Document Outline

• EVA iSCSI Connectivity User Guide
• Contents
• About this guide
  • Overview
    • Intended audience
    • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
  • Rack stability
  • HP technical support
  • Subscription service
  • Other HP websites
• 1 Overview of the EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option
  • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity product description
  • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity options
  • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity hardware and software support
    • Hardware support
      • mpx100/100b data transport
      • Fibre Channel switch hardware support
      • Storage systems
    • Software support requirements
      • Management software requirements
      • Multipath software requirements
  • Security
  • Configuring HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA and Business Copy
• 2 Configuration rules and guidelines
  • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity option
    • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option architectural design limits
    • EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option supported maximums
    • General EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity rules
    • Operating systems supported
  • Initiator rules and guidelines
    • iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
    • VMware iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
      • Network teaming
      • iSCSI Initiator software
    • Windows iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
      • Windows requirements
      • Windows iSCSI Initiator multipath requirements
    • Apple Mac OS X iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
    • Linux iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
    • Solaris iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
      • Solaris iSCSI Initiator multipath rules and guidelines
    • OpenVMS iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
      • OpenVMS hardware requirements
      • OpenVMS software requirements
      • OpenVMS iSCSI rules and guidelines
      • iSCSI Initiator software
  • EVA storage system rules and guidelines
    • HP StorageWorks EVA storage system software
      • Supported features for iSCSI hosts
      • Features not supported for iSCSI hosts
  • Fibre Channel switch/fabric rules and guidelines
  • HP Command View EVA management rules and guidelines
  • Supported IP network adapters
    • IP network requirements
• 3 Installing and upgrading EVA iSCSI connectivity
  • Verifying your system requirements
  • Verify your installation type and components
  • Installing EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity
    • Reconfiguring the factory-installed EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option to fabric attach mode
    • Field direct connect—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option with direct connect attachment mode
    • Field fabric attach—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI connectivity option with fabric attach mode
    • Multipath direct connect—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI upgrade option for multipathing capability and direct connect attachment mode
    • Multipath fabric attach—HP StorageWorks EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI upgrade option with multipathing capability and fabric attach mode
  • Rack mounting the mpx100/100b
  • Connecting the mpx100/100b to an IP switch
  • Starting the mpx100/100b
  • Setting the mpx100/100b management port to use HP StorageWorks Command View EVA
• 4 Configuring the mpx100/100b
  • General description of the mpx100/100b
    • The mpx100/100b
    • Chassis LEDs
      • Power LED (green)
      • Heartbeat LED (green)
      • System Fault LED (amber)
    • Chassis controls
    • Maintenance button
      • Resetting the mpx100/100b
      • Resetting the IP address
      • Enabling DHCP
      • Resetting to factory default configuration
    • FC ports
      • Port LEDs
      • Activity LED (amber)
      • Status LED (green)
      • Alert LED (yellow)
    • Transceivers
    • iSCSI/Gigabit Ethernet ports
      • Port LEDs
      • Activity LED (green)
      • Link Status LED (green)
    • Management Ethernet port
    • Serial port
  • Installation and maintenance
    • Power requirements
    • Environmental conditions
    • Connecting the server to the mpx100/100b
    • Configuring the server
      • Setting the server IP address
      • Configuring the server serial port
    • Installing the mpx Manager as a standalone application
      • HP StorageWorks mpx Manager for Windows
      • HP StorageWorks mpx Manager for Linux
    • Connecting the mpx100/100b to AC power
    • Starting and configuring the mpx100/100b
      • Starting HP StorageWorks mpx Manager for Windows
      • Starting HP StorageWorks mpx Manager for Linux
      • Configuring the mpx100/100b
      • Configuring the mpx100/100b iSCSI ports for Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) (optional)
    • Installing the mpx100/100b firmware
      • Using HP StorageWorks mpx Manager to install mpx100/100b firmware
      • Using the CLI to install mpx100/100b firmware
• 5 Setting up the iSCSI Initiator and storage
  • iSCSI Initiator setup
  • iSCSI Initiator setup for Windows (single-path)
  • Storage setup for Windows (single-path)
  • About Microsoft Windows server 2003 scalable networking pack
    • SNP setup with HP NC 3xxx GbE multifunction adapter
  • iSCSI Initiator setup for Apple Mac OS X (single-path)
    • Set up the iSCSI Initiator for Apple Mac OS X
    • Storage setup for Apple Mac OS X
  • iSCSI Initiator setup for Linux
    • Installing and configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 iSCSI driver
      • Installing and configuring for Red Hat 5
      • Installing and configuring for Red Hat 3, 4 and SUSE 8 and 9
      • Installing the initiator for Red Hat 3 and SUSE 8
      • Installing the iSCSI driver
    • Assigning device names
    • Target bindings
    • Mounting file systems
    • Unmounting file systems
    • Presenting EVA storage for Linux
  • iSCSI Initiator setup for Solaris (single-path)
    • EVA LUN 0 with Solaris iSCSI Initiators
      • Disabling Controller LUN AutoMap using the mpx CLI
    • Prepare for a Solaris iSCSI configuration
    • Configure for EVA iSCSI target discovery
      • Set target discovery using MPX iSCSI port address
      • Set target discovery using iSNS server address
    • Creating an iSCSI host and virtual disks for the Solaris iSCSI Initiator
    • Accessing iSCSI disks
    • Monitoring your iSCSI configuration
  • iSCSI Initiator setup for VMware
  • iSCSI Initiator setup for OpenVMS
    • Configuring TCP/IP services
    • Configuring VLANs
    • Enabling Ethernet jumbo frames
    • Configuring target discovery
    • Starting the iSCSI Initiator
    • Stopping the iSCSI Initiator
    • Setting up storage for OpenVMS
• 6 Setting up the iSCSI Initiator for multipathing
  • Overview
    • Understanding Fibre Channel multipathing for the mpx100/100b
      • EVA storage array perspective
      • The mpx100/100b perspective
    • Understanding iSCSI multipathing with the mpx100/100b
      • iSCSI Initiator perspective
  • Configuring multipath with Windows iSCSI Initiator
    • Microsoft MPIO multipathing support for iSCSI
      • Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2008
      • Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2003
      • Load balancing features of Microsoft MPIO for iSCSI
      • Microsoft MPIO with QLogic iSCSI HBA
        • Installing the QLogic iSCSI HBA
        • Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator services and MPIO
        • Configuring the Qlogic iSCSI HBA
        • Adding Targets to QLogic iSCSI Initiator
        • Presenting LUNs to the QLogic iSCSI Initiator
  • Configuring multipath with the VMware iSCSI Initiator
    • Native multipathing solution for iSCSI
    • Setting up multipath configurations
    • Managing multipathing
    • VMware LUN multipathing policies
    • Viewing and changing multipathing
    • Viewing raw mapped LUNs properties
    • Important information about multi-initiators and VMFS clusters
  • Configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI Initiator
    • MPxIO overview
      • Preparing the host system
      • Setting configuration settings
      • Verifying configuration settings
      • Verifying that a single device is displayed for each LUN
      • Enabling MPxIO
      • Verifying the MPxIO configuration
        • Verifying the number of paths
      • Verify mpath-support parameter and Target Portal Group
  • Configuring multipath with the OpenVMS iSCSI Initiator
    • Path description string format
    • Displaying path information
    • Manual path switching
  • Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit for HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays
    • Supported operating systems
    • Installing the Device Mapper Multipath Enablement Kit
    • iSCSI Initiator timeout settings for Red Hat 4 and SUSE 9 systems
    • iSCSI Initiator timeout settings for Red Hat 5 and SUSE 10 systems
    • HPDM Multipath restrictions
• 7 Using HP Command View EVA to configure LUNs to iSCSI Initiators
  • Initial discovery of the mpx100/100b via HP Command View EVA
  • Creating an iSCSI Initiator host via HP Command View EVA
  • Presenting a virtual disk to an iSCSI Initiator via HP Command View EVA
  • Unpresenting a virtual disk to an iSCSI Initiator using HP Command View EVA
• 8 iSCSI Boot from SAN
  • HP Multifunction Gigabit server adapter requirements
    • Supported operating systems for the HP Multifunction Gigabit server adapter
    • Supported hardware
    • iSCSI option ROM
  • QLogic iSCSI Host Bus adapter
    • Supported operating systems for the QLogic iSCSI HBA
    • Supported hardware
    • Supported BIOS
  • Installing the OS on HP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters
  • Configuring the BIOS on QLogic iSCSI HBAs
  • Installing the OS on QLogic iSCSI HBAs
• 9 EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity 32 Initiator Upgrade License
  • Installing the EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity 32 Initiator Upgrade License
  • Installing the EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity 32 Initiator Upgrade License with mpx Manager GUI
• A Command line interface
  • Command line interface for the mpx100/100b
  • mpx100/100b log-on, user accounts, and backup and restore
    • Logging on to a SAN mpx100/100b
    • User accounts
    • Backup and restore
    • Commands
      • Admin command
      • Beacon command
      • Date command
      • Clear command
      • FRU command
      • Help command
      • History command
      • Image command
      • Initiator command
      • Logout command
      • LUNmask command
      • Password command
      • Ping command
      • Quit command
      • Reboot command
      • Reset command
      • Save command
      • Set command
      • Set CHAP command
      • Set FC command
      • Set Features command
      • Set iSCSI command
      • Set iSNS command
      • Set MGMT command
      • Set NTP command
      • Set Properties command
      • Set SNMP command
      • Set System command
      • Set VLAN command
      • Show command
      • Show Chap command
      • Show Features command
      • Show Logs Command
      • Show LUNinfo command
      • Show Perf command
      • Show Properties command
      • Show System command
      • Show MGMT command
      • Show iSCSI command
      • Show FC command
      • Show Initiators command
      • Show Initiators LUN Mask command
      • Show iSNS command
      • Show LUNs command
      • Show LUN Mask command
      • Show NTP command
      • Show Presented Targets command
      • Show SNMP command
      • Show Stats command
      • Show Targets command
      • Show VLAN command
      • Target command
• B Diagnostics and troubleshooting
  • Chassis diagnostics
    • Input Power LED is extinguished
    • System Alert LED is illuminated
    • Power-on self-test diagnostics
      • Heartbeat LED blink patterns
        • Normal heartbeat blink pattern
        • System error blink pattern
        • Management port IP address conflict blink pattern
        • Over-temperature blink pattern
    • mpx100/100b log data
    • The mpx100/100b statistics
  • Troubleshooting LUN presentation from the EVA to the iSCSI Initiator
    • Troubleshooting EVA communication with the mpx100/100b
    • Troubleshooting EVA or LUN FC port connections
    • Troubleshooting iSCSI Initiator connections to the EVA iSCSI targets
    • iSCSI Initiator, EVA iSCSI target, and EVA LUN connections
  • HP Command View EVA refresh
• C Log data
  • Informational log messages
    • Application modules
    • iSCSI driver
    • Fibre Channel driver
  • Error log messages
    • Application modules
    • iSCSI driver
    • Fibre Channel driver
    • User modules
    • System
  • Fatal log messages
    • iSCSI driver
    • FC driver
    • System
• D Simple Network Management Protocol
  • SNMP properties
  • SNMP trap configuration
  • Management Information Base
    • System information
      • qsrSerialNumber
      • qsrHwVersion
      • qsrSwVersion
      • qsrNoOfFcPorts
      • qsrNoOfGbEPorts
      • qsrAgentVersion
    • Network port table
      • qsrNwPorttable
      • qsrNwPortEntry
      • QsrNwPortEntry
      • qsrNwPortRole
      • qsrNwPortIndex
      • qsrNwPortAddressMode
      • qsrIPAddressType
      • qsrIPAddress
      • qsrNetMask
      • qsrGateway
      • qsrMacAddress
      • qstNwLinkStatus
      • qsrNwLinkRate
    • FC port table information
      • qsrFcPortTable
      • qsrFcPortEntry
        • QsrFcPortEntry
      • qsrFcPortRole
      • qsrFcPortIndex
      • qsrFcPortNodeWwn
      • qsrFcPortWwn
      • qsrFcPortId
      • qsrFcPortType
      • qsrFcLinkStatus
      • qsrFcLinkRate
    • Sensor table
      • qsrSensorTable
      • qsrSensorEntry
        • QsrSensorEntry
      • qsrSensorType
      • qsrSensorIndex
      • qsrSensorUnits
      • qsrSensorValue
      • qsrUpperThreshold
      • qsrLowerThreshold
      • qsrSensorState
  • Notifications
    • Notification objects
      • qsrEventSeverity
      • qsrEventDescription
      • qsrEventTimeStamp
    • Agent startup notification
    • Agent shutdown notification
    • Network port down notification
    • FC port down notification
    • Sensor notification
    • Generic notification
• E Setting up authentication
  • CHAP restrictions
    • The mpx100/100b CHAP secret restrictions
    • Microsoft Initiator CHAP secret restrictions
    • Linux version 3.6.3 CHAP restrictions
    • ATTO Macintosh Chap restrictions
    • Recommended CHAP policies
    • iSCSI session types
    • The mpx100/100b CHAP modes
  • Enabling single–direction CHAP during discovery and normal session
    • Enabling CHAP for the mpx100/100b-discovered iSCSI initiator entry
    • Enable CHAP for the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
  • Enabling single–direction CHAP during discovery and bidirectional CHAP during normal session
  • Enabling bi–directional CHAP during discovery and single–direction CHAP during normal session
  • Enabling bidirectional CHAP during discovery and bidirectional CHAP during normal session
• F Saving and restoring the mpx100/100b configuration
  • Saving the mpx100/100b configuration
    • Saving the configuration using the mpx100/100b GUI
    • Saving the configuration using the mpx100/100b CLI
  • Restoring the mpx100/100b configuration
    • Restoring the configuration using the mpx100/100b GUI
    • Restoring the configuration using the mpx100/100b CLI
• G Regulatory compliance and safety
  • Regulatory compliance
    • Federal Communications Commission notice for Class A equipment
      • Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
      • Modifications
      • Cables
    • Regulatory compliance identification numbers
    • Laser device
      • Laser safety warning
      • Laser product label
    • International notices and statements
      • Canadian notice (avis Canadien)
      • Class A equipment
      • European Union notice
      • BSMI notice
      • Japanese notice
      • Korean notices
  • Safety
    • Battery replacement notice
    • Taiwan battery recycling notice
    • Power cords
    • Japanese power cord statement
• Glossary
• Index