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Dell FC4700 Setup Manual

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FC4700
SETUP GUIDE
P/N 014003071-A01

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  • Page 1 FC4700 SETUP GUIDE P/N 014003071-A01...
  • Page 2 Notice Copyright © 2001 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed September, 2001 EMC believes the information in this publication is accurate as of its publication date. However, the information is subject to change without notice. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” EMC CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  • Page 3: About This Guide

    About This Guide This FC4700 Setup Guide outlines the steps you must take and the information you need to get your storage system up and running as quickly as possible. Refer to it as you perform the following tasks: •...
  • Page 4 1-meter copper Fibre Channel DB9-DB9 cable (1 per SP) for external disks on second back-end bus. Fibre Alliance MIB Support CD-ROM and Release Notice EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide (P/N 014003016) EMC Navisphere Event Monitor Administrator’s Guide (P/N 069001037) EMC Navisphere Manager Administrator’s Guide...

  • Page 5: Before You Start

    B (SPS-B) EMC1990 1. Confirm that electrical wiring is in place at your facility to accommodate the cabinet’s two 240-volt ac power cables. To support all of the FC4700 high-availability features, you must connect each power outlet to a different circuit.
  • Page 6 (SP) requires a separate network connection. 3. If your environment includes switches on the path between the FC4700 and the hosts (servers) that have access to it, make sure the switches are installed. Refer to the device-specific installation manuals for each switch.
  • Page 7 Step 1 Gather Network Information SP-A SP-B Hostname _______________ _______________ Up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Dashes are acceptable. Special characters such as dots, spaces, or underscores are not allowed. Examples: Array1-A, Array1-B. IP Address _______________ _______________ Subnet Mask _______________ ______________ Gateway _______________ ______________...
  • Page 8 Step 3 Confirm the Standby Power Supply (SPS) Connections In most cases, standby power supplies are connected to the storage processors prior to shipment. Verify that your FC4700 SPS connections are correct and fully seated. SP-B SP-A SPS-B SPS-A COM2...
  • Page 9 If warning lights appear on the front of the DPE, make sure the system is correctly cabled and then refer to the fault code explanations in Chapter 4 of the FC4700 Hardware Reference. If you cannot determine any reasons for errors, contact your FC4700 service provider. (Operators with valid contracts can contact EMC Customer Service at USA (800) 782-4362, Canada (800) 543-4782, or worldwide (508) 497-7901.)
  • Page 10 Step 5 Initialize the FC4700 Initializing the FC4700 requires a directly connected computer -— usually a laptop model — that we refer to as a service laptop. IMPORTANT The following guidelines outline how experienced technical personnel initialize an FC4700 storage system. For explanations and detailed initialization instructions, refer to Chapter 3 in the FC4700 Rackmount Model Hardware Reference.
  • Page 11 On the FC4700: 5. Set up a user account. 6. Create the Persistent Storage Management (PSM) LUN. 7. Specify privileged users for the FC4700. 8. Set the SPS test time for each SPS in your system. Network Information Setup 9. Specify the hostname, IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address for SP-A.

  • Page 12: Connect A Management Station

    Step 5 Initialize the FC4700 (continued) SP ALPHA SCSI ID Setup 12. Use Navisphere Manager to select each FC4700 SP Agent to be managed. 13. Set the ALPHA SCSI ID value for each port on SP-A and SP-B. Setup Confirmation 14.
  • Page 13 SP-A and SP-B statistics logging. 5. Set the read and write cache memory properties for each SP. 6. Set the FC4700 cache properties. 7. If the FC4700 is running Access Logix, set the data access property. Make Switch or Host Connections...
  • Page 14 Step 8 Make Switch or Host Connections Port 0 SP-B Port 1 Port 0 Optical SP-A Port 1 GBIC cable EMC1992 1. Remove the protective covers from each optical GBIC connector and cable. 2. Plug the cables into the SP host ports. 3.
  • Page 15 Complete the following tasks on each host that will use the storage system. IMPORTANT The following steps summarize how experienced technical personnel set up FC4700 hosts. For explanations and detailed instructions, refer to the EMC Fibre Channel Storage System Model FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide, installation instructions provided with the host bus adapter and its drivers, and the host hardware documentation.
  • Page 16 1. If the host has multiple HBAs connected to the storage system and Navisphere® Application Transparent Failover (ATF) is available, install ATF. FC4700 storage systems support ATF in AIX, NetWare, Solaris, Windows NT and Windows 2000 environments. 2. Activate the ATF devices by rebooting the host.
  • Page 17 2. Create the RAID Groups you want on the FC4700. 3. Bind one or more LUNs in each RAID Group. 4. When you have bound all the LUNs on an FC4700 without Access Logix, reboot the server. The host will now recognize the new LUNs. Skip the next procedures and continue with Step 11, Complete the Host Setup.
  • Page 18 Depending on the operating system, this may involve: • Labeling and partitioning LUNs • Making file systems or creating volumes on the partitions • Mounting the file systems or volumes. 2. If hosts are clustered, set up the clustering software to work with the FC4700.
  • Page 19 Step 12 Set Up MirrorView™ and SnapView™ Software (optional) IMPORTANT If you purchased the MirrorView or the SnapView option, refer to the EMC Navisphere Manager Administrator’s Guide and the option-specific installation guides to complete the following procedures. MirrorView Setup 1. Allocate the write intent log if you plan to use it. 2.
  • Page 20 Step 13 Set Up Event Monitor Refer to the EMC Navisphere Event Monitor Administrator’s Guide to complete the following tasks. 1. Plan your monitoring configuration (for example, whether to use distributed or centralized monitoring). 2. Install Event Monitor on your management station from the Event Monitor CD-ROM.

  • Page 21: Your Next Step

    Your Next Step You are now ready to read and write to the FC4700 and to use Navisphere Manager to activate remote mirrors or start a SnapView session. If You Need Help These resources are available in case you encounter problems while setting up or using the FC4700.
  • Page 22 • Documents and adapters and their Release Notes environment Media box drivers • Changes and enhancements • Notes and warnings • Hardware FC4700 Rackmount • Installation and • Documents and component Model Hardware maintenance for Accessories box installation or Reference DPE components maintenance •...