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EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4.1 Installation and Setup Guide 68
Setting up VPLEX
3. or If the UTC are not synchronized between the
management servers (taking into account the few seconds it took between steps 1
and 2 ), type the following command on the management server you want to
change:
/bin/date -s " <date_and_time> ”
where <date_and_time> is in the format shown in the following command
example:
/bin/date -s "29 Jun 2010 17:19:00”
Task 20: Enable the
WAN ports on
cluster 1 1. From the VPlexcli prompt on management server 1, type the
following command to enable all WAN COM ports in the cluster:
set /**/*4-FC0[2-3]::enabled true
2. Type the following command to display all director ports in the cluster, and verify
that all ports numbered A4-FC02, A4-FC03, B4-FC02, or B4-FC03 have a port
status of
up :
ll /engines/engine-1-*/**/ports
Task 21: Zone the
WAN ports Follow the recommendations in the VPLEX best practices white papers to zone the
WAN COM ports.
Task 22: Connect
cluster 1 to the
directors in cluster 2
1. From the VPlexcli prompt on management server 1, type the
following command:
configuration connect-remote-directors
When prompted, type the number of engines in cluster 2.
2. Type the following command to verify that cluster 1 is connected to all of the
directors in cluster 2:
ls /engines/engine-2-*/directors
Output example for a dual-engine cluster:
/engines/engine-2-1/directors:
director-2-1-A
director-2-1-B
/engines/engine-2-2/directors:
director-2-2-A
director-2-2-B
Task 23: Connect
cluster 2 to the
directors in cluster 1
1. From the VPlexcli prompt on management server 2, type the
following command:
configuration connect-remote-directors
When prompted, type the number of engines in cluster 1.
2. Type the following command to verify that cluster 2 is connected to all of the
directors in cluster 1:
ls /engines/engine-1-*/directors
VPlexcli-1 VPlexcli-2
VPlexcli-1
VPlexcli-1
VPlexcli-2