6.0 HP X9320 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW542-96009, December 2011)

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Contents

1 Product description...................................................................................10

X9320 Network Storage System features...................................................................................10

System components.................................................................................................................10

HP X9000 Software features....................................................................................................11

High availability and redundancy.............................................................................................11

2 Getting started.........................................................................................13

Setting up the X9320 Network Storage System...........................................................................13

Installation steps................................................................................................................13

Additional configuration steps.............................................................................................13

Management interfaces...........................................................................................................14

Using the GUI...................................................................................................................14

Customizing the GUI..........................................................................................................17

Adding user accounts for GUI access...................................................................................18

Using the CLI.....................................................................................................................18

Starting the array management software...............................................................................18

X9000 client interfaces.......................................................................................................18

X9000 Software manpages.....................................................................................................18

Changing passwords..............................................................................................................18

Configuring ports for a firewall.................................................................................................19

Configuring NTP servers..........................................................................................................20

Configuring HP Insight Remote Support on X9000 systems...........................................................20

Configuring X9000 systems for Insight Remote Support...........................................................21

Troubleshooting Insight Remote Support................................................................................23

3 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access..............................................24

Network and VIF guidelines.....................................................................................................24

Creating a bonded VIF............................................................................................................24

Configuring standby backup nodes...........................................................................................24

Configuring NIC failover.........................................................................................................25

Configuring automated failover................................................................................................25

Example configuration.............................................................................................................25

Specifying VIFs in the client configuration...................................................................................25

Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces.......................................................26

Support for link state monitoring...............................................................................................26

4 Configuring failover..................................................................................27

Agile management consoles....................................................................................................27

Agile management console modes.......................................................................................27

Agile management consoles and failover..............................................................................27

Viewing information about management consoles..................................................................28

Cluster high availability...........................................................................................................28

Failover modes..................................................................................................................28

What happens during a failover..........................................................................................28

Setting up automated failover..............................................................................................29

Configuring standby pairs..............................................................................................29

Identifying power sources...............................................................................................29

Turning automated failover on and off..............................................................................30

Manually failing over a file serving node..............................................................................30

Failing back a file serving node...........................................................................................31

Using network interface monitoring......................................................................................31

Setting up HBA monitoring..................................................................................................33

Discovering HBAs..........................................................................................................34

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