HP StoreVirtual 4630 Maintenance Manual
HP StoreVirtual 4630 Storage Maintenance
Guide
Abstract
This guide explains how to back up, restore, upgrade, and otherwise maintain the HP StoreVirtual 4630 storage system and
solution components. The intended audience is system administrators and technicians with experience managing and repairing
networked storage. For installation and configuration information, see the HP StoreVirtual 4630 Storage Quick Start Guide.
For day-to-day operations, see the HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide. For late-breaking information, HP recommends that
you read the release notes for the installed software version.
Obtain the latest version of this and other HP StoreVirtual user documents at:
http://www.hp.com/support/StoreVirtualManuals
HP Part Number: AX696-96343
Published: December 2013
Edition: 2
© Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express
warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall
not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
Acknowledgments
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Warranty
To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product, see the warranty information website:
http://www.hp.com/go/storagewarranty
Revision History
March 2013Revision 1
First edition
December 2013Revision 2
Updated URL for support documents. Added troubleshooting information about verifying zoning to solve a boot issue.
Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................5
Hardware components..............................................................................................................5
Hardware configuration.............................................................................................................5
Documentation available...........................................................................................................9
2 Backing up HP 4630 system configurations..................................................11
Backing up or restoring the Virtual Connect domain configuration.................................................11
Backing up the SAS switch.......................................................................................................12
Backing up remaining HP 4630 system configurations.................................................................12
3 Maintaining the HP 4630 system................................................................13
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................13
CMC does not detect drives................................................................................................14
Locating the HP 4630 system warranty entitlement labels.............................................................14
Performing field system recovery of the HP 4630 storage system....................................................15
Overview..........................................................................................................................15
Obtaining a license key......................................................................................................15
Re-imaging the storage blade with the LeftHand OS software..................................................15
Repairing a storage system......................................................................................................18
Disk replacement in the D2700 and rebuild behavior.............................................................18
Upgrading LeftHand OS software.............................................................................................18
Adding capacity to an existing HP 4630 SAN...........................................................................18
Upgrading firmware................................................................................................................19
4 Removing and replacing the HP 4630 system components.............................20
Additional component removal and replacement instructions........................................................20
Identifying hot pluggable and non-hot pluggable components......................................................20
Replacing the storage blade and storage blade components........................................................21
Replacing a storage blade..................................................................................................21
Replacing a storage blade system board...............................................................................22
Replacing a storage blade disk drive....................................................................................23
Replacing both storage blade disk drives..............................................................................23
Replacing the FlexibleLOM..................................................................................................24
Replacing the P721m controller.................................................................................................24
Replacing the P220i controller..................................................................................................26
Replacing the VC Flex-10 or HP VC FlexFabric module.................................................................26
Replacing the SAS switch.........................................................................................................27
Replacing a SAS cable............................................................................................................28
Replacing the disk enclosure I/O module...................................................................................28
Replacing the disk enclosure power supply.................................................................................29
Replacing the disk enclosure fan...............................................................................................29
Replacing the disk enclosure hard drive.....................................................................................30
Replacing the disk enclosure....................................................................................................30
5 Support and other resources......................................................................32
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................32
Subscription service............................................................................................................32
HP Insight Remote Support software..........................................................................................32
Related information.................................................................................................................33
HP websites......................................................................................................................33
Rack stability..........................................................................................................................33
Customer self repair................................................................................................................33
Replaceable parts..............................................................................................................33
Contents 3
A HP 4630 system cabling...........................................................................35
B Regulatory information..............................................................................39
Turkey RoHS material content declaration...................................................................................39
Ukraine RoHS material content declaration................................................................................39
Warranty information..............................................................................................................39
Glossary....................................................................................................40
Index.........................................................................................................41
4 Contents
1 Overview
The HP StoreVirtual 4630 Storage (HP 4630 system) base configuration is a single-node SAN
consisting of one storage blade and one D2700 disk enclosure (the enclosure contains 25 drives).
Each storage blade, installed in the blade enclosure, runs the LeftHand OS software and is connected
to a D2700 disk enclosure through a SAS switch. Up to seven storage blades can be added, for
a total of eight storage blades, in one blade enclosure connected to eight D2700 disk enclosures.
Multiple HP 4630 systems can be combined into clusters or management groups as part of the
same SAN.
NOTE: In this solution, storage system corresponds to a storage blade. There are up to eight
storage systems in one HP 4630 system. A maximum of 32 storage systems can be connected
together.
Hardware components
A fully-installed HP 4630 system comprises the following components:
• HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure (1)
NOTE: The HP 4630 system only supports the latest c7000 enclosure. You can verify the
version using Onboard Administrator. Log in and select the Information panel in Enclosure
Information. The Model field should display BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G2 and
the Version field should list firmware version 3.60 or later. If the information in these fields
does not match what is listed here, you are using an older c7000 enclosure and it must be
replaced.
• StoreVirtual 4630sb storage blade
• HP 6G SAS BL Switches (2)
• HP D2700 900 GB 6G SAS SFF 22.5TB bundle (disk enclosure)
• SFF SAS drives (25)
• Mini SAS 2m cables (2)
• Dual CPU - Intel Xeon ZE5-2620 at 2.0 GHz
• 64 GB RAM
• 2 GB flash backed cache
• 10 Gbit NICs (HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB FlexibleLOM) (2)
• HP VC Flex-10 or HP VC FlexFabric modules (2, these modules connect to your network)
• iLO4 Advanced Pack Management
• Rack
• Power distribution system
Hardware configuration
Figure 1 (page 6) shows the HP 4630 system with 2 storage blades. Figure 2 (page 7) through
Figure 4 (page 9) show additional, suggested configurations of the HP 4630 system.
Hardware components 5
Figure 1 Front view: 2-system configuration
1. Blade enclosure (1)
2. Storage blades (2)
3. HP BladeSystem Insight Display (1)
4. Disk enclosures (2)
6 Overview
Figure 2 Front view: 4-system configuration
1. Blade enclosure (1)
2. Storage blades (4)
3. HP BladeSystem Insight Display (1)
4. Disk enclosures (4)
Hardware configuration 7
Figure 3 Front view: 6-system configuration
1. Blade enclosure (1)
2. Storage blades (6)
3. HP BladeSystem Insight Display (1)
4. Disk enclosures (6)
8 Overview
Figure 4 Front view: 8-system configuration
1. Blade enclosure (1)
2. Storage blades (8)
3. HP BladeSystem Insight Display (1)
4. Disk enclosures (8)
Documentation available
For quick installation and setup, see the HP StoreVirtual 4630 Storage Quick Start Guide.
For links to the latest manuals for HP BladeSystem and other components, go to:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-installing.html
For detailed instructions about using the HP 4630 storage system, see the following resources:
Documentation available 9
• Online Help in the Centralized Management Console
Click Help→Help Topics from the menu bar to open the Online Help. Context-sensitive help is
available by clicking the question mark on any window.
• HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide
Find complete instructions for configuring and managing storage systems and clustered storage
volumes in the User Guide. The User Guide is available in PDF format, installed in the same
directory as the Centralized Management Console program files.
• HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Installation and Configuration Guide
Find detailed instructions for planning and installing the VSA and getting started with the
Centralized Management Console.
• HP StoreVirtual Storage Remote Copy User Guide
Find information about configuring and using asynchronous replication of storage volumes
and snapshots across geographic distances.
• HP StoreVirtual Storage Multi-Site Configuration Guide
Find detailed instructions for designing and implementing the Multi-Site SAN features to
synchronously and automatically mirror data between geographic sites.
• HP StoreVirtual Storage Release Notes
Review the Release Notes for the latest information about the product.
The latest versions of these documents, including localized versions, can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/support/StoreVirtualManuals
For detailed conguration information related to the HP 4630 system in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
(VDI) configurations, see the HP Converged Infrastructure Reference Architecture for VMware View
at http://www.hp.com/go/vdi.
10 Overview
2 Backing up HP 4630 system configurations
HP recommends that you back up all HP 4630 system components for safekeeping after initially
powering on the HP 4630 system, and immediately after making changes to an existing
configuration or replacing a component. You must back up each component (for example, the VC
Flex-10 module) separately.
Backing up or restoring the Virtual Connect domain configuration
Use the Virtual Connect Manager to back up the VC Flex-10 module configuration.
IMPORTANT: Virtual Connect Manager cannot use backup configurations created with previous
versions of Virtual Connect Manager. For example, if you are currently using 2.01, you cannot
use a backup configuration that was created using 1.20.
1. From Onboard Administrator, go to the Virtual Connect Manager, Domain Settings
Backup/Restore pane.
2. Click Backup Configuration.
3. Click Save on File Download in the popup window.
4. Navigate to the hard drive location for the backup file.
5. Name the file (usually the domain name), and then click Save.
To restore a domain configuration:
IMPORTANT: You must power off all storage blades in the chassis before restoring the
configuration.
1. Browse to the backup file.
2. Select the file.
Backing up or restoring the Virtual Connect domain configuration 11
3. Select Ignore enclosure serial number in restored configuration file to restore a configuration
that was generated on another enclosure. If this item is not selected, a configuration generated
on another enclosure is rejected.
4. Select Ignore firmware version in restored configuration file.
5. Click Restore Configuration.
6. Confirm the domain configuration to be restored, and then click OK.
Backing up the SAS switch
The SAS switch configuration cannot be backed up using the CMC. If you are replacing one SAS
switch, duplicate the configuration from the other switch. If you are replacing both SAS switches,
you must restore the configuration from a backup captured using the VSM CLI. For information
about backing up and restoring the SAS configuration using the VSM CLI, see the HP Virtual SAS
Manager User Guide.
IMPORTANT: HP recommends that you do not change the SAS zoning on the SAS switches or
the cabling between the SAS switches and the disk enclosures. See “HP 4630 system cabling”
(page 35) for the recommended cabling.
Backing up remaining HP 4630 system configurations
Use one of the following methods to back up the remaining HP 4630 system configurations:
• Use your own system backup utility to back up data.
• Back up the configuration to an FTP server.
12 Backing up HP 4630 system configurations
3 Maintaining the HP 4630 system
This chapter provides information to troubleshoot, upgrade, and recover the HP 4630 system.
Troubleshooting
For detailed troubleshooting information about the HP 4630 system components, see the documents
listed in Table 1 (page 13).
Table 1 Component troubleshooting information
LocationResourceComponent
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/
blades/components/
c-class-tech-installing.html
In the Server Blades table, select the PDF link
in the User Guide column for the ProLiant
BL460c Gen8 row.
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 Server Blade
User Guide
HP 4630sb storage blade
http://www.hp.com/go/proliantgen8/docs
On the HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers tab, the
Troubleshooting Guide is located in the
Troubleshooting section.
HP ProLiant Gen8 Troubleshooting Guide
http://www.hp.com/go/proliantgen8/docs
On the HP ProLiant Gen8 Servers tab, the
User Guide is located in the General
Reference section.
HP Smart Array Controllers for HP ProLiant
Servers User Guide
HP Smart Array P721m
controller
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/
blades/components/
c-class-tech-installing.html
On the Installing tab, scroll to the 6G Blade
SAS External Storage Solution table and
HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch User GuideHP 6Gb SAS BL switch
select the PDF link in the User Guide column
for the HP 6Gb SAS BL Switch row.
http://www.hp.com/support/manuals
Under Storage, select Disk Storage
Systems→Disk Enclosures→HP Disk
HP D2600/D2700 Disk Enclosure User
Guide
HP D2700 disk enclosures
Enclosures→HP D2000 Disk Enclosures. The
User Guide is in the User guide section.
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/
blades/components/
c-class-tech-installing.html
In the Enclosures table, select the PDF link in
the User Guide column for the BladeSystem
c7000 Enclosure row.
HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Setup
and Installation Guide
HP BladeSystem c7000
Enclosure
Troubleshooting 13
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