HP T-Class Storage Systems User Manual
3PAR InForm Management
Part No. 320-200231 Rev A
July 2010
Console 4.1.0 User’s Guide
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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
Related Documentation
In addition to the topics in this Help system, the following documents also provide
information related to administering InServ Storage Servers:
For information about... Read the...
Installing, starting, and using the
InForm Command Line Interface (CLI)
Using 3PAR Remote Copy software 3PAR Remote Copy User's Guide
Using the InForm Command Line
Interface (CLI)
S-Class and T-Class Storage Server 3PAR InServ S-Class/T-Class Storage
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Guide
3PAR InForm OS Command Line
Interface Reference
3PAR InForm Management Console 4.1.0 User’s Guide
hardware configurations, component
numbering and layout, and system
cabling
E-Class and F-Class Storage Server
hardware configurations, component
numbering and layout, and system
cabling
Identifying storage server components
and fixing problems
Server Physical Planning Manual
InServ E-Class/F-Class Storage Server
and Third-Party Rack Physical Planning
Manual
InForm OS Messages and Operator's
Guide
Working with the Interface
This topic outlines how to use the InForm Management Console and provides an overview of
the major tasks you can perform.
The InForm Management Console interface contains a menu bar, toolbar, management tree,
common actions panel, manager pane, management window, alert/task/connection pane,
and status bar. See Components of the Interface
When starting the InForm Management Console and logging into an InServ Storage Server,
or multiple storage servers, the interface appears displaying the Systems overview screen,
as well as the management tree and alert pane. The status bar is located at the bottom of
the interface.
for further information.
Topics discussed here include:
Components of the Interface
About Introduction Tabs
Selecting Multiple Items
Refreshing the InForm Management Console
Exporting Data
Filtering
Setting Preferences
Understanding Icons
Using Help
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Components of the Interface
The InForm Management Console is made up of the following components:
Main Menu Bar
Main Toolbar
Management Tree
Common Actions Panel
Manager Pane
Management Window
Alert/Task/Connection Pane
Status Bar
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Main Menu Bar
The following items are available from the Main Menu Bar:
Menu Command Description
File Connect
Exit Closes all windows and exits the InForm GUI.
View Refresh Refreshes the InForm Management Console.
Auto-Refresh
Maximize
Disconnect
Displays the Connect dialog box, allowing you
to connect additional storage server(s).
Displays the Disconnect dialog box, allowing
you to disconnect from storage server(s).
Automatically refreshes the InForm Management
Console. By default, Auto-Refresh is selected.
Expands the Application Window so it consumes
the entire InForm Management Console window.
Export Data
Grid
Preferences
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Displays the Export Data window, allowing you
to save table data as CSV or HTML format.
Displays a submenu for setting the Zoom,
<Set|Clear> Grid Sticky, <Show|Hide>
Details Table.
Opens the Preferences window, allowing you to
define Data Format and Look and Feel options
for determining how data is displayed. See
Setting Preferences
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Actions Systems
Hosts
Provisioning
Remote Copy
Alert
Performance
Displays a submenu providing access to system
level options.
Displays a submenu providing access to host
creation, edit, and removal functions.
Displays a submenu providing access to all
aspects for provisioning storage, including VVs,
VLUNs, CPGs, LDs, and Templates.
Displays a submenu providing access to set up
and edit Remote Copy configurations.
Displays a submenu for working with the
selected alert. See Managing Events and Alerts.
Displays a submenu providing options to
performance charting, including new, open,
save, and edit functions.
Task
Security
Window Cascade
Tile
Tile
Horizontally
Tile Vertically
Displays a submenu allowing you to cancel and
remove tasks.
Displays a submenu providing access for working
with users and domains.
Arranges Application Windows so they overlap
one another, but every window is visible within
the desktop.
Arranges and resizes all Application Windows to
fit inside the desktop.
Tiles all Application Windows horizont ally in the
desktop.
Tiles all Application Windows vertically in the
desktop.
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Close All Closes all open Application Windows.
Restore
Minimize Minimizes the selected Application Window.
Maximize Maximizes the selected Application Window.
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Restores the selected Application Window from
the TasKiBar to the desktop.
Restores the selected Application from the
TasKiBar to the Desktop.
Opens the Help Navigator and the Help Topic
Window, providing access to the InForm
Management Console Online Help system.
Displays the About 3PAR InForm
Management Console dialog box, which
contains version number, software patch, and
copyright information.
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Main Toolbar
The Main Toolbar is displayed as follows:
The following default items are available from the Main Toolbar:
Command Description
Connect
Displays the Connect dialog box, allowing you to connect additional
storage server(s).
Refresh Refreshes the InForm Management Console.
Maximize
Expands the Management Window so it consumes the entire InForm
Management Console window.
Restore Restores the Management Window to its original size.
Home
Returns all panes, the Management Tree, and Management Window
to the default view (Systems Introduction).
Back/Forward Returns backward or forward to the previously selected Manager
Pane, Management Tree item, and Management Window display.
Export
Displays the Export Data window, allowing you to save table data as
CSV or HTML format.
Additional actions are displayed on the Main Toolbar depending on the selected manager,
node selected from the Management Tree, and item selected from the Management
Window.
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
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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