HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router FCIP Quick Start Instructions (5697-0199, November 2009)

3. Verify that the heartbeat LED is blinking (once per second) and that
the System fault LED does not light. Figure 5 shows the location of
the ports and LEDs on the MPX200.
GE1 GE2
IOIOI
FC1 FC2MGMT
GE4
GE3
HP StorageWorks
MPX200
1 GbE Blade
MPX200 Multifunction Router
26531a
Maintenance
button
Input fault LED
Heartbeat LED
System power LED
1 GbE iSCSI
ports
Management port
10/100/1000
Ethernet
RS-232 port
UID beacon
LED (blue)
8 Gb/s FC ports
1 GbE iSCSI
ports
Figure 5 MPX200 ports and LEDs
.
NOTE:
See the HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router
User Guide for a description of the LED fault indicators.
4. Connect to the MPX200 from your management workstation as
follows (Figure 6).
a. Enter guest at the Login prompt.
b. Enter password at the Password prompt.
NOTE:
HP recommends that you change the MPX200 guest
password after logging in.
5. Enter Blade n at the mpx200#> prompt, where n is the number of
the blade in the chassis being configured.
6. Enter admin start at the mpx200 <n> prompt, where n is the
number of the blade currently selected in the chassis.
7. Enter the default password config.
NOTE:
HP recommends that you change the MPX200 config
password after logging in.
8. Enter the command set mgmt to set the initial parameters.
Follow the onscreen prompts to configure the management port (or
press Enter to accept the default settings, as shown in Figure 6):
Figure 6 Setting IP addresses
.
The management port is now configured with the appropriate IP
address and network parameters.
IMPORTANT:
If you are using Telnet to configure the MPX200, the Telnet
session is terminated. To restart the Telnet session, use the IP
address you just assigned to the management port.
Step 6. Configure the MPX200 FCIP
Route parameters
Install FCIP license
For each MPX200 blade, add the FCIP license as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7 FCIP License Add
.
Critical FCIP Performance settings
The following four parameters are critical to ensure optimal performance
of the MPX200. Configuring the FCIP Route to match the actual link
characteristics is the only way to ensure the best utilization of the available
bandwidth.
• Bandwidth setting
• Do not set the bandwidth setting above the guaranteed bandwidth
of the link for each FCIP route.
• TCP Windows size
• TCP Windows scaling factor
• Use the recommended setting from the User Guide for the actual
bandwidth and RTT of the link
• Software compression
• Enable compression for IP links with round-trip time (RTT) >= 50
milliseconds or a guaranteed WAN bandwidth <= 155 Mb/s
See the HP StorageWorks MPX200 Multifunction Router User Guide for
more information about the required configuration settings.
NOTE:
HP recommends that you accept the default settings for TCP Port
and GE Port Speed. If you need to change the port speed, select
Full Duplex mode; Half Duplex mode is not supported.
Configure the FCIP routes using the CLI
For each MPX200, configure the FCIP route information as shown in
Figure 8:
Figure 8 Configuring the FCIP routes using the CLI
.
Step 7. Configure FC switch settings for
the MPX200
Execute the following commands for all B-series FC switches that will use
the FCIP link:
• B-Switch# switchdisable
• B-Switch# iodset
• B-Switch#aptpolicy 1
• B-Switch#portcfgIslmode [ slot/ port ], 1 (Must be set for all MPX200
FCIP FC ports regardless of storage types)
• B-Switch# portcfggport [ slot/ port ] ,1 (set for all MPX200 FCIP FC
ports)
• B-Switch# switchenable
For C-series FC switches, execute the following commands for each VSAN
that will use the FCIP link. Enter one command per line. End with CNTL/Z.
• C-Switch# config
• C-Switch(config)# in-order-guarantee VSAN n (where n stands
for all VSANs that use the FCIP link)
• C-Switch(config)# vsan database
• C-Switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan n loadbalancing src-dst-id
(where n stands for all VSANs that use the FCIP link)
• C-Switch(config-vsan-db)# exit
• C-Switch(config)# exit
• C-Switch# copy run start
Step 8. Cable the MPX200 FC, GE and
management ports
Follow these steps to cable the MPX200:
1. Connect the management port cable to your Ethernet network, which
is accessible from the management server.
2. Connect the cables to the GE1, GE2, FC1, and FC2 ports as shown
in the suggested configurations in Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, or
Figure 4.
NOTE:
Use a standard Cat 5e straight network cable to connect MPX200
GE ports to an IP switch port. Use a Cat 5e crossover network
cable to directly connect two MPX200s through their respective
GE ports without an IP switch.
Step 9. Verify FCIP links and firmware
version
1. To determine whether a firmware upgrade is necessary, visit the
SPOCK website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must
sign up for an HP Passport to enable access. Upgrade accordingly.
2. Use the CLI ping command to verify FCIP link connectivity.
3. Verify that the FC switches have established an interswitch link (ISL)
over the FCIP link.