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1. Install the HP 3PAR Management Console in order to manage Install the HP 3PAR Management Console page 39 storage and access additional features and functionality Welcome Welcome to HP 3PAR SmartStart for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems SmartStart helps you configure e HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage system e HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400 Storage system e HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage system NOTE If you are setting up multiple HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems be sure to set up each storage system completely before starting to set up the next storage system SmartStart can take up to one minute to open Navigating SmartStart Use the links in the SmartStart navigation pane to access each configuration step in the order presented HP 3PAR SmartStart File Help 1 Prepare to configure 2 Set up systems 3 Connect to storage system 4 Configure hosts 5 Configure storage 6 Install the Management Console Additional resources Each configuration step displays in the information pane the substeps or options necessary to complete that step of the configuration NOTE SmartStart might at times display a progress bar for up to 10 minutes while completing operations The progress bar dialog box does not allow you to cancel the operation because doing so can lead to unpredictable results and interrupt normal functionality Accessing Online Help To view onl
2. Welcome Configure hosts 1 Prepare to configure You must set up the connection between the host machines on your network and your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system wii Depending on your system setup you need to configure either Fibre Channel connections or iSCSI connections 2 Set up systems If your storage system is connected to a host by a Fibre Channel connection configure the Fibre Channel connection to the host 3 Connect to storage system Configure FC host 4 Configurehosts If your storage system is connected to a host by an iSCSI connection configure the iSCSI connection to the host pg Configure iSCSI host 5 Configure storage When you configure host connections to the HP 3PAR StoreSery 7000 Storage system SmartStart verifies that the connection is valid and that 6 Install the Management Console the storage system is connected to two ports Using two host connections creates redundancy which helps ensure 4 continuous connection You must configure at least one type of host connection before you continue When you configure data storage you use host connections to export or present storage to hosts Additional resources To export or present virtual volumes to hosts which enables the host system to write data to and read data from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system you must configure either Fibre Channel host connect
3. SP followed by three zeros followed by the storage system serial number For example if the storage system serial number is 1612345 the SP ID will be SP0001612345 IMPORTANT To generate the SP ID the storage system must be connected and available on the same subnet that the SP is on This is because the storage system serial number that you enter is veritied by the Service Processor Setup Wizard by connecting to the factory set IP address of the storage system that has that serial number To complete the SP Networking step enter the relevant information in your completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Site Planning Manual Configuring Remote Support 14 Remote Support enables HP to proactively provide you the best possible support for your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system including e Timely remote service e Remote online software updates e Accelerated troubleshooting and issue resolution Remote Support securely sends diagnostic information such as system health statistics configuration data performance data and system events to HP 3PAR Central These diagnostics are required Setting Up the Service Processor for HP to perform fault detection and analysis on your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system that help maximize your storage availability All remote communications are encrypted and transferred securely to HP 3PAR Central and no customer application data is ever t
4. Select the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system for which you want to validate the Fibre Channel connection Click Validate If SmartStart cannot find a Fibre Channel connection or can only find one Fibre Channel connection SmartStart enables you to configure ports on the HP 3PAR storage system Configure the Hosts Even if you can configure and validate only one Fibre Channel connection you can still configure the Fibre Channel host A CAUTION Ifyou are using only one supported Fibre Channel connection and that connection fails the host will not be able to access read from or write data to the HP 3PAR storage system The redundancy of two Fibre Channel connections each connected to a different HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system node creates connection stability and allows for future rolling upgrades to the HP 3PAR storage system NOTE To configure more than two Fibre Channel connections use the HP 3PAR Management Console To install the Management Console go to SmartStart wizard step 6 Install the Management Console 3 Click Next Configure Multipath I O MPIO Multipath I O MPIO helps ensure the stability of the connection between the host and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems To configure MPIO 1 Click Configure 2 If the wizard displays the Reboot when finished check box click to select it In order to complete this MPIO configuration the wizard will reboot the host system at the end of the iSCSI
5. The pairing of a virtual volume and a LUN so the host can access its virtual volume and I O writes can be saved to the virtual volume The VLUN parameters determine whether a virtual volume is expressed as an active VLUN VLUNs that are not active will not communicate with the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system User defined threshold that can be set for Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes and fully provisioned virtual volumes to cap their potential size User defined threshold that can be set for Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes and fully provisioned virtual volumes to alert users when the volumes reach a certain size A block of contiguous storage space on a physical disk On F Class and T Class systems all chunklets are 256 MB On HP 3PAR 10000 systems all chunklets are 1 GB Common Provisioning Group also known as a storage pool or logical disk pool A set of logical disks from which you can create virtual volumes and virtual copies that are capable of allocating storage on demand Common Provisioning Group template A CPG template contains a set of common provisioning group and logical disk parameters that HP 3PAR Management Console users can apply in order to create a new Common Provisioning Group A host that is defined on the system but does not necessarily have any physically connected host paths or WWNs assigned to it A component in a rack or chassis that contains a drive Drive cages connect to nodes for communication with hos
6. www hp com ao 3par NOTE SmartStart will configure the port mode depending on the type of connectivity that you configured Configuring Fibre Channel Connections To access the Fibre Channel Host Configuration wizard and configure Fibre Channel connections click the Configure FC host link in the SmartStart wizard For more information see Configure the Fibre Channel Host page 25 24 Configure the Hosts iSCSI Connections To set up iSCSI connections e Verify that your network supports 10 GB iSCSI connections e Connect the host system to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system using multiple paths to ensure that your HP 3PAR storage system remains available if a path fails Windows Server host system gt remote host in SS same domain as local host i5CSl initiator J on Internet SmartStart HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System Windows Server host system local host either or HP 3PAR virtual av Service Service I P Processor Q Tocessor SCSI iniia Internal Network iSCSI target p Configuring iSCSI Connections To access the iSCSI Host Configuration wizard and configure iSCSI connections click the Configure iSCSI host link in the SmartStart wizard For more information see Configure the iSCSI Host page 28 Configure the Fibre Channel Host Introduction to Configuring the Fibre Channel Host To set up Fibre Channel connections ensure
7. RAID Types HP 3PAR storage systems support the following types of RAID e RAID O Data is striped across rows of chunklets on different physical disks RAID O improves performance but provides no fault tolerance e RAID 10 RAID 1 Data is striped across RAID 1 or mirrored sets A RAID 1 set is made up of two or more chunklets that contain the same data The chunklets in each set are distributed across different physical disks which could be located in different drive magazines or different drive cages A RAID 1 set can function with the loss of all but one of the chunklets in the set e RAID 50 RAID 5 Data is striped across rows of RAID 5 sets A RAID 5 set or parity set is made up of at least three chunklets Each RAID 5 set contains a total of two chunklets of space for data and one chunklet of space for parity The chunklets in each RAID 5 set are distributed across different physical disks which could be located in different drive magazines or different drive cages A RAID 5 set can function with the loss of any one of the chunklets in the set e RAID Multi parity MP RAID 6 Data is striped across rows of RAID MP sets A RAID MP set or double parity set is made up of at least 8 chunklets Each RAID MP set contains a total of 6 chunklets of space for data and 2 chunklets of space for parity The chunklets in each RAID MP set are distributed across different physical disks which could be located in different drive maga
8. access these documents go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3 par Common Provisioning Groups A common provisioning group CPG is a shared pool of storage space specifically a virtual pool of logical disks that allocates space to virtual volumes on demand A CPG allows up to 4 095 virtual volumes to share the CPG s resources You can create fully provisioned virtual volumes and Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes TPVVs or Thin volumes that draw space from a CPG s storage pool Virtual Volumes Virtual volumes draw their resources from CPGs In order to make storage available to hosts volumes are exported as LUNs to hosts Virtual volumes are the only data layer that is visible to the hosts You can create physical copies or virtual copy snapshots of virtual volumes both types of copies remain available if the original base volume becomes unavailable When you create virtual volumes you must assign CPGs in order to allocate space to the virtual volumes Therefore to create virtual volumes you must either use the default CPG created during the process of initializing the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system or create custom CPGs Storage Software Components You can create the following types of virtual volumes Fully provisioned virtual volumes Volume size is fixed No separate license is required to create fully provisioned virtual volumes Thinly provisio
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10. ID and password to gain administrator access to both the local host and the remote host If you cannot use the same login credentials you must insert the SmartStart media into the remote host and configure the machine as a local host o If you have set up domains on your local host system and plan to configure a remote host system that remote host must be in the same domain as the local host Connect to the Fibre Channel Host System 1 2 3 In the Host address field do one of the following e f you are configuring the machine into which you inserted the SmartStart media enter localhost e f you are configuring any host other than the machine that is running SmartStart enter that host IP address or DNS name Click Connect Click Next Validate the Fibre Channel HBA Setup on the Host 1 2 3 Click Validate SmartStart automatically detects and lists the HBAs that are installed on the host system Verify that at least two of the listed HBAs are supported by your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system To verify your system s HBAs go to the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products SPOCK and navigate to the list of HBAs supported by your host system http www hp com storage spock Use your HP Passport account to log onto SPOCK If you do not have an HP Passport account you can register for a free account on SPOCK Click Next Validate the Fibre Channel Connection 26 1 2
11. administrator launch the Management Console from the Management Console icon The installation adds the HP 3PAR Management Console icon only to administrator desktops e f you are not an administrator launch the Management Console from the Management Console folder For more information about how to use the HP 3PAR Management Console to manage your HP 3PAR storage systems see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help Part Il Understanding Storage For more information about storage concepts see the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3par For information about supported hardware and software platforms go to the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge SPOCK website htto www hp com storage spock For conceptual information about See Data storage components physical disks chunklets logical disks Storage Software Components page 41 CPGs and virtual volumes Hosts WWN or iSCSI paths Hosts page 44 CPGs pool of storage space Common Provisioning Groups page 46 Virtual volumes storage containers Virtual Volumes page 47 Exporting virtual volumes making volumes accessible to hosts Exporting Virtual Volumes page 50 RAID redundancy for storage stability RAID page 51 User roles and rights authorizati
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13. assigned to roles Create Rights are limited to creating objects such as virtual volumes CPGs hosts and schedules Basic Edit Rights are similar to the Edit role For example the Basic Edit role can create and edit virtual volumes and other objects However the rights to remove objects are more restricted for the Basic Edit role than the Edit role 3PAR AO Rights are limited to internal use by HP for Adaptive Optimization operations 3PAR RM Rights are limited to internal use by HP for Recovery Manager operations There is no functional difference between standard and extended roles The extended roles define sets of rights that are optimized for users with specialized or restricted tasks For example assigning a user the Create role allows the user to create virtual volumes and other objects but does not allow the user to remove virtual volumes To view a list of roles and all of the rights assigned to each role see the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Administrator s Manual For instructions about performing user management tasks see the HP 3PAR Management Console User Guide To access these documents go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3par User Roles and Rights 15 Managing Storage To manage your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system use the HP 3PAR Management Console e To install the Management Console go to SmartStart
14. for Microsoft Windows User s Guide Best practices for setting up the Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter HP 3PAR Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Implementation Guide Troubleshooting the Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager HP 3PAR Storage Replication Adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Troubleshooting Guide Installing and using vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration VAAI plug in software for VMware vSphere HP 3PAR VAAI Plug in Software for VMware vSphere User s Guide HP 3PAR documentation 59 Typographic conventions Table 3 Document conventions Convention Element Bold text e Keys that you press e Text you typed into a GUI element such as a text box e GUI elements that you click or select such as menu items buttons and so on Monospace text e File and directory names e System output e Code e Commands their arguments and argument values lt Monospace text in angle brackets gt e Code variables e Command variables Bold monospace text e Commands you enter into a command line interface e System output emphasized for scannability WARNING Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death or in irreversible damage to data or to the operating system CAUTION Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to eq
15. host systems you plan to configure Rights to configure storage The completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Site Planning Manual About storage Learn more about your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system How storage components are related 4 How storage works on the HP 3PAR storage systems 9 How you can manage storage with the HP 3PAR tools provided SmartStart FAQ Read frequently asked questions about SmartStart for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems Prerequisites IMPORTANT Before using SmartStart to configure your system you must complete the setup tasks detailed in the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide To access the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3par A DHCP network is no longer required to set up a virtual Service Processor VSP For more information about how to manually set the VSP IP address when DHCP is not available see the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide NOTE The Service Processor and StoreServ storage system must be on the same subnet Before you configure your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system e Verify that the following setup tasks are complete as described in the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide All compon
16. in the CPG that track changes to the volume that occurred after the previous snapshot was created Administration space is managed by the system it cannot be exported and cannot be removed from the system You can provision a virtual volume s user space and copy space from the same or from different CPGs If a virtual volume s user space and copy space are on different CPGs and if the CPG containing the copy space becomes full the user space still remains available to the host To save time you can create multiple identical virtual volumes at one time Physical Copies A physical copy is a full copy of a volume A physical copy duplicates all the data from one original base volume to another volume called the destination volume The data in a physical copy is static it is not updated with subsequent changes to the parent volume Therefore any changes to either volume causes them to lose synchronization with each other however you can resynchronize the volumes For more information about how to resynchronize a base and destination volume see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help To reduce the number of management tasks that involve physical copies you can e Create a consistent group of physical copies from a list of virtual volumes e Group physical copies into autonomic groups that are managed as one physical copy A physical copy can be made only from a base volume that has enough free space to accommodate writes to that v
17. on your operating system For more information about managing host personas see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help The Host Explorer Software Agent 44 Hosts The HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software agent is a program that runs on a host connected to an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system On Windows the Host Explorer agent runs as a service A separate license is not required to use the HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software agent The Host Explorer agent communicates with the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system over a Fibre Channel or iSCSI connection and enables the host to send detailed host configuration information to the storage system The information gathered from the Host Explorer agent is visible to uncreated hosts and assists with creating hosts and diagnosing host connectivity issues How Host Explorer Helps You Create Hosts When you create a host the system displays the unassigned WWNs or iSCSI names as follows e When the Host Explorer agent is running on the attached hosts the system automatically groups the WWNs or iSCSI names for the host together which helps you create the host e If the Host Explorer agent is not running on the attached hosts the system cannot determine which host each WWN or iSCSI name belongs to and you must manually assign each WWN or iSCSI name to a host How Host Explorer Helps You Diagnose Host Connectivity Issues The Host Explorer agent collects the following information and sends it to the
18. serve as backups in case the original base volume becomes unavailable If you have multiple volumes that require the same administrative procedures you can group those volumes into an autonomic group and manage them together as one volume To create and manage virtual volumes use the HP 3PAR Management Console For more information see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help Virtual Volume Types There are three types of virtual volumes used directly for data storage Fully provisioned virtual volumes have a set amount of allocated user space Fully provisioned virtual volumes require the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system to reserve the entire amount of storage space configured for the volumes whether or not the space is actually used The size of each fully provisioned virtual volume size is fixed and not dynamic like a Thin volume and the size limit is 16 TB Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volumes TPVVs or Thin volumes draw space from the associated CPG pools as needed CPGs allocate space on demand to Thin volumes in small increments for each controller node but can adjust the size of these increments based on the rate of consumption allocating more space during periods of high consumption and less space during periods of low consumption As the volumes that draw space from the CPG require additional storage the HP 3PAR OS automatically adds more storage space to the CPG until the CPG reaches its growth limit The Thin volume siz
19. size at which the system alerts you to the amount of CPG growth A path or set of paths defined as either WWN or iSCSI names to one or more ports on a system The name of the host and the list of the paths WWN or iSCSI assigned to the host if any If you remove all the paths assigned to the host the host name becomes the host definition A VLUN template that allows a specified host connected to any port to see a virtual volume as a specified LUN logical unit number An iSCSI PCI host bus adapter HBA located in a controller node An iSCSI adapter connects a controller node on an iSCSI port to a host The name of an iSCSI path You use an iSCSI name to identify that iSCSI path to a host LD LUN matched set VLUN template parity PCM physical disk port presents VLUN template roles and rights Service Processor TPVV user data virtual copy virtual volume VLUN VLUN template VSP WWN Logical disk A collection of chunklets that reside on different physical disks and that are arranged as rows of RAID sets When you create a CPG the system creates and groups logical disks and assigns those logical disks to the CPG Logical Unit Number A number used to access a virtual volume that has been assigned to a particular host on a particular port A rule that allows a particular host connected to a particular port to see a virtual volume as a specified LUN A data redundancy technique used by some RAID levels in
20. system is 1 GB If 256 MB virtual volumes are created the remaining space of the volume will be unused c Configure CPG as appropriate for your situation e If you selected Thinly Provisioned a User CPG Select a user CPG from the CPG list b Copy CPG Select a copy CPG or lt none gt c In the Allocation Warning and Allocation Limit fields for User CPG and Copy CPG enter the appropriate information If you do not want these options used click to clear the Enabled check box The Allocation Limit field appears only if Show advanced options is checked e If you selected Fully Provisioned a User CPG Select a user CPG from the CPG list b Copy CPG Select a copy CPG or lt none gt from the CPG list c In the Allocation Warning and Allocation Limit fields for Copy CPG enter the appropriate information If you do not want these options used click to clear the Enabled check box The Allocation Limit field appears only if Show advanced options is checked In the Grouping group box a Number of Volume s Enter the number of volumes to create If you enter 2 or higher you have the option of selecting Attempt to share LDs b Set Name Select a virtual volume set name or if not required select lt none gt If you want to export the volumes after creation click to select Export Volume s after creation Otherwise click Next to configure the virtual volumes policies and geometry if Show advanced options is sel
21. that the host system and HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system have two Fibre Channel connections You can configure the Fibre Channel host if you have only one connection but if that connection stops functioning the host will not be able to access read from or write data to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system For more information about setting up Fibre Channel connections see the HP 3PAR Windows Implementation Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product htto www hp com go 3 par A CAUTION The Fibre Channel Host Configuration wizard might require a reboot of the host system If the host system cannot be rebooted at this time use the Fibre Channel Host Configuration wizard to configure your Fibre Channel connections when a possible reboot is more convenient Configure the Fibre Channel Host 25 Configuring Local and Remote Connections You can use SmartStart to do the following Connect the local host the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server into which you inserted the SmartStart media to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system Connect a remote host any Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server other than the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server into which you inserted the SmartStart media to the HP 3PAR storage system To connect to and configure a remote host system o You must be able to use the same
22. virtual volumes on a Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 host system you must first configure the volumes as Windows disks The following rules apply when configuring virtual volumes on your Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server You do not have to be connected to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system to add volumes to Windows To use SmartStart to format volumes as Windows disks you must use Microsoft NTFS If you have started a new SmartStart session you must be able to supply the IP address or name of the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 host system You can either assign the virtual volumes to an available drive or mount an empty NTFS folder Connect to the Host 1 In the Host address field do one of the following e f you are configuring the machine into which you inserted the SmartStart media enter localhost e f you are configuring any host other than the machine running SmartStart enter that host s IP address or DNS name Click Connect Click Next Add Virtual Volumes to Windows 37 Add Virtual Volumes to Windows 1 Select the virtual volume that you want to configure as a Windows disk The virtual volume is displayed as a virtual volume device e If the volume is less than 2 TB SmartStart initializes the Windows disk as Master Boot Record MBR e If the volume is greater than 2 TB SmartStart initializes the Windows disk as a Globally Unique Identifier Partition T
23. volume to a host system the system assigns a virtual logical unit number vLUN to that instance of host access The host system accesses data on the exported volume via the vLUN and so enables the host system to perform read write operations on that exported virtual volume on your HP 3PAR storage system ec Add virtual volumes to the Windows server Add virtual volumes to Windows After you export virtual volumes to a host the Disk Management console in your Windows server displays the HP 3PAR virtual volume as a disk device To use these virtual volumes on your Windows server configure the new HP 3PAR virtual volume device as a Windows disk and assign a drive letter or path The steps in SmartStart wizard step 5 Configure storage guide you through creating basic storage on your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system NOTE You can use the HP 3PAR Management Console to delete any hosts virtual volumes or exports you create using SmartStart To do this install and use the HP 3PAR Management Console see SmartStart wizard step 6 Install the Management Console To create basic storage you create hosts create virtual volumes export the virtual volumes and configure the virtual volumes on a host system These operations are described in the following list 1 Create hosts Hosts are defined paths between the host system and the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system For more information see Hosts page 44 2 Cre
24. wizard step 6 Install the Management Console e For more information about using the Management Console do one of the following o Start the Management Console and open the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help Download the HP 3PAR Management Console User s Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com ao 3par Setting Up Alert Emails To configure your HP 3PAR storage system to email you alerts as issues occur for example if a CPG becomes low on space a disk drive fails and so on set up Local Notification e To set up Local Notification use the Setup module in SPOCC For more information about Local Notification setup see the HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC Online Help e For more information about alerts see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help 53 Part IIl Additional Resources For information about Accessing related HP 3PAR documentation Additional Resources page 55 Troubleshooting SmartStart Troubleshooting SmartStart The HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Systems Guided Troubleshooting site http www hp com support hpgt 3par Definitions for HP 3PAR terms Glossary page 62 16 Additional Resources HP 3PAR SmartStart _ ol x File Help Welcome Additional resources 1 Prepare to configure Related Documentation To access document
25. HP 3PAR StoreServ 000 Storage SmartStart 1 2 Software User s Guide Abstract This document provides the information needed to use HP 3PAR SmartStart to install and configure HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems HP Part Nu Hea area 96854 Published J 013 Copyright 2012 2013 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Acknowledgements Microsoft Windows Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Java and Oracle are registered trademarks of Oracle and or its affiliates All other trademarks and registered trademarks are owned by their respective owners Contents Using SmartStart to Conmligure Nona i 6 EE RE ERE F Feen seede 9 4v7v4v 7 4ov4 74 oy ascends aa eeepc E AR
26. N or attached disk device expressed as a logical unit number A VLUN template is an export rule that sets up an association between a virtual volume and a LUN host LUN port or LUN host port combination that governs how the host can access the virtual volume A VLUN template can use one of the following export rules e A host sees VLUN template allows only a specified host to see a volume e Host set allows any host that is a member of the specified host set to see a volume e A port presents VLUN template allows any host on a specified port to see the volume e A matched set VLUN template allows only a specified host on a specified port to see the volume When you export volumes and when the virtual volumes and host paths meet the parameters set in the specified VLUN template the system creates active VLUNs The host system uses those active VLUNs to access the virtual volumes in order to perform read write operations Exporting Virtual Volumes 13 RAID RAID is a storage functionality that distributes data in units called chunklets across physical disks in order to create redundancy and therefore increase the stability of your stored data On the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system a chunklet is 1 GB RAID is one of the parameters of a CPG the storage pool from which volumes allocate storage space You can set the RAID type along with other parameters when you create a CPG and you can also modify an existing CPG s RAID
27. P 3PAR Management Console to delete any hosts virtual volumes or exports you create as well as to create additional Common Provisioning Groups CPGs 3 Connect to storage system 1 Create and configure paths between the host system and your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system Create hosts 4 Configure hosts An HP 3PAR storage host is a defined path or host object expressed as a Fibre Channel World Wide Name W WN or iSCSI name to one or more ports on a host system The host system uses the path defined for each host to access write data to and read data from PE ConFigure storage the storage system 6 Install the Management Console N Create data storage containers virtual volumes on the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system Create virtual volumes You use virtual volumes to store your data on the type of storage disk you specify up to the volume size you specify Additional resources HP 3PAR virtual volumes draw provision storage space from pools of storage space called Common Provisioning Groups CPGs SmartStart step 2 Set up systems automatically created one or more default CPGs on your HP 3PAR storage system and this step enables you to create virtual volumes that provision storage space from those default CPGs w Make data storage accessible to the host export present one or more virtual volumes to one or more hosts Export virtual volumes When you export a virtual
28. PGs allocate a fixed amount of storage space to fully provisioned virtual volumes upon creation Therefore the storage system could contain large pockets of unused but allocated space By default CPGs are configured to automatically grow over time as required by application writes when the amount of available space falls below a configured threshold Monitoring CPG Growth CPGs require careful planning and monitoring to prevent them from becoming so large that they set off the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system s built in safety mechanisms These safety mechanisms prevent a CPG from consuming all free space on the system but they work properly only on systems that are planned carefully and monitored closely To restrict a CPG s growth and maximum size configure the following monitoring aids when you create the CPG e Growth increment e Growth warning e Growth limit The maximum number of CPGs per system is 2 048 To create and manage CPGs use the HP 3PAR Management Console For more information see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help 46 Common Provisioning Groups 11 Virtual Volumes Virtual volumes are the only data layer visible to host systems Virtual volumes draw storage space from CPGs Virtual volumes become visible to host systems when you export present them to hosts Virtual volumes are exported as LUNs to hosts You can create physical copies or virtual copies snapshots of virtual volumes These copies
29. Serv Serial Number Configuring Networking Enter the name and IP address information for your new HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system For more information see your completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Site Planning Manual Configuring Your Time Zone You can do the following e Copy the time zone settings from the Service Processor to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system e Enter a specific date and time e Use the date and time settings on your NTP server if applicable e Select your continental region Africa America Antarctica Arctic Asia Atlantic Australia Europe India Pacific and the city or country closest to you from the drop down lists Changing the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System Password Enter a new secure password for the 3paradm user account You will use this user account and password to access your new HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system NOTE Passwords for the 3paradm user account can include all printable characters and must be between 6 8 characters in length Monitoring Setup Progress The Setup system volumes operation in the Progress step can continue for up to 40 minutes before the wizard displays a progress indicator Do not attempt to cancel out of the wizard during the Progress step 18 Setting Up the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System Continuing SmartStart Setup After the Storage System Setup wizard initializes the HP 3PAR St
30. Troubleshooting Access If you are unable to access the Service Processor Setup wizard the Service Processor or the Storage System Setup wizard see Troubleshooting Setup Use SmartStart wizard step 2 Set up systems to set up the Service Processor and the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system You need to set up the Service Processor and the storage system only once for each new HP 3PAR storage system NOTE After you have completed Service Processor setup the Service Processor Setup wizard does not allow you to re enter the wizard To modify Service Processor settings use Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC You must set up the Service Processor before you can set up the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system The Service Processor enables you to perform administrative and diagnostic tasks To set up and configure the Service Processor 1 Verify that the Service Processor is on 2 Click the Set up the Service Processor link in SmartStart wizard step 2 Set up systems Accessing the Service Processor Setup Wizard 1 In the IP Address field do one of the following e If you are setting up a virtual Service Processor VSP enter the temporary IP address for this VSP e If you are setting up a physical Service Processor enter the permanent IP address you assigned in the Service Processor IP Setup wizard Accessing the Service Processor Setup Wizard 13 For more information about determining the temporary IP
31. able GPT 2 In the Disk label for this virtual volume field enter the Windows disk name to assign to this virtual volume The disk label enables you to identify this virtual volume on the Windows server NOTE Do not use special characters in the disk label Certain special characters such as an apostrophe or quotation mark can prevent the wizard from adding the virtual volume to Windows successfully 3 Select a drive to assign to the virtual volume or select an empty NTFS folder to mount To mount a volume to an empty folder on a remote system enter the drive and a folder name that references the remote system for example C lt remote_folder gt The network path is not supported NOTE Verify that the folder you mount is empty If the folder does not exist is not empty or is read only the folder might not mount successfully 4 Click Next NOTE Adding virtual volumes to Windows might take up to 10 minutes Troubleshooting Task Completion If SmartStart displays the Failed to validate whether the current Windows task is complete message try the task again by using one of the following methods e Click the Prev button and then click Next e Cancel and then restart the wizard If the problem persists contact HP support For more information see Support and Other Resources page 57 Summary Add Virtual Volumes to Windows Wizard 38 Review your virtual volume disk device se
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33. address or assigning the Service Processor IP address see the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide 2 In the User name field enter setupusr You do not need to enter a password for setupusr to access this wizard for the first time 3 Click OK Troubleshooting Access If you cannot access the Service Processor Setup wizard collect the relevant log files and contact HP support For more information see Troubleshooting System Setup page 20 Configuring Service Processor Networking If you are setting up a new Service Processor generate the Service Processor ID SP ID To do this 1 Enter the seven digit HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system serial number in the StoreServ Serial Number field NOTE The serial number is located on the back of the storage system next to the power switch for the node enclosure power cooling module PCM1 The serial number on HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems begins with 16 for example 1612345 2 Click Generate SP ID The SP ID is automatically generated If you are replacing a Service Processor use the following procedure to generate the SP ID 1 Click to select the Replacing a previous Service Processor SP check box and then enter the following information in the appropriate fields e Previous SP ID e StoreServ Storage system IP address e Login name e Password 2 Click Generate SP ID The resulting SP ID will be a 12 digit string that consists of SPOOO
34. ate virtual volumes Virtual volumes are the storage containers for data For more information see Virtual Volumes page 47 Virtual Volumes and CPGs When you create virtual volumes you will assign common provisioning groups CPGs to those volumes CPGs are pools of storage space CPGs allocate storage space to virtual volumes and volumes use this space to store data Default CPGs The setup process automatically creates default CPGs on your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system The CPGs that are created depend on your HP 3PAR storage system s drive types number of drive cages and RAID types as described in the following table Drive Type RAID Type Default CPG Created Fast Class FC r Fast Class 6 FC_r6 Nearline NL Nearline 6 NL r6 Solid State 1 SSD r Solid State 5 SSD r5 Solid State 6 SSD r6 Using Default CPGs e To use SmartStart to create basic storage assign the default CPG to the virtual volumes you create e To create a new CPG install and use the HP 3PAR Management Console see SmartStart wizard step 6 Install the Management Console 3 Export virtual volumes When you export present virtual volumes to a host you make the volumes accessible to the host The host system can then perform read write operations on the exported virtual volumes on your HP 3PAR storage system 4 Configure virtual volumes In addition to creating storage you must configure the exporte
35. ation that will help you manage your HP 3PAR storage system go to the HP 3PAR Documentation site and select your 2 Set up systems platform http www hp com 3par support_manuals 3 Connect to storage system Pill paent The documentation available includes guides to hardware and software setup upgrade maintenance management and more For example 4 Configure hosts HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide HP 3PAR Service Processor User Guide 5 Configure storage HP 3PAR Management Console User Guide 6 Install the Management Console Platform Information To verify you are using the most up to date software versions see The Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products SPOCK Web site http www hp com storage spack To receive email notification of software updates sign up for Subscriber s Choice http www hp com go subscribe gate1 Troubleshooting SmartStart 4 For guided troubleshooting and information about alert messages see the HP 3PAR Storage Systems Guided Troubleshooting site http www hp com support hpgt 3par For information on collecting SmartStart and Service Processor log files and contacting HP support see Troubleshooting Setup Related Documentation To access documentation that will help you manage your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and then click the Support li
36. d virtual volumes on your Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 host system so the host system can use these volumes The Add Virtual Volumes to Windows wizard accessed from SmartStart wizard step 5 Configure storage guides you through configuring virtual volumes on a Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 host system For more information about creating storage or to set up advanced storage parameters use the HP 3PAR Management Console To install the Management Console go to SmartStart wizard step 6 Install the Management Console Create Hosts Welcome to the Create Host Wizard 32 The Welcome screen describes the settings and properties you can assign to a host NOTE If you click to select the Click here to skip this step in the future check box and later want to reinstate the Welcome screen delete the following file C Users lt username gt SmartStart preferences preferences xml Configure Storage Host Settings 1 In the General group box a System Select the system to create the new host b Domain Select the domain in which to create the new host Select lt none gt if not applicable c Name Enter the host name Names are case sensitive d Set Name Select the host set in which to create the new host Select lt none gt if not applicable e Host OS Select the operating system running on the host f Persona The host persona is visible and disabled When you select Host OS th
37. de Configuring the Secure Service Custodian server in order to monitor and control HP 3PAR storage systems HP 3PAR Secure Service Custodian Configuration Utility Reference Using the CLI to configure and manage HP 3PAR Remote Copy HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User s Guide Updating HP 3PAR operating systems HP 3PAR Upgrade Pre Planning Guide Identifying storage system components troubleshooting information and detailed alert information HP 3PAR F Class T Class and StoreServ 10000 Storage Troubleshooting Guide Installing configuring and maintaining the HP 3PAR Policy Server HP 3PAR Policy Server Installation and Setup Guide HP 3PAR Policy Server Administration Guide Support and Other Resources For information about See Planning for HP 3PAR storage system setup Hardware specifications installation considerations power re quirements networking options and cabling information for HP 3PAR storage systems HP 3PAR 7200 7400 and 7450 storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Site Planning Manual HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Site Planning Manual HP 3PAR 10000 storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage Physical Planning Manual HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage Third Party Rack Physical Planning Manual Installing and maintaining HP 3PAR 720 0 7400 and 7450 storage systems Installing 7200 7400 and 7450 storage systems and initializing th
38. e corresponding persona is selected for the user and the Operating System descriptor field is automatically populated with the host OS e 1 Generic Unit Attention Report LUNs Enable SES device e 2 GenericALUA Unit Attention Report LUNs Report Target Port Groups Enable SES device e 6 Genericlegacy e 7 HPUXlegacy Volume Set Addressing e 8 AIXlegacy Normal Auto Contingent Allegiance e 9 Egenera Soft Inquiry Data e 10 ONTAP legacy Soft Inquiry Data e 11 VMware Enable Sub LUN Addressing Asymmetric Logical Unit Access 2 Optional In the Descriptors group box enter the description information as desired in the Location IP Address Operating System Model Contact and Comments fields 3 Click Next or Finish to close the wizard and create the host with the information that you entered Fibre Channel Settings 1 To assign available WWNs a Select one or more WWNs from the Available WWNS list This list displays WWWNs for all physically connected host paths not already assigned to hosts b Click the left arrow to add the selected WWNs to the Assigned WWNs list 2 To assign new WWNs enter the WWNs for the host in the New WWN field and then click Assign 3 Click Next or Finish to close the wizard and create the host with the information entered iSCSI Settings 1 In the iSCSI Host Paths group box a Select one or more iSCSI names from the Available iSCSI Names list This list displays iSCSI names for all ph
39. e Last transfer status entry should include information about the last SP transfer including the date and time and a status of OK e The Number of files on transfer queue and retry queue values should be O zero which indicates the SP is currently able to pass files to the transport layer e The Service Processor upload queue and SSAgent upload queue items show the number of files in the queue and should display the date time and file name of the most recent file to start uploading If this queue becomes long the Service Processor is encountering transfer issues To remedy the situation contact HP support For more information see Troubleshooting System Setup page 20 The SP File Transfer Monitor refreshes every 15 seconds For more information see the HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC User s Guide For more information about Remote Support see Configuring Remote Support page 14 Troubleshooting System Setup If you cannot access the Service Processor Setup wizard the Service Processor or the Storage System Setup wizard 1 2 Collect the SmartStart log files Collect the Service Processor log files 3 Contact HP support and request support for your StoreServ 7000 Storage product Collecting SmartStart Log Files To collect the SmartStart log files for HP support zip all the files in the following folder C Users lt username gt SmartStart log NOTE You can continue t
40. e Processor or the Storage System Setup wizard see Troubleshooting Setup Before you can configure the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system you must initialize it The Storage System Setup wizard verities your HP 3PAR storage system configuration initializes the storage system and runs initialization tests on the storage system To set up and configure the HP 3PAR storage system 1 Verify that the Service Processor is on the same subnet of the network as the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system you are setting up 2 Click the Set up the Storage System link in SmartStart wizard step 2 Set up systems 3 Enter the permanent Service Processor IP address For more information about Service Processor IP addresses see the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide 4 Enter the user name setupusr 5 Enter the password for setupusr that you created in the Service Processor Setup wizard Troubleshooting Access If you cannot access the Storage System Setup wizard collect the relevant log files and contact HP support For more information see Troubleshooting System Setup page 20 Locating the Serial Number The serial number on your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system is the seven digit number located on the back of the storage system next to the power switch for the node enclosure power cooling module PCM1 It begins with 16 for example 1612345 Locating the Serial Number 17 Figure 1 Store
41. e Service Processor Maintaining servicing and upgrading 7200 7400 and 7450 storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Installation Guide HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage SmartStart Software User s Guide HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Service Guide HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Service Guide Troubleshooting 7200 7400 and 7450 storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Troubleshooting Guide HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Troubleshooting Guide Maintaining the Service Processor HP 3PAR Service Processor Software User Guide HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC User s Guide HP 3PAR host application solutions Backing up Oracle databases and using backups for disaster recovery HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Oracle User s Guide Backing up Exchange databases and using backups for disaster recovery HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010 User s Guide Backing up SQL databases and using backups for disaster recovery HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for Microsoft SQL Server User s Guide Backing up VMware databases and using backups for disaster recovery HP 3PAR Management Plug in and Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere User s Guide Installing and using the HP 3PAR VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service Provider software for Microsoft Windows HP 3PAR VSS Provider Software
42. e limit is 16 TB Monitoring Thin Volume Growth Thin volumes require careful planning and monitoring to prevent them from becoming so large that they set off the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system s built in safety mechanisms or that writes to the volumes fail To restrict a Thin volume s growth Set an allocation warning Set an allocation limit and ensure that this limit does not exceed the associated CPG s growth limit o Continue to monitor Thin volume growth Creating Thin volumes requires the HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software license Administrative volumes are created by the system and are for system usage only Virtual Volume Types 47 Fully provisioned virtual volumes and Thin volumes have three separate data components e User space contains the user data The user space is the area of the volume that corresponds to the regions in the CPG that are available to the host Thus the user space is the part of the virtual volume you export to the host as a LUN e Copy space also known as snapshot space contains the copy data The copy space is the area of the volume that corresponds to the regions in the CPG that contain copies of user data that have changed since the previous virtual copy snapshot of the volume was created e Administration space also known as admin space contains pointers to copies of user data in the copy space The administration space is the area of the volume that corresponds to regions
43. e or IANA Time Zone Database Changing Passwords e Enter a new secure password for the setupusr user account You will use the setupusr user account and your new password to access the Storage System Setup wizard and set up your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system The setupusr account is used only for the initial system setup to access the SP from the setup wizards e Enter a new secure password for the 3parcust user account which you will use for Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC NOTE Passwords for the setupusr and 3parcust user accounts must be between 7 and 32 characters in length and consist of alphanumeric characters and the following special characters period plus sign dash equals sign and forward slash NOTE To reset a password for the Service Processor log in to SPOCC If you have lost all Service Processor passwords and cannot log in to SPOCC you must reimage the Service Processor Configuring System Support Information 15 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting the Connection to the Service Processor If the Check Your Connection dialog box appears during the setup process in Service Processor Setup wizard step 7 Apply Settings the Service Processor Setup wizard might be unable to connect to the Service Processor Verify the following e Your browser is still connected to the network e The Service Processor is powered on e The Service Processor is connected to the n
44. e port to configure NOTE HP 3PAR storage system ports are designated by the following format node slot port The wizard displays the connected device type and the connected device For example Connected Device Type Host Connected Device Storage7200 DataCenter2 In the IP Settings group box select whether to obtain the address automatically or enter it manually To enter the IP address manually enter the IP address subnet mask address and gateway address of the target iSCSI port on your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system From the MTU list select the MTU size The MTU size limits the size of data packets transmitted over the connection to ensure an appropriate load and steady flow e If you are using default frames use an MTU of 1500 e f you have configured jumbo frames use an MTU of 9000 Click Next The system configures the port When the state of the port is Ready the wizard displays the next step Configure the iSCSI target Configure the iSCSI Host 29 Configure the iSCSI Target 1 Select the IP address of the iSCSI initiator on the host system 2 Click Configure 3 Click Next Troubleshooting the iSCSI Connection If the iSCSI initiator on the host system cannot connect to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system verify your configuration 1 Verify your IP settings e IP address e Subnet mask e Gateway 2 Check your iSCSI connection To do this ping the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system from t
45. ected or click Finish In the Grouping group box a Count Enter the number of volumes to create b Set Name Select a virtual volume set name or if not required select lt none gt Click Next to configure Copy Space Settings or click Finish Policies and Geometry This page is displayed only if Show advanced options was selected on the Configure Virtual Volume page Create Virtual Volumes 35 1 In the Policies group box enable any of the following as needed e Allow stale snapshots e Restrict export to one host e Enable zero detect default e Retention Time If you enable this enter a value in the corresponding field and then select either days or hours e Expiration Time If you enable this enter a value in the corresponding field and then select either days or hours 2 In the Geometry group box a Enter the number of sectors per track or accept the default value b Enter the number of heads per cylinder or accept the default value 3 Click Next to view summary information or click Finish Summary Review the summary information and then click Finish Export Virtual Volumes Welcome to the Export Virtual Volumes Wizard The Welcome screen describes the virtual volume export possibilities NOTE If you click to select the Click here to skip this step in the future check box and later want to reinstate the Welcome screen delete this file C Users lt username gt SmartStart preferences p
46. ents are installed o If you are using a VSP the system time is set to the correct time of day on the ESXi host 10 The HP 3PAR storage system setup is verified the storage system is powered on and the LEDs are functioning correctly Either the physical Service Processor is installed and powered on and you have assigned it an IP address or the virtual Service Processor is installed and connected and you have determined the temporary IP address e Make sure you have the following o Administrative access to the Windows host systems you are configuring If you are planning to configure a remote host system a machine other than the machine into which you inserted the SmartStart media you must be able to use the same ID and password to gain administrator access to both the system running SmartStart the local host and the remote host Rights to configure storage To configure storage your user account on the HP 3PAR storage system must either be assigned a Super user or Edit role or be granted the following rights host_create vv_create vlun_create The necessary Service Processor and HP 3PAR storage system information for initialization and configuration For more information see your completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Site Planning Manual Service Processor information The Service Processor IP address subnet mask and gateway IP add
47. es e Group virtual copies into autonomic groups that are managed as one virtual copy NOTE Virtual copies are consistent at the virtual volume level but not at the host filesystem or application level In other words virtual copies preserve only the data that was written on the source virtual volume before the virtual copy is created Virtual copies do not preserve the data that is resident within the application or files ystem buffers and is not flushed to disk before the virtual copy is created Virtual Copies 49 12 Exporting Virtual Volumes Virtual volumes are the only data layer you can make visible to hosts In order to make virtual volumes visible to hosts you must export present the virtual volume to the host The export process creates an association between the volume and a LUN You configure the characteristics of this association when you create the Virtual Volume LUN pairing VLUN To export virtual volumes use the HP 3PAR Management Console For more information see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help For more information about the maximum number of VLUNs that are supported for each host that has your specific system configuration see the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge SPOCK website http www hp com storage spock VLUN Templates and Active VLUNs 50 When you create VLUNs the system produces both VLUN templates that establish export rules and active VLUNs that the host sees as a LU
48. etwork When the Service Processor Setup wizard reconnects to the Service Processor the Check Your Connection dialog box automatically disappears and the setup process automatically resumes Troubleshooting Duplicate IP Address Issues If the wizard cannot configure the permanent IP address you entered because it is already in use 1 Click Stop to stop the Apply Settings process and return to the Service Processor Setup wizard 2 Click Prev until you reach step 2 SP Networking 3 Determine an available IPv4 address to use for the Service Processor and then enter that IP address in the IP Address field 4 Click Next until you return to step 7 Apply Settings You do not need to re enter any other Service Processor settings The wizard will automatically begin to apply the settings again Troubleshooting Page Not Found IP Address Issues If the Service Processor displays a Page Not Found error message or similar message the permanent Service Processor IP address you entered is not a valid address You must set up the Service Processor again e Ifyou are using a physical Service Processor 1 Return to the Set IP Address wizard and set up a new valid IP address For more information see the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide To access the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3par 2 Use the
49. he host Troubleshooting Task Completion If SmartStart displays the Failed to validate whether the current Windows task is complete message click Configure again If the problem persists contact HP support For more information see Support and Other Resources page 57 Install and Start Host Explorer Host Explorer helps you discover and manage host system paths Installation is optional If you do not install Host Explorer you must manually manage host paths For more information see The Host Explorer Software Agent page 44 To install HP 3PAR Host Explorer 1 Click Install 2 Click Next Summary iSCSI Host Configuration 1 Review your iSCSI setup 2 Click Finish Configuring Multiple iSCSI Ports To configure another iSCSI port 1 Go to SmartStart wizard step 4 Configure hosts 2 Click Configure iSCSI hosts 3 In steps 1 through 4 of the iSCSI Host Configuration wizard configure the same iSCSI host system 4 At iSCSI Host Configuration wizard step 5 Configure the iSCSI port select an additional port and configure it 5 In the final steps of the iSCSI Host Configuration wizard complete the iSCSI configuration for this host 30 Configure the Hosts 6 Configure Storage HP 3PAR SmartStart Loix Fie Help Welcome Configure storage 1 Prepare to configure Follow these steps to create and configure storage 2 Setup systems Note You can use the H
50. host configuration process NOTE Ifthe MPIO device ID is already configured on the host system the wizard does not display the Reboot when finished check box 3 Click Next Troubleshooting Task Completion If SmartStart displays the Failed to validate whether the current Windows task is complete message click Configure again If the problem persists contact HP support For more information see Support and Other Resources page 57 Install and Start Host Explorer Host Explorer helps you discover and manage host system paths Installation is optional If you do not install Host Explorer you must manually manage host paths For more information see The Host Explorer Software Agent page 44 NOTE Host Explorer is not available for Windows Server 2012 systems at this time To install HP 3PAR Host Explorer 1 Click Install 2 Click Next Configure the Fibre Channel Host 27 Summary Fibre Channel Host Configuration 1 Review your Fibre Channel setup 2 Click Finish e If you are connected to the local host and you rebooted the host system the local host reboots After the local host has finished rebooting launch SmartStart and continue setup e If you are connected to the remote host and you rebooted the host system the remote host reboots After the remote host reboots continue setup Configure the iSCSI Host Introduction to Configuring the iSCSI Host To set up iSCSI connectio
51. ine help do one of the following e Press F1 e Select Help Online Help 1 Prepare to Configure HP 3PAR SmartStart Loix Fie Help Welcome Prepare to configure T Prepare to contone e Prerequisites 2 Setup systems Note You must complete the setup tasks detailed in the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide before using SmartStart to configure your system To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product 3 Connect to storage system http www hp com go 3par 4 Configure hosts Before you configure your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system Verify the following setup tasks are complete as described in the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide All components are installed the storage system setup is verified the storage system is powered on and the LEDs are functioning correct 5 Configure storage ly Install the Management Console The HP 3PAR Service Processor and the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system are on the same subnet of the internal network as the machine from which you are using SmartStart Either the Service Processor is installed powered on and you have assigned an IP address or the VSP is installed and connected and you have determined the temporary IP address Additional resources amp Make sure you have The same administrator access to the local and remote Windows
52. ions or iSCSI host connections For more information about exporting volumes see Exporting Virtual Volumes page 50 Fibre Channel Connections You can set up Fibre Channel using direct connections or via switches in a SAN 23 Windows Server host system remote host in same domain as local host HP 3PAR StoreServ SmartStart C Switches Storage System Windows Server host system local host sf or HPSPAR ot Processor Service SS an NE Processor Internal Network Internet Firewall To ensure that your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system remains available if a path fails connect the host system to the HP 3PAR storage system using multiple paths Before using SmartStart to configure Fibre Channel connections do one of the following e If you are connecting the host and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems directly verify that the appropriate cabling is in place between the host system and the HP 3PAR storage system e Ifyou are using a SAN o Verify that the appropriate cabling is in place between the host system and the fabric and between the HP 3PAR storage system and the fabric o Verify that the fabric zones comply with the zoning guidelines in the HP 3PAR Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 Implementation Guide see Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http
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54. n assign to a virtual volume NOTE If you click to select the Click here to skip this step in the future check box and later want to reinstate the Welcome screen delete the following file C Users lt username gt SmartStart preferences preferences xml Configure Virtual Volume 1 In the General group box a b System Select the system where the volume will be created Domain Select the domain in which the volume will reside Select lt none gt if not applicable Name Enter a name for the new volume Names are case sensitive ID Enter an ID for the new volume if you click to clear the auto box this option is shown only if Show advanced options is selected Use Template Select the volume template to apply to the new volume If this is not required select lt none gt Comments Enter any notes about the volume 34 Configure Storage 6 In the Allocation group box a Select how the volume will be provisioned Selecting Thinly Provisioned results in the creation of a Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume TPVV Selecting Fully Provisioned results in the creation of a base volume NOTE To create TPVVs the HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software license is required b Size Enter the size of the volume Change the Size list value to MB or TB as applicable The default is GB NOTE The minimum permitted volume size is 256 MB and the maximum is 16 TB The minimum chunklet size for a V Class
55. nal RESO 10 10 EE 55 17 Support and Other RESOUrCeS ccccccccceee ees ssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeassaaaeeeees 5 Contacting MP aE EAA SSS 57 HP 3PAR NG 57 Typo raphic conventionsns2 lt cn cen cimawacaumniiacen tee aia 60 HP 3PAR branding nomol ruanosssdm kaneddkkantsegednk en egent 60 4 Contents 18 Documentation feedback cccccccccecccecceccecececcucceecececctceteceutceeeeateens 61 Pe SE EE eee 62 Contents 5 Part Using SmartStart to Configure Storage Gather the information you will need to use SmartStart to Prepare to Configure page 9 configure your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system Learn more about how HP 3PAR storage systems work Understanding Storage page 40 NOTE If you are not familiar with HP 3PAR storage systems HP highly recommends that you read this short introduction Set up the Service Processor and the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Setting Up the Service Processor page 13 Storage system Setting Up the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System page 17 Connect to your new storage system Connect to the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage System page 22 Configure Fibre Channel host connections or iSCSI host connections Configure the Hosts page 23 Create storage and add the ability to use virtual volumes on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 server host systems Configure Storage page 31
56. nd DNS and or proxy server settings if applicable HP 3PAR storage system name IP address subnet mask and Gateway IP address 4 permanent setup password A permanent password for SPOCC A permanent storage system password NTP Network Time Protocol system IP address if applicable For each new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system you only need to set up the Service Processor and storage system once 1 Verify that the Service Processor is on and all setup tasks detailed in the HP SPAR StoreSery 7000 Storage Installation Guide are complete and then set up the Service Processor Set up the Service Processor The Service Processor enables you to perform administrative and diagnostic tasks on both the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system and the Service Processor itself These tasks include maintenance and update tasks troubleshooting events and alerts and diagnostic reports You must complete Service Processor setup before you continue 2 Verify that the HP Service Processor is on the same subnet of your network as the new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system and then set up the storage system Set up the storage system The Storage System Setup wizard verifies your hardware setup and then configures and tests the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system software You must complete storage system setup before you continue Troubleshooting Access If you are unable to access the Service Processor Setup wizard the Servic
57. ned virtual volumes Also known as Thin volumes these volumes allocate space on demand in small increments To create Thin volumes the HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software license is required Physical copies A full copy of a volume No separate license is required to create physical copies Virtual copies A snapshot of a base volume that only records changes to the base volume To create virtual copies the HP 3PAR Virtual Copy license is required 43 9 Hosts The HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system sees a host as a set of Fibre Channel World Wide Names WWNs or iSCSI names or in other words a set of host I O paths The host system uses these I O paths to perform read write operations on exported virtual volumes on the storage system The HP 3PAR storage system automatically detects hosts that are physically connected to ports on the storage system You can also add new WWNs or iSCSI names for unestablished host paths and assign these WWNs or iSCSI names to a host before hosts are physically connected These WWNs or iSCSI names do not need to be associated with target ports on the HP 3PAR storage system controller nodes Therefore you do not need to manually reconfigure a host path after connecting new hosts A virtual volume can be exported presented or made accessible to one or more hosts The host sees the exported virtual volume as a logical unit number LUN connected to one or more ports After the virtual volume is exported
58. new permanent IP address to restart the Service Processor Setup wizard For more information see Setting Up the Service Processor page 13 3 Proceed through the Service Processor Setup wizard re entering your Service Processor settings The Service Processor ID is already set you do not need to reset the ID e Ifyou are using a virtual Service Processor 1 Use the temporary SP IP address to restart the Service Processor Setup wizard For more information see Setting Up the Service Processor page 13 2 Proceed through the Service Processor Setup wizard re entering your Service Processor settings The Service Processor ID is already set you do not need to reset the ID 16 Setting Up the Service Processor 3 Setting Up the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System HP 3PAR SmartStart File Help Bk Ei Welcome 1 Prepare to configure Connect to storage system w r Configure hosts en Configure storage a Install the Management Console Additional resources Set up systems To set up your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system software you must have the Following information as documented in your completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP SPAR St reServ 7000 Site Planning Manual Service Processor IP address information configured in the Service Processor IP Setup wizard Service Processor host name a
59. nfigures your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system to email you alerts as issues occur for example if a CPG becomes low on space a disk drive fails and so on To set up Local Notification 1 Enter your Service Processor network address 2 Click Setup 3 Click Enable Local Notification NOTE A mail host must also be configured in order to completely enable Local Notification For more information about Local Notification setup see the HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC Online Help For more information about alerts see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help Validating Remote Support Remote Support validation is done as a part of the Service Processor setup If you need to re run the Remote Support validation you can use the SPmaint module in HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC 1 Log in to SPOCC https lt SP IP gt using the 3parcust user account 2 Click SPmaint Network Configuration Test 3PAR Secure Service Collector Server 3 Verify that SPOCC displays Connectivity test to HP 3PAR Secure Service Collector Server successful 4 Verify that the Service Processor is transferring files successfully Continuing SmartStart Setup 19 a Click Home to return to the SPOCC home page The Transfer Status entry indicates the overall status of SP file transfer b To access the SP File Transfer Monitor click Transfer Status c Verify that SP file transfer is successful e Th
60. nk for your product http www hp com go 3 par The HP 3PAR Documentation site contains information about Hardware and software installation Setup implementation by OS Upgrade and maintenance Storage concepts Administration and management Troubleshooting Troubleshooting SmartStart To troubleshoot SmartStart See the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Troubleshooting Guide To access this guide go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and then click the Support link for your product htto www hp com go 3par Go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Systems Guided Troubleshooting site http www hp com support hpgt 3par To troubleshoot setting up the Service Processor or the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system see 55 Troubleshooting System Setup page 20 56 Additional Resources 17 Support and Other Resources Contacting HP For worldwide technical support information see the HP support website http www hp com support Before contacting HP collect the following information e Product model names and numbers e Technical support registration number if applicable Product serial numbers Error messages Operating system type and revision level e Detailed questions Specify the type of support you are requesting HP 3PAR storage system Support request HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 7400 and 7450 Storage StoreServ 7000 Storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage systems 3PAR or 3PAR St
61. ns ensure that you have the following information which is necessary to set up the iSCSI connections between the host system and HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system e Host system IP address or name e iSCSI port information e Maximum transmission unit MTU size o If you are using default frames use an MTU of 1500 o If you have configured jumbo frames use an MTU of 9000 Configuring Local and Remote Connections You can use SmartStart to do the following e Connect the local host the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server into which you inserted the SmartStart media to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system e Connect a remote host any Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server other than the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server into which you inserted the SmartStart media to the HP 3PAR storage system To connect to and configure a remote host system o You must be able to use the same ID and password to gain administrator access to both the local host and the remote host If you cannot use the same login you must insert the SmartStart media into the remote host and configure the machine as a local host o If you have set up domains on your local host system and plan to configure a remote host system that remote host must be in the same domain as the local host Connect to the iSCSI Host System 28 1 In the Host address field do one of the following e f you a
62. o access the SmartStart log files in the Users folder after you have removed SmartStart from your system Collecting Service Processor Log Files To collect the Service Processor log files for HP support 20 1 2 3 Connect to Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC To do this enter the SP IP address in a browser From the navigation pane click Files Click the folder icons for files gt syslog gt apilogs In the Action column click Download for each log file File name Description SPSETLOG log Service Processor setup log ARSETLOG system_serial_number log HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system setup log errorlog log General errors Setting Up the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System 5 Zip the downloaded log files Contacting HP Support about System Setup For worldwide technical support information see the HP support website http www hp com support Before contacting HP about accessing the Service Processor Setup wizard or the Storage System Setup wizard collect the following information e SmartStart log files e Service Processor log files e Product model names and numbers e Technical support registration number if applicable e Product serial numbers e Error messages e Operating system type and revision level e Detailed questions When you contact HP specify that you are requesting support for your StoreServ 7000 Storage product Verifying the HP 3PAR OS on the Ser
63. olume during the physical copy operation In addition the destination volume must meet the following conditions e It must have snapshot space associated with it e It must have at least as much user space as the volume being copied e It must not be exported to a host Virtual Copies A virtual copy is a snapshot of a base volume which is an original volume that is copied Unlike a physical copy which is a duplicate of an entire volume a virtual copy records only changes to the base volume This functionality allows an earlier state of the original virtual volume to be re created by starting with its current state and rolling back all the changes that were made after the virtual copy was created To create virtual copies the HP 3PAR Virtual Copy license is required You can make virtual copies of the following items e Fully provisioned virtual volumes e Thin volumes e Physical copies e Other virtual copies snapshots 48 Virtual Volumes Virtual copies are created using copy on write techniques which are available only with the HP 3PAR Virtual Copy Software license Thousands of snapshots of each virtual volume can be created up to the amount of storage space available Depending on your system configuration you can make up to 500 virtual copies of a base volume To reduce the number of management tasks around physical copies you can e Create a consistent group of virtual copies from a list of virtual volum
64. ons User Roles and Rights page 52 Managing storage Managing Storage page 53 For a list of HP 3PAR documents see HP 3PAR documentation page 57 8 Storage Software Components HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems include both the hardware components that physically store your data and the software applications that manage your data An HP 3PAR storage system is composed of the following logical data layers e Physical disks e Chunklets On an HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system chunklets are 1 GB units of disk space e Logical disks Advanced storage components that add RAID stability e CPGs Common Provisioning Groups Shared pools of storage space e Virtual Volumes Data containers that are accessible by host systems The relationship between HP 3PAR storage system data layers is illustrated in Figure 2 page 41 Figure 2 HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System Data Layers Physical Disks _ NS HP 3PAR Storage Systems Chunklets Physical disk space allocated in 256 MB or 1 GB units Matching colors indicate chunklets are drawn from any available physical disk and logical disks are created from any available chunklets Logical Disks Chunklets arranged as rows of RAID sets ga 1000 MUU ggg 6000 Wo ol g aoo o CA EELEE Cogan a i MI Common Provisioning Groups Virtual pools of logical disk space Common Provisioning Groups Virtual Volumes Commonly Provisioned Thinly P
65. orage HP 3PAR T Class storage systems HP 3PAR F Class storage systems HP 3PAR documentation For information about See Supported hardware and software platforms The Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products SPOCK website http www hp com storage spock Locating HP 3PAR documents The HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site http www hp com go 3par To access HP 3PAR documents click the Support link for your product HP 3PAR storage system software Storage concepts and terminology HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide Using the HP 3PAR Management Console GUI to configure HP 3PAR Management Console User s Guide and administer HP 3PAR storage systems Using the HP 3PAR CLI to configure and administer storage HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Administrator s systems Manual CLI commands HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference Analyzing system performance HP 3PAR System Reporter Software User s Guide Installing and maintaining the Host Explorer agent in order HP 3PAR Host Explorer User s Guide to manage host configuration and connectivity information Creating applications compliant with the Common Information HP 3PAR CIM API Programming Reference Model CIM to manage HP 3PAR storage systems Contacting HP 57 58 For information about Migrating data from one HP 3PAR storage system to another See HP 3PAR to 3PAR Storage Peer Motion Gui
66. oreServ Storage system do the following 1 Click Finish in the Setup Progress and Results step to exit the Storage System Setup wizard NOTE The wizard continues to run tests in the background after you have exited the Storage System Setup wizard If these tests discover any issues the HP 3PAR Management Console will display details in the Alert tab that is relevant to the issue e To install the Management Console go to SmartStart wizard step 6 Install the Management Console e For more information about alerts start the Management Console and open the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help 2 Set up Local Notification For more information see Setting Up Local Notification page 19 3 Validate Remote Support setup For more information see Validating Remote Support page 19 4 Continue to SmartStart wizard step 3 Connect to the storage system Troubleshooting Adding the Storage System to the Service Processor If the wizard cannot successfully add your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system to the Service Processor use the Add New InServ option in the SPmaint module in SPOCC to add the storage system For more information see the HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC User s Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3par Setting Up Local Notification Local Notification co
67. particular RAID 5 to provide data protection on a storage array Power Cooling Module A hardware component that includes the battery fan and power supply A dual ported Fibre Channel disk mounted onto a drive magazine A VLUN template that allows any host connected to a particular port to see a virtual volume as a specified LUN The roles and rights assigned to a user determine which tasks the user can perform with a system A device inserted into a rack or virtual software that enables you to locally and remotely monitor and service systems Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume A virtual volume that maps to logical disk space associated with a Common Provisioning Group CPG and is therefore capable of growing on demand For standard base volumes the data that is written to the user space A snapshot created using the copy on write technique A virtual storage unit created by mapping data from one or more logical disks Virtual logical unit number A VLUN is a virtual volume LUN pairing expressed as either an active VLUN or as a VLUN template A rule that sets up the association between the name of the virtual volume and a LUN host LUN port or LUN host port combination The three types of VLUN templates are host sees port presents and matched set Virtual Service Processor World Wide Name A unique 64 bit value used to identify Fibre Channel devices on an arbitrated loop The WWN consists of a prefix issued by the IEEE to uniq
68. ransferred No other business information is collected and the data is managed according to the HP Data Privacy policy For more information see http www8 hp com us en privacy privacy html To configure Remote Support 1 Enter proxy server settings if applicable 2 To mask identifying information in all Service Processor log files select the Make contents of Service Processor log files anonymous check box in the Advanced group box When you anonymize log files the Remote Support process replaces object names in log files such as TopSecretVirtualVolume with meaningless sequential labels such as VVnnn 3 Click Next to continue the Service Processor configuration This wizard will enable Remote Support upon completion Configuring System Support Information To enable you to receive Remote Support for your storage system you must provide the following system support information e Company name e Technical contact name e Telephone number e FAX number optional e E mail address e Mailing address of the installation site e Order type Configuring Your Time Zone To configure the time zone select your continental region Africa America Antarctica Arctic Asia Atlantic Australia Europe India Pacific and the city or country closest to you from the drop down lists NOTE The time zones used in this wizard are based on the time zones listed in the tz database also known as the zoneinfo databas
69. re configuring the machine into which you inserted the SmartStart media enter localhost e f you are configuring any host other than the machine that is running SmartStart enter that host IP address or DNS name 2 Click Connect 3 Click Next Configure the Hosts Configure Multipath I O MPIO Multipath I O MPIO helps ensure the stability of the connection between the host and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems To configure MPIO 1 2 3 Click Configure If the wizard displays the Reboot when finished check box select it In order to complete this MPIO configuration the wizard will reboot the host system at the end of the iSCSI host configuration process NOTE Ifthe MPIO device ID is already configured on the host system the wizard does not display the Reboot when finished check box Click Next Troubleshooting Task Completion If SmartStart displays the Failed to validate whether the current Windows task is complete message click Configure again If the problem persists contact HP support For more information see Support and Other Resources page 57 Start the iSCSI Initiator NOTE SmartStart supports only the Microsoft iSCSI initiator 1 2 Click Start Click Next Configure the iSCSI Port 1 2 From the System list in the General group box select the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system on which you want to configure an iSCSI port From the Port list select th
70. references xml Export 1 In the General group box a System Select a system from the list b Domain Select a domain from the list If not applicable select lt none gt 2 In the Virtual Volume group box a Select either Virtual Volume or Virtual Volume Set b From the virtual volume or virtual volume set list select the volumes to export 36 Configure Storage 4 Summary In the Export To group box a Select either Host Host Sees or Host Set Host in Set b From the host or host set list select the hosts that you want to export the virtual volumes to CAUTION e If you make any changes in the advanced options and then click to clear the Show advanced options check box a warning dialog is displayed to warn you that the selected advanced options will be lost If you click Yes Basic mode is reinstated and all advanced options are set back to default If port Port Present or Host and Port Matched Set was selected that setting is changed back to the default Host Host Sees If you click No Advanced mode is retained e f you select the Override lower priority templates check box and then click Finish a warning dialog is displayed This operation can result in data loss Click Next to go to the Summary page or click Finish to complete the wizard Review the summary information and then click Finish Add Virtual Volumes to Windows Introduction to Adding Virtual Volumes to Windows To use
71. ress For more information about determining the temporary IP address and assigning the permanent IP address see the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide Host name to assign DNS settings if applicable Proxy server settings if applicable New password to assign to the user account for the two Storage System Setup wizards setupusr New password to assign to the user account for the Service Processor 3parcust NOTE Passwords for the setupusr and 3parcust user accounts must be between 7 and 32 characters in length and can consist of alphanumeric characters and the following special characters period plus sign dash equals sign and forward slash HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system information Storage system serial number This seven digit number is located on the back of your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system next to the power switch for the node enclosure power cooling module PCM 1 It begins with 16 for example 1624635 For more information see Locating the Serial Number page 17 Storage system name Prepare to Configure FAQ IP address IPv4 only Subnet mask Gateway IP address New password to assign to the user account for the storage system 3paradm NOTE Passwords for the 3paradm user account are between six and eight characters in length and can include all printable characters CAUTION Do not r
72. rovisioned Storage space Virtual Volumes Virtual Volumes exported to hosts Tit Hosts Al 42 Each layer is created from elements of the layer above as follows e Chunklets are drawn from physical disks e Logical disks are created from groups of chunklets e Common Provisioning Groups CPGs are groups of logical disks e Virtual volumes use storage space provided by CPGs Physical Disks A physical disk is a disk drive mounted on a drive magazine located in drive cages or drive enclosures in an HP 3PAR storage system Chunklets Physical disks are divided into chunklets Each chunklet occupies contiguous space on a physical disk On HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems all chunklets are 1 GB Chunklets are automatically created by the HP 3PAR Operating System and they are used to create logical disks A chunklet is assigned to only one logical disk RAID and Logical Disks A logical disk is a collection of physical disk chunklets arranged as rows of RAID sets Each RAID set is made up of chunklets from different physical disks Logical disks are pooled together in common provisioning groups CPGs which allocate space to virtual volumes The underlying logical disks are automatically created by the HP 3PAR OS when you create CPGs NOTE Logical disks are an advanced storage component For more information see the HP 3PAR Management Console User Guide or the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide To
73. s and exported the volumes to one or more hosts you do not have to connect to your g storage system in order to use SmartStart Step 5 Configure storage to add those volumes to your Windows 2008 R2 server EEEE ERER Connected HP 3PAR storage systems Name IP Address DNS Name System State Connection State For more detailed information about your storage systems use the HP 3PAR Management Console To install the Management Console go to SmartStart Step 6 Install the Management Console Click the Connect to the storage system link In the IP Address or Name field do one of the following N e If this is the first time you are connecting to the HP 3PAR storage system enter the name or IP address of the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system e If you have already connected to the HP 3PAR storage system one or more times select the storage system from the list ag Enter the user name and password To access your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system for the first time enter 3paradm and the new password for 3paradm that you created in the Storage System Setup wizard A CAUTION You must configure hosts and storage for only one HP 3PAR storage system at a time Configuring multiple storage systems can lead to inconsistencies and operating errors 22 Connect to the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage System 5 Configure the Hosts RHP 3PAR SmartStart Bk Ei File Help
74. system e Host operating system and version e Fibre Channel and iSCSI HBA details e Multipath driver and current multipath configuration e Cluster configuration information For more information about how to install and use the Host Explorer agent see the HP 3PAR Host Explorer User s Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product htto www hp com go 3 par For a list of supported host operating systems go to the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge SPOCK website htto www hp com storage spock The Host Explorer Software Agent 45 10 Common Provisioning Groups A common provisioning group CPG creates a virtual pool of storage space that allows up to 4 095 virtual volumes to share the CPG s resources When you create virtual volumes fully provisioned virtual volumes or Thin volumes the volumes draw storage space from the CPG s storage space pool e CPGs dynamically allocate storage space to Thin volumes Therefore when a Thin volume is running low on user space the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system automatically assigns more storage capacity to the Thin volume specifically the storage system maps new regions from the logical disks in the CPG associated with the Thin volume to the Thin volume Because space is allocated dynamically to Thin volumes the storage system does not contain large pockets of unused but allocated space e
75. tions 6 Can I use HP 3PAR SmartStart with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 servers connected by iSCSI Yes You can use HP 3PAR SmartStart to set up iSCSI connections 7 Do need to configure the hosts by inserting the SmartStart media into each and every one of the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 hosts No You can insert the SmartStart media into a Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server and use SmartStart to remotely configure other Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 servers as hosts 8 Where can find help and support for HP 3PAR SmartStart FAQ 1 HP 3PAR SmartStart includes online help To access online help do one of the following e Press F1 e Select Help gt Online Help You can also find storage related information at http www hp com storage 12 Prepare to Configure 2 Setting Up the Service Processor HP 3PAR SmartStart Ol x File Help Welcome Set up systems 1 Prepare to configure To set up your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system software you must have the Following information as documented in your completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP SPAR St reServ 7000 Site Planning Manual Ln snc Service Processor IP address information configured in the Service Processor IP Setup wizard Service Processor host name and DNS and or proxy server settings if applicable Connect to storage system HP 3PAR s
76. to a host the host can send requests reads writes to the LUN To modify system ports and host configurations use the HP 3PAR Management Console For more information see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help NOTE For recommended practices and detailed configuration information about how to use your host devices with your HP 3PAR storage system see the relevant HP 3PAR Implementation Guide Creating and Removing Hosts You can create modify and remove Fibre Channel and iSCSI hosts and their properties e When you create a new host you can either assign WWNs or iSCSI names right away or add those paths later e A virtual volume that is exported to a host is exported to all the WWNs or iSCSI names that make up the host To export virtual volumes to specific WWNs or iSCSI names on a host system you can create separate hosts host paths on the host system and assign each WWN or iSCSI name to its own host e f you have multiple hosts that require the same administrative procedures you can group those hosts into a host set and manage them together as one host To manage hosts use the HP 3PAR Management Console For more information see the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help Host Personas Host personas are settings that enable hosts connected to Fibre Channel or iSCSI ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system to deviate from the default host behavior The system automatically assigns a host persona based
77. torage system name IP address subnet mask and Gateway IP address 4 permanent setup password A permanent password for SPOCC w 4 Configure hosts Configure hosts A permanent storage system password NTP Network Time Protocol system IP address if applicable 5 Configure stora 2 DE For each new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system you only need to set up the Service Processor and storage system once 6 Install the Management Console 1 Verify that the Service Processor is on and all setup tasks detailed in the HP SPAR StoreSery 7000 Storage Installation Guide are complete and then set up the Service Processor Set up the Service Processor Akiti opal reso cos The Service Processor enables you to perform administrative and diagnostic tasks on both the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system and the Service Processor itself These tasks include maintenance and update tasks troubleshooting events and alerts and diagnostic reports You must complete Service Processor setup before you continue 2 Verify that the HP Service Processor is on the same subnet of your network as the new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system and then set up the storage system Set up the storage system The Storage System Setup wizard verifies your hardware setup and then configures and tests the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system software You must complete storage system setup before you continue
78. ts Drives may be Fibre Channel or iSCSI An electronic circuit board mounted on a mechanical structure that is inserted into a drive bay in a drive cage A drive magazine holds up to four physical disks To present a virtual volume to a host Exporting makes a volume available to a host by creating an association between the volume s name and a LUN logical unit number for the specified host and port Drive type either Fibre Channel or Serial Attached SCSI SAS With regard to drive types and drive capacities the abbreviation FC applies to Fast Class With regard to ports the abbreviation FC applies to Fibre Channel only A Fibre Channel PCI host bus adapter HBA located in a controller node The Fibre Channel adapter connects a controller node to a host or to a drive chassis A virtual volume snapshot with a set amount of user space and for which snapshot administration space and snapshot data space draw resources from a Common Provisioning Group CPG The unit of storage space by which the system creates and allocates additional logical disks to a Common Provisioning Group CPG when the volumes in that CPG require additional resources The minimum growth increment varies according to the number of controller nodes in the system from 8 GB for a two node system to 32 GB for a eight node system An optional setting that enables you to specify the maximum size to which a CPG can grow An optional setting that enables you to specify the
79. tup and then click Finish Troubleshooting Task Completion If SmartStart displays the Failed to validate whether the current Windows task is complete message click Finish again If the problem persists contact HP support For more information see Support and Other Resources page 57 Configure Storage 7 Install the HP 3PAR Management Console HP 3PAR SmartStart File Help Welcome 1 Prepare to configure 2 Set up systems 3 Connect to storage system 4 Configure hosts 5 Configure storage Additional resources Install the HP 3PAR Management Console The HP 3PAR Management Console is the graphical user interface that enables you to manage all of your HP 3PAR storage systems Install the HP 3PAR Management Console You can use the Management Console to Monitor existing HP SPAR storage systems View activity from the dashboard level to the chunklet level 256 MB 9 Optimize performance Configure additional storage Create users and domains Add new licenses Perform advanced tasks To manage your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems and access advanced features and functionality use the HP 3PAR Management Console To install the Management Console click the Install the HP 3PAR Management Console link Accessing the Management Console To access the HP 3PAR Management Console do one of the following e If you are an
80. uely identity the company and a suffix that is issued by the company 63
81. uipment or data NOTE Provides additional information Required Indicates that a procedure must be followed as directed in order to achieve a functional and supported implementation based on testing at HP HP 3PAR branding information 60 e The server previously referred to as the InServ is now referred to as the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system e The operating system previously referred to as the InForm OS is now referred to as the HP 3PAR OS e The user interface previously referred to as the InForm Management Console IMC is now referred to as the HP 3PAR Management Console e All products previously referred to as 3PAR products are now referred to as HP 3PAR products Support and Other Resources 18 Documentation feedback HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs To help us improve the documentation send any errors suggestions or comments to Documentation Feedback docsfeedback hp com Include the document title and part number version number or the URL when submitting your feedback 6l Glossary active VLUN allocation limit allocation warning chunklet CPG CPG template created host drive cage drive magazine export Fast Class Fibre Channel adapter fully provisioned virtual volume growth increment growth limit growth warning host host definition host sees VLUN template iSCSI adapter iSCSI name 62 Glossary
82. un more than one instance of SmartStart on the same host system Running multiple instances of SmartStart can cause resource conflicts and operating errors About Storage Before you begin to use SmartStart to install and set up your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system see the following section to learn more about how storage works on your new HP 3PAR storage system Understanding Storage page 40 1 What is HP 3PAR SmartStart HP 3PAR SmartStart is an installation wizard for your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems SmartStart enables you to e Initialize the HP 3PAR Service Processor e Initialize the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system e Configure FC and iSCSI host connections e Configure and begin data storage e Install the HP 3PAR Management Console which you can use to manage storage and create new storage after installation is complete 2 Can I use HP 3PAR SmartStart with Windows Yes You can use HP 3PAR SmartStart with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 3 Can use HP 3PAR SmartStart with servers running other operating systems Not in this release Refer to the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide 4 Can I use HP 3PAR SmartStart to configure other HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems Not in this release 5 Can I use HP 3PAR SmartStart with Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 servers connected by Fibre Channel Yes You can use HP 3PAR SmartStart to set up Fibre Channel connec
83. vice Processor To check the version of the HP 3PAR OS that is installed on your Service Processor use the SPmaint module in SPOCC to display the SP version Log in to SPOCC https lt SP IPs using the 3parcust account Click SPmaint SP Control Status Click Display SP Version Click Finish to exit the Service Processor Setup wizard 5 Return to the SmartStart wizard sd For more information see the HP 3PAR Service Processor Onsite Customer Care SPOCC User s Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and then click the Support link for your product http www hp com go 3par Troubleshooting System Setup 21 4 Connect to the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage System HP 3PAR SmartStart File Help JOpd Welcome Connect to the storage system 1 Prepare to configure 1 Ensure you have the following information for your new HP 3PAR StoreSery 7000 Storage system 2 Set up systems Name of the storage system IP address for the storage system Storage system password created in the Storage System Setup wizard N Connect to your new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system 4 Configure hosts Connect to the storage system 5 Configure storage You must connect to storage system before you continue to SmartStart Steps 4 and 5 Configure h sts and Configure storage GREER HEG SATSES However if you have already created virtual volume
84. ysically connected host paths not already assigned to hosts Click the left arrow to add the selected iSCSI names to the Assigned iSCSI Names list c To assign new iSCSI names enter the iSCSI names in the New iSCSI Name field and then click Assign 2 In the CHAP group box a Click to select the Initiator CHAP check box The CHAP Name field displays the host name b Enter a secret password in the CHAP Secret field for Initiator CHAP If the secret password is hexadecimal click to select the Hex check box Create Hosts 33 C d If required click the Target CHAP check box The CHAP Name field displays the system name Enter a secret password in the CHAP Secret field for Target CHAP NOTE Rules for the CHAP group box in the following step are as follows When the Initiator CHAP check box is selected CHAP Name is initialized with the host name default The Target CHAP check box is enabled when the Initiator CHAP check box is selected The CHAP Secret field is required if a CHAP Name is entered Target CHAP is optional Target CHAP can be populated only if Initiator CHAP is populated 3 Click Next to view summary information or click Finish to close the wizard and configure the host with the information gathered Summary Review the summary information and then click Finish Create Virtual Volumes Welcome to the Create Virtual Volumes Wizard The Welcome screen describes the settings and properties you ca
85. zines or different drive cages A RAID MP set can function with the loss of any two of the chunklets in the set For more information about the implementation of RAID in HP 3PAR storage systems see the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide To access this document go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site and click the Support link for your product htto www hp com go 3par RAID Types 51 14 User Roles and Rights 52 To access an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system you must have a user account Each HP 3PAR OS user is assigned a role and each role is assigned a set of rights The roles and rights assigned to the user determine the tasks the user is allowed to perform on a system To maintain greater control over your system assign your users a role that has the minimum set of rights that they need to perform their tasks Eight roles are defined in the HP 3PAR OS There are four standard roles and four extended roles Table 1 Standard HP 3PAR OS User Roles User roles Rights assigned to roles Browse Rights are limited to read only access Edit Rights are granted to most operations such as creating editing and removing virtual volumes and other objects Super Rights are granted to all operations Service Rights are limited to operations required to service the system Allows limited access to user information and user group resources Table 2 Extended HP 3PAR OS User Roles User roles Rights

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