HP P6000 Control Panel User Guide Abstract This document describes the use of the HP P6000 Control Panel and is intended for users and administrators involved in the installation, operation and management of HP P6000 EVA storage systems.
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Contents 1 Introduction...............................................................................................4 What's new.............................................................................................................................4 2 Working with a Control Panel......................................................................5 Control Panel features...............................................................................................................
1 Introduction What's new HP P6000 Control Panel version 2.8 includes the following new or updated features compared to version 2.7. • 4 HP P6000 Command View support. HP P6000 Control Panel adds support for version 10.3 of array-based HP P6000 Command View.
2 Working with a Control Panel Control Panel features The HP P6000 Control Panel is primarily intended for use by storage system administrators and service personnel. When you log in as a storage administrator, the Administrator options, Service options, and User options are available. When you log in as a user, only the User options are available. The following menu options are available in the HP P6000 Control Panel.
Interface quick tour 1. Management options pane 2. System status pane 3. Content pane 4. Session pane Management options pane (1). The management options pane displays administrator options, service options, and user options. System status pane (2). The system status pane displays a summary of operational states for the storage system and its controllers. Content pane (3). The content pane displays information and actions that you can perform for the option that is selected. Session pane (4).
5. Open a text file and paste the data. Example Selecting text on the View Message Logs page. Configuring access to HP P6000 Command View (filter list) You can control which servers are allowed to access the array-based instance of HP P6000 Command View on this storage system. This is done by creating and enabling a filter list of allowed HP P6000 Command View client IP addresses. Considerations • You must be logged in as an administrator.
Considerations • You must be logged in as a storage administrator to see and act on the alert messages. Procedure 1. Review the message and alternative actions. 2. Click Yes or No as appropriate. Example Connecting to the management module (initial setup) This topic addresses initially setting the HP P6000 EVA storage system IP address and connecting to the HP P6000 management module. Once set up and connected, you can browse to the HP P6000 Control Panel.
Procedure when on a public network (initial setup) Use this procedure when the HP P6000 EVA management module is connected through a public network. IMPORTANT: When your LAN is part of a public network, HP recommends that you temporarily disconnect from the public network while performing this procedure. 1. 2. If currently connected, disconnect the public network LAN cable from the back of the HP P6000 management module in the controller enclosure.
IMPORTANT: The new IP address will be lost if the storage system is later uninitialized or the HP P6000 management module is reset. 8. 9. Remove the LAN cable to the private network or laptop and reconnect the cable to the public network. From a computer on the public network, browse to https://new IP address:2373 and log in. The HP P6000 Control Panel GUI appears.
6. From a computer on the private network, browse to https://new IP address:2373 and log in. The HP P6000 Control Panel GUI appears. Enabling disk device ports When the storage system detects certain device errors on a loop pair, the device ports are automatically disabled and the operational state is changed. Considerations • You must be logged in as a storage administrator. Procedure To locate disabled ports and enable them: 1. Select Administrator Options > Configure Controller Device Ports 2.
IMPORTANT: HP recommends that you save logs files that might be needed for troubleshooting before performing the reset step. Log files can be saved via the Capture System Information option on the Server Options page in HP P6000 Command View. • You will need to access the back of the storage system. The LAN cable to the HP P6000 management module and the reset button are on the back of the controller enclosure.
IMPORTANT: HP recommends that you change or delete the default IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to avoid duplicate address detection issues in your network. HP recommends that you change the default passwords. If you change the password for the storage administrator or storage user account for the HP P6000 Control Panel, be sure to record the new passwords since they cannot be cleared without resetting the HP P6000 management module. 5. 6. Select Administrator Options > Configure Network Options.
5. Click Save Changes. The IP address changes immediately, causing you to lose connectivity to the Control Panel. The new IP address is stored and remains in effect, even when the storage system is shut down or restarted. IMPORTANT: The new IP address will be lost if the storage system is later uninitialized or the HP P6000 management module is reset. 6. From a computer on the private network, browse to https://new IP address:2373 and log in. The Control Panel GUI appears.
Setting controller power on behavior The controller power on behavior is set by the Controller Power Option. By default, the option is disabled and the controllers are not automatically started when the HP P6000 management module is powered on or restarted. When the option is enabled, the controllers are automatically started when the management module is powered on or restarted. You can view or change the behavior. Considerations • You must be logged in as a storage administrator.
In HP P6000 Command View, the relevant online help procedures are: Accessing password protected storage systems, Enabling management of a password-protected storage system, and Updating storage system passwords. Procedure 1. Select Administrator Options > Configure Administrator login options. The Administrator Login Options page opens. 2. Follow the instructions on the page.
• You must first obtain the new HP P6000 management module software file from HP. • You must be logged in as a storage administrator. • HP recommends that you read any notes on page 2 of the installation wizard before you confirm the installation. • If both the controller software and the HP P6000 management module software are to be updated, complete the controller software update first, then update the management module software.
3 Storage system concepts Controllers HP P6000 EVA storage systems contain a redundant pair of disk array controllers that manage storage system operation and serve as the physical interface to the SAN. All host I/O and management commands from HP P6000 Command View are processed by the controller pair. More information is available in HP P6000 EVA user guides. See related information. Controller type identification HP P6000 controller identification format is HSVxxx.
Disk device ports Disk device ports are the HP P6000 EVA storage system ports that logically and physically connect the internal controllers with the physical disk enclosures. Device port connectors and cables are located on the back of each controller. More information is available in HP P6000 user guides. See related information. Disk device loop pairs HP P6000 disk device port connections include two loops, loop A and loop B.
multiple HP P6000 EVA storage systems. The server on which HP P6000 Command View is installed is called a storage management server. HP Management Integration Framework software HP Management Integration Framework software provides storage-related security features and user interface capabilities and is included with HP P6000 Command View. HP Management Integration Framework software provides the following interfaces and high level features: • Security interface.
More information on initialization and uninitialization is in the HP P6000 Command View User Guide. See related information. Internet Protocol configurations • IP addresses on the Detailed Network Options page are specified using standard IPv4 or IPv6 formats. • IP addresses on the Configure Client Filter for HP P6000 Command View page can be specified using standard IPv4 and IPv6 formats and CIDR formats.
• Erases all log files that are stored on the management module. • Sets the Controller Power Option to disabled. See also Controller power on behavior. The amber indicator on the top right corner of the LAN connector (Ethernet jack) will flash during the reset, which may take up to 2 minutes. When the reset operation is completed, the green indicator light in the upper left corner of the LAN connector will turn solid green. 1. LEDs 2. LAN connector 3.
Operational states Icon Description Good. The device is operating normally. Attention. The device is not operating normally and may fail. Or, the device is in a transitional state that is not one of its steady states. Failed. The device has failed. Unknown. The operational state of the device is unknown. Passwords IMPORTANT: When an HP P6000 EVA storage system with array-based management is first installed, HP P6000 Control Panel and storage system passwords are blank.
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 See also Management module IP addresses. World Wide Name (WWN) A World Wide Node Name (WWN) is a globally unique 64-bit identifier assigned to each device in a Fibre Channel storage area network. WWNs are typically displayed as four-character hexadecimal groups. Example: 3600-5B64-C92E-2EC1.
4 Support and other resources Release history HP P6000 Control Panel releases: Release Version New features 2013 (Sep) 2.8 See What's New 2012 (Oct) 2.7 • HP P6000 Command View support. HP P6000 Control Panel adds support for version 10.2 of array-based HP P6000 Command View. 2012 (May) 2.6 • HP P6000 Command View support. Updated. HP P6000 Control Panel adds support for version 10.1 of array-based HP P6000 Command View. 2011 (Oct) 2.5 • Product name. Changed.
Release Version New features • Management Integration Framework software compatibility. The HP EVA WOCP is compatible with HP Management Integration Framework software. 2009 (Mar) 2.2 • HP Command View EVA access filter. Specify the IP addresses of computers that are allowed to access array-based HP Command View EVA. See Configuring access to HP Command View EVA. 2008 (Dec) 2.1 • Restart an HP EVA management module. Restart a storage system's internal management module.
http://www.hp.com/support/manuals • For most related documentation, navigate to the Storage section, select a storage category (Storage Software and product. Websites • HP.com http://www.hp.com • HP storage http://www.hp.com/go/storage • HP manuals http://www.hp.com/support/manuals • HP download drivers and software http://www.hp.com/support/downloads • HP software depot http://www.software.hp.com Customer self repair HP CSR programs allow you to repair your HP storage product.
Glossary This glossary provides the spelled-out form of technical abbreviations and acronyms found in this document. The glossary does not include definitions of terms. To find definitions and detailed explanations of terms and concepts, use the search feature, table of contents or index. ABM Array Based Management. ALPA Arbitrated Loop Physical Address. DNS Domain Name System. DR Data Replication. EVA Enterprise Virtual Array. I/O Input Output. iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface.
Index A automatic loop recovery policy, setting, 14 C control panel accessing, 6 features, 5 interface quick tour, 6 controller power on behavior, setting, 15 controllers power-on behavior, 18 types, 18 customer self repair, 27 D device loop pairs, 19 device ports, 19 documentation providing feedback, 26 related documents, 26 H host ports, 19 host ports topology, setting, 15 HP Management Integration Framework, 20 HP P6000 Command View ABM and SBM versions, 19 filter list, 7 software suite, 19 host port
