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3PAR InForm Management Console 4.1.0 User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Welcome .......................................................................................................... 19

About Units of Measure ...................................................................................... 19

Related Documentation ...................................................................................... 19

Working with the Interface ......................................................................... 20

Components of the Interface .............................................................................. 21

Main Menu Bar.................................................................................................. 22

Main Toolbar .................................................................................................... 25

Management Tree ............................................................................................. 26

Management Tree Structure ........................................................................ 26

Common Actions Panel ...................................................................................... 27

Manager Pane .................................................................................................. 28

System Manager ....................................................................................... 29

Host Manager ............................................................................................ 30

Provisioning Manager ................................................................................. 31

Layout Grid Manager .................................................................................. 32

Remote Copy Manager ............................................................................... 32

Performance Manager ................................................................................ 33

Event Manager .......................................................................................... 34

Task Manager ........................................................................................... 34

Security Manager....................................................................................... 35

Hardware Inventory Manager ...................................................................... 35

Management Window ........................................................................................ 36

Alert/Task/Connection Pane ................................................................................ 37

Status Bar ....................................................................................................... 37

About Introduction Tabs ..................................................................................... 38

Removing the Introduction Tab .................................................................... 38

Restoring the Introduction Tab .................................................................... 38

Selecting Multiple Items ..................................................................................... 39

Refreshing the InForm Management Console ......................................................... 40

Exporting Data ................................................................................................. 40

Filtering ........................................................................................................... 41

Using the Complex Filter ............................................................................. 41

Adding and Applying New Criteria ......................................................... 42

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Removing Criteria .............................................................................. 42

Grouping and Ungrouping Criteria ......................................................... 42

Negating Criteria ................................................................................ 42

Using the Quick Filter ................................................................................. 42

Setting Preferences ........................................................................................... 43

Setting Global Preferences .................................................................................. 43

Setting the Display Unit .............................................................................. 44

Setting the WWN Format ............................................................................ 44

Setting the Date and Time Format ............................................................... 44

Resetting Per-Table Format Settings to Default Settings .................................. 44

Configuring Interface, Dialog, and Tab Settings .............................................. 45

Setting Advanced Display Options ................................................................ 45

Setting Per Table References .............................................................................. 45

Column Resizing ........................................................................................ 46

Column Ordering ....................................................................................... 46

Column Visibility ........................................................................................ 46

Choosing Columns ..................................................................................... 47

Table View ................................................................................................ 47

Setting Manager Pane Preferences ....................................................................... 48

Minimizing and Maximizing the Manager Pane ................................................ 48

Resizing the Manager Pane ......................................................................... 48

Customizing the Manager Pane Display ................................................................ 49

Showing Fewer Manager Buttons ................................................................. 49

Showing More Manager Buttons ................................................................... 50

Selecting Manager Buttons to Display ........................................................... 51

Adding and Removing Manager Buttons ........................................................ 52

Restoring Defaults ..................................................................................... 53

Understanding Icons .......................................................................................... 53

Alert Severity Indicators .................................................................................... 53

Status Bar Icons ............................................................................................... 54

System and Component Status Icons ................................................................... 55

Using Help ....................................................................................................... 56

Using the Help Menu Bar .................................................................................... 57

Using the Help Toolbar ....................................................................................... 57

Using the Help Navigator .................................................................................... 58

Using the Table of Contents Tree ................................................................. 58

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Searching the Index ................................................................................... 59

Using the Search Function........................................................................... 59

Using the Glossary ..................................................................................... 59

Using the Favorites Tab .............................................................................. 59

Using the Help Topic Window .............................................................................. 60

Navigating the Help Topic Window ............................................................... 60

Viewing Related Topics ............................................................................... 60

Working with the InServ Storage Server ................................................. 62

Creating Users and Domains ............................................................................... 62

Logging In and Connecting to Systems ................................................................. 62

Forwarding Error Log Files .................................................................................. 63

Working with the System Manager ...................................................................... 64

Viewing System Information ............................................................................... 64

Viewing System Summary Information ................................................................. 65

Viewing all Connected Systems .................................................................... 65

Viewing a Single System ............................................................................. 67

Viewing System Settings .................................................................................... 70

Viewing System Capacity ................................................................................... 72

Viewing System Software ................................................................................... 76

Viewing System Alerts ....................................................................................... 76

Upper Pane ............................................................................................... 77

Lower Pane ............................................................................................... 78

Managing Alerts ................................................................................................ 80

Locating a System ............................................................................................. 80

Editing a System ............................................................................................... 81

Working with Controller Nodes ............................................................................ 82

Viewing Controller Nodes ................................................................................... 83

Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen ..................................................... 84

Viewing Controller Node Alerts ............................................................................ 85

Viewing Controller Nodes Details ......................................................................... 86

Viewing Controller Node Ports Details ................................................................... 88

Viewing Controller Node Power Supplies Details ..................................................... 89

Viewing Controller Node Batteries Details ............................................................. 91

Viewing Controller Node Alerts Details .................................................................. 92

Editing Controller Node Power Supplies ................................................................ 93

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Editing Controller Node Batteries ......................................................................... 94

Viewing the Controller Node Battery Test Log ........................................................ 94

Resetting the Controller Node Battery Test Log ...................................................... 95

Recharging Controller Node Batteries ................................................................... 95

Working with Drive Cages .................................................................................. 96

Viewing Drive Cages .......................................................................................... 96

Viewing the Drive Cage Summary........................................................................ 97

Viewing Drive Cage Connectivity .................................................................. 98

Viewing Drive Cage Capacity ....................................................................... 99

Viewing Drive Cage Power Supplies .................................................................... 101

Viewing Drive Cage SFPs ................................................................................... 102

Viewing Drive Cage Alerts ................................................................................. 105

Viewing Drive Cage Details ................................................................................ 106

Viewing the Drive Cage Details Summary Tab ...................................................... 106

Viewing the Drive Cage Interface Card Details ...................................................... 110

Viewing the Drive Cage Magazine Details ............................................................. 113

Viewing Drive Cage Physical Disks Details ............................................................ 114

Viewing Drive Cage Power Supply Details ............................................................ 115

Editing Drive Cages .......................................................................................... 116

Locating Drive Cages ........................................................................................ 117

Editing Drive Cage Power Supplies ...................................................................... 117

Working with Ports ........................................................................................... 118

Viewing System Ports ....................................................................................... 118

Viewing Port Summary Information .................................................................... 119

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 120

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 120

Port Details Summary ........................................................................ 121

Physical Disks ................................................................................... 125

SFP ................................................................................................. 126

Sessions .......................................................................................... 128

Hosts ............................................................................................... 129

Viewing System Fibre Channel Ports ................................................................... 130

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 131

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 133

Fibre Channel Summary ..................................................................... 133

Physical Disks ................................................................................... 136

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SFP ................................................................................................. 137

Hosts ............................................................................................... 139

Viewing System RCFC Ports ............................................................................... 139

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 140

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 141

RCFC Port Summary .......................................................................... 141

SFP ................................................................................................. 144

Viewing System iSCSI Ports ............................................................................... 146

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 147

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 147

iSCSI Port Summary .......................................................................... 148

Sessions .......................................................................................... 150

Hosts ............................................................................................... 150

Viewing System RCIP Ports ................................................................................ 150

Viewing SFP Information ................................................................................... 153

Viewing System Port Alerts ................................................................................ 157

Configuring Ports ............................................................................................. 159

Configuring Fibre Channel Ports ......................................................................... 160

Configuring iSCSI Ports ..................................................................................... 160

Configuring a Remote Copy over Fibre Channel Port .............................................. 162

Configuring a Remote Copy over IP Port .............................................................. 163

Clearing Port Parameters .................................................................................. 164

Resetting a Port ............................................................................................... 164

Setting a Port Offline ........................................................................................ 165

Initializing a Port .............................................................................................. 165

Synchronizing a Port with the Name Server ......................................................... 166

Issuing an LIP Command .................................................................................. 166

Enabling a Remote Copy Interface ...................................................................... 167

Disabling a Remote Copy Interface ..................................................................... 167

Pinging a Port .................................................................................................. 168

Viewing Physical Disks ...................................................................................... 168

Viewing the Physical Disks Summary Tab ............................................................ 169

Viewing the Physical Disks Tab ........................................................................... 171

Displaying Summary Information ................................................................ 172

Displaying Capacity Information .................................................................. 173

Displaying Chunklet Usage Information ........................................................ 174

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Displaying Inventory Information ................................................................ 176

Displaying Environmental Information ......................................................... 177

Displaying State Information ...................................................................... 178

Displaying Paths Information ...................................................................... 179

Viewing the Physical Disks Spares Tab ................................................................ 181

Viewing the Physical Disks Alerts Tab .................................................................. 182

Viewing System Fans ........................................................................................ 183

Working with the Host Manager ............................................................... 184

Viewing Hosts .................................................................................................. 184

Overview of All Hosts ........................................................................................ 185

Overview of a System's Hosts ............................................................................ 186

Viewing Host Information .................................................................................. 188

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 189

Hosts Tab ......................................................................................... 190

Host Explorer Tab .............................................................................. 192

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 193

Host Summary Details ....................................................................... 193

VLUN Details .................................................................................... 195

Host Explorer Details ......................................................................... 199

Viewing Paths .................................................................................................. 200

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 201

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 202

Active VLUNs .................................................................................... 202

VLUN Templates ................................................................................ 203

Path Summary .................................................................................. 204

Viewing Unassigned Paths ................................................................................. 205

Viewing Host Sets ............................................................................................ 207

Viewing Host Set Details ................................................................................... 208

Working with Hosts .......................................................................................... 210

Creating Hosts ................................................................................................. 210

Editing Hosts ................................................................................................... 212

Removing Hosts ............................................................................................... 214

Adding Hosts to Host Sets ................................................................................. 215

Exporting Virtual Volumes ................................................................................. 215

Working with Host Sets ..................................................................................... 217

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Creating Host Sets ........................................................................................... 217

Editing Host Sets ............................................................................................. 218

Removing Host Sets ......................................................................................... 219

Exporting Virtual Volumes ................................................................................. 220

Working with the Provisioning Manager ................................................. 221

Viewing Provisioning for All Systems ................................................................... 222

Summary Tab .......................................................................................... 223

Alerts Tab ................................................................................................ 224

Viewing Provisioning for a Single System ............................................................. 224

Summary Tab .......................................................................................... 225

Tasks Tab ................................................................................................ 227

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 227

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 228

Alerts Tab ................................................................................................ 229

Working with Common Provisioning Groups ......................................................... 229

Viewing Common Provisioning Groups ................................................................. 230

Viewing the Common Provisioning Group Summary Tab ........................................ 230

Viewing the CPGs Tab ....................................................................................... 232

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 232

Displaying Summary Information ....................................................................... 232

Displaying Allocation Information ....................................................................... 234

Displaying Capacity Information ........................................................................ 235

Displaying Raw Capacity Information .................................................................. 236

Displaying Alert Information .............................................................................. 237

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 238

Summary Tab .......................................................................................... 238

Settings Tab ............................................................................................ 240

Virtual Volumes Tab .................................................................................. 241

Logical Disks Tab ...................................................................................... 243

Layout Tab .............................................................................................. 244

Alerts Tab ................................................................................................ 244

Viewing the Common Provisioning Group Layout Tab ............................................. 245

Viewing the Common Provisioning Group Alerts Tab .............................................. 245

Creating Common Provisioning Groups ................................................................ 246

Editing a Common Provisioning Group ................................................................. 247

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Creating Similar Common Provisioning Groups ..................................................... 249

Saving a Common Provisioning Group as a Template ............................................. 249

Compacting a Common Provisioning Group .......................................................... 250

Removing a Common Provisioning Group ............................................................. 250

Working with Virtual Volumes ............................................................................ 251

Viewing Virtual Volumes .................................................................................... 251

Viewing the Virtual Volumes Summary Tab .......................................................... 252

Viewing the Virtual Volumes Tab ........................................................................ 254

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 255

Displaying Summary Information ....................................................................... 255

Displaying Allocation Information ....................................................................... 256

Displaying Capacity Information ........................................................................ 257

Displaying Raw Capacity Information .................................................................. 259

Displaying History Information .......................................................................... 260

Displaying Remote Copy Information .................................................................. 261

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 262

Summary Tab .......................................................................................... 262

Settings Tab ............................................................................................ 264

Advanced Tab .......................................................................................... 266

Logical Disks Tab ...................................................................................... 267

SCSI Reservations Tab .............................................................................. 268

VLUNs Tab ............................................................................................... 270

Layout Tab .............................................................................................. 273

Alerts Tab ................................................................................................ 273

Viewing the Virtual Volumes Layout Tab .............................................................. 274

Viewing the Virtual Volumes Alerts Tab ............................................................... 274

Creating Virtual Volumes ................................................................................... 275

Creating Virtual Volumes (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks) ............................. 277

Editing Virtual Volumes ..................................................................................... 279

Editing Virtual Volumes (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks) ............................... 281

Creating Similar Virtual Volumes ........................................................................ 283

Saving a Virtual Volume as a Template ............................................................... 283

Exporting Virtual Volumes ................................................................................. 284

Creating a Remote Copy Group from Virtual Volumes ............................................ 285

Adding a Virtual Volume to a Remote Copy Group ................................................. 286

Moving a Virtual Volume to Another Domain ........................................................ 287

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Removing Virtual Volumes ................................................................................. 287

Tuning Virtual Volumes ..................................................................................... 288

Restarting Tuning a Virtual Volume ..................................................................... 289

Rolling Back a Tuned Virtual Volume ................................................................... 289

Working with Virtual Volume Sets ....................................................................... 290

Viewing Virtual Volume Sets .............................................................................. 290

Viewing a Single Virtual Volume Set ............................................................ 291

Creating Virtual Volume Sets ............................................................................. 292

Editing a Virtual Volume Set .............................................................................. 293

Adding a Virtual Volume to a Virtual Volume Set ................................................... 294

Exporting Virtual Volume Sets ............................................................................ 294

Removing a Virtual Volume Set .......................................................................... 295

Working with VLUNs ......................................................................................... 295

Viewing VLUNs ................................................................................................ 296

Active VLUNs Tab ..................................................................................... 296

Displaying Summary Information ....................................................................... 296

Displaying Remote Copy Information .................................................................. 297

VLUN Templates Tab ................................................................................. 298

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 299

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 299

Path Summary Tab ................................................................................... 300

Creating VLUNs................................................................................................ 301

Removing VLUNs ............................................................................................. 302

Working with Templates .................................................................................... 302

Viewing Templates ........................................................................................... 303

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 304

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 305

Creating Virtual Volume Templates (Thinly Provisioned) ......................................... 305

Editing a Virtual Volume Template (Thinly Provisioned) .......................................... 308

Creating a Virtual Volume Template (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks) .............. 310

Editing a Virtual Volume Template (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks) ................ 313

Creating Common Provisioning Group Templates .................................................. 317

Editing a Common Provisioning Group Template ................................................... 320

Copying a Template .......................................................................................... 323

Creating Similar Templates ................................................................................ 323

Removing a Template ....................................................................................... 324

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Working with Virtual Copies ............................................................................... 324

Viewing Virtual Copies ...................................................................................... 325

Creating a Virtual Copy ..................................................................................... 325

Editing a Virtual Copy ....................................................................................... 326

Removing a Virtual Copy ................................................................................... 327

Creating a Consistency Group Virtual Copy .......................................................... 327

Creating a Batch Virtual Copy ............................................................................ 328

Promoting a Virtual Copy .................................................................................. 329

Working with Physical Copies ............................................................................. 329

Viewing Physical Copies .................................................................................... 330

Creating a Physical Copy ................................................................................... 330

Editing a Physical Copy ..................................................................................... 331

Removing a Physical Copy ................................................................................. 332

Creating a Consistency Group Physical Copy ........................................................ 332

Stopping a Physical Copy .................................................................................. 333

Resynchronizing a Physical Copy ........................................................................ 333

Promoting a Physical Copy ................................................................................ 334

Working with the Layout Grid Manager .................................................. 335

Viewing Layout Information for All InServs .......................................................... 336

Viewing the Layout Grid for a Single System ........................................................ 337

Viewing the Virtual Volume Layout Grid ....................................................... 337

Viewing the CPG Layout Grid ...................................................................... 338

Viewing the Logical Disk Layout Grid ........................................................... 338

Viewing the Virtual Volumes Layout Screen .......................................................... 339

Viewing the CPGs Layout Screen ........................................................................ 340

Viewing the Logical Disks Layout Screen .............................................................. 341

Viewing the By Logical Disk Screen ..................................................................... 342

Navigation Tree ........................................................................................ 343

Summary Pane ......................................................................................... 343

Logical Disk Layout Pane ........................................................................... 344

Working with the Remote Copy Manager ............................................... 345

Viewing Remote Copy Information ...................................................................... 345

Viewing Available Remote Copy Systems ............................................................. 346

Viewing Remote Copy System Ports .................................................................... 347

RC Ports Tab ............................................................................................ 347

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RCIP Tab ................................................................................................. 349

RCFC Tab ................................................................................................ 351

Inventory Tab .......................................................................................... 354

Viewing Configured Remote Copy Systems .......................................................... 355

Summary Tab .......................................................................................... 356

Remote Copy Link Performance Chart ................................................................. 356

Tasks Tab ................................................................................................ 357

Alerts Tab ................................................................................................ 357

Viewing Remote Copy Groups ............................................................................ 358

Viewing Remote Copy Virtual Volumes ................................................................ 359

Viewing Remote Copy Links ............................................................................... 359

Viewing Remote Copy Targets ............................................................................ 360

Configuring Remote Copy .................................................................................. 361

Configuring Remote Copy Ports .......................................................................... 362

Configuring 1-to-1 Remote Copy ........................................................................ 363

Configuring 1-to-N Remote Copy ........................................................................ 366

Configuring N-to-1 Remote Copy ........................................................................ 369

Configuring Synchronous Long Distance Remote Copy ........................................... 372

Pinging RCIP Links ........................................................................................... 375

Configuring and Pinging the Remote Copy Links ............................................ 375

Pinging the Remote Copy Links ................................................................... 376

Working with Remote Copy Groups ..................................................................... 376

Creating Remote Copy Groups ........................................................................... 376

Starting Remote Copy Groups ............................................................................ 378

Stopping Remote Copy Groups ........................................................................... 378

Synching Remote Copy Groups .......................................................................... 379

Editing Remote Copy Groups ............................................................................. 379

Removing Remote Copy Groups ......................................................................... 381

Working with Remote Copy Links ....................................................................... 381

Creating Remote Copy Links .............................................................................. 382

Removing Remote Copy Links ............................................................................ 382

Pinging RCIP Links ........................................................................................... 383

Configuring and Pinging the Remote Copy Links ............................................ 383

Pinging the Remote Copy Links ................................................................... 383

Working with Remote Copy Targets .................................................................... 384

Creating Remote Copy Targets ........................................................................... 384

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Editing Remote Copy Targets ............................................................................. 386

Removing Remote Copy Targets ......................................................................... 386

Remote Copy Disaster Recovery ......................................................................... 387

Failover Remote Copy Groups ............................................................................ 387

Switch Failover Remote Copy Groups .................................................................. 388

Revert Remote Copy Groups .............................................................................. 389

Recover Remote Copy Groups ............................................................................ 390

Restore Remote Copy Groups ............................................................................ 391

Working with the Performance Manager ................................................ 392

Viewing Performance ........................................................................................ 392

Viewing Performance Over Time ................................................................. 393

Viewing Instantaneous Statistics ................................................................. 394

Creating a New Chart ....................................................................................... 395

Saving a Chart ................................................................................................. 396

Editing a Chart ................................................................................................ 397

Working with the Event Manager ............................................................. 398

Viewing the Alerts Summary .............................................................................. 398

Viewing System Alerts ...................................................................................... 400

Upper Pane .............................................................................................. 401

Lower Pane .............................................................................................. 401

Removing System Alerts ................................................................................... 403

Viewing System Events ..................................................................................... 403

Filtering Events ........................................................................................ 404

Working with the Task Manager ......................................................................... 405

Viewing the Tasks Summary .............................................................................. 405

Displaying Tasks .............................................................................................. 406

Removing Tasks ............................................................................................... 408

Cancelling Tasks .............................................................................................. 408

Working with the Security Manager ......................................................... 409

Viewing the Security System Summary Screen ..................................................... 409

Working with Users .......................................................................................... 412

Viewing Users .................................................................................................. 412

Creating Users ................................................................................................. 414

Editing Users ................................................................................................... 415

Removing Users ............................................................................................... 417

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Working with Domains ...................................................................................... 417

Viewing Domains ............................................................................................. 418

Viewing Domains for All InServs ................................................................. 418

Viewing Domains for a Single Server ........................................................... 419

Viewing the Domains Summary Tab .................................................................... 419

Viewing the Domains Tab .................................................................................. 422

Summary Information ............................................................................... 422

Capacity Information ................................................................................. 424

Creating Domains ............................................................................................ 425

Editing Domains ............................................................................................... 426

Removing Domains .......................................................................................... 427

Viewing Domain Sets ........................................................................................ 428

Creating Domain Sets ....................................................................................... 429

Editing Domain Sets ......................................................................................... 430

Removing Domain Sets ..................................................................................... 431

Moving Objects from One Domain to Another Domain ........................................... 432

Working with Connections ................................................................................. 433

Viewing User Connections ................................................................................. 433

Removing User Connections .............................................................................. 434

Working with the Hardware Inventory Manager .................................. 435

Viewing the Hardware Inventory Summary Tab .................................................... 436

Viewing the Node Subsystems Tab ..................................................................... 437

Viewing the Node Subsystems Controller Nodes Tab .............................................. 438

Viewing the Node Subsystems CPUs Tab ............................................................. 440

Viewing the Node Subsystems Internal Drives Tab ................................................ 441

Viewing the Node Subsystems Physical Memory Tab ............................................. 443

Viewing the Node Subsystems Adapter Cards Tab ................................................. 444

Viewing the Node Subsystems SFPs Tab .............................................................. 446

Viewing the Node Subsystems Power Supplies Tab ................................................ 447

Viewing the Node Subsystems Batteries Tab ........................................................ 449

Viewing the Cage Subsystems Tab ...................................................................... 450

Viewing the Cage Subsystems Drive Cages Tab .................................................... 451

Viewing the Cage Subsystems Interface Cards Tab ............................................... 452

Viewing the Cage Subsystems SFPs Tab .............................................................. 454

Viewing the Cage Subsystems Magazines Tab ...................................................... 455

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Viewing the Cage Subsystems Physical Disks Tab ................................................. 457

Viewing the Cage Subsystems Power Supplies Tab ................................................ 459

Viewing the All Tab ........................................................................................... 460

Glossary .......................................................................................................... 463

Index ............................................................................................................... 471

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Welcome

Welcome to the 3PAR InForm® Management Console Online Help! The topics in this Help system contain information about managing 3PAR InServ® Storage

Servers via the InForm Management Console. The InForm Management Console enables secure configuration and monitoring capabilities

while providing simultaneous access to multiple storage servers. The InForm Management Console and the topics in this Help system are for use by system

and storage administrators who monitor and direct system configurations and resource allocation for InServ storage systems.

3PAR technical documents can be found by logging into 3PAR Central's Document Control System from 3PAR's Support page, at http://support.3PAR.com

Contact your local service provider for technical support and services at:

http://www.3PAR.com/services.html

About Units of Measure

All units of storage (capacity) are calculated base 2 (x 1,024).

1 KIB = 1,024 bytes 1 MiB = 220 bytes = 1,024 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes 1 GiB = 230 bytes = 1,024 MiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes 1 TiB = 240 bytes = 1,024 GiB = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes

All units of performance (speed) are calculated base 10 (x1000).

1 KB = 1000 bytes 1 MB = 106 bytes = 1000 KIB = 1,000,000 bytes 1 GB = 109 bytes = 1000 MB = 1,000,000,000 bytes 1 TB = 1012 bytes = 1000 GB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes

See also:

Management Tree Manager Pane Management Window Working with the Systems Manager Working with the Hosts Manager

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Working with the Provisioning Manager Working with the Layout Grid Manager Working with the Remote Copy Manager Working with the Performance Manager Working with the Events Manager Working with the Tasks Manager Working with the Security Manager Working with the Hardware Inventory Manager

Management Tree

The Management Tree displays information relevant to the selected manager from the

Manager Pane

connected to the InForm Management Console. Additional icons displayed on the Management Tree are specific to the manager selected. For example, in the figure below the Management Tree displays icons specific to the Systems manager. The Management Tree also has shortcut menus that contain useful commands.

. At its most basic, the Management Tree displays which storage servers are

Management Tree Structure

When you click an icon on the Management Tree, the associated data is displayed in the

Management Window

system's ports is displayed. Each icon displayed with an expandable triangle (

expandable triangle also indicates that that node can be expanded to display additional information. The Management Tree nodes are displayed in a parent/child relationship. For example, in the figure below the connected storage servers (s183 and S424) are displayed as child nodes of the InServs parent node. Ports and Physical Disks are further displayed as child nodes of the connected servers.

Also included for quick visual reference, Normal are displayed in the tree to quickly identify systems or related system components that may require attention.

. For example, if you click the Ports icon, information about a

) to its left is called a node. An

, Degraded , or Failed status icons

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See also:

Manager Pane System and Component Status Icons

Common Actions Panel

The Common Actions Panel provides quick access to functions commonly performed with each manager in the Manager Pane. Clicking an action listed in the Common Action Panel launches that action's wizard. As with the Management Tree Common Actions Panel are specific to the selected manager from the Management Pane Unavailable functions are displayed in grey. For example, in the figure below the actions displayed in the Common Actions panel are specific to the Systems manager selected in the Manager Pane.

, the functions provided in the

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See also:

Manager Pane

Managers are groups of displays and actions, which are specific to different InServ Storage Server areas of management. The selected manager affects the Management Tree data displayed in the Management Window

Actions Panel.

, and, if applicable, the actions in the Common

display,

The following managers are contained in the Manager Pane:

System Manager Host Manager Provisioning Manager Layout Grid Manager Remote Copy Manager Performance Manager Event Manager Task Manager

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Security Manager Hardware Inventory Manager

For instructions on modifying the display of the Manager Pane, see Setting Manager Pane

Preferences and Customizing the Manager Pane Display.

System Manager

The System Manager allows you to view and perform system-level actions and information. When the System Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the System Manager

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Host Manager

The Host Manager allows you to view and perform host-specific actions and information. When the Host Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the Host Manager

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Provisioning Manager

The Provisioning Manager allows you to view and perform system provisioning actions and information. When the Provisioning Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the Provisioning Manager

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Layout Grid Manager

The Layout Grid Manager allows you to view the layout of virtual volumes, Common Provisioning Groups (CPGs), and logical disks of InServ Storage Servers. When the Layout Grid Manager is selected, the Management Tree appears as follows:

See also:

Working with the Layout Grid Manager

Remote Copy Manager

The Remote Copy Manager allows you to view and perform Remote Copy actions and information. When the Remote Copy Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the Remote Copy Manager

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Performance Manager

The Performance Manager allows you to view system performance information and work with performance charts. When the Performance Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the Performance Manager

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Event Manager

The Event Manager allows you to view InServ Storage Servers alerts and events. When the Event Manager is selected, the Management Tree appears as follows:

See also:

Working with the Events Manager

Task Manager

The Task Manager allows you to view and perform system task actions and information. When the Task Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the Tasks Manager

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Security Manager

The Security Manager allows you to view and work with system users, domains, and connections. When the Security Manager is selected, the Management Tree and Common Actions Panel appear as follows:

See also:

Working with the Security Manager

Hardware Inventory Manager

The Hardware Inventory Manager allows you to view InServ Storage Servers hardware components. When the Hardware Inventory Manager is selected, the Management Tree appears as follows:

See also:

Working with the Hardware Inventory Manager

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Management Window

The Management Window displays data, as well as additional options for viewing data. The data displayed in the Management Window is dependent on the selected manager from the

Manager Pane

and the selected node from the Management Tree.

Also included for quick visual reference, Normal are displayed in the tree to quickly identify systems or related system components that may require attention.

In the example below, the Management Window displays system summary data for the selected node, s183.

, Degraded , or Failed status icons

See also:

Management Tree Manager Pane System and Component Status Icons

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Alert/Task/Connection Pane

The Alert/Task/Connection pane is provided for quick reference to new system alerts, recent tasks, and user connections. Each set of information is displayed on its own tab within the pane.

See also:

Alert Severity Indicators Viewing System Alerts Working with the Tasks Manager Viewing User Connections Managing Alerts

Status Bar

The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the InForm Management Console. The left side of the Status Bar displays the last action performed with the InForm

Management Console. The right side of the Status Bar displays icons representing the highest alert level,

connection status, and data retrieval process status.

The right side of the Status bar also displays an icon for any runtime exceptions. The icon can be clicked to view details about the exception.

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See also:

Alert Severity Indicators Status Bar Icons

About Introduction Tabs

Actions Panel. Each manager is provided with an Introduction tab in the Management

Window. Each Introduction tab contains topical overview information about the selected manager. For example, when selecting the Remote Copy Manager, the Introduction tab provides overview information about 3PAR Remote Copy and about tasks that can be performed in the Remote Copy Manager. The left side of the Introduction tabs provide links to help topics relevant to the selected manager.

, and, if applicable, the actions in the Common

display,

Removing the Introduction Tab

A manager's Introduction tab can be closed at any time by clicking Close Tab in the upper right corner of the tab.

If you wish to hide all Introduction tabs in the managers:

1. Access the Preferences dialog box from the Main Menu Bar by clicking View > Preferences.

2. Click the Settings tab.

3. In the Introduction Tabs group box, click Remove All Tabs.

4. Click Apply.

5. Click OK to exit the Preferences dialog box.

Note: Once an Introduction tab is closed or hidden, it will not appear again until you manually restore the tab via Preferences.

Restoring the Introduction Tab

If you wish to restore closed or hidden Introduction tabs:

1. Access the Preferences dialog box from the Main Menu Bar by clicking View > Preferences.

2. Click the Settings tab.

3. In the Introduction Tabs group box, click Restore All Tabs.

4. Click Apply.

5. Click OK to exit the Preferences dialog box.

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See also:

Management Tree Manager Pane Setting Global Preferences

Selecting Multiple Items

The InForm Management Console supports the standard Shift+click functionality to select a contiguous block of items, and the standard Ctrl+click functionality to select several noncontiguous items. These functions can be used in most of the managers listed in the

Manager Pane

For example, when creating a virtual volume set, you can use specific v irt ual volumes to form the set by either using the Shift+click or Ctrl+click function to select a group of virtual volumes.

to facilitate actions.

See also:

Exporting Data Filtering Working with the Systems Manager Working with the Hosts Manager Working with the Provisioning Manager Working with the Layout Grid Manager Working with the Remote Copy Manager Working with the Performance Manager Working with the Events Manager Working with the Tasks Manager Working with the Security Manager

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Refreshing the InForm Management Console

To refresh the data displayed in the Management Window and Alert/Task/Connection

Panel, click Refresh in the Main Toolbar.

See also:

Main Toolbar

Exporting Data

You can export data as a Comma Separated Variable (CSV) or HTML file from all InForm Management Console displays (except for Performance).

The Export Data dialog can be accessed by performing one of the following:

Clicking View > Export Data. Clicking Export Data from the Main Toolbar

To export data in a currently displayed table in the Management Window:

1. Access the Export Data dialog.

2. From the Select a format list, select either CSV Format or HTML Format.

3. From the Destination group box, select either Clipboard (default) or File.

4. If more than one row was selected from the table containing the data to be saved, from the Range group box, select either All (default) or Selection.

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5. Click OK.

6. If you selected File as the save destination, the Save Chart dialog appears. Navigate and save the file.

Filtering

The InForm Management Console provides a filtering panel, which is located at the top of most Management Window displays.

The filtering panel provides two filtering options:

Complex Filter Quick Filter

Using the Complex Filter

The complex filter allows you to define specific criteria by which to search.

Access the complex filter by clicking Filter on the filtering panel.

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Note: The entries listed under the Property list correspond to the table headings displayed in the Management Window.

Adding and Applying New Criteria

1. Select a property from the Property list.

2. Select an operator from the Operator list.

3. Select a value from the Value list.

4. (Optional) Select the Range checKiBox to define a second value to compare against the first value. This is the same as selecting in range from the Operator list.

5. Click Apply to apply the criteria.

6. To remove listed criteria, click Clear.

7. Continue to add additional criteria as needed. Repeat steps 1 through 5.

Removing Criteria

To remove criteria defined in the Criteria filed, select th e criteria and click Remove.

Grouping and Ungrouping Criteria

To group criteria defined in the Criteria field, select two or more criteria and click Group. To ungroup a criteria group defined in the Criteria field, select the grouped criteria and

click Ungroup.

Negating Criteria

To negate criteria defined in the Criteria field, select the criteria and click Negate.

See also:

Selecting Multiple Items

Using the Quick Filter

The quick filter allows you to define a quick filter based on what filter text is typed in the top-right text box. The default behavior is to display rows that have rows matching the input text.

You can choose to have only certain columns matching the input text by clicking the down

arrow, which is located immediately to the left of the simple filter text box.

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Note: The columns displayed in the filter list are dependent on the contents of the table you are currently viewing, for example ports, physical disks, etc.

Setting Preferences

The InForm Management Console allows you to set global preferences, set preferences for each table, and set Manager Pane viewing preferences.

Setting Global Preferences Setting Per Table Preferences Setting Manager Pane Preferences

Setting Global Preferences

The Preferences dialog box allows you to set global preferences for all systems displayed on the InForm Management Console. These preferences are saved on the system and remembered the next time you log in using the InForm Management Console. The Preferences dialog box contains three tabs; Data Format, Settings, and Advanced.

This topic provides procedures for the following:

Setting the Display Unit Setting the WWN Format Setting the Date and Time Format Resetting Per-Table Format Settings to Default Settings Configuring Interface, Dialog, and Tab Settings Setting Advanced Display Options

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Access the Preferences dialog box from the Main Menu Bar by clicking View >

Preferences.

Setting the Display Unit

To set the display unit:

1. Select the Data Format tab on the Preferences dialog box.

2. From the Display Unit group box, select the desired option (GB is the default display unit).

3. If you do not want to display the selected unit on the table heading row, uncheck the Display Unit on Header checKiBox.

4. Click Apply to continue modifying preferences, or click OK when finished.

Setting the WWN Format

To set the WWN format:

1. Select the Data Format tab on the Preferences dialog box.

2. From the WWN group box, select the desired WWN format (0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0F is the default format).

3. Click Apply to continue modifying preferences, or click OK when finished.

Setting the Date and Time Format

To set the date and time format:

1. Select the Data Format tab on the Preferences dialog box.

2. From the Data Time group box, select the desired data and time format (Long Display is the default format).

3. Click Apply to continue modifying preferences, or click OK when finished.

Resetting Per-Table Format Settings to Default Settings

To set reset per-table format settings to their default settings:

1. Select the Data Format tab on the Preferences dialog box.

2. Select the Reset Per-Table Format Preferences to Default checKiBox.

3. Click OK.

See also:

Setting Per Table Preferences

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Configuring Interface, Dialog, and Tab Settings

To configure interface and dialog settings:

1. Select the Settings tab on the Preferences dialog box.

2. Select the user interface elements and dialog boxes you wish to view in the InForm Management Console Interface by selecting the appropriate checKiBoxes.

3. Select whether to view Introduction tabs by clicking Remove All Tabs or Restore All Tabs.

4. Click Apply to continue modifying preferences, or click OK when finished.

Setting Advanced Display Options

To set advanced display options:

1. Select the Advanced tab on the Preferences dialog box.

2. Select whether to view the Port State of loss sync as failed.

3. Select whether to view physical disk spares, advanced volume properties, logical disks, and SCSI reservations by selecting the appropriate checKiBoxes.

4. Click Apply to continue modifying preferences, or click OK when finished.

Setting Per Table References

The InForm Management Console allows you to set per-table preferences. These preferences are saved on the system and remembered the next time you log in using the InForm Management Console.

Note: The per-table preferences and changes made by manually dragging and sorting tables override any preferences specified when Setting Global

Preferences.

This topic provides procedures for the following:

Column Resizing Column Ordering Column Visibility Choosing Columns Table View

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Column Resizing

To resize a table column:

1. Place your mouse on the right edge of a table heading row.

2. When the resize pointer appears, click and drag the mouse to resize the column.

Column Ordering

To quickly rearrange the order of displayed table columns, click and drag any column to a

different location in the table.

Note: See Setting Global Preferences to learn how to make global changes to tables and InForm Management Console display properties using the Preferences dialog box. Changes made by clicking and dragging columns (as described in this topic) override any preferences set in the Preferences dialog box.

See also:

Setting Global Preferences

Column Visibility

To hide a column in a table, right-click the table column heading you wish to hide and click

Hide.

Note: The InForm Management Console does not allow hiding of all columns

in a table.

To show a column in a table, right-click any table column headin g and click Show >

<column heading>.

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Choosing Columns

To show, hide, or reorder multiple table columns at one time:

1. Right-click any table heading column and click Choose Columns.

2. To hide columns, select the column from the Show list and click the right arrow button.

3. To show columns, select the column from the Hide list and click the left arrow button.

4. To reorder columns, select the column from the Show list and click the up or down arrow button.

5. Click OK.

See also:

Selecting Multiple Items

Table View

To apply a saved table view, right-click any table heading column and click Table View >

<table view name>.

To save the current table view as it has been edited by the previous procedures:

1. Right-click any table heading column and click Table View > Save As.

2. Enter a name for the table view you wish to save.

3. Click OK.

To remove a saved table view:

1. Right-click any table heading column and click Table View > Remove.

2. Enter the table view you wish to remove.

3. Click OK.

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Setting Manager Pane Preferences

The InForm Management Console allows you to set Manager Pane display preferences. These preferences are saved on the system and remembered the next time you log in using the InForm Management Console.

This topic provides procedures for the following:

Minimizing and Maximizing the Manager Pane Resizing the Manager Pane

Minimizing and Maximizing the Manager Pane

To minimize the Manager Pane, click the down arrow located at the top of the Manager

Pane.

When minimized, each manager in the Manager Pane changes to an icon.

To maximize the Manager Pane, click, the up arrow located at the top of the minimized

Manager Pane.

When maximized, the manager icons are restored to buttons.

The following figures display the Manager Pane maximized (left figure) and minimized (right figure).

Resizing the Manager Pane

To resize the Manager Pane:

1. Place your mouse on the top edge of the Manager Pane.

2. When the resize pointer appears, click and drag the mouse to resize the column.

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Note: When making the Manager Pane smaller, the Manager buttons located at the bottom of the pane change to icons. The icons are restored to buttons when enlarging the Manager Pane.

See also:

Customizing the Manager Pane Display Manager Pane

Customizing the Manager Pane Display

The InForm Management Console allows you to customize the Manager buttons that appear in the Management Pane. This allows you to set up the Manager Pane to display only commonly used Managers. Additionally, it allows you to reduce the amount of space used by the Manager Pane, which can be useful if you have a large Management Tree.

Showing Fewer Manager Buttons Showing More Manager Buttons Selecting Manager Buttons to Display Adding and Removing Manager Buttons Restoring Defaults

Showing Fewer Manager Buttons

By default, all Manager buttons are displayed in the Manager Pane. To display fewer buttons:

1. Click the right arrow button at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

2. Click Show Fewer Buttons.

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The last Manager button in the Manager Pane is minimized and is displayed as an icon at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

Repeating steps 1 and 2 continues to minimize Manager buttons and display them as icons at the bottom of the Manager Pane. For example, if the Hardware Manager button is minimized, the next Manager button to be minimized is the Security Manager button, followed by the Tasks Manager button, etc.

Note: The minimized Manager is still functional. Click t he minimized Manager's icon to invoke that Manager's functionality.

Showing More Manager Buttons

If you have modified the Manager Pane to display fewer Manger buttons, to show more Manager buttons:

1. Click the right arrow button at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

2. Click Show More Buttons.

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The most recently minimized Manager button is restored to the Manager Pane (the leftmost displayed Manager icon).

Repeating steps 1 and 2 continues to restore Manager buttons in the order in which they were last minimized from the Manager Pane. For example, if the Tasks Manger button was restored, the next Manager button to be restored is the Security Manager button, followed by the Hardware Inventory Manager button.

Selecting Manager Buttons to Display

To select Manager buttons to show and hide in the Manager Pane:

1. Click the right arrow button at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

2. Click Choose Buttons.

3. In the Choose Buttons dialog box, select the Manager buttons to display by clicking one or more Manager and moving to the Show and Hide lists using the right and left arrow buttons.

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4. Select the order in which the Manager buttons in t he Show list are displayed by selecting a Manager and then clicking the up and down arrow buttons to move the Manager to its display location.

5. Click OK.

The Manager buttons that you chose to display are displayed in the Manager Pane in the order you specified. The Manager buttons that you chose to hide are not displayed as buttons or icons in the Manager Pane.

Adding and Removing Manager Buttons

To remove Manager buttons from the Manager Pane:

1. Click the right arrow button at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

2. Click Add or Remove Buttons > uncheck the Manager button you wish to remove.

Note: After removing a Manager button, the Manager Pane automatically resizes itself to equal the total length of displayed Manager buttons.

To add Manager buttons to the Manager Pane:

1. Click the right arrow button at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

2. Click Add or Remove Buttons > check the Manager button you wish to add.

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Note: When adding a Manager button back to the Manager Pane, yo u must manually resize the Manager Pane in order for all Manager buttons to display. See Resizing the Manager Pane.

Restoring Defaults

To restore the default view of the Manger Pane:

1. Click the right arrow button at the bottom of the Manager Pane.

2. Click Restore Defaults.

See also:

Setting Manager Pane Preferences Manager Pane

Understanding Icons

The InForm Management Console uses icons for quick visual reference of alerts, system status, and system components and objects status.

Alert Severity Indicators Status Bar Icons System and Component Status Icons

Alert Severity Indicators

The alert pane and status bar use the following icons to indicate alert severity levels. On the status bar, the alert severity indicator tells you the severity level of the most serious alert for all systems currently connected to the InForm Management Console.

Icon Name Description

Fatal

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Critical

Major The event requires immediate action.

Minor

Degraded

Informational

The event is critical and requires immediate action.

An event has occurred that requires action, but the situation is not yet serious.

An aspect of performance or availability may have become degraded. You must decide if action is necessary.

The event is informational. No action is required other than acknowledging or removing the alert.

See also:

Status Bar Icons System and Component Status Icons Alert/Task/Connection Pane Status Bar Managing Alerts

Status Bar Icons

The status bar displays an alert severity indicator, as well as information about your connection status and the progress of system operations.

The following icons are used:

Icon Name Description

See Alert

Severity Indicators

Alert Severity

Auto-update not working

Connected

The status bar displays only the highest severity level found on connected systems.

Appears when auto-refresh is lost. The InForm Management Console will not receive any updated events from the InServ Storage Server.

Appears if at least one system is connected.

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Disconnected

No connection Appears when there are no systems connected.

Operation progress

Exception Detected

See also:

Status Bar Alert Severity Indicators System and Component Status Icons

Viewing the Internal Error Log

Appears if at least one system is being disconnected or rebooted.

Animated icon that indicates the progress of an operation.

Appears if a runtime exception has occurred.

System and Component Status Icons

The InForm Management Console provides icons for quick reference, which display the status of connected systems, system hardware, and system objects in the Management Tree and the Management Window.

Icon Name Description

Normal

Degraded

Indicates that the component or object is in a healthy state and is operating normally.

Indicates that the component or object is still operational, how ever either the performance of the object is degraded or there is a single point of failure of a dependent component.

A degraded component's status is also reflected in the status of other components where the degraded component is used. This is further reflected in the status of the system.

For example, if a physical disk loses one path it can still serve data, but it is marked as degraded because the loss of the other path would cause it to fail. Because this component is degraded, this status is reflected in the components (e.g. drive cage, system) that

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contain that disk.

Indicates that the component or object is not operational. Like a

See also:

Failed

Alert Severity Indicators Status Bar Icons Management Tree Management Window

degraded status, the failed status is also reflected in components and objects where the failed component or object is used.

Using Help

Access the Help topics by clicking Help > Topics from the Main Menu Bar.

The following Help Menu components are discussed further:

Help Menu Bar Help Toolbar Help Navigator

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Help Topic Window

Using the Help Menu Bar

The following menus and commands are available from the Help Menu Bar:

Menu Command Description

Open Page

File

Exit Closes the Help system.

Options Set Font Sets the font and size of the Help text.

Opens a help page URL or a local help file. Note: This feature is not used by the InForm Management Console Help.

See also:

Using Help Using the Help Toolbar Using the Help Navigator Using the Help Topic Window

Using the Help Toolbar

The following shortcuts are available in the Help Toolbar located at the top of the Help system window:

Button Command Description

Back Displays the last topic viewed.

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Forward

Print Topic Prints the currently displayed topic.

Print Setup Sets up the page to be printed.

Add to Favorites

See also:

Using Help Using the Help Menu Bar Using the Help Navigator Using the Help Topic Window

Displays the last topic viewed prior to clicking the Back button.

Adds the displayed topic to the favorites tab in the Help

Navigator.

Using the Help Navigator

The Help Navigator provides the following five tabs:

Table of Contents Index Search Glossary Favorites

Using the Table of Contents Tree

The Table of Contents tab displays a hierarchical tree that lists all Help system topics. Use the Table of Contents tab as follows:

Click the Table of Contents tab to see the Help system table of contents.

Double-click any folder icon to see all available topics listed under that subject heading in the table of contents. Double-clicking a folder icon also displays the first topic for that book in the Help Topic Window.

Click any bullet icon to see the corresponding topic in the Help Topic Win d ow.

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Searching the Index

The Help system index is an alphabetical list of keywords associated with Help system topics. These keywords are defined and associated with topics by an author. Use the Index tab as follows:

Click the Index tab to see the Help system index.

Use the scrollbox on the right to scroll through the index contents and then click an entry to select it, or type the first few letters of a word in the Find box at the top of the index to jump to a specific entry in the index.

Once you select an index entry, a list of topics appears in the topic list below the index. Double-click a topic in the topic list to view that topic in Help Topic Window.

Using the Search Function

The Help system search function allows you to search through all Help system contents for a specific word or words, phrase, or Boolean expression. Use the Search tab as follows:

Click the Search tab to access the Help system search function.

Type a word or words in the Find box and press Enter see a list of topics containing that word or words.

When you perform a search using the Search tab, results appear in the table below the search box. Results are ranked according to how well they match your search criteria as follows:

High Medium-High Medium Low

Click a topic in the results to view that topic in the Help Topic Window.

Using the Glossary

The Glossary tab allows you to view terms and definitions in the Help Navigator Window. Use the Glossary tab as follows:

Click the Glossary tab to access the Help system glossary.

Type a word or words in the Find box, or choose an item from the list to see the definition appear in the bottom pane of the Glossary tab.

Using the Favorites Tab

The Favorites tab allows you to view favorite help topics you have added with the Add to

Favorites button on the Main Tool Bar.

To view your favorites, click the Favorites tab and click a saved favorite.

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See also:

Using Help Using the Help Menu Bar Using the Help Toolbar Using the Help Topic Window

Using the Help Topic Window

The Help Topic Window displays the contents of the selected Help topic.

Navigating the Help Topic Window Viewing Related Topics

Navigating the Help Topic Window

Click any Back to the Top arrow to return to the top of a Help topic.

Use the Back and Forward buttons on the Help Toolbar to return to

previously viewed topics.

Use the Previous Topic and Next Topic arrow buttons embedded at the top

and bottom of each Help topic to navigate back and forward between topics in the Table of Contents.

See also:

Using the Help Toolbar

Viewing Related Topics

At the bottom of many sections in the Help topics are links to related topics. The following figure displays the Security Manager section of the Manager Pane topic. The

section's related topics follow the See also: text.

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See also:

Using Help Using the Help Menu Bar Using the Help Toolbar Using the Help Navigator

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Working with the InServ Storage Server

This section contains the following operations:

Creating Users and Domains Logging In and Connecting to Systems Forwarding Error Log Files

Creating Users and Domains

A user account is required to access a 3PAR InServ Storage Server via the InForm Management Console.

To create a user account, see Creating Users

Note: 3PAR Domains requires a 3PAR Domains license. See the 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide for information about licenses.

See also:

Creating Domains Creating Users

. To create a domain, see Creating Domains.

Logging In and Connecting to Systems

The InForm Management Console allows authorized users to connect to an InServ Storage Server, or multiple storage severs. In order to connect to an InServ Storage Server, you must have the following information:

System name or IP address Username Password

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To connect to an InServ Storage Server:

1. Start the InForm Management Console.

Note: Any systems previously connected to are displayed in the text box under the IP Address or Name text box. To select multiple systems use CTRL+click.

2. In the Connect dialog box, enter: a. the IP address or system name. b. your user name. c. your password.

3. If you do not want a secured connection, uncheck the Secure Connection checKiBox.

Otherwise, click OK.

4. By clicking Options, you can modify the Secure Data Port, Unsecured Data Port,

and Event Port check boxes as needed.

Forwarding Error Log Files

If an internal error results in the termination of the InForm Management Console, an error log file is created in your home directory with the following path and file name:

C:\...\InFormMC\log\InFormMC.log (for Windows® ) or: informmc/log/informmc.log (for Solaris™ )

An error dialog box similar to the following appears:

If you experience an unexpected internal error while using the InForm Management Console:

1. Record the exact path and filename specified in the dialog box.

2. Note the action or sequence of actions that you were performing prior to receiving the

error message.

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3. Contact your local service provider for technical support and services for instructions on

forwarding the error log file.

Working with the System Manager

The System manager allows you to perform the following:

View System Information Manage System Alerts Locate a System Edit a System Work with Controller Nodes Work with Drive Cages Work with Ports

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree

Viewing System Information

Information about your system's provisioning and network settings, capacity, current software level, and system alerts are displayed in tabular format in the Systems screen. Information can be displayed for all connected InServ Storage Servers, or per selected InServ Storage Server.

To view the Systems screen for all connected InServ Storage Servers:

1. Click Systems in the Manager Pane.

2. From the Management Tree, click InServs.

To view the Systems screen for a specific InServ Storage Server:

1. Click Systems in the Manager Pane.

2. From the Management Tree, click the InServ Storage Server you wish view.

For information about each tab displayed in the Systems screen, see:

Viewing System Summary Information

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Viewing System Settings Viewing System Capacity Viewing System Software Viewing System Alerts

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree

Viewing System Summary Information

To view system summary information, access the Systems screen and then click the

Summary tab.

The contents displayed in the Summary tab differs for all connected systems and for a single system.

Viewing all Connected Systems Viewing a Single System

Viewing all Connected Systems

If you are viewing information for all connected systems, the Summary tab is displayed as follows:

The Summary tab can be filtered to display Summary information and Descriptor information for all connected systems.

The following information is displayed when filtering by Summary information:

Column Description

Name

The InServ Storage Server name. Each name displayed is a link to that server's Summary

information.

Serial Number The system serial number.

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Model The storage server model number.

OS Version The InForm OS version running on the server.

State

FC Total

FC Allocated Percentage

The current state of the storage server, Normal, Degraded, or Failed.

The total amount of space available from Fibre Channel devices (in GiB).

The percentage of used allocated Fibre Channel device space.

FC Free The amount of free Fibre Channel device capacity (in GiB).

NL Total

NL Allocated Percentage

The total amount of space available from Near Line devices (in GiB).

The percentage of used allocated Near Line device space.

NL Free The amount of free Near Line device capacity (in GiB).

SSD Total The total amount of space available from SSD devices (in GiB).

SSD Allocated Percentage

The percentage of used allocated SSD device space.

SSD Free The amount of free SSD device capacity (in GiB).

Up Since The date and time the system was brought online.

Connection State The current connection state, either Active or Inactive.

Note: The InForm Management Console displays the devices currently

installed in your system. For example, if y ou do not have Fibre Channel drives installed, the FC entries will not appear.

The following information is displayed when filtering by Descriptor information:

Column Description

Name

The InServ Storage Server name. Each name displayed is a link to that server's Summary

information.

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Serial Number

Model The storage server model number.

Location The physical location of the server (if entered during server setup).

Owner The owner of the server (if entered during server setup).

Contact

Comments Any notes about the server (if entered during server setup).

The system serial number.

Contact information for the server owner (if entered during server setup).

Viewing a Single System

If you are viewing information for a single system, the Summary tab is displayed as follows:

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The Summary tab for a single system displays the following information:

Group Field Description

Name The storage server's name.

Model The model number of the storage server.

General

Serial Number

The storage server's serial number.

OS Version The current InForm OS version.

Controller Nodes

The total number of controller nodes.

Ports The total number of ports in the system.

Host The number of host ports.

Disk The number of disk ports.

Free The number of free ports.

Remote Copy The number of Remote Copy ports.

Drive Cages The total number of drive cages. Physical

Disks

The total number of physical disk drives.

FC The number of Fibre Channel drives.

NL The number of Near Line drives.

SSD The number of SSD drives.

Note: The InForm Management Console displays the devices currently installed in your

system. For example, if you do not have Fibre Channel drives installed, the FC field will not appear on the Summary tab.

Hosts The total number of hosts.

Provisioning

CPGs The total number of CPGs.

Virtual Volumes

The total number of virtual volumes.

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Resources

Capacity

Health

CPU Usage

Control Memory

The current CPU usage in MHz and percentage.

The current control memory usage in GiB and percentage.

Data Memory The current data memory usage in GiB and percentage.

List of device types. The selected device type affects the

Device

display of the data displayed in the Overview and Allocated fields.

The overview of allocated and free space per device type in

Overview

the system displayed graphically, in percentage, and in GiB.

The amount of allocated space used by provisioning,

Allocated

sparing, and internal system structures and processes (such as logging logical disks, admin volume, etc.) displayed graphically, in percentage, and in GiB.

Up Since The date and time the storage server was brought online.

New Alerts

State

Any new alerts. Any displayed alerts are links to the

Systems Alerts

tab.

The state of the storage server; Normal, Degraded, or Failed. See System and Component Status Icons

State Description

See also:

Editing a System Locating a System Working with Drive Cages Working with Controller Nodes Working with Ports

A description of the displayed state.

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Viewing System Settings

To view a specific system's settings information, access the Systems screen and then

click the Settings tab.

The Settings tab appears as follows:

The Settings tab displays the following information:

Group Field Description

FC Raw Space Alert

System Parameter

Note: The InForm Management Console displays the devices currently installed in your system. For example, if you do not have Fibre Channel drives installed, the FCRaw Space Alert field will not appear on the Settings tab.

NL Raw Space Alert

SSD Raw Space Alert

Copy Space Reclaim

Maximum Volume Retention Time

The raw space alert threshold (in GiB) for Fibre Channel devices.

The raw space alert threshold (in GiB) for Near Line devices.

The raw space alert threshold (in GiB) for SSD devices.

Indicates if the copy space reclaim feature is Enabled or Disabled.

The set maximum volume retention time.

Descriptors Location Location of the server (if entered).

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Owner The owner of the server (if entered).

Contact Contact information (if entered).

Comments Any notes about the server (if entered).

Radio buttons indicating if you wish to view either

IPv4/IPv6

IP Address The server's IP address.

Subnet Mask (If IPv4 was selected) The subnet mask.

Prefix

Active Node

IPv4 or IPv6 network configuration informat ion. If your system is not configured for IPv6, the IPv6 button is disabled.

(If IPv6 was selected) The decimal value indicating the number of contiguous, higher-order bits of the address that make up the network portion of the address.

The active system node.

Status

Default Route

NTP Server

The status of the server.

The default routing IP address.

The NTP server, if any.

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Viewing System Capacity

To view a single system's capacity information, access the Systems screen and then click

the Capacity tab.

Raw capacity for the selected InServ Storage Server is displayed for Total, Fibr e Channel, Near Line, and Solid State capacities. Each of these top level capacity items can be further expanded to the following:

Note: In the normal situation, the capacity displays show you the space that is consumed by provisioning (e.g. CPGs, Volumes, and underlying LDs) and the space that is reserved by the system for spares.

When chunklets or PDs fail, the data that was on those chunklets is moved onto the spares. The total amount of space consumed by provisioning does not change, nor does the total amount of spares in the system. However, there is an overlap in the numbers because the used spares are counted in the total number of spares (total spares = unused + used spares) AND in the provisioning (because parts of the LDs/CPGs/Volumes) are now using those spares. In this case, an asterisk (*) appears to indicate that the numbers will not add up due to this shared space.

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Field Description

Total amount of usable storage on the storage server.

Amount of storage capacity currently allocated.

Amount of storage allocated to volumes.

Amount of volume space allocated to base volumes.

- User

- Copy

- Admin

+ CPGs

+ Copy

+ Admin

- Used

- Unused

Amount allocated for base volume user space, copy space and admin space.

Amount of volume space allocated to CPGs.

Amount of CPG space allocated to Copy.

Amount of Copy space that is used or not used.

Amount of CPG space allocated to

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admin.

- Unmapped

+ System

- Internal

+ Spares

- Used

- Unused

Amount of admin space that is used or not used.

Amount of volume space that is not mapped.

Amount of allocated space used by the system.

Amount of system space used internally.

Amount of space allocated to spares.

+ Free

- Initialized

- Uninitialized

- Used

- Unused

Spare space allocated for LDs when underlying PDs have failed.

Unused space.

Amount of free space on the system, regardless of initialized or not.

Amount of initialized free space on the system.

Amount of uninitialized free space

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on the system. This includes any chunklets that are currently being cleaned.

- Failed

Amount of failed space.

Total amount of Fibre

+ Fibre Channel

Channel (FC) storage on the storage server.

Note: Subcontents of the Fibre Channel Total display are identical to the Total display at the top of this table.

Total amount of

+ Nearline

Nearline (NL) storage on the storage server.

Note: Subcontents of the Nearline Total display are identical to the Total display at the top of this table.

Total amount of Solid State (SSD) storage

+ Solid State

on the storage server.

Note: Subcontents of the Solid State Total display are identical to the Total display at the top of this table.

Note: Only device types (Fibre Channel, Nearline, and Solid State) that are on your system are displayed. For example, if your system contains only Fibre Channel drives, only Fibre Channel capacity is displayed.

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See also:

Working with the Hardware Inventory Manager

Viewing System Software

To view a single system's software information, access the Systems screen and then click

the Software tab.

The Software tab displays the Component Versions of each software feature and the

License information. By default, the Component Versions include the CLI Server, System Manager, Kernel, and TPD Kernel Code. The License information includes Enabled Features and the Key Generation Date.

If you wish to view the build level of the Component Versions, click the Show Build

Levels checKiBox.

If you wish to view versions of all system software, click Show All Versions.

Viewing System Alerts

To view system alert information, access the Systems screen and then click the Alerts

tab.

1. In the Manager Pane, click Events.

2. In the Management Tree, click the InServs node or a system node.

3. In the Management Window, click the Alerts tab.

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The Alerts tab is split into an upper pane and lower pane. The upper pane display a summary of the alerts. The lower pane displays the details of an alert selected in the upper pane.

The information displayed in the Alerts tab is nearly identical between the information displayed for all connected systems and information displayed for a single system, with the only exception being an additional System column appears in the upper pane for all connected systems. The following figure displays the Alerts tab for all connected systems.

The upper and lower panes are described in greater detail below.

Upper Pane Lower Pane

Upper Pane

The upper pane of the Alerts tab displays the following:

Column Description

System The system on which the alert occurred.

Severity The severity of the alert. See Alert Severity Indicators.

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ID The alert ID. State The alert state.

Last Time The last occurrence of the alert.

Message A brief description of the alert.

Repeat Count The number of times the alert has been issued.

First Time The first occurrence of the alert.

Lower Pane

The lower pane of the Alerts tab displays detailed information about an alert selected in the upper pane. The lower pane displays the following information:

Group Field Description

Severity The alert severity. See Alert Severity Indicators

Type The alert type.

Message A brief description of the alert.

General

Resolved by Event

ID The alert ID.

State The alert state.

Message Code The alert message code.

Sequence The alert sequence.

Node ID The controller node ID.

Component The component for which the alert was issued.

Severity The alert severity. See Alert Severity Indicators.

Type The alert type.

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Sequence The alert sequence. Time The time the alert was resolved.

Message A brief description of the alert.

System The name of the server that generated the alert.

System SN The server's serial number.

Node ID The node ID.

Component The affected system components.

Repeat Count The number of times the alert was issued.

Frequency

See also:

Alert Severity Indicators Alert/Task/Connection Pane Viewing the Alerts Summary Managing Alerts Viewing System Events Exporting Data

Last time The last occurrence of the alert.

First time The first occurrence of the alert.

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Managing Alerts

Once you have accessed and viewed the system alerts, either from the

Alert/Task/Connection Pane

the following actions to any selected alert.

Acknowledge the alert Mark the alert as new Mark the alert as fixed Remove the alert

To apply an action to an alert:

If you accessed the alert from the Alert/Task/Connection Pane, right-click the alert and

click Acknowldege, Mark as Fixed, Remove, or Show Details.

If you accessed the alert from the Alerts tab on the Systems screen, right-click the alert

and click Acknowldege, Mark as Fixed, Mark as New, Remove, or Show Details.

or from the Alerts tab on the Systems screen, you can apply

See also:

Alert/Task/Connection Pane Viewing System Alerts Alert Severity Indicators

Locating a System

This operation helps locate an InServ Storage Server by oscillating the node status LEDs amber and green on all nodes of the storage server. If desired, the LEDs in all connected drive cages are also set amber or oscillate, depending on the drive cage type.

Note: This operation can only be performed by users with Super, Service,or Edit privilege levels.

To locate an InServ Storage Server:

1. Click Systems in the Manager Pane.

2. From the Management Tree, right-click the InServ Storage Server you wish to locate

and then click Locate System.

3. Select a Duration for the LED(s) to oscillate (from 1 and 255 seconds).

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4. Optionally, if you want the drive cage LEDs to turn amber or oscillate as well, click the

Include Cage(s) checKiBox.

5. Click OK to start the locate.

Note: This operation can only be performed by users with Super, Service,or Edit privilege levels.

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree

Editing a System

You can edit the identification, identification information, properties, and alert settings for any InServ Storage Server connected to the InForm Management Console.

Note: Editing storage servers can only be performed by users with Super, Service, and Edit privilege levels.

To edit a storage server, access the Edit System wizard.

1. In the Manager Pane, click Systems.

2. In the Management Tree, click the system you wish to edit.

3. In the Common Actions Panel, click Edit System.

The Edit System wizard appears.

In the Edit System wizard, edit the following information as needed:

1. In the General group box, select the following: a. Name - enter a new system name. b. FC Raw Space Alert - Select whether to enable or disable the raw space alert for

Fiber Channel drives. If Enabled, enter a value from 100 to 100,000 GiB.

c. NL Raw Space Alert - Select whether to enable or disable the raw space alert for

Nearline drives. If Enabled, enter a value from 100 to 100,000 GiB.

d. SSD Raw Space Ale rt - Select whether to enable or disable the raw space alert for

SSD drives. If Enabled, enter a value from 100 to 100,000 GiB.

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Note: These fields only appear for devices installed on the system. For example, if your system contains no SSD drives, the SSD Raw Space Alert field will not be present.

e. Select whether to enable or disable the Copy Space Reclaim feature, which

reclaims logical disk space.

f. To select a Maximum Volume Retention time, select Enabled, select hour(s) or

day(s), and then enter a value of 1 to 1,825 (days) or 1 to 43,800 (hours).

2. In the Descriptors group box, enter the following: a. Location - Enter the physical location of the storage server; for example, Lab 1. b. Owner - Enter the owner of the storage server. c. Contact - Enter any contact information. d. Comments - Enter any relevant notes about the storage server.

3. Click OK.

The storage server is updated accordingly.

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree Common Actions Panel Viewing System Information

Working with Controller Nodes

The InForm Management Console allows you to:

View Controller Nodes Edit Controller Node Power Supplies Edit Controller Node Batteries Recharge Controller Node Batteries

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Viewing Controller Nodes

The Controller Nodes screen displays summary information about system controller nodes and node components. The Controller Nodes screen is divided into an upper pane, which displays summary information about the nodes, and a lower pane, which displays detailed information about the nodes and node components.

To access the Controller Nodes screen:

1. Click Systems in the Manager Pane.

2. In the Management Tree, select Controller Nodes under the system whose controller

node information you wish to view.

The upper pane of the Controller Nodes screen is provided with two tabs; Summary and Alerts.

The lower pane of the Controller Nodes screen provides five tabs; Summary, Ports, Power Supplies, Batteries, and Alerts.

For information about the upper pane, see:

Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen Viewing Controller Nodes Alerts

For information about the lower pane, see:

Viewing Controller Nodes Details Viewing Controller Node Ports Details Viewing Controller Nodes Power Supplies Details Viewing Controller Nodes Batteries Details Viewing Controller Nodes Alerts Details

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree

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Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen

To view the Controller Nodes Summary screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

The Summary tab appears as follows:

The Summary tab provides the following information:

Column Description

ID The node ID. Name The node name.

the Controller Nodes screen.

State

Status LED The current status of the node, as indicated by the node LED.

Ports The total number of ports on the node.

Control Memory

Data Memory The amount of data memory (in GiB).

Cache Availability

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See also:

Viewing Controller Nodes System and Component Status Icons

Viewing Controller Node Alerts

To view the Controller Node alerts screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Alerts tab.

The Alerts tab appears as follows:

The Alerts tab provides the following information:

Column Description

Severity The severity of the alert. See Alert Severity Indicators. ID The alert ID.

the Controller Nodes screen.

State The alert state.

Last Time The last occurrence of the alert.

Message A brief description of the alert.

Repeat Count The number of times the alert has been issued.

First Time The first occurrence of the alert.

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See also:

Viewing Controller Nodes Viewing Controller Nodes Alerts Details Alert Severity Indicators Managing Alerts

Viewing Controller Nodes Details

To view the Controller Node details screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

3. Select a node.

4. In the lower pane, click the Summary tab.

The Summary tab appears as follows:

the Controller Nodes screen.

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The Summary tab provides the following information:

Group Field Description

Position The position of the node in the node chassis.

Name The node name.

Online Indicates if the node is online.

General

InForm OS Version

The InForm OS version.

Slots The total number of slots on the node.

Free The number of unused slots on the node.

Ports The total number of ports on the node.

Control Memory

The amount of control memory, in GiB.

Data Memory The amount of data memory, in GiB.

Cache Availability

Status LED

The percentage of available cache.

The current status of the node, as indicated by the node LED.

New Alerts Any new alerts. See Alert Severity Indicators

Health

State

State Description

Control Memory

Current state of the node, either Normal, Degraded, or Failed. See System and Component Status Icons.

Description of the node state.

The amount of used control memory, displayed in GiB and percentage.

Physical Memory

Data Memory

The amount of used data memory, displayed in GiB and percentage.

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CPU CPU Usage

See also:

Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen Alert Severity Indicators System and Component Status Icons

The current CPU usage, displayed in MHz and percentage.

Viewing Controller Node Ports Details

To view the Controller Node Ports detail screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

3. Select a node.

4. In the lower pane, click the Ports tab.

the Controller Nodes screen.

The Ports tab appears as follows:

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The Ports tab provides the following information:

Group Column Description

Cards

Ports

Type

Position The position of the card in node:slot format.

Ports The number of ports on the interface.

Max Rate The maximum rate in Gbps.

Type

Connected Device Type

Speed The speed of the port in Gbps.

Count The number of ports.

The type of interface card, either Ethernet or Fibre Channel (FC).

The port type, Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, Remote Copy over IP (RCIP), or Remote Copy over Fibre Channel (RCFC).

The connected device type, Free, Disk, Host, or InServ.

See also:

Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen Working with Ports

Viewing Controller Node Power Supplies Details

To view the Controller Node Power Supplies details screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

3. Select a node.

4. In the lower pane, click the Power Supplies tab.

the Controller Nodes screen.

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The Power Supplies tab appears as follows:

The Power Supplies tab provides the following information:

Column Description

Node ID The node ID. Power

Supply ID Serial

Number

State

Fan State

The power supply ID.

The power supply serial number.

The state of the power supply. See System and Component Status

Icons.

The fan state, Normal, Degraded, or Failed. See System and

Component Status Icons.

Fan Speed The current fan speed.

Battery State

The power supply battery state, Normal, Degraded, or Failed. See

System and Component Status Icons

See also:

System and Component Status Icons Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen

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Viewing Controller Node Batteries Details

To view the Controller Node Batteries details screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

3. Select a node.

4. In the lower pane, click the Batteries tab.

The Batteries tab appears as follows:

The Batteries tab provides the following information:

Column Description

Node ID The node ID.

the Controller Nodes screen.

Power Supply ID The power supply ID.

Battery ID The battery ID.

Serial Number The battery serial number.

State

Charge State The charge state of the battery.

Charge Level The charge level of the battery.

Maximum Battery Life

Test In Progress Indicates if any tests are in progress.

The state of the battery. See System and Component Status

Icons.

The battery's maximum life.

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Expiration Time The battery expiration date.

See also:

System and Component Status Icons Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen

Viewing Controller Node Alerts Details

To view the Controller Node Alerts details screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

3. Select a node.

4. In the lower pane, click the Alerts tab.

The Alerts tab displays the information for a specific node as selected in the upper pane and appears as follows:

The Alerts tab provides the following information:

Column Description

Severity The severity of the alert. See Alert Severity Indicators.

the Controller Nodes screen.

ID The alert ID.

State The alert state.

Last Time The last occurrence of the alert.

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Message A brief description of the alert.

Repeat Count The number of times the alert has been issued.

First Time The first occurrence of the alert.

See also:

Alert Severity Indicators Viewing the Controller Nodes Summary Screen Viewing Controller Nodes Alerts

Editing Controller Node Power Supplies

The InForm Management Console allows you to edit the serial number of a controller node power supply.

1. In the Manager Pane, click Systems.

2. In the Management Tree, click Controller Nodes under the system whose power

supply you wish to edit.

3. In the lower Controller Node Details pane displayed in Management Window, select

the Power Supplies tab.

4. Right-click the power supply whose serial number you wish to edit and click Edit.

5. Enter a new alphanumeric serial number in the Serial Number field using numeric

characters 0 to 9 and alphabetic characters A to F.

6. Click OK.

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree Management Window Viewing Controller Nodes Power Supplies Details

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Editing Controller Node Batteries

The InForm Management Console allows you to edit controller node batteries.

1. In the Manager Pane, click Systems.

2. In the Management Tree, click Controller Nodes under the system whose batteries

you wish to edit.

3. In the lower Controller Node Details pane displayed in Management Window, select

the Batteries tab.

4. Right-click the battery you wish to edit and click Edit.

5. Enter a new alphanumeric serial number in the Serial Number field using numeric

characters 0 to 9 and alphabetic characters A to F.

6. Enter a new battery expiration date in the Expiration Time field. You can alternately

click the calendar button to the right of the field and select a date from the calendar that appears.

7. Click OK.

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree Management Window

Viewing the Controller Node Battery Test Log

To view the controller node battery test log:

1. In the Manager Pane, click Systems.

2. In the Management Tree, click Controller Nodes under the system whose batteries

you wish to edit.

3. In the lower Controller Node Details pane displayed in Management Window, select

the Batteries tab.

4. Right-click the battery whose test log you wish to view and click Show Test Log.

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Resetting the Controller Node Battery Test Log

To reset the controller node battery test log:

1. In the Manager Pane, click Systems.

2. In the Management Tree, click Controller Nodes under the system whose batteries

you wish to edit.

3. In the lower Controller Node Details pane displayed in Management Window, select

the Batteries tab.

4. Right-click the battery whose test log you wish to reset and click Reset Test Log.

5. Click Yes when prompted for confirmation.

Recharging Controller Node Batteries

The InForm Management Console allows you to recharge controller node batteries.

1. In the Manager Pane, click Systems.

2. In the Management Tree, click Controller Nodes under the system whose batteries

you recharge.

3. In the lower Controller Node Details pane displayed in Management Window, select

the Batteries tab.

4. Right-click the battery you wish to recharge and click Re-charge.

5. Click Yes when the battery recharge confirmation dialog box appears.

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree Management Window

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Working with Drive Cages

The InForm Management Console allows you to:

View Drive Cages Edit Drive Cages Locate Drive Cages Edit Drive Cage Power Supplies

Viewing Drive Cages

The Drive Cages screen displays summary information about system drive cages and drive cage components.

To access the Drive Cages screen:

1. Click Systems in the Manager Pane.

2. In the Management Tree, select Drive Cages under the system whose drive cage

information you wish to view.

The Drive Cages screen provides four tabs, Summary, Power Supplies, SFPs, and Alerts. For information about each, see:

Viewing the Drive Cage Summary Viewing Drive Cage Power Supplies Viewing Drive Cage SFPs Viewing Drive Cage Alerts

Additionally, you can view drive cage details. See:

Viewing Drive Cage Details

See also:

Manager Pane Management Tree

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Viewing the Drive Cage Summary

To view the Drive Cage Summary screen:

1. Access

2. In the upper pane, click the Summary tab.

The Summary tab appears as follows:

The Summary tab provides the following information:

Column Description

Name The drive cage name. State The drive cage state. See System and Component Status Icons.

the Drive Cages screen.

Model The drive cage model.

Loop A

Loop B

Speed The port speed in Gbps.

Disks

FC Total

FC Allocated Percentage

SSD Total

The port on the InServ Storage Server to which the A loop is connected.

The port on the InServ Storage Server to which the B loop is connected.

The number of disks in the drive cage. The bottom of the Disks column displays a total disk count.

The total Fibre Channel capacity in GiB. The bottom of the FC Total column displays total FC capacity.

The percentage of used Fibre Channel capacity. The bottom of the FC Allocated Percentage column displays the total used percentage.

The total SSD capacity in GiB. The bottom of the SSD Total column displays total SSD capacity.

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Note: The device types displayed in the summary are dependent on the devices installed in

your system. For example, if you have Near Line and disk drives installed, the summary will display NL (Near Line) Total, NL Allocated Percentage columns.

The Summary tab can be further filtered to view drive cage connectivity and drive cage capacity.

Viewing_Drive_Cage_Connectivity Viewing_Drive_Cage_Capacity

The percentage of used SSD capacity. The bottom of the SSD

Allocated Percentage column displays the total used percentage.

Viewing Drive Cage Connectivity

To view drive cage connectivity information, select Connectivity from the filter list.

The connectivity summary appears as follows:

The following information is provided:

Column Description

Name The drive cage name. State The drive cage state. See System and Component Status Icons.

Distance the drive cage is from the controller node port. (0 = directly

Position A

Revision A

Position B

Revision B Version of firmware running on the controller for the B loop.

connected to InServ ports, 1= there is one device between the node and this drive cage, etc).

Version of firmware running on the controller for the A loop.

Distance the drive cage is from the controller node port. (0 = directly connected to InServ Storage Server ports, 1= there is one device between the node and this drive cage, etc).

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A0 Port Controller node initiat o r port connected to drive cage port A0.

A1 Port Controller node initiat o r port connected to drive cage port A1.

A2 Port

(for DC3 drive cages)

A3 Port

(for DC3 drive cages)

B0 Port Controller node initiator port connected to drive cage port B0 .

B1 Port Controller node initiator port connected to drive cage port B1.

B2 Port

(for DC3 drive cages)

Controller node initiator port connected to drive cage port A2.

Controller node initiator port connected to drive cage port A3.

Controller node initiator port connected to drive cage port B2.

B3 Port

(for DC3 drive cages)

Daisy Chained

Controller node initiator port connected to drive cage port B3.

Indicates whether the drive cages are daisy chained.

Viewing Drive Cage Capacity

To view drive cage capacity information, select Capacity from the filter list.

The capacity summary appears as follows:

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The following information is provided:

Column Description

Name The drive cage name. State The drive cage state. See System and Component Status Icons.

FC Total

FC Free

FC Allocated

FC Allocated Percentage

SSD Total

SSD Free

SSD Allocated

SSD Allocated Percentage

Note: The device types displayed in the summary are dependent on the devices installed in

your system. For example, if you have Near Line and disk drives installed, the summary will display NL (Near Line) Total, NL Allocated Percentage, etc. columns.

The total Fibre Channel capacity in GiB. The bottom of the FC Total column displays total FC capacity.

The amount of free Fibre Channel space in GiB. The bottom of the FC Free column displays total free FC capacity.

The amount of allocated Fibre Channel space in GiB. The bottom of the FC Allocated column displays total allocated FC capacity.

The percentage of used Fibre Channel capacity. The bottom of the FC Allocated Percentage column displays the total used percentage.

The total SSD capacity in GiB. The bottom of the SSD Total column displays total SSD capacity.

The amount of free SSD space in GiB. The bottom of the SSD Free column displays total free SSD capacity.

The amount of allocated SSD space in GiB. The bottom of the SSD Allocated column displays total allocated SSD capacity.

The percentage of used SSD capacity. The bottom of the SSD Allocated Percentage column displays the total used percentage.

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