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Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V Configuration Manual

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  • Page 1 Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM ® ® Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment INKS Document Organization Product Version Getting Help Contents MK-96RD651-01...
  • Page 2 All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks or service marks of and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners. ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Port Address Considerations for Fabric Environments ......2-10 Loop ID Conflicts ................2-10 Configuring the Host Fibre-Channel HBA(s) ............2-11 Connecting the USP V System to the SGI IRIX Host ...........2-12 Contents ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 6 Troubleshooting Error Conditions ............... 5-2 Calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center..........5-3 SCSI TID Maps for Fibre-Channel Adapters..........A-1 Online Device Installation..............B-1 Acronyms and Abbreviations ............. Acronyms-1 Contents ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 7: Preface

    Please refer to the Storage Navigator User’s Guide for information on other supported operating systems and browsers. Notice: The use of the Hitachi USP V storage system and all other Hitachi Data Systems products is governed by the terms of your agreement(s) with Hitachi Data Systems.

  • Page 8: Intended Audience

    • The hardware hosting the SGI IRIX system • The hardware used to attach the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V to the SGI IRIX host, including fibre-channel cabling, host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, and hubs Product Version This document revision applies to Universal Storage Platform V microcode 60-01-3x and higher.

  • Page 9: Document Organization

    The first page of each chapter provides links to the sections in that chapter. Chapter Description Provides a brief overview of the Hitachi USP V, supported device types, Introduction and an installation roadmap. Installing the USP V Provides instructions for installing and connecting the USP V to an SGI IRIX host.

  • Page 10: Document Conventions

    Document Conventions The terms “Universal Storage Platform V” and “USP V” refer to all models of the Universal Storage Platform V, unless otherwise noted. This document uses the following typographic conventions: Convention Description Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including Bold menus, menu options, buttons, and labels.

  • Page 11: Convention For Storage Capacity Values

    1 MB = 1,024 bytes 1 GB = 1,024 bytes 1 TB = 1,024 bytes 1 PB = 1,024 bytes 1 block = 512 bytes Preface ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 12: Getting Help

    Getting Help If you need to call the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center, please gather as much information about the problem as possible, including: • The circumstances surrounding the error or failure. • The exact content of any error message(s) displayed on the host system(s).

  • Page 13: Introduction

    Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the USP V from Hitachi Data Systems: About the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V Device Types Installation and Configuration Roadmap Introduction ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX...

  • Page 14: About The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V

    About the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V The USP V from Hitachi Data Systems is a comprehensive and fully integrated universal storage services platform that builds on the proven technical superiority and features of Hitachi Data Systems’ USP disk arrays. As an...
  • Page 15 USP V systems located at each site within a 2- or 3- datacenter configuration. Note: The availability of the Hitachi USP V features and functions depends on the level of microcode installed. Introduction ®...

  • Page 16: Device Types

    OPEN-3*10 disk device. This lets the host combine logical devices and access the data stored on the USP V using fewer LU numbers. For more information about LUSE, see the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V LUN Expansion (LUSE) and Virtual LVI/LUN User’s Guide (MK-96RD630).
  • Page 17 The VLL feature can be applied to FX devices for maximum flexibility in volume size. For more information about FX, see the Hitachi Cross-OS File Exchange User’s Guide (MK-96RD647), or contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team. FX devices are not SCSI disk devices, and must be installed and accessed as raw devices.
  • Page 18 OPEN- Note 4 Note 5 Note 6 8*n VLL Disk 8*n-CVS OPEN- SCSI HITACHI OPEN- Note 4 Note 5 Note 6 9*n VLL Disk 9*n-CVS Introduction ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 19 3A/B/C, OPEN-x-FXoto) must be installed as raw devices and can only accessed using FX. Do not create a partition or file system on any device used for FX operations. Introduction ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 20 Example: For an OPEN-3 VLL volume with capacity = 37 MB: # of blocks = (53 cylinders – see Note 3) × (15 heads) × (96 sectors per track) = 76320 Introduction ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 21 # of cylinders = (number of cylinders) + 9 The number of data cylinders for a 3390-3B VLL volume = # of cylinders = (number of cylinders) + 7 Introduction ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 22 MB, not number of cylinders. The size of an OPEN-V VLL volume can be specified by capacity in MB or number of cylinders. The user specifies the volume size using the Virtual LVI/LUN software. For more information, please see Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V LUN Expansion and Virtual LVI/LUN User’s Guide (MK-96RD630). 1-10 Introduction ®...

  • Page 23: Installation And Configuration Roadmap

    Recognition of Devices/Enable Systems and Systems and Set the New Devices Command Tag Mount Auto-Mount Queuing Directories Parameters Figure 1-1 Installation and Configuration Roadmap Introduction 1-11 ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 25: Installing The Usp V

    Preparing for the USP V Installation Configuring the Host Fibre-Channel HBA(s) Connecting the USP V System to the SGI IRIX Host Verifying New Device Recognition Installing the USP V ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 26: Installation And Configuration Checklist

    USP V. multiplatform Use LUN Manager software to configure the fibre-channel configuration ports. If this feature is not installed, contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team. SGI IRIX system SGI O2 hardware ®...
  • Page 27 Do not install/load the driver(s) yet. When instructed in this Fibre-channel drivers guide to install the drives for your fibre-channel HBA, refer to the documentation for your adapter. Installing the USP V ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 28: Preparing For The Usp V Installation

    USP V. Hardware Installation Considerations The Hitachi Data Systems representative performs the hardware installation by following the precautions and procedures in the USP V Maintenance Manual. The USP V comes with all the hardware and cabling required for the installation.

  • Page 29: Lun Manager Software Installation

    96RD621). For more information about LUN Manager, see the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V LUN Manager User’s Guide (MK-96RD615). Note: If the LUN Manager feature is not installed, the Hitachi Data Systems representative can configure fibre-channel ports for you. Contact your Hitachi Data Systems account team.

  • Page 30: Setting The Host Mode

    Figure 2-1 shows the Add New Host Group panel from LUN Manager. For more information about using LUN Manager, see the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V LUN Manager User’s Guide (MK-96RD615). WARNING: Changing host modes on USP V systems that are already installed and configured is disruptive and requires the server to be rebooted.

  • Page 31: Setting The Host Mode Options

    You can use either the LUN Manager software (Storage Navigator) or the ® HiCommand Device Manager software to set the host mode options. For more information about using LUN Manager, see the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V LUN Manager User’s Guide (MK-96RD615). Installing the USP V ®...

  • Page 32: Configuring The Usp V Fibre-Channel Ports

    Figure 2-2 shows the LUN Manager panel for defining port parameters, and Table 2-3 explains the panel settings. For more information, see the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V LUN Manager User’s Guide (MK-96RD615). Table 2-3 Fibre Parameter Settings for the USP V...
  • Page 33 Figure 2-2 Setting the Fibre-Channel Port Parameters Installing the USP V ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 34: Port Address Considerations For Fabric Environments

    TID in same loop (e.g., addresses EF and CD both have TID 0, see Appendix A for the TID-to-AL-PA mapping). 2-10 Installing the USP V ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 35: Configuring The Host Fibre-Channel Hba(S)

    Configure the fibre-channel HBA(s) connected to the USP V. The HBAs have many configuration options. For more information, refer to the documentation for your fibre-channel HBA(s). Installing the USP V 2-11 ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 36: Connecting The Usp V System To The Sgi Irix Host

    Table 2-5 summarizes the steps for connecting the USP V to the SGI system host. Some steps are performed by the Hitachi Data Systems representative, while others are performed by the user. Table 2-5...

  • Page 37: Verifying New Device Recognition

    The host system automatically creates a device file for each new device recognized. Hitachi Data Systems recommends that the devices should be installed and formatted with the fibre ports configured before the host system is powered on.
  • Page 38 Origin FIBRE CHANNEL board, module 1 slot 7: Revision 4 Origin PCI XIO board, module 1 slot 2: Revision 4 IOC3 external interrupts: 1# Figure 2-3 Verifying New Device Recognition 2-14 Installing the USP V ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 39 Origin FIBRE CHANNEL board, module 1 slot 3: Revision 4 IOC3 external interrupts: 1 Figure 2-4 Verifying New Device Recognition (with Fabric) Installing the USP V 2-15 ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 40: Device Files And Wwns

    FC4s: FCP [STOREX RS2999FCPH3 NS09] 0214ef; 3;21:00:00:ad:bc:04:6f:70;20:00:00:ad:bc:04:6f:70; na FC4s: FCP [STOREX RS2999FCPH3 JB09] Figure 2-5 Displaying the WWN (NodeName) on Brocade Fabric Switch 2-16 Installing the USP V ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 41 Note: PortName = WWN; NodeName = device port number. Installing the USP V 2-17 ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 43: Configuring The New Disk Devices

    SGI IRIX systems, see Appendix For information about configuring newly installed USP V devices without rebooting the IRIX system, see Appendix Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 44: Partitioning The Disk Devices

    10) so that no partition is set on top of another partition. Because partition 8 usually uses parts between 0 and 6, set that base of first setting partition is 6. Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 45 Enter y to continue. Enter .. when done Figure 3-1 Partitioning and Labeling the Disk Devices (without Fabric) (continues on the next page) Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 46 [l]abel/ [a]uto [b]adblock/ [exe]rcise/ [r]epartition/ fx>exi Exit the fx utility. Figure 3-1 Partitioning and Labeling the Disk Devices (without fabric) (continued) Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 47 Partitioning and Labeling a Device Connected via Fabric Switch # prtvtoc /dev/dsk/dks8d0l15s0 Verifying partition 0 of LUN 15, TID 0, controller 8. Figure 3-3 Verifying a Partition Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 48: Enabling Command Tag Queuing

    5. Exit the fx utility and enter yes to write out (save) the changes to the drive parameters. 6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each new USP V disk device. Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 49 (yes) yes Enter “yes”. Figure 3-5 Enabling Command Tag Queuing (CTQ) and Setting the Queue Depth Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 50: Creating The File Systems

    2.5.1) (e.g., /dev/rdsk/50000e10ff809999/lun2sl/c8p50000e10ff809999). 2. Repeat step 1 for each device partition on which you want to create an EFS™ file system. Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 51: Xfs ® File System

    2.5.1) (e.g., /dev/rdsk/50000e10ff809999/lun2sl/c8p50000e10ff809999). 2. Repeat step 1 for each device partition on which you want to create an ® file system. Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 52: Creating The Mount Directories And Mounting The Devices

    %use Mounted on /dev/root 969857 414702 555155 /dev/dsk/dks8d0l15s0 1048576 13 1048563 /USP_LU0 New device. Figure 3-6 Verifying the New File Systems 3-10 Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 53: Setting The Auto-Mount Parameters

    Enhance – enter 0 for USP V devices fsck pass – order in which FS checks are to be performed Configuring the New Disk Devices 3-11 ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 54 3-12 Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 55: Configuring The New Disk Devices

    UNIX/PC server host. For assistance with failover and/or SNMP configuration on the host, refer to the user documentation, or contact the vendor’s technical support. Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 56: Host/Application Failover

    USP V devices. For assistance with IRIS FailSafe and/or SGI ACE operations, refer to the user documentation or contact SGI technical support. Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 57: Snmp Remote System Management

    SNMP Manager Private LAN Error Info. Public LAN UNIX/PC Notebook Server Figure 4-1 Example of a USP V SNMP Environment Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 58 Configuring the New Disk Devices ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting

    USP V. The topics covered in this chapter are: Troubleshooting Error Conditions Calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center Note: For additional troubleshooting information, refer to the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V User and Reference Guide (MK-96RD635). Troubleshooting ®...

  • Page 60: Troubleshooting Error Conditions

    USP V installation and provides instructions for resolving each condition. If you cannot resolve an error condition, please contact your Hitachi Data Systems representative for help, or call the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center for assistance. Table 5-1...

  • Page 61: Calling The Hitachi Data Systems Support Center

    Calling the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center If you need to call the Hitachi Data Systems Support Center, provide as much information about the problem as possible. Include the circumstances surrounding the error or failure, the exact content of any messages displayed and the severity levels and reference codes of the R-SIMs on the R-SIM panel.
  • Page 62 Troubleshooting ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 63: Scsi Tid Maps For Fibre-Channel Adapters

    When USP V devices and other types of devices are connected in the same loop. When information for unused devices remains in server system. When multiple ports participate in the same arbitrated loop. SCSI TID Maps for Fibre-Channel Adapters ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 64 Table A-1 Filter Port Addressing AL-PA T value AL-PA T value AL-PA T value AL-PA T value SCSI TID Maps for Fibre-Channel Adapters ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 65: Online Device Installation

    Probe controller, where # is the controller number. # ioconfig –f /hw Update the hardware graph with new device information. Figure B-1 Recognizing New Devices Installed Online Online Device Installation ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 66 Online Device Installation ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...

  • Page 67: Acronyms And Abbreviations

    LUSE LUN Expansion Logical Volume Image Logical Volume Manager, logical volume management megabytes open fibre control physical address personal computer system point-to-point Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms-1 ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
  • Page 68 ID Universal Storage Platform Virtual LVI/LUN worldwide name ® IRIX extended file system extended logical volume manager Acronyms-2 Acronyms and Abbreviations ® ® Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI IRIX Host Attachment...
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  • Page 70 Hitachi Data Systems Corporate Headquarters 750 Central Expressway Santa Clara, California 95050-2627 U.S.A. Phone: 1 408 970 1000 www.hds.com [email protected] Asia Pacific and Americas 750 Central Expressway Santa Clara, California 95050-2627 U.S.A. Phone: 1 408 970 1000 [email protected] Europe Headquarters...

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