Table Of Contents - HP StorageWorks x9720 Administrator's Manual

Contents
1 Product description...................................................................................11
HP X9720 Network Storage System features...............................................................................11
System components.................................................................................................................11
HP X9000 Software features....................................................................................................11
High availability and redundancy.............................................................................................12
2 Getting started.........................................................................................13
Setting up the X9720 Network Storage System...........................................................................13
Installation steps................................................................................................................13
Additional configuration steps.............................................................................................13
Logging in to the X9720 Network Storage System.......................................................................14
Using the network..............................................................................................................14
Using the TFT keyboard/monitor..........................................................................................14
Using the serial link on the Onboard Administrator.................................................................14
Booting the system and individual server blades.........................................................................14
Management interfaces...........................................................................................................15
Using the GUI...................................................................................................................15
Customizing the GUI..........................................................................................................18
Adding user accounts for GUI access...................................................................................19
Using the CLI.....................................................................................................................19
Starting the array management software...............................................................................19
X9000 client interfaces.......................................................................................................19
X9000 Software manpages.....................................................................................................20
Changing passwords..............................................................................................................20
Configuring ports for a firewall.................................................................................................20
HP Insight Remote Support software..........................................................................................22
3 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access..............................................23
Network and VIF guidelines.....................................................................................................23
Creating a bonded VIF............................................................................................................23
Configuring standby backup nodes...........................................................................................23
Configuring NIC failover.........................................................................................................24
Configuring automated failover................................................................................................24
Example configuration.............................................................................................................24
Specifying VIFs in the client configuration...................................................................................24
Support for link state monitoring...............................................................................................25
4 Configuring failover..................................................................................26
Agile management consoles....................................................................................................26
Agile management console modes.......................................................................................26
Agile management consoles and failover..............................................................................26
Viewing information about management consoles..................................................................27
Cluster high availability...........................................................................................................27
Failover modes..................................................................................................................27
What happens during a failover..........................................................................................27
Setting up automated failover..............................................................................................28
Identifying standbys for file serving nodes.........................................................................28
Identifying power sources...............................................................................................28
Turning automated failover on and off..............................................................................30
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