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

network interface bonds, 55
active-passive, 57
adaptive load balancing, 63
best practices, 65
communication after deleting, 70
configuring, 65
creating, 66
deleting, 69, 237
determining if use would improve performance, 209
link aggregation dynamic mode, 61
physical and logical interface, 58
requirements, 56
requirements for Adaptive Load Balancing, 63
setting flow control, and, 53
settings, 57
status of, 68
using 1 GbE and 10 GbE interfaces, 56
verifying, 67
VSA, 48
with 10 GbE interfaces, 56
network interfaces, 61
attaching Ethernet cables, 53
bonding, 55
configuring, 54, 72
disabling or disconnecting, 71
establishing, 53
identifying, 53
speed and duplex settings, 50
used for SAN/iQ communication, 75
VSA, 48
Network RAID-10
description of, 144
Network RAID-10+1
description of, 144
Network RAID-10+2
description of, 145
Network RAID-6
description of, 146
Network Time Protocol see NTP
network window see navigation window
NIC see network interfaces
NIC flow control, 52
enabling, 53
requirements, 53
VSA, 48
normal RAID
status, 38
not found
storage systems, 20
not preferred NTP server, 78
NTP
selecting, 77
server, 77
server, deleting, 78
servers, changing list order, 78
O
off RAID
status, 38
ordering NTP access list, 78
overview
add-on applications, 223
Centralized Management Console, 12
clusters, 133
disk replacement in special cases, 241
management groups, 104
managers, 107
network, 48
provisioning storage, 141
setting date and time, 77
SmartClone volumes, 178
snapshots, 147, 162
SNMP, 93
volumes, 155
P
P4300
disk setup, 42
P4500
disk setup, 42
disk status, 42
P4800
disk setup, 43
powering off the system controller and disk enclosure,
correct order, 23
powering on the system controller and disk enclosure,
correct order, 23
P4900
disk setup, 44
passwords
changing in Configuration Interface, 236
pausing
monitoring, 220
performance see I/O performance
performance and iSCSI, 231
Performance Monitor
current SAN activity example, 207
exporting data from, 221
fault isolation example, 207
learning about applications on the SAN, 208
learning about SAN performance, 206
load comparison of two clusters example, 210
load comparison of two volumes example, 210
NIC bonding example, 209
overview, 206
pausing, 220
planning for SAN improvements, 209
prerequisites, 206
restarting, 220
statistics, defined, 214
understanding and using, 206
workload characterization example, 207
Performance Monitor graph
changing, 220
changing line color, 220
changing line style, 220
changing the scaling factor for, 221
displaying a line, 220
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