Configuration Best Practices; Configuration Overview; Primary Configuration Tasks - HP StorageWorks 1510i - Modular Smart Array User Manual

Configuration best practices
• Maintain detailed records of your iSCSI storage network, including information about the
initiators, targets (including which LUNs are mapped to the targets), IP address assignments, and
portals and portal groups. Be sure to note which initiators are accessing which targets through
which portal groups using which IP addresses and protected by which Access Control List (ACL)
and virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN).
When configuring switches, consider setting up VLANs to control access to the MSA1510i
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storage targets. For installation and configuration instructions, see the documentation included
with the switch.
• For optimum performance from the MSA1510i, use 1000BaseT switches and qualified Category
5e (or better) Ethernet cables.
• Record information about the switches that will connect to the MSA1510i using the Network switch
information worksheet in the MSA1510i installation and user guide
• Ensure that initiators and targets are on the same Layer 2 Ethernet LAN. This guarantees the
integrity of the data traffic and maintains high network performance levels.
• Develop an IP addressing scheme for the management and data ports of the controller in slot 1 (the
front right slot), and the management and data ports of the controller in slot 2 (the front left slot).
• When configuring the management and the data ports, assign the appropriate IP addresses to
the ports according to your IP addressing scheme.
• When configuring the portals and portal groups, and mapping the LUNs to a portal group,
configure the mapping to manually load balance ownership of the LUNs between the portal
groups (which are assigned to the physical data ports.
Configuration overview
Primary configuration tasks
Regardless of the management tool used or operating system environment, the following tasks must be
completed:
• Obtaining, installing, and configuring initiator and multipathing software components.
•
Updating MSA controller firmware. (If necessary. See
IMPORTANT:
MSA1510i v1.32 or earlier is active/passive firmware. For active/active, you must update the firmware
to v2.0 or later. To upgrade your system to active/active, obtain the MSA1510i Support CD from the
MSA1510i Support page: http://www.hp.com/go/support. Upgrade instructions are provided on
the CD.
• Configuring the MSA and its storage.
• Changing the default IP address assigned to the management port of each controller (usually MA0
and MB0) to be in the same LAN segment as the network servers. (If necessary.) (See
"Changing the management port IP address through the MSA1510i controller display
• Creating the logical storage units (LUNs).
• Entering global controller settings, such as setting the read/write cache ratio, setting the
rebuild/expand priority, and setting the redundancy level.
• Identifying the operating system type (also called Host Mode or Profile) of each initiator that will
access the MSA. This ensures that the MSA will communicate properly with that host.
• Verifying that the desired initiators are detected by the MSA.
• Creating Access Control Lists (ACLs) to isolate the storage from unauthorized access. These settings
indicate, by NIC, which LUNs the NIC can access.
"Updating MSA
1510i Modular Smart Array installation and user guide
firmware" on page 79.)
panel" on page 102.)
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