Starting up the system
To start an X9720 system, first power on the hardware components, and then start the StoreAll
Software.
Powering on the system hardware
To power on the system hardware, complete the following steps:
1.
Power on the 9100cx disk capacity block(s).
2.
Power on the 9100c controllers.
3.
Wait for all controllers to report “on” in the 7-segment display.
4.
Power on the file serving nodes.
Powering on after a power failure
If a power failure occurred, all of the hardware will power on at once when the power is restored.
The file serving nodes will boot before the storage is available, preventing file systems from
mounting. To correct this situation, wait until all controllers report “on” in the 7-segment display
and then reboot the file serving nodes. The file systems should then mount automatically.
Starting the StoreAll software
To start the StoreAll software, complete the following steps:
1.
Power on the node hosting the active Fusion Manager.
2.
Power on the file serving nodes (*root segment = segment 1; power on owner first, if possible).
3.
Monitor the nodes on the GUI and wait for them all to report
UP
in the output from the following
command:
ibrix_server -l
4.
Mount file systems and verify their content. Run the following command on the file serving
node hosting the active Fusion Manager:
ibrix_mount -f fs_name -m <mountpoint>
On Linux StoreAll clients, run the following command:
ibrix_lwmount -f fsname -m <mountpoint>
5.
Enable HA on the file serving nodes. Run the following command on the file serving node
hosting the active Fusion Manager:
ibrix_server -m
6.
From the active Fusion Manager, enter the following command to move all Fusion Managers
into passive mode:
ibrix_fm -m passive -A
The StoreAll software is now available, and you can now access your file systems.
Powering file serving nodes on or off
When file serving nodes are connected to properly configured power sources, the nodes can be
powered on or off or can be reset remotely. To prevent interruption of service, set up standbys for
the nodes (see
“Configuring High Availability on the cluster” (page 54)
, and then manually fail
them over before powering them off (see
“Failing a server over manually” (page 64)
). 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:
ibrix_server -P {on|reset|off} -h HOSTNAME
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