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NEC Storage Manager 
Configuration Setting Tool 
User's Manual

 

Содержание Storage Manager Configuration Setting

Страница 1: ...NEC Storage Manager Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual ...

Страница 2: ...poration 2001 2003 No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without permission of NEC Corporation The contents of this book may be modified without notice in the future ...

Страница 3: ...l NEC Storage PerformanceOptimizer NEC Storage ReallocationControl 2 This manual is applicable to the program products of the following versions NEC Storage Manager Ver2 1 NEC Storage BaseProduct Ver2 1 3 The term iSM in this text refers to all the NEC Storage Manager program products 4 Trademarks and registered trademarks HP UX is a registered trademark of Hewlett Packard Co in the United States ...

Страница 4: ...nfirmation I 16 3 2 Installation Methods for Each System Configuration I 17 3 2 1 When a Business Server and a Disk Array are One to One Connection I 17 3 2 2 When the Business Server and Disk Arrays are One to Many Connection I 18 3 2 3 When the Business Servers and Disk Arrays are Many to Many Connection I 18 Part II Functions II 1 Chapter 4 Setting Commands II 2 4 1 iSMautobind II 2 4 1 1 Start...

Страница 5: ...es 1 Appendix B Methods of Saving Operation Procedures 2 B 1 Method of Saving Operation Procedures in HP UX and Solaris 2 B 2 Method of Saving Operation Procedures in Windows 2000 3 Appendix C Troubleshooting 4 Index 5 ...

Страница 6: ...P P Pa a ar r rt t t I I I O O Ov v ve e er r rv v vi i ie e ew w w ...

Страница 7: ... setting should be executed by a maintenance personnel NEC Storage 4000 series only configuration display command can be used Configuration setting should be executed by a maintenance personnel For the iSMview command refer to the description part about iSMview in the NEC Storage Manager User s Manual in accordance with your OS 1 1 1 2 2 2 O O Op p pe e er r ra a at t ti i in n ng g g E E En n nv ...

Страница 8: ...Chapter 1 Overview of Disk Array Configuration Setting I 3 ...

Страница 9: ... restored 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 i i iS S SM M Mc c co o on n nf f f iSMconf is software which performs various settings and display necessary for disk array operation per each item CLI is used as a user interface in the same way as the batch setting program The setting item about PD and disk array is explained below 1 PD setting menu In this menu perform settings for PDs of disk array Setting items ar...

Страница 10: ...iew Current Settings Display of setting state Cross Call Setting cancel of Cross Call Auto Assignment Setting of whether to use substitute path at the time of trouble Auto Repair Setting cancel of Auto Repair Mode LD Format Time Change of LD Format Time Expand LUN Setting of EXPAND LUN MODE Subsystem Time Set Clock by OS Time Set Clock by Your Input Time Set time of disk array by user input time S...

Страница 11: ... starts automatically 1 1 1 7 7 7 O O Op p pe e er r ra a at t ti i io o on n n A A Au u ut t th h ho o or r ri i it t ty y y This software does not include operation authority check function Execute the commands by the following operation authority depending on each operating system that is currently used In HP UX execute all commands by super user or NEC Storage Manager administrator About regis...

Страница 12: ...nents have redundancy and displays stable performance Furthermore it provides the function to replicate logical disks DynamicDataReplication and RemoteDataReplication in and between disk arrays which enables backup and batch processing to be performed in parallel with the main function 2 NEC Storage 3000 series NEC Storage 3000 Series mid range disk array that can handle key business of NEC Storag...

Страница 13: ...2 2 D D Di i is s sk k k A A Ar r rr r ra a ay y y C C Co o on n nf f fi i ig g gu u ur r ra a at t ti i io o on n n 1 Components The NEC Storage series disk array is composed of Disk Array Controller DAC which carries the component of control systems such as host director disk director and cache and disk enclosure DE that carries two or more Physical Disks controlled by DAC Figure 2 1 Disk Array ...

Страница 14: ...omposition NEC Storage 3000 series Figure 2 3 Disk Array Composition NEC Storage 2000 series Figure 2 4 Disk Array Composition NEC Storage 1000 series up to 2 cabinets Disk Enclosure DE Disk Array Controller DAC Physical Disk PD Array Group 2 Array Group 1 ...

Страница 15: ...onents in disk enclosure shown below per controller unit and this identification number enables components in the same disk enclosure to be specified But assignment of identification number depends on number of component in disk enclosure NEC Storage 2000 series is also composed of DAC and one or more disk enclosures There is no concept of basic cabinet and extended cabinet in NEC Storage 4000 ser...

Страница 16: ...oller DAC ETHER Port for Monitoring Junction Box Cache Module Battery Disk Enclosure Back Board SVP ETHER Port for Monitoring Panel SVP DD DD Back Board TEMP ALM DD DD Adapter Card Adapter Card TEMP ALM RD DD DD HD Cache Module Battery PD PD PD PD PD PD Disk Array Controller DAC ETHER Port for Monitoring Cache Module Battery Disk Enclosure Back Board FC_AL Port FC_AL Port RD HD Fan Power Supply Ju...

Страница 17: ... PD Disk Array Controller DAC Power Supply Cache Module HD Host Director FC_AL Port FC_AL Port HD Host Director Ether Port for Monitoring Battery Cache Module Fan Power Supply Disk Enclosure PD Battery SVP TEMP ALM Back Board Fan PD PD PD PD PD FC_AL Port Disk Array Controller DAC Power Supply HD Host Director HD Host Director Cache Module Cache Module Battery FC_AL Port ETHER Port for Monitoring ...

Страница 18: ...tenance PC Ether modem SCBI to perform power supply control and maintenance Temperature Alarm DAC_TEMP_ALM Temperature abnormality detection part with temperature sensor in DAC Disk Array Controller Panel PANEL External panel composed of status display part of disk array and system power on off switches Fan DAC_FANU FANL Cooling fan to maintain the constant temperature inside of the controller The...

Страница 19: ...es of cabinet Temperature Alarm DE_TEMP_ALM Temperature abnormality detection part with temperature sensor in DE Disk Enclosure DE Back Board DE_BB Back board connecting each component configuration devices in DE Physical Disk PD Physical Disk Logical Disk LD Logical Disk disk from operation host side 2 Logical disk configuration In disk array RAID is built from virtual media that bind two or more...

Страница 20: ...iption Maintenance Normal ready info All component functions operate normally Attention attn notice Some component functions do not operate normally and requires attention Data access from operation host is possible Maintenance is required if trouble occurred except during maintenance work Fault fault warning error Component stops functioning because of fault If data access from operation host is ...

Страница 21: ...1 2 2 2 L L Lo o og g gi i ic c ca a al l l D D Di i is s sk k k B B Bi i in n nd d d Construction of LD can be performed by two kinds of methods batch setting command and individual setting command Batch setting command is selected when configuring LDs for all PDs mounted in the disk array at the time of initial introduction of the disk array Individual setting command is selected when configurin...

Страница 22: ...2 P 13 P 14 P RAID0 1 3 5 10 15 RAID10 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 RANKs of RAID0 can be used only under Windows 2000 or Solaris LD Binding is executed by the following procedure a RANK Bind For RANK Bind method refer to Part II 4 2 4 1 RANK Bind b LD Bind For LD Bind method refer to Part II 4 2 4 4 LD Bind 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 D D Di i is s sk k k A A Ar r rr r ra a ay y y S S Se e et t tt t ti i in n n...

Страница 23: ...i is s sk k k A A Ar r rr r ra a ay y y a a ar r re e e O O On n ne e e t t to o o O O On n ne e e C C Co o on n nn n ne e ec c ct t ti i io o on n n 1 Install the iSM in the Business Server 2 The disk array connected with the Business Server becomes the object of monitoring 3 Stop the monitoring of the disk array that is set to be monitored by the iSM 4 Execute disk array configuration setting by...

Страница 24: ...y the Business Server If the setting is executed to the plural subsystems start up the program for every disk array 5 Start the monitoring by the iSM 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 W W Wh h he e en n n t t th h he e e B B Bu u us s si i in n ne e es s ss s s S S Se e er r rv v ve e er r rs s s a a an n nd d d D D Di i is s sk k k A A Ar r rr r ra a ay y ys s s a a ar r re e e M M Ma a an n ny y y t t to o o M ...

Страница 25: ...P P Pa a ar r rt t t I I II I I F F Fu u un n nc c ct t ti i io o on n ns s s ...

Страница 26: ...is set as one of paired disks for using the data replication function Before starting the program confirm that the LD is not set as one of paired disks For the checking and releasing method refer to 3 3 1 Pair Setting Unpair in the NEC Storage Manager Data Replication User s Manual Function Guide in accordance with your OS iSMautobind guards simultaneous execution because the disk array setting ma...

Страница 27: ...number indicated in parentheses is not specified message Illegal Number appears If no object of disk array exists the following messages are displayed iSM11162 Disk Array Subsystem which can be operated by this program is not found Q Quit Program autobind Disk Array Subsystem Q In the case shown above terminate the program and check whether the iSM Server monitors the disk array check environmenta...

Страница 28: ...current configuration has been set The actual release of the configuration is processed by the command execution If you select y for 9 Confirming Execution the release of the configuration will start 2 Read the Setting File Setting information can be read from the setting file when the parameter for the setting is saved in the file Automatic setting can be processed by reading the setting contents...

Страница 29: ...ty Low The data reliability is high but the allowable capacity is low PD capacity x 1 unit Standard Reliability Medium Capacity Medium The data reliability and allowable capacity are medium PD capacity x 4 units Large Capacity1 2 Reliability Low Capacity High The allowable capacity is high but the data reliability is relatively low PD capacity x 6 or 8 units When binding a RANK with PDs having dif...

Страница 30: ...s to be created Up to 36 LDs can be created for each RANK The LD capacity is automatically assigned to an appropriate one of the recommended values so that the capacity for each LD gets the same and the unused capacity gets the minimum taking account into the RANK capacity and the number of LDs specified above Reference Recommended Capacity 2 128MB 4 256MB 8 512MB 17 024MB 34 048MB 68 096MB 136 19...

Страница 31: ... are multiple RANKs Unused Capacity is displayed for the RANK that has the largest capacity of RANKs binding LDs When the number of created LDs is specified with 0 the message below is displayed and the screen returns to step 6 LD Bind iSM11255 Cannot bind LD by specified parameter 8 Save the Setting File In this step store the contents defined above in a file A PDG having the same configuration c...

Страница 32: ...e n The screen moves to step 11 Check the Continuation During execution of the command the message below is displayed Hot Spare Unbind Status Command Completed Successfully LD Unbind Status Command Completed Successfully RANK Unbind Status Command Completed Successfully Hot Spare Bind Status Command Completed Successfully RANK Bind Status Command Completed Successfully LD Bind Status Command Compl...

Страница 33: ...sage Explanation of Contents General May not be displayed Message Refer to IS010 Input Mistake Parameter Error The parameter of the command is incorrect Program Error Program Error Internal program error Hardware Error Disk array error 08 hex The disk array is busy 18 hex The disk array has reservation conflict Disk Array Error Status 28 hex The disk array cannot accept the command Other Errors Er...

Страница 34: ...eted When storing error contents in a file type y otherwise type n LD 1 2 has the following meaning LD Indicates an item in which an error occurs Of Hot Spare RANK and LD only the items in which an error occurs are displayed Numerator Indicates the number of errors Denominator Indicates the number of executed commands 11 Check the Continuation In this step confirm whether the batch setup command i...

Страница 35: ...s Manual Function Guide in accordance with your OS The iSMconf guards simultaneous execution because the disk array setting may be invalid due to multiple executions The guard may remain when iSMconf is forcibly terminated If the following message is displayed type iSMconf with f option after checking that any other setting commands is not being used The f option enables to select the targeted dis...

Страница 36: ...he server Q Quit Program only can be selected When the selected disk array is already opened on another window the system fails setup processing and returns to the unit selection menu again 3 Stop the Program To stop the program select Q Quit Program on the disk array selection menu or on the disk array configuration setting menu 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 O O Op p pe e er r ra a at t ti i io o on n n M M ...

Страница 37: ...conf rankbind Number of PD 3 15 5 conf rankbind Number of RANK 1 64 1 conf rankbind Rebuilding Time 0 24 10 hour Display example of RANK Bind command parameter input Type a numeric value or alphabetic character in each displayed parameter then press the RETURN key The contents enclosed with parentheses indicate an allowable range Some entry items can be specified with multiple numeric values In th...

Страница 38: ...econfirming Execution of Setting Command After execution of the setup command is confirmed the message below appears on the screen Reconfirm whether the command may be executed conf rankunbind Are you sure to execute the command y n y Key in y or n otherwise Y or N If y is selected the command is executed If n is selected the command is not executed and the screen returns to the menu Depending on ...

Страница 39: ... Key ASC ASCQ xx xx xx hex Detailed information in Status 02 When an unexpected response i e Sense Key ASC or ASCQ is returned from the disk array it is assumed to be other error and addition information is displayed Depending on commands the system asks the operator if the same command is executed repeatedly See 5 Confirming Repetition of Setting Command 5 Confirming Repetition of Setting Command...

Страница 40: ... 15 3 conf rankbind PD List Specify 3 disks ex 0 1 2 5 9 79 hex conf rankbind Rebuilding Time 0 24 0 hour Each parameter is described below PDG No only for Custom Input PDG number of RANK RAID Type Input RAID Type of RANK Number of PD Input number of PDs that bind a RANK Number of PDs varies depending on the RAID Type RAID5 3 15 RAID0 1 3 5 10 15 RAID10 4 6 8 10 12 14 For RAID 1 the number is fixe...

Страница 41: ...d below PDG No Input PDG number of RANK to be unbound RANK No Input the number of RANK to be unbound To select plural RANKs refer to Part II 4 2 3 1 Selecting Command of this manual Check the disk configuration by 0 View Current Settings before unbind the RANK Do not unbind RANK of another PDG at the same time When an LD is built the RANK cannot be unbound Unbind the LD before unbinding the RANK 3...

Страница 42: ... Parameter Type Standard or Custom s c s s conf ldbind PDG No 0 3 hex conf ldbind RANK No 0 3f hex conf ldbind LD Capacity 1 68118 MB iSM11321 System space of 2MB is added to LD and LD is bound conf ldbind LD Capacity OK y n conf ldbind Number of LD 1 22706 1 conf ldbind Format Time 0 24 0 hour When Custom is selected LD Bind conf ldbind Parameter Type Standard or Custom s c s c conf ldbind LDN 0 ...

Страница 43: ...the system capacity to the input LD capacity cannot be divided by capacity unit values for the capacity of user and system areas are calculated and divided into the appropriate size as shown below conf ldbind LD Capacity 7 57335 MB 57000 iSM11320 LD capacity which is bound will become 57000 MB iSM11321 System space of 2MB is added to LD and LD is bound conf ldbind LD Capacity OK y n When binding a...

Страница 44: ...LD is not set as one of paired disks For the method to check and release the pair setting refer to 3 3 1 Pair Setting Unpair in the NEC Storage Manager Data Replication User s Manual Function Guide in accordance with your OS When the Cross Call function setting is invalid LD without ownership cannot be unbound 6 Ownership Change Select 6 LD Ownership from the menu and input parameter as follows to...

Страница 45: ... Standard Input the number of Hot Spares to be bound PDN only for Custom Input the number of PDs to be bound as Hot Spare To select plural Hot Spare disks refer to Part II 4 2 3 1 Selecting Command of this manual Hot Spare can be bound to the maximum of 2 per DE Check the physical disk configuration by 0 View Current Settings before Hot Spare binding 8 Hot Spare Unbind Select 8 Hot Spare Unbind fr...

Страница 46: ...ber of the PD group to which the PD belongs RANK No Type the number of the RANK to be expanded The RANK capacity can be expanded only for the RANK of which RAID type is 5 PDN Type the number of a disk to be added to the RANK Expansion Time Specify a RANK expansion time As the numeric value is lower the expansion priority level gets higher oppositely as the numeric value is greater the expansion pr...

Страница 47: ... 00000000 ffffffff Hex Specified range is calculated based on RANK information LD Capacity 1 1032192MB Dec Specified range is calculated based on RANK information Number of LD 1 1024 Dec 1 Number of LDs Specified range is calculated based on RANK information Format Time 0 24 Hour Dec 0 LD Unbind LDN 0 3ff Hex LDN 0 3ff Hex Plural specification is possible LD Owner Ship Change Default PDG No 0 3 De...

Страница 48: ... Assignment Mode Setting Select 22 Auto Assignment from the menu and input parameters as follows to perform setting for an alternative path to use in case of trouble Auto Assignment conf autoassignment Auto Assignment Mode 0 off 1 on 0 Each parameter is described below Auto Assignment Mode Input whether or not an alternative path is used when a trouble occurs 0 An alternative path is not used in c...

Страница 49: ...ration by 0 View Current Settings to set the Format Time 5 Expand LUN Setting Select 25 Expand LUN from the menu and input parameters as follows to set the Expand LUN for every selected port Expand LUN can be used by HP UX Expand LUN conf expand HD No 0 1 hex conf expand Port No 0 1 hex conf expand Expand LUN 0 off 1 on 0 Each parameter is described below HD No Input HD number to set Expand LUN Po...

Страница 50: ...onf clock Year 2000 2099 conf clock Month 1 12 conf clock Day 1 31 conf clock Hour 0 23 conf clock Minute 0 59 conf clock Second 0 59 Each parameter is described below Command Number 1 Set Clock by OS Time Adjust clock to OS time 2 Set Clock by Your Input Time Adjust clock to arbitrary time Only when 2 is selected input parameter as follows Year Input Year Month Input Month Day Input Day Hour Inpu...

Страница 51: ... Parameter Specified Range Hex Dec Default Remarks Cross Call Cross Call Mode off on off Auto Assignment Mode Auto Assignment Mode off on off Auto Repair Mode Auto Repair Mode off on on LD Format Time Format Time 0 24 Hour Dec 0 HD No 0 1 Hex Port No 0 1 Hex Expand LUN off on off Windows version on HP UX version Year 2000 2099 Dec Month 01 12 Dec Day 01 31 Dec Hour 00 23 Dec Minute 00 59 Dec Secon...

Страница 52: ...the number and volume name of LD 3 RANK Information c Display of information on RANK 4 RANK Map Information d Display of information on RANK map 5 RANK PD Information e Display the correspondence of RANK and PD 6 PD Information f Display of information on PD R Return To Main Menu Return to disk array setting menu If any item from 1 to 4 is selected the system will ask the operator the resource num...

Страница 53: ...r formatting will be displayed State LD operating status is displayed as one of the following ready All PDs configuring the LD are in normal status attn reduce Displayed when fault PD has become separated reduced attn rebuilding The progress ratio of data rebuilding is displayed attn copy back The progress ratio of spare copying in redundant status is displayed attn preventive copy The progress ra...

Страница 54: ...x system AX logical disk operated by AIX system LD Name Arbitrary identification information volume name of each LD acquired from disk array When LD is not specified in Select LD No Name Information or when All LD No Name Information is selected but no LD is bound in the disk array the following error message is displayed iSM11173 LD doesn t exist For details on how to OS Type and LD Name setting ...

Страница 55: ...ault Function failure occurs fault media error Function failure occurs in plural PDs LD LD Set up in the RANK is displayed in list When RANK specified by Select RANK Information does not exist or when All RANK Information is selected with no RANK bound in disk array the following error message is displayed iSM11172 RANK doesn t exist iv RANK Map Information Display The setup condition of LDs in a ...

Страница 56: ...ayed iSM11172 RANK doesn t exist vi PD Information Display PD information that exists in a specified disk array is displayed PD Information PDN h RANK h Capacity Spare State 00 00 00 00 16 8GB ready 00 01 00 00 16 8GB ready 00 02 00 00 16 8GB ready 00 03 00 00 16 8GB ready 00 10 16 8GB ready 00 11 16 8GB ready 00 12 16 8GB ready 00 13 16 8GB ready 00 14 16 8GB spare ready Each item is described be...

Страница 57: ...Call Mode on Auto Assignment Mode off Expand LUN Port No h Exist Expand LUN 00 00 yes on 00 01 no on 01 00 yes on 01 01 no on Auto Repair Mode Auto Repair Mode on Disk Array Clock 2000 06 17 08 30 00 Sat Each item is described below i Disk Array Subsystem Information The detailed information on a specified disk array is displayed Disk Array Name Individual name of disk array Vendor ID ID informati...

Страница 58: ...is displayed Port No HD number and Port number are displayed Exist The mounting situation of port is displayed by yes or no Expand LUN ON OFF of Expand LUN function is displayed iv Auto Repair Mode Auto Repair Mode ON OFF of Auto Repair Mode is displayed v Disk Array Clock Time of the disk array clock is displayed ...

Страница 59: ...n window 1 to execute the setting command the setting command is refused in window 2 to execute for iS2000_1 Figure 1 1 Starting of Plural Windows Console iS2000_1 iS2000_2 Window1 Window2 Window3 iSMconf Disk Array Subsystem Selection Disk Array Name Serial Number 1 iS2000_1 0000000100000010 2 iS2000_2 100000013 Q Quit Program conf selection Select Disk Array Subsystem 1 2 Q 1 iSMconf Disk Array ...

Страница 60: ...I 36 Chapter 5 iSMview iSMview displays the settings of disk arrays status of configuration resources LD Bind and LD State For the iSMview command refer to the NEC Storage Manager User s Manual in accordance with your OS ...

Страница 61: ... mm m ma a an n nd d d S S St t ta a ar r rt t t The command will start by inputting iSMrepair into command line When the option is not specified the program version and the usage will be displayed as follows iSMrepair iSMrepair Version 1 1 001 Usage iSMrepair r Disk Array Name PDG RANK PDG PDN iSMrepair s Disk Array Name PDG RANK PDG PDN This is a display example Version is displayed by the actua...

Страница 62: ...1100 Command completed successfully However the following conditions must be satisfied The status of specified disk is normal The specified disk is either Hot spare disk or reduced disk The specified Hot spare disk is not an alternative of other disks 2 Instruction of start for repair to reduced disk When s is specified to the option Hot spare disk is automatically assigned to the physical disk in...

Страница 63: ... the maintenance operation is activated by other maintenance tools When interrupting the set up procedures the operation menu must be ended 6 When modifying the configuration of the system execute the following procedures so that the operating system recognizes the modified system configuration In HP UX execute ioscan etc On Solaris execute re configuration booting or execute devfsadm command on S...

Страница 64: ...ocedures script command in UNIX is used By using this command all the information output to user terminal can be stored into specified file Use the command in accordance with the following procedures Execute script command Format script file name where output data is stored script test log Script started on Thu Nov 16 13 19 40 2000 Check that above message of Script started on is output then execu...

Страница 65: ...fy enough size Then operate by starting iSMconf etc And save the operation procedures before it exceeds buffer capacity as shown in the following method Note that the part exceeding the capacity cannot be recorded 1 Right click the title bar of the Command Prompt window and point Edit then click Mark 2 Click the starting position of the character string to be copied Then click the ending position ...

Страница 66: ...ecognizing disk array Terminate an OS and turn off the power of disk array Activating the disk array first and then restarting the OS allows recognizing the disk array Terminating of iSMconf or iSMautobind failed Fault may have occurred in disk array or control path After recovery from fault activate the system with f command specified on iSMconf and iSMautobind Specifying f command allows selecti...

Страница 67: ...sk array time II 26 dynamic capacity expansion I 3 II 13 II 14 II 15 II 22 II 23 DynamicDataReplication I 6 I 12 E Ether I 12 expand LUN I 4 II 14 II 25 II 34 F fault II 29 II 31 II 32 fault media error II 29 II 31 format time I 4 II 25 II 29 H High Reliability I 16 II 5 host director I 7 I 12 hot spare bind I 3 II 21 hot spare unbind I 3 II 21 I iSMautobind I 3 II 2 iSMconf I 3 II 11 2 3 iSMrepai...

Страница 68: ...K Start Block Address II 19 RANK unbind I 3 II 17 ready II 29 II 31 II 32 Rebuilding Time I 3 II 16 II 17 II 18 II 31 recommended capacity II 6 RemoteDataReplication I 6 S Service Processor I 12 Standard I 16 II 5 II 16 II 18 II 21 State II 29 II 31 II 32 system capacity II 6 II 19 U Unused Capacity II 7 W WN II 30 ...

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