1 / 50

EVA Storage configuration

Learn how to configure and support your storage system using the Command View EVA software. Access system, page, and field help, locate version number, and perform configuration steps.

patrical
Download Presentation

EVA Storage configuration

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. EVA Storage configuration Yu-Sheng Guo Account Support Consultant HP Taiwan

  2. Objectives • Identify the Navigation, Session, and Content panes in Command View EVA • Describe how to access system, page, and field help • Describe how to locate the Command View EVA version number and home page • List the steps in the configuration process • Describe how to use Command View EVA to initiate and complete the configuration process steps • Identify the properties of disk groups, virtual disks, and hosts • Describe how to create disk groups, virtual disks, hosts HP Restricted

  3. Getting started with Command View EVA • Command View EVA • Graphical user interface that controls and monitors the storage system • Software that supports the GUI • Each installation of Command View EVA on the SMA is a storage management agent • The client for the agent is a standard Internet browser HP Restricted

  4. Command View EVA interface layout(1 of 3) • Session pane • SMA name and IP address • Menu options • Root View — Displays the HSV Storage Network Properties page • Agent Options — Selects interface and management agent options • Help — Displays online help in a new window HP Restricted

  5. Command View EVA interface layout(2 of 3) • Navigation pane • Directory tree structure • Folders • Default folders created by Command View EVA • Virtual Disks • Hosts • Disk Groups • Data Replication (VCS V3.X) • Hardware • You can create folders for virtual disks and hosts HP Restricted

  6. Content pane Command View EVA interface layout(3 of 3) • Content pane HP Restricted

  7. Wizards • Example HP Restricted

  8. Command View EVA online help (1 of 3) • Application help 8 – 8 HP Restricted

  9. Command View EVA online help (2 of 3) • Page help HP Restricted

  10. Command View EVA online help (3 of 3) • Field help A portion of the the field-level help HP Restricted

  11. Command View EVA home page HP Restricted

  12. Configuration process steps • Gather preliminary information • Develop a requirements list per server • Create a list of all FCAs • Determine the host WWN • Perform a software code load (if necessary) • Initialize the storage system • Perform a disk drive firmware code load (if necessary) • Create additional disk groups as desired • Install and configure hosts • Create the hosts • Create the virtual disks • Create snapshots and snapclones HP Restricted

  13. Gathering preliminary information (1 of 3) • Develop a requirements list per server • Virtual disk characteristics • Size (GB) • Virtual RAID level (VRAID0, VRAID5, and VRAID1) • Operating system LUN identifier (used for OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX) • Which virtual disks can share a disk group • Create a list of all FCAs • WWID of FCAs in the servers • Which FC switch port • Which server HP Restricted

  14. Gathering preliminary information (2 of 3) • Determine the host WWN • OpenVMS (V7.21H1 or 7.3) • $ Analyze/system • SDA> FC SHOW DEVICE FGA0 (FGB0, and so on.) • Alpha SRM console • SHOW DEVICE • Windows NT/2000 • LPUTILNT (LightPulse Utility/NT) HP Restricted

  15. Gathering preliminary information (3 of 3) • Determining the host WWN • Tru64 UNIX • emxmgr (select 1) • /var/adm/messages • Alpha SRM console • SHOW DEVICE • SUN Solaris • /var/adm/messages (only if adapter driver is loaded) • IBM AIX • lsconfig • HP-UX • fcmsutil or tdutil HP Restricted

  16. Starting with the uninitialized storage system HP Restricted

  17. Initializing the storage system (1 of 8) • Creates a usable storage system • Binds controllers as operational pair • Establishes preliminary data structures on the disk array • Creates the default disk group • Only must be done first time you configure the storage system or if the storage system is uninitialized HP Restricted

  18. Initializing the storage system (2 of 8) • Three levels of EVA metadata • Storage system-level quorum disks • Holds controller information • WWN • Storage system name • Character map of disk groups and virtual disk members, but not virtual disk chunk mappings • Quorum disk requirements • Minimum of two quorum disks to boot HSV controllers • Minimum of five quorum disks • Maximum of 16 quorum disks (1 per disk group) • Storage requirements are pre-allocated at 0.03% on each disk HP Restricted

  19. Initializing the storage system (3 of 8) • Disk group metadata • Disk group characteristics • Number of spindles • Spare space allocation • Virtual disk chunk mapping • Command View EVA metadata • The management logical disk (MLD) provides metadata for Command View EVA • Devoted to the SMA • Spread across metadata area on all disks in disk groups • Holds backup copy of current controller configuration • Holds SMA controller events and controller data such as trap host lists and license lists HP Restricted

  20. Initializing an HSV storage system (4 of 8) HP Restricted

  21. Initializing an HSV storage system (5 of 8) HP Restricted

  22. Initializing an HSV storage system (6 of 8) HP Restricted

  23. Initializing an HSV storage system (7 of 8) HP Restricted

  24. Initializing an HSV storage system (8 of 8) HP Restricted

  25. Initialized storage system properties page HP Restricted

  26. Performing a disk drive firmware code load • Loaded separately from VCS and EMU firmware • Disk must not belong to a disk group • Downloads disk drive firmware one disk drive at a time • Files loaded from browser client • Click Code Load on Disk Enclosure Bay Properties page HP Restricted

  27. Creating a disk group after initialization(1 of 4) HP Restricted

  28. Scratch Disks Creating a disk group after initialization(2 of 4) Enter the name of the disk group HP Restricted

  29. Creating a disk group after initialization(3 of 4) Enter the number of disks in the disk group 12 Select disk group protection level HP Restricted

  30. Just some scratch disks. Creating a disk group after initialization(4 of 4) Recommendation is to use 90% You may want to enter some comments here HP Restricted

  31. Viewing and changing disk group properties HP Restricted

  32. Deleting disk groups • Disk groups can be deleted through the Disk Group Properties page • Click Delete • Click OK to confirm your actions • You cannot delete • A disk group if it has virtual disks • The default disk group unless an additional disk group has been created to protect metadata HP Restricted

  33. Installing and configuring hosts • Host installation required before creating hosts through the GUI • Configuration process for all operation systems • Uses OS platform kits • Steps must be completed in order • Step 6, Installing Multipathing Software, is only required for certain operating systems HP Restricted

  34. Creating a host • Collect host information • LAN name • IP address • WWID of one FCA • Operating system • Create a host folder • Add a host • Add more FCAs • Verify that the host has been added HP Restricted

  35. Adding a host (1 of 4) HP Restricted

  36. Adding a host (2 of 4) HP Restricted

  37. Adding a host (3 of 4) HP Restricted

  38. Adding a host (4 of 4) HP Restricted

  39. Viewing and changing host properties(1 of 3) HP Restricted

  40. Viewing and changing host properties(2 of 3) HP Restricted

  41. Viewing and changing host properties(3 of 3) HP Restricted

  42. Adding a host FCA Select FCA from the drop-down list HP Restricted

  43. Creating a virtual disk • Create a virtual disk folder • Create a virtual disk/virtual disk family • Virtual disk family contains • Only one active virtual disk • One snapshot (if one exists) HP Restricted

  44. Creating a virtual disk family (1 of 2) Enter the name of the virtual disk Select a disk group from the drop-down list Select virtual disk redundancy level Enter the size of virtual disk in GB Enter the LUN identifier (OpenVMS and Tru64) Select a host Select preferred controller HP Restricted

  45. Creating a virtual disk family (2 of 2) HP Restricted

  46. Viewing and changing virtual disk properties (1 of 2) HP Restricted

  47. Viewing and changing virtual disk properties (2 of 2) HP Restricted

  48. Presenting a virtual disk to a host (1 of 2) HP Restricted

  49. Presenting a virtual disk to a host (2 of 2) HP Restricted

More Related