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• HP P63x0/P65x0 Enterprise Virtual Array User Guide
• Contents
• 1 P63x0/P65x0 EVA hardware
  • SAS disk enclosures
    • Small Form Factor disk enclosure chassis
      • Front view
      • Rear view
      • Drive bay numbering
    • Large Form Factor disk enclosure chassis
      • Front view
      • Rear view
      • Drive bay numbering
    • Disk drives
      • Disk drive LEDs
      • Disk drive blanks
    • Front status and UID module
      • Front UID module LEDs
      • Unit identification (UID) button
    • Power supply module
      • Power supply LED
    • Fan module
      • Fan module LED
    • I/O module
      • I/O module LEDs
    • Rear power and UID module
      • Rear power and UID module LEDs
      • Unit identification (UID) button
      • Power on/standby button
    • SAS cables
  • Controller enclosure
    • Controller status indicators
      • Controller status LEDs
    • Power supply module
    • Battery module
    • Fan module
    • Management module
    • iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE recessed maintenance button
      • Reset the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module and boot the primary image
      • Reset iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE MGMT port IP address
      • Enable iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE MGMT port DHCP address
      • Reset the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module to factory defaults
  • HSV controller cabling
  • Storage system racks
    • Rack configurations
  • Power distribution units
    • PDU 1
    • PDU 2
    • PDMs
    • Rack AC power distribution
  • Moving and stabilizing a rack
• 2 P63x0/P65x0 EVA operation
  • Best practices
  • Operating tips and information
    • Reserving adequate free space
    • Using SAS-midline disk drives
    • Failback preference setting for HSV controllers
      • Changing virtual disk failover/failback setting
    • Implicit LUN transition
    • Recovery CD
    • Adding disk drives to the storage system
    • Handling fiber optic cables
  • Storage system shutdown and startup
    • Powering on disk enclosures
    • Powering off disk enclosures
    • Shutting down the storage system from HP P6000 Command View
    • Shutting down the storage system from the array controller
    • Starting the storage system
    • Restarting the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module
  • Using the management module
    • Connecting to the management module
      • Connecting through a public network
      • Connecting through a private network
    • Accessing HP P6000 Command View on the management module
    • Changing the host port default operating mode
  • Saving storage system configuration data
    • Saving or restoring the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module configuration
• 3 Configuring application servers
  • Overview
  • Clustering
  • Multipathing
  • Installing Fibre Channel adapters
  • Testing connections to the array
  • Adding hosts
  • Creating and presenting virtual disks
  • Verifying virtual disk access from the host
  • Configuring virtual disks from the host
  • HP-UX
    • Scanning the bus
    • Creating volume groups on a virtual disk using vgcreate
  • IBM AIX
    • Accessing IBM AIX utilities
    • Adding hosts
    • Creating and presenting virtual disks
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
  • Linux
    • Driver failover mode
    • Installing a QLogic driver
    • Upgrading Linux components
      • Upgrading qla2x00 RPMs
      • Detecting third-party storage
      • Compiling the driver for multiple kernels
    • Uninstalling the Linux components
    • Using the source RPM
    • HBA drivers
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
  • OpenVMS
    • Updating the AlphaServer console code, Integrity Server console code, and Fibre Channel FCA firmware
    • Verifying the Fibre Channel adapter software installation
    • Console LUN ID and OS unit ID
    • Adding OpenVMS hosts
    • Scanning the bus
    • Configuring virtual disks from the OpenVMS host
    • Setting preferred paths
  • Oracle Solaris
    • Loading the operating system and software
    • Configuring FCAs with the Oracle SAN driver stack
      • Configuring Emulex FCAs with the lpfc driver
      • Configuring QLogic FCAs with the qla2300 driver
    • Fabric setup and zoning
    • Oracle StorEdge Traffic Manager (MPxIO)/Oracle Storage Multipathing
    • Configuring with Veritas Volume Manager
    • Configuring virtual disks from the host
      • Verifying virtual disks from the host
      • Labeling and partitioning the devices
  • VMware
    • Configuring the EVA with VMware host servers
    • Configuring an ESX server
      • Setting the multipathing policy
    • Verifying virtual disks from the host
    • HP P6000 EVA Software Plug-in for VMware VAAI
      • System prerequisites
      • Enabling vSphere Storage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
      • Installing the VAAI Plug-in
        • Installation overview
        • Installing the HP EVA VAAI Plug-in using ESX host console utilities
        • Installing the HP VAAI Plug-in using vCLI/vMA
        • Installing the VAAI Plug-in using VUM
          • Importing the VAAI Plug-in to the vCenter Server
          • Installing the VAAI Plug-in on each ESX/ESXi host
          • Verifying VAAI status
      • Uninstalling the VAAI Plug-in
        • Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using the automated script (hpeva.pl)
        • Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using vCLI/vMA (vihostupdate)
        • Uninstalling VAAI Plug-in using VMware native tools (esxupdate)
• 4 Replacing array components
  • Customer self repair (CSR)
    • Parts-only warranty service
  • Best practices for replacing hardware components
    • Component replacement videos
    • Verifying component failure
    • Identifying the spare part
  • Replaceable parts
  • Replacing the failed component
  • Replacement instructions
• 5 iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE configuration rules and guidelines
  • iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module rules and supported maximums
  • HP P6000 Command View and iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module management rules and guidelines
  • HP P63x0/P65x0 EVA storage system software
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet switch and fabric support
  • Operating system and multipath software support
  • iSCSI initiator rules, guidelines, and support
    • General iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines
    • Apple Mac OS X iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines
    • Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
    • Linux iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
    • Solaris iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
    • VMware iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines
  • Supported IP network adapters
  • IP network requirements
  • Set up the iSCSI Initiator
    • Windows
    • Multipathing
    • Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2012
    • Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2008
    • Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2003
    • About Microsoft Windows Server 2003 scalable networking pack
      • SNP setup with HP NC 3xxx GbE multifunction adapter
    • iSCSI Initiator version 3.10 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 4 and SUSE 9
        • Installing the initiator for Red Hat 3 and SUSE 8
      • Assigning device names
      • Target bindings
      • Mounting file systems
      • Unmounting file systems
      • Presenting EVA storage for Linux
    • Setting up the iSCSI Initiator for VMware
    • Configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI Initiator
      • MPxIO overview
        • Preparing the host system
        • Enabling MPxIO for HP P63x0/P65x0 EVA
          • Edit the scsi_vhci.conf file
          • Edit the sgen.conf file
          • Create an sgen driver alias
        • Enable iSCSI target discovery
        • Modify target parameter MaxRecvDataSegLen
        • Monitor Multipath devices
        • Managing and Troubleshooting Solaris iSCSI Multipath devices
    • Configuring Microsoft MPIO iSCSI devices
    • 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
      • Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA
    • Microsoft Windows Cluster support
      • Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows 2003
      • Requirements
      • Setting the Persistent Reservation registry key
      • Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows 2008
        • Requirements
    • Setting up authentication
    • CHAP restrictions
    • Microsoft Initiator CHAP secret restrictions
    • Linux version
    • ATTO Macintosh Chap restrictions
    • Recommended CHAP policies
    • iSCSI session types
    • The iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE controller CHAP modes
    • Enabling single–direction CHAP during discovery and normal session
    • Enabling CHAP for the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module-discovered iSCSI initiator entry
    • Enable CHAP for the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
    • Enable CHAP for the open-iscsi iSCSI Initiator
    • Enabling single–direction CHAP during discovery and bi-directional CHAP during normal session
    • Enabling bi-directional CHAP during discovery and single–direction CHAP during normal session
    • Enabling bi-directional CHAP during discovery and bi-directional CHAP during normal session
    • Enable CHAP for the open-iscsi iSCSI Initiator
    • iSCSI and FCoE thin provision handling
• 6 Single path implementation
  • Installation requirements
  • Recommended mitigations
  • Supported configurations
    • General configuration components
    • Connecting a single path HBA server to a switch in a fabric zone
  • HP-UX configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) ,Windows Server 2008 (32–bit) , and Windows Server 2012 (32–bit) configurations
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 (64–bit) configurations
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Oracle Solaris configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • OpenVMS configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Xen configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Linux (32-bit) configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Linux (Itanium) configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • IBM AIX configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • VMware configuration
    • Requirements
    • HBA configuration
    • Risks
    • Limitations
  • Mac OS configuration
  • Failure scenarios
    • HP-UX
    • Windows Servers
    • Oracle Solaris
    • OpenVMS
    • Linux
    • IBM AIX
    • VMware
    • Mac OS
• 7 Troubleshooting
  • If the disk enclosure does not initialize
  • Diagnostic steps
    • Is the enclosure front fault LED amber?
    • Is the enclosure rear fault LED amber?
    • Is the power on/standby button LED amber?
    • Is the power supply LED amber?
    • Is the I/O module fault LED amber?
    • Is the fan LED amber?
  • Effects of a disk drive failure
    • Compromised fault tolerance
  • Factors to consider before replacing disk drives
  • Automatic data recovery (rebuild)
    • Time required for a rebuild
    • Failure of another drive during rebuild
    • Handling disk drive failures
  • iSCSI module diagnostics and troubleshooting
    • iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE diagnostics
      • Locate the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module
      • iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module's log data
      • iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module statistics
      • Troubleshoot using HP P6000 Command View
    • Issues and solutions
      • Issue: HP P6000 Command View does not discover the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE modules
      • Issue: Initiator cannot login to iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module target
      • Issue: Initiator logs in to iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE controller target but EVA assigned LUNs are not appearing on the initiator
      • Issue: EVA presented virtual disk is not seen by the initiator
      • Issue: Windows initiators may display Reconnecting if NIC MTU changes after connection has logged in.
      • Issue: When communication between HP P6000 Command View and iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module is down, use following options:
    • HP P6000 Command View issues and solutions
• 8 Error messages
• 9 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • HP technical support
    • Subscription service
    • Documentation feedback
  • Related documentation
    • Documents
    • Websites
  • Typographic conventions
  • Customer self repair
  • Rack stability
• A Regulatory compliance notices
  • Regulatory compliance identification numbers
  • Federal Communications Commission notice
    • FCC rating label
      • Class A equipment
      • Class B equipment
    • Declaration of Conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
    • Modification
    • Cables
  • Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • European Union notice
  • Japanese notices
    • Japanese VCCI-A notice
    • Japanese VCCI-B notice
    • Japanese VCCI marking
    • Japanese power cord statement
  • Korean notices
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • Taiwanese notices
    • BSMI Class A notice
    • Taiwan battery recycle statement
  • Turkish recycling notice
  • Vietnamese Information Technology and Communications compliance marking
  • Laser compliance notices
    • English laser notice
    • Dutch laser notice
    • French laser notice
    • German laser notice
    • Italian laser notice
    • Japanese laser notice
    • Spanish laser notice
  • Recycling notices
    • English recycling notice
    • Bulgarian recycling notice
    • Czech recycling notice
    • Danish recycling notice
    • Dutch recycling notice
    • Estonian recycling notice
    • Finnish recycling notice
    • French recycling notice
    • German recycling notice
    • Greek recycling notice
    • Hungarian recycling notice
    • Italian recycling notice
    • Latvian recycling notice
    • Lithuanian recycling notice
    • Polish recycling notice
    • Portuguese recycling notice
    • Romanian recycling notice
    • Slovak recycling notice
    • Spanish recycling notice
    • Swedish recycling notice
  • Battery replacement notices
    • Dutch battery notice
    • French battery notice
    • German battery notice
    • Italian battery notice
    • Japanese battery notice
    • Spanish battery notice
• B Non-standard rack specifications
  • Internal component envelope
  • EIA310-D standards
  • EVA cabinet measures and tolerances
  • Weights, dimensions and component CG measurements
  • Airflow and Recirculation
    • Component Airflow Requirements
    • Rack Airflow Requirements
  • Configuration Standards
  • UPS Selection
  • Shock and vibration specifications
• C Command reference
  • Command syntax
    • Command line completion
    • Authority requirements
  • Commands
    • Admin
    • Beacon
    • Clear
    • Date
    • Exit
    • FRU
    • Help
    • History
    • Image
    • Initiator
    • Logout
    • Lunmask
    • Passwd
    • Ping
    • Quit
    • Reboot
    • Reset
    • Save
    • Set
    • Set alias
    • Set CHAP
    • Set FC
    • Set features
    • Set iSCSI
    • Set iSNS
    • Set Mgmt
    • Set NTP
    • Set properties
    • Set SNMP
    • Set system
    • Set VPGroups
    • Show
    • Show CHAP
    • Show FC
    • Show features
    • Show initiators
    • Show initiators LUN mask
    • Show iSCSI
    • Show iSNS
    • Show logs
    • Show LUNinfo
    • Show LUNs
    • Show lunmask
    • Show memory
    • Show mgmt
    • Show NTP
    • Show perf
    • Show presented targets
    • Show properties
    • Show SNMP
    • Show stats
    • Show system
    • Show targets
    • Show VPGroups
    • Shutdown
    • Target
    • Traceroute
• D Using the iSCSI CLI
  • Logging on to an iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module
  • Understanding the guest account
  • Working with iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module configurations
    • Modifying a configuration
    • Saving and restoring iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE controller configurations
    • Restoring iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module configuration and persistent data
• E Simple Network Management Protocol
  • SNMP parameters
  • SNMP trap configuration parameters
  • Management Information Base
    • Network port table
    • FC port table
    • Initiator object table
    • LUN table
    • VP group table
    • Sensor table
  • Notifications
    • System information objects
    • Notification objects
    • Agent startup notification
    • Agent shutdown notification
    • Network port down notification
    • FC port down notification
    • Target device discovery
    • Target presentation (mapping)
    • VP group notification
    • Sensor notification
    • Generic notification
• F iSCSI and iSCSI/FCoE module log messages
• Glossary
• Index