafterbringup;referthePanzuraadministrationguidefordetails.

7. ChangePasswordChangethedefaultpasswordfortheadminaccounttoasecurepasswordthatmeetsyourcorporatepolicyforcreatingsecurepasswords.Enterthepasswordandre-entertoconfirm


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Whendoneselect“FINISH”.ThiscompletestheInitialphaseofthewizard.Thenextstepistocompletethe“Basic”partofthewizard.

8. ConfigurationModeIfthisisthefirstfiler,configureitasthemaster.Alladditionalfilersmustbeconfiguredassubordinates.Thesubordinatefilersinheritclusterconfigurationsettings,includinglicenses,encryptioncertification,authenticationkeys,SMBandNFSsettingsfromthemaster.

• SelectthefilermodefromtheConfigurationModedropdown.o Master.Firstfileryouareconfiguring.o Subordinate.Additionalfilerthatwillbepartofacluster.


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o HA-Local.Stand-byfilertotakeoveriftheactiveisdown.o HA-Global.Stand-byfilertotakeoverifanyfilerintheclusterisdown.o Replacement.Toreplaceanexistingmasterorsubordinatefiler.

• SelectfromtheNetworkDeploymentModedropdown.o In-line.Recommendedfordeploymentswhereindependentportsare

availableforclient(LAN)andcloud(WAN)traffic,forexample,inhardwareappliances.

o One-arm.Recommendedforsoftwaredeploymentswhereasingleinterfaceissharedforclientandcloudtraffic,forexample,ESX/VM,Amazon/AMI,Azure/VHDdeployments.

RefertotheAdminGuideforadetaildescriptionoftheConfigurationModes.Ifconfiguringthefilerasamaster,followthestepsbelow:1. SelectMasterfromthe“ConfigurationMode”2. Selectthe“NetworkDeploymentMode”,inthiscaseweareusingthesame

interface(One-Arm)3. Select“ConfigureasKeyMaster”

Critical:Thiswillgeneratea.pemfilethatwillenableallthesubordinatestosecurelycommunicatewiththeMaster.

4. Select“Export“tosavethe.pemfile.5. Thiswillautomaticallydownloadthepairing.keyfiletoyourlocalsystem.You

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IfconfiguringthefilerasaSubordinate,followthestepsbelow.Ifyoudon’thaveapairing.keyfile,refertoAppendixBforexportingthepeer-peerauthenticationkey.SelectSubordinatefromthe“ConfigurationMode”

1. Selectthe“NetworkDeploymentMode”,inthiscaseweareusingthesameinterface(One-Arm)

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2. Select“Upload”toimportthe.pemfile(pairing.keyfile).

Critical:Thiswillgeneratea.pemfilethatwillenableallthesubordinatestosecurelycommunicatewiththeMaster.

Thiswillopenthebrowserdialogbox,selectthepairing.keyfiletoimportintothisfiler.


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Confirmupload

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9. LAN(client)SettingsInterfaceMode–IPaddressisprovidedbyAWSfromtheVPCIPrange.;ThiscanbeleftasDHCPenabled.PrimaryDNSServerIP–entertheIPaddressfortheprimaryDNS,ifthereisasecondaryDNS,enteritintheSecondaryDNSfiles.LeavetheJumboFrametooff

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10. GeneralSettings

ConfigurethefollowingfilersettingsandclickNEXT.1. Hostname.AssignahostnametotheFiler.2. Domainname.EnterthedomainnamefortheFilernetwork.3. NTPserver:EnteravalidIPaddress/nameoftheNTPserverusedfortime

synchronization4. Location:locationoftheFiler

IfconfiguringaSubordinate,typeintheMasterfilerhostname5. TypeintheMasterfilerhostname

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11. LicenseSettings

1. EnterthelicensetokenprovidedbyPanzura2. ClickNEXT.

Thesystemconnectstothelicenseportaltovalidatethetokenbeforecontinuing.Thiswilltakeseveralminutestovalidatethelicensetoken.Note:Forenvironmentswherethereisnooutsidenetworkconnectivity,leavetheLicenseTokenfieldempty.PanzurarepresentativecansendthelicensesfilesviaanemailforuploadingusingtheConfigurationmanager.

12. CacheSizingThesettingsinthissectionenablethewizardtodetermineappropriatemetadataandcachespacetoallocate.Thiscanbechanged,asyourcapacityneedschange.Note:Generalguidelineisstartwithalowpercentageforestimatinghowfrequentlydataisaccessed.Thiscanalwaysbeincreasedbutnotdecreased.

1. ExpectedcloudstoragemanagedbyPanzura-AmountofdatathatwillbemovedtothecloudstorageandmanagedbytheFiler.ThisamountistherawcapacityoftheFiler(datathatisnotcompressedordeduplicatedbytheFiler).

2. Percentageofdataaccessed-Enterthepercentageofthedataisaccessedfrequently.Avalueof10(percent)isappropriateformanyenvironments

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13. VirtualDiskSizingInorderforthefilertoautomaticallydiscoverandadddisksformetadataandcachestorage,itneedstheAWSaccesscredentials.EnteryourAWsaccessandsecretkeycredentialshere.

14. VirtualDiskSettingsBasedonthe“CacheSizing”screenabove,MetadataandCachestorageestimatesareautomaticallyfilled.Note:TherecommendedminimumvaluesforIOPSare300.Enterthevaluesandselect“NEXT”


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15. CloudProviderThistaskallowsyoutosetthecloudbucketcredentialsforthefilertostorethedata.Asabestpractice,thebucketnameshouldbecreatedpriortovalidatingthecloudconnectivity.

1. SelectCloudProvider;ex:AmazonNote:Youcanchooseanon-AWSproviderforstorage.

2. EntertheCloudHostIP/Name;thisistheregionwheretheS3bucketresides.Ex:s3-u-west-1.amazonaws.com

For#3&#4theaccessandsecretkeyarethesameastheoneusedfordiscoveringstorageinthestepabove.

3. EntertheS3AccessKey;20alphanumericcharacters4. EntertheS3SecretKey;40alphanumericcharacters


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5. EntertheBucketname.ThisisnameoftheS3bucketforstoringfiles.6. EntertheFileSystemPath.ThePanzurafilercreatesthepathnameand

thepathstructurerepresentingtheCCIDsofthenodesinthecluster.7. EntertheCloudstorageunitcapacity;unitsareinTerabytes(TB)or

petabytes(PB)8. EntertheCloudSize,determinestheamountofdatawrittentothecloud.

Note:Thismetricisusefulinaprivatecloudenvironmentwherethereislimitedstorage.

9. Enter“NEXT”tocompletetheBasicconfigurationNote:Screenmighttimeoutsincethiswilltake5-10mintocreatethevolumes,andvalidatetheconfiguration.

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16. SummaryYouwillseethefollowingscreenaftersuccessfullycompletingthewizard.

Atthispoint,youcanlogintothePanzuraWebUIandconfiguretheprotocolsettingsorselectSecondaryWizardconfigurationtoconfiguretheprotocolandjointheActiveDirectoryDomain.

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2. SetNTPandTimeZoneandSelectNEXT

3. Selecttheprotocol

TheoptionsareSMB/CIFS,NFSorbothandselectNEXT.Inthisexample,weselectedSMB-only.

4. SetActiveDirectoryConfigurationa. EntertheADDomainNameb. EntertheNETBIOSc. Enter“*”,thiswillallowPanzuratoconnectwithanyavailable

DNSd. Select“SAVEDOMAIN”e. Select“JOINDOMAIN”


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Thiswillprompttoenterthelogincredentialstojointhedomain.EntertheUserNameandPasswordandconfirm.

Youwillseeaconfirmationmessageaftersuccessfullyjoiningthedomain.

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5. SummarySelectApplyadconfirmapplychanges.

Oncethechangeshavebeenapplied,thefilerwillpresentthemainWebUIinterface.RefertothePanzuraAdministrationguidefordetailsoninterfacingwiththeWebUI

ThiscompletestheinitialconfigurationofthePanzuraAMI.FollowtheProcedureinAppendixAforaddingvolumes/capacitytothePanzuraAMIandAppendixCforimportingthevolumestothePanzurafiler.

TheprocessforbriningupaPanzuraAMIfromthemarketplaceandconfiguringitusingthewizardandaddingdiskstothefilerisnowcomplete.

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AppendixA.AddingVolumes/capacitytothePanzuraAMIThissectiondescribeshowtocreatenewvolumesinAWSandaddthenewvolumestoPanzuraAMIusingtheWebUIinterface.Note:AddingcapacitytotheAMIrequiresadiskexpansionlicense.PleasecontactyourPanzurarepresentativeforacquiringthediskexpansionlicense.

CreateVolumesTocreateandaddnewvolumestoyourAMI,selectServicesandEC2.

ThiswilllaunchintotheEC2Dashboard.Fromtheleft-handmenu

1. Select“ElasticBLOCKSTORE->Volume”2. Select“CreateVolume”

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FromtheCreateVolumepage1.ForVolumeType:SelectProvisionedIOPS2.SelecttheSize(GiB):MaxvolumesizeinAmazonis16TBbutasgeneralguidelinecreatemultiplevolumestospreadtheloadacrossthevolumesforperformance.3.SelecttheIOPS:100IOPSisthedefault.Thiscanbechangedifyourunintoperformanceissues.4.Select“AvailabilityZone”:VerifythevolumeisinthesamezoneastheFilerLeavetheSnapshotIDandEncryptionasis.5.Select“Tags”6.The“TagEditor”willappear,enter“Name”fortheKeyfield7.Inthe“Value”filedenteranidentifiablevalueforthisvolume.8.Select“CreateVolume”tocreatethevolume

Aftersuccessfulcreationofthevolumethefollowingscreenwillappear.NotetheVolumeIDandclose

Ifyouareaddingadditionalvolumes,repeatthestepsaboveinthe“CreateVolume(s)section.

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Thefollowingexampleshowscreationof3volumesandall3areavailableforassigningittothefilerAMI.

AttachvolumestoAMIVolumeshavetobeattachedtotheAMIindividually.

1. Selectthevolumetoattach2. Select“Actions”menu3. Select“AttachVolume”

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Reviewandattachthevolumebyselecting‘Attach”

Onceattachedthevolumestatuswillchangefrom“available”to“In-use”.RepeatAttachVolumestoAMIforallthevolumes.RefertoAppendixBforexpandingdisksinthePanzuraAMIusingConfigurationmenu.


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AppendixB.ExportingPeertoPeerAuthenticationKeyThissectiondescribeshowtoexporttheauthenticationkeyfromthemasterfiler.Todeterminewhichfileristhemaster

1. Logintoanyfilerinthecluster2. Selectthe“Configuration”icon

3. SelectSystemSettings->ConfigurationMode.IftheConfigurationModeis

settotheMasteryouarealreadyontheMaster.StartfromStep6toexportthekeyfile.Inthefollowingscreen,thefilerisaconfiguredasasubordinate,checktheMasterhostnamefieldforthemasterfiler.

4. LogintotheMasterfiler5. SelectConfiguration

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AppendixC.DiskExpansionExpandingvolumesrequiresPanzura‘SSDExpansionPack’license.Thenumberofdisksinthepackmustbeequaltoorgreaterthatthenumberofvolumesbeingadded.

1. Loginintothemasterfiler2. SelectDashboard3. ScrolldowntoDisk&RAIDsectiontoseethecurrentlyallocateddisksand

newlyaddedvolumeswillshowupasunconfigured.

4. Scrollbacktothetop,SelectHOME->Configuration5. AddthelicensetokenbyselectingLicenseManager->ActivateLicenseTokenPastetheacquiredlicenseToken1. Pastetheacquiredlicensetokenrequestedfromearlierstep2. Select‘Activate”3. Oncethelicenseisactivatedthefollowingmessageappears

Activateinstalleddiskexpansionlicense

6. SelectInstalledLicenseModules1. SelectthenewlyinstalledSSDExpansionpack

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2. SelectActivate,thestatusforthelicensewillchangefrom“New”to“Active”

DiskExpansion-ConfigurationandProvisioning1. SelectHome->Configuration–>DiskExpansionandclickontheDisk

ExpansionConfigurationicon.

Noticeinthefigurebelowthatthenewlyaddeddisksarerecognizedbutinanunconfiguredstaterequiringconfigurationandprovisioning.Thisisa2-stepprocess,thediskshavetobeconfiguredasHDDorSSDandthenprovisioned.

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Thiswillbringupthefollowingpop-updialogbox3. Select“SSD”forthedisktypeifyouareaddingvirtualSSDs.Notethe

commentsinearliersectionregardingSSDvs.HDDvirtualdisks,constraintsandresultingbehavior.

4. SelectthedefaultfromtheGroupTypepulldownasshownbelow5. Select“SUBMIT

Oncesubmittedthefollowingpop-updialogboxwillappear.

Thediskstatuschangesfrom“unconfigured”to“configured”.

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Thefollowingdialogboxappearstoconfirmprovisioningthedisk.

Oncethediskisprovisionedyouwillgetaconfirmationpopupliketheonebelow;

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AppendixD.CloudConfigurationIftheFilerisdeployedasasubordinate,thebucketnameandpathcanbefoundbyloggingintothemastercontrollerandselectingConfiguration->LicenseManager->InstalledLicenseModule.IntheinstalledLicensessection:

- SelectCloudStorageProvider- SelectEdit- WritedowntheBucketname(“ironmandemonew”)andFilesystempath.Inthefigurebelow,Bucket=“ironmandemonew”andFS-Path=“ironmandemo12”.

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