VIOLIN SYSTEMS 7700 Manuale utente

Document Number: 530-0267-00 Rev 02

7700 Flash Storage Platform

Installation Guide

for Concerto Release 7.6.3.x

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

CHAPTER 1. Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

7700 Flash Storage Platform Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

7700 Flash Storage Platform Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

7700 FSP Component Reference Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7700 Flash Storage Platform Setup and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setup and Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Hardware Pre-Installation Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installation Checklists and Site Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Installation and Configuration Task Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

CHAPTER 2. Connecting the 7700 Flash Storage Platform Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connectivity Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Connecting Cables to the 7700 FSP Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

7700 FSP Controller - Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

7700 FSP Controller - iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting Cables to a Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

About the Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Understanding Port Numbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Connecting Management Cables to 7700 FSP Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Connecting Cables to the Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Support for Controller-to-Controller Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Connecting 7700 FSP Cluster Storage Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting 7700 FSP Cluster Southbound Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Connecting Northbound Fibre Channel Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connecting Northbound iSCSI Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Powering on the 7700 FSP Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Powering on a 7000 Series FSP/6000 Series Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Powering on the FC Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Powering on 7700 FSP Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

7700 FSP Power Down and Power Up Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Required 7700 FSP Power Down Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Required 7700 FSP Power On Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

CHAPTER 3. 7700 Flash Storage Platform Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Device Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Configuring 7700 FSP Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Configuring 7700 FSP Storage Shelves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Upgrading 7700 FSP Controllers and Shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Configuring a 6000 Series Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Configuring a 7000 Series FSP Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Using Symphony to Configure and Manage 7700 FSP Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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Adding Local Network Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Activating a Simple SetUp Configured Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Adding Stretched Cluster Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating and Managing Storage Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating and Managing LUNs on a Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Creating and Managing SAN Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring the 7700 FSP Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Default IP Addresses for the 7700 FSP Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Setting Up Management Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring 7700 FSP Controllers at Initial Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Configuring 7700 FSP Controller Management Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Testing iDRAC Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using the CLI to Set Hostname, DNS, NTP, and Domain Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Symphony to Set Up the 7700 FSP Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Setting Up Replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Next Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

CHAPTER 4. Southbound Fibre Channel Switch Zone Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Understanding a Fibre Channel Switch Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Managing the Zoning Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Confirming Southbound HBA Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Transferring the Zone Configuration to FC Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Copying a Zone Configuration into a Replacement FC Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Next Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

CHAPTER 5. Configuring Northbound Switches for Fibre Channel and iSCSI Operations . . . . . . . . 79

Configuring Northbound Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Configuring iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuring 7700 FSP Controllers for iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Configuring iSCSI Clients, Targets, and LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuring FC Ports in the FC Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring the 7700 FSP Controller Target and Initiator Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

APPENDIX A. System Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Configuring the 7000 Series FSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Configuring the Memory Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Enabling Callhome and E-mail Alert Setting for Memory Gateways and 7700 FSP Controllers . . . . . . . . . . 95

Completing the ACM Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Allocating the Storage Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Creating the Storage Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Enabling the Configuration Repositories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Verifying Storage Pools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Rescanning all Memory Gateway Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Setting up High Availability (HA) and Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Configuring High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Completing the HA Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Enabling High Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Enabling Dedup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Troubleshooting Memory Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Determining IP Addresses of Internal Memory Gateways (One Known, One Unknown). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Determining IP Addresses of Internal Memory Gateways (Both Unknown). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Error Messages When Logging in to Memory Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

APPENDIX B. Overview: 7700 FSP Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Understanding 7700 FSP Controller Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Monitoring 7700 FSP Controllers Using iDRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Inspecting 7700 FSP Controller Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Setting Up DNS and Domain Names in iDRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Setting Up Time Zones and NTP in iDRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Setting Up SNMP E-mail Alerts in iDRAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

APPENDIX C. Configuring Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Configuring Network Interfaces for Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Replication Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

7700 FSP Controller Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Replication Network Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Configuring Interfaces Using CLI Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Using Symphony to Configure Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Replication in an HA Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

APPENDIX D. Configuring Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Configuring Brocade 6510 for a 7700 FSP System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Configuring the Brocade 6510 FC Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

APPENDIX E. Installing and Accessing Violin Symphony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Installing Violin Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Accessing Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

APPENDIX F. Configuring Stretched Cluster and Tiebreaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Overview: Stretched Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Stretched Cluster Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Configuring a Stretched Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Identifying Northbound and Southbound Ports on 7700 FSP Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Disabling Target Mode on the Southbound Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Inspecting the Discovered Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Renaming LUNs and Minimum Stretched Cluster LUN Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Creating Local and Remote Storage Pools on Site-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Creating a Configuration Repository/Mirror on Site-A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Creating Local and Remote Storage Pools on Site-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Creating a Configuration Repository and Mirror on Site-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Enabling HA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Checking Failover Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Enabling a Stretched Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Installing and Configuring Tiebreaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Tiebreaker Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Downloading Tiebreaker Installation File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Installing Tiebreaker on a Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Installing Tiebreaker on an Independent Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Configure Tiebreaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Manage Tiebreaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Tiebreaker Status Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Tiebreaker Configuration Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Modifying a Tiebreaker Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Resume Tiebreaker Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Sample Traps Sent by Tiebreaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Setting Up Tiebreaker Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Upgrading Tiebreaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

APPENDIX G. Managing HA Using CLI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Enabling and Disabling HA Using CLI Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Verifying the Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

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Troubleshooting HA Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

APPENDIX H. Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

FCC Class A Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Regulatory Model Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Installation Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Network Connected Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Lithium Battery Caution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Cabinet Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in Private Households in the European Union . . . . . . . . . . 184

Perchlorate Material - Special Handling May Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

European Union RFI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

USA Radio Frequency Interference FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Japan Radio Frequency Interference VCCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Korea RFI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Canada RFI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

CISPR 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Australia C-Tick Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Taiwan BSMI Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Four-in-One Recycling Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Product Information for People’s Republic of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

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Preface

This preface outlines the organization of this book, describes document

conventions, and provides information about additional resources.

•Intended Audience on page 1

•About This Guide on page 1

•Document Organization on page 2

•Reference Documents on page 3

•Replacement Procedures on page 4

•Document Conventions on page 4

•Contacting Violin Systems on page 5

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for experienced systems administrators. Violin Systems

assumes that you are experienced in installing and servicing high-performance

storage systems.

Contact Violin Systems Customer Support for any assistance with installing and

servicing this system. See Contacting Violin Systems on page 5 for contact

information.

About This Guide

This guide describes the hardware installation and first-time system configuration

of a 7700 Flash Storage Platform system running on Concerto version 7.6.3.1 or

later.

The CLI samples used in this document are from Concerto version 7.6.3.1. They

are also relevant to more recent versions of Concerto that were released after the

7.6.3.1 release.

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For other Violin Systems installation guides, see the Violin Systems Support site at http://

www.violinsystems.com/support/

Document Organization

This guide is organized into the following sections:

•Chapter 1, Overview—Describes the 7700 Flash Storage Platform system components and

configuration process.

•Chapter 2, Connecting the 7700 Flash Storage Platform Hardware—Describes how to install a

7700 Flash Storage Platform system, including Violin Symphony, 7000 Series Flash Storage

Platforms (FSPs) and 6000 Series storage shelves, 7700 FSP Controllers, and Fibre Channel

(FC) switches.

•Chapter 3, 7700 Flash Storage Platform Device Configuration—Describes the process for

performing an initial configuration of the 7700 Flash Storage Platform.

•Chapter 4, Southbound Fibre Channel Switch Zone Configuration—Describes and provides

an example of the fabric switch zone configuration that represents the southbound path from

the 7700 FSP Controllers to the shelf choices in your system.

•Chapter 5, Configuring Northbound Switches for Fibre Channel and iSCSI Operations—

Describes and provides instructions for configuring northbound client network switches for

both Fibre Channel and iSCSI operations, and describes and provides instructions for

configuring iSCSI, and describes and provides instructions for configuring FC pots in the FC

switches.

•Appendix A, System Reference—Provides reference information and procedures for

performing a manual configuration of the Memory Gateways on the FSPs, other key settings

for the 7700 Flash Storage Platform system, and also provides a description of the key

components of the 7700 FSP Controller, and provides procedures for using iDRAC to inspect,

monitor, and modify management settings and e-mail alerts.

•Appendix B, Overview: 7700 FSP Controller—Provides a brief overview of the 7700 FSP

Controller and contains tables and figures that describe the 7700 FSP Controller chassis front

and rear panel components, and the status LEDs for the power supply units in the chassis.

•Appendix C, Configuring Replication—Describes replication, provides reference information,

and provides a procedure for configuring the network interfaces to support replication in a

7700 FSP storage cluster.

•Appendix D, Configuring Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel Switches—Provides reference

information, and provides procedures for setting up and configuring Brocade 6510 Fibre

Channel switches.

•Appendix E, Installing and Accessing Violin Symphony—Provides reference information about

installing Violin Symphony and contains a procedure for accessing Violin Symphony using a

supported web browser.

•Appendix F, Configuring Stretched Cluster and Tiebreaker—Provides an overview that

describes stretched cluster basics, provides prerequisites for installing a stretched cluster and

instructions for configuring a stretched cluster, and provides instructions on installing,

configuring, and managing the Tiebreaker utility to prevent any issues if failover servers ever

lose communication with each other in a stretched cluster environment.

•Appendix G, Managing HA Using CLI Commands—Describes how to manage, enable, and

disable High Availability (HA) in the 7700 FSP using CLI commands, and also provides a table

that lists and describes how to troubleshoot and resolve potential HA issues.

•Appendix H, Compliance Information—Provides compliance information that supports the

Violin 7700 Flash Storage Platform.

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Reference Documents

In addition to this guide, the following Violin Systems documents comprise the documentation suite

that will assist you with setting up, using, and servicing an array and 7700 FSP Controllers. These

guides are available for download from the Violin Systems Support site at:

http://www.violinsystems.com/support/

This document... Provides this information...

7000 Series Flash Storage Platform Release Notes This document describes the new features, resolved

issues, known limitations, and software upgrade

instructions for the current release of the 7700 and

7000 Series Flash Storage Platforms.

Violin 7000 Series Flash Storage Platform User’s

Guide

This guide provides instructions for managing,

monitoring, and maintaining both 7700 and 7000

Series FSPs in a 7700 FSP environment.

Violin 7000 Series Flash Storage Platform Installation

Guide

This guide provides instructions for performing a

hardware installation and first-time setup of the 7000

Series FSP in various configurations.

Violin 6000 Series All Flash Array User’s Guide This guide provides instructions for managing,

monitoring, and maintaining an FSP or array using

the Violin Web interface and Command Line

Interface (CLI).

Violin 6000 Series All Flash Array Service Guide This guide describes how to safely replace the

system components in a Flash Array.

Violin 7000 Series Flash Storage Platform Service

Guide

This guide describes how to safely replace the

system components in the Violin 7000 Series Flash

Storage Platform.

Concerto Command Line Interface Reference This guide is a reference for the Concerto OS

software commands used to configure, manage, and

monitor the Memory Gateways.

Aria Command Line Interface Reference This guide provides all of the command modes, lists

syntax conventions, and abbreviations for the

commands available in the Aria command line

interface (CLI). These CLI commands allow you to

monitor, configure, and manage the Array Controller

Modules (ACMs).

Violin Symphony Installation Guide This guide provides instructions for installing,

configuring, and launching Violin Symphony.

Reference Documents

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Also, see the following for additional information about the hardware devices that accompany the

shelf in a 7700 Flash Storage Platform system:

•For additional information about the 7700 FSP Controller hardware, see the documentation for

the Dell R720 appliance at http://www.Dell.com

•For additional information about the Brocade Fibre Channel switches, see the following

Brocade product documentation:

—Brocade 6510 Hardware Reference Manual, at http://www.brocade.com

—Fabric OS Administrators Guide, at http://www.brocade.com

Replacement Procedures

•For instructions on replacing modules in these devices, see the latest version Violin 6000

Series All Flash Array Service Guide or the Violin 7000 Series Flash Storage Platform Service

Guide.

•Contact Violin Systems Customer Support if a component within a 7700 FSP Controller or a

Fibre Channel switch requires replacement.

Document Conventions

This section explains the meanings of the safety icons used in this guide, as well as the typological

conventions.

Safety Icons

The table below summarizes warning, caution, and note icons used in this document and includes

sample text.

Safety Icons

Icon Sample Text

WARNING! WARNING! Only authorized, qualified, and trained

personnel should attempt to work on this equipment.

Caution: Caution: Follow the listed safety precautions when

working on the 7000 Series Flash Storage Platforms.

Note: Note: Read through this entire chapter and plan your

installation according to your location before installing

the equipment. The following procedures and the order

in which they appear are general installation guidelines

only.

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