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== Initial Storage System Configuration and Setup ==
A '''Storage System''' is a single QuantaStor appliance -- physical or virtual. One or more Storage Systems form a '''Storage Grid''', which is managed as a federated unit. This page covers configuring an individual Storage System: its identity, network settings, firewall, and proxy configuration, all of which live in the '''Storage System Modify''' dialog.


=== License Management ===
{{Navigation|Storage Management → Storage Systems}}


'''Navigation:''' Storage Management --> Storage Systems --> Storage System --> License Manager ''(toolbar)''
This page covers:


[[File:License Manager 6.jpg|thumb|512px|Add and remove QuantaStor licenses.]]
* [[#Storage System operations|Storage System operations]] -- the full toolbar and right-click operation list
* [[#Storage System Modify|Storage System Modify]] -- [[#General Settings|General]], [[#DNS Servers|DNS]], [[#NTP Servers|NTP]], [[#Network Settings|Network]], [[#Firewall|Firewall]] and [[#Proxy Settings|Proxy]] settings
* [[#Getting Started|Getting Started]] -- the guided setup workflow


The 'License Manager' is used to add and remove QuantaStor licenses. QuantaStor has two different types of license keys, 'System' licenses and 'Support' licenses. The 'System' license controls the feature set and capacity limits. Enterprise and Trial Edition licenses have all features enabled, and Community Edition licenses impose some [https://blog.osnexus.com/2018/06/07/osnexus-expands-storage-grid-technology-to-quantastor-community-edition/ feature limits]. Active QuantaStor license subscriptions are transferable to new hardware, and licenses with a 3+ year term are non-expiring. Trial Edition licenses are fully featured like Enterprise Edition, but are time limited. To replace an old license key, you will need to add a new license key, and then it will replace the old one automatically.
Related pages with their own coverage: [[Storage System Optimization]],
[[License Management]], [[Upgrade Manager]] and [[Recovery Manager]].


<br><br><br>
== Storage System operations ==


=== Recovery Manager ===
[[File:ss_context_menu.png|thumb|right|800px|Right-clicking a Storage System exposes every system-level operation, including several that are not on the toolbar.]]


'''Navigation:''' Storage Management --> Storage Systems --> Storage System --> Recovery Manager ''(toolbar)''
The operations available for a Storage System are on the '''Storage System''' group of the Storage Management toolbar, and on the right-click context menu for a system in the tree. The context menu is the more complete of the two:


[[File:Stor Recovery Manager.jpg|thumb|512px|Recover the internal configuration database from a backup.]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Operation !! Purpose
|-
| '''Modify Storage System''' || Identity, DNS, NTP, network, firewall and proxy settings. Covered in detail [[#Storage System Modify|below]].
|-
| '''[[Storage System Optimization]]''' || Cache and Storage Pool I/O tunables. Right-click only -- it is not on the toolbar.
|-
| '''[[License Management|License Manager]]''' || Add and remove QuantaStor license keys.
|-
| '''[[Upgrade Manager]]''' || Upgrade the QuantaStor software.
|-
| '''[[Recovery Manager]]''' || Restore the internal configuration database from a backup.
|-
| '''[[Call-home / Alerting|Alert Manager]]''' || Email, ITSM, SNMP and capacity alerting.
|-
| '''Certificate Template Manager''' || TLS certificate templates. See [[Security Configuration#Certificate Management|Certificate Management]].
|-
| '''Install EDR Security Agent''' || Deploy an endpoint detection and response agent. See [[Security Configuration#Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)|EDR]].
|-
| '''Shutdown / Restart Storage System''' || Power operations. See the note on HA pools below.
|-
| '''View Client Connections''' || Lists the clients currently connected to the system.
|-
| '''Network Connectivity/Ping Checker''' || Tests reachability from this system, useful when diagnosing grid or replication problems.
|-
| '''Audit Log Analyzer''' || Browse and search the management audit log. See [[Audit Logging]].
|-
| '''Send Log Report''' || Send support logs to OSNEXUS.
|-
| '''Join AD Domain''' || Join the system to an Active Directory domain for SMB access.
|-
| '''Remove System from Grid''' || Detach this system from the Storage Grid.
|-
| '''Getting Started / Configuration Guide''' || The step-by-step setup workflow, described [[#Getting Started|below]].
|}


The ''Recovery Manager'' is used to recover the internal configuration database from a backup. This is useful if a QuantaStor system is re-installed, and you need to recover the previous configuration data for Storage Volumes, Network Shares, Users, Hosts, etc. In grid configurations, the ''Recovery Manager'' is less important as the configuration data is replicated across all nodes. To use the ''Recovery Manager'', select it then select the database you wish to recover, and then press OK. The databases are backed up onto all the storage pools hourly, and the list of available databases is taken from those discovered on the started Storage Pools. If you choose the 'network configuration recovery' option, it will also recover the network configuration.
'''Restarting a system that holds an active HA pool will fail the pool over to its cluster pair.''' This happens automatically, but a manual failover before the reboot completes a few seconds faster, so plan maintenance that way where the difference matters.


'''IMPORTANT NOTE''' - Be careful with IP address changes, as it is possible to affect your current connection to QuantaStor, as it is dropped when the IP address changes. In some cases it is better to use the console to make adjustments, if all network ports are inaccessible due to no configuration or mis-configuration. When a QuantaStor system is first installed, it will default to using DHCP on an interface. If a DHCP server is available, it will assign an automatic IP to provide initial access to the system, and then static IPs can be assigned. Please use caution when recovering an internal DB, which might be a backup from another server, as that could lead to having two servers with the same unique ID (UUID).
== Storage System Modify ==


If you are having issues, or you would like to ask a question regarding the ''Recovery Manager'', we recommend contacting support (support@osnexus.com) for assistance in restoring a database.
The '''Storage System Modify''' dialog holds the system's identity and its network configuration, across six tabs.


<br><br>
{{Navigation|Storage Management &rarr; Storage Systems &rarr; ''select a Storage System'' &rarr; Modify ''(toolbar)''}}


=== Upgrade Manager ===
It is also on the right-click context menu as '''Modify Storage System...'''. The '''Storage System''' selector at the top of the dialog switches which system you are editing without closing it, and '''Apply''' commits changes without closing the dialog.


[[File:Upgrade Manager - General.jpg|512px|thumb|Manage the System Upgrade.]]
=== General Settings ===


'''Navigation:''' Storage Management --> Storage Systems --> Storage System --> Upgrade Manager ''(toolbar)''
[[File:ssmod_general.png|thumb|right|600px|Storage System Modify, General Settings tab.]]


The 'Upgrade Manager' is used to upgrade your QuantaStor system to the next available minor release. The 'Upgrade Manager' does not currently handle upgrading major versions, and if you wish to upgrade to the next available major release, you will need follow the official upgrade steps provided in the [[QuantaStor_Version_ChangeLog | QuantaStor Version Changelog]]. The 'Upgrade Manager' displays available versions for key packages including 'Web Management', 'Core Services', 'Web Server', and the 'iSCSI Target Driver'. You can upgrade the packages at any time, and it will not affect file, block, or object storage access to your systems.
* '''System Name''' -- this is also the network hostname. It may contain letters, numbers and the hyphen ({{Code|1=-}}); no other special characters are permitted.
* '''Description''' -- free text for your own use.
* '''Location/Region''' -- free text describing where the system is, which is useful across a geographically distributed grid.
* '''External Hostname (FQDN)''' -- the fully qualified name by which the system is reachable from outside its own network. Set this where the system sits behind NAT or where clients resolve it by a different name than its own hostname. It can also be selected as the grid communication endpoint on the Network Settings tab.
* '''Multipath Config Mode''' -- controls whether QuantaStor manages the multipath configuration for attached storage. Leave it '''Enabled''' unless you are deliberately hand-managing {{Code|1=multipath.conf}}.
* '''I/O Fencing''' -- controls I/O fencing for high-availability configurations, which prevents a failed node from writing to shared storage after a failover. Leave this '''Enabled''' on any HA deployment.
* '''Telemetry''' -- controls whether the system sends anonymous telemetry to OSNEXUS.
* '''Zero-touch Maintenance''' -- allows routine maintenance actions (selecting unused media to be used as hot-spares) to proceed without an administrator confirming each one.
* '''Log Collection Mode''' -- how often logs are gathered for support purposes. '''Never''' disables automatic collection; logs can still be sent on demand with '''Send Log Report'''.
* '''Vendor''' and '''Server Layouts''' -- identify the underlying hardware so QuantaStor can apply the correct enclosure layout and disk slot mapping. These are detected automatically; change them only when the detection is wrong for your chassis. The recognised chassis front bezel or hypervisor vendor logo is shown beneath, which is a quick confirmation the system identified the platform correctly.


Restarting an system that has an active HA pool, will automatically fail-over to its associated cluster pair system. It is recommended to manually fail-over pools to the paired system before rebooting, as this will cause the fail-over to be a few seconds faster.
=== DNS Servers ===


'''IMPORTANT NOTE''' - Upgrades of the 'iSCSI Target Driver' package will require a reboot to activate the new drivers. It is also recommended to always upgrade all packages together, and to never upgrade just the 'Web Management' or 'Web Server' package, as this may cause problems when trying to log in to the QuantaStor web management interface. On rare occasions you may run into problems upgrading, and if this is the case please review the [[QuantaStor_Troubleshooting_Guide#Login_.26_Upgrade_Issues | Troubleshooting Upgrade Issues]] section.
[[File:ssmod_dns.png|thumb|right|600px|Storage System Modify, DNS Servers tab.]]


[[File:Upgrade Man Adv Settings.jpg|512px]]
DNS is configured automatically where DHCP provides it, but most appliances run with static addresses, so the servers usually have to be entered here.


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* '''Search Suffix''' -- the DNS domain the appliance is a member of. Used to resolve short names.
* '''IP Address''' with '''Add''' and '''Remove''' -- the DNS servers themselves. Add your local DNS servers, or a public resolver such as {{Code|1=8.8.8.8}} where no local one exists.


=== Getting Started ===
Working DNS matters more than it first appears: Active Directory (AD) integration, LDAP single sign-on, ITSM webhook delivery and license activation all depend on name resolution. If you plan to join your QuantaStor systems to your AD domain then it is important to set the DNS server to your AD domain controller IP address.


[[File:Getting Started System Set.jpg|thumb|312px|Step-by-step instructions for common operations, including network configurations, storage volume provisioning, network share provisioning, object storage setup, and more.]]
'''This tab sets DNS for this system only.''' To give several grid members the same resolvers and search domain in one operation, use '''[[Grid Configuration#Modify Grid Network Settings|Modify Grid Network Settings]]''' instead -- but note that it '''replaces''' the DNS servers and search suffix on every system you tick, so anything set here on a ticked system is discarded.


The 'Getting Started' button, aka 'Workflow Manager' will appear automatically when you log in, and when there are no license keys detected. Once a license has been added, the 'Getting Started' dialog is available at in the 'Storage System' section in the ribbon-bar. The 'Getting Started' screen provides step-by-step instructions for common operations, including network configurations, storage volume provisioning, network share provisioning, object storage setup, and more. This area is to help get you acquainted with QuantaStor.
=== NTP Servers ===


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[[File:ssmod_ntp.png|thumb|right|600px|Storage System Modify, NTP Servers tab.]]


=== System Hostname & DNS management ===
Add or remove the addresses of one or more NTP servers reachable from the system.


To change the name of your system, you can right-click on the ''Storage System'' in the tree stack on the left pane and then choose '''Modify Storage System...'''. Alternatively, you can select '''Modify''' from ''Storage System'' in the toolbar. This will bring up a screen where you can specify your DNS server(s), change the hostname for your system, as well as control other global network settings like the ARP Filtering policy.
Accurate time is a prerequisite, not a nicety. Kerberos authentication against Active Directory fails outside a small clock skew, TLS certificate validation depends on the clock, and correlating alerts or audit logs across a grid is impractical when nodes disagree about the time. When joining systems to an AD domain, point NTP at the domain controllers.


[[File:Mod Storage System 6.jpg|1024px]]
'''This tab sets NTP for this system only.''' The grid-wide equivalent is '''[[Grid Configuration#Modify Grid Network Settings|Modify Grid Network Settings]]''', which replaces the NTP server list on every system you tick.
 
'''The time zone is not set here.''' There is no time zone field on this dialog: the only place to set it is '''[[Grid Configuration#Modify Grid Time Zone Settings|Modify Grid Time Zone Settings]]''', which is a grid-scope dialog with a per-system tick list, so setting the zone on one system means ticking only that system.
 
=== Network Settings ===
 
[[File:ssmod_network.png|thumb|right|600px|Storage System Modify, Network Settings tab.]]
 
==== Grid Communication Settings ====
 
Selects the address QuantaStor uses for grid management traffic with this node.
 
* '''Use Preferred Grid Port IP''' -- pins grid communication to a specific address. Set this in complex networks to keep management traffic on a chosen network rather than whichever interface the system would otherwise pick. '''Auto''' lets QuantaStor choose.
* '''Use External Hostname''' -- uses the '''External Hostname (FQDN)''' from the General Settings tab instead of an IP address, which is what you want when nodes reach each other through NAT or across sites by name.
 
==== ARP Filtering ====
 
'''A'''ddress '''R'''esolution '''P'''rotocol filtering controls how the system answers ARP requests when it has several interfaces on the same subnet. It is enabled automatically when network bonding is configured.
 
==== Network Bonding Policy ====
 
Sets the default mode used when bonded ports are created. QuantaStor supports:
 
* '''Round Robin''' -- distributes frames across ports in turn. Requires all ports to reach the same switch.
* '''LACP''' ('''L'''ink '''A'''ggregation '''C'''ontrol '''P'''rotocol) -- negotiated aggregation. Can bond ports connected to '''separate''' switches, which Round Robin cannot, making it the usual choice for a redundant network. It requires matching configuration on the switch side.
* '''Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing'''
* '''Adaptive Load Balancing'''
 
For LACP, consult your switch and NIC documentation, and expect to tune the switch's flow control settings to find what performs best for your hardware and workload.
 
==== Network Port Naming Convention ====
 
Chooses between '''Predictable''' interface naming ({{Code|1=ensN}}, {{Code|1=enoN}}, {{Code|1=enpN}}) and legacy '''Unified''' naming ({{Code|1=ethN}}).  Changing this renames interfaces, so treat it as a maintenance-window operation.
 
==== FC WWN & Device Emulation Mode ====
 
Sets the '''WWN Emulation Mode''' for Fibre Channel targets, which controls how the system presents World Wide Names and emulates device identity to FC initiators. Some host operating systems and multipath stacks expect a particular vendor's identity; this is where that is selected. '''None''' is the default and is correct unless a specific host platform requires otherwise.
 
=== Firewall ===
 
[[File:security_firewall.png|thumb|right|600px|Storage System Modify, Firewall tab.]]
 
Controls which protocols the system accepts, per service, with an '''Allow''' checkbox for each. For high-security environments, block every protocol that will not be used.
 
The services managed here, the equivalent per-port settings, and the interaction with the Security Manager's Web Access Mode are covered under [[Security Configuration#Firewall Configuration|Firewall Configuration]].
 
=== Proxy Settings ===
 
[[File:ssmod_proxy.png|thumb|right|600px|Storage System Modify, Proxy Settings tab.]]
 
Lets the system reach OSNEXUS support, licensing, upgrade and alert endpoints through an HTTP proxy, which is required on appliances with no direct outbound internet access.
 
* '''Enable Proxy Settings''' -- the fields below are inactive until this is ticked.
* '''HTTP Proxy URL''' and '''HTTPS Proxy URL''' -- the proxy for each scheme.
* '''No Proxy''' -- addresses and domains to reach '''directly'''. Put your own grid nodes, DNS and NTP servers here; routing internal traffic through an external proxy is a common cause of grid communication problems.
 
The proxy configured here is used by license activation, the Upgrade Manager, support log upload, and outbound alert delivery including ITSM webhooks.
 
== Getting Started ==
 
The '''Getting Started''' button, also called the '''Workflow Manager''', provides step-by-step instructions for common setup operations: network configuration, Storage Pool and volume provisioning, network share provisioning, object storage setup and more.
 
{{Navigation|Storage Management &rarr; Getting Started ''(toolbar)''}}
 
It appears automatically at login while no license key is detected. Once a license has been added it remains available from the toolbar and from the right-click context menu as '''Getting Started / Configuration Guide...'''.
 
== Related pages ==
 
* '''[[Storage System Optimization]]''' -- cache and Storage Pool I/O tunables
* '''[[License Management]]''' -- obtaining, activating and removing license keys, online and offline
* '''[[Upgrade Manager]]''' -- upgrading QuantaStor, including the re-install / boot drive swap procedure
* '''[[Recovery Manager]]''' -- restoring the configuration database from a backup
* '''[[Call-home / Alerting|Alert Manager]]''' -- alerting and capacity thresholds
* '''[[Security Configuration]]''' -- users, roles, password policy, certificates and the firewall
 
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<small>''Verified against QuantaStor 6.9.0.''</small>

Latest revision as of 20:46, 28 September 2026


A Storage System is a single QuantaStor appliance -- physical or virtual. One or more Storage Systems form a Storage Grid, which is managed as a federated unit. This page covers configuring an individual Storage System: its identity, network settings, firewall, and proxy configuration, all of which live in the Storage System Modify dialog.

Navigation: Storage Management → Storage Systems

This page covers:

Related pages with their own coverage: Storage System Optimization, License Management, Upgrade Manager and Recovery Manager.

Storage System operations

Right-clicking a Storage System exposes every system-level operation, including several that are not on the toolbar.

The operations available for a Storage System are on the Storage System group of the Storage Management toolbar, and on the right-click context menu for a system in the tree. The context menu is the more complete of the two:

Operation Purpose
Modify Storage System Identity, DNS, NTP, network, firewall and proxy settings. Covered in detail below.
Storage System Optimization Cache and Storage Pool I/O tunables. Right-click only -- it is not on the toolbar.
License Manager Add and remove QuantaStor license keys.
Upgrade Manager Upgrade the QuantaStor software.
Recovery Manager Restore the internal configuration database from a backup.
Alert Manager Email, ITSM, SNMP and capacity alerting.
Certificate Template Manager TLS certificate templates. See Certificate Management.
Install EDR Security Agent Deploy an endpoint detection and response agent. See EDR.
Shutdown / Restart Storage System Power operations. See the note on HA pools below.
View Client Connections Lists the clients currently connected to the system.
Network Connectivity/Ping Checker Tests reachability from this system, useful when diagnosing grid or replication problems.
Audit Log Analyzer Browse and search the management audit log. See Audit Logging.
Send Log Report Send support logs to OSNEXUS.
Join AD Domain Join the system to an Active Directory domain for SMB access.
Remove System from Grid Detach this system from the Storage Grid.
Getting Started / Configuration Guide The step-by-step setup workflow, described below.

Restarting a system that holds an active HA pool will fail the pool over to its cluster pair. This happens automatically, but a manual failover before the reboot completes a few seconds faster, so plan maintenance that way where the difference matters.

Storage System Modify

The Storage System Modify dialog holds the system's identity and its network configuration, across six tabs.

Navigation: Storage Management → Storage Systems → select a Storage System → Modify (toolbar)

It is also on the right-click context menu as Modify Storage System.... The Storage System selector at the top of the dialog switches which system you are editing without closing it, and Apply commits changes without closing the dialog.

General Settings

Storage System Modify, General Settings tab.
  • System Name -- this is also the network hostname. It may contain letters, numbers and the hyphen (-); no other special characters are permitted.
  • Description -- free text for your own use.
  • Location/Region -- free text describing where the system is, which is useful across a geographically distributed grid.
  • External Hostname (FQDN) -- the fully qualified name by which the system is reachable from outside its own network. Set this where the system sits behind NAT or where clients resolve it by a different name than its own hostname. It can also be selected as the grid communication endpoint on the Network Settings tab.
  • Multipath Config Mode -- controls whether QuantaStor manages the multipath configuration for attached storage. Leave it Enabled unless you are deliberately hand-managing multipath.conf.
  • I/O Fencing -- controls I/O fencing for high-availability configurations, which prevents a failed node from writing to shared storage after a failover. Leave this Enabled on any HA deployment.
  • Telemetry -- controls whether the system sends anonymous telemetry to OSNEXUS.
  • Zero-touch Maintenance -- allows routine maintenance actions (selecting unused media to be used as hot-spares) to proceed without an administrator confirming each one.
  • Log Collection Mode -- how often logs are gathered for support purposes. Never disables automatic collection; logs can still be sent on demand with Send Log Report.
  • Vendor and Server Layouts -- identify the underlying hardware so QuantaStor can apply the correct enclosure layout and disk slot mapping. These are detected automatically; change them only when the detection is wrong for your chassis. The recognised chassis front bezel or hypervisor vendor logo is shown beneath, which is a quick confirmation the system identified the platform correctly.

DNS Servers

Storage System Modify, DNS Servers tab.

DNS is configured automatically where DHCP provides it, but most appliances run with static addresses, so the servers usually have to be entered here.

  • Search Suffix -- the DNS domain the appliance is a member of. Used to resolve short names.
  • IP Address with Add and Remove -- the DNS servers themselves. Add your local DNS servers, or a public resolver such as 8.8.8.8 where no local one exists.

Working DNS matters more than it first appears: Active Directory (AD) integration, LDAP single sign-on, ITSM webhook delivery and license activation all depend on name resolution. If you plan to join your QuantaStor systems to your AD domain then it is important to set the DNS server to your AD domain controller IP address.

This tab sets DNS for this system only. To give several grid members the same resolvers and search domain in one operation, use Modify Grid Network Settings instead -- but note that it replaces the DNS servers and search suffix on every system you tick, so anything set here on a ticked system is discarded.

NTP Servers

Storage System Modify, NTP Servers tab.

Add or remove the addresses of one or more NTP servers reachable from the system.

Accurate time is a prerequisite, not a nicety. Kerberos authentication against Active Directory fails outside a small clock skew, TLS certificate validation depends on the clock, and correlating alerts or audit logs across a grid is impractical when nodes disagree about the time. When joining systems to an AD domain, point NTP at the domain controllers.

This tab sets NTP for this system only. The grid-wide equivalent is Modify Grid Network Settings, which replaces the NTP server list on every system you tick.

The time zone is not set here. There is no time zone field on this dialog: the only place to set it is Modify Grid Time Zone Settings, which is a grid-scope dialog with a per-system tick list, so setting the zone on one system means ticking only that system.

Network Settings

Storage System Modify, Network Settings tab.

Grid Communication Settings

Selects the address QuantaStor uses for grid management traffic with this node.

  • Use Preferred Grid Port IP -- pins grid communication to a specific address. Set this in complex networks to keep management traffic on a chosen network rather than whichever interface the system would otherwise pick. Auto lets QuantaStor choose.
  • Use External Hostname -- uses the External Hostname (FQDN) from the General Settings tab instead of an IP address, which is what you want when nodes reach each other through NAT or across sites by name.

ARP Filtering

Address Resolution Protocol filtering controls how the system answers ARP requests when it has several interfaces on the same subnet. It is enabled automatically when network bonding is configured.

Network Bonding Policy

Sets the default mode used when bonded ports are created. QuantaStor supports:

  • Round Robin -- distributes frames across ports in turn. Requires all ports to reach the same switch.
  • LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) -- negotiated aggregation. Can bond ports connected to separate switches, which Round Robin cannot, making it the usual choice for a redundant network. It requires matching configuration on the switch side.
  • Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing
  • Adaptive Load Balancing

For LACP, consult your switch and NIC documentation, and expect to tune the switch's flow control settings to find what performs best for your hardware and workload.

Network Port Naming Convention

Chooses between Predictable interface naming (ensN, enoN, enpN) and legacy Unified naming (ethN). Changing this renames interfaces, so treat it as a maintenance-window operation.

FC WWN & Device Emulation Mode

Sets the WWN Emulation Mode for Fibre Channel targets, which controls how the system presents World Wide Names and emulates device identity to FC initiators. Some host operating systems and multipath stacks expect a particular vendor's identity; this is where that is selected. None is the default and is correct unless a specific host platform requires otherwise.

Firewall

Storage System Modify, Firewall tab.

Controls which protocols the system accepts, per service, with an Allow checkbox for each. For high-security environments, block every protocol that will not be used.

The services managed here, the equivalent per-port settings, and the interaction with the Security Manager's Web Access Mode are covered under Firewall Configuration.

Proxy Settings

Storage System Modify, Proxy Settings tab.

Lets the system reach OSNEXUS support, licensing, upgrade and alert endpoints through an HTTP proxy, which is required on appliances with no direct outbound internet access.

  • Enable Proxy Settings -- the fields below are inactive until this is ticked.
  • HTTP Proxy URL and HTTPS Proxy URL -- the proxy for each scheme.
  • No Proxy -- addresses and domains to reach directly. Put your own grid nodes, DNS and NTP servers here; routing internal traffic through an external proxy is a common cause of grid communication problems.

The proxy configured here is used by license activation, the Upgrade Manager, support log upload, and outbound alert delivery including ITSM webhooks.

Getting Started

The Getting Started button, also called the Workflow Manager, provides step-by-step instructions for common setup operations: network configuration, Storage Pool and volume provisioning, network share provisioning, object storage setup and more.

Navigation: Storage Management → Getting Started (toolbar)

It appears automatically at login while no license key is detected. Once a license has been added it remains available from the toolbar and from the right-click context menu as Getting Started / Configuration Guide....

Related pages

Verified against QuantaStor 6.9.0.

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