Cisco C3124SA User Manual

Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance
Administration and Configuration Guide

Version 5.0.0

January 24, 2014

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Cisco UCS Invicta Appliance Installation and Service Guide

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

CHAPTER

1 Overview 1-1

Prerequisite Tasks 1-1
Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Interface Overview 1-1
Licensed Features 1-8
Initial Steps 1-8

Document Roadmap 1-10

2 Home 2-1

Main Dashboard 2-1

Drive Tasks 2-2

Administration Guide 2-4
Installation Guide 2-4

Logging into the Appliance 1-9

RAID Health 2-1
Node Status 2-2
Drive Wear Monitor 2-2

Removing a Drive 2-3
Performance MB/s, IOPS, Latency, and Utilization Monitors 2-4

CHAPTER

3 Array Configuration 3-1

Network Settings 3-1

Creating a New Bond 3-1

Default Gateway 3-3

DNS Nameservers 3-3
Static Routes 3-4
Edit Bond 3-4
Delete Bond 3-5
Enable/Disable Bond 3-5
Enable/Disable Fibre Channel Interface 3-5
Create a Virtual Interface 3-6
Create a VLAN 3-6
Configure Devices 3-7
Check Performance 3-7

Host Settings 3-8

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Storage Allocation 3-8

Physical Space (Data Reduction) 3-8
Storage Trend (Data Reduction) 3-9
Physical Space Alerts 3-9

iSCSI Settings 3-9

Changing Initiator IP Address Availability 3-9
Error Correction 3-10
Support Settings 3-10

Support Setting Configuration 3-10
System Update 3-12
Alert Admin 3-12

Address Alert 3-13

CHAPTER

CHAPTER

4 LUN Configuration 4-1

The LUNs List 4-1

Create LUN 4-1

Increase LUN Size 4-2

Create Snapshots 4-2

Schedule Snapshot 4-4

Delete LUN 4-5

View LUN Performance Data 4-5
Initiator Groups 4-6

Add an Initiator to an Initiator Group 4-6

Create an Initiator Group 4-7

Map a LUN to an Initiator Group 4-7

Unmap LUN from Initiator 4-8

Delete Initiator Group 4-8

5 Asynchronous Replication 5-1

Communicating with a Partner Host 5-2

Cisco to Cisco 5-2

Cisco to Linux 5-2

Cisco to Windows 5-4
Create a Pairing 5-5

Delete Async Replication Pairing 5-6

Verify Partner Host 5-6

Update Partner Host 5-7

Async Replication Scheduling 5-7

Restore 5-9

View Log File 5-9

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CHAPTER

6 Users 6-1

Create a New User Account 6-1
Assign or Unassign User Role 6-1
Delete User Account 6-2
Edit User Account 6-2
Create or Modify a Role 6-3
Delete a Role 6-3
Change Password 6-4

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CHA P T E R

1

Overview

Prerequisite Tasks , page 1-1

Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Interface Overview, page 1-1

Licensed Features, page 1-8

Initial Steps, page 1-8

Document Roadmap, page 1-10

This guide includes information about the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) Invicta
C3124SA Appliance for both performance and data reduction silicon storage arrays.

Information applies to both types of arrays unless otherwise noted. Unique content is identified within
the content.

Prerequisite Tasks

Before you configure the network connections, ensure that you do the following:

• Verify that the hardware cabling and installation is correct and complete.

• Verify that a Web browser for accessing the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Management

GUI is available.

If you are unable to perform either of these tasks, contact [e-mail]

Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Interface Overview

Table 1-1 provides a list of the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance GUI menu with an overview of
each menu window and the task that can be performed from them.

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Table 1-1 GUI Menu

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

Home Main Dashboard Displays health, wear, performance,

utilization, and node status views.

Administration

Links to a PDF. —

Guide

Installation Guide Links to a PDF. —

• View dr ive

• Fail or Remove a

• Enable or

• View the

• View array wear

• View Node

Chapter 1 Overview

Information

drive

Disable the Blink
On function

Performance
MB/s, IOPS and
Latency
monitors

indicator

Status to check if
the node has Data
Reduction
capability

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Chapter 1 Overview

Table 1-1 GUI Menu (continued)

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

Array
Configuration

Network Settings Displays network configuration

information including network interfaces
(individual and bonds) and Fibre Channel
interfaces.

Permission-based.

Host Settings Identifies the Ethernet link, iSCSI IQN

and Host Names.

Storage
Allocation

Displays storage information. The
right-click menu provides a menu option
to create a logical unit number (LUN). In
addition, a UCS Invicta C3124SA
Appliance with Data Reduction

can also

display the Physical Space and Storage
Trend from the right-click menu.

iSCSI Settings Lists IP addresses that are available and

which a host is allowed to connect.

Permission-based.

Error Correction Provides an option to reconstruct or to

rebuild the data block content using
parity.

Permission-based.

• Change a device

• Set a Default

• Set the DNS

• Set Static Routes

Displays hostname,
network link, and
IQN names

• View Ci sco UCS

• Create a LUN

• View Physical

• View Storage

Move IP addresses
between the
Available and
Allowed Portal
Columns

Turn on or off

configuration

Gateway

server

Invicta C3124SA
Appliance
Storage
Information

Space (Data
Reduction)

Trend (Data
Reduction)

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Table 1-1 GUI Menu (continued)

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

Support Settings Contains configuration data including:

View:

Chapter 1 Overview

• Host name, mail server and user

(SMTP), and time server (NTP).

• Autosupport (Carbon Copy) CC

address (an internal customer
address to which copies of
Autosupport messages are sent.This
field is optional; if no address is
input only the Cisco technical
support team receives Autosupport
messages).

• The Send from Domain field allows

Cisco technical support to identify
the source of the Autosupport
messages.

• Proxy URL/IP is the proxy server

that the customer uses to direct
outgoing requests.

• Proxy Port is the port number used

when sending the outgoing requests.

• Click Save to save changes to these

fields.

• Test Autosupport triggers the

generation of an Autosupport
message that is outside of the regular
schedule and tests the Autosupport
relay setting. This test includes
collected data but does not include
performance graphs.

• Post Service button triggers

communication to the Autosupport
server once the service repair or
maintenance action was performed
on the system by technician.

• Cisco UCS Invicta

OS

Ve rs i on

• Complete

configuration
information
fields

• Shutdown

• Reboot

• Test Auto

Support

• Post Service

• Perform System

Update

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• System Update is used by the

Administrator for starting a Service
Pack (WSP) update package
application process, when available.

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Chapter 1 Overview

Table 1-1 GUI Menu (continued)

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

• Click System Update to choose the

WSP system update file that was sent
by Cisco and then saved locally.
Uploading this file loads system
update onto the Cisco UCS Invicta
C3124SA Appliance. After the file
has been authenticated by the
system, the Administrator is
prompted through the remaining
update process.

• Uninstall Update button displays

immediately after an update is
installed and is used to uninstall the
last update.

• Shutdown and Reboot commands are

verified to prevent any unintentional
action.

Permission-based.

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Table 1-1 GUI Menu (continued)

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

Check and/or set an
alert status to
Resolved or Suppress

• Create LUNs

• Increase LUN

• Create Snapshot

• Schedule

• Delete LUNs

• Check

• View Initiator

• Add initiator to

• Add individual

• View available

• Map or Unmap

LUN
Configuration

Alert Admin Icon on the Main Dashboard indicates the

number of alerts present.

Alert Admin window lists short
identification and notification
timestamps of all active alerts sent during
periodic system checks.

Permission-based.

LUNs After the initial setup, you can create and

configure LUNs.

Use the check boxes adjacent to LUNs to
select an unlimited number of LUNs for
deletion.

You can also use check boxes to select
and view the performance of up to the
first 5 selected LUNs.

Permission-based.

Initiator Groups Maps LUNs. The Initiator Groups list

uses a tree structure that you can expand
and collapse.

Right-click menus allow you to add an
Initiator, map or unmap LUNs, and delete
an Initiator Group.

Permission-based.

Chapter 1 Overview

Size

Snapshot

Performance

Groups

Initiator Groups

Initiator Groups

LUNs

LUNs to or from
an Initiator
Group

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• Delete an

Initiator Group

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Table 1-1 GUI Menu (continued)

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

Async
Replication

Pairings LUN-to-target pairing allows

management and replication scheduling.

• Create a New

Pairing

License- and permission-based.

• Verify the

Partner Host

• Update the

Async Partner
Host

• Schedule (both

Manual and
Scheduled
Replication)

• Restore (either to

a New LUN or to
the Original
LUN)

• Replication and

Restore
Termination

• Download

Cygwin Package
needed for
Windows Target

• Pairing Deletion

• View Lo gs

(Snippets of
Replication and
Restore logs for
each partner)

Users User Accounts Requires that each user must have a user

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• Retrieve the

device Public
Key

• Create a New

account and must be assigned one or
more roles.

Permission-based.

User Account

• Assign User

Roles

• Edit or Delete a

User Account

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Table 1-1 GUI Menu (continued)

Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks

Roles Creates roles with specific permission

sets that are configurable from the Roles
window. Without permission-defined
roles, the default User Account
permission allows the ability to view the
Home Menu, Main Dashboard and the
ability to change a password from the
User Menu.

Permission-based.

Change Password Changes the default or compromised

passwords to protect the accuracy of
audit trails. A password change is
required after the initial login.

• Cisco UCS

Change user
password

Chapter 1 Overview

Invicta C3124SA
Appliance

Licensed Features

Cisco offers optional features, such as Asynchronous Replication, that can be licensed, per device. To
activate a licensed feature, please contact your Cisco sales representative or write to [e-mail].

Licensed features are delivered over the Internet for clients with Autosupport during Call Home
messaging or through a Cisco Service Pack Licensing download for those clients who are not connected
to Autosupport over the Internet.

Initial Steps

Initial steps for administering and configuring the Cisco UCS Invicta Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA
Appliance are as follows:

• Log in as the administrator

• Verify support settings (NTP, Time Zone, SMTP)

• Create roles

• Set up user accounts

• Configure LUNS and Initiator Groups

If you are responsible for the overall network administration, you must log into the Management Tool
and set up the user account and role creation as follows:

Note If you experience a problem, please contact Cisco technical support.

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Chapter 1 Overview

Logging into the Appliance

Step 1 Power-on the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance and wait about 5 to 8 minutes.

Note The power supply LED isamber when it is plugged in and green when it is powered on.

Step 2 Enter the IP Address of the device in the browser address bar.

Step 3 Enter the default username and password as shown:

Username: admin

Password: abc123

Note The administrator or user is required to change the login password after using the default password for

the initial configuration or initial log in, as well as to accept the terms and agreement. The password
“abc123” may not be reused.

A unique Login ID is needed so that the audit trail reflects a unique user. “Admin” if unchanged will not
distinguish between those logged using that default name.

Step 4 Create a unique username (see Chapter 6, “Users”).

Step 5 Click Log out at the top-right of the window.

Step 6 Login using the new user account ID.

The Cisco Installation team will have configured the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance. The
Network Configuration settings have been entered on the Support Settings window.

These settings include the following:

• Host Name

• SMTP Server and User

• Autosupport CC

• Send from Domain

• Proxy URL/IP

• Proxy Port

• NTP Server

• Time Zone

For more information about the Support settings window see Chapter 3, “Array Configuration.”
Verify/Modify Network Configuration

Step 1 Select Array Configuration > Support Settings.

The Support Settings window appears.

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Step 2 Review current field information and modify as necessary. (For more information see, “Support

PSU1 PSU2

PCIe 1

PCIe 2

PCIe 3

PCIe 4

PCIe 5

4 98 107 1165

2 3

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Settings,” on page 3-10.)

Document Roadmap

The remaining sections of this document provide information on each Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA
Appliance menu item and the tasks associated with them (see Table 1-1 on page 1-2).

Figure 1-1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Rear Panel Features

Chapter 1 Overview

1 Power supplies (two) 7 1-Gb Ethernet dedicated management port
2 PCIe slot on riser 2:

3 PCIe slot on riser 2:

4 VGA video connector 10 PCIe slots on riser 1:

5 Serial port (RJ-45 connector) 11 Rear Identification button/LED
6 USB port –

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PCIe 5—full-height, 3/4-length, x16 lane)

PCIe 4—half-height, 3/4-length, x8 lane)

8 USB 2.0 port

9 Quad 1-Gb Ethernet ports

(LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, and LAN4)

PCIe 1—full-height, half-length, x8 lane
PCIe 2—full-height, half-length, x16 lane
PCIe 3—full-height, half-length, x8 lane

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Home

Main Dashboard, page 2-1

Drive Tasks, page 2-2

Administration Guide, page 2-4

Installation Guide, page 2-4

Main Dashboard

The Main Dashboard window graphically depicts the RAID health and its unused drives.

The dashboard offers right-click context menus that allows you to perform various drive operations.and
to view Performance MB/s, IOPS and Latency monitors and an array wear indicator.

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Table 2-1 on page 2-1 and Table 2-2 on page 2-2 provide legends for the colors of the RAID Status and

Drive Status.:

Table 2-1 Table 2.0: RAID Legend

RAID Color Meaning

Good

Bad

Degraded

Recovering

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Node Status

Chapter 2 Home

Table 2-2 Table 2.1 Drive Legend

Drive Color Meaning

Spare

Good

Bad

Unused

This area conveys whether or not the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance has Data Reduction.

Note Data Reduction is a hardware determination.

Drive Wear Monitor

This speedometer provides a pictorial view of the drive’s wear status. Drives should be replaced when
the wear arrow is in the yellow area (0-20).

Drive Tasks

It is important to identify your system as a RAID 5 or RAID 6 before attempting to perform drive tasks:

• A system is configured with RAID 5 if it is configured with one or more RAID sets, has an Unused

• A system is configured with RAID 6 if it has only one RAID set and has an Unused tab. I t does no t

Note A Data Reduction Node will always be configured with RAID 6.

To perform drive tasks:

Step 1 Right-click a drive in the Node Health Information window.

The drive tasks right-click menu appears.

tab, and has a spare drive.

include a spare drive.

Step 2 Do any of the following:

• If you want to view drive information, choose Info.

The Node Health Information window displays specific drive information, including drive
position, device model, serial number, firmware version and LU WWN Device ID.

• Choose Fail to fail a drive, if necessary.

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