HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System administration guide V1.0.2 (AN540-96018, February 2010)
Using mxconsole and mx(8) ....................................................................................................... 36
Matrix management overview .............................................................................................. 36
Restrictions on use of mxconsole and mx(8) ........................................................................... 37
Issuing commands to groups of hosts ........................................................................................... 37
Shutting down servers and the entire system ................................................................................. 38
Viewing license information ........................................................................................................ 38
Using external hostnames to run applications on the server ............................................................ 38
6 Viewing system status information ....................................................... 41
Syscheck command ................................................................................................................... 41
Syscheck report categories .................................................................................................. 41
Syscheck report ........................................................................................................... 42
Viewing server information ......................................................................................................... 43
Viewing blades information ........................................................................................................ 46
Viewing Matrix state ................................................................................................................. 47
Viewing array information .......................................................................................................... 48
Viewing LUN information ........................................................................................................... 51
Viewing system details ............................................................................................................... 53
Viewing filesystem information .................................................................................................... 53
Viewing firmware information ..................................................................................................... 56
Viewing alert history ................................................................................................................. 57
7 Managing data ............................................................................... 59
Creating a filesystem ................................................................................................................. 59
Filesystem creation examples ................................................................................................ 60
Recovering from a filesystem creation failure .......................................................................... 60
Deleting a filesystem ................................................................................................................. 61
Managing filesystems ................................................................................................................ 61
Mounting and unmounting filesystems ................................................................................... 61
Changing mount persistence ................................................................................................ 62
Modifying a filesystem ........................................................................................................ 62
Managing NFS exports ............................................................................................................. 63
Creating a VNFS configuration ............................................................................................ 63
Parameters .................................................................................................................. 63
Examples .................................................................................................................... 64
Viewing a VNFS configuration ............................................................................................. 65
Parameters .................................................................................................................. 65
Modifying a VNFS configuration .......................................................................................... 65
Parameters .................................................................................................................. 66
Actions ....................................................................................................................... 66
Example ..................................................................................................................... 67
Editing /etc/exports ..................................................................................................... 67
Deleting a VNFS configuration ............................................................................................. 68
Parameters .................................................................................................................. 68
Example ..................................................................................................................... 68
Configuring and using Samba .................................................................................................... 69
Use of the configuration files ................................................................................................ 70
Considerations for deploying Samba with HP ExDS9100 ........................................................ 70
Configuration steps ............................................................................................................. 71
Step 1 — Modify firewall rules to allow Samba communications ........................................ 71
Step 2 — Install the Samba deployment package ............................................................ 71
Step 3 — Create /var/mxso/samba/conf directory ......................................................... 72
Step 4 — Create the Samba configuration files ................................................................ 72
Step 5 — Set Samba user passwords ............................................................................. 75
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