HP (Hewlett-Packard) XP1024 manual

HP Stor ag e W or ks Disk Arr a y XP12 8 D i s k A r ray X P 1 024 ow n e r ’ s g u i d e fourth edition (May 200 5) par t number : A7906 -96010 Thi s guide de scr ibes the gen er al oper ati ons , compone nts , spec ifi cati ons, an d optio ns fo r the HP St or age W orks Disk Ar ra y XP12 8 and Disk Ar ra y XP102 4.[...]

2 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays X P128/XP1024: Owner’ s Guide © Copyr ight 2002 - 2005 Hewlett-P a ck ard Development Company , L.P . Al l rights reserved. He wlett-P a ck ar d Comp an y make s no war r anty of any kind w ith r egar d to this mate r ial , includ ing, but not limited to , the im plie d war ran ties o f mer chan tab ility and f itne[...]

Cont ents 3 Abou t this guid e 7 Intende d audie nce 7 Disk arrays 7 Related docu mentati on 7 Conv enti ons 8 Getti ng he lp 8 HP techni cal support 9 HP storag e website 9 HP au thor ized r esel ler 10 Revision history 11 1 Overview 13 Continuou s data ava ilabili ty 14 Nondis ruptive s ervice a nd upgrades 15 Conn ectiv ity 16 Fibre Cha nnel con[...]

4 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Powering d own the disk array 39 Emergency p ower-off 39 Plan ned powe r-off 39 Recoveri ng from a powe r outage to t he disk ar ray 41 Manual res tart of the disk a rray after power is res tored 41 Automatic power on resta rt 42 Specifi cations 43 Tempera ture 43 Humidity 43 Mechani cal[...]

Cont ents 5 4 Optional softw are products 79 XP array manage ment 80 HP Storage Works Command View XP 80 Storage management and LUN security 81 HP Storage Works LUN Confi guratio n and Securi ty Manager XP 81 Rem ote an d loc al data repli catio n 82 HP Storage Works Continuous Ac cess XP 82 HP Storage Works Continuous Ac cess Exten sion XP 82 HP S[...]

6 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Glossa ry 107 Index 119[...]

About this guide 7 About t his guid e This gui de descri bes the gen eral oper ations, c omponents, sp ecifica tions, and opti ons for th e HP S torageW orks Disk Array XP128 an d Disk Array XP1024. Inte nde d au dien ce This guide i s intended for use by system admini strator s who have experti se with the mass stora ge systems, software, and rela[...]

8 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Conv entions This gui de uses the followin g text conv entions. Fi g u re 1 Blue text represe nts a cro ss-refe rence. For the onlin e versi on of this gu ide, the re feren ce is li nked to the target. www .hp .com Underlin ed, blue te xt repre sents a website on t he Intern et. For the [...]

About this guide 9 HP technical suppor t In North America, cal l techni cal suppor t at 1-800-6 52-6672, available 24 hours a d ay , 7 days a week. Outside No rth America , call te chnical s upport at the ne arest locat ion. T elephone numbers f or worldwide techn ical supp ort are lis ted on the HP website unde r support: htt p://h18006 .w ww1.hp [...]

10 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de HP authori zed r eseller For the n ame of your n earest HP a uthorize d resell er , you can obtai n informat ion by telephone : Unit ed Stat es 1-80 0-3 45-1 518 Canada 1-800 -263-58 68 Or contac t: www .hp .com[...]

About this guide 11 R e vis ion hi story May 2002 First Edi tion Oct. 20 02 Second Edit ion May 2004 Third Edit ion May 2005 Fourth Edit ion[...]

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Overview 13 1 Over v ie w The Disk Ar ray XP128 and Di sk Array XP10 24 are par t of the HP S torageW orks Disk Arr ay family of pr oducts. The se disk ar rays prov ide reliab le and sec ure data s torage a nd protect ion, feat uring red undant circui try and RAID s torage opt ions for data securit y . These disk arr ays also support multiple o per[...]

14 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Contin uous da ta av ail abilit y The HP S torageW orks Disk Ar ray XP famil y are the f irst RAID disk arrays to provi de truly c ontinuous data availab ility . They are designe d for nonst op operati on and cont inuous access to all user data. HP S torageW orks Disk Arr ay XP128 and X[...]

Overview 15 Nondisruptiv e ser vice and upgra des Monitori ng softwar e detects interna l hardware component problems and notifi es the HP S torage T echn ology Cen ter automati cally . At the support center , the problem is verifie d and the ap propri ate maint enance act ivity i s execute d by an HP s ervice r epresentati ve. The are no user se r[...]

16 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Con necti vity The HP S torageW orks Disk Arra y XP128 and HP S torageW orks Disk Array XP1024 are connec ted to hos t systems using one of these t ypes of connecti ons: • Fibre Channel •E S C O N •F I C O N • iSCSI Fi bre Channel connectiv ity HP Stor ageW orks D isk Arr a y XP[...]

Overview 17 ESC O N c o n n ec tivi t y HP Stor ageW orks D isk Arr a y XP12 8 The XP128 suppo rts a maximum of three pai rs of chan nel adapte rs that c an support 24 ESCON ports for connecti on to mainframe h osts. The di sk array can suppor t up to 8,192 LDEVs . HP Stor ageW orks D isk Arr a y XP10 2 4 The XP1024 su pports a max imum of six pa i[...]

18 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de iSCSI conn ec tiv it y HP Stor ageW orks D isk Arr a y XP12 8 The XP128 suppo rts a maximum of three pai rs of chan nel adapte rs that c an support up to 24 iSCSI ports. The di sk array c an support up t o 6,144 LDEVs through iSCS I. HP Stor ageW orks D isk Arr a y XP10 2 4 The XP1024 s[...]

Overview 19 Da ta integrit y HP disk ar rays provi de the hi ghest levels of data i ntegrity . This is accompli shed using RAID technologies , together with redundant ha rdware througho ut the dis k array . The followi ng hardware features allow the HP S torageW orks Disk Arr ay XP family to a chieve it s high ava ilability and data in tegri ty: ?[...]

20 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Some of the availabl e softwar e features and prod ucts that co mplement the disk ar ray hardwar e are li sted belo w: • HP S torageW orks Disk Array XP128 su pport “Phone Home” capabil ity to the multidi sciplina ry S torage T echnology Center advanced remot e diagnosti cs full s[...]

Overview 21 Summar y of fea tures T able 1. XP12 8 and XP102 4 F eature s Feat ure XP1 28 XP1 024 wit h XP1 02 4 & XP5 1 2 DKU Sup port XP1 02 4 XP1 02 4 D KU Suppor t Power Single- phase or 3-p hase Single-p hase or 3-phase DKC/DKU Single c abinet unit onl y (no e xpa nsi on) One DKC with ei ther: 1 or 2 XP1024 DKUs, and 1 to 3 XP512 DKUs One [...]

22 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de A vail able hard di sk drives 73GB 10K rpm F ibre Channel d isk drive 36GB 15K rpm F ibre Channel d isk drive 73GB 15K rpm F ibre Channel d isk drive 146GB 10K rpm Fi bre Channel d isk drive 300GB 10K rpm Fi bre Channel d isk drive 73GB 10K rpm Fibre Channel di sk drive 47GB 10K rpm Fib[...]

Overview 23 (contin ued) Max C HIP pai rs 3 2 if > 1 AC P pair insta lled 4 4 Configurat ion disk XP128-spec ific XP1024- specific XP102 4-spec ific SVP code XP128-spec ific XP1024- specific XP102 4-spec ific Hig h A vai labili ty S VP Optio nall y A vail able Opti onall y A v ailab le Opti onal ly A vaila ble RAID level RAID 1 (2D+ 2D) RAID 1 ([...]

24 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de[...]

XP128 Hardware 25 2 XP12 8 Har dw ar e[...]

26 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Gener al saf et y guidel ines Read the f ollowing saf ety guideli nes caref ully and fol low them when yo u work with t he HP S torageW orks Disk Arra y XP128 disk arra y . • Remember that the ma intenance of your machin e must be done only by trai ned and qual ified HP fie ld enginee[...]

XP128 Hardware 27 • Do not power off the sy stem unless i t is an emer gency power -of f situa tion . • Keep the f ront and r ear doors closed at all ti mes. • Keep the t ops and sides of the cabine ts clear to allo w air to flow properl y . • Do not perfor m any procedure s not described in this document. If you have any q uestions or conc[...]

28 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Ph y sical com ponen ts The HP Stor ageW orks Disk Array XP128 is a high-performanc e disk array system. I t is used to store lar ge quantit ies of data in an e ffici ent and se cure manner . Fi gu r e 1 . HP Stor age W orks Disk A rra y XP12 8 Y our disk array has the foll owing major [...]

XP128 Hardware 29 process or also collect s perfor mance data about the d isk arra y for diagnost ic test ing and analysis . T o ensure data sec urity , the SVP does not have acces s to any us er data stored on the disk array . •( Optiona l ) second service p rocessor This is availabl e for us ers with extreme hi gh availa bility requireme nts. T[...]

30 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Fi gu r e 2. The XP12 8 connections 1. The managemen t station co nnects to the XP128 by mea ns of a publ ic LAN connecti on. The XP128 has a n Ethernet connecti on to connect for this purpos e. 2. The host s erver uses a Fibre Chann el, FICON, iSCSI, or ESCON connecti on. The hardwar e[...]

XP128 Hardware 31 Cont rol panel Figure 3 and T able 2 on page 32 s how the cont rol panel and its func tions, resp ectivel y . Fi gu r e 3. Cont ro l P a nel DISA BLE ENAB LE PROC ESSING REMO TE MAI NTENA NC E EMERG ENCY UNI T EMER GENCY POWER OFF SUB- SYSTEM READY ALAR M MESSAG E RESTAR T POWER SW ENA BLE OFF ON STORA GE CL USTER 2 D C A B H G E [...]

32 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de T able 2 . Contro l or indicator functi on on control panel Item Label Indica tor Descrip tion 1 SUBSYSTEM READY LED (Green) Indicat es that channel interf ace input /outpu t operati ons are e nabled. If the LED is of f, the system is not a ccepting data. 2 SUBSYSTEM ALARM LED (Red) Ind[...]

XP128 Hardware 33 5 REMOTE MAINTENANCE PROCESSING LED (Amber) Indicat es remo te m aintenanc e acti vity . An HP s ervic e repres entative is checking your system, but the system is onli ne and acce pting data . 6 REMOTE MAINTENANCE ENABLE/DISABLE Switc h Used t o permit remote service mainte nance. Disable: No one can pr ovide maint enance Enable:[...]

34 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de 8 STORAGE CLUSTER 2 CHANNEL A-M U: UPPER L: LOWER LED (Green) Serial Channel/Fibre Channel: (1) On : Indica tes so me of the logical paths are establ ished. (2) Fast blinkin g: Indica tes t he corres ponding chann el route is execut ing the channel com mand. (Only Serial Channe l) (3) S[...]

XP128 Hardware 35 1 1 PWR SW ENABLE Sw itch Used to enable th e PWR on/of f switch. T o enable the PWR on/of f switch, turn the PWR SW ENABLE switc h to the ENABLE pos ition . If th e automa tic power on rest art featur e is not being use d, this switch should be in the DISABLE (opp osite of ENABLE ) positi on during no rmal ope ration. 12 PWR ON/P[...]

36 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Emerg ency po w er-off A switch i s provided on t he control p anel for an emer gency p owering of f. See Figur e 4 on page 3 7 . If you de tect an a bnormal soun d, smell , or smoke, powe r of f the disk subsystem by operating the UNIT EMERGENCY POWER OFF switch followi ng the pr ocedu[...]

XP128 Hardware 37 Fi gu r e 4 . Pu lling Unit Eme r gency P ow er OFF S w itch[...]

38 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Normal o per ations The disk a rray does not require user interv ention. The disk array auto maticall y repo rts any remote system inform ation messages (R-SIMs ) to your ma nagement stat ion PC runni ng HP Command V iew XP , to the intern al disk array s ervic e process or , and also t[...]

XP128 Hardware 39 P o wering do wn th e disk arra y Situati ons may a rise in the operati on of the di sk array that req uire y ou to power down t he disk ar ray . The se situati ons includ e: • Eme r gen cy po wer-off • Planned p ower-of f Emergenc y po wer -off An emer gency i s a critical situation s uch as a phy sical plant catastro phe. In[...]

40 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Caut ion Onl y a train ed HP r epr esenta tive can s hut down and p ower- off a dis k array . Shu tting down and powering off a disk array is not a cust omer activi ty . A user sh ould not attemp t to power down t he disk arr ay at an y time other t han an emer gency . When pla nning fo[...]

XP128 Hardware 41 Reco v ering from a po wer outage to t he disk arra y If AC input po wer is los t, the dis k array mai ntains its state an d recover s when power i s restored. The array cac he is backe d up by batter ies that will maintai n its state for a mini mum of 48 hou rs. This l ength of time wi ll provide coverage f or most out ages. In c[...]

42 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Automatic po wer on re start Caut ion As with all sophisti cated ele ctr onic equipment, unstable p ower during a r estart can indu ce pr oblems. Hewlet t-Packar d r ecommends automatic power on r estar t only when the power t o the disk arr ay is condi tioned t o ensur e stabili ty (fo[...]

XP128 Hardware 43 Spec ifi catio ns Some of the HP Stor ageW orks Disk Ar ray XP128 d isk arr ay speci fications are li sted in th is sec tion. For a complet e set o f environ mental s pecif ication s, refer to the HP Disk Array XP128 Site Pr ep Guide on the fo llowing mai n web site and acc ess the ap propri ate suppo rt product : http: //www .hp.[...]

44 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de A C line v oltage The foll owing AC power r ecommendat ions for th e HP S torageW orks Disk Array XP128 are for e ach power cord. Each array fr ame has tw o power cord s (with th e AC power c ord option there are four cords). In case of a failure o f the p ower source for on e cord, the[...]

XP128 Hardware 45 T able 8 (page 45) l ists th e basic AC power requ irement s for th ree-phase operation o f the XP128 DKC. T able 8. 30- Amp , 50 or 60 Hz , Three-Phase DKU Oper ation Pa r a m e t e r Nominal Rated V ol tage ( V ac) 200 208 * 22 0 23 0 24 0 380 40 0 415 Rated line current per power cord (Arms) 11 . 1 10.7 10.0 9.6 9.1 6. 0 5.5 5.[...]

46 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de We b s i t e For the m ost curr ent suppor t informa tion on the HP S torageW orks Disk Array XP128, please vi sit the following main web s ite and acces s the appropri ate suppo rt product: http: //www .hp.c om[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 47 3 XP10 2 4 H ard w are[...]

48 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Gener al saf et y guidel ines Read the f ollowing safet y guidelines carefully a nd follow them whe n you work with your XP1024 disk a rray . • Rememb er that mai ntenance of your mach ine must be done onl y by trained an d qualifi ed HP fi eld engin eers. Only a n HP service repres e[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 49 the disk sub system by pulling th e UNIT EMERGENCY POWER OFF switch on the disk subsystem . • Do not power of f the sy stem unles s it is in a n emer gency powe r-o ff state. • Keep t he front a nd rear do ors close d at all ti mes. • Keep t he tops and sides of the cabine ts clear to allo w air to f low properl y . • Do[...]

50 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Ph y sical com ponen ts The HP Disk Ar ray XP1024 is a high-pe rformance RAI D-capa ble disk array s ystem. It i s used to store lar ge quantit ies of data in an e ffi cient an d secure m anner . T able 9 . HP Storage W orks 10 2 4 Disk Arr ay Mini mum Disk Subsy st em DKU frame DKU f r[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 51 . Fi gu r e 5. HP Disk Arra y XP10 2 4 with HP Disk Arr ay XP512 DK Us The maximum HDD configuration for an XP1 024 with XP512 DKUs is 768. This is due to specifications for the 3 XP512 DKUs, which can contain a total of 256 HDDs (9 6+96+64). Mini mum Disk Subsyst em DKU frame (L2) 4th D KU DKU frame (L1) 3rd D KU DKC fram e DKU[...]

52 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de The di sk array h as the fo llowing major h ardware compo nents: • One disk c ontrol fram e (DKC) The singl e disk con trol fr ame cabi net conta ins the co ntrol pan el, connecti on hardwar e, the ser vice proce ssor , and control boards for the disk ar rays. • One to four XP1024 d[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 53 Disk cont rol fr ame The disk c ontrol fra me controls your disk array . It provides you with a control panel, powe r supplies, c ontroller b oards, and y our servi ce process or . See Figure 6 . Fi gu r e 6. Disk Contr ol F rame There is no single point of fai lure in the disk arr ay . It is designed wi th redundan t control le[...]

54 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Contro l panel The contr ol panel i s your vi ew to the di sk array . Once the disk a rray is powered on and runn ing norm ally , ther e are no u ser opera tions req uired at the cont rol panel , except i n case of a power fai lure recover y . The co ntrol panel wi ll be discus sed in f[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 55 Disk arra y frames The disk a rray frames a re where the p hysical d isk drives, t he disk gr oups, and an y dynamic spa re disk drives are locat ed. Y ou must have at least one disk arr ay frame to operate th e syste m, and you may ha ve up to a maximum of four disk arra y frames i nstalled on your syste m. If you have four d i[...]

56 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Fi gu r e 8 . XP102 4 and XP512 Disk Arr ay F rames A v ailable disk dri ves The disk array us es 3.5-i nch disk drives, a nd a vari ety of d isk capacit ies are availa ble. Ask your HP service represen tative a bout curr ently avai lable disk dri ves. Any of t he disk driv es in your d[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 57 RA ID options Any of y our sp are disk drives can back up an y other disk drive of the same or lesser capacity (and equal rotational speed), in any DKU frame, even if the fai led disk and t he spare disk are i n dif ferent ar ray domai ns, whether you are u sing RAID1 or RAI D5 array gr oups. XP512 DKU Supported disk drives must[...]

58 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de T able 10. Conn ectio ns to the XP10 2 4 Disk Arr a y The speci fic hardwa re requir ements for your man agement c onsole PC, suc h as the r equired p rocessor speed, storag e capac ity , and m emory , va ry dependin g on the opt ional sof tware tha t you use a nd the number of disk arr[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 59 Cont rol panel Figure 10 and T a ble 1 1 on page 60 sho w the co ntrol pan el and it s functi ons, resp ectivel y . Fi gu r e 1 0 . Con tr ol p anel DISABLE ENABLE PRO CESSI NG REMOTE MAINTENA NC E EMERGENC Y UNIT EMERGENC Y POWER OFF SUB-SYST EM READY ALARM MESSAGE RESTAR T POW ER SW ENABL E OFF ON STORA GE CLUST ER 2 D C A B H[...]

60 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de T able 11. Contr ol pan el functi ons Ite m Label Indicator Descriptio n 1 SUBSYSTEM READY LED (Green ) Indicat es that inpu t/output operation on the channe l interf ace is en abled. If the LED is of f, the system is not a ccepting d ata. 2 SUBSYSTEM ALARM LED (Red) Indicat es DC under[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 61 6 REMOTE MAINTENANCE ENABLE/DISABLE Switch Used to permit remote servi ce main tenanc e. Disable: No one can provi de maintena nce Enable: HP ser vice r epres ent ative can provi de mainte nance. 7 STORAGE CLUSTER 1 CHANNEL A-R ENABLE LED (Green ) Serial Ch annel/Fibre Channel: (1) O n: Ind icate s some o f the l ogi cal pa ths [...]

62 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de 9 BS ON LED (Y ello w) When the LED is on, uni t is plug ged in and r eceiving power f rom the pri mary AC outle t. The SVP is receivi ng power fr om the ou tlet. If BS is off, then the disk arra y is not r eceivin g power from the p rimary AC outlet. Check the el ectrica l outlets in y[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 63 14 PWR ON/PWR OFF REMOTE/LOCAL Switch Determine s how the di sk array is p owered on or of f. REMOTE: Di sk array is powered o n/of f by the instruc tions of the host p ower contro l interfa ce (mainfra me only) . LOCAL: Disk ar ray is powe red on/of f by the P WR ON/PWR OFF switch, 15 LED TEST/CHK RESET Switch LED TEST positi o[...]

64 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Emerg ency po w er-off A switch i s provided on t he operat or panel on the fro nt side of th e disk control frame (DKC) f or turni ng power of f in an emer gency . If you en counter a ny abnor mality suc h as an abno rmal sou nd, smell, or smoke, p ower of f the disk s ubsystem by oper[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 65 Fi gu r e 1 1 . Pu lling Un it Eme rge ncy P ow er OFF S witc h[...]

66 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Normal o per ations The disk a rray does not require interven tion fro m the user . The di sk array report s any rem ote syste m infor mation mes sages (R- SIMs) to your manageme nt console PC running HP Com mand V iew XP . The internal dis k array s ervice pr ocesso r also se nds the r[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 67 P o wering do wn th e disk arra y Situati ons may a rise in the operati on of the di sk array that req uire the user to pow er down the di sk arr ay . Thes e si tuation s incl ude: • Eme r gen cy po wer-off • Planned p ower-of f Emergenc y po wer -off An emer gency i s a critical situation s uch as a phy sical plant catastro[...]

68 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de P lanned po wer- off There may be times when a site powe r outage i s planned, such as to make alterati ons to th e data cent er , do inspecti ons, or to a llow work by the electr ic compa ny . If a sc hedule d power outa ge af fects an HP Disk Array XP1024, the power down of the disk a[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 69 Reco v ering from a po wer outage to t he disk arra y If a power outag e to the a rray occurs, the disk a rray will mainta in its s tate and reco ver when power is rest ored. The ar ray cache is backed up by batter ies that will main tain its state f or a min imum of 48 hours. This length of time wi ll provide c overage f or mos[...]

70 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Manual restart of the disk arr a y after po wer is rest ored Caut ion Be for e re storing p ower to the disk arra y , HP r ecommends that an electr ician che ck the inp ut power to ensur e it is stab le and cle an. Y ou may call a tr ained HP rep resentative or you may us e the follo wi[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 71 Automatic po wer on re start Caut ion As with all sophisti cated ele ctr onic equipment, unstable p ower condit ions during a r estart can ind uce pr oblems. HP r ecommends automatic power on r estart only when power to th e disk arr ay is condi tioned t o ensur e it is stable, such as by u sing a UPS. If your sit e does not hav[...]

72 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Spec ifi catio ns Some of the XP1024 di sk array s pecific ations are l isted in th is sec tion. Refer to th e HP Disk Arra y XP1024 Site Prep Guide on th e XP1024 web site at on the fo llowing m ain web site a nd acce ss the app ropriate pr oduct for a co mplete s et of XP1024 specific[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 73 A C line v oltage requir ements for t h e H P D is k A rray X P1 024 ( D KC) T able 15 (page 73) li sts the b asic AC po wer req uiremen ts for a 40-am p, single- phase XP1024 DKC. T able 16 (page 73) li sts the b asic AC po wer req uiremen ts for a 30-am p, single-pha se, XP1024 DKC. T able 15. 40- Amp , 50 or 6 0 Hz , Single -[...]

74 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de T able 17 (page 74) li sts the b asic AC p ower req uirem ents for a 30-am p, three-phas e XP1024 DKC. T able 17 . 30 -Amp , 5 0 or 60 Hz , Three-Phase DK C Oper ation Pa r a m e t e r Nominal Rated V ol tage ( V ac) 200 208 1 22 0 230 24 0 38 0 400 415 Rated line current per power cord[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 75 A C line v oltage requi rements f or the HP Disk Ar ra y XP102 4 (DKU) T able 18 (page 75) li sts the b asic AC po wer req uiremen ts for a 50-am p, single-pha se, XP1024 DKU. T able 19 (page 75) li sts the b asic AC po wer req uiremen ts for a 30-am p, single-pha se XP1024 DKU. T able 18. 5 0 -Amp, 5 0 or 60 Hz , Single -Phase [...]

76 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de T able 20 (page 76) li sts the b asic AC p ower req uirem ents for a 60-am p, three-phas e XP1024 R1 DKU. T able 21 (page 76) li sts the b asic AC p ower req uiremen ts for 60-amp, three-phas e, R2, L1, and L2 XP1024 DKUs. Unlike th e first DKU (R1), DKUs R2, L1, and L2 do not provide A[...]

XP1024 Hardwar e 77 T able 22 (page 77) li sts the b asic AC po wer req uiremen ts for a 30-am p, three-phase XP1 024 DKU. If you intend to use HP Disk Array XP512 DKUs with your HP XP1024 Disk Array , see the HP S torageW orks Disk Array XP5 12 Site Pr eparation Guide for power requirements infor mation for these DKUs. T able 22 . 30- Amp , 5 0 or[...]

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Optional software produ cts 79 4 Optional soft war e pr oduc ts Several optional H P software packages a re avail able to incr ease your data accessi bility and enable continuous access t o user dat a on the di sk array . This chap ter descr ibes how t hese opti onal software applicat ions can hel p you ru n your disk array sys tem. Before insta ll[...]

80 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de XP ar ra y ma nageme nt HP Stor age W orks Command View XP Command V iew XP provides a com mon managemen t platform f or the XP family of disk array s. The Command V iew management statio n enables you to m anage multipl e XP arrays, eve n globally di stributed a rrays, from one co nsol[...]

Optional software produ cts 81 Storage m anage ment and L UN securit y HP Stor age W orks L UN Configur ation and Security Manag er XP LUN Configur ation Man ager allows y ou to crea te, define, an d configur e LUNs on your d isk arra y . LUN Configura tion Manager comes with three applica tions th at are exe cuted from S torage W orks Command V ie[...]

82 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de R emot e and local data r epl icati on Continuou s Access XP , Continuous Acc ess Extension XP , and Business Copy XP are v aluable t ools for cre ating cop ies of data f or test ing, backup, and disa ster rec overy . HP Stor age W orks Continuous Access XP Continuou s Access al lows yo[...]

Optional software produ cts 83 F ailo v er and loa d balanc in g HP Stor age W orks Auto P ath XP Using Auto Path XP , you can en able W indows NT serv er I/O path f ailover and load bal ancin g control for du al path connection s. Y ou can confi gure up to eig ht multi ple p aths per L UN that will pr ovide automa tic an d tra nsparen t failov er [...]

84 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de P e rf or manc e ma nagement HP Stor age W orks Cach e L UN XP Cache LUN XP enable s you to reser ve disk arra y cache memor y for storing high-us e data, gre atly inc reasing acce ss speed t o that data. HP St orage W orks Auto L UN XP Auto LUN XP provide s monito ring and disk usage a[...]

Optional software produ cts 85 HP St orage W orks Applic ation P olic y Manager XP HP S torageW orks Appli cation Poli cy Manage r XP is a perfo rmance alloca tion and mana gement t ool for XP d isk arra ys. It lets you alloca te storage performan ce resour ces to host s by means of polici es you defi ne. It ensu res th at critic al busines s proce[...]

86 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Netw ork manage ment pr od ucts HP OpenVie w SP I f or XP Disk Ar ra ys HP OpenV iew SPI for XP Disk Arrays establishes a n agent that monitors XP disk a rrays, pr ovides a co rrelati on of eve nts on t he disk a rrays, a nd then forwards those eve nts to th e OpenV iew Oper ations m an[...]

Optional software produ cts 87 Mainfram e s olu tions HP Stor age W orks Resour ce Manager XP HP S torageW orks Res ource Man ager XP al lows you to share data store d on the di sk arr ay wi th main fram e syst ems a nd op en syst em se rvers . Thi s can reduce a nd optim ize your s torage mai ntenance a nd manageme nt overhea d. HP S torageW orks [...]

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Troubleshooting 89 5 T roubleshooting This cha pter expl ains the monitor ing and re porting c apabiliti es and the flow of troub leshooti ng used on th e HP Sto rageW orks Disk Arra y family of disk array s.[...]

90 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Monitoring an d repor tin g The disk a rray gene rates se rvice inf ormation me ssages (SIMs) to i dentify normal operati ons, servi ce requir ements , and fail ures. SIM s can be generat ed on the di sk array by the CHI P (Cli ent Host I nterface Processor ) and ACP (A rray Control Pro[...]

Troubleshooting 91 T r ouble shoot ing flo w diag ram When the syste m encounter s trouble , it will re port the trouble to t he HP S torage T echnology Cente r . If a f ailure o ccurs in the disk array , it is d etected and report ed to the syst em log, the SIM log, and t he HP St orage T echnology Center . Fig ure 12 is a flow dia gram tha t expl[...]

92 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de Fi gu r e 1 2. Err or Dete cti on and R eporting Failure SSB SIM Stress Free Cen tral SIM Log SSB Log SSB SIM RC 1 2 4 3 HP Stora ge Techno logy C enter[...]

Regulatory statements 93 6 Regu la tor y st ate m en ts The foll owing regul atory st atements a pply to the HP Di sk Array XP128 and XP1024.[...]

94 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de FCC EMC Sta temen t (USA) This equi pment has be en teste d and found t o comply with the lim its for a Class A di gital devic e, pursuant t o Part 15 of th e FCC rules. T hese limits are desi gned to pr ovide reasona ble prot ection aga inst har mful inte rference when t he equipment i[...]

Regulatory statements 95 IE C Sta temen t ( W orldwide) This is a Class A pro duct. In a domestic en vironmen t this produ ct may cause ra dio inte rferen ce, in which c ase the user may be required to tak e adequ ate meas ures.[...]

96 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de EMC St atemen t (Canada) This Clas s A digita l apparat us meets al l requi rements of the Canadia n Interf erence-Ca using Equi pment Regulat ions. Cet appar eil numéri que de la Classe A respecte toutes l es exigenc es du Règleme nt sur le matériel brouill eur du Canad a.[...]

Regulatory statements 97 Spéc ifi catio n A TI C la sse A (France) DECLARA TIO N D'INST ALLA TION ET DE MISE EN EXPLOIT A TION d'un ma tériel d e traitement de l'inf ormation ( A TI), classé A en fonction de s niveaux d e perturb ations radi oélectriqu es émis, définis dans la nor me européen ne EN 55022 concernant l a Compati[...]

98 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de V CCI E MC Sta tement (Ja pan)[...]

Regulatory statements 99 BSM I EMC Statem ent ( T aiw an)[...]

100 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de RRL EMC Stat ement ( K or ea )[...]

Regulatory statements 101 Harmonic s Conformance (J apan)[...]

102 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de German Noise D ec lara tion XP128: Schalldruckpeg el Lp = 56 d B(A) XP1024: Schalldruckp egel Lp = 64 dB(A) Am Arb eits pla tz (op erat or po siti on) Normaler B etrieb (norm al operation) Nach ISO 7779:19 88 / EN 27779:1991 (T ypprüfung)[...]

Regulatory statements 103 Laser S af ety When equi pped with n ative Fib re Channel adapters or iSCSI ada pters, th is product contains a laser i nternal to the Opti cal Link Module (OLM ) contain ed on the 4- port Fibr e Channel Ada pter boar d and 4-por t FICON board , the 8-port Fibre Ch annel Adapter board and 8- port FICON boa rd, and the 4 -p[...]

104 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de XP1 2 8 Dec l aration of C onfor mit y[...]

Regulatory statements 105 XP1 0 2 4 Dec l aratio n of Conformit y[...]

106 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de[...]

Glossary 107 Gl os sa ry ACP Array con trol proc essor . The ACP han dles th e passing of data betwe en the cache and the physical drives held in the DKUs. ACPs work in pairs, providing a total of eight SCSI buse s. Each SC SI bus asso ciated with o ne ACP is pai red with a SCSI bus on the other ACP pair element . In the eve nt of an ACP fa ilure, [...]

108 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de BTU Brit ish th ermal u nit. <Symbol font>× C Degrees cen tigr ade/C elsi us. C-T r ack The HP S torageW orks Continuou s T rack XP so ftware progr am, which detect s interna l hardwar e componen t problems on a disk ar ray and auto matical ly repor ts th em to the HP STC. CA Th[...]

Glossary 109 channel pr ocessor (CH P) The proce ssors located o n the channe l adap ter (CHA) . CHPID Channel path ide ntifier . CKD Coun t ke y da ta. CL Cluster . command device A volume on the dis k array t hat accepts CA o r BC control ope rations which are the n executed by the d isk arra y . configur ation file A file that defi nes the pa ir[...]

110 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Guide disk adapt er (DKA) Synonymou s with the te rm ACP . disk cont rol frame (DK C) The disk c ontrol fra me (DKC) refer s to the array hardware t hat houses the chann el adapters and service process or (SVP) . disk arra y frame (DK U) The di sk arra y frame (DKU) r efers t o the a rray h a[...]

Glossary 111 EOF End of fi eld. EPO Emer gency power -off. EREP Error r eporting. ESA Ente rprise Syst ems Ar chite ctu re. ESCON Ente rprise Syst em Conn ectio n (the IBM tr adema rk for op tica l cha nnels). expanded LUN A LUN is nor mally ass ociated with o nly a s ingle LDEV . Th e LUSE featur e allow s a LUN to be assoc iat ed wi th 1 to 36 LD[...]

112 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de FWD Fast wide dif ferential . fx The I RIX disk util ity . GB Gigabyte s. GLM Gigabyte link mod ule. HA High avai lability . HBA Host bus adapter . HCD Hardware c onfigurati on definiti on. HORCM_CMD A section of the RAID Mana ger instan ce configurat ion file that de fines the disk de[...]

Glossary 113 in. Inc hes. I/O Input/outp ut (ap plies to an oper ation or device). IOC P Input/o utput conf igurati on program insta nce An independent copy of RAID Mana ger . Instanc es are lo cal or re mote and can run o n the sa me host. JCL Job contr ol langua ge. KB Kilob yte. kcal Kilocalorie. kg Kilogra m. km Kilom eter . kV A Ki lovolt-a mp[...]

114 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de LRU Least r ecently us ed. LU Logic al unit. LUN Logical unit number . A LUN results from m apping a SCSI logical unit number , port ID, and LDEV ID t o a RAID group. Th e size of the LUN is determ ined by the emul ation mode of the LDEV , and the numbe r of LDEVs associa ted with t he[...]

Glossary 115 node Logic ally spea king, an env ironment w here ins tances can be executed. Physical ly , a p rocessor , which is an ele ment of a cluster sy stem. NVS Nonvolati le storage . OFC Open Fibre Control. OLM Optica l link module. ORM Online read m argin. OS Oper ating syste m. P/DAS PPRC/dynam ic address switching. PA Physical address. pa[...]

116 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de PS Power s upply . P-V OL The primar y or main volum e that cont ains the d ata to be copied. RS Rus sellsto ll ® , a brand of ele ctrical pl ugs and rec eptacles manufactur ed by Thomas & Betts Corporation. RAID Redundant array of inexpen sive disks. RAID group See “arr ay grou[...]

Glossary 117 seq. S eque ntial. SGI Silicon Graphics I ncorpora ted. shell s cript A command seque nce executed b y a UNIX she ll. Sidefile A n area of cache use d to store the data sequen ce number , record locat ion, record l ength , and queued c ontrol i nformat ion befor e transmi t over the ESCON link. SIM Servi ce infor mation me ssage. SMI-S[...]

118 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de TSO T ime- sharing op tion (an IB M System/ 370 operat ing syste m option). UCB Unit contro l block. UL Under write rs’ Lab orato ries. VDE V erband Deuts cher Elektro techniker . VM V irtua l machine ( an IBM S/3 90 system control program) . VOL I D Vo l u m e I D . vols er V olume [...]

Index 119 Inde x A audience intend ed 7 author ized r eselle r , HP 10 C connecti vity ESCON connectivi ty 17 Fibre Cha nnel connecti vity 16 conventi ons documen tation 8 core s oluti ons Cache LUN XP 84 D data integri ty hard ware fe ature s 19 softwa re and soluti on int egrat ion 20 softwar e featur es/products 20 support 20 disast er recove ry[...]

120 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de environ menta l spec ificat ions AC line volta ge 44 humidi ty 43 , 72 mecha nical vibr ation 43 temper ature 43 , 72 EPO switch 67 F failo ver & load bal anc ing Auto LUN XP 84 Auto Path XP 83 H hard ware avail abl e disk driv es 56 disk ar ray fram es 52 , 55 disk c ontro l fr am[...]

Index 121 optiona l soft ware Auto LUN XP 84 Auto Path XP 83 Business Copy XP 82 Cache LUN XP 84 Command View XP 80 Continuou s Access Extens ion XP 82 Continuous Acc ess XP 82 Data Excha nge XP 87 OpenView/ITO SPI 86 Resource Manager XP 87 Secure Mana ger XP 81 P physica l components disk ar ray fram es 55 disk c ontro l fr ame 30 , 53 , 54 emerge[...]

122 HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays XP 128/XP1024: Owner’s Gui de W warnings high voltag e power 27 , 49 web-base d console HP StorageWorks E Command View XP 80 X XP1024 seco nd service processo r 52 support for 7 XP128 seco nd service processo r 29 support for 7 XP48 disk a rray saf ety 26 XP512 DKU Diagram 56[...]