Intel Storage System
User Guide
 Disclaimers
 Intel Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety Information
Safety Information
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Contents
 Installing PowerPath on the Server
 Preparing Virtual Disks to Receive Data
 Viii
 List of Figures
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 List of Tables
 Xii
 About this Manual
Preface
Additional Information and Software
 Xiv
 Planning Your Fibre Channel Storage System Configuration
Topics in this procedure include
 Storage System Management Ports
Provide a username and password for your storage system
Definitions
 Customer-Installable Switch 1 Information
Fibre Channel Switch Information
 Sample Switch Information Worksheet
 Switch-to-Server-HBA Connections
SP-to-Switch Connections
 Disk Information
Storage System Disk Information
 Disks to form each pool
 Describe the purpose of the virtual disk
 Terminology
Installing a Fibre Channel Storage System
Also be a server
 One of more virtual disks
Before You Start
Operating system
 Installation Procedure
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 SSR212PPf Storage System Rear Lights LEDs
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Topics in this document include
Planning Your iSCSI Storage System Configuration
 Terminology
Introduction
ISNS
 Planning worksheets
 ISCSI Configuration Rules
Login Limitations
Supported Network Devices
Supported Server Devices
 Environment and Configurability
 Storage System Management Ports
Administration Worksheet
Storage System iSCSI Data Ports
 Port Name
Initiator iSCSI Data Ports
 Subnet Mask for iSCSI Initiator Port
 Sample SSR212PP2i and SSR212PPi Configurations
 SSR212PPi Directly Connected to One Server
 SSR212PP2i Directly Connected to One Server
SSR212PPi Directly Connected to Two Servers
 SSR212PP2i Directly Connected to Two Servers
 SSR212PP2i Directly Connected to Four Servers
 Servers with separate iSCSI NICs and public NIC
 No storage processor failover capability
Continue for up to 10 servers
 No load balancing
 Server w/ separate iSCSI NIC & public NIC
 Server with 2 iSCSI NICs and 1 public NIC
 This configuration incurs the cost of a second switch
 Servers with 2 iSCSI NICs and 1 public NIC
 Continue for up to 10 servers
 Corporate Public or private Network Dedicated iSCSI LAN
 EMC3323
 Continue for up to 10 servers
 SSR212PPi/SSR212PP2i Single SP to a Shared Single iSCSI NIC
 Storage System Disk Information
 Number 1-6 or spare
 Describe the purpose of the virtual disk
 What is Microsoft iSNS?
 Sample iSNS Storage Configuration
 ISNS Server Worksheet
ISNS Server Worksheet
 Initiator Chap
What is CHAP?
Mutual Chap
 Storage System Chap Levels
ISCSI Chap Authentication Worksheets
Initiator Chap Worksheet
 Initiator name
 Mutual Chap Worksheet
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Installing an iSCSI Storage System
 Data ports
Discovery, management and configuration of iSCSI devices
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Installation Procedure
 SSR212PPi Storage System Rear Lights LEDs
 Storage System Front Lights LEDs
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Handling Field-Replaceable Units FRU
Power issues and FRUs
 Without an ESD Kit
 Before You Start
Installing HBAs in the Server
 Installing the HBA Driver
Installing or Updating the HBA Driver
HBA vendor s website
 Installing PowerPath on a Windows Server
Installing PowerPath on the Server
 Installing a PowerPath Patch
Installing PowerPath on a Linux Server
 Variables x and xxx vary with the HBA model
Ii. Enable the following parameters in /etc/modules.conf
 Iv. Run uname -rto display the kernel version
 Insert the PowerPath CD into the server s CD drive
Where localeID is defined in Table
Mount the PowerPath CD on /cdrom
 For a SuSE 2.4 kernel and PowerPath
For a Red Hat 2.6 kernel and PowerPath
Fora SuSE 2.6 kernel and PowerPath
Install PowerPath
 Pre-remove emcpsf rmmod emcpmpaa emcpmpc emcpmp emcp
 Create the new ramdisk
 Installing PowerPath iSCSI for Windows 2003 Server
Installing PowerPath iSCI for Windows 2003 Server
 Upgrading from PowerPath to PowerPath iSCSI
 Installing a PowerPath or PowerPath iSCSI Patch
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Windows Server
Installing the Navisphere Server Utility
 Install the Navisphere Server Utility on the server
Installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Linux Server
 Unpack the storage system as shown on the shipping carton
Unpacking the SSR212PP- Series Storage System
 Locating the Storage System Serial Number
 Installing the Storage System in a Cabinet
Installing the SSR212PP- Series Storage System
 Installing Mounting Rails in a 19-inch Nema Cabinet
 Sliding the Chassis into the Cabinet
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Installing a Second Power Supply
 EMC3297
Installing a Second Power Supply
 Power On/Off Button SP a Boot/Fault LED
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide
 Handling Disk Modules
Installing a Disk Module
Unlock and remove the front bezel
 Unlocking and Removing the Front Bezel
 Installing a Disk Module
Install the disk module
 Installing and Locking the Front Bezel
 Connecting AC Power to a Single-SP Storage System
 Securing the Power Cord with a Retention Bail
 Storage System Front LEDs
 Powering the Storage System Down
 Connecting AC Power to a Dual-SP Storage System
 Connecting AC Power to an SSR212PP2f or SSR212PP2i
 Do not connect more than one power supply to the UPS
 SSR212PP2f Storage System Power Button and Rear LEDs
 SSR212PPf Management LAN Port Connections
Connecting the Management Ports to the LAN
 SSR212PP2f Storage System Management LAN Port Connections
 SSR212PP2f Storage System and Switch LAN Connections
 102
 Installing on a Linux Host
Installing on a Windows Host
 104
 On a Linux host, enter
 Changing the Management Network and Account Settings
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide 107
 IP address for the iSCSI data port
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide 109
 110
 Press the power button for about a second or Figure
Shutting the Storage System Down Using the Power Button
Shutting the Storage System Down
Shutting the Storage System Down with Navisphere Express
 112
 Cabling the Storage System to the Server
Handling Optical Cables
 SSR212PPf Front End FE and Optical Cable Connectors
 SSR212PP2f Front End FE and Optical Cable Connectors
 If the switch is not already powered up, power it up
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide 117
Connecting iSCSI Ports to the Server
 Connecting SSR212PPi iSCSI Ports Directly to a Server
 LAN
 120
 Configuring Linux NIC Initiators to Connect to iSCSI Targets
 Under Discovery Address Category, after the line
 For SuSE
Configuring HBA initiators to connect to iSCSI targets
 Configuring iSCSI Initiators for a Configuration With iSNS
Configuring the iSNS Client on the Storage System
Configuring NIC initiators on Windows servers for iSNS
 On the server, open the Navisphere Server Utility
 Dchp
Configuring HBA initiators on Windows servers for iSNS
 Select your language, if prompted for it
Running the Navisphere Server Utility on a Windows Server
Click Next to register the server with the storage system
 Verifying HBA Registration
Running the Navisphere Server Utility on a Linux Server
Click Finish to exit the utility
On the server, run the utility by entering
 Configuring a New Storage System
 Create one or more virtual disks on each disk pool
Where drivermodule is the driver module name
Make the virtual disks visible For HBAs
 Ii. On the Control Panel, do one of the following
For NICs
 For other Windows servers
 Configuring an Existing Storage System
 134
 On Windows 2003 Server hosts
 136
 Setting up Chap Security for iSCSI Storage Systems
 On a Windows server without iSNS log off and remove targets
Removing iSCSI Targets
 To set basic security, click Basic
Setting Up Basic Initiator Chap on the Storage System
 Under Security, click Basic
Setting up Advanced Initiator Chap on the Storage System
To set advanced security, click Advanced
 Setting up Mutual Initiator Chap on the Storage System
 Configuring Basic Chap on a Windows Server with NICs
ISCSI Security Advanced screen, click Enable
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide 143
 Configuring Basic Chap on a Linux Server with NICs
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide 145
 # Notes
 Intel Storage System SSR212PP User Guide 147
 Click Enable for your target IP
Click Config Authentication on the bottom of the pane
Configuring Basic Chap on a Server with iSCSI HBAs
Select the Chap tab
 Click Finish in the success window
 150
 Select the Target Settings tab
 Username=john Password=welcome
 Adding NIC or iSCSI HBA Initiators to the Chap Configuration
Setting up advanced initiator Chap on the storage system
 154
 On the server, enter
Preparing Virtual Disks for Linux
For each virtual disk On the server enter
Create a file system
 This command creates the powermt.ctm configuration file
Save the server s PowerPath configuration
 Preparing Virtual Disks for Windows
 This command creates the powermt.custom configuration file
 Verifying the Failover Configuration
 Verify the paths to the disk to which you are writing data
 Verifying the Failover Configuration for a Windows Server
 Verifying the Failover Configuration for a Linux Server
 Running Navisphere Express
 164
 On a Windows Server
On Linux
 166
 Select Reboot both SPs
Applying iSCSI Data Port Addresses to the SP Assembly
 168
 Restoring a Storage Processor Boot Image
 Shows a cable connection between a COM port and SP a
Restoring an SP Boot Image
 To start a HyperTerminal session, follow this path
Connecting a Server or Laptop COM Port to an SP Service Port
 172
 Screen Shot Interrupting the Alphabetic Test
 Press Enter to continue to the Main Menu Figure
Screen Shot Booting from the Utilities Partition
 Screen Shot Toolkit Main Menu
 Screen Shot Select Images to Install
 Screen Shot Copying the Boot Image
 178
 Using FTP to Obtain and Store an SP Boot Image
 Enter n. The software displays the Toolkit Screen Main Menu
Screen Shot Confirm LAN Service Port Configuration
 Clariion
 182