6.0 HP X9720 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW549-96034, December 2011)

2 Getting started
This chapter describes how to log into the system, how to boot the system and individual server
blades, how to change passwords, and how to back up the management console configuration.
It also describes the management interfaces provided with X9000 Software.
IMPORTANT: Follow these guidelines when using your system:
• Do not modify any parameters of the operating system or kernel, or update any part of the
X9720 Network Storage System unless instructed to do so by HP; otherwise, the system could
fail to operate properly.
• File serving nodes are tuned for file serving operations. With the exception of supported
backup programs, do not run other applications directly on the nodes.
Setting up the X9720 Network Storage System
An HP service specialist sets up the X9720 Network Storage System at your site, including the
following tasks:
Installation steps
• Remove the product from the shipping cartons that you have placed in the location where the
product will be installed, confirm the contents of each carton against the list of included items
and check for any physical damage to the exterior of the product, and connect the product
to the power and network provided by you.
• Review your server, network, and storage environment relevant to the HP Enterprise NAS
product implementation to validate that prerequisites have been met.
• Validate that your file system performance, availability, and manageability requirements have
not changed since the service planning phase. Finalize the HP Enterprise NAS product
implementation plan and software configuration.
• Implement the documented and agreed-upon configuration based on the information you
provided on the pre-delivery checklist.
• Document configuration details.
Additional configuration steps
When your system is up and running, you can continue configuring the cluster and file systems.
The management console GUI and CLI are used to perform most operations. (Some features
described here might have been configured for you as part of the system installation.)
Cluster. Configure the following as needed:
• Virtual interfaces for client access.
• Failover for file serving nodes, network interfaces, and HBAs.
• Cluster event notification through email or SNMP.
• Management console backups.
• NDMP backups.
These cluster features are described later in this guide.
File systems. Set up the following features as needed:
• Additional file systems. Optionally, configure data tiering on the file systems to move files to
specific tiers based on file attributes.
• NFS, CIFS, FTP, or HTTP. Configure the methods you will use to access file system data.
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