HP (Hewlett-Packard) P6000 manual

HP P6 000 C ontr ol P anel Us er Gui de Abstract This doc ument descr ibes the use of the HP P6 000 Contr ol P anel and is intended f or user s and administr ators inv olved in the installati on, oper ation and management of HP P6 000 EV A storage s yste ms. HP P art Number: T5 4 9 4 -9 660 1 P ublished: Septembe r 20 1 3 E dition: 1 1[...]

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C onten ts 1 Intr oducti on...............................................................................................4 What's ne w.............................................................................................................................4 2 W orking w ith a Con tro l P anel................................................[...]

1 Intr odu cti on What's ne w HP P6000 C ontr ol P anel v ersi on 2 .8 includes the f ollo w ing new or updat ed featur es compar ed to v ersi on 2 .7 . • HP P6000 Command Vie w suppor t . HP P6 000 Contr ol P anel adds su pport for v ersi on 1 0.3 of ar r ay-ba sed HP P6 000 Command V ie w . 4 Intr oduction[...]

2 W or king w ith a C ontr ol P anel C ontr ol P anel featur es The HP P6000 C ontr ol P anel is pr imaril y intended f or use b y stor age sy stem administr ators and serv ice per sonnel . When y ou log in as a st or age administr ator , the Administr ator options , Servi ce options , and User opti ons are a vailable . When y ou log in as a user ,[...]

Inte rface q uic k tour 1 . Management opti ons pane 2 . S ystem s tatus pane 3 . Content pane 4. Sessi on pane Managem ent options pane ( 1 ) . The manageme nt options pane dis play s administr ator options , serv ice opti ons , and user opti ons . S ystem status pane ( 2) . The s ys tem st atus pane displa ys a summary of oper ational st ates f o[...]

5 . Open a te xt file and past e the data . Ex ample Selec ting te xt on the V ie w Message L ogs page. C onf igur ing access t o HP P6 000 Co mmand V ie w (filt er list) Y ou can contr ol whi ch s erver s are allo wed to acce ss the arr ay-based ins tance of HP P6 000 Command V ie w on this st or age s yst em . This is done b y cr eating and enabl[...]

Considerations • Y ou must be logged in a s a stor age administr ator to see and ac t on the alert mess ages . Procedur e 1 . Re vi ew the mes sage and alter nativ e actions . 2 . Cli ck Y es or No as appr opri ate . Ex ample C onnec ting to the managemen t module (initial s etup) This t opi c addr esses initi ally s etting the HP P6000 E V A sto[...]

Procedur e when on a public network (initial setup) Use this pr ocedure w hen the HP P6000 EV A management module is connec ted thr ough a public netw ork . IMPORT ANT: When y our LAN is par t of a publi c net w ork , HP recommends that y ou tempor aril y disconnec t fr om the public netw ork w hile per f orming this pr ocedure . 1 . If cur r ently[...]

IMPORT ANT: T he ne w IP addre ss will be lo st if the st or age sy stem is later uniniti ali z ed or the HP P6000 manage ment module is r eset . 8. R emo ve the LAN cable to the pr iv ate networ k or laptop and r econnect the cable t o the public netw ork . 9 . F rom a co mputer o n the public ne twor k, br ow se to https://new IP address:2373 and[...]

6 . F rom a co mputer on the pr iv ate netw ork, br ow se to https://new IP address:2373 and log in . The HP P6 000 Contr ol P anel GUI appear s. Enabling disk de v ice ports When the s tor age sy stem detec ts cer tain de vi ce err ors on a loop pair , the de v ice ports ar e auto maticall y disabled and the oper ational s tate is changed . Consid[...]

IMPORT ANT: HP r ecommends that y ou sa ve log s f iles that might be needed f or tr oubleshooting be for e perfo rming the r eset st ep . Log f iles can be sa ved v ia the Captur e S y stem Info rmati on option on the Se rver Opti ons page in HP P6 000 Command V ie w . • Y ou will need t o access the bac k of the stor age sy stem . The LAN cable[...]

IMPORT ANT: HP r ecommends that yo u change or de lete the def ault IPv4 and I Pv6 addr esse s to a vo id duplicat e addr ess de tecti on issue s in y our netw ork . HP r ecommends that you c hange the default pa ss wor ds. If y ou change the pass w or d fo r the stor age administr ator or stor age user acco unt f or the HP P6000 C ontr ol P anel ,[...]

5 . Cli ck Sa ve Changes . The IP addr ess change s immediatel y , causing y ou to lose connec tiv it y to the Con tr ol P anel . The ne w IP addre ss is st or ed and remains in e ffec t , ev en w hen the stor age s y stem is sh ut dow n or r estarted . IMPORT ANT: T he ne w IP addre ss will be lo st if the st or age sy stem is later uniniti ali z [...]

Setting con tr oller po w er on beha v io r The co ntr oller po w er on beha vio r is set b y the Contr oller P o wer Opti on . B y def ault , the option is disabled and the con tr ollers ar e not automati cally started w hen the HP P6000 management module is po wer ed on or r est arted. W hen the optio n is enabled , the contr ollers ar e auto mat[...]

In HP P6000 C ommand Vie w , the r elev ant online help pr ocedur es ar e: Accessing pas sw ord pr otected st or age sy stems , Enabling manageme nt of a pas s w or d-prot ected s tor age sy stem , and Updating sto r age s y stem pas sw ords . Procedur e 1 . Select A dministrator Options > Configure A dministrat or login options . T he Administr[...]

• Y ou must f irst obtain the ne w HP P6000 manage ment module so f tw ar e f ile fr om HP . • Y ou must be logged in a s a stor age administr ator . • HP r ecommends that yo u r ead an y note s on page 2 of the inst allation w i z ar d bef or e you conf irm the ins tallatio n. • If both the contr oller so f tw ar e and the HP P6 000 manage[...]

3 S tor age s y ste m concepts C ontr ollers HP P6000 E V A stor age sy stems con tain a redundant pair o f disk arr ay con tr ollers that manage stor age s y stem oper ation and s erve as the ph y sical int erface to the S AN. All ho st I/O and management commands f rom HP P6 000 Command V ie w are pr ocessed b y the contr oller pair . Mor e infor[...]

Disk de vi ce ports Disk de v ice ports ar e the HP P6000 EV A stor age sy stem ports that logicall y and phy sicall y connect the inter nal contr ollers w ith the ph ysical disk e nclo sures . Dev ice port connector s and cables ar e located on the bac k of each contr oller . Mor e info rmati on is a vaila ble in HP P6000 u ser gui des . See r ela[...]

multiple HP P6 000 EV A stor age s y stems . The serv er on w hich HP P6 000 Command V ie w is installed is called a stor age management se rver . HP Managemen t Integr ation F r ame w or k so ft w ar e HP Management In tegr ation F rame wor k softwar e pro v ides s tor age -relat ed sec urity featur es and use r interf ace capab ilities and is inc[...]

Mor e infor mation o n initiali z ation and uninitiali z ation is in the HP P6 000 Command V ie w User Guide . See r elated inf ormatio n . Inte r net Pr otoco l conf igur atio ns • IP addr ess es on the Detailed Netw ork Optio ns page ar e spec ified u sing standard IPv4 or IPv6 fo rmats . • IP addr ess es on the C onf igure C lient F ilter fo[...]

• Er ase s all log file s that ar e stor ed on the management module . • Sets the C ontro ller P o wer Opti on to disa bled . See also C ontr oller po wer on be hav ior . The ambe r indicato r on the top r ight corne r of the LAN connector (Ether net jac k) w ill flash dur ing the r eset , w hic h may tak e up to 2 minute s. W hen the r eset op[...]

Oper atio nal st ates Description Icon Good . The de vice is ope rating n ormall y . Attention . The de vice is not ope rating n ormall y and may fail . Or , the dev ice is in a transiti onal state that is not one of its stead y states . Failed . T he devi ce has failed. Unknow n . The oper ational state o f the devi ce is unknow n. P ass w or ds I[...]

1 0.0. 0. 0 - 1 0.25 5 .2 5 5 .2 5 5 1 7 2 . 1 6. 0.0 - 1 7 2 .3 1 .2 5 5.2 5 5 1 92 . 1 68. 0. 0 - 1 92 . 1 68.2 5 5.2 5 5 See also Manage ment module IP addr esses . W or ld W ide Name (WWN) A W orld W ide Node Name (WWN) is a globally uni que 64 -bit iden tifi er assigned to eac h dev ice in a F ibre C hannel stor age area netw ork . WWNs ar e t[...]

4 Suppo r t and othe r r esour ces R elease his tory HP P6000 C ontr ol P anel r eleases: New featur es V ersion Release See What's Ne w 2 .8 20 1 3 (Sep) • HP P6000 Command Vie w suppor t . HP P6000 C ontrol P anel adds support for v ersi on 1 0.2 of arr ay-based HP P6000 C ommand Vie w . 2 .7 20 1 2 (Oct) • HP P6000 Command Vie w suppor [...]

New featur es V ersion Release Management Integration Frame work software compatibility . The HP EV A WOCP is compatible w ith HP Management Int egrati on Fr amew ork softwar e . • • HP Command Vie w EV A access filter . Spec ify the I P addr esse s of comput ers that ar e allow ed to access arr ay-based HP C ommand Vi ew EV A. See Conf iguring[...]

http://www .hp .com/support/manuals • F or most r elated doc umentation , nav igate to the Stor ag e sec tion , select a s torage cat egory (Sto r age Softw ar e and produc t . W ebsites • HP .com http://www .hp .com • HP stor age http://www .hp .com/go/stor age • HP manuals http://www .hp .com/support/manuals • HP do wnload dr i ve rs an[...]

Glos sar y This glo ssary pro vi des the spelled-out f orm of tec hnical abbr ev iations and ac ro n yms fo und in this doc ument . The glos sar y does no t include de f initions o f ter ms. T o find def initions and detailed e xplanations of t erms and concepts , use the sear ch f eatur e, table of co nten ts or inde x . ABM Ar r ay Bas ed Managem[...]

Inde x A automati c loop reco very polic y , setting, 1 4 C contr ol panel accessing , 6 featur es, 5 interf ace quic k tour , 6 contr oller po we r on beha vi or , setting, 1 5 contr ollers po w er -on behav ior , 1 8 types , 1 8 c usto mer self r epair , 2 7 D dev ice loop pairs , 1 9 dev ice ports, 1 9 doc umentati on pr ov iding f eedback , 2 6[...]