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

Agile management consoles ....................................................................................................... 31
Agile management console modes ....................................................................................... 31
Agile management consoles and failover .............................................................................. 31
Viewing information about management consoles ................................................................... 32
Cluster high availability ............................................................................................................. 32
Failover modes .................................................................................................................. 32
What happens during a failover .......................................................................................... 33
Setting up automated failover .............................................................................................. 33
Identifying standbys for file serving nodes ....................................................................... 33
Identifying power sources ............................................................................................. 34
Turning automated failover on and off ............................................................................ 36
Manually failing over a file serving node ............................................................................... 36
Failing back a file serving node ........................................................................................... 36
Using network interface monitoring ....................................................................................... 37
Setting up HBA monitoring .................................................................................................. 39
Discovering HBAs ........................................................................................................ 39
Identifying standby-paired HBA ports ............................................................................. 40
Turning HBA monitoring on or off .................................................................................. 40
Deleting standby port pairings ....................................................................................... 40
Deleting HBAs from the configuration database ............................................................... 40
Displaying HBA information .......................................................................................... 40
Checking the High Availability configuration .......................................................................... 41
6 Configuring cluster event notification ................................................... 43
Setting up email notification of cluster events ................................................................................ 43
Associating events and email addresses ................................................................................ 43
Configuring email notification settings ................................................................................... 43
Turning email notifications on or off ...................................................................................... 44
Dissociating events and email addresses ............................................................................... 44
Testing email addresses ....................................................................................................... 44
Viewing email notification settings ........................................................................................ 44
Setting up SNMP notifications .................................................................................................... 44
Configuring the SNMP agent ............................................................................................... 45
Configuring trapsink settings ................................................................................................ 46
Associating events and trapsinks .......................................................................................... 46
Defining views ................................................................................................................... 47
Configuring groups and users .............................................................................................. 47
Deleting elements of the SNMP configuration ......................................................................... 48
Listing SNMP configuration information ................................................................................. 48
7 Configuring system backups .............................................................. 49
Backing up the management console configuration ....................................................................... 49
Using NDMP backup applications .............................................................................................. 49
Configuring NDMP parameters on the cluster ......................................................................... 50
NDMP process management ............................................................................................... 51
Viewing or canceling NDMP sessions ............................................................................. 51
Starting, stopping, or restarting an NDMP Server ............................................................. 51
Viewing or rescanning tape and media changer devices ......................................................... 52
NDMP events .................................................................................................................... 52
8 Creating hostgroups for X9000 clients ................................................ 53
How hostgroups work ................................................................................................................ 53
Creating a hostgroup tree .......................................................................................................... 53
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