HP VMA-series Memory Arrays User Manual

HP VMA SAN GatewayInstallation and User Guide Document Number: AM456-9007B Rev 02May 2012

10 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideFigure D.3 Multiple redundant gateways with 1 to 2 VMA 3200 Series arrays, each h

100 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideshow media healthThe show media health command returns information about the heal

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 101Media Read and Write StatisticsThe show stats media commands enable you to view

102 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuidevSHARE Block Storage Management CommandsManaging ContainersThe show containers co

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 103The show luns session command returns information about the sessions connected

104 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideLUN Set Commands[no] lun set container <id> name <name> readonlyThe l

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 105The LUN Status page enables you to view information about containers and the LU

106 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideManaging LUNsThe LUN Management page displays tools which enable you to add or re

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 107The Create LUN window appears.4. Define the number of LUNs in the # LUNs to Mak

108 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideExporting LUNsTo export LUNs:1. Select vSHARE > Manage LUNs in the VMA Web Int

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 109Managing InitiatorsIn a vSHARE HP VMA SAN Gateway environment, the hosts (for e

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 11PrefaceThis document describes how to install, configure, and manage the VMA-ser

110 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide2. Select one or more initiator groups in the Initiator Groups table.3. Click the

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 111Fibre Channel Target PortsThe Fibre Channel table in the Target Management page

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 113APPENDIX A: Command Line Interface Web: For information about using the VMA We

114 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidewithin the CLI command set. For example, the commands to display the system date

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 115provides a list of available commands corresponding to the current mode. (Modes

116 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideFor example: When <value required> is displayed and only specific values ca

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 117At that point, pressing Tab again displays a list of possible completions, whic

118 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEnable ModeThe enable command moves the CLI to Enable mode. This mode has command

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 119of the prompt string indicates what command mode the CLI is in: > for standa

12 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide Text FormattingThe following table summarizes the font conventions used in this

120 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideand so on for E (exabytes), Z (zettabytes), and Y (yottabytes). Single-letter abb

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 121<network prefix>An IPv4 network prefix specifying a network. This is used

122 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideGeneral Configuration CommandsUpgrade the HP VMA SAN Gateway SoftwareThe syntax f

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 123Cluster A. While Cluster B is being upgraded, Cluster A provides access to stor

124 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidemgmt-core (for mgmtd alone), mgmt-back (for other back end components), and mgmt-

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 125Allow this system to receive log messages from another host. This is disabled b

126 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideoccur at the same time it was previously scheduled for. Naturally, if the auto-ro

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 127Note: Files are uploaded from all gateways simultaneously. Therefore, care shou

128 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideUser Accounts and Local Authentication Note: There are two defined system account

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 129recovered after it is set. These two commands are thus named for Cisco compatib

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 13Notice DescriptionFCC Class A Compliance "This device complies with Part 15

130 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidemay be required to be specified in two, three, or four words, depending on the ci

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 131Disable or re-enable an NTP server or peer. Servers and peers start enabled; di

132 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• If an email domain is specified using this command, it is always used. If the h

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 133For example:(config) # email notify event ?process-crash A proce

134 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideNote that this does not affect autosupport emails. Autosupport can be disabled ov

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 135Add or remove an email address from the list of addresses to send email notific

136 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideNetwork diagnostic tools ping and traceroute. Invokes standard binary, passing co

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 137If both prompts are enabled, and the configuration was unsaved, the user will b

138 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEnable or disable the specified alarm. There are three alarms that can be enabled

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 139Show Stats CPUshow stats cpuDisplay some basic stats about CPU utilization: the

14 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide Getting HelpContacting HPBefore you contact HPBe sure to have the following info

140 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe custom option should be a reserved report name (that is, no reports should be

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 141Note: These configuration commands only work when you are in Config mode (which

142 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideOn a system with clustering, only save the configuration on the local box instead

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 143Run the initial-configuration wizard. The wizard is automatically invoked whene

144 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidecommand is idempotent, and will not continue to cycle through all of the availabl

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 145Exit Config mode and return to enable mode. exitExit the current mode. From Con

146 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidefile tcpdump delete <filename>Delete the specified tcpdump output file.file

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 147show cluster global Display global cluster run state.show cluster global brief

148 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideno cluster master address vip Reset cluster master virtual address to default.clu

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 149links. See Dual Gateways with 1–2 3000-Series Arrays, Highly Available on page

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 15After registering, you will receive email notification of product improvements,

150 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide[no] interface <ifname> zeroconfThe command may be used to enable or disabl

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 151VLAN CommandsA VLAN, or virtual LAN, is a set of nodes that are grouped togethe

152 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideName Resolution Commandshostname <hostname>no hostnameSet or clear the syst

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 153no arp <IP address>Remove a static entry from the ARP cache. Note that th

154 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidedetermines how the remote user mapping behaves. If the authenticated user name is

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 155radius-server host {hostname , ip-address} [auth-port <port-number>] [tim

156 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideSets (or resets to 0) a global communication value for all TACACS+ servers. Can b

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 157SSH ConfigurationSSH Server [no] ssh server enableEnable or disable the ssh ser

158 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideSSH Client ssh client user <username> identity <key-type> generate [p

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 159Remove a public key from the specified user’s authorized key list. The key iden

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160 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• terminal ... commands are clones of a subset of the cli session ... commands, a

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 161... commands, which have no confirmations in any case, since they are explicitl

162 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideDisplay CLI settings: the inactivity timeout, whether or not paging is enabled, t

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 163Enable (or disable) the listen interface restricted list for snmpd. If enabled

164 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideDisplay all SNMP configuration options.VMA Web Interface Configuration[no] web en

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 165web auto-logout <length in minutes> no web auto-logoutControl the length

166 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideRemove all state associated with the specified <job_id>. If the job has not

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 167List all jobs that currently exist in the system.show jobs <job_id>Lists

168 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEnable or disable a specified block storage media device. Use the block option t

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 169Display the same information as for a single HP VMA SAN Gateway, for every HP V

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 17CHAPTER 1 HP VMA SAN Gateway OverviewIntroduction to the HP VMA SAN GatewayThe HP

170 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideshow stats media all cache id <id> [continuous] [detail] [global]show stats

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 171The show containers command displays all containers created within a VMA Array

172 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideigroup addto Commands[no] igroup addto <igroup name> initiators [initiator_

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 173The show targets command displays all Fibre Channel. Use the hostname, protocol

174 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideE, Cfile tcpdumppage 145C[no]ftp-serverpage 145S, E, Chelppage 144C[no]hostnamepa

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 175E, Cshow files debug-dumppage 146E, Cshow files statspage 140S, E, Cshow files

176 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideE, Cshow webpage 164E, Csloginpage 135E, C [no]snmp-serverpage 162E, C [no]ssh cl

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 177APPENDIX B: VMA Web Interface ReferenceUnderstanding the VMA Web Interface The V

178 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideOrganization of the VMA Web Interface The VMA Web Interface is organized in into

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 179Menu Bar The Menu Bar organizes VMA Web Interface control pages into a hierarch

18 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideservers to share the high performance flash VMA Arrays. Sharing reduces costs and

180 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideA light gray area just above the menu shows the cluster’s name, status, and memor

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 181• A PAGE HELP button in the upper right corner of the central page, just below

182 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideJavaScript JavaScript must be enabled for the VMA Web Interface. Adobe Flash Play

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 183Login and Logout To log in and view, you must enter a valid username and passwo

184 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideLogout PageWhen you click the Logout button in any page of the VMA Web Interface,

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 185The Cluster Status page displays two or more HP VMA SAN Gateway panels, which m

186 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• Number of VIMMs in each state (active, spare, booting, etc.) • Cache activity g

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 187Using controls in the Board Status panel, you may view information about indivi

188 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideGateways PageThe Gateways page lists all the HP VMA SAN Gateways (nodes) in the c

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 189Viewing Gateway DetailsThe View Gateway page shows the selected HP VMA SAN Gate

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 19provided on the HP VMA SAN Gateways and VMA Arrays to enable the systems to be c

190 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideAlerts PageThe Alerts page shows a listing of current and past system events that

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 191Logs PageThe Logs page shows a listing of logged events. It allows you to view

192 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideVMA SAN Gateway has been running (Uptime) and identifies the boot HP VMA SAN Gate

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 193Cluster Administration PageThe Cluster Administration page allows an administra

194 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideNetwork PageThe Network page shows the basic network configuration information fo

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 195Caution: Changing the cluster management address is not recommended. You can us

196 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideNTP Settings PageThe NTP Settings page shows the NTP settings for time synchroniz

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 197The Web Administration page allows you set the following parameters for the VMA

198 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideFeature Licenses PageThe Feature Licenses page shows which features are installed

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 199Users PageThe Users page displays the name, role, e-mail address, and password

2 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide AM456-9007B Rev 02LEGAL NOTICESCopyright 2011, 2012 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.The inf

20 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideany number of flashlets. There is no need for flashlets to be contiguous and hence

200 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideChanging PasswordsThe User Management: Change Password dialog box allows you to s

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 201If Receive Failures is set to true, the recipient will get notification of fail

202 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideCall Home The Call Home page allows you to enable the Auto Support feature and se

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 203Tools: UpgradeThe Tools: Upgrade page allows you to upgrade the HP VMA SAN Gate

204 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideTools: DiagnosticsThe Tools: Diagnostics page provides information about diagnost

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 205Help: LicenseThe Help: Licenses page provides a complete copy of the HP license

206 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideViewing Container StatusThe LUN Status page displays high level information about

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 207Creating LUNsTo create a LUN:1. Select vSHARE > Manage LUNs in the VMA Web I

208 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideZeroing-out data could take a long time for large LUNs.9. To set the LUNs online,

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 209• To assign a user-defined LUN ID to exported LUNs, select the Value option but

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 21vCLUSTER management software enables you to manage the HP VMA SAN Gateways and V

210 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe Name of the New Group dialog box appears.3. Enter a name in the dialog box an

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 211The Target Management page displays tools which enable you to view information

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 213APPENDIX C: VMA UtilitiesUnderstanding the VMA UtilitiesThe VMA Utilities are to

214 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideVMA Utilities ReferencevarrayThe varray returns information about an array.Syntax

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 215Syntaxvcounts [ <device_index> ]ExampleThe vcounts utility returns inform

216 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideIRQ calls for errorsThe total of DMA errors returned as well as PCIe link loss er

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 217veepromThe veeprom utility displays the HP VMA Array hardware information such

218 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe Windows example returns the following information.Linux ExampleThe veeprom ut

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 219vincident -aThe vincident script collects useful information from the HP VMA SA

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220 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideExamplevinfoThe vinfo utility displays the HP VMA Array type and version. Syntaxv

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 221ReturnsThe vinfo utility returns the following information. Host DriverDisplays

222 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuidevmesgThe vmesg utility displays kernel log messages. Syntaxvmesg

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 223Example# vmesgLinux version 2.6.35-7EIsmp ([email protected]) (gc

224 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuidevpartialThe vpartial utility displays the number of read/write I/O requests proce

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 225vringThe vring utility debugs the internal HP VMA Array I/O request ring at a l

226 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideParametersExampleThe vring utility returns information similar to the following e

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 227ExamplevstatThe vstat utility displays the status of the connection and the rea

228 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideReturnsThe vstat utility returns the following information.-- Target Status --Sta

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 229vupdate_tzThe vupdate_tz utility updates the time zone in which the HP VMA Arra

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 23CHAPTER 2 Installing and Upgrading the HP VMA SAN GatewayDeployment Overview VMA-

230 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideExampleThe vupdate_tz utility returns information similar to the following exampl

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 231ExamplevzeroThe vzero utility resets the I/O counters to zero.Syntaxvzero [ <

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 233APPENDIX D: Standard System ConfigurationsSingle Gateway with 1–2 3000-Series Ar

234 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideIn the example, Gateway 1 is connected to Port A on each Array, and Gateway 2 is

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 235The following is an example of configuring simple round-robin balance mode for

236 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideFor each HA pair, each HP VMA SAN Gateway is connected to the same port on each V

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 237Figure D.3 Multiple redundant gateways with 1 to 2 VMA 3200 Series arrays, eac

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 239APPENDIX E: SNMP Usage for HP VMA SAN Gateway Version G5.1.xThe examples in this

24 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe diagram below shows the five phases of HP VMA SAN Gateway configuration and th

240 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideSNMP Configuration on the HP VMA SAN GatewayUse the snmp and snmp-server commands

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 241Events for Which Traps Will be SentAn additional 16 SNMP traps available, disab

242 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidemedia-device-state-change: Unexpected change in media device state.media-device-u

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 243Trap Information TableTrap Name Threshold Value Unit Description Recommendation

244 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidecpu-util-high 98 Percent an HP VMA SAN Gateway has detected that a CPU has exceed

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 245vimm-state-change State Change State One or more VIMMs have changed state on a

246 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidemedia-device-health-warn 10 Percent an HP VMA SAN Gateway media device (VMA Array

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 247netusage-high 10485760 Bytes / secan HP VMA SAN Gateway has detected that a net

248 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideConfiguring and Testing TrapsUse the snmp command to configure traps, which can b

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 249This will send a test trap to all configured trap sinks. This will be the &apos

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 25• Unpacking HP VMA SAN Gateway Hardware Components: The first step in the hardwa

250 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideTemperatures: per VIMM and ChassisTo query the temperatures (reported in degrees

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 251enterprises.violin-memory.products.memoryGateway.appliance.media.arrayVimmTable

252 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideenterprises.violin-memory.products.memoryGateway.appliance.media.arrayVimmTable.a

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 253Performance StatsTo query performance statistics for the system:[test@host1 mib

254 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideFibre Channel (vSHARE) InformationTo query Fibre Channel information for a vSHARE

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 255Fibre Channel Performance Statistics (vSHARE) ExampleThe following is an exampl

256 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEvent: unexpected-cluster-join: A node has unexpectedly joined the cluster.Event:

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 257Event: media-device-health-warn: A media device has a health status warning.Eve

258 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEvent: media-device-state-change: Unexpected change in media device state.Event:

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 259Event: vimm-temperature-high: High VIMM temperature detected.Event: vimm-temper

26 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuidePhase 4, HP VMA SAN Gateway Configuration, includes the following procedures: • Co

260 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEvent: chassis-temperature-ok: Chassis temperature returned to normal levels.Even

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 261Event: array-pcie-link-up: Array PCIE link up.Event: array-pcie-link-down: Arra

262 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEvent: array-raid-rebuild: Array RAID rebuild state changed.Event: vimm-state-cha

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 263Event: array-led-change: Array LED state changed.Event: fc-port-state-change: F

264 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideEvent: array-fan-state-change: Array fan state changed.Event: events-login: A use

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 265Event: events-logout: A user has logged out event.vmemEventsLogout NOTIFICATION

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 267APPENDIX F: Compliance Information

268 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideRegulatory InformationFor your protection, this product has been tested for confo

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 269• Always wear a grounded wrist strap when handling printed circuit boards.• Tre

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 27HP VMA SAN Gateways running vSHARE can be deployed in a High Availability (HA) c

270 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideInstead, it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 271Japan Radio Frequency Interference VCCIKorea RFI StatementCanada RFI StatementT

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 273Aadmin role 63access privileges 63, 183commands in Config mode 118obtaining pas

274 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide active configuration files 57changes unsaved to 119deletion of 62management of 5

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 275See initiator groupsinitiator groupsconfiguration of 74–75INTERACTIVE commands

276 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide Nnetmask CLI parameter 120network connectivity 39–40network interfacesSee interf

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 277standby nodes 54statisticsmedia read and write statistics 101storage mediaread

278 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide switches, configuration of 39VLAN tagging 40vpartial command 224–225vring utilit

28 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideRequired Installation ToolsThe following tools are required during the installatio

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 29Rear ViewThe rear panel provides the interfaces for input and output devices, po

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30 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideRack-Mounting HP VMA SAN GatewaysThe next step in the hardware installation of an

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 31In typical configurations, either a single stand-alone or two redundant paired V

32 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe HP VMA SAN Gateway chassis has two single-phase power supplies installed prior

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 33A typical HP VMA SAN Gateway system will have three management interfaces.• 1-2

34 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe settings for the modem are as follows:KVM ConnectionIf a null modem cable is n

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 35throughput and availability. All the Ethernet or Fibre Channel ports on the HP V

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AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 37CHAPTER 3 Configuring and Managing ClustersvCLUSTER OverviewCluster management so

38 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidefor each node (HP VMA SAN Gateway in the cluster), the cluster management VIP addr

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 39Defining Cluster Name and Host NamesNames for the cluster and each HP VMA SAN Ga

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40 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideTo separate cluster network traffic from cluster management traffic, you can confi

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 41Logging into the HP VMA SAN GatewayOnce you have connected to the KVM console or

42 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe first HP VMA SAN Gateway added to the HP VMA SAN Gateway cluster is the master

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 43DNS server name(s) Specify a primary and, optionally, a secondary DNS server. D

44 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe fastest and easiest way to configure the master node of a HP VMA SAN Gateway c

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 45previously configured). After the last step, the wizard repeats your settings an

46 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideWhen you complete the list of questions, the configuration wizard displays your re

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 476.To return to the configuration wizard after exiting, enter the command configu

48 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideType "?" for help with the current step. For example, when setting the t

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 49cluster settings and enters the CLI. If you changed the master node’s hostname o

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 5List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• Standby node: The second node added to the cluster is automatically designated a

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 51A typical configuration of a normal node HP VMA SAN Gateway using the configurat

52 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideA typical configuration of a normal node HP VMA SAN Gateway using the configuratio

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 53Note: VLAN and interface bonding configuration are not part of the configuration

54 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideCluster Management VIP A typical HP VMA SAN Gateway cluster consists of one or mor

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 55In the VMA Web Interface, the Gateways page lists all of the HP VMA SAN Gateways

56 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideAn asterisk after a node’s ID number designates the local node where you issued th

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 57Configuration File ManagementChanges made to the configuration of an HP VMA SAN

58 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideNote that an asterisk (*) appears before the command prompt to remind you that cha

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 59The no-switch option can be used to save an interim configuration which you will

6 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideDeploying vSHARE in a High Availability Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• hostname is the name of the remote server• path is the location in which to stor

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 61 Show Configuration The show configuration commands enable you to view the comma

62 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe show configuration running full command displays all commands, including any d

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 63An active configuration file may not be deleted or renamed, nor may it be the ta

64 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideSoftware UpgradesUpgrading the HP VMA SAN Gateway software requires that you obtai

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 65CHAPTER 4 Configuring vSHAREHP VMA SAN Gateways running vSHARE can be deployed in

66 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• Targets: A target identifies the I/O port on the HP VMA SAN Gateway through whic

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 67vSHARE Configuration OverviewvSHARE configuration must be understood within the

68 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideadministrators to define sophisticated rules for controlling access to the LUNs by

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 69The vSHARE flowchart shows the steps required to configure the HP VMA SAN Gatewa

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 7VMA Utilities Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide• Step 5: Exporting LUNs: The LUNs must be exported to the initiator groups or ini

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 71Command Parameters To initialize the VMA Array for block storage:1. Connect to t

72 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideA message confirms that the VMA Array was successfully initialized.Viewing Contain

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 73Configuring Target PortsThe second step in configuring a vSHARE HP VMA SAN Gatew

74 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideSyntax DescriptionConfiguring Initiator GroupsThe third step in configuring the vS

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 752.To add additional initiators to an initiator group, use the igroup addto comma

76 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideSyntax DescriptionExamplesThe following examples demonstrate how the igroup create

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 77inside a VMA Array. In many systems, a LUN may be referred to as a volume or log

78 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideTypically, fewer than 100 LUNs would be created within a container; however, the c

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 79lun set CommandThe lun set command enables you to set a LUN as read-only. The lu

8 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideTaiwan BSMI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

80 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideExporting LUNsThe fifth step in configuring the vSHARE HP VMA SAN Gateway is to ex

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 81Syntax Descriptionlun_nameThe lun_name could be wildcard specified, such as FINA

82 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideOptimizing Connectivity to Storage Arrays for WindowsDepending on the Windows oper

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 83Figure 4.4 shows an illustration of a vSHARE HA configuration.In this configurat

84 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide3. From the HP VMA SAN Gateway CLI on the cluster master, enter Config mode. 4. In

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 85Configuring Interface BondingIn a High Availability vSHARE configuration, manage

86 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guidevian HP VMA SAN Gateway 2). To a host server, each of these paths appears as a sep

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 87In an HA configuration, where there are two HP VMA SAN Gateways with access to t

88 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideWhen the LUN has been taken out of HA mode, the show luns command displays the sta

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 89CHAPTER 5 Operating vSHAREVerifying Connections and PerformanceVerifying Target P

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 9Figure 1.1 HP VMA SAN Gateway System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideThe sessions option displays the number of SCSI sessions active on a target and th

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 91For detailed information about this command, see Show Targets Command on page 10

92 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideViewing ContainersThe show containers command returns information about the storag

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 93The show commands described in this section can be used in Config or Enable mode

94 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guideshow media allThe show media all command displays all media devices installed in a

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 95show media block id all The show media all block id all command displays the loc

96 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideMedia Block Enable CommandsBefore a media device can be used for block storage, it

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 97In the following example, the media block id <id> enable command is used t

98 AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User GuideIn the following example, the media block id all enable command enables all storag

AM456-9007B Rev 02 HP VMA SAN Gateway Installation and User Guide 99The show media health commands display the location, media ID, model, life remai