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NEC Express5800 FC SAN Boot COnfiguration Guide

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2. sSps urtils 4 2 1 0 16060 tpm 3 amp e xs driver E 4 2 4 128 e15 1686 rpm EM64T sps utils 4 2 1 0 x86 64 rpm e Sps driver E 4 2 4 128 e15 x86 64 rpm tese 54 IA32 sps utils 4 3 0 0 16860 rpm sps driver E 4 3 3 164 e15 1686 rpm ee SpOS driver F 4 3 43 164 9 1 015 1680 EF pm EM64T sps utils 4 3 0 0 x86 64 rpm sps driver E 4 3 3 18 164 e15 x86 64 rpm Bps drriver E 4 3 3 6 18 164 9 1 e15 x86 64 rpm PathManager package Expressb5800 100 oc IS5Z202 pdt Us ISRX203 pdtf PathManager for Linux instructions PDF format PathManager for Linux installation guide PDF format For Express5800 Scalable HA Server readme txt filelist txt gpl txt install txt install sh Installer 67 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation is The grayed out files in the table are not used in a SAN Boot environment s 2 From PathManager 4 0 1 to PathManager 4 1 3 there is one rpm file per kernel 8 For PathManager 4 2 1 or later rom files are divided into the following functional units sps utils utility sps driver driver 4 The filenames of the PathManager CD ROM product are partial NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 4 Installation 5 3 4 1 PathManager Installation PathManager is installed using the installation CD ROM and taking the following steps As the root administrator
3. Preparing itt EHH HE HH HEH HE EH HE OH EO EE HE EH EE EH EEE OE 1 58pS driver E it eH Ht HE HH HE HH HEH HEH HE HE EE HE EE HO EH OE EEE Preparing ite HH HH HH HT EH HE EH HEH EE HE EH OE EH EEE OE EE lisps utails tt HH HEH HH EH HE EH HEH OE EH OE EH EE EH EEE HE patching file rc sysinit Starting up sps devices Couldn t open J etoc sps cont No such file or directory I try auto setting Wait parsing device dev dda OK parsing drisk info NEC iStorage 1000 0000000935000734 00001 OK parsing LoadBalance D2 OK parsiHnqg se path intfo 0 Host scosri 9 Channel 0 Id 0 Lun 0 Priority Watch Enable Status ACT OK parsing e s path inro 7 Host sosri 7 Channel O0 Id0 0 Lun 0 Priority 2 Watch Enable Status ACT OK Wait until all dev ddX is made dd daemon pid 3963 rs running Sps Install Completed Broadcast message from root Thu Feb 25 14 15 57 2010 The system is going DOWN for reboot in 1 minute This is always output for the first installation but it is not a problem 70 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 3 If installation is completed successfully the message sps Install Completed the shaded area is output Installation fails if this message is not output In that case follow the instructions in Appendix D Installer Error Messages in the NEC Storage PathManager for Linux Installation Guide 4 lf installation is completed successfully the system wil
4. and the kernel version B displayed by rpm qi are the same uname r Check the kernel version rpm qa grep sps SpS XXX Vyyy rpm qi sps xxx yyyy Name t SDS XCAXAXX Relocations not relocatable Version gt 4 X X Vendor NEC Corporation Release Aa Oe A s Build Date YYYY MM DD HH MM SS Install date YYYY MM DD HH MM SS Build Host nec co jp Group Utilipies System source RPM SpS X XX X Src rpm Size gt XXXXXX License XXXXXX Signature none Packager NEC Corporation Summary SCSI multi path driver and utilities for NEC iStorage Description This package contains a driver daemon and some utilities The driver dd mod sps mod provides the redundant SCSI path for NEC iStorage Disk Array System The daemon dd daemon supervises the driver And some utilities work for the maintenance This Driver works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux X Kernel 2 6 X XX Kernel version B that can operate PathManager 94 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 2 Check proc scsi sps ddX X is the LUN number created in NEC Storage unit a b c etc Make sure that there are path info lines for all the multiplexing for each device Also if the device info status column are all NML the paths are multiplexed normally If nothing is displayed NEC Storage unit is not recognized by all the paths Check the server and NEC Storage unit connection FC driver status NEC Storage unit cross call se
5. be sure to set up PathManager by booting the OS with the kernel that uses PathManager Because the installation process differs depending on the kernel version refer to 1 and 2 below and use the suitable process The kernel version can be checked with the uname r command 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 Kernel 2 6 18 164 el5 and later Installation can be executed with the installer 1 Go to the mount target directory If automounted go to the automounted target directory it 69 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 2 Specify the i option and install the RPM file Execute the underlined command in the box below 1 If the silent option is not specified the OS will not be rebooted The OS must be rebooted before using PathManager Reboot manually 2 Specify the iscsi option for iSCSI connections Also specify the iscsi option for the configurations that use both iSCSI and FC This is the same for both boot disks and data disks that use iSCSI For Kernel Version 2 6 18 164 el5 FC Connection sh install sh i silent Precheck for SPS Installation Uninstallation Distribution RedHat Architecture 1686 Kernel Version Linux2 6 Kernel Details 2 6 18 164 e15 The following packages will be installed driver Express5800 100 NX7700i RPMS RHEL5 5 4 1A32 sps driver E 4 3 1 2 6 18 164 615 1686 rpm eils Express5800_100_NX7700i RPMS RHEL5 5 4 IA32 sps utils As 300160860 rpm
6. input 1 boot via WWPN DID OOOOBA WIPN 22000016 971215F2 LUN 00 1 Boot this device via WHEN JIL Esc to Previous Menu Enter a Selection 42 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings gt The boot device list is displayed again Make sure that the Primary Boot entry at the top is set to Used Adapter O1 3 ID 000001 PCI Bus Device Function 6 605 00 01 List of Saved Boot Devices Used DID OOOOO WAPN 22000016 971215F2 Unused DID 000000 LAJPH 00000000 COTON Unused DID WPA COCOON OHOOHO Unused DID LEN COCOON COCOON Unused COCO IPN COCO OG Unused COCOS WPA OO COCO Unused D00000 LEN GOG00000 OCCOCOCOCQG Unused 00000 MFH 00a COCXCOCOCOCXOO Primary Boot 285888888 gt After checking the above press lt ESC gt to return to the menu below Adapter 01 PCI Bus Device Function 05 00 01 LPe1Z00Z MB Mem Base FBBB8O0OOO Firmuare Version US1 11A5 Port Mame 10000000 CIGES121 Node Mame 20000000 C9B8E31Z71 Topology Auto Topology Loop First Default The BIOS for this adapter is Disabled Conf igure Boot Devices Configure This Adapter s Parameters Enter a Selection _ 43 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 3 FC Controller BIOS Settings 4 3 4 Boot BIOS Enable Setting gt Select 2 from the following menu to display the parameter setup screen Adapter 01 PCI Bus Device Function 05 00 01 LPe1l2004 M6 Mem Base FBBB8
7. 2 What is SAN Boot SAN Boot is a method in which the system is booted through a SAN from an operating system stored in NEC M series Storage in the SAN e The advantages of SAN Boot are 1 effective use of storage resources and improved fault tolerance by assigning the boot area to a highly reliable storage system and 2 adding flexibility to system changes by allowing switching of storage networks and reducing downtime NEC Express5800 Series provides a SAN Boot solution that encompasses the advantages of SAN Boot and provides companies with an optimized and highly available IT system foundation N NEC Express5800 Series 1 3 Abbreviations e he following table shows the meanings of the abbreviations used in this manual Abbreviation FC Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter WWPN World WidePortName o WWNN WWN LD Logical Disk RM RedHatEmemrseimx O o o OoOO DDR DynamicDataReplication Data replication function MV RV WN Logical diskusage format Windows MBR disk LX LX NEC Express5800 Series 1 4 SAN Boot Environment Hardware Connection Images e The diagrams below following show typical hardware configurations for a SAN Boot environment 8G FC SAN Boot via switch configuration 8G FC SAN Boot direct configuration Management LAN Management LAN 7 SAN Boot server E anma SAN Boot server eons Management Conso
8. 5 Linking the LD Sets and FC Controllers The FC controllers of each NEC Storage server assign unique WWPNS to disk array the LD sets i Es M ll FC controller SAN Boot Storage dd LD set 2 Manager Use iSM to Server 1 setup storage z lioin FC controller Management LO Server i SAN Boot LD set 1 Server 1 LD set Server 2 LD set 22 Server 2 LD set e Link the WWPNS of the FC controller on the SAN Boot server to the LD sets created in 3 1 2 Creating an LD Set in this manual with StorageManager 28 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 NEC M series Storage Settings Refer to 10 3 3 1 Creating a New LD Set Changing Settings of NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series for details Lb Zar Heme UR flan fore PV ET EL El Achicn Hoda t Ecrans Li Patho arzignmbls to thea ED Ewtihosrt i Used connactionzs J Mumbar of A rzsignad PEths U J 29 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 NEC M series Storage Settings gt To set a redundant configuration link all FC controller ports in FC SAN Boot to the same LD sets at this time e User can check WWPNSs with the WWPN labels on the FC controllers or from the FC controller BIOS If the FC controller is not mounted on the server see 2 3 Confirm WWPN on how to check the WWPN label on the FC controller e f the FC controller i
9. Boot Device Registration P 39 4 3 4 Boot BIOS Enable Setting P 44 4 4 Making Single Path FC Connections P 46 5 OS Installation Bh COV CIVIC Em P 49 VOY ER E E E E EEEE E P 50 5 2 1 Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Eeee E E E E E E E E P 50 5 2 2 Advanced Preparations P 51 5 2 3 OS Installation 2 5 2 4 Service Pack Application eeeseeeeuueesses P 52 5 2 5 NEC Storage PathManager for Windows Installation P 52 5 2 6 Hyper V Installation only when using Hyper V 59 SRSM EO QH P 59 5 3 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 AS AO onsets eresnsiaunensteneees P 59 9 92 PathManager Installation P 60 5 3 3 Before Setting Up P 60 9 9 4 Installation mmn P 69 0 9 0 S allai T o P 86 5 3 6 CO EE P 93 5 3 7 Preparing for Operation P 94 5 3 8 Detailed Information P 96 9 9 9 Installing Applications P 96 5 4 VMware ESX ESX ccc cece s e nee neeneeeneennne P 97 5 4 1 Precautions for Configuring SAN Boot P 97 5 4 2 Precautions for Building SAN Boot P 97 NEC Express5800 Series Table
10. EH EE EE HE FE HE EH HE EE 100 rom ivh sgo UCLIS KX Xx E x xs rom Preparing tHE HH TE EE EHH HE EE EH HE EEE HE EE EE HE HE EEE H 100 bisg utils tT HH THE EE HHH HE EE EH HE HE EH HE EE EH HE EE EE 100 gt Warnings such as DSA signature NOKEY key ID db42a60e may be output but they can be ignored 7 Make sure that sg scan can be executed sg scan dev sg0 scsi0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 dev sgl scsi0 channel 0 id 0 lun 1 This completes confirmation of the sg scan command Go to one of the following sections for the respective OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 5 3 3 2 Checking for Target Mounts Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 5 3 3 4 PathManager Setup The output results are examples The actual output may differ depending on your environment 62 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 3 2 Checking for Mount Targets This section checks for mount targets when booting and changes settings if label names are used for mounting Please follow the instructions below 1 Check the information for etc fstab and boot grub grub conf cat etc fstab LABEL 1 defaults LABEL boot boot defaults none dev pts gid 5 mode 620 none dev shm defaults none prog defaults none sys defaults LABEL swap swap defaults cat boot grub grub conf grub conf generated by anaconda tboot dev sda default 0 timeout 5 splashimage hd0 0 grub splash xpm gz
11. Migration to an Environment Using PathManager If there are any application setup files using the NEC Storage SCSI device dev sdX follow the instructions below Example of procedures for making changes with etc fstab when the NEC Storage SCSI device dev sdX is used gt Migrating a device mounted in mnt work to an environment using PathManager vi etc fstab elc soul mnt work defaults 1 Use the sg scan command to confirm that the target device is an NEC Storage SCSI device NEC s D Series Storage Disk Array If NEC and iStorage XXXX appear it is an NEC Storage SCSI device the shaded areas sg scan i dev sdf dev sdf scsi0 channel 0 id 0 lun 5 em NEC rotorage 1000 1000 rmb 0 cmdq 1 pqual 0 pdev 0x0 NEC s M Series Storage Disk Array If NEC and DISK ARRAY appear it is an NEC Storage SCSI device the shaded areas sg scan i dev sdf ldev sdf scsi echannel 0 ids0 lin 5 pem NEC DISK ARRAY 1000 rmb 0 cmdq 1 pqual 0 pdev 0x0 NEC s E Series Storage Disk Array If DGC appears it is an NEC Storage SCSI device the shaded area sg scan i dev sdf ldev sdtf scs2z0 channel 0 id 0 lun 5 Tem DGC RAID 10 0223 rmb 0 cmdq 1 pqual 0 pdev 0x0 2 Make sure dev ddX corresponds to dev sdf Executing the spsconfig with the chk option will confirm the corresponding PathManager device In the following example it can be confirmed that dev sdf corresponds t
12. Preparation 1 Execute iSMpassthrough enabler Windows Server 2008 R2 In order to use ControlCommand to replicate data on a virtual machine the virtual machine must recognize the data area as an M series Storage disk array The iSMpassthrough_enabler command must be executed one time in the Windows Server 2008 R2 host OS after the virtual machine is created Another command is necessary if new virtual machine is added after the operation starts The iSMpassthrough enabler command is included in the ControlCommand package This step is not necessary if data is replicated with iSMCLI provided by NEC M series Storage e Backup Procedure By executing the iSMpassthrough enabler command user can use ControlCommand in the virtual machine to back up the data area in the same manner as DDR operations on a regular physical server Refer to 3 1 1 Example of Backup Operation in the NEC Storage Software Data Replication User s Manual Installation and Operation Guide for Windows Refer to Appendix D Disk Backup and Data Restore with Use of Data Replication Function in the NEC Storage Software NEC Storage Manager Command Reference when backing up data areas with iSMCLI provided by NEC M series Storage 104 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage e Restore Procedure By executing the iSMpassthrough enabler command user can use ControlCommand in the virtual machine to restore the d
13. ROM Source manualXlS041 pdf in the Storage ControlCommand on Linux CD ROM gt Storage Software StorageManager Command Reference M Series source manual lS052 pdf in the WebSAM StorageManager Suite CD ROM 7 1 2 Backup and Restore Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V with the DDR Function gt Backup and restore procedures Storage Software Data Replication Usage Guide Installation and Operation Source manual 1S016 pdf in Storage ControlCommand on Windows CD ROM 8 1 4 Installing the Latest BIOS gt With respect to updating procedures refer to the BIOS download page instructions for each device and the Readme txt files included with the downloaded data Source http www 58support nec co jp global download index html 13 NEC Express5800 Series 1 7 Acquiring Manuals gt gt Acquiring Manuals This manual describes the various implementation steps while referring to the relevant sections of the various individual product manuals While the product manuals are included with their products downloading the latest information from the appropriate website is recommended server NEC Express5800 Series User s Guide e http www 58support nec co jp global download Rack under the Document amp Software tab gt Select the corresponding device FC Controller User s Guide e http www 58support nec co jp global download Server Options under the Document amp Software tab Host bus
14. This Adapter s Parameters 5 Press the lt ESC gt key to return to the screen in 3 then check the rest of the WWPNSs and the WWNNSs 122 NEC Express5800 Series NEC Express5800 Series FC SAN Boot Configuration Guide September 2012 first edition NEC Corporation 5 7 1 Shiba Minato ku Tokyo NEC Corporation 2012 123
15. according to the Installation Guide that comes with it 97 NEC Express5800 Series 6 Confirming Operation and Setting Up Redundant Paths e lfthe FC cable has not been reconnected in 5 OS Installation then reconnect the FC cable and set it up as a redundant path 6 1 Reconnecting the FC Cable gt Reconnect the FC cable disconnected in 4 4 Making Single Path FC Connections to its original FC controller If the redundant path is not registered in the FC BIOS register it Follow the example in 4 3 FC Controller BIOS Settings to register the Port 2 and higher redundant paths as the boot device 6 2 Checking FC Path Redundancy gt Window OS e Inthe Windows OS FC path redundancy can be checked by executing the control command spsadmin lun Refer to 3 1 2 Path List Display in the NEC Storage PathManager User s Manual Windows version for details gt Linux OS e Inthe Linux OS FC path redundancy can be checked by linking Port 2 and higher of the FC controller Then execute the following after restarting the OS cat proc scsi sps ddX Note Specify a character that corresponds to the environment in place of p i See 5 3 10 Preparing for Operation in this manual for details gt VMware ESX ESXi e The steps in this section are not necessary if VMware ESX ESXI is installed and the steps in 3 1 5 Linking the LD Sets and FC Controllers are not executed e f Storage PathManager is insta
16. an error when booting Example dev sdb changed to dev sdc after connecting paths In such a configuration make sure that there are no settings using labels then go to the next step without reconnecting paths In this case paths are reconnected after 5 3 4 4 Migration to an Environment i Using PathManager This completes the redundant path connections Next go to 5 3 3 4 PathManager Setup 5 3 3 4 PathManager Setup PathManager is set up using the installation CD ROM and following the steps below Be sure to set up PathManager by booting the OS with the kernel that uses PathManager and as the root user Do not use the PathManager version 4 0 0 rpm file the RPM file name that starts with sps E 4 0 0 that comes on the PathManager 4 0 installation CD ROM Use the rpm file for PathManager version 4 0 1 or later a Ce a Insert the installation CD ROM and mount it mkdir p mnt cdrom mount dev cdrom media cdrom If it is automounted go to the automount target directory cd media auto mounted directory 66 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 Linux Table 1 1 shows the files in the installation CD ROM Table 1 1 List of Files in the Installation CD ROM 1 Directories and file names Description Express5800 100 RPM file RPMS RHEL4 e RHELNS Dee a 058 3 In
17. are recognized the following message is displayed and the menu will come up Emulex BIOS configuration utility selected bringing the Link up Please wait bringing the Link up Please wait 3 A list of FC controller ports installed in the server are displayed Input the number of the FC controller to check the WWPN or WWNN and the details appear Emulex LightPulse BIOS Utility UBZ Gzaz Copyright c 1997 2068 Emulex Al rights reserved Emulex Adapters in the System ee 1 1 LFeizoGz MB PCI Bus Device Function OS 005 01 2 LPel QE PCI Bus Device Function COS OCA 001 ort For the N8190 154 the PCI Bus and Device are the same and Functions are displayed for both the 00 and 01 ports Function 00 corresponds to Port 0 of the FC controller and Function 01 corresponds to Port 1 The displayed order for the Port O and the Port differs according to the server 121 NEC Express5800 Series 9 Appendix 9 1 Confirm FC Controller WWPN and WWNN 4 The value displayed next to Port Name is the WWPN of the FC controller port and the value next to Node Name is the WWNN The last 12 digits of the WWPN and WWNN for the same port are the same Adapter O1 PCI Bus Device Function 05 00 01 LP eo 1 cial Le enn ne L 1505 Port Name 10000000 C9B8E3121 2Hode Mame 20000000 CIGES12Z1 Topo ogi mete Topor Loop First ertr The BIOS for this adapter is Disabled Configure Boot Devices Configure
18. i en ee E i TT FC switch FC switch Umm m FC switch lt lt a FC switch Storage disk array iit Storage disk array Storage arr Config Example 1 Config Example 2 Direct connection Connection via switches Config Example 3 Cascading connection Not Recommend 2 2 1 1 FC Switch Configuration e FC Switch can be configured with the NEC WB series WB310A 330A 340A 5124A 5144 WB310A 330A 340A WB512A 514A 18 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 2 FC Switch Preparation 2 2 2 FC Zoning Settings 2 2 1 FC Switch Zoning The purpose of zoning FC switches is to logically separate connected devices that do not have any mutual access so that they cannot be accessed by connected devices from outside their zones This improves security e When using SAN Boot unless zoning is set so that FC controllers connects servers to the FC switches according to zones differentiated by ports when another server that belongs to the same zone is linked a disturbance will occur in which logging in is allowed from another server Because of this zoning must be set so that the zones are separated by the ports on the FC controllers e Conversely when there are multiple devices in the same zone a device might be affected by another device Therefore it is strongly recommended to divide the devices into zones on a one to one basis with the ports e Refer to the User s Guide that is included with the FC switch
19. m numbers of licenses used Server Seryer B Server C Server D depends on the number of gt systems in operation not including spares Only three licenses used for three systems in operation NEC M series Storage e With respect to Red Hat Enterprise Linux licenses the subscription of a failed server is passed on to the spare Thus only actual servers in operation excluding spares are counted In the above illustration only three licenses are used 117 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions 8 3 2 OS Memory Dump gt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 By installing NEC Storage PathManager for Linux memory dumps can be used after FC path switching In such cases set the dump source as the dev ddX X is arbitrary device If an FC path error occurs while extracting from the dump source then extraction will be interrupted Using M Series with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 e The path used to acquire the dump hereafter called the dump path is the path used to boot the OS If the dump path is lost to PnP because of an error the dump path will switch to an alternative path e n an environment in which multiple paths exist for each FC port dump extraction may not be possible if there is a path error e Configure two paths between servers and storage so that dump extraction is assured 8 3 3 Redundant Path Connections when Installing the OS If there a
20. part of this document may be copied in whole or in part without permission 2 The contents of this document may be be changed in the future without prior notification 3 No part of this document may be copied or revised without permission from NEC 4 Care has been taken to make sure that the contents of this document are correct but if there are any doubtful items mistakes or missing items then please contact your dealer or the NEC sales department 5 Regardless of 4 above NEC is not responsible for any damages resulting from using this software NEC Express5800 Series Table of Contents 1 Overview 1 1 Purpose of this document P 7 1 2 Whatis SAN Boot Pel Doo PRO OPC VIAN ONS ae ne tinta eee De ne Gene sa ete en ae P 8 1 4 SAN Boot Environment Hardware Connection Images P 9 1 5 Precautions for Building a SAN Boot Environment P 9 1 6 Confirmation Advanced Preparations P 10 Tof 4A CQUIDIEIEE MANUTIS oosacusctecuuua dicia E vetu eni EE P 11 1 8 Hardware and Software Specifications P 14 2 Preparation 2 1 Management Server Preparation Fs 15 2 1 1 Management Software and Linkage Image P 15 2 1 2 Installing Software in the Management Server P 16 2 1 3 Management LAN Settings P 16 2 1 4 NEC M series Storage Con
21. rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Priority dev sdb1 partition 1048544 42 This completes removal of the SAN Boot environment settings Proceed to 5 3 5 4 Uninstalling PathManager 87 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 5 3 Removing the SAN Boot Environment Settings Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 If PathManager is installed in a SAN Boot environment follow the steps below before uninstalling PathManager 1 Make sure that the root device is a PathManager device mount dev dda2 on type ext3 rw none on Jproc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev ddal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority ele dels ll partition 1048544 0 42 2 Return the root device settings to their original settings mv etc fstab sps etc fstab 3 Disable the PathManager SAN Boot settings spsconfig sanboot cfg del 4 Delete the boot RAM disk that includes the PathManager driver rm boot initramfs sps img 5 Return the boot loader setup file to its original settings mv boot grub grub conf sps boot grub grub conf This completes removing the SAN Boot environment settings Proceed to 9 3 5 4 Uninstalling PathManager 88 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS
22. same and ports 00 and 01 are displayed in Function Of these 00 corresponds to Port 0 and 01 to Port 1 gt The order in which Port 0 and Port 1 are displayed will differ depending on the servers 38 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings if Make sure that the Port Name of the selected port matches the WWPN of the port used for FC SAN Boot If they do not match press the lt ESC gt key then C reselect the port according to 4 3 2 Selecting the FC Port gt Select 1 in the following screen A list of boot devices will be displayed Adapter O1 PCI Bus Device Function 605 00 01 LPoLoblesbius nan FBBGOOOS Firmware Version US1 11A5 Port Name 10000000 C9B8E3121 2 Node Mame 40000000 C98E31 71 Topo faq tetee oper Loop First Default The BIOS for this adapter is Disabled Conf igure Boot Devices Loi qure lis Hdapter s Parameters Enter a Selection 39 NEC Express5800 Series j 4 Server Settings gt After the boot device list is displayed enter 1 to display the setup screen for the Primary Boot entry Adapter O1 3 ID 000001 PCI Bus Device Function OS 00 01 List of Saved Boot Devices Unused DID LAJPH COOCOCOOCOCOO COCOON Unused DID LAJPH COCOCOCOOCOCOO COCOON Unused DID LAJPH COOCOCOOCOCOO COCOON Unused DID 20000 LEN OO COCOON Unused DID 20000 LEN OO COCOON Unused DID OCOOOO LEN OO CO Unused DID GCOOOOO PH 00000000 OOCOCOOOCKC Unused DID GCOOOOO PH 000
23. see su eie neta e Slot 2B Slot 3C 0000000008 000000000000000008008 sf en Fes rm B 5050500 o 0200006060606050500 ocococ000060 0200000060600060000000 _o 000200006060606 8080800060200 eser Slot 1B Slot 2C 9600009000070300 e ey do oo T OoOOOOOOOO aco F OOOODOOOO T ooOoooo0O0Q00 Q00000000 4 Q00000000 I Slot 1C gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 154 units Connect the Port 1 of the FC controllers mounted in Slot 2B and Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables Connect to Port 1 position 0 0 0 DD Ee Loco 20P000000000800462 0008 o Slot 25 0080809 on oi 0000000700000 Li 0 02000000606000 Slot 1B U Slot 2 Qn 06000000000 000 0 L1 0000800000 0000000000 HOOOO0OOO 3 32 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 1 FC Cable Connection 4 1 2 R120d 1M gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 153 units Connect both FC controllers to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables gt FC SAN Boot implemented from one N8190 154 unit Connect the FC controller mounted in Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk iind with FC cables gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 154 units Connect the Port 1 of both FC controllers to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables TEE Slot 18 gt Te lot 1C x slot 1A Bec uw res SE cod 33 NEC Expre
24. the same port the FC controller of the FC controller 8 2 2 Storage Performance and Number of OSs Installed gt AS for the numbers of OSs used per storage device consider the estimation based on required performance with responsibility of system management department 115 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions 8 3 1 Number of OS Licenses Used gt Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 e Number of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 licenses used for FC SAN Boot will depend on the number of instances number of servers Operating Mni Spare Regardless of the number of Mua JA d a d OS images created number i of licenses used depends on bio a FRE SITUS dium the number of operating servers including spares Operating units Spares gt 4 licenses used NEC M series Storage e In a configuration such as that shown above in which OS X is automatically used when there is a problem the number of licenses used are the same as the number of servers used including spares i e four licenses in this case e Refer to the Windows Server 2008 and or Windows Server 2008 R2 software end user s license agreement for a definition of instances 116 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions gt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Operating units Spare Regardless of the number en _ m 3 E a of OS images created the m 4 d n
25. 000 OOOCOOOCKC Primary Boot 88888888 select a Boot Entry _ gt Ifthe boot device is not found through the selected port the boot device list will not appear and This Adapter is not ready try again message will be displayed Make sure that the correct port is selected If the port is correct re check the connection between server and storage disk array etc then reboot the server and try again 40 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings ok Be sure to enter the device number that includes LUNO as the boot device number If an LUNO device is not displayed see 3 1 3 Assigning LDs to an LD set and recheck LD assignment Adapter O1 3 ID 000001 PCI Bus Device Function 05 00 01 OU Clear selected boot entrytt 01 JALPA BACI9 WPAN 22000016 971215F4 LUN CO 2 HEC istorage 1000 Select The Two Digit Number of The Desired Boot Device _ e When the input screen for entering device starting LUN digits appears input 00 meaning LUNO 41 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings When the device LUN selection screen is displayed input 01 LUN 00 Adapter O1 3 ID 000001 PCI Bus Device Function 05 00 01 ALPA BA SelectID 19 WWPN 22000016 971215F2 LUN MO NEC istorage 1000 1000 LO ul HEC istorage 1000 1000 LUN G2 HEC istorage 1000 1000 Enter a Selection _ BHW Boot number via WHEN BHD Boot number via DID When the device boot method selection screen is displayed
26. 2Md2E All models ROSE All models After completing all of the above go to 6 Confirm Operation and Setting Up Redundant Paths 58 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 Linux 5 3 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Installation ENEC supported OS version p mes R6 R120d 2M RHEL5 7 and later RHEL6 1 and later R120d 1M R120d 2E RHEL5 7 and later RHEL6 2 and later R120d 1E Winstallation Guide gt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 https access redhat com knowledge docs en US Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 html Installation Guide pt install info x86 html gt Hed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 https access redhat com knowledge docs en US Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 html Installation Guide pt install info x86 html 59 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 2 PathManager Installation This section describes how to install the NEC StoragePathManager for Linux in SAN Boot environment of NEC Express5800 series gt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6 are prerequisites and one of the following functional versions of PathManager should be used Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Functional Version 4 0 1 or higher Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Functional Version 5 1 5 or higher 5 3 3 Before Setting Up gt Confirm the following before setting up PathManager 1 Set up the FC driver according to the FC controller setup instructions If the FC drivers th
27. 4 root nau 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 6 32 131 0 15 e16 x86 64 ro rOOt UUID 2 111d442e 0979 4d9a a099 97995cecdb4f rd NO LUKS rd NO LVM rd NO MD rd NO DM LANG ja_JP UTF 8 KEYBOARDTYPE pc KEYTABLE jp106 crashkernel auto rhgb quiet initrd 7initramts 2 60 32 131 0 15 610 x86 64 1mg 7 Reconnect any disconnected paths and make the paths redundant 8 Reboot the system and make sure that it starts normally with the settings added to the boot loader If the system does not start normally return etc fstab to its original setup and start the system with the existing boot RAM disk sync shutdown r now 81 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 9 Make sure that the PathManager device is used as the root device mount dev dda2 on type ext3 rw none on proo type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev ddal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priory dev ddb1 partition 1048544 0 42 This completes installation into a SAN Boot environment If there are any application setup files other than the boot device using the disk array dev sdX follow the instructions in 5 3 4 4 Migration to an Environment Using PathManager 82 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 4 4
28. 4 Server Settings 4 2 Server BIOS Settings e To execute FC SAN Boot the server BIOS settings must be changed to enable the FC controller BIOS e To change the server BIOS settings hold down the F2 key when booting the server and enter the System Setup screen Refer to the maintenance guides of each device and the System BIOS section of the User s Guide for details on setting up the System BIOS Press F2 to enter SETUP or Press lt F145 1 17 gt to Network 4 2 1 FC Controller BIOS Enable Setting Change the PCI Configuration setting e The slot to be enabled is the slot in which the FC controller used to execute FC SAN Boot in 2 4 FC Controller Mounted Location is mounted BIOS Setup Screen gt Advanced PCI Configuration PCI Slot 1 Option ROM Enabled The Option ROMs of slots that including FC controllers for FC SAN Boot should be set to Disabled WGA Controller Enabled Change the setting for the slot with the FC controller from Disabled to Enabled The figure above is for the R120d 2M 36 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings e Set up the FC controller BIOS from a local console of the server used for FC SAN Boot 4 3 1 Starting the BIOS Configuration Utility gt After completing 4 2 Server BIOS Settings turn off the power Then turn It on again gt When the following message is displayed press the Alt E key or Ctrl
29. 4 3 Installation ina SAN Boot Environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Execute the following process to use the system in a SAN Boot environment Setup process for using a SCSI device dev sdX as a root device in a SAN Boot environment When the PathManager device dev ddX is not used as the root device gt A root device is a necessary device to boot the OS or boot or swap by default 1 Enable the PathManager SAN Boot settings spsconfig sanboot cfg add Addition of San boot configuration succeeded 2 Check the root devices In the example below dev sda and dev sdb are the root devices cat etc fstab UUID 111d442e 0979 4d9a a099 97995cecdb4f ext4 defaults IPM ccs iene eee vez boot ext4 defaults UUID 84200tds ca4e 409c acce Od E09 7e1639 swap Swap defaults tmpfs dev shm tmpfs defaults devpts dev pts devpts gid 5 mode 620 sysfs sys sysfs defaults proc proc proc defaults mount dev sda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev sdal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority dev sdb1 partition 1048544 0 42 79 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation The preceding screen shows that dev sda2 is moun
30. E key combination to start the FC controller BIOS configuration utility ttt Emulex LightPulse x86 BIOS ttt Version Z 0Z2aZ opyright c 1997 2006 Emulex All rights reserved Press lt Alt E gt or lt Ctrl E gt to enter Emulex BIOS configuration itility Press s to skip Emulex BIOS gt Once pressed keys are recognized the following message Is displayed then the menu screen is shown If it does not appear reboot the server and try again Emulex BIOS configuration utility selected bringing the Link up Please wait bringing the Link up Please wait Emulex LightPulse BIOS Utility UBZ Gzaz Copyright c 1997 26608 Emulex All rights reserved Emulex Adapters in the System LPe12092 M8 PCI Bus Device Function 06 00 01 LPe1z6odo M8 PCI Bus Device Function OS 00 00 Enter a Selection _ Enter zx to Exit 37 NEC Express5800 Series j 4 Server Settings 4 3 2 Selecting the FC Port gt After the menu is displayed select the number that corresponds to the port that is connected to the storage device in which the OS will be installed and display the information screen of that port Emulex LightPulse BIDS Utility UBzZ Gzaz Copyright c 1997 2008 Emulex All rights reserved Emulex Adapters in the System LPe1209072 M8 PCI Bus Device Function 65 00 01 LPe1z2007 H85 PCI Bus Device Function Nr Enter a Selection _ Forthe N8190 154 the PCI Bus and device are the
31. Installation 5 3 5 4 Uninstalling PathManager PathManager can be uninstalled following the directions below Because the installation process depends on the kernel version select process 1 or 2 depending on the version used The kernel version can be checked with uname r 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 Kernel 2 6 18 164 el5 or later The uninstaller can be used 1 Go to opt nec sps installer cd opt nec sps installer it 2 Uninstall the RPM file Execute the underlined command If the silent option is not specified the OS will not be rebooted The OS must be rebooted Reboot manually sh uninstall sh silent Precheck for SPS Installation Uninstallation Distribution RedHat Architecture 1686 Kernel Version LinuxZ o Kernel Details 2 6 18 164 e15 The following packages will be uninstalled sps driver E 4 3 1 2 6 18 164 el5 Spse uLtrils 4 3 0 0 patching file rc sysinit Sps Uninstall Completed it Broadcast message from root Thu Feb 25 14 38 01 2010 The system is going DOWN for reboot in 1 minute it 3 If the uninstaller is completed successfully the message sps Uninstall Completed is output shaded line If this message is not output the uninstall failed Follow the instructions in Appendix D Error Messages from Installer in the PathManager for Linux Installation Guide 4 f the uninstaller is completed successfully the system will reboot in one minute M
32. Installing the OS P 118 8 3 4 Linux OS Logical Volume Manager P 118 D AMAR ne eee tU E ee eee NUES P 119 8 4 1 NEC Storage PathManager Versions P 119 8 4 2 Backup and Restore Disks in Linux OS with PathManager EIC e M E E EEE EEEE P 119 NEC Express5800 Series Table of Contents 9 Appendix 9 1 Confirm FC Controller WWPN and WWNN enn P 120 9 1 1 Confirm from IEEE Address Labels P 120 9 1 2 Confirm from the WWPN Address Label only N8190 153 2 P 120 9 1 3 Confirm from the FC BIOS P 121 NEC Express5800 Series 1 1 Purpose of this document e This manual describes the process for implementing NEC Express5800 Series rack server operating system in an FC SAN Boot system that is located in storage devices in a Storage Area Network hereafter referred to as SAN Because there are many different reference sources for servers storage devices software and other items when building a SAN Boot system this manual shows the overall flow of implementation by pointing to and indicating the various manuals to be used By doing so this manual shows how to build a SAN Boot system Because of this this manual does not guarantee performance avallability and reliability Before building a system the user must assure performance availability and reliability by following the system design requirements 1
33. J NEC Storage SAN Boot Server 1 BR disk array p SAN Boot Server 2 Storage Manaaer Use iSM to setup storage Management LD1 and 2 Server 1 LD LD3 and 4 gt Server 2 LD 26 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 NEC M series Storage Settings e Cautions for Assigning LDs gt The following connection are not recommended SAN Boot SAN Boot SAN Boot SAN Boot Server 1 Server 2 Server 1 Server 2 x The FC controllers of multiple servers x When the LD sets are separated the same are bound to the same LD sets OS disk is binding to them Multiple servers can not access single LD set Exclusive access control by cluster software is necessary to share data disks SAN Boot SAN Boot SAN Boot SAN Boot Server 1 Server 2 Server 1 Server 2 Y The FC controllers of multiple servers v The FC controllers of multiple servers are binding are binding to unique LD sets to unique OS disks and data disks are shared 27 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 NEC M series Storage Settings 3 1 4 Changing the Port Access Mode gt To execute SAN Boot the access mode of NEC M series Storage ports must be set to the WWN mode WWN mode is set by default gt Set the port access mode to WWN mode with StorageManager gt Refer to 11 2 7 Port Mode Switching in NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series for details 3 1
34. NEC Express5800 Series NEC Express5800 Series White Paper R120d 2M R120d 1M R120d 2E R120d 1E FC SAN Boot Configuration Guide Windows Server 2008 Hyper V Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V 2 0 Hed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Hed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 VMware vSphere5 October 2012 NEC Corporation First Edition NEC Express5800 Series Trademarks EXPRESSBUILDER and ESMPRO SigmaSystemCenter WebSAM DeploymentManager WebSAM NetvisorPro WebSAM StorageManager and PathManager are registered trademarks or trademarks of NEC Corporation Microsoft Windows Windows Server Hyper V Active Directory and MS DOS are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks or trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and or other countries Linux is a registered trademark or trademark of Linus Torvalds in Japan and or other countries Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation and or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries The official name of Windows Server 2008 is Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Operating System VMware the VMware logo Virtual SMP and Vmotion are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware Inc in the United States and or other countries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Notice 1 No
35. O0OOO Firmuare Version US1 11A5 Port Mame 10000000 CIGES121 Node Name 20000000 C9B8E31Z71 Topology Auto Topology Loop First Default The BIOS for this adapter is Disabled Configure This Adapter s Parameter Enter a Selection _ gt Select 1 to display the BIOS enable disable setup screen Adapter O1 PCI Bus Device Function OS 00 01 LPe12002 M6 Mem Base FBBB8O0OO0 Firmware Version US1 11A5 Port Name 10000000 C9B8E3121 Mode Mame 40000000 COSBE31Z71 Topology Auto Topology Loop First Default The BIOS for this adapter is Disabled Enable or Disable BIOS fe Perr ALTH of this Adapter Change PLOGI Retry Timer Advanced Dption Topology Selection Advanced Option Enable or Disable Spinup Delay Advanced Option t Auto Scan Setting Advanced Uption Enable or Disable EDD 3 0 Advanced Option t Enable or Disable Start Unit Command Advanced Uption Enable or Disable Environment Variable Advanced Uption 19 Enable or Disable Auto Boot Sector Advanced ption J 11 Link Speed Selection Advanced Dption Enter a Selection _ NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings gt Since BIOS is disabled by default The BIOS is Disabled is displayed Press 1 Adapter O1 PCI Bus Device Function 605 00 01 The BIOS is Disabledtt Enable Press 1 Disable Press Zi gt Make sure that The BIOS is Enabled is displayed then press lt ESC gt twice to return to th
36. PathManager Installation CD ROM 5 3 2 PathManager Installation gt Detailed information Source Refer to the manual in the PathManager Installation CD ROM Ch 5 4 VMware ESX ESXi gt Storage PathManager for VMware Installation Guide Source Refer to the manual in the PathManager Installation CD ROM eo 6 2 Checking FC Path Redundancy Windows OS gt Refer to NEC Storage PathManager User s Manual Windows version to check details Source Refer to the manual in the PathManager Installation CD ROM VMware ESX ESXi gt Refer to NEC Storage PathManager User s Manual VMware version to check details Source Refer to the manual in the PathManager Installation CD ROM 12 NEC Express5800 Series 1 7 Acquiring Manuals 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage gt Storage ControlCommand installation guide Source INSTALL PDF in the Storage ControlCommand on Windows CD ROM Source INSTALL PDF in the Storage ControlCommand on Linux CD ROM gt Storage Series Configuration Settings Guide GUI M Series source manualXIS051 pdf in the WebSAM StorageManager Suite CD ROM gt Storage Software Data Replication Usage Guide Functions Source manualYlS015 pdf in the Storage ControlCommand on Windows CD ROM Source manualXlS015 pdf in the Storage ControlCommand on Linux CD ROM gt Storage Software ControlCommand Command Reference Source manual lS041 pdf in the Storage ControlCommand on Windows CD
37. PathManager driver After backing up the current settings add the following line shaded line to the end of the etc modprobe conf Co p eto modprobe conf etcoc modprobe cont sps vi etc modprobe conf alias scsi hostadapter aic79xx alias scsi hostadapterl lpfc alias usb controller uhci hod alias scsi hostadapter2 dd mod 1 scsi hostadapterX Specify X as the largest number in the alias scsi hostadapter line in the file S BEB BRB RRB RRB RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR eee eee ee eee a 74 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 3 Check the root devices In the following example the root devices are dev sda and dev sdb cat etc fstab dev sda2 i defaults dev sdal boot defaults none dev pts gid 5 mode 620 none dev shm defaults none prog defaults none sys defaults dev sdb1 swap defaults mount dev sda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev sdal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority dev sdb1 partition 1048544 0 4 Confirm the PathManager device that corresponds to the root device dev sd checked in 3 The PathManager device that corresponds to the root device can be confirmed by adding the chk option to t
38. PathManager is updated by uninstalling PathManager then reinstalling it The following describes how to update PathManager when a kernel is updated 1 Uninstall PathManager See 5 3 5 Uninstalling for the uninstalling procedure If there are no hardware changes and the current settings are to be used after updating there is no need to execute 6 in 5 3 5 4 Uninstalling PathManager The current settings can be used by leaving the setup file ay 1 After PathManager is uninstalled dev ddX cannot be used Therefore stop any applications that use dev ddX before updating PathManager l Also do not access dev ddX while updating e Update the kernel eN 2 If ExpressCluster is used refer to Appendix A Introduction to the ExpressCluster Environment in the installation guide e e CEB BBB RBBB RR RR RR RR RR RR RRR ee e e Boot the OS with the updated kernel 2 Install PathManager See 5 3 4 Installation for instructions This completes the updating process 93 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 7 Preparing for Operation gt After installing PathManager and rebooting the system PathManager will automatically recognize the target disks and paths and operation will start The following describes how to make sure that PathManager operates normally 1 Make sure that the installed PathManager corresponds to the kernel in use Make sure that the kernel version A displayed by uname r
39. SXi Restart the virtual machine that was shut down through the vCenter Server vSphere client or the service console then restart operations Restore Procedure 1 Shut down and delete the virtual machine VMware ESX ESXi From the vCenter Server vSphere client or service console shut down all virtual machines that use the MV to be restored then delete the virtual machines delete inventory 2 Reconstruct MV Management server If itis necessary to reconstruct MV because of a physical error execute the following procedure 1 Set the MV AccessControl Access prohibited 2 Reconstruct the LDs 3 Execute pair reset 4 Set the MV AccessControl Access allowed 3 Execute restore Management server Execute the restore process from the StorageManager then restore the RV data in MV 108 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 4 Recognize the recovered VMFS VMware ESX ES Xi From the vCenter Server vSphere client or service console rescan with the Storage adapter 5 Restart the virtual machine VMware ESX ESxXi Restart the virtual machine shut down in 1 then restart operations 7 1 4 Cautions for Backup and Restore Windows Server OS Images with the DDR Function gt Please note the following when user executes NEC M series Storage DDR data replication function to back up a Windows Server OS image 1 Logical disk format When the logical disk is
40. Slot 2B F stot 3c 888228098885988 j m O Oc O O O O O0 0 Slot 1B Slot 2C li oagagogogooecob R120d 2M PCI slots 2 4 2 R120d 1M gt When FC SAN Boot is implemented from one FC controller mount in Slot 1B gt When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two FC controllers mount in Slot 1B and Slot 1C When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two N8190 154 units Port 1 position is the port for FC SAN Boot Note for future reference which values are assigned to the Port 1 position PERU DP r omunmu R120d 1M PCI slot 22 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 4 FC Controller Mounting Location 2 4 3 R120d 2E gt When FC SAN Boot is implemented from one FC controller mount in Slot 1B When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two FC controllers mount in Slot 1B and Slot 2B T When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two N8190 154 units Port 1 is the port position for FC SAN Boot Note for future reference which values are assigned to the Port 1 position L Slot 28 ll eosooooco Slot 1B OODOOCODUOOD GOonOOo5o0000 q OODOOOOOOO R120d 2E PCI slot 2 4 4 R120d 1E When FC SAN Boot is implemented from one FC controller mount in Slot 1B gt When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two FC controllers mount in Slot 1B and Slot 1C a When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two N8190 154 units Port 1 is the i port position for FC SAN Boot Note f
41. WN format the Windows disk signatures will differ for the master volume MV and replication volume RV Then when a logical disk is restored from RV the OS will not be able to start Therefore the usage format for the logical disk that stores the Windows OS must be set to WG regardless of the actual disk format MBR GPT used by the Windows server When ControlCommand from a management server is used to back up an OS image in NEC M series Storage that is FC connected it is necessary to add GPTDISK USE to the CHECK section of the operation option setup file MSystemRoot ismvol iSMrpl ini in order to manipulate a logical disk in the WG usage format 2 BitLocker drive encoding When handling an OS image MV RV backed up from MV or MV restored from RV that has been encoded with BitLocker the operation will differ as shown below depending on whether the server that executed the encoding is used or another server is used Using the server that executed encoding OS startup gt Possible Enable Disable BitLocker encoding Possible Unlocking BitLocker encoding gt Possible 109 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 3 Backup and restore VMware ESX ESXi OS images The following instructions show how to back up and restore VMware ESX ESXI OS images with M series Storage data replication function e Backup Procedure 1 Execute replication Management serv
42. adapters Fibre Channel Controller N8190 153 or N8190 154 OS e Windows gt NEC Express5800 Series Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Support Information http www 58support nec co jp global download w2008r2 sp1 html Refer to the section on the standard rack server Applications NEC M series Storage control software related manuals and installation guides 1 8 Hardware and Software Specifications gt e Hardware and Software Specifications Ask your local NEC subsidiary about the availability for our products 14 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 1 Management Server Preparation 2 1 1 Management Software and Linkage Image gt The following diagram illustrates the main roles installed software played by the management server used in a SAN Boot environment e Management Servers ESMPRO ServerManager e Storage configuration setting monitoring StorageManager gt The software installed in the management server are linked in the manner shown in the image below um P Management Server SAN Boot Server ESMPRO ServerManager ESMPRO ServerAgent Storage PathManager Path redundancy Storage configuration and monitoring Storage AccessControl Storage ig erformance ee NEC M series Storage Access control WebSAM StorageManager Basic control WebSAM Storage PerforMate Suite 15 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 1 Manageme
43. ake sure that the OS operates normally 89 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 After the OS is rebooted make sure that the root device is not the PathManager device mount dev sda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev sdal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority dev sdb1 partition 1048544 0 42 This completes uninstalling PathManager in RHEL 5 4 or later 90 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 2 Systems before Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 Kernel 2 6 18 164 el5 Uninstall is executed manually 1 Use the following command to make sure that PathManager is used in the current environment If the kernel version is 2 6 18 128 el5 rpm qa grep sps Sps amp uLils 4 2 1 0 sps driver E 4 2 1 2 06 18 129 e6195 For systems earlier than Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 Kernel 2 6 18 128 el5 this is the package containing both sps utils and sps driver Example sps E 4 1 3 2 6 18 92 615 1686 rpm nmumuuunEEEEHEEHEEHEHENHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHNEHEHEHEHNEHEHEEHEHEHEHEHHERHEHEHNEHEHEHEHNEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHERHEHEHEHEHEHEHNHEHENHEHEHEHEHHEHEHNEHEHEHEHEHENEHEHENHENHERNHN a 2 Delete the patch file applied to the OS boot scri
44. at come with the OS are used then it is not necessary to reinstall the drivers 2 If an FC switch is connected then the FC switch must be set up 3 If there is a cross call setting for M series Storage device then it must be set to On See the Storage device instructions on how to set up the cross call settings 4 Make sure that ExpressCluster is not set up If ExpressCluster is used set up PathManager before setting up ExpressCluster In order to install PathManager in an environment in which ExpressCluster is installed ExpressCluster must be paused 5 It must be possible to execute the sg scan command oince the sg scan command will be necessary install the required package if it is not already installed See 5 3 3 1 Checking for the sg scan Command for details Check the following only for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 6 Make sure that the mount targets are not used for the label names When mounting NEC Storage SCSI device partitions when booting do not use the label information to mount them If label information is used mount without the label information See 5 3 3 2 Checking for Mount Targets for details 7 After consulting 5 3 3 2 Checking for Mount Targets make sure that there are no problems in using a multiple path configuration 60 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 3 1 Checking for the sg scan Command This section describes how to check sg scan used in 5 3 5 2 Install
45. ata area RDM Raw Device Mapping logical disk of the virtual machine according to the actual partition style as shown in the below examples For use as a Linux disk LX For use as a Windows MBR format disk WN For use as a Windows GPT format disk WG 106 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 3 Backup and restore VMware ESX ESXi OS images The following instructions show how to make backup and restore VMware ESX ESXi OS images with the M series Storage data replication function e Backup Procedure 1 Execute replication Management server Execute the replication process from the StorageManager and synchronize MV and RV for the following gt VMware ESX ESXi OS image gt Virtual machine image in VMware ESX ESXi gt Virtual machine data area 2 Shut down VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ES Xi gt Shut down the VMware ESX ESXi system which uses the MV to be backed up 3 Execute separation Management server Execute the separation process from the StorageManager and separate MV and RV for the following gt VMware ESX ESXi OS image gt Virtual machine image in VMware ESX ESXi gt Virtual machine data area 4 Restart VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ESXi Restart VMware ESX ESXi shut down in 2 then restart operations e Restore procedure 1 Shut down VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ES Xi Shut down the VMware ESX ESXi system that uses the MV to be restor
46. ata area in the same manner as DDR operations on a regular physical server Refer to 3 1 2 Example of Restoring Master Volume Data in NEC Storage Software Data Replication User s Manual Installation and Operation Guide for Windows for restoration instructions Refer to Appendix D Disk Backup and Data Restore with Use of Data Replication Function in the NEC Storage Software NEC Storage Manager Command Reference when restoring data areas with iSMCLI provided by NEC M series Storage 105 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 7 1 3 Backup and Restore VMware ESX ESXi with the DDR Function e This section describes the cautions and restrictions when user executes the NEC M series Storage data replication function to back up and restore OS images of VMware ESX ESXI virtual machine images VMFS on VMware ESX ESXi and virtual machine data areas RDM Raw Device Mapping 1 Configuration The backup and restore procedures are based on the following configuration iam P Management server SAN Boot server Backup server 4 VMware ESX ESXI Storage Manager Storage disk array FW Replicate m Restore 2 Logical disk format 1 Be sure to set LX as the usage format for the logical disk in which the VMware ESX ESXi OS image is installed and the logical disk in which the VMware ESX ESXi virtual machine image VMFS is stored Set the usage format of the d
47. ating an LD Set gt StorageManager creates an LD set gt Refer to 10 3 3 1 Creating a New LD Set Changing Settings in NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series for details NEC Storage t SAN Boot Server 1 disk array 7 d SAN Boot Server 2 setup storage Storage T 7 se O Manager LD Set 2 Management Server Create the LD sets necessary f 3 LD set 22 Server 2 LD set LD3 and 4 gt Server 2 LD BHHHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEE GE aia a a oa a a a eee eee a a A E D Set the sel server platform for the LD set platform If the application server OS is VMware ESX ES Xi set LX as the platform e gt An LD setis a virtual image that indicates a group of logical disks SAN boot server can access the LDs by assigning path information WWN World Wide Name of SAN Boot server and LDs Refer to 2 3 LD Set in NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series for details 25 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 NEC M series Storage Settings 3 1 3 Assigning LDs to an LD Set gt StorageManager assigns LDs to an LD set gt Refer to 10 1 Assignment of Logical Disk in NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series for details Assign LDs to an LD set after formatting in 3 1 1 Creating a Pool and Logical Disks LD aam
48. ation in a SAN Boot Environment Please follow the instructions below 1 Execute the sg scan command sesi0 channel 0 rid 0 lun 0 scsi channels ad 0 lunsel 2 There are no problems if the above is output or there is no output Since the sg scan command can be executed go to 5 3 3 2 Checking for Mount Targets If command not found is displayed then go to the next step 3 Use the rpm command to make sure that sg3 utils is installed rpm qa grep sg3 utils sgo utlils x xx x x 593 utrils libs x XXx x X 4 There is no problem if the version is displayed as in the example above If command not found is displayed in 2 above then make sure that there is a path to sg scan to usr bin If there is no such path add usr bin to PATH then go to one of the following sections for the respective OS If nothing is displayed then go to step 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 5 3 3 2 Checking for Mount Targets Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 5 3 3 4 PathManager Setup 5 Prepare the sg3 utils RPM package Insert the installation disk that contains the sg3 utils RPM package into the DVD drive and mount it 61 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 6 Install sg3 utils If sg3 utils libs is not installed it must be installed first t ron ivh SOs DCLIS Libs K xx lt lt xxx com TEGERE EET Ea AOE EEE TE E E E E E E EE EN EEH 1 sg3 utils libs HA HA AH APP PE EP D EEE EEE
49. c defaults sys defaults dev sdb1 swap defaults cat etc grub conf grub conf generated by anaconda tboot dev sda default 0 timeout 5 splashimage hd0 0 grub splash xpm gz hiddenmenu title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 6 18 53 e15 root hao 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 6 18 53 e15 ro root dev sda2 rhgb quiet inibrd Ju2nmyttd 2 6 198 55 815 L7mu 64 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 Restart the system and make sure it boots normally sync shutdown r now 6 Make sure that the mounted devices are correct mount dev sda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw E oo MES type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size PELOCLETY dev sdb1 partition 1048544 42 This completes confirmation of mount targets Next go to 5 3 3 3 Redundant Path Connections 65 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 3 3 Redundant Path Connections Path connections should be made after checking the mount targets 1 Reconnect the disconnected paths 2 Restart the system and make sure that it boots normally i shutdown r now Depending on the configuration reconnecting paths may change the order in which they are recognized by the OS This may cause
50. completed e Touse NEC Storage PathManager install it according to Installation in the Installation Guide provided with the product When using the NEC Storage PathManager that comes with an NEC M10e or M100 series unit install the software according to NEC Storage PathManager Installation in the Disk Array Unit User s Guide that comes with the unit 52 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 2 6 Hyper V Installation only when using Hyper V Follow the steps below in in order to use Hyper V with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 This section can be skipped if Hyper V is not used 1 Start the Server Manager 2 Select Roles from the menu at left then click Add Roles Lx Tnm pow er rok on ever Fou dore pAb cee i eus bee pes Eee amies vou peru Fries Ranj hes rot n performs sach at along document or horang a Web pae Corte Bebe py Congres men that Payee a The ron neo de Tawra mr 2 Birth serbia muc a gia Pu ara configured TP jos Bac 10 eae aeq o Ese preceding cep Doll ghe ind poepiese Pe siepe aed heer rum her wrod agar Tocmirum dick Hark FS the pepe er de mun 53 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 4 Select Hyper V from the following screen then click Next mm za xj Select one or mone roles to irata on d s pe sera D tngriss 7 Hamer y provides Pe services that Wi can use ta create and manage
51. d through Chapter 4 and the OS installation area LD is recognized by the FC BIOS OS installation can be initiated Installation method will differ depending on the OS Please read carefully the procedures and precautions in each chapter before proceeding gt Windows Server 5 2 Windows e Compatible with NEC Storage M series FC SAN Boot gt Linux Red Hat 5 3 Linux e Compatible with NEC Storage M series FC SAN Boot gt VMware 5 4 VMware ESX ESXI e Compatible with NEC Storage M series FC SAN Boot Go to the URL below and use a storage device that has VMware certification http www vmware com resources compatibility search php 49 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 2 1 Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Installation gt This section describes the installation of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 into NEC Express5800 series The compatible hardware devices are listed below lt NEC Express5800 Series gt R120d 1M gt The Windows OS is installed according to the following flow 5 2 6 Hyper i S 2 6 Hyper V Installation 6 Confirming Operation and Setting Up Redundant Path Installation completed 50 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 2 2 Advanced Preparations eee eee eee eee RR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR Ee Be Do not make the path between the server and NEC M series Storage redunda
52. e port selection menu Adapter O1 PCI Bus Device Function 6 605 00 01 The BIOS is Enabledtt Enable Press 1 Disable Press 4 gt Repeat the steps in 4 3 2 Selecting the FC Port for the remaining FC ports that are connected to storage devices in which OSs are to be installed to register the boot devices and enable the Boot BIOS E essaient nina NR XXRAE EVE ERRARE ARNENMRETAREKIKXRERRERSQAA CE CETTE TEE E rT r rr Tree 4 A Do not register the boot devices and do not enable the Boot BIOS of FC ports 7 connected to storage devices in which OS will not be installed BERR RRR RR RR RR RRR RRR e gt FC controller BIOS setup is completed after setting up the rest of FC ports 45 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 4 Making Single Path FC Connections gt When installing Windows OS or RHEL OS the path connecting to the storage in which the OS is to be installed must be made a single path The path to be left will differ depending on the server model VMware can be installed with the redundant path connected E When N8190 154 is on R120d 2M R120d 1M R120d 2E or R120d 1E FC SAN Boot is executed with priority given to Port 1 The remain of FC cable will be reconnected after installing the OS PathManager Note for future reference the original connection location g em LEE EEE EEELELELELECEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETEEEEEEEEE e 46 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server S
53. e15 ro root dev dda2 rhgb Zoe Fe INS ESIS em quiet initrd EMEND title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 6 18 53 e615 root Bid0 D kernel vmlinuz 2 6 18 53 e15 ro root dev sda2 rhgb quiet initrd JXnqjbtfd 26 19 535 015 1BW Es mmm mmm i m mmm mmm L mmm E mmm mmm e P 10 Reboot the system and make sure that it starts normally with the settings added to the boot loader If the system does not start normally return etc fstab to its original setup and boot the system with the existing boot RAM disk sync shutdown r now 17 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 11 Make sure that the PathManager device is used as the root device mount dev dda2 on type ext3 rw none on proo type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev ddal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority dev ddpi partition 1048544 0 42 This completes installation initial setup in a SAN Boot environment If there are any application setup files other than the boot device using the disk array dev sdX follow the instructions in 5 3 4 4 Migration to an Environment Using PathManager 78 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3
54. ed 2 Reconstruct MV Management server If it is necessary to reconstruct MV because of a physical error execute the following procedure 1 Set the MV AccessControl Access prohibited 2 Reconstruct the LDs 3 Execute pair resetting 4 Set the MV AccessControl Access allowed 3 Execute restore Management server Execute the restore process from the StorageManager then restore the RV data in MV 107 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 4 Restart VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ES Xi Restart the virtual machine that was shut down through the vCenter Server Restart VMware ESX ESXi shut down in 1 then restart operations 4 Backup and restore virtual machine images VMFS The following instructions show how to back up and restore virtual machine images by NEC M series Storage data replication function e Backup Procedure 1 Execute replication Management server Execute the replication process from the StorageManager and synchronize MV and RV for the virtual machine image and RDM 2 Shut down the virtual machine VMware ESX ESXI From the vCenter Server vSphere client or service console shut down all virtual machines that use the MV to be backed up 3 Execute separation Management server Execute the separation process from the StorageManager and separate MV and RV for the virtual machine image and RDM 4 Restart the virtual machine VMware ESX E
55. enter Server Restart VMware ESX ESXi shut down in 1 then restart operations 4 Backup and restore virtual machine images VMFS The following instructions show how to back up and restore virtual machine images by NEC M series Storage data replication function e Backup Procedure 1 Execute replication Management server Execute the replication process from the StorageManager and synchronize MV and RV for the virtual machine image and RDM 2 Shut down the virtual machine VMware ESX ESXI From the vCenter Server vSphere client or service console shut down all virtual machines that use the MV to be backed up 3 Execute separation Management server Execute the separation process from the StorageManager and separate MV and RV for the virtual machine image and RDM 4 Restart the virtual machine VMware ESX ESXi Restart the virtual machine that was shut down through vCenter Server vSphere client or the service console then restart operations Restore Procedure 1 Shut down and delete the virtual machine VMware ESX ESXi From the vCenter Server vSphere client or service console shut down all virtual machines that use the MV to be restored then delete the virtual machines delete inventory 2 Reconstruct MV Management server If it needed to reconstruct MV because of a physical error execute the following procedure 1 Set the MV AccessControl Access prohibited 2 Reconstruct the LDs 3 Execute pair rese
56. er Execute the replication process from the StorageManager and synchronize MV and RV for the following gt VMware ESX ESXi OS image gt Virtual machine image in VMware ESX ESXi gt Virtual machine data area 2 Shut down VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ES Xi gt Shut down the VMware ESX ESXi system which uses the MV to be backed up 3 Execute separation Management server Execute the separation process from the StorageManager and separate MV and RV for the following gt VMware ESX ESXi OS image gt Virtual machine image in VMware ESX ESXi gt Virtual machine data area 4 Restart VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ESXi Restart VMware ESX ESXi shut down in 2 then restart operations e Restore procedure 1 Shut down VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ES Xi Shut down the VMware ESX ESXi system that uses the MV to be restored 2 Reconstruct MV Management server If itis needed to reconstruct MV because of a physical error execute the following procedure 1 Set the MV AccessControl Access prohibited 2 Reconstruct the LDs 3 Execute pair resetting 4 Set the MV AccessControl Access allowed 3 Execute restore Management server Execute the restore process from the StorageManager then restore the RV data in MV 110 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 4 Restart VMware ESX ESXi VMware ESX ES Xi Restart the virtual machine that was shut down through the vC
57. es for details on zoning them e FC switch zoning configuration example gt The illustration below shows a port zoning example configuration in which two FC switches are connected to two servers with redundant paths Server 1 IS server 2 iss In this type of configuration the zoning settings for FC switches 1 and 2 are recommended so that the following ports are paired Server 1 zone pairing Port 1 Port 5 Server 2 zone pairing Port 2 Port 5 FC switch 2 NEC M series Storage Refer to Zoning Settings in the FC switch User s Guide for setting details This example shows two servers but Port 3 or higher can also be zoned in preparation for future expansion eonuunEEEEHERHERHERHEHREHRHERERERHERHRHERERHERERHEREREHEERERERERHEREEERHEREERHERHEEREERERERRERERHO enunuunu 19 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 3 Confirm WWPN e Confirm the WWPN World Wide Port Name of the FC controllers on each server that will use SAN Boot before deploying servers in an FC SAN Boot environment gt In an FC SAN Boot environment AccessControl is used in NEC M series Storage disk array Thus it is necessary to bind the server FC controllers and LD sets in NEC M series Storage Because NEC M series Storage uses the FC controller WWPN for linking it is necessary to check the WWPN before binding the logical disks gt The FC controller that executes FC SAN Boot must be implemented in
58. ettings 4 4 Making Single Path FC Connections gt R120d 2M Disconnect the FC cable from Slot 1B If the FC controller mounting on Slot 2B is a N8190 154 unit disconnect the FC cable connected to Port 0 60605060600 op C Ch C RONTE poporo nononono 0 Ons y Slot 2B 2B p 2000000000900002 00209 Slot 1B mle N D a d IL C Ct 0 020 Slot 3C ur 368 pn ES ocn np Slot 2 epu FP o 214 N IL pm CES oO Leave the path to Port 1 of N8190 154 units gt R120d 1M Disconnect the FC cable from Slot 1C If the FC controller mounting on Slot 1B is a N8190 154 unit disconnect the FC cable connected to Port O Leave the path to Port 1 of N8190 154 units NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 4 Making Single Path FC Connections gt R120d 2E Disconnect the FC cable from Slot 2B If the FC controller mounting on Slot 1B is a N8190 154 unit disconnect the FC cable connected to Port O ii Ol Siot 35 me A 8I E ERN lt a ee Leave the to Port 1 of N8190 154 units gt R120d 1E Disconnect the FC cable from Slot 1C If the FC controller mounting on Slot 1B is a N8190 154 unit disconnect the FC cable connected to Port 0 Leave the path to Port 1 of N8190 154 units 48 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 1 Overview e After the configuration is complete
59. ge of each device and the Readme txt file that comes with the downloaded data for the updating instructions gt See the following website to check for any available BIOS updates gt R120d 2M H120d 1M R120d 2E R120d 1E e NEC Express5800 Series Product Information gt http www 58support nec co jp global download index html 8 1 5 Restrictions for Internal option in server Under SAN Boot environment mounting HDD SSDs and RAID controllers on SAN Boot servers are not recommended 8 1 6 System BIOS Setup gt SATA AHCI and SATA RAID parameters on server s system BIOS must change to disabled 114 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions 8 2 Storage 8 2 1 Connecting Multiple Storage Devices gt Connections cannot be made to access multiple storage devices through the FC switches under the FC controller ports that implement FC SAN Boot Only the ports that are not used for FC SAN Boot should be selected to access multiple storage devices gt While one of the N8190 154 ports is used for FC SAN Boot the other ports can access multiple storage mous Server Server ESS ss FC switch FC switch FC switch FC switch esse rt mw FC switch FC switch z E Y ez lt a wg The storage device with the OS The storage device with the OS installed and another storage device installed and another storage devices are connected to the same port of are not connected to
60. he spsconfig command and executing it In the following example it can be confirmed that dev sda corresponds to dev dda and dev sdb corresponds to dev ddb spsconfig chk dev sda dev sdb dev sda dev dda dev sdb dev ddb 75 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 Generate the options setup to set up the PathManager device confirmed in 4 as the route device Execute the spsconfig command with the add option to generate the options setup In the example below the generated options setup is added through redirection to etc modprobe conf spsconfig add dev dda dev ddb gt gt etc modprobe conf csp a 2 Be sure to use two right arrows gt gt in the description Using only one will gt overwrite the contents of etc modprobe conf and the OS will not be bootable sisi iii d di e 6 Make sure that the following description is in etc modprobe conf cat etc modprobe conf Please add the following line to etc modprobe conf Chrono cl dda NEC riStorage 2000 2 0H0 0 100 0 010191 177 0012 a 910108 ddb NEC Pp loeOrage 2000 POCO ee 002s gt 000 oul 7 After backing up the current settings change the root device described in letc fstab to the PathManager device confirmed in 4 cp p etc fstab etc fstab sps vi etc fstab dev dda2 defaults dev dda1 boot defaults dev pts gid 5 mode 620 dev shm defaults prog defaults sys defaul
61. hiddenmenu title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 6 18 53 e615 root hdd 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 6 18 53 e15 ro OoOt LABEL rhgb quiet inicrada JIITRUDPO 2 60 19 53 G01543m If LABEL is shown in the first field of etc fstab the shaded area or after root in boot grub grub conf the label names are used for mounting In those cases go to the next step Otherwise go to 5 3 3 4 PathManager Setup 63 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 Linux 2 Check the device file name that corresponds to the label mount dev sda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev sdal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Filename Type Size Used Priority dev sdb1 partition 1048544 0 42 Specify the device file that corresponds to the label from the results of etc fstab and mount In the above example they correspond as follows LABEL Z is dev sda2 LABEL boot is dev sda1 LABEL z swap is dev sdb1 4 The etc fstab and etc grub conf notations should be changed to corresponding device files with an editor The following shows the results after editing cat etc fstab dev sda2 defaults dev sdal boot defaults dev pts gid 5 mode 620 dev shm defaults pro
62. ibility Binding multiple servers to the same logical system disk is not allowed Multiple servers cannot share the same OS system disk 8 1 3 BIOS Settings for Installing Windows Server 2008 gt Before installation go to the Boot Order setup screen in the server device system BIOS check the FC controller ports and make sure that they are bootable a 3 USB KEY PLI BEU IBA GE Slot 0100 yvis22 PCI SCSI Elx 00 2100003013841995 00 PCI SCSI Elx 01 2900003013841995 00 IDE HDD B Oo Ilion umn gt The numbers circled in A in the illustration show the boot priority If the FC controller ports are not specified here they cannot be used to boot the system The numbers circled in B indicate the FC controller port numbers Windows Server 2008 installation may fail if the FC controller ports are not bootable gt Both of the following settings must be made to enable booting from an FC controller LDs must be assigned to the LD set linked to the FC controller port The boot BIOS setting must be enabled for the FC controller port linked to the LD set with assigned LDs gt See 4 3 FC Controller BIOS Settings for details on setting the FC controller boot BIOS 113 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions 8 1 4 BIOS updates e R120d 2M R120d 1M R120d 2E and R120d 1E do not require BIOS updates but updating them to the latest public version is recommended Refer to the BIOS download pa
63. l restart in one minute Make sure that the OS functions normally This completes installation of PathManager for RHEL5 4 or later Next go to 5 3 4 2 Installation in a SAN Boot Environment 2 Systems before Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 Kernel 2 6 18 164 615 Install manually Go to the directory which is corresponds to the system in the distribution and architecture IIA32 etc under Express5800_100 RPMS See 5 3 3 4 PathManager Setup for the directory structure 1 Install the RPM file that corresponds to the kernel version being used with the following command For Kernel Version 2 6 18 128 el5 The shaded sections indicate the corresponding kernel version rpm ivh sps utils sps utils tT HH HT HE HH HH EE HH HE EE EH HE EEE H uname r Zr MESSA cce ie rpm ivh sps driver EqEmmm p M rpm sps driver HAE HEH tE TE EEE EH HE EEE HE EE EE EE it For versions before Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 Kernel 2 6 18 128 el5 this is a package name that contains both sps utils and sps driver Example sps E 4 1 3 2 6 18 92 615 1686 rpm T1 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation The following files are installed lib modules kernel version kernel drivers scsi dd_mod ko lib modules kernel version kernel drivers scsi sps mod ko lib modules kernel version kernel drivers scsi sps mod2 ko sbin dd daemon sbin spscmd sbin hotaddpath sbin hotremovepath sbin removearrayinfo sbin rec
64. le Managemnet Console cani server Secondary server h pat FC switch FC Catch Primary path NEC M series Storage NEC M series Storage QUU EWERNMNENNMNENWNNMNNWNNEMNMNWEMEMMNMNNNMNMEMMMNEMNEMENEMNMNMNNNNMEMMMNNNMSNNNNMNMENNNMNMNNMNNMNNNMNNMNNN NM SAN Boot servers should not have HDDs SSDs and RAID controllers Please be aware of that when ordering equipment sua nd E E Le 1 5 Precautions for Building a SAN Boot Environment e Refer to the another paper SAN Boot Compatibility Table for the hardware and software that can be used to build a SAN Boot System e Also make sure to check the configuration guidelines and product operating requirements for servers storage devices and software EN There are precautions and restrictions when building a SAN Boot environment Be sure to see 8 Precautions and Restrictions when considering to implement a SAN Boot environment enuuEEHEEEHERHERHEEHREHERHERHREHEHREHERHERHEERHERHERHREHEREERHERHREHERERERHEERHERHERHREHERERHERHEEREERHERHEREREREREREn A NEC Express5800 Series 1 6 Confirmation Advanced Preparations e The following manuals and system updates may be necessary to build a SAN Boot environment Acquiring these before starting the actual build process is recommended Confirmation Advanced Preparations 2 3 Confirm WWPN gt See 9 1 1 Confirm from IEEE Address Labels to confirm each FC contr
65. lled then VMware FC path redundancy can be checked through the VMware vSphere Client Refer to 4 1 2 Checking Operation Status in the NEC Storage PathManager User s Manual VMware version for details 98 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Settings 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage gt By NEC M series storage data replication function DDR it is possible to make backup and restore Windows including Hyper V Linux and VMware ESX ESXi OS images Hyper V and VMware virtual machine images and the data areas of physical and virtual machines Usercan make backup and restore with the data replication function by the replication control screen of StorageManager on the management server or by using the ControlCommand on the management server or on the backup server Also user can make backup and restore by ISMCLI on the disk array gt In order to use the data replication function it is necessary to unlock DynamicDataReplication license For the M series refer to 11 4 License Unlock of the NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series for details on unlocking the license gt In order to use ControlCommand user needs to install Storage ControlCommand in the environment used Refer to the Installation Guide INSTALL PDF on the NEC Storage ControlCommand CD R for the installation process gt In order to use ControlCommand on the management server user needs
66. llowing website for details on VMware ESX ESXi http www vmware com Please contact NEC sales or dealers for technical literature on VMware vSphere5 5 4 1 Precautions for Configuring SAN Boot gt Be aware of the following points when making a VMware ESX ESXi SAN Boot configuration Check the SAN Boot Compatibility Table for the recommended hardware and software NEC Express5800 R120d 2M R120d 1M R120d 2E R120d 1E Separating the NIC used by vMotion service console and the NIC used by the virtual machine is recommended If multiple paths are configured in the ESXi environment the ESXi functions will allow HBA failover and SP Storage Port failover but the NEC Storage PathManager will manage and control redundant paths tuned for NEC storage products PathManager can be used with VMware vSphere5 Enterprise Edition or higher and the supported target disk array is the M series Precautions Restrictions gt If VMware ESX ESXi is made into a SAN Boot configuration the following functions are not available e Autonomous restoration to a spare VMware ESX host OS server through oigmaSystemCenter e Backup and restore of VMware ESX host OS through DeploymentManager 5 4 2 Precautions for Building SAN Boot gt Install VMware ESX ESXi after executing 4 2 1 FC Controller BIOS Enable Setting in this manual gt In order to install NEC Storage PathManager install VMware ESXi5 first then install PathManager
67. nager then execute the steps in 5 3 4 2 Installation in a SAN Boot Environment after restoring the OS 119 NEC Express5800 Series 9 Appendix 9 1 Confirm FC Controller WWPN and WWNN 9 1 1 Confirm from IEEE Address Labels gt FC controllers have labels with the IEEE addresses of the FC ports N8190 153 have a label for one port and N8190 154 have labels for two ports The 16 digit numbers that start with 1000 are for WWPN and those that start with 2000 are for WWNN IEEE address Port 1 Only N8190 154 9 1 2 Confirm from the WWPN Address Label only N8190 153 gt The WWPN address can be confirmed from the WWPN label on a N8190 153 bracket Replacing the first 1000 numbers of the WWPN address with 2000 will give WWNN address WWPN address 120 NEC Express5800 Series 9 Appendix 9 1 3 Confirm from the FC BIOS If an FC controller is mounted the WWPN and the WWNN can be checked from the FC controller by setting up the server BIOS See section 4 2 for the instructions on setting up the server BIOS 1 Simultaneously hold down the lt Alt gt lt E gt or lt Ctrl gt lt E gt keys when the following message is displayed during system startup ttt Emulex LightPulse x86 BIOS tff Version 2 02a2 opyright cJ 1997 2008 Emulex All rights reserved Press lt Alt E gt or Ctrl E gt to enter Emulex BIDS configuration tility Press lt s gt to skip Emulex BIDS 2 After the keys
68. nection Patch b p0 lt oprt nec sps patcoh iscsi rhel5 diftf A 1 Patches can be applied to both etc rc d rc sysinit and etc rc d init d iscsi with one patch When a patch command is executed an error may occur and the patch file may not be applied correctly In that case add the lines in the patch file that start with to etc rc d rc sysinit and etc rc d init d iscsi Refer to the contents of the patch file when adding these lines 4 Reboot the system and make sure that it starts normally sync shutdown r now This completes PathManager installation Next go to 5 3 4 2 Installation in a SAN Boot Environment 73 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 4 2 Installation ina SAN Boot Environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Follow the process below to use the system in a SAN Boot environment setup process for using a SCSI device dev sdX as a root device in a SAN Boot environment When the PathManager device dev ddX is not used as the root device A root device is a necessary device to boot the OS or boot or swap by default 1 Make sure that the following description is not in etc modprobe conf cat etc modprobe conf Please add the following line to etc modprobe conf options sps mod dda NEC jJ EOx see 2000 7 COMIC 17 6 24 UO ves e OIG ddb NEC pL erEOx see 500 2 0 0 9H9166 0 9172872 O10 se OOO AT 2 Set up the boot RAM disk to include the
69. nt without installing PathManager Doing so can lead to OS installation failure LS LORIE LE IEEE IE EEE IE IE IEEE EEE IE LE IEEE LEE EEE eeP ee eeP eee eeeP eee eee EEEEEEEEE e tems necessary for installation e EXPRESSBUILDER DVD gt R120d 2M R120d 1M Ver 6 10 021 01 or later gt R120d 2E R120d 1E Ver 6 10 023 01 or later e OS installation media gt NEC OS installation media hereafter referred to as backup DVD Installation Guide Windows in EXPRESSBUILDER DVD NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 2 3 OS Installation e Following the instructions in Installation Guide Windows install the OS with OS otandard Installer 5 2 4 Service Pack Application 5 2 4 1 Windows Server 2008 e See the information on the following website and install Service Pack 2 e Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 gt http www 58support nec co jp global download w2008sp2 index html 5 2 4 2 Windows Server 2008 R2 e See the information on the following website and install Service Pack 1 This step can be skipped if Service Pack 1 is not to be installed e Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 gt http www 58support nec co jp global download w2008r2 sp1 html 5 2 5 NEC Storage PathManager for Windows Installation e Install NEC Storage PathManager that makes NEC M series Storage path redundant Do not make the path between the server and NEC M series Storage redundant until installation is
70. nt Server Preparation 2 1 2 Installing Software in the Management Server This section describes the NEC M series Storage management settings and FC switch preparation that are necessary before building the SAN Boot environment i e before OS installation gt See 7 Additional Application Settings with respect to data replication functions DDR that must be set after installing the OS 2 1 3 Management LAN Settings gt In order to perform the StorageManager that sets up and manages NEC M series Storage disk array use the management LAN 1 to connect and setup the network Required Also connecting and setting up the management LAN is strongly recommended in order to facilitate smooth implementation and management of the SAN Boot servers 1 Independently building the management LAN is recommended but it is also possible to run it in the same segment as an operating LAN If these two are to share a segment the system should be designed so that access Is possible even under heavy loads 16 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 1 Management Server Preparation 2 1 4 NEC M series Storage Control Software Installation 2 1 4 1 StorageManager Installation e StorageManager controls the storage disk array in the SAN Boot environment If StorageManager is not installed or the version that is installed cannot be used for SAN Boot refer to Chapter 3 Server Installation Windows and Chapter 4 Clien
71. o dev ddd spsconfig chk dev sdf dev sdf dev ddd 83 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 3 After backing up the file to be changed any file name can be used dev sdf is changed to the device dev ddd confirmed in 2 cp p etc fstab etc fstab sps vi etc fstab ae dadi mnt work defaults 4 If the NEC Storage SCSI device is used by an application make the same changes as in 3 5 Reboot the system This completes the migration to an environmment using PathManager 84 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 4 5 kdump Setup When Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is used kdump that uses the PathManager device must be set up because kdump cannot be used with the default settings To use kdump refer to Appendix F How to Set Up kdump in the NEC Storage PathManager for Linux User s Manual and set it up NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 5 Uninstalling 5 3 5 1 Removing kdump Settings In order to remove kdump settings refer to Appendix F How to Set Up kdump in the NEC Storage PathManager for Linux User s Manual 5 3 5 2 Removing the SAN Boot Environment Settings Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 If PathManager is installed in a SAN Boot environment follow the steps below before uninstalling PathManager 1 Make sure that the root device is a PathManager device mount dev dda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none
72. of Contents 6 Confirming Operation and Setting Up Redundant Paths 6 1 Reconnecting the FC Cable P 98 6 2 Checking FC Path Redundancy P 98 7 Additional Application Settings 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage m P 99 7 1 1 Backup and Restore Windows Server 2008 Hyper V with DS DOR PCI OP E P 101 7 1 2 Backup and Restore Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V with the DDR Function P 103 7 1 3 Backup and Restore VMware ESX ESXi with the DDR xis P 106 7 1 4 Cautions for Backup and Restore Windows Server OS Images with the DDR Function sssueee P 109 8 Precautions and Restrictions B 1 98 I a E E EINE P 113 8 1 1 Mixing FC Controller Models P 113 8 1 2 Multiple Path Compatibility P 113 8 1 3 BIOS Settings for Installing Windows Server 20068 P 113 8 1 4 Installing the Latest BIOS P 114 8 1 5 Internal Disk Mounting Restrictions P 114 8 1 6 System BIOS SOU a et a ME P 114 o ew 0 F2 0 ECT ETT ee P 115 8 2 1 Connecting Multiple Storage Devices P 115 9 2 2 otorage Performance and Number of OSs Installed P 115 BORGO P 116 8 3 1 Number of OS Licenses Used P 116 9 3 2 OS Memory Dump P 118 8 3 3 Redundant Path Connections when
73. oller WWPN 2 4 FC Controller Mounting Location gt Confirm the mounting locations of the FC controllers on each server in the SAN Boot environment 3 1 5 Linking the LD Sets and FC Controllers See 2 3 Confirm WWPN to confirm the WWPN 5 2 3 OS Installation Be sure to have the EXPRESSBUILDER DVDs for each server in order to update their drivers Be sure to have the NEC OS installation media to install the OS 5 2 4 Windows Service Pack Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 is required to install 5 2 6 2 Hyper V Installation KB Installation for Windows Server 2008 R2 In an environment in which Service Pack 1 is not installed after enabling Hyper V KB2264080 should be installed if necessary 5 3 1 OS Installation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Be sure to have the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 7 installation media Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Be sure to have the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 1 installation media 7 1 2 Backup and Restore Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V with the DDR Function Acquire iSMpassthrough_enabler Source Included in the package with ControlCommand ver 6 2 or later 8 1 4 Installing the Latest BIOS In order to update the system BIOS acquire the BIOS update module Source http www 58support nec co jp global download index html 10 NEC Express5800 Series 1 7 Acquiring Manuals e The following manuals and system updates may be necessary to create a SAN Boot environment Acquiring these bef
74. on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev ddal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc rw cat proc swaps Type Size Priority partition 1048544 42 2 Return the root device settings to their original settings mv etc fstab sps etc fstab 3 Return the settings of the module to include in the boot RAM disk and PathManager options settings to their original settings When uninstalling PathManager update leaving etc modprobe conf will allow you to skip some of the resetting process after PathManager updates F mv Jetc modprobe conf sps etcoc modprobe conft 4 Delete the boot RAM disk that includes the PathManager driver rm boot initrdsps img 5 Return the boot loader setup file to its original settings mv boot grub grub conf sps boot grub grub conf 86 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 7 Restart the system with the original boot RAM disk sync shutdown r now 8 Make sure that the root device is not the PathManager device mount dev sda2 on type ext3 rw none on proc type proc rw none on sys type sysfs rw none on dev pts type devpts rw gid 5 mode 620 usbfs on proc bus usb type usbfs rw dev sdal on boot type ext3 rw none on dev shm type tmpfs rw none on proc sys fs binfmt misc type binfmt misc
75. operations combined with StorageManager Refer to 4 2 2 Using ReplicationControl with iSM in the NEC Storage Software Data Replication User s Manual Function Guide and Chapter 8 Operation Setting in the NEC Storage Software ControlCommand Command Reference 99 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage gt When user executes iSMCLI provided by the Storage M series it is necessary to execute commands on the disk array User must log in the disk array by ssh telnet rsh protocol or execute commands remotely Refer to Appendix D Disk Backup and Data Restoration with Use of Data Replication Function in NEC Storage Software NEC Storage Manager Command Reference for backup and restore procedures by ISMCLI gt All references to Windows Server 2008 in this chapter are also applicable to revisions after Windows Server 2008 R2 etc unless noted NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 7 1 1 Backup and Restore Windows Server 2008 Hyper V with the DDR Function e his section describes the cautions and restrictions when user executes the M series Storage data replication function to make backup and restore OS images of Windows Server 2008 with Hyper V installed virtual machine images VHD in Hyper V and virtual machine data areas pass through devices Besure to also refer to 7 1 4 Cautions for Backup and Resto
76. or future reference which values are assigned CN to the Port 1 positions R120d 1E PCI slot 23 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 Storage M Series Settings 3 1 1 Creating a Pool and Logical Disk LD le NEC Storage disk LD1 and 2 Server 1 LD SAN Bool Seer LD3 and 4 gt Server 2 LD SAN Boot Server 2 Create the logical disks LD Storage E necessary for each Use iSM to SAN Boot server setup storage from the disks in ess the pool Management Server gt StorageManager creates the pool and logical disk hereafter referred to as LD For NEC M Series Storage refer to 7 1 Pool Bind and 9 1 Logical Disk Bind in NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series When the pool has already been created create the LDs properly It takes long time to format disk up to the capacity and number of LDs QE PR PR M EM a ad ae i i ECT eli ea When using the Storage data replication function to create a Windows OS image set the logical disk format of the LD storing the OS to WG so that the disk signature does not change See 7 1 4 Precautions for Backup and Restore from a Windows Server OS Image with the DDR Function for details EJ r 4 Se BBB RBBB RRR RBBB RRR RR RR RRR RRR eee Oe enunuuuuuunmeo oec n EEERERENEN 24 NEC Express5800 Series 3 Storage Settings 3 1 NEC M series Storage Settings 3 1 2 Cre
77. ore starting the actual build process is recommended a 3 218 10101 E LA LU ES ES 1 7 Acquiring Manuals gt Server NEC Express5800 Series User s Guide gt FC Controller User s Guide Source http www 58support nec co jp global download gt NEC Express5800 Series Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Support Information Source http www 58support nec co jp global download w2008r2 sp1 html 2 1 4 NEC M series Storage Control Software Installation gt SAN Boot Compatibility Table gt StorageManager Installation Guide M Series source INSTALL pdf in the WebSAM StorageManager Suite CD ROM 2 1 4 2 Unlocking the AccessControl License gt NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI Source manual IS051 pdf in the StorageManager Express Setup and Utility CD ROM 2 2 2 1 FC Switch Zoning User s Guide Source attached with FC switch 3 1 1 Creating a Pool and a Logical Disk LD 3 1 2 Creating a LD Set 3 1 3 Assigning LDs to an LD Set 3 1 4 Changing the Port Access Mode 3 1 5 Linking the LD Sets and FC Controllers gt NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI M Series source manual lS051 pdf in the StorageManager Express Setup and Utility CD ROM 11 NEC Express5800 Series 1 7 Acquiring Manuals 5 2 5 NEC Storage PathManager for Windows Installation gt Storage PathManager for Windows Installation Guide Source Refer to the manual in the
78. overpath sbin mkdd sbin spsconfig etc dualpathrc etc rc d init d dd_ daemon etc rc d rcO d K77dd daemon etc rc d rc1 d K77dd daemon etc rc d rc2 d 845dd daemon etc rc d rc3 d 845dd daemon letc rc d rc5 d S45dd daemon etc rc d rco d K77dd daemon opt nec report inf dualpath inf opt nec report table dualpath tbl opt nec sps esm report inf dualpath inf opt nec sps esm report table dualpath tb opt nec sps esm report inf dualpathE inf opt nec sps esm report table dualpathE tb opt nec sps bin spslog sh opt nec sps bin sps setesmtbl sh opt nec sps patch rc sysint rhel5 diff 2 Execute the following command and make sure that no error occurs depmod a uname r NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 3 Set up automatic booting In order to start the PathManager driver when booting the OS the OS boot script etc rc d rc sysinit must be edited If an iSCSI connection is used the ISCSI initiator startup script etc rc d init d iscsi must also be edited Apply the patch file as shown below to edit startup scripts 1 If the OS boot script before applying the patch file is etc rc d rc sysinit orig then the iSCSI initiator startup script will be left as etc rc d init d iscsi orig If this patch file has already been applied to the OS boot script it does not have to be applied again t cd Jetoc re d XFC connection patch b p0 opt nec sps patch rc sysSinit rhel5 diff lt iSCSI con
79. pt etc rc d rc sysinit and iSCSI initiator startup script in 3 ee up automatic booting of 2 of 5 3 4 1 PathManager Installation Execute the following steps to cd Jere red lt FC connected gt patch R p0 lt opt nec sps patch rc sysinit rhelb5 diff XiSCSI connected patch R pO opt nec sps patch iscsi rhel5 diff The message Unreversed patch detected Ignore R n may be displayed after executing the patch command Reply n in that case When Apply anyway n appears reply y If an error message is displayed deleting the patch file has failed If deleting the patch file fails edit etc rc d rc sysinit and etc rc d init d iscsi to delete the corresponding sections Delete the lines that start with CETTE e 91 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 3 Specify the PathManager package name checked in 1 then uninstall the PathManager with the following command f the kernel version is 2 6 18 128 el5 rpm e sps driver 4 2 1 2 0 18 1298 e615 rpm e sps utils 4 2 1 0 4 Execute the following command and make sure that no error is displayed depmod a uname r 5 Reboot the system and make sure that it starts normally sync shutdown r now 6 If there is a setup file etc sps conf delete it rm eto sps conf This completes the uninstall process 92 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 3 6 Updating gt
80. r 2008 that uses the MV to make backed up 3 Execute separation Management server Execute the separation process from the StorageManager and separate MV and RV for the following gt Windows Server 2008 OS image gt Virtual machine image in Hyper V gt Virtual machine data area 4 Restart Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Restart Windows Server 2008 shut down in 2 then restart operations Hestore Procedure 1 Shut down Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Shut down the Windows Server 2008 that uses the MV to be restored 2 Reconstruct MV Management server If itis necessary to reconstruct MV because of a physical error execute the following procedure 1 Set the MV AccessControl Access prohibited 2 Reconstruct the LDs 3 Execute pair reset 4 Set the MV AccessControl Access allowed 3 Execute restore Management server Execute the restore process from the StorageManager then restore the RV data in MV 4 Restart Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Restart Windows Server 2008 that was shut down in 1 then restart operations 102 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 7 1 2 Backup and Restore Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper V with the DDR Function gt This section describes the cautions and restrictions when user executes M series Storage data replication function to back up and restore virtual machine data a
81. re Windows Server OS Images with the DDR Function in this manual 1 Configuration The backup and restore procedures are based on the following configuration Management server SAN Boot server Backup server Storage Manager Windows Server 2008 Storage disk array Replicate TA Restore 2 Logical disk format 1 Be sure to set WG as the usage format for Windows Server OS image logical disk that has Hyper V installed in it 2 Set the usage format of the logical disks accessed by Hyper V virtual machine images in Hyper V VHD and virtual machine data areas pass through devices according to the actual partition style as shown below gt For use as an MBR format disk WN gt For use as a GPT format disk WG 3 Backup and restore of Windows Server 2008 OS images The following instructions show how to use the NEC M series Storage data replication function to make backup and restore OS images of Windows Server 2008 with Hyper V installed 101 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage gt Backup Procedure 1 Execute replication Management server Execute the replication process from the StorageManager and synchronize MV and RV for the following gt Windows Server 2008 OS image gt Virtual machine image in Hyper V gt Virtual machine data area 2 Shut down Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 Shut down the Windows Serve
82. re redundant paths between the server and disk array when Windows or Linux is being installed installation will fail Disable redundant configurations before installing these systems Redundant path configurations can be left intact when installing VMware ESX ESXI 8 3 4 Linux OS Logical Volume Manager Whether it is a system area or a data area a SAN Boot configuration using LVM Logical Volume Manager is not recommended If LVM is to be introduced into a SAN Boot environment be sure to conduct thorough verification tests 118 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions 8 4 PathManager 8 4 1 NEC Storage PathManager Versions The PathManager versions referred to in this manual are as follows as of September 2012 NEC Storage PathManager for Windows gt Ver 5 0 NEC Storage PathManager for Linux gt Ver 5 3 NEC Storage PathManager for VMware gt Ver 1 0 8 4 2 Backup and Restore Disks in Linux OS with PathManager Installed gt In a Linux system with PathManager installed if the OS is restored in a LUN or NEC M series Storage that differs from the original installation LUN replacement because of disk copying or error the OS cannot be booted from that area because the information used by PathManager to recognize the LUN is different gt When restoring the OS to a different LUN or NEC M series Storage return the various setup files to the sd device mount configuration before backing up with DeploymentMa
83. reas pass through devices from Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines with Hyper V installed gt Be sure to also refer to 7 1 4 Cautions for Backup and Restore Windows Server OS Images with the DDR Function in this manual This function is supported for Hyper V in Windows Server 2008 R2 or later not for Hyper V in Windows Server 2008 1 Configuration The backup and restore procedures are based on the following configuration A virtual machine must have ControlCommand installed in order to use the data replication function from it In an M series disk array iSMCLI on the disk array can be used to execute data replication In this case ControlCommand does not have to be installed in the virtual machine But ssh telnet rsh protocol must be used from a virtual machine to log into the Storage M series disk array otherwise the environment that allows remote iSMCLI to execute commands is necessary ns ws P S p Management server SAN Boot server Backup server Storage Manager Windows Server 2008 R2 Storage disk array Replicate Br 103 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage 2 Backup and restore data areas from virtual machines The following instructions show how to use the M series Storage data replication function to make backup and restore the data areas pass through disks from virtual machines of Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper V installed e
84. s already mounted on the server see 9 1 3 Confirm from the FC BIOS on how to check it from the FC controller BIOS 30 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 1 FC Cable Connection e Before setting up the BIOS the ports of the FC controller that will execute FC SAN Boot must be connected to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables e The locations of the mounting FC controller and FC ports used for FC SAN Boot will be depending on the server model a m IOP RUPP PPP e ca a aaa ll lhl li ln ll lel ld a If the N8190 154 on R120d 2M R120d 1M R120d 2E or R120d 1E Port 1 should be used for FC SAN Boot e Se CUCU e 31 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 1 FC Cable Connection 4 1 1 R120d 2M gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 153 units Connect the FC controllers mounted in Slot 2B and Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables Re stot sc ee 02000 obototototototatototots NE onc ge40 40505050 o200000000a00000a0a0000 4D i bo 20H 2A nn Fath Batata ata Fee 00020 Slot 1B Slot 2C abaonoogn ad LT t Glo f L3 Ga e I Oc dms E 05 Ilooooooooo Be RES Slot 1C gt FC SAN Boot implemented from one N8190 154 unit Connect the FC controller mounted in Slot 2B to the FC switches Storage disk array with FC cables 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EB TT Ot D DD OO OO OO LEO o i i heiss eie
85. sps img uname r Be sure to enclose uname r in back quotes 8 anuuHERHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHERHRHEHNHRHENHREHHEHRHEHRHRHEHNHREHEHRHREHREHREHREHEHNHREEHREHRHREHRHREHREHNEHREHRHREHRHRERHREERHREHEHREHREHEHNHREHEHNEHRERHREHEHNEHREHERHRHEHEHRHEREHRHEHNHREHERHRHEHNHRHERHRHERHRHNHNEREREN e 80 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 6 Add a setting to start with the boot RAM disk created in 8 to the boot loader settings This is done using the following process Back up boot grub grub conf Copy the current settings used for booting Change the title to an arbitrary name Change initrd to the file name of the boot RAM disk created in 5 Based on the results confirmed in 3 specify the PathManager device that corresponds to UUID for root 6 Change the value of the default line cp p boot grub grub cont boot grub grub contf sps L Dboot dgrub grub cottr E i ng 1 Back up Kboot dev sda 6 Change the value of d z the default line efault 0 3 Change title E timeout 5 4 Chanee initrd splashimage hd0 0 grub splash xpm gz de cn hiddenmenu 0O A D gt current settings used for booting title Red Hat Enterprise Linux S Toor ha 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 6 32 131 0 15 e16 x86_64 ro root dev dda3 rd NO LUKS rd NO LVM rd NO MD rd NO DM LANG ja JP UTF 8 KEYBOARDTYPE pc KEYTABLE jp106 crashkernel auto rhgb quiet initrd EMEND title Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 6 32 131 0 15 e16 x86 6
86. ss5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 1 FC Cable Connection 4 1 3 R120d 2E gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 153 units Connect the FC controllers mounted in Slot 2B and Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables ier Sirac io RO o til St mel rz 1E B Lo Ifa Slot 18 Slot 1A me Le EIE gt FC SAN Boot implemented from one N8190 154 unit Connect the FC controller mounted in Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables il EE ETT ROE gt i Sk I ser 1E mm o rd redeem gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 154 units Connect the Port 1s of the FC controllers mounted in Slot 22B and Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables Connect to Port 1 position eR SES 34 NEC Express5800 Series 4 Server Settings 4 1 FC Cable Connection 4 1 4 R120d 1E gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 153 units Connect both FC controllers to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables gt FC SAN Boot implemented from one N8190 154 unit Connect the FC controller mounted in Slot 1B to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables gt FC SAN Boot implemented from two N8190 154 units Connect the Port 1 of both FC controllers to the FC switches storage disk array with FC cables Connect to Port 1 position mi HILIEIEIEILIS TELE IEE IE CENT LI 35 NEC Express5800 Series
87. t 4 Set the MV AccessControl Access allowed 3 Execute restore Management server Execute the restore process from the StorageManager then restore the RV data in MV 111 NEC Express5800 Series 7 Additional Application Setup 7 1 DDR NEC M series Storage Other servers OS startup gt need recovery key for startup gt The following actions are executed after starting with a recovery key Enable Disable BitLocker encoding gt Encoding can be disabled but cannot be re enabled after disabling Unlocking BitLocker encoding gt Possible gt Applying a hotfix when using ControlCommand in Windows Server 2008 It is possible that the problems in Windows Server 2008 cause unmount iSMrc umount command to fail Microsoft has reported this problem as a product error and hotfix information has been released When using a server with Windows Server 2008 installed refer to the below website and apply the appropriate hotfix to the server If Windows Server 2008 SP2 has been applied the above program is not necessary Hotfix download URL http support microsoft com kb 952790 Microsoft Support Technical Bulletin 952790 112 NEC Express5800 Series 8 Precautions and Restrictions 8 1 1 Mixing FC Controller Models gt Different FC controller models cannot be installed on a single server Only the same model FC controllers can be mounted on a single server 8 1 2 Multiple Path Compat
88. t Installation of the NEC Storage Manager Installation Guide See the SAN Boot Compatibility Table for the StorageManager version that can be used for SAN Boot Referto the INSTALL pdf file in the NEC Storage Manager Suite CD ROM to find the Installation Guide 2 1 4 2 Unlocking the AccessControl License e SAN Boot is not recommended to share system disks among multiple servers Therefore it is necessary to control access from various servers with AccessControl e Refer to 11 4 License Unlock of the NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series with regard to unlocking the AccessControl license e When using additional licenses refer to 11 4 License Unlock and unlock them e For the M10e and M100 the AccessControl license is unlocked by default Thus there is no need to unlock it Refer to the manualYIS051 pdf file in the StorageManager Express Setup and Utility CD ROM for the NEC Storage Software Configuration Setting Tool User s Manual GUI for the M Series 17 NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 2 FC Switch Preparation 2 2 1 Configuration gt In a SAN Boot environment the SAN Boot servers are connected to storage disk array through FC switches or to storage disk array directly Note that cascading FC switches are not recommended in a SAN Boot environment n 4 SAN Boot Server SAN Boot Server SAN Boot Server FC Sitch
89. ted in dev sda1 is mounted in boot and dev sdb1 is used as the swap From this the correlations between UUID and dev sd in fstab in the above example are as follows UUID 111d442e 0979 4d9a a099 97995cecdb4f gt dev sda2 UUID 4a8155ca dc82 4d32 9806 be29d1607321 gt dev sdal UUID 842d0fd5 cd45 4d9c acc8 0d4f097e7639 gt dev sdbl 3 Confirm the PathManager device that corresponds to the root device dev sd checked in 2 The PathManager device that corresponds to the root device can be confirmed by adding the chk option to the spsconfig command and executing it In the following example it can be confirmed that dev sda corresponds to dev dda and dev sdb corresponds to dev ddb spsconfig chk dev sda dev sdb dev sda 9 dev dda dev sdb dev ddb 4 After backing up the current settings change the root device described in etc fstab to the PathManager device confirmed in 3 cp p etc fstab etc fstab sps vi etc fstab dev dda2 ext4 defaults dev ddal boot ext4 defaults dev ddb1 swap swap defaults tmpfs dev shm tmpfs defaults devpts dev pts devpts gid 5 mode 620 sysfs sys sysfs defaults proc proc proc defaults 5 Generate a boot RAM disk that includes the PathManager driver Executing the mkinitrd command as shown below will generate the boot RAM disk In the example below a boot RAM disk designated boot initrdsps img is generated mkinitrd boot initrd
90. the designated option card slot The location of the option card slot deoends on the server models 2 3 1 Confirm WWPN gt See 9 1 1 Confirm from IEEE Address Labels in this manual confirm the WWPN of the FC controller then write down each value NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 4 FC Controller Mounting Location e Mounting the FC controller on FC SAN Boot server The FC controller mounting location is depending on the server model When linking the LD sets with FC controllers the WWPN values are required Note for future reference all WWPN values for each mounted FC controller n a NE Eerste er eer reer re eer eee eee eee ee eee ee eee a eee eee eae eS eS ee Pe eee eee eee eee Te ee When using the N8190 154 on R120d 2M R120d 1M R120d 2E or R120d 1E give priority to Port 1 for FC SAN Boot EEE EEE EEE IEEE eee Pee eee Pee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ere eer ner ee 2 anus NEC Express5800 Series 2 Preparation 2 4 FC Controller Mounting Location 2 4 1 R120d 2M gt When FC SAN Boot is implemented from one FC controller mount in Slot 2B gt When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two FC controllers mount in Slot 2B and Slot 1B When FC SAN Boot is implemented from two N8190 154 units Port 1 position is the port for FC SAN Boot Note for future reference which values are assigned to the Port 1 position CRUE RR RRR RRR RRR DP ea anus ONNEEN e
91. trol Software Installation P 17 2 2 CO SWIC RECON AON senatui nr Dto nU Ot ducit huit heri nera veda E Sed P 18 2 2 1 COMORES uteua Seu UEES IU EE PUE EU EINE P 18 2 2 2 FC Zoning Settings P 19 2 3 Confirm WWPN iii P 20 2 3 1 Confirm WWPN cece cece ence eee eeeeeeateeeaeeeaeess P 20 2 4 FC Controller Mounting Location P 21 2 4 1 me 40 0 rd se ee enses sns ns P 22 2 4 2 RON X X P 22 2 4 3 2 120 Se ee P 23 2 4 4 RIZO TE P 23 3 Storage Settings 39 1 NEC M series Storage Settings P 24 3 1 1 Creating a Pool and Logical Disk LD P 24 3 1 2 Creating an LD Set P 25 3 1 3 Assigning LDs to an LD Set P 26 3 1 4 Changing the Port Access Mode P 28 3 1 5 Linking the LD Sets and FC Controllers P 28 NEC Express5800 Series Table of Contents 4 Server Settings 4 1 FC Cable Connection ss P 31 4 1 1 ON E P 32 4 1 2 RCE P 33 4 1 3 2220 P 34 4 1 4 R120d 1E e ee ee eens e sse sensn nnn P 35 4 2 Server BIOS Settings P 36 4 2 1 FC Controller BIOS Enable Setting P 36 4 3 FC Controller BIOS Settings P 37 4 3 1 Starting the BIOS Configuration Utility P 37 4 3 2 Selecting INE PO PO a P 38 4 3 3
92. ts dev ddb1 swap defaults 8 Generate a boot RAM disk that includes the PathManager driver Executing the mkinitrd command as shown below will generate the boot RAM disk In the example below a boot RAM disk designated boot initrdsps img is generated mkinitrd boot initrdsps img uname r Be sure to enclose uname r in back quotes SanuunuEEEHEEHEEHEHHERHEEHHHEEHHEHHEHEHENEHEHHERHEEHHERHEERHHRHRHENENHHHRHEERHHHRHEEEHRHRHRHEEHRHEHRHRHEHEHHRHREEHERHHHRHEEHNHHHNHEENEHHRHEHEHENHNHRHHRHNENHNHHENHN e 76 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 9 Add a setting to start with the boot RAM disk created in 8 to the boot loader settings This is done using the following process Back up boot grub grub conf Copy the current settings used for booting Change the title to an arbitrary name Change initrd to the file name of the boot RAM disk created in 8 Based on the results confirmed in 4 specify the PathManager device that corresponds to dev sd for root 6 Change the value of the default line Io ON TE CoO p boot grub grub conf boot grub grub conf sps vi boot grub grub conf 1 Back up boot dev sda 3 Ch tit default 0 6 Change the value of 4 a 2 Copy the i the default line oe current pne 5 Change root splashimage hd0 0 grub splash xpm gz settings used hiddenmenu for booting title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server root hd0 0 kernel vmlinuz 2 6 18 53
93. ttings etc cat proc scsi sps dda device dev dda disk inftot NBEC iStorage 2000 UODOODOSSTI000013 00000 device info Host scsi 2 Channel 0 Id 0 Lun 0 Status NML LoadBalance S path info 0 Host scsi 0 Channel 0 Id 0 Lun 0 Priority 1 Watch Enable oLtaLtuss ACI path info l Host scsi l Channel 0 Id 0 Lun 0 Prioraty 2 Watcoh bEnable oLaLussHUl 95 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 3 Make sure that the path crawl daemon is active If so the following message is displayed etc ro d init d add daemon status dd daemon pid XXX is running This completes preparations for operation 5 3 8 Detailed Information Fordetailed information not contained in this manual refer to NEC Storage PathManager for Linux User s Manual Express5800 100 doc IS202E pdf in the installation CD ROM 5 3 9 Installing Applications Heferto the following websites to install the various applications e ESMPRO ServerAgent This application provides server operation monitoring preventive maintenance and error monitoring functions Use this application with the ESMPRO ServerManager that provides manager functions Refer to the following URL for ESMPRO ServerAgent installation instructions https www express nec co jp linux dload esmpro esm4 html Use the version that is compatible with the installed OS 96 NEC Express5800 Series 5 OS Installation 5 4 VMware ESX ES Xi gt Refer to the fo
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