FibreCAT S80 Quick Installation Guide

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FibreCAT S80 Installing, Configuring and MaintenanceSpheras Manager Version 1.3

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ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Target group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preparing for installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Cabling layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Using and connecting up the universal power supply unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Instructions for mechanical assembly and installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Meaning of LED displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Loading the Spheras Storage Manager software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installation under MS Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installation under Sun Solaris™8/9 and Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MS Windows (client): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Solaris™ Server: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Linux Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Updating an existing installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Checking for a previous installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Uninstalling previous software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Making a new installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Starting the Spheras GUIunder MS Windows Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring the RAID system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Physical assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Controller partner status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Setting the controller parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Expert Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Fibre Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Deleting old configuration data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

RAID wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Starting configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Recording the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Adding spare drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

System shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61FFx2 Controller Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Expand Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Starting Expand Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Expand Capacity (of a LUN or a group) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Cabinet ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Battery backup unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

FibreCAT S80 Quick Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Installation for PRIMEPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Installation for PRIMERGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79– HBA installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79– Installing Emulex / QLogic configuration tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79– Installing GAM SAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80– Installing Spheras (if this GUI is preferred) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Introduction

Overview

This is a system administrator manual. It contains information and instructions for installing and operating SPHERAS software and for configuring and maintaining FibreCAT S80 systems.

Target group

This manual is addressed to systems administrators, skilled customer personnel and operating and maintenance personnel usingSPHERAS software running on FibreCAT S80 systems.

In order to fully understand the installation and configuration instructions in this manual, you should be familiar with the related hardware, operating systems, data transmission, RAID systems and the English language.

Attention

Do not mix different versions of Spheras Storage Manager!

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Preparing for installation

Cabling layout

Before you download the Spheras software, you should check the cabling layout of your installation once again.

With some cable layouts the failure of a shelf can cause the disconnection of shelves lower down in the cascade with the result that these are no longer available. We recommend that you choose a cascaded cable layout which ensures that a shelf is available at all times even in the event of a failure of a shelf higher up in the cascade. The three cabling examples below show how you can do this.

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Cabling example with two shelves

to Host Bus Adapter

I/O ModulCO/CO

I/O ModulCO/CO

RAIDController

RAIDController

to Host Bus Adapter

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Cabling example with three shelves

to HBA to HBA

I/O ModulCU/CU

I/O ModulCU/CU

RAIDController

RAIDController

I/O ModulCU/CU

I/O ModulCU/CU

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Cabling example with four shelves

to HBA to HBA

I/O ModulCU/CU

I/O ModulCU/CU

RAIDController

RAIDController

I/O ModulCU/CU

I/O ModulCU/CU

I/O ModulCU/CU

I/O ModulCU/CU

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Using and connecting up the universal power supply unit

To ensure the optimum mains power supply fault tolerance, you should connect up the power supply as shown in the examples below.

Connection strategy for redundant network access and universal power supply units. Legend: PS = Power Supply, UPS = Universal Power Supply, L1 = Powerline 1 (Phase 1), L2 = PowerLine 1 (Phase 2)

Instructions for mechanical assembly and installation

● Fit the shelf to your 19“ rack. Full assembly instructions are given on the Storage web site. Start from the lowest shelf at floor level and work upwards.

● Use a pointed pin to set the shelf ID switches. Set the controller shelf ID to 0. Set the first expansion shelf ID to 1, the second expansion shelf ID to 2 and so on. Set all the shelves without leaving any gaps in ID numbering. Do not leave any empty spaces.

● Connect up the two power supply units with the power supply cables. Use the redundancy shown in the diagram above.

● Switch on both of the power supply units of the expansion shelves first. Switch on the power supply unit of the controller shelf last. Switch off in reverse order, i.e. switch off the controller shelf first and then the expansion shelves.

● Next, connect up the Host Bus Adapter (HBA).

L1 L2

PS 2PS 1

Good

L1

PS 2PS 1

Incorrect

L1 L2

PS 2PS 1

Very good

L1

PS 2PS 1

L1 L2

PS 2PS 1

Good

UPS UPSUPS

Incorrect

UPS

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● When you use the configuration software, you must first connect the control-ler C0 on the right-hand side and the port C0-0 with the HBA optical cable (see the figure below); only connect the controller C0 and the port C0-0.

Host Bus Adapter (HBA) connections

● You now need a little patience and will have to wait five minutes while the system starts up and runs the RAID system self-test.

CAUTION: Do not change any powered down FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) in a system which has already been installed. If you do this, when you switch on again the configurations stored in the controller will not match the previous configurations.

After five minutes and when the start-up has been successfully completed, the LEDs on the system components will light up as shown below:

Module LED status after successful start up.

ControllerChannel (if installed)

C1

ControllerChannel

C0

Port C1 P1 C1 P0

Port C0 P1 C0 P0

� The following Front LEDs are lit:

Ready - (green) - normally on

Device Activity - (green) - flashes intermittent

Host Activity - (green) - flashes intermittent

Controller:

Power - (green)

Loop A/B ok - (green)

2GBit/s mode -(green)

LS Modul(es):Hard Disks

HDD activity - (green)

HDD status - (green)

may interm. flashing

� The following Rear LEDs are lit: :

Signal detected upper port - if

any -(green)

Signal detected lower

port(green)

I/O Modul:

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Meaning of LED displays

The shelf modules of your FibreCAT S80 have LEDs indicating operating status. The meaning of the LED displays is given below.

Power supply unit and fan

HDD

Inside fan 1 fault (amber)Inside fan 2 fault (amber)

Power fault (amber)

Power ok (green)

HDD ready (green)

HDD status (green or amber)

Disk drive LED description

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LS module

IO module

Signal detected upper port (green)Signal detected lower port (green)

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FFx2 RAID controller

Not Ready - (amber) - normally offReady - (green) - normally on* Dirty Cache - (green) BBU fault - (amber) - normally offFailed as Partner - (green) - normally offDevice Activity - (green) - normally flashHost Activity - (green) - normally flash

* If LED is on: There is Data in the cache,which is actually not written to disk (No Failure)

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Loading the Spheras Storage Manager software

The storage management software has two main functions:

1. Configuring the RAID controller and the RAID groups.

2. Environment monitoring.

The Spheras Manager software described here can also be run on a SPARC Solaris platform. Spheras is installed on the host server which runs multiple Spheras agents.

CAUTION: Spheras can be installed on all the host systems connected up. However, the Spheras agents can only be active on one host system at a time.

The Spheras Manager software does not have to be installed on your system administrator workstation because you can use it over a local network. You do not necessarily require a system with a client-server architecture; you just need to be able to download the Graphic User Interface (GUI) architecture with a Java plug-in. This means that your system must have the necessary Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The JRE compatible GUI communicates over the Local Area Network (LAN) interface with the Spheras server and the Spheras agents communicate with the FibreCAT S80.

You can download the Spheras Manager software executable files directly to your system from the Storage Web site at http://www.fibrecat.com or ftp://[email protected] (password: 4jumbo17).

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Installation under MS Windows

System requirements

Before you start installation, you should ensure that your system and connec-tions meet the following minimum requirements.

● Pentium III 400 MHz.

● 128 MB RAM.

● 150 MB (minimum) free disk space in the installation directory.

● MS Windows 2000/MS Windows NT4.

● MS Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higheror Netscape version 4.79 or higher.

● In Internet Explorer set the following options: Select Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom level and select all the five ActiveX options by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

● Java Plugin version 1.4.1-2 (in this case select Control Panel >Java Plugin > Cache and deactivate Cache).

● The server can be connected to a LAN with an existing domain network. The server need not necessarily be a member of the domain.

● It is not necessary to have the Server connected to a LAN.

● All the Spheras agents must be stopped.Any previous installations must be uninstalled.

● FC Controller LP9002, LP9802 for settings, see ftp site below.

Installation

You can download the current version of Spheras Storage Manager software from the internet address: “www.fibrecat.com” or ftp://[email protected] (password: 4jumbo17).

Install the Spheras program package under MS Windows.

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Installation under Sun Solaris™8/9 and Linux

System requirements

You will find the versions actually released at the ftp site under Support-Matrix.

Before you start installation, you should ensure that your system and connec-tions meet the following minimum requirements.

MS Windows (client):

● Pentium III 400 MHz.

● 128 MB RAM.

● MS Windows 2000.

● MS Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higheror Netscape version 4.79 or higher.

● Java Plugin version 1.4.1-02 (in this case select Control panel >Java Plugin > Cache and deactivate Cache).

● There is no need, that the server is connected to a LAN.

Solaris™ Server:

● The server must be linked over a fibre channel to the FibreCAT S80 unit(s). The Spheras software must already be installed.

● SPARC-based 300 MHz CPU.

● 256 MB RAM.

● 150 MB free disk storage space under /usr/local.

● Solaris 8 - patch CD R0251 (ordered separately, including kernel patch 108528-14), order no. U24529-C542.

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Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux

● FC controller LP 9002 / LP9802 / LP 8000 For settings, see ftp site: http://www.fibrecat.com oder ftp://[email protected] (passwort: 4jumbo17).

Note: In some cases Spheras does not run correctly on servers with the Netscape Navigator installed by Solaris. As an alternative in these cases, use a Windows client or a client from the following directory : /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmClient; this will allow you to run Spheras on the host without a special browser.

There are additional requirements if you are updating an existing installation or making a new installation. These are:

1. You must stop or delete any previous Spheras agents present.

2. There should be no remnants of any previous installations on your computer.

3. You should check that there is at least 150 MB of free disk space in /usr/local/.

Linux Server

● The server must be linked over a fibre channel to the FibreCAT S80 unit(s).

● Pentium III 400MHz

● 128MB RAM

● 150 MB free disk space under /usr/local/

● SuSE Enterprise Server 7 - patch Update CD (including kernel patch 2.4.18)

● Java Plugin 1.4.1-02

● All Spheras agents must be stopped. Any previous installation must be uninstalled.

Updating an existing installation

Checking for a previous installation

Use the command pkginfo -l elSSM to check if there is a previous version installed on your system (Linux: rpm -q elSSM)

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.

Uninstalling previous software

Select the Spheras directory:

Key in the following statement to stop the current SSM agents:

The following dialogue is displayed:

Wait a few minutes until all the agents has been really stopped. Check that the stop command has been completed using the statement:

cd /usr/local/elSSM/bin

./ssmAgent stop

# pwd/usr/local/elSSM/bin# ./ssmAgent stop./ssmAgent Warning. This host has no domain nameStopping Spheras Storage Manager ...------- [OK]#

./ssmAgent status

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The following display appears:

Now uninstall your existing SSM installation using the Solaris instruction:

(Linux: rpm -e elSSM)

# # ./ssmAgent status./ssmAgent Warning. This host has no domain nameShowing Spheras Storage Manager processes ...#

pkgrm elSSM

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Follow the instructions given on-screen:

# pwd/usr/local/elSSM/bin# pkgrm elSSM

The following package is currently installed: elSSM Spheras Storage Manager (sparc) 1.3 (Beta) build 3

Do you want to remove this package? y## Removing installed package instance <elSSM>

This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-userpermission during the process of removing this package.Do you want to continue with the removal of this package [y,n,?,q] y## Verifying package dependencies.## Processing package information.## Executing preremove script.Removing htdocs synbolic link from bin ...Removing core ...Removing ssm.chkpt ...

## Removing pathnames in class <elSSM>/usr/local/elSSM/release.html...

/usr/local/elSSM/htdocs <non-empty directory not removed>/usr/local/elSSM/etc/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmUB2100/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmTrading/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmScheduler/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmSB2500/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmSB2100/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmNaming/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmHost/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmFirmware

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/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmFWare/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmData/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAnalyze/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAnal/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAgent/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssm.conf/usr/local/elSSM/bin/Proxy.jar/usr/local/elSSM/bin <non-empty directory not removed>/usr/local/elSSM/README.txt/usr/local/elSSM/LICENSE.txt/etc/rc2.d/S99ssm## Executing postremove script.## Updating system information.

Removal of <elSSM> was successful.#

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Making a new installation

The software is supplied in package format. You can download the package from “http://www.fibrecat.com” or ftp://[email protected] (password: 4jumbo17). Configure the Solaris Automount function for your system.

The file to be installed will have a name like this:

(Linux: <elFSC -1.3-3.i386.rpm>)

Install the software using the Solaris Package Add function and the command:

Follow the installation instructions until installation is successfully completed. The directory path is already given as /usr/local/elSSM/. You can if you wish change this path.

(Linux: rpm -i <Spheras Software>)

elfSC12BetaBuild17.pkg

pkgadd -d elFSC1.3BetaBuild3.pkg

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When you confirm with “yes” the package will be installed.

On completion, the message “Installation of <elSSM> was successful” will be displayed.

For further information on configuration and settings, see the README.txt file in the directory /usr/local/elSSM.

1.3Build3.pkg

1.3Build3.pkg

1.3Build3.pkg

1.3Build3.pkg

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To start Spheras from another system using a browser, you must either restart the host or manually restart the ssmAgent with this instruction:/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAgent start.

You can display the current status of the agents by using the instruction: “./ssmAgent status”.

The ssmData Agent is no longer available from software 1.2 Build 21 onwards.

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Starting the Spheras GUIunder MS Windows ClientTo start the Spheras GUI, first open an Internet browser (Netscape 4.79 or Internet Explorer 5.50 or higher). In Internet Explorer set the following options. Select Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level and select all the five ActiveX options by selecting the corresponding check boxes.

On the address line, key in “ http://” followed by the name the local host, then a colon and then the Spheras port address (the default address is 5432).For example, key in http://snowwhite:5432. Confirm your entry by pressing the Enter key.

If the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is not installed on your system a message will be displayed advising you that you can download a JRE. You can of course download the Java Runtime Environment from a CD or from your internal server data base. Use Java Plugin version 1.4.1-02 (in this case select Control panel >Java Plugin > Cache and then deactivate Cache). If you want to download the JRE from the Web, click the icon shown in the middle of the display. The download address is under the icon and the plugin will now be downloaded automatically.

Follow the loading instructions displayed. When downloading has been successfully completed, start the file which has a name beginning with: jre-1_ . . . . . Start the file by double-clicking its icon.

Finish the installation procedure and then restart your computer.

When you have completed the installation and restarted the computer, select and start your customary browser. Link up to your local host and the local Spheras port by entering the URL address or by selecting the corresponding bookmark.

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Starting the Spheras GUI under MS Windows Client

The login display will now appear.

Enter your user name and password. Where necessary, select a domain.

The SPHERAS Manager software welcome page will be displayed.

IMPORTANTThe name of the top item on the menu tree in the left-hand side window (“Stora 100” in the example above) must be the same as the URL host

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Starting the Spheras GUI under MS Windows Client

name. If the two names are different, this means that the installation was not completed correctly, will not function correctly and must be reinstalled.

If the “plus” box in front of the top item is missing, the host does not “see” the FibreCAT S80. Check your HBA and/or cabling / Start Spheras Agents

Check under “Services” if the Spheras Agent SB2500 is still running. If not, restart HBA, using HBA anywhere, restart Agent.

Click the host name (“Stora 100”, in our example). This displays a menu tree showing the components of the FibreCAT S80 connected up to the system . Configuration of your FibreCAT S80 begins here.

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Configuring the RAID system

Hardware components

The expanded menu tree shows the Enclosures directory icon and underneath this the buttons for the individual components of the FibreCAT S80. Select these buttons to call up a status report for the component selected.

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Physical assets

Double click the RAID Controller #01 icon and then click the Physical Assets file card. This displays the model number, firmware version, World Wide Node Name (WWNN), cache size and the number of physical and logical drives of the controller. In the example below, the number of logical drives is set to 0. This indicates that the parameter still has to be configured.

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Configuration

Controller partner status

Click the Configuration file card. The right-hand side window now displays the same controller information as before but this time it is more detailed. The Dual Controller Status box on the right-hand side indicates that this RAID controller configuration has two controllers and that the Partner Status is set to ACTIVE.

The Controller Settings button above Partner Status is used to set the basic controller settings. For further details, see the following sections.

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Setting the controller parameters

Click the Controller Settings button. The following display will appear. Do not change any of the checkboxes if not necessary. If you are using firmware version 8.20, ensure that the checkbox for Enable Background Initialisation is not selected.

Basic

To obtain the best performance, set the Rebuild Rate to 20-30%. If you want to return to your RAID level as quickly as possible after a failure, set the Rebuild Rate to 50%.

With the exception of Expert Settings, the remaining file cards in this window can be left with their default settings and should not be changed. For details on Expert Settings, see the comments for this file card below.

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Advanced Settings

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Expert Settings

If your system has only one controller, you must select the Enable Force Simplex checkbox; if your system has two controllers, deselect this checkbox.

If you use a Remote Power Switch box (RPS), please select Debug Port Usage at 9600 Baud speed.

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Fibre Settings

The Channel Speed Settings for all the controller ports are set at the factory default value of 1 GB/s.

Caution! Do not, under any circumstances, select the Auto Neg. option.

If you are using a 2 GBit/s Host Bus Adapter (HBA), fix the Channel Speed Settings at 2 GBit/s.

Caution! Do not, under any circumstances, use the Auto Neg. option on the HBA.

At this point only set the necessary Controller Speed Settings. Do not set the Disk Channels option.

The Disk Channel setting affects the internal magnetic disk interfaces only and is fixed at 2 GB; leave it at this setting.

Do not, under any circumstances, change the setting in the Frame Size Control box.

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Deleting old configuration data

Select the Controller Actions file card. The display shown below will appear. If you wish to delete old or invalid configuration data, click the Clear Configuration button.

Before you set a new RAID configuration, you must delete the old configuration.

WARNING: This operation cannot be undone. Selecting the Clear Configuration button will permanently delete all current configuration data and any linked user data. You can use this function to deliberately delete old configurations and also to normalise the system when restarting after a fault (i.e. when various red LEDs are lit).

A prompt will be displayed warning you that you are about to permanently delete data. If you still wish to proceed, click OK.

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RAID wizardRAID systems are usually configured in stages as follows:

1. Physical drives are grouped together into disk groups or arrays.

2. Logical drives inside groups are mapped as LUNs.

3. These LUNs are assigned a RAID level.

4. SAN-LUN mapping defines which HBA is assigned to which LUN.

Remark: You can also order the FibreCat S80 factory preconfigured!

Starting configuration

Select the Configuration and RAID Wizard file cards. The following display will appear.

You only need to configure one controller even on systems with two controllers. In dual systems, the data are automatically transferred to the second controller. Before you start the RAID system configuration proper, you should first check that you have deleted the old configuration. The display shown above, with the Start Configuration button active, will only appear if the old configuration has already been deleted. If other buttons (e.g. Expand Capacity) are active, this indicates that the old configuration has not yet been deleted.

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Click the Start Configuration button. The following display will appear.

This display shows an overview of all the hard disk drives available. Click the Add Disk Group button.

When you have added all the disk drives groups you require, select one of the groups. To select a group, move the cursor onto the group you require in the Disk Group column and then double-click. The entire line will be highlighted in blue.

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The hard disk drives shown in the Available Drives window are identified by two numbers indicating their Channel and ID, e.g. [0,11] (Channel 0, ID 11).

In addition to the disk groups you will also require spare drives. This means that you cannot assign all the drives to disk groups alone. We recommend that you use the drives ID3, ID19, ID33 and ID49 as spare drives. There is a lot of enclosure information which can be called up from the selected drives but this means that at the moment when the information is requested the disk drive is not available for normal data accessing. Given that enclosure information is being called up all the time, it makes good sense to use the spare drives for this task. Using the spare disks for enclosure information means that you get full performance from the normal hard disk drives and at the same time make use of the spare-disk capacity which under normal operating conditions would not otherwise not be used.

On the left-hand side of the display, in the Available Drives window, select the hard disk drive you require. Click the Add button to assign this disk to the drive group selected.

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It is advisable to assign the disk drives following a given logical sequence (e.g. c0, c1, c0 and so on). The reasons for this are the same as those given earlier in this manual for adopting loop connections in cable management. Assigning disks in a given logical order also makes sense performance wise.

When you select a drive in the Available Drives window and then click the Add button, the drive entry will disappear from the Available Drives window and appear in the Member of Disk Group window.

This example shows a fully configured disk group. The total capacity of all the drives in the current disk group (disk array / disk pack) is shown on the right-hand side.

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You can use the procedure described above to construct up to 16 disk groups. The maximum permitted number of configured drives per disk group is 16.

A single FibreCAT S80 system can have up to a maximum of 32 logic drives (LUN). Any division into disk groups can be used.

When you have completed the configuration tasks in this window, click the Next button to move on to the next display.

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The disk groups you defined previously are now displayed together with their total capacity in the Disk Groups window at the top of the display shown here.

The next step is to define the logical drives.

Click the Add Logical Drive button to add a logical drive to the list.

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The Index entry is used for internal LUN management and cannot be changed. The Drive No. entry is also used for internal management and you must not therefore make any changes to this entry

To assign a logical drive to the disk groups shown, select the corresponding entry in the Physical Drives window under Disk Groups. Start with 0.

Next, define the RAID level you want to assign to the logical unit (LUN). You can assign various RAID levels to logical drives. For high performance in applica-tions with mainly sequential access, we advise using RAID level 3. With higher I/O loads assign RAID level 5.

In the Logical Capacity column, enter the required value for user capacity. The Physical Capacity required will be entered automatically in accordance with the RAID level set previously. At RAID level 0, the difference between physical and logical capacity is zero. At RAID levels 0+1 and 1, the factor is 2. At RAID levels 3 and 5 the factor depends on the number of physical drives. Leave the Write Cache on the default setting.

Next, set the Stripe Size. Click the drop-down arrow alongside Stripe Size and scroll down to the size you require.

Due to Expand cap duration and overall system performance a Stripe Size of 64K is recommended!

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With the FibreCAT S80 you can set the stripe size once only. The stripe size selected is then valid for all the LUNs in the FibreCAT S80 system. If you click the check box under Init (Fg) this will start foreground initialisation. You must select this option with version 8.20 of the RAID controller firmware. Foreground initialisation starts automatically when you leave the configuration procedure.

IMPORTANT:The system cannot be accessed during foreground initialisation. On full-configuration systems (56 HDDs /4.1 TB), foreground initialisation can last as much as four days.

You must always create a „Mini-LUN 0“ of 10 MByte for Cluster and/or Server View reasons. This LUN 0 shall be visible for all nodes in a cluster.

The Mini-LUN shall not be grouped in any failover Group (i.e. DDM).

Use the Logical Drive button to add and configure further logical drives.

If you create more than one LUN, the LUN numbering has to be in an ascending order. No “gaps” are allowed. If you leave “gaps”, you will be in trouble, if later LUNs will be added.

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Configure any additional LUNs as described above. As you configure these drives, try to keep the number of LUNs per array as low as possible; the best solution is one LUN per array. Do not worry about using all the maximum capacity available. Spare space is wasted capacity and should not be planned for here; it makes no sense and will only make re-configuration at a later date very complicated. Now think about the RAID levels. RAID levels 0 and 1 are suitable for groups with up to two hard disk drives. RAID levels 0, 0+1, 3 and 5 are suitable for systems with more than two hard disk drives per disk group.

Caution!

● Do not configure RAID 0 and RAID 3 or 5 within the same group! Data loss possible!

● Do not configure more than 2 TB -1 MB within one group! Expand capacity will loose data, if you go beyond that barrier.

Number of disks per disk group Possible RAID levels

1 JBOD

2 RAID 0, RAID 1

3 or more (max. 16) RAID 0, RAID 0/1, RAID 3, RAID 5

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So far we have built disk groups and assigned and configured LUNs. We have not done anything to the hard disk drives. Click the Next button to move onto the next display. This shows which LUNs are assigned to which port and which HBA is active on the current port.

IMPORTANT: The Topology option must always be set to Multi-Port.Select a port by clicking its radio button. C stands for Channel and P for Port.If you click at Enclosure, Rear View, you find the following picture. It will make things easier to understand.

In the SAN-LUN mapping form another numbering method is used for the channels. Start with C1 (instead of C0); this means that the second channel is numbered as C2 rather than C1.

All the HBAs (Host Bus Adapters; these are the fibre channel controllers in the host system) previously or currently linked to the FibreCAT S80 system are listed here. Coloured dots to the left of the HBA name indicate which of the HBAs are currently available. A green dot indicates that a HBA is active. You can only change the HBA <=>LUN assignments of active HBAs.

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If you drag the mouse pointer over a HBA without clicking,

this will display the corresponding WWNN (World Wide Node Name) of the Host HBA

.

The difference between the WWNN and the WWPN (World Wide Port Name) will be clear from the symbol figure below.

FibreCAT S80 port names:

IMPORTANT:You must record all the SAN-LUN map settings.

See Chapter “Recording the Configuration”.

Port 3

Port 4

Port 2

Port 1

WWNN: 20.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BC

WWPN: 22.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BCWWPN: 23.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BCWWPN: 24.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BCWWPN: 21.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BC

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This display shows that some of the LUN have not yet been assigned to a port. This example shows that HBA1 on your administration PC is activated and has access to the LUNs no. 0, no. 2, no. 4. HBA1 cannot access LUNs no. 1 and no. 3. LUNs no. 1 and no. 3 are not visible over the HBA and you cannot therefore access LUN 1 and 3 using this HBA.

Use the ALL function to select the entire row of HBAs at the same time.

The selected HBA is marked green, the connected, but not selected HBA’s are marked yellow. Earlier connected HBA’s, which are not actually connected, are marked red. There are up to 256 different HBA’s possible.

Click Next to confirm your settings.

A complete list of all your configuration settings will now be displayed on screen. Check that these are correct. If they are correct, click the Finish button. If they are not correct, use the Back button to work backwards through the configu-ration procedure and correct the configuration settings where necessary and using the methods described previously.

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At this point the configuration settings are stored on the controller RAM.

The COD (Configuration on Disk) will be processed and written to each hard disk at a later stage. This process can last quite a few minutes depending on the size on the CODs generated.

If you closed the new configuration by pressing Finish, a prompt will be displayed telling you that everything (including the COD) listed above and present in the memory will be now be written to the hard disk drives. When writing has finished, you should reset the system so that the configuration can be stored on the controller. However, this reset procedure lasts some time and will have a dramatic effect on the host connected up. You are therefore given the choice at this point of carrying out the reset procedure now or postponing it until later. For the reasons already given, we strongly recommend that you carry out the reset procedure now.

After 2-5 minutes you will be informed that the controller has been resetted normally. If this information is not displayed within 5 minutes, depending on some HBA drivers, close Spheras, reset the HBA, and restart the Spheras agents and Spheras itself over again.

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When the reset has been completed, the initialisation procedure will begin. Here is some useful information about initialisation.

● If you selected the Foreground Initialisation option, you will be able to view the initialisation once it starts after the reset by selecting Logical Drives Configuration. However, please be patient. It may take Spheras a while to read this information from the controller.

● If Spheras is not responding, restart the Agent SB2500 manually!

● If for any reason it may be necessary to initialize the LUNs manually, you can do this checking the foreground initialize radio button. There will be a simul-taneous FGI of 8 LUNs at a time.

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Select Logical Drives -> Configuration -> View Progress to display the current progress of the initialisation procedure.

● If you selected the Background Initialisation (BGI) option, the initialisation can be started in two ways: (note: this information is valid for controller version firmware 8.20 onwards).

a) Initialisation is started automatically when the LUN is accessed from the host.

b) Select Logical Drives -> Configuration and click the Background Initialize button.

● CAUTIONBGI is not permitted with firmware version 8.20, still not recommended for firmware 8.57!

● BGI may fail, if a grown defect is found on a harddisk. So, BGI is strongly not recommended for FibreCAT S80.

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Recording the Configuration

To record the established configuration, under RAID Controller/Controller Actions there is a radio button “Export Configuration”.

There are two kinds of Export-Config information files stored:

a) binary (Save configuration binary format): This file is needed for possible reanimation of a configuration not human readable.

b) html format: Under Spheras directory . . . ./htdocs there will be a file “Template.html” stored (overwritten if it exists) for easy use.This file will be overwritten, if it exist already.

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In addition to those files, it is recommended to save all the serial numbers of a system in a file. This can be easily done using the command from the Spheras directory: ssmAnalyze -t ALL -y > C:\xx\config.txt

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Adding spare drivesThe storage system will ignore any drive which has not been defined as a spare drive or has not been assigned to a disk group. An automatic rebuild can only be operated in case of a failure by the system, if a Spare Drive is configured.

To add a spare drive, start by clicking the Spare Drives button on the main RAID Wizard display.

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Adding spare drives

In the new window which opens, select the drive you want to add and then click ADD to make this a spare drive (ID 3 / ID 18 / ID 33 / ID 48).

When the drive appears in the right-hand column, select and highlight the drive and then select the Make Spare Drive(s) button to confirm.

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Adding spare drives

Confirm the prompt which follows by pressing OK.

Acknowledge the message telling you that the spare drive (or drives) has (have) been successfully created by pressing OK.

Once you have added spare drives you will be able to call them up on the Spheras menu.

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It is also possible to delete a Spare drive after highlighting it:

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System shutdownIt is mandatory to perform a shutdown, if the System will be shipped.

To start a Spheras shutdown, selectRAID Controllers -> Configuration -> - Controller Actions.

If you are shutting down the system for a long time (i.e. more than 68 hours), you must first ensure that the controller backup battery unit (BBU) is electrically disconnected from the controller. To do this, click the Prepare for Controller Shutdown button.

The controller is now in a position to distinguish between a power failure and a deliberate user shutdown.

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At the prompt, click OK to confirm the shutdown.

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FFx2 Controller Firmware Update

Before you can update the firmware to the latest version, you should first check that there is no host activity from any host in progress.

Go to the browser and stop the Spheras agents (see page 11). Put the firmware files for the update in their own, separate folder in case of using Mylex GAM/GSM, stop the Mylex agent.

In case of replace or upgrade of a controller:

The “new kid on the block” will automatically update the firmware revision of the remaining controller! Works for upgrade and downgrade!

(Solaris,Linux)

Because a reset controller is performed during the flash procedure, Multipath SMAWmpd set all devices to error. This is the expected behaviour. The flash procedure performs a reset and asks about 1 minute later whether the controller is available again. Because the paths are in state error, the flash procedure does not recognize the online controller.

Solution: set mpd unit = in transparent mode

Command: # mpdcontrol -o transparent unit 0

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To start the update process, key in the following instruction:

/usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmFirmware-tSB2500_FFx2-i<firmware_file>

After the controller update and before restarting the Spheras Agents the mpd unit must be switched to the “nod transparente” mode again:

# mpdcontrol -o notransparent unit 0

After that, restart the agent again.

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(Windows)

C:/program Files/Spheras Storage Manager/ssmFirmware-tSB2500_FFx2-i<firmware_file>

If for any reason after “Verifying image date . . . verified successfully” the “Restarting Controller” fails, manually perform a reset using a GUI or perform a power cycle of the controller shelf only.

When the download has been completed, start the Spheras agents again.

The system will automatically display a prompt asking you to restart the storage manager. Restart the storage manager as instructed.

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Expand Capacity

Methods

There are three methods to add capacity to a given FibreCAT S80 system:

a) Adding new groups (and LUNs) on the new HDDs, independently from the existing configuration

Advantage: Quick expansion, best performance due to independent disks

b) Adding a new LUN by expanding an existing group

Advantage: Saves disks because in RAID 5 only one parity disk is required

c) Enlarging an existing LUN

Depends on OS / only possible if there is a single LUN in a group

New Disk Group Old Group

New LUN Old LUN 1

New LUNnew Group

Old LUN 1Old LUN 2

New LUNlarger Group

Old LUN 1Old LUN 2

larger LUN 1larger Group Old LUN 1

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● Method a, Adding a new group, does not affect the already existing config-uration and HDDs. FGI for the LUNs in the new group is recommended. However, BGI can also be performed in order to continue with the host access. During the FGI of the new group normal host traffic can continue. Method a is strongly recommended!

In case of methods b and c, the existing RAID sets will be migrated. Stripes are newly computed. A former RAID 1 may be changed into a RAID 0 +1. The added capacity will be used in total to create the new group or enlarged LUN. This takes a very long time. There is only one controller active! It is only possible when a Multi Path software is installed or there is no data transfer. The process is not interruptible and no attempt should be made to force any interruption (i.e. switching off or pulling disks)! While migration is active, RAID no protection is given.

● For the Solaris OS method c, enlarging an existing LUN, is not allowed since it could cause data corruption!

● In case of methods b and c, the Expand Capacity operation takes a really long time (up to 15 days for a stripe size of 8k!) There is no RAID protection during that time! We strongly recommend to prefer a different way to add capacity to the system: backup / delete old configuration / build new configuration with the added capacity / restore data.

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You should note the following when expanding disk capacity using the Expand Capacity function.

IMPORTANT:

● You can only use the Expand Capacity function if there is no I/O activity on the storage system at the time when you expand a group or a LUN.

● The Expand Capacity function can only be run on one controller. On dual controller systems the partner controller will be deactivated.

● The ports connected to the partner controller will NOT BE AVAILABLE while the Expand Capacity function is running. No RAID protection is given while the Expand Capacity function is performed.

● You can only expand a logical unit (LUN) when this is the only unit in the array.

● Any unused storage areas will be assigned automatically when the Expand Capacity function has been terminated.

When a new disk is inserted in the FibreCAT S80 it will be flagged as UNKNOWN on the Disk > Enclosures file card.

In order to add disk capacity to an existing array, you must first define the drive as a spare drive (see the Spare Drives section).

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In case of “unknown” HDDs:

– stop and start the agents

– select “Refresh Controller”

the disks will then be recognized by the system.

You need to declare the added disks as SPARE disks to use them further!

Starting Expand Capacity

Now you can open the Controller card. Then the following information screen will be displayed:

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After selecting one of the three Expand Capacity methods the following warning pops up.

The status of the partner controller can be observed at the controller information screen under “Dual Controller Status”.

When “Partner Status” has changed to “INSERTED”, you can start with Expand Capacity over again!

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Expand Capacity (of a LUN or a group)

Only previously declared spare drives can be added to a selected group.

Caution!Never add drive capacity exceeding the 2TB boarder of 2097151 MB together with the existing LUN capacity !!! Otherwise all your data will be lost!

You can select the RAID level of the new group, but not the capacity. Capacity is always maximum!

Follow the instructions until the end.

If you have hit the “Finish” button, a warning pops up. In this warning, “Long” means up to 15 days (in case of 8k stripes)! If the system is configured with 64k Stripe size, it may “only” take 2 days!

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After you have hit the “Continue” button, the recomputing of the stripes is started. The status LEDs on the system starts to blink.

There are two phases:“Migration” while the stripes are newly computed and “Initialization” when the unused space is prepared.

The proceeding of the process can be viewed.

After completion of the Expand Capacity function, you need to restart the second controller again.

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Cabinet ID

Each FibreCAT S80 system can be assigned a unique number in the software. Each shelf is assigned a Cabinet ID number; the complete system takes the number of the controller shelf. The number is stored on the back plane of the shelf.

IMPORTANT: The Cabinet ID is not the Shelf ID. The Shelf ID is set on the hardware at the back of the shelf.

The menu tree on the left-hand side of the Welcome page shows the Cabinet ID (240 in the example below). This is the number of the S80 RAID controller (i.e. of the lowest shelf in the rack). The letter R in the controller icon indicates that this is the main controller and that the name of this controller is given to the entire cabinet. JBOD expansion units are indicated by the letter J inside the icon.

There are cases where it will be necessary to change the Cabinet ID. If the same number occurs twice in the system you must change the Cabinet ID (240 here in our example). Shelfes with the same number are displayed once only and any duplicates will be suppressed and not displayed.

It will also be necessary to change this number in cases where the factory mistakenly supplies two systems with the same number.

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To change the Cabinet ID, click the Enclosure icon on the menu tree . A list of information will be displayed. Click the Configuration folder. The following box will appear:

This form also has another powerful function behind the ON radio button in the Enclosure Control box. If you select this button and then Apply, the corre-sponding LEDs of the configured magnetic disk drive you have selected in the shelf will start to flash. This method can be used to identify any duplicate ID numbers.

Change the number here for example, from 240 to 099 and then clickthe Apply button. Cabinet IDs can be in the range from 1 to 255.

CAUTION: Do not use 0 as an ID. Zero indicates that the cabinet is not configured.

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When you confirm the new ID setting by pressing the Apply button, the system will make the change but will not display it correctly until the Spheras agents have been stopped and restarted. Initially a form will be displayed showing the old ID no. 240; this is because the Cabinet ID Spheras agent only requests the number at start up.

In order to display the correct number, go to the browser and proceed as follows.

Stop the Spheras agents and then restart them (see also page 11).

The new ID number “099” is now shown in the left-hand navigation field on the Welcome page.

Click the plus (+) sign alongside the R icon.

The menu tree structure expands and displays the components of your FibreCAT S80 system.

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Battery backup unit

To access the battery backup unit page, selectController > Configuration and then click the Battery Backup Unit button.

The batteries have usually a life of 3 to 5 years. You should enter the battery installation date in the fields provided on this form. If you change the batteries you should also change the installation date setting. When you confirm, the dates will be stored to memory on the shelf back plane. Setting the battery installation date also sets a flag. The flag is not automatically activated when the date expires but it is a convenient device for making remote queries without having to look at the date labels on the batteries themselves.

An accurate display of the battery charge level is only given when the battery has been reconditioned.

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Like all batteries, backup batteries have reconditioning, discharge and charging cycles. On new systems the battery backup requires charging before system startup.

IMPORTANT: Despite the latest, process-controlled pulse charging technology, initial battery charging can take up to 36 hours. Obviously, during this time cache data security cannot be guaranteed. It is therefore a good idea to carry out initial battery charging immediately after the configuration procedure and before any user data has been stored. You can use the initialisation time also to charge the battery. Click the Recondition button in the Actions box. The message Reconditioning Active will appear in the Status box. The functions of the other parameters and buttons in this form are clear from their names and do not therefore require explanation. Use these as required. The Refresh button in the Actions box is used to refresh the display and not to refresh the battery.

Note: The guaranteed cache hold time is 68 hours.

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Event Notification

You can enable different event notifications using the “ssm.conf” file from the Spheras directory.

Possible event notifications are

● Event log file notification

● Email notification

● SNMP trap notification

The file ssm.conf can be edited using a normal ASCII editor. For each available variable you find an explanation text and the default value of the mentioned variable.

See excerpt list from the ssm.conf below:4. Notification Settings# ========================# Directives that control the Notification aspects of the Server# software. These include:## 4.1 File Notification <Default = No># 4.1.1 Log File Name <Default = None Specified># 4.2 Event Log Notification <Default = No># 4.3 Email Notification <Default = No># 4.3.1 SMTP Server <Default = None Specified># 4.3.3 Email Recipient List <Default = None Specified># 4.3.4 Email Sender Address <Default = None Specified># 4.4 SNMP Notification <Default = No># 4.4.1 SNMP Management Station <Default = None Specified># 4.4.2 SNMP Trap Port <Default = 162># 4.4.3 SNMP Trap Version <Default = 1># 4.4.4 SNMP Community String <Default = public>

Strongly recommended is to enable the Event log notification for easier debug capability, if necessary. The events are otherwise lost, if the agents needs to be restarted and the event log file notification is not enabled.

All other ssm.conf settings (chapter 1 through 3 and 5) should not be changed.

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Installation for PRIMEPOWER

Documentation / Management Tool / Settings can be retrieved from:

● Internet ftp site

ftp://[email protected]/(user: raid, Pass word: 4jumbo17)

Please be sure to have the following Microsoft Internet Explorer settings activated:

IE: Tools => Internet options => Advanced => x Enable folder view for ftp sites

● Mandatory FibreCAT S80 FFx2 Firmware is 8.57

The needed Graphic User Interface Management tool is Spheras 1.3

How to install Spheras under Solaris can be found at ftp: FibreCAT_S80/Manuals/Spheras-Manual_e.pdf

Installation procedure

1. Install the necessary (see Support Matrix) Fibre-Channel driver lpfc (and hbAnyware) (pkgadd ...). The driver and hbAnyware is available on the Control-CD delivered with each Primepower.

2. Adjust the lpfc.conf settings according the Solaris documentation (FibreCAT_S80/Manuals/ …html)

3. Adjust the sd.conf (scan LUNs during boot)4. Install Spheras (pkgadd ...)5. Reboot using at lpfc.conf the settings (beside the others from above):

(Attention! delivery FC speed of FibreCAT S80 is 1 Gbit/s)

After reboot you should see a PSEUDO LUN at EUROLOGC via /opt/FJSVmadm/sbin/hrdconf -l

link-speed=0 (mandatory for first boot)

topology=0 (mandatory for first boot)

automap=2 (mandatory for first boot)

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6. configure the persistent binding using lputil of the automapped targets(lputil can be found under /usr/sbin/lpfc/lputil)

The port numbers of the 4 possible FibreCAT S80 ports are, seen from the rear: left hand controller top: 24.... bottom: 23.... Right hand controller top: 22... bottom: 21...

Attention! Use only port 21... for configuration!

7. Start Spheras GUI and set S80 FC speed to fix 2 GB/sec (under Controllers/.../Fibre Channel)

8. Configure the LUNs as desired (64k Stripe Size is recommended!). Details for configuring see FibreCAT_S80/Manuals/Spheras-Manual_e.pdf. Wait until the Foreground init (FGI) has come to a complete stop (may take several days!). Do not pull push disks during FGI is active!!

9. Set HBA Fibre Channel Speed to 2 GB/s fix using lpfc.conf. Set topology=4 (AL, direct attached) resp. topology=2 (Point to Point, Switch attached)

10.Reconfiguration reboot: reboot <blank> - - <blank> -r

11.Label the LUNs using the format command

Attention=> Never swap or change disks while the controller shelf is off!

=> Never switch off any extension shelf first, always first the controller shelf!

=> Always wait, until a long operation as been completed (rebuild, FGI, expand cap etc.)!

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Installation for PRIMERGY

Documentation / Management Tool / Settings can be retrieved from:

- Internet ftp site ftp://[email protected]/ (user: raid, Pass word: 4jumbo17)

Please be sure to have the following Microsoft Internet Explorer settings activated:

IE: Tools => Internet options => Advanced => x Enable folder view for ftp sites

Mandatory FibreCAT S80 FFx2 Firmware is 8.57. The needed Graphic User Interface Management tool is Mylex GAM/SAM or Spheras 1.3 How to install Spheras can be found at ftp: FibreCAT_S80/Manuals/Spheras-Manual_e.pdf

Installation procedure

HBA installation

● Shut off Primergy. Insert Host Bus Adapter (HBA) into the Primergy

● Power on the FibreCAT S80, but do NOT connect the S80 to the HBA

● Power on the Primergy You will see the ”New Hardware found” screen.

● Insert the ServerView CD, wait, cancel the Server View installation itself Continue until ”search for suitable driver” is displayed.

● Select ”Arbitrated loop Automap” type.

WAIT! DO not even move the MOUSE !!! IGNORE ”insufficient screen buildings”!! WAIT for finish!!

● Power down the Primergy.

● Connect the Primergy and the (ready) FibreCAT S80

● Restart the Primergy

Installing Emulex / QLogic configuration tools

Insert ServerStart CDGo to \programs\general\EMULEX\start �setupapps.exe�. This will install �elxcfg.exe� (resp. lputil.exe, depend-

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ing on driver) and �HBAnyware�. For BX600, which uses an QLogic adapter: go to \programs\general\QLogic\ install SANSurfer.exe, which gives you the configuration software �SANblade Manager�. Using the tools check HBA FW, Settings, check WWNN name of the FibreCAT S80 (21�)

Installing GAM SAM

Attention: If this GUI is preferred, do not install both, GAM SAM and Spheras! Run only one set of Agents on one node only, even you have more than one host!

● Insert Server Stop CD for GAM SAM installation

– Cancel FSC server Start Installation as an application

– Start MS Explorer, go to CD directory \programs\general\MYLEX\GAM_FW7\Windows

– Start setup.exe

– Select Components: SAN Array Manager Client and Global Array Manager Server

– Install GAM / SAM, following the instructions

– establish a user under “Manage / local user & groups / new user” .New user: gamroot Password (example): gamroot check checkbox “PW never expires”

● Start Mylex GAM SAM, Server Groups and the Mylex DAC FFx2 controller are now discovered.

Installing Spheras (if this GUI is preferred)

Run only one set of Agents on one node only, even you have more than one host!

– download the Management tool from the ftp site, install it following the instructions if the FibreCAT S80 is not found, reset HBA using HBAnyware, restart Agents

– Be sure to set the FC speed to 2 Gbit/s fix, not Auto negotiation

● Configure Disk groups and LUNs

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use stripe size 64k! Configure LUN numbers in ascending order without leaving “gaps”

● Be sure to configure a ”Mini LUN 0” (10MB), which is visible for all attached hosts!

(It is important to have explicit LUN 0, not an different number)

● Remember Service bulletin SB-STO-0309 “Windows Default Maximum-Queue-Depth Setting for FibreCAT S80” .

● Use Windows disk manager “Scan for new devices”

● Write signatures to the new disks

Attention=> Never swap or change disks while the controller shelf is off!

=> Never switch off any extension shelf first, always first the controller shelf!

=> Always wait, until a long operation as been completed (rebuild, FGI, expand cap etc.)!

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