HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share User Manual
Hp storageworks scalable file share, System user guide version 2.2
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share System User Guide
- Contents
- About this guide
- Safety considerations
- 1: Overview
- 2: The sfsmgr utility
- 3: Operating the system
- 3.1 Booting the system
- 3.2 Shutting down the system
- 3.3 Booting a server
- 3.4 Booting multiple servers
- 3.5 Shutting down an Object Storage Server or the MDS server
- 3.6 Shutting down the administration server
- 3.7 Stopping a file system
- 3.8 Starting a file system
- 3.9 Unconfiguring storage arrays
- 3.10 Deleting SFS20 array information from the database
- 3.11 Managing licenses
- 3.12 Managing remote access
- 3.13 Locating servers and SFS20 arrays
- 4: Viewing system information
- 4.1 Viewing server information
- 4.2 Viewing file system information
- 4.3 Viewing OST service information
- 4.4 Viewing LUN information
- 4.5 Viewing array information
- 4.6 Viewing event logs
- 4.7 Viewing performance statistics
- 5: Creating and modifying file systems
- 5.1 Creating a file system - EVA4000 storage
- 5.1.1 Step 1: Identifying unassigned LUNs - EVA4000 storage
- 5.1.2 Step 2: Matching array numbers to physical arrays - EVA4000 storage
- 5.1.3 Step 3: Setting roles, preferred controllers, and disk group information for LUNs - EVA4000 storage
- 5.1.4 Step 4: Identifying file system information - EVA4000 storage
- 5.1.5 Step 5: Using the create filesystem command - EVA4000 storage
- 5.1.6 Step 6: Initializing the EVA4000 LUNs for file-system access
- 5.1.7 Step 7: Backing up the system database
- 5.2 Creating a file System - SFS20 storage
- 5.3 LUN Roles, used by, and preferred server changes
- 5.4 Operating a file system
- 5.5 Recovering from failure of the create filesystem command
- 5.6 Modifying file system attributes
- 5.7 Managing quotas
- 5.7.1 Understanding quota tuning
- 5.7.2 Configuring quotas on a file system
- 5.7.2.1 Step 1: Verifying that the quota option is enabled on the HP SFS system
- 5.7.2.2 Step 2: Enabling quota functionality on a file system
- 5.7.2.3 Step 3: Preparing the client nodes to use quotas on the file system
- 5.7.2.4 Step 4: Configuring user and group information on a file system
- 5.7.2.5 Step 5: Activating quota functionality on a file system
- 5.7.2.6 Step 6: Specifying quota limits for users and/or groups
- 5.7.3 Checking quota limits
- 5.7.4 Disabling quota functionality on one or all file systems
- 5.8 Managing supplementary groups resolution
- 5.9 Creating a system nickname
- 5.10 Deleting file systems
- 5.11 Managing space on OST services
- 5.1 Creating a file system - EVA4000 storage
- 6: Verifying, diagnosing, and maintaining the system
- 6.1 Verifying the system
- 6.1.1 Verifying the system configuration and diagnosing errors using the syscheck command
- 6.1.2 Verifying the operation of the power management
- 6.1.3 Verifying EVA4000 storage failover configuration
- 6.1.4 Confirming the status of SFS20 hardware using the hpacucli utility
- 6.1.5 Verifying LUN performance
- 6.1.6 Verifying the management network
- 6.1.7 Verifying the operation of supplementary groups
- 6.1.8 Interconnect diagnostics
- 6.1.9 Client performance diagnostics
- 6.2 Managing email alerts
- 6.2.1 Configuring default email alert addresses
- 6.2.2 Configuring email alerts
- 6.2.3 Constructing email alert filters
- 6.2.4 Default email alerts
- 6.2.5 Modifying email alerts
- 6.2.6 Creating email alerts
- 6.2.7 Viewing email alerts
- 6.2.8 Disabling and enabling email alerts
- 6.2.9 Deleting email alerts
- 6.2.10 Verifying email alert operation
- 6.3 Backing up and restoring system data
- 6.4 Backing up and restoring file system data
- 6.5 Removing log files
- 6.6 Viewing and clearing the Integrated Management Log
- 6.1 Verifying the system
- 7: Changing the system parameters
- 7.1 Changing system parameters
- 7.2 Using the configure system command
- 7.3 Using the configure server command
- 7.4 Adding, changing, or removing the Alias IP on a Gigabit Ethernet network
- 7.5 Changing the IP address of an individual server
- 7.6 Changing the attributes of bonded Gigabit Ethernet networks
- 7.7 Partitioning an InfiniBand interconnect
- 7.8 Removing InfiniBand partitioning
- 7.9 Changing the iLO user name and password
- 8: Replacing, adding, and removing hardware, and upgrading firmware
- 8.1 Replacing hardware components
- 8.1.1 Replacing the administration or MDS server, or the motherboard component in the administration or MDS server
- 8.1.2 Replacing an Object Storage Server or the motherboard component in an Object Storage Server
- 8.1.3 Replacing a single disk on a server
- 8.1.4 Replacing both internal disks on the administration or the MDS server
- 8.1.5 Replacing an internal disk on an Object Storage Server
- 8.1.6 Replacing a Storage Host Bus Adapter on an EVA4000 array (HP Part Number FCA2214 DC)
- 8.1.7 Replacing a Fibre Channel cable (from server to Fibre Channel switch)
- 8.1.8 Replacing a Fibre Channel switch
- 8.1.9 Replacing an EVA4000 controller
- 8.1.10 Replacing a disk in an SFS20 array
- 8.1.11 Replacing an SFS20 controller module
- 8.1.12 Replacing an SFS20 battery pack and cache
- 8.1.13 Replacing an SFS20 fan assembly, power supply unit, or mounting bracket covers
- 8.1.14 Replacing SFS20 non-hot-pluggable components
- 8.1.15 Replacing Smart Array 6404 adapter
- 8.1.16 Replacing a Quadrics network adapter
- 8.1.17 Relocating a Quadrics cable to a different port on a Quadrics switch
- 8.1.18 Replacing a Quadrics cable
- 8.1.19 Replacing a Myrinet network adapter
- 8.1.20 Relocating a Myrinet cable to a different port on a Myrinet network
- 8.1.21 Replacing a Myrinet cable
- 8.1.22 Replacing a dual-port Gigabit Ethernet adapter (for dual or bonded Gigabit Ethernet)
- 8.1.23 Relocating a Gigabit Ethernet cable to a different port on a Gigabit Ethernet network
- 8.1.24 Replacing a Gigabit Ethernet cable
- 8.1.25 Replacing a Voltaire HCA adapter
- 8.1.26 Replacing an InfiniBand interconnect cable (from server to InfiniBand switch)
- 8.1.27 Replacing a Voltaire InfiniBand switch
- 8.1.28 Relocating an InfiniBand cable to a different port on the InfiniBand switch
- 8.1.29 Replacing a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) on a rack
- 8.1.30 Replacing a Power Distribution Module (AC power strip) on a rack
- 8.1.31 Replacing a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) on an HP ProCurve Switch 2650 or HP ProCurve Switch 2626
- 8.2 Upgrading firmware
- 8.3 Adding and removing components
- 8.1 Replacing hardware components
- 9: Troubleshooting
- 9.1 Server fails to boot during installation
- 9.2 Server fails to boot
- 9.3 Server stops responding
- 9.4 Server fails to mount administration LUN - EXT3-fs error
- 9.5 Benign message displayed by the configure system command
- 9.6 The configure server command fails because static routes are incorrectly configured
- 9.7 Server with Quadrics interconnect may fail to boot
- 9.8 The scan mac command fails
- 9.9 Setting Lustre debug level
- 9.10 System database has become corrupted
- 9.11 Service LUN has become corrupted
- 9.12 Replacing a service LUN with a spare service LUN
- 9.13 Booting a server in single-user mode
- 9.14 The SFS CLI reports that the database is not ready
- 9.15 The configure array command fails
- 9.16 Command remains in the Allocated state
- 9.17 The configure server command remains in the Unallocated state
- 9.18 Emergency clustat events occur during configure server command
- 9.19 The show log command fails with corrupted record
- 9.20 SFS CLI command fails with error: Could not insert duplicate record
- 9.21 Press "F1" key to continue prompt
- 9.22 Gigabit Ethernet -113 error code
- 9.23 Troubleshooting the Quadrics interconnect
- 9.24 Troubleshooting the Myrinet interconnect
- 9.25 Troubleshooting the Voltaire InfiniBand interconnect
- 9.26 Troubleshooting file systems
- 9.26.1 Problems creating a file system
- 9.26.2 Identifying servers serving OST services
- 9.26.3 The start filesystem command may fail twice
- 9.26.4 Troubleshooting the stop filesystem command
- 9.26.5 Using the MPI Lustre repair utility to repair file systems
- 9.26.6 MDS or OST services stay in the recovering state
- 9.26.7 MDS and OST service recovery process
- 9.26.8 Rebalancing file system services
- 9.26.9 Troubleshooting supplementary groups access
- 9.27 Troubleshooting file system performance
- 9.27.1 Performance troubleshooting
- 9.27.2 Verifying file striping
- 9.27.3 Checking for unbalanced distribution of OST services
- 9.27.4 Checking for unbalanced controllers in EVA4000 arrays
- 9.27.5 Examining the system logs for errors
- 9.27.6 Examining EVA4000 storage subsystems for errors
- 9.27.7 Examining SFS20 storage subsystems for errors
- 9.27.8 Examining the interconnect switch for errors
- 9.27.9 Verifying performance statistics on Fibre Channel switches
- 9.27.10 Troubleshooting slow commit messages
- 9.28 Troubleshooting EVA4000 array connectivity
- 9.29 Troubleshooting LUN presentation
- 9.30 Accessing consoles
- 9.31 Accessing the iLO component
- 9.32 Troubleshooting licenses
- 9.33 Troubleshooting failed SFS20 arrays
- 9.34 Handling Disk Errors on SFS20 storage
- 9.35 Recovering degraded MDS services on systems using EVA4000 storage
- 9.36 System log files
- 9.37 Administration service restarts every one minute (attempting to start the evlogd daemon)
- 9.38 The MDS service fails with an ASSERTION(ino ==inode->i_ino) message
- 9.39 The MDS service repeatedly crashes with an LBUG error
- 9.40 Rebuilding logical drives after disk failures
- 9.41 Determining if the Network ID of a server on a Quadrics or Myrinet interconnect has been changed
- 9.42 Troubleshooting client mount failures
- 9.43 Recovering after using the ifdown command
- 9.44 Password needed for ssh access
- 9.45 The syscheck command reports that the Insight Manager Agents are not running
- A: CLI commands
- A.1 General information
- A.2 accept license command
- A.3 activate ost command
- A.4 boot server command
- A.5 configure commands
- A.6 create commands
- A.7 deactivate ost command
- A.8 delete commands
- A.9 disable commands
- A.10 enable commands
- A.11 help command
- A.12 kill command command
- A.13 modify commands
- A.14 monitor command command
- A.15 pause filesystem command
- A.16 quit command
- A.17 restore database_backup command
- A.18 scan mac command
- A.19 set commands
- A.20 show commands
- A.20.1 show alert
- A.20.2 show array
- A.20.3 show attribute
- A.20.4 show authorization
- A.20.5 show commands
- A.20.6 show database_backups
- A.20.7 show filesystem
- A.20.8 show license
- A.20.9 show log
- A.20.10 show lun
- A.20.11 show network
- A.20.12 show ost
- A.20.13 show server
- A.20.14 show support
- A.20.15 show system
- A.20.16 show version
- A.21 shutdown server command
- A.22 start filesystem command
- A.23 stop filesystem command
- A.24 syscheck command
- A.25 unconfigure array command
- A.26 ! command
- B: Performance figures
- B.1 I/O performance
- B.2 Network performance
- B.3 SFS20 array configuration
- B.4 SFS20 RAID5 and ADG performance
- B.5 Default file system stripe count
- B.6 Bandwidth variation-number of OST services and number of client nodes
- B.7 Single client node bandwidth
- B.8 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth
- B.9 Meta-data operations from a single client node
- C: File system configuration examples
- D: RAID rebuild timing information
- E: HP SFS specifications
- E.1 Supported number of Object Storage Servers
- E.2 Supported number of OST services
- E.3 Supported number of file systems
- E.4 File and file system limits
- E.5 Maximum file system default stripe size is 1024MB
- E.6 File system default stripe size and client page size
- E.7 File stripe size and client page size
- Glossary
- Index