HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage SmartStart 1.3.1 Software User Guide Abstract This document provides the information needed to use HP 3PAR SmartStart to install and configure HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems.
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Contents I Using SmartStart to Configure Storage............................................................6 Welcome..................................................................................................7 1 Preparing to Configure............................................................................8 FAQ.................................................................................................................................10 2 Initializing the Service Processor.....................
Summary: iSCSI Host Configuration.................................................................................29 6 Configuring Storage..............................................................................30 Create Hosts.....................................................................................................................31 Welcome to the Create Host Wizard...............................................................................31 Host Settings................................
18 Documentation feedback......................................................................59 Glossary....................................................................................................
Part I Using SmartStart to Configure Storage 1. Gather the information you will need to use SmartStart to configure your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system. “Preparing to Configure” (page 8) 2. Learn more about how HP 3PAR storage systems work. “Understanding Storage” (page 39) NOTE: If you are not familiar with HP 3PAR storage systems, HP highly recommends that you read this short introduction. 3. Initializing the Service Processor. “Initializing the Service Processor” (page 12) 4.
Welcome Welcome to HP 3PAR SmartStart for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems. SmartStart helps you configure the following systems: • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 Storage • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7400 Storage • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage NOTE: If you are setting up multiple HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage systems, be sure to set up each storage system completely before starting to set up the next storage system. SmartStart can take up to one minute to open.
1 Preparing to Configure Prerequisites IMPORTANT: Before using SmartStart to configure your system, you must complete the setup tasks detailed in the appropriate installation guide. Go to the HP Support Center: • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Installation Guide • HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Installation Guide A DHCP network is no longer required to set up a virtual Service Processor (VSP).
• ◦ The HP 3PAR storage system setup is verified, the storage system is powered on, and the LEDs are functioning correctly. ◦ Either the physical Service Processor is installed and powered on and you have assigned it an IP address, or the virtual Service Processor is installed and connected and you have determined the temporary IP address.
– IP address (IPv4 only) – Subnet mask – Gateway IP address – New password to assign to the user account for the storage system (3paradm) NOTE: Passwords for the 3paradm user account are between six and eight characters in length and can include all printable characters. CAUTION: Do not run more than one instance of SmartStart on the same host system. Running multiple instances of SmartStart can cause resource conflicts and operating errors.
HP 3PAR SmartStart includes online help. To access online help, do one of the following: • Press F1 or select Help > Online Help. You can also find storage-related information at http://www.hp.com/storage.
2 Initializing the Service Processor Use SmartStart wizard step 2, Initialize Service Processor, to set up the Service Processor (after you have verified that the Service Processor is on). You need to set up the Service Processor only once for each new HP 3PAR storage system. NOTE: After you have completed Service Processor setup, the Service Processor Setup wizard does not allow you to re-enter the wizard. To modify Service Processor settings, use Service Processor Onsite Customer Care (SPOCC).
Troubleshooting Access If you cannot access the Service Processor Setup wizard, collect the relevant log files and contact HP support. For more information, see “Troubleshooting System Setup” (page 19). Configuring Service Processor Networking If you are setting up a new Service Processor, generate the Service Processor ID (SP ID). IMPORTANT: To generate the SP ID, the storage system must be connected and available on the same subnet that the SP is on.
To configure Remote Support: 1. Enter proxy server settings, if applicable. 2. To mask identifying information in all Service Processor log files, select the Make contents of Service Processor log files anonymous checkbox in the Advanced group box. When you anonymize log files, the Remote Support process replaces object names in log files (such as “TopSecretVirtualVolume”) with meaningless sequential labels (such as “VVnnn”). 3. Click Next to continue the Service Processor configuration.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting the Connection to the Service Processor If the Check Your Connection dialog box appears during the setup process in Service Processor Setup wizard step 7, Apply Settings, the Service Processor Setup wizard might be unable to connect to the Service Processor. Verify the following: • Your browser is still connected to the network. • The Service Processor is powered on. • The Service Processor is connected to the network.
3 Setting Up the Storage System The Storage System Setup wizard verifies your HP 3PAR storage system configuration, initializes the storage system, and runs initialization tests on the storage system. To set up and configure the storage system: 1. Verify that the Service Processor is on the same subnet of the network as the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system you are setting up. 2. Click the Setup Storage System link in SmartStart wizard step 3, Setup Storage System. 3.
Figure 1 StoreServ Serial Number Configuring Networking Enter the name and IP address information for your new HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system. For more information, see your completed Storage System Software Installation Checklist from the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Site Planning Manual. Configuring Your Time Zone You can do the following: • Copy the time zone settings from the Service Processor to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system. • Enter a specific date and time.
Continuing SmartStart Setup After the Storage System Setup wizard initializes the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system, do the following: 1. Click Finish in the Setup Progress and Results step to exit the Storage System Setup wizard. NOTE: The wizard continues to run tests in the background after you have exited the Storage System Setup wizard. If these tests discover any issues, the HP 3PAR Management Console will display details in the Alert tab that is relevant to the issue. 2. 3. 4.
a. Click Home to return to the SPOCC home page. The Transfer Status entry indicates the overall status of SP file transfer. b. c. To access the SP File Transfer Monitor, click Transfer Status. Verify that SP file transfer is successful: • The Last transfer status entry should include information about the last SP transfer, including the date and time and a status of OK.
5. Zip the downloaded log files. Contacting HP Support about System Setup For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.
4 Connecting to the Storage System 1. 2. 3. Click the Connect to the storage system link. In the IP Address or Name field, do one of the following: • If this is the first time you are connecting to the storage system, enter the name or IP address of the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system. • If you have already connected to the storage system one or more times, select the storage system from the list. Enter the user name and password.
5 Configuring Hosts To export (or present) virtual volumes to hosts, which enables the host system to write data to and read data from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system, you must configure either Fibre Channel host connections or iSCSI host connections. For more information about exporting volumes, see “Exporting Virtual Volumes” (page 49). NOTE: If SmartStart detects that you are using Windows 7 or Windows 8, the Configure FC host and Configure iSCSI host links on step 5, Configure hosts are disabled.
To ensure that your storage system remains available if a path fails, connect the host system to the HP 3PAR storage system using multiple paths. Before using SmartStart to configure Fibre Channel connections, do one of the following: • If you are connecting the host and storage systems directly, verify that the appropriate cabling is in place between the host system and the HP 3PAR storage system.
Configuring iSCSI Connections To access the iSCSI Host Configuration wizard and configure iSCSI connections, click the Configure iSCSI host link in the SmartStart wizard. For more information, see “Configure the iSCSI Host” (page 26). Configure the Fibre Channel Host Introduction to Configuring the Fibre Channel Host To set up Fibre Channel connections, ensure that the host system and storage system have two Fibre Channel connections.
Connect to the Fibre Channel Host System 1. 2. 3. In the Host address field, do one of the following: • If you are configuring the machine into which you inserted the SmartStart media, enter localhost. • If you are configuring any host other than the machine that is running SmartStart, enter that host IP address or DNS name. Click Connect. Click Next. Validate the Fibre Channel HBA Setup on the Host 1. Click Validate.
1. 2. Click Configure. If the wizard displays the Reboot when finished checkbox, click to select it. In order to complete this MPIO configuration, the wizard will reboot the host system at the end of the iSCSI host configuration process. NOTE: If the MPIO device ID is already configured on the host system, the wizard does not display the Reboot when finished checkbox. 3. Click Next.
Configuring Local and Remote Connections You can use SmartStart to do the following: • Connect the local host (the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server into which you inserted the SmartStart media) to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system. • Connect a remote host (any Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server other than the Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 server into which you inserted the SmartStart media) to the HP 3PAR storage system.
Configure the iSCSI Port 1. 2. From the System list in the General group box, select the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system on which you want to configure an iSCSI port. From the Port list, select the port to configure. NOTE: HP 3PAR storage system ports are designated by the following format: node:slot:port The wizard displays the connected device type and the connected device. For example: Connected Device Type: Host Connected Device: Storage7200–DataCenter2 3.
To install HP 3PAR Host Explorer: 1. Click Install. 2. Click Next. Summary: iSCSI Host Configuration 1. 2. Review your iSCSI setup. Click Finish. Configuring Multiple iSCSI Ports To configure another iSCSI port: 1. Go to SmartStart wizard step 5, Configure hosts. 2. Click Configure iSCSI hosts. 3. In steps 1 through 4 of the iSCSI Host Configuration wizard, configure the same iSCSI host system. 4.
6 Configuring Storage The steps in SmartStart wizard step 6, Configure storage, guide you through creating basic storage on your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system. NOTE: You can use the HP 3PAR Management Console to delete any hosts, virtual volumes, or exports you create using SmartStart. To do this, install and use the HP 3PAR Management Console (see SmartStart wizard step 7, Install the HP 3PAR Management Console).
Default CPGs The setup process automatically creates default CPGs on your HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system. The CPGs that are created depend on your HP 3PAR storage system’s drive types, number of drive cages, and RAID types, as described in the following table. Drive Type RAID Type Default CPG Created Fast Class 1 FC_r1 Fast Class 6 FC_r6 Nearline 1 NL_r1 Nearline 6 NL_r6 Solid State 1 SSD_r1 Solid State 5 SSD_r5 Solid State 6 SSD_r6 Using Default CPGs 3. 4.
Host Settings 1. 2. 3. In the General group box: a. System - Select the system to create the new host. b. Domain - Select the domain in which to create the new host. Select if not applicable. c. Name - Enter the host name. Names are case-sensitive. d. Set Name - Select the host set in which to create the new host. Select if not applicable. e. Host OS - Select the operating system running on the host. f. Persona - The host persona is visible and disabled.
c. d. If required, click the Target CHAP checkbox. The CHAP Name field displays the system name. Enter a secret/password in the CHAP Secret field for Target CHAP. NOTE: 3. Rules for the CHAP group box in the following step are as follows: • When the Initiator CHAP checkbox is selected, CHAP Name is initialized with the host name (default). • The Target CHAP checkbox is enabled when the Initiator CHAP checkbox is selected. • The CHAP Secret field is required if a CHAP Name is entered.
2. In the Allocation group box: a. Select how the volume will be provisioned. Selecting Thinly Provisioned results in the creation of a Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume (TPVV). Selecting Fully Provisioned results in the creation of a base volume. NOTE: b. To create TPVVs, the HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software license is required. Size - Enter the size of the volume. Change the Size list value to MB or TB as applicable. The default is GB.
1. In the Policies group box, enable any of the following, as needed: • Allow stale snapshots • Restrict export to one host • Enable zero detect (default) • Retention Time – If you enable this, enter a value in the corresponding field, then select either days or hours. • Expiration Time – If you enable this, enter a value in the corresponding field, then select either days or hours. 2. In the Geometry group box: a. Enter the number of sectors per track or accept the default value. b.
3. In the Export To group box: a. Select either Host (Host Sees) or Host Set (Host in Set). b. From the host or host set list, select the hosts that you want to export the virtual volumes to. CAUTION: • If you make any changes in the advanced options then click to clear the Show advanced options checkbox, a warning dialog is displayed to warn you that the selected advanced options will be lost. If you click Yes, Basic mode is reinstated, and all advanced options are set back to default.
Add Virtual Volumes to Windows 1. 2. Select the virtual volume that you want to configure as a Windows disk. The virtual volume is displayed as a virtual volume device. • If the volume is less than 2 TB, SmartStart initializes the Windows disk as Master Boot Record (MBR). • If the volume is greater than 2 TB, SmartStart initializes the Windows disk as a Globally Unique Identifier Partition Table (GPT).
7 Installing HP 3PAR Management Console To manage your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems and access advanced features and functionality, use HP 3PAR Management Console. To install HP 3PAR Management Console, click the Install the HP 3PAR Management Console link. Accessing HP 3PAR Management Console To access HP 3PAR Management Console do one of the following: • If you are an administrator, launch HP 3PAR Management Console from the HP 3PAR Management Console icon.
Part II Understanding Storage To access this document, go to the HP Support Center site at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsc and enter your product name in the Find an HP product by search field. For information about supported hardware and software platforms, go to the Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website: http://www.hp.
8 Storage Software Components HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems include both the hardware components that physically store your data and the software applications that manage your data.
Each layer is created from elements of the layer above, as follows: • Chunklets are drawn from physical disks. • Logical disks are created from groups of chunklets. • Common Provisioning Groups (CPGs) are groups of logical disks. • Virtual volumes use storage space provided by CPGs. Physical Disks A physical disk is a disk drive mounted on a drive magazine located in drive cages (or drive enclosures) in an HP 3PAR storage system. Chunklets Physical disks are divided into chunklets.
You can create the following types of virtual volumes: 42 • Fully provisioned virtual volumes–Volume size is fixed. No separate license is required to create fully provisioned virtual volumes. • Thinly provisioned virtual volumes–Also known as Thin volumes, these volumes allocate space on demand in small increments. To create Thin volumes, the HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software license is required. • Physical copies–A full copy of a volume. No separate license is required to create physical copies.
9 Hosts The HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system sees a host as a set of Fibre Channel World Wide Names (WWNs) or iSCSI names, or in other words, a set of host I/O paths. The host system uses these I/O paths to perform read/write operations on exported virtual volumes on the storage system. The HP 3PAR storage system automatically detects hosts that are physically connected to ports on the storage system.
to the storage system. The information gathered from the Host Explorer agent is visible to uncreated hosts and assists with creating hosts and diagnosing host-connectivity issues. How Host Explorer Helps You Create Hosts When you create a host, the system displays the unassigned WWNs or iSCSI names as follows: • When the Host Explorer agent is running on the attached hosts, the system automatically groups the WWNs or iSCSI names for the host together, which helps you create the host.
10 Common Provisioning Groups A common provisioning group (CPG) creates a virtual pool of storage space that allows up to 4,095 virtual volumes to share the CPG's resources. When you create virtual volumes (fully provisioned virtual volumes or Thin volumes), the volumes draw storage space from the CPG's storage space pool. • CPGs dynamically allocate storage space to Thin volumes.
11 Virtual Volumes Virtual volumes are the only data layer visible to host systems. • Virtual volumes draw storage space from CPGs. • Virtual volumes become visible to host systems when you export (present) them to hosts. • Virtual volumes are exported as LUNs to hosts. • You can create physical copies or virtual copies (snapshots) of virtual volumes. These copies serve as backups in case the original base volume becomes unavailable.
Fully provisioned virtual volumes and Thin volumes have three separate data components: • User space contains the user data. The user space is the area of the volume that corresponds to the regions in the CPG that are available to the host. Thus, the user space is the part of the virtual volume you export to the host as a LUN. • Copy space, also known as snapshot space, contains the copy data.
Virtual copies are created using copy-on-write techniques, which are available only with the HP 3PAR Virtual Copy Software license. Thousands of snapshots of each virtual volume can be created, up to the amount of storage space available. Depending on your system configuration, you can make up to 500 virtual copies of a base volume. To reduce the number of management tasks around physical copies, you can: • Create a consistent group of virtual copies from a list of virtual volumes.
12 Exporting Virtual Volumes Virtual volumes are the only data layer you can make visible to hosts. In order to make virtual volumes visible to hosts, you must export (present) the virtual volume to the host. The export process creates an association between the volume and a LUN. You configure the characteristics of this association when you create the Virtual Volume-LUN pairing (VLUN). To export virtual volumes, use the HP 3PAR Management Console.
13 RAID RAID is a storage functionality that distributes data in units called chunklets across physical disks in order to create redundancy and therefore increase the stability of your stored data. On the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage system, a chunklet is 1 GB. RAID is one of the parameters of a CPG, the storage pool from which volumes allocate storage space. You can set the RAID type, along with other parameters, when you create a CPG, and you can also modify an existing CPG’s RAID.
14 User Roles and Rights To access an HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system, you must have a user account. Each HP 3PAR OS user is assigned a role, and each role is assigned a set of rights. The roles and rights assigned to the user determine the tasks the user is allowed to perform on a system. To maintain greater control over your system, assign your users a role that has the minimum set of rights that they need to perform their tasks. Eight roles are defined in the HP 3PAR OS.
15 Managing Storage To manage your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system, use the HP 3PAR Management Console. • To install the HP 3PAR Management Console, go to SmartStart wizard step 7, Install the HP 3PAR Management Console. • For more information about using the HP 3PAR Management Console, do one of the following: ◦ Start the HP 3PAR Management Console and open the HP 3PAR Management Console Online Help. ◦ Download the HP 3PAR Management Console User Guide.
Part III Additional Resources For information about: See: Accessing related HP 3PAR documentation “Additional Resources” (page 54) Troubleshooting SmartStart Troubleshooting SmartStart The HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Systems Guided Troubleshooting site: http://www.hp.
16 Additional Resources Related Documentation To access documentation that will help you manage your HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system, go to the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage site, then click the Support link for your product: http://www.hp.
17 Support and Other Resources Contacting HP For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.
For information about: See: Migrating data from one HP 3PAR storage system to another HP 3PAR-to-3PAR Storage Peer Motion Guide 56 Configuring the Secure Service Custodian server in order to monitor and control HP 3PAR storage systems HP 3PAR Secure Service Custodian Configuration Utility Reference Using the CLI to configure and manage HP 3PAR Remote Copy HP 3PAR Remote Copy Software User’s Guide Updating HP 3PAR operating systems HP 3PAR Upgrade Pre-Planning Guide Identifying storage system compo
For information about: See: Planning for HP 3PAR storage system setup Hardware specifications, installation considerations, power requirements, networking options, and cabling information for HP 3PAR storage systems HP 3PAR 7200, 7400, and 7450 storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage Site Planning Manual HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 Storage Site Planning Manual HP 3PAR 10000 storage systems HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage Physical Planning Manual HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage Third-Party Rack Physic
Typographic conventions Table 3 Document conventions Convention Element Bold text • Keys that you press • Text you typed into a GUI element, such as a text box • GUI elements that you click or select, such as menu items, buttons, and so on Monospace text • File and directory names • System output • Code • Commands, their arguments, and argument values • Code variables • Command variables Bold monospace text • Commands you enter into a command line interface • System
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Glossary active VLUN The pairing of a virtual volume and a LUN so the host can access its virtual volume and I/O writes can be saved to the virtual volume. The VLUN parameters determine whether a virtual volume is expressed as an active VLUN. VLUNs that are not active will not communicate with the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage system. allocation limit User-defined threshold that can be set for Thinly-Provisioned Virtual Volumes and fully-provisioned virtual volumes to cap their potential size.
LD Logical disk. A collection of chunklets that reside on different physical disks and that are arranged as rows of RAID sets. When you create a CPG, the system creates and groups logical disks and assigns those logical disks to the CPG. LUN Logical Unit Number. A number used to access a virtual volume that has been assigned to a particular host on a particular port. matched-set VLUN template A rule that allows a particular host connected to a particular port to see a virtual volume as a specified LUN.
