NEC IS007-10E Preface

Preface

This manual describes how to perform the following by using the GUI (Graphical User Interface) on NEC Storage

Manager clients:

• Configure the NEC Storage series disk array subsystem.

• Refer to the disk array configuration information.

Remarks: The LD Administrator (ReallocationControl) and CachePartitioning are described in the “NEC Storage

Manager LD Administrator User’s Manual (IS037)” and “NEC Storage Manager Cache Partitioning User’s

Manual (IS038)”, respectively, from the NEC Storage Manager Ver3.3.

It is also possible to use the CLI (Command Line Interface) to configure the disk array subsystem or refer to the

configuration information. For details, refer to the “NEC Storage Manager Configuration Setting Tool User’s

Manual” (IS002).

As its readers, this manual is aimed at those who have professional knowledge of the disk array subsystem. For

information on the disk array subsystem functions, refer to the “NEC Storage Manager User’s Manual” (IS004) or

“NEC Storage Manager User’s Manual (UNIX)” (IS001) in accordance with your OS.

Refer to the “NEC Storage Manager Manual Guide” (IS901) for the overview of NEC Storage and the related

manuals.

Remarks 1. This manual explains functions implemented by the following program products:

• NEC Storage Manager and NEC Storage BaseProduct

• NEC Storage AccessControl

• NEC Storage DynamicDataReplication

• NEC Storage ReallocationControl

• NEC Storage RemoteDataReplication

2. This manual is applicable to the program products of the following versions:

• NEC Storage Manager Ver3.3

• NEC Storage BaseProduct Ver3.3

3. The NEC Storage Manager is referred to as iSM or Storage Manager in the text of this manual.

Also, the NEC Storage series disk array subsystem is referred to as a disk array.

4. The following descriptions in the text of this manual refer to the corresponding products.

Description Corresponding Product

Storage Manager NEC Storage Manager

AccessControl NEC Storage AccessControl

DynamicDataReplication NEC Storage DynamicDataReplication

ReallocationControl NEC Storage ReallocationControl

RemoteDataReplication NEC Storage RemoteDataReplication

Contents

Main Configuration Setting Tool Users Manual (GUI) Page Preface Page Contents Page Page Page Page Page I-3 (4) 2000 series (5) 1000 series (6) 100 series Page I-5 I-6 I-7 I-8 <2800 series> PDPD PD PD PD PD I-9 PD PDPD PD PD PD PD I-10 I-11 I-12 I-13 I-14 I-15 I-16 I-17 I-18 (2) Logical configuration of a disk array Chapter 1 Storage Overview ... I-19 ... I-20 ... I-21 Chapter 2 Overview of Disk Array Configuration Setting Page Page Page Chapter 2 Overview of Disk Array Configuration Setting I-25 y Pool Disk Arra I-26 (1) You can bind a dynamic pool: (2) You can expand the dynamic pool capacity: I-27 (3) You can bind the logical disks: (4) You can expand the logical disk capacity: Page Page Page Page I-32 Chapter 3 Overview of AccessControl Inaccessible Area A ccessible rea Page Chapter 3 Overview of AccessControl WWN (WWPN) LD Set LD Set LD Set WWN Mode Port Mode WWN (WWPN) Port Number Page Chapter 3 Overview of AccessControl I-36 Switch Switch Page I-38 I-39 (2) Setting I-40 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page IV-3 IV-4 IV-5 Page Page Page IV-9 (2) Setting about the pool binding wizard IV-10 (3) Selecting the pool type Page IV-12 IV-13 (5) Selecting physical disks Page IV-15 (6) Setting detailed parameters IV-16 IV-17 (7) Checking for the parameters specified for the pool IV-18 IV-19 IV-20 (8) Finishing binding the pool Page IV-22 IV-23 IV-24 IV-25 Page IV-27 IV-28 Page IV-30 Page IV-32 IV-33 Page Page IV-36 (2) Setting about the LD binding wizard IV-37 (3) Selecting a pool IV-38 (4) Selecting unused areas IV-39 (5) Specifying the way of binding the logical disks IV-40 IV-41 (6)-1 Specifying the number of logical disks IV-42 (6)-2 Specifying the logical disk capacity IV-43 IV-44 (6)-3 Specifying the number of logical disks and the logical disk capacity IV-45 IV-46 IV-47 (7) Setting the detailed parameters for binding the logical disks IV-48 IV-49 IV-50 IV-51 (8) Checking for the parameters specified for the logical disks to bind IV-52 (9) Finishing binding the logical disks Page IV-54 IV-55 Page IV-57 Page IV-59 Page IV-61 Page IV-63 (1) Starting up the LD Batch Binding Wizard IV-64 (2) Specifying the number of pools and the number of spares IV-65 (3) Checking for the parameters specified for the pool(s) IV-66 IV-67 (4) Specifying the way of binding the logical disks IV-68 IV-69 (5)-1 Specifying the number of logical disks IV-70 (5)-2 Specifying the logical disk capacity IV-71 IV-72 (5)-3 Specifying the number of logical disks and the logical disk capacity IV-73 Page IV-75 (6) Specifying the detailed settings of the logical disks IV-76 IV-77 IV-78 IV-79 (7) Checking for the parameters for batch binding the logical disks IV-80 Page IV-82 (8) Finishing batch binding the logical disks IV-83 Page IV-85 (2) Setting about the spare binding wizard IV-86 (3) Selecting physical disks IV-87 (4) Checking for the parameters specified for the spare IV-88 (5) Finishing binding the spare Page IV-90 Page IV-92 IV-93 Page Page IV-96 Page IV-98 IV-99 (2) [Physical Disk] tab Page Page Page IV-103 Page IV-105 Page IV-107 Page IV-109 Page IV-111 (2) Rebuild Start Instruction IV-112 IV-113 Page Page IV-116 IV-117 IV-118 Page Page Page IV-122 IV-123 (2) Execution conditions (3) Disk relationship (4) Complement IV-124 (5) LD Batch Binding screen IV-125 IV-126 IV-127 IV-128 (6) Confirm LD Batch Binding screen IV-129 IV-130 (7) Result screen IV-131 Page Page Page Page IV-136 IV-137 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page IV-145 IV-146 IV-147 (2) Operation IV-148 Page IV-150 IV-151 (2) Operation IV-152 Page Page IV-155 Page Page Page IV-159 Page Page IV-162 (1) Platform screen Page IV-164 IV-165 IV-166 IV-167 IV-168 Page IV-170 Page IV-172 IV-173 Page Page IV-176 Page IV-178 Page IV-180 IV-181 Page IV-183 (1) [Change Port Mode] button IV-184 Page Page IV-187 Page IV-189 IV-190 IV-191 Page Page IV-194 Page Page Page IV-198 IV-199 IV-200 Page IV-202 IV-203 IV-204 Page IV-206 Page IV-208 (1) [Start Access Control] button Page IV-210 IV-211 IV-212 IV-213 IV-214 IV-215 IV-216 (2) Candidate LD List IV-217 IV-218 (3) [Get Disk Array Info.] button IV-219 (4) [All Selection] check box Page IV-221 (2) Product Information field Page IV-223 IV-224 Page Page Page Page Page (3) Termination of the iSMnetconf command Page Page Page Page (3) Example of the setting file (4) Notes Page Page (1) RAID0 (2) RAID1 (3) RAID5 (4) RAID6 Data Sent from Host (5) RAID10 (6) RAID50 Data Sent from Host Page Page (2) S series (not including S400/S1400/S2400/S2800 and 3000/4000 series) Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Appendix E Logical Disk Used Capacity Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page (2) Pair setting sample Page Appendix G ACOS-4 Resource Operation Guard (1) ACOS-4 resources (2) Operations related to the ACOS-4 resources (3) Functions and operations subject to the ACOS-4 resource operation guard Page Index