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Fail back the server using the GUI or CLI:

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On the GUI, select

Servers

from the Navigator pane, and then select the appropriate

server from the Servers pane. Next, select the server name in the left pane, and click

Failback

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On the CLI, execute the following command:

ibrix_server -f –U –h <server_name>

Replacing a Fibre Channel HBA

Summary of Contents for StorageWorks x9300

Page 1: ... features or standard Linux administrative tools and commands For information about configuring and using X9000 Software file system features see the HP StorageWorks X9000 File Serving Software File System User Guide This guide is intended for system administrators and technicians who are experienced with installing and administering networks and with performing Linux operating and administrative ...

Page 2: ...d herein Acknowledgments Microsoft Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Warranty WARRANTY STATEMENT To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product see the warranty information website http www hp com go storagewarranty Revision History Description Software Version Date Edition Initial release of the X9300 G...

Page 3: ...VIF guidelines 21 Creating a bonded VIF 21 Configuring standby backup nodes 21 Configuring NIC failover 22 Configuring automated failover 22 Example configuration 22 Specifying VIFs in the client configuration 22 Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces 23 4 Configuring failover 24 Agile management consoles 24 Agile management console modes 24 Agile management consoles and fa...

Page 4: ...ng elements of the SNMP configuration 39 Listing SNMP configuration information 39 6 Configuring system backups 40 Backing up the management console configuration 40 Using NDMP backup applications 40 Configuring NDMP parameters on the cluster 41 NDMP process management 41 Viewing or canceling NDMP sessions 41 Starting stopping or restarting an NDMP Server 42 Viewing or rescanning tape and media ch...

Page 5: ... a Linux X9000 client 61 Changing the IP address for the cluster interface on a dedicated management console 61 Changing the cluster interface 62 Managing routing table entries 62 Deleting a network interface 62 Viewing network interface information 62 10 Migrating to an agile managment console configuration 64 Backing up the configuration 64 Performing the migration 64 Removing the dedicated Mana...

Page 6: ...s 83 Hot pluggable and non hot pluggable components 83 Returning the defective component 83 Parts only warranty service 83 Required tools 83 Additional documentation 84 Replacing a system board 84 Replacing a NIC adapter 85 Replacing a Fibre Channel HBA 85 16 Recovering a file serving node 88 Starting the recovery 88 Configuring a file serving node using the original template 89 Completing the res...

Page 7: ...nly 118 Modifications 118 Cables 118 Laser compliance 118 International notices and statements 119 Canadian notice Avis Canadien 119 Class A equipment 119 Class B equipment 119 European Union notice 119 BSMI notice 119 Japanese notice 119 Korean notice A B 120 Safety 120 Battery Replacement notice 120 Taiwan Battery Recycling Notice 120 Power cords 120 Japanese Power Cord notice 121 Electrostatic ...

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Page 9: ...cy management Continuous remote replication IMPORTANT It is important to keep regular backups of the cluster configuration System components System components include Optional HP StorageWorks X9300 Network Storage System Base Rack Keyboard video and mouse KVM HP ProCurve 2910 24G management switch HP StorageWorks X9300 file serving node Storage connectivity one or more options chosen by the custom...

Page 10: ...clude Internet streaming rich media streaming data mining web search manufacturing financial modeling life sciences modeling and seismic processing Some of the key features and benefits are as follows Scalable configuration You can add servers to scale performance and add storage devices to scale capacity Single namespace All directories and files are contained in the same namespace Multiple envir...

Page 11: ...d to a standby network interface until the original network interface is operational again Storage connection For servers with HBA protected Fibre Channel access failure of the HBA triggers failover of the node to a designated standby server High availability and redundancy 1 1 ...

Page 12: ...figuration Implement the documented and agreed upon configuration based on the information you provided on the pre delivery checklist Document configuration details Additional configuration steps When your system is up and running you can perform any additional configuration of your cluster and file systems The management console GUI and CLI are used to perform most operations Some of the features...

Page 13: ...em checks ibrix_fsck Kernel profiling ibrix_profile NFS autoconnection ibrix_autoconnect Cluster configuration ibrix_clusterconfig Configuration database consistency ibrix_dbck Shell task management ibrix_shell Using the GUI The GUI is a browser based interface to the management console See the release notes for the supported browsers and other software required to view charts on the dashboard If ...

Page 14: ...iple GUI windows as necessary See the online help for information about all GUI displays and operations The GUI dashboard enables you to monitor the entire cluster There are three parts to the dashboard System Status Cluster Overview and the Navigator 14 Getting started ...

Page 15: ...e number of file systems in each state healthy experiencing a warning experiencing an alert or unknown Segment Servers The current health status of the file serving nodes in the cluster The overview reports the number of nodes in each state healthy experiencing a warning experiencing an alert or unknown Services Whether the specified file system services are currently running One or more tasks are...

Page 16: ...lower Navigator we selected NDMP Backup Active Sessions to see details about the sessions NOTE When you perform an operation on the GUI a spinning finger is displayed until the operation is complete However if you use Windows Remote Desktop to access the management console the spinning finger is not displayed Customizing the GUI For most tables in the GUI you can specify the columns that you want ...

Page 17: ...mmands are located in IBRIXHOME bin For complete information about the commands see the HP StorageWorks X9000 File Serving Software CLI Reference Guide When using ssh to access the machine hosting the management console specify the IP address of the management console user VIF Starting the array management software Depending on the array type you can launch the array management software from the m...

Page 18: ...t of its commands To view the manpages set the MANPATH variable on the management console to include the path to the manpages and then export it The manpages are in the IBRIXHOME man directory For example if IBRIXHOME is usr local ibrix the default you would set the MANPATH variable as follows on the management console and then export the variable MANPATH MANPATH usr local ibrix man Changing passw...

Page 19: ...tcp Between file serving nodes and NFS clients user network NFS RPC quota lockmanager lockmanager mount daemon stat stat outgoing reserved for use by a custom application CMU and can be disabled if not used 2049 tcp 2049 udp 1 1 1 tcp 1 1 1 udp 875 tcp 875 udp 32803 tcp 32769 udp 892 tcp 892 udp 662 tcp 662 udp 2020 tcp 2020 udp 4000 4003 tcp Between file serving nodes and CIFS clients user networ...

Page 20: ...fit from proactive notification but do not need proactive service delivery and integration with a management platform HP Insight Remote Support Advanced This software provides comprehensive remote monitoring and proactive service support for nearly all HP servers storage network and SAN environments plus selected non HP servers that have a support obligation with HP It is integrated with HP System...

Page 21: ... be connected to the same network interface Use a Gigabit Ethernet port or faster for user networks NFS CIFS FTP and HTTP clients can use the same user VIF The servers providing the VIF should be configured in backup pairs and the NICs on those servers should also be configured for failover For X9000 Linux and Windows clients the servers hosting the VIF should be configured in backup pairs However...

Page 22: ...50 82 Similarly all VIFs on ib50 82 have backup standby VIFs on ib50 81 NFS CIFS FTP and HTTP clients can connect to bond1 1 on either host If necessary the selected server will fail over to bond1 2 on the opposite host X9000 clients could connect to bond1 on either host as these clients do not support or require NIC failover The following sample output shows only the relevant fields root ib50 80 ...

Page 23: ...AME For example ibrix_client n h client12 mycompany com A ib50 81 mycompany com bond1 NOTE Because the backup NIC cannot be used as a preferred network interface for X9000 clients add one or more user network interfaces to ensure that HA and client communication work together Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces Link state monitoring is supported only for iSCSI network in...

Page 24: ...e active management console X9000 Software upgrades and blade replacements Agile management consoles and failover Using an agile management console configuration provides high availability for management console services If the active management console fails the cluster virtual interface will go down When the passive management console detects that the cluster virtual interface is down it will be...

Page 25: ...ny time regardless of whether automated failover is in effect Automated failover allows the management console to initiate failover when it detects that standby protected components have failed A basic automated failover setup protects all file serving nodes A comprehensive setup also includes network interface monitoring to protect user network interfaces and HBA monitoring to protect access from...

Page 26: ...re each server in a pair is the standby for the other 1 x N Assign the same standby to a certain number of primaries Contact HP Support for recommendations based on your environment The following restrictions apply to all types of standby configurations The management console must have access to both the primary server and its standby The same file system must be mounted on both the primary server...

Page 27: ...urce To identify an APC power source use the following command installdirectory bin ibrix_powersrc a t apc apc_msp h POWERSRCNAME n NUMSLOTS I IPADDR For example to identify an eight port APC power source named ps1 at IP address 192 168 3 150 installdirectory bin ibrix_powersrc a t apc h ps1 n 8 I 192 168 3 150 For APC power sources you must also associate file serving nodes to power source slots ...

Page 28: ...nodes or for selected nodes To turn on automated failover use the following command installdirectory bin ibrix_server m h SERVERNAME To turn off automated failover include the U option installdirectory bin ibrix_server m U h SERVERNAME To turn automated failover on or off for a single file serving node include the h SERVERNAME option Manually failing over a file serving node To set up a cluster fo...

Page 29: ... Clients that were mounted on the failed over server do not experience any service interruption and are unaware that they are now mounting the file system on a different server Unlike X9000 clients NFS and CIFS clients cannot reroute file requests to a standby if the file serving node where they are mounted should fail To ensure continuous client access to files HP recommends that you put NFS CIFS...

Page 30: ... the network interface that you want to protect and IFNAME2 is the standby interface installdirectory bin ibrix_nic b H HOSTNAME1 IFNAME1 HOSTNAME2 IFNAME2 The following command identifies virtual interface eth2 2 on file serving node s2 hp com as the standby interface for interface eth2 on file serving node s1 hp com installdirectory bin ibrix_nic b H s1 hp com eth2 s2 hp com eth2 2 Setting up a ...

Page 31: ...f page 32 For dual port HBAs with built in standby switching and single port HBAs that have been set up as standby pairs via software Identify the standby pairs of ports to the configuration database see Identifying standby paired HBA ports page 32 and then turn on HBA monitoring for all paired ports see Turning HBA monitoring on or off page 32 If monitoring is turned on for just one port in a sta...

Page 32: ...tory bin ibrix_hba m h s1 hp com p 20 00 12 34 56 78 9a bc To turn off HBA monitoring for an HBA port include the U option installdirectory bin ibrix_hba m U h HOSTNAME p PORT Deleting standby port pairings Deleting port pairing information from the configuration database does not remove the standby pairing of the ports The standby pairing is either built in by the vendor or implemented by softwar...

Page 33: ...the tested servers Failed The feature has not been configured The detailed report includes an overall result status for all tested file serving nodes and describes details about the checks performed on each High Availability feature By default the report includes details only about checks that received a Failed or a Warning result You can expand the report to include details about checks that rece...

Page 34: ...cker Results FAILED Overall Host Results Host HA Configuration Power Sources Backup Servers Auto Failover Nics Monitored Standby Nics HBAs Monitored xs01 hp com FAILED PASSED PASSED PASSED FAILED PASSED FAILED Server xs01 hp com FAILED Report Check Description Result Result Information Power source s configured PASSED Backup server or backups for segments configured PASSED Automatic server failove...

Page 35: ...e next command associates all Alert events and two Info events to admin hp com installdirectory bin ibrix_event c e ALERT server registered filesystem space full m admin hp com Configuring email notification settings Configuring email notification settings involves specifying the SMTP server and header information and turning the notification process on or off The state of the email notification p...

Page 36: ... and V3 NOTE Users of software versions earlier than 4 3 should be aware that the single ibrix_snmp command has been replaced by two commands ibrix_snmpagent and ibrix_snmptrap If you have scripts that include ibrix_snmp be sure to edit them to include the correct commands Whereas SNMPV2 security was enforced by use of community password strings V3 introduces the USM and VACM Discussion of these m...

Page 37: ... agent is public No default WRITECOMMUNITY name is set for read write access although the name private is often used The following command updates a v2 agent with the write community name private the agent s system name and that system s physical location ibrix_snmpagent u v 2 w private n agenthost domain com o DevLab B3 U6 The SNMPv3 format adds an optional engine id that overrides the default va...

Page 38: ...TLIST m TRAPSINK For example to associate all Alert events and two Info events with a trapsink at IP address 192 168 2 32 enter installdirectory bin ibrix_event c y SNMP e ALERT server registered filesystem created m 192 168 2 32 Use the ibrix_event d command to dissociate events and trapsinks installdirectory bin ibrix_event d y SNMP e ALERT INFO EVENTLIST m TRAPSINK Defining views A MIB view is ...

Page 39: ...g GROUPNAME j MD5 SHA k AUTHORIZATION_PASSWORD y DES AES z PRIVACY_PASSWORD Authentication and privacy settings are optional An authentication password is required if the group has a security level of either authNoPriv or authPriv The privacy password is required if the group has a security level of authPriv If unspecified MD5 is used as the authentication algorithm and DES as the privacy algorith...

Page 40: ... will need the backup file to recover from server failures or to undo unwanted configuration changes Whenever the cluster configuration changes be sure to save a copy of fmbackup zip in a safe remote location such as a node on another cluster Using NDMP backup applications The NDMP backup feature can be used to back up and recover entire X9000 Software file systems or portions of a file system You...

Page 41: ...he DMA cannot resolve a problem or you suspect that the DMA may have incorrect information about the NDMP environment take the following actions from the X9000 Software management console GUI or CLI Cancel one or more NDMP sessions on a file serving node Canceling a session kills all spawned sessions processes and frees their resources if necessary Reset the NDMP server on one or more file serving...

Page 42: ...er When a file serving node is booted the NDMP Server is started automatically If necessary you can use the following command to start stop or restart the NDMP Server on one or more file serving nodes ibrix_server s t ndmp c start stop restart h SERVERNAMES Viewing or rescanning tape and media changer devices To view the tape and media changer devices currently configured for backups select Cluste...

Page 43: ...might indicate an issue with NDMP access the environment or NDMP operations Be sure to review these events and take any necessary corrective actions Following are some examples 0000 Unauthorized NDMP Client 16 39 40 201 trying to connect 4002 User joe md5 mode login failed ALERT events These alerts indicate that an NDMP action has failed For example 1102 Cannot start the session_monitor daemon ndm...

Page 44: ...nts To do this you will need to create a hostgroup tree that includes the necessary hostgroups You can then assign the clients manually or the management console can automatically perform the assignment when you register an X9000 client based on the client s cluster subnet To use automatic assignment you will need to create a domain rule that specifies the cluster subnet for the hostgroup Creating...

Page 45: ...d host to the finance group installdirectory bin ibrix_hostgroup m g finance h cl01 hp com Adding a domain rule to a hostgroup To set up automatic hostgroup assignments define a domain rule for hostgroups A domain rule restricts hostgroup membership to clients on a particular cluster subnet The management console uses the IP address that you specify for clients when you register them to perform a ...

Page 46: ...policies ibrix_lwhost a to force the client to pick up host tunings To delete a hostgroup using the CLI installdirectory bin ibrix_hostgroup d g GROUPNAME Other hostgroup operations Additional hostgroup operations are described in the following locations Creating or deleting a mountpoint and mounting or unmounting a file system see Creating and mounting file systems in the HP StorageWorks X9000 Fi...

Page 47: ...ver is powered down or inaccessible to the management console and the management console is failing over the server s segments to a standby server Down FailedOver Server is powered down or inaccessible to the management console and failover is complete Down Server is powered down or inaccessible to the management console and no standby server is providing access to the server s segments Error The ...

Page 48: ...st seven days of events To change the number of days include the o DAYS_COUNT option installdirectory bin ibrix_event p o DAYS_COUNT Monitoring cluster health To monitor the functional health of file serving nodes and X9000 clients execute the ibrix_health command This command checks host performance in several functional areas and provides either a summary or a detailed report of the results Heal...

Page 49: ...nts Viewing a summary health report To view a summary health report use the ibrix_health l command installdirectory bin ibrix_health l h HOSTLIST f b By default the command reports on all hosts To view specific hosts include the h HOSTLIST argument To view results only for hosts that failed the check include the f argument To include standby servers in the health check include the b argument For e...

Page 50: ...SED dev sdc Physical volume 7DRzC8 ucwo p3D2 c89r nwZD E1ju 61VMw9 readable PASSED dev sda Physical volume YipmIK 9WFE tDpV srtY PoN7 9m23 r3Z9Gm readable PASSED dev sdb Physical volume ansHXO 0zAL K058 eEnZ 36ov Pku2 Bz4WKs readable PASSED dev sdi Physical volume oGt3qi ybeC E42f vLg0 1GIF My3H 3QhN0n readable PASSED dev sdj Physical volume wzXSW3 2pxY 1ayt 2lkG 4yIH fMez QHfbgg readable PASSED d...

Page 51: ... operational statistics including CPU usage disk throughput network throughput and operational state For information about the operational states see Monitoring the status of file serving nodes page 47 IO Aggregate statistics about reads and writes Network Aggregate statistics about network inputs and outputs Memory Statistics about available total free and swap memory CPU Statistics about process...

Page 52: ...0 0 0 97 1 0 NFS v3 HOST Null Getattr Setattr Lookup Access Readlink Read Write lab12 10 hp com 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOST Create Mkdir Symlink Mknod Remove Rmdir Rename lab12 10 hp com 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOST Link Readdir Readdirplus Fsstat Fsinfo Pathconf Commit lab12 10 hp com 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 Monitoring cluster operations ...

Page 53: ...unmount file systems from the management console GUI select Filesystems unmount 5 Unmount all file systems from X9000 clients On Linux X9000 clients run the following command ibrix_lwumount f fs_name On Windows X9000 clients stop all applications accessing the file systems and then use the client GUI to unmount the file systems for example I DRIVE Next go to Services and stop the fusion service 6 ...

Page 54: ...tely To prevent interruption of service set up standbys for the nodes see Identifying standbys for file serving nodes page 26 and then manually fail them over before powering them off see Manually failing over a file serving node page 28 Remotely powering off a file serving node does not trigger failover To power on power off or reset a file serving node use the following command installdirectory ...

Page 55: ...file serving nodes and X9000 clients The default host tuning settings are adequate for most cluster environments However HP Support may recommend that you change certain file serving node or X9000 client tuning settings to improve performance Host tuning changes are executed immediately for file serving nodes For X9000 clients a tuning intention is stored in the management console When X9000 Softw...

Page 56: ...es hostgroups and X9000 clients installdirectory bin ibrix_host_tune t THREADCOUNT h HOSTLIST g GROUPLIST To set admin threads on file serving nodes hostgroups and X9000 clients use this command To set admin threads on all X9000 clients include the g clients option installdirectory bin ibrix_host_tune a THREADCOUNT h HOSTLIST g GROUPLIST Tuning X9000 clients locally Linux clients Use the ibrix_lwh...

Page 57: ...uating a segment you should be aware of the following restrictions Segment evacuation uses the file system rebalance operation While the rebalance task is running the system will prevents tasks from running on the same file system Similarly if another task is running on the file system the rebalance task cannot be scheduled until the first task is complete You cannot evacuate or remove the root se...

Page 58: ...hen the rebalance operation completes remove the storage from the cluster ibrix_replicate f FSNAME b EVACUATED_SEGNUM If you evacuated the root segment segment 1 by default include the F option in the command The segment number associated with the storage is not reused 6 If quotas were disabled on the file system unmount the file system and then re enable quotas using the following command ibrix_f...

Page 59: ...nd that nodes needing to communicate for file system coverage or for failover must be on the same network interface Also nodes set up as a failover pair must be connected to the same network interface HP recommends that the default network be routed through the base User Network interface For a highly available cluster HP recommends that you put NFS traffic on a dedicated user network and then set...

Page 60: ...ress 10 0 0 4 for interface eth3 on file serving node s4 hp com installdirectory bin ibrix_nic c n eth3 h s4 hp com M 255 255 0 0 B 10 0 0 4 Preferring network interfaces After creating a user network interface for file serving nodes or X9000 clients you will need to prefer the interface for those nodes and clients It is not necessary to prefer a network interface for NFS or CIFS clients because t...

Page 61: ...hanges This section describes how to change IP addresses change the cluster interface manage routing table entries and delete a network interface Changing the IP address for a Linux X9000 client After changing the IP address for a Linux X9000 client you must update the X9000 Software configuration with the new information to ensure that the management console can communicate with the client Use th...

Page 62: ...able entry for that interface Adding a routing table entry To add a routing table entry use the following command installdirectory bin ibrix_nic r n IFNAME h HOSTNAME A R ROUTE The following command adds a route for virtual interface eth2 232 on file serving node s2 hp com sending all traffic through gateway gw hp com installdirectory bin ibrix_nic r n eth2 232 h s2 hp com A R gw hp com Deleting a...

Page 63: ...g node IFNAME IP address of this NIC IP_ADDRESS Whether monitoring is on for this NIC LINKMON MAC address of this NIC MAC_ADDR IP address in routing table used by this NIC ROUTE Network interface state STATE Network type cluster or user TYPE When ibrix_nic is used with the i option it reports detailed information about the interfaces Use the h option to limit the output to specific hosts Use the n...

Page 64: ...tallation code must be available As delivered this code is provided in tmp X93xx ibrix If this directory no longer exists download the installation code from the HP support website for your storage system IMPORTANT The migration procedure can be used only on clusters running HP X9000 File Serving Software 5 4 or later Backing up the configuration Before starting the migration to the agile manageme...

Page 65: ...55 255 0 0 v user Command succeeded 6 Register the agile management console also known as agile FM to the cluster ibrix_fm R FM hostname I local_cluster_ipaddr 7 From the agile management console verify that the definition was set up correctly grep i vif etc ibrix fusion xml The output should be similar to the following property name fusionManagerVifCheckInterval value 60 property property name vi...

Page 66: ... 16 3 1 m 255 255 248 0 d bond0 0 V 10 30 83 1 N 255 255 0 0 D bond1 0 w 9009 M passive F NOTE Verify that the local agile management console name is in the etc ibrix fminstance xml file Run the following command grep i current etc ibrix fminstance xml property name currentFmName value ib50 86 property 13 From the active management console verify that both management consoles are in the cluster ib...

Page 67: ...ommand succeeded Verify that the passive management console has become the active management console Run the ibrix_fm i command on the file serving node hosting the passive management console x109s3 in this example It may take up to two minutes for the passive management console to become active For example root x109s3 ibrix ibrix_fm i FusionServer x109s3 active quorum is running Command succeeded...

Page 68: ...init tm C local_cluster_interface_device v cluster_VIF_IP m cluster_netmask d cluster_VIF_device w 9009 M passive F For example root x109s5 ibrix ibrixinit tm C bond0 v 172 16 3 1 m 255 255 248 0 d bond0 V 10 30 83 1 N 255 255 0 0 D bond1 0 w 9009 M passive F 7 Verify that the newly installed agile management console is in passive mode ibrix_fm i For example root x109s5 ibrix ibrix_fm i FusionServ...

Page 69: ...QR procedure run the df command If you see separate file systems mounted on local stage and alt your system was quic k stored and you can use the automated upgrade procedure If you do not see these mount points proceed with the manual upgrade process Automatic upgrades This process uses separate partitioned space on the local disk to save node specific configuration information After each node is ...

Page 70: ...See Upgrading Linux X9000 clients page 73 and Upgrading Windows X9000 clients page 73 9 If you received a new license from HP install it as described in the Licensing chapter in this guide Manual upgrades The manual upgrade process requires external storage that will be used to save the cluster configuration Each server must be able to access this media directly not through a network as the networ...

Page 71: ...GUI 7 Unmount all X9000 Software file systems ibrixhome bin ibrix_umount f fsname Saving the node configuration Complete the following steps on each node starting with the node hosting the active management console 1 Run usr local ibrix setup save_cluster_config This script creates a tgz file named hostname _cluser_config tgz which contains a backup of the node configuration 2 Save the hostname _c...

Page 72: ...ode configuration information 3 Restore the configuration Run the following restore script and pass in the tgz file containing the node s saved configuration information as an argument usr local ibrix setup restore saved_config tgz 4 Reboot the node Completing the upgrade Complete the following steps 1 Remount all X9000 Software file systems ibrixhome bin ibrix_mount f fsname m mountpoint 2 Remoun...

Page 73: ...odes hosting the passive management console return the management console to passive mode ibrixhome bin ibrix_fm m passive 10 If you received a new license from HP install it as described in the Licensing chapter in this document Upgrading Linux X9000 clients Be sure to upgrade the management console and file serving nodes before upgrading Linux X9000 clients Complete the following steps on each c...

Page 74: ... fails power cycle the node Try rebooting If the install does not begin after the reboot power cycle the machine and select the upgrade line from the grub boot menu After the upgrade check usr local ibrix setup logs postupgrade log for errors or warnings If configuration restore fails on any node look at usr local ibrix autocfg logs appliance log on that node to determine which feature restore fai...

Page 75: ...ific feature log file under usr local ibrix setup logs for more detailed information To retry the copy of configuration use the command appropriate for your server A dedicated management console usr local ibrix autocfg bin ibrixapp upgrade f A file serving node usr local ibrix autocfg bin ibrixapp upgrade s An agile node a file serving node hosting the agile management console usr local ibrix auto...

Page 76: ...sing AutoPass to retrieve and install permanent license keys page 76 Fax the Password Request Form that came with your License Entitlement Certificate See the certificate for fax numbers in your area Call or email the HP Password Center See the certificate for telephone numbers in your area or email addresses Using AutoPass to retrieve and install permanent license keys The procedure must be run f...

Page 77: ...ptive manner Online and Nondisruptive Component Nondisruptive if done one server at a time DL380 Yes if done one server at a time FC HBA HP X9300 systems Yes if done one server at a time SAS HBA Yes if done one server at a time OS image Yes if done one controller at a time RAID controller No HDD Installing firmware upgrades See the documentation provided with the firmware for installation instruct...

Page 78: ...e context of the currently active management console If the active management console fails over and the passive management console becomes active the existing support ticket information does not move to the newly active management console Support Ticket operations are always handled by the currently active management console and the final output of the operations is stored there Creating viewing ...

Page 79: ...icket feature is typically configured after the X9000 Software installation To reconfigure this feature complete the following steps 1 Configure password less SSH on X9000 Management Servers active passive and all file serving nodes in the cluster as described in the following section 2 Verify that the etc hosts file on each node contains the hostname entries of all the nodes in the cluster If not...

Page 80: ... configuration file etc selinux config and set SELINUX parameter to either permissive or disabled SELinux will be stopped at the next boot For X9000 clients the client might not be registered with the management console For information on registering clients see the HP StorageWorks X9000 File Serving Software Installation Guide Failover Cannot fail back from failover caused by storage subsystem fa...

Page 81: ...d drive does not appear in Windows Explorer To make a drive appear in Explorer after mounting it log off and then log back on or reboot the machine You can also open a DOS command window and access the drive manually Mounted drive not visible when using Terminal Server Refresh the browser s view of the system by logging off and then logging back on X9000 client auto startup interferes with debuggi...

Page 82: ...brix_health i h HOSTLIST If the last line of the output reports Passed the file system information on the file serving node and management console is consistent To repair file serving node information use the following command installdirectory bin ibrix_dbck o f FSNAME h HOSTLIST To repair information on all file serving nodes omit the h HOSTLIST argument 82 Troubleshooting ...

Page 83: ... hot pluggable the device must be powered down Returning the defective component In the materials shipped with a CSR component HP specifies whether the defective component must be returned to HP In cases where it is required you must ship the defective part back to HP within a defined period of time normally five business days The defective part must be returned with the associated documentation i...

Page 84: ... Systems or HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array Replacing a system board To replace a system board on a file serving node or the X9300 Management Server 1 If the server is an X9300 Management Server skip this step If the server is a file serving node fail over the server to its standby server using the management console GUI or CLI On the GUI select Servers from the Navigator pane and th...

Page 85: ...Replace the NIC adapter For a file serving node see the HP Proliant DL380 G6 Server Maintenance and Service Guide For an X9300 Management Server see the HP Proliant DL360 G6 Server Maintenance and Service Guide 4 Power on the server a Check the MAC address of the new NIC Use the ifdown eth n command then use the ip addr command b Change the HWADDR line in the relevant ifcfg eth n file to the MAC a...

Page 86: ...andby pairing ibrix_hba b U P WWPN1 WWPN2 h server_name Execute the following command on both ports to disable monitoring ibrix_hba m U h server_name p WWPN 6 Delete the HBA from the cluster configuration database using the GUI or CLI On the GUI select Servers from the Navigator pane and then select the appropriate server from the Servers pane Select HBAs in the left pane select an HBA and click D...

Page 87: ... Servers from the Navigator pane and then select the appropriate server from the Servers pane Next select the server name in the left pane and click Failback On the CLI execute the following command ibrix_server f U h server_name Replacing a Fibre Channel HBA 87 ...

Page 88: ... Quick Restore DVD restores the server to its original factory state This is a destructive process that completely erases all of the data on local hard drives Starting the recovery To recover a failed file serving node follow these steps 1 If a NIC monitor is configured on the user network remove the monitor To determine if NIC monitoring is configured run the following command on the Management S...

Page 89: ... template page 89 To configure the file serving node manually without the template go to Configuring a file serving node manually page 93 To configure a Management Server that hosts the agile management console go to Configuring a file serving node manually page 93 Configuring a file serving node using the original template Complete the following steps 1 Log into the system as user root the defaul...

Page 90: ...e file serving node select Cancel Go to Configuring a file serving node manually page 93 for information about completing the configuration 4 On the Verify Hostname dialog box enter a hostname for the node or accept the hostname generated by the hostname template 5 The Verify Configuration window shows the configuration received from the management console Select Accept to apply the configuration ...

Page 91: ... node you are configuring When you click Yes the replacement node will be registered 7 After the server is registered you will be asked whether you want to configure a passive agile management console on the node If the node being restored previously hosted the agile management console install the passive management console IMPORTANT Configure a passive agile management console only if the agile m...

Page 92: ...allow traffic on appropriate ports or disable the service entirely by running the chkconfig iptables off and service iptables stop commands To allow traffic on appropriate ports open the following ports 80 443 1234 9000 9005 9008 9009 3 If you disabled NIC monitoring before using the QuickRestore DVD re enable the monitor ibrix_nic m h MONITORHOST A DESTHOST IFNAME For example ibrix_nic m h titan1...

Page 93: ...n the domain For example ibrix_auth n DOMAIN_NAME A AUTH_PROXY_USER_NAME P AUTH_PROXY_PASSWORD h HOSTNAME Restore HTTP services Complete the following steps 1 On the management console GUI select HTTP from the Navigator 2 On the HTTP Config Profiles pane select the profile that was previously applied to the restored node and then click Modify Profile 3 On the Modify Profile dialog box remove the r...

Page 94: ...les on the network and then displays the results Select Cancel to configure the node manually If the wizard cannot locate a management console the screen shown in step 4 will appear 4 The file serving node Configuration Menu appears 94 Recovering a file serving node ...

Page 95: ...s Tab to move to the buttons at the bottom of the dialog box and press Space to go to the next dialog box 6 Select Management Console from the menu and enter the IP address of the management console This is typically the address of the management console on the cluster network 7 Select Hostname from the menu and enter the hostname of this server Configuring a file serving node manually 95 ...

Page 96: ...one from the menu and then use Up or Down to select your time zone 9 Select Default Gateway from the menu and enter the IP Address of the host that will be used as the default gateway 96 Recovering a file serving node ...

Page 97: ...e primary and secondary DNS servers that will be used to resolve domain names Also enter the DNS domain name 1 1 Select NTP Servers from the menu and enter the IP addresses or hostnames for the primary and secondary NTP servers Configuring a file serving node manually 97 ...

Page 98: ... network select Ok on the Select Interface Type dialog box Enter a name for the interface bond0 for the cluster interface and specify the appropriate options and slave devices The factory defaults for the slave devices are eth0 and eth3 Use Mode 6 bonding for 1GbE networks and Mode 1 bonding for 10GbE networks 98 Recovering a file serving node ...

Page 99: ...13 When the Configure Network dialog box reappears select bond0 Configuring a file serving node manually 99 ...

Page 100: ...pply the values to the file serving node and register it with the management console 17 If the hostname specified for the node already exists in the cluster the name was used by the node you are replacing the Replace Existing Server window asks whether you want to replace the existing server with the node you are configuring When you click Yes the replacement node will be registered 18 After the s...

Page 101: ...e is configured If you configured a user network enter a VIF IP address and netmask for the network If you configured a passive management console enter the following command to verify the status of the console ibrix_fm i IMPORTANT Next go to Completing the restore on a file serving node page 92 Configuring a file serving node manually 101 ...

Page 102: ...nuals page select storage NAS Systems NAS Storage Servers HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Systems Using and maintaining file serving nodes HP ProLiant DL380 G7 Server User Guide HP ProLiant DL380 G7 Server Maintenance and Service Guide HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server User Guide HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server Maintenance and Service Guide On the Manuals page select servers ProLiant ml dl and tc seri...

Page 103: ...stomer self repair HP customer self repair CSR programs allow you to repair your StorageWorks product If a CSR part needs replacing HP ships the part directly to you so that you can install it at your convenience Some parts do not qualify for CSR Your HP authorized service provider will determine whether a repair can be accomplished by CSR For more information about CSR contact your local service ...

Page 104: ...er display 2 Hard drive bays 3 SATA optical drive bay 4 Video connector 5 USB connectors 2 6 Rear view of file serving node Description Item PCI slot 5 1 PCI slot 6 2 PCI slot 4 3 PCI slot 2 4 PCI slot 3 5 PCI slot 1 6 Power supply 2 PS2 7 Power supply 1 PS1 8 USB connectors 2 9 Video connector 10 104 Component diagrams ...

Page 105: ...cription Item NIC 1 connector 1 1 NIC 2 connector 12 Mouse connector 13 Keyboard connector 14 Serial connector 15 iLO 2 connector 16 NIC 3 connector 17 NIC 4 connector 18 Rear view of file serving node 105 ...

Page 106: ...Adapter SATA 10Gb 2 empty 3 empty 4 NC522SFP dual 10Gb NIC 5 empty 6 empty 1 HP SC08Ge 3Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter SAS 1Gb 2 NC364T Quad 1Gb NIC 3 empty 4 HP SC08Ge 3Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter 5 empty 6 empty 1 HP SC08Ge 3Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter SAS 10Gb 2 HP SC08Ge 3Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter 3 empty 4 NC522SFP dual 10Gb NIC 5 empty 6 empty 106 Component diagrams ...

Page 107: ...ice provider replace the part These parts are identified as No in the spare parts lists 1GbE spare parts 1 GbE AW539A Customer self repair Spare part number Description Mandatory 496056 001 SPS HOOD Optional 496057 001 SPS CARD RISER Mandatory 496058 001 SPS KIT MISC HARDWARE Optional 496060 001 SPS CAGE PCI Mandatory 496061 001 SPS BAFFLE Optional 496062 001 SPS BACKPLANE PS Optional 496063 001 S...

Page 108: ...ARD RISER Mandatory 496058 001 SPS KIT MISC HARDWARE Optional 496060 001 SPS CAGE PCI Mandatory 496061 001 SPS BAFFLE Optional 496062 001 SPS BACKPLANE PS Optional 496063 001 SPS CAGE PS BACKPLANE Optional 496064 001 SPS HEATSINK 80W Mandatory 496066 001 SPS FAN Mandatory 496067 001 SPS CAGE FAN Optional 496069 001 SPS BD SYSTEM I O W SUBPAN Mandatory 496070 001 SPS CABLE SAS BACKPLANE Mandatory 4...

Page 109: ...ry 496058 001 SPS KIT MISC HARDWARE Optional 496060 001 SPS CAGE PCI Mandatory 496061 001 SPS BAFFLE Optional 496062 001 SPS BACKPLANE PS Optional 496063 001 SPS CAGE PS BACKPLANE Optional 496064 001 SPS HEATSINK 80W Mandatory 496066 001 SPS FAN Mandatory 496067 001 SPS CAGE FAN Optional 496069 001 SPS BD SYSTEM I O W SUBPAN Mandatory 496070 001 SPS CABLE SAS BACKPLANE Mandatory 496071 001 SPS CAB...

Page 110: ...ional 496060 001 SPS CAGE PCI Mandatory 496061 001 SPS BAFFLE Optional 496062 001 SPS BACKPLANE PS Optional 496063 001 SPS CAGE PS BACKPLANE Optional 496064 001 SPS HEATSINK 80W Mandatory 496066 001 SPS FAN Mandatory 496067 001 SPS CAGE FAN Optional 496069 001 SPS BD SYSTEM I O W SUBPAN Mandatory 496070 001 SPS CABLE SAS BACKPLANE Mandatory 496071 001 SPS CABLE SATA DVD PWR Mandatory 496073 001 SP...

Page 111: ...6066 001 SPS FAN Mandatory 496067 001 SPS CAGE FAN Optional 496069 001 SPS BD SYSTEM I O W SUBPAN Mandatory 496070 001 SPS CABLE SAS BACKPLANE Mandatory 496071 001 SPS CABLE SATA DVD PWR Mandatory 496073 001 SPS BD SID Mandatory 496074 001 SPS CAGE HD SFF Mandatory 496076 001 SPS CAGE DVD OPT DRIVE Optional 496077 001 SPS BD PCIX Optional 496078 001 SPS BD PCIE Mandatory 496080 001 SPS BEZEL Optio...

Page 112: ...SPS HARDWARE KIT 10KG2 Optional 396630 001 SPS SWITCH SVR CNSL KVM 0X1X8 Not customer replaceable 397641 001 SPS CA SRL DWNLD 9PIN M F 6 Mandatory 410529 001 SPS SWITCH SVR CNSL KVM 0X2X16 USB Optional 457015 001 SPS RACK BUS BAR WIRE TRAY Optional 483915 001 SPS STICK 4X FIXED C 13 OFFSET WW Mandatory 490992 001 SPS ASSY RETENTION PWR CD LT RT BRKT Optional 517691 001 SPS SWITCH KVM SVR CNSL 0X2X...

Page 113: ...M LG ROHS Not customer replaceable 8121 0829 PWR CORD OPT 922 3 COND 3 0 M LG ROHS Mandatory 8121 0919 PWR CORD OPT 917 3 COND 3 M LG ROHS Mandatory 8121 0965 PWR CORD OPT 934 3 COND 3 6 M LG ROHS Mandatory 8121 1035 PWR CORD OPT 919 3 COND 2 5M LG ROHS Mandatory J9145 61001 KIT 2910 24G SMO Support Mandatory J9145 69001 HP PROCURVE 2910AL 24G SWITCH Base rack AW546A 1 13 ...

Page 114: ...ment for proper grounding have an HP authorized reseller install the part NOTE For more information on static electricity or assistance with product installation contact your HP authorized reseller Equipment symbols If the following symbols are located on equipment hazardous conditions could exist WARNING Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols indicates the presenc...

Page 115: ...eling jacks Attach stabilizing feet to the rack if it is a single rack installation Ensure the racks are coupled in multiple rack installations Fully extend the bottom stabilizers on the equipment Ensure that the equipment is properly supported braced when installing options and boards Be careful when sliding rack components with slide rails into the rack The slide rails could pinch your fingertip...

Page 116: ...l injury or damage to the equipment the installation of non hot pluggable components should be performed only by individuals who are qualified in servicing computer equipment knowledgeable about the procedures and precautions and trained to deal with products capable of producing hazardous energy levels WARNING To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment observe local occupati...

Page 117: ...he device is determined refer to the following corresponding statement Class A equipment This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses a...

Page 118: ... EMI connector hoods in order to maintain compliance with FCC Rules and Regulations Laser compliance This product might be provided with an optical storage device that is CD or DVD drive and or fiber optic transceiver Each of these devices contain a laser that is classified as a Class 1 Laser Product in accordance with US FDA regulations and the IEC 60826 1 The product does not emit hazardous lase...

Page 119: ...uilleur du Canada European Union notice Products bearing the CE marking comply with the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC issued by the Commission of the European Community and if this product has telecommunication functionality the R TTE Directive 1999 5 EC Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following European Norms in parentheses are the equ...

Page 120: ...re information about battery replacement or proper disposal contact an authorized reseller or an authorized service provider Taiwan Battery Recycling Notice The Taiwan EPA requires dry battery manufacturing or importing firms in accordance with Article 15 of the Waste Disposal Act to indicate the recovery marks on the batteries used in sales giveaway or promotion Contact a qualified Taiwanese recy...

Page 121: ...g products in static safe containers Keep electrostatic sensitive parts in their containers until they arrive at static free workstations Place parts on a grounded surface before removing them from their containers Avoid touching pins leads or circuitry Always be properly grounded when touching a static sensitive component or assembly Grounding methods There are several methods for grounding Use o...

Page 122: ...atic electricity or for assistance with product installation contact your authorized reseller Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive Czechoslovakian notice Danish notice Dutch notice 122 Regulatory compliance and safety ...

Page 123: ...English notice Estonian notice Finnish notice French notice Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive 123 ...

Page 124: ...German notice Greek notice Hungarian notice Italian notice 124 Regulatory compliance and safety ...

Page 125: ...Latvian notice Lithuanian notice Polish notice Portuguese notice Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive 125 ...

Page 126: ...Slovakian notice Slovenian notice Spanish notice Swedish notice 126 Regulatory compliance and safety ...

Page 127: ...a bunch of disks KVM Keyboard video and mouse LUN Logical unit number A LUN results from mapping a logical unit number port ID and LDEV ID to a RAID group The size of the LUN is determined by the emulation mode of the LDEV and the number of LDEVs associated with the LUN MTU Maximum Transmission Unit NAS Network attached storage NFS Network file system The protocol used in most UNIX environments to...

Page 128: ... UID Unit identification USM SNMP User Security Model VACM SNMP View Access Control Model VC HP Virtual Connect VIF Virtual interface WINS Windows Internet Naming Service WWN World Wide Name A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device WWNN World wide node name A globally unique 64 bit identifier assigned to each Fibre Channel node process WWPN World wide port name A unique 64 bit addres...

Page 129: ...configuration 39 monitor 47 remove 48 view 48 F failover automated 22 NIC 22 FCC logo 1 18 file serving node recover 88 file serving nodes configure power sources for failover 26 dissociate power sources 28 fail back 29 fail over manually 28 health checks 48 identify standbys 26 maintain consistency with configuration database 81 migrate segments 56 monitor status 47 operational states 47 power ma...

Page 130: ...n 40 convert to agile configuration 64 failover 24 X9000 client access 17 management console CLI 17 management console GUI change password 18 customize 16 Details page 16 Navigator 16 open 13 view events 48 N NDMP backups 40 cancel sessions 42 configure NDMP parameters 41 rescan for new devices 42 start or stop NDMP Server 42 view events 43 view sessions 41 view tape and media changer devices 42 n...

Page 131: ...ng rack stability 103 warnings loading rack 1 15 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive 122 websites customer self repair 103 HP 103 HP Subscriber s Choice for Business 103 Windows X9000 clients upgrade 73 X X9000 clients add to hostgroup 45 change IP address 61 identify a user network interface 59 interface to management console 17 migrate segments 56 monitor status 47 prefer a user ...

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