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SAN and PresRAID Startup and Shutdown

SAN Startup

  • Power up the SAN by pressing the power button on the front right-hand side of the server. Note, the SAN should be plugged into a UPS ideally.
  • Wait about 15 minutes for things to start up
  • Go to the SAN management GUI at: https://192.168.253.61:8088. Login credentials can be found on 1Password
  • Once logged in, go to the VM (Virtual Machine) Tab on the right side of the browse window. If the tab doesn’t appear, wait 5 to 10 minutes and refresh the page.
  • Click the VM icon at the bottom of the screen (image attached) to enter the View and Management control panel
  • VM Button
  • Here, you’ll see statuses for both Metadata Controllers, MDC1 and MDC2. If you just started up the system, these should both have a Running Status of Powered Off.
  • Click on the row labeled MDC1 and press the Power On button
  • Once the Execution Result has succeeded you can close the popup window. Wait about 15 minutes, then to do the same for MDC2
  • Once MDC2 is up and running you can closes the GUI and the SAN should be up and running
  • To mount the SAN on the transfers stations you need to run the following command in terminal
    • sudo xsanctl mount SymplyUltra

SAN Shutdown

  • Make sure that the SAN is unmounted from all computers using this command
    • sudo xsanctl unmount SymplyUltra
  • Login to the same web portal discussed above and stop services
  • Shutdown

PresRAID Startup

  • Power up the PresRAID by pressing the power button on the front left-hand side of the server Note: the PresRAID should be plugged into a UPS ideally
  • Wait about 15 minutes for things to start up

PresRAID Shutdown

  • Make sure that the PresRAID is ejected from all computers
  • Open a terminal window
  • Remotely log into the PresRAID as the user bavcadmin with the following command
    • ssh bavcadmin@192.168.253.95
  • You’ll be asked for a password, get it from 1password
  • Shutdown the PresRAID with the following command
    • sudo shutdown -h now
  • If you’re prompted for a password it will be the same as before, available on 1password
  • That’s it. The PresRaid should be down in a few minutes