Post Error Messages; Lun Layout; X9720 Monitoring - HP StorageWorks x9720 Administrator's Manual

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Read the README.txt file to build for instructions on building exds_netperf and build
and install exds_netperf. Install on every client you plan to use for the test.
On the client host, run exds_netperf in serial mode against each X9720 Network Storage
System server in turn. For example, if there are two servers whose eth2 addresses are
16.123.123.1 and 16.123.123.2, use the following command:
# exds_netperf --serial --server "16.123.123.1 16.123.123.2"
On a client host, run exds_netperf in parallel mode, as shown in the following example.
In this example, hosts blue and red are the tested clients (exds_netperf itself could be one
of these hosts or on a third host):
# exds_netperf --parallell \
Normally, the IP addresses you use are the IP addresses of the host interfaces (eth2, eth3, and so
on).

POST error messages

For an explanation of server error messages, see the "POST error messages and beep codes"
section in the HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide at http://www.hp.com/support/manuals.

LUN layout

The LUN layout is presented here in case it's needed for troubleshooting.
For a capacity block with 1 TB HDDs:
2x 1 GB LUNs—These were used by the X9100 for membership partitions, and remain in the
X9720 for backwards compatibility. Customers may use them as they see fit, but HP does not
recommend their use for normal data storage, due to performance limitations.
1x 100 GB LUN—This is intended for administrative use, such as backups. Bandwidth to these
disks is shared with the 1 GB LUNs above and one of the data LUNs below.
8x ~8 TB LUNs—These are intended as the main data storage of the product. Each is supported
by ten disks in a RAID6 configuration; the first LUN shares its disks with the three LUNs
described above.
For capacity blocks with 2 TB HDDs:
The 1 GB and 100 GB LUNs are the same as above.
16x ~8 TB LUNs—These are intended as the main data storage of the product. Each pair of
LUNs is supported by a set of ten disks in a RAID6 configuration; the first pair of LUNs shares
its disks with the three LUNs described above.

X9720 monitoring

The X9720 actively monitors the following components in the system:
Blade Chassis: Power Supplies, Fans, Networking Modules, SAS Switches, Onboard
Administrator modules.
Blades: Local hard drives, access to all 9100cc controllers.
9100c: Power Supplies, Fans, Hard Drives, 9100cc controllers, and LUN status.
9100cx: Power Supplies, Fans, I/O modules, and Hard Drives.
If any of these components fail, an event is generated. Depending on how you have Events
configured, each event will generate an e-mail or SNMP trap. Some components may generate
100 Troubleshooting
--server "16.123.123.1,16.123.123.2" \
--clients "red,blue"

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