HP NetServer AA 6200 Service manual

HP Netserver AA Solution
Administrator’s Guide
HP Part Number 5971-3014
Printed in April 2001

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SOFTWARE REVISION
The revision of the Endurance software that this document supports is Revision 4.0.0-RL.EA.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Network Server Division
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ãCopyright 2001, Hewlett-Packard Company

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Preface
Chapter 1 — Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Endurance Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Endurance Server Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Endurance Server Hardware Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Endurance Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Chapter 2 — Endurance Overview
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Virtual Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Redirected Video and the CE Desktop Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Endurance Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Endurance Characteristics During the CE Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
IOP Multi-Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Endurance Component States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Server States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
CE Operating System States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
CE States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
IOP States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Interconnect States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
MIC Port State Display Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Mirrored Disk States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
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Network Connection States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Keyboard/Pointer States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Other Endurance Component States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Monitoring the Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Endurance Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Chapter 3 — Redirected Video and the CE Desktop Application
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
CE Video During Boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Redirected Video Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
CE Video Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Video Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Some Remote Control Applications Not Supported on the CE . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Recommendations for the Most Efficient Use of Redirected Video . . . . . . . . 3-6
Using the CE Desktop Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Launching the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Running the CE Desktop Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Setting Video Resolution and Refresh Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Chapter 4 — Endurance Manager
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Starting the Endurance Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Endurance Manager Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Administration Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Device Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Last Mirror Copy Status Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Display and Control Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Options Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Using Endurance Manager on a Remote Workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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Security Features for Remote Use of Endurance Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Chapter 5 — Commands
Issuing Endurance Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Verifying Endurance Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
CE1 or CE2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
CE_O/S Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
ESI Enable Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
IL12 Enable Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
IOP1 and IOP2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
IOPn.DatagramService Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
IOPn.Diskx Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
IOPn.Dsl Show Configuration Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
IOPn.Ethernetx Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
IOPn.EthernetProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
IOPn.EventProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
IOPn.InputProvider Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
IOPn.LinkDriver Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
IOPn.Monitor Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
IOPn.ScsiProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
Management Show Computer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78
Server Shutdown Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
Tuple Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
Chapter 6 — Configuration Utility
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Starting the Endurance Configuration Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Using the Endurance Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Add Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Display Device Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Remove Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Change CE Ethernet Adapters Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Commit Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

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Chapter 7 — Tools and Utilities
MIC BIOS Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Using the MIC BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
MTCFLASH Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Running MTCFLASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
MTCEINFO Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Running MTCEINFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Making an MTC Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
MTCLOG Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
MTCCONS (Endurance Manager Console Commands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Endurance Performance Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Installation Verification Procedure (IVP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23
Chapter 8 — Managing Faults
Fault Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Diagnosing Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Isolating Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Correcting Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Chapter 9 — Endurance Server Maintenance
Rebooting an IOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Shutting Down an IOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Shutting Down a Tuple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Shutting Down a CE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Shutting Down the CE Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Rebooting the Endurance Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Shutting Down the Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Replacing an Interconnect Fiber Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Replacing the IL Fiber or Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Replacing an IOPx.Ethernet Fiber or Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Replacing a MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Removing a MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Installing a Replacement MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

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Replacing an IOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Removing an IOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Preparing a New IOP for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Installing a New IOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Replacing a CE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Updating MIC BIOS, FPGA, and Microcode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Replacing a Failed Ethernet Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Installing the Replacement Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Configuring the Replacement Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Updating an Ethernet Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Adding a Windows Service Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
For the CE Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
For an IOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Replacing a Failed Mirrored Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Reenabling Faulted Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Appendix A — MIC Specifications and LEDs
Marathon Interface Card (MIC) Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
MIC LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Appendix B — Endurance Boot Flow Charts
Glossary
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1-1 Endurance Server Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1-2 Endurance Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2-1 Multi-Boot Options for IOPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
2-2 Server States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-3 CE Operating System States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
2-4 CE States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
2-5 IOP States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
2-6 Interconnect States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
2-7 MIC Port State Display Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
2-8 Mirrored Disk States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
2-9 Network Connection States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
2-10 Keyboard/Pointer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
2-11 States of Other Endurance Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
2-12 Monitoring Tools for the Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
2-13 Event Log Icons and Message Severity Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
3-1 Recommendations for the Most Efficient Use of CE Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3-2 Video Mode Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
4-1 Endurance Manager Main Window Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4-2 Administration Window Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4-3 Endurance Manager Color Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4-4 Device Status Windows Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4-5 Endurance Manager Options Affecting the Device Status Window . . . . . . . 4-13
4-6 Last Mirror Copy Status Window Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4-7 Endurance Manager Options Affecting the Last Mirror Copy Status Window . . 4-15
4-8 Display and Control Window Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4-9 Options Window Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
4-10 View Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
4-11 Tools Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
4-12 Help Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
5-1 Accessing Endurance Manager Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5-2 Endurance Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
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5-3 CE1 or CE2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5-4 CE Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
5-5 ESI Data Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
5-6 IOP1 and IOP2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
5-7 IOPn.DatagramService Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
5-8 DatagramService Parameter Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
5-9 DatagramService Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
5-10 DatagramService Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
5-11 IOPn.Diskx Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
5-12 IOPn.Ethernetx Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
5-13 Ethernet Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
5-14 Ethernet Show Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
5-15 IOPn.EthernetProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
5-16 Ethernet Provider Parameter Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
5-17 Ethernet Provider Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
5-18 IOPn.EventProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
5-19 Event Provider Dropped Event Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
5-20 IOPn.InputProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
5-21 InputProvider Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54
5-22 InputProvider Input Device States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
5-23 IOPn.LinkDriver Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59
5-24 IOP LinkDriver Show Parameter Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60
5-25 IOP LinkDriver Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
5-26 IOP LinkDriver Show Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-63
5-27 IOPn.Monitor Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65
5-28 Monitor Client Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68
5-29 Monitor Configuration Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69
5-30 MIC Interconnect Status Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71
5-31 Monitor Parameter Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72
5-32 IOPn.ScsiProvider Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74
5-33 Server Shutdown Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-79
5-34 Tuple Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82
6-1 Endurance Configuration Utility Devices and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
6-2 Endurance Configuration Utility Button Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
7-1 MIC BIOS Setup Window Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7-2 Creating the MTC Diskette for Running MTCFlash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
7-3 MTCFLASH Tool Switches and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
7-4 MTCCONS Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
7-5 Summary of MTCCONS Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
8-1 Diagnosing Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
9-1 Interconnect Fiber Cable Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
9-2 Endurance Manager Commands to Reenable Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
A-1 MIC Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A-2 MIC Fiber Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

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A-3 Firmware LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A-4 Fiber LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

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1-1 Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1-2 Endurance Server Physical versus Logical View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
2-1 Interconnect Paths in the Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2-2 The Virtual Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-3 Overview of IOP Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2-4 Overview of CE Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
4-1 Endurance Manager Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4-2 Endurance Manager Administration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4-3 Device Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4-4 Last Mirror Copy Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
4-5 Display and Control Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4-6 Options Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
4-7 Sample Revision Level Output for Endurance Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
6-1 Endurance Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6-2 Endurance Configuration Utility Completed Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
7-1 MIC Setup Screen with MIC Identity Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7-2 MIC Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7-3 MIC Setup Confirmation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
7-4 Sample MTCEINFO Summary Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
7-5 Detailed MTCEINFO Summary Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
A-1 MIC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
B-1 IOP Boot Process in a Windows Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
B-2 CE Boot Process in a Windows Endurance Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
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This guide describes how to install the HP Netserver AA Solution Enduranceâ server, the
Assured AvailabilityΤΜ solution from Hewlett-Packard Company.
Audience
This guide is written for experienced network administrators and technical personnel
responsible for installing, configuring, administering, and managing network server hardware
and software, including MicrosoftâWindowsâ.
Documentation Set
The HP Netserver AA Solution documentation set includes:
•HP Netserver AA Solution Installation Guide that describes how to install your Endurance
server.
•HP Netserver AA Solution Administrator’s Guide that describes the Endurance server and
its related Endurance applications. This guide also includes information about how to
monitor and manage your Endurance server.
•HP Netserver AA Solution Messages that lists and describes all Endurance messages. HP
Netserver AA Solution Messages is not shipped in printed form. It is only available online
using the HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance CD-ROM.
•Endurance Release Notes Release 4.0 that describes release-specific information,
including installation requirements, operational information, and known product
limitations that are not documented in the HP Netserver AA Solution documentation set.
You should read the Release Notes before installing and using the Endurance server.
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•Endurance Upgrade/Downgrade Procedures that describes the procedure for
downgrading an operational Endurance server. This information is available online using
the HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance CD. For Release 4.0, there is no upgrade
procedure.
All the documentation is available online using the HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance CD-
ROM that was shipped with your HP Netserver AA Solution kit.
Conventions
The following conventions are used in the Endurance server documentation set:
Unless noted otherwise, all cross-references are to chapters and pages within this book.
Convention Description
Italics,
Courier font
Indicates a variable that you replace in a path name or command
Bold, Courier
font
Indicates actions or commands that you must type. For example, type A:\ETX
Courier font Represents examples of screen text. For example, scsiid = 0, 1.
Bold Is used to:
• Emphasize important information.
• Indicate menu, pathname, or button selections.
• Indicate actions you perform.
Italics Is used to:
• Highlight the state of the Endurance server component.
• Refer to manual, chapter, or section titles.
Blue text (Available only in online documentation.) Indicates a hyperlink (cross-reference
to another section of the Endurance documentation set). Clicking on the link
takes you to the appropriate place in the documentation set.
Caution Is used to indicate procedures you should not perform or situations you should
avoid in order to avoid personal injury.
Warning Is used to indicate procedures or actions that could cause file or data corruption,
loss of data, or damage to server components.

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For Customer Support
Refer to the Warranty & Support for Your HP NetServer booklet supplied with your NetServer
for information relating to warranty or customer support.

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Introduction 1-1
This chapter describes the Endurance server, the server with ComputeThru TM technology that
enables the server to continue computing even when system components fail. This chapter
provides a conceptual overview of the Endurance server, introduces Endurance terminology,
and describes the components of an Endurance server.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Endurance Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Endurance Server Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Endurance Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
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Introduction
The HP Netserver AA Solution Endurance server is a fault tolerant Microsoft Windows server
that provides Constant Computing TM, mirrored data storage, and uninterrupted network access.
The Endurance server uses the Microsoft Windows operating system and Marathon’s patented
technology to offer a fault tolerant server that runs Windows-compatible applications.
The Endurance server provides continuous computing for your Windows server and its
applications by providing redundant CPU processing and memory. It ensures data redundancy
by mirroring server data across independent storage systems. These functions provide
uninterrupted support for the server applications and network activities by eliminating the server
downtime usually associated with failed I/O controllers, Ethernet adapters, disk drives, and loss
of network connectivity. The Endurance server provides fault tolerance, with No Touch
RecoveryTM should a failure occur, while remaining transparent to application software.
Because the Endurance server includes SplitSiteTM support, you can use the Endurance server as
a real-time “hot site” by mirroring data in different geographic locations. This protects your data
from minor business interruptions, such as power failures, while providing maximum site
disaster protection. Additionally, SplitSite can provide offsite data storage for your Endurance
server.
The Endurance server detects events and reports any events, including state changes and faults,
to the Windows event logs or displays them as they occur on Windows blue screens during the
text phase of boot or when a CE is being deconfigured. Events are also reported in pop-up
windows; and, for messages that pertain to the monitoring of the server, events can be displayed
in windows on the Endurance Manager. Using third-party alarm notification tools, you can
configure the Endurance server to notify you when targeted events occur.
The Endurance server includes the Endurance Manager, a complete Endurance server
management solution. The Endurance Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) based
management tool that enables you to monitor and manage the Endurance server. This tool
includes both local and remote management support for the Endurance server.
The key benefits of using the Endurance server are listed in Table 1-1.