Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User Guide
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Contentsiii Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Navigator 2 at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Key features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Integrating with Hitachi storage features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 What this document covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Using the Navigator 2 online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 2 Preinstallation Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Understanding Navigator 2 key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Quick-start checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Navigator 2 operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Microsoft Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Sun Solaris operating systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Red Hat Linux operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Network requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Setting of Linux kernel parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Collecting user-supplied items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Installing Java runtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Downloading and installing JRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Clients running Microsoft Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Clients running Solaris or Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Firewall considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Anti-virus software considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Obtaining license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Reviewing technical guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Selecting a destination folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Solaris and Linux operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 Installation prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 Setting Linux kernel parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
ivContents Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide Hitachi Storage Command Suite common component considerations . . . . 2-16 3 Installing Navigator 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Types of installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Installing Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Getting started (all users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Installing Navigator 2 on a Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 If the installation fails on a Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 Installing Navigator 2 on a Sun Solaris operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 Installing Navigator 2 on a Red Hat Linux operating system . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 4 Starting Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Hardware considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Verifying your hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Connecting the management console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Logging in to Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Selecting a storage system for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Running the Add Array wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Running the Initial (Array) Setup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Initial Array (Setup) wizard — configuring email alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Initial Array (Setup) wizard — configuring management ports . . . . . . . . 4-9 Initial Array (Setup) wizard — configuring host ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Initial Array (Setup) wizard — configuring spare drives. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Initial Array (Setup) wizard — configuring the system date and time . . 4-13 Initial Array (Setup) wizard — confirming your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Running the Create & Map Volume wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Create & Map Volume wizard — defining RAID groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Create & Map Volume wizard — defining logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Create & Map Volume wizard — defining host groups or iSCSI targets . 4-17 Create & Map Volume wizard — connecting to a host . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 Create & Map Volume wizard — confirming your settings . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 Running the Backup Volume wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 5 Quick Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Understanding the Navigator 2 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Menu Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Explorer Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Button panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Page panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Performing Navigator 2 activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 Description of Navigator 2 activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Contentsv Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide 6 Managing Users, Permissions, and Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Managing users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Adding users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Viewing and editing user profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Deleting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Understanding permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Granting or changing permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Changing passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Changing the default system password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Changing a user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Password protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Accessing password protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Changing a password associated with password protection . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Working with user IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Adding a user ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Changing a user ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Deleting a user ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 7 Managing Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Understanding the Arrays window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Rebooting storage systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Showing and configuring storage systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Editing storage system settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5 Filtering storage systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7 Removing storage systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Running error monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 Configuring error monitoring options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Configuring email notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 Running error monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 Managing alerts and events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 8 Managing RAID Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Displaying the RAID Groups tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Creating a RAID group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Expanding RAID groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 General guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 RAID group expansion best practices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Expanding RAID groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Removing RAID group expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Displaying detailed RAID group properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Understanding the Logical Units tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 Understanding the Assigned Drives tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 Executing a RAID group spin-up or spin-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
viContents Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide Changing RAID group expansion priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14 Filtering RAID groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15 Deleting RAID groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16 9 Managing Logical Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Identifying logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Types of logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Understanding preconfigured logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Displaying the Logical Units window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Creating a logical unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Changing LUN capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Guidelines when expanding logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Expanding logical units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Reducing logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Changing the capacity of a logical unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Displaying unified logical unit properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 Formatting logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11 Filtering logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 Deleting logical units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13 10 Advanced Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 Using Internet Protocol Version 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 IPv6 guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 Navigator 2 supported operating systems for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 IPv6 link-local addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 Router discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 Temporary addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 Connection methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 Example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 Using secure sockets layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 Setting the certificate and private key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8 Stopping the Navigator 2 service or daemon process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8 Creating a private key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8 Changing the IP Address for connecting to Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13 Changing the Default Port Number for Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14 Starting or stopping the Navigator 2 service or daemon process . . . . . . . . . .10-15 Stopping the services or daemon processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-15 Stopping the Navigator 2 server service or daemon process . . . . . . . . . .10-16 Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-16 Solaris and Linux operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-16 Stopping Hitachi Storage Command Suite common components . . . . . . .10-17 Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-17
Contentsvii Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide Solaris and Linux operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 Starting the services or daemon process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18 Starting the Hitachi Storage Command Suite common components . . . . . . . 10-19 Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 Solaris and Linux operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 Starting the Navigator 2 server service or daemon process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Windows operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Solaris and Linux operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 Using the SATA Write and Compare feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 User Account settings for HiCommand Device Manager and Navigator 2 . . . . 10-22 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 Example of using the different account types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24 11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 If the Installation Fails on a Windows Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 Collecting Trace Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3 Firmware Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4 DMES01EA05 Message Appears During Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4 Upgrading Firmware When the Storage System Has a Warning Status . . . 11-5 List of Failure Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 A Upgrading Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 B Uninstalling Navigator 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 C Recording Navigator 2 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 D Understanding IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1 Glossary Index
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Prefaceix Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide Preface This document provides facilities requirements for preparing and installing Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2100, 2300, and 2500 storage systems. In this document, these storage systems are referred to collectively as the Hitachi AMS 2000 Family storage systems. If information pertains to certain members of this family, those systems are identified. Using this document, you will be able to prepare your site for the arrival and installation of your units. To determine the total components your shipment will include, please consult your Hitachi Data Systems representative. This preface includes the following information: •Document revision level •Changes in this revision •Intended audience •Document organization •Document conventions •Related documents •Regulatory information •Getting help •Comments
xPreface Hitachi Storage Navigator Modular 2 User’s Guide Document revision level This section provides a history of the revision changes to this document. Changes in this revision • New details and procedure for setting Linux kernel parameters in Setting of Linux kernel parameters on page 2-6 Intended audience This document is intended for personnel who will schedule, manage, and perform the tasks required to prepare your site for installing a Hitachi AMS 2000 Family storage systems. Product version This document applies to Hitachi AMS 2000 Family firmware version 08B7/K and SNM2 V11.76 or later. RevisionDateDescription MK-99DF8208-00 January 2010 Initial Release MK-99DF8208-01 April 2010 Revision 1, supersedes and replaces MK- 99DF8208-00 MK-99DF8208-02 May 2010 Revision 2, supersedes and replaces MK- 99DF8208-01 MK-99DF8208-03 December 2010 Revision 3, supersedes and replaces MK- 99DF8208-02 MK-99DF8208-04 August 2012 Revision 4, supersedes and replaces MK- 99DF8208-03