HP VMA-series Memory Arrays User Manual

HP VMA SAN Gateway

User’ s Guide

For Release G5.5.1

Document Number: AM456-9026A
December 2012

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

CHAPTER 1: HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

New in this Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Software Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

VMA Gateway Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

VMA vSHARE Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

vSHARE Feature Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Overview of vSHARE Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

VMA System Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

HP VMA SAN Gateway Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

VMA Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Command Line Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

CHAPTER 2: Manage, Monitor, and Administer with the HP VMA Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Introduction to the HP VMA Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

User Interface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

System and Browser Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Abbreviations for Large Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Web Interface Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Logging In and Out of the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Logging In to the Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Logging Out of the Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Web Interface Task Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Home Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

LUN Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Manage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manage LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Manage Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Manage Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Monitor LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Monitor Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Cluster Admin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

CHAPTER 3: vSHARE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Understanding vSHARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

vSHARE System Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Target Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

vSHARE Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuring Storage Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Initializing HP VMA-series Memory Arrays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Viewing Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Configuring Target Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Supported Target Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring Fibre Channel Target Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring Initiator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Creating LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Resizing LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Exporting LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Optimizing Connectivity to Storage Arrays for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

CHAPTER 4: vSHARE Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Verifying Connections and Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Verifying Target Port Activity and Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Verifying Container Activity and Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Block Storage Media Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

vSHARE Block Storage Management Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Managing Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Managing Initiator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Managing LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Managing Targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Managing Block Storage in the HP VMA Web Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

CHAPTER 5: VMA SAN Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

HP VMA Gateway Management Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

SAN Gateway Cluster Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Master Node Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Cluster Management VIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Monitoring the Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Show Cluster Global Brief Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Show Cluster Global Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Managing Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Saving Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Show Configuration Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Show Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Reverting to Saved Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Delete, Move, or Copy a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Managing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

VMA SAN Gateway Upgrade Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

REFERENCE

APPENDIX A: VMA SAN Gateway Command Line Interface Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Using the Command Line Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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CLI Shorthand Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Tab Completion of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Command Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Prompt and Response Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Abbreviations for Large Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

CLI Command Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Key to Command Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

CLI Option Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Control User Inactivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Control Paging of CLI Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Control Showing Hidden Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Confirm Loss of Unsaved Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Confirm Reboot or Halt Reload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Set Terminal Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Clear Command History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Display CLI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 51

Display Terminal Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

General Configuration Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

View Installed Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Event Logging Configuration and Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

User Accounts and Local Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

NTP, Clock, and Time Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Image Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Enable and Configure Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Web Proxy Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Xinetd Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

tcpdump Capture Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Debug Dumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Cluster Configuration and Show Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Network Configuration Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Network Interface Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Network Bond Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 83

VLAN Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Name Resolution Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Routing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Media Management Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Initialize a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Enable and Disable Block Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Show Media Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Web Interface Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Enable or Disable Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Enable or Disable HTTP Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Specify the HTTP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Enable or Disable HTTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Specify the HTTPS Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Enable or Disable the Listen Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Add or Remove Listen Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Control User Inactivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Control Web Session Renewal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Control Web Session Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Display Web Interface Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Address Resolution Protocol Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Add and Remove Static ARP Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Clear Dynamic ARP Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Display Contents of ARP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

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List Statically-Configured ARP Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Security Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Authentication Method and Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

RADIUS Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

TACACS+ Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

SSH Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Banner Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

SNMP Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Enable or Disable the SNMP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Enable or Disable SNMP Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Enable or Disable the Listen Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Add or Remove Listen Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Set the SNMP Community Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Set the Contact and Location Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Add or Remove a Host From Traps Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Disable a Trap Sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Specify the Events Sent to SNMP Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Display SNMP Configuration Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Scheduling Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Create a Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Add a Comment to a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Remove Job States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Specify an Execution Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Clear Scheduled Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Enable the Job State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Cancel a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Execute a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Name the Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Execute the Job In Spite of Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Display All Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Container and Target Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Show All Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Show All Targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Initiator Group Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Create an Initiator Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Add Initiators to a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

LUN Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

View LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Create a LUN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Set LUN Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Resize a LUN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

View LUN Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Quick Reference to Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

APPENDIX B: Utilities Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

About HP VMA Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Running the HP VMA Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

HP VMA Utilities Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

varray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

vcounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

veeprom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

vincident -a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

vinfo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

vmesg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

vpartial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

vring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

vspeedtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

vstat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

vvimms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

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vzero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 27

APPENDIX C: SNMP Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

About SNMP MIB Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Benefits of Using a MIB Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

SNMP Configuration on the HP VMA SAN Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Trap/Notify Event E-mail and Logged Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Available Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Default Disabled Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Default Enabled Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Trap Information Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Configuring and Testing Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Enabling Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 44

Testing Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Spare VIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Failed VIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

PSU States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Temperatures: per VIMM and Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Performance Stats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Fibre Channel (vSHARE) Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Fibre Channel Performance Statistics (vSHARE) Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

New Trap MIB Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

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Preface

This document describes how to manage, monitor, and administer the VMA SAN
Gateway. This preface provides basic information on the document and covers the
following topics:

• Document Organization on page 12

• Document Conventions on page 12

• Reference Documents on page 14

• Getting Help on page 14

• Comments & Questions on page 15

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Document Organization

This document is organized as follows:

CHAPTER 1, “HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway Overview” on page 17

Chapters

CHAPTER 2, “

Manage, Monitor, and Administer with the HP VMA Web Interface” on

page 23
CHAPTER 3, “
CHAPTER 4, “
CHAPTER 5, “

vSHARE Configuration” on page 93
vSHARE Management” on page 109
VMA SAN Gateway Management” on page 127

APPENDIX A, “VMA SAN Gateway Command Line Interface Reference” on
page 141

APPENDIX B, “Utilities Reference” on page 211
APPENDIX C, “SNMP Traps” on page 229

Table 3.1 Document Organization

Document Conventions

This documentation follows the conventions outlined in this section.

Important Information

Reference

The following table summarizes the notations used to call out important information, such as
warning, caution, and note

Safety Icons

Icon Sample Text

WARNING! WARNING! Only authorized, qualified, and trained personnel

should attempt to work on this equipment.

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Safety Icons (continued)

Icon Sample Text

Caution:

Caution: Follow the listed safety precautions when

working on the HP VMA Array.

Note: Note: Read through this entire chapter and plan your

installation according to your location before installing
the equipment. The following procedures and the order
in which they appear are general installation guidelines
only.

Typographical Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used in this guide:

Format Meaning

Bold User Interface text.

Italic Provides emphasis and identifies variables and

document titles.

Courier

Courier bold

<Courier italic>

[]

|

{}

Typographical Conventions

Command names, examples, and output.
Input you must type exactly as shown.
Information for which you must supply a value.
Optional command parameters are enclosed within

square brackets.
Separates a set of command choices from which only

one may be chosen.
Required command parameters that must be specified

are enclosed within curly brackets.

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Reference Documents

In addition to this guide, the following HP documents comprise the documentation suite for the HP
VMA Array. These guides are available for download from the HP VMA manual site at http://

hp.com/go/vma-docs

This document... Provides this information...

Release Notes Describes the new features, resolved issues, known

limitations and software upgrade instructions for the
current release.

HP VMA SAN Gateway User’s Guide. Provides instructions for managing, monitoring, and

maintaining the HP VMA Array.

HP VMA-series Memory Array Installation and Service
Guide

Configuring a Redundant Pair of VMA SAN Gateways ­Process Guide

Reference Documents

Getting Help

Contacting HP

Before you contact HP

Be sure to have the following information available before you contact HP:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable).

• Product serial number

• Product model name and number

• Product identification number

• Applicable error message

• Add-on boards or hardware

Provides instructions for installing, configuring, and
servicing a HP VMA Array.

Provides instructions for configuring redundant
gateway pair for high availability SAN access.

• Third-party hardware or software

• Operating system type and revision level.

HP contact information

For the name of the nearest HP authorized reseller:

• In the United States, see the HP US service locator webpage (http://welcome.hp.com/country/

us/en/wwcontact.html).

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• In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide (in English) webpage (http://

welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html).

For HP technical support:

• In the United States, for contact options see the Contact HP United States webpage (http://

welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html).

To contact HP by phone, call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836). This service is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or
monitored.

If you have purchased a Care Pack (service upgrade), call 1-800-633-3600.

• In other locations, see the Contact HP worldwide (in English) webpage (http://

welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html).

Subscription Service

HP recommends that you register your product at the subscriber’s Choice for Business website
(http://www.hp.com/country/us/en/contact_us.html).

Comments & Questions

HP welcomes your feedback. To make comments and suggestions about product documentation,
send a message to [e-mail].

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CHAPTER 1 HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway Overview

This chapter introduces the HP VMA SAN Gateway, and covers the following
topics.

• New in this Release on page 17

• VMA vSHARE Architecture on page 19

• vSHARE Feature Summary on page 20

• VMA System Architecture on page 21

New in this Release

• HP VMA SAN Gateway Interfaces on page 21

This section provides and overview of the new features and enhancements included
in this release, grouped under the following topics:

• Software Features on page 17

• VMA Web Interface on page 21

Software Features

This section summarizes the new software features included in this release, and
provides links to more detailed information.

LUN Resize

Y ou can increase the size of an existing LUN with the new
Decreasing the size of an existing LUN is not supported. For more information, see

Resizing LUNs on page 105.

lun resize command.

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CLI LUN Statistics

The CLI is extended to provide basic LUN statistics, including the use of select shell wildcard
patterns when searching for LUN names. More extensive LUN statistics are available through the
W eb UI and .csv files containing historical LUN statistics. For more information, see LUN Statistics

Command on page 124.

SES Support for LUN 0

SES (SCSI Enclosure Services) provides the device discovery function of LUN 0 with a device type
that is more useful than No Device Type. This release includes SES support for LUN 0 which is
recognized as an SES device type. For more information, see the

G5.5.1 Release Notes

.

HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway

VMA Gateway Web Interface

The VMA Gateway Web Interface has been improved and enhanced in this release.

Memory Gateway Web Interface

The VMA Gateway Web Interface has an updated look-and-feel with a dynamic customizable
dashboard and an intuitive interactive layout. For more information, see CHAPTER 2, “

Monitor, and Administer with the HP VMA Web Interface”

on page 23.

Manage,

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VMA vSHARE Architecture

A VMA SAN Gateway system is built for performance and high Reliability, Availability and
Serviceability (RAS). The system fits with standard 19-inch racks in hot/cold aisles and can coexist
with other data infrastructure without special facilities. A system is built with the following primary
components:

• HP VMA Array: Up to 4 HP VMA Arrays can be configured in each cluster. The VMAs

contain up to 10TB of raw flash memory per array and 30TB of usable space. Unlike many
other arrays, the flash memory is RAID protected and hot-swappable to ensure maximum
uptime and very low data loss probabilities.

• VMA Intelligent Memory Modules (also known as VIMMs): The memory modules reside

within the HP VMA-series Memory Arrays and provide the flash memory and controllers
required for high performance flash storage. These modules are hot-swappable with minimal
impact on performance.

• HP VMA SAN Gateways: Each HP VMA SAN Gateway provides network connectivity

processing—typically 4 x 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) and DRAM to support the vSHARE
software function. Up to 2 gateways can be included in a single vSHARE system.

• HP Gateway Management Software: Management of multiple gateways with automatic

failover of virtual IP (VIP) addresses, Fibre Channel paths and management software are
provided on HP VMA SAN Gateways and VMA Memory Arrays to enable the systems to be
configured and monitored as a single system. SNMP and call-home email alerts are sent in the
event of hardware failures or other critical events.

• vSHARE: The vSHARE VMA SAN Gateway software provides block storage functionality

deployed on HP VMA SAN Gateways. This software implements target mode functionality
for Fibre Channel.

The internal architecture of the vSHARE software is designed for minimum latency , and extremely
high IOPs. Use of multiple I/O paths with the HP VMA SAN Gateway and the VMA improves
availability. This Intelligent Flash Storage architecture eliminates the software required for cache
control, RAID control and flash memory control. It replaces them with flash memory optimized
architectures that provide data protection and high performance. Latency is reduced by
implementing many of the data path functions in hardware.

A VMA system typically consists of one or more HP VMA SAN Gateways running the vSHARE
software and one or more HP VMA Arrays.

In this environment, the HP VMA SAN Gateways are targets, and the hosts (for example, a database
server or application server) are the initiators. The storage systems have storage target devices,
LUNs, which the hosts access through the HP VMA SAN Gateways. The LUNs are part of large
storage arrays and they can be allocated and provisioned as needed.

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vSHARE Feature Summary

vSHARE (VMA gateway software) manages SAN block storage on the HP VMA SAN Gateway,
providing high performance processing, high bandwidth DRAM, and hig h bandwidth access to HP
VMA Arrays.

Each HP VMA SAN Gateway operates as a SAN (Fibre Channel) target and provides access to
LUNs that are stored on its attached VMA memory arrays. The LUN management capability of
vSHARE includes the following features:

• Full-Speed LUNs: Each LUN is striped across all of the VIMMs in a flash Memory Array.
This ensures that the performance of the LUN is only limited by the performance of the whole
Memory array.

• Shared LUNs: Each LUN can be accessed via Fibre Channel and can be shared by many
initiators.

• Active-Active highly available configuration: Redundant gateway provides the ability for dual
redundant VHP VMA SAN Gateway servicing I/O requests for attached HP VMA Arrays. For
best performance, the configuration requires that client initiators use multipath I/O (MPIO)
software with a round-robin scheduling algorithm. For more information, see the

Memory Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide

HP VMA SAN

.

Note: LUNs are accessible in an active-active configuration through either HP VMA SAN Gateway

system configured in a redundant pair. Clients using MPIO can continue I/O through either HP
VMA SAN Gateway as long as at least one path is available.

Overview of vSHARE Software Configuration

The vSHARE software configuration must be understood within the context of a HP VMA SAN
Memory Gateway deployment. Before you configure vSHARE you must have completed the
following:

1. Assembled and cabled the HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway system hardware, as described in the HP

VMA SAN Memory Gateway Installation and Configuration Guide.

2. Defined the network connection, as described in the HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway Installation

and Configuration Guide

3. Configured one or two HP VMA-series Memory Arrays, as described in the HP VMA-series

Installation and Service Guide

4. Configured a HP VMA SAN redundant pair of gateways, as described in the Configuring a

Redundant Pair of VMA SAN Gateways - Process Guide.

.

.

Note: Configuring vSHARE is a prerequisite to using a HP VMA SAN Gateway for block storage.

The vSHARE software configuration allows you to define sophisticated rules for controlling access
to the LUNs by initiator groups, initiators, or target ports.

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VMA System Architecture

A typical HP VMA SAN Gateway system consists of one or two HP VMA SAN Memory Gateways
(nodes), one of which is designated as the master node, the other is designated as the secondary
node.

The VMA SAN Gateways provide connectivity to the network and allow multiple servers to share
the high performance flash memory VMA arrays. VMA 3200 Series Memory Arrays provide high
capacity flash storage with RAID protection.

In a HP VMA SAN Memory Gateway redundant pair, the first Gateway added to the cluster is
designated as the Master (master node). Configurations defined in the master node are then
inherited by the node in the redundant pair. If the master node fails, the secondary node takes over
the master role, and cluster management traffic is automatically redirected to the new master node.

The vSHARE management software enables you to manage HP VMA SAN Memory Gateways and
VMA 3200 Series Memory Arrays as single system through the CLI or the W eb Interface. For more
information, see CHAPTER 5, “

HP VMA SAN Gateway Interfaces

VMA SAN Gateway Management” on page 127.

There are two interfaces through which you can configure, manage, and monitor the HP VMA SAN
Gateway:

• VMA Web Interface on page 21

• Command Line Interface on page 21

VMA Web Interface

The VMA Web Interface is a Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that you can access by
connecting to the Master HP VMA SAN Gateway (master node) a redundant gateway pair. The W eb
Interface provides an intuitive interactive means to manage and monitor the HP VMA SAN
Gateway and connected VMA memory arrays. For more information, see CHAPTER 2, “

Monitor, and Administer with the HP VMA Web Interface”

on page 23.

Manage,

Command Line Interface

The Command Line Interface (CLI), allows you to perform necessary management and monitoring
tasks for the HP VMA SAN Gateway. Depending on your assigned user privileges (as described in

Managing Users on page 137), a subset of commands is available for admin-level tasks. For more

information, see APPENDIX A, “VMA SAN Gateway Command Line Interface Reference” on

page 141

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This guide only documents commands that are needed for the HP VMA SAN Gateway, along with
other general-purpose commands. See Quick Reference to Commands on page 206 for a list of the
commands that are documented in this chapter.

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CHAPTER 2 Manage, Monitor, and Administer with the HP

VMA Web Interface

This chapter introduces the HP VMA Web Interface and covers the following
topics:

• Introduction to the HP VMA Web Interface on page 23

• Logging In and Out of the Web Interface on page 26

• Web Interface Task Map on page 29

• Home Dashboard on page 31

• Manage on page 41

• Monitor on page 55

• Administration on page 62

Introduction to the HP VMA Web Interface

The HP VMA W eb Interface is a W eb-based graphical user interface (GUI) that you
can access by connecting to the VMA SAN Gateway (master node) in the cluster.

This section covers the following topics:

• User Interface Overview on page 24

• System and Browser Requirements on page 25

• Abbreviations for Large Numbers on page 26

• Web Interface Help on page 26

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User Interface Overview

Main Menu Bar

Function Menu Bar

Copyright

Board Status Tab

Software Version

Online Help

Session

The streamlined HP VMA W eb Interface includes the following interactive components, as shown
in Figure 2.1:

• Main Menu Bar—Displays clickable icons for the major functional categories: Home,
Manage, Monitor, and Administration.

• Function Menu Bar—Changes to display the options for the currently active category . Click an
icon to display the associated page and submenu options.

• Online Help—Brings up context-sensitive help for the currently active page.

• Session—Shows the user name of the current user at the right, and exits the session when

clicked.

• Copyright—Displays the current copyright information.

• Board Status Tab—Expands to show board status information when clicked. Click the tab

again to hide the board status page.

• Software Version—Displays the version of the software currently running on the SAN
Gateway.

Figure 2.1 HP VMA Web Interface Overview

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System and Browser Requirements

This section provides information on the HP VMA Web Interface requirements for browsers,
display resolution, Adobe Flash Player, JavaScript, and cookies.

Supported Web Browsers

The following table lists the supported browsers and versions for the HP VMA Web Interface.

Operating System Supported Browsers

Linux Mozilla Firefox 4 and above

Google Chrome 11 and above

Windows Windows Internet Explorer 9 and above

Mozilla Firefox 4 and above
Google Chrome 11 and above

Table 2.1 Supported Web Browsers

Note: For Windows Internet Explorer, Compatibility Mode should be turned OFF.

The following table lists the recommended software and settings for optimum performance of the
HP VMA Web Interface.

Recommendation Description

Display resolution The minimum recommended display resolution for the HP

VMA Web Interface is 1024 by 768 pixels.

JavaScript JavaScript must be enabled for the HP VMA Web

Interface.

Adobe Flash Player Adobe Flash Player version 8 (or above) is required for

viewing charts in the HP VMA Web Interface.

Cookies Enable cookies for login and session management. Cookies

are also used to store dashboard page settings.

Table 2.2 Recommended for the HP VMA Web Interface

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Abbreviations for Large Numbers

The following abbreviations are used for large numbers throughout the HP VMA Web Interface:

Abbreviation Meaning

Bbytes
KB kilobytes
MB megabytes
GB gigabytes
TB terabytes
PB petabytes

Ta ble 2.3 Lar ge Number Abbreviations

For E (exabytes), Z (zettabytes), and Y (yottabytes), a single letter omitting the “B” is used for units
other than bytes, or to save space in a display.

Web Interface Help

There is Context-sensitive online help for any page in the W eb Interface—Click the Page Help icon
in the upper right corner of the Web Interface window.

For more information on available Help, see Information on page 89.

Logging In and Out of the Web Interface

This section demonstrates how to access the HP VMA Web Interface and then log in to the SAN
Gateway. The role assigned to your user account specifies the privileges you have and the tasks you
can perform after you log in. The pages that are available to you depend on your user role.

Role Description

Admin The Admin user can access the Web Interface pages for

Monitor Users with monitor privileges can only access pages for

Table 2.4 User Roles

managing, monitoring, and administrating. The only tasks
an Admin user cannot perform are those that are assigned
to the Crypto user.

monitoring overall status and media status.

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Logging In to the Web Interface

You access the HP VMA Web Interface through a Web browser. For more information, see

Supported Web Browsers on page 25.

To access the HP VMA Web Interface and log in, do the following:

1. Open a Web browser, as described in Supported Web Browsers on page 25.

2. In the browser URL field, enter one of the following:

http://<master_gateway_ip_address>

•

• http://<master_gateway_hostname>

• http://<cluster_node_ip_address>

• http://<cluster_node_hostname>

Note: If you specify the IP address or hostname of a gateway node of a redundant pair (other

than the master), the connection is automatically redirected to the Master Gateway. For a
redundant pair, it is recommended to use the management VIP address or name.

The Web Interface log in page appears.

3. Enter a valid username and password in the text fields of the Login page, as shown in the

following example.

4. Click Login. The Dashboard page appears.

5. Continue with Customizing the Dashboard on page 32.

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Logging Out of the Web Interface

You can log out of the SAN Gateway from any page in the HP VMA Web Interface.

To log out of your Web Interface session, do the following:

1. From any page in the Web Interface, go to the upper right hand corner.

2. Click the session icon, as shown in the following example.

The Logout page appears acknowledging that you successfully logged out.

3. To log back in, click Login Again and re-enter your credentials.

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Web Interface Task Map

The following table provides an overview of the functional pages available within each category,
and the tasks you can perform from each page:

Main Menu Function Tasks

Home

Manage

Dashboard • Customizing the Dashboard on page 32

• Customizing Gadgets on page 34

Cluster • Viewing Cluster Status on page 36

• Viewing VIMM Status on page 37

• Viewing VIMMs by RAID Group or Category

on page 37

LUN Status • Viewing Container Status on page 39

• Viewing LUN Status on page 39

Manage LUNs • Searching, Sorting, and Performing LUN

Operations on page 42

• Creating and Deleting LUNs on page 43

• Editing LUNs on page 46

• Exporting LUNs, Initiator Groups, and

Initiators on page 48

Manage Initiators • Creating and Deleting Initiator Groups on

page 50

• Adding or Deleting Initiators from a Group on

page 52

Manage Targets • Viewing Target Status on page 54

• Managing Transport Protocols on page 54

Monitor

Overview • Customizing the Output Display on page 55

• Monitoring Container, LUN, and Port Data on

page 57

Monitor LUNs • Searching for a LUN on page 59

• Analyzing Data for a LUN on page 60

Monitor Targets • Selecting a Target Port on page 61

• Analyzing Data for a Target on page 62

Table 2.5 Web Interface Task Map

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Main Menu Function Tasks

Administration

Cluster Admin • Viewing Software Version and Boot Images

on page 64

• Rebooting or Shutting Down a Node on page

64

• Changing and Saving Configuration Files on

page 65

• Viewing Gateway Node Details on page 66

• Viewing Alerts on page 66

• Searching for and Viewing Logs on page 67

• Viewing Node Versions on page 68

Network • Viewing Current Network Settings on page 69

• Changing the Gateway Management Virtual

IP Address on page 70

• Modifying Global Default Gateway Settings
on page 70

• V iewing and Modifying DNS Settings on page

70

• V iewing and Modifying NTP Settings on page

72

Notification • Specifying Call Home Settings on page 76

Tools • Adding and Removing Feature Licenses on

Information • Accessing Context-Sensitive Help on page 90

Table 2.5 Web Interface Task Map

• Viewing and Modifying Web Admin Settings

on page 73

• Viewing Gateway Node Details on page 66

• Managing User Accounts on page 76

• Managing E-mail Settings on page 79

• Managing E-mail Notifications on page 83

• Managing SNMP Settings on page 84

• Managing SNMP Traps on page 87

page 88

• Viewing System, License, and Copyright

Information on page 90

• Viewing System, License, and Copyright

Information on page 90

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