EMC CLARiiON CX3-40c User manual

EMC® CLARiiON® CX3-40c
Setup Guide
P/N 300-003-745
REV. A02

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Overview
Some functions described in this document may not be supported by all revisions of the
software or hardware currently in use. For the most up-to-date information on product
features, refer to your product release notes.
A basic CLARiiON® CX3-40c storage system contains the following:
•A storage processor enclosure (SPE3) with two storage processors (SPs) and
redundant power/cooling. Each SP includes both Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and Fibre
Channel host data ports.
•At least one disk-array enclosure (DAE3P) with a minimum of five Fibre Channel
disk modules.
•Two standby power supplies (SPS).
This guide explains how to install and initialize a CX3-40c in a Windows
environment. It describes the major steps involved in adding storage-system
hardware (sometimes called an array) to an existing storage configuration, or
creating a new environment of servers and storage. Those steps include:
•Preparing your site, planning the network configuration, and verifying your
environment to avoid pitfalls and address potential obstacles to a successful
installation before you encounter them
•Connecting to a management station and initializing the system using a utility
that assigns network and security characteristics to each SP and IP addresses to
iSCSI data ports
•Readying every server that will connect to the storage system, then establishing
physical and virtual connections between the storage system and servers
•Verifying the system and failover configurations
Once your system is up, initialized, and running, you should refer to other sources for
information on planning or implementing data storage. The Documentation and Resources for
CX3-Series Storage Systems CD that shipped with the storage system includes detailed
documents related to the storage system. The most recent versions of relevant documents,
including software release notes, are available in the Documentation/White Paper Library
section of the Powerlink® site (http://Powerlink.EMC.com).

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Overview continued
If you do not already have a Powerlink account, we strongly recommend that you go
to http://Powerlink.EMC.com and set one up immediately. The Powerlink website is
your portal to the latest documentation and troubleshooting information, user-
customized documentation specific to your configuration, and utilities and wizards
required for the installation, such as the E-Lab™ Interoperability Navigator and the
Navisphere® Service Taskbar. Use the search feature to navigate the website.
If you are installing the CX3-40c in an environment other than Windows (such as AIX, Linux,
HP-UX, or Solaris), the Powerlink website contains configuration and installation information
for those operating systems, including the EMC Installation Roadmap for CX3-Series, CX-Series,
AX-Series and FC-Series Storage Systems. The roadmap provides detailed checklists of
installation procedures for supported storage-system environments, and lists the documents
you will need to complete each task.
Preinstall - Step 1
Prepare the site
1. Verify that your facility has adequate network wiring to provide the following:
•An Ethernet connection for the management port on each storage processor
(SP).
•An Ethernet connection for each of the iSCSI data ports (four per SP) that you
will use. These ports should be on a different subnet from the management
ports. In addition, each network interface card (NIC) or iSCSI host bus adapter
(HBA) initiator port in a server requires a unique IP address. In a server with
multiple NICs or iSCSI HBAs connected directly to the storage system, or on a
dedicated iSCSI network, the initiator ports must be on separate subnets.

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Preinstall - Step 1 continued
Prepare the site
2. Confirm that your facility has appropriate electrical wiring in place to
accommodate your installation’s power cables. To support all of the storage
system’s high-availability features, you must receive power from at least two
discrete circuits.
Detailed technical specifications for CX3-series systems, including AC power requirements, are
available on the Powerlink website.
3. Have a Windows host available that you can connect to the same subnet as the
storage system’s management ports. You can use this host:
•To initialize the storage system
•To run the Navisphere® Service Taskbar
•As a Navisphere management station
The management station can be any Windows host with the required Java runtime environment
(JRE), or a Windows host set up as an off-array station (manager) as described in the Navisphere
Manager help available in the Documentation/White Paper Library section of the Powerlink site.
4. You must provide the following:
❒CAT 5 or better Ethernet LAN RJ45 cables (one per SP) for storage-system
management connections
❒Fibre Channel optical cables (two maximum per SP) for server Fibre Channel
HBA or Fibre Channel switch connections
❒A CAT 5 or better Ethernet LAN RJ45 cable for each iSCSI data port that will be
used (four are available per SP)

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Preinstall - Step 2
Plan network connections
With your network administrator, determine the IP addresses and network
parameters you plan to use with the storage system. You must have this information
to set up and initialize the system.
You manage the storage system through a dedicated LAN port on each storage
processor. These two ports must share a subnet with the host you use to initialize the
system. After initialization, any host on the same network and with a supported
browser can manage the system through the management ports.
If you plan to connect your storage system to an iSCSI network, you will need to
configure servers and target storage systems in IP networks that use the iSCSI
protocol. EMC supports a variety of configurations, but recommends discrete
networks that are dedicated to iSCSI data traffic.
Each storage processor has four iSCSI ports for connecting the storage system –
either directly or through a network – to network interface cards (NICs) or iSCSI host
bus adapters (HBAs) in a server. The iSCSI data ports on the SPs are often called
targets; ports on NICs and iSCSI HBAs are iSCSI initiators.
In a server with multiple NICs or iSCSI HBAs that are connected directly to the storage
system, or that are on a dedicated iSCSI network, the initiator ports must be on separate subnets.
Record network information for your system on the worksheet on the next page.
Your network administrator should provide most of this information; for more
information, refer to your configuration planning guide.
For your convenience, the worksheet includes fields for username, password, and
storage-system serial number. You can determine and assign these values later.

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Preinstall - Step 2 continued
Plan network connections
Storage-system management port information
Port IP address Port subnet mask Default gateway
SP A _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP B _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
The management ports must connect to the same subnet as the host used to initialize the system.
Do not use: 128.221.1.248-255, 192.168.1.1, or 192.168.1.2
username _______________________ password ___________________________
storage system serial number ___________________________
iSCSI data port (target) information
Port IP address Port subnet mask Default gateway
SP A, 0 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP A, 1 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP A, 2 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP A, 3 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP B, 0 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP B, 1 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP B, 2 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
SP B, 3 iSCSI _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
These ports should be on different subnets from the management ports.
Do not use: 128.221.1.248-255, 192.168.1.1, or 192.168.1.2
ISCSI server port (initiator) information
Server/Port
identifier Port IP address Port subnet mask Default gateway
_____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____ _____._____._____._____
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Preinstall - Step 3
Verify the environment
Use the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator to make sure that EMC supports all the
installed or intended components of your server environment.
Verify a server configuration with the E-Lab Interoperability
Navigator
1. From your web browser, go to the Powerlink site (http://Powerlink.EMC.com/)
and log in.
If you are not registered with Powerlink, you will need to register and create a
username and password.
2. Select E-Lab Interoperability Navigator from the Tools menu on the right side of
the home page.
3. Select Launch E-Lab Interoperability Navigator, and then select the Wizards tab.
4. Select the Storage Array Wizard from the drop-down menu
a. For each step of the wizard, provide the requested information based on what
you intend to attach to your storage system.
The wizard displays only those options that EMC supports.
Select FC-AL for a direct Fibre Channel connection, or FC-SW for a switch/network connection.
To display fields in the right column of a step, select an item in the left column.
b. After you have entered all the requested information, select Base
Connectivity on the right side of the page to generate a detailed configuration
report.
The report contains important information such as required hot fixes,
available patches, and the supported version of the Microsoft iSCSI initiator.
You should print a copy of the report for later use.
c. Close the report.

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Preinstall - Step 3 continued
Verify the environment
5. Select the SOE and Software Wizard from the drop-down menu on the Wizards
tab.
6. Provide the information that the wizard requests. The wizard generates a report
listing all the PowerPath® versions compatible with your version of FLARE®
software; if your PowerPath version is not listed, you will need to upgrade to a
supported version.
A separate one-sheet document that specifies the version of FLARE software installed on your CX3-
40c shipped with the storage system.
You will install PowerPath (or a PowerPath upgrade) later, as part of Install Step 7
in this guide. If any other element of your projected storage-system environment
does not comply with the configuration support detailed by the E-Lab
Interoperability Navigator, correct the invalid configuration before continuing
with your storage-system installation.
7. Repeat Step 4 through Step 6 in this section for every server that will connect,
either directly or through a switch, to your new storage system.
8. Once you have verified that your environment will support the CX3-40c storage
system, continue with the next step.

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Install - Step 1
Before you begin
Verify storage-system back-end connections
Verify the bus (loop) cabling for the SPE3 and your DAE3Ps.
The CX3-40c SPE3 supports two redundant Fibre Channel back-end (BE) buses. On
each bus, the two independent loops from SP A and SP B are paired, and share access
to the same dual-port disks. BE ports 0 and 1 connect to the link control card (LCC) A
or LCC B primary (PRI) ports on the first DAE3P in their respective loops. The
DAE3P expansion (EXP) ports connect to the next PRI ports in their loops. Each bus
includes up to 8 DAE3Ps (120 disks).
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