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OceanStor S5600 Storage System
V100R002
Initial Configuration Guide
Issue
02
Date
2009-09-30
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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  • Page 1 OceanStor S5600 Storage System V100R002 Initial Configuration Guide Issue Date 2009-09-30 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 2 All other trademarks and trade names mentioned in this document are the property of their respective holders. Notice The purchased products, services and features are stipulated by the contract made between Huawei and the customer. All or part of the products, services and features described in this document may not be within the purchase scope or the usage scope.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3.1 Configuration Process.............................3-3 3.2 Creating a RAID Group..........................3-5 3.2.1 RAID Levels Supported by the System....................3-6 3.2.2 Creating a RAID 0 Group........................3-7 3.2.3 Creating a RAID 5 Group........................3-9 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 4 A.1 Preparations For Contacting Huawei......................A-2 A.1.1 Collecting Troubleshooting Information....................A-2 A.1.2 Making Debugging Preparations......................A-2 A.2 How to Use the Document..........................A-2 A.3 How to Obtain Help from Website........................A-2 A.4 Ways to Contact Huawei..........................A-3 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 5 OceanStor S5600 Storage System Initial Configuration Guide Contents B Glossary............................B-1 C Acronyms and Abbreviations....................C-1 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 7 Figure 3-11 Selecting a host for adding a mapping....................3-21 Figure 3-12 Add Mapping..........................3-21 Figure 3-13 iSCSI Host Port..........................3-23 Figure 3-14 IP Configuration..........................3-23 Figure 3-15 Adding a Route..........................3-24 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 8 Figure 4-5 Modify Alarm Email.......................... 4-7 Figure 4-6 Trap IP..............................4-8 Figure 4-7 Set Trap IP............................4-9 Figure 4-8 Set Alarm Sound..........................4-10 Figure 4-9 Short Message...........................4-11 Figure 4-10 Modify Short Message........................4-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 9 Table 3-11 Parameters for adding a port......................3-40 Table 3-12 Parameters of the CHAP user......................3-43 Table 4-1 Parameters for alarm mailbox......................4-7 Table 4-2 Parameters for modifying the short message information..............4-12 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 11: About This Document

    Initial Configuration Guide About This Document About This Document Purpose This document describes the initial configuration of the OceanStor S5600 storage system (the S5600 for short). Related Versions The following table lists the product version related to this document. Product Name...

  • Page 12: B Glossary

    General Conventions The general conventions that may be found in this document are defined as follows. Convention Description Times New Roman Normal paragraphs are in Times New Roman. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 13 Multi-level menus are in boldface and separated by the ">" signs. For example, choose File > Create > Folder. Keyboard Operations The keyboard operations that may be found in this document are defined as follows. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 14 The second commercial release has the following updates: Chapter 3 Configuring the Storage System Adding modifying the FC port mode. Updates in Issue 01 (2009-05-20) Initial commercial release. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 15: Process Of The Initial Configuration

    Preparations and steps to log in to the OSM3.0. 1.8 Configuring the Storage System Introduce how to configure the S5600 storage system. 1.9 Setting Additional Information Introduce how to set additional information for the S5600. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 16: Overview Of The Initial Configuration

    FC: fiber channel HBA: host bus adapter AS: application server IP: Internet Protocol OSM: OceanStor storage manager Figure 1-1 shows the steps of the S5600 initial configuration. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 17: Planning The Networking

    Introduce the typical networking of S5600. The S5600 is a storage system on the storage area network (SAN). The front-end host ports of S5600 controller subracks are described as follows: Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 18: Figure 1-2 Typical Networking Of The S5600 Controller Subrack (Fc Host Ports)

    D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack D200 disk subrack Optical fiber Network cable Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 19: Installing And Checking The Hardware

    The FC switches enable the storage devices to connect to more ASs. 1.3 Installing and Checking the Hardware Introduce how to install and check the hardware of S5600. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 20: Table 1-1 Equipment Installation Checklist

    Reinstall the support rails if they are not correctly installed. For details on how to install the S5600 controller subrack, see the OceanStor S5600 Controller Subrack User Guide. For details on how to install a D200 disk subrack, see the OceanStor D200 Disk Subrack User Guide.

  • Page 21: Configuring The Nics Or Fc Hbas For The Ass

    Step 2 Configuring the NICs or FC HBAs for the AS and related drivers. For details on how to choose the NICs or FC HBAs, see the Table 2-2. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 22: Setting Up The Management Environment

    The ASs and maintenance loosened. terminals are properly grounded as required. The ASs or maintenance terminals are not properly grounded. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 23 When one end of an optical fiber connects to the RX port, the other end connects to the TX port; or vice versa. For details on the cascading principles, see the OceanStor S5600 Controller Subrack User Guide. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential...

  • Page 24: Configuring The Ip Address Of The Management Network Port On The Controller

    For details on how to install the small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module and optical fibers, see the OceanStor S5600 Controller Subrack User Guide. d: It is used when the S5600 configured with FC and iSCSI host ports and ASs form the IP SAN with Ethernet switches.

  • Page 25: Logging In To The Cli Through The Serial Port

    Step 1 Run the HyperTerminal of Windows. A dialog box is displayed. See Figure 1-3. Enter a name and select an icon for the new connection. Click OK. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1-11 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 26: Figure 1-3 Connection Description

    Step 3 The COM1 Properties dialog box is displayed. Set the parameters as shown in Figure 1-5 then click OK. The interface of the HyperTerminal is displayed. 1-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 27: Figure 1-5 Com1 Properties

    Step 4 Press Enter. If the controller subrack is connected to the maintenance terminal successfully, the system displays the information as shown in Figure 1-6. Figure 1-6 Interface for the successful connection between the controller subrack and the maintenance terminal Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1-13 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 28: Logging In To The Cli Through The Management Network Port

    CLI through the remote login software that supports the SSH protocol. NOTE This document takes the PuTTY software as an example. You can download the PuTTY software on related websites. 1-14 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 29: Figure 1-8 Putty Configuration

    The default IP addresses of the management network port is 192.168.128.101/16 and 192.168.128.102/16. Step 3 Click Open and the displayed interface is as shown in Figure 1-9. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1-15 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 30: Figure 1-9 Logging To The Server Through The Putty Software

    The viewer user cannot change password by himself/herself. You can change the password on the CLI only. For details on how to change the password, see the OceanStor S5000 Series Storage System Command Reference. 1-16 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 31: Configuring The Ip Address Of The Management Network Port On The Controller

    -a IP address: the IP address of the management network port on the controller. -s subnet mask: the subnet mask. -g gateway: the gateway. a: controller A. b: controller B. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1-17 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 32: Logging In To The Osm3.0

    S5000 Series Storage System Command Reference. If any exception occurs when you set the IP addresses for the controllers, contact Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei for short) for technical support. For details on how to obtain help, see Appendix A "How to Obtain Help."...
  • Page 33 Click OK. The Advanced Privacy Settings dialog box is closed. Click OK. The Internet Options… dialog box is closed. Step 6 Do not use a proxy server for the OSM3.0. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1-19 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 34: Logging In To The Osm3.0

    System > System information. Then, click the Synchronize System Time button. 1-20 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 35: Configuring The Storage System

    Introduce how to set additional information for the S5600. For details on how to set additional information about the S5600, see "4 Setting Additional Information" . Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 1-21 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 37: Setting Up The Management Environment

    2.1 Preparations Introduce the preparations made before setting up a management environment, including list of devices and networking configuration. 2.2 Networking Introduce the typical networking of S5600. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 38: Preparations

    Ethernet switch Cable Network cable Optical fiber (working with SFP modules) Serial cable with an RJ-45 connector at one end and a DB-9 connector at the other end Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 39: Networking Configuration

    Intel Pro/1000 MT Server Adapter, which needs a driver of version 5.3.42.0 or later. Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet, which needs a driver of version 9.52.0.0 or later. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 40: Networking

    FC switch Huawei switch blade NX20 NOTE A Huawei switch blade must works with Huawei server blades. Brocade SilkWorm 240E Ethernet switch Huawei switch blade NX20 Huawei Quidway S5516 and Quidway S5600, both of which are...

  • Page 41: Networking Principle

    When you use a four-port FC host port module, pick one port from FC0 and FC1 and pick another port from FC2 and FC3. Then, connect the two ports to the FC switch. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 42: Figure 2-1 Networking Of As With One Fc Hba Direct Connection

    To match each AS with one virtual host, you must add the information about the physical ports of the ASs to the virtual hosts. The storage device identifies each AS through the information about the physical port of the AS. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 43: Figure 2-2 Networking Of As With Two Fc Hbas+ Two Fc Fabrics

    To be specific, port 1 can connect to only port 5 or port 7, while it cannot connect to port 6 or port 8. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 44: Typical Networking Of The S5600 Controller Subrack (Fc And Iscsi Host Ports)

    AS with Two FC HBAs+Two NICs+Two Fabrics+ Two Subnets Figure 2-3 shows the networking of AS with two FC HBAs+two NICs+two Fabrics+ two subnets. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 45: Figure 2-3 Networking Of As With Two Fc Hbas+Two Nics+Two Fabrics+ Two Subnets

    For details, see "AS with Two FC HBAs+ Two Fabrics" in "2.2.2 Typical Networking of the S5600 Controller Subrack (FC Host Ports)". Ports are allocated into zones as follows. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 46: Figure 2-4 Networking Of As With One Fc Hba+Two Nics+Two Subnets+ Direct Connection

    S5600 controller subrack (FC and iSCSI host ports) iSCSI host port FC host port Network cable Optical fiber IP address of host port 10 on controller A: 192.168.11.100 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 2-10 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 47: Two-Node Cluster By The S5600 Controller Subrack (Fc Host Ports)

    This does not affect the normal use of the LUN. AS with One FC HBA+Three NICs+ Two Fabrics Figure 2-5 shows the cluster networking of AS with one FC HBA+three NICs+ two Fabrics. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 2-11 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 48: Figure 2-5 Cluster Networking Of As With One Fc Hba+Three Nics+ Two Fabrics

    IP address of port 1 on NIC 5: 10.147.0.6 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 6: 129.20.11.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.224.0 Figure 2-5, ports are allocated into zones as follows. 2-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 49: Figure 2-6 Cluster Networking Of As With Two Fc Hbas+Three Nics+ Direct Connection

    Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 5: 10.147.0.6 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 6: 129.20.11.2 Subnet mask: 255.255.224.0 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 2-13 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 50: Figure 2-7 Cluster Networking Of As With Two Fc Hbas+Three Nics+ Two Fabrics

    Subnet mask: 255.255.224.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 2: 10.147.0.5 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 3: 10.147.0.15 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 2-14 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 51: Two-Node Cluster By The S5600 Controller Subrack (Fc And Iscsi Host Ports)

    VCS cluster software in Linux is not compatible. Figure 2-8 shows the networking of AS with two FC HBAs+three NICs&five NICs+two Fabrics + two subnets. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 2-15 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 52 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 6: 129.20.11.11 Subnet mask: 255.255.224.0 IP address of port 1 on NIC 7:192.168.11.150 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 2-16 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 53 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 2-17 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 55: Configuring The Storage System

    AS to the storage system. This section describes how to connect a Windows AS or a Linux AS to the iSCSI host port of the controller. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 56 After a LUN is mapped to an AS, you need to configure the LUN on the AS. This section describes how to use the LUN on a Windows AS and a Linux AS. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 57: Configuration Process

    Use a LUN on an NOTE The steps enclosed by dashed lines should be performed after you log in to the AS. The other steps are performed on the OSM3.0. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 58 AS to the controller Add a port Start the Using CHAP CHAP authentication on authentication an AS Use a LUN on an AS Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 59: Creating A Raid Group

    3.2.5 Creating a RAID 10 Group RAID 10 is suitable for services that requires high performance and reliability, such as database servers. RAID 10 can be created conveniently on the OSM3.0. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 60: Raid Levels Supported By The System

    RAID 10 group. RAID 5 is recommended for an application of many write operations. Generally, RAID – 5 has higher write performance but lower read performance than RAID 10. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 61: Creating A Raid 0 Group

    RAID Group node. Click RAID Group Manager. Step 2 On the right of the RAID Group Manager interface, click Create RAID Group. The Create RAID Group interface is displayed. See Figure 3-3. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 62: Figure 3-3 Creating A Raid 0 Group

    To create a RAID 0 group, the number of the selected hard disks must be larger than 1 and smaller than 25. Step 5 Click OK. The Confirm dialog box is displayed. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 63: Creating A Raid 5 Group

    The name can contain letters, numbers, underscores (_), and hyphens (-), and the first character cannot be a hyphen. The name contains 1 to 32 characters. Level Select RAID 5. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 64: Creating A Raid 6 Group

    Create RAID Group interface is displayed. See Figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 Create RAID Group interface (RAID 6) Step 3 Enter parameters for creating RAID 6. Table 3-3 lists the parameter description. 3-10 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 65: Creating A Raid 10 Group

    RAID Group node. Click RAID Group Management. Step 2 On the right of the RAID Group Management interface, click Create RAID Group. The Create RAID Group interface is displayed. See Figure 3-6. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-11 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 66: Figure 3-6 Creating A Raid 10 Group

    These eight hard disks are in 1+7 redundancy mode. NOTE If the number of hard disks in a mirroring group is equal to that of member disks, the RAID level is RAID 1. 3-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 67: Creating A Lun

    Step 1 On the OSM3.0 main interface, click Service and then expand the RAID Group node in the Service navigation tree. Step 2 Select a RAID group and click the name of the RAID group. An interface is displayed. See Figure 3-7. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-13 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 68: Figure 3-7 Selecting A Raid Group

    Note the following items when selecting owning controller: When the hard disk type of RAID Group is SSD, all created LUNs must be located in one owning controller. 3-14 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 69: Table 3-5 Parameters For Creating A Lun

    If the system stores much random data, for example, transaction data, set a small stripe unit size. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-15 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 70 Write back and no mirroring Data is written in the local cache only. This strategy has high performance and general reliability. 3-16 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 71: Creating A Host Group

    Mapping navigation tree. The information about the host group is displayed on the right. Step 2 Click Create Host Group. The Create Host Group interface is displayed. See Figure 3-9. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-17 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 72: Adding A Host

    AS unless a port has been added to this virtual host. Prerequisite NOTE The system supports a maximum of 256 hosts. 3-18 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 73: Figure 3-10 Add Host

    The name contains 1 to 32 characters. Step 4 Click OK. The Confirm dialog box is displayed. Step 5 Click OK. The system displays "Operation succeeds". ----End Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-19 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 74: Adding A Mapping

    The interface showing the information about the host group or the host is displayed. This section describes how to add a mapping to a host. See Figure 3-11. 3-20 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 75: Figure 3-11 Selecting A Host For Adding A Mapping

    You can maximally map 10 LUNs to a host or host group once. But when you adds several mappings, the LUN ID selected in Step 3 is invalid. The system automatically allocates a host LUN ID. Step 5 Click OK. The system displays "Operation succeeds". Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-21 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 76: Setting The Iscsi Host Port On The Controllers

    Step 1 On the OSM3.0 main interface, click Service. Expand the iSCSI Config node in the Service navigation tree and then click iSCSI Host Port. The iSCSI Host Port is displayed. See Figure 3-13. 3-22 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 77: Figure 3-13 Iscsi Host Port

    Figure 3-14. Figure 3-14 IP Configuration Step 3 Set the parameters of the iSCSI host port. Table 3-8 describes the parameters of an iSCSI host port. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-23 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 78: Figure 3-15 Adding A Route

    3-15, select a route and then click Delete Route. The route is deleted. Step 5 Set the parameters for adding a route based on the actual networking environment.Table 3-9 describes the parameters for adding a route. 3-24 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 79: Setting The Fc Host Port On The Controllers

    To ensure the optimal port performance and the connection of the controller to the server, the rate of the FC host port must be set correctly. Prerequisite The controller supports two FC port rates shown as follows: 2Gbit/s 4Gbit/s Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-25 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 80: Figure 3-16 Fc Host Port

    Step 2 Select an FC host port (for example, host port 00 on controller A). Click Modify Rate. The Modify Rate page is displayed, as shown in Figure 3-17. Figure 3-17 Modifying the rate of the FC host ports 3-26 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 81: Changing The Port Mode

    Step 2 Select an FC host port (for example, host port 00 on controller A). Click Change Mode. The Change Mode page is displayed, as shown in Figure 3-19. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-27 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 82: Figure 3-19 Changing The Mode Of The Fc Host Ports

    2. Switches can connect with each other, and construct a highly hybrid network system by connecting with a loop network. Step 4 Click OK. The system displays "Operation succeeds". ----End 3-28 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 83: Setting Up A Connection From The As To The Controller

    If you need to install the multipath software, do not select the check box next to Microsoft MPIO Multipathing Support for iSCSI. Step 3 Run the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator software. Figure 3-20 shows iSCSI initiator properties. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-29 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 84: Figure 3-20 Iscsi Initiator Properties

    For multiple ASs connected to a controller, the initiators must be named differently. Step 4 Choose Discovery tab. Click Add. The Add Target Portal dialog box is displayed. See Figure 3-21. 3-30 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 85: Figure 3-21 Add Target Portal

    Step 6 Click OK. In the Target Portals group box, you can see the information of the added target. Figure 3-22. Figure 3-22 Check target ports Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-31 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 86: Figure 3-23 Iscsi Initiator Properties

    Step 8 In the Targets area box, click an available target and then click Log On..The Log On to Target dialog box is displayed. See Figure 3-24. Figure 3-24 Log on to target 3-32 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 87: Figure 3-25 Advanced Settings

    NIC port on the AS from the Source IP drop-down list box; choose the IP address of the iSCSI host port on a controller from the Target Portal drop-down list box. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-33 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 88: Linux As

    Adding a Port". ----End 3.9.2 Linux AS A Linux AS can connect to the controller subrack and read/write the storage data after you do the following configuration. 3-34 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 89 YaST interface. Choose Software on the left side of the interface. Move the cursor and choose Install and Remove Software on the right side. Press Enter. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-35 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 90: Figure 3-27 Yast Control Center

    Press Alt+S to search for all the files that contain iSCSI. The Package Search interface is displayed. See Figure 3-28. Press Alt+O to confirm the operation. Figure 3-28 Package search Select linux-iscsi. See Figure 3-29. Press Alt+A to confirm the operation. 3-36 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 91: Figure 3-29 Selecting Linux-Iscsi

    Step 8 Enter the command vi /etc/iscsi.conf, add the iSCSI IP address (that is, the destination IP) set at the controller subrack side. The following information is displayed: DiscoveryAddress=192.168.1.18 Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-37 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 92: Adding A Port

    Step 1 On the OSM3.0 main interface, click Mapping. In the Mapping navigation tree, click a host. The interface showing the information about the host is displayed. See Figure 3-30. 3-38 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 93: Figure 3-30 Selecting A Host For Adding A Port

    Step 2 Click the Port tab. The interface showing the information about the ports of the host is displayed. Figure 3-31. Figure 3-31 Port Step 3 Click Add Port. The Add Port interface is displayed. See Figure 3-32. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-39 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 94: Figure 3-32 Add Port

    The port name contains only letters, numbers, underscores (_), and hyphens (-), and the first character cannot be a hyphen. The name contains 1 to 32 characters. 3-40 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 95: Enabling Chap Authentication

    To improve the security of ASs accessing the storage system, you are recommended to enable CHAP authentication. 3.11.1 Creating a CHAP User Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-41 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 96: Creating A Chap User

    User. The CHAP User Information interface is displayed. See Figure 3-33. Figure 3-33 CHAP user information Step 2 Click Create. The Create CHAP User interface is displayed. See Figure 3-34. 3-42 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 97: Setting A Chap User

    Set a CHAP user for an iSCSI port. Prerequisite Before setting a CHAP user for an iSCSI port, you must have successfully created a CHAP user and set the iSCSI port. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-43 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 98: Figure 3-35 Iscsi Port

    CHAP User interface is displayed. See Figure 3-36. Figure 3-36 Added CHAP users Step 3 Click Add User. The Add User interface is displayed. See Figure 3-37. 3-44 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 99: Enabling Chap Authentication

    Step 3 Click Start CHAP Authentication. The Confirm dialog box is displayed. Step 4 Confirm the settings and enter yes. Click OK. The system prompts "Operation succeeds." ----End Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-45 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 100: Using Chap Authentication On An As

    Step 6 Click OK to return to the Log On to Target dialog box. Step 7 Click OK to return to the iSCSI Initiator properties dialog box. 3-46 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 101: Linux As

    Use a LUN on a Windows server. 3.13.2 Linux AS Use a LUN on a Linux server. 3.13.1 Windows AS Use a LUN on a Windows server. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-47 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 102: Figure 3-38 Computer Management

    Tools > Device Manager. Then expand the SCSI and RAID controllers node on the right. If Multi-Path Support is displayed, it indicates that the UltraPath is installed. See Figure 3-38. Figure 3-38 Computer management 3-48 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 103: Figure 3-39 Viewing The Logical Disks

    2 TB. Figure 3-39 Viewing the logical disks Figure 3-40 shows the situation that the disk capacity is larger than 2 TB. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-49 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 104: Figure 3-40 Viewing The Logical Disks

    Step Step 5 Initialize a logical disk. Right-click Disk 1. Figure 3-41 shows the situation that the disk capacity is not more than 2 TB. 3-50 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 105: Figure 3-41 Menu For Initializing A Disk

    Figure 3-41 Menu for initializing a disk Figure 3-42 shows the situation that the disk capacity is larger than 2 TB. Figure 3-42 Menu for initializing a disk Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-51 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 106: Figure 3-43 Menu For Initializing A Disk

    10. If the disk capacity is larger than 2 TB, go Step Step 8 Right click Disk 1 to convert a normal disk to the GPT disk. See Figure 3-44. 3-52 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 107: Figure 3-44 Menu For Convert To Gpt Disk

    Figure 3-44 Menu for convert to GPT disk Step 9 Click Convert to GPT Disk. See Figure 3-45. Figure 3-45 "Convert to GPT Disk" is finished Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-53 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 108: Linux As

    Check whether the AS is installed with the UltraPath. The UltraPath is not installed. – Enter: /etc/init.d/iscsi restart This command starts the iSCSI service to scan new LUNs. The UltraPath is installed. – Enter: 3-54 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 109 Step 5 Run the fdisk /dev/sdb command to partition the logical disk sdb. You can make the settings as required. The following information is displayed: Command (m for help): n Command action extended primary partition (1-4) Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 3-55 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 110 LUN again. Enter the following command: umount /dev/sdb1 NOTE Before deleting the mapping of an LUN on the OSM3.0 main interface, you need to run the umount command on the AS. 3-56 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 111: Setting Additional Information

    4.1 Setting the System Information Introduce how to set the system information for the S5600. 4.2 Setting the Alarm Information Introduce how to set the alarm information for the S5600. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 112: Setting The System Information

    Procedure Step 1 On the OSM3.0 main interface, click System. In the System navigation tree, click System Information. The System Information interface is displayed. See Figure 4-1. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 113: Modifying The Name And The Location

    Step 4 Enter yes. Click OK. The system displays "Operation succeeds". ----End 4.1.2 Modifying the Name and the Location The system name indicates the system functions and the location indicates the physical addresses of storage devices. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 114: Switching Over Primary And Secondary Controllers

    When the storage system is configured with two controllers, the operations of system upgrade and controller replacement relate to the primary and secondary status of the controllers. By Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 115: Synchronizing The System Time

    Step 3 Enter yes. Click OK. The system displays "Operation succeeds". ----End 4.2 Setting the Alarm Information Introduce how to set the alarm information for the S5600. 4.2.1 Setting the Alarm Information Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 116: Figure 4-4 Alarm Email

    Step 1 On the OSM3.0 main interface, click Alarm. The Current Fault interface is displayed. In the Alarm navigation tree, click Configuration Operation. The Alarm Email interface is displayed. See Figure 4-4. Figure 4-4 Alarm Email Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 117: Figure 4-5 Modify Alarm Email

    This parameter indicates the SMTP user name of the sender. requires the ID NOTE authentication If clear the checkbox, the parameter SMTP Account and Password are unavailable. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 118: Setting The Trap Ip Address

    Click the Trap IP tab. The Trap IP interface is displayed. See Figure 4-6. Figure 4-6 Trap IP Step 2 Click Modify. The Set Trap IP interface is displayed. See Figure 4-7. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 119: Setting The Alarm Buzzer

    Alarm navigation tree, click Configuration Operation. The Alarm Email interface is displayed. Click the Alarm Buzzer tab. The Set Alarm Sound interface is displayed. See Figure 4-8. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 120: Setting The Short Message

    The alarm buzzer can be disabled in two ways: Pressing the Mute button on the DIP switch. For details on the DIP switch, see the OceanStor S5600 Controller Subrack User Guide. On the OSM3.0 main interface, set the status of Server Alarm Buzzer Settings bar to 4.2.4 Setting the Short Message...

  • Page 121: Figure 4-9 Short Message

    Alarm navigation tree, click Configuration Operation. The Alarm Email interface is displayed. Click the Short Message tab. The Short Message interface is displayed. See Figure 4-9. Figure 4-9 Short Message Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 4-11 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 122: Figure 4-10 Modify Short Message

    Indicates the number of the short message center. The number ranges from Center Number 0 to 9. In addition, you must add "+" and the country code before the number, for example, +8613000000000. 4-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 123 Step 4 Click OK. The Confirm dialog box is displayed. Step 5 Click OK. The system displays "The command is run, please wait…". ----End Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential 4-13 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 125: A How To Obtain Help

    Huawei. A.2 How to Use the Document Huawei provides guide documents shipped with the device. The guide documents can be used to handle the common problems occurring in daily maintenance or troubleshooting. A.3 How to Obtain Help from Website...

  • Page 126: Collecting Troubleshooting Information

    You need to collect troubleshooting information before troubleshoot. A.1.2 Making Debugging Preparations When you contact Huawei for help, the technical support engineer of Huawei might assist you to do certain operations to collect information about the fault or rectify the fault directly.

  • Page 127: Ways To Contact Huawei

    Customer service center Technical support website: http://support.huawei.com You can query how to contact the regional offices at http://support.huawei.com. A.4 Ways to Contact Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. provides customers with comprehensive technical support and service. For any assistance, contact our local office or company headquarters.
  • Page 129 The system is defined under IEEE standard 1149.1 and is also often known as JTAG (Joint Test Action Group). Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 130 This strategy applies to the applications that require reading data of a fixed size in a certain order. An example is the streaming media demanded by multiple subscribers who use the same bit rate. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 131 DIP switch board. System capacity can be expanded by cascading multiple disk subracks. Disk utilization The percentage of used capacity in the total available capacity. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 132 Nodes connected to Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop arbitrates for the single transmission that can occur the loop at any instant. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 133 When the amount of the dirty page reaches the low level, cache stops storing the dirty page into disks. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 134 A system component that can initiate an I/O operation on an I/O bus or on a network. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 135 LUNs are located. LUN mapping The OceanStor storage system maps LUNs to ASs so that the ASs can access the storage reorganization. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 136 N_Port or an NL_Port based on the network that they are connected to. When the NL_Port is in passive loop mode, the NL_Port must copy and transmit the frame. Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 137 OceanStor S5600 Storage System Initial Configuration Guide B Glossary OceanStor A trademark of Huawei storage device. Online LUN A process of expanding LUN capacity online without interrupting expansion services. Original LUN The LUN where the original data of the copied LUNs is located.
  • Page 138 CPU or a communications device one bit at a time. Serial ports are used for serial data communication and as interfaces with some peripheral devices, such as mouse and printers. B-10 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 139 Stripe unit The physical extent block that consists of stripes in each physical extent of a redundancy group. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential B-11 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 140 Unload slave LUN The process of unloading the last slave LUN from the connected LUNs. Used hot-spare A hot-spare disk that is in use. disk User interface The interface on which users enter commands for operation. B-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 141 Only the N_Port or the NL_Port in the same partition can communicate with each other through the optical network. Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential B-13 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

  • Page 143: C Acronyms And Abbreviations

    FC-AL fiber channel arbitrated loop Gigabit Ethernet host bus adapter HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure Internet Explorer Internet Protocol iSCSI internet small computer systems interface Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 144 SATA serial advanced technology attachment SCSI small computer systems interface Small Form-Factor Pluggable SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Service Pack solid state drive hard disk user interface Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
  • Page 145 OceanStor S5600 Storage System Initial Configuration Guide C Acronyms and Abbreviations Veritas Cluster Server VLAN Virtual LAN World Wide Name Issue 02 (2009-09-30) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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