Configuring Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Switches
530-0267-00 Rev 02
7700 Flash Storage Platform Installation Guide 7.6.3.x
67
Configuring and Enabling HA on a 7700 FSP Controller
7700 FSP Controllers in a 7700 FSP storage cluster are installed in failover pairs to ensure high
availability (HA). Use Symphony to enable HA on each 7700 FSP Controller by using the
FSP
Settings
and
Failover
tabs under
Administration > Devices
to configure and enable HA on each
7700 FSP Controller and complete the following.
1.
Configure and enable HA failover for 7700 FSP Controller A in a 7700 FSP storage cluster
using the procedure in the "Configuring Failover for a 7700 FSP or stretched cluster" topic in
Symphony Help, which documents how to:
•
Navigate to
Administration > Devices > Failover
, and select 7700 FSP Controller A from
the navigation pane.
•
Select
Failover > Failover Configuration
, and toggle the
Failover
setting to
ON
.
•
Select a
Secondary Controller
from the drop-down list, and toggle the
Stretched
Cluster
setting to OFF for a 7700 FSP storage cluster.
Note:
The secondary 7700 FSP Controller is the partner node in a failover configuration that
takes over if a failure occurs. By default, mutual failover is configured between the primary and
secondary 7700 FSP Controllers.
•
Enter the
Primary Monitor
IP Address
and
Secondary Monitor IP Address
(also known
as heartbeat) in the appropriate fields for the respective 7700 FSP Controllers (A and B),
and click
Save
when you are satisfied with the monitor IP addresses.
Note:
You are not allowed to edit the monitor IP addresses once the settings have been
saved. Once set, the only way to change monitor IP addresses is to disable failover, make the
changes, and re-enable failover again.
•
Enter the
Primary Controller
and
Secondary Controller
login credentials (Username
and Password) for both 7700 FSP Controllers, and click
Save
.
•
Click the
Allow Restart
check box so that the system restarts, and saves all changes that
you configured.
Configuring Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Switches
For details about preconfiguration and procedures for configuring and setting up the Brocade 6510
Fibre Channel switches for use within the 7700 FSP system, see