HP Netserver MSCS SPOFless Cluster Solution

AfterFCcontrollershavebeen
configuredtheycanbe
monitoredascanphysical
devicesandlogicaldrivesin
theRS/12.Performance
monitoringisalsoimplemented
inFCArrayAssistant.Tolearn
howtousetheFCArray
Assistanttool,refertothe
Referencessectionattheend
ofthisdocument.Anexample
oftheControllerInformation
screenisshownhereonthe
left.
Therearetwomainissues
concernedwiththe
configurationoftheRS/12FC
storagesubsystem.Thefirst
issuehastodowiththe
consistencyofthefirmware
installationonthetwoFCArray
controllercards.BeforeattemptingtousebothcontrollersinthesameRS/12FCcabinetitis
importanttodownloadthefirmwareindividuallytoeachcontroller.Thismeansthat
Also,whenflashingthefirmwareonthecontrollerthevariousconfigurationparametersonthe
controllerarenotreset.Thismeansthatbeforetwocontrollersareboundtogether,allofthe
parametersshouldbecheckedusingtheFCArrayAssistantutility.Forcompleteinformation
onhowtouse
FCArray
Assistant
refertothe
References
sectionatthe
endofthis
document.
Thesecond
issuehasto
dowiththe
mappingof
LUNs.When
thedisk
arraysare
configured,
theLUNsare
not
automatically
mappedina
mirrored
configuration.
the
firmwareofeachcontrollermustbecheckedindividuallyinanRS/12FCcabinetbeforeitcan
beusedintandemwithanothercontroller.
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