5.5 HP StorageWorks X9300 Network Storage Gateway Administrator Guide (AW539-96007, March 2011)

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Table Of Contents

X9300 Network Storage Gateway Administrator Guide
Contents
1 Product description
- HP X9300 Network Storage Gateway features
- System components
- HP X9000 Software features
- High availability and redundancy
2 Getting started
- Setting up the X9300 Network Storage Gateway
  - Installation steps
  - Additional configuration steps
- Management interfaces
- X9000 Software manpages
- Changing passwords
3 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access
- Network and VIF guidelines
- Creating a bonded VIF
- Configuring standby backup nodes
- Configuring NIC failover
- Configuring automated failover
- Example configuration
- Specifying VIFs in the client configuration
4 Configuring failover
- Agile management consoles
- Cluster high availability
5 Configuring cluster event notification
- Setting up email notification of cluster events
- Setting up SNMP notifications
6 Configuring system backups
- Backing up the management console configuration
- Using NDMP backup applications
7 Creating hostgroups for X9000 clients
- How hostgroups work
- Creating a hostgroup tree
- Adding an X9000 client to a hostgroup
- Adding a domain rule to a hostgroup
- Viewing hostgroups
- Deleting hostgroups
- Other hostgroup operations
8 Monitoring cluster operations
- Monitoring the status of file serving nodes
- Monitoring cluster events
  - Viewing events
  - Removing events from the events database table
- Monitoring cluster health
  - Health checks
  - Health check reports
- Viewing logs
- Viewing operating statistics for file serving nodes
9 Maintaining the system
- Shutting down the system
  - Shutting down the X9000 Software
  - Powering off the hardware
- Starting the system
  - Starting the X9000 Software
- Powering file serving nodes on or off
- Starting and stopping processes
- Tuning file serving nodes and X9000 clients
- Migrating segments
- Removing storage from the cluster
- Maintaining networks
- Viewing network interface information
10 Migrating to an agile managment console configuration
- Backing up the configuration
- Performing the migration
- Removing the dedicated Management Server
11 Upgrading the X9000 Software
- Automatic upgrades
- Manual upgrades
  - Standard upgrade for clusters with a dedicated Management Server machine or blade
    - Standard online upgrade
    - Standard offline upgrade
  - Agile upgrade for clusters with an agile management console configuration
    - Agile online upgrade
    - Agile offline upgrade
- Upgrading Linux X9000 clients
- Upgrading Windows X9000 clients
- Troubleshooting upgrade issues
12 Licensing
- Viewing license terms
- Retrieving a license key
- Using AutoPass to retrieve and install permanent license keys
13 Upgrading firmware
- Upgradable firmware
- Installing firmware upgrades
14 Troubleshooting
- Managing support tickets
- Viewing software version numbers
- Troubleshooting specific issues
- Synchronizing information on file serving nodes and the configuration database
15 Replacing components
- Customer replaceable components
- Replacing a system board
- Replacing a NIC adapter
- Replacing a Fibre Channel HBA
16 Recovering a file serving node
- Starting the recovery
- Configuring a file serving node using the original template
- Completing the restore on a file serving node
- Configuring a file serving node manually
17 Support and other resources
- Contacting HP
- Related information
  - HP websites
- Rack stability
- Customer self repair
A Component and cabling diagrams
- Component diagrams
  - Front view of file serving node
  - Rear view of file serving node
- Cabling diagrams
  - Cluster network cabling diagram
B Spare parts list
- 1GbE spare parts
  - 1 GbE (AW539A)
  - 1 GbE (AW539B)
- 10 GbE spare parts
  - 10 GbE (AW540A)
  - 10 GbE/IB (AW540B)
- IB (AW541A)
- Base rack (AW546A)
C Warnings and precautions
- Electrostatic discharge information
- Grounding methods
- Equipment symbols
- Rack warnings and precautions
- Device warnings and precautions
D Regulatory compliance and safety
- Regulatory compliance identification numbers
- Federal Communications Commission notice
- Laser compliance
- International notices and statements
- Safety
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive
Glossary
Index

You are creating a bonded interface for the cluster network; select Ok on the Select Interface

Type dialog box.

Enter a name for the interface (bond0 for the cluster interface) and specify the appropriate options

and slave devices.

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