HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share System Installation and Upgrade Guide Version 2.2

Step 18: Configuring the Object Storage Servers 6–33
6.18.1Installing the Object Storage Servers
As the Object Storage Servers have not yet been turned on, you must first turn on the power to all of the
Object Storage Servers, by entering the command shown in the following example. In this example, the
system has four servers (one administration server, one MDS server, and two Object Storage Servers):
sfs> boot server south[3-4]
The HP SFS system software is network-installed on each Object Storage Server when the server is booted
with the boot server command at the sfs> prompt. You do not need to install the software from
CD-ROM.
Note that when the Object Storage Servers are first booted, the show server command shows the status
of the servers as not-configured; this is normal. The reason for this is that the service LUNs on the arrays
attached to the servers have not yet been presented to the Object Storage Servers.
When the servers have booted, you can proceed to Section 6.18.2 to create EVA4000 host entries for the
Object Storage Servers.
6.18.2Creating EVA4000 host entries for Object Storage Servers
To allow a server to have access to a virtual disk, you must present the virtual disk as a LUN to the HBA
ports on the server. In the HP SFS system, a virtual disk must be presented to both HBA ports in a server and
must also be presented to both servers in a server pair. In effect, the virtual disk must be presented to four
HBA ports.
To manage the presentation of virtual disks to servers, the EVA4000 array must know the WWIDs of the
HBA ports in each server in the server pair. In EVA4000 terms, the HBA ports are associated with hosts.
Each host represents the HBA ports in a server pair (that is, each host represents four HBA ports), and hosts
are used to present the virtual disks to the servers.
Each Object Storage Server pair accesses two arrays. On each array, you must create a host for the server
pair that will access the array.
To create host entries for the Object Storage Server pairs, perform the following steps:
1. Identify the WWIDs of the HBA ports on each of the servers in the server pair by entering the show
server command, as shown in the following example:
NOTE: You can enter this command on the administration server (for example, south1); you do
not need to log in to the Object Storage Server.
sfs> show server south3
Name: south3
Primary Role: ost
Backup Server: south4
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Host Bus Adapters (wwid) Name Firmware
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210000e0-8b0f1205 fc-0 -
210000fe-7b0f9041 fc-1 -
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