C H A P T E R  4

Managing and Configuring the Sun StorEdge Arrays

This section provides procedures to manage and configure arrays. This section contains the following topics:


Managing the Sun StorEdge 9900 Series

For additional information on Sun StorEdge 9900 series functionality available on the Asset tab, see the following procedures:

For additional information on how to use the Sun StorEdge 9900 Series Software, see the documentation shipped with it


procedure icon  To Start the Sun StorEdge 9900 Series Software

1. Click the Assets tab.

2. Click the 9900 Family sub-tab.

3. Click Launch Sun StorEdge 9900 Series Software.


procedure icon  To Configure the Configuration Service Software to Access the Sun StorEdge 9900 Series Software

1. Run the esmconfig script.

See "To Configure the Configuration Service Software" in the Sun StorEdge Enterprise Storage Manager 1.2 Installation Guide.

2. When prompted, enter the Sun StorEdge 9900 Series Software URL.

3. Restart the Configuration Service software.

# /etc/init.d/sscs stop
# /etc/init.d/sscs start


Operations for Individual Sun StorEdge T3, T3+, and 6120 Arrays

This section contains procedures which you can perform on one array at a time. You can create volumes and LUNs and display information about different array components. You must perform some operations on each individual array.

The functionality available is organized into three different views:

Physical Overview View

The Physical Overview contains functions which enable you to manage physical attributes of an array. If you see a warning message displayed when viewing the Physical Overview of an array, you may need to upgrade the HTML pages on the array. See "To Update Sun StorEdge Array HTML Files" on page 63.

This section contains the following procedures:


procedure icon  To View System Properties

single-step bulletFrom the Assets tab Array page, click a device name.


procedure icon  To View Component Properties

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click a device name.

2. Click a unit number.

3. Click a component.

  • Disk
  • Controller
  • Power/Cooling Unit
  • Interconnect card
  • Port 1

procedure icon   To Enable or Disable a Partner Pair Controller

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click a device name.

2. Click Controller.

3. Click Enable or Disable.


procedure icon   To Shutdown an Array From the Physical Overview

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name of the array you want to shut down.

2. Select Shutdown from the Actions pull-down menu.


procedure icon  To Reset an Array From the Physical Overview

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name of the array you want to restart.

2. Select Restart from the Actions pull-down menu.

3. Click OK.

System Settings View

This section contains the following procedures:


procedure icon   To Configure Cache Information

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name of the array you want to configure.

2. Select System Settings from the View pull-down menu.

3. Select Auto or Off for Cache Mirroring.

4. Select Stripe Size, if available

5. Select Cache Mode from the pull-down menu.

6. Select On or Off for Read Ahead Mode.

7. Select Disk Reconstruction Rate from the pull-down menu and click Save.

8. Reset the array.

For more information, see To Reset an Array From the Physical Overview.


procedure icon   To Configure MultiPath Support

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name of the array you want to configure.

2. Select System Settings from the View pull-down menu.

3. Select MultiPath Support from the pull-down menu.

4. Click Save.

5. Reset the array.

For more information, see To Reset an Array From the Physical Overview.


procedure icon   To Configure Network Properties

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name of the array you want to configure.

2. Select System Settings from the View pull-down menu.

3. Type the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway IP Address.

4. Select Rarp Enabled, if desired.

5. Click Save.

6. Reset the array.

For more information, see To Reset an Array From the Physical Overview.


procedure icon   To Configure Fibre Channel Topology



Note - This is only available with Sun StorEdge T3+ and 6120 arrays with firmware version 2.1.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the array name that you want to configure.

2. Select System Settings from the View pull-down menu.

3. Select Fibre Channel Topology from the pull-down menu.

4. Click Save.

5. Reset the array.

For more information, see To Reset an Array From the Physical Overview.

Logical Overview View

The Logical Overview view contains all Configuration Service functions pertaining to volumes and LUNs.

This section contains the following procedures:


procedure icon   To Add a Volume

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the array name where you want to add a volume.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click Add.



Note - Resizing the Add Volume wizard will restart it. You will loose any entries you have made.



4. Review Add Volume wizard Global Properties and click Next.

5. Select unit and click Next.

6. Type volume Name, select RAID Level from the pull-down menu, select an automount (Auto Online) option, and click Next.

7. Choose a Volume Size from the pull-down menu and click Next.

8. Confirm choices and click Finish or click Back to change your selections.

9. When creating a second volume, verify hot spare.

When adding a second volume, the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service software may not indicate the presence of a hot spare. To verify the presence of a hot spare, perform the following:

a. Use telnet to create a session with the array.

% telnet array-name

b. Use vol list to display hot spare information.

array-name:/:<1>vol list


procedure icon  To Delete a Volume

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the array name where you want to delete a volume.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the volume you want to delete.

4. Click Delete.

A volume must be unmounted before deleting it. See To Bring a Volume Offline for further information.

5. Click OK.


procedure icon  To Bring a Volume Online

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the name of the array containing the volume you want to bring online

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the volume you want to bring online.

4. Click Online.


procedure icon  To Bring a Volume Offline

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the name of the array containing the volume you want to bring offline.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the volume you want to bring offline.

4. Click Offline.

5. Click OK.


procedure icon  To Show LUNs

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Select Show LUNs from the More Actions pull-down menu.


procedure icon  To View Volume Properties

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the Volume Name link.


procedure icon  To Create a LUN



Note - When creating a LUN after deleting it, you will only be able to recreate the LUN the same size it was before.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the volume you want to view.

4. Select Show Luns from the Actions pull-down menu.

5. Click Create LUN.



Note - Resizing the Create LUN wizard will restart it. You will loose any entries you have made.



6. Select volume from the Volume pull-down menu.

7. Select LUN number, click Available Free Space or type the Desired Size, select mode from the Default Permission pull-down menu, and click Next.

8. Confirm your choices and click Finish, or click Back to change your selections.


procedure icon  To Delete a LUN



Note - When creating a LUN after deleting it, you will only be able to recreate the LUN the same size it was before.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the LUN you want to view.

4. Select Show Luns from the More Actions pull-down menu.

5. Select a LUN by clicking the check box.



Note - Although it is possible to delete multiple LUNs at one time, you may find the software more responsive when removing fewer LUNs at one time.



6. Click Delete LUN.

7. Click OK.


procedure icon  To Modify a LUN



Note - This is only available with Sun StorEdge T3+ and 6120 arrays with firmware version 2.1.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the LUN you want to view.

4. Select Show Luns from the More Actions pull-down menu.

5. Click the check box to select a LUN.

6. Click Modify LUN.



Note - Resizing the Modify LUN wizard will restart it. You will loose any entries you have made.



7. Select All, WWN, or Initiator Group from the Show All pull-down menu.

8. Select an initiator from the table and click Next.

9. Select none, read-only, or read-write from the Permission pull-down menu, and click Next.

10. Click Finish.


procedure icon  To View Initiator



Note - This is only available with Sun StorEdge T3+ and 6120 arrays with firmware version 2.1.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the LUN you want to view.

4. Select Initiators from the More Actions pull-down menu.



Note - Resizing the wizard will restart it. You will loose any entries you have made.



5. Select All, WWN, or Initiator Group from the Show pull-down menu and click Next.

6. Select none, read-only, or read-write from the Default Permission pull-down menu and click Next.

7. Confirm choices and click Finish or click Back to change your selections.


procedure icon  To Create an Initiator Group



Note - This is only available with Sun StorEdge T3+ and 6120 arrays with firmware version 2.1.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the LUN you want to view.

4. Select Initiator Groups from the More Actions pull-down menu.

5. Click Create.

6. Enter Name.

7. Add or remove Available Initiators.

Select an Available Initiator and click Add.

Select a Selected Initiator and click Remove.

8. To add a new initiator, make an entry in New Initiator and click Add New Initiator.

9. Save.


procedure icon  To Delete an Initiator Group



Note - This is only available with Sun StorEdge T3+ and 6120 arrays with firmware version 2.1.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the View pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the LUN you want to view.

4. Select Initiator Groups from the More Actions pull-down menu.

5. Click check box of initiator.

6. Click Delete.


procedure icon  To Enable Volume Slicing



Note - This is only available with Sun StorEdge T3+ and 6120 arrays with firmware version 2.1.



1. From the Assets tab Array page, click a device name.

2. Select Logical Overview from the pull-down menu.

3. Click Enabled button.

 


Operations for Multiple Sun StorEdge T3, T3+, and 6120 Arrays

The Configuration Service software enables you to create discovery criteria (for example, a range of device IP addresses) that you can save and apply to arrays.

This section contains the following discovery procedures:

Although operations which perform on multiple arrays are limited, they are useful for saving time.

This section also contains the following operations on multiple arrays:


procedure icon   To Add a Discovery Task

1. Click the Asset tab.

2. Select Discovery Criteria from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.

3. Click Add.



Note - Resizing the Add Discovery Task wizard will restart it. You will loose any entries you have made.



4. Select the Device Type from the pull-down menu, and click Next.

5. Select the IP address type, enter a range of IP addresses or a CIDR address, and click Next.

6. Type the User ID, password, and click Next.

7. Review the discovery criteria and click Finish.

Screen capture of Discovery Wizard. [ D ] 

procedure icon   To Remove a Discovery Task

1. Click the Asset tab.

2. Select Discovery Criteria from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the desired Discovery Criteria.

4. Click Remove.


procedure icon   To Start Discovery

1. Click the Asset tab.

2. Select Discovery Criteria from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the desired Discovery Criteria.

4. Click Start.

You may be prompted for a password when executing discovery criteria if the password was entered incorrectly when the discovery criteria was created.


procedure icon  To Stop Discovery

1. Click the Asset tab.

2. Select Discovery Criteria from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.

3. Click the check box of the desired Discovery Criteria.

4. Click Stop.


procedure icon   To Shut Down Multiple Storage Devices

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the check boxes of the arrays you want to shut down.

2. Click Shutdown.

3. Click OK.

4. If prompted, type the current root password and click Save & Retry.


procedure icon  To Reset Multiple Storage Devices

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the check boxes of the arrays you want to shut down.

2. Click Reset.

3. Click OK.

4. If prompted, type the password, confirm the password, and click Save and Retry.


procedure icon   To Store Passwords on Multiple Devices

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the check boxes of the arrays for which you want to set the password for the first time.

2. Select Store Password from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.

3. Type the Device Password, Confirm Password, and click Save.


procedure icon   To Change Passwords on Multiple Devices

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the check boxes of the arrays for which you want to change the password.

2. Select Change Password from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.

3. Type the Root Password (for the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service software host), New Password, Confirm Password, and click Save.


procedure icon  To Remove Multiple Devices

1. From the Assets tab Array page, click the check boxes of the arrays you want to shut down.

2. Select Remove Device from the More Storage Actions pull-down menu.