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9.5.01 HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide (AX696-96168, February 2012)

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3. In the Edit iSNS Servers window, select the VIP to change or delete, or click Add to add a
new VIP.
4. Make the necessary changes and click OK to save.
Editing iSNS servers from the iSCSI Tasks menu
1. Select the cluster and click the iSCSI tab to bring it to the front.
2. Select the iSNS server IP to change and click iSCSI Tasks.
3. Select the appropriate menu item and make the desired changes.
4. Click OK to save.
Editing cluster VIP addresses
Anytime you add, change or remove the virtual IP address for iSCSI volumes, you are changing
the configuration that servers are using. You should rebalance the iSCSI sessions after making the
change. A command for rebalancing iSCSI sessions is available through the HP P4000
Command-Line Interface, CLIQ. The command syntax is in the HP P4000 SAN/iQ Command-Line
Interface User Guide, which is installed with the CLI.
Preparing servers
• Quiesce any applications that are accessing volumes in the cluster.
• Log off the active sessions in the iSCSI initiator for those volumes.
Editing cluster VIPs from the Cluster Tasks menu
Add, change, or delete the VIPs for a cluster, usually as part of a network reconfiguration.
1. Right-click the cluster or click Cluster Tasks.
2. Select Edit Cluster→Edit Virtual IP addresses.
3. In the Edit Virtual IPs window, select the VIP to change or delete, or click Add to add a new
VIP.
4. Make the necessary changes and click OK to save.
Editing cluster VIP addresses from the iSCSI Tasks menu
1. Select the cluster and click the iSCSI tab to bring it to the front.
2. Select the VIP to change and click iSCSI Tasks.
3. Select the appropriate menu item for your task and make the desired changes.
4. Click OK to save.
Removing the virtual IP address
You can only remove a VIP if there is more than one VIP assigned to the cluster.
1. In the Edit Cluster window, click the iSCSI tab.
2. Select the VIP and click Delete.
3. Click OK to confirm the deletion.
Reconnecting volumes and applications after changing VIPs or iSNS servers
1. Reconfigure the iSCSI initiator with the changes.
2. Reconnect to the volumes.
3. Restart the applications that use the volumes.
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