HP 3PAR Host Explorer 2.1.0 Software User Guide Abstract This document provides the information about installing, configuring, and using the HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software for Solaris Sparc, Red Hat Linux, and Microsoft Windows administrators who are responsible for maintaining the operating environment and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system.
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HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 HP 3PAR Host Explorer 1.1 1.2 Related Documentation 1.2 2 Installation and Deinstallation 2.1 Installation and Verification 2.2 2.1.1 Installation on Microsoft Windows Server Systems 2.2 2.1.2 Verifying the Installation on Microsoft Windows Server 2.2 2.1.3 Installation on Red Hat Linux Systems 2.2 2.1.4 Verifying the Installation on Red Hat Linux Systems 2.3 2.1.5 Installation on Oracle Solaris Sparc Systems 2.3 2.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 3.4 Starting the Host Explorer Process 3.2 3.5 Supporting Multiple Storage Systems on a Single Host 3.2 3.6 Supporting VMware Virtual Machines with iSCSI 3.2 3.7 The Host Explorer Enclosure Device LUN 3.3 3.7.1 Storage System Upgrades and Enclosure Devices 3.3 4 TpdHostAgent Command 4.1 TpdHostAgent Command vi Table of Contents 4.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 1 Introduction This guide provides information about installing and uninstalling the HP 3PAR Host Explorer on the following platforms: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 32 bit and 64 bit ■ Red Hat Linux systems running RHEL 4 Update 6 or later; RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 ■ Sparc systems running Solaris 10 This guide is for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Oracle Solaris (Sparc) administrators who are responsible for maintaining the operating environment
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide When a host is created on the storage system, unassigned WWNs or iSCSI names are presented to the storage system. Without the Host Explorer running on the attached hosts, the storage system is unable to determine which host the WWN or iSCSI names belongs to and you must manually assign each WWN or iSCSI name to a host. With Host Explorer running, the storage system automatically groups WWNs or iSCSI names for the host together, assisting with creating the host.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide For information about… Read the… Using the HP 3PAR Command Line HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Interface (CLI) to configure and Administrator’s Manual administer storage systems Using the HP 3PAR Management Console HP 3PAR Management Console Online (GUI) to configure and administer HP Help 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems Related Documentation 1.
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HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 2 Installation and Deinstallation This chapter describes how to install, verify, and deinstall the HP 3PAR Host Explorer agent on the following platforms: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit ■ Red Hat Linux systems running RHEL 4 Update 6 or later; RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 ■ Sparc systems running Oracle Solaris 10 NOTE: In order for the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system to dynamically discover host devices, you must follow specific configuration instruc
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 2.1 Installation and Verification This section describes how to install and verify installation of the HP 3PAR Host Explorer agent on the following systems. You must have the HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software CD (current version) to install the HP 3PAR Host Explorer. 2.1.1 Installation on Microsoft Windows Server Systems To install the Host Explorer agent on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 system: 1 Log into the host as the System Administrator.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 3 Change directory to the CD-ROM drive. 4 Issue the following command: # rpm -ivh HostExplorer-.i386.rpm 2.1.4 Verifying the Installation on Red Hat Linux Systems Verify the installation for the Red Hat Linux system: 1 Log on as the System Administrator. 2 Issue the following command: rpm -qa | grep HostExplorer 2.1.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 2.2 Deinstallation This section describes how to deinstall the HP 3PAR Host Explorer agent on: ■ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit ■ Red Hat Linux systems running RHEL 4 Update 6 or later; RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 ■ Sparc systems running Oracle Solaris 10 2.2.1 Deinstallation on Microsoft Windows Server To deinstall the Host Explorer agent from a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 system: 1 Log on as the System Administrator.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 3 Using the Host Explorer The chapter provides instructions for using the HP 3PAR Host Explorer. 3.1 Verifying the Host Explorer Package is Installed To verify that the 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 2.3.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide Example output: Printing the status of 3PAR Host Explorer daemon: 3PAR Host Explorer is running.. The current time interval values are: Value is PushInterval=86400 default Value is RefreshInterval=60 default 3.3 Stopping the Host Explorer Process By default, the Host Explorer process starts at every reboot of the host. If you do not want the process running on the host, issue the TpdHostAgent stop command. 3.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 3.7 The Host Explorer Enclosure Device LUN When a host is connected to an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system, an enclosure device with LUN ID 254 is automatically defined for the host. The HP 3PAR Host Explorer uses this enclosure device to exchange information about the host with the storage system. The LUN with ID 254 acts as both a data LUN and an enclosure service LUN. You can use LUN ID 254 for any application with limited impact on performance.
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HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide 4 TpdHostAgent Command 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. 4.1 TpdHostAgent Command COMMAND TpdHostAgent DESCRIPTION Command line utility for management of a HP 3PAR Host Explorer. SYNTAX TpdHostAgent [options] OPTIONS -start Starts the Host Explorer process.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide -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. -list Lists the contents of all host configuration information (Host Explorer tokens) that has been gathered by the Host Explorer. -push Immediately sends the latest Host Explorer token information to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide RESTRICTIONS None. EXAMPLES Starting the Host Explorer deamon. # TpdHostAgent start Starting the HP 3PAR Host Explorer daemon .. Starting HP 3PAR Host Explorer: [ OK ] Checking the status of the Host Explorer deamon. # TpdHostAgent status Printing the status of HP 3PAR Host Explorer daemon: HP 3PAR Host Explorer is running ... The current time interval values are: Value is PushInterval=86400 Value is RefreshInterval=60 Stopping the Host Explorer deamon.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide TPDAGENTVER=2.1.0-0 HNAME=he13.ind.hp.com HOSTID=9a0f0d34 OS=Linux OSVER=2.6 OSPATCH=18-238.el5 ARCH=x86_64 IP=11.1.0.153 MPSW=device-mapper MPSWVER=0.4.7-42.el5 HBA0WWN=10000000c9af018c HBA0VEN=Emulex HBA0MODEL=AJ763A/AH403A HBA0DRVR=lpfc HBA0DRVRVER=8.2.0.87.1p HBA0FIRMWARE=1.11A5 (U3D1.11A5), sli-3 HBA0SPEEDCURRENT=4 Gbit HBA1WWN=10000000c9af018d HBA1VEN=Emulex HBA1MODEL=AJ763A/AH403A HBA1DRVR=lpfc HBA1DRVRVER=8.2.0.87.1p HBA1FIRMWARE=1.11A5 (U3D1.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer User Guide DEVICE0NAME=mpath21 DEVICE0IOPOLICY=round-robin DEVICE0FPMPOLICY=path_checker DEVICE0FPMINTERVAL=no_path_retry DEVICE0TOTPATHCNT=2 DEVICE0GDPATHCNT=2 DEVICE0PATH0HWWN=10000000c9af018d DEVICE0PATH0TWWN0=22510002ac000f50 DEVICE0PATH0TWWN0STATE=OK DEVICE0PATH1HWWN=10000000c9af018c DEVICE0PATH1TWWN0=23510002ac000f50 DEVICE0PATH1TWWN0STATE=OK DEVICE1WWN=60002ac00000000000000b7800004242 DEVICE1NAME=mpath20 DEVICE1IOPOLICY=round-robin DEVICE1FPMPOLICY=path_checker DEVICE1FPMINTERV
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