3PAR Host Explorer 1.1.0 User’s Guide 3PAR Inc.
Revision Notice This is the first release of this manual. A complete revision history is provided at the end of this document. Changes The material in this document is for information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, 3PAR Inc. assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein.
PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 1.2 Audience 1.2 1.3 Related Documentation 1.3 1.4 Organization 1.3 1.5 Typographical Conventions 1.4 1.6 Advisories 1.4 2 Overview 2.1 The 3PAR Host Explorer 2.1 3 Installation and Deinstallation 3.1 Overview 3.2 3.2 Installation and Verification 3.2 3.2.1 Installing a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Microsoft Windows Server Systems 3.3 3.2.2 Verifying the Installation on Microsoft Windows Server 3.3 3.2.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 3.3 Deinstallation 3.5 3.3.1 Deinstalling a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Microsoft Windows Server 3.5 3.3.2 Deinstalling a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Red Hat Linux Systems 3.5 3.3.3 Deinstalling a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Solaris Sparc Systems 3.5 4 Using the Host Explorer 4.1 Overview 4.2 4.2 Verifying the 3PAR Host Explorer Package is Installed 4.2 4.3 Verifying the 3PAR Host Explorer Process is Running 4.2 4.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 1 Introduction In this chapter 1.2 Audience 1.2 1.3 Related Documentation 1.3 1.4 Organization 1.3 1.5 Typographical Conventions 1.4 1.6 Advisories 1.4 Introduction 1.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 1.1 Overview This guide provides information for installing and deinstalling a 3PAR Host Explorer on the following platforms: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 32 bit and 64 bit ■ Red Hat Linux systems running RHEL4 Update 6 or later and RHEL5 ■ Sparc systems running Solaris 10 NOTE: For information about supported platforms refer to the 3PAR InForm OS 2.3.1 Configuration Matrix, available from 3PAR’s Document Control System.
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3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide ■ Chapter 5, TpdHostAgent Command, provides reference information for the TpdHostAgent command, a utility for management of the 3PAR Host Explorer on the host. This guide also contains a revision history describing the major changes for each version. 1.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 2 Overview In this chapter 2.1 The 3PAR Host Explorer 2.1 2.1 The 3PAR Host Explorer The 3PAR Host Explorer is a program that runs on a host connected to an InServ Storage Server. The Host Explorer is an agent that runs as a service on Windows and as a daemon on Linux and Solaris operating systems. No license is required to use the 3PAR Host Explorer.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide ■ Fibre Channel and iSCSI HBA details. ■ Multipath driver and current multipath configuration. ■ Cluster configuration information. ■ Device and path Information. See Chapter 3, Installation and Deinstallation to install the 3PAR Host Explorer. Refer to the 3PAR InForm OS 2.3.1 Configuration Matrix for a list of supported host operating systems. 2.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 3 Installation and Deinstallation In this chapter 3.1 Overview 3.2 3.2 Installation and Verification 3.2 3.2.1 Installing a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Microsoft Windows Server Systems 3.3 3.2.2 Verifying the Installation on Microsoft Windows Server 3.3 3.2.3 Installing a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Red Hat Linux Systems 3.3 3.2.4 Verifying the Installation on Red Hat Linux Systems 3.4 3.2.5 Installing a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Solaris Sparc Systems 3.4 3.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 3.1 Overview This chapter describes how to install, verify, and deinstall the 3PAR Host Explorer agent on the following platforms: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 32 bit and 64 bit ■ Red Hat Linux systems running RHEL4 Update 6 or later and RHEL5 ■ Sparc systems running Solaris 10 NOTE: For information about supported platforms, refer to the InForm OS Configuration Matrix available from 3PAR’s Document Control System.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 3.2.1 Installing a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Microsoft Windows Server Systems To install a 3PAR Host Explorer agent on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 system: 1 Log into the host as the System Administrator. 2 Insert the 3PAR Host Explorer CD into a CD-ROM drive. 3 Open a Windows Explorer window. 4 Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer. 5 Double-click the CD-ROM drive to expand the files.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 4 Issue the following command: # rpm -ivh HostExplorer-.i386.rpm 3.2.4 Verifying the Installation on Red Hat Linux Systems Verify the 3PAR Host Explorer agent installation for the Red Hat Linux system: 1 Log on as the System Administrator. 2 Issue the following command: rpm -qa | grep HostExplorer 3.2.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 3.3 Deinstallation This section describes how to deinstall a 3PAR Host Explorer agent on: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 32 bit and 64 bit ■ Red Hat Linux systems running RHEL4 Update 6 or later and RHEL5 ■ Sparc systems running Solaris 10 3.3.1 Deinstalling a 3PAR Host Explorer Agent on Microsoft Windows Server To deinstall a 3PAR Host Explorer agent from a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 system: 1 Log on as the System Administrator.
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3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 4 Using the Host Explorer In this chapter 4.1 Overview 4.2 4.2 Verifying the 3PAR Host Explorer Package is Installed 4.2 4.3 Verifying the 3PAR Host Explorer Process is Running 4.2 4.4 Stopping the 3PAR Host Explorer Process 4.2 4.5 Starting the 3PAR Host Explorer Process 4.3 4.6 Supporting Multiple InServ Storage Servers on a Single Host 4.3 4.7 Supporting VMware Virtual Machines with iSCSI 4.3 4.8 The 3PAR Host Explorer Enclosure Device LUN 4.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 4.1 Overview The chapter provides instructions for using the 3PAR Host Explorer. 4.2 Verifying the 3PAR Host Explorer Package is Installed To verify that the 3PAR Host Explorer package has been installed correctly, see the appropriate section below: ■ To find out if the product is installed on a Solaris system, see Verifying the Installation on Solaris Sparc Systems on page 3.4.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 4.5 Starting the 3PAR Host Explorer Process X To start the Host Explorer process, issue the TpdHostAgent start command. 4.6 Supporting Multiple InServ Storage Servers on a Single Host The 3PAR Host Explorer reports the information it collects to every InServ Storage Server attached to the host. If an InServ Storage Server is added or removed after the initial installation of the 3PAR Host Explorer, a refresh is needed.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 4.8.1 InServ Storage Server Upgrades and Enclosure Devices If you upgraded to 3PAR InForm Operating System version 2.3.1 from a previous release, you must consider the following notes about LUNs with ID 254. ■ If you had a LUN with ID 254 before you upgraded to 2.3.1, the host persona for the host is set to the Generic-Legacy persona number 6 during the upgrade process.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 5 TpdHostAgent Command In this chapter 5.1 Overview 5.1 5.2 TpdHostAgent Command 5.2 5.1 Overview The TpdHostAgent is a simple command line interface for maintaining and managing the various options to be used in conjuction with the Host Explorer daemon. This command must be run as superuser/administrator from the host where it is installed. TpdHostAgent Command 5.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide 5.2 TpdHostAgent Command COMMAND TpdHostAgent DESCRIPTION Command line utility for management of a 3PAR Host Explorer. SYNTAX TpdHostAgent [options] OPTIONS -start Starts the Host Explorer process. -stop Stops the Host Explorer process. -refresh Stops, then restarts the Host Explorer process. -status Lists the status of a Host Explorer process, i.e. whether the daemon/service is running.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide ◆ RefreshInterval - The interval that the Host Explorer process collects the data and compares it to the last known state for any changes. If there are changes, the Host Explorer pushes the new set of data to the InServ Storage Server. ◆ PushInterval - The interval that the Host Explorer process pushes data to InServ Storage Server. -settrace <1-5> This option is only available on the Windows operating system. ◆ 1 - Displays error messages.
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide Checking the status of the Host Explorer deamon. # TpdHostAgent status Printing the status of 3PAR Host Explorer daemon: 3PAR Host Explorer is running ... The current time interval values are: Value is PushInterval=86400 Value is RefreshInterval=60 Stopping the Host Explorer deamon. # TpdHostAgent stop Stopping the 3PAR Host Explorer daemon..
3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide ... HBA0VEN=QLogic HBA0MODEL=QLA2342 HBA0DRVRVER=8.01.00b5-rh2 HBA0FIRMWARE=3.03.15 IPX HBA1WWN=210100e08b2786bd HBA1VEN=QLogic HBA1MODEL=QLA2342 HBA1DRVRVER=8.01.00b5-rh2 HBA1FIRMWARE=3.03.
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3PAR Host Explorer User’s Guide Revision History Release level Revision summary 320-200132 Rev A First release of this manual. October 2009 Revision History RH.
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