Transcription of HPE MSA 1060/2060/2062 Storage Management Guide
1 HPEMSA1060/2060/2062 StorageManagementGuideAbstractThisguidec oversconceptsusedtoadministeranHPEMSA106 0/2060/2062 Storagesystemandprovidesinformationabout managingthesystembyusingitswebinterface, theStorageManagementUtility(SMU).PartNum ber:R0Q73-90009 Published:September2020 Edition:1 ,use, ,CommercialComputerSoftware,ComputerSoft wareDocumentation, ' ,Itanium ,Pentium ,IntelInside , andWindows andAcrobat andOracle +20 Diskgrouputilities20 Disk-groupexpansion20 Disk-groupverify21 Disk-groupscrub21 SSDs22 GaugingthepercentageofliferemainingforSS Ds22 All-flasharray23 SSD management23 SSDreadcache23 Spares24 Pools24 Virtualpoolsanddiskgroups25 Changingpoolsettings25 Volumes26 Volumecacheoptions26 Usingwrite-backorwrite-throughcaching27 Cacheoptimizationmode27 Optimizingread-aheadcaching27 Read-cachediskgroups28 Overcommittingvolumes28 Automatedtieredstorage28 Volumetieraffinity29 Initiators,hosts.
2 Andhostgroups29 CHAP29 Hostports30 Attachingvolumestohosts31 Snapshots32 Snapshottrees32 Rollbackandresetsnapshotfeatures33 Copyingvolumesorsnapshots33 Reconstruction33 MSA-DP+reconstruction34 Quickrebuild35 Updatingfirmware35 Managedlogs35 Savinglogdatatoafile36 LDAP37 Featureoverview37 Protocolsandservices38 LDAP server/clientdetails38 Recovery39 DNSsettings39 Peerconnections40 Replication41 Replicatingvirtualvolumes41 Creatingavirtualpoolforreplication44 Settingupsnapshotspacemanagementinthecon textofreplication44 Replicationandemptyallocatedpages45 Disasterrecovery45 Creatingareplicationset45 Replicatingbetweencurrentandlegacysystem s47 CHAP andreplication47 Fulldiskencryption48 Rescanningdisks49 Clearingdiskmetadata49 Dataprotectionwithasinglecontroller50 SAScabling(forMSA1060only)
3 51 Eventhistory51 Auditlogs52 Systemmetrics523 Dashboard53 Alertspanel53 Compactview53 Expandedview53 Capacitypanel54 Compactview54 Expandedview54 Performancepanel54 Compactview54 Expandedview55 Performancemetrics55 Activitypanel57 Compactview57 Expandedview574 Provisioning59 Workingwithvolumes59 Volumestable59 DataProtectiontable60 Creatingvolumes61 Modifyingvolumes62 Deletingvolumesandsnapshots62 Attachingvolumestohosts63 Detachingvolumesfromhosts63 Expandingvolumes63 Rollingbackvolumes64 Creatingsnapshots64 Resettingsnapshots64 Copyingvolumesorsnapshots64 Abortingavolumecopy65 Adddataprotection65 Creatingareplicationset65 Modifyingareplicationset66 Deletingareplicationset66 Initiatingorschedulingareplication67 Suspendingareplication684 ContentsContents5 Abortingareplicationset68 Resumingareplication68 Managingreplicationschedules69 Workingwithhosts69 Creatinghosts69 Attachinghoststovolumes70 Detachinghostsfromvolumes70 Removinginitiatorsfromahost70 Removinghostsfromahostgroup70 Addinghoststoahostgroup70 Deletinghosts70 Deletinghostgroups71 Addinginitiatorstoahost71 Renaminghosts71 Changingahostprofile71 Renaminghostgroups71 Renaminginitiators715 Settings72 Networksettings72 Configuringcontrollernetworkports72 ConfiguringDNSsettings73 Enablingordisablingsystem-managementserv ices74 Viewingcertificateinformation75 Usersettings75 Managinglocalusers75 ManagingLDAP users76 ManagingSNMPv3users77 Systemsettings78 Settingsystemidentificationinformation78 Settingthedateandtime78 SecuringthesystemwithFDE79 Settingsystemproperties79
4 Notificationsettings81 Emailnotifications81 SNMP notifications81 Syslognotifications81 ConfiguringiSCSI hostportsettings82 ConfiguringiSCSICHAP settings82 ChangingiSCSI configurationsettings83 Peerconnectionsettings83 Queryingpeerconnections83 Modifyingpeerconnectionsettings83 Deletingapeerconnection836 Maintenance85 Storagepanel85 Viewinginformationaboutapool85 Changingpoolsettings85 Viewinginformationaboutdiskgroupsinapool 86 Addingadiskgrouptoapool86 Renamingadiskgroup86 Deletingadiskgroupfromapool86 ExpandinganMSA-DP+ ContentsContents7 FiguresFigure1 LDAP overview37 Figure2 Replicationprocessforinitialreplication4 2 Figure3 Replicationprocessforreplicationssubsequ enttotheinitialreplication43 TablesTable1 AreasoftheSMUinterface11 Table2 Iconsintheinterface12 Table3 Storagesizerepresentationsinbase2andbase 1014 Table4 Decimal(radix) ,descriptions,andvalues98 Table11connUnitRevsTableindexanddescript ionvalues103 Table12connUnitSensorTableindex,name,typ e,andcharacteristicvalues104 Table13connUnitPortTableindexandnamevalu es105 Table14 SupportedSMI-Sprofiles121 Table15 CIMA lertindicationevents123 Table16 Lifecycleindications123 Table17 CLIcommandsforSMI-Sprotocolconfiguration 124 Table18 Troubleshooting125 Table19 InterfacesadvertisedbySLP126 Table20 SLPattributesshownforastoragesystem126 Table21 Settingschangedbyrestoredefaults130 Table22 Systemconfigurationlimits1348 ContentsChapter1 Gettingstarted91 GettingstartedTheStorageManagementUtilit y(SMU)isaweb-basedapplicationforconfigur ing,monitoring, (WBI).
5 Eachcontrollermoduleinthestoragesystemco ntainsawebserver, , ,eachcontrollermoduleinthestoragesystemh asthefollowinginterfaces:SNMP,FTP,SFTP,S MI-S,SLP,CLI, ,seetheHPEMSA1060/2060 , :lStoragesystemsetup:thecapabilitytoinit iallyconnecttoasystemusingtheSMU,whichem ploysintuitivepreboardingandonboardingst epstoguideyouthroughinitialsetupofyourst orage,asdescribedin"Configuringandprovis ioninganewstoragesystem" +dataprotection:thecapabilitytosupportaR AID-baseddataprotectionlevelemphasizinge fficiency,asdescribedin"MSA-DP+"onpage :thecapabilitytoreplicateblock-leveldata fromavolumeinaprimarysystemtoavolumeinas econdarysystem,asdescribedin"Replication "onpage :thecapabilitytonotifyusersofavailablefi rmwareupdatestocontrollermodules,expansi onmodules,anddiskmoduleswithnewer/compat iblefirmwareversionsastheybecomeavailabl e,asdescribedin"Updatingfirmware"onpage :theabilitytomonitorstoragesystemperform anceandstatisticsviadata-drivengraphing displayingdynamicorhistoricalmetrics asdescribedin"Performancepanel"onpage :arobuststorageenclosurehealthandnotific ationsystemdesignedtoidentifyactionablec onditionsandpromotebestpractices,asdescr ibedin"Alertspanel"onpage :thecapabilitytousetheexternalLightweigh tDirectoryAccessProtocolservicesonWindow ssystemsforuserauthenticationandauthoriz ation,asdescribedin"LDAP"onpage :theabilitytousesolid-statedrivestoenhan cestoragesystemperformance,asdescribedin "SSDs"onpage.
6 Astoragemodelthatmapslogicalcomponentsto physicalmedia usingpaged-storagetechnology tovirtualizedatastorage,asdescribedin"Vi rtualstorage"onpage :thecapabilityforthestoragesystemtosuppo rtIPv6(InternetProtocolversion6)function ality(inadditiontoIPv4),asdescribedin"Co nfiguringcontrollernetworkports"onpage :theREST(RepresentationalStateTransfer)A PIprovidesthemanagementdatainastateless, ,includingdisks,storagepools,volumes, :lFortechnicalinformationaboutDMTFR edfish, , "https://ip/redfish"(entertheunquotedpor tionoftheURLstringintoyourbrowseraddress fieldusingavalidcontroller-module-IP-add ressinplaceofthevariabletext). , :lCreateausername,password,andselectalan guage(oncecomplete,youwillbeloggedintoth esystemasthisuser) :lConfiguringsystemsettingslNetworksetti ngs(IPv4,IPv6,DNS)lDateandtime(NTP)lUser definitions(local,LDAP,SNMPv3)lNotificat ions(email,SNMP,syslog)lFCoriSCSI settings(hostport,network,CHAP)lConfigur ingstoragesettingslDiskgroupandpoolcreat ionlProvisioningstoragelCreatinghostgrou ps(naminginitiators,assigninginitiatorst ohosts,creatingasinglehost) "Dashboard"onpage ,manage, ,describestheuserinterface, :lAppleSafari11andnewer(Mac)lGoogleChrom e 70andnewer10 Chapter1 GettingstartedChapter1 Gettingstarted11lMicrosoftInternetExplor er10and11lMozillaFirefox68andnewerForbes tresults,usethefollowingguidelines:lTose ethehelpwindow, , (withavaliduseraccount).
7 LEnsurethatyourbrowserissettouseTLS , ,setthebrowser ,addeachcontroller , , ,onceyounavigatethroughthebrowserwarning , , ,themenupane,andthemanagementpane, , , , ,see"Iconsintheinterface" :ProductnameHelp"Settingthedateandtime"o npage 78"Usersettings"onpage 75 LogOutMenupane:"Dashboard"onpage 53 Managementpane"Provisioning"onpage 59"Settings"onpage 72"Maintenance"onpage 'shealthiscritical, 'shealthisdegraded, ' 'shealthisgood, Chapter1 GettingstartedChapter1 (pauses) (continued)TipsforusingtheSMUlDonotuseth ebrowser sBack,Forward,Reload, , , , (*) (Maintenance> Hardware), , , ,selectthefiltercontentfromtheFilter , , (CSV) , , :l1bytepercharacterforEnglish,Dutch,Fren ch,German,Italian,andSpanishl3bytesperch aracterforChinese,Japanese, (RAMandROM) , , (kibibyte)1,024KB(kilobyte)1,000 MiB(mebibyte)1,0242MB(megabyte)1,0002 GiB(gibibyte)1,0243GB(gigabyte)1,0003 TiB(tebibyte)1,0244TB(terabyte)1,0004 PiB(pebibyte)1,0245PB(petabyte)1,0005 EiB(exbibyte)1,0246EB(exabyte)1,0006 Table3 Storagesizerepresentationsinbase2andbase 10 Thelocalesettingdeterminesthecharacterus edforthedecimal(radix)point, ,Chinese,Japanese,KoreanPeriod(.)
8 ,French,German,Italian,SpanishComma(,)14 6,81GB3,0 Gbit/sTable4 Decimal(radix) , , ,eachinstanceofInternetExplorercanrunase parateSMUsession,butallinstancesofFirefo x,Chrome,Edge, Chapter1 GettingstartedChapter1 Gettingstarted15 NOTEI ftheinitialuserhasnotbeencreated,see"Con figuringandprovisioninganewstoragesystem "onpage , ,typehttps://<controller-network-port-IP-address>,thenpressEnter.( , ) , ,see"Enablingordisablingsystem-managemen tservices"onpage , ,includespaces,orincludethefollowing:",<\:NOTEA localpasswordiscasesensitiveandcanhave8 ,thenitmustcontainatleastoneuppercasecharacter,onelowercasecharacter,onenumericcharacter, :aspaceor"',<> , , , , , (disks). , , , , , , :l"Automatedtieredstorage"onpage 28l"Read-cachediskgroups"onpage 28l"Replication"onpage 41l"Quickrebuild"onpage 35l"Snapshots"onpage 32l"Overcommittingvolumes"onpage 28l"Copyingvolumesorsnapshots"onpage 33 DiskgroupsAdiskgroupisanaggregationofdis ksofthesametype, , (SSD,enterpriseSAS,ormidlineSAS).
9 Adiskgroupcancontaindiskswithdifferentca pacities,sectorformats, ,thesmallestdiskdeterminesthelogicalcapa cityofallotherdisksinthediskgroupregardl essofRAID levelsexceptMSA-DP+.Forexample, , ,see:l"MSA-DP+"onpage 20l"Disksectorformat"onthefacingpagel"Vi rtualdiskgroupconfiguration"onthefacingp agel"Read-cachediskgroups"onpage 2816 Chapter2 SystemconceptsChapter2 Systemconcepts17l"Removingdiskgroupsfrom virtualpools"onthenextpagel"Disk-groupex pansion"onpage 20l"Disk-groupverify"onpage 21l"Disk-groupscrub"onpage 21l"Changingpoolsettings"onpage 25 DisksectorformatThesystemsupports512-byt enativesectorsizedisks,512-byteemulateds ectorsizedisks, ,diskgroup,orpoolasfollows:l512n ,donotmixdisksofdifferentsectorsizetypes (512n,512e). ,olderversionsofapplicationsoftware,such asvirtualizationsoftwarethatresidesbetwe entheoperatingsystemandyourstoragefirmwa re, , , (AorB)alongwithaspecifiednumberofavailab ledisks,RAID level, , (upto16) (Maintenance> Storage ),expandtheDiskGroup ssectionforthespecifiedpool(AorB) ,displayingoptionsbasedonprotection(RAID ) , :RAID1,RAID5,RAID6,RAID10,andMSA-DP+.
10 IfRAID10isspecified, , , ,see"All-flasharray"onpage ,see"Automatedtieredstorage"onpage , , ,see"Read-cachediskgroups"onpage ,allvirtualdiskgroupsinthesametiershould havethesameRAID level,capacitydisks, , ,withappropriatemapping,isusedtoconnectt hecontrollerstohosts,LUNsforbothcontroll ersareaccessiblethroughthepartnercontrol ler, ,butnotall, ,thatvolumedatawilldrain(bemoved)toother diskgroupmemberswithinthepool(iftheyexis t).Ifthepoolhasenoughspacetocontaintheda ta, , , ,theentirepoolcanbedeleted, (draining)cantakeaverylongtimedependingo nanumberoffactorsinthesystem,includingbu tnotlimitedto:theamountofI/Otraffictothe system( ,activeI/Opagestothedrainingdiskgroup);t hetypeofthediskgrouppagemigration(enterp riseSAS,midlineSAS,SSD);thesizeofthedrai ningdiskgroup(s)inthesystem; , , , :IntheMaintenance> Storagepanel,locatethediskgrouptoremove, clicktheicon, , (knownasaPerformancetier).
