EMC Isilon OneFS

Simulator Install
Guide
 Table of Contents
Gather information about your VMware install ................................................. 1
Gather information about your VMware install.......................................................................... 1

Install the EMC Isilon OneFS Simulator cluster ................................................ 4

Install and configure the virtual cluster ...................................................................................... 4

Add the rest of the nodes to the cluster ............................................................. 25

Add the rest of the nodes of the cluster ..................................................................................... 25

Removing EMC Isilon OneFS Simulator cluster .............................................. 28

Removing the EMC Isilon OneFS Simulator cluster ................................................................ 28

Running virtual nodes on ESX....................................................................... 29

Running virtual nodes on ESX ................................................................................................ 29

Feedback & Troubleshooting.......................................................................... 41

Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................... 41

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Gather information about your
VMware install
Gather information about your VMware
install

Verify that you system is capable of running the virtual version of

OneFS
VM nodes are for demo purposes only and are not available for support, questions, or
repair by Isilon Global Services.

System Requirements:

1. RAM: Must have at least 1 Gigabyte of RAM

2. Must have a VT-capable processor and have the feature enabled in the BIOS

3. HD: Must have at least 17 gigs of free space on the hardrive to run 1 Virtual
node, 16G more of space per additional VM

4. VMware Server, Fusion, Workstation or Player installed

VMware Player if free and the guide is based on it.

Other versions are very similar in configuration.

The site for VMware Player is

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

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Use this template to collect some network information
Internal Network:

IP Range:

Netmask:

External Network:

IP Range:

Netmask:

Gateway:

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Determine the internal and external ranges to be used

From the command prompt, type ipconfig

The network generated for VMnet1 by vmware will become your internal range.

In this example, the network 192.168.208.

The range I would write down would be 192.168.208.101-192.168.208.109. Anything, but

the.1 address is fine.

The netmask I would write down is 255.255.255.0

The network generated for VMnet8 by vmware will become your external range.

In this example, the network 192.168.47

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 The range I would write down would be 192.168.47.101-192.168.47.109. Anything but
the .1 address is fine

The netmask I would write down is 255.255.255.0

The gateway I would write down is 192.168.47.1. The address VMware has created on
that network is your gateway.

Enter this information in the step above.

Install the EMC Isilon OneFS

Simulator cluster
Install and configure the virtual cluster
Unzip the EMC Isilon OneFS Simulator Node zip file

Rlght-click on the file and choose "Extract All..."

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Choose a good location and Click "Extract"

Once complete you should see a folder that looks something like this
in that specified location

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Open the folder

You will see several files and folder. Each clone directory will be a virtual node, if you
want. You can just run a single node, or you can build a virtual cluster up to 6 nodes.

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Open the clone1 folder and double click on the .vmx file

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VMware software should start

If prompted to install tools, choose not to.

The system may prompt you to find the .vmx file. If so, just browse back to the clone1
folder

The first boot of the virtual node will take some time.

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When prompted to format the drives, type yes and hit return

This is when the virtual drives in the clone directory will start to consume 16G of space.

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Once the node is done, configure your cluster as any other cluster

Choose 1 to create a new cluster

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Complete first steps of wizard

1. Set the root password

2. Set the admin password

3. Do NOT enable SupportIQ

4. Set a cluster name

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Continue Wizard

1. Choose the encoding

2. Choose to configure the netmast

3. Set the netmask for the internal network

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Configure the internal network

1. Choose 3 to configure the ranges

2. Choose 1 to Add an IP Range

3. Enter the lowest IP in the range

4. Enter the hight IP in the range

You numbers will most likely be different that what is here.

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Continue the internal network configuration

1. Press enter to Keep the current IP ranges

2. Press enter to Keep the current configuration

3. Choose 1 to configure the external network

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Configure the external network

1. Choose 1 to Configure the netmask

2. Enter the netmask for the external network

3. Choose 3 to Configure the external IP ranges

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Continue the external network configuration

1. Choose 1 to Add an IP Range

2. Enter the lowest IP in the range

3. Enter the hight IP in the range

4. Press enter to Keep the current IP ranges

5. Press enter to Keep the current configuration

You numbers will most likely be different that what is here.

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Continue the external network configuration

1. Set the Gateway

2. Press enter to Keep the current SmartConnect settings (This can be setup later if needed)

You numbers will most likely be different that what is here.

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Continue Wizard

1. Press enter to Keep current DNS settings

2. Press enter to Exit configuring external network

3. Press enter to Keep the current date and time. (VMware takes the time from your host
computer. You can set a timezone and time if you like)

4. Press enter to Keep the current join mode of Manual

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Configure configuration and continue

Press enter to to commit these changes.

If anything is wrong, you can type back and return as many times as needed to go back in
the wizard to make changes.

It make take a few minutes before the node finishes the configuration and is available.

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This is not uncommon to see on the console

Now the node is up, you can ssh or use the web interface to make use of it.

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Connect to the web interface

Enter the first IP address in the external range that you configured.

You will see a warning. It is safe to click Continue.

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Now you can login as root or admin

Some warning will be on the system, this is expected

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It's be to quiet the event

You can go to Status > Events > Summary

You should see a warn related to the fact that the virtual machine only has 4 drive and real
nodes have at least 12.

Click the Quiet link to get rid of the warning.

You wil have to do this will each virtual node you add.

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SSH to the virutal node will also work

Enter the lowest IP address that you configured for the external range

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Login as root

Add the rest of the nodes to the

cluster
Add the rest of the nodes of the cluster
Adding the rest of the nodes is optional
Just running a single node can be very useful, but a full three or six node cluster allows for
more testing and experimentation

For each additional node you want to join to the cluster, explorer to the clone2,3,4,5,or 6
folder and double click on the .vmx file. You will again have to type yes to formatting the
drives

Most laptops will only be able to support a three node cluster.

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Please note that adding nodes to the cluster will continue to take more CPU, RAM and
Disk space

Adding the node to the cluster

Once the clone is booted up and formatted:

1. Choose 2 to Join an existing cluster

2. Choose 1 to join your cluster

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Once done, that node will be part of the cluster

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Join as many of the remainig nodes as you want following the
previous steps

Removing EMC Isilon OneFS

Simulator cluster
Removing the EMC Isilon OneFS Simulator
cluster
Power off all the virtual nodes

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Delete the directory with all the virtual nodes

Running virtual nodes on ESX

Running virtual nodes on ESX
To run virtual nodes on an ESX server, they must be coverted with the converter tool from VMware.
Use the Converter tool for vCenter or download and install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
Both are free and I will use the standalone in the example below

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Run the tools and click "Convert Machine"

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For the source choose "VMware Workstation or other VMware
virtual machine"

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Choose Browse

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Browse to the .vmx file in the .vga directory, NOT in the clone
directories

If you accidently do use a clone directory, it just won't work.

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Continue in the wizard

Click "Next"

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Enter the information for the ESX server that will host this VM

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Choose a name for the Virtual Machine and continue

Click Next

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Optionally choose a datastore and continue

Click Next

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On the options screen you may want to change the networks and
continue

If a network change is needed, click Edit next to the Networks section

Click Next when done

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Click Finish to convert

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The task will then start

The time estimates can be way off.

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Once complete, the VM can now be powered on

One you have the VM on your ESX server, if you want to run more than one node, you will
then just convert it to a template and create new VMs from that template

Feedback & Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting
This product is not supported by EMC Support. For any questions or feedback on this tool, please make
use of the EMC Community Network. http://community.emc.com

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Here is a link to the Isilon Forum that can be used to ask questions about the EMC Isilon OneFS
Simulator nodes
https://community.emc.com/community/support/isilon_support_forum

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