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Chapter IX Install Storage Management Software

9.1

Key terminology

RDAC

（

redundant dual active controller multi-path driver

）

In order to configure IO transmission driver of disk array management data of redundancy

controller. If a certain part connecting storage array fails, causing communication between the host

and controller lost, this driver will relocate all IO paths automatically, and switch to another

controller of storage array if necessary.

Host

Connects to storage array, and accesses volume on storage array via host ports on HBA cards.

Management workstation

Runs computer of storage management software, used to add, monitor and manage storage

arrays on network.

9.2 Installation introduction

This introduction is used to install installation wizard of

STRMGR

management software, and

independent installation software packages of various operating systems are provided in CD.

Storage management software supports windows 2003, 2008 operating systems and Linux

operating system.

9.3

Operating system special introduction

Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows Vista:

These 3 operating systems only support

STRMGR

client, rather than other software packages

such as RDAC multipath software,

STRMGR

installed on these two systems could only be used as a

storage management workstation, and does not support VDS, VSS of Microsoft, nor SMI of

SINA.

Windows server 2003 and Windows server 2008:

When RDAC driver is not installed, an error message prompts after installation is done,

indicating if there’re several alarming notices after installation, it is suggested to view installation

log to understand detailed situation, and installation log includes win32 abnormal warnings, which

is normal, and the installation process is successful.

Linux Red Hed 5 Client and SUSE desktop 10:

Only

STRMGR

client software package is supported, while other software packages such as

RDAC multipath software are not supported, and

STRMGR

installed on these two systems could

only be used as a storage management workstation.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:

These two operating systems support RDAC multipath software, as well as SteelEye

Summary of Contents for AS1100H

Page 1: ...Inspur Storage System AS1100H User Manual v1 0 Inspur ...

Page 2: ...r This User Manual is not to be copied by any group or person in any manner without the consent of Inspur The Inspur reserves the right of revising this manual momentarily Any alteration about the content of this manual will not be noticed We suggest that the user shall read this manual before using Inspur storage system so as to avoid any mistake during operation Please forgive any insufficiency ...

Page 3: ... software problems during the application of this storage system we hope that you firstly contact the corresponding software supplier and then he will contact us in favor of communication so as to solve your problem together especially the software problems about the database the installation and running of the network management software or other networking products 5 Please read quick installati...

Page 4: ...orrectly connected to the earthed power socket Please connect the three core power line plug to the three core AC power socket that is well earthed and easy to access be sure to use the earthing pin of power lines and do not use the patch plug or the earthing pin unplugged with cables In case of the earthing conductors not installed and it is uncertain whether there are appropriate earthing protec...

Page 5: ...ogy 19 5 2 Host connection notes 19 5 3 Steps to connect host 20 5 4 Host channel connection topology 20 5 4 1 Direct connection topology 20 5 4 2 Switch connection topology 21 5 4 3 Mixed connection topology 21 5 5 Management method topology 22 5 5 1 In band management 22 5 5 2 Out of band management 23 Chapter VI Connect Extension Cabinet 24 6 1 Key terminology 24 6 2 Connection notes 24 6 2 1 D...

Page 6: ...10 3 Configure HBA cards in Linux 35 Chapter XI Start Management Software 36 11 1 Management software startup 36 11 2 Enterprise Management Window EMW and Array Management Window AMW 36 Chapter XII Add a Storage Array 38 Chapter XIII Name the Storage Array 39 13 1 Naming notes 39 13 2 Naming steps 39 Chapter XIV Troubleshooting 40 Chapter XV Configure Controllers Manually 41 15 1 Configuration not...

Page 7: ...19 5 Adding a host steps 50 Chapter XX Configure Storage System 51 20 1 Key terminology 51 20 2 Capacity allocating notes 51 20 3 Volume group DDP and volume creating notes 52 20 4 Host to volume mapping and storage partition notes 52 20 5 Hot spare disk usage notes 52 20 6 Storage configuration steps 52 Hazardous Substances or Elements Name and Content Table Storage System 54 ...

Page 8: ...s to meet expansion of disk array volume SFP SFP is a kind of equipment communicating with fiber optical equipment SFP could be used on HBA cards and controllers 1 2 Necessary parts Hardware Cabinet Make sure cabinet complies with AS1100H specification and power supply could provide sufficient power Guide rail support and screws Used for installation of storage AS1100H Cables Power lines Power lin...

Page 9: ...umber Name 1 Backup power indicator 6 Disk driver module 2 Power indicator 7 Maintainable 3 Temperature alarm indicator 8 Disk fault indicator 4 Service operation indicator 9 Disk power indicator 5 Position indicator Front view of AS1100H 24 hard disks configuration is as shown in the following Figure 1 2 Figure 1 2 Front View of AS1100H Hard disk sequence 1 to 24 Number Name Number Name 1 Backup ...

Page 10: ...llowing figure Number Name Number Name 1 USB interface 13 SAS SFF 8088 extension interface 2 2 Network interface 1 14 Backup power indicator 3 Network connection fault indicator 15 DC power indicator 4 Network interface connection indicator 16 Power fan module permit maintenance indicator 5 Network connection fault indicator 17 Power fan module alarm indicator 6 Network interface connection indica...

Page 11: ... 8088 extension interface 1 22 SAS host channel connection fault indicator 11 SAS extension connection fault indicator 23 SAS host channel connection indicator 12 SAS extension connection indicator The rear view of AS1100H may be different on host interface types because of different HIC cards ...

Page 12: ...redundancy feature In order to achieve the maximum performance it is better to use 16Gb storage host channel with a 16Gb HBA card if an 8Gb HBA card is used data transmission rate will be kept at 8Gb When host operating system is VMware mixed connection will not be supported in one partition Windows operating system does not support mixed connection in one partition when a host uses multiple parti...

Page 13: ... optical switch manufacturer obtain the latest Firmware and management software and update optical switch Firmware you may need to shut down the switch to restart 4 If a Brocade or Cisco optical switch is used it is required to use configuration management of the switcher to open IOD In Order Delivery option 5 According to your needs you can divide zone of the switch under the direction of enginee...

Page 14: ... If power line of this equipment is inserted into power socket as part of the cabinet proper earthing must be provided for the cabinet If power line of storage system is inserted into power socket on the wall earthing device inside power socket only provides earthing for this equipment it is required to provide proper earthing protection for the cabinet as well as other equipment inside it It is s...

Page 15: ...l Usually attached to the front rail During usage fix screws onto angle rail to fix and aovid falloff 4 3 Install guide rail to cabinet 1 Length of front and rear rail could extend freely when pulled in order to guarantee guide rail bearing a certain friction is required during extension otherwise both front and rear rails will become too loose on the contrary if too tight front and rail rails wil...

Page 16: ...e rail standard configuration of M5 6 round head screws screw in rear rail fixing holes to fix guide rail 6 Adjust fixing positions of two fixing columns of front guide rail as required so as to leave corresponding positions for front fixing holes of the equipment place guide rail to a horizontal position align lower edge with 32U starting point extend fixing columns into angle rail fixing holes a...

Page 17: ...t 4 persons are needed to move the storage system 1 Lift the storage equipment make it close to guide rail and align lower angles on both sides in front of the storage system with angles of L shaped rails on left and right sides 2 To keep the storage system leveled place the front of storage system on L shaped guide rail now persons in the front shall support it to guarantee safety push it into th...

Page 18: ...h sides in front of the chassis 5 24 hard disks configuration Install hard disks according to the sequence of from left to right as shown in figure 4 5 12 hard disks configuration install hard disks from the top row from left to right and then the second row from left to right and the bottom row from left to right Figure 4 5 24 hard disks configuration hard disk installation ...

Page 19: ... 5 2 Host connection notes Host channel HIC card of each controller decides the quantity and kinds of host channels The following Figure 5 1 is the illustration of the 4 SAS host channels of each controller Figure 5 1 Host Channels and Host Interface Card Illustration Notes 1 Do not dismantle or take out any part of SFP on host channel you may be exposed to laser radiation 2 Static discharge may d...

Page 20: ...with protocol 4 It is suggested to label both ends of the cable which is very important for you when disconnect the cable and carry out operation on controller Suggested label content includes Hostname and HBA card ports controller ID i e controller A host channel ID i e host channel 1 Label writing example i e a cable is used to connect No 1 port in No 1 HBA card of a host named Jinan with No 1 h...

Page 21: ...h Connection Topology 5 4 3 Mixed connection topology 3 hosts are connected to a dual controller storage array via 2 switches Figure 5 4 Mixed Connection Topology Note Host channel with the highest number is reserved for remote volume mirroring to enable this function do not use the host channel with the highest number ...

Page 22: ...ment In band management does not need management port of the controller to connect network cable but needs to install host agent software and map access volume to the host so that the host could communicate with storage via access volume This method occupies a part of data bandwidth ...

Page 23: ...nt Figure 5 6 Out of band Management Out of band management needs not to use access volume but to connect both controllers to management network and default IP addresses of two controllers are 192 168 128 101 and 192 168 128 102 ...

Page 24: ...extension cabinet has two ESM modules 6 2 Connection notes 6 2 1 Disk channels Each controller has 2 SAS SFF 8644 disk extension channels as shown in the following Figure 6 1 AS1100H Disk Extension Channel Illustration Figure 6 1 AS1100H Disk Extension Channel Illustration 6 2 2 Extension cabinet connection notes Extension cabinet connected to AS1100H each ESM module contains two input ports and o...

Page 25: ...r optic cable Controller ID i e controller A disk channel ID and port ID i e drive channel 1 port 4 ESM ID i e ESM A extension cabinet ID label abbreviation such as Connect No 2 port of No 1 disk channel of controller A with output port 1B of left ESM A in the first extension cabinet of No 2 port of No 1 disk channel and the label is CtA Dch1 P2 Dm1 ESM_A left 1B 3 Repeat the above steps to connec...

Page 26: ...Figure 6 4 Connect 3 Extension Cabinets Connect multiple extension cabinets ...

Page 27: ...Figure 6 5 Connect Multiple Extension Cabinets ...

Page 28: ...equipped with disk array shall meet standards required by safety regulations of the nation and could connect sockets or UPS directly 7 2 Power line connection steps 1 Guarantee all power switches on disk array and all power switches of extension cabinet connected to it are turned off 2 Connect power line from the cabinet to disk array or sockets on extension cabinet power module 3 Connect main pow...

Page 29: ... startup may need several minutes 6 Check front and rear indicators of the main cabinet and extension cabinet if there s any yellow indicator record its position 8 2 Disk array indicator description Indicator Signal Position Function Power Supply Left front panel Chassis panel On The module is electrified Off The module is not electrified Temperature alarm Left front panel On Temperature over high...

Page 30: ...8 Memory setting error L9 Connection speed not matched LB Host card configuration error LC Memory setting error LD Memory mixed DIMM LE Memory issue LF Limited SYMbol lock LH Controller firmware not matched 8 3 Part repair indicator There s a green permitting part repair indicator in each power fan module controller module and internal battery interconnection module which instructs operators to di...

Page 31: ...x operating system 9 3 Operating system special introduction Windows XP Windows 7 and Windows Vista These 3 operating systems only support STRMGR client rather than other software packages such as RDAC multipath software STRMGR installed on these two systems could only be used as a storage management workstation and does not support VDS VSS of Microsoft nor SMI of SINA Windows server 2003 and Wind...

Page 32: ...torage management workstation is supported Windows server 2008R2 SP1 x86 based system IA32 Intel Xeon and 32 bit or 64 bit AMD Opteron IA64 Standard Server Core Edition Enterprise Server Core Edition Web Edition Windows server 2012 Windows Server 2012 Standard Windows Server 2012 Essentials Windows Server 2012 Foundation Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Linux Support Client Agent x86 32 bit and 64 b...

Page 33: ...age storage array as well as optional monitoring program used to send an alarm message when a serious problem occurs in storage array Practical program This software contains various practical programs which could be used to enable operating system to recognize volumes created on storage array and view specific operating system device name of each volume Agent This software enables management work...

Page 34: ... the following command rdac package name is the name of RDAC software package tar zxvf rdac package name tar gz 3 Switch to directory linuxrdac unzipped from RDAC source file key in the following commands then press Enter cd linuxrdac 4 Key in the following command to clean repeated target files under the directory make clean 5 Key in the following command to compile module make 6 Key in the follo...

Page 35: ...hes required by HBA 3 Install related drivers of HBA cards in Windows Server 2003 4 Reboot the system 10 2 Configure HBA Cards in Windows Server 2008 Steps to configure HBA cards on Windows Server 2008 platform are as follows 1 Insert HBA cards into the server 2 Install related drivers of HBA cards in Windows Server 2008 3 Reboot the system 10 3 Configure HBA cards in Linux Steps to configure HBA ...

Page 36: ...ement software will display AMW user interface User Interface Description Enterprise Management Window EMW Main window appears when STRMGR management software is started for the first time User could view all storage arrays in management field Used to add and delete storage arrays set alarm notification email and SNMP as well as execute other advanced configuration Provides statuses of all storage...

Page 37: ...Figure 11 1 Setup page under AMW window as shown in the following figure Figure 11 2 ...

Page 38: ...storage array manually 3 If no storage array is found via auto search select Add New Storage Array Manual in enterprise management window to add a storage array manually the interface is as shown in the following figure Figure 12 1 4 Select a corresponding management if it is an out of band management input IP addresses of two controllers in IPv4 network default management addresses of controller ...

Page 39: ... Storage Array will be added before the name automatically 3 When a storage array is first detected automatically or added manually the default name of this storage array is unnamed 13 2 Naming steps 1 Select an unnamed storage array and click locate confirm its physical location via positioning indicator 2 Select Setup interface in enterprise management window click name rename storage arrays 3 R...

Page 40: ...dow which stores management software user could see running status of arrays Optimal indicates normal running without any problem needs attention indicates a problem which needs attention 2 Select a storage array with needs attention status click Ok to start corresponding array management window AMW 3 Click Recover Guru and solve existing problems according to hints 4 Click re check in Recover Gur...

Page 41: ...nets 4 Gateway configuration could only be carried out on one Ethernet port on each controller 15 2 Configuration steps 1 Use in band management or private network laptop connects to storage controller via switch or direct connection to initialize and find storage arrays default management addresses of controller A and B in IPv4 network are 192 168 128 101 and 192 168 128 102 2 Open enterprise man...

Page 42: ...negotiate in dropdown list of speed and duplex mode make sure that the switch in use is also set to auto negotiate 6 Select IPv4 or IPv6 according to network type and set proper network parameters 7 Select controller B and repeat step 4 6 to set network parameters for controller B ...

Page 43: ...me or first execute a destructive operation i e delete a volume a password is required to be entered 4 No password is required to view operation 5 To cancel password protection input the current password then press enter directly in new password and confirm password textboxes directly without inputting passwords 16 2 Password setting steps 1 Select Setup column in enterprise management window EMW ...

Page 44: ...eps 1 Select Setup column in enterprise management window EMW click configure alerts 2 Select a disk array to configure alerts click ok If select all storage arrays an alerts dialogue will appear If select individual storage array first select a specific storage array an alerts dialogue will appear after clicking ok 3 Select the needed alert information type and click ok to complete 17 3 Mail serv...

Page 45: ...on using SNMP trap it is required to copy and compile management information library MIB files on specific network management workstation Destination of SNMP trap is IP address or hostname running SNMP server host Figure 17 1 SNMP setting ...

Page 46: ...t during frequent read write this will reduce performance 5 When cache mirroring function is enabled if a controller fails another controller will take over while this controller will use mirrored cache to continue read write operation 18 2 Modify cache setting 1 On Setup page in EMW enterprise management window click Manage a Storage Array a Select Storage Array dialogue appears 2 Select a storag...

Page 47: ...tion to use cache select Enable read caching 5 To enable write operation to use cache select Enable write caching 6 If selecting Enable write caching the following 2 selection boxes will appear Enable write caching without batteries When controller battery discharge finishes or incomplete battery charge or there s no battery data write caching is enabled Enable write caching with mirroring Memorie...

Page 48: ...ectly connected to a storage array is recognized by storage management software via WWN number of HBA cards on it But management software does not know detailed HBA locations on hosts so it is required to understand and record relationship between each host and its HBAs before defining a host 19 3 Define a host group A host group is a set composed of two or more hosts which share access on specifi...

Page 49: ...sts share access on all volumes on storage arrays note These hosts must have the same operating system and there s shared and access control software managing volumes on these hosts Refer to Figure 19 2 Figure 19 2 Under the following circumstances it is required to create a storage partition In the hope that some hosts only access certain volumes on storage arrays refer to Figure 19 3 Figure 19 3...

Page 50: ...ps 1 Select setup page in enterprise management window EMW click manage a storage array 2 In the interface displayed select a storage array to configure click ok an array management window AMW appears 3 In AMW window select setup page click manually define hosts 4 Refer to interface instructions and online help define a host and correlate to HBA host ports and define a host group if necessary ...

Page 51: ...2 Capacity allocating notes 1 Unconfigured capacity or spare capacity of exiting volume group could be used to create a volume If using unconfigured capacity to create a volume it is required to create a new volume group first a group of disk drivers using raid If using spare capacity to create a volume it is only required to appoint parameters of this volume for volume group has already existed 2...

Page 52: ...election Default mapping If no storage partition is to be used please select this option Software will specify an LUN for this volume and hosts in system default partitions will share these volumes Post map If a storage partition is to be used please select this option Please provide the following information according to wizard Specify host groups and hosts Specify expected host groups or volumes...

Page 53: ...to configuration method or select the unconfigured driver to create hot spare disk manually 5 Select the suitable step according to the conditions Don t use storage partition function and select auto configuration method please go to step 6 Don t use storage partition function and select auto configuration method confirm whether all volumes have been mapped to the default group please go to step 8...

Page 54: ...ystem Part Name Hazardous Substances or Elements Pb Hg Cd Cr VI PBB PBDE Case Mainboard Memory Hard Disk Power Supply System Fan Cable Data Cable Optical Fiber Line Switch Module Controller Central Processor Rail Printing CD Package Packing Plastic Bags Packing Pads ...

Page 55: ... content of hazardous substances in at least one homogenous material of this part is below limit regulated in Requirements for Concentration Limits for Certain Hazardous Substances in Electronic Information Products In the table indicates printed board welding technique limit fails to reach limit requirements 3 All the above parts are possible configuration parts in product for actual product conf...

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