Page 1: Front Cover
Front cover Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm SG24-7914-00 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide Sample configurations with step by step instructions Configuration and administration with Storage Manager Toubleshooting and Maintenance Sangam Racherla Reza Fanaei Aghdam Hartmut Lonzer L G (Len) O’Neill...
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Page 4 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xv. First Edition (September 2010) This edition applies to IBM System Storage DS3500 running: Firmware version 7.70 IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager version 10.70 This document created or updated on March 28, 2011.
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Page 7: Table Of Contents
2.6 IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager ....... . .
Page 8 3.6.8 HP-UX IBM Subsystem Device Driver ....... . . 83...
Page 9 4.8.4 SAN fabric-attached DS3500 ........
Page 10 10.7 Set Ethernet management ports ........276 10.7.1 Initial settings for default IP addresses in DS Storage Manager... . 277 viii IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
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Page 13 Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage ..... . . 485 16.1 IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage....... . 486 16.1.1 Hardware and software requirements .
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Page 15 Appendix A. IBM Support Portal web site........
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Page 17: Notices
IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product, program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be used instead.
Page 18: Trademarks
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Page 19: Preface
DS3500 delivers superior price to performance ratios, functionality, scalability and ease of use for the entry-level storage user. The DS3500 supports intermixing four 1Gbps iSCSI or four 8Gbps FC host ports with its native 6Gbps SAS interfaces. This flexible and multi-purpose dual protocol approach allows organizations to implement a single storage system to support all of their shared storage requirements, there by maximizing productivity, reliability, and cost.
Page 20 Area in technical matters. His experience regarding the DS Storage goes back to the beginning of this Product. He has been with IBM 33 years and all the time in various technical roles. L G (Len) O’Neill is a Product Field Engineer (PFE) for IBM System x hardware support based at IBM Greenock in the UK.
Page 21 Prague. His daily support activities include pre-sales support for IBM Storage products. He has 7 years of FTSS Storage experience with a focus on IBM disk arrays and SAN. He has been with IBM since 2001 and worked as storage specialist before he came to IBM. He holds a Master’s degree in computer science from the...
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Page 25: Chapter 1. Disk Attachment Technology
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Disk attachment technology Chapter 1. In this chapter, we describe basic disk attachment methods in the context of the IBM System Storage DS3500. We discuss the following technologies: Fibre Channel (FC)
Page 26: Fibre Channel Disk Attachment
At the time of writing, DS3500 Storage maximum FC throughput is 8 Gbps. In fact, 10 Gbps links can be used today, but only for SAN switch interconnection.
Page 27 7914DiskAttach0908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm All devices or loops of devices are connected to Fibre Channel switches, similar conceptually to modern Ethernet implementations. Advantages of this topology over FC-P2P or FC-AL include: – The switches manage the state of the fabric, providing optimized interconnections. –...
Page 28 (e.g. multi-mode fiber or single-mode fiber). Optical SFP modules are commonly available in several different categories: 850 nm 550m MMF (SX) 1310 nm 10 km SMF (LX) IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 29: Serial Attached Scsi (Sas) Disk Attachment
7914DiskAttach0908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 1550 nm [40 km (XD) 80 km (ZX) 120 km (EX or EZX)], and DWDM. SFP transceivers are also available with a copper cable interface, allowing a host device designed primarily for optical fiber communications to also communicate over unshielded twisted pair networking cable.
Page 30 SAS initiator to communicate with these additional devices. Edge expanders can do direct table routing and subtractive routing. In the current DS3500 implementation, up to 96 drives can be configured in a single DS3500 using three EXP3500 expansion units. SAS protocol layers...
Page 31 7914DiskAttach0908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm SAS wide ports lanes Each SAS port includes four full duplex links or within a single connector as shown in Figure 1-4, with each lane running a speed of 6 Gbps. A single lane is used as the path to the drives;...
Page 32: Iscsi Disk Attachment
Ethernet transfer rate is growing. 10 Gbps Ethernet is coming and it gains wider commercial acceptance. Migrating to 10 GbE can significantly increase the performance of an iSCSI infrastructure. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 33: Iscsi Initiators And Targets
Note: Refer to System Storage Operation Center (SSIC) for the complete list of the supported operating systems. The SSIC can be found at: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic/displayesssearchwi thoutjs.wss?start_over=yes For the IBM AIX operating system, refer to the “iSCSI software initiator and software target” topic at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp. Chapter 1. Disk attachment technology...
Page 34 HBA for iSCSI, rather than using a software-based iSCSI client (initiator). An iSCSI target usually represents hard disk storage that works over the IP or Ethernet networks. DS3500. Other types of peripheral devices, like tape drives and medium changers, can act as iSCSI targets as well. iSCSI naming The iSCSI initiators and targets on a SAN are known by their respective iSCSI names, which must be unique.
Page 35: Iscsi Discovery
Usually an iSCSI participant can be defined by three or four fields: 1. Hostname or IP Address (e.g., “iscsi.example.com”) 2. Port Number (e.g., 3260) 3. iSCSI Name (e.g., the IQN "iqn.2003-01.com.ibm:00.fcd0ab21.shark128") 4. An optional CHAP Secret (e.g., "secrets") The iSCSI address can have the following format.
Page 36: Iscsi Security Considerations
With tunnel mode, the entire packet is encrypted, including the IP header. This means that the whole encrypted packet must be encapsulated in a new IP packet, so that routing will function properly. IPsec is commonly used to set up Virtual Private Networks (VPN) IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 37: Chapter 2. Introduction To Ibm System Storage Ds3500
Chapter 2. Storage DS3500 In this chapter, we introduce the new IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage Subsystem offerings and functionality. These products consists of different models of storage subsystems which provide for a variety of different environments to meet various user needs. We describe the EXP3512 and EXP3524 SAS disk drive enclosures as well.
Page 38: Ibm System Storage Portfolio
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 2.1 IBM System Storage Portfolio IBM has brought together into one family, known as the DS family, a broad range of disk systems to help small to large size enterprises select the right solutions for their needs. The DS family combines the high-performance IBM System Storage DS8000 Series of enterprise servers, with the DS5000 series of mid-range systems, and the DS3000 entry level systems.
Page 39: Ds3512 And Ds3524 Components
Figure 2-3 2.2.1 DS3512 and DS3524 Components The DS3500 storage server is a 2U rack mountable enclosure, containing either one or two RAID controller modules, two power supplies and up to twelve or twenty four disks modules. See Figure 2-4 for the component layouts.
Page 40: Power Supply
(starting from left): Standby power LED (green) - Currently this LED is not used. DC power LED (green) - When this LED is lit, it indicates that the DS3500 is turned on and is supplying both 5-volt and 12-volt dc power.
Page 41 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 2-6 Example host interface daughter card module Both the single and the dual controller models of the DS3500 storage servers can be upgraded to include an optional host interface daughter card. When dual controllers are installed both controllers must be equipped with the same daughter card option to enable the support of the controller failover functions.
Page 42: Exp3512 And Exp3524
Figure 2-9 Controller module with optional FC host interface daughter card Note: Only one type of optional interface can be added to any one DS3500 storage server. Mixing interface daughter cards between controllers in the same DS3500 is not supported.
Page 43 With a proper RAID layout this can provide for uninterrupted operations. Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM System Storage DS3500...
Page 44: Premium Features
Features. DS3000 Partition Expansion License As part of the standard configuration, four storage partitions are enabled on the DS3500 with Windows and Linux on Intel® host attach license (this can be increased to 8, 16, 32 or 64). The maximum number of storage partitions is 64 on all DS3500 products. Use the DS3500 Partition Expansion License to enable all 64 storage partitions.
Page 45 Premium Features. DS3000 Enhanced Remote Mirroring ERM With the DS3500 and DS3950 ERM provides a way to create a remote image copy of a source logical drive. This capability is frequently used for the creation of a disaster recovery site located in a different location some distance from the primary location.
Page 46: Ds3500 And Ds3950 Comparisons
Up to eight mirrored pairs can be supported on the DS3500 and 64 mirrored pairs are supported by the DS3950. For more information about Enhanced Remote Mirroring, see IBM Midrange System Storage Copy Services Guide, SG24-7822.
Page 47: Ibm System Storage Ds Storage Manager
10.70.G5.08. When you receive your DS3500 storage subsystem, you may also receive with it a copy of the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Software and Host Kit CDs. If you do not receive this software, or the version you receive is not compatible with your DS3500’s firmware release, you can download it from the IBM support...
Page 48 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm In-band management The in-band management method uses the I/O path between the host server and the DS3500 to transfer management commands and information. This method does not use the management Ethernet ports on DS3500 RAID controllers and access does not require a management TCP/IP network.
Page 49 LAN or VLAN for the management network traffic. A separate management workstation is another requirement; typically, the system administrator uses their own workstation for this purpose. Figure 2-13 shows the management workstation and the DS3500 subsystem, connected on the Ethernet management network. Figure 2-13 Out-of-band management...
Page 50 If the I/O paths fail, you can still access the DS3500 storage subsystem out-of-band, check the status, and capture logs for effective troubleshooting. Access to both controllers is required for almost all in-band management functions.
Page 51 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Subsystem Management Window This window allows you to manage a particular DS3500 Storage Subsystem. Management tasks such as creating arrays, logical drives, storage partitions, FlashCopy, and VolumeCopy are all performed from within the Subsystem Management Window. See Figure 2-15 for an example of this window again based on the Linux based version.
Page 52 SMagent is an optional component that is only required for in-band management. SMagent is installed in the host server and allows the SMclient to communicate with DS3500 across the I/O path. At the time of writing, only the FC I/O path is supported for management communication.
Page 53: Chapter 3. Ibm System Storage Ds3500 Storage System Planning Tasks
Will I use any storage virtualization product such as IBM SAN Volume controller? Will I use any unified storage product such as the IBM System Storage N series? What operating system am I going to use (existing or new installation)?
Page 54: Planning Your San And Storage Server
– Make a complete list of the planned hardware requirements. – Ensure that you have enough rack space for future capacity expansion. – Ensure that the power and environmental requirements are met. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 55: San Zoning For The Ds3500 Storage System
Selecting the right DS Storage System model for your current and perceived future needs is one of the most crucial decisions you will make. The good side, however, is that the DS3500 platforms offer scalability and expansion flexibility. Premium features can be purchased and installed at a later time to add more functionality to the storage server as well.
Page 56 (two zones each) with one being from HBA port 1 to both controller A port 1 and controller B port 1 of the DS3500 storage server, and the IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 57: Zoning Considerations For Enhanced Remote Mirroring
When using ERM, you must create two additional zones: The first zone contains the ERM source DS3500 controller A and ERM target DS3500 controller A. The second zone contains the ERM source DS3500 controller B and ERM target DS3500 controller B.
Page 58 It also allows air circulation for cooling the equipment in the rack. All vertical rack measurements are given in rack units (U). One U is equal to 4.45 cm IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 59: Sas Cables And Connectors
The SAS ports on the DS3500 controller and EXP3500 ESM all support mini-SAS 4x multilane connectors. SAS cables with mini-SAS connectors that will fit in these ports are required, as shown in Figure 3-3 on page 36. IBM provides SAS cables in two cable lengths: 1 and 3 meters.
Page 60 In Figure 3-4 on page 37 we show an example of SAS connections being made to direct attached hosts and a bladecenter through it internal SAS switch module. The DS3500 comes with two standard built-in SAS ports per controller; and this figure show the system with the additional option daughter card for the additional two ports per controller.
Page 61: Ethernet Cable And Connections
DS3500 Storage Manager will not be able to manage the enclosure. It is a best practice to not use your public LAN for DS3500 out-of-band management. Instead, set up a dedicated LAN or VLAN just for management purposes. This will provide increased security of your DS3500 storage system.
Page 62: Fiber Channel Cables And Connectors
7914DS3KPlanning_090710.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 3-5 Four host servers attached to a DS3500 subsystem with iSCSI 3.2.4 Fiber Channel cables and connectors In this section, we discuss various essential characteristics of fiber cables and connectors.
Page 63 All IBM fiber feature codes that are orderable with the DS3500 Storage System will meet the standards. Interfaces, connectors, and adapters In Fibre Channel technology, frames are moved from source to destination using gigabit transport, which is a requirement to achieve fast transfer rates.
Page 64 Fibre Channel components are able to provide more connections in the same amount of space. All DS3500 series products use SFP transceivers and LC fiber cables. See Figure 3-7. Figure 3-7 LC fiber cable connector Best practice: When you are not using an SFP, it is best to remove it from the port on the DS3500 storage controller and replace it with a cover.
Page 65 Figure 3-8 shows a simple direct-attached configuration. Two host servers are connected to a dual-controller DS3500. Each server uses two FC HBAs, so this is a fully redundant setup. If an HBA, FC cable, or RAID controller fails, the host servers will still have access to logical drives.
Page 66 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Switch-attached DS3500 As the DS3500 subsystem can support many more than two host servers, let us consider a larger configuration. For more than two servers, a SAN switch is required. Figure 3-9 displays a sample configuration with four host servers attached to a dual controller DS3500.
Page 67 For example, a cable that goes from the top of the rack to the bottom have a method of support other than the strain relief boots built into the cable. Chapter 3. IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage System planning tasks...
Page 68: Fibre Channel Adapters
– For long cable runs, ensure that enough slack is made for rack movement in accordance with your computer room standards for earthquake proofing. Additional information for routing cables for IBM Netfinity® Rack products can be found in IBM Netfinity Rack Planning and Installation Guide, part number 24L8055. This publication includes pictures providing more details about how to set up the cable routing.
Page 69 Load balancing or load sharing means distributing I/O requests from the hosts between multiple adapters, which can be done by assigning LUNs to both the DS3500 controllers A and B alternatively (see also 3.3.6, “Logical drives and controller ownership” on page 63).
Page 70: Disk Expansion Enclosures
EXP3512 and the EXP3524. These expansions connect to the DS3500 storage system through the 6 Gbps SAS expansion ports on the controller modules. Figure 3-11 and Fig are examples of the cable connections needed to attach the DS3500 with dual controllers to an EXP3500.
Page 71 It is very important to correctly set the tray (enclosure) IDs. They are used to differentiate multiple EXP enclosures that are connected to the same DS3500 Storage System. Each EXP enclosure must use a unique value. The DS3500 Storage Manager (SM) uses the tray IDs to identify each EXP enclosure.
Page 72: Planning Your Storage Structure
7914DS3KPlanning_090710.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm setting through the DS3500 storage management software only. There are no switches on the EXP3500 or EXP810 chassis to manually set the enclosure ID. Figure 3-13 Enclosure ID LEDs for EXP3500 Enclosure guidelines The base controller unit and each expansion enclosure has an ID number associated with it.
Page 73: Selecting Drives
This increase in performance comes at a cost; the faster drives typically cost more than the lower performance drives. The DS3500 Storage System currently supports the following types of SAS drives for the two different models of chassis as shown below in Table 3-2.
Page 74: Understanding Raid Types
Each logical drives appears as a separate physical drive to the operating system on the host server. The DS3500 storage subsystem supports a maximum of 256 logical drives for the entire storage subsystem.
Page 75 The DS3500 storage subsystem supports a maximum of 96 drives in a RAID 10 array. Note: RAID Level 1 is a specific implementation of RAID Level 10 that uses exactly two drives to mirror the data between them.
Page 76 RAID 5 rebuilds a failed disk by merging the contents of the surviving disks in an array and writing the result to a spare. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 77 Because of this, RAID 3 is rarely used today in the industry and RAID 5 has taken it’s place. The DS3500 storage subsystem supports a maximum of 30 drives in a RAID 3 array.
Page 78 When the IBM DS system storage detects that it is receiving contiguous full stripe writes it will switch internally to an even faster write capability known as Fast Stripe Write Through. In this method of writing the DS system storage uses the disk as the mirror device for the cache write and shortens the write process.
Page 79 RAID 6 achieves n+2 redundancy because it calculates two sets of parity information for each block of data (P+Q) that is striped across the disks. The DS3500 storage subsystem performs the P+Q parity calculations in hardware.
Page 80 RAID Levels summary In this section we summarize the general characteristics of the various RAID levels supported by the DS3500 storage subsystem. The following note and Table 3-3 summarize this information. Summary: The general performance characteristics of the various RAID levels are: RAID 0 offers high performance, but does not provide any data redundancy.
Page 81: Array Configuration
While most storage subsystems (including the DS3500 storage subsystem) have mechanisms in place to try to prevent this from happening, they cannot work 100% of the time.
Page 82 8+1 parity using 73 GB drives, giving two 584 GB logical drives on which to build the 1 TB database. In most cases the second method for large databases will work best, as it brings twelve more disks into play for handling the high host application transaction workload. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 83: Hot Spare Drives
I/O, which reduces disk latency, in most cases about 20 to 28 drives are enough to reach the maximum throughput. This does, however, require that the drives be spread evenly across the DS3500 to best utilize the system bandwidth. The storage subsystem is optimized in its firmware to give increased throughput when the load is spread across all parts.
Page 84 Depending on your configuration, it might be wise to use more than just one hot spare. In small DS3500 configurations with a relatively low number of disk drives, one hot spare might suffice. But for larger configurations, we recommend that you define several hot spares.
Page 85: Enclosure Loss Protection Planning
Explicit assignment: The hot spare drives are manually selected and assigned. Use the IBM DS Storage Manager to configure the above options. 3.3.5 Enclosure loss protection planning Enclosure loss protection will enable your system to be more resilient against hardware failures.
Page 86 In the example shown in Figure 3-21, if enclosure number 1 fails, the entire array becomes inaccessible. Figure 3-21 An array without enclosure loss protection Best practice: When possible, plan to use enclosure loss protection for your arrays. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 87: Logical Drives And Controller Ownership
Storage partitioning adds a high level of flexibility to the DS3500 Storage System. The DS3500 comes with four partitions by default, which can be expanded to a maximum of 64. See 3.4, “Planning for premium features” on page 70 on for discussion on premium feature...
Page 88 DS3500 Storage System is dedicated to a single host (for example, SVC attachment, where it is seen as a single host).
Page 89 (or host port, to be precise) can access these logical drives until they are mapped. With Storage Manager, it is possible to have up to 64 storage partitions on a DS3500, which allows the storage subsystem to provide storage capacity to a number of different heterogeneous hosts, allowing for greater flexibility and scalability.
Page 90 BIOS or QLogic SANsurfer tool if you have QLogic cards. Emulex adapters and IBM adapters for IBM System p and IBM System i® servers have a sticker on the back of the card. The WWN is also usually printed on the adapter itself or the box that the adapter was shipped If you are connected to a hub or switch, check the Name Server Table of the hub or switch to identify the WWN of the HBAs.
Page 91: Segment Size
(logical drive id 31). This drive is used for in-band management, so if you do not plan to manage the DS3500 Storage System from that host, you should delete this logical drive. This will also give you one more logical drive to use for host user data.
Page 92: Media Scan
The default media scan is for a scan every 30 days, that is, the maximum time media scan will have to complete the task. During the scan process, the DS3500 calculates how much longer the scan process will take to complete, and adjusts the priority of the scan to ensure that the...
Page 93: Cache Parameters
Cache blocksize selection On the DS3500, the cache blocksize is a variable value that can be set to 4 K, 8 K, or 16 K. The general default setting is 8 K. The main goals with setting this value are to minimize the number of cache IO’s needed, and at the same time, not waste space.
Page 94: Planning For Premium Features
In mixed workload environments, you must decide which workload type is most critical and set the system wide settings to best handle your business needs. Best Practice: Set the cache blocksize to 8 K for the DS3500, normally for mixed workload environments.
Page 95: Flashcopy
Typically, you create a FlashCopy so that an application (for example, an application to take backups) can access the FlashCopy and read the data while the base logical drive remains online and user-accessible. The DS3500 can have up to eight FlashCopy volumes.
Page 96 DS3500 Storage Systems (minimum of two) Switched fabric networks between sites Distances between sites (ensure that it is supported) Switches, directors or multi-protocol routers used for connections Redundancy Additional storage space requirements IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 97: Drive Security
Note: ERM requires a dedicated connection per controller to be attached to Host port 4 on both A and B controllers of the DS3500 FC HIC option. This same dedication is required at both the source and target ends of the ERM solution.
Page 98: Planning For Systems With Lvm: Aix Example
Manager does this by using a layer of device driver code that runs above the traditional physical device drivers. This logical view of the disk storage is provided to applications and is independent of the underlying physical disk structure. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 99 In AIX, each individual disk drive is called a physical volume (PV) and has a name, usually /dev/hdiskx (where x is a unique integer on the system). In the case of the DS3500 Storage System, such physical volumes correspond to a LUN.
Page 100 Physical Volume Figure 3-24 AIX LVM conceptual view Best practice: When using a DS3500 Storage System with operating systems that have a built-in LVM, or if a LVM is available, you need to make use of the LVM. The AIX LVM provides a number of facilities or policies for managing both the performance and availability characteristics of logical volumes.
Page 101: Planning For Systems Without Lvm: Windows Example
7914DS3KPlanning_090710.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Because a DS3500 Storage System has its own RAID arrays and logical volumes, we do not work with real physical disks in the system. Functions, such as intra-disk allocation, write scheduling, and write-verify policies, do not help much, and it is hard to determine the performance benefits when using them.
Page 102 When using the DS3500 Storage System, the use of software mirroring and software RAID 5 is not required. Instead, configure the storage on the DS3500 Storage System for the redundancy level required.
Page 103: Virtualization
The SVC is very flexible in its use. It can manage all host storage requirements or just part of them. A DS3500 Storage System can still be used to allocate storage to hosts or use the SVC, which is dependent upon various needs and requirements.
Page 104: Host Support And Multipathing
HP Service Guard manager 11.18.00 3.6.4 Multipathing IBM offers various multipath drivers that you can use with your DS3500 Storage System. Only one of these drivers is required. Each driver offers multipath support, I/O load balancing, and automatic path failover.
Page 105: Microsoft Windows Mpio
It contains a core set of binary drivers, which are installed with the DS3500 Device Specific Module (DSM) to provide a transparent system architecture that relies on Microsoft Plug and Play to provide LUN multipath functionality as well as maintaining compatibility with existing Microsoft Windows device driver stacks.
Page 106: Aix Mpio
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm The MPIO driver performs the following tasks: Detects and claims the physical disk devices presented by the DS3500 Storage Systems based on vendor/product ID strings and manages the logical paths to the physical devices.
Page 107: Hp-Ux Ibm Subsystem Device Driver
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 3.6.8 HP-UX IBM Subsystem Device Driver IBM now offers a Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) for HP-UX. The SDD is only supported through RPQ and provides the following functions: Enhanced data availability...
Page 108: Function Of Auto-Logical Drive Transfer Feature
“SuSE Linux configuration guide” on page 603. 3.6.10 Function of Auto-Logical Drive Transfer feature In a DS3500 Storage System equipped with two controllers, you can provide redundant I/O paths with the host systems. There are two separate components that provide this redundancy: a multipathing driver and Auto-Logical Drive Transfer (ADT).
Page 109 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm controller are transferred to the alternate controller, which is the configuration setting for Microsoft Windows, IBM AIX, and Linux (when using the RDAC or SDD driver and non-failover Fibre Channel HBA driver) systems.
Page 110: Operating System Restrictions
We have covered the maximum file system size ordered by the operating system and their commonly used file systems, the maximum number of LUNs that can be assigned to one host, and the maximum logical volume size supported by various operating systems. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 111: Maximum Capacity For A Logical Drive
DS3500 Storage System. At the time of writing, the DS3500 Storage System supports 32 LUNs per single storage partition, and 256 LUNs support will soon follow. You can find more information about storage partitioning in 3.3.7, “Storage partitioning”...
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Page 113: Chapter 4. Ibm System Storage Ds3500 And Exp3500 Cabling
Chapter 4. EXP3500 Cabling In this chapter we describe the best practise guidelines for the cabling of the DS3500 storage subsystem and the EXP3500 expansion enclosure. We introduce the various connector ports located on the rear of the DS3500 controller and the EXP3500 enclosure and then describe...
Page 114: Ds3500 Controller Connectors
SAS 2.0 host ports for a total of four per controller. Figure 4-2 The rear panel of a DS3500 controller with the optional SAS host port adapter installed IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 115: Ds3500 Controller With Optional Fibre Channel Host Port Adapter
SAS Host Ports labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 are SAS 2.0 ports for host-side connections. SAS ports 3 and 4 are located on the optional SAS host port adapter. Each DS3500 host ports is a x4 multilane, 6 Gbps universal mini-SAS port.
Page 116: Enclosure Id Settings
ID under normal operating conditions. The default enclosure ID of the DS3500 controller is 85, and best practise is to leave this value unchanged. The enclosure ID of each EXP3500 is normally set to a value of 00 at the factory.
Page 117: Sas Cables
4.3 SAS cables In this section we describe the SAS Cables that you can use to connect the DS3500 to hosts and to EXP3500 expansion enclosures. Each DS3500 RAID controller has up to four x4 multilane SAS host ports and a single x4 multilane SAS port for drive channel connections.
Page 118 2. As you pull on the tab, pull out the connector to remove it from the port. Figure 4-9 Removing a mini-SAS cable IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 119: Fibre Channel Cabling
Figure 4-10 Small Form Pluggable (SFP) module with LC connector fiber cable 4.4.1 SFP transceiver modules Each DS3500 controller can be installed with a optional Fibre-Channel host adapter, and can support up four fibre channel connections and shown in Figure 4-3 on page 91. You must install a Small- Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) module into each fibre-channel port that you want to use for host connections.
Page 120 Attention: Because there are no physical features that distinguish an 8 Gbps, 4 Gbps, or 2 Gbps SFP module from each other, you should always carefully check the IBM part number, option number, and FRU part number of the SFP module so that you can correctly identify its speed.
Page 121 Figure 4-13 Unlocking the SFP module latch - plastic variety – For SFP modules that contain wire tabs, unlock the SFP module latch by pulling the wire latch outward 90°, as shown in Figure 4-14 on page 98. Chapter 4. IBM System Storage DS3500 and EXP3500 Cabling...
Page 122: Fibre Channel Cables
Most Fibre Channel cables have an LC connector at both ends, and we call these LC-LC cables. You will use LC-LC cables when you are connecting the DS3500 host ports to a port on a SAN switch or a Host Bus Adapter that supports SFP modules.
Page 123: Interoperability Of 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps And 8 Gbps Devices
The DS3500 Storage System has 8 Gbps functionality; there are several SAN switches, directors and Host Bus Adapters that can operate at this speed.
Page 124: Exp3500 Attachment
You must use either a Category 5e or a Category 6 Ethernet cable when you are connecting a DS3500 controller iSCSI host port to a gigabit Ethernet switch, and then connect a similar Ethernet cable from the switch to the host iSCSI initiator port.
Page 125: Drive Channel Cabling Rules
You should always follow these two basic connection rules when attaching EXP3500 enclosures to a DS3500 storage subsystem: Connect the drive expansion SAS port on the DS3500 controller to the SAS IN port on the EXP3500. Connect the SAS OUT port on the EXP3500 to the SAS IN port on the next EXP3500.
Page 126: Single Controller Ds3500 With One Or More Exp3500 Enclosures
Figure 4-16 shows the SAS connections between a single controller DS3500 subsystem and three EXP3500 enclosures, with a single ESM installed in each EXP3500. You should use the two connection rules above to connect the SAS ports on the DS3500 and the EXP3500s as shown.
Page 127: Dual Controller Ds3500 With Two Or More Exp3500 Enclosures
1. Connect the EXP3500 expansion enclosure to RAID controller A: a. Connect one end of a SAS cable to the SAS OUT port of DS3500 controller A. b. Connect the other end of the SAS cable to one of the IN SAS connectors on the left ESM in the EXP3500 expansion enclosure.
Page 128 7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-18 The top-down/bottom-up SAS drive-side connections IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 129: Adding An Exp3500 Enclosure To A Running Dual-Controller Configuration
EXP3500 expansion enclosures that each have two ESMs installed: 1. Connect the first EXP3500 expansion enclosure to DS3500 controller A: a. Connect one end of a SAS cable to the drive expansion OUT port on the DS3500 controller A.
Page 130 Adding an EXP3500 to a running DS3500 configuration with EXP3500 attached In this scenario, there are already EXP3500 enclosures attached to a running DS3500 configuration. We use the following steps to attach the EXP3500 to the DS3500: 1. Make sure that the storage subsystem status is Optimal in the DS Storage Manager software.
Page 131: Sas Drive Channel Miswires
4.6.7 SAS Drive Channel Miswires If the SAS cabling on the drive side is incorrect, it will be detected by the DS3500 controller firmware. The Storage Manager application will alert you about the condition by logging a critical Major Event Log event.
Page 132: Out-Of-Band Management
Out-of-band management uses a network connection to the TCP/IP ethernet ports on the rear panels of each DS3500 controller (see Figure 4-19). Typically, you will only need to connect one ethernet port from each controller to your management LAN. You can either specify a fixed TCP/IP configuration or you can use DHCP/BOOTP settings.
Page 133: In-Band Management
Security is enhanced when management LANs/VLANs and more advanced solutions, such as VPN, can be used to manage the system remotely. You can use one DS Storage Manager client to manage more than one DS3500 storage subsystems in the network.
Page 134: Host Attachment
Not all operating systems support the access logical drive. In-band management is not supported on these systems. You will be unable to manage or monitor the DS3500 storage subsystem if there is a fault with the host I/O connection between the DS3500 storage subsystem and the host server.
Page 135: Sas Attachment
We recommend that you always use redundant host connections. The use of redundant host connections with a single controller DS3500 storage subsystem is supported but limits the number of hosts to a maximum of two if the optional SAS host card is installed in the DS3500. SAS host attachment examples In this section we show some examples of SAS host attachment with single and dual controller DS3500 storage subsystems.
Page 136 7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-22 A single host with one SAS connection to the DS3500 Figure 4-23 on page 113 shows a single host with two host adapters connected to a single controller DS3500 storage subsystem. In this example there are redundant host side connections.
Page 137 7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-23 Single host with two SAS connections to a DS3500 storage subsystem Figure 4-24 on page 114 shows a host server with two SAS host bus adapters connecting to a dual controller DS3500 storage subsystem.
Page 138 7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-24 Host attachment with two SAS host bus adapters and dual DS3500 controllers Figure 4-25 on page 115 show two host servers, each with one SAS host adapter, connecting to a single controller DS3500 storage subsystem.
Page 139 7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-25 Two hosts connected to a single controller DS3500 using single SAS host adapters Figure 4-26 on page 116 shows a configuration with two hosts connected using redundant SAS connections to a dual controller DS3500 storage subsystem. This is a good configuration because it has redundant paths to redundant controllers.
Page 140: Iscsi Attachment
4.8.2 iSCSI attachment The DS3500 supports iSCSI SAN, which utilizes the standard Ethernet infrastructure, using standard Cat 5E and Cat 6 Ethernet cables on the host side. The DS3500 supports a maximum of 64 hosts connecting through a gigabit ethernet network.
Page 141 DS3500 storage subsystem. In this example, the DS3500 controller and the gigabit switch are the two single points of failure. Chapter 4. IBM System Storage DS3500 and EXP3500 Cabling...
Page 142 7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-28 Single host with redundant iSCSI connections to a single controller DS3500 Figure 4-29 on page 119 shows a configuration with redundant iSCSI connections to a dual controller DS3500 storage subsystem. In this example, the gigabit ethernet switch represents a single point of failure.
Page 143 Figure 4-30 on page 120 shows a configuration with two hosts connecting to a dual controller DS3500 with redundant iSCSI connections to two gigabit ethernet switches, and redundant iSCSI connections between the switch and the DS3500 controllers. There is no single point of failure in this example configuration.
Page 144: Direct Attached Fibre Channel
7914Cabling2-1908.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 4-30 Two hosts with redundant iSCSI host connections to a dual controller DS3500 4.8.3 Direct attached Fibre Channel The DS3500 storage subsystem supports both direct attached and SAN fabric attached hosts.
Page 145 Figure 4-32 on page 122. Figure 4-32 on page 122 shows a single host server with two host bus adapters and redundant paths to a single controller DS3500. Chapter 4. IBM System Storage DS3500 and EXP3500 Cabling...
Page 146 Figure 4-33 on page 123 shows a configuration with one host and redundant paths to a dual controller DS3500. This configuration offers both redundant Fibre Channel host connections and redundant controllers and offers improved redundancy compared to the sample configuration shown in Figure 4-32.
Page 147 Best practise is to always use redundant host-side connections. Note: Because there are four Fibre Channel host ports on the DS3500 (when the optional Fibre Channel host interface card is installed) a maximum of two direct attached hosts with redundant paths can be connected to a single controller DS3500 storage subsystem.
Page 148 Figure 4-34 Two host serves with non-redundant Fibre Channel connections The sample configuration shown in Figure 4-35 on page 125 has two direct-attached host servers with redundant connections to a dual controller DS3500. This particular configuration has both redundant host-side connections and redundant controllers.
Page 149: San Fabric-Attached Ds3500
Figure 4-35 Two hosts with redundant connections to a dual controller DS3500 If you need to connect more than four Fibre Channel hosts to a DS3500 storage subsystem using redundant host connections then you will need to use a SAN fabric infrastructure. This is discussed in the next section.
Page 150 Inter-Switch Link. SAN zoning When you connect a DS3500 storage subsystem to a switched fabric SAN infrastructure you will normally need to implement a SAN zoning configuration on the SAN switch. In this section we provide a brief overview of SAN zoning, and describe some general guidelines for implementing a zoning configuration in your SAN infrastructure.
Page 151 Attention: You must always implement a SAN zoning configuration when connecting two or more host bus adapters to a DS3500 storage subsystem through a SAN switched fabric infrastructure. SAN zoning is mandatory when a SAN includes more than one operating system type, or when both tape and disk devices are attached.
Page 152 Fibre Channel adapter in one of your servers. Most storage systems such as the DS3500, storage subsystem, and IBM Tape Libraries have a WWN tied to the Vital Product Data of the system unit, so individual parts can usually be replaced with no effect on zoning.
Page 153 Figure 4-37 on page 130. In this example, the two SAN switches form a single SAN fabric because of the ISL connection between them. Chapter 4. IBM System Storage DS3500 and EXP3500 Cabling...
Page 154 Figure 4-38 on page 131 is an example of a configuration using a cross-connected dual SAN fabric (also known as mesh). In a cross-connected SAN fabric, each host bus adapter has a connection to both controllers in a dual controller DS3500 storage subsystem. Some applications and host operating systems require a cross-connected SAN fabric.
Page 155: Power Cabling
DS3500 storage subsystem. 4.9.1 The DS3500 power supply Each DS3500 and EXP3500 enclosure comes with two 585 Watt power supplies as standard. Each power supply has two internal fans for cooling the enclosure. Attention: Make sure the power switch on each power supply is in the position before you attach the power cable.
Page 156: Powering On And Off
4. Finally, power on all the host servers when the DS3500 is fully online. You should check the status of the DS3500 by using Storage Manager from your out-of -band management station.
Page 157: Chapter 5. Installing Ibm System Storage Ds Storage Manager
Chapter 5. DS Storage Manager In this chapter, we describe how to install the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and AIX. This chapter is organized in the following sections: 5.1, “Installing DS Storage Manager on Microsoft Windows 2008” on page 134 5.2, “Installing DS Storage Manager on Linux”...
Page 158: Installing Ds Storage Manager On Microsoft Windows 2008
1. Download the Storage Manager installation package from the IBM Support Web site. See Appendix A, “IBM Support Portal web site” on page 737 for information about how to get downloads from the IBM Support site. You will see a 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86-64) version;...
Page 159 2. Select the language to display the license agreement, and click OK (see Figure 5-2). Note: The installation program will always use English; the selected locale only affects the license agreement. Figure 5-2 IBM DS Storage Manager Language Selection Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 160 4. Read the copyright statement and click Next as shown in (Figure 5-4). Figure 5-4 IBM DS Storage Manager Copyright Statement 5. Read the license agreement and click Next as shown in (Figure 5-5 on page 137). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 161 Figure 5-5 IBM DS Storage Manager License Agreement 6. Specify the directory where you want to install, as shown in Figure 5-6. The default is C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM_DS. Figure 5-6 IBM DS Storage Manager Installation Folder Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 162 Set, you can see what components will be installed, and modify them if you wish. See 2.6, “IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager” on page 23 for a description of each component. Our example shows the client selection because the system being installed is for management purposes and the other components are not required for it.
Page 163 Figure 5-9. You can select to overwrite the existing installation or to cancel at this point. Click OK to continue. If you do not have Storage Manager already installed, you do not see this warning. Figure 5-9 Overwrite Warning Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 164 10.In Figure 5-10, you can select whether to automatically start the Storage Manager Monitor. Figure 5-10 IBM DS Storage Manager Automatically Start Monitor 11.Verify the pre-installation summary and click Install. See Figure 5-11. Figure 5-11 IBM DS Storage Manager Pre-installation Summary...
Page 165 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 12.The installation status window will appear during the installation, as shown in Figure 5-12. Figure 5-12 IBM DS Storage Manager Installation status window After the installation has finished, verify that there were no errors and click Done. See Figure 5-13.
Page 166: Installing Ds Storage Manager On Linux
RDAC Multipath Driver” on page 610 for details about installing the multipath drivers. The IBM Systems Storage DS Storage Manager on Linux can be installed using a GUI or a text-based interface. Both installation variants are described here. The first steps are common to all methods: 5.2.1, “Preparing for the installation”...
Page 167: Installing Storage Manager Using The Gui
– The readme file that describes the package – A subdirectory SM10R2MIB that contains the MIB files Note: This MIB file will only work with the IBM DS4000/DS5000 TotalStorage Storage Manager. 5. The file SMIA-LINUX-10.70.A5.08.bin is the installer that contains the installation files. To be able to execute this installer, you need to type sh before the file or change the file permissions to be able to execute.
Page 168 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 5-14 Select the language to display license agreement 4. Read the introduction and click on Next as shown in Figure 5-15 Figure 5-15 Introduction IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 169 5. Read the copyright statement and click on Next as shown in Figure 5-16 Figure 5-16 Copyright statement 6. Read and accept the license agreement. Click on Next as shown in Figure 5-17 Figure 5-17 License agreement Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 170 Figure 5-18 Installation type 8. Select the Install set to be installed (DS Storage Manager 10 Client in our case). Click on Next as shown in Figure 5-19. Figure 5-19 Select product features IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 171 7914InstallSM01108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 9. Verify the installation options and click on Next as shown in Figure 5-20 Figure 5-20 Pre-installation summary Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 172: Installing Ds Storage Manager Using A Text Console
SMruntime-10.70.A5.00-1.i586 5.2.3 Installing DS Storage Manager using a text console It is possible to install the IBM Systems Storage DS Storage Manager without any graphical interface by using the console mode installation. After installing the Storage Manager Agent, the system can be managed from any host that has the client installed and a network connection to this server.
Page 173 Choose the Install Set to be installed by this installer. ->1- Typical (Full Installation) 2- Management Station 3- Host 4- Customize... ENTER THE NUMBER FOR THE INSTALL SET, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 174 506 MB PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE: 7. The installation is now performed into the directory /opt/IBM_DS. After successful installation, a similar message as in Example 5-6 on page 151 will be shown. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 175: Uninstalling Ds Storage Manager On Linux
1. Run the following at the command prompt: # /Storage_Manager_dir/Uninstall\ IBM\ System\ Storage\ DS\ Storage\ Manager\ 10 Note: Normally, the IBM Storage Manager directory by default is /opt/IBM_DS. It is possible to find out which is the current directory by running the following command: rpm -qil SMclient-10.70.G5.08-1.noarch...
Page 176: Installing Ds Storage Manager On Aix
650 for more details about the AIX multipath drivers. As on Linux also, the IBM Storage Manager can be installed using a GUI or a text-based interface. Because we already described the graphic and console mode in 5.2.2, “Installing Storage Manager using the GUI”...
Page 177 /tmp. Note: The setting of this variable ONLY change the temporary location where the IBM Storage Manager will extract the files for the installation.
Page 178: Completing The Ds Storage Manager Installation
1. From the Setup tab DS Storage Manager Enterprise Management window, click on Add Storage Subsystem link as shown in Figure 5-22 Figure 5-22 Add Storage Subsystem 2. Select the Automatic discovery button as shown in Figure 5-23 on page 155 and click OK IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 179: Performing A Manual Discovery Of Storage Subsystems
SMclient. You can also use this option to add additional devices to be managed that were not discovered during the SMclient initial discovery. Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 180 Storage Subsystem link as shown in Figure 5-22 on page 154 Figure 5-25 Add Storage Subsystem 2. Select the Manual button as shown in Figure 5-26 and click OK. Figure 5-26 Select Addition Method-Manual IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 181 IP addresses of both the controllers as shown in Figure 5-27 Figure 5-27 Out-of-band management – For In-band management, select the option and enter the IP address of attached host as shown in Figure 5-28 on page 158. Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
Page 182: Add Storage Subsystem Verification
Check the hardware and hardware connections for possible problems. If you are using the network management method (commonly known as out-of-band management), verify that all hosts and storage subsystems are connected to the same IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 183 Verify that the status of each storage subsystem is Optimal. If a device shows a status of Unresponsive, right-click the device and select Remove Device to delete it from the management domain. Then use the Add Device option to add it to the management domain again. Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager...
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Page 185: Chapter 6. Administration - Enterprise Management
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Administration - Enterprise Chapter 6. Management In this chapter, we describe the IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage Manager Enterprise Management window, including its functions and how to use it. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved.
Page 186: Enterprise Management Window Overview
142 or “Add Storage Subsystem to view” on page 178. – Name/Rename Storage Subsystems: See 12.3, “Rename Storage Subsystem” on page 307. – Configure Alerts: See “Configure Alerts” on page 168. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 187: Enterprise Management Window
IBM System Storage DS software to use settings defined through operating system 6.1.2 Enterprise Management window The Enterprise Management window (Figure 6-2) is the entry point to manage each DS3500 storage subsystem. We described how to add storage subsystems in 5.4, “Completing the DS Storage Manager installation”...
Page 188 The Enterprise Management window has started an the storage management Storage software is establishing contact with the storage subsystem. Subsystem Needs Upgrade The storage subsystem is running a level of firmware that is no longer supported by the storage management software. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 189: Functions In The Enterprise Management Window
7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 6.2 Functions in the Enterprise Management window Next, we describe the various functions that are available from the Enterprise Management window. 6.2.1 Subsystem context menu Right-click one of the subsystems to see the context menu with the tasks shown in Figure 6-4. Figure 6-4 Context menu Manage Storage Subsystem This opens the Subsystem Management window.
Page 190 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Execute Script Here you can open the DS3500 Script Editor. This Editor can be a very effective and useful tool to manage your subsystem. For more information about how to use it, see 17.2.1, “Script Editor”...
Page 191 Note: We recommend that you use the load configuration file option for new DS3500s that you want to configure similarly to an existing DS3500. For example, if you have a number of storage subsystems with similar configurations, you can configure one, save the...
Page 192 (SMTP) or traps (SNMP). The Event Monitor can be used to alert you of critical events for any of the DS3500 storage subsystems in your environment. For high availability, the event monitor service should run on two separate host systems that are available 24 hours a day.
Page 193 7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm What systems are monitored Depending on how you set up alerts, different storage systems are monitored by the Event Monitor. Alerts can be configured as follows: – To configure alerts for all storage systems listed in the Enterprise Management window, right-click your local management system in the Enterprise Management window (at the top of the tree) and choose Configure Alerts, as shown in Figure 6-10.
Page 194 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 6-11 Configure Alerts for particular subsystem – Select Configure Alerts for one or more systems and the alert window(Figure 2 on page 171) appears. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 195 7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm E-mail alerts Here we discuss how to work with e-mail alerts: 1. To send e-mail alerts, you have to first define an SMTP server. Enter the name or IP address of your mail server and the sender e-mail address, as shown in Figure 2. Figure 6-12 Configure Alerts - define mailserver 2.
Page 196 Address, you can select which information should be sent and how often the data should be delivered. If you highlight an Address, you can also send a test e-mail to validate that your configuration is working. Figure 6-13 Configure Alerts - Defining e-mail address IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 197 Rename If you have multiple DS3500s installed, we recommend giving each one a user-specified name for easier identification. To rename a DS3500, choose this option, enter a new name for the subsystem, and click OK (Figure 6-15 on page 174).
Page 198 Your comment will appear in the right pane of the Enterprise Management window, as shown in Figure 6-17 on page 175. Your comment could be some kind of description of the disk subsystem. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 199: The Enterprise Management Window Menu Bar
7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 6-17 Add comment to Storage Subsystem To delete or edit the comment, just re-select the Comment option and modify it as needed. Click OK when done. 6.2.2 The Enterprise Management window menu bar You will see various options in the window menu bar at the top of the Management window.
Page 200 Sort the subsystems in the Enterprise Management window To sort your subsystems, choose one of the following fields from the menu as a sort key: By Name By Status By Management Type IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 201: The Quick Access Buttons
7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm By Comment Partially Managed Storage Subsystems Note: Partially Managed Storage Subsystems are storage servers where only one IP Address (Controller) is connected to the management station. You should ensure that you always add both Ethernet connections.
Page 202 This button starts an automatic discovery of new storage subsystems (Figure 6-22) by sending in-band and out-of-band broadcasts. If it finds directly attached storage systems or hosts running the DS3500 Storage Manager agent (with an attached Storage subsystem), it adds these storage subsystems to the Enterprise Management window.
Page 203 7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 6-25 Manually add out-of-band system Chapter 6. Administration - Enterprise Management...
Page 204 To remove a storage subsystem from your view, highlight it, click this button, and click OK to confirm (Figure 6-28 on page 181). This subsystem is only removed from your view; the views of other management stations are not affected. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 205 7914Admin_Enterprise1108.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 6-28 Remove Subsystem from view Launch Management window Figure 6-29 Launch Management window Highlight a storage subsystem and click this button to launch the Subsystem Management window for the selected system, as described in the window for the selected system. Chapter 6.
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Page 207: Chapter 7. Administration - Summary Tab
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Administration - Summary Tab Chapter 7. In this chapter, we give you an overview of the Summary tab of the IBM System Storage DS (Subsystem Management) window. We explain: How to monitor the basic status of your storage subsystem...
Page 208 7914Admin_Summary.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 7-1 IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Summary tab IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 209: Status
7914Admin_Summary.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 7.1 Status The first box is the Status box, which displays the basic status of your storage subsystem (Figure 7-2). Figure 7-2 Status box 7.1.1 Storage Subsystem Profile Configuring a storage server can be a complex task. It is essential to document the initial configuration and every later configuration change.
Page 210: Storage Subsystem Status
(Figure 7-6 on page 187). You can find more information about operations in progress in Chapter 9, “Administration - Logical Tab” on page 225. Figure 7-5 Status Box - Operations in Progress IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 211: Connection Lost
7914Admin_Summary.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 7-6 Detailed In Progress information 7.1.4 Connection lost If the management connection from the management station to the storage subsystem is lost, the subsystem icon and text is changed to notify you of this communication error (Figure 7-7). If only the management connection is lost, the attached hosts can still access data on the disks, but you will not be able to manage your subsystem or to receive alerts.
Page 212: Capacity
Darker green color is used to show already configured capacity in logical volumes, and light green color is for the capacity that can be used for configuration of new Arrays and Logical Drives. Figure 7-9 Capacity - Configured and unconfigured capacity IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 213: Hosts & Mappings
7914Admin_Summary.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 7.4 Hosts & Mappings Below the Capacity box is an overview of your Hosts & Mappings and shown in Figure 7-10. Figure 7-10 Hosts & Mappings Hosts are single server systems that can be mapped to a drive. This means a host is a system that accesses the logical drive through the attached technology (SAS, Fiber Channel, or iSCSI).
Page 214: Host-To-Logical Drive Mappings
All DS3500 storage subsystems have 4 storage partitions as standard. It can be optionally upgraded to 8, 16, 32 or 64 storage partitions. More information about storage partitions is provided in 3.3.7, “Storage partitioning”...
Page 215: Arrays & Logical Drives
7914Admin_Summary.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 7.5 Arrays & Logical Drives At the top of the right column of the Summary tab is the Arrays & Logical Drives box. This box shows how many Arrays and Logical Drives are configured on your system (Figure 7-13). An Array is a set of physical disk drives that the controller groups together to provide one or more logical drives to the host or host group.
Page 216 7914Admin_Summary.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm In the following example on Figure 7-15 are shown various topics how to configure DS3500 storage subsystem if Storage Concepts Tutorial link is selected. Figure 7-15 Information Center - Storage Concepts Tutorial...
Page 217: Chapter 8. Administration - Subsystem Management
IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager 10 (Enterprise Management) window. When you choose to manage a specific storage subsystem, the IBM System Storage DS (Subsystem Management) window opens, along with the Initial Setup Task on background and a small window prompting for the password (Figure 8-1 on page 194).
Page 218: Ds Storage Manager - Subsystem Manger Window
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 8.1 DS Storage Manager - Subsystem Manger window The IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Subsystem Management window has four main areas and show in Figure 8-1. We cover these areas in four sections: 8.2, “Pull-Down Menu”...
Page 219: Pull-Down Menu
7914Admin_Subsystem.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 8.2 Pull-Down Menu The first area from the top of Subsystem Management window is pull down menu bar. While it is possible to do almost all configuration tasks from this menu, sometimes it is necessary to select the logical or physical components in Tab area first, before you can perform the desired task.
Page 220 Storage Manager just show information from the subsystem profile more comfortably.  Enclosure Components  Controller Enclosure View Since the DS3500 only has Controller/Drive Enclosures and Drive Enclosures, this item is not available for DS3500, and is always greyed.  Enclosure Components  Controller/Drive Enclosure View It shows properties of DS3500 Controller Enclosure (Figure 8-3 on page 197).
Page 221 It shows the list of ports (HBA) or iSCSI Initiators on servers that are available, and can be attached to DS3500 subsystem(Figure 8-5 on page 198). It shows only port identifiers (WWPN or iSCSI Initiators) and the type of interface, it does not show names of hosts.
Page 222 Figure 8-5 Unassociated Ports - FC and SAS HBA's and iSCSI Initiator Locate This menu item helps you to find the DS3500 subsystem in rack. If Storage Subsystem  Locate  Storage Subsystem is activated then blue LED diodes on the controller enclosure and on all expansion enclosures attached to this DS3500 subsystem starts to flash.
Page 223 7914Admin_Subsystem.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 8-6 Automatic configuration Detailed description of automatic configuration of unconfigured disk drives on DS3500 Storage Subsystem is in 12.6.1, “Automatic configuration” on page 310. Save Configuration Use the Storage Subsystem  Configuration  Save Configuration option (Figure 8-7 on page 200) to save the logical configuration settings of a storage subsystem to a script file.
Page 224 DS3500 as a standard, or you can buy some other later as needed. Types of licenses are described in 3.4, “Planning for premium features” on page 70.
Page 225 Premium Feature *.key file download. If you lose the access code for the IBM activation web site, it will be difficult to get it again from IBM in a short time frame. You will need a proof of purchase and you will need to contact an authorized IBM Support Representative.
Page 226 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm enabled/activated by *.key file, that has to be downloaded from IBM web site (Figure 8-8 on page 201). The Feature Enable Identifier displayed at the bottom of this window, is necessary (together with DS3500 enclosure serial number) during *.key file generation at IBM activation...
Page 227 (see “Premium Features” on page 200) to activate mirroring in this step. Only DS3500 with optional FC daughter cards can be used for remote mirroring, as mirrored subsystems can mirror only on FC links. Activation of remote mirroring will create two special Repository Logical Drives dedicated just for internal use of remote mirroring.
Page 228: Recovery Guru
The Change menu item in Storage Subsystem menu is one of the most important for setting global parameters of DS3500 storage subsystem. Many changes done by this menu, can be done also directly in some tabs, but we describe most of them in this section.
Page 229 Cache Settings This menu item sets global cache settings of DS3500 storage subsystem. It is possible to set other cache setting as dedicated for each Logical Drive. It is described in 9.5.2, “Change Cache Settings” on page 247. Recommended cache settings are depending on required host load and type of load and can vary.
Page 230 All settings in this window are immediately accepted if OK is selected and it does not need any reset of DS3500 storage subsystem, so its is possible to test different settings during regular production on the subsystem.
Page 231 LUNs. Failover Alert Delay A failover alert delay can be specified on DS3500 storage subsystem. It can delay the logging of a critical event if the multipath failover driver transfers Logical Drive to the non-preferred controller of the subsystem.
Page 232 Figure 8-19 Time-out for password re-entering Enclosure ID Each DS3500 Enclosure (including the controller enclosure) must have a unique Enclosure ID. To set this, select Storage Subsystem  Change  Enclosure ID and in the window that opens (Figure 8-20), select required enclosure based on current ID, and in small box bellow set a new ID number.
Page 233 Select Storage Subsystem  Synchronize Controller Clocks to set the correct time in DS3500 controllers. In window as in Figure 8-23, the time of controllers and the time on management station (where DS Storage Manager is running) are displayed. If you select Synchronize button, than time, date and time zone of the management station is used as new time for controllers.
Page 234 7914Admin_Subsystem.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Manage Enclosure Alarm As no DS3500 storage subsystem uses an acoustic alarm feature, this menu is always grayed and cannot be used. Rename Subsystem When you add a new storage subsystem to your Storage Manager, it is identified as “Unnamed”.
Page 235: View Menu
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 8-25 Set Password If you have forgotten the current password, contact your IBM Customer Support Representative. If a password was not set previously (You have got a new subsystem), the current password is not required to establish a new password.
Page 236 Similarly, if you select some disk drive in the Physical tab, you can get related logical elements (Figure 8-29 on page 212) if you select View  Associated Logical Elements menu item. Figure 8-29 Associated Logical Elements IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 237: Mappings Menu
7914Admin_Subsystem.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Note: The same windows can be opened directly in Logical, Physical or Mappings tabs. Right click when object is selected in the Tab, and menu with View Associated Component item opens. You can get the same windows like in Figure 8-28 on page 212 or Figure 8-29.
Page 238: Array Menu
Especially, controller A or B must be selected. All items of this menu can be activated also by right clicking on appropriate controller, that is selected in the Physical Tab. If another tab or IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 239: Drive Menu
7914Admin_Subsystem.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm object in Physical Tab is selected, no menu item can be selected. We cover all settings that can be done by this menu in Chapter 10, “Administration - Physical Tab” on page 263. Figure 8-34 Controller Menu 8.2.7 Drive Menu The Drive pull-down menu (Figure 8-35) is tightly associated to Physical Tab.
Page 240 Based on page name in the left side you can select the appropriate searched page and the content of this page is displayed in the right part of the window, as you can see in Figure 8-39. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 241 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 8-39 Help - Find You can select Help  About to get information (Figure 8-40) about the version of IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager which you are using. It is important to know that the version of the Enterprise Manager can be higher then version of Subsystem manger, as the Subsystem Manger follows the version of firmware level of managed subsystem.
Page 242: Toolbar
Click on this icon to open window like in Figure 8-42 on page 219. All the details about the event log is described in Chapter 14, “Administration - Support” on page 337. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 243: Monitor Performance
7914Admin_Subsystem.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 8-42 Event Log The Event Log window remains opened even if you go back to the subsystem manager window. You must select “Update” button to get fresh events displayed, when you come back. 8.3.3 Monitor Performance Click on this icon to open the Performance Monitor window like in Figure 8-43.
Page 244: Recover From Failures
Support” on page 337. 8.3.5 Manage enclosure alarm This icon normally helps to set an acoustic alarm on managed subsystem, but as DS3500 storage subsystem has no beeper for acoustic alarms, it is always grayed and it is not possible to use it.
Page 245: Status Bar
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm existing VolumeCopy pairs. We recommend to find detailed information about the Copy Manager, VolumeCopy and about all other copy services in IBM Midrange System Storage Copy Services Guide, SG24-7822. Figure 8-45 Copy Manager window The Copy Manger window can stay opened while you configure other things in the subsystem manager window.
Page 246: Tabs
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 8.5 Tabs This is the main management area of the IBM System Storage DS (Subsystem Management). In this area (see Figure 8-48) you can see the highlighted name of managed storage subsystem in upper part, and close to the name is an icon showing current status of the whole storage subsystem.
Page 247 Event Log and a description of a storage subsystem; and sending the information to your IBM Customer Support representative. The Support tab also contains the link to download the controller firmware, the NVSRAM, the drive firmware, the ESM firmware, and the ESM configuration settings.
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Page 249: Chapter 9. Administration - Logical Tab
Chapter 9. In this chapter, we describe the Logical tab of the DS Storage Manager. In this tab, you can logically configure a DS3500 Storage Subsystem and these configuration options include some of the important tasks like: creation of Arrays and Logical Drives...
Page 250: Logical Tab
When selected, it opens a window with the physical components belonging to the selected logical object in the left Logical pane. The associated components are marked by blue bullets in this window. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 251 (already selected in Figure 9-1 on page 226). The name of subsystem and basic status (green - Optimal, or red - Needs Attention) of this managed subsystem is shown there. In the right Properties pane you can see overall information about the whole DS3500 Storage Subsystem.
Page 252: Working With Unconfigured Capacity
9.2 Working with Unconfigured Capacity If you get a new DS3500 subsystem, it probably has all unconfigured capacity. As you start to configure physical disk drives into Logical Arrays, this unconfigured capacity will decrease.
Page 253: Create Array
9.2.2 Create Array The example that follows assumes that there is unconfigured capacity on the DS3500 storage subsystem. This procedure illustrates the most common steps to follow in setting up an Array from unconfigured drives. We first start with the creation of an empty Array, and then the logical drive creation is described in 9.4.1, “Create Logical Drive”...
Page 254 If some SED disk drives are used in DS3500 you can see also the check box for selecting the encrypted disks for Array creation. For more information about disk encryption, refer to Chapter 15, “Disk Security with Full Disk Encryption drives”...
Page 255: Working With Arrays
7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm planning tasks” on page 29 to determine the best RAID level for your specific environment and application. – Select the line with required capacity in the list and click Finish. In our example (Figure 9-7), we create a RAID1 array with two 15kRPM SAS drives.
Page 256: Locate And View Associated Components
233. The disks marked by blue bullet are members of selected Array. The blue bullet can mark also one or both controllers, if already configured Logical Drives are owned by both controllers. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 257: Change Ownership And Raid Level
7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 9-10 Associated components for Array 9.3.2 Change Ownership and RAID level In this section we discuss the options to change the controller ownership and the RAID level. Ownership The Change  Ownership/Preferred Path  Controller A/B menu can be used to change the Logical Drive controller ownership of all logical drives in the Array to one selected controller.
Page 258: Raid Level
When the migration finishes, the value can be increased to reduce the time for a rebuild in case of a drive failure. This minimizes the critical time of non-redundant operation caused by the disk drive fault. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 259 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Attention: Once the migration starts, it cannot be stopped. During the migration process, the array cannot be deleted, logical drive cannot be deleted, new logical drives cannot be created in the migrated array. Some configuration changes that does not change data structures on the array can be performed on logical drives during the migration process.
Page 260: Add Free Capacity (Drive)
Note: Storage Manager supports RAID 0 and 1 arrays with more than 30 drives. In certain DS3500 storage subsystem configurations, this can improve performance, provided that the system is optimally tuned. It also improves the data capacities of these arrays. RAID 1 or 10 requires an even number of disk drives.
Page 261: Secure Drive
For RAID levels 3, 5, and 6, select one or two drive, and for RAID levels 1 and 10, mandatory two drives must be selected. Pay attention to the following considerations: Only SAS drives are supported on DS3500, so every unconfigured disk drive with appropriate capacity can be listed as candidate to add.
Page 262: Replace Drive
You can right click on the Free Capacity and select “View Associated Physical Components” to see which disk drives are associated with that free capacity. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 263: Create Logical Drive
7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 9-17 Free Capacity menu 9.4.1 Create Logical Drive You can also right click on the Free Capacity and select Create Logical Drive. We explain the procedure to create a Logical Drive (sometimes referred to as a Volume) in the following steps: 1.
Page 264 Figure 9-19 Customize logical drive parameters a. For logical drive I/O characteristics, you can specify file system, database, or multimedia defaults. The Custom option allows you to disable or enable the dynamic IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 265 Storage Manager. Based on data gathered from the Performance Monitor, move some logical drives to the other preferred controller to balance the load if required (see Chapter 3, “IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage System planning tasks” on page 29 for more information.
Page 266 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm and is available to any host zoned to the DS3500 Storage Subsystem, so it is not the recommended choice. Important: Manually mapping logical drives to hosts prevents unwanted mapping and is always the recommended choice.
Page 267 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 9-22 Create logical drive - Completed 8. The new Logical Drive will be formatted, and in the Properties pane of Storage Manager you can check the progress of this operation (see Figure 9-23). The Logical Drive icon in the Logical pane is marked by clock symbol during this process.
Page 268: Working With Logical Drive
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 9.5 Working with Logical Drive The Logical Drive is the main building block of the DS3500 Storage Subsystem. Your host servers can only see these Logical Drives. The Logical Drive can be tuned by many parameters and we describe the most of them in the following sections.
Page 269: Change Modification Priority
You can also set your regular Logical Drive as source of advanced copy services, like FlashCopy, VolumeCopy or Enhanced Remote Mirroring in the Logical pane (Figure 9-24 on page 244). These functionality are described in IBM Midrange System Storage Copy Services Guide, SG24-7822.
Page 270 3. Click OK and then Yes in next window to confirm this change. 4. You will then see the completion window as shown in Figure 9-27 Figure 9-27 Change Modification priority - Completed IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 271: Change Cache Settings
Using the next option in the menu(Figure 9-25 on page 245), we change the cache settings on the Logical Drive. You can specify the DS3500 subsystem global cache settings, as described in “Cache Settings” on page 205. These settings will affect all arrays and logical drives created on the subsystem: –...
Page 272: Read Caching
Figure 9-29 Logical Drive cache settings - defaults These cache settings can have a large impact on the performance of the DS3500 storage subsystem and on the availability of data. Be aware that performance and availability often conflict with each other.
Page 273 The cache of the DS3500 storage subsystem is protected by a battery against power loss. If the batteries are failed or not fully charged, for example, just after powering on, the controllers automatically disable the write cache.
Page 274: Change Media Scan Settings
This is the default and recommended configuration. Table 9-2 on page 251 shows the errors and describes several of the actions that the DS3500 storage subsystem takes as a result of a media scan and redundancy check operations.
Page 275 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Table 9-2 Media scan errors Reported error Description Result Unrecovered media The data cannot be read on its With redundancy check: Data is error first attempt, or on any reconstructed and scanned again. subsequent retries.
Page 276: Change Pre-Read Redundancy Check
9.5.4 Change Pre-Read Redundancy Check You can use this option to define the capability of the DS3500 Storage Subsystem firmware to pre-read logical drive redundancy information and determine if the data of a given logical drive is consistent (redundant). This check is done on each read operation on the selected logical drive.
Page 277: Change Ownership/Preferred Path
OK. When done, you will see a list of LUNs with changed settings. 9.5.5 Change Ownership/Preferred Path If you are using a dual controller version of the DS3500, each logical drive has a preferred controller of ownership. This controller normally handles all I/O requests for this particular logical drive.
Page 278: Change Segment Size
A segment, in a logical drive, is the amount of data, in kilobytes, that the controller writes on a single physical drive before writing data on the next physical drive. Depending on your data structure, you can optimize the creation of your logical drives for this value. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 279 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm When you create a logical drive, the default segment size choose is 128 KB, unless you are creating logical drives under a RAID3, or choosing the multimedia type for the logical drive, in which case a segment size of 256 KB is used.
Page 280 See example in Figure 9-32. Figure 9-32 Change Segment Size menu 2. If you select required new segment size, a warning window shown in Figure 9-33 on page 257 opens. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 281: Increase Capacity
7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 9-33 Segment Size warning Note: Segment size change is long term process, which also can have influence on IO operations of attached hosts. The process cannot be stopped. If you can change segment size in multiplies of four or more, you must do it in more steps.
Page 282 Add Drives before proceeding to enlarge the logical drive. This will perform the same process described in 9.3.3, “Add Free Capacity (Drive)” on page 236. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 283 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 9-35 Increase Capacity - set amount Note: If the RAID level of the array is 3, 5, or 6, and the drive enclosure has enclosure loss protection, the Add Drives option displays only drives that ensure enclosure loss protection.
Page 284: Copy Services Operations
In this book we describe operations and configurations related to standard Logical Drives, but in Logical pane tree you can find also some special Logical Drives used for Advanced Copy Services. All the settings related to Copy Services can be found in IBM Midrange System Storage Copy Services Guide, SG24-7822.
Page 285 7914Admin_Logical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 9-38 Free Capacity island in Array Chapter 9. Administration - Logical Tab...
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Page 287: Chapter 10. Administration - Physical Tab
We have described, how to configure logical objects (Arrays and Logical Drives) of the DS3500 Storage Subsystem in Chapter 9, “Administration - Logical Tab” on page 225. Next tab in DS Storage Manger is the Physical tab (Figure 10-1 on page 264) and here you can find options to configure selected hardware components and you can also see their properties.
Page 288: Physical Tab
10.7, “Set Ethernet management ports” on page 276 13.4, “Configure iSCSI Host Ports” on page 325 The other configuration options in the Physical pane are already described in different chapters and we will provide the references as needed IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 289: Discover Component Properties And Location
FDE (Full Disk Encryption), so the button name is “Show FDE”. At the time of writing this book, only SAS drives are available for DS3500, so if you click “Show SAS disk” button, all disks are marked as in Figure 10-2.
Page 290: Disk Drive Menu
If you select this menu item, you can see related logical objects (as shown in Figure 10-6 on page 267), like Array and Logical Drives that are using the selected disk drive. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 291: Controller Menu
SED disk drive, or if you just insert SED disks from different DS3500 Storage Subsystem, you can import a security key to enable their use in your subsystem. For more information refer to Chapter 15, “Disk Security with Full Disk Encryption drives”...
Page 292: Set Hot Spare Drive
Hot spare disk drives must have capacities equal to or larger than the used capacity on the disk drives that they are protecting. The DS3500 storage subsystem can use a larger drive to recover a smaller failed drive to it. It will not use smaller drives to recover a larger failed drive.
Page 293 In a very small installations with just a couple of disks in DS3500 Controller enclosure we recommend one hot spare disk of largest capacity for high speed SAS and one for NearLine SAS, if both these types are used.
Page 294 2. Select the Physical tab to view the results of the automatic hot spare creation. This automatic hot spare creation function on DS3500 creates one hot spare drive for every 10 unassigned disk drives. Results can be unexpected in environment with mixed drive types and if some disk drives are already assigned to arrays.
Page 295 7914Admin_Physical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Tip for hot spare selection: Select drives of equal or greater size than the capacity of the largest disk in the storage subsystem. In large configurations with arrays containing many drives, it is necessary to define multiple hot spares as the reconstruction of a failed drive to a hot spare can take a long time.
Page 296: Failed Disk Drive Replacement
Recovery Guru window in Figure 10-11 on page 273). You can assign a working unassigned disk drive, which is already inserted in the DS3500 Storage Subsystem, as a replacement drive. Also, the hot spare in use can be used as replacement drive, but after parity recalculation is done.
Page 297 7914Admin_Physical.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 10-11 Degraded Logical Drive + Hot Spare In Use 1. Select the failed disk drive or missing disk drive icon in the Physical pane, right click, and select Replace Drives in the menu that appears (Figure 10-12). Figure 10-12 Replace Drive 2.
Page 298 Figure 10-13). If this hot spare disk drive is defined and is in use by the array with a missing or failed disk, you have to wait until the DS3500 controller reconstructs parity of all the logical drives in that array.
Page 299: Set Preferred Loop Id
10.5 Set preferred loop ID Loop ID is unique ID of a port in fibre-channel loop topology, sometimes is referred as a loop address. The Preferred Loop ID menu is not available for DS3500 without FC daughter card installed. Attention: If your Fibre Channel host adapter driver manages storage subsystems based on a loop ID (or arbitrated loop physical address - AL_PA), do not change the value of the preferred loop ID.
Page 300: Set Remote Access
This option lets IBM engineers access the subsystem controller by TELNET. It can be done from outside of the server room where DS3500 Storage Subsystem is installed, and so IBM engineer does not need to be physically attached to the special serial management port of DS3500, which is used for maintenance only.
Page 301: Initial Settings For Default Ip Addresses In Ds Storage Manager
Ethernet switch if needed. 10.7.1 Initial settings for default IP addresses in DS Storage Manager In order to change the default IP addresses, first you must connect to the DS3500 storage subsystem. Perform the following steps: 1. Connect the Ethernet ports to an isolated Ethernet switch.
Page 302: Configure Ethernet Management Ports
Click OK to accept synchronization if prompted to do so. f. Now you are connected to the DS3500 Storage Subsystem, but with the default IP addresses. You need to change the address to your specific ones. Follow the standard procedure described in 10.7.2, “Configure Ethernet Management Ports”...
Page 303: Configure Iscsi Ports
OK after configuring both of them. You must set the same default gateway on both controllers. The DS3500 has two Ethernet ports per controller. Make sure to select the port of each controller you already cabled. If you are planning to have the system connected to only one network, select port 1, leaving port 2 for service.
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Page 305: Chapter 11. Administration - Mappings Tab
Administration - Mappings Tab Chapter 11. In this chapter, we describe the Mappings tab of the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager. This tab is primarily used for assigning Logical Drives to host servers. It is done by storage partitioning (we name this process also “mapping”). This functionality is also known as “LUN masking”.
Page 306: Mappings Tab
Figure 11-1) opens. The information in the window advises you to only create host groups if your plan includes sharing logical volumes across different hosts, normally a cluster. Figure 11-1 Mappings Start-Up Help IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 307: Defining Host
SAN zones appropriately. Next, perform a hardware rescan on each host that has to be mapped to the DS3500 storage subsystem to reconfigure the FC or SAS devices (HBA) and allow the WWPN to be presented in the Storage Manager.
Page 308 2. The first window of the wizard is an introduction. In the next window (Figure 11-4 on page 285) you are asked to assign a Host name to the host being defined, and whether you plan to use storage partitioning. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 309 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 11-4 Define Host wizard: specify Host name 3. If you only plan to attach a single host server, then you do not need storage partitioning. But if you plan to group different host environments together, or if clusters are sharing logical drives.
Page 310 Figure 11-5, – Or type world-wide port name directly into the field, if the server is not connected or zoned yet, but you already know its WWPN (see Figure 11-6 on page 287). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 311 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 11-6 Define Host: Interface type, new port identifier and Alias – Type an Alias for the specified host port identifier and click Add. – Repeat the same process until you define all the HBAs. Remember that if you define only one HBA, the host can lose access if there is a problem with data path.
Page 312 If you enter a new name, as shown in Figure 11-9 on page 289, the new host group will be created, with this new host as a member. Select Next to continue. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 313 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 11-9 Define Host: Specify new Host Group 8. Finally, you have a chance to preview the new host definition (Figure 11-10 on page 290). If all the selections are correct, click Finish to define the new host. Note, that you can save the host definition as a script file for SMcli by selecting the “Save As Script”...
Page 314 Default Group in the Topology tree (Figure 11-11). It will stay there until you actually create a storage partition by assigning the logical drives to that host (or host group). Figure 11-11 Host defined 10.Repeat the same steps to create more hosts and host groups. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 315: Adding A New Host To Existing Host Group
7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 11.2.1 Adding a new Host to existing Host Group You can decide to incorporate a new host to the host group, and make it work together with the other host or hosts as a cluster. Remember that when you put the new host into the host group, the new host can access all logical drives mapped to this host group immediately.
Page 316: Defining Storage Partitioning
We start creating a storage partition by assigning the logical drives to new hosts or host groups: IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 317 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 1. Right-click Default Group or any unmapped host or host group icon in Topology tree below the Default Group (Figure 11-14). Then select Define Storage Partitioning. The Storage Partitioning wizard will lead you through the process. Note that an unmapped logical drive must exist to start this wizard.
Page 318 Group. The Storage Partitioning icon shows that mapping is there. You can see it in Figure 11-17. In the right Defined Mappings pane you can see the Logical Drive with assigned LUN number. Figure 11-17 Displaying created mappings IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 319: Defining Host Group
7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Notice, that the host W2008_server is defined as a member of the host group W2k_Cluster_02 in our example, and the logical drive is mapped to the host group. As mentioned before, the logical drive mapped to the host group is automatically mapped to all hosts included in this host group.
Page 320 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 11-18 Define Host Group menu IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 321: Manage Host Port Identifiers
When you are done, you can exit the dialog by clicking OK. Figure 11-19 Define Host Group name Because storage partitioning of the DS3500 storage subsystem is based on the world wide port names of the host ports, the definitions for the host groups and the hosts only represent a view of the physical and logical setup of your fabric.
Page 322: Define Additional Mapping
Define Additional Mapping, as shown in Figure 11-21 on page 299. Another choice is to select a Logical drive in Undefined mappings section of the Topology tree, right-click and select DefineAdditional Mapping to continue. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 323 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 11-21 Define Additional Mapping 2. In the Define Additional Mapping window (Figure 11-22), select logical drive you want to map to this host group or host, and assign the correct LUN number. Your host group or host is already preselected.
Page 324: View Unassociated Ports
In previous sections we described how to assign host ports (HBA in servers) to the Host. To check what other host ports are already recognized by your DS3500 Storage Subsystem, but are not assigned to a Host yet, select the option Mappings  View Unassociated Host Port Identifiers from the pull down menu bar, or select Unassociated Host Port Identifiers icon in Topology tree, right click and select View.
Page 325: Change Host Operating System
This option is used to rename a host or host group. Note: Be careful if some SMcli scripts are applied on your DS3500. If you rename your host and its name is used in SMcli script, this will not work. Changes of the host mapping are used almost in every DR process.
Page 326: Change And Remove Mapping
LUN number. the change mapping window is shown in Figure 11-26. Figure 11-26 Change Mapping - Host and LUN number Click OK and a warning window opens (Figure 11-27 on page 303). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 327 7914Admin_Mappings.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 11-27 Change Mapping - warning Note: Even if only LUN number is changed, your host operating system can lose access to already saved data on the mapped Logical Drive. Be careful if you change mapping on running hosts.
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Page 329: Chapter 12. Administration - Setup Tab
In this chapter, we describe the Setup tab of the DS Storage Manager. This tab can be used for initial configuration of a new DS3500 Storage Subsystem. The Setup tab contains links to tasks that you can perform when setting up a storage subsystem such as setting the storage...
Page 330: Setup Tab
The Figure 12-1 shows the Setup tab in IBM System storage DS Storage Manager. Figure 12-1 Setup tab of DS Storage Manager When the iSCSI daughter card is not installed in DS3500 Storage Subsystem, the two iSCSI task links will not be displayed in the Setup tab.
Page 331: Rename Storage Subsystem
This link opens a window (Figure 12-4 on page 308), where you can change password. For DS3500, strong password rules are valid, so the password must be changed the first time you open DS Subsystem Manager for given new DS3500. You can find more details about DS3500 password settings “Set Password”...
Page 332: Configure Iscsi Host Ports
7914Admin_Setup.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 12-4 Password change If you are setting the password for the first time on a new DS3500, the “Current password” field remains empty. 12.5 Configure iSCSI Host Ports This link is shown in the Setup tab only if optional iSCSI daughter card is installed. It opens a window as in Figure 12-5 on page 309, used for setting parameters of iSCSI ports on daughter card in DS3500.
Page 333: Configure Storage Subsystem
7914Admin_Setup.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 12-5 iSCSI port settings on DS3500 12.6 Configure Storage Subsystem If you select this link, the wizard opens as in Figure 12-6 on page 310. This can be used to configure logical drives and arrays on installed disk drives in storage subsystem.
Page 334: Automatic Configuration
Click Next and window like in Figure 12-7 on page 311 opens. Note: If your storage subsystem contains drives with different media types and different interface types, or has no unassigned drives available for configuration, the Automatic Configuration window does not appear. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 335 7914Admin_Setup.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 12-7 Fully automatic configuration of Arrays We do not recommend the “Choose a suggested configuration” option, as it creates unpractical set of many Arrays with a minimal number of disks in Array. Since you are only setting the RAID level, you have no control on the number and size of logical disks and number of Arrays created using this option.
Page 336 As automatic configuration can create an unexpected result sometimes, we recommend to use regular manual configuration tasks to configure Logical Drives and Arrays as described in 9.5, “Working with Logical Drive” on page 244 and 9.2.2, “Create Array” on page 229. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 337: Configure Hot Spare Drives
7914Admin_Setup.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 12.6.2 Configure hot spare drives If you select Configure hot spare drives option in Select Configuration Task window (Figure 12-6 on page 310), a new window opens for a hot spare configuration. In this window (Figure 12-10) you have two choices: Automatic or manual configuration of hot spares.
Page 338: Map Logical Drives
Management window to copy the configuration data back from the saved file to a storage subsystem with the exact hardware configuration. For more information about the Load Storage Subsystem Configuration option, refer to Chapter 6, “Administration - Enterprise Management” on page 161. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 339: Manually Define Hosts
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 12-12 Save Configuration When your DS3500 Storage Subsystem is fully configured, the Save Configuration option lets you save storage subsystem logical settings, logical drive configuration, topology, and mappings to the text file in form of script file, that also can be used by SMcli command line interface.
Page 340: Configure Ethernet Management Ports
Figure 12-13, used for setting parameters of iSCSI protocol. All iSCSI configuration options and also iSCSI port settings are described in Chapter 13, “Administration - iSCSI” on page 317. Figure 12-13 iSCSI protocol settings IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 341: Chapter 13. Administration - Iscsi
Chapter 13. In this chapter we describe iSCSI management options which are available in the DS Storage Manager. These options are specific only for IBM System Storage DS3500 with optional iSCSI daughter cards installed. In contrast with previous versions of DS Storage Manager for DS3300 Storage Subsystem (iSCSI model), there is no special iSCSI tab to manage all iSCSI settings.
Page 342: Planning For Iscsi Attachment
Note: At the time of writing this book there is no iSCSI HW Initiator supported with DS3500. As some iSCSI hardware initiators may be supported for attachment to DS3500 in the future, check currently supported types and versions at IBM interoperability web site: http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic...
Page 343: Iscsi Configuration Summary
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm and in order to protect the integrity of the data in your DS3500 Storage Subsystem, and its continuous access, we suggest that, whenever possible, to try to isolate the iSCSI traffic in a dedicated network.
Page 344: Manage Iscsi Protocol Settings
The main menu for iSCSI configuration can be found in the Storage Subsystem pull down menu as in Figure 13-1. Links for configuration of iSCSI ports on DS3500 and for configuration of iSCSI protocol settings are also accessible from the Setup tab, as these two settings are the most important and could be done on a new DS3500 during initial configuration.
Page 345 ) can only be configured on the iSCSI Initiator, when the initiator itself authenticates against the storage subsystem. If this is required, you have to also configure an Initiator CHAP secret on the DS3500 by following the steps in next section 13.3.2, “Mutual Authentication” on page 322.
Page 346: Mutual Authentication
13.7.2, “Defining new iSCSI host” on page 334. The host port is referred to as Initiator Label. In this example there is no CHAP secret defined (No permissions entered) for this initiator, as shown in the last column - “Permission Set?”. Click CHAP Secret. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 347: Target Identification
The Target Identification tab allows you to set up an alias name for the iSCSI Target device (your DS3500) that can be discovered by iSCSI Initiators on hosts. In iSCSI protocol, the storage is considered the iSCSI Target, whereas the host server is the iSCSI Initiator. You can check your DS3500 Storage Subsystem IQN name in this tab.
Page 348: Target Discovery
Target for easier location by iSCSI Initiators. To change default target discovery, do these steps: 1. Select Target Discovery tab. 2. Select Use iSNS server, as shown in Figure 13-7 on page 325. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 349: Configure Iscsi Host Ports
13.4 Configure iSCSI Host Ports The iSCSI host ports are the 1Gb Ethernet ports on each DS3500 controller with iSCSI daughter card, that are used to connect hosts to this storage subsystem by iSCSI protocol. Each controller has four RJ45 ports available on the iSCSI daughter card (see 4.1.4, “DS3500 controller with optional iSCSI host port adapter”...
Page 350 IP address for iSCSI port. Figure 13-8 Configure iSCSI Host Ports 2. Select the iSCSI host port to be configured from the iSCSI host port drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 13-9 on page 327. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 351 DS3500 storage subsystem. If static IP reservations are not provided or you lose the DHCP configuration, the iSCSI Initiators can lose connection to the DS3500 controller iSCSI ports and will not be able to reconnect to the device.
Page 352 10.In bottom part of the Configure iSCSI Host Ports window (Figure 13-8 on page 326), you have the option to disable ping (ICMP echo) requests for all iSCSI host ports. A reset of all ports is required to apply this setting. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 353: View/End Iscsi Sessions
7914Admin_iSCSI.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 11.After setting all the options, click OK to save the modifications. In Figure 13-12, you are advised which ports will be reset to apply the configuration. Active iSCSI sessions that can be connected to this ports will be closed.
Page 354 4. In the bottom pane, you can click Save As... to copy the session details into a text file. 5. Example 13-1 on page 331 shows the complete one session information for the selected initiator in Figure 13-13. This output can help verify, that the host setup was done correctly. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 355: View Iscsi Statistics
192.168.130.120 Negotiated login parameters: Authentication method: None Header digest method: None Data digest method: None Maximum connections: Target alias: DS3500-iSCSI Initiator alias: linux2 Target IP address: 192.168.130.102 Target portal group tag: Initial R2T: Maximum burst length: 65536 First burst length:...
Page 356 A link View legend for table headings opens the Online Help window, where description is provided to translate column names into more meaningful names for each statistic type. See example in Figure 13-15 on page 333. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 357: Defining Iscsi Hosts
A new window as in Figure 13-16 on page 334 appears. You can see World Wide Port Names for SAS or FC HBA,s if you have some, and if an iSCSI Initiator is already configured and authenticated for access to your DS3500 subsystem, you see IQN name of Chapter 13. Administration - iSCSI...
Page 358: Defining New Iscsi Host
Figure 13-16 Unassociated iSCSI Software Initiator Note: You can see iSCSI Initiator IQN name of your server in this window only if you already discovered and authenticated your DS3500 subsystem as an iSCSI Target on your host server. 13.7.2 Defining new iSCSI host A new iSCSI host can be defined by the same procedure as described in section 11.2,...
Page 359: Manage Iscsi Host Ports
7914Admin_iSCSI.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 13-17 Define iSCSI Host: Host Port Identifier specification Mapping of logical drives to iSCSI host is the same as for every other host. It does not depend on the type of host attachment interface. It is described in Chapter 11, “Administration - Mappings Tab”...
Page 360 Figure 13-18 iSCSI Host Port information Theoretically, you can Add or Replace iSCSI port identifier, but practically, if you have iSCSI software initiator tightly coupled with your server operating system, so these options cannot be used. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 361: Chapter 14. Administration - Support
Administration - Support Chapter 14. In this chapter, we describe some of the support functions of the IBM System Storage DS3500. These functions can help with troubleshooting and maintenance tasks. Specifically, we describe the functions that are accessed through the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) tab, and the maintenance, troubleshooting and recovery functions that are accessed from the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) Advanced menu.
Page 362: The Subsystem Management Support Tab
Download Firmware - Clicking this link will start the firmware update wizard. This function is described in 14.5, “Download firmware” on page 357 View Event Log - Clicking this link will open the DS3500 storage subsystem event log for viewing. This function is described in 14.6, “View Event Log” on page 395.
Page 363: Gather Support Information
The Collect All Support Data window allows you to specify the filename and directory location where the DS3500 support data will be saved. The “Which data am I collecting?” link in the window displays the relevant section of the Storage Manager help file that contains the complete list of files collected by the wizard.
Page 364: Saving The Support Data
Figure 14-4. Figure 14-4 Collect All Support Data - specify the filename and folder location 2. Click on the Start button to begin the data collection as in Figure 14-5 on page 341 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 365 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-5 Collect All Support Data - click the Start button to begin the data collection 3. The Collect All Support Data window will display a progress bar while the data is being collected, as in Figure 14-6.
Page 366: Support Data Automatic Settings
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-7 Collect All Support Data - Save Completed 5. Send the zip file containing the collected support data to your IBM Customer Support representative for troubleshooting and further analysis. 14.2.2 Support Data Automatic Settings DS Storage Manager incorporates the option to enable automatic collection of the support data.
Page 367: Collect Drive Data
Figure 14-9 The Automatic Support Data Collection window 14.2.3 Collect drive data You can save diagnostic data from all of the physical drives installed in the DS3500 storage subsystem. This drive diagnostic data is only readable by your IBM Customer Support representative and this option is normally only used at their specific request.
Page 368 Collect state capture You use this option to save detailed diagnostic information about the current state of your storage subsystem to a file. You can then send the captured information to your IBM Customer Support representative for analysis. Note: This log is saved as part of the Collect All Support Data log (14.2.1, “Saving the Support Data”...
Page 369 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-12 State Capture 2. Click the Browse button to specify the location and filename of the state capture information file (the default file extension is dmp). Then click the Start button to begin saving the file.
Page 370: View Storage Subsystem Profile
You can view the profile in the window or save it as a text file. Follow these steps to view the DS3500 storage subsystem profile: 1. Click View Storage Subsystem Profile in the Support tab (Figure 14-1 on page 338).
Page 371 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-15 The default view when viewing the DS3500 Storage Subsystem Profile 2. Select the tab for the information you want to view. By default, it opens the Summary tab.
Page 372 5. After the profile is saved, click Close (in Figure 14-15 on page 347) to return to the Support tab. Note: Much more information is saved if the Collect All Support Data log is gathered (see 14.2, “Gather Support Information” on page 339). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 373: Storage Manager Support Monitor
– RLS logs and SOC logs from DS storage subsystems that have Fibre-Channel drive channels connections, such as the IBM System Storage DS5020. Note: The DS3500 only has SAS drive channel connections and as such RLS and SOC data is not collected for DS3500 systems.
Page 374: The Support Monitor Profiler Console
Important: If you have multiple management stations running the Support Monitor software, problems can arise if each instance of Support Monitor requests a log collection from the same DS3500 storage subsystem at the same time (2 a.m.). There are three suggested workaround to prevent this from occurring: 1.
Page 375 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-20 Support Monitor Profiler Console Any DS storage systems that are being managed by the DS Storage Manager instance on the management system running Support Monitor will automatically appear in the Support Monitor list.
Page 376: Support Monitor Functions
1. Click on the mail icon to open the Profiler - Send Support Data window as shown in Figure 14-25 on page 353. In this window you can specify which support bundles to send to the IBM support personnel for review. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 377 Selected box. b. The SOC Change Log Files and RLS Change Log Files are not collected by the DS3500 storage subsystem. c. Enter the e-mail address of the support personnel that you are sending the logs to in the Send To box.
Page 378 Fibre-Channel drive channel connections (such as the DS5020) and are not collected for DS storage subsystems that have SAS drive channel connections (such as the DS3500). As such, the functions provided by this window are not relevant to the DS3500 storage subsystem.
Page 379: Support Monitor - View Module Logs
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-28 Profiler - Compute Change Log Files 14.4.5 Support Monitor - View Module Logs In this section we describe how to view the running log of the DS Storage Manager Profiler Support Monitor.
Page 380 Figure 14-31. Here you can specify the module logs and additional Configuration File and Data Logs that you want to save to the local system by ticking the appropriate checkboxes. Figure 14-31 Download Module Logs and Data IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 381: Download Firmware
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 14.5 Download firmware In this section we describe the steps to upgrade the DS3500 storage subsystem firmware and NVSRAM microcode. You can download the latest firmware at: http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk Appendix A, “IBM Support Portal web site” on page 737 describes this Web site and its contents.
Page 382: Before You Upgrade
DS3500 must be manageable during the entire time. Note: The overall DS3500 status can be checked in the Summary tab of the Subsystem Management window, as shown in Figure 14-33.
Page 383 Firmware Inventory Before and after updating the firmware levels of the DS3500 storage subsystem, you can use the Firmware Inventory to view the firmware levels for one storage subsystem, or more than one storage subsystem.
Page 384: Updating The Host
Figure 14-35 Enterprise Management firmware inventory 14.5.2 Updating the host Before you update the firmware on your DS3500, the software on your hosts should also be up to date. Go to the IBM Support Web site listed at the beginning of 14.5, “Download firmware”...
Page 385: Upgrading The Ds3500 Controller Firmware
The process of upgrading the firmware is a two-stage process: 1. The firmware file is transferred from the management host to the DS3500 storage system. 2. The DS3500 is upgraded with the new firmware file. The process of upgrading the firmware after downloading the firmware file is known as activation.
Page 386 Management) window. This tool is able to perform staged firmware upgrades in which the firmware is transferred to the DS3500 but the upgrade is not applied. This tool is able to perform both minor firmware upgrades and major firmware upgrades. This tool is described in section 14.5.4, “Using the Enterprise Management upgrade tool”...
Page 387: Using The Enterprise Management Upgrade Tool
ESM Configuration Drive Firmware 14.5.4 Using the Enterprise Management upgrade tool In this section we describe the procedure to update the DS3500 controller firmware using the firmware upgrade tool accessible from the DS Storage Manager Enterprise Management window. Note: The upgrade tool allows you to perform both minor and major controller firmware upgrades.
Page 388 Figure 14-38 Viewing the firmware upgrade tool log In this example, the problem that was preventing a firmware upgrade was fixed by clearing the DS3500 storage subsystem event log. See 14.6, “View Event Log” on page 395 for IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 389 However, certain types of problems may require that you contact your local IBM Support Representative. 3. If the firmware upgrade tool does not detect any problems that would prevent the upgrade, the tool reports a status of Upgradeable, as shown in Figure 14-39.
Page 390 – Select files: this section is where you select the firmware and NVSRAM files that you want to transfer to the DS3500 storage system. Information about the firmware and NVSRAM file packages that you select is also displayed in this section.
Page 391 Attention: Ensure that you choose the version of the NVSRAM file that is appropriate to your DS3500 storage system. For example, if your DS3500 storage system has two controllers then you must select the dual controller NVSRAM file. If your DS3500 storage system has one controller then you must select the single controller NVSRAM file.
Page 392 OK... button in Figure 14-42. You will be asked to confirm that you want to transfer and activate the firmware and NVSRAM immediately. See Figure 14-43 on page 369. Note: The process to transfer the firmware and NVSRAM images to the DS3500, but activate them later is described in step 6 below.
Page 393 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-43 Transfer and activate a. Click the Yes button to start the transfer and activation. b. The firmware upgrade tool will begin transferring the firmware images to the controllers. The status can be monitored in the tool (Figure 14-44). Figure 14-44 Firmware upgrade in progress c.
Page 394 To transfer the firmware and NVSRAM, click the checkbox option at the bottom of the Download Firmware window. See Figure 14-46. Figure 14-46 Transfer firmware and NVSRAM only (activate later) IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 395 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm b. Click the OK... button. You will be asked to confirm that you want to transfer the firmware and NVSRAM now but activate the new versions later (Figure 14-47). Figure 14-47 Confirm Download c.
Page 396 The activation process may take some time to complete and the status of the process can be monitored in the tool. Figure 14-51 on page 373 shows the status after the firmware has been successfully activated. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 397 7. It is also possible to clear a pending firmware and NVSRAM upgrade image that has been transferred to the DS3500 storage system, but not yet activated. Note: You can also clear a pending firmware upgrade in the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) window Advanced ...
Page 398 Figure 14-54 Clear Pending Firmware Progress d. The Upgrade Controller Firmware window reports the status shown in Figure 14-55 after the firmware has been cleared. Figure 14-55 Status after pending firmware has been cleared IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 399 Figure 14-56 Download NVSRAM b. Click the Browse button to select the appropriate NVSRAM file (either single controller or dual controller NVSRAM) for your DS3500 storage system (Figure 14-57). Figure 14-57 Download NVSRAM with NVSRAM file selected c. Click the OK button to continue and the Confirm Download window shown in Figure 14-58 on page 376 will appear.
Page 400: Using The Ds3500 Storage Manager (Subsystem Management)
Figure 14-59 NVSRAM upgrade successful 14.5.5 Using the DS3500 Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) Here now describe upgrade procedure for the DS3500 firmware and NVSRAM using the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) application. Updating the storage subsystem After you have updated your hosts (see section 14.5.2, “Updating the host”...
Page 401 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Tip: The current DS3500 firmware levels are listed in the Storage Subsystem Profile. Clicking each of the individual Download Firmware links in Figure 14-60 also displays the current firmware levels of the respective components.
Page 402 ESM firmware In the second section, , select the ESM firmware file you have previously downloaded from the IBM Support Web page. Click Select File and select the firmware file. Click Start to update the ESM firmware. 3. The Confirm Download window appears. Read the information, confirm it by typing in yes, and click OK to start the update (Figure 14-63 on page 379).
Page 403 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-63 Confirm Download 4. The status field in the row of selected enclosures changes from pending to transferring while the ESM card firmware upgrade progresses. Monitor the progress and completion status of the download as shown in Figure 14-64.
Page 404 Figure 14-66 will appear. Figure 14-66 Download ESM Card Configuration 2. If there is more than one drive enclosure connected to the DS3500, check the Select All checkbox to install the ESM configuration file to all the enclosures. Alternatively, if you...
Page 405 DS3500 has logged too many critical events. Figure 14-67 Event Log Verification Error You will need to view the DS3500 event log and resolve the errors (see section 14.6, “View Event Log” on page 395). In this example, clearing the DS3500 storage system event log fixed the condition causing the verification error.
Page 406 Note: Best practise is to install the controller firmware and controller NVSRAM updates in one step. 4. Click Select File in the Controller Firmware section and enter or browse to the file name (Figure 14-69 on page 383). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 407 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-69 Download Controller Firmware - Select controller file 5. To update the NVSRAM in the same step, select the Transfer NVSRAM file with controller firmware check box and browse to the NVSRAM file (Figure 14-70 on page 384).
Page 408 7. The microcode will now be transferred to the storage subsystem and applied to both installed controllers. This may take some time and you can monitor the status in the Downloading window that appears (Figure 14-72 on page 385). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 409 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-72 Downloading the firmware After the controller firmware has been transferred, it is activated on both controllers. This step may take some time. The activation status is reported as shown in Figure 14-73. Figure 14-73 Activating the firmware 8.
Page 410 Click the Select File button to select the NVSRAM file. Figure 14-75 Download Controller NVSRAM 2. Click the Select File button to select the NVSRAM file as shown in Figure 14-76 on page 387. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 411 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-76 Select the NVSRAM file to install 3. Once you have selected the NVSRAM file that you want to install, click the Transfer button to begin installing the new NVSRAM file on the storage subsystem. The Confirm Download window appears (Figure 14-77).
Page 412 Figure 14-78 Download Progress NVSRAM 5. After the NVSRAM file is transferred and activated successfully (Figure 14-79), click Close to return to the Download Firmware view (Figure 14-60 on page 377). Figure 14-79 Download NVSRAM successful IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 413 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Download Drive Firmware The hard drive firmware upgrade process is disruptive and it requires that all host I/Os are suspended for the duration of the update. Plan a production outage in advance and follow these steps (when I/O operations are suspended) to perform the drive firmware upgrade: Note: The Download Drive Firmware function is also accessible from the Advanced ...
Page 414 Figure 14-81 Select drive firmware package 3. Click Add... to open the Select A Package window (Figure 14-82 on page 391) and browse to the folder that contains the drive package files. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 415 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-82 Download Drive Firmware - Select A Package As you highlight each package listed in the Window shown in Figure 14-82, the File Information section will report if the selected drive firmware package is Compatible (Figure 14-83) or Not Compatible (Figure 14-84) with the types of drives that are installed in your system.
Page 416 4. Repeat these steps for every drive type that you want to update. You can update up to four drive types at a time. Once you have selected the compatible drive firmware packages, click Next in the Download Firmware window (Figure 14-85) to continue. Figure 14-85 Drive packages added IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 417 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 5. Now you have to select the drives in the subsystem you want to update (Figure 14-86). You only see the compatible drives in this window. Check Select all to update all compatible drives.
Page 418 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-88 Confirm Download IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 419: View Event Log
Figure 14-89 Drive update complete 14.6 View Event Log You use this link to view a list of events that have occurred on your DS3500 storage subsystem. The event log is stored on reserved areas on the disk drives in the storage subsystem.
Page 420 Event Log window. The event details shows additional information about the event (Figure 14-92 on page 397). Figure 14-91 View details checkbox IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 421 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-92 Viewing the Event Log details The detail information covers the following information: Date/Time: The date and time that the event occurred. The date and time are set from the controllers’...
Page 422 Logged by: The name of the controller that logged the event. Raw Data: Information that is used by an IBM Support representative. In the right upper corner, you can set how many events to display; the default initial value is 100.
Page 423 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-95 Select All events Save As: This button saves the highlighted events. To save several entries, use the Ctrl key to select them; to save all entries, use the Select All button before you click Save As. You will be prompted for a location to save the events (the default extension is *.log).
Page 424: Performance Monitor
Figure 14-98 Performance Monitor 2. Click on the settings button to configure the Performance Monitor (Figure 14-99 on page 401). In this window you select the specific logical drives and controllers that you IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 425 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm want to collect performance counters for. Click on the Select All button to collect performance counters for all logical drives and controllers in the subsystem. You also specify how often the performance counters should be updated by specifying the Polling interval in seconds.
Page 426: Import/Export Array
DS3500 systems without losing application data. This is very helpful when you have to upgrade or replace a DS3500 system with a newer model, or faster disks, but want to preserve the expansions and their data.
Page 427 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm cannot exceed the maximum number of logical drives supported by the storage subsystem. – Make sure that the latest version of firmware is installed on the controller. – Make sure the target storage subsystem supports RAID 6 if you are exporting a RAID 6 array.
Page 428 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-102 Introduction (Export Array) IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 429 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 3. The Preparation Checklist (Export Array) window is displayed as shown in Figure 14-103. This checklist lists the preparation instructions for both the source storage subsystem and destination storage subsystem. You can save the checklist to a text file for reference by clicking the Save As button.
Page 430 Storage Manager logical tab as shown in Figure 14-107 on page 407. The status of the array is reported as Exported - ready for import. Figure 14-106 Export Completed (Export Array) IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 431: Import Array Procedure
7. Finally, the hard disks in the exported array may be carefully removed from the source DS3500 and may be installed into the empty slots of the target DS3500. The imported array then will have the status “Exported - ready for import” in the target DS3500, as shown in Figure 14-107.
Page 432 Import Array menu command as shown in Figure 14-108. Figure 14-108 Import Array 2. The Introduction (Import Array) window is displayed, as shown in Figure 14-109 on page 409. Read the information and then click the Next button to continue. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 433 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-109 Introduction (Import Array) 3. The Import Array (Import Array) window is displayed as shown in Figure 14-110. This window displays the array information and associated disk drives. – Click the Refresh button to update the displayed information after inserting additional drives.
Page 434 6. The Import Completed window shown in Figure 14-113 will be displayed when the array has been successfully imported. You can save the array migration to a text file by clicking the Save As button. Figure 14-113 Import Completed IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 435: Maintenance - Persistent Reservations
Query the storage array about registered ports and reservations Provide for persistence of reservations in the event of a storage system power loss Note: This function should normally only be used under the guidance of your IBM Customer Support representative.
Page 436 – Clear old data that is associated with a logical drive that no longer has a reservation. You can clear persistent reservations using this procedure: a. In the upper-left corner of the Persistent Reservations dialog, make sure that the View Associated Registrations check box is deselected. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 437: Troubleshooting - Drive Channels
Summary window is shown in Figure 14-116. From here you can manage the status of the two drive channels on the DS3500 storage subsystem. The ability to effectively manage the drive channel status on your storage subsystem lets you diagnose any problems that might exist on a particular drive channel.
Page 438 Important: This procedure is an advanced troubleshooting technique and should not be attempted if there are no problems with your DS3500 storage system 4. If the status of either of the two Drive Channels is Degraded, the Summary view reports the status as shown in Figure 14-118 on page 415.
Page 439: Troubleshooting - Run Diagnostics
Important: The controller is not available for I/O when the controller diagnostics are running. Note: You should normally only use this option only under the guidance of your IBM Customer Support representative Follow these steps to use the run the controller diagnostics: 1.
Page 440 Note: The data loopback test only runs on controllers that have Fibre Channel connections between the controller and the drives. The DS3500 has SAS connections between the controller and the drives, therefore this test does not apply to the DS3500 and this option is not enabled.
Page 441 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-121 Run Diagnostics 3. Once you have selected the tests to run, click the Run button. You will be asked to confirm that you want to run the tests, as shown in Figure 14-122. Read the important information. Then type “yes”...
Page 442: Troubleshooting - Prepare For Removal
Attention: Use this option only when instructed to do so by the Recovery Guru (see section 14.13, “Recovery Guru - Recover from Failure” on page 419) or by your IBM Customer Support representative. For CRUs that have an SAA LED, after the SAA LED comes on, you cannot turn it off without removing the CRU.
Page 443: Recovery Guru - Recover From Failure
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-124 Prepare for removal 2. In this window, you select the Enclosure and then the Component within that enclosure from the two drop-down menus. Then click the Prepare for Removal button. 14.13 Recovery Guru - Recover from Failure The Recovery Guru is a component of the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management Window) (SMW) that diagnoses storage subsystem problems and recommends recovery...
Page 444 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-125 Support tab - Recover from Failure Click the Recover from failure link to launch the Recovery Guru, as shown in Figure 14-126 on page 421. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 445: Common Recovery Commands
Advanced Recovery menu in the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) window, as shown in Figure 14-127 on page 422. Attention: You should normally only use these functions if instructed to do so by the Recovery Guru or your IBM Technical Support representative. Chapter 14. Administration - Support...
Page 446: Initialize
Unassigned state, which adds new or additional unconfigured capacity to the storage subsystem. You can then use this capacity to create additional logical drives. Attention: When you initialize a drive, all data on the drive is lost. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 447 Attention: Initializing a logical drive, will destroy all the data on those drives. If the Recovery Guru advises that you initialize a logical drive then you should contact your IBM Customer Support representative before you begin this procedure.
Page 448 Attention: All data on all logical drives in the array will be destroyed. If the Recovery Guru advises that you initialize an array, then you should contact your IBM Customer Support representative before you start this procedure.
Page 449: Revive Drive
The Revive drive function will revive (attempt to spin up) a selected failed drive. Important: Correct use of this option depends on the data configuration on all of the drives in the array. Never attempt to revive a drive unless you are supervised by your IBM Customer Support representative.
Page 450: Recovery - Clear Configuration
All logical drives and arrays are deleted. This will destroy all data on these logical drives and arrays. The user-supplied DS3500 storage subsystem name is deleted. If you have password-protected your storage subsystem for destructive operations, that password protection is lost.
Page 451 Clear Array Configuration You can use the Clear Array option to permanently delete the current array configuration on the DS3500 storage subsystem. Attention: All data currently stored on the array is lost when you use this option. Do not attempt this operation unless you have a verified current backup of all data on the logical drives.
Page 452: Recovery - Place Controller
In this section we describe how to use these options. Note: These three functions should normally only be used under the guidance of your IBM technical support representative. Place controller Online Placing a controller online sets it to Optimal status and places it in an active mode, available for I/O operations.
Page 453: Place Controller Offline
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-132 Place controller online 2. The window shown in Figure 14-133 will be displayed. Read the information and then click the yes button to confirm that you want to place the controller online. Figure 14-133 Confirm Place Online Place controller Offline Placing a controller offline makes it unavailable for I/O operations and moves its arrays to the...
Page 454 2. The window shown in Figure 14-135 will be displayed. Read the information and then click the yes button to confirm that you want to place the controller offline. Figure 14-135 Confirm Place Offline IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 455: Place Controller In Service Mode
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Place controller in service mode You can use the place controller in Service Mode option to safely run controller diagnostics without affecting data availability. These conditions apply when you use Service mode: When you place a controller into Service mode, all of the logical drives are forced to the active controller.
Page 456: Recovery - Reset Controller
1. Select the controller in the Physical tab of the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) window and then select the Advanced  Recovery  Reset Controller menu command, as shown in Figure 14-138 on page 433. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 457: Recovery - Enable Controller Data Transfer
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-138 Reset Controller 2. The window shown in Figure 14-139 will be displayed. Read the information and the click the yes button to reset the selected controller. Figure 14-139 Confirm Reset Controller 14.14.6 Recovery - Enable controller data transfer A controller can be in the disabled state due to diagnostics being run or firmware being downloaded.
Page 458: Recovery - Place Logical Drives Online
2. The controller resumes normal operation and will accept host I/O. 14.14.7 Recovery - Place Logical drives online If the DS3500 storage subsystem experiences an interruption of power, then cache data loss might occur. If the cache data cannot be recovered, the affected logical drives are automatically placed offline.
Page 459 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-140 Redistribute Logical Drives 2. The window shown in Figure 14-141 will be displayed. Read the information and then click the yes button to redistribute the logical drives to their preferred controller. Figure 14-141 Redistribute Logical Drives confirm 3.
Page 460: Recovery - Fail Drive
You can use this function to set the state of a drive to failed. Note: You should normally only use this function under the guidance of your IBM Technical Support representative. If you are failing drive to replace it, it is best practise to unassign all hotspare drives first.
Page 461 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-143 Fail Drive 2. You will be asked to confirm that you want to fail the selected drive, as shown in Figure 14-144. Figure 14-144 Confirm Fail Drive 3. Read the information and then click the OK button to fail the drive. Chapter 14.
Page 462: Recovery - Reconstruct Drive
Figure 14-145 Reconstruct Drive 3. The window shown in Figure 14-146 on page 439 will be displayed. Read the information and then click the Yes button to start reconstruction of the drive. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 463: Recovery - Defragment Array
7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-146 Confirm Reconstruct 4. The drive will have a status of Replaced while the reconstruction is occurring. The array and logical drive(s) will have a status of Degraded until the reconstruction has completed You can view the progress of a logical drive reconstruction by selecting the logical drive in the Logical tab of the DS Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) window as shown in Figure 14-147.
Page 464 Advanced  Recovery  Defragment Array menu command as shown in Figure 14-148. Figure 14-148 Defragment Array 2. You will be asked to confirm that you want to defragment the array, as shown in Figure 14-149 on page 441. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 465 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-149 Defragment Array - confirm 3. Click the Yes button. All of the free data blocks on the Free Capacity nodes are consolidated into one Free Capacity node that contains a larger set of contiguous data blocks.
Page 466: Recovery - Check Array Redundancy
You can use the Check Array Redundancy function to check the redundancy on a selected array. Note: You should normally only use this option under the guidance of your IBM Customer Support representative. Keep these important guidelines in mind before you check data redundancy on an array: You cannot use this option on RAID Level 0 arrays that have no redundancy.
Page 467 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-151 Check Array Redundancy 2. The windows shown in Figure 14-152 will be displayed. Figure 14-152 Confirm Check Redundancy 3. Read the information and click the Yes button to display the Check Redundancy window as shown in Figure 14-153 on page 444.
Page 468: Recovery - Unreadable Sectors
This dialog lets you clear and save unreadable sectors. Information on unreadable sectors is maintained for both redundant (RAID Level 1/10, RAID Level 3/5, and RAID Level 6) logical drives and non-redundant (RAID IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 469 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Level 0) logical drives. The Unreadable Sectors Log can store up to 1000 unreadable sectors. When the Unreadable Sectors Log reaches 1000 entries, the following conditions apply: If new unreadable sectors are detected during reconstruction, the reconstruction fails, and no entry is logged.
Page 470: View Online Help
Click this link in the Support tab to access the Subsystem Management online help system, as shown in Figure 14-156. You will find a lot of useful information about your DS3500 storage subsystem in a new window. Select a topic from the right column. You can also search for text by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
Page 471 7914support2-0209.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 14-157 About IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Chapter 14. Administration - Support...
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Page 473: Chapter 15. Disk Security With Full Disk Encryption Drives
Disk Encryption Storage Manager which is only available on RPQ basis at time writing this book. All of the drives in the DS3500 share the same security key and the shared security key provides read and write access to the drives, and the drive encryption key on each drive is used to encrypt the data.
Page 474: The Need For Encryption
Disk reformatting erases data on disks but information can still be recovered. In each case, a risk is introduced where legible data might be recovered from disk. This can be made significantly more difficult if Disk Security on a DS3500 storage subsystem is employed.
Page 475 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-1 shows the relationship of the IBM Disk Encryption Manager and an individual FDE drive with encryption enabled. Writing to the Drive Reading from the Drive Encryption Process Decryption Process...
Page 476: Disk Security Components
All of these features are managed by the Storage Manager (V10.70.x and higher). 15.2.1 DS3500 Disk Encryption Manager The Disk Encryption Manager on the DS3500 system maintains and controls the key linkage and communications with FDE drives. It will be included with the firmware and Storage Manager.
Page 477: Full Data Encryption (Fde) Disks
ST3600957SS 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 3.5-inch 600GB 15k 15.2.3 Premium feature license The DS3500 requires that the Full Disk Encryption premium feature be installed and enabled for Disk Security to function. See 3.4, “Planning for premium features” on page 70 for details about this topic.
Page 478: Security Key Identifier
Figure 15-3 FDE drive properties showing security ID and status 15.2.6 Passwords For Disk Security to be enabled, the DS3500 has to have the administration pass phrase or password set. The password must be “strong” and not easy to guess. A check is made on the...
Page 479: Setting Up And Enabling A Secure Disk
15.3 Setting up and enabling a secure disk This section shows a step-by-step process to create a key and file on the IBM Disk Encryption Storage Manager of the DS3500. It will then show how to enable a previously configured array that has FDE drives.
Page 480 Figure 15-5 The correct premium feature has been obtained and installed Now you will have the possibility to identify the FDE drives by pressing the button Show FDE. The following Figure 15-6 on page 457 shows an example IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 481 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-6 Selection of the FDE Drives The next check is to ensure that the physical disks are FDE drives and are secure capable. In Figure 15-7 on page 458, you can see that an array has been created where disk security is not enabled, as indicated by the unlocked padlock.
Page 482: Secure Key Creation
Figure 15-7 Array created with FDE drives with Disk Security disabled 15.3.2 Secure key creation To create the secure key, select, in the top left corner of the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager Subsystem Management window, Storage Subsystem  Drive Security ...
Page 483 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-8 Create Security Key You must have your DS3500 subsystem password set to proceed, and you might see the message shown in Figure 15-9 if the existing password be considered is too weak.
Page 484 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-10 Enter your password to continue with the creation of the security key Fill in the empty form as shown in Figure 15-11 on page 461 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 485 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-11 Empty form for security key generation Chapter 15. Disk Security with Full Disk Encryption drives...
Page 486 Figure 15-12 Requirements displayed for the security key creation The key location default is in the user’s local PC directory. We strongly advise that the key be copied and kept in a safe location. Figure 15-13 on page 463 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 487 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-13 Save security Key file Tip: The best practice is to store the security key file with your key management policies along with the pass phrase. It is important to record and remember where this file is stored because the security key file is required along with pass phrase when a drive is moved from one storage subsystem to another or when both controllers in a storage subsystem are replaced at the same time.
Page 488 Figure 15-14 Security key creation process complete The key authorizations now generated are synchronized between both controllers in the DS3500 storage subsystem. With these authorizations in place, arrays on the FDE drives in the storage subsystem can be secured. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 489: Enable Disk Security On Array
7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 15.3.3 Enable Disk Security on array Now that the keys have been created, Disk Security can now be enabled on the array. Right-click the array and select Secure Drives, as shown in Figure 15-15. Figure 15-15 Secure all drives in the array You will then be prompted to confirm the Secure Drives on the array, as shown in Figure 15-16.
Page 490: Additional Secure Disk Functions
Storage Manager menu, Storage Subsystem  Drive Security  Change Security Key. The confirmation window to change the security opens as in Figure 15-18 on page 467 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 491 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-18 Confirm change security key Chapter 15. Disk Security with Full Disk Encryption drives...
Page 492 The original key is stored in the storage subsystem only. It cannot be changed directly or exported to a security key backup file. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 493: Save Security Key File
7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm When the security key has been successfully changed, a confirmation window opens, as shown in Figure 15-20, where the new key file location and security key identifier are shown. Figure 15-20 Change Security Key Complete confirmation window 15.4.2 Save security key file This action will save a backup of the security key file and will require the original pass phrase in order to copy it.
Page 494: Secure Erase
Secure erase provides a higher level of data erasure than other traditional methods. When you initiate secure erase with the DS3500 Storage Manager, a command is sent to the FDE drive to perform a “cryptographic erase”. This erases the existing data encryption key and then generates a new encryption key inside the drive, making it impossible to decrypt the data.
Page 495: Fde Drive Status
7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm The secure erase process is shown in Figure 15-23. Writing to the Drive Reading from the Drive Encryption Process Decryption Process The quick brown fox ± jumps over the lazy dog !...
Page 496: Hot Spare Drive
DS3500 Disk Encryption Manager. 15.4.5 Hot spare drive If a disk drive fails in the DS3500 storage subsystem, the controller uses redundant data to reconstruct the data on the failed drive on a global hot-spare drive. The global hot-spare drive is automatically substituted for the failed drive without intervention.
Page 497: Export The Array
Check that the drives that are being moved are supported. The Drive Security premium feature should be already enabled, as shown in Figure 15-5 on page 456. Verify that the firmware is the same on the target DS3500 as the source DS3500, and is up to date.
Page 498 For security reason you will be asked to verify this selection Figure 15-26 Figure 15-26 Confirmation to export array During execution of the export command the Array shows an degraded status as in Figure 15-27 on page 475 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 499 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-27 Degraded Status of the Array When the process has completed, the wizard will indicate that the drives can be removed, as shown in Figure 15-28. Figure 15-28 Export completed The Storage Manager will now indicate that the array has been exported and the physical disks are offline.
Page 500: Import Secure Drive Array
It is necessary to ensure that all the drives are seen by the DS3500 and that there is not a problem with them, as any problems will affect the array after it has been imported.
Page 501 Figure 15-31 Drive properties show no key details and no security feature enabled The DS3500 storage subsystem will also indicate that it needs attention due to the locked state of the drives. You can see the details about this situation in the Recovery Guru, as shown in Figure 15-32.
Page 502: Unlock Drives
Figure 15-33. Figure 15-33 Select the Unlock option on the FDE drive The DS3500 storage subsystem will recognize the FDE drives that are locked and will prompt for the key file and pass phrase, as shown in Figure 15-34.
Page 503: Import Array
7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm When the correct key file is selected and the pass phrase is entered, all the drives will be successfully unlocked, as shown in Figure 15-35. Figure 15-35 FDE drive unlock completed successfully 15.6.2 Import array The array will be displayed in the Logical tab of the Storage Manager window, and is ready to import, as shown in Figure 15-36.
Page 504 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-37 Introduction to import the array IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 505 7914FDE.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm The import array panel, shown in Figure 15-38, gives details about the disks that will be imported. You need to check that all the disks that are displayed are correct and that none of them are missing.
Page 506 The logical drives in the newly imported array are now ready to be mapped to hosts, where data can be accessed for read and write operations. After the Import you have to secure the drives again Figure 15-40 on page 483 right click on array press Secure array. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 507 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 15-40 Secure drives again We suggest that you change the key after a secure array is imported to a DS3500 storage subsystem when it already has secure arrays. This will ensure that all secure enabled FDE drives will use a common key for authentication with the DS3500 storage subsystem when they are powered on.
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Page 509: Chapter 16. Ibm Remote Support Manager For Storage
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm IBM Remote Support Manager for Chapter 16. Storage In this chapter, we describe how to use IBM Remote Support Manager (RSM) for Storage with the IBM DS3500 Storage subsystem. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved.
Page 510: Ibm Remote Support Manager For Storage
IBM call management system for each subsystem that reports a problem. This is the equivalent of placing a voice call to IBM Service for a problem. Once in the system, problems are responded to with the priority specified by the maintenance agreement in place for the product.
Page 511: Hardware And Software Requirements
IBM internal databases that support RSM for Storage use the IBM Machine Type and Serial Numbers of the servers, and therefore an IBM System x server must be used. This is required in order to properly register heartbeat records from the RSM for Storage system in IBM tracking databases.
Page 512 Linux operating system running RSM for Storage. RSM for Storage in a VMware virtual client RSM for Storage has been tested for operation in a VMware virtual client. See the IBM RSM for Storage Compatibility Guide for specific configurations.
Page 513: Ds-Rsm Model Rs3
The DS-RSM Model RS3 can attach to the LAN and collects alerts from IBM System Storage DS subsystems within the data center and expedite forwarding of the alerts to an IBM Service center.
Page 514: Installation Choices For Rsm For Storage
Novell SLES 10 and RSM for Storage software. An internal modem is available as an option if you choose to use a modem to provide remote access for IBM Service. The internal modem might not be compatible in all countries or regions. In that case, you can provide an external modem appropriate for your phone system.
Page 515: How Rsm For Storage Works
16.1.4 How RSM for Storage works RSM for Storage uses an Ethernet connection for problem reporting and a modem (optional) for remote access by IBM Service, as shown in Figure 16-4. The storage system can be any supported IBM System Storage DS subsystem.
Page 516: Notification E-Mail And Events Filtering
RLOGIN access. Indeed, we suggest normally disabling RLOGIN. If IBM Service needs to send or upload logs or other information from the RSM server to IBM, they can use FTP or e-mail commands from the Linux shell at the RSM server while connected through the modem line or using SSH connection.
Page 517 Daily phone line check fails. Ping Check fails. RSM receives an event it is configured to ignore. Notifications from IBM Support or RSM for Storage Development about the availability of updates to RSM for Storage software. There are several types of notifications sent by RSM to the primary contact or subsystem...
Page 518 Example 16-2 Alert Status notification Notification from RSM for Storage system: localhost An alert was sent to IBM Service at Thu Aug 28 22:26:58 2010 UTC. Remote Access to the RSM for Storage system is enabled for the next 12 hours Check the RSM for Storage console for additional information related to this problem.
Page 519 7914RSM.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm The event code was: 5005 The event message was: Place controller offline. Controller. Controller in slot B Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 520 Remote access is disabled. 1 storage subsystem has an active alert. 0 alerts have been acknowledged by IBM Service. 1 alert has been sent to IBM, but has not yet been acknowledged. 0 additional alerts are pending. Subsystem: ITSO3500, located at Datacenter 1 0 alerts acknowledged.
Page 521 RSM for Storage system, and is therefore not reported to IBM Service. These are events for which a response by IBM Service is not usually required, as shown in Table 16-2.
Page 522: Remote Access Methods
Storage Manager. 16.1.6 Remote access methods The required Remote Access for IBM Service can be provided by one or both of two methods. An external modem can be attached to the server’s serial port, or remote access through an SSH client can be enabled.
Page 523: Rsm Management Interface
You can also choose to allow remote access by both methods. More information about setting up and using an SSH connection is available in the IBM Remote Storage Manager for Storage Planing, Installation, and User’s Guide, GC26-7933, as well as the supplement IBM...
Page 524: Rsm Security Considerations
You do not have to remember to make the system secure after service has been completed. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 525 There may be times when you want to allow IBM Service to be able to access a device to troubleshoot a problem (such as a performance issue) for a subsystem that is not reporting a failure.
Page 526: Installing And Setting Up Rsm
Because management applications such as Storage Manager or IBM Director require access to all devices being managed, the presence of this internal firewall prevents the use of the RSM server as a management station.
Page 527: Installing The Host Os
The RSM software can be downloaded from: http://www.ibm.com/storage/disk/rsm We installed RSM according to the instructions in IBM Remote Storage Manager for Storage Planing, Installation, and User’s Guide, GC26-7933. After the installation, you have to define the admin and lservice user IDs.
Page 528 2. Click Login and enter the user name and password of the RSM administrator. This account is named admin and the password was defined during the installation of RSM. See Figure 16-8. Figure 16-8 RSM logon window IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 529 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 3. You return to the Main Menu. The upper right menu contains a logout link. To start the setup, click System, as shown in Figure 16-9. Figure 16-9 RSM main menu Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 530 6. Click Select to add, fill out the form, and click Update configuration. This information is very important; when a DS Storage Subsystem reports a problem, IBM Service will contact the person specified here. See Figure 16-12 on page 507.
Page 531 System Configuration, as shown in Figure 16-13. Figure 16-13 RSM contact list with contacts 8. The task Contact Information in System Configuration will be marked OK. Click Company Information, as shown in Figure 16-10 on page 506. Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 532 9. Complete the form with the appropriate information and click Update configuration, as shown in Figure 16-14. Figure 16-14 RSM company information 10.The task Company Information in System Configuration will be marked OK. Click Connection Information, as shown in Figure 16-10 on page 506. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 533 7914RSM.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 11.Complete the form with the appropriate information and click Update configuration, as shown in Figure 16-15. Figure 16-15 RSM connection information Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 534 If any drive expansion units are detected, the configuration status for the subsystem will change to Configuration Incomplete and additional configuration fields will now be available for setting the IBM machine type and serial numbers of each detected drive expansion unit.
Page 535 7914RSM.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Click Update configuration. Figure 16-17 shows the completed form with sample data. Figure 16-17 RSM storage subsystem information Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 536 16.Now you will be able to fill in the necessary information for the additional enclosure as shown in Figure 16-20 on page 513. Use the Copy this form Button for more enclosures. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 537 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 16-20 RSM Configure Storage Subsystem continued... 17.A possible selection of the IBM Product ID you will find in Table 16-3. Table 16-3 RSM Product IDs used for RSM Machine Type...
Page 538 Click Configuration to return to the System Configuration. Figure 16-21 RSM Configure Storage Subsystem continued... 19.Now we want to add other SAN Devices. For this press the Button Other SAN Devices as seen in Figure 16-22 on page 515 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 539 Information, press Update configuration Figure 16-23 Figure 16-23 RSM Add other SAN Devices continued... 21.The newly added SAN Devices is now added and is shown Figure 16-24 on page 516 Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 540 Figure 16-24 RSM Add other SAN Devices continued... 22.After entering all the desired information, you can verify the information by pressing the Run Configuration Test button as shown in Figure 16-25 on page 517 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 541 7914RSM.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 16-25 RSM Run Configuration Test 23.Click Refresh status to see the progress of the test Figure 16-26 on page 518 Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 542 7914RSM.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 16-26 RSM Run configuration Test IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 543 2010 09 04 18:29:03 UTC - Adding new expansion box (0) to configuration 2010 09 04 18:29:03 UTC - Configuration Test: No problems detected. 2010 09 04 18:29:03 UTC - Configuration Test: Restoring firewall to original state. Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 544: Configuring Snmp Traps In Storage Manager
4. Enter the host name or the IP address of the RSM host in the trap destination field and click Add (Figure 16-28 on page 521). Do not change the SNMP community name (the public default is IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 545 If you have an existing SNMP infrastructure and there is already an SNMP trap destination set, you can add the IP address of the RSM server as an additional SNMP trap destination without having to delete the existing SNMP trap destination setting. Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 546: Activating Rsm
2010 09 04 22:05:08 UTC - Received a test alert for DS3524-FC from 9.42.171.25 16.2.5 Activating RSM The final step is to activate your system. Complete all the other configurations and run a successful Configuration Test before contacting IBM Service to activate RSM. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 547 524). Figure 16-30 RSM Remote access 2. Call the number for IBM Service for your region and give the IBM Machine Type and Serial Number of one of the DS storage subsystems to be monitored by RSM for Storage. For support telephone numbers in your country or region, see the following Web site: http://www.ibm.com/planetwide...
Page 548: Remote Access Security
Figure 16-31 RSM main menu: Configured Note: If you decide to install the RSM for Storage software on another server, you will need to contact IBM Service to obtain a new activation key for the new server. 16.2.6 Remote access security This section will cover how to secure your IBM System Storage DS subsystem from unauthorized access.
Page 549 In RSM, the modem used for remote access by IBM Service will not answer unless one of the storage subsystems has an active alert or Remote Access has manually been enabled.
Page 550 In the Remote Access setting window, you can enable/disable the Remote Access service and enable/disable the option to automatically enable the Remote Access when an alert is sent to IBM. This is shown in Figure 16-32. Figure 16-32 Remote Access settings...
Page 551 Update Timeout Value, as shown in Figure 16-32 on page 526. Note: You do not need to provide the rservice user ID password to IBM Service, because IBM Service has an internal tool that provides the current rservice password. You only need to provide passwords of your storage subsystems or your other SAN devices, if required.
Page 552 RSM server. For subsystems with active alerts, they are automatically allowed access from the Remote Support Manager while the alert is active and do not need to be enabled for Service Access. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 553: Managing Alerts
The Storage Manager has the ability to require an administrative password in order to make changes to the subsystem configuration. We suggest configuring this password. The IBM System Storage DS subsystems also have a controller shell environment that is accessible using a remote login (RLOGIN) client. Storage Manager has an option to disable RLOGIN, and we normally suggest disabling RLOGIN.
Page 554 3. The alert list for the selected storage subsystem (Figure 16-36) shows all alerts that were received by RSM. Click View to see the details of an alert. Figure 16-36 RSM list of alerts IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 555 7914RSM.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 4. The alert details and an error message are shown in Figure 16-37. Figure 16-37 RSM alert details Chapter 16. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage...
Page 556 6. After the alert is closed, it disappears from the alert list. 7. The main menu status changes so that the attention mark disappears after all problems are solved (Figure 16-38). Figure 16-38 RSM main menu IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 557: Chapter 17. Command-Line Interface(Cli)
In this chapter, we explain the basics of the Command-Line Interface (CLI) that can be used to manage an IBM System Storage DS3500. Along with the DS3500, the CLI can manage a older DS3000 models, DS4000 and DS5000 storage subsystems as well.
Page 558 “Adding a storage subsystem to the Storage Manager configuration” on page 542 “Showing defined subsystems in the Storage Manager configuration” on page 543 “Configuring alerts” on page 544 “Issuing commands to the storage subsystem” on page 547 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 559: How To Use The Command Line Interface
7914appCLI1208.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 17.1 How to Use the Command Line Interface The commands that you run on the CLI provide access to the script engine, specify the storage subsystem to receive the script commands, and set operation environment parameters.
Page 560: Running The Cli
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 17.2 Running the CLI There are two ways to enter commands into the DS3500: interactively, using SMcli, or by creating saved scripts with the Scripting Editor. We describe SMcli in 17.3, “General SMcli syntax”...
Page 561 7914appCLI1208.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 17-3 Tools menu 4. The Script Editor contains an online help that describes the use of each of the available commands. Select Help  Command Reference to display the online help (Figure 17-4) or Help ...
Page 562: General Smcli Syntax
SMcli -m <ip address> -F <email address> [-g <contactInfoFile>] [-S] SMcli -x email:<email address> [<hostname or IP address1> [<hostname or IP address2>]] [-n <storage-array-name> | -w WWID | -h <hostName> | -r (direct_sa | host_sa)]} IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 563 Enterprise Management Windows of the client Note: Always specify the IP addresses or host names from the management interface of all installed DS3500 controllers. Table 17-2 on page 540 gives an explanation of the various parameters that can be specified with SMcli commands.
Page 564 Specifies the host name or the IP address of the email server from which email alert notifications are sent. -n <subsystem The name of the storage subsystem shown by the -d options. Use either IP or name> host names, subsystem name, or WWID. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 565 7914appCLI1208.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Option Description -o <output file> Specify the file that will contain the output. Errors will be sent to the standard error output, which is usually the console. Use redirection when required. The output will not appended to the output file.
Page 566: Adding A Storage Subsystem To The Storage Manager Configuration
New storage subsystem was discovered at address 1.1.1.2 New storage subsystem was discovered at address 1.1.1.3 SMcli completed successfully. amazon:~ # SMcli -A Starting auto discovery..................Auto discovery operation successful. SMcli completed successfully. amazon:~ # IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 567: Showing Defined Subsystems In The Storage Manager Configuration
The mail server nile.rivers.local is used and a return address ds3500@nile.rivers.local is shown in the [MAIL SERVER] section of the output. In addition to that alert, alerts are enabled for the in-band managed storage subsystems DS3512i.
Page 568: Configuring Alerts
Storage Manager will be used to send e-mail alerts, which might not always be possible. Example 17-7 shows how to define an e-mail alert recipient for a single DS3500 server. Example 17-7 SMcli - define e-mail alert recipient for single system amazon:~ # SMcli -a email:ds3500@nile.rivers.local -n "DS3500"...
Page 569: Deleting E-Mail Alert Recipients
It is not necessary to use a parameter to specify a storage subsystem here. Example 17-8 shows an e-mail recipient for all in-band managed storage subsystems. Example 17-8 SMcli - E-mail recipient for a group of storage subsystems amazon:~ # SMcli -a email:ds3500-inband@nile.rivers.local -r host_sa SMcli completed successfully. amazon:~ # To send alerts generated by any single subsystem that is defined in the configuration file of Storage Manager, use the command shown in Example 17-9.
Page 570: Snmp Alert Recipients
SNMP trap receiver systems IP address or host name. Example 17-12 shows how to configure SNMP trap recipients for a single DS3524 system, in-band and out-of-band managed DS3500 systems, and a global trap recipient. Example 17-12 SMcli - SNMP alert recipient amazon:~ # SMcli -a trap:ds3524,nile.rivers.local -n ds3524...
Page 571: Issuing Commands To The Storage Subsystem
7914appCLI1208.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm amazon:~ # SMcli -a trap:out-band,nile.rivers.local -r direct_sa SMcli completed successfully. amazon:~ # SMcli -a trap:global,nile.rivers.local SMcli completed successfully. amazon:~ # 17.7 Issuing commands to the storage subsystem Commands can be issued to one of the defined storage subsystems by using the -c option. Use the following syntax to issue the commands: SMcli {<DNS-network-name-or-IP-address>...
Page 572 Microsoft Windows would be the use of single quotation marks around the complete command and double quotation marks without the backslashes. Here is a list of commands that can be used to manage a DS3500 storage subsystem: Activate...
Page 573: Sample Command: Save Configuration Script File
7914appCLI1208.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm show start stop suspend The CLI provides help when a command is not entered completely. Follow the Script Editor online help or the CLI online help to get details about each command. 17.7.1 Sample command: Save configuration script file Use the save StorageSubsystem configuration command to create a script containing the configuration statements for your environment.
Page 574 // Configuration settings that can not be set during Logical Drive creation. set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] cacheFlushModifier=10; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] cacheWithoutBatteryEnabled=false; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] mirrorEnabled=true; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] readCacheEnabled=true; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] writeCacheEnabled=true; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] mediaScanEnabled=true; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] redundancyCheckEnabled=false; set logicaldrive["San_boot_salza"] readAheadMultiplier=1; IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 575: More Information
For detailed information about all the CLI parameters, consult the Command Line reference included in the SMclient online help or the guide IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000, and DS5000 Command Line Interface and Script Commands Programming Guide available at the below IBM support website.
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Page 577: Chapter 18. Windows Sas Configuration Guide For Ibm Bladecenter
In this chapter, we describe and explain a sample configuration that shows how to connect logical drives configured on an IBM System Storage DS3500 to a Windows Server 2008 operating system running on an IBM BladeCenter HS21 server connected with SAS Connectivity Modules.
Page 578: Equipment Required
Figure 18-1 Hardware setup 18.2 IBM BladeCenter setup Check the IBM support Web site for the latest DS3500 interoperability matrix to ensure that all hardware used for this configuration are supported. Ensure that the BladeCenter, blade server, and modules are updated with the latest firmware. Consult the IBM support Web sites for the latest firmware.
Page 579: Installing Windows Server 2008
18.2.1 Installing Windows Server 2008 Follow the operating system installation instructions that are available for each IBM BladeCenter blade and IBM System x server. The installation guides can be found in the “Install/use” section of each product’s support Web sites.
Page 580 Figure 18-3 SAS Expansion Card - LSI Logic Configuration Utility Menu 4. Press the Enter key to select the SAS adapter internally connected to the SAS connectivity module in I/O Module bay 3, as shown in Figure 18-4 on page 557. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 581 Record the Worldwide Port Name (WWPN) of the first port on the SAS Expansion Card. The WWPN is needed for defining host ports on the DS3500 System Storage subsystem. The WWPN can also be retrieved from the SAS Connectivity Module Web interface.
Page 582: Hs21 Sas Expansion Card Device Driver
18.2.5 SAS Connectivity Modules You must install the IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity modules only in BladeCenter I/O module bay 3 and I/O module bay 4 of the following supported BladeCenter units: BladeCenter Type 8677 BladeCenter Types 8720 and 8730...
Page 583: Sas Connectivity Module Firmware Update
Installation and User's Guide for the SAS expansion card, found at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/. Connect the cables from the DS3500 Storage System controllers A and B to the external port# 4 and 1 of the two SAS connectivity modules, as shown in Figure 18-7.
Page 584 Figure 18-8 SAS Connectivity Module - Login 2. In the Monitor Module window, click Update Firmware. The Update Firmware window opens, as shown in Figure 18-9 on page 561. The current firmware level is also displayed. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 585 5. Click OK or Cancel. If the installation of the new firmware file is successful, an installation confirmation window opens, as shown in Figure 18-11 on page 562. If there are errors during the installation, an error message window opens. Chapter 18. Windows SAS configuration guide for IBM BladeCenter...
Page 586: Configuring The Sas Connectivity Module
18.2.7 Configuring the SAS connectivity module Ensure that the external ports on the SAS Connectivity Modules are enabled to allow connectivity from the DS3500 System Storage subsystem and I/O traffic to pass through the module. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 587: Sas Connectivity Module Zoning
Select I/O Module Tasks  Configuration in the BladeCenter AMM GUI Web interface window. For I/O Module 3 or I/O Module 4, select Zone Configuration Management. A window opens showing the predefined zone configuration options, as shown in Figure 18-13 on page 564. Chapter 18. Windows SAS configuration guide for IBM BladeCenter...
Page 588 Figure 18-13. With this option, each server bay is exclusively zoned with all the external ports, thus allowing access to one or more storage controller ports connected to the SAS Connectivity Module. Figure 18-13 SAS Connectivity Module - Predefined Zones IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 589: Installing Ds Storage Manager Host Software
#4 for this example. Figure 18-14 SAS Connectivity Module - Zone configuration Note: There is only a single path active from the DS3500 Storage System controller A to the SAS Connectivity Module in BlaseCenter I/O slot bay 3. The second path from DS3500 Storage System controller B is to the SAS Connectivity Module in BladeCenter I/O slot bay 18.3 Installing DS Storage Manager host software...
Page 590: Configure The Disk Space In Windows Server 2008
For the exact installation steps, see Chapter 5, “Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager” on page 133. Once the DS3500 Storage Manager client is installed, we have to add the DS3500 subsystem in the Enterprise Management window and prepare the logical drives for our Windows server.
Page 591 2. Create and format a partition. Right-click in the unallocated disk space and select New Simple Volume... from the context menu (Figure 18-17 on page 568). Chapter 18. Windows SAS configuration guide for IBM BladeCenter...
Page 592 The partition will be created and formatted. The Disk Management applet now displays the new partition (allocated drive E), which is ready to be used (see Figure 18-18 on page 569). IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 593 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 18-18 New partition on the logical drive 4. We can now access the logical drive on the DS3500 as drive letter E:. We show this in Figure 18-19. Figure 18-19 Logical drive is ready for use...
Page 594 SAS configuration guide for Windows on IBM BladeCenter.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 595: Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster Configuration With Ds3500
In this chapter, we describe a sample configuration to attach a DS3500 server to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and how to create a Microsoft Cluster. In our sample configuration, we use an IBM BladeCenter, but from a storage perspective, it is the same as installing it on an IBM System x server.
Page 596: Overview Of A Failover Cluster
1. Servers with minimum two network adapters: We recommend that you use a set of matching computers that contain the same or similar components. In our example, we used two IBM Blade Server HS22 connected via two fibre channel switches to DS3500 storage subsystem.
Page 597: Preparing The Environment
Windows 2000/Server 2003/Server 2008 Clustered. Follow these steps for the configuration: 1. Zone your Windows Server to your IBM DS3500 Storage Subsystem. Ensure that your environment has sufficient paths and connections for redundancy and high availability.
Page 598 Figure 19-3 on page 575. Specify the host name and the host interface type. Add the host port identifiers and select the appropriate host type. In our example, we defined Node1-Blade5 and Node2-Blade6 as our two cluster nodes. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 599 Note: Select Windows 2000/Server 2003/Server 2008 Clustered as the host operating system. 5. Add the defined hosts to the host group to share the storage resources between the hosts and for failover as shown in Figure 19-4 on page 576 Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 600 6. Create the host group-to-logical drive mapping. Select the host group created in previous step (in our example, MSCluster) and define storage partitioning by selecting the Mapping bar as shown in Figure 19-5 on page 577 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 601 Figure 19-7 on page 578 shows an example of a valid LUN mapping for installation purposes. Check to ensure that the logical drives are mapped to the host group and the hosts are the members of the host group. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 602: Installing Ds Storage Manager Host Software
We will install DS Storage Manager 10 Utilities, because this will allow us to run the hot_add utility and hence avoid the necessity to reboot the host server when adding new logical drives. For the exact installation steps, see Chapter 5, “Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager” on page 133.
Page 603 Figure 19-8 Multipath driver installation Follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation. Reboot your server After the reboot, open Disk Management to create the partitions and ensure that the partitions are accessible from both cluster nodes. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 604: Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
1. In server manager expand Feature and then select Add Features as shown in Figure 19-9 Figure 19-9 Add Feature 2. In the dialog Select Features we select the feature Failover Clustering as shown in Figure 19-10 on page 581 and click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 605 Note: The Failover Clustering allows multiple servers to work together to provide high availability of services and applications. 3. Confirm installation selection and click Install to enable the failover clustering feature as shown in Figure 19-11 on page 582 Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 606 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 19-11 Confirm Installation Selection 4. Ensure that the failover clustering feature is installed successfully as shown in Figure 19-12 on page 583. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 607: Validate A Configuration
To validate the failover cluster configuration 1. To open the failover cluster snap-in, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Failover Cluster Management as shown in Figure 19-13 on page 584 Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 608 2. Confirm that Failover Cluster Management is selected and then, in the center pane under Management, click Validate a Configuration as shown in Figure 19-14 on page 585 and click Next to continue. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 609 To fully validate your configuration, run all tests before creating a cluster. Choose the Testing Options (in our example, we selected Run all tests) to run the tests as shown in Figure 19-15 on page 586 and click Next. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 610 4. The Failover Cluster Validation Report shows the successful validation of our configuration as shown in Figure 19-16 on page 587. Click Finish to complete the task. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 611: Create A Cluster
Follow the steps below: 1. Confirm that Failover Cluster Management is selected and then, in the center pane under Management, click Create a cluster as shown in Figure 19-17 on page 588 and click Next. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 612 Any IP address information that is not automatically supplied by your DHCP settings 2. After the wizard runs and the Summary page appears, ensure that the cluster is installed successfully as shown in Figure 19-18 Figure 19-18 Cluster Installation Completed IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 613: Quorum Configuration
2. Select the Available Disk resources to add to the cluster as shown in Figure 19-20 on page 590 and click OK to launch the summary window as shown in Figure 19-21 on page 590 Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 614 Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 19-20 Add Disk Resources Figure 19-21 Summary of Storage IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 615 Figure 19-22 Configure Cluster Quorum Settings 4. Select the Quorum Configuration as shown in Figure 19-23 on page 592 and click Next to launch Configure Cluster Quorum Wizard as shown in Figure 19-24 on page 593. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 616 (two out of three) of these copies are available 5. Select the storage volume (in our example, Cluster Disk 3) that you want to assign as the disk witness(Quorum).Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 617 Note: The witness disk is a disk in the cluster storage that is designated to hold a copy of the cluster configuration database.. 6. Confirm the Quorum Configuration as shown in Figure 19-25 on page 594 and click Next Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 618 Figure 19-25 Confirmation of Quorum Configuration 7. Verify the Cluster Quorum Settings as shown in Figure 19-26 and click Finish to complete the task. Figure 19-26 Summary of the Cluster Quorum Settings IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 619: Steps For Configuring A Two-Node File Server Cluster
5. Click Services and Applications. Under Actions (on the right), click Configure a Service or Application. 6. Review the text on the first page of the wizard as shown in Figure 19-28 on page 596, and then click Next Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 620 8. Follow the instructions in the wizard to specify a name for the clustered file server and an IP address that is not automatically supplied by your DHCP settings, for example, a static IPv4 address for this clustered file server as shown in Figure 19-30 on page 597. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 621 9. Select the storage volume or volumes that the clustered file server should use as shown in Figure 19-31 Select Storage Volume 10.After the wizard runs the Summary page appears as shown in Figure 19-32 on page 598. To close the wizard, click Finish. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 622 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 19-32 File Server Configured Successfully 11.The Figure 19-33 shows our just created File Server cluster in Failover Cluster Management console. Figure 19-33 File Server Cluster Configuration Summary IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 623 – Advanced settings for the SMB protocol (optional). SMB is used by Windows-based clients. – SMB share permissions – DFS namespace publishing 15.Review the settings and click Create to create share as shown in Figure 19-35 on page 600. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
Page 624 Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 19-35 Create Share 16.The Figure 19-36 on page 601 shows the Summary of the file server cluster with configured share folders. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 625 You can observe the status changes in the center pane of the snap-in as the clustered file server instance is moved. We have installed Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering on two nodes and configured a file server cluster with share folders. Chapter 19. Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500...
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Page 627: Chapter 20. Suse Linux Configuration Guide
DS3500. For the iSCSI sample configuration we are using an HS22 with ethernet software initiator HBA’s and two ethernet switches connected to DS3500. And for the FC sample configuration we are using an HS21 with two FC adapters, two Brocade FC switches connected to a DS3500.
Page 628: Ds3500 Sas Storage Configuration On Sles 11 Using Rdac
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 20.1 DS3500 SAS storage configuration on SLES 11 using RDAC In this section we discuss how to add a logical drive to an SLES 11 using DS3500 SAS storage using RDAC multipath driver 20.1.1 Preparing for the installation For our setup, we used the following hardware and software components: HS21 BladeServer.
Page 629 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Download the latest multipath driver from the IBM support web site. Read carefully the multipath driver README file to see which kernel version is supported with that driver. Install the necessary packages in the Linux Server to build the multipath driver: –...
Page 630 /dev/sda2 shown here). Figure 20-3 c. Select Fstab Options and press ENTER as shown in Figure 20-4 on page 607 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 631 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 20-4 Select Fstab Options d. Select Device ID and press F10 to finish as shown in Figure 20-5 Figure 20-5 Select Device ID Verify the boot order in MPT SAS BIOS to boot from the local hard disks using the following procedure.
Page 632 In the AMM console, click on Hardware VPD as shown in Figure 20-8 Figure 20-8 AMM main menu b. Click on Expansion Card as shown in Figure 20-9 on page 609 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 633 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 20-9 Click on Expansion card c. Then click on Ports tab to see the SAS address for each SAS adapter port as shown in Figure 20-10 Figure 20-10 Click on the Ports tab to see the SAS ID’s values Chapter 20.
Page 634: Installing The Rdac Multipath Driver
3. Now that we have the initrd image, it is necessary to modify the boot loader (grub) to load the image when the server starts. For that, we need to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and add the line shown in Example 20-2. Example 20-2 Edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst ## RDAC Driver IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 635: Setting Up The Ds3500 Logical Drives And Host Mapping
One of the important things to consider, is using the correct Host type when mapping the logical drive to the host from the IBM Storage Manager as shown in Figure 20-12. Figure 20-12 Defining the Host Type of the host When you define the host port, the host type of the attached host is defined as well.
Page 636: Scan And Verify The Storage Logical Drive
Figure 20-13. This shows that the SAS adapter installed in slot 1 is accessing the same logical drive (LUN 0) from the IBM System Storage DS3500 by four different paths. One path for each SAS port connected to the Storage as shown in Figure 20-1 on page 604.
Page 637 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Example 20-3 Directory structure created by RDAC multipath driver /proc/mpp/DS3524-FC/controllerA/mptsas_h0c0t2/LUN0 /proc/mpp/DS3524-FC/controllerA/mptsas_h0c0t1/LUN0 /proc/mpp/DS3524-FC/controllerB/mptsas_h0c0t3/LUN0 /proc/mpp/DS3524-FC/controllerB/mptsas_h0c0t0/LUN0 Example 20-4 LUN0 file content Linux MPP driver. Version:09.03.0C05.0331 Build:Wed Apr 14 11:37:55 CDT 2010 Lun WWN:60080e50001b0c9e00000f694c60d855 Physical HBA driver: mptsas Device Scsi Address: host_no:0 channel:0 target:0 Lun:0 Queue Depth = 64...
Page 638 NumLunObjects: 2 RoundRobinIndex: 0 Path #1: LunPathDevice: present DevState: OPTIMAL RemoveState: 0x0 StartState: 0x1 PowerState: 0x0 Path #2: LunPathDevice: present DevState: OPTIMAL RemoveState: 0x0 StartState: 0x1 PowerState: 0x0 Controller 'B' Path -------------------- IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 639: Configuring Rdac (Mpp)
Another way to list the all available SCSI devices is by using the lsscsi command as is shown in Example 20-7. This will show each path and the Virtual Disk created by RDAC. Example 20-7 lsscsi command # lsscsi [0:0:0:0] disk IBM-ESXS ST9500430SS BD11 /dev/sda [1:0:0:0] cd/dvd HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-T10N 1.00 /dev/sr0 [2:0:0:0] disk...
Page 640: Ds3500 Iscsi Storage Configuration On Sles 11 Using Rdac
20.2 DS3500 iSCSI storage configuration on SLES 11 using RDAC In this section we discuss how to add a logical drive to an SLES 11 using DS3500 iSCSI storage using RDAC multipath driver. 20.2.1 Preparing for the installation For our setup, we used the following hardware and software components: HS22 BladeServer.
Page 641 Subnet 2 Figure 20-14 Hardware setup The following are recommendations to do before mapping the logical drives. Check the compatibility in IBM System Storage Interoperation Center(SSIC) web site http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic to be sure it is a supported environment and also to be sure which multipath driver is needed (RDAC, MPIO, DMM, etc).
Page 642: Configuring Iscsi Software Initiator With Yast
1. Configure each ethernet adapter in the blade server to access each iSCSI host port on the DS3500. In our case we have two ethernet adapters installed on the server and this are configured to 192.168.130.0 and 192.168.131.0 subnets. Verify that all the iSCSI host ports are accessible by using ping command from the server.
Page 643 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 20-16 Press Enter key to install the necessary packages 3. The initiator name is automatically generated by SuSE. This is the Initiator name that Storage Manager will discover. Select the option When booting to start automatically the service.
Page 644 (in this case iqn.1996-04.de.suse:01:27dc9458a936) and the password is the same as we provided in the IBM Storage Manager as shown in Figure 20-20 on page 621. For more information refer to Chapter 13, “Administration - iSCSI” on page 317.
Page 645 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 20-20 iSCSI Target authentication on IBM Storage Manager 7. Select Connect button to login to the iSCSI storage as shown in Figure 20-21 on page 622. Chapter 20. SuSE Linux configuration guide...
Page 646 Figure 20-22 Select Next 9. It is necessary to repeat all the previous steps for configure each iSCSI controller port. At the end, the windows should be similar to Figure 20-23 on page 623. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 647 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 20-23 All the iSCSI host ports connected 10.For each connected target select Toggle Start-up to keep the connection after rebooting the server as shown in Figure 20-24. It means that the target will be automatically connected when the service is started.
Page 648: Configuring Iscsi Software Initiator Manually
Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm indentifies the host and this will be used for mapping the LUN in IBM System Storage Manager. This name is specified also in the /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file. 12.After following your normal procedure to create the filesystems, edit the /etc/fstab file and...
Page 649 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.1992-01.com.lsi:2365.60080e50001b0e9a000000004c5b68d7, portal: 192.168.130.101,3260] Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.1992-01.com.lsi:2365.60080e50001b0e9a000000004c5b68d7, portal: 192.168.130.102,3260] Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.1992-01.com.lsi:2365.60080e50001b0e9a000000004c5b68d7, portal: 192.168.131.102,3260] Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.1992-01.com.lsi:2365.60080e50001b0e9a000000004c5b68d7, portal: 192.168.131.101,3260] Logging in to [iface: default, target:...
Page 650 5. Now verify that the disk configuration is correct. A detailed verification procedure is shown in 20.1.4, “Scan and verify the storage logical drive” on page 612 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 651: Ds3500 Fc San Boot Configuration For Sles 11 Server Using Rdac
2. Download the latest multipath driver from the IBM support web site and read carefully the multipath driver README file to see which kernel version is supported with that driver.
Page 652 4. Consider to disable the planar SAS if it won’t be used anymore. To do that, the procedure is the following: a. Press “F1” when the system is booting up as shown in Figure 20-28 on page 629 to enter BIOS configuration menu. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 653 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 20-28 Press F1 to enter BIOS configuration menu b. Select Devices and I/O Ports as shown Figure 20-29. Figure 20-29 Select Devices and I/O Ports c. Disable Planar SAS as shown in Figure 20-30 on page 630. Chapter 20.
Page 654 5. One of the most important things to consider when booting from a FC Storage Subsystem, in this case DS3500, is that when installing the OS, there must be only one path from the server to the storage. In other words, the Operating System at the time of being installed should see only one disk.
Page 655 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm FC HBA HS21 BladeServer FC HBA BootZone Default zone Figure 20-31 Temporary zoning configuration to boot from storage Follow these steps to do the proper SAN zoning configuration in a Qlogic switch. This will enable us to install a SuSE Linux Enterprise server in the Storage subsystem: a.
Page 656 Figure 20-33 on page 633. h. The final step is to Click on apply  Save Zoning  YES to activate one of the zone sets and select BootZone. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 657: Suse Linux Enterprise 11 Installation
Figure 20-34. Only one hard disk corresponding to the Storage Subsystem should be shown after the zoning configuration and the since we already disabled the local harddrive in this blade server, we only see the harddrive that is configured from the DS3500 in Figure 20-34.
Page 658: Suse Linux Final Zoning Topology
DS3500 controller port. – Each fibre channel HBA are isolated from each other. – Each fibre channel HBA must able to discover only one DS3500 controller and not both. An example of this is shown in Figure 20-35. Follow the procedure on a on page 631 to create Zone 1 and Zone 2.
Page 659: Ds3500 Fc Storage Configuration On Sles 11 Using Dmm
20.4 DS3500 FC storage configuration on SLES 11 using DMM In this section we discuss how to attach a DS3500 logical drive to a SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 using Device Mapper Multipath (DMM) module. This multipath driver is an alternative to RDAC when its not supported by the linux kernel.
Page 660: Comparing Rdac(Mpp) To Dmm
Multiple combinations of systems, AIX versions, Host Bus Adapters (HBA’s), firmware levels and multipath drivers can be used in order to connect a POWER® system to a DS3500 storage subsystem. For detailed HBA and systems information regarding combinations, see the following Web site to access the System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC): http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic...
Page 661: Installing The Dmm Multipath Driver
DS3500 controller port. – Each fibre channel HBA are isolated from each other. – Each fibre channel HBA must able to discover only one DS3500 controller. Not both. An example of a zoning configuration for this environment is shown in Figure 20-36.
Page 662 /dev/sd* paths after a failback. To work around this, the hal daemon needs to be disabled in SLES11 base. This issue is fixed in service pack 1. If running SLES11 base, disable the haldaemon from starting on boot with the following commands: chkconfig network-remotefs off chkconfig haldaemon off IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 663: Scan And Manage The Storage Logical Drive
This command is used to list all of the “virtual devices” created by device mapper, and shows the physical paths associated with each. Example 20-13 Output of multipath -ll command # multipath -ll mpath0 (360080e50001b0c90000007504c6e060a) dm-0 IBM,1746 FAStT [size=15G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=1 rdac][rw] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=4][active]...
Page 664 IO will fail. Removing Virtualized Devices The following multipath commands will “flush” all unused device mappings and it is not possible to run this command if the device is mounted. multipath -F IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 665 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm After flushing the paths, use the multipath command with no options to add back mappings for the devices. Note: It is not possible to flush the mappings while the device is being used by the system. Unmount any filesystems for /dev/dm-* devices before running this command.
Page 666 Linux Config.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 667: Chapter 21. Aix 6.1 Configuration Guide
In this chapter, we discuss sample configurations to show how to configure AIX 6.1 to access a logical drive from a DS3500 Storage subsystem. For this sample FC configuration, we are using an JS22 blade server with dual port FC adapter and two FC switches connected to a DS3500 storage subsystem.
Page 668: Planning For The Installation
AIX operating system Host Kit Option or Feature Code. The AIX Host Kit options contain the required IBM licensing to attach an IBM AIX Host System to the DS3500. Contact your IBM service representative or IBM reseller for purchasing information.
Page 669: Zoning Considerations
AIX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Physical Location: U78A5.001.WIH1752-P1-C10-T1 Example 21-2 WWN from AIX # lscfg -vl fcs0 fcs0 U78A5.001.WIH1752-P1-C10-T1 FC Adapter Network Address.....2100001B3208E0AB ROS Level and ID....49535020 Device Specific.(Z0)..0004001B Device Specific.(Z1)..02040083 Device Specific.(Z2)..49535020 Device Specific.(Z3)..00002422 Device Specific.(Z4)..000E0002 Device Specific.(Z5)..00010009 Device Specific.(Z6)..00010002...
Page 670: Planning Mpio
It is possible to verify that the MPIO driver packages is correctly installed as shown in Example 21-3. Example 21-3 Verify that the following packages are installed # lslpp -al |grep -i mpio devices.common.IBM.mpio.rte 6.1.4.0 COMMITTED MPIO Disk Path Control Module IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 671 Controller A (dac0) Controller B (dac1) Logical Drive DS3500 (dar0) Figure 21-1 Single VIO configuration with MPIO The Virtual I/O Server gives the ability to create multiple (boot or data) disks from a single physical disk in order to provide virtual disks for the logical partitions. The backing devices for the virtual disks can be logical volumes and SAN logical drive devices.
Page 672 Virtual I/O Server to reach the data if one of the SAN switches fail. The SAN LUNs are treated as physical volumes and are mapped to two different virtual SCSI adapters to support IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 673 AIX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm two different client partitions. Each client partition has two virtual SCSI adapters. Each client virtual SCSI adapter connects to a different Virtual I/O Server. The client partition uses MPIO to provide separate paths to the data disk. This configuration is very robust, but is more complicated than other configurations.
Page 674: Configuring Mpio
I/O fail times because of link loss between the storage device and switch. This technique supports faster failover to alternate paths when FC adapter driver detects a link event, such as a lost link between a storage device and a switch. The FC IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 675 In single-path configurations, especially configurations with a single path to a paging device, the delayed_fail default setting is preferred, one such scenario is AIX server direct attachment to the DS3500 controller host port. To enable load balancing across multiple Fibre Channel adapters within the Virtual I/O Servers when using the base AIX MPIO support, set the algorithm to round_robin for each physical disk as shown in Example 21-8 and Example 21-9.
Page 676: Setting Up The Ds3500 Logical Drives And Host Mapping
One of the important things to consider, is using the correct Host type when mapping the logical drive to the host from the IBM Storage Manager as shown in Figure 21-3 on page 652. When you define the host port, the host type of the attached host is defined as well. Through this information, the DS Storage System modifies the NVSRAM settings to behave according to the host type defined.
Page 677 Example 21-14. This example shows the output for a dual controller DS3500 storage subsystem with a dual controller host configuration with one LUN attached. Besides, it show that the paths to the SAS1 hard disk is in missing state.
Page 678: Ways To Manage The Paths
All this commands including lspath are combined in the following menu: # smitty mpio In fact, with this menu is also possible to set the priority for each device’s path with the following sequence: IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 679: Aix San Boot With The Ibm System Storage Ds3500
Proceed as follows: 1. Create a logical drive on the DS3500 storage subsystem having the same or greater capacity than the source disk. Chapter 21. AIX 6.1 configuration guide...
Page 680: Aix San Installation With Nim
Example 21-16 Initial Power System window IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM...
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Page 682 Multiboot Startup <OFF> 9. Select Network as the device type as shown in Example 21-24. Example 21-24 Select the Network menu option Select Device Type Diskette Tape CD/DVD Hard Drive Network List all Devices IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 683 10.Select BOOTP protocol as shown in Example 21-25. Example 21-25 Select the BOOTP menu option Select Network Service. PORT - 5 IBM Host Ethernet Adapter: U78A5.001.WIH1752-P1-T6 BOOTP ISCSI 11.Select the Host Ethernet adapter port to boot from as shown in Example 21-26.
Page 684: Aix San Installation With Cd-Rom
Example 21-30 Press “1” to select the English language during the installation >>> 1 Type 1 and press Enter to have English during install. 3. Press “2” to change the installation settings as shown in Example 21-31. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 685 AIX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Example 21-31 Press “2” to change the installation settings Welcome to Base Operating System Installation and Maintenance Type the number of your choice and press Enter. Choice is indicated by >>>. >>>...
Page 686 Optional Software being installed: >>> 1 Continue with Install 8. A similar window as shown in Example 21-36 will appear. The files copy has begun. At the end of this, the system will be restarted. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 687 AIX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Example 21-36 AIX Installation Installing Base Operating System Please wait... Approximate Elapsed time % tasks complete (in minutes) 9. Change the zoning configuration to make all the paths available and run cfgmgr to discover and enable all the paths from the AIX perspective.
Page 688 AIX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 689: Chapter 22. Vmware Esx Server And Ds3500 Storage Configuration
VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Chapter 22. Storage Configuration The IBM DS3500 Storage System is designed to deliver reliable performance for mixed applications including transaction and sequential workloads. These workloads include applications that are typical of a virtual infrastructure including e-mail, database, Web server, file server, data warehouse, and backup profiles.
Page 690: Introduction To Ibm Vmware Storage Solutions
VMware’s VMFS file system, independently verified high performance by the SPC-1, SPC-2 and SPCvirt_sc2010 (Storage Performance Council) benchmarks, and balanced performance delivered by the IBM DS3500 Storage System for mixed applications running in a virtual infrastructure. Horizontal scalability: From entry-level through midrange to enterprise class network storage with commonality of platform and storage management.
Page 691: San Zoning Configuration
Zone/Switch 1 Zone/Switch 2 IBM DS3500 Figure 22-1 Paths Between the VMware ESX Server and the DS3500 Storage System Refer to the below materials for more information about zoning: Implementing an IBM/Brocade SAN with 8 Gbps Directors and Switches, SG24-6116 Implementing an IBM/Cisco SAN, SG24-7545 Chapter 22.
Page 692: Ds3500 Storage Configuration
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 22.3 DS3500 Storage configuration As a first step, you need to configure your storage on the IBM DS3500 Storage Subsystem. Complete the following steps as part of the storage configurations: 1. Zoning: Zone your VMware ESX Server to your IBM DS3500 Storage Subsystem. Ensure that your VMware environment has sufficient paths and connections for redundancy and high availability.
Page 693: Mapping Luns To A Storage Partition
22.3.2 Steps for verifying the storage configuration for VMware Complete the following steps to help you verify that your storage setup is fundamentally correct and that you can see the IBM Midrange Storage Subsystem on your VMware ESX Server: 1. Boot the server.
Page 694 Figure 22-4 Scanning for Fiber Devices Note: Depending on how the configuration is cabled, you might see multiple instances. If you do not see a DS3500 controller, verify the cabling, switch zoning, and LUN mapping. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 695: Installing The Vmware Esx Server
Note: In this example, we used a QLogic QMI2572 card. 1. Press Ctrt-Q or Alt-Q when prompted during the boot process to configure the QLogic BIOS. Figure 22-5 on page 672 Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 696 2. Select the first QLogic card entry. Press Enter, as shown in Figure 22-6. Figure 22-6 Selecting HBA adapter 3. In Figure 22-7 on page 673, select Configure Settings for the selected HBA card. Press Enter. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 697 5. Highlight the Host Adapter BIOS entry and ensure that it is set to Enabled. If not, press Enter to set it to Enabled, as shown in Figure 22-9 on page 674. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 698 Figure 22-10 Saving Changes 7. If additional HBAs are present, highlight Select Host Adapter entry, as shown in Figure 22-11 on page 675, press Enter, and repeat steps 2 through 6 for each additional adapter. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 699: Configuring The Software On The Vmware Esx Server Host
Figure 22-11 Selecting additional HBA adapters SAS HBA BIOS timeout settings for correct failover: To make sure that the DS3500 storage subsystem provides correct path failover during heavy I/O in a VMware environment, you must reconfigure two timeout values in the BIOS of the SAS HBA.
Page 700 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-12 ESX Install initial panel 2. At the Welcome panel, Figure 22-13 on page 677, click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 701 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-13 ESX Welcome Screen 3. On the End User License Agreement window, Figure 22-14 on page 678, accept the license terms, and click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 702 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-14 ESX End User License Agreement 4. On the Keyboard Selection panel, Figure 22-15 on page 679, select the Keyboard type you have, and click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 703 Figure 22-15 ESX Keyboard Selection 5. On the Custom Drivers panel, Figure 22-16 on page 680, if needed, install any custom device drivers. If not, accept the default option (No), and click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 704 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-16 ESX Custom Drivers 6. On the Load Drivers window, Figure 22-17 on page 681, click Yes. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 705 Figure 22-17 ESX Load Drivers Confirmation The Drivers load process continues. Click Next to continue. 7. During driver load you will see like in Figure 22-18 on page 682 the progress bar. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 706 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-18 ESX Driver load 8. On the Licensing panel, Figure 22-19 on page 683, enter the serial number now, or you can enter the serial number later using vCenter Server. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 707 Figure 22-19 ESX License information 9. On the Network Configuration panel, Figure 22-20 on page 684, from the drop-down menu, select an Adapter for the ESX Console Default switch, and click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 708 10.On the Network Configuration panel, Figure 22-21 on page 685, enter the appropriate Network parameters using the information in Table 22-1 on page 671. The host name must be a valid DNS Host name. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 709 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-21 ESX Network Configuration 11.Select the Test there settings option to confirm correct network connectivity. See Figure 22-22 on page 686. Click OK and Next to continue. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 710 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-22 ESX Test Network settings 12.On the Setup Type panel, Figure 22-23 on page 687, if custom partitions configurations are not required, select Standard setup, and click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 711 13.ESX Storage Device panel, Figure 22-24 on page 688. In our example we have one local Harddisk and two SAN attached disk drives. Select the correct Storage location, for the ESX binaries installation, from the list. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 712 14.If VMware finds an existing Installation, you will get a warning about it. You have the possibility to preserve your VMFS datastore. On the Delete Device Contents warning panel, Figure 22-25 on page 689, click OK. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 713 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-25 ESX Device Content Warning 15.On the Time Zone Settings panel, Figure 22-26 on page 690, select the appropriate time zone, and click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 714 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-26 ESX Time Zone settings 16.On the Date and Time panel, Figure 22-27 on page 691, select date and time manually. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 715 Figure 22-27 ESX Date and Time settings 17.Or you can enter an NTP Server. See Figure 22-28 on page 692. Under http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/ you will find a summary of available, active NTP server worldwide. Click NEXT to continue. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 716 Figure 22-28 ESX NTP Server selection 18.On the Set Administrator Password panel, Figure 22-29 on page 693, type the administrator password. You also have the option to create additional user accounts. Click Next to continue. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 717 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-29 ESX Administrator Password 19.On the Summary panel, Figure 22-30 on page 694, review the configuration. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 718 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-30 ESX Summary Installation panel 20.The ESX Installation starts copying files, as shown in Figure 22-31 on page 695. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 719 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-31 ESX Installing 21.After the installation is complete, Figure 22-32 on page 696, click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 720 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-32 ESX Installing Completed 22.On the ESX 4.1 Installation Complete panel, Figure 22-33 on page 697, click Finish. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 721 VMware on a local disk. After the server reboots, you are presented with the initial startup panel shown in Figure 22-34. Figure 22-34 ESX Initial Startup Screen Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 722: Connecting To The Vmware Vsphere Server
1. Using your Web browser, connect to the Hostname or IP address of the newly created VMware ESX Server. We used Firefox as the Internet browser application. The error in Figure 22-37 on page 699 is normal behavior. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 723 2. Click Add an Extension. Figure 22-38 is presented to acquire the SSL Certificate. Click Get Certificate and Confirm Security Exception. Figure 22-38 Add Security Exception You are now presented with Figure 22-39 on page 700 of the VMware ESX Server. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 724 4. Using Add\Remove Programs, install the VMware vSphere client. Figure 22-40 is the first panel of the Client Setup process. Select your language, and click OK. Figure 22-40 ESX client installation: Select language 5. On the Welcome window, Figure 22-41 on page 701, click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 725 6. On the End/User Patent Agreement panel Figure 22-42 click Next Figure 22-42 VMware vSphere Client End-User Agreement 7. On the License Agreement panel, Figure 22-43 on page 702, select I agree, and click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 726 8. On the Customer Information panel, Figure 22-44, enter organizational information, and click Next. Figure 22-44 ESX Client Installation - Organizational Information 9. On the Ready to Install panel, Figure 22-45 on page 703, click Install. The installation now starts. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 727 Figure 22-46 ESX Client Installation - Completed 11.Using the vSphere Client shortcut, launch the application. Enter the IP address or the Hostname of the newly created VMware ESX Server, as shown in Figure 22-47 on page 704. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 728 12.For now, ignore the Certificate warning (Figure 22-48) by clicking Ignore. Figure 22-48 ESX vSphere client - Certificate warning 13.Figure 22-49 on page 705 is the initial administrative interface for the VMware ESX Server. Click the Inventory icon. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 729 14.The summary panel, Figure 22-50 on page 706, for the newly created VMware ESX Server opens. Your VMware ESX Server installation is now completed. A tutorial page will come up on the first tab. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 730: Post-Install Server Configuration
2. Cd into /etc/ssh/ and copy sshd_config file into sshd_config.orig. 3. vi sshd_config file. 4. Scroll down until you find PermitRootLogin no, and change it to PermitRootLogin yes. See Figure 22-51 on page 707 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 731 5. Exit with ESC and to save your changes enter at command line : wq for write/quit see Figure 22-52 Figure 22-52 Exit of vi 6. Type service sshd restart. Figure 22-53 Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 732: Configuring Vmware Esx Server Storage
1. Using the VMware vSphere Client, connect to the new VMware ESX Server (connect as root), shown in Figure 22-54. Figure 22-54 VMware vSphere Client Logon 2. Click the Configuration Tab, as shown in Figure 22-55 on page 709. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 733 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-55 ESX Server - Configuration tab 3. In the Hardware section, select Storage and Add Storage, as shown in Figure 22-56 on page 710. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 734 4. You are presented with the Storage Type selection panel. Select Disk/LUN to create a new datastore on the Fibre Channel SAN disks, as shown in Figure 22-57 on page 711. Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 735 5. On Figure 22-58, select the SAN Fibre Channel LUN on which you want to create the Datastore VMFS partition. Click Next. Figure 22-58 Select LUN 6. Figure 22-59 on page 712 shows the disk layout of the LUN. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 736 7. On Figure 22-60, enter a descriptive name for the Datastore, for example, VMware_Datastore, and click Next. Figure 22-60 Datastore name 8. On Figure 22-61 on page 713, select the appropriate LUN format settings, and click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 737 9. Figure 22-62 is a summary panel for adding the storage. Click Finish to proceed. Figure 22-62 Adding Storage - Summary panel 10.On Figure 22-63 on page 714, click Refresh to refresh the window to show the newly created Datastore. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 738 Assigning additional physical network adapters To assign additional physical network adapters: 1. In the Hardware section, select Networking. You have one virtual switch vSwitch0, as shown in Figure 22-64 on page 715. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 739 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-64 ESX Virtual Switch 2. Select Properties for the vSwitch0, and then select the Network Adapters tab. Click Add. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 740 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-65 Adding Network Adapters 3. Add vmnic1, for example (this is the next adapter), and click Next  Next  Finish. See Figure 22-66 on page 717. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 741 4. You are presented with the main vSwitch0 Properties panel. Highlight the 1st adapter, click Edit, and set the Configured Speed, Duplex to 100 Mbps, Full Duplex or 1000 Mbps. Click OK, as shown in Figure 22-67 on page 718. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 742: Creating Additional Virtual Switches For Guests' Connectivity
5. Perform the same task for the second adapter 22.4.6 Creating additional virtual switches for guests’ connectivity 1. In the upper right corner, click Add Networking, as shown in Figure 22-68 on page 719. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 743 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-68 Add Networking 2. Select Virtual Machine as the Connection Types, and click Next, as shown in Figure 22-69 on page 720. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 744 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-69 Connection Type 3. Pick one of the remaining LAN adapters (in this case vmnic0), as shown in Figure 22-70 on page 721. Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 745 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-70 Selecting Network Access 4. On the Network Label, type Network 0, as shown in Figure 22-71, and click Next  Finish. Figure 22-71 Virtual Network Label Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 746: Creating Virtual Machines
2. Expand the left pane to locate the VM Host that the Guest will reside on. Right-click the Host, and choose New Virtual Machine. A wizard starts. See Figure 22-72 on page 723. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 747 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-72 New Virtual Machine 3. On the Select the Appropriate Configuration panel, select Custom, as shown in Figure 22-73 on page 724. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 748 4. In the Virtual Machine Name field, type the name of the guest OS as it is registered in the DNS table (FQDN is not required), as shown in Figure 22-74 on page 725. Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 749 VM_Datastore partition created in the earlier steps, as shown in Figure 22-75 on page 726. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 750 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-75 Datastore VMFS Partition 6. Select the Virtual Machine Version, based on your requirements, as shown in Figure 22-76 on page 727. Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 751 7. Select the Guest Operating System vendor and the corresponding Version. In our example, we use Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 64-bit, as shown in Figure 22-77 on page 728. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 752 8. On the Number of vCPU, select 1 unless you are requiring Multi-CPU kernel (this has an impact on the overall performance of the guest), as shown in Figure 22-78 on page 729. Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 753 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure 22-78 vCPU selection 9. On the Memory allocation panel, Figure 22-79 on page 730, provide the guest with the necessary amount of memory as required. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 754 Network Adapters that the guest will operate with (Default is 1). Choose the appropriate Network Label (ensure that the host is not overloading one particular network), which can be the VM network that we defined in earlier steps. Click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 755 For additional information about the types of SCSI controllers that are available, refer to the VMware Administration Guide and the Guest Operating System Installation Guide. You can find the guides at: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 756 – Use an existing virtual disk: If you are connecting the guest to previously built .vmdk file. – Raw Device Mappings: Direct access to Fibre Channel SAN disks. Click Next. See Figure 22-82 on page 733. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 757 Figure 22-83 on page 734. Specify the Datastore to be used by clicking Browse. In our example, we use the VM_Datastore that we created in earlier steps. Click Next. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 758 VMware ESX Server Storage Configuration with DS3500.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 Figure 22-83 Create a disk 14.On the Specify Advanced Options panel, Figure 22-84 on page 735, click Next. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 759 Figure 22-84 Advance Options 15.On the Summary panel, Figure 22-85 on page 736, click Finish. You can see the progress in the Recent Tasks pane at the bottom of the vCenter GUI. Chapter 22. VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration...
Page 760: Additional Vmware Esx Server Storage Configuration
16.You are now ready to perform the Guest Operating System installation. 22.4.8 Additional VMware ESX Server Storage configuration Refer to the following VMware documents for more information about ESX Server Storage configuration. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_san_cfg.pdf http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_iscsi_san_cfg.pdf http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_esx_server_config.pdf IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 761: Appendix A. Ibm Support Portal Web Site
IBM Support Portal web site Appendix A. In this appendix, we explain how to use the IBM Support Portal web site to obtain downloads and support information for the IBM System Storage DS3500 storage subsystem. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved.
Page 762: Sample Navigation Procedure
A window similar to Figure A-1 appears. Figure A-1 IBM Support Portal 2. Type DS3500 in the search box and press enter. A window similar to Figure A-2 on page 739 will appear. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 763 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure A-2 Search for DS3500 3. Click on the checkbox beside the DS3500 (DS3512, DS3524) and then click the View your page link as shown in Figure A-3. Figure A-3 Select the DS3500 4.
Page 764 5. Down the left hand-hand side of this page, there is a Choose your task function, as shown in Figure A-5. You use these links to select the support option that you want to access. Figure A-5 Choose your task IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 765: Download Code Updates
2. Click the link called View DS3500 (DS3512, DS3524) fixes. a. If you have an IBM ID and are already signed in to the IBM Support Portal then you will see the available downloads as shown in Figure A-7 on page 742. Here you can select which fixes and updates to download.
Page 766 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure A-7 Select fixes b. If you do not have an IBM ID, or you are not currently signed in to the IBM Support Portal then you will see the web page as shown in Figure A-8.
Page 767 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure A-9 IBM registration 3. When you are signed in to the IBM Support Portal using your IBM ID, you will see the code download options as shown in Figure A-7 on page 742. Tick the checkbox beside each code update that you want to download.
Page 768 Figure A-14 Download Director - download progress 6. If you choose to download using your browser (HTTP) then you will a web page similar to the one shown in Figure A-15 on page 745. IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 769 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure A-15 Download files using HTTP When using this option, you will need to click on each link to save the file to your local disk. Appendix A. IBM Support Portal web site...
Page 770: My Notifications
Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm My notifications The IBM My notifications web site can be used to keep you informed of the latest firmware updates and other important product updates. The following steps show, as an example, how to set up notifications to receive product updates for the DS3500 System Storage subsystem.
Page 771 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 2. The Sign In window appears, as shown in Figure A-8 on page 742. Enter your IBM ID and password in the sign in area to sign in and proceed. If you are not currently registered with the Web site, click Register Now.
Page 772 7914IBMSupportPortal-0109.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm 5. Click on Disk Systems and you will be presented with a list of the IBM Disk Storage Systems as shown in Figure A-19. Figure A-19 My notifications - Disk systems 6.
Page 773 Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm Figure A-20 My notifications - setup 7. You will see the web page as shown in Figure A-21when you have completed the My notifications setup. Figure A-21 My notifications - Successful Appendix A. IBM Support Portal web site...
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Page 775: Related Publications
System Storage DS3000 Storage Manager Version 10 Installation and Support Guide for Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, Novell NetWare, and VMware ESX Server All the above publications are available for download from the IBM support web site. Online resources These Web sites are also relevant as further information sources: System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC): http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/...
Page 776: How To Get Redbooks
7914bibl.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/disk IBM DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, and BladeCenter Boot Disk System Premium Feature Activation http://www.ibm.com/storage/fasttkeys IBM Glossary of Computing Terms http://www.ibm.com/ibm/terminology How to get Redbooks You can search for, view, or download Redbooks, Redpapers, Technotes, draft publications and Additional materials, as well as order hardcopy Redbooks publications, at this Web site: ibm.com/redbooks...
Page 779: Index
Clear Array Configuration 427 Automatic configuration 310 Clear Configuration 426 Automatic Discovery 277 Clear Controller Firmware 373 automatic discovery 154 Clear Error Counts 414 automatic hot spare assignment 270 Clear Pending Firmware Progress 374 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010. All rights reserved.
Page 780 Create Security Key 458 DMMP 84 critical event 396, 492 DNS 319 critical events 343, 486 DNS Host name 684 cryptographic erase 470 Download controller firmware 377, 381 Current password 308 Download controller NVSRAM 377 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 781 Ethernet management port 16, 37 DS3000 Partition Expansion License 20 Ethernet Management Ports 268 DS3000 VolumeCopy License 21 Ethernet management ports 90, 276, 305, 491 DS3500 1 ethernet management ports 278 DS3512 14 Ethernet priority 319, 327 DS3524 14 Event Category 397...
Page 782 IBM System Storage DS3500 1 Hardware initiators 318 IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage Subsystem 13 Hardware Management Console 648 IBM System Storage Interoperation Center 604 Hardware VPD 608 IBM System Storage interoperation Center (SSIC) 31 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 783 7914IX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm ICMP 326 iSCSI Initiators 320 ICMP echo 328 iSCSI management 317 Ignored Event notifications 497 iSCSI multipathing architecture 319 Import Array 407–408, 479 iSCSI naming 10 Import Completed 410 iSCSI port settings 308 Import secure drive array 476 iSCSI Ports 268 Import Security File Key 267...
Page 784 NTP server 691 minor revision 362 number of disk drives per Array 311 number of Hot spare drives 311 minor upgrade 362 mirror repositories 204 number of logical drives per Array 311 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 785 7914IX.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011 12:24 pm NVSRAM 337, 357, 382, 386, 611 Preparation Checklist (Export Array) 405 NVSRAM file 367 Prepare for Removal 419 NVSRAM Firmware 363 Prepare for removal 418 NVSRAM microcode 357 Pre-read redundancy check 241 pre-read redundancy check 245, 252 pull down menu 195 offline state 428...
Page 786 Service Access settings 501 SAS cables 35 Service Access Timeout value 529 SAS connectivity module 556 Service Access window 528 SAS Connectivity Module firmware 559 service mode 428 SAS Connectivity modules 558 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 787 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 610, 633 software-enforced zone 127 Suspend media scan 252 source logical drive 20 SVC 79 Spanned volumes 78 Switch-attached DS3500 42 Special Logical Drive 227 Switched fabric 2 Specify Capacity/Name 239 Synchronize Controller Clocks 209 Specify Host Port Identifier 334...
Page 788 View Storage Subsystem Profile 338, 346 zoning 645, 667 View Unassociated Host Port Identifiers 300, 333 zoning configuration 604, 637, 663 View/change hot spare coverage 271 Zoning with MPIO 32 VIOS 650 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide...
Page 790 DS3500 instructions ORGANIZATION Storage Manager Version 10.70 (firmware level 7.70). With its simple, efficient and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 Configuration and is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to System x servers, administration with BladeCenter and Power Systems.

IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction And Implementation Manual

Notices

Preface

Chapter 1. Disk Attachment Technology

Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM System Storage DS3500

Chapter 3. IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage System Planning Tasks

Chapter 4. IBM System Storage DS3500 and EXP3500 Cabling

Chapter 5. Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager

Chapter 6. Administration - Enterprise Management

Chapter 7. Administration - Summary Tab

Chapter 8. Administration - Subsystem Management

Chapter 9. Administration - Logical Tab

Chapter 10. Administration - Physical Tab

Chapter 11. Administration - Mappings Tab

Chapter 12. Administration - Setup Tab

Chapter 13. Administration - Iscsi

Chapter 14. Administration - Support

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