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FibreCAT S80
Installing, Configuring and Maintenance
Spheras Manager Version 1.3
Edition Februar 2004

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  • Page 1 FibreCAT S80 Installing, Configuring and Maintenance Spheras Manager Version 1.3 Edition Februar 2004...
  • Page 2 Gesellschaft für Technik-Dokumentation mbH www.cognitas.de Copyright and Trademarks Copyright © Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH 2004. All rights reserved. Delivery subject to availability; right of technical modifications reserved. All hardware and software names used are trademarks of their respective manufacturers.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..........1 Overview .
  • Page 4 Event Notification ..........76 FibreCAT S80 Quick Installation Guide ......77 Installation for PRIMEPOWER .

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This manual is addressed to systems administrators, skilled customer personnel and operating and maintenance personnel using SPHERAS software running on FibreCAT S80 systems. In order to fully understand the installation and configuration instructions in this manual, you should be familiar with the related hardware, operating systems, data transmission, RAID systems and the English language.

  • Page 7: Preparing For Installation

    Preparing for installation Cabling layout Before you download the Spheras software, you should check the cabling layout of your installation once again. With some cable layouts the failure of a shelf can cause the disconnection of shelves lower down in the cascade with the result that these are no longer available.
  • Page 8 Preparing for installation I/O Modul I/O Modul CO/CO CO/CO RAID RAID Controller Controller to Host Bus Adapter to Host Bus Adapter Cabling example with two shelves U41578-J-Z875-1-76...
  • Page 9 Preparing for installation I/O Modul I/O Modul CU/CU CU/CU I/O Modul I/O Modul CU/CU CU/CU RAID RAID Controller Controller to HBA to HBA Cabling example with three shelves U41578-J-Z875-1-76...
  • Page 10 Preparing for installation I/O Modul I/O Modul CU/CU CU/CU I/O Modul I/O Modul CU/CU CU/CU I/O Modul I/O Modul CU/CU CU/CU RAID RAID Controller Controller to HBA to HBA Cabling example with four shelves U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 11: Using And Connecting Up The Universal Power Supply Unit

    Preparing for installation Using and connecting up the universal power supply unit To ensure the optimum mains power supply fault tolerance, you should connect up the power supply as shown in the examples below. PS 1 PS 2 PS 1 PS 2 PS 1 PS 2...
  • Page 12 Preparing for installation When you use the configuration software, you must first connect the control- ler C0 on the right-hand side and the port C0-0 with the HBA optical cable (see the figure below); only connect the controller C0 and the port C0-0. Controller Controller Channel...

  • Page 13: Meaning Of Led Displays

    Preparing for installation Meaning of LED displays The shelf modules of your FibreCAT S80 have LEDs indicating operating status. The meaning of the LED displays is given below. Power supply unit and fan Inside fan 1 fault (amber) Inside fan 2 fault (amber)
  • Page 14 Preparing for installation LS module IO module Signal detected upper port (green) Signal detected lower port (green) U41578-J-Z875-1-76...
  • Page 15 Preparing for installation FFx2 RAID controller Not Ready - (amber) - normally off Ready - (green) - normally on * Dirty Cache - (green) BBU fault - (amber) - normally off Failed as Partner - (green) - normally off Device Activity - (green) - normally flash Host Activity - (green) - normally flash * If LED is on: There is Data in the cache, which is actually not written...

  • Page 16: Loading The Spheras Storage Manager Software

    Environment (JRE). The JRE compatible GUI communicates over the Local Area Network (LAN) interface with the Spheras server and the Spheras agents communicate with the FibreCAT S80. You can download the Spheras Manager software executable files directly to your system from the Storage Web site at http://www.fibrecat.com or ftp://raid@ftp.fujitsu-siemens.com (password: 4jumbo17).

  • Page 17: Installation Under Ms Windows

    FC Controller LP9002, LP9802 for settings, see ftp site below. Installation You can download the current version of Spheras Storage Manager software from the internet address: “www.fibrecat.com” or ftp://raid@ftp.fujitsu- siemens.com (password: 4jumbo17). Install the Spheras program package under MS Windows.

  • Page 19: Installation Under Sun Solaris™8/9 And Linux

    There is no need, that the server is connected to a LAN. ™ Solaris Server: The server must be linked over a fibre channel to the FibreCAT S80 unit(s). The Spheras software must already be installed. SPARC-based 300 MHz CPU. 256 MB RAM.

  • Page 20: Linux Server

    3. You should check that there is at least 150 MB of free disk space in /usr/local/. Linux Server The server must be linked over a fibre channel to the FibreCAT S80 unit(s). Pentium III 400MHz 128MB RAM 150 MB free disk space under /usr/local/ SuSE Enterprise Server 7 - patch Update CD (including kernel patch 2.4.18)

  • Page 21: Uninstalling Previous Software

    Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux Uninstalling previous software Select the Spheras directory: cd /usr/local/elSSM/bin Key in the following statement to stop the current SSM agents: ./ssmAgent stop The following dialogue is displayed: # pwd /usr/local/elSSM/bin # ./ssmAgent stop ./ssmAgent Warning. This host has no domain name Stopping Spheras Storage Manager ...------- [OK] Wait a few minutes until all the agents has been really stopped.
  • Page 22 Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux The following display appears: # ./ssmAgent status ./ssmAgent Warning. This host has no domain name Showing Spheras Storage Manager processes ... Now uninstall your existing SSM installation using the Solaris instruction: pkgrm elSSM (Linux: rpm -e elSSM) U41578-J-Z875-1-76...
  • Page 23 Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux Follow the instructions given on-screen: # pwd /usr/local/elSSM/bin # pkgrm elSSM The following package is currently installed: elSSM Spheras Storage Manager (sparc) 1.3 (Beta) build 3 Do you want to remove this package? y ## Removing installed package instance <elSSM> This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user permission during the process of removing this package.
  • Page 24 Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmFWare /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmData /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAnalyze /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAnal /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAgent /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssm.conf /usr/local/elSSM/bin/Proxy.jar /usr/local/elSSM/bin <non-empty directory not removed> /usr/local/elSSM/README.txt /usr/local/elSSM/LICENSE.txt /etc/rc2.d/S99ssm ## Executing postremove script. ## Updating system information. Removal of <elSSM> was successful. U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 25: Making A New Installation

    Making a new installation The software is supplied in package format. You can download the package from “http://www.fibrecat.com” or ftp://raid@ftp.fujitsu-siemens.com (password: 4jumbo17). Configure the Solaris Automount function for your system. The file to be installed will have a name like this: elfSC12BetaBuild17.pkg...
  • Page 26 Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux 1.3Build3.pkg 1.3Build3.pkg 1.3Build3.pkg 1.3Build3.pkg When you confirm with “yes” the package will be installed. On completion, the message “Installation of <elSSM> was successful” will be displayed. For further information on configuration and settings, see the README.txt file in the directory /usr/local/elSSM.
  • Page 27 Installation under Solaris™8/9 and Linux To start Spheras from another system using a browser, you must either restart the host or manually restart the ssmAgent with this instruction: /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmAgent start. You can display the current status of the agents by using the instruction: “./ssmAgent status”.

  • Page 29: Starting The Spheras Gui Under Ms Windows Client

    Starting the Spheras GUI under MS Windows Client To start the Spheras GUI, first open an Internet browser (Netscape 4.79 or Internet Explorer 5.50 or higher). In Internet Explorer set the following options. Select Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level and select all the five ActiveX options by selecting the corresponding check boxes.
  • Page 30 Starting the Spheras GUI under MS Windows Client The login display will now appear. Enter your user name and password. Where necessary, select a domain. The SPHERAS Manager software welcome page will be displayed. IMPORTANT The name of the top item on the menu tree in the left-hand side window (“Stora 100”...
  • Page 31 HBA, using HBA anywhere, restart Agent. Click the host name (“Stora 100”, in our example). This displays a menu tree showing the components of the FibreCAT S80 connected up to the system . Configuration of your FibreCAT S80 begins here.

  • Page 33: Configuring The Raid System

    Configuring the RAID system Hardware components The expanded menu tree shows the Enclosures directory icon and underneath this the buttons for the individual components of the FibreCAT S80. Select these buttons to call up a status report for the component selected. U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 34: Physical Assets

    Configuring the RAID system Physical assets Double click the RAID Controller #01 icon and then click the Physical Assets file card. This displays the model number, firmware version, World Wide Node Name (WWNN), cache size and the number of physical and logical drives of the controller.

  • Page 35: Configuration

    Configuring the RAID system Configuration Controller partner status Click the Configuration file card. The right-hand side window now displays the same controller information as before but this time it is more detailed. The Dual Controller Status box on the right-hand side indicates that this RAID controller configuration has two controllers and that the Partner Status is set to ACTIVE.

  • Page 36: Setting The Controller Parameters

    Configuring the RAID system Setting the controller parameters Click the Controller Settings button. The following display will appear. Do not change any of the checkboxes if not necessary. If you are using firmware version 8.20, ensure that the checkbox for Enable Background Initialisation is not selected.

  • Page 37: Advanced Settings

    Configuring the RAID system Advanced Settings U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 38: Expert Settings

    Configuring the RAID system Expert Settings If your system has only one controller, you must select the Enable Force Simplex checkbox; if your system has two controllers, deselect this checkbox. If you use a Remote Power Switch box (RPS), please select Debug Port Usage at 9600 Baud speed.

  • Page 39: Fibre Settings

    Configuring the RAID system Fibre Settings The Channel Speed Settings for all the controller ports are set at the factory default value of 1 GB/s. Caution! Do not, under any circumstances, select the Auto Neg. option. If you are using a 2 GBit/s Host Bus Adapter (HBA), fix the Channel Speed Settings at 2 GBit/s.

  • Page 40: Deleting Old Configuration Data

    Configuring the RAID system Deleting old configuration data Select the Controller Actions file card. The display shown below will appear. If you wish to delete old or invalid configuration data, click the Clear Configuration button. Before you set a new RAID configuration, you must delete the old configuration. WARNING: This operation cannot be undone.

  • Page 41: Raid Wizard

    3. These LUNs are assigned a RAID level. 4. SAN-LUN mapping defines which HBA is assigned to which LUN. Remark: You can also order the FibreCat S80 factory preconfigured! Starting configuration Select the Configuration and RAID Wizard file cards. The following display will appear.
  • Page 42 RAID wizard Click the Start Configuration button. The following display will appear. This display shows an overview of all the hard disk drives available. Click the Add Disk Group button. When you have added all the disk drives groups you require, select one of the groups.
  • Page 43 RAID wizard The hard disk drives shown in the Available Drives window are identified by two numbers indicating their Channel and ID, e.g. [0,11] (Channel 0, ID 11). In addition to the disk groups you will also require spare drives. This means that you cannot assign all the drives to disk groups alone.
  • Page 44 RAID wizard It is advisable to assign the disk drives following a given logical sequence (e.g. c0, c1, c0 and so on). The reasons for this are the same as those given earlier in this manual for adopting loop connections in cable management. Assigning disks in a given logical order also makes sense performance wise.
  • Page 45 You can use the procedure described above to construct up to 16 disk groups. The maximum permitted number of configured drives per disk group is 16. A single FibreCAT S80 system can have up to a maximum of 32 logic drives (LUN). Any division into disk groups can be used.
  • Page 46 RAID wizard The disk groups you defined previously are now displayed together with their total capacity in the Disk Groups window at the top of the display shown here. The next step is to define the logical drives. Click the Add Logical Drive button to add a logical drive to the list. U41578-J-Z875-1-76...
  • Page 47 RAID wizard The Index entry is used for internal LUN management and cannot be changed. The Drive No. entry is also used for internal management and you must not therefore make any changes to this entry To assign a logical drive to the disk groups shown, select the corresponding entry in the Physical Drives window under Disk Groups.
  • Page 48 With the FibreCAT S80 you can set the stripe size once only. The stripe size selected is then valid for all the LUNs in the FibreCAT S80 system. If you click the check box under Init (Fg) this will start foreground initialisation. You must select this option with version 8.20 of the RAID controller firmware.
  • Page 49 RAID wizard Configure any additional LUNs as described above. As you configure these drives, try to keep the number of LUNs per array as low as possible; the best solution is one LUN per array. Do not worry about using all the maximum capacity available.
  • Page 50 All the HBAs (Host Bus Adapters; these are the fibre channel controllers in the host system) previously or currently linked to the FibreCAT S80 system are listed here. Coloured dots to the left of the HBA name indicate which of the HBAs are currently available.
  • Page 51 WWNN (World Wide Node Name) of the Host The difference between the WWNN and the WWPN (World Wide Port Name) will be clear from the symbol figure below. FibreCAT S80 port names: WWNN: 20.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BC WWPN: 22.00.00.03.38.00.8F.BC...
  • Page 52 RAID wizard This display shows that some of the LUN have not yet been assigned to a port. This example shows that HBA1 on your administration PC is activated and has access to the LUNs no. 0, no. 2, no. 4. HBA1 cannot access LUNs no. 1 and no.
  • Page 53 RAID wizard At this point the configuration settings are stored on the controller RAM. The COD (Configuration on Disk) will be processed and written to each hard disk at a later stage. This process can last quite a few minutes depending on the size on the CODs generated.
  • Page 54 RAID wizard When the reset has been completed, the initialisation procedure will begin. Here is some useful information about initialisation. If you selected the Foreground Initialisation option, you will be able to view the initialisation once it starts after the reset by selecting Logical Drives Configuration.
  • Page 55 Background Initialize button. CAUTION BGI is not permitted with firmware version 8.20, still not recommended for firmware 8.57! BGI may fail, if a grown defect is found on a harddisk. So, BGI is strongly not recommended for FibreCAT S80. U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 56: Recording The Configuration

    RAID wizard Recording the Configuration To record the established configuration, under RAID Controller/Controller Actions there is a radio button “Export Configuration”. There are two kinds of Export-Config information files stored: a) binary (Save configuration binary format): This file is needed for possible reanimation of a configuration not human readable.
  • Page 57 RAID wizard In addition to those files, it is recommended to save all the serial numbers of a system in a file. This can be easily done using the command from the Spheras directory: ssmAnalyze -t ALL -y > C:\xx\config.txt U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 59: Adding Spare Drives

    Adding spare drives The storage system will ignore any drive which has not been defined as a spare drive or has not been assigned to a disk group. An automatic rebuild can only be operated in case of a failure by the system, if a Spare Drive is configured. To add a spare drive, start by clicking the Spare Drives button on the main RAID Wizard display.
  • Page 60 Adding spare drives In the new window which opens, select the drive you want to add and then click ADD to make this a spare drive (ID 3 / ID 18 / ID 33 / ID 48). When the drive appears in the right-hand column, select and highlight the drive and then select the Make Spare Drive(s) button to confirm.
  • Page 61 Adding spare drives Confirm the prompt which follows by pressing OK. Acknowledge the message telling you that the spare drive (or drives) has (have) been successfully created by pressing OK. Once you have added spare drives you will be able to call them up on the Spheras menu.
  • Page 62 Adding spare drives It is also possible to delete a Spare drive after highlighting it: U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 63: System Shutdown

    System shutdown It is mandatory to perform a shutdown, if the System will be shipped. To start a Spheras shutdown, select RAID Controllers -> Configuration -> - Controller Actions. If you are shutting down the system for a long time (i.e. more than 68 hours), must first ensure that the controller backup battery unit (BBU) is electrically disconnected from the controller.
  • Page 64 System shutdown At the prompt, click OK to confirm the shutdown. U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 65: Appendix

    Appendix FFx2 Controller Firmware Update Before you can update the firmware to the latest version, you should first check that there is no host activity from any host in progress. Go to the browser and stop the Spheras agents (see page 11). Put the firmware files for the update in their own, separate folder in case of using Mylex GAM/GSM, stop the Mylex agent.
  • Page 66 Appendix To start the update process, key in the following instruction: /usr/local/elSSM/bin/ssmFirmware-tSB2500_FFx2-i<firmware_file> After the controller update and before restarting the Spheras Agents the mpd unit must be switched to the “nod transparente” mode again: # mpdcontrol -o notransparent unit 0 After that, restart the agent again.
  • Page 67 Appendix (Windows) C:/program Files/Spheras Storage Manager/ssmFirmware-tSB2500_FFx2- i<firmware_file> If for any reason after “Verifying image date . . . verified successfully” the “Restarting Controller” fails, manually perform a reset using a GUI or perform a power cycle of the controller shelf only. When the download has been completed, start the Spheras agents again.

  • Page 68: Expand Capacity

    Appendix Expand Capacity Methods There are three methods to add capacity to a given FibreCAT S80 system: a) Adding new groups (and LUNs) on the new HDDs, independently from the existing configuration Advantage: Quick expansion, best performance due to independent...
  • Page 69 Appendix Method a, Adding a new group, does not affect the already existing config- uration and HDDs. FGI for the LUNs in the new group is recommended. However, BGI can also be performed in order to continue with the host access.
  • Page 70 Any unused storage areas will be assigned automatically when the Expand Capacity function has been terminated. When a new disk is inserted in the FibreCAT S80 it will be flagged as UNKNOWN on the Disk > Enclosures file card. In order to add disk capacity to an existing array, you must first define the drive as a spare drive (see the Spare Drives section).

  • Page 71: Starting Expand Capacity

    Appendix In case of “unknown” HDDs: – stop and start the agents – select “Refresh Controller” the disks will then be recognized by the system. You need to declare the added disks as SPARE disks to use them further! Starting Expand Capacity Now you can open the Controller card.
  • Page 72 Appendix After selecting one of the three Expand Capacity methods the following warning pops up. The status of the partner controller can be observed at the controller information screen under “Dual Controller Status”. When “Partner Status” has changed to “INSERTED”, you can start with Expand Capacity over again! U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 73: Expand Capacity (Of A Lun Or A Group)

    Appendix Expand Capacity (of a LUN or a group) Only previously declared spare drives can be added to a selected group. Caution! Never add drive capacity exceeding the 2TB boarder of 2097151 MB together with the existing LUN capacity !!! Otherwise all your data will be lost! You can select the RAID level of the new group, but not the capacity.
  • Page 74 Appendix After you have hit the “Continue” button, the recomputing of the stripes is started. The status LEDs on the system starts to blink. There are two phases: “Migration” while the stripes are newly computed and “Initialization” when the unused space is prepared. The proceeding of the process can be viewed.

  • Page 75: Cabinet Id

    Appendix Cabinet ID Each FibreCAT S80 system can be assigned a unique number in the software. Each shelf is assigned a Cabinet ID number; the complete system takes the number of the controller shelf. The number is stored on the back plane of the shelf.
  • Page 76 Appendix To change the Cabinet ID, click the Enclosure icon on the menu tree . A list of information will be displayed. Click the Configuration folder. The following box will appear: Change the number here for example, from 240 to 099 and then click the Apply button.
  • Page 77 The new ID number “099” is now shown in the left-hand navigation field on the Welcome page. Click the plus (+) sign alongside the R icon. The menu tree structure expands and displays the components of your FibreCAT S80 system. U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

  • Page 78: Battery Backup Unit

    Appendix Battery backup unit To access the battery backup unit page, select Controller > Configuration and then click the Battery Backup Unit button. The batteries have usually a life of 3 to 5 years. You should enter the battery installation date in the fields provided on this form. If you change the batteries you should also change the installation date setting.
  • Page 79 Appendix Like all batteries, backup batteries have reconditioning, discharge and charging cycles. On new systems the battery backup requires charging before system startup. IMPORTANT: Despite the latest, process-controlled pulse charging technology, initial battery charging can take up to 36 hours. Obviously, during this time cache data security cannot be guaranteed.

  • Page 80: Event Notification

    Appendix Event Notification You can enable different event notifications using the “ssm.conf” file from the Spheras directory. Possible event notifications are Event log file notification Email notification SNMP trap notification The file ssm.conf can be edited using a normal ASCII editor. For each available variable you find an explanation text and the default value of the mentioned variable.

  • Page 81: Fibrecat S80 Quick Installation Guide

    3. Adjust the sd.conf (scan LUNs during boot) 4. Install Spheras (pkgadd ...) 5. Reboot using at lpfc.conf the settings (beside the others from above): (Attention! delivery FC speed of FibreCAT S80 is 1 Gbit/s) link-speed=0 (mandatory for first boot)
  • Page 82 6. configure the persistent binding using lputil of the automapped targets (lputil can be found under /usr/sbin/lpfc/lputil) The port numbers of the 4 possible FibreCAT S80 ports are, seen from the rear: left hand controller top: 24..bottom: 23..Right hand controller top: 22...

  • Page 83: Installation For Primergy

    HBA installation Shut off Primergy. Insert Host Bus Adapter (HBA) into the Primergy Power on the FibreCAT S80, but do NOT connect the S80 to the HBA Power on the Primergy You will see the ”New Hardware found” screen. Insert the ServerView CD, wait, cancel the Server View installation itself Continue until ”search for suitable driver”...

  • Page 84: Installing Gam Sam

    \programs\general\QLogic\ install SANSurfer.exe, which gives you the configuration software ”SANblade Manager”. Using the tools check HBA FW, Settings, check WWNN name of the FibreCAT S80 (21…) Installing GAM SAM Attention: If this GUI is preferred, do not install both, GAM SAM and...
  • Page 85 FibreCAT S80 Quick Installation Guide Installation for PRIMERGY use stripe size 64k! Configure LUN numbers in ascending order without leaving “gaps” Be sure to configure a ”Mini LUN 0” (10MB), which is visible for all attached hosts! (It is important to have explicit LUN 0, not an different number)
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  • Page 87 Comments Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH User Documentation 33094 Paderborn Suggestions Germany Corrections Fax: (++49) 700 / 372 00001 e-mail: manuals@fujitsu-siemens.com http://manuals.fujitsu-siemens.com Submitted by Comments on FibreCAT S80 Spheras Storage Manager Version 1.3 Installing, Configuring and Maintanance U41578-J-Z875-1-76...
  • Page 89 Comments Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH User Documentation 33094 Paderborn Suggestions Germany Corrections Fax: (++49) 700 / 372 00001 e-mail: manuals@fujitsu-siemens.com http://manuals.fujitsu-siemens.com Submitted by Comments on FibreCAT S80 Spheras Storage Manager Version 1.3 Installing, Configuring and Maintanance U41578-J-Z875-1-76...

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