HP Storage Management Utility User Manual

HP Storage Management Utility user guide

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Contents

Aboutthisguide .......................... 9

Intendedaudience...................................... 9

Prerequisites ........................................ 9

Relateddocumentation.................................... 9

Documentconventionsandsymbols ............................. 10

HP installation and conﬁgurationassistance........................... 11

HPtechnicalsupport..................................... 11

Subscriptionservice ..................................... 11

HPwebsites......................................... 11

Documentationfeedback ................................... 11

1Overview ............................ 13

Featuresandrequirements ................................. 13

Pagedescription...................................... 14

Initial conﬁgurationmethods................................. 14

AccessingtheSMU .................................... 15

Changing the management port IP address through the MSA1510i controller display panel . . . . . . 16

Bestpractices....................................... 17

2View ............................. 19

Pagedescription...................................... 19

Tabs......................................... 19

Views ........................................ 20

Availabletasks ...................................... 20

Viewingstatusalerts(ViewAllStatusAlerts)........................ 21

Viewingtheeventlog(ViewEventLog) .......................... 22

Refreshingthedisplay(RefreshSystem) .......................... 22

Identifyingdevices(IdentifyDevice)............................ 23

3Conﬁgure ........................... 25

Pagedescription...................................... 25

Tabs......................................... 25

Views ........................................ 26

Availabletasks ...................................... 27

Sample conﬁgurationusedinthisdocument.......................... 30

Sample conﬁguration—Deviceandcablingdiagram .................... 30

Sample conﬁguration—Physical-to-logicalstoragediagram.................. 31

Sample conﬁguration—Path/accessibilitydiagram ..................... 32

Fundamental tasks, in initial conﬁgurationsequence....................... 33

Conﬁguringmanagementanddataports ......................... 33

Conﬁguringthemanagementport .......................... 33

Conﬁguringdataports............................... 35

Sample conﬁguration status - after conﬁguringmanagementanddataports ........ 37

Conﬁguringharddrives................................. 38

Creatingarrays .................................. 39

Creatinglogicaldrives............................... 41

Conﬁguration status - after conﬁguringharddrives ................... 42

Creatingstoragetargets ................................ 43

Creatingthetarget................................. 43

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Creatingtargetportalgroups ............................ 45

Assigningportalstotheportalgroup......................... 46

Mappinglogicaldrivestothetarget ......................... 47

Conﬁguring the redundant controller for a target (dual-controller conﬁgurationsonly)..... 47

Conﬁgurationstatus-aftercreatingstoragetargets................... 48

Addingauthorizedinitiators............................... 49

Conﬁguration status - after adding initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Securitytasks....................................... 51

SettingupAccessControlLists.............................. 51

SettingupCHAPauthentication ............................. 53

Settingupstorage-systemtargetdiscoveryCHAPauthentication.............. 53

Setting up target-speciﬁc initiator-to-target CHAP authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

SettingupmutualCHAPauthentication ........................ 55

Setting the SSL certiﬁcate................................ 56

Additional management and conﬁgurationtasks........................ 57

Addingaroute(AddRoute)............................... 58

Changingarrayorlogicaldrivecharacteristics....................... 58

Disablingthearrayaccelerator(ArrayAcceleratorSettings) ............... 59

Expandinganarray(ExpandArray) ......................... 59

Extendingalogicaldrive(ExtendLogicalDrive) .................... 60

Migrating to a different RAID level or stripe size (Migrate RAID/Stripe Size) . . . . . . . . 60

Changingglobalsettings(StorageSystemSettings)..................... 61

Changingtargetloginparameters(SetLoginParameters) .................. 62

Clearing the conﬁguration (Clear Conﬁguration) ...................... 62

Deletingacomponent(Delete).............................. 63

Disablingautomaticpathswitching(RedundancySettings).................. 64

Disablingdataports(Enable/DisablePort) ........................ 64

Disablingacontroller(DisableController)......................... 64

EnablingiSNSdiscovery ................................ 65

EnablingiSNSdiscovery(iSNSDiscoverySettings)................... 65

Enabling iSNS discovery of speciﬁctargets(DiscoverySettings).............. 66

Identifyingdevices(IdentifyDevice)............................ 66

Refreshingthedisplay(RefreshSystem) .......................... 66

Resettingthesystem(ResetSystem)............................ 66

SettingthepreferredpathforaLUN(PreferredPath) .................... 67

Viewing detailed component information (More Information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Viewingstatusalerts(ViewAllStatusAlerts)........................ 68

4Wizards............................ 69

5Diagnose ........................... 77

6Update ............................ 79

Updating system ﬁrmware(FlashFirmware) .......................... 79

Availabletasks .................................... 79

Prerequisites ..................................... 79

Updating MSA ﬁrmware ................................ 80

Updating hard drive ﬁrmware.............................. 83

A Storage overview . ....................... 85

Arraysandlogicaldrives.................................. 85

Fault-tolerancelevels.................................... 86

RAID0—nofaulttolerance ............................... 87

RAID1+0—drivemirroring ............................... 87

RAID5—distributeddataguarding............................ 88

RAID6—advanceddataguarding............................ 89

ComparisonofRAIDMethods................................ 89

ChoosingaRAIDlevel ................................... 90

BIcondescriptions ......................... 91

Index .............................. 95

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Figures

SMU display — showing the ﬁvetabs ....................... 14

View tab—showi

Viewtab—Viewdrop-downbox ......................... 20

View tab—tas

Viewtab—ViewAllStatusAlertspage....................... 22

Viewtab—ViewEventLogpage ......................... 22

Conﬁguretab—showingthecomponentlistandtasklist ............... 25

View as dro

Conﬁguretab—tasklisting............................ 27

Sample conﬁguration—after conﬁguringmanagementanddataports ......... 38

Sample conﬁguration—after conﬁguringharddrives................. 43

Sample system conﬁguration—after conﬁguringtargets................ 49

Sample conﬁguration—afteraddinginitiators.................... 51

Update tab—task listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Multiplephysicaldrives(D1,D2,andD3)inasystem ................ 85

Multiple physical drives (D1, D2, and D3) conﬁgured into one logical drive (L1) . . . . . 85

Data striping (S1-S4) and data blocks (B1-B12) on multiple physical drives (D1, D2, D3) . . 86

ngthecomponentandtasklists .................. 19

klisting.............................. 21

p-downbox............................. 26

Two arrays (A1, A2) containing ﬁve logical drives (L1 through L5) spread across ﬁve physical

(D1throughD5) ............................. 86

drives

RAID1array,withtwophysicalharddrives(D1,D2)................. 87

RAID 1

RAID 5 array, with three physical hard drives (D1, D2, D3) showing distributed parity

information(Px,y)................................ 88

RAID 6 (ADG) array, with four physical hard drives (D1, D2, D3, D4) showing distributed

parityinformation(Px,y)(Qx,y) .......................... 89

+0array,witheightphysicalharddrives(D1throughD8) ........... 88

Tables

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3 4

5 6

7 8 9

Documentconventions.............................. 10

Availabletasks,listedbysystemcomponent .................... 28

RAID0features ................................ 87

RAID1,RAID1+0features............................ 88

RAID5features ................................ 89

RAID 6 (ADG) f

SummaryofRAIDmethods............................ 90

ChoosingaRAIDlevel ............................. 90

SMUicons................................... 91

eatures ............................. 89

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About this guide

This guide provides information about using the Storage Management Utility (SMU) to conﬁgure and manage storage associated with an array controller that supports iSCSI networking.

Intended audience

This guide is intended for network administrators and storage managers with moderate or advanced knowledgeofIPandstoragenetworks.

Prerequisites

• Determine who will install and conﬁgure your system.

A moderate level of knowledge about storage systems, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and IP networks is required to install and manage this storage system. If you are not familiar with installing and conﬁguring storage systems or IP networks, HP can install and conﬁgure your system. For more information, see “HP installation and conﬁguration assistance” on page 11.

• Record system information on provided checklists in the installation guide or installation overview

poster.

• Become familiar with and periodically review the content on the product website.

•ClickTechnical Documentation to locate and read the latest documentation, including the

quickspecs and the compatibility guide, which discuss important reference information and speciﬁcations.

•ClickSoftware, Firmware & Drivers to learn about recent ﬁrmware enhancements and support

options.

Related documentation

ThefollowingdocumentsdescribetheMSA1510i:

• HP Stora

• HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array installation and conﬁguration roadmap poster

• HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array iSCSI concepts and deployment guide

• HP Stora

• HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array installation and user guide

• HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array maintenance and service guide

• HP Stor

• HP StorageWorks Storage Management Utility user guide

These documents are provided on the MSA1510i Support CD v2.0, available on the MSA1510i Support page: h

In add websi iSCSI networks:

• HP SAN Design reference guide

The following documents and websites provide related information: HP product information can be found on the HP Documentation website: h MSA p

geWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array release notes

geWorks 1510i compatibility guide

ageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array Command Line Interface user guide

ttp://www.hp.com/support.

ition to MSA1510i-speciﬁc documents, the following guide, available on the SAN Infrastructure

te: h

ttp://www.hp.com/go/san, includes detailed, helpful information about Fibre Channel and

roduct information can be found on the HP Storage website: h

ttp://www.docs.hp.com.

ttp://www.hp.com/storage.

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Additional related technical information includes:

• Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) rfc 3720: h

ttp://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3720.txt

• iSCSI Naming and Discovery: https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi

• Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS): http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ips-isns-22.txt

• iSCSI and SLP: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-slp-09.txt

• Zeroconf: http://ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-10.txt

• 802.1q for Virtual LANs: http://www.ieee802.org/1/pages/802.1Q.html

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WARNING!

Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.

ventions and symbols

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Web site addresses

• Keys that are pressed

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as

menu and list items, buttons, tabs, and check boxes

• File and directory names

• System output

• Code

• Commands, their arguments, and argument values

• Code variables

• Command variables

Emphasized monospace text

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Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

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About this guide

1Overview

In this section:

• Features and requirements

•Initialconﬁguration methods

•AccessingtheSMU

• Changing the management port IP address through the MSA1510i controller display panel

•Bestpractices

Features and

The Storage Management Utility (SMU):

• Conﬁgures and manages system storage.

• Resides on t

• Is accessed from a remote server or workstation using a browser.

• Is username and password protected.

• Can be used

• Includes an initial conﬁguration wizard, for fast-and-easy conﬁguration in simple environments.

• Includes a main user interface, for more ﬂexible and complete initial conﬁguration and subsequent

managemen

• Provides conﬁguration suggestions.

• Enables online array capacity expansion, logical drive capacity extension, assignment of spare

drives, a

• Minimum display settings: 1024 x 768 pixels resolution and 256 colors.

• Supported browser versions: Internet Explorer 6.0 or later.

NOTE:

This doc software components are already installed on the servers. See your product installation documents for instructions.

ument assumes that all network devices are already physically installed and that all required

requirements

he array controller as part of the array controller ﬁrmware.

online while the system is operating.

ttasks.

nd RAID or stripe size migration.

newpage pi

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Page descripti

As shown in Figu separate section in this guide.

Figure 1 SMU display — showing the ﬁve tabs

• View—For

“View”onpage19”.)

• Conﬁgure—For initially conﬁguring a system, entering new information, or changing existing

settings. (For more information, see “Conﬁgure” on page 25.)

• Wizards

“Wizards” on page 69”.)

• Diagnose—For generating an XML-formatted diagnostic report. (For more information, see

“Diagn

• Update—For updating MSA controller and module ﬁrmware. (For more information see

“Update”onpage79.)

re 1, the interface includes ﬁve tabs, each of which is documented in detail in a

viewing detailed conﬁguration and status information. (For more information, see

—For initially conﬁguring a simple system. (For more information, see

ose” on page 77”.)

Initial conﬁguration methods

The SMU provides two methods to initially conﬁgure your system:

• The Wizard tab—includes the Initial System Conﬁguration Wizard, which is the easiest and

simplest method for initially conﬁguring the storage system. You are prompted in a logical sequence for storage, iSCSI, logon, and management settings. The wizard then uses those settings to conﬁgure the storage and make it available to the initiator. This conﬁguration method is best for single-server environments needing bulk storage, because one target is created, and is assigned to one initiator. For information about using the wizard, see “Wizards”onpage69.

• The Conﬁgure tab—offers more ﬂexibility than the wizard when conﬁguring the storage.

This conﬁguration method is best for multi-server environments that need to customize the creation of storage LUNs and targets. For information about using the Conﬁgure tab, see “Conﬁgure”onpage25.

Overview

Accessing the SM

1. Install, connect, and apply power to the storage and other network devices, as detailed in your

system user doc

2. Obtain and record the IP address assigned to the primary management port (MA0). (Worksheets

may be provided with you system installation instructions.) To determine t

through the messages until the following message is displayed on the controller LCD panel:

603 Port MA0 IP <address>

NOTE:

• If the IP addre assigned to the management port. Check the cable connections, view the module LEDs, and read the system installation, maintenance and service, or other user documents for troubles

• If necessary, you can change the management IP address through the controller LCD panel management menu. For more information, see “Changing the managementport IP address through the MSA1510icontroller display panel”onpage16.

3. From a server or workstation with access to the storage device, open your Web browser and enter

the address obtained in Step 2. For example: http://10.10.1.254

he IP address, press the arrow buttons on the front of the array controller and scroll

hooting information.

umentation.

ss message is not displayed on the LCD panel, an IP address was not

NOTE:

For additional security (at a reduced performance level), access the SMU using the secure mode. For example: https://10.10.1.254

4. Enter the username and password. Default settings are:

•Username:root

•Password:root

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5. Wait a few moments for the utility to load.

NOTE:

When accessing the SMU for the ﬁrst time, a window is displayed requiring input of a user-deﬁned username and password.

6. One of the following happens:

• If key components of the system are unconﬁgured,aprompttogototheWizardtabis displayed. (For more information, see “Wizards”onpage69.)

• If the system is partially conﬁgured, the Conﬁgure tab is displayed. (For more information, see “Conﬁgure”onpage25.)

•Ifthesystemisconﬁgured, the View tab is displayed. (For more information, see “Diagnose” on page 77.)

Changing the management port IP address through the MSA1510i controller display panel

When the MSA1510i is initially installed and powered on, an IP address is automatically assigned to the primary management port (usually MA0). Depending on your network conﬁguration,thisdefaultIP address may not be accessible by the network servers.

To change the IP address of the MSA1510i management port to be in the same LAN segment as the network servers, do the following:

1. Access the controller LCD panel management menu. Press the right (>) navigation button on the

front of the active controller (usually the front-right controller.) Network Settings should be displayed and blinking.

LCD panel navigation buttons work as follows:

Navigation button In the menu Within a menu option

Right (>) Select a blinking menu option.

When changing IP address settings, move to the next digit.

Up/Down (^/v)

Left (<)

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Scroll through the menu options.

Not applicable.

Change/Toggle a setting. Accept the displayed setting and

return to the initial management menu display.

2. Disable DHCP.

a. With Network Settings displayed and blinking, press > to select it. b. Press ^ or v until DHCP Enabled is displayed and blinking, and then press > to select it. c. Press ^ or v to change the setting to No. d. Press < to accept the new setting and return to the initial management menu display.

3. Change the IP address.

a. With Network Settings displayed and blinking, press > to select it. b. Press ^ or v until IP Address is displayed and blinking, and then press > to select it. c. Press ^ or v to scroll through and select the value for each digit of the IP address. d. After entering all digits of the new IP address, press < to accept the new setting and return to the

initial management menu display.

4. Verify and, if necessary, change the Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary DNS, Secondary DNS,

and VLAN ID using procedures similar to those outlined in step 3, but pressing ^ or v to navigate to the desired menu option.

5. After all changes are entered, exit the management menu.

Press v until Exit is displayed and blinking, and then press >. The LCD panel returns to the display mode.

6. Verify that the IP address was entered correctly by pressing ^ or v until the Port #MA0 IP message

is displayed.

7. Verify that the server can locate the MSA1510i by opening a command prompt window and using

the ping command.

Best prac

• Go to the HP storage website: http://www.hp.com/storage foryourarraycontroller. Product

website

• Hardware, ﬁrmware, and driver compatibility information.

•Firmwareand/orsoftware.

•System

• Use provided installation documents to gather items required for your installation, learn about the

installation process, and physically install devices.

• Record

is needed when conﬁguring the storage, entering connection information, and setting up multipathing; and for future conﬁguration changes, reference, and troubleshooting purposes.

• Sign up with Subscriber's Choice to receive e-mail notiﬁcations and alerts about your HP devices:

• Sepa

Virt

• Ensure that initiators and targets are on the same Layer 2 Ethernet LAN. This guarantees the

integrity of the data trafﬁc and maintains high network performance levels.

• Ensure the availability of the storage:

•Pro

•Pr

tices

s are updated to include the latest:

documentation.

information about your system in provided checklists and worksheets. This information

ttp://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.

rate management trafﬁc from iSCSI storage trafﬁc. Provide separate physical LANs or create

ual LANs (VLANs) to segment the trafﬁc.

vide redundant power sources—Plug the two power supplies on the device into separate

interruptible Power Supplies (UPS) on separate sources of power. If you have only one UPS,

Un maintain separate power paths by plugging one power supply to the UPS on one power source and plug the other power supply to a separate power source.

ovide redundant data paths—Include two separate and isolated iSCSI storage networks

d the associated hardware (switches, MSA controllers, etc.) and software components

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(MPIO multipathing software, etc.) in the conﬁguration. Conﬁgure targets using portals on each controller.

• Create fault-tolerant logical storage units—Create LUNs using fault-tolerant RAID levels and striping methods.

• When assigning system names and aliases, use only the following characters:

• Uppercase alpha characters (A-Z)

• Lowercase alpha characters (a-z)

•Numericcharacters(0-9)

• Special characters (! # = ( ) ‘ ; , . and space)

• When accessing the SMU, expand the browser to full screen or a minimum size of 1024 x 768

pixels. Other settings may distort the display or cause items to not display.

• When planning and conﬁguring logical drives:

• Optimize performance and redundancy by striping the drives in the array across separate

storage enclosures on different SCSI buses, especially in mirrored environments using RAID 1+0.

• Set the drive rebuild priority to high to minimize exposure during a drive failure.

• Customize the RAID level and striping method to the type of data that will be stored on the

logical drive.

NOTE:

Depending on the number of physical hard drives included in a storage unit, the SMU may suggest RAID 6 (ADG) as the default RAID level, which offers a high level of fault tolerance and usable disk capacity, but at a signiﬁcant cost to I/O performance. For comparable fault tolerance but higher performance, consider using RAID 1+0 when fault tolerance is desired and performance is more important than usable capacity. Reserve RAID 6 (ADG) for situations when fault tolerance is desired, but usable capacity is more important than performance.

• After conﬁguring the storage, remember to:

• Verify that each initiator has been granted access to the target.

• Control access to the storage through the use of VLANs, CHAP authentication, and ACLs.

• Draw physical and logical diagrams of your network:

• Hardware/device diagram—Physical layout of the entire network, including device names

and cabling.

• Storage diagram—Hard drive and storage system conﬁguration, including RAID levels.

• Path/Accessibility diagram—Access information, including which devices are allowed to

communicate with each other.

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2View

The Storage Management Utility (SMU) View tab is used to view system information. Included in this section:

•Pagedescription

•Availabletasks

Page description

As shown in Figure 2, the page is divided into 2 main sections:

• System compo

• Task list (and display area)—Right side of page

nent list—Left side of page

Figure 2 View tab—showing the component and task lists

Tabs

Also shown in Figure 2 are the ﬁve tabs of the SMU:

• View—Fo

“View” on page 19”.)

• Conﬁgure—For initially conﬁguring a system, entering new information, or changing existing

settings. (For more information, see “Conﬁgure” on page 25.)

• Wizard

“Wizards” on page 69”.)

• Diagnose—For generating an XML-formatted diagnostic report. (For more information, see

“Diag

rviewingdetailedconﬁguration and status information. (For more information, see

s—For initially conﬁguring a simple system. (For more information, see

nose” on page 77”.)

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Views

• Update—For updating MSA controller and module ﬁrmware. (For more information see

“Update”onpage79.)

As shown in Figure 3, expand the View drop-down box to select a viewing option. Your selection determines which system components are included in the component list:

• All Devices—D

• Devices with Alerts—Displays components for which any type of alert has been generated.

• Devices with Info Alerts—Displays components for which an informational alert has been

generated.

isplays all system components (Figure 2).

Figure 3 View tab—View drop-down box

NOTE:

• In any view, click+ or - to expand or contract the items in the system component list.

• As needed, click the

Available tasks

As shown in Figure 4, the View tab displays detailed system and status information for the selected component.

scroll bar

on the right-side of the page to move through the displayed information.

View

Figure 4 View tab—task listing

The following tasks are available in the View tab:

•Viewings

• Viewing the event log (View Event Log)

• Refreshing the display (Refresh System)

•Identify

tatusalerts(ViewAllStatusAlerts)

ing devices (Identify Device)

Viewingstatusalerts(ViewAllStatusAlerts)

Figure 5 illustrates some informational status alerts, generated when creating a logical drive.

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Figure5Viewtab—ViewAllStatusAlertspage

Viewing the event log (View Event Log)

Figure 6 shows an example of a system event log.

e 6 View tab—View Event Log page

Figur

Refreshing the display (Refresh System)

To refresh the SMU display, select Refresh System. The utility scans the conﬁguration, and after a few moments, updates the display.

View

Identifying devices (Identify Device)

To locate a system component by lighting up its LEDs, select the item from the component list, and then select Identify Device.

For example, if in that logical drive are illuminated.

this task is selected for a logical drive, the LEDs on the physical hard drives included

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View

3Conﬁgure

The Storage Management Utility (SMU) Conﬁgure tab allows for complete system conﬁguration and management. You can conﬁgure a new system, conﬁgure newly added components to an already-conﬁgured system, and make changes to an already-conﬁgured system.

Included in this section:

•Pagedescription

•Availabletasks

• Sample conﬁguration used in this document

• Fundamental tasks, in initial conﬁguration sequence

•Securitytasks

• Additional management and conﬁguration tasks

Page description

As shown in Figure 7,theConﬁgure tab is divided into 2 main sections:

• System component list—Left side of page

• Task list (

and input area)—Right side of page

Figure 7 Conﬁ gure tab—showing the component list and task list

Tabs

Also shown in Figure 7 are the ﬁve SMU tabs:

• View—For viewing detailed conﬁguration and status information. (For more information, see

“View” on page 19”.)

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Views

• Conﬁgure—For initially conﬁguring a system, entering new information, or changing existing

settings. (For more information, see “Conﬁgure” on page 25.)

• Wizards—For initially conﬁguring a simple system. (For more information, see

“Wizards” on page 69”.)

• Diagnose—For generating an XML-formatted diagnostic report. (For more information, see

“Diagnose” on page 77”.)

• Update—For updating MSA controller and module ﬁrmware. (For more information see

“Update”onpage79.)

As shown in Fi determines which system components are shown, as well as their associated tasks:

• Storage with iSCSI view—Displays all system components and their available tasks (Figure 8).

• Storage vie

• iSCSI view—Displays iSCSI-related items only; no arrays, logical drives, or hard drives are shown.

gure 8, expand the View as drop-down box to select a viewing option. Your selection

w—Displays storage-related items only; no targets or initiators are shown.

Figure 8 View as drop-down box

Also shown in Figure 8,clickShow Physical View/Show Logical View to control the display of the conﬁgured storage.

NOTE:

TheShowPhysicalView/ShowLogicalViewtoggleaffectstheviewonlywhenstoragecomponents are shown.

• Physical view—Displays a physical representation of the hard drives and conﬁgured storage.

• Logical view—Displays a logical representation of the hard drives and conﬁgured storage.

NOTE:

In any view, click + or - to expand or contract the items in the system component list.

Conﬁgure

Available task

Figure 9 Conﬁgure tab—task listing

To perform a task in the SMU:

1. Select a sy

stem component from the list on the left side of the page.

2. Select a t

3. Enter th

NOTE:

After selecting a component from the system list, a unique task list for that component is displayed.

Table 2 lists the possible tasks for each system component.

NOTE:

More Information, Identify Device, Refresh System,andView All System Alerts are common tasks and not repeated in Table 2.

ask from the list on the right side of the page.

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Table 2 Available tasks, listed by system component

System component

Top-level storage system

Management port

Available tasks Where documented

Create Array Creating arrays,page39 Create iSCSI Target Add iSCSI Initiator Adding authorized initiators, page 49

Array Accelerator Settings

Storage System Settings

Reset System

Clear Conﬁguration

Canonical Target CHAP Settings Setting up CHAP authentication,page53 iSNS Discovery Settings Add iSNS Enabling iSNS discovery,page65

Redundancy Settings

Disable Controller Disabling a controller (Disable Controller), page 64 Management Port Settings Management Port Login Settings Set SSL Certiﬁcate Setting the SSL certiﬁcate, page 56

Creating stora

Changing array or logical drive characteri stics, page 58

Changing global settings (Storage System Settings),page61

Resetting the system (Reset System), page 66 Clearing the conﬁguration (Clear Conﬁgur

ation), page 62

Enabling iSNS discovery,page65

Disabling Settings)

Conﬁguring the management port,page33

Not docum

ge targets, page 43

auto-path switching (Redundancy

,page64

ented

TELNET Service SSH service HTTP Service HTTPS Service SNMP Service

Data port

Data port IP address

Portal Delete Portal Deleting a component (Delete), page 63

Unused space

Service Settings

Add Route Adding a route (Add Route),page58 Add IP Address Enable/Disable Port Disabling data ports (Enable/Disable Port),page64 Create Portal Delete IP Address Deleting a component (Delete), page 63

Create L Spare Management Delete Deleting a component (Delete), page 63

Expand

ogical Drive

Array

Not documented

Conﬁguring data ports, page 35

g logical drives,page41

Creatin Assigning spare drives to an array,page40

Changing array or logical drive characteri stics, page 58

Conﬁgure

System component

Available tasks Where documented

Create Logical Drive Creating logical drives,page41

Array

Logical Drive

Target

Portal group

Mapped Logical Drive

Spare Management Delete Deleting a comp

Expand Array

Migrate RAID/Stripe size

Set Preferre Create Portal Group Creating target portal groups, page 45 Map Logical Drive to Target Mapping logical drives to the target,page47 CHAP Settin Delete Target Deleting a component (Delete),page63 Enable/Disable Access Control

Discovery Settings

Set Login Parameters

Assign Portals Assigning portals to the portal group,page46 Delete Portal Group Deleting a component (Delete),page63 Unmap Logical Drive from Target Update Access Control Setting up Access Control Lists, page 51

dPath

Assigning spare drives to an array,page40

onent (Delete),page63

Changing array or logical drive characteri stics, page 58

Setting the p

Setting up CHAP authentication,page53

Setting up Access Control Lists, page 51 Enabling iS

Settings), Changing target login parameters (Set Login

Parameters), page 62

Not documented

referred path (Preferred Path),page67

NS discovery of speciﬁctargets(Discovery

page 66

Initiator

newpage p

Delete iSCSI Initiator Deleting a component (Delete),page63 CHAP Settings

Setting up CHAP authentication,page53

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Sample conﬁgur

ationusedinthisdocument

Illustrations

in this document demonstrate the process of conﬁguring a dual-controller MSA1510i storage system, with multiple targets being accessed by multiple initiators. Although each real-world environment and the associated conﬁguration steps will differ from this example, fundamental principles of the conﬁguration steps are the same for all installations. Your conﬁguration may be more or less complex, but the conﬁguration steps will be similar to the steps outlined in this document.

The following diagrams illustrate the sample conﬁguration used throughout this document:

•Sampleconﬁguration-Device and cabling diagram

•Sampleconﬁg

uration-physical-to-logical storage diagram

•Sampleconﬁguration-Path/accessibility diagram

Sample conﬁguration—Device and cabling diagram

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15K

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MSA1510i controller shelf MSA20 SATA storage

enclosure Primary Ethernet network

switch Redundant Ethernet network

switch

Initiator A

Initiator B

Initiator C

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Description

Sample includes two array controllers and two 2-Port Ethernet iSCSI modules.

Sample includes twelve SATA hard drives.

Sample supports 100/1000BaseT functionality.

Sample includes two 100/1000BaseT Ethernet NICs and cabling to the two network switches.

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