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Copyright 2007 Emulex Corporation. All rights reserved worldwide. No part of this document may be reproduced by any means nor translated to any electronic medium without the written consent of Emulex Corporation. Information furnished by Emulex Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Emulex Corporation for its use; or for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of Emulex Corporation. Emulex, AutoPilot Installer, BlockGuard, cLAN, FabricStream, FibreSpy, Giganet, HBAnyware, InSpeed, IntraLink, LightPulse, MultiPulse, SAN Insite, SBOD and Vixel are registered trademarks, and AutoPilot Manager, EZPilot, SLI and VMPilot are trademarks of Emulex Corporation. All other brand or product names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. Emulex provides this manual "as is" without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Emulex Corporation may make improvements and changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without any notice. Emulex Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result. Periodic changes are made to information contained herein; although these changes will be incorporated into new editions of this manual, Emulex Corporation disclaims any undertaking to give notice of such changes.
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Using the Switch Mgmt. Tab ............................................................................ 35 Changing the Switchs IP Address................................................................... 35 Managing Storage Devices .................................................................................... 37 The Storage Management tabs ................................................................. 37 Viewing General Storage Information .............................................................. 37 Viewing a Controllers Port Information ..................................................... 38 Viewing a Ports Attached Logical Drive Information ................................. 39 Working with Logical Drives ............................................................................ 39 Viewing Logical Drive Details .................................................................... 40 Renaming a Logical Drive ......................................................................... 41 Expanding a Logical Drive......................................................................... 42 Deleting a Logical Drive ............................................................................ 43 Assigning a Logical Drive to a Host........................................................... 43 Adding a Logical Drive .............................................................................. 45 Viewing Physical Disk Information................................................................... 49
Troubleshooting....................................................................................50
Introduction............................................................................................................ 50 EZPilot Manager Cannot See Other HBAs or Hosts ........................................ 50 Cannot See New LUNs (Windows).................................................................. 50 Cannot See New LUNs or Targets (Linux) ....................................................... 51
Appendix................................................................................................52
Introduction............................................................................................................ 52 Adding a Second Switch.................................................................................. 52 Adding a Second Disk Shelf ............................................................................ 52 Adding New Disks to a New Disk Group ................................................... 52 Adding New Disks to the Existing Default Disk Group............................... 53
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Installing EZPilot
Introduction
EZPilot from Emulex enables you to configure your Storage Area Network (SAN). This section describes how to: Install EZPilot for a Windows EVA management server. Install EZPilot for a Windows non-management server. Install the Emulex Linux driver and utilities for a Linux non-management server.
Prerequisites
Operating System Requirements
For Windows Management and Non-Management Servers: x86 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 x64 Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2
For Linux Non-Management Servers: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (latest update) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (latest service pack) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (latest service pack)
Hardware Requirements
Note: All servers must boot from a local disk. SAN boot is not supported by EZPilot.
Additional non-management servers may be added if additional switch port licenses are purchased. Contact your HP representative for more information.
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Additional non-management servers may be added if additional switch port licenses are purchased. Contact your HP representative for more information.
Terminology
The following Emulex and HP terms differ: The EZPilot GUI and documentation refer to LUNs (Logical Unit Numbers) as logical drives. Logical drives are synonymous with HPs terms virtual disk or VDisks. The Emulex phrase Assigning a host is synonymous with HPs phrase Presenting a host.
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Prerequisites
If older versions of Emulex, Brocade or HP StorageWorks software were previously installed on the system you must remove them. Use the Windows Add/Remove Programs feature to remove the software. If you are prompted to reinstall the Emulex HBA driver during EZPilot installation, click Yes. To automatically obtain network settings for the switch during EZPilot installation, you must have a DHCP server setup on the IP network and a switch with DHCP support that is enabled. Otherwise, you must have an IP address available to assign to the switch and know the gateway address and subnet mask.
Procedure
To create a management server: 1. Install the HBA(s) in the system. Refer to the HBAs Installation Manual for instructions.
Caution: Do not install the driver from the CD that shipped with the HBA. EZPilot will install the necessary driver automatically.
2. Insert the EZPilot CD into the systems CD-ROM drive. The EZPilot Installer verification window appears. The window closes automatically when the file verification process is complete.
Note: Verification may take several minutes.
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4. Check HP EVA Management Server and click Install. The SAN Host box is checked by default.
Note: If a recent version of the Java Runtime Environment is not already installed, EZPilot will install it as depicted in Figure 2. This option cannot be unchecked; it is required for the management server.
5. The License Agreement dialog boxes appear. Check I agree to these terms and conditions and click Next for each dialog box. The EZPilot EVA Operation in Progress dialog box appears. The dialog box closes when the necessary files are copied to the system. The Welcome to EZPilot SAN Setup Wizard dialog box appears.
6. Click Next to perform SAN setup. 7. The EZPilot SAN Setup Prerequisites dialog box appears. Ensure all prerequisites are met and click Next. The HP EVA driver, Emulex HBA driver and HP MPIO DSM are installed. HPs StorageWorks Command View EVA Software Suite installation begins.
Note: This installation will take several minutes.
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8. The EZPilot EVA Setup License dialog box appears enabling you to install a Command View license. The license is obtained from the HP Webware password center. You may install a license now or later. Emulex recommends that you install the license now. It will simplify using EZPilot Manager. To obtain a Command View License: a. From the EZPilot EVA Setup License dialog box, check Install a license now. b. Select the WWN value and press Ctrl-C to copy it for use in step d. c. Double-click the http://webware.hp.com link on the EZPilot EVA Setup License dialog box. The HP Password Delivery Service page appears in a Web browser.
Note: If the server does not have internet access, enter the URL into an Internet browser on a computer with internet access and follow these instructions.
d. Enter your HP order number at the web site. Follow the instructions in the HP StorageWorks EVA4100 SAN Starter Kit quick installation guide. To type the WWN, press Ctrl-V to paste the WWN you copied previously. Using the paste method ensures there are no typing mistakes. However, you may also manually type in the WWN.
Note: The WWN is also displayed on the operator control panel of the EVA. This enables you to obtain the license before installing EZPilot. Make sure you type the WWN exactly as shown, including the dashes.
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e. The License/Password certificate page of the HP Webware site includes a link to save the license key/password file. Click on the link to save the file. Make sure you remember the name and path you assign to the file. Do not change the files .dat extension. f. Exit the browser. If you are not accessing the Web site from the management server, copy the file to the management server or place it on a network share that is accessible from the management server. g. Click Next in the EZPilot EVA Setup License dialog box. The Open License Password File dialog box appears. h. Navigate to the license password file you saved and click Open. To install a Command View License later: a. From the EZPilot EVA Setup License dialog box, check Defer license installation and click Next. If you choose this option you can create logical drives for 180 days. After 180 days you can no longer create logical drives without installing a license.
9. The EZPilot EVA Setup - Configure Enterprise Virtual Array dialog box appears. Enter the array name as you want it to appear on the front panel of the two array controllers. The array name may contain a maximum of twenty characters. The Number of disk drives field displays the number of disk drives discovered in the EVA. The Spare Policy feature enables you to set aside storage space in case a disk drive fails. You can choose to set aside no space or to set aside enough space to save data from one or two failed drives.
Note: When you set aside space for failed drives, you are reducing the space available for storage.
Uncheck Permit <account name> Windows account to log on to Command View EVA if you don't want to allow your account to log on to Command View EVA. This does not affect the ability
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to use EZPilot Manager. See the Command View EVA documentation for the steps necessary to grant permission to another account.
Note: The check box label in Figure 5 displays your account name. In the example, the standard Windows Administrator account is being used to install EZPilot. The Command View password will be the same password as the Windows Administrator account.
After making your selections, click Next. The EVA is initialized and the VDS provider is installed.
Note: This process may take a minute.
Figure 6: The EZPilot Switch Setup dialog box (Single switch configuration. DHCP supported and enabled)
10. If you have not previously configured a switch, the EZPilot Switch Setup dialog box appears. Enter the switch's name, IP address, subnet mask and gateway address. If DHCP is supported and enabled, you can check Obtain network settings automatically. Click Next.
Note: Configuring the switchs network settings may take a minute.
11. If there is another switch to configure, click Next Switch when prompted and enter the switch's name, IP address, subnet mask and gateway address. 12. You are notified when the switches are configured. Click Continue. 13. The Installing HP MPIO screen appears. When the installation is complete, you are prompted to restart Windows. Click OK. After Windows is restarted, you will be notified that the installation is complete.
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Prerequisites
If older versions of Emulex, Brocade or HP StorageWorks software were previously installed on the system you must remove them. Use the Windows Add/Remove Programs feature to remove the software. If you are prompted to reinstall the Emulex HBA driver during EZPilot installation, click Yes.
Procedure
To create a non-management server: 1. Install the HBA(s) in the system. Refer to the HBAs Installation Manual for instructions.
Caution: Do not install the driver from the CD that shipped with the HBA. EZPilot will install the necessary driver automatically.
2. Insert the EZPilot CD into the systems CD-ROM drive. The EZPilot Installer verification window appears. The window closes automatically when the file verification process is complete.
Note: Verification may take several minutes.
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3. Click Next.
4. The EZPilot EVA Installation Options dialog box appears. Click Install.
Note: Do not check the HP EVA Management Server check box. You are creating a Non-Management server.
5. The License Agreement dialog boxes appear. Check I agree to these terms and conditions and click Next for each dialog box. The EZPilot EVA Operation in Progress dialog box appears. The dialog box closes when the necessary files are copied to the system.
6. The Welcome to EZPilot SAN Setup Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next to perform EZPilot SAN setup. 7. The EZPilot SAN Setup Prerequisites dialog box appears. Ensure all prerequisites are met and click Next. The HP EVA driver and Emulex HBA driver are installed.
Note: This installation may take several minutes.
The HP MPIO DSM is installed. The Microsoft MPIO framework will automatically be installed if it is not already installed. EZPilot - Installation Section Page 9
8. When the installation is complete, EZPilot prompts you to restart Windows. Click OK. After Windows is restarted, you will be notified that the installation is complete. Repeat steps 1-8 to install EZPilot on all Windows non-management servers in the SAN.
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Note: Do not run EZPilot Manager and Command View concurrently. Running both applications concurrently may cause inaccurate discovery information to be displayed.
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Figure 10: EZPilot Manager at startup with no logical drives configured (Storage View.)
Note: The illustrations in this manual are for instructional purposes only. The actual information displayed by EZPilot Manager may vary.
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Figure 11: The EZPilot Window with Element Call Outs (Storage View with storage device selected.)
Note: The element you select in the discovery-tree determines whether a menu item or Toolbar icon is active. For example, if you select the local host or other system host, the Reset Adapter item on the Adapter menu is unavailable. The Reset Adapter Toolbar button is unavailable as well.
The Adapter menu enables you to reset a selected adapter (see Resetting an HBA on page 28), edit its name (see Editing an HBAs Name on page 29) or use its default name (see Reverting to an HBAs Default Name on page 29). The Discovery menu enables you to modify discovery properties (see Modifying Discovery Properties on page 17) and to refresh the discovery.
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The Help menu displays the EZPilot Manager version as well as tech support and system information.
The Toolbar
The Toolbar contains buttons that enable you to refresh the discovery-tree view, reset the selected HBA and sort the discovery-tree view. Many of the Toolbar functions are also available from the Menu bar.
Figure 12: The EZPilot Toolbar (Host View with an adapter selected)
Note: If a Toolbar button does not apply to a selected discovery-tree element, it is disabled.
The Toolbar is visible by default. Use the Toolbar item in the View menu to hide the Toolbar. If the item is checked, the Toolbar is visible.
Click the Reset button to reset the selected HBA. (You must select an HBA in the discovery-tree to enable this button.)
SAN elements can be displayed in the discovery-tree by Storage View, Host View, Switch View and Local HBAs Only View.
Click the Storage View button to view the discovery-tree starting with the storage element. (This is the default view the first time EZPilot Manager is run.)
Click the Host View button to view the discovery-tree starting with the host element.
Click the Switch View button to view the discovery-tree starting with the fabric element.
Click the Local HBAs Only button to view local only or both local and remote HBAs in the discovery-tree.
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The Discovery-Tree
The discovery-tree (left pane) has icons representing discovered network (SAN) elements such as arrays, switches, hosts, logical drives and HBAs.
Discovery-Tree Icons
Discovery-tree icons represent the following:
The root of the discovery-tree in Switch View. The local host. Other hosts connected to the fabric.
A green HBA icon with black descriptive text represents an HBA that is online. An HBA icon with a red X represents an HBA that is offline or otherwise temporarily inaccessible. Several situations could cause the HBA to be offline or inaccessible: The HBA on a local host is not connected to the SAN, but is still available for local access.
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The HBA on a local host is malfunctioning and is inaccessible to the local host as well as to the SAN. The HBA on a local host is busy performing a local firmware download and is temporarily inaccessible to the local host as well as to the SAN. The HBA is being reset or its firmware is being updated.
A grey HBA icon represents an HBA that was removed from the fabric. It will remain in the discovery-tree for thirty minutes after it is removed, unless you change the discovery properties. (See Modifying Discovery Properties on page 17 for more information.) The HBA will disappear from the discovery-tree when EZPilot Manager is exited and restarted.
Status Bar
The status bar is visible by default. Use the Status Bar item in the View menu to hide the status bar. If the item is checked, the status bar is visible.
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The HBA Discovery Properties dialog box displays the following information: Discovery Server Startup - The discovery server can be set to start when the system boots or when EZPilot Manager is run for the first time after the system boots. If it is set to start the first time EZPilot Manager is run, there may be a slight delay before the discovery-tree is populated. Refresh Rate - The discovery server periodically runs discovery cycles to detect new HBAs and targets. The refresh rate determines how often this should be done. If Manual Refresh is enabled, you must click Discovery Refresh on the Toolbar to update the discovery-tree.
Note: Because of limitations with the Storport driver, EZPilot Manager does not automatically detect HBAs or targets that were removed from the SAN. In this case, you must manually refresh the discovery-tree by clicking Discovery Refresh on the Toolbar.
Expire Undiscovered HBAs - If the discovery cycle detects that an HBA is no longer available, you may not want it to be removed from the discovery-tree immediately. For example, the state may be momentary, such as when an HBA is being reset or its firmware is being updated. In this case you would check the Never Remove checkbox.
Note: The undiscovered HBA will be removed from the discovery-tree if you exit and restart EZPilot.
You can also set the number of seconds by which to delay removing the HBA from the discovery-tree. The default delay is 30 minutes (1800 seconds).
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To modify discovery properties: 1. From the Discovery menu, select Modify Settings. The HBA Discovery Properties dialog box appears. 2. Change the desired discovery settings. 3. Click OK. To return discovery properties to their default settings: 1. From the Discovery menu, select Modify Settings. The HBA Discovery Properties dialog box appears. 2. Click Defaults. 3. Click OK.
Figure 15: The EZPilot Discovery Information page (Storage View selected)
The Discovery Summary page (Storage View) displays the following information: Number of Hosts - The total number of discovered hosts whose HBAs can be managed by this host. Number of Fabrics - The total number of fabrics or storage networks seen by this host. Number of Adapters - The total number of discovered HBAs that can be managed by this host. Page 18
The Managed Storage area of the Discovery Summary page displays the following information: Number of Storage Devices - The number of manageable storage devices that were discovered. Number of Logical Drives - The total number of logical drives on all manageable storage devices.
To view the HBAs, storage devices and the logical drives that are available to each storage device: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click View, then click Storage Devices. From the Toolbar, click the Storage View button.
2. Select the Storage icon in the discovery-tree. The EZPilot Discovery Information page (Storage View) is displayed.
The EZPilot Discovery Summary page (Host View) displays the following information: Number of Hosts - The total number of discovered hosts whose HBAs can be managed by this host. Number of Fabrics - The total number of fabrics or storage networks seen by this host. Number of Adapters - The total number of discovered HBAs that can be managed by this host. Number of Target Ports - The total number of discovered targets, including storage devices, seen by this host.
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The Managed Storage area of the Discovery Information page displays the following information: Number of Storage Devices - The number of manageable storage devices that were discovered. Number of Logical Drives - The total number of logical drives on all the manageable storage devices.
To view the HBAs, storage devices and the logical drives that are available to each host: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click View, then click Hosts. From the Toolbar, click the Host View button.
2. Select the Hosts icon in the discovery-tree. The EZPilot Discovery Information page (Host View) is displayed.
Figure 17: The EZPilot Discovery Information page (Switch View selected)
The Discovery Summary page (Switch View) displays the following information: Number of Hosts - The total number of discovered hosts whose HBAs can be managed by this host. Number of Fabrics - The total number of fabrics or storage networks seen by this host. Number of Adapters - The total number of discovered HBAs that can be managed by this host. Number of Target Ports - The total number of discovered targets, including storage devices, seen by this host.
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The Managed Storage area of the Discovery Information page displays the following information: Number of Storage Devices - The number of manageable storage devices that were discovered. Number of Logical Drives - The total number of logical drives on all the manageable storage devices.
To view the HBAs, storage devices and the logical drives that are available to each host: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click View, then click Switches. From the Toolbar, click the Switch View button.
2. Select the Switches icon in the discovery-tree. The EZPilot Discovery Summary page (Switch View) is displayed.
The Host Information page displays the following information: Number of Adapters - The number of HBAs on the selected host that can be managed by the local host. Depending on the configuration, this number may not include all of the physical HBAs installed in the selected system. Number of Fabrics - The number of fabrics discovered to which this local host is connected. Number of Targets - The number of targets, including storage devices, discovered by this local host that are available to this host. Remote Management Server Version - The version of the remote management server running on the host.
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Operating System - The version of the operating system running on this host.
The Managed Storage area of the Host Information page displays the following information: Number of Storage Devices - The number of manageable storage devices visible to the selected host. Number of Logical Drives - The total number of logical drives assigned to the host on the manageable storage devices.
To view host information: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click View, then click Hosts. From the Toolbar, click the Host View button.
2. From the discovery-tree select the host whose information you wish to view. The Host Information page is displayed.
The Logical Drive Summary page displays the following information: Name - Displays the unique name of the selected logical drive in the storage device. You can also rename the logical drive. See Renaming a Logical Drive on page 23 for more information. Identifier - The logical drives unique identifier within the storage device. Type - The logical drive type. Possible types are striped, mirrored or striped with parity. Page 22
Size - The total storage size of the selected logical drive. Status - The operational status of the selected logical drive. The status can be online, not ready or failed. Health - The health of the selected logical drive. States are healthy, rebuilding or failing. Flags - The capabilities of the selected logical drive. Capabilities are checksum and writethrough. Transition State - The transition state of the selected logical drive. Possible states are stable, extending and reconfiguring. Rebuild Priority - The priority set for rebuilding a failed disk versus handling I/O requests. Number of Physical Disks - The total number of physical disks the selected logical drive uses. Maximum Expansion Size - The maximum amount of storage space that can be added to the selected logical drive.
The Logical Drive Summary page buttons Apply - Type in a new name for the logical drive and click this button to assign a new name to the selected logical drive. See Renaming a Logical Drive below for more information. Disk Details - Click this button to view a logical drives disk information. See Viewing a Logical Drives Disk Details on page 24 for more information. Expand - Click this button to extend the file system on the logical disk drive. See Expanding a Logical Drive on page 24 for more information.
To view Logical Drive Summary information: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click View, then click Storage Devices. From the Toolbar, click the Storage View button.
2. From the discovery-tree, select the logical drive whose information you wish to view. The Logical Drive Summary page is displayed.
2. From the discovery-tree, select the logical drive you wish to rename. The Logical Drive Summary page is displayed. Or Right-click on the selected logical drive in the discovery-tree, select Rename and type the logical drives new name.
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3. In the Name field, enter the new name you wish to assign to the logical drive. The name can be up to 32 alpha-numeric characters and the underscore, dash, period and space characters. 4. Click Apply.
2. From the discovery-tree, select the logical drive whose disk details you wish to view. The Logical Drive Summary page is displayed. 3. Click Disk Details. The Logical Drive Disks page appears.
2. From the discovery-tree, select the logical drive you wish to expand. The Logical Drive Summary page is displayed. Click Expand.
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Or Right-click on the selected logical drive in the discovery-tree and select Expand. The Expand Logical Drive dialog box appears.
3. Enter the amount to increase the storage capacity on the drive. The maximum expansion amount is displayed on the dialog box. The units drop down box next to the Enter Expansion Amount field can be used to change the size units. The size can be displayed in gigabytes or terabytes (if more than 1 terabyte is available). Click OK.
Note: If there is already a file system defined on the logical drive, expanding the logical drive will not expand the file system. You must use a disk management tool to expand the file system after the logical drive is expanded.
4. A dialog box appears informing you that the logical drive was expanded. Click OK.
Note: It may take several minutes for the new logical drive size to appear on the Logical Drive Summary page.
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The Target Information page displays the following information: FC ID - The FC identifier for the target which is assigned automatically in the firmware. SCSI Bus Number - The SCSI bus to which the target is connected. SCSI Target Number - The SCSI target number assigned to the selected target. Node WWN - The node World Wide Name of the selected port. Port WWN - The port World Wide Name of the selected port. OS Device Name - The name assigned by the operating system to the selected port (if available).
To view target information: 1. Select Host or Switch view. 2. From the discovery-tree, select the target whose information you wish to view.
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Figure 23: The EZPilot HBA General tab (Host View) with Advanced Mode enabled
The Adapter Summary area of the General tab displays the following information: Model - The complete model name of the selected HBA. Port WWN - The port World Wide Name of the HBA. Node WWN - The node World Wide Name of the selected HBA. Fabric Name - The host or fabric name to which the selected HBA belongs. The fabric name is a 64-bit worldwide unique identifier assigned to the fabric. Driver Version - The version of the driver installed for the selected HBA. Firmware Version - The version of Emulex firmware currently running on the HBA. Driver Name - The executable file image name for the driver as it appears in the Emulex driver download package. BootBIOS - The BootBIOS version running on the selected HBA. If BootBIOS is not present on the HBA, the field displays the word Disabled.
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The Adapter Status area of the General tab displays the following information: State - The current operational state of the HBA: Up or Down. Link Status - The current link status between the HBA and the fabric. There are several possible states: The Operational state indicates that the HBA is connected to the network and operating normally. All other states indicate that the HBA is not connected to the network. These offline states are: User offline - The HBA is down or not connected to the network. Bypassed - The HBA is in Fibre Channel discovery mode. Diagnostic Mode - The HBA is controlled by a diagnostic program. Link Down - There is no access to the network. Port Error - The HBA is in an unknown state; try resetting it. Loopback - The HBA is in a state in which information is only looped between the HBA transmitter and receiver. When an FC interface is in loopback mode, the loopback signal overrides any external signal detected by the receiver. Unknown - The HBA is offline for an unknown reason.
Link Speed - The link speed of the HBA in gigabits per second.
To view the HBA General page: 1. From the discovery-tree, select the HBA whose general information you wish to view.
Resetting an HBA
EZPilot Manager enables you to reset a selected HBA. To reset an HBA: 1. From the discovery-tree, select the HBA you want to reset. 2. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click Adapter, then click Reset Adapter. From the Toolbar, click the Reset button.
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To edit an HBAs name: 1. In the discovery-tree, select the HBA whose name you wish to change. 2. From the Menu bar, select Adapter, and then select Edit Name. or Right-click on the selected HBA and choose Edit Name. 3. Enter the new name.
To revert to an HBAs default name: 1. In the discovery-tree, select the HBA whose name you wish to change. 2. From the Menu bar, select Adapter, and then select Default Name. or Right-click on the selected HBA and choose Default Name.
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Figure 24: The EZPilot HBA Maintenance tab (Host View) in Advanced Mode
The Firmware area of the Maintenance tab displays the following information: Current Firmware Version - The Emulex firmware version number for the selected HBA. Operational Firmware Name - If visible, the name of the firmware that is operational. Initial Firmware - The version of the firmware stub responsible for installing the SLI code into its proper slot. SLI-1 Firmware Name - The name and version of SLI-1 firmware installed in the selected adapter. SLI-2 Firmware Name - The name and version of SLI-2 firmware installed in the selected adapter. SLI-3 Firmware Name - The name and version of SLI-3 firmware installed in the selected adapter. Kernel Version - The version of the firmware responsible for starting the driver.
The BootBIOS area of the Maintenance tab displays the following information: BootBIOS - The BootBIOS version running on the selected HBA. If BootBIOS is not present on the HBA, the field displays the word Disabled.
The Maintenance tab buttons Update Firmware - Click this button to update firmware/BIOS on the selected HBA. See Updating Firmware or BIOS on an HBA on page 31 for instructions. Page 30
Enable/Disable - Click this button to enable or disable the system BIOS for the HBA. This button controls whether the system BIOS can read Emulex boot code off of the HBA. If this field is Enabled, the system BIOS can see boot code on the HBA and you can enable BIOS on the HBA using the BIOS utility. See Enabling or Disabling BootBIOS on an HBA on page 32 for instructions.
To view the Maintenance tab: 1. From the View menu, enable Advanced Mode. 2. From the discovery-tree, select the HBA whose maintenance information you wish to view. 3. Select the Maintenance tab.
Prerequisites
The Emulex driver is installed properly. EZPilot Manager is installed properly. EZPilot Manager is operating in Advanced Mode to update firmware on an HBA. The firmware/BIOS file has been downloaded from the Emulex Web site and extracted.
Procedure
To update firmware/BIOS on a selected HBA: 1. In the discovery-tree, select the HBA onto which you want to update the firmware or BIOS. 2. Select the Maintenance tab and click Update Firmware.
3. A dialog box appears warning you about resetting HBAs. Click Yes. The Firmware Download dialog box is displayed.
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4. Navigate to the extracted firmware/BIOS file you wish to download to the HBA. Select the firmware/BIOS file and click Start Download. A status bar displays the progress of the download and indicates when the download is complete. After the firmware/BIOS is downloaded, the HBA is automatically reset. 5. Click Close. The Maintenance tab displays the updated firmware/BIOS information for the selected HBA. If you are updating the firmware/BIOS on a dual-channel HBA, repeat steps 1 through 5 to update the firmware on the second port.
shipment. To enable or disable BootBIOS: 1. In the discovery-tree, select the HBA whose BootBIOS you wish to enable or disable. 2. Click the Maintenance tab. 3. Click Disable or Enable as appropriate.
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Managing a Switch
Introduction
When you select a switch from the discovery-tree in Switch View mode, the Fabric Information tab and Switch Mgmt. tab appear. The Fabric Information tab displays relevant information about the switch. The Switch Mgmt. tab enables you to configure a switch on the network.
Prerequisites
EZPilot is operating in Advanced Mode. The EZPilot host system is connected to a local area network to manage the switch.
Note: You cannot manage a switch using EZPilot if the switch is on a different subnet than the EZPilot Management Server and there is a firewall between the two subnets. Although you can configure the switch's IP address, the rest of the switch setup operation will fail and the switch will not be manageable from EZPilot Manager. Therefore, Emulex recommends that the EZPilot Management Server and the switch be on the same subnet to avoid this potential problem.
The Fabric Information tab displays the following information: Number of Adapters - The number of adapters discovered by this host on the selected fabric. Number of Hosts - The number of hosts discovered or seen by this host on the selected fabric. Number of Targets - The number of targets, including storage devices, discovered by this host on the selected fabric. Page 33
The Managed Storage area of the Fabric Information tab displays the following information: Number of Storage Devices - The number of storage devices discovered by this host on the selected fabric. Number of Logical Drives - The total number of logical drives discovered on all manageable storage devices connected to the switch.
To view fabric information for a switch: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, select View, then click Switches. From the Toolbar, click the Switch View button.
2. In the discovery-tree, select the switch whose information you wish to view. The Fabric Information tab appears.
Renaming a Switch
Using EZPilot Manager you can rename a switch. To rename a switch: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, select View, then click Switches. From the Toolbar, click the Switch View button.
2. In the discovery-tree, select the switch you wish to rename, right-click and select Rename. 3. Type the switchs new name into the discovery-tree.
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To configure a switch: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, select View, then click Switches. From the Toolbar, click the Switch View button.
2. In the discovery-tree, select the switch you wish to manage. 3. Select the Switch Mgmt. tab. Refer to the Brocade documentation for more information about using this tab.
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3. Select the Switch Mgmt. tab and click the Network icon. 4. The EZPilot Manager Switch Settings dialog box appears. You may change the switchs name, IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway Address from the values entered in the EZPilot SAN Setup Wizard. If DHCP is supported and enabled, you can check Obtain network settings automatically. Click OK.
Note: The current IP address subnet mask and gateway address will be displayed when the dialog box appears even if the switch is configured to obtain the network settings automatically.
Figure 29: The EZPilot Manager Switch Network Settings dialog box (DHCP supported and enabled)
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The Storage Management Interface area of the General tab displays the following information: Name - The name of the storage management interface being used to manage the selected storage device. Version - The version of the of the storage management interface being used.
The Storage Device Summary area of the General tab displays the following information: Device Name - The name of the storage device. Device Identifier - The storage vendors unique device identifier. Device Status - The current status of the selected storage device. Device Health - The health of the selected storage device. States are healthy, rebuilding, failing or failed. Rebuild Priority - The priority set for rebuilding a failed disk versus handling I/O requests. Number of Logical Drives - The number of logical drives currently allocated on the selected storage device. Number of Controllers - The number of controllers installed in the selected storage device. Number of Buses - The number of buses (or channels) to the physical disks in the storage device. Capacity - The total storage space on the selected storage device. Number of Physical Disks - The total number of physical disks (including spares) installed in the selected storage device. Max. Number of Controllers - The maximum number of controllers that can be installed on the selected storage device. Maximum Slots Per Bus - The maximum number of slots (one per physical disk) available on each bus. Unallocated Space - The unallocated amount of storage space on the storage device.
Note: Not all of this space is necessarily available to create or expand logical drives.
The Storage Device Controllers area of the General tab displays the following information: Controller Identifier - The controllers unique device identifier. Status - The current status being reported by the selected storage device. Health - The health of the selected storage device. States are healthy, rebuilding, failing or failed. Number of Ports - The number of FC ports on the controller. Number of Logical Drives - The number of logical drives currently allocated on the selected storage device.
General tab buttons Controller Ports - Click this button to view information about a selected controller port. See Viewing a Controllers Port Information below for more information.
2. From the General tab, select a controller from the Storage Device Controllers list and click Controller Ports (see Figure 30). The Storage Device Controller Ports dialog box appears displaying available controller ports.
Figure 31: The EZPilot Manager Storage Device Controller Ports dialog box (The Show Target Information button does not appear if you are accessing the menu from Storage View.)
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To view the Logical Drive tab: 1. From the discovery-tree, select the storage device whose information you wish to view and select the Logical Drives tab.
The Storage Usage area of the Logical Drive tab displays the following information: Total Capacity - The total storage space available in the storage device. Allocated Space - The amount of storage space already allocated to existing logical drives. Unallocated (raw) Space - The unallocated amount of storage space on the storage device.
Note: Not all of this space is necessarily available to create or expand logical drives. This is a raw amount. Some of the unallocated space will be used as overhead to create new logical drives and for the drive sparing that you set up when you installed EZPilot Manager.
In the Logical Drives area, you can also view a list of the logical drives assigned to this storage device. You can see the drive name, type, status, health, size and the host name to which the drive is assigned.
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3. Click Details. The Logical Drive Details dialog box appears. Information about the logical drive is displayed in this dialog box. The Assigned Adapters list shows the worldwide port names of the adapters assigned to the logical drive. Click Disk Details to view information about the logical disk drive, including its name, bus, slot, status and so on.
Figure 34: The EZPilot Manager Logical Drive Details dialog box
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Right click on the selected logical drive, select Rename and type the logical drives new name in the discovery-tree.
Figure 35: The EZPilot Manager Rename Logical Drive dialog box
3. Enter the new name into the New Name field and click OK.
Figure 36: The EZPilot Manager Expand Logical Drive dialog box
3. Enter the amount by which you wish to increase the storage capacity on the drive. The maximum expansion amount is displayed on the dialog box. The units drop down box next to the Enter Expansion Amount field can be used to change the size units. The size can be displayed in gigabytes or terabytes (if more than 1 terabyte is available). 4. Click OK.
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To delete a logical drive: 1. From the discovery-tree, select the storage device containing the logical drive you wish to delete. 2. Select the Logical Drives tab and select the logical drive you wish to delete from the Logical Drive list. Click Delete. Or Right-click on the selected logical drive and select Delete. The following Warning dialog box appears.
Figure 37: The EZPilot Manager Delete Logical Drive Warning dialog box
3. Check It is OK to delete the logical drive. 4. Click OK to delete the logical drive.
To assign or change a logical drives host assignment: 1. From the discovery-tree, select the storage device containing the logical drive whose assignment you wish to change.
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2. Select the Logical Drives tab and select the logical drive whose host assignment you wish to change from the Logical Drive list. Click Host Assignment. Or Right-click on the selected storage device and select Host Assignment. The following Warning dialog box appears.
Figure 38: EZPilot Manager Logical Host Assignment Warning dialog box
Figure 39: The EZPilot Manager Assign Logical Drive dialog box
4. The currently assigned hosts and adapters are checked. After checking or unchecking hosts and/or adapters, click OK.
Note: If you uncheck all hosts/adapters, the logical drive is not assigned to any hosts.
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drive from the host or switch views. To create and assign a logical drive: 1. Do one of the following: From the Menu bar, click View, then click Storage Devices. From the Toolbar, click the Storage View button.
2. From the discovery-tree, select the storage device to which you want to add a logical drive. 3. Select the Logical Drives tab and click New Logical Drive. Or Right-click on the selected storage device and select New Logical Drive. 4. The EVA host configuration is automatically determined and updated if necessary. (If you have not installed a Command View EVA license, the EZPilot EVA Configuration license dialog box appears. This dialog box is identical to the EZPilot EVA Setup license dialog box. See To obtain a Command View License: on page 5 for information on obtaining and installing a license. Click Next after choosing a license option.) The EZPilot Add Logical Drive Wizard Welcome page appears.
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5. Click Next. The EZPilot Add Logical Drive Wizard-- Logical Drive Properties dialog box appears.
Figure 41: The EZPilot Manager Add Logical Drive wizard - Logical Drive Properties dialog box
6. Choose the Logical Drive Type you wish to create and assign a size to the new logical drive. The units drop down box next to the Size field can be used to change the size units. The size can be displayed in gigabytes or terabytes (if more than 1 terabyte is available). You can also enter a name for the logical drive into the Logical Drive Name field. Click Next to create the the logical drive.
Figure 42: The EZPilot Manager Add Logical Drive wizard- Local Drive Host Assignment dialog box
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7. The EZPilot Logical Drive Wizard-- Logical Drive Host Assignment dialog box appears. Select the host (and its adapters) to which you want to assign the logical drive. If Assign to this host only is checked, only the local host and its adapters are displayed in the tree. Checking or unchecking the root node of the tree selects or deselects all hosts and adapters. Checking or unchecking a host node in the tree selects or deselects all adapters for that host. Normally a logical drive is only assigned to one one host.
Note: The same logical drive cannot be assigned to both a Linux and Windows host at the same time. Note: If you receive an MPIO warning when assigning multiple HBAs on the host to a logical drive, click Yes. EZPilot already installed the required MPIO software.
8. Click Next. The Logical Drive Initialization and Volume Access dialog box appears. The Logical Drive Initialization and Volume Access dialog box enables you to initialize and format the new logical drive as an NTFS volume, name the volume, assign a volume size (the default size is recommended) and assign a drive to a drive letter or folder.
Figure 43: The EZPilot Manager Logical Drive Initialization and Volume Access dialog box
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9. Assign the parameters you want and click Next. The Logical Drive Creation dialog box appears.
Figure 44: The EZPilot Manager Logical Drive Creation dialog box
10. Verify that the information you specified previously is correct and click Create Logical Drive. The list box displays the status of the logical drive creation and assignment.
Note: To change information click the Back button. Note: Creating a logical drive may take several moments.
You are notified when the creation process is complete. 11. Click Next to continue. The Congratulations dialog box appears. If you chose to create a logical drive the first time you started EZPilot Manager (see Figure 10), you can create another logical drive. Check Create another logical drive and click Next. If you are finished creating logical drives, uncheck Create another logical drive and click Finish. The EZPilot Logical Drive tab appears displaying the new logical drive information. The new logical drive also appears in the discovery-tree. If you chose not to create a logical drive the first time you started EZPilot Manager, or you previously created logical drives, click Finish. The EZPilot Logical Drive tab appears displaying the new logical drive information. The new logical drive also appears in the discovery-tree. To create another logical drive, click New Logical Drive.
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The Physical Disks tab displays the following information: Name - Identifies the disks manufacturer. Bus, Slot - The bus and slot number in which the disk is installed. Status - The online or offline status of the disk. Health - The health of the selected physical disk. States are healthy, rebuilding, failing or failed. Size - The total storage space on the disk. Available - The available space remaining on the disk. Identifier - The unique identifier assigned to a particular disk in the storage device.
To view the Physical Disks Drive tab: 1. From the discovery-tree, select the storage device whose physical disk information you wish to view and select the Physical Disks tab.
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Troubleshooting
Introduction
There are several circumstances in which your system may operate in an unexpected manner. This chapter provides information regarding these situations. If you have problems during or after installation, contact your supplier.
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Appendix
Introduction
The following procedures describe how to: Add a second switch to the EZPilot SAN Add a second disk shelf to the EVA4100 array
9. Click again on Ungrouped Disks. Click on each disk and then click Group in the right pane. Select the new disk group that was just created to add that disk into it. Click Save after you have done this for each disk. 10. Close Command View and open EZPilot Manager. Click on the storage array in the discovery tree and click Physical Disks in the right pane. All drives on both the first and second disk shelves will now be listed and available for LUN allocation.
EZPilot - Appendix
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