HP StoreVirtual 4000, StoreVirtual 4330 Installation Instructions Manual

HP StoreVirtual 4330 Storage
10 GbE SFP+ Installation
Instructions

Abstract

This document describes how to install the 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE) SFP+ for the HP StoreVirtual 4330. Note
that the HP 4330 FC ships with the 10 GbE SFP+ installed.
If you need to replace the 10 GbE SFP+ in either the HP
4330 or HP 4330 FC, you can use the instructions in this
document.

© Copyright 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Overview

Instructions vary depending on whether this is an
upgrade (the 4330 is new and/or not in a
management group) or a migration (the 4330 is
already in a management group).

For an upgrade, the steps are:

1. Install the 10 GbE board.

2. Configure the 10 GbE ports.

3. Configure bonds.

4. Change the SAN/iQ interface (under the storage

system Network category, on the Communication
tab) to bond configured using 10 GbE ports
(NICSlot1:Port1 & 2).

For a migration, the steps are:

1. Plan for the migration.

2. Shut down the management group.

3. Install the 10 GbE board.

4. Configure bonds.

5. Change the SAN/iQ interface (under the storage

system Network category, on the Communication
tab) to bond configured using 10 GbE ports
(NICSlot1:Port1 & 2).

6. Prepare the host server.

The 10 GbE feature option adds 10 GbE to the HP
StoreVirtual 4330 platform. This is an add-on feature
to the 1 Gb 4 port FlexLOM module installed on the
system motherboard of the 4330 storage systems. After
the 10 GbE dual port Ethernet adapter is installed and
configured, users see six Ethernet interfaces listed in
the Centralized Management Console in the storage
system Network category, on the TCP/IP tab window
(four for 1 GbE and two for 10 GbE). These six
Ethernet interfaces can be bonded a number of ways.
The CMC reports the network interface names of these
six Ethernet interfaces as noted in Table 1 (page 1).

HP Part Number: BQ891-96004
Published: November 2012
Edition: 1

*BQ891-96004*

Table 1

Port name in the CMCNIC type

FlexLOM:Port11 GbE

FlexLOM:Port21 GbE

FlexLOM:Port31 GbE

FlexLOM:Port41 GbE

NICSlot1:Port110 GbE

NICSlot1:Port210 GbE

When upgrading to 10 GbE on storage systems that
have bonded NICs and are already in a cluster and

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providing storage volumes, you must follow certain
steps to ensure an effective migration to the new
hardware configuration. The migration procedures in
this document cover one possible bonded configuration
— the ALB bond configured with two 10 GbE
interfaces as an ALB bonded pair.

TIP: HP recommends bonding network

interfaces for performance and failover. The
best bond to use depends on your network and
SAN configuration.

Bonding 10 GbE interfaces

After installing the 10 GbE upgrade, you have a
choice of supported bond configurations, as noted in

Table 2 (page 2).

Table 2 Supported bonding configurations

Number of
ports x NIC
type

ALB802.3adActive-Passive

YesYesYes2 x 1 GbE

Unsupported bonds with 10 GbE

The 4330 with the 10 GbE feature installed and
configured does not support the following bond types:

• Bonding two bonds

• ALB bond with 1 GbE NIC and 10 GbE NIC

• Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode bond with 1

GbE NIC and 10 GbE NIC

Plan for the migration (4330 already in a
management group)

Check the following items before starting the migration:

• Have compatible VIP addresses for the 10 GbE

switches that are running the 10 GbE ALB bond.
The SAN/iQ software requires each cluster to
have a valid VIP address. A valid VIP address is
one that is on the same subnet as the storage
systems. This VIP address must be valid after
updating the storage systems to the 10 GbE ALB
bond.

Yes (1)Yes (1)No3 x 1 GbE

Yes (1)Yes (1)No4 x 1 GbE

YesYesYes2 x 10 GbE

NoNoYes1 x 1 GbE + 1
x 10 GbE in
single bond

YesYesYesMultiple bonds
of same type

YesYesYesMultiple bonds
of different
type

Supported bonds with 10 GbE

The 4330 with the 10 GbE feature installed and
configured supports the following bond types:

• Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) bond with the two

10 GbE Ethernet NICs

• Active-Passive bond with two 10 GbE Ethernet

NICs

• Active-Passive bond with 1 GbE NIC and 10 GbE

NIC

• Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode (802.3ad) bond

with two 10 GbE Ethernet NICs

• Ensure that all network settings (Flow Control,

Frame Size (MTU)) for each NIC are consistent
across the switch, the storage system and the
client. The network settings must be configured
the same on each interface before creating a
bond.

Table 3 (page 2) shows a summary of the network

interfaces and bonds listed on the selected storage
system’s Network category TCP/IP tab window before
installing and configuring the 10 GbE adapter.

Table 4 (page 3) shows a summary list of those

interfaces and bonds after installing and configuring
the 10 GbE adapter.

NOTE: The SAN/iQ communication interface

in both configurations is Bond0.

Table 3 storage system network configuration
pre-migration

ModeSpeedNIC

Slave (bond0)1 GbEFlexLOM:Port1

Slave (bond0)1 GbEFlexLOM:Port2

Slave (bond1)1 GbEFlexLOM:Port3

Slave (bond1)1 GbEFlexLOM:Port4

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1 GbEBond0 Type

1 GbEBond1 Type

Logical Failover
Device (ALB)

Logical Failover
Device (ALB)