6.5 HP StoreAll 8200/9300 Storage Administrator Guide

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Contents

1 Product description ....................................................................................8

Storage System Features............................................................................................................8

System components...................................................................................................................8

HP StoreAll software features......................................................................................................8

High availability and redundancy...............................................................................................9

2 Getting started.........................................................................................10

Setting up the system...............................................................................................................10

Installation steps done by an HP service specialist..................................................................10

Additional configuration steps.............................................................................................10

Management interfaces...........................................................................................................11

Using the StoreAll Management Console..............................................................................12

Customizing the GUI..........................................................................................................15

Adding user accounts for Management Console access..........................................................15

Using the CLI.....................................................................................................................16

Starting the array management software...............................................................................16

StoreAll client interfaces......................................................................................................16

StoreAll software manpages.....................................................................................................16

Changing passwords..............................................................................................................17

Configuring ports for a firewall.................................................................................................17

Configuring NTP servers..........................................................................................................18

Configuring HP Insight Remote Support on StoreAll systems..........................................................18

Overview..........................................................................................................................19

Installing and configuring Insight Remote Support...................................................................20

Configuring Phone Home settings.........................................................................................20

Compiling the MIB.............................................................................................................22

Configuring entitlements......................................................................................................23

Configuring server entitlements............................................................................................24

Configuring storage entitlements..........................................................................................24

Configuring chassis entitlements...........................................................................................25

Discovering devices............................................................................................................25

Discovering devices using HP IRS....................................................................................25

Discovering devices using HP SIM...................................................................................27

Managing the Phone Home configuration.............................................................................31

Testing the Insight Remote Support configuration....................................................................31

Rescanning the Phone Home configuration............................................................................32

Disabling Phone Home.......................................................................................................32

Troubleshooting Insight Remote Support................................................................................32

3 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access..............................................36

Network and VIF guidelines.....................................................................................................36

Creating a bonded VIF............................................................................................................37

Configuring backup servers......................................................................................................37

Configuring NIC failover.........................................................................................................37

Configuring automated failover................................................................................................38

Example configuration.............................................................................................................38

Specifying VIFs in the client configuration...................................................................................38

Configuring VLAN tagging......................................................................................................39

Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces.......................................................39

4 Configuring failover..................................................................................41

Agile management consoles....................................................................................................41

Agile Fusion Manager modes..............................................................................................41

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