HP P4000 G2 10 GbE SFP+ Installation Instructions (B7E22-96001, December 2013)

Configure the 10 GbE and 10 GbE ALB
bond (using eth2 and eth3)
CAUTION: Bonding both the ports on the 10
GbE network adapter and then using this bond
for all LeftHand OS software communication
could pose a risk to your volume and snapshot
availability in the event of any network
connectivity and/or functionality issues with the
10 GbE adapter. If you set up this bond
configuration, make sure you configure your
volumes and snapshots for Network RAID-10 or
higher replication to ensure that your volumes
and snapshots remain available at all times.
Creating the ALB bond
1. Log in to the management group, if necessary.
2. Navigate to the storage system Network category
TCP/IP tab window.
3.
4. Select the 10 GbE ports labeled eth2 and eth3.
5. Right–click and select New Bond.
6. Under Type, select Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB).
7. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default
Gateway, and click OK. A confirmation prompt
opens.
8. Click OK to confirm the TCP/IP settings change.
9. Search for the storage system using the Find
function in the CMC.
10. Log in to the management group (if necessary).
11. Log in to the storage system.
Verifying the bond
1. Navigate to the storage system Network category
and verify on the TCP/IP tab window that the
bond was created successfully.
2. Switch to the Communication tab and verify that
the LeftHand OS Interface is set to communicate
via the ALB bond interface that you just created.
Changing the VIP if required
1. Select the cluster node and select the ISCSI tab.
2. Select the existing VIP address, click ISCSI Tasks
and select Edit VIP & Subnet mask.
3. Change the VIP to a valid VIP for the new
bond/network environment.
4. Add the bond IP address to the Find Systems list
and rediscover this storage system.
NOTE: Delete the existing IP address that
was being used to discover this storage
system.
5. The Storage Server service on this storage system
will restart to allow the networking changes to
take effect. Wait for the Storage Server service
to become Normal before proceeding.
6. Navigate to the storage system’s Network
category.
7. Select the Communication tab to verify that the
Manager IP Addresses are correctly updated. If
not, click Communication Tasks and select Update
Manager IP Addresses.
8. At this point, the SAN is ready to communicate
via the bonded 10 GbE interface.
Preparing the host server to be 10 GbE capable
While reconnecting to the iSCSI volumes, configure
the iSCSI initiator on the host server to communicate
via the 10 GbE interface for all iSCSI communication.
You have successfully upgraded your existing SAN to
10 GbE.
Regulatory information
For important safety, environmental, and regulatory
information, see Safety and Compliance Information
for Server, Storage, Power, Networking, and Rack
Products, available at http://www.hp.com/support/
Safety-Compliance-EnterpriseProducts.
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