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Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance
Administration and Configuration Guide
Version 5.0.0
January 24, 2014
Americas Headquarters
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134-1706
USA
http://www.cisco.com
Tel: 408 526-4000
800 553-NETS (6387)
Fax: 408 527-0883
OL-31370-01
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  • Page 1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide Version 5.0.0 January 24, 2014 Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 527-0883 OL-31370-01 Text Part Number:...
  • Page 2 Cisco and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. Cisco and the Cisco Logo are trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Creating a New Bond Default Gateway DNS Nameservers Static Routes Edit Bond Delete Bond Enable/Disable Bond Enable/Disable Fibre Channel Interface Create a Virtual Interface Create a VLAN Configure Devices Check Performance Host Settings Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 4 Communicating with a Partner Host Cisco to Cisco Cisco to Linux Cisco to Windows Create a Pairing Delete Async Replication Pairing Verify Partner Host Update Partner Host Async Replication Scheduling Restore View Log File Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 5 C H A P T E R Create a New User Account Assign or Unassign User Role Delete User Account Edit User Account Create or Modify a Role Delete a Role Change Password Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 6 Contents Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Overview

    If you are unable to perform either of these tasks, contact Tac@Cisco.com. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Interface Overview Table 1-1 provides a list of the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance GUI menu with an overview of each menu window and the task that can be performed from them.
  • Page 8 View array wear • indicator View Node • Status to check if the node has Data Reduction capability Administration Links to a PDF. — Guide Installation Guide Links to a PDF. — Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 9 Available and Permission-based. Allowed Portal Columns Error Correction Provides an option to reconstruct or to Turn on or off rebuild the data block content using parity. Permission-based. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 10 System Update is used by the • Administrator for starting a Service Pack (WSP) update package application process, when available. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 11 Uninstall Update button displays • immediately after an update is installed and is used to uninstall the last update. Shutdown and Reboot commands are • verified to prevent any unintentional action. Permission-based. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 12 Initiator, map or unmap LUNs, and delete Add individual • an Initiator Group. Initiator Groups Permission-based. View available • LUNs Map or Unmap • LUNs to or from an Initiator Group Delete an • Initiator Group Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 13 Requires that each user must have a user Create a New • account and must be assigned one or User Account more roles. Assign User • Permission-based. Roles Edit or Delete a • User Account Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 14: Licensed Features

    Cisco sales representative or write to tac@cisco.com. Licensed features are delivered over the Internet for clients with Autosupport during Call Home messaging or through a Cisco Service Pack Licensing download for those clients who are not connected to Autosupport over the Internet.

  • Page 15: Logging Into The Appliance

    Chapter 1 Overview Logging into the Appliance Power-on the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance and wait about 5 to 8 minutes. Step 1 The power supply LED isamber when it is plugged in and green when it is powered on.

  • Page 16: Document Roadmap

    Review current field information and modify as necessary. (For more information see, “Support Step 2 Settings,” on page 3-10.) Document Roadmap The remaining sections of this document provide information on each Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance menu item and the tasks associated with them (see Table 1-1 on page 1-2).

  • Page 17: Home

    Table 2-1 on page 2-1 Table 2-2 on page 2-2 provide legends for the colors of the RAID Status and Drive Status.: Table 2-1 Table 2.0: RAID Legend RAID Color Meaning Good Degraded Recovering Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 18: Node Status

    Spare Good Unused Node Status This area conveys whether or not the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance has Data Reduction. Data Reduction is a hardware determination. Note Drive Wear Monitor This speedometer provides a pictorial view of the drive’s wear status. Drives should be replaced when the wear arrow is in the yellow area (0-20).

  • Page 19: Removing A Drive

    • Assign drive to a RAID set • Caution For drives pulled from the drive slot or failed using the ‘Fail’ menu, please contact Cisco technical support before reassigning the drive Physically remove drive from the array, if necessary. •...

  • Page 20: Performance Mb/S, Iops, Latency, And Utilization Monitors

    Chapter 2 Home Performance MB/s, IOPS, Latency, and Utilization Monitors Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance supports vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI), which Note dramatically improves communication performance with VMware ESX servers. The Performance tab provides a point-in-time rendering of MB/s, IOPS, and latency characteristics on a last-10-minutes, daily and weekly basis.

  • Page 21: Chapter 3 Array Configuration

    Host Settings, page 3-8 Storage Allocation, page 3-8 Network Settings Modifying network settings will cause a brief interruption of connectivity to the C3124SA Appliance. Caution Use extreme caution when changing the settings on this window. The Network Settings menu window displays the Ethernet Bond Status table. This is a sortable list of all bonds currently available on this array.
  • Page 22 The bond's MAC address is externally visible on only one port (network adapter) to avoid confusing the switch. This mode provides fault tolerance. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 23: Default Gateway

    Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. To edit the Nameservers, do the following: Choose Array Configuration > Network Settings. Step 1 The Network Setting window appears. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 24: Static Routes

    Click Create or click Cancel to return to the Static Routes table. Step 5 Edit Bond To Edit a Bond, do the following: Changing bond0 can potentially sever the array connection. Caution Choose Array Configuration > Network Settings. Step 1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 25: Delete Bond

    Choose Enable /Disable Bond. Step 3 The confirmation dialog box appears, for example, a Disable Bond confirmation. Step 4 Choose Enable/Disable Bond or Cancel to return to the Network Settings window. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 26: Enable/Disable Fibre Channel Interface

    VLANs allow a network manager to logically segment a LAN into different broadcast domains. VLANs allow users who are not physically on the same or even in the same buildings to belong to the same LAN. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 27: Configure Devices

    Choose Array Configuration > Network Settings. Step 1 The Network Settings window appears. Step 2 Highlight a Bond from the Ethernet Bond Status list by mousing over it and right click. The right-click menu appears. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 28: Host Settings

    Storage Allocation Displays storage information. Right-click menu provides a menu option to create a LUN. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliances with Data Reduction can also display the physical storage space and the storage trend. Physical Space (Data Reduction)

  • Page 29: Storage Trend (Data Reduction)

    Choose Array Configuration > iSCSI Settings. Step 1 The iSCSI Information window appears. Use drag-and-drop functionality to move an Initiator to or from the Available to the Allowed Portal IP Step 2 addresses columns. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 30: Error Correction

    To access the Error Correction switch choose Node Configuration > Error Correction. Support Settings The Cisco Installation Team will have configured UCS Invicta Scaling Array so that there is SRR communication and SSR-to-SSN communication. The SSRs are connected to the network and are now controlling the network data sent to the SSNs.
  • Page 31 Port 443 outbound. Send from Domain Applies only when emails are being sent directly from the Cisco Array if there is no connection to the Autosupport server over the Internet. Proxy URL/IP The proxy server that the customer uses to direct outgoing requests.

  • Page 32: System Update

    Clicking System Update opens a dialog box that asks the Administrator to choose the system update file (CSP) that was sent by Cisco, which may have been saved locally. Uploading this file loads the system update onto UCS Invicta Scaling Array. After the file has been authenticated by the system, the Administrator is prompted through the remaining update process.

  • Page 33: Address Alert

    Resolved Removes selected alerts from the active list. However, should the same alerts recur during subsequent System checks, they will repeatedly appear in the active list until the issues causing these alerts are resolved. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide 3-13 OL-31370-01...
  • Page 34 Chapter 3 Array Configuration Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide 3-14 OL-31370-01...

  • Page 35: Lun Configuration

    Choose LUN Configuration > LUNs. Step 1 The LUNs window appears. Click Create LUN. Step 2 The Create New LUN dialog box appears. Step 3 Complete the Create New LUN fields: Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 36: Increase Lun Size

    Snapshots are automatically resized based upon the number of changes to the Origin volume and the • amount of free space left on the Origin volume. Snapshots can be mounted for read/write purposes. • One or more Snapshots can be deleted manually. • Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 37: Schedule Snapshot

    Click New Schedule Entry one or more times to schedule one-time or recurring Snapshots. • Enter the Snapshot start time (24-hour clock) or use the Hour and Minute slide bar to choose a – time. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 38 The Delete Snapshot confirmation dialog box appears. Choose Delete or choose Cancel to return to the LUNs window. Step 4 You must delete all associated snapshots before a LUN can be deleted. Note Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 39: Delete Lun

    Highlight a LUN from the LUNs list by mousing over it and right click. Step 2 The right-click menu appears Choose the Delete menu option. Step 3 A delete confirmation dialog box appears. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 40: View Lun Performance Data

    A LUN may be mapped to multiple Initiator Groups while an Initiator cannot be listed as a member of Note more than one Initiator Group. Create an Initiator Group Choose LUN Configuration > Initiator Groups. Step 1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 41: Map A Lun To An Initiator Group

    The Map LUN to Initiator Group Dialog Box appears. Caution Initiators have LUNs mapped starting from Map ID ‘0’. Failure to remap a LUN to Map ID ‘0’ will result in LUN mapping issues. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 42: Unmap Lun From Initiator

    Drag-and-drop a LUN from the Initiator Groups LUN list to the Initiator Available LUN list below • The LUN disappears from the Initiator Group’s LUN list and reappears on the Available LUNs list. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...

  • Page 43: Delete Initiator Group

    Click an Initiator Group to highlight it and right click. The right-click menu appears. Choose Delete Group. Step 3 A delete verification dialog box appears. Click Delete Group or click Cancel to return to the Initiators list. Step 4 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01...
  • Page 44 Chapter 4 LUN Configuration Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide 4-10 OL-31370-01...

  • Page 45: Asynchronous Replication

    If you do not have the Asynchronous Replication feature activated but would like to use it, please contact your Cisco Sales Representative or write to tac@Cisco.com. Cisco uses block-level Async Replication and incorporates an Async snapshot feature to capture a point-in-time state that allows applications to continue writing their data. These features help to prevent damage from failures or disasters that may occur in one location and improves the ability to recover a copy of the data in another location.

  • Page 46: Communicating With A Partner Host

    Communicating with a Partner Host To perform replication successfully, there must be a way for communicating between the local LUN and the remote replication site to establish that the client (local Cisco Array) is allowed to invoke commands on the server (remote replication site).
  • Page 47 Enter vi authorized_keys. Step 4 Paste the Cisco Public Key copied in Step 2 into the authorized_keys list and click Enter. Step 5 See the following sample procedure to configure a Linux Host to be used as a Linux ‘Open Target’...
  • Page 48 Enter vi authorized_keys. Step 4 Paste the Cisco Public Key copied in Step 2 into the authorized_keys list and click Enter. Step 5 See the following sample procedure to configure a Linux Host to be used as a Linux ‘Open Target’...

  • Page 49: Cisco To Windows

    To install the Windows software package and to configure for the Async Replication to run, do the following: Step 1 Login to the Windows 2008 R2 Server machine as Administrator and open a browser to go to Cisco page. Choose Async Replication > Pairings. Step 2 The Async Replication window appears.

  • Page 50: Create A Pairing

    Manual replication scheduling • Replication Termination • Additionally, the LUN column is green for replication in progress and tan when a restore is in progress. To create an Async Pairing, do the following: Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 51: Delete Async Replication Pairing

    Note Target Type Choose from the drop-down list. • The target platform to which the replication is sent. Defaults to Cisco and is intended for use exclusively with Cisco storage arrays. Linux-LVM, Linux-RAW, and Windows are the other selections. •...

  • Page 52: Verify Partner Host

    Update the field or fields, as necessary. Step 4 Click Update to update the pairing or click Cancel to return to the Async Replication window. Step 5 When updating a partner host, a full replication is triggered. Note Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 53: Async Replication Scheduling

    Click Delete for any scheduled entry you want to remove. Step 6 The choices for Thread and Init Block Size stay constant for any Async Replication that is scheduled for Note this LUN Pairing. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 54: Restore

    Click Restore or click Cancel to return to the Async Replication window. Table 5-4 Restore Selection Options Source: Threads LUN Name • Volume Group • • Threads View Log File To view replication and restoration log files, do the following: Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide 5-10 OL-25761-DRAFT...
  • Page 55 Click Clear to clean the log for that specific pairing. A confirmation dialog box appears. • Click OK to close the dialog box or click Cancel to return to the log. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide 5-11 OL-25761-DRAFT...
  • Page 56 Chapter 5 Asynchronous Replication Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide 5-12 OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 57: Users

    Roles are created with specific permission sets that are configurable from the Roles window. Without permission-defined roles, the default permission for a User Account is the ability to view the Home Menu, Main Dashboard and the ability to change a password from the User Menu. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 58: Delete User Account

    The User Accounts window appears. Choose a User Account and right-click. Step 2 The right-click menu appears. Choose Edit. Step 3 The Edit User dialog box appears. Step 4 Complete necessary changes to fields. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 59: Create Or Modify A Role

    Conversely, if permission is granted to perform an action, permission to the window where that function is located must also be granted. For example, LUNs window access must be permissioned along with a LUN action, for example, LUNs Edit action. Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

  • Page 60: Delete A Role

    Choose Users > Change Password. Step 1 The Change Password window appears. Complete the fields and click Change Password. Step 2 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration Guide OL-25761-DRAFT...

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