HP StorageWorks 300 - Virtual Library System EVA... User manual

HP StorageWorks
300 Virtual Library System user guide
AH138-96002
Part number: AH138–96002
First edition edition: November 2006

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Contents
Aboutthisguide .......................... 11
Relateddocumentation.................................... 11
Documentconventionsandsymbols ............................. 12
Rackstability ....................................... 13
HPtechnicalsupport.................................... 13
Subscriptionservice .................................... 14
OtherHPwebsites .................................... 14
HP-authorizedreseller ................................... 14
1Introduction............................ 15
Features ......................................... 15
Benefits ....................................... 15
Systemstatusmonitoring ................................ 16
Redundancy ..................................... 16
Components ....................................... 16
2 Hardware installation ...................... 19
Preparingfortheinstallation................................. 19
PreparetheEVAfortheVLS300............................. 19
Toolsforinstallation .................................. 19
TakingESDprecautions................................. 19
Groundingmethodstopreventelectrostaticdischarge.................... 20
Unpacking ........................................ 20
Removingthepackingmaterials ............................. 20
Rackplanningresources .................................. 20
Rackrequirements..................................... 21
Rackwarnings ...................................... 21
Optimumenvironment ................................... 21
Space and airflowrequirements ............................. 21
Temperaturerequirements................................ 22
Powerrequirements .................................. 22
Electricalgroundingrequirements ............................ 23
Identifyingtheshippingcartoncontents............................ 23
VLS300systemshippingcarton ............................. 23
InstallingtheVLS300nodesintoarack............................ 25
Installrailsintherack ................................. 25
AttachrailstotheVLS300(appliance) .......................... 26
Installapplianceinrack ................................ 27
Installthe100MbEthernetswitch2524intoarack....................... 27
Installthe1GbEthernetswitch2824intoarack........................ 28
Installrailsforswitch2824intherack .......................... 28
Attachrailstothe2824switch.............................. 29
Installswitch2824inrack................................ 30
InstallingVLS300cables .................................. 30
3Multi-nodesetup ........................ 35
Configureprimarynode—node0 .............................. 35
Configurethesecondarynode(s)—nodes1through7...................... 35
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4Storageconfiguration ...................... 37
EstablishingcommunicationbetweentheVLS300andtheEVA.................. 37
Verifyingarrayzoning ................................. 37
PresentingtheLUNs .................................. 37
ManagingVLS300capacity................................. 40
DiscoveringarrayLUNs................................. 40
DeletingarrayLUNs .................................. 41
Configuringstoragepools................................ 42
Destroyingstoragepools ................................ 44
Installingcapacitylicenses ................................. 45
5Operation ........................... 47
PoweringontheVLS300system ............................... 47
Rebootingthesystem.................................... 47
Poweringoffthesystem................................... 48
6Userinterfaces . . ........................ 51
Userinterfacerequirements ................................. 51
CommandViewVLS.................................... 51
Windowregions.................................... 52
OpeningaCommandViewVLSsessionfromawebbrowser................. 53
OpeningaCommandViewVLSsessionfromCommandViewTL ............... 54
Installing the SSL certificateintoyourwebbrowser ..................... 54
RestartingCommandViewVLS ............................. 57
ClosingaCommandViewVLSsession .......................... 58
Secureshellandserialuserinterfaces............................. 58
Openingasecureshellsession ............................. 58
Closingasecureshellsession .............................. 59
Openingaserialsession ................................ 59
Closingaserialsession................................. 59
7Configuration........................... 61
Settingthenetworksettings ................................. 61
SettingthenetworksettingsusingtheVLSdiscoveryutility .................. 61
SettingthenetworksettingsusingtheCLIcommandset ................... 63
SettingthenetworksettingsusingCommandViewVLS ................... 64
Settingtheuserpreferences................................. 65
EditingthedefaultFChostportsettings............................ 66
Enablinganddisablingoversubscription ........................... 67
ManagingvirtualdeviceLUNs................................ 68
DefaultLUNnumbering................................. 69
OperatingsystemLUNrequirementsandrestrictions..................... 69
LUNmasking..................................... 69
LUNmapping..................................... 70
Dualportvirtualdevices ................................ 71
Creatingavirtuallibrary .................................. 72
Creatingtapedrives.................................... 75
Creatingcartridges .................................... 77
Destroyingavirtuallibrary ................................. 80
Destroyingatapedrive................................... 81
Destroyingcartridges.................................... 82
Addingandremovingbarcodetemplates ........................... 84
8Management.......................... 87
Changingtheaccountpasswords .............................. 87
Managinghighavailability................................. 88
Arraydualpathing................................... 88
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Loadbalancing .................................. 88
LUNpathfailover ................................. 89
PrivateLANdualpathing................................ 91
Managingcartridges.................................... 91
Unloadingacartridgefromadrive.............................. 94
Freeingupstoragespace.................................. 94
RestartingVLSdeviceemulations............................... 94
Updating the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Saving configurationsettings ................................ 96
9Monitoring........................... 99
Statusinformationinthestatuspane ............................. 99
Statusicons........................................ 99
Devicestatusicon ................................... 99
Navigationtreeicon.................................. 100
Notificationalerts ..................................... 100
CommandViewVLS.................................. 101
E-mail notification ................................... 102
EditingtheE-mailserversettings........................... 102
EdittheE-mailsettings ............................... 103
SNMP notification................................... 104
EditingtheSNMPsettings.............................. 104
Trace log files....................................... 105
Viewing trace log files ................................. 105
Saving a trace log file ................................. 105
Creatingasupportticket ................................ 106
10CLIcommandset........................ 107
Commands........................................ 107
Conventions ..................................... 107
CLI-onlycommands .................................... 107
Connectioncommands................................. 107
Outputcommands................................... 108
VLScommands ...................................... 108
Network settings configurationcommands......................... 108
Configurationcommands................................ 109
Managementcommands ................................ 114
Monitoringcommands ................................. 115
11 C o m p o n e n t i d e n t i fication .................... 119
VLS300nodecomponents,LEDs,andbuttons ......................... 119
Frontpanelcomponents ................................ 119
FrontpanelLEDsandbuttons .............................. 119
Rearpanelcomponents................................. 121
Systemboardcomponents ............................... 121
SystemboardLEDs................................... 122
NodeLEDsandinternalhealthLEDcombinations...................... 123
Fanmodulelocations.................................. 125
ProcessorzonefanmoduleLED ............................. 125
Switch2524components.................................. 126
Switch2824components.................................. 126
USBLANadaptercomponents................................ 127
12Componentreplacement..................... 129
Safetyconsiderations.................................... 129
Preventingelectrostaticdischarge............................. 129
Groundingmethodstopreventelectrostaticdamage .................... 129
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Warningsandcautions................................. 129
Preparationprocedures................................... 130
ExtendingaVLS300nodefromtherack ......................... 130
RemovingtheVLS300nodeaccesspanel......................... 131
InstallingtheVLS300nodeaccesspanel ......................... 131
VLS300nodecomponentreplacement ............................ 132
SATAharddrive.................................... 132
CD-ROMdrive .................................... 132
Powersupply ..................................... 133
Powersupplyzonefanmodule.............................. 134
Processorzonefanmodule ............................... 135
DIMM........................................ 136
Processor....................................... 137
Replacingaprimarynode ............................... 139
Replacingasecondarynode .............................. 140
Switch2524replacement.................................. 141
Switch2824replacement.................................. 141
USBLANadapter..................................... 141
13 Disaster recovery . ....................... 143
RecoveringfromanodeRAIDvolumefailure.......................... 143
Restoring the configurationsettings............................ 143
Restoring the virtual library configuration from a configuration file............. 143
Rebuilding the virtual library configuration....................... 144
RecreatingtheVLS300storagepools......................... 145
Re-installingtheVLScapacitylicenses........................... 145
Recoveringfromoperatingsystemfailure ........................... 145
ATroubleshooting......................... 147
Commonissues ...................................... 147
BRegulatorycompliancenotices .................. 151
Regulatory compliance identificationnumbers ......................... 151
Batterystatement ..................................... 151
FederalCommunicationsCommissionnotice.......................... 152
FCCratinglabel.................................... 152
ClassAequipment................................. 152
ClassBequipment................................. 152
Declaration of Conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only . . . . . . 152
Modification ..................................... 153
Cables........................................ 153
Canadiannotice(AvisCanadien) .............................. 153
ClassAequipment................................... 153
ClassBequipment................................... 153
EuropeanUnionnotice................................... 153
Japanesenotices ..................................... 154
Koreannotices ...................................... 154
ClassAequipment................................... 154
ClassBequipment................................... 154
Taiwanesenotices..................................... 155
BSMIClassAnotice.................................. 155
Taiwanbatteryrecyclestatement............................. 155
Lasercompliance ..................................... 155
Dutchlasernotice ................................... 156
Frenchlasernotice................................... 156
Germanlasernotice.................................. 156
Italianlasernotice................................... 157
Japaneselasernotice ................................. 157
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Spanishlasernotice .................................. 157
Recyclingnotices ..................................... 158
Disposal of waste equipment by users in private household in the European Union . . . . . . . . 158
Dutchnotice ..................................... 158
Czecholslovakiannotice ................................ 158
Estoniannotice .................................... 159
Finnishnotice..................................... 159
Frenchnotice ..................................... 159
Germannotice .................................... 159
Greeknotice ..................................... 160
Hungariannotice ................................... 160
Italiannotice ..................................... 160
Latviannotice..................................... 161
Lithuaniannotice ................................... 161
Polishnotice ..................................... 161
Portuguesenotice ................................... 162
Slovakiannotice.................................... 162
Sloveniannotice.................................... 162
Spanishnotice .................................... 163
Swedishnotice .................................... 163
Batteryreplacementnotices................................. 164
Dutchbatterynotice .................................. 164
Frenchbatterynotice.................................. 164
Germanbatterynotice................................. 165
Italianbatterynotice.................................. 165
Japanesebatterynotice................................. 166
Spanishbatterynotice ................................. 166
CSpecifications ......................... 167
VLSnode......................................... 167
Switch2824 ....................................... 168
Switch2524 ....................................... 169
Environmental specifications................................. 169
Glossary............................. 171
Index .............................. 177
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Figures
1..Installrails................................... 26
2..Removeslidesfromrails............................. 26
3..AttachingrailstotheVLS300node ........................ 27
4..Switch2524mountingbrackets.......................... 28
5..Switch2824railinstallation,front......................... 29
6..Switch2824railinstallation,back ........................ 29
7..Attach railstoswitch2824............................ 30
8..Primarynodeports............................... 31
9..Secondarynodeports.............................. 32
10 ..Switch2824ports ............................... 33
11 ..Switch2524ports ............................... 34
12 ..Notificationswindow.............................. 35
13 ..AddNodeWizardwindow ........................... 36
14 ..FibreChanneldetailswindow .......................... 37
15 ..Add a Hostwindow .............................. 38
16 ..AddaHostPortwindow............................. 39
17 ..VdiskActiveMemberPropertieswindow...................... 40
18 ..StorageLUNsdetailswindow .......................... 41
19 ..UnpresentHost(s)window............................ 42
20 ..ConfirmDestroyStoragePoolwindow....................... 44
21 ..Identitytabwindow............................... 46
22 ..RestartHeadWizardwindow .......................... 48
23 ..ShutdownHeadWizardwindow......................... 49
24 ..CommandViewVLSloginwindow ........................ 53
25 ..SecurityAlertwindow.............................. 55
26 ..Certificatewindow............................... 56
27 ..CertificateImportWizardwindow ........................ 57
28 ..RestartCommandViewVLSwindow ....................... 58
29 ..VLSdiscoveryutility–mainwindow........................ 62
30 ..VLS discovery utility – Device Configurationwindow................. 63
31 ..Set Network ConfigurationWizardwindow .................... 65
32 ..UserPreferenceswindow ............................ 66
33 ..FCHostPortswindow.............................. 67
34 ..Chassisdetailswindow ............................. 68
35 ..HostLUNMappingModewindow ........................ 70
36 .. LibraryParameters–MapLUNswindow ..................... 71
37 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(1of12)................... 72
38 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(2of12)................... 73
39 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(3of12)................... 74
40 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(4of12)................... 74
41 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(5of12)................... 75
42 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(6of12)................... 76
43 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(7of12)................... 77
44 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(8of12)................... 78
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45 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(9of12)................... 79
46 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(10of12) .................. 79
47 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(11of12) .................. 80
48 ..CreateVirtualLibraryWizardwindow(12of12) .................. 80
49 ..Virtuallibrarydetailswindow .......................... 81
50 ..Tapedrivedetailswindow............................ 82
51 ..Cartridges detailswindow............................ 83
52 ..Cartridgesparameterswindow.......................... 84
53 ..Add/RemoveBarcodeTemplateswindow ..................... 85
54 ..EditAccountswindow.............................. 87
55 ..StorageLUNswindow ............................. 89
56 ..FixPrimaryPathsWizardwindow......................... 90
57 ..Notificationswindow.............................. 90
58 ..CartridgeDetailswindow ............................ 92
59 ..CartridgesParameterswindow.......................... 93
60 ..RestartEmulationswindow............................ 95
61 ..Software Update window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
62 ..Save Configurationwindow ........................... 97
63 ..Devicestatusiconinthestatusbanner....................... 100
64 ..Navigationtreeicon .............................. 100
65 ..Notificationalertexamples ........................... 100
66 ..Notificationswindow.............................. 101
67 ..Edit MailServerSettingswindow......................... 102
68 ..EditEmailSettingswindow ........................... 103
69 ..EditSNMPSettingswindow ........................... 104
70 ..LogViewerwindow............................... 105
71 ..SupportTicketwindow ............................. 106
72 ..Slidingthenodeoutoftherack.......................... 131
73 ..Removinganodeharddrive........................... 132
74 ..EjectingtheCD-ROMdrive............................ 133
75 ..Removinganodepowersupply ......................... 133
76 ..InstallinganACpowersupply .......................... 134
77 ..Placingthepowercordinthestrainreliefclip.................... 134
78 ..Removingthenodepowersupplyzonefanmodule ................. 135
79 ..Removingtheprocessorzonefanmodule ..................... 136
80 ..RemovingthenodeDIMM............................ 136
81 ..Liftingtheprocessorretainingcard ........................ 137
82 ..Releasingtheprocessorretainingclipsandliftlockinglever.............. 138
83 ..Removingtheprotectivecoverfromtheprocessor .................. 138
84 ..Aligningtheprocessorpinswiththesocketholes .................. 139
85 ..Closingtheprocessorlockingleverandretainingclips................ 139
86 ..Railreleasebracket............................... 140
87 ..Restore Configwindow ............................. 144
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Tables
1..Documentconventions.............................. 12
2..VLS300capacity................................ 17
3..VLS user interfaces ............................... 51
4..CLIconnectioncommands............................ 107
5..CLIoutputcommands.............................. 108
6..CLI network settings configurationcommands.................... 109
7..CLI configurationcommands........................... 110
8..CLImanagementcommands........................... 115
9..CLImonitoringcommands............................ 116
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About this guide
This user guide provides information to help you:
•Become familiar with HP StorageWorks 300 virtual library system (VLS) features, models, and
components
•Install and operate your VLS
•Configure your VLS to meet the data backup needs of your environment
•Manage your VLS so that it continues to meet the data backup needs of your environment
•Monitor your VLS hardware status
•Replace failed customer-replaceable components
•Perform disaster recovery
•Troubleshoot configuration problems
“About this Guide” topics include:
• Related documentation
• Document conventions and symbols
•Rackstability
• HP technical support
•Subscriptionservice
• Helpful web sites
• the section called “HP-authorized reseller”
Related documentation
HP provides the following documentation to support this product:
•HP StorageWorks 300 virtual library system release notes
•HP StorageWorks 300 virtual library system user guide
•HP StorageWorks 300 virtual library system solutions guide
See the Documentation CD provided with the VLS and our web site (http://www.hp.com)forrelated
documentation.
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Document conventions and symbols
Table 1 Document conventions
Convention Element
Blue text: Table 1 Cross-reference links and E-mail addresses
Blue, underlined text: http://
www.hp.com
Web site addresses
Bold text •Keys that are pressed
•Text typed into a GUI element, such as
abox
•GUI elements that are clicked or
selected, such as menu and list items,
buttons, tabs, and check boxes
Italic text Text emphasis
Monospace text •File and directory names
•System output
•Code
•Commands, their arguments, and
argument values
Monospace, italic text •Code variables
•Command variables
Monospace, bold text Emphasized monospace text
WARNING!
Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.
CAUTION:
Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.
NOTE:
Provides additional information.
The following equipment symbols may be found on hardware to which this guide pertains. They have
the following meanings:
WARNING!
These symbols, which mark an enclosed surface or area of the equipment, indicate the
presence of electrical shock hazards. The enclosed area contains no operator serviceable parts.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock hazards, do not open this enclosure.
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WARNING!
These symbols, which mark an RJ-45 receptacle, indicate a network interface connection.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, fire, or damage to the equipment, do not plug
telephone or telecommunications connectors into this receptacle.
WARNING!
These symbols, which mark a surface or area of the equipment, indicate the presence of a hot
surface or hot component. Contact with this surface could result in injury.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow the surface to cool before touching.
WARNING!
Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the presence of multiple
sources of power.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock, remove all power cords to
completely disconnect power from the power supplies and systems.
WARNING!
Any product or assembly marked with these symbols indicates that the component exceeds the
recommended weight for one individual to handle safely.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, observe local
occupational health and safety requirements and guidelines for manually handling material.
Rack stability
Rack stability protects personnel and equipment.
WARNING!
To reduce the riskofpersonalinjuryordamagetotheequipment,besurethat:
•The leveling jacks are extended to the floor.
•The full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks.
•In single rack installations, the stabilizing feet are attached to the rack.
•In multiple rack installations, the racks are coupled.
•Only one rack component is extended at any time. A rack may become unstable if more than one
rack component is extended for any reason.
HP technical support
Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the following HP web site:
http://www.hp.com/support/. From this web site, select the country of origin.
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NOTE:
For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
Be sure to have the following information available before calling:
•Technical support registration number (if applicable)
•Product serial numbers
•Product model names and numbers
•Applicable error messages
•Operating system type and revision level
•Detailed, specificquestions
Subscription service
HP strongly recommends that customers register online using the Subscriber’s choice web site:
1. Access http://www.hp.com.
2. Click the Subscribe link near the bottom of the screen.
3. Click the Business & IT Professionals link.
4. Click the Driver and Support alerts link.
5. Click [edit] on the Product ownership task bar to add and delete products.
Subscribing to this service provides you with E-mail updates on the latest product enhancements, newest
driver versions, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product
resources.
Other HP web sites
For additional information, see the following HP web sites:
•h
ttp://www.hp.com
•http://www.hp.com/go/storage
•http://www.hp.com/service_locator
•http://www.docs.hp.com
HP-authorized reseller
For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller:
•In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518
•In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868
•Elsewhere, see the HP web site for locations and telephone numbers: http://www.hp.com.
14 About this guide

1Introduction
This section describes the HP StorageWorks 300 virtual library system features and models.
Features
The HP StorageWorks 300 virtual library system (VLS) is a RAID disk-based SAN backup device that
emulates physical tape libraries, allowing you to perform disk-to-virtual tape (disk-to-disk) backups using
your existing backup application(s). The many benefits of performing data backups to a VLS instead of
physical tape are described in Benefits.
The VLS emulates a variety of physical tape libraries, including the tape drives and cartridges inside the
libraries. You determine the number and types of tape libraries a VLS emulates, and the number and type
of tape drives and cartridges included in each tape library to meet the needs of your environment. You
configure the size of the virtual cartridges in your VLS, which provides even more flexibility.
The VLS accommodates mixed IT platform and backup application environments, allowing all your servers
and backup applications to access the virtual media simultaneously. You can specify which servers
are allowed to access each virtual library and tape drive you configure. You can change the default
LUNs assigned to the virtual library and tape drives for each host as needed to accommodate different
operating system requirements and restrictions.
Data stored on a VLS is easily cloned to physical tape for off-site disaster protection or long-term archival
using a backup application.
Benefits
Integrating a VLS into your existing storage and backup infrastructure delivers the following benefits:
•Faster backups
BackupspeedsarelimitedbythenumberoftapedrivesavailabletotheSANhosts. TheVLS
emulates many more tape drives than are available in physical tape libraries, allowing more hosts
to run backups concurrently.
The VLS is optimized for backups and delivers faster performance than a simple disk-to-disk solution.
•Faster single file restores
Asinglefile can be restored much faster from disk than tape.
•Lower operating costs
Fewer physical tape drives and cartridges are required as full backups to tape are eliminated. Also,
fewer cartridges are required as small backups stored on multiple virtual cartridges can be copied to
one physical cartridge.
•More efficient use of storage space
Physical tape libraries cannot share storage space with other physical tape libraries, and physical
cartridges cannot share storage space with other physical cartridges. This unused storage space
is wasted.
Storage space is not wasted in a VLS, because VLS storage space is dynamically assigned as it is
used. Storage space is shared by all the libraries and cartridges configured on a VLS.
•Reduced risk of data loss and aborted backups
RAID-basedstorageismorereliablethantapestorage.
Aborted backups caused by tape drive mechanical failures are eliminated.
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System status monitoring
VLS hardware, environmental, and virtual device (library, tape drive, cartridge) status is constantly
monitored by the VLS software and displayed on the VLS web user interface, Command View VLS.
Anotification alert is generated by the VLS software when a hardware or environmental failure is detected
or predicted. VLS notification alerts are displayed on Command View VLS, and can also be sent as mail
to the mail addresses you specify and/or SNMP traps to the management consoles you specify.
For more information about viewing VLS hardware status, and/or receiving VLS notification alerts by
mail or as SNMP traps, see Monitoring.
Redundancy
The VLS includes some important redundancy features:
•Redundant fans
Each node includes redundant fans. If a fan fails in a node (head unit), the remaining fans run at
a faster speed, temporarily providing enough cooling.
•Redundant power supply
Each node includes a redundant power supply. With redundant power supplies, if one power
supply fails in a node, the remaining functional power supply provides enough power for the
node to function. HP recommends that the primary power supplies be connected to a separate
powersourceatthesitefromtheredundantpowersupplies.
CAUTION:
Replace a failed fan or power supply as soon as possible to maximize the life expectancy of the
remaining fan(s) or power supply and to maintain redundancy.
•Redundant system disks
Each VLS node (head unit) contains two system hard drives configured into a RAID 1 (mirrored)
volume. This provides dual boot capability and quick recovery if one of the system hard drives fail.
For more information about VLS features, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com
Components
A VLS300 consists of at least two nodes (one primary node and between one and seven secondary
nodes) and dual LAN switches for internal inter-node connections. See the drawing of racked nodes
below. Each node contains dual processors, two dual port FC HBAs, four 512 MB memory modules,
and two 80 Gb hard drives.
No external storage is included with the VLS300; instead, the gateway uses external storage in existing
arrays.
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3
4
Item Description
1Ethernet switch 2824 (1 Gb)
2Ethernet switch 2524 (100 Mb)
3Node 0, primary node
4Node 1, secondary node
The two nodes include a base license to configure up to 25 LUNs—ten LUNs per gateway node plus five
2 TB upgrade licenses—which gives the gateway up to 50 TB capacity.
Up to six nodes can be added to a VLS300 for a total of eight nodes in a single gateway. Each
additional node adds licenses for up to ten more LUNs and increases maximum external capacity by up
to 20 TB. Capacity can also be increased by purchasing capacity bundles, each of which adds licensing
for one additional external array LUN and increases maximum external capacity by up to 2 TB.
NOTE:
Maximum capacity for each LUN on the VLS300 is 2 TB.
Adding nodes and licenses increases the VLS300 storage capacity as shown in Table 2. Adding nodes
also increases the performance. See the HP StorageWorks VLS300 Virtual Library System Quickspec on
the HP web site (http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/6000vls) for performance data.
Table 2 VLS300 capacity
Model Nodes Maximum capacity without expansion LTUs
250TB
370TB
490 TB
511 0 T B
6130TB
715 0 T B
VLS300
8170TB
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18 Introduction

2 Hardware installation
This section details the steps to install the VLS hardware:
• Preparing for the installation
• Unpacking
• Identifying the VLS shipping carton contents
• Installing the VLS node(s) into a rack
• Install the 100 Mb Ethernet switch 2524 into a rack
• Install the 1 Gb Ethernet switch 2824 into a rack
• Installing VLS300 cables
Preparing for the installation
PreparetheEVAfortheVLS300
Arrays that will be connected to the VLS300 must already be setup with the appropriate configuration
as described in the solutions guide, including:
•Command View EVA is installed, at firmware revision 5100 or later, and functioning properly.
•There are either two external FC switches/fabrics or two zones on an external FC switch/fabric so that
there are two (high availability) data pathways from the VLS300 to the EVA.
•All of the required VRaid LUNs required for the VLS have been created on the EVA according to the
design guidelines (for example, each LUN is roughly the same size—2 TB is preferred. The LUNs can
not be read-only. RAID 5 is recommended. Path failover is balanced across both EVA controllers).
If this has not been done, refer to the solutions guide for instructions.
Tools for installation
•Two people
•Phillips screwdriver
•Box cutting knife
Taking ESD precautions
To prevent damaging the system, be aware of the precautions you need to follow when setting up the
system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may damage
system boards or other static-sensitive devices. This type of damage may reduce the life expectancy of
the device.
To prevent electrostatic damage:
•Avoid hand contact by transporting and storing products in static-safe containers.
•Keep electrostatic-sensitive parts in their containers until they arrive at static-free workstations.
•Place parts on a grounded surface before removing them from their containers.
•Avoid touching pins, leads, or circuitry.
•Always be properly grounded when touching a static-sensitive component or assembly.
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Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge
Several methods are used for grounding. Use one or more of the following methods when handling or
installing electrostatic-sensitive parts:
•Use a wrist strap connected by a ground cord to a grounded workstation or computer chassis.
Wrist straps are flexible straps with a minimum of 1 megaohm ±10 percent resistance in the
ground cords. To provide proper ground, wear the strap snug against the skin.
•Use heel straps, toe straps, or boot straps at standing workstations.
Wearthestrapsonbothfeetwhenstandingonconductivefloors or dissipating floor mats.
•Use conductive field service tools.
•Use a portablefield service kit with a folding static-dissipating work mat.
If you do not have any of the suggested equipment for proper grounding, have an authorized reseller
install the part.
For more information on static electricity or assistance with product installation, contact your authorized
reseller.
Unpacking
Place the shipping carton as close to the installation site as possible. Before unpacking the VLS, inspect
the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipment. If you detect any damage,
notify the carrier and HP before unpacking the unit.
Removing the packing materials
To unpack the VLS:
1. Open the top of the shipping cartons.
2. Carefully lift the units out of the boxes and remove the packing materials.
3. Place theunitsonastableworksurface.
NOTE:
Inspect the units for any damage that may have occurred during shipment. If damage is
detected, contact your authorized service representative.
4. Remove the accessory kits and documentation from the shipping cartons. Set them aside for later use.
5. Place shipping materials back into the shipping cartons.
6. Set the shipping cartons aside for later use.
Rack planning resources
The rack resource kit ships with all HP or Compaq branded 9000, 10000, and H9 series racks. A
summary of the content of each resource follows:
•Custom Builder is a web-based service for configuring one or many racks. Rack configurations
can be created using:
•Asimple,guidedinterface
• Build-it-yourself model
•The Installing Rack Products video provides a visual overview of operations required for
configuring a rack with rack-mountable components. It also provides the following important
configuration steps:
• Planning the site
20 Hardware installation