bluearc administrative guide

Storage System

Administration GuideRelease 8.1

SAG-810-1

Publication Title: System Administration Guide Publication Date: February 2011

Neither BlueArc Corporation nor its affiliated companies (collectively, BlueArc) makes any warranties about the information in this guide. Under no circumstances shall BlueArc be liable for costs arising from the procurement of substitute products or services, lost profits, lost savings, loss of information or data, or from any other special, indirect, consequential or incidental damages, that are the result of its products not being used in accordance with the guide. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). Some parts of ADC use open source code from NetApp, Inc. and Traakan, Inc. Part of the software embedded in this product is gSOAP software. Portions created by gSOAP are copyright (c) 2001-2009 Robert A. Van Engelen, Genivia Inc. All rights reserved. The software in this product was in part provided by Genivia Inc. and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the author be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. The product described in this guide may be protected by one or more U.S. patents, foreign patents, or pending applications. The following are trademarks licensed to BlueArc Corporation, registered in the USA and other countries: BlueArc, the BlueArc logo, and the BlueArc Storage System. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 2000/2003/2008 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through The Open Group. All other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. Copyright 2010 BlueArc Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Mercury Server and Titan Server

About This GuideThe following types of messages are used throughout this guide. We recommend that these messages are read and clearly understood before proceeding. Tip: A tip contains supplementary information that is useful in completing a task. Note: A note contains information that helps to install or operate the system effectively. Caution: A caution indicates the possibility of damage to data or equipment. Do not proceed beyond a caution message until the requirements are fully understood.

Related Documents StorageSubsystemGuide:InPDFformat,thisguideprovidesinformationaboutusingthestorage subsystemsattachedtothestorageserver/cluster. SystemInstallationGuide:InPDFformat,thisguideprovidesinformationaboutinstallingMercury Serverhardware,software,andfirmware,andinstructionsonhowtoupgradeanddowngradethe storageserverandtheSMU. SoftwareInstallationGuide:InPDFformat,thisguideprovidesinformationaboutinstallingTitan Serversoftwareandfirmware,includinginstructionsonhowtoupgradeanddowngradethestorage serverandtheSMU. HardwareInstallationGuide:InPDFformat,thisguideprovidesinformationaboutinstallingtheTitan Serverhardwareandconnectingittoyournetwork. Mercury50andMercury100HardwareReferenceandMercury55andMercury110HardwareReference: Theseguides(inPDFformat)providesanoverviewoftheMercuryServerhardware,describehow toresolveanyproblems,andshowshowtoreplacefaultycomponents. TitanServerHardwareReference:Thisguide(inPDFformat)providesanoverviewoftheTitanServer hardware,describeshowtoresolveanyproblems,andshowshowtoreplacefaultycomponents. CommandLineReference:Thisguide(inHTMLformat)describeshowtoadministerthesystemby typingcommandsatacommandprompt. ReleaseNotes:Thisdocumentgiveslatebreakingnewsaboutthesystem.

Browser SupportAny of the following browsers can be used to run Web Manager, the System Management Unit (SMU) web-based graphical user interface. Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 7.0 or later. Mozilla Firefox: version 1.5 or later. Note: The SMU uses cookies and sessions to remember user selections on various pages. Therefore, you should open only one web browser window or tab to the SMU from any given workstation/PC. If multiple tabs/windows are

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opened from the same workstation/PC, a change made in one tab/window may unexpectedly affect the other tab/window. The following Java Runtime Environment is required to enable some advanced Web Manager functionality. Sun Microsystems Java Runtime Environment: version 5.0, update 6, or later.

A copy of all product documentation is included for download or viewing through Web Manager. The following software is required to view this documentation: Adobe Acrobat: version 7.0.5 or later.

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Table of Contents1 Overview of BlueArc NAS Storage SystemsSystem Management Unit (SMU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Storage Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Virtual Servers (EVSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Private Management Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Public Data Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Storage Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Default User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Physical and Logical Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Managing a Server/Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Using Web Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Server Status Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Accessing Web Manager Pages (Navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Web Manager Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Using the Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SMU Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Server Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Quick System Configuration

Using the SMU Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Selecting SMU-Managed Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Using the Server Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18


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Optional Configuration StepsUsing Advanced Mode Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Adding an SMU User - Global Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adding an SMU User - Storage Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Adding an SMU User - Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Editing an SMU Users Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Changing the Password for the Currently Logged in User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Managing Users and Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuring the System Management Unit (SMU). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Configuring SMU Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Changing the IP Address for a Managed Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Configuring an SMTP Relay for the SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Configuring the Storage Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Configuring Server Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Configuring Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the SMU for NTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 NTP Server Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring Server Management Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Setting the Server Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Configuring Server Access Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring the Private Management Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Configuring the Management Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Configuring Devices on the System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Adding a Device from the Public (Data) Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Adding a Device from the Private Management Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Receiving SNMP Traps through the SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Managing Uninterruptible Power Supply Usage (Titan Server only). . . . . 54Adding a System Power Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Viewing or Changing UPS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Configuring Power Failure Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Network Configuration

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Network Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66VLAN Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Jumbo Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

IP Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Default Gateways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Static Routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Dynamic Routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Network Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Name Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70DNS and DDNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Registering a CIFS Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Secure DDNS Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 WINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Directory Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71NIS (for NFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet Data Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Link Aggregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Viewing Link Aggregation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Viewing or Changing the Aggregation Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Adding Aggregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Deleting Aggregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Viewing Existing IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Adding an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Removing an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Modifying Advanced IP Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Managing the Servers Route Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Configuring Name Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Specifying and Prioritizing Name Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88


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Configuring Directory Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Enabling and Configuring NIS and LDAP Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Enabling and Disabling NIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Viewing the NIS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Adding NIS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Modifying the NIS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Changing the Priority of a Configured NIS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Configuring LDAP to Provide NIS Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Adding an LDAP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Modifying the LDAP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Modifying the LDAP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Changing Name Services Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Storage Management Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 System Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104System Drive Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Storage Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Tiered Storage Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106File System Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 File System Tiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Tiered File Systems and Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 File System Block Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 WORM File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 WORM Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Read Caches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Controlling File System Space Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Monitoring File System Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Increasing the Size of a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Usage Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Virtual Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Thin Provisioning File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Moving a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 File System Relocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Cloning Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Using JetClone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

BlueArc Data Migrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Data Migration Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Types of Migration Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Cross Volume Links in Data Migrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Cross Volume Link Format Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Data Migrator Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using System Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Using a Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Creating a Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Adding the User Data Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Deleting Storage Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Expanding a Storage Pool or a Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Reducing the Size of a Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Denying Access to a Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Allowing Access to a Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Renaming a Storage Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Configuring Automatic File System Expansion for an Entire Storage Pool . . . . . . . 148

Using File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Creating a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Viewing Available File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 To View the Details of a File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Deleting a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Formatting a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Mounting a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Unmounting a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Managing File System Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Enabling/Disabling File System Auto-Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Managing File System Auto-Expansion Confinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Expanding File System Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Relocating a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Using System Lock on File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Enabling and Disabling System Lock for a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Recovering File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Recovering a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183


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Using WORM File Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Designating Retention Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Marking a file as WORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Managing Usage Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188To Set User and Group File System Quota Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 To Add a File System Quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 To Modify a File System Quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 To Delete a File System Quota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Managing Virtual Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Adding a Virtual Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Modifying a Virtual Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Deleting a Virtual Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Managing Quotas on Virtual Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Viewing/Modifying Virtual Volume Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Setting User/Group Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Adding a Quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Deleting a Quota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Exporting Quotas for All Virtual Volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Exporting Quotas for a Specific Virtual Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

About the rquotad Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206rquotad Service Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Restrictive Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Matching Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Configuring the BlueArc Data Migrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Configuring Data Migrator Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Adding a Local Data Migration Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Adding External Data Migration Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Data Migration Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Data Migration Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Migration Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Migration Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Migration to HCP Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Reclaimed Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Reversing Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 iSCSI Logical Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

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File ServicesSupported CIFS Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Supported NFS Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

File System Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Unicode Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251CIFS Unicode Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 FTP Unicode Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 NFSv2/3 and NIS Unicode Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Changing the Character Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

File System Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Enabling and Disabling File Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Managing File System Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254NFS Security and Kerberos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Setting Secure NFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Mixed Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 CIFS Access to Native CIFS Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 NFS Access to Native NFS Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Client Access to Non-Native Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 UNIX Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Viewing Security Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Changing Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Changing the Security Mode for a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Changing the Security Mode for a Virtual Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Mixed Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 File Locks in Mixed Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Opportunistic Locks (Oplocks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Exclusive and Batch Oplocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Level II Oplocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 User and Group Names in NFSv4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Configuring User and Group Mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Managing NFS User and Group Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Importing User or Group Mappings From a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Importing Users or Groups From an NIS or LDAP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274


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Sharing Resources with NFS Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Enabling NFS Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Supported Clients and Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 NFS Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Configuring NFS Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 The NFSv4 Pseudo File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Kerberos Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Adding an NFS Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Viewing the Properties of an NFS Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Backing Up and Restoring NFS Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Using CIFS for Windows Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287CIFS Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Supported Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Domain Controller Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Dynamic DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Configuring CIFS Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Assigning CIFS Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Joining an Active Directory (AD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Adding a Server to an NT 4 Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Removing CIFS Server Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Using NetBIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Configuring Local Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Adding a Local Group or Local Group Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Deleting a Local Group or Local Group Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Configuring CIFS Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Adding CIFS Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Viewing and Modifying the Properties of a CIFS Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Controlling Access to Shares using Qualifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Controlling Access to Shares using Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Offline File Access Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Modifying or Deleting a Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Backing Up and Restoring CIFS Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Using Windows Server Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Using the Computer Management Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Creating or Managing Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Restoring a Previous Version of a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

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Transferring Files with FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325FTP Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 FTP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Configuring FTP Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 To Configure FTP Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Configuring FTP Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Setting up an FTP User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Importing an FTP User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Viewing and Modifying FTP Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Setting Up FTP Audit Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Configuring FTP Audit Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Block-Level Access Through iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332iSCSI Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 iSCSI MPIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 iSCSI Access Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Supported iSCSI Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Offload Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Configuring iSCSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Configuring iSNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Configuring iSCSI Logical Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Setting up iSCSI Logical Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Managing iSCSI Logical Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 Setting Up iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Viewing the Properties of iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Adding iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Adding a LU to an iSCSI Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Modifying the Properties of an iSCSI Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Deleting iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Configuring iSCSI Security (Mutual Authentication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Configuring the Storage Server for Mutual Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator for Mutual Authentication . . . . . . . . . 351 Changing the Storage Servers Mutual Authentication Configuration . . . . . . . . 352 Accessing iSCSI Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Using iSNS to Find iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Using Target Portals to find iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Accessing Available iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Verifying an Active Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Terminating an Active Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Using Computer Manager to Configure iSCSI Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359


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Accessing Snapshots Initiated by VSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Removing VSS Initiated Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 VSS Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Setting up the NAS Server for VSS Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Configuring VSS Access to a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Installing the VSS Hardware Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Specifying NAS Server Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

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Data ProtectionCheckpoints and NVRAM Buffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 Buffering in a Cluster Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 NVRAM Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Hardware-Based File System Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370Snapshots and the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Latest Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Quick Snapshot Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Accessing Snapshots Through NFS Exports and CIFS Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

NDMP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Storage Management Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

BlueArc JetMirror Data Replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374File Replication and Object Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Policy Based Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Replication Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Incremental Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Incremental Data (File Level) Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Incremental Block-Level Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Multiple Stream Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Relocating File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Supported Replication Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 TrueCopy and ShadowImage Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Replication and Disaster Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Replication Process for Planned Promotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Recovering a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

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Recovering and Demoting a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Recovering Multiple File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

Transfer of Primary Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402The Process of Transferring Primary Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 How a Transfer of Primary Access Moves CNS Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Virus Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Using Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407Managing Snapshot Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Creating Snapshot Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Modifying Snapshot Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Deleting Snapshot Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Managing Individual Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 Managing Snapshots Initiated by VSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Using NDMP Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413Configuring NDMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 NDMP Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Enabling and Disabling NDMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Specifying the NDMP User Name, Password, and Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Configuring NDMP Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 Displaying NDMP Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Using NDMP with Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Backing Up Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Incremental Backups and Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Configuring NDMP Snapshot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Backing Up Virtual Volumes and Quotas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 Clearing the Backup History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Using File Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427Configuring Policy-Based File Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 Connection Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Understanding Snapshot Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Understanding Custom Replication Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Using File Replication Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Viewing File Replication Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 Adding a File Replication Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 Modifying a File Replication Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Understanding Files to Exclude Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441


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File Replication Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Viewing Scheduled File Replications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Adding a File Replication Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 Modifying a File Replication Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Understanding Incremental Replications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Viewing File Replication Status & Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Enabling Multiple Replication Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Setting NDMP Performance Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Troubleshooting Replication Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Manually Restarting a Failed Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Rolling Back an Incomplete Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Using Object Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Configuring Object-Based Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Using Object Replication Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Adding an Object Replication Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Viewing and Modifying Object Replication Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Using Object Replication Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 Viewing Object Replication Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Adding an Object Replication Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Modifying an Object Replication Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 displaying Object Replication Status and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Transferring Primary Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478Transferring Primary Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 Handling a Failure during a Transfer of Primary Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Using Virus Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482Configuring Virus Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 Notes on Installation and Configuration of a Virus Scanning Application . . . . . 483 Enabling Virus Scanning on the Storage Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Forcing Files to be Rescanned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486

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Scalability and ClusteringClusters and Server Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 Server Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 Clusters versus Server Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 Virtual Servers (EVSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 Secure Virtual Servers (Secure EVSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Cluster Name Space (CNS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 CNS Usage Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 EVS Name Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 Read Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Using Virtual Servers (EVSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507EVS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Creating an EVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 Assign a File System to an EVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Virtual Server (EVS) Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Viewing Virtual Server (EVS) Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Migrating Virtual Servers (EVSs) within a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Migrating an EVS within a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 Migrating an EVS within a Server Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Cloning Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 Migrating an EVS Within a Server Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Using Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518About Cluster Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 Configuring New Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Configuring the First Cluster Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 Joining an Existing Cluster Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Joining an Existing Cluster Using Web Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 Managing a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Configuring the Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Viewing Cluster Node Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Quorum Device Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Using Cluster Name Space (CNS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530Viewing the Cluster Name Space Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Viewing the EVS Name Space Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 Managing Links and Subdirectories in the EVS Name Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 Creating a Cluster Name Space Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531


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Creating a CNS Root Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Creating CNS Subdirectories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 Creating a File System Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Changing Cluster Name Space Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535Deleting a Cluster Name Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 Renaming a CNS Subdirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Moving a CNS Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Deleting a CNS Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Modifying a File System Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Deleting a File System Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Using Read Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537Prerequisites for Read Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 Configuring Read Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Setting File Caching Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Reviewing Read Cache Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Deleting a Read Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Read Caching Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

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Status & Monitoring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 BlueArc Storage System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546Using the Server Status Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 Checking the System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Checking the Status of a Server Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Checking the Status of a UPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Checking the Status of the SMU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Monitoring Multiple Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 Using Hitachi Device Manager to Monitor HDS Storage Subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . 557 Managing HDvM Server Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Performance Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561Controlling the Performance Graph Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Displaying a Custom Date Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 Displaying the Performance Graph Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566 Displaying the File System Ops/Sec Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Displaying the File System Capacity Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

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Displaying the Storage Pool Capacity Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Downloading Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Storage Server Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584Ethernet Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Viewing Ethernet Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 Viewing Aggregated Ports or Per Port Ethernet Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 TCP/IP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 Viewing TCP/IP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 Viewing Aggregated Ports or Per Port TCP/IP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Viewing TCP/IP Detailed Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 Fibre Channel Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Viewing the Fibre Channel Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 To View Per Port Fibre Channel Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 File and Block Protocol Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Viewing NFS Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595 Viewing CIFS Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 FTP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603 iSCSI Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Data Access and Performance Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Server and File System Load (Ops per second) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 Viewing Ops/Sec Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608 File System NVRAM Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609 Management Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 Access Management Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 SNMP Management Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 HTTPS Management Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 VSS Management Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 Virus Scanning Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Event Logging and Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617Using the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Viewing and Filtering the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 Setting up Event Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 Setting Up an SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Using the Windows Event Viewer to Clear NAS Server Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635


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File System Auditing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635About File System Audit Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Controlling File System Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Creating a File System Audit Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 Enabling Auditing for a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 Modifying a File System Audit Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 Enabling/Disabling Auditing for a File System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643 Deleting a File System Audit Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 Viewing File System Audit Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644

FTP Auditing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645Managing FTP Audit Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Enabling and Disabling FTP Audit Logging for an EVS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646 Configuring FTP Audit Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 Viewing FTP Audit Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649

Monitoring Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649Displaying the Connectivity Status of Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Using System Monitor to Display Switch Connectivity Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 Using Web Manager to Display Switch Connectivity Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651 Adding FC Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 Displaying or Changing Details about an FC Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

10 Maintenance TasksSystem Software and Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 Managing License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655License Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 Adding a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 Deleting a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Checking Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661Displaying Storage Server Version Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 Displaying Version Information for the SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

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Providing an SSL Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663Requesting and Generating Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Generating a Custom Private Key and SSL Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663 Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Generating a CSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 Acquiring a SSL Certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 Installing and Managing Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 Installing a Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 Restoring the Default SMU Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 Accepting Self-Signed Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

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Using Storage Management ApplicationsNDMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 DIRECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 EXCLUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 EXTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 FILESYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670 FUTURE_FILES HIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671

Supported Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669

LEVEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 NDMP_BLUEARC_AWAIT_IDLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 NDMP_BLUEARC_EMBEDDED_HARDLINKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672 NDMP_BLUEARC_EXCLUDE_MIGRATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673 NDMP_BLUEARC_EXTERNAL_LINKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 NDMP_BLUEARC_FH_CHARSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 NDMP_BLUEARC_FH_NAMETYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 NDMP_BLUEARC_INCLUDE_ONLY_MIGRATED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 NDMP_BLUEARC_MULTI_CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 NDMP_BLUEARC_OVERWRITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 NDMP_BLUEARC_QUOTAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 NDMP_BLUEARC_READAHEAD_PROCESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 NDMP_BLUEARC_REMIGRATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 NDMP_BLUEARC_SNAPSHOT_DELETE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 NDMP_BLUEARC_SPARSE_DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 NDMP_BLUEARC_SPARSE_FILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 NDMP_BLUEARC_SPARSE_LIMIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 NDMP_BLUEARC_TAKE_SNAPSHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 NDMP_BLUEARC_USE_CHANGE_LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680


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UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

Specifying File Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Important Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

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Overview of BlueArc NAS Storage SystemsTheMercuryServerandtheTitanServerareenterpriseclassnetworkstorage serversthatprovidehighperformanceread/writeaccesstodatathrough multipleprotocols,suchasCIFS,NFS,iSCSI,andFTP.Thesesystemssupport: Standaloneservers,orclustersofuptoeightnodes Tieredstorage Asinglenamespacewithglobalaccess Virtualizedstoragepools,servers,filesystems,andvolumes Readcaching Globalsymlinks DataprotectionthroughNVRAMmirroring,snapshots,NDMPbased backup,virusscannerintegration,automaticdatamigration,policybased datareplication,datarelocation(withtransferofprimaryaccess),quorum devices User,group,andvirtualvolume(directory)quotas Completetoolsformanagingthesystemandmonitoringsystemstatus, includingWebManager(abrowserbasedgraphicaluserinterface),aJava basedclientforgatheringrealtimestatistics,andacommandline interface. ThestorageservercanalsoacquireFibreChannelinformationandpublish thedetailtotheHitachiDeviceManager(HDvM)Server.Thisintegration allowstheHitachiTieredStorageManager(HTSM)toviewinformation aboutFibreChanneldevicesattachedtoaTitanServerorclusterby searchingforthatinformationontheHitachiDeviceManager. Licensekeysareusedtocontroltheavailabilityofsomesystemfeaturesand functionality.Formoreinformationonlicenses,seeManagingLicenseKeys, onpage655orcontactBlueArcGlobalServices.

Physical and Logical ComponentsTheMercuryServerandtheTitanServerarehighlyscalableandmodular NetworkAttachedStorage(NAS)servers,withmultigigabitthroughput fromnetworktodisk.Theyconsistofthefollowingelements: ASystemManagementUnit(SMU),eitherinternalorexternal,depending onmodelandsystemconfiguration


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MercuryServer(s)and/orTitanServer(s) Virtualservers(EVSs) Privatemanagementnetwork Publicdatanetwork Storagesubsystem(s)

System Management Unit (SMU)

TheSMUmanagesthestorageserversand/orclusters,andprovidesfrontend serveradministrationandmonitoringtools.Itsupportsclustering,data migration,andreplication,andmayactastheQuorumDeviceinacluster. Althoughintegraltotheserver,theSMUisnotinthedatamovementpath betweenthenetworkclientandtheserver. TherearetwokindsofSMU;externalandinternal. AnexternalSMUisaseparatedeviceinthestorageserversystem.An externalSMUcanmanageuptoeight(8)storageservers/clustersinany combination.EachexternalSMUcanmanagebothMercuryServers/ ClustersandTitanServers/Clusters. Toprovidehighavailabilityforthemigrationandreplicationservices, whichdependontheSMU,youcanconfigureyoursystemwithastandby SMU.ThestandbySMU,whichisasecondexternalSMU,canbebrought onlinetoreplaceafailedprimarySMU. AninternalSMUisaservicethatrunsontheMercuryServerand providesthesamemanagementandmonitoringfunctionalityasan externalSMU.AninternalSMUcanmanageasinglestandaloneMercury Server(anexternalSMUisrequiredtomanagemorethanasingle MercuryServer). WhenusinganinternalSMU,thereisnowaytoconfigureastandbySMU.

Storage Server

Thestorageserverspatentedarchitectureisstructuredaroundbidirectional datapipelinesandahardwarebasedfilesystem.Itscalesto4petabytesof data,supportinghighersustainedaccessloadswithoutcompromising performance.Itcanbeconfiguredasasingleserverorasaservercluster.All networkclientscommunicatedirectlywiththeserver. TheserverprocessesfileaccessrequestsfromnetworkclientsviaGigabit Ethernet.Itreadsandwritesfrom/tooneormultiplestoragedevices, connectedthroughFibreChannel(FC)links.Thestoragesubsystemcanbe configuredwithasingleserver.Itcanalsobeconfiguredwithmultipleservers clusteredtogether;astheysharethesamestoragedevices,networkrequests canbedistributedacrossclusternodes. Note:WhilethefirstgenerationNASserversupportedclusterswithuptotwo nodes,theTitanServernowsupportsclusterswithuptoeightnodes.Should oneclusternodefail,itsfileservicesandserveradministrationfunctionsare transferredtoothernodes.MercuryServerclustersmayhaveuptoeithertwo orfournodes,dependingonserverseries.Allnodesinaclustermustbeofthe

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samefamily(TitanServersorMercuryServers),andaclustermaynotbemade upofamixtureofmodelswithinaseries. TheMercuryServerisrackmountableandconsistsofamotherboard,aserver mainboard,threehotswappablefantraysandtwohotswappableredundant powersupplies.Thefrontpaneldisplayssystemstatuswithagreenpower LEDandanamberfaultLED.TheonlyFieldReplaceableUnits(FRUs) accessiblefromthefrontoftheserverchassisarethecoolingfansandthe NVRAMbatterybackuppack.Theunitisservicedfromitsrearpanel,which includesadditionalstatusLEDs,connectors,andpowersupplies.Formore informationabouttheMercuryServerhardware,seetheMercuryServerTitan ServerHardwareReference. TheTitanServerisrackmountableandconsistsofapassivebackplane(not removable),fourmodules,threehotswappablefantraysandtwohot swappableredundantpowersupplies.Thefrontpaneldisplayssystemstatus withagreenpowerLEDandanamberfaultLED.TheonlyFieldReplaceable Units(FRUs)accessiblefromthefrontoftheserverchassisarethecooling fans.Theunitisservicedfromitsrearpanel,whichincludesadditionalstatus LEDs,connectors,andFRUs,suchasthepowersuppliesandservermodules. Formoreinformationabouttheserverhardware,seetheTitanServerTitan ServerHardwareReference.

Virtual Servers (EVSs)AllfileservicesareprovidedbyvirtualserverentitiesreferredtoasEVSs. EachEVSisassigneduniquenetworksettingsandstorageresources,enabling administratorstheflexibilitytologicallypartitionaccesstosharedstorage resources.Inserverclusters,EVSsareautomaticallymigratedbetweenservers whenfaultsoccurtoensuremaximumavailability.Whenmultipleserversor clustersareconfiguredwithcommonstorageaccess,theyarereferredtoas ServerFarms.EVSscanbemanuallymigratedbetweenserversinaServer Farmbasedonperformanceandavailabilityrequirements.

Private Management NetworkTheprivatemanagementnetworkconnectstheSMUanddevicessuchas FibreChannel(FC)switches,storagesubsystems(RAIDarrays)fromsome manufacturers,anduninterruptiblepowersupply(UPS)units. Theprivatemanagementnetworkisisolatedfromthepublicdatanetworkby theSMU.Theprivatemanagementnetworkconnectstheprivatemanagement interfaceoftheSMU,theEthernetmanagementinterfaceontheserver,andall oftheEthernetmanageddevicesthatmakeupthestoragesystem. Devicesontheprivatemanagementnetworkareonlyaccessiblefromthe publicdatanetworkthroughtheSMU,whichusesNetworkAddress Translation(NAT)toconvertthepublicIPaddressofadeviceintothedevices addressontheprivatemanagementnetwork. AnexternalSMUhastwo10/100/1000MbpsEthernetinterfaces.Theeth0 interfaceconnectstothepublicdatanetwork,andeth1connectstotheprivate managementnetwork.System Administration Guide3


Thefollowingillustrationshowstheprivatemanagementnetwork connectionswithanexternalSMU.

AninternalSMUusestwo10/100/1000MbpsEthernetportsonthestorage servermotherboardasmanagementinterfaces.Liketheportsonanexternal SMU,eth0connectstothepublicdatanetworkandeth1connectstotheprivate managementnetwork. Thefollowingillustrationshowstheprivatemanagementnetwork connectionswithaninternalSMU.

ThediagrambelowshowshowNATisolatestheprivatemanagement network.TheexampleshowsadevicewiththeIPaddress192.0.2.13:80 accessiblethroughHTTP,andaseconddevicewithIPaddress192.0.2.14:443 accessiblethroughHTTPS.ThesedevicesappearonthePublicDatanetwork4 Mercury Server and Titan Server


as10.1.1.13:28013and10.1.1.13:28014(where10.1.1.13istheSMUsIPaddress onthepublicdatanetwork).

Public Data Network

Fromthestorageserverperspective,thepublicdatanetworkconsistsofthe aggregationsofEthernetportsconnectedtothenetworktowhichclientsare connected.Thepublicdatanetworkprovidesaccessforgettingdataintoand outoftheNASstoragesystem,andbothclientrequestsandserverresponses gothroughthepublicnetwork.Inaddition,theNASservermaybe configuredtoallowmanagementaccessthroughthepublicdatanetwork. FromtheSMUperspective,thepublicnetworkisusedtocommunicatewith administrators,anditmayalsobeusedtocommunicatewiththestorage subsystems.

Storage Subsystem

Thestoragesubsystemcontainsthedevicesthatstorethedatamanagedby thestorageserver.Theserversupportstieredstorage,whichsimultaneously connectsmultiplediversestoragesubsystemsbehindasingleserverunit(or cluster).Usetieredstoragetocustomizetheservertomatchthestorage requirementsofyourapplications,andyoursystemrequirementsfor performanceandscaling. ThestoragesubsystemismadeupofRAIDcontrollers,storagedevicesand theFibreChannel(FC)infrastructure(suchasFCswitchesandcables)usedto connectthesedevicestoasingleserverorcluster.


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TheBlueArcMercuryServerandtheTitanServersupporttiersofstorageas wellasstoragevirtualizationthroughHitachiUniversalStoragePlatform USPVandUSPVMtechnology. TiersofstorageandstoragevirtualizationarefullysupportedbyData Migrator,anoptionalfeaturewhichallowsyoutooptimizetheusageoftiered storagebyautomaticallymigratingdataamongstoragesubsystemsof primaryandsecondarystorage.Basedonuserdefinedpolicies,DataMigrator monitorsfilemetadatasuchassize,type,durationofinactivity,accesshistory, andsoon.Whenthecriteriaofapolicyaremet,DataMigratormigratesfiles accordingrulesspecifiedinthepolicyasbackgroundtaskswithminimal impactonserverperformance.Fromtheperspectiveoftheclientworkstation, primaryversussecondaryfilelocationistransparent.NotethatDataMigrator doesnotsupportmigratingdatatoorfromtapelibrarysystems. TheMercuryServerandtheTitanServersupporttieredfilesystemsand tieredstoragepools.Eachtierinthefilesystem/storagepoolismadeupof deviceswithdifferentperformancecharacteristicsortechnologies.Whenused withHitachiDataSystemsstoragesubsystems,thestorageserversalso supportstoragevirtualizationthroughTagmaStoreUniversalStorage PlatformandTagmaStoreNetworkStorageControllertechnology.

Default User Name and Password

Thefollowingtableprovidesalldefaultsystemlogins:

SystemComponent SMUWebManager SMUCLI SMU Enteringthisspecificusernameandpassword willprovideunlimitedaccessontheSMU.

Username admin manager root

Password

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SystemComponent Storageserver(CLI)

Username supervisor

Password

supervisor

Managing a Server/ClusterServer/clustermanagementisperformedthroughWebManager(abrowser basedgraphicaluserinterface)orthroughcommandsissuedusinga commandlineinterface(CLI).Mostmanagementfunctionscanbe accomplishedthroughWebManager,butsomeoperationsrequireusingthe CLI.Thefollowingsectionsdescribethesemanagementinterfacesindetail.

Using Web Manager

TheWebManageradministrationtoolprovidesabrowserbasedinterfacefor managingstandaloneorclusteredserver(s)andtheirattachedstorage subsystem(s).Thistoolallowsyoutoperformmostadministrativetasks,from anyclientonthenetworkusingasuitableWebbrowser(MicrosoftInternet Explorer6.0orlater,orFirefox1.5orlater). Note:WhenaccessingtheSMUthroughWebManager,somebrowsersmay failwithanerrormessageofSecureConnectionFailedduetoaninvalid securitycertificate.Thissituationmayoccurthefirsttimeyouaccessanew SMU,orwhentheSMUsIPaddressorhostnamehavebeenchanged.Ifyou receivethiserrormessage,youmustaddtheSMUssecuritycertificate.Refer tothebrowsershelptofindinformationonhowtoaddacertificate,andmake suretopermanentlystoretheexception. AsanalternativetotheWebManager,youcanusetheCommandLine Interface(CLI).Formoreinformation,seeUsingtheCommandLineInterface, onpage11.TheCLIisdocumentedintheCommandLineReference,whichis availablethroughalinkontheWebManagerDocumentationpage.

Server Status ConsoleTheHomepageintheWebManagersconsoledisplayssummarystatus informationpertainingtothecurrentlymanagedserver:


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InterpretthecolorcodedStatusindicatorasfollows: Green.Operatingnormally(servernotshowinganalertcondition). Amber.Warningcondition(serveroperatingnormally,butactionshould betakentomaintainnormaloperation). Red.Criticalcondition(servernolongerfunctioningorfailinginaway thatpresentsadangertothesystem).

Accessing Web Manager Pages (Navigation)TheWebManagerusesatwolevelpagestructure,includinglinkstospecific functionsandcategoriesthatwrapthosefunctions.Clickingonalinkstartsits targetfunction,whileclickingonacategoryloadsapage. ThetoplevelpageistheWebManagerHomepage:

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Thispagegroupsfunctionsassociatedwiththecurrentlymanagedserverunder pagecategories,including: Status&Monitoring:SystemMonitor,EventLog,EmailAlertsSetup, SNMP,ManagementAccessStatistics,SystemGraphsandStatistics, StorageandFileServiceStatistics,DiagnosticLog,etc. ServerSettings:EVSManagement,Server/ClusterConfigurationand Settings,MaintenanceTasks,ManagementAccessandStatistics,etc. StorageManagement:FileSystems,SystemDrives,StoragePools,RAID Racks,VirtualVolumes,Quotas,DataMigration,etc. DataProtection:VirusScanning,ObjectandFileReplication,Snapshots, FileSystemVersionsandRecovery,NDMPbackup,etc. FileServices:CNS,NFSExports,CIFSShares,iSCSI,FTP,UserMapping, GroupMapping,etc. NetworkConfiguration:IPAddresses,NameServices,NIS/LDAP Configuration,IPRoutes,LinkAggregation,NetworkStatistics,etc.

Additionalcategories(notassociatedwiththecurrentlymanagedserver): SMUAdministration:ManagestheSMUitself(forexample,currently managedserverselection,dateandtime,security,privatemanagement network). Documentation:Linkstodocumentation,includingtheonlinehelp,this manual,andthefollowingdocuments:


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TitanServerCommandLineReference MercuryServerCommandLineReference TitanServerTitanServerHardwareReference MercuryServerTitanServerHardwareReference StorageSubsystemGuide

Note:BoththeTitanServerCommandLineReferenceandtheMercuryServer CommandLineReferenceareavailablethroughtheDocumentationpageof WebManager,regardlessofwhichplatformyouareusing.Allcommands commontobothplatformsaredocumentedinbothCommandLine References,butplatformspecificcommandsaredocumentedonlyinthe CommandLineReferenceforthatplatform.

Web Manager TablesSomeofthepagesintheWebManagerinterfaceincludetables:

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Using the Command Line Interface

ThestorageserverandtheSystemManagementUnit(SMU)eachcomewitha commandlineinterface(CLI)forconfigurationandmanagement.Both supportsecureconnections,configurablepasswords,andothersecurity mechanisms. Note:FormoreinformationontheCommandLineInterface(CLI),refertothe CommandLineReference,whichcanbeaccessedthroughtheDocumentation pageofWebManager(seeUsingWebManager,onpage7formore information).

SMU Command Line InterfaceSerialconsoleconnection TheSMUshipswithoutapreconfigurednetworksetup.Toperformthe initialsetup,accesstheSMUthroughadirectserialconnection.Onceits networkconfigurationhasbeencompleted,accesstheSMUsCLIdirectly throughSSHorthroughaJavaenabledSSHsessionrunningunderWeb Manager. Toconnectusingaserialconsole 1. Connectserialcable. AttachanRS232nullmodemcable(DB9FemaletoDB9Female)tothe serialportontheSMUbackpanel.Attachtheotherendoftheserialcable toaterminal(e.g.laptop). 2. Configureterminalemulation. Settheterminalemulationprogram(suchasWindowsHyperTerminal)to thefollowingsettings:115,200b/s,8bits/byte,1stopbit,Noparity. 3. LogintotheSMU. Loginastheusermanager.Whenprompted,enterthepasswordforthe usermanager. 4. Onceconnected,launchthestorageserverCLIorselectSMUshell. FromtheSMUcommandline,accesstheserverCLIusingoneofthe methodsinthedisplayedmenu,orenterqtoaccesstheSMUshell. SSHConnection TheSMUcanbeaccessedusinganySSHclient.Notethattheclientshouldbe configuredtosupporttheUTF8(Unicode)characterencoding. ForWindowsandotherswithoutanSSHclient,accesstheSMUviaSSHTerm. SSHTermisaJavaSSHclient(applet)developedby3SPanddistributedunder theGeneralPublicLicense(GPL).SSHTermprovidesaconvenient,cross platformalternativetootherSSHclients. ToconnectusingSSHTerm: 1. VerifyJavaversionandstatus.


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SSHTermrequiresJava1.4.xorgreater.Gotohttp://www.java.comto verifythatyourbrowserhasthelatestversionoftheJavaPlugininstalled andenabled. 2. NavigatetoSSHTerm. FromtheHomepage,clickSMUAdministration;thenselectSSHTerm. 3. LaunchSSHTerm. ClickLaunchSSHTerm.WhentheSSHclientappletwindowpopsup, acceptthecertificateregisteredto3SPLTD,andclickAlwaysorYeswhen askedtoallowthehost. SSHTermautomaticallyconnectstotheSMUasusermanager. 4. Whenprompted,enterthepasswordfortheusermanager. 5. Repeatasdesired. MultipleSSHTermwindowsmaybeusedatonce.JustclickLaunch SSHTermforeachnewSSHsession. 6. Whenfinished,terminatethesession. WhentheSSHsessionhasfinished,justclosethewindow.

Server Command Line InterfaceThestorageservershipswithacomprehensivecommandlineinterface(CLI), documentedseparatelyintheTitanServerCommandLineReferenceandthe MercuryServerCommandLineReference. Youcanaccesstheserver/clusterCLIthroughtheServerControl(SSC)utility, availableforWindowsandLinux. YoucanaccesstheCLIinthefollowingways: SecureShell(SSH)connectionintotheserverthroughtheSMU. SSHorTelnetconnectiondirectlyintotheserver. ServerControl(SSC)utility,availableforWindowsandLinux. PerlServerControl(PSSC)utility,availableforalloperatingsystemswith PERLsupport.

Note:ToaccessthestorageserverCLIdirectly,usingSSH,Telnet,SSC,orPSSC throughthepublicnetwork,aserveradministrationIPaddressmaybe assignedtoatleastoneoftheGigabitEthernetinterfaces.Theserversupports accesstoitsCLIthroughanyadministrativeIPaddress;bydefault,an administrativeIPaddressisavailableontheprivatemanagementnetwork. Note:WhenusingtheserversCLI,theconsoledeviceshouldbeconfiguredto useUTF8(Unicode)encoding.WhenusingtheCLIthroughSSH,Telnet,SSC, orPSSC,theserversendsandexpectstoreceivedatausingUTF8encoding,so thedevicesendingdatatoorreceivingdatafromtheservershouldbe configuredtouseUTF8encoding.

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SSHviatheSMU TheSMUsupportsSSH.AfterloggingintotheSMU,theSMUcanredirect connectionsdirectlytotheserversCLI.Thiscanbeusefulfortworeasons: 1. IteliminatestheneedtoassignaserveradministrationIPaddresstothe Gigabitinterfaceoftheserver. 2. Itenhancesthesecurityoftheserverbyisolatingadministrativeaccessto theprivatemanagementnetwork. ToSSHintotheserver,usingtheSMUasaproxy: 1. ConnecttotheSMUthroughSSH. 2. LogintotheSMUasmanager. Alistofserverswillappear.Selectthetargetserver.TheSMU automaticallyinitiatesaconnectiontotheserversCLI. Whenprompted,entertheusernamesupervisorandthepasswordfor thesupervisoruseraccount. SSHorTelnet WhenconnectingtoaTitanServer/clusterthroughSSHorTelnetthroughthe administrativeservicesEVSIPaddress,loginusingtheusername supervisor.MercuryServers/clustersdonotsupportSSHorTelnet connections.Notethattheadministratormusthaveconfiguredtheserverto acceptSSHorTelnetconnections,andtheSSH/Telnetclientshouldbe configuredtosupportUTF8(Unicode)characterencoding. ToSSHintotheserver: 1. ConnecttotheserversadministrativeservicesDNSnameorIPaddress:ssh supervisor@server_name_or_IP

2. Whenprompted,enterthesupervisoruserspassword. ToTelnetintotheserver: 1. ConnecttotheserversadministrativenameorIPaddress:telnet server_name_or_IP

2. Whenprompted,enterthesupervisoruserspassword. SSC/PSSC TheservercanconnecttotheSMUfromWindowsPCsandfromLinux/Unix workstationsviaSSC,whichprovidesasecureconnectionusingamodified versionoftheArcfourcipherforencryptionandSha1forauthentication. Itcomesintwovarieties:


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SSCforWindowsandLinux. PSSC,aPerlscriptedversionofSSCforLinux/Unixoperatingsystems.

UsetheSSCscriptingutilitytoaccesstheserversCLI.Theserversupports SSCaccesstoitsCLIthroughanyadministrativeIPaddress.Bydefault,the privatemanagementnetworkhasanadministrativeIPaddressavailable. ThesyntaxforSSC:ssc [-u ] [-p ] [:] []

ThesyntaxforPSSC:pssc [-u ] [-p ] [-t ] [-e ] [:] []

Thefollowingtabledefinesthevariables:

Syntax Username Password Timeout EVS

Description Useraccount(typicallysupervisor). Password.Ifnonespecified,SSC/PSSCwillpromptforone. Atimeout(inseconds)forasingleusecommand. SpecifiesaparticularEVS(byitsnumericalEVSid)asthe targetforasingleusecommand. TheserversadministrationIPaddressorhostname. IftheSSC/PSSCportnumberhasbeenchangedfromits defaultof206,theportnumberconfiguredforSSCmustbe specifiedinthecommandsyntax. Commandtoexecute.Ifnocommandisspecified,SSC/ PSSCallowsinteractivecommandentry.

Host Port

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Quick System ConfigurationSysteminstallationandinitializationtasksareusuallyperformedbyBlueArc TechnicalAssistanceCenter(TAC).Followingsysteminitialization,basic configurationisrequiredtoreadythesystemforuse.Oncethesystemis operational,optionalconfigurationchangescanbemadeatanytime,either byfieldservicepersonnelorbysystemadministrators. Thissectionexplainshowtousewizardstocompletethebasicconfiguration oftheSMUandtheserver.SeeOptionalConfigurationSteps,onpage23for informationaboutoptionalconfigurationtasksandprocedures.

Using the SMU Setup WizardForanexternalSMU,basicSMUconfigurationisusuallyperformedasapart ofsysteminitialization.TheSMUsetupwizardisusedtocompletethebasic configurationofanSMU.UsingtheSMUSetupWizard,youcanchange accesspermissionstotheSMU,setupnameservicesfornetworkoperation, andconfigurethedateandtime. TousetheSMUsetupwizard: 1. NavigatetotheSMUSetupWizardpage. FromtheSMUAdministrationpage,displaythewizardbyclickingSMU SetupWizard:

Asthewizardprogresses,enterrequestedinformationaccordingtothe followingguidelines:


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Item/Field Passwords

Description ThispageallowsyoutospecifythedefaultpasswordfortheSMUwhentheadmin useraccessestheSMUusingHTTP(WebManager).Bydefault,thepasswordis nasadmin.Youshouldchangethedefaultpasswordassoonaspossible. ThispageallowsyoutosetIPaddressesoftheDNSserversandthedomainsearch orderthatwillbeappliedtotheSMU. Thispageallowsyoutospecifythehostname(nottheIPaddress)oftheemail servertowhichtheSMUcansendandrelayeventnotificationemails. ThispageallowsyoutosettheclockontheSMUandselectoneormoreNTP servers. ThispageallowsyoutoconfiguretheIPaddressoftheSMUseth1interfaceonthe privatemanagementnetwork.

DNSServerSetup

SMTPRelay

Date&Time

Privatemanagement network

2. Saveyourchanges. Uponcompletion,thewizarddisplaysapagesummarizingparameters entered.Toaccept,clickfinish.ThenclickOKtoreboot.

Selecting SMU-Managed ServersTheSMUmanagesmultiplestorageservers/clustersandtheirassociated storagesubsystems.UsetheManagedServerspagetoaddinformationabout eachserver;specifically,theIPAddressandusername/passwordoftheserver tobemanaged.Onlyoneserver,thecurrentlymanagedserver,maybemanaged atonetime.FromtheManagedServerslist,anyservercanbeselectedasthe currentlymanagedserver. TodisplaytheserversmanagedbytheSMU: 1. NavigatetoManagedServers. FromtheSMUAdministrationpage,displaytheconfigurationpageby clickingManagedServers:

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Selecting SMU-Managed Servers

InterpretthecolorcodedStatusindicatorasfollows: Green.Operatingnormally(servernotshowinganalertcondition). Amber.Warningcondition(serveroperatingnormally,butaction shouldbetakentomaintainnormaloperation). Red.Criticalcondition(servernolongerfunctioning).

2. Selectanaction. ThefollowingActionsareavailable: ClickSetasCurrentforanyservertomakeitthecurrentlymanaged server.(Alternatively,youcanusethedropdownboxintheServer StatusconsoleontheHomepage.) ClickaddtoaddanewservertotheManagedServerslist,thenrefer tothenextstepinthisprocedure. ClickremovetoremovetheselectedserversfromtheManaged Serverslist.Makeaselectionbyfillingaserverscheckbox,orclick checkalltoremoveallserversfromtheManagedServerslist.

3. Addaserver(optional). Inthepreviousstep,youclickedadd.WhentheAddServerpage displays,


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completethefields,thenclickOK. WhentheSMUaddsamanagedserver,thefollowingactionsoccur: Iftheserverismanagedthroughtheprivatemanagementnetwork,the SMUseth1IPaddressisaddedtotheserverslistofNTPservers. Iftheserverismanagedthroughtheprivatemanagementnetwork,the SMUseth1IPaddressisconfiguredastheserversPrimarySMTP server.Iftheserverwasalreadyconfiguredtouseamailserver,this serverwillautomaticallybecometheBackupSMTPserver. AusernameandpasswordarepreservedontheSMUsothat,when usingWebManager,youcanselectthisserverasthecurrentmanaged serverwithoutcausingtheservertopromptforadditional authentication

bluearc administrative guide

Documents

thesesettings maybedifferentthantheglobalauthenticationsettings definedontheupsconfigurationpage

selectthisradiobuttontoenabletheusageoftheglobal authenticationsettingsdefinedontheupsconfiguration page

system power unit

optional configuration steps

system administration guide

quick system configuration

system management unit

object replication schedule