EMC CLARiiON 300002039 Installation Manual

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This guide describes how to install and remove the Navisphere® Host
Agent, Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility, Navisphere Server
Utility, Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI), and admsnap software
on a Sun Solaris operating system.
For information on supported operating system revisions and server
software with a CX3-series or CX-series storage system, refer to the E-Lab™
Interoperability Navigator on the
storage systems, refer to the Support Matrix (Supported Configurations) or
the Supported Configurations link on the Install web page for your storage
system.
Note: This document uses the term CX3-series to refer to CX3 model 10 systems,
CX3 model 20 systems, CX3 model 40 systems, and CX3 model 80 systems, and
the term CX-series to refer to CX200, CX300-series, CX400, CX500-series, CX600,
and CX700 storage systems, and the term AX-series to refer to AX150-series and
AX100-series storage systems.
Topics include:
About EMC Navisphere Software ................................................... 3
Finding current information ........................................................... 8
Utility .......................................................................................... 9
Configuring the Navisphere Host Agent ......................................... 28
Using the Event Monitor configuration file...................................... 30
Running the Navisphere Host Agent .............................................. 31
EMC CLARiiON Server Support
Products for Solaris Server
P/N 300-002-039, Revision A10
Powerlink

Installation Guide

August 17, 2007
website. For AX-series
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    CX700 storage systems, and the term AX-series to refer to AX150–series and AX100–series storage systems. Topics include: About EMC Navisphere Software ... 3 Finding current information ... 8 Installing and removing the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility ... 9 Running the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility ...
  • Page 2 Installing and removing the Navisphere Server Utility ... 34 Running the Navisphere Server Utility ... 37 Installing and removing the Admsnap Utility... 42 Running the Admsnap Utility ... 46 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 3: About Emc Navisphere Software

    About EMC Navisphere Software About the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide The following EMC® server-based software is available on the server support CD that shipped with your storage system or your upgrade kit (for AX-series systems upgrading to Navisphere Manager): Navisphere®...
  • Page 4 About the Navisphere Host Agent About the Navisphere Server Utility EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide Note: The Navisphere Initialization Utility runs on servers attached to CX3-series, CX700, CX500-series, CX300-series, and AX-series storage systems. CX3 model 10 systems must be running FLARE® OE 03.24.010.5.xxx or later.
  • Page 5 We strongly recommend that you install the utility on each server that is connected to the storage system. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 6 About the Admsnap Utility EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide Note: The server utility runs on servers attached to CX3-series, CX-series, and AX-series storage systems. CX3 model 10 systems must be running FLARE OE 03.24.010.5.xxx or later. CX3 model 20 systems, CX3 model 40 systems, and CX3 model 80 systems must be running FLARE OE 03.22.xxx.5.yyy or...
  • Page 7 Manager enabler installed. If you upgraded to Navisphere Manager and want to manage snapshots, you must use the SnapView software and the Admsnap Utility. For more information on SnapView and admsnap, refer to the Navisphere Manager help and the EMC SnapView Command Line Interfaces Reference. About the Navisphere CLI The CLI complements or can be used as an alternative to Manager.
  • Page 8: Finding Current Information

    For AX-series, CX3–series, and CX-series storage systems, refer to the latest version of the EMC Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference (P/N 300–003–628). For FC-series storage systems, refer to the most recent version of the EMC Navsphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference (P/N 069001038).
  • Page 9: Installing And Removing The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility

    Installing the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility on a Solaris server EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide EMC recommends that you install the utility on the server; however, you can run the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility from the server support CD.
  • Page 10 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide 3. To download the software for CX3–series or CX-series storage systems, do the following: a. On the Powerlink website, select Support > Software Downloads and Licensing and navigate to the Navisphere...
  • Page 11 Removing the Storage System Initialization Utility on a Solaris server EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide pkgadd -d INITTOOL.pkg 5. To install the software from the server support CD (any storage system), do the following: a. In the server’s drive, insert the server support CD, which shipped with the storage system or the upgrade kit (for AX-series systems upgrading to Navisphere Manager).
  • Page 12: Running The Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility

    Starting the initialization utility from a server Starting the initialization utility from the CD EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide You can start the storage system initialization utility from the server on which it is installed or from the server support CD. The storage system initialization utility has two methods for executing commands —...
  • Page 13 2. Enter the item number of the storage system you want to initialize 3. Using the information in the “Storage-System Management EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide cdrom /cdrom0/solaris enter ./naviinittool and for the command line utility, include any of the command line switches in Using the command line initialization utility, page 15.
  • Page 14 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide Parameter Storage Processor B - IP ADDRESS Subnet Mask Default Gateway 4. Enter the name you want for the storage system; it cannot exceed 32 characters. 5. When you have set the parameters to the values you want, apply the values by typing a.
  • Page 15 -configure with the –serial switch specifies the serial number of the storage system you want to initialize. -file filename -configure with the -file switch sets the name of the file that will store all the network parameters. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 16 Used with AX-series storage systems only. storagename storagename -configure with the –storagename switch sets the name for the specified storage system. -help Displays the help screen and does not start the initialization process. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 17: Determining Whether To Install The Host Agent Or Server Utility

    NICs or iSCSI HBAs to the storage system. Note: Prior to revision 6.22.20 of the server utility, you could not install the host agent and server utility on the same server. However, you could install them on different servers that are connected to the same storage system.
  • Page 18 (HA) validation HA validation feature from the CD without having to install the server utility. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide Differences between the host agent and the server utility Server utility AX-series storage systems Yes – LUN mapping information is displayed in the Manager UI next to the LUN icon, or with the CLI using the -lunmapinfo command.
  • Page 19 Note: If you install both the host agent and revision 6.22.20 or later of the server utility (the order of which does not matter), the server utility’s registration service feature will not be installed. Prior to revision 6.22.20 of the server utility, you could not install the host agent and server utility on the same server.
  • Page 20: Requirements For The Host Agent, Server Utility, And Cli

    Requirements for the host agent, server utility, and CLI EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide To run the host agent, CLI, or server utility, your server must meet the following requirements: Run a supported version of the Solaris operating system.
  • Page 21 FLARE and Access Logix software that are required for your revision of the host agent, see the release notes for the host agent on the EMC Powerlink website. To access this website, see Finding current page 8 information, Note: Do not issue verify_disk_array while the SP is powering up.
  • Page 22: Installing Or Removing The Navisphere Host Agent And Cli

    Determining whether to install the host agent or server page 17 utility, EMC recommends that you install the most recent version of the Navisphere Host Agent/ CLI software that is appropriate for your configuration. You can download the most recent version from either the software download page on the Powerlink website (CX3–series and...
  • Page 23 In the server’s drive, insert the server support CD that shipped with your storage system or your upgrade kit (for AX-series systems upgrading to Navisphere Manager). b. In a shell, enter the following command: /cdrom/cdrom0/solaris pkgadd -d /solaris/NAVIAGNT.pkg EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 24 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide 7. Select the packages that you want to install by doing one of the following: Enter 1 (to install the host agent) Enter 2 (to install CLI) Enter All (to install both the host agent and CLI) 8.
  • Page 25 HBA1/NIC1 with IP address 192.111.222.2 and HBA2/NIC2 with IP address 192.111.222.3, and you want the host agent to use NIC 2, you would configure agentID.txt as follows: host28.mydomain.com EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide IP address of the HBA/NIC port that you...
  • Page 26 What next? Modifying user login scripts EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide 192.111.222.3 Note: The agentID.txt file should contain only these two lines, without any formatting. The first line should contain the hostname and the second line should contain the IP address of the HBA/NIC port as described above.
  • Page 27 What next? Removing the host agent and/or CLI on a Solaris server EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide 3. View the paths using the echo command as follows: # echo $PATH # echo $MANPATH # echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH If you are setting up a new server, go to Running the Navisphere Host Agent, page 31.
  • Page 28: Configuring The Navisphere Host Agent

    Configuring the Navisphere Host Agent Adding privileged users Saving the host agent configuration file EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide Before you can use the Navisphere CLI navicli register command to configure a CX3-series, CX-series, or AX-series storage system...
  • Page 29 2. If you are done adding information to the host agent configuration file, stop and restart the host agent by entering the following commands: #/etc/init.d/agent stop #/etc/init.d/agent start EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 30: Using The Event Monitor Configuration File

    Using the Event Monitor configuration file EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide The Navisphere Host Agent can monitor storage-system events and take such action as sending email or paging you if specified events occur. The Event Monitor that ships with Navisphere Manager provides an interactive way to define these events and actions.
  • Page 31: Running The Navisphere Host Agent

    On a Solaris server, the host agent starts automatically when you bring the server up to init level 3. When you first start the host agent, look at the system log for the server’s operating system to make sure the agent started and no device errors occurred.
  • Page 32 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide 3. Verify that the host agent on the server can see the storage system as follows: a. Enter the following CLI command: navicli [-d device]| -h hostname port -list -hba Note: You cannot specify both the –d switch and –h switch;...
  • Page 33 Host agent events and errors are logged in /var/adm/messages. Note: Informational messages about host agent events are recorded in /var/adm/log/agent.log. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 34: Installing And Removing The Navisphere Server Utility

    CX3-series, CX-series, or AX-series storage system. EMC recommends that you install the most recent version of the Navisphere Server Utility software that is appropriate for your configuration. You can download the most recent version from either the software download page on the Powerlink website (CX3–series and...
  • Page 35 6. At the prompt to select the packages to process, enter 1 to select HOSTUTIL. 7. At the prompt about scripts that execute with superuser permission during the installation, enter y. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 36 Removing the server utility on a Solaris server EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide The screen displays information about the installation. 8. When installation is complete, exit the /cdrom directory (for example, cd /). 9. If you installed the server utility from the CD, remove the CD from the server’s CD drive.
  • Page 37: Running The Navisphere Server Utility

    Starting the Navisphere Server Utility for a Solaris server on the CD Using the Navisphere Server Utility EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide This section describes how to start and use the server utility. You can run the server utility from the server or from the server support CD.
  • Page 38 Updating server information on the storage system Performing snapshot tasks Generating a high-availability report EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide The Update Server Information option allows you to send information about the server to all connected storage systems. To update server information, select option 1 from the server utility’s Welcome screen,...
  • Page 39 Important: A security file is required to run this switch. For information on how to create a security file, refer to the EMC Navisphere Command Line (CLI) Reference guide. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 40 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide You cannot use this switch in conjunction with the -user|-u, -password|-p , and -scope|-s switches. -port 443|2163 Specifies the Navisphere Management Server port number. The default is 443. -directory outputdirectory Specifies the directory to which you want to deposit the report on the server.
  • Page 41 LUNs. If they are not in the list, the server will lose access to those LUNs during the software upgrade. EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide...
  • Page 42: Installing And Removing The Admsnap Utility

    SnapView and admsnap. Enable data access control on the same CLARiiON storage system. EMC recommends that you install the most recent version of the Admsnap Utility software that is appropriate for your configuration. You can download the most recent version from either the software download page on the Powerlink website (CX3–series and CX-series) or...
  • Page 43 In the server’s drive, insert the server support CD that shipped with your storage system or your upgrade kit (for AX-series systems upgrading to Navisphere Manager). EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide website, select Support > Software...
  • Page 44 EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide The CD is mounted automatically on /cdrom/admsnap, which is linked to /cdrom/cdrom0. The following command lines use /cdrom/cdrom0. If the CD does not mount automatically, then mount the CD using the mount/dev/cdrom command.
  • Page 45 Removing the Admsnap Utility on a Solaris server EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide xxxxxxxx xxxxxx When you see the error-free pkginfo message, admsnap software installation is complete. The software is installed in the directory /usr/admsnap.
  • Page 46: Running The Admsnap Utility

    Running the Admsnap Utility EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide Refer to the EMC SnapView Command Line Interfaces Reference for information on running admsnap commands.
  • Page 47 Copyright© 2004–2007 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS." EMC CORPORATION...

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