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

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Contents

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

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

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

HP X9000 Software features....................................................................................................11

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.................................................................14

Booting the system and individual server blades.........................................................................14

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

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

Customizing the GUI..........................................................................................................18

Adding user accounts for GUI access...................................................................................19

Using the CLI.....................................................................................................................19

Starting the array management software...............................................................................19

X9000 client interfaces.......................................................................................................19

X9000 Software manpages.....................................................................................................19

Changing passwords..............................................................................................................19

Configuring ports for a firewall.................................................................................................20

Configuring NTP servers..........................................................................................................21

Configuring HP Insight Remote Support on X9000 systems...........................................................21

Configuring X9000 systems for Insight Remote Support...........................................................22

Troubleshooting Insight Remote Support................................................................................24

3 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access..............................................25

Network and VIF guidelines.....................................................................................................25

Creating a bonded VIF............................................................................................................25

Configuring standby backup nodes...........................................................................................25

Configuring NIC failover.........................................................................................................26

Configuring automated failover................................................................................................26

Example configuration.............................................................................................................26

Specifying VIFs in the client configuration...................................................................................26

Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces.......................................................27

Support for link state monitoring...............................................................................................27

4 Configuring failover..................................................................................28

Agile management consoles....................................................................................................28

Agile management console modes.......................................................................................28

Agile management consoles and failover..............................................................................28

Viewing information about management consoles..................................................................29

Cluster high availability...........................................................................................................29

Failover modes..................................................................................................................29

What happens during a failover..........................................................................................29

Setting up automated failover..............................................................................................30

Configuring standby pairs..............................................................................................30

Identifying power sources...............................................................................................30

Turning automated failover on and off..............................................................................31

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