HP (Hewlett-Packard) QR516B manual

HP 3P AR VMw ar e E SX Imple men tati on Gui de Abstract This imple mentation gui de pr ov ides inf ormati on for e stablishing comm unications be tween an HP 3P AR Sto re Serv Stor age and a VMwar e E SX host . General inf ormatio n is also pro vided on the basi c steps r equir ed to allocate sto rage on the HP 3P AR Stor eServ Stor age that can t[...]

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C ont ents 1 Intr oducti on...............................................................................................6 Supported C onf igur ations ..........................................................................................................6 HP 3P AR OS Upgr ade Co nsider ations.....................................................[...]

Sc ript A lter nati ve f or P ath P olic y Changes o n Stor age Dev ice s w ithout a Hos t Reboo t..............46 P erf ormance C onside r ations f or Multiple Hos t Conf igurati ons........................................................47 E SX/E SXi Handling S CSI Queue F ull and Bus y Mess ages fr om the HP 3P AR Sto r eS erv Stor age Ar r ay .[...]

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1 Intr oducti on This im plementati on gui de pr ov ides inf ormati on f or est ablishing communi catio ns betwee n an HP 3P AR Stor eServ Sto r age and a VMwar e E SX hos t . Gener al info rmati on is also pr ov ided on the basic s teps r equired t o allocate stor age on the HP 3P AR S tor e Serv Stor age that can then be accessed b y the E SX hos[...]

HP 3P AR O S Upgr ade Consi der ations F or infor mation abo ut planning an online HP 3P AR Oper ating S y stem (HP 3P AR OS) upgr ade , see the HP 3P AR Operating S ys tem Upgr ade Pr e -P lanning Guide , whi ch is a v ailable on the HP Bu siness Support Cen ter (B S C) w ebsite: http://www .hp.com/go/b sc F or complete details a bout supported ho[...]

2 C onf igur ing the HP 3P AR St or e Se r v S tor age f or F ibr e Channe l This c hapter e xplains ho w to est ablish a F ibre C hannel connecti on betw een the HP 3P AR Stor eServ Sto r age and a VMwar e E SX host and co ver s HP 3P AR OS 3 . 1 .x, O S 2 . 3 .x , and 2 .2 .x ve rsi ons. F or infor mation on s etting up the ph y sical connec tion[...]

2. If the port has not bee n conf igur ed , tak e the port offline be fo r e confi gur ing it for the E SX hos t b y issuing the fo llo w ing HP 3P AR O S CLI command: controlport offline [node:slot:port] CA UTION: Bef ore taking a port off line in pr epar ation f or a direc t or fa bri c connecti on , y ou should v er ify that the port has not bee[...]

2. T o c r eate hos t def initions , issue the createhost command w ith the -persona option to spec if y the per sona and the ho st name . F or HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 . 1 or earli er : # createhost -persona 6 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE F or HP 3P AR OS 3 . 1 .2 : # createhost -persona 11 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE 3.[...]

NO TE: For conf igur ations that ar e intended t o hav e more than one h ost ty pe (for e xample , an E SX host and a W indo w s host) co nnected to a shar ed HP 3P AR S tor e Serv Stor age HB A port vi a fa bri c connecti ons , see to the Heter ogeneous Ho st Support Guide o n the HP BS C websit e for the r equir ed HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age p[...]

Cr eating the Hos t Def initio n Bef or e connecting the E SX hos t to the HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age , cr eate a host de finiti on f or each HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age that is to be connect ed to a hos t HB A port thr ough a f abr ic or a dir ect connecti on . 1 . T o cr eate ho st def initi ons, is sue the HP 3P AR O S CLI createhost comman[...]

Y ou can set up f abr ic z oning b y ass oc iating the de v ice W orld W ide Names (WWNs) or the s wit ch ports w ith spec if ied z ones in the f abr ic . Although y ou can use e ither the WWN method or the port z oning method w ith the HP 3P AR Stor e Serv Stor age, the WWN z oning method is r ecommended becaus e the z one sur v iv es the c hanges[...]

3 . 0.2 or later , ver ify that each s witc h port is in the corr ect mode using the Br ocade telnet interf ace and the portcfgshow command , as fo llo ws: brocade2_1:admin> portcfgshow Ports 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -----------------+--+--+--+--+----+--+--+-- Speed AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN Trunk Port ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON Locked L_Port .. .. .. .. .. .[...]

◦ HP 3P AR HBA 4G: 1 6 3 8 ◦ HP 3P AR HBA 8G: 3 2 7 6 (HP 3P AR S tor e Serv 1 0000 and HP 3P AR St or eS erv 7 000 s y stems onl y) • The I/O queue s ar e shar ed among the connect ed host HB A ports on a fir st-come , f irst-serv ed basis . • When all q ueues ar e in us e and a host HB A port tri es to initiat e I/O , it r ecei v es a tar[...]

In HP 3P AR Stor age ar ra ys w ith mor e than t w o nodes, f ailov er behav ior occ urs on node pair s; that is, if n ode 0 goes do w n, ports on n ode 0 fail o v er to node 1 , if node 2 goes do wn , ports on node 2 fail o v er to node 3, and s o on. C on v ers ely , when node 1 goe s do wn , ports on node 1 f ail o ve r to node 0, and w hen node[...]

Bef or e P ersisten t P orts is acti v e , the output o f the showhost command displa y s as fo llo ws: # showhost Id Name Persona ---------------WWN/iSCSI_Name--------------- Port 1 server1 Generic 5001438009AE770E 0:1:1 5001438009AE770C 0:1:1 5001438009AE770E 1:1:1 5001438009AE770C 1:1:1 When P ersist ent P or ts is ac ti ve , the output of the s[...]

3 C onf igur ing the HP 3P AR St or e Se r v S tor age f or iS CS I This c hapter e xplains ho w to est ablish an iS C SI connec tion be tween the HP 3P AR Sto r eS erv Stor age and the VMw ar e E SX ho st . If y ou ar e running spec ific CN A car ds, a s oftwar e or hard war e iS CS I initiato r can be used . F or details about har dw ar e iS CS I[...]

3. Is sue the HP 3P AR OS CLI showport -iscsi command to chec k the c urr ent settings of the iS CS I ports: # showport -iscsi N:S:P State IPAddr Netmask Gateway TPGT MTU Rate DHCP iSNS_Prim iSNS_Sec iSNS_Port 0:1:1 offline 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 11 1500 n/a 0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0.0 3205 1:1:1 offline 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 12 1500 n/a 0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0[...]

E SX/E SXi u ses the gene ri c legacy ho st per sona of 6 f or HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 . 1 or earli er . As of HP 3P AR OS 3 . 1 .2 , a second hos t pers ona 1 1 (VMwar e) , w hic h enables a s ymme tri c logical unit access ( AL U A) is a v ailable . Host pe rsona 1 1 (VMw ar e) is r ecommended f or ne w E SX/E SXi installati ons and is r equir ed for [...]

ports mus t hav e been se t up and an iS CS I connection/s essi on mu st be est ablished . The iS CS I connecti on/se ssi on is esta blished by f ollo wing the st eps in “Setting Up the P or ts f or an iSC SI Connec tio n ” (page 18) and the step s in “Conf iguring the Ho st f or an iS CS I C onnecti on” (page 65) thr ough sec tion “C onf[...]

The f ollow ing ex ample us es the CHAP sec r et (CHAP pass wor d) host_secret3 fo r the E SX hos t . Be aw are that the CHAP s ecr et must be at leas t 1 2 char acte rs long . 2. On the E SX host ’s VI/vSpher e clien t , open the Stor age Adapters tab , then selec t the iS CS I Softw ar e Adapt er , and select the Pr operties link. T hen , on th[...]

Figur e 2 CHAP Credentials in E SX/ESX i 4.x or ESX/E SXi 5 .x 3. En ter the CHAP Secret (mus t be at least 1 2 char acter s long) . U se the same s ecr et that you enter o n the stor age side . 4. Cli ck OK w hen y ou are done . A war ning sc r een appears indi cating that a r eboot of the E SX hos t is r equir ed . NO TE: A serv er r eboot is r e[...]

5 . Clic k OK again to confir m. 6. On the HP 3P AR Stor eSe rv Stor age , issue the HP 3P AR OS CLI sethost command w ith the initchap par ameter to s et the CHAP sec r et f or the E SX host . # sethost initchap -f host_secret3 ESX1 NO TE: If mutual CHAP on E SX is being conf igur ed, then tar get CHAP will need to be conf igur ed on the HP 3P AR [...]

Figur e 3 CHAP Credentials in ESX 4.x and 5 .x Issue the HP 3P AR OS CLI showhost -chap command to v er ify that the spec if ied CHAP sec r et has been s et fo r the host de f inition . For Initiator chap # showhost -chap Id Name -Initiator_CHAP_Name- -Target_CHAP_Name- 0 ESX1 ESX1 -- For mutual chap # showhost -chap Id Name -Initiator_CHAP_Name- -[...]

2. Pr ess Ctrl+S to en ter the utility . Figur e 4 iSCSI Utility 3. S elect a contr oller and pr ess Enter . 4. F r om the Contr oller Configuration sc r een , select Networ k Configuration and pr ess Enter . 5 . In the Net w ork Configur ation scr een, se lect Configur e Static IP Address and pre ss Enter . T he sc r een fo r setting a stati c IP [...]

1 . After en ter ing the iSCSI Initiat or Configuration sc r een, w hich w ill be the firs t sc r een displa y ed, obtain the IQN f or the car d and cr eate a host de finiti on on the HP 3P AR Sto r eS erv Stor age . F or ex ample: # createhost – iscsi – persona 11 Esx50Sys1 iqn.1990-07.com.emulex:a0-b3-cc-1c-94-e1 2. Assi gn a VL UN to this ho[...]

1 1 . If y ou do not w ant to u se CHAP as an au thenti cation meth od, e xit the CN1 1 00E setup sc r eens and r eboot no w . If y ou w ould lik e to us e CHAP as an authe nticati on method , retur n to the Add/P ing iSCSI T arget sc r een as sho wn in “ Adding an iS CSI T ar get ” (page 27) , select A uthentication M ethod , and then c hoose [...]

Figur e 9 CHAP Configuration f or Mutual CHAP F ill in the T arget CHAP Name (the initiato r IQN name) , the T arget Secret , the Initiator CHAP Name ( w hic h is the DNS name of the s tor age), and an Initiator Secret , and then cli c k OK . • If y ou w ant to r emo v e CHAP authenti cation lat er on , in the Authentication M ethod setting on th[...]

T ar get P ort Limits and S pec if icati ons T o av oid o v erwhelming a t arge t port and ensur e continu ous I/O oper ations, ob serve the f ollow ing limitatio ns on a tar get port: • I/O queue depth on eac h HP 3P AR Stor eSe rv Stor age HB A model, as f ollo w s: QLogi c 1G: 5 1 2 ◦ ◦ QLogi c 1 0G: 204 8 (HP 3P AR Stor eSe rv 1 0000 and [...]

4 C onf igur ing the HP 3P AR St or e Se r v S tor age f or FC oE Setting Up the FC oE S w itc h , FCoE Initi ator , and FCoE t ar get por ts Connec t the E SX host FC oE initiato r port(s) and the HP 3P AR S tor e Serv Sto rage FC oE tar get ports to the FCoE s wit ch(es). NO TE: FCoE sw itch VLANs and r outing setu p and conf igur atio n is be yo[...]

NO TE: If changing the conf ig fr om iS CS I to FC oE , follo w the steps belo w . 1 . Issue the showport command . # showport 0:3:1 target ready - 000E1E05BEE6 iscsi iSCSI - - - 0:3:2 target ready - 000E1E05BEE2 iscsi iSCSI - - - 2 . T urn o ff the iS CS I ports: # controlport offline 0:3:1 # controlport offline 0:3:2 showport 0:3:1 target offline[...]

Cr eating the Host Def initio n Bef or e connecting the E SX hos t to the HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age , a host de f inition needs to be cr eated that spec if ies a v alid host per sona (h ost mode) f or eac h HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age port that is to be connec ted to a ho st HB A por t thr ough a fabr ic or dir ect connec tion . • E SX/E SX[...]

Use showhost -persona to sho w the pers ona name and Id r elationship . # showhost -persona Id Name Persona_Id Persona_Name Persona_Caps 0 ESXserver1 6 Generic-legacy -- 1 Esxserver2 11 VMware SubLun, ALUA NO TE: If the persona is not co rr ectly se t, the n use the sethost -persona <host number> <hostname> command to cor r ect the issu[...]

5 C onf igur ing the Ho st f or a F ibr e C hannel C onnec tion This c hapter desc r ibes the pr ocedur es and consi der atio ns that ar e r equir ed to set u p an E SX host to communi cate w ith an HP 3P AR St or eS erv Stor age ov er a F ibre C hannel connecti on . Inst alling the HB A and Dri v er s Bef or e setting up the E SX hos t , mak e sur[...]

T o change P ath T OV v alue (r epeat f or all ports) fo llo w the ex ample belo w . Also this command can be included in E SX hos t startup suc h that it w ill be run au tomati cally . # esxcli brocade bcu --command="fcpim --pathtov 1/0 14" path timeout is set to 14 T o query a port# after a change w as made, f ollow the e xample belo w:[...]

NO TE: VMwar e and HP r ecommend the LS I logic adapter em ulation f or W indo w s 2003 S erver s. The L SI L ogic adapter is als o the defa ult option f or W indo w s 2003 w hen cr eating a ne w v irtual machine . HP testing has n oted a high inc idence of W indow s 200 3 v irtual machine failur es during an E SX multipath failo v er/failbac k e v[...]

F ibre Channe l” (page 39) for pr ocedure s on implemen ting and conf igur ing the r ound-r obin path polic y on E SX/E SXi 4. 0 and later w ith an HP 3P AR St or eS erv Stor age. • A path polic y of "r ound-r obin" is the pre fe rr ed multipath imple mentati on f or E SX/E SXi 4. 0 and later . F or pr ocedures o n implementing and co[...]

• A path polic y of MR U (most r ecently us ed) does not main tain or r eins tate balanc ing of I/O load after a failo ver/f ailback m ultipath e ven t . This could lea ve I/O in an unplanned f or and unbalanced stat e whi ch ma y yi eld signif ican t I/O perfor mance issue s. Imple mentati on of an MRU path poli cy is n ot r ecommended b y HP . [...]

Figur e 1 0 LUN Set to R ound Robin Managing a r ound r obin I/O path polic y sc heme thr ough the VI/vS pher e cli ent GUI f or a large netw ork can be c umbersome and c hallenging to main tain becaus e the polic y mus t be spec if ied fo r each L UN indi vi dually and u pdated w hene ve r new de vi ces ar e added . Alter nati ve ly , VMw are pr o[...]

NO TE: • S A TP rule c hanges cannot be aff ected thr ough vSpher e GUI. • S A TP rule change s thr ough esx cli commands populate the esx.conf file . • A c usto m S A TP rule is an added S A TP rule that modif ies or r edefine s par ameter s of an e x isting S A TP default r ule , def ines the tar geted dev ices to be aff ected , and is gi v[...]

E SX/E SX i 4. 0 G A - 4.0 U x NO TE: • Th ough E SX 4.0 G A - 4. 0 Ux su pports cu stom S A TP rules, the -P opti ons f or setting P SP (path polic y) w ithin the c usto m rule ar e not suppo rted. P SP must be def ined w ithin the def ault S A TP rule s. • E SX 4.0 G A - 4. 0 Ux ha s a kno w n issue w her ein n o attempt should be made to c h[...]

CA UTION: T he pr ocedur e for c hanging the default S A TP rule s to use the r ound r obin I/O multipathing poli cy is int ended to appl y onl y to VMw ar e hos ts using HP 3P AR Stor eServ S tor age L UNs. If the hos t is shar ing stor age fr om other v endors, the n bef or e making an y I/O poli cy c hanges, conside rati on should be gi ven to t[...]

T o r emo ve the a bo ve A cti ve -Ac tiv e cus tom S A TP rule: # esxcli storage nmp satp rule remove -s "VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA" -P "VMW_PSP_RR" -O iops=100 – c "tpgs_off" -V "3PARdata" -M "VV" -e "HP 3PAR Custom iSCSI/FC/FCoE Rule" HP 3P AR cus tom S A TP rule f or us e with pers ona 1 1[...]

S A TP Cu sto m R ules and Ass oc iated Def ined P ar ameter s T o list S A TP cu stom r ules and as soc iated def ined par ameter s, issue the f ollow ing commands: E SXi 5 .x ex ample F or persona 1 1 : F or persona 6: E SX/E SXi 4.x e xample # esxcli nmp satp listrules | grep -i 3par VMW_SATP_ALUA 3PARdata VV tpgs_on HP 3PAR Custom iSCSI/FC/FCoE[...]

E SX/E SXi 4.x e xample The co mmand is the same fo r E SX/E SXi 4.x . T he output sho wn is f or E SX 4.0: # esxcli nmp device list naa.50002ac000b40125 Device Display Name: 3PARdata Fibre Channel Disk (naa.50002ac000b40125) Storage Array Type: VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA Storage Array Type Device Config: Path Selection Policy: VMW_PSP_RR Path Selection P[...]

E SX/E SXi 4.x # esxcli nmp device list -d naa.50002ac0005800ac NO TE: If I/O is activ e to a L UN and an attempt is made to modify the path polic y , a failur e can occ ur : error during the configuration of the host: sysinfoException; Status=Busy: Message=Unable to Set If this pr oblem occ urs dur ing an at te mpt to c hange the path polic y , re[...]

VMw ar e E SX Releas e 3 .5 Update 4 thr ough E SX 4.x and E SX i 5 .0 As of VMw ar e E SX relea se 3 . 5 update 4 , and inc luding E SX 4.0 G A and E SX 4. 1 (w ith all E SX 4.x updates) , and E SX i 5 . 0 (w ith all updates), an algorithm has bee n added that allo ws E SX to r espond t o Queue F ull and Bus y SC SI me ssage s fr om the stor age a[...]

F ollo w-up A cti ons/R ecommendatio ns fo r E SX 3 . 5 Update 3 and E ar lier The be hav ior of the HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age port being o ve rr un is limited onl y to E SX 3 . 5 update 3 and ear lier s erver s. Other HP -supported oper ating s ys tems handle Queue F ull notif icati ons b y backing o ff on I/O fo r a per iod of time . HP cur r[...]

Ex ample 2 (set up a s follo ws): • LS I 2G FC HB A installed on the HP 3P AR Stor e Serv Stor age • 1 2 E SX hosts attac hed to a LS I port on the HP 3P AR Stor e Serv Stor age F ormula: 510 / 12 = 42.xxx (recommended max target port queue depth = 42) Setting tgt_que ue_depth for Em ule x in E SX 3 .x (e x ample) T o set the tgt_queue_depth f [...]

3 . Mak e a back up copy o f /etc/vmware/esx.conf . cp /etc/vmware/esx.conf /etc/vmware/esx.conf.orig 4. Identify the QLogi c HB A module that is cur r entl y loaded. vmkload_mod -l | grep qla2300 Depending on the model of the HB A, the module can be one of the f ollo w ing: qla2300_707 (E SX 3. 0.x) qla2300_707_vmw (E SX 3. 5) 5 . The t ar get por[...]

E SX extensi ons that mak e use of thes e pr imitiv es ar e collecti v ely r efer r ed to as vS tor age APIs f or Ar r ay Int egr ation (V AAI) . T he VMwar e primiti ves ena ble an E SX/ESX i host to con ve y v irtual machine oper atio ns to stor age hard w ar e at a meta le v el instead o f at the tr aditional dat a lev el. T his r educes oper at[...]

NO TE: V AAI Plugin 2 .2 .0 is r equired if the E SX i 5 .x serv er is connected t o two or mor e arr a ys that ar e running a mi x of OS HP 3P AR OS 2 . 3 . 1 .x and OS 3 . 1 .x . F or L UNs on HP 3P AR OS 3 . 1 .x, the de fault VMw are T1 0 plugin will be e ffecti ve , and for st or age L UNs on HP 3P AR O S 2 . 3 .x , HP 3P AR V AAI Plugin 2 .2 [...]

additional disk s pace is added, u se the Retry optio n on the war ning mes sage to br ing the VM back t o the read-w rite s tate . If y ou selec t the Cancel option , the VM is rebooted . In the fo llo w ing ex ample, an HP 3P AR Sto r eS erv Stor age TPVV volume w as cr eated w ith a war ning limit of 6 0%, as sho wn in the showvv -alert command.[...]

Figur e 1 1 Virtual Machine M essage — Retry and Cancel options Additi onal Ne w Primiti v es Support on E SX i 5 .x HP 3P AR OS 3 . 1 . 1 or later supports additional ne w primiti v es , called TP L UN R eporting, w her e the E SXi 5 .x is notifi ed that a giv en L UN is a thin pr o v isioning L UN by e nabling the TP E bits of the READ C apac i[...]

V AAI P lugin V er if icati on NO TE: V AAI Plugin 2 .2 .0 m ust be inst alled if an E SX i 5 .x serv er is connect ed to two o r mor e arr ay s that ar e running a mi x of HP 3P AR OS 2 .3 .x and 3. 1 .x. F or L UNs fr om HP 3P AR OS 3 . 1 .x, the def ault VMw ar e T1 0 plugin will be eff ectiv e, and f or stor age L UNs fr om HP 3P AR O S 2 .3 .x[...]

• On E SX 4. 1 , you can v er ify that the V AAI P lugin is installed and ena bled on de vi ces u sing the fo llo w ing commands: • T o sho w the v ersi on of the ins talled V AAI plugin: # esxupdate --vib-view query | grep 3par cross_3par-vaaip-inserv_410.1.1-230815 installed • T o sho w that the claim r ule is in eff ect f or the HP 3P AR d[...]

Figur e 1 2 Hardw are Acceler ation for HP 3P AR devices VMw ar e All P aths Do w n All P aths Dow n ( APD), a featur e of the VMw are E SXi ho st us ed in case s whe r e all paths to the VM go do wn becaus e of st or age failur e or administr ati ve er r or , is pr oper ly handled in E SX 5 . 1 as a r esult of f eatur e enhancemen t perfo rmed b y[...]

6 C onf igur ing the Ho st a s an FC oE Initi ator C onnecting t o a FC tar get or an FC oE T ar get All cont ents of the F ibr e Channel s ectio n of this guide a pply to FC oE connecti vity as w ell . See the fo llo w ing secti ons: • “Multipath F ailo v er Consi der atio ns and I/O Load Balanc ing” (page 37) • “P erf ormance C onside r[...]

Figur e 1 3 Configuring FCoE 2. In the S ystem Options pane , select NIC P ersonality Options . Figur e 1 4 NI C P ersonality Options 3. In the P CI Slot 2 P ane, s elect FCoE f or both P ort 1 and P or t 2 . 60 Conf igur ing the Hos t as an FCoE Initi ator Connec ting to a FC tar get or an FCoE T ar get[...]

Figur e 1 5 Configuring the PCI Slots 4. PCI Slot 2 P ort 1 and P ort 2 n o w displa y FCoE . Figur e 1 6 PCI Slot 1 and Slot 2 Configur ed for FCoE 5 . Sav e the changes and e x it the BIO S . Using s y stem BIO S to confi gur e FCoE 6 1[...]

Figur e 1 7 Exiting the BIOS Utility C onf i gur ing an HP 3P AR Sto r eS erv Stor age P or t f or a FCoE Ho st C onnecti on When s etting up FCoE initi ator to FC t ar get , ther e is nothing uni que that needs to be conf igur ed on the HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age . The initi ator coming f r om the hos t adapter s thr ough the FC oE F or w ar de[...]

Figur e 1 8 Initiator FCoE to FC T arget NO TE: For co mplete and det ailed instru ctio ns for co nfi gur ing a serve r w ith a giv en Con v er ged Netw ork A dapter , r ef er to the CNA man ufac tur er doc umentati on . The FC oE s w itc h or FC oE forw ar der mus t be able to con vert FCoE tr affic t o FC and also be able to trunk this tr affi c [...]

Figur e 1 9 Initiator FCoE to T arget FCoE 1 . Install the CN A card in the s erver j us t lik e an y other P CIe card - r efer t o the server v endor doc umentati on . 2. Inst all the CNA car d dri v er fo llow ing the CNA car d installati on instr ucti ons (it as sumes the serv er is alr eady r unning a supported oper ating s y stem). 3. Ph ysi c[...]

7 C onf igur ing the Ho st f or an iS C S I C onnec ti on This c hapter desc r ibes the pr ocedur es f or se tting up an E SX so ftwar e iS CS I conf igur ation w ith an HP 3P AR Stor eServ Sto r age . The instr uc tions in this c hapter sh ould be used in co njunc tion w ith the VMw ar e vSpher e Stor age Guide . Setting Up the S w itc h , iS CS I[...]

NO TE: When multiple teamed NICs ar e configur ed, all HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age iS CS I ports and E SX iSC SI NIC s must be in the s ame VL AN o f the IP sw itch . NO TE: NIC teaming is not supported in E SX i 5 .x 66 Conf igur ing the Hos t for an iS CSI Co nnection[...]

Inst alling V irtual Machine Gues t Oper ating S ys tem The VMw are E SX documen tatio n lists r ecommended v irtual machine gue st oper ating s y stems (GO S) and their ins tallatio n and setup as v ir tual mac hines . R efe r to the VMw ar e E SX doc umentati on f or info rmati on on setting up y our virtual mac hine conf igur ati on. CA UTION: I[...]

3 . Cli ck the Add Networ king L ink. T he Add Netw or k w i z ard appear s. 4. Selec t VMk ernel and c lic k N e xt . This lets y ou connect t o the VMk ernel w hich r uns serv ices f or iS CS I sto r age to the ph ysi cal netw ork . The Netwo rk A ccess page appear s. 5 . Selec t Create a Virtual S witch and select the NICs that w ill be used f o[...]

8. Cli ck OK to co mplete . NO TE: HP r ecommends an A cti v e/Acti ve NIC T eaming conf igur ati on for be st failo ver perfo rmance . NIC T eaming ho w e ve r , is not suppo rted with E SXi 5 .x. 9 . Clic k Next . Cr eating a VMker nel P ort 6 9[...]

1 0. Enter a netw ork la bel. C lic k Ne xt . 1 1 . Spec if y the IP se ttings that w ill be used f or the iS CSI netw or k. C lic k Next . 1 2 . R ev iew the inf ormation . Clic k Finish . C onf i gur ing a Serv i ce Co nsole C onnecti on f or the iS CS I Sto r age The f ollow ing steps des cr ibe ho w to confi gur e the Servi ce Co nsole connec t[...]

5 . Enter the Ne twor k La bel and IP addr ess f or the Serv ice cons ole us ed to communi cate w ith the iS CS I so ftwar e initiato r . The IP addr ess mu st be in the same su bnet as the iS CS I. 6 . Cli ck Ne xt . A w indo w appears sh o w ing the change s/additions that ha v e been made . 7 . Clic k Finish . 8. Clo se all w indo w s assoc iate[...]

9 . Check the Configur ation displa y . The ne w networ k conf igur atio n is displa yed w ith the addition of the iS CS I networ k . Y ou should no w be able to p ing the HP 3P AR St or e Serv Stor age por ts that w ere pr ev io usl y def ined fr om the CO S . C onf i gur ing the VMw ar e iS CS I Initiato r The f ollow ing steps sho w how t o conf[...]

4. In the E SX host , selec t the Configuration t ab . T hen selec t iSCSI Softwar e Adapter in Storage Adapter . 5 . Cli ck the Pr operties tab . 6 . Selec t the General tab . 7 . Clic k Configure .. . 8. Selec t the Enabled chec k bo x for the s tatus . 9 . Clic k OK . 1 0. Clic k the Dy namic Discov ery ta b . Dy namic disco very enables the Sen[...]

1 1 . Cli ck Add ... . 1 2 . Enter the IP addr ess of one o f the pr ev iousl y def ined HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age iS CS I ports. 1 3 . Cli ck OK . 1 4. Add additi onal HP 3P AR Stor e Serv Stor age iSC SI po rts if they e x ist and ha v e been def ined on the s y stem . 7 4 Conf igur ing the Hos t for an iS CSI Co nnection[...]

1 5 . When all o f the desir ed HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age iS CS I ports hav e been added to the Dy namic Disco very t ab , clo se this w indo w . Conf igur ing the VMw are iS CSI Initi ator 7 5[...]

1 6. Reboo t the E SX hos t . If v irtual machines ar e acti ve , shut them do wn or sus pend them . The E SX hos t and HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age should no w be configur ed for u se . Using the showhost command on the HP 3P AR Stor eSe rv Stor age , the ne w iS CS I connecti ons sho uld no w sho w as pre sent . # showhost Id Name --------------[...]

NO TE: If y ou ar e running W2K8 VM Clu ster w ith RDM-shar ed L UNs , then indi vi duall y change these s pec ifi c RDM L UNs fr om R ound R obin poli cy to F i xed P ath policy . NO TE: HP r ecommends c hanging the E SX Scsi.ConflictRetr ies fr om its default v alue of 8 0 to a value o f 200 whe n connected to an HP 3P AR Stor e Serv Stor age run[...]

8 Allocating S tor age fo r Acces s b y the E SX Host This c hapter desc r ibes the basi c pr ocedur es that ar e r equir ed to cr eate and e xport v irtual volumes so the y can be utili z ed b y the VMwar e E SX hos t . F or comple te details on c r eating and managing stor age on the HP 3P AR St or eS erv Stor age, consult the a ppr opri ate HP 3[...]

Cr eating Virtual V olumes fo r HP 3P AR OS 2 .2 . 3 or E arli er When r unning HP 3P AR OS 2 .2 . 3 or earlie r , the createaldvv command can be used to c r eate v irtual volume s on the HP 3P AR Stor eServ St or age that can then be e xported and disco v er ed b y the E SX host . Her e is the gener al form o f the command: # createaldvv [options][...]

http://www .hp.com/go/b sc Conce rning TPVVs , E SX VMF S- 3 does n ot w rit e data to the entir e volume at initi ali z ation and it can be used w ith TPVVs with out an y conf igur ation change s to VMF S. A f urther e xaminati on of this subj ect , recommendati ons , and limitati ons ar e e xplor ed in the HP doc ument 3P AR Utility Stor age w it[...]

Consult the HP 3P AR Management Cons ole Use rs Guide and the HP 3P AR C ommand L ine Interf ace R efe r ence fo r complete det ails on e xporting volume s and av ailable opti ons f or the HP 3P AR OS v ersi on that is being u sed on the HP 3P AR Stor eSe rv Stor age . T hese doc uments ar e av ailable on the HP BS C web site: http://www .hp.com/go[...]

Figur e 20 Detaching a L UN Hos t and S tor age Usage Ev entlog and Hos t L og Mess ages All HP 3P AR sy stem debug mess ages can be seen u sing the showeventlog -debug cli command . On the E SX ho st , err ors ar e r eported in /var/log/vmkernel f iles. U se the showalert HP 3P AR OS CLI command to see ale rts and warning s post ed fr om the HP 3P[...]

At an int erval of e v ery 5 minutes , an E SX host suc h as E SXi 5 .x sends REPORT LUN commands and disco v ers an y new L UNs. On E SXi 5 .x, the f ollo w ing vmkernel log message is n ot harmf ul and can be igno r ed: 34:41.371Z cpu0:7701)WARNING: ScsiDeviceIO: 6227: The device naa.50002ac00026011b does not permit the system to change the sitpu[...]

9 Booting the VMw ar e E SX Hos t f r om the HP 3P AR S tor eS erv S tor age This c hapter pr o vi des a gener al ov erv ie w of the pr ocedures that ar e req uir ed to boot the VMw ar e E SX operating s yst em fr om the S AN. In a boot-fr om-S AN en v ir onment , each E SX host’s oper ating sy stem is installed on a the HP 3P AR Sto r eS erv Sto[...]

1 0 Suppo rt and O the r R esour ces C ontac ting HP F or wor ld w ide tec hnical su pport infor mation , see the HP support w ebsite: http://www .hp.com/su pport Bef or e contac ting HP , collect the f ollo w ing inf ormati on: • Pr oduct model name s and number s • T echni cal support r egistr atio n number (if appli cable) • Pr oduct s er [...]

See: For inf ormation about: HP 3P AR-to- 3P AR Stor age P eer Motion Gui de Migr ating data fr om one HP 3P AR stor age sy stem to an other HP 3P AR Sec ur e Servi ce Cus todian C onfi gurati on Utility Re fer ence Conf igur ing the Sec ur e Servi ce Cu stodian s erver in or der to monitor and contr ol HP 3P AR stor age sy stems HP 3P AR Re mote C[...]

See: For inf ormation about: Planning f or HP 3P AR storage sy stem setup Hard w are s pecif ications , installatio n consider ations , po we r req uire ments, ne twor king options , and cabling info rmatio n for HP 3P AR stor age sy stems HP 3P AR Stor eServ 7 000 Stor age Site P lanning Manual HP 3P AR 7 200, 7 400, and 7 4 50 s tor age sy ste ms[...]

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