5.5 HP StorageWorks X9720 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW549-96026, March 2011)

Contents

1 Product description ........................................................................... 11

HP X9720 Network Storage System features ................................................................................. 11

System components ................................................................................................................... 11

HP X9000 Software features ...................................................................................................... 12

High availability and redundancy ............................................................................................... 12

2 Getting started ................................................................................ 13

Setting up the X9720 Network Storage System ............................................................................. 13

Installation steps ................................................................................................................. 13

Additional configuration steps .............................................................................................. 13

Logging in to the X9720 Network Storage System ......................................................................... 14

Using the network .............................................................................................................. 14

Using the TFT keyboard/monitor .......................................................................................... 14

Using the serial link on the Onboard Administrator ................................................................. 15

Booting the system and individual server blades ........................................................................... 15

Management interfaces ............................................................................................................. 15

Using the GUI .................................................................................................................... 15

Customizing the GUI .......................................................................................................... 19

Adding user accounts for GUI access .................................................................................... 20

Using the CLI ..................................................................................................................... 20

Starting the array management software ............................................................................... 20

X9000 client interfaces ....................................................................................................... 20

X9000 Software manpages ....................................................................................................... 21

Changing passwords ................................................................................................................ 21

3 Configuring the firewall ..................................................................... 23

Firewall concepts ..................................................................................................................... 23

Port usage in an X9720 Network Storage System .......................................................................... 23

Opening a port through the firewall ............................................................................................ 25

Closing a port through the MXSO-External-Filter chain ................................................................... 25

Restricting a port to an IP ........................................................................................................... 25

Restoring the firewall configuration to the factory setting ................................................................. 26

4 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access ...................................... 27

Network and VIF guidelines ....................................................................................................... 27

Creating a bonded VIF .............................................................................................................. 27

Configuring standby backup nodes ............................................................................................. 28

Configuring NIC failover ........................................................................................................... 28

Configuring automated failover .................................................................................................. 28

Example configuration ............................................................................................................... 28

Specifying VIFs in the client configuration ..................................................................................... 29

5 Configuring failover ......................................................................... 31

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