HPE MSA 1040/2040 SMU Reference Guide

1 MSA 1040/2040 . SMU Reference Guide For firmware release G220. Abstract This Guide is for use by storage administrators to manage an HPE MSA 1040/2040 storage system by using its web interface, Storage Management Utility (SMU). Part Number: 822372-002. Published: December 2015. Edition: 1. Copyright 2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Confidential computer software . Valid license from Hewlett Packard Enterprise required for possession, use, or copying. Consistent with FAR and , Commercial Computer software , Computer software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the Government under vendor's standard commercial license.

2 Links to third-party websites take you outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has no control over and is not responsible for information outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website. Acknowledgments Intel , Itanium , Pentium , Intel Inside , and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Java and Oracle are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Revision History 822372-002 December 2015. Initial HPE release Contents Part 1: Using SMU v3 .. 17. 1 Getting started .. 18. Configuring and provisioning a new storage system .. 18. Using the interface.. 19. Web browser requirements and setup .. 19. Areas of the SMU v3 interface.

3 19. Tips for using the SMU.. 20. Tips for using tables .. 20. Tips for using help .. 21. Color codes.. 21. Size representations .. 23. Signing in and signing out.. 24. System concepts .. 24. About virtual and linear storage .. 24. About disk groups .. 25. About RAID levels .. 26. About SSDs .. 28. About SSD read cache .. 30. About pools .. 30. About volumes and volume groups .. 31. About volume cache options .. 32. About thin provisioning .. 33. About automated tiered storage.. 34. About initiators, hosts, and host groups.. 34. About volume mapping .. 35. About snapshots.. 36. About copying volumes .. 37. About reconstruction .. 38. About performance statistics .. 38. About firmware update .. 39. About managed logs .. 40. About replicating virtual volumes.. 41. About the Full Disk Encryption feature (for MSA 2040 only) .. 41. About data protection with a single controller.. 42. About SAS cabling (for MSA 1040 only).

4 42. 2 Working in the Home topic..43. Viewing overall system status .. 43. Host information.. 43. Port information .. 43. Capacity information.. 44. Storage information.. 44. System health information .. 45. Contents 3. Spares information.. 45. Resolving a pool conflict caused by inserting a foreign disk group.. 46. Using the Configuration Wizard.. 46. Using the Configuration Wizard .. 46. Using the Configuration Wizard: Set Date and Time .. 47. Using the Configuration Wizard: Password Setup.. 47. Using the Configuration Wizard: Network configuration .. 48. Using the Configuration Wizard: Enable system-management services .. 49. Using the Configuration Wizard: System information .. 49. Using the Configuration Wizard: Configure event notification .. 50. Using the Configuration Wizard: Port configuration.. 51. Using the Configuration Wizard: Confirm the configuration changes.. 53. Changing system information settings.

5 53. Managing users .. 53. User options .. 54. Adding, modifying, and deleting users .. 55. Changing notification settings .. 56. Managing scheduled tasks.. 58. Installing a license.. 59. Viewing the status of licensed feature .. 59. Installing a permanent license .. 59. 3 Working in the System topic .. 60. Viewing system components .. 60. Front view .. 60. Rear view.. 60. Table view.. 61. Managing global spares .. 63. Changing system services settings.. 64. Changing network interface settings .. 65. Changing host-interface settings .. 66. Rescanning disk channels .. 68. Clearing disk metadata .. 69. Updating firmware .. 70. Best practices for firmware update .. 70. Updating controller module firmware .. 70. Updating expansion module firmware.. 71. Updating disk-drive firmware.. 72. Using the activity progress interface.. 73. Changing FDE settings (for MSA 2040 only) .. 74. Changing FDE general configuration.

6 74. Repurposing the system .. 75. Repurposing disks .. 76. Setting FDE import lock key IDs .. 76. Restarting or shutting down controllers .. 76. Restarting controllers .. 76. Shutting down controllers .. 77. 4 Contents 4 Working in the Hosts topic ..78. Viewing hosts.. 78. Hosts table .. 78. Related Maps table .. 78. Creating an initiator .. 79. Modifying an initiator .. 79. Deleting initiators .. 79. Adding initiators to a host .. 80. Removing initiators from hosts .. 80. Removing hosts.. 80. Renaming a host .. 80. Adding hosts to a host group .. 81. Removing hosts from a host group.. 81. Renaming a host group.. 81. Removing host groups .. 81. Configuring CHAP .. 82. 5 Working in the Pools topic ..84. Viewing pools.. 84. Pools table .. 84. Related Disk Groups table.. 84. Related Disks table .. 86. Adding a disk group.. 87. Add Disk Group panel overview .. 87. Virtual disk groups.. 87. Linear disk groups.

7 88. Read-cache disk groups .. 88. Disk group options.. 88. Modifying a disk group .. 90. Virtual disk groups.. 90. Linear disk groups .. 90. Linear disk group expansion .. 90. Drive spin down .. 91. Removing disk groups.. 92. Changing dedicated spares .. 92. Creating a volume.. 93. Changing pool settings.. 93. 6 Working in the Volumes topic .. 95. Viewing volumes.. 95. Volumes table .. 95. Snapshots table .. 95. Maps table .. 96. Replication Sets table .. 97. Schedules table.. 97. Creating a virtual volume.. 98. Creating a linear volume.. 99. Contents 5. Modifying a volume .. 100. Adding volumes to a volume group .. 101. Removing volumes from a volume group .. 102. Renaming a volume group.. 102. Removing volume groups .. 102. Copying a volume or snapshot.. 103. Rolling back a volume .. 104. Deleting volumes and snapshots.. 105. Creating snapshots .. 106. Resetting a snapshot.. 107. Creating a replication set from the Volumes topic.

8 108. Primary volumes and volume groups .. 108. Secondary volumes and volume groups .. 109. Initiating replication from the Volumes topic .. 109. 7 Working in the Mappings topic..110. Viewing mappings .. 110. Mapping initiators and volumes.. 110. Viewing map details.. 113. 8 Working in the Replications topic .. 115. About replicating virtual volumes .. 115. Replication prerequisites .. 115. Replication process .. 116. Initial replication .. 116. Subsequent replications.. 117. Internal snapshots .. 118. Creating a virtual pool for replication .. 118. Setting up snapshot space management in the context of replication.. 118. Replication and empty allocated pages.. 119. Disaster recovery .. 119. Accessing the data while keeping the replication set intact .. 119. Accessing the data from the backup system as if it were the primary system .. 119. Disaster recovery procedures.. 120. Replication licensing .. 120. Using either linear or virtual replication.

9 120. Viewing replications.. 121. Peer Connections table.. 121. Replication Sets table .. 121. Creating a peer connection .. 122. CHAP and replication .. 123. Modifying a peer connection.. 124. Deleting a peer connection .. 124. Creating a replication set from the Replications topic .. 124. Primary volumes and volume groups .. 125. Secondary volumes and volume groups .. 125. Modifying a replication set .. 126. Deleting a replication set .. 126. 6 Contents Initiating replication.. 126. Scheduling replications.. 127. Aborting a replication .. 128. Suspending a replication .. 128. Resuming a replication .. 129. 9 Working in the Performance topic .. 130. Viewing performance statistics .. 130. Historical performance graphs .. 131. Updating historical statistics .. 132. Exporting historical performance statistics .. 133. Resetting performance statistics.. 134. 10 Working in the banner and footer.. 135. Banner and footer overview.

10 135. Viewing system information .. 135. Viewing certificate information .. 135. Viewing connection information .. 136. Viewing system date and time information .. 136. Changing date and time settings .. 136. Viewing user information .. 137. Viewing health information .. 137. Saving log data to a file .. 138. Viewing event information .. 139. Viewing the event log .. 139. Viewing capacity information .. 140. Viewing host I/O information .. 140. Viewing tier I/O information .. 141. Viewing recent system activity .. 141. Viewing the notification history .. 141. Part 2: Using SMU v2.. 142. 11 Getting started .. 143. Configuring and provisioning a new storage system .. 143. Browser setup .. 143. Signing in and signing out .. 144. Tips for signing in and signing out .. 144. Tips for using the main window.. 144. Tips for using the help window .. 145. System concepts .. 146. About user accounts .. 146. About vdisks.