6.0 HP X9720 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW549-96034, December 2011)

1. On the node hosting the active management console, place the management console into
maintenance mode. This step fails over the active management console role to the node
currently hosting the passive agile management console.
<ibrixhome>/bin/ibrix_fm –m maintenance
2. Wait approximately 60 seconds for the failover to complete, and then run the following
command on the node that was hosting the passive agile management console:
<ibrixhome>/bin/ibrix_fm -i
The command should report that the agile management console is now Active on this node.
3. From the node on which you failed over the active management console in step 1, change
the status of the management console from maintenance to passive:
<ibrixhome>/bin/ibrix_fm -m passive
4. Verify that the fusion manager database /usr/local/ibrix/.db/ is intact on both active
and passive management console nodes.
5. Repeat steps 1–4 to return the node originally hosting the active management console back
to active mode.
Converting the original management console node to a file serving node
hosting the agile management console
To convert the original management console node, usually node 1, to a file serving node, complete
the following steps:
1. Place the agile management console on the node into maintenance mode:
ibrix_fm –m maintenance
2. Verify that the management console is in maintenance mode:
ibrix_fm –i
For example:
[root@x109s1 ibrix]# ibrix_fm -i
FusionServer: x109s1 (maintenance, quorum not started)
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Command succeeded!
3. Verify that the passive management console is now the active management console. Run the
ibrix_fm -i command on the file serving node hosting the passive management console
(x109s3 in this example). It may take up to two minutes for the passive management console
to become active.
[root@x109s3 ibrix]# ibrix_fm -i
FusionServer: x109s3 (active, quorum is running)
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Command succeeded!
4. Install the file serving node software on the node:
./ibrixinit -ts -C <cluster_device> -i <cluster VIP> -F
5. Verify that the new file serving node has joined the cluster:
ibrix_server -l
Look for the new file serving node in the output.
6. Rediscover storage on the file serving node:
ibrix_pv -a
7. Set up the file serving node to match the other nodes in the cluster. For example, configure
any user NICs, user and cluster NIC monitors, NIC failover pairs, power, backup servers,
preferred NIC s for X9000 clients, and so on.
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