HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Getting started...........................................................................................7
Creating storage with HP StoreVirtual Storage..............................................................................7
Configuring storage systems.......................................................................................................8
Creating a storage volume using the Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes wizard.................8
Enabling server access to volumes..............................................................................................9
Using the Map View...............................................................................................................10
Setting preferences.................................................................................................................11
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................12
Configuring remote support for HP StoreVirtual Storage...............................................................12
2 Working with storage systems....................................................................14
Identifying the storage system hardware.....................................................................................14
Storage system tasks...............................................................................................................15
Powering off or rebooting the storage system .............................................................................16
Upgrading LeftHand OS on storage systems...............................................................................18
Registering advanced features for a storage system ....................................................................18
Determining volume and snapshot availability............................................................................18
Checking status of dedicated boot devices ................................................................................19
3 Configuring RAID and Managing Disks.......................................................21
Configuring and managing RAID..............................................................................................21
Planning the RAID configuration...............................................................................................23
Setting RAID rebuild rate.........................................................................................................25
Reconfiguring RAID.................................................................................................................26
Monitoring RAID status............................................................................................................27
Managing disks.....................................................................................................................28
Adding disks to RAID .............................................................................................................40
Replacing a disk.....................................................................................................................41
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................45
4 Managing the network..............................................................................46
Network best practices............................................................................................................46
Changing network configurations.............................................................................................47
Managing settings on network interfaces...................................................................................47
The TCP/IP tab.......................................................................................................................51
Configuring the IP address manually.........................................................................................52
Using DHCP..........................................................................................................................52
Configuring network interface bonds.........................................................................................52
Disabling a network interface...................................................................................................68
Using a DNS server................................................................................................................69
Setting up routing...................................................................................................................70
Configuring storage system communication................................................................................71
Fibre Channel .......................................................................................................................73
5 Setting the date and time..........................................................................74
Management group time.........................................................................................................74
Getting there..........................................................................................................................74
Refreshing the management group time.....................................................................................74
Using NTP.............................................................................................................................74
Editing the date and time.........................................................................................................76
Editing the time zone only........................................................................................................76
6 Managing authentication..........................................................................77
Managing administrative users.................................................................................................77
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