Configuring a Redundant Pair of VMA SAN Gateways - Process Guide

Verify Primary Gateway Network and Array Operation

Verify that the reliable network configuration changes are in effect and working. You can verify the

Cluster interface and Management IP using the ‘show cluster global’ command.

hp-gateway1 [hp-redundant1: master] (config) # show cluster global

Cluster ID: 00500-0008-6090

Cluster name: hp-redundant1

Management IP: 10.61.184.240/24

Cluster master IF: eth0

Cluster node count: 1

Node Status:

Node ID: 1 <--- (local node)

Host ID: 9dc17977dad7

Hostname: hp-gateway1

Node Role: master

Node State: online

Node internal address: 169.254.83.164, port: 60102

Node external address: 10.61.184.238

Recv. Heartbeats from: -1

Send Heartbeats to: -1

hp-gateway1 [hp-redundant1: master] (config) #

Note that the displayed ‘cluster node count’ will continue to be ‘1’ until the ‘secondary’ gateway is

configured and pairs with the ‘primary’ gateway.

Save Primary Gateway Configuration

Save the configurations made on the ‘primary’ gateway so that they will be persistent. This can be

performed using either the VMA SAN Gateway CLI interface or the web interface:

• If using the CLI interface, issue the ‘write memory’ command

• If using the web interface, click on the red ‘Commit Changes’ button at the top center of the

window.

Configure the Secondary Gateway

For this portion of the redundant pairing process, the ‘secondary’ VMA SAN Gateway will be

configured and the software OE updated. The ‘secondary’ gateway should still be shutdown with

power disconnected at this time.

IMPORTANT: the ‘primary’ gateway must remain up and running during the ‘secondary’ gateway

configuration and pairing process as it contains the vSHARE configuration that will be replicated to

the secondary gateway being added into the redundant gateway pair. If both gateways were

powered down and brought back up, the ‘primary’ gateway could possibly take on the empty

configuration of the new gateway and the desired configuration (port presentations, LUN

configuration, etc.) would be lost.

Validate Secondary Gateway Hardware Configuration

Review the hardware configuration of the ‘secondary’ gateway to ensure that it has the same number

of FC HBAs and PCIe Pass-Thru cards and that each is in the same identical I/O slot as on the

‘primary’ gateway. Install any PCIe Pass-Thru cards and move any I/O cards as required to be