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To make sure that the system starts from the USB flash drive after installation, set the correct boot order in the BIOS. Use the F9 key to enter the BIOS setup menu at the end of the hardware diagnostics. The default setting tells the system to start from a CD, followed by a USB flash drive.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\nStep\u00a04: Installing FreeNAS<\/h3>\n
Even though configuring FreeNAS can be done comfortably in the web interface, the initial installation must be done directly on the server. Alternatively, one can use the HP iLO Management interface and do the installation via browser over the network. To us, however, the direct route on the machine seems simpler, as the iLO Management is quite Windows oriented.<\/div>\nWe started the installation by booting from the CD we burned earlier.<\/div>\n\n
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After successfully installing FreeNAS, the system starts for the first time.<\/div>\n\n
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You can now configure FreeNAS entirely in the Web GUI. From there:<\/div>\n\n
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\nThe setup and administration of the hard drives is one of the central tasks when configuring FreeNAS. As the file system, you will be using ZFS. But ZFS is much more than \u201ejust\u201c a file system. So here is some background information before we move on:
\nAlmost all file systems are installed on partitions of hard drives. An additional Volume manager allows to bundle several hard drives, which in turn result in partitions for file systems. However, these partitions are very static and inflexible when it comes to adjusting size.
\nTo avoid the disadvantages of physical partitions, ZFS offers its own storage management. A central element in this is the ZFS storage pool. Simply put, it merges several storage areas into one storage pool. This storage pool is then allocated to all file systems without limiting them with regards to size. Naturally, there are quotas for organization and distribution, but as a matter of principle, all file systems share the empty storage space.
\nAnother particularity of ZFS is the integrated Soft RAID. The storage pool forms so-called redundancy groups, each of which can consist of several physical volumes. ZFS offers \u00a0a choice of different RAID levels:<\/p>\n\n
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\nFirstly, verify that all 4 hard drives are seen by the hardware and FreeNAS:
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\nIn the\u00a0[Storage] section, click on the\u00a0[Volume Manager] button.
\nName the first storage pool \u201eawpool\u201c. Allocate the maximum number of available drives to the pool by moving the slider to the far right until all four drives are selected. As a RAID level, select RAID-Z and then click the\u00a0[Add Volume] button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\n
\nNext, create a home directory for P5. Select the \u201eawpool\u201c dataset and click the\u00a0[Create Dataset] button in the bottom navigation bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\n
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\nSwitch to\u00a0[Services] and start\u00a0[SSH] by moving the on\/off switch to\u00a0[On]. Finally, SSH login must be authorized for the root user – open the administration by clicking the [Tool] symbol next to the on\/off switch and check the corresponding box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/div>\nStep 7:\u00a0Installing P5<\/h3>\n
After completing the basic configuration described in the previous paragraph, you can now install Archiware P5. In this example, the plan is to use the P5 Appliance to back up several workstations using P5 Backup2Go. On the attached LTO-6 tape drive, data from a Mac Pro Server will be saved.<\/div>\nFor SSH access to the NAS-Server you require a corresponding SSH client. On\u00a0Windows, you can use the application\u00a0PuTTY<\/a>, but it has to be installed separately. On Mac OS X, the SSH client is available by default as a Terminal application.
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\nThe authenticity of host '192.168.234.173 (192.168.234.173)' can't be established.\nRSA key fingerprint is fc:08:bd:ef:23:ca:2f:00:38:b9:7f:cd:52:86:7b:4c.\nAre you sure you want to continue connecting (yes\/no)? yes\nWarning: Permanently added '192.168.234.173' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.\nroot@192.168.234.173's password: *********\nFreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p13 (FREENAS.amd64) #0 r281084+3df1120: Thu Jun 4 01:00:51 PDT 2015\n\n\tFreeNAS (c) 2009-2015, The FreeNAS Development Team\n\tAll rights reserved.\n\tFreeNAS is released under the modified BSD license.\n\n\tFor more information, documentation, help or support, go here:\n \t
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