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VNX Unified Storage Implementation
Lab Guide January 2014
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Revision Date: January 2014 Revision Number: MR-7xP-VNXUNIIMP_5.33/8.1/3.1
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Document Revision History
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1.4 VNX Unified Storage Implementation Lab Guide
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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT ............................................................................................................. 2
DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY .............................................................................. 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................. 4
PRE-LAB EXERCISES INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 7
LAB EXERCISE: INTRODUCTION TO EMC UNISPHERE ............................................. 11
LAB: PART 1 UNISPHERE GENERAL NAVIGATION ............................................................13
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ........................................................................................24
LAB: PART 2 UNISPHERE FOR FILE NAVIGATION ..............................................................25
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 2 ........................................................................................30
LAB: PART 3 UNISPHERE FOR BLOCK NAVIGATION ..........................................................31
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 3 ........................................................................................41
LAB: PART 4 INVOKING A CLI COMMAND FROM UNISPHERE .............................................42
END OF LAB EXERCISE...................................................................................................45
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LAB EXERCISE: IMPLEMENTING UNISPHERE SECURITY .......................................... 47
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY DOMAIN SECURITY .......................................................................49
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ........................................................................................50
LAB: PART 2 CREATE LOCAL FILE ACCESS FOR GLOBAL USER ............................................51
END OF LAB EXERCISE...................................................................................................56
LAB EXERCISE: VERIFY VNX SYSTEM CONFIGURATION .......................................... 57
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY SP CACHE SETTINGS .....................................................................59
LAB: PART 2 VERIFY SP NETWORK CONFIGURATION .......................................................60
LAB: PART 3 VERIFY HARDWARE AND STORAGE PROCESSOR PORTS ...................................63
LAB EXERCISE: STORAGE CONFIGURATION ........................................................... 65
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY STORAGE FOR VNX FILE ................................................................67
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ........................................................................................68
LAB: PART 2 VERIFY BLOCK STORAGE POOL AND RAID GROUPS .......................................69
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 2 ........................................................................................69
LAB #: PART 3 CREATE CLASSIC LUNS .........................................................................70
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 3 ........................................................................................72
LAB: PART 4 CREATE THICK AND THIN LUNS .................................................................73
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 4 ........................................................................................76
LAB: PART 5 VERIFY HOT SPARE POLICY .......................................................................77
END OF LAB EXERCISE...................................................................................................77
LAB EXERCISE: VERIFYING WINDOWS HOST SOFTWARE AND CONFIGURING HOST
ACCESS TO VNX LUN ............................................................................................. 79
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY WINDOWS HOST SOFTWARE ..........................................................81
LAB: PART 2 VERIFY THE VNX ARRAY IS CONFIGURED TO AUTO-MANAGE HOSTS .................84
LAB: PART 3 CREATE AND POPULATE STORAGE GROUPS WITH EMC UNISPHERE -WINDOWS .85
LAB: PART 4 CONFIGURE WINDOWS HOST ACCESS TO LUNS ...........................................87
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LAB EXERCISE: VERIFYING LINUX HOST SOFTWARE
AND CONFIGURING HOST ACCESS TO VNX LUN .................................................... 91
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY LINUX HOST SOFTWARE .................................................................93
LAB: PART 2 CREATE AND POPULATE STORAGE GROUPS WITH EMC UNISPHERE -LINUX .......95
LAB: PART 3 CONFIGURE LINUX HOST ACCESS TO LUNS .................................................97
LAB EXERCISE: CONFIGURING HOST ACCESS TO VNX LUNS - ESXI ....................... 103
LAB: PART 1 CREATE AND POPULATE STORAGE GROUPS WITH EMC UNISPHERE -ESXI ...... 105
LAB: PART 2 CONFIGURE ESXI HOST ACCESS TO LUNS ................................................ 107
LAB EXERCISE: ADVANCED STORAGE CONCEPTS ................................................. 109
LAB: PART 1 EXPANDING POOL-BASED LUNS ............................................................. 111
LAB: PART 2 EXPANDING RAID GROUP LUNS ........................................................... 114
LAB EXERCISE: SNAPVIEW SNAPSHOTS ............................................................... 117
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY THE RESERVED LUN POOL .......................................................... 119
LAB: PART 2 CREATE A SNAPVIEW SNAPSHOT ............................................................ 120
LAB: PART 3 - TEST PERSISTENCE OF A SNAPVIEW SESSION ............................................. 126
LAB: PART 4 - TEST THE SNAPVIEW ROLLBACK FEATURE ................................................. 127
LAB: PART 5 - START AND TEST A CONSISTENT SNAPVIEW SESSION ................................... 129
LAB EXERCISE: SNAPVIEW CLONES ..................................................................... 131
LAB: PART 1 CLONE PRIVATE LUNS AND ENABLE PROTECTED RESTORE ........................... 133
LAB: PART 2 CREATE AND TEST A CLONE ................................................................... 134
LAB: PART 3 PERFORM A CLONE CONSISTENT FRACTURE .............................................. 141
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LAB EXERCISE: VNX SNAPSHOTS ......................................................................... 145
LAB: PART 1 VERIFY THAT THE VNX SNAPSHOTS FEATURE IS LICENSED ............................ 147
END OF LAB EXERCISE PART 1 ..................................................................................... 148
LAB: PART 2 - CREATE A VNX SNAPSHOT WITH EMC UNISPHERE ..................................... 149
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LAB EXERCISE: DATA MOVER NETWORK CONFIGURATION ................................. 161
LAB: PART 1 CONFIGURE NETWORKING ON VNX DATA MOVERS ................................... 163
LAB EXERCISE: FILE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT ................... 167
LAB: PART 1 CONFIGURE AND MANAGE A VNX FILE SYSTEM ........................................ 169
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LAB EXERCISE: NFS FILE SYSTEM EXPORT AND PERMISSIONS ............................. 173
LAB: PART 1 EXPORTING FILE SYSTEMS FOR NFS CLIENTS ............................................. 175
LAB: PART 2 ASSIGNING ROOT PRIVILEGES ................................................................ 182
LAB EXERCISE: VDM CONFIGURATION ................................................................ 187
LAB: PART 1 SYSTEM SETUP FOR VDM IMPLEMENTATION ............................................ 189
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LAB EXERCISE: CIFS IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................... 193
LAB: PART 1 PREPARING THE SYSTEM FOR CIFS .......................................................... 195
LAB: PART 2 CREATE AND JOIN A CIFS SERVER ........................................................... 198
LAB: PART 3 CREATE AND ACCESS CIFS SHARES ......................................................... 199
LAB: PART 4 MOVE A VDM CONTAINING A CIFS SERVER ............................................. 203
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LAB EXERCISE: VNX SNAPSURE ........................................................................... 207
LAB: PART 1 CONFIGURE SNAPSURE ......................................................................... 209
LAB: PART 2 RESTORE AND REFRESH SNAPSHOTS WITH NFS ......................................... 215
LAB: PART 3 RESTORE AND REFRESH SNAPSHOTS WITH CIFS ........................................ 219
APPENDIX: WINDOWS USER AND GROUP MEMBERSHIPS .................................. 223
APPENDIX: LINUX USERS AND GROUPS .............................................................. 224
APPENDIX: UNISPHERE BROWSER AND JAVA MESSAGES ................................... 225
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Pre-Lab Exercises Introduction
Important
The following lab exercises provide the steps for setting up
Windows and Linux to interact with the VNX-series storage
system through Block and File connectivity.
A few important notes!
Note 1: Not all screen captures were made on the lab
equipment you will be using and therefore may differ slightly
from what you will see. Read each lab and step completely
before attempting it; do not simply follow the pictures!
Note 2: You will be sharing a VNX system with other students
to perform the lab exercises. This lab guide and a
corresponding Class Configuration Sheet are used together to
perform the lab exercises. It is important to follow the
naming convention for the objects you create by following
the lab guide and referring to your configuration sheet for the
unique names. In the lab guide objects or items specific to
each student are identified with Bold Italic text. The
corresponding value for the item is located on your specific
student Class Configuration Sheet. So when you see Bold
Italic text in the lab guide, you are required to use a value for
the item that is located on your Class Configuration Sheet.
Each lab exercise has a section labled Preparing for the Lab
and is designed as a tear-out sheet. It lists the objects or
items that will be identified with the Bold Italic text in the
lab guide. You may use this section to record the values for
each item from the Class Configuration Sheet. Refer to this
tear-out to input the values for the specified items.
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Lab Equipment Layout
This is a diagram of the lab equipment setup you will use for completing the exercises. The setup has two halves; an A-side has odd-numbered equipment and a B-side that has even-numbered equipment. Each student will be assigned to a Student Desktop system and will have access to a VNX system and three other systems which will receive storage from the VNX; A Windows server, a Linux server and an ESXi server. The setup also includes a Windows Active Directory environment for Windows users to access CIFS storage from the VNX. It also includes a Linux LDAP environment for users to access NFS storage from the VNX. The Windows AD and Linux LDAP user and group environment are detailed in the lab guide Appendix. The setup includes multiple networks and network services for the VNX to operate in.
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Lab Access via VDC
Access to the lab setup is achieved through the EMC Virtual Data Center (VDC). The instructor will provide each student with a unique VDC account credential to use for completing the lab exercises. The specific VDC account is used to login to the VDC. The login will provide access to a user-specific Student Desktop system.
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Student Desktop
Each student will be automatically redirected to the Metro view of their specific Student Desktop Windows 8 system. Access the Desktop charm to get to the Desktop view. The Desktop view and its Task bar have been pre-configured with all the needed application icons needed for the lab exercises.
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Lab Exercise: Introduction to EMC Unisphere
Purpose:
The purpose of this lab is to provide the students with an
understanding of the EMC Unisphere interface concept and
its navigation. This lab focuses on basic VNX storage system
operations that IT professionals may be required to perform
using the New Unisphere management Interface.
Note: Screenshots used in this Lab Exercise are meant to be
used as examples. You may have different values/data on
your VNX system.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Login in Unisphere and validate storage System
Navigate the Unisphere for File and Block functions
Explore the Unisphere Help
Invoke a Command Line Interface (CLI) command
References: EMC Unisphere: Unified Storage Management Solution. A Detailed Review White Paper July 2012
VNX Command Line Interface Reference for Block.
VNX Command Line Interface Reference for File
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
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Lab: Part 1 Unisphere General Navigation
Step Action
Note Your instructor will provide to you the information for connecting to the EMC
Virtual Data Center (VDC). The VDC connection information includes a Web
URL for the VDC and account credentials. The account provides you access to
your Student Desktop system. You will use your Student Desktop system to
access your VNX system and the other systems in the lab setup.
Ask your instructor for assistance if you are having any difficulty connecting to
the VDC or accessing your Student Desktop system.
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Step Action
1 Secure Connection to Unisphere:
From your Student Desktop, open a web browser. In the URL address
section enter the VNX Address (Control Station) to access Unisphere.
Note: You may encounter a series of browser and Java messages on initial
Unisphere session establishment. Please refer to the Appendix section of
this lab guide to see instructions for handling the messages.
Note: By default, the VNX uses a self-signed certificate to establish a secure
HTTP session between it and your browser. Self-signed certificates are not
trusted by browsers and will issue a Security/Warning dialogue for the user
to take action to proceed.
Click Continue to this website (not recommended)
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Step Action
2 Confirm the execution of any Java Applets:
Unisphere is a Java-based web application and pop-up Java messages could
be encountered. The user will need to take action to proceed.
Note: You may encounter a series of browser and Java messages on initial
Unisphere session establishment. Please refer to the Appendix section of
this lab guide to see instructions for handling the messages.
Note: Do Not update the version of Java installed on your Student Desktop.
The version is maintained to ensure interoperability with the browser and
the VNX OE code.
Check the Do not show this again option and click Run to accept the
execution of the Java Applet
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Step Action
3 Accept the Software Terms and Conditions:
In Unified or File configurations, a dialogue box will be displayed with the
Terms and Conditions to use the VNX Control Station operating environment.
Click Accept to agree and continue.
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Step Action
4 Unisphere Login:
At the EMC Unisphere login screen, login using the following settings:
Name: sysadmin Password: sysadmin Use LDAP: unchecked Scope: Global
Click Login
The Unisphere Interface is launched and the Home Page displayed with the
Dashboard screen.
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Step Action
5 The EMC Unisphere Title bar of the Unisphere interface has basic and
advanced object Search options, a General Tab with options to set interface
preferences, log and exit, and retrieve Unisphere Help.
The Top Navigation bar has Previous and Next Icons to allow navigation back
and forth, a Home Icon that shows the Dashboard screen, a System Drop-
down menu to switch between VNX storage systems registered to the
domain, and a context-Sensitive Menu Bar which varies depending on the
system being managed: VNX for File/Unified and VNX for Block.
Panels in a Dashboard screen display information about the storage
system(s).
The panels displayed on the dashboard may be different depending on the
storage system configuration and authentication scope. This appearance can
be changed.
Click the Customize link in the upper right corner of the dashboard. The
edit mode will open with the list of panels that can be dragged to the
Dashboard.
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Step Action
6 Remove Panel from Dashboard:
On the Alerts by Severity panel, click the X (close) button from the menu
on the top right corner of the panel.
Observe that the panel was removed from the Dashboard.
7 Move a Panel from its Position on the Dashboard:
Click on the top bar of the Overall Capacity panel and drag the window
to the top left of the Dashboard.
Observe that the panels can be moved to different positions on the
Dashboard.
8 Add a Panel to the Dashboard:
Click on Alerts by Severity icon on the top menu and drag the icon to the
right of the Overall Capacity panel.
Observe that the panel was added to the Dashboard.
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Step Action
9 Restore the Dashboard to its default view:
Click on the Restore Defaults button to
Observe that the edit mode has closed and the Dashboard appearance has
returned to the default configuration.
10 Explore the System List:
From the top Navigation Menu click on the System List option
Observe that the systems that are part of the storage domain are listed here.
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Step Action
11 Explore the Domains page:
Click on the Domains option.
A list of managed domains is displayed, including the local domain and any
remote domains.
Select the Local domain.
The systems that are part of this domain are displayed on the lower panel.
From the menu on the top right corner of the panel select the Tools icon,
and select the Choose Columns option.
Uncheck the boxes for the Status, Software Revision, and Client Revision
columns, and click OK.
Observe that the columns were removed from the table.
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Step Action
12 Explore the Alerts page:
Click on the Alerts option.
A green check mark indicates the system is functioning normally. An orange
icon indicates a system error condition, and a yellow icon a system warning.
Select any record and click on Details.
Observe that a description of the alert is displayed with the option to save it
to a text file on the client machine.
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Step Action
13 Verify the Certificates that were accepted for the session:
Double-click the Certificates label on the bottom of the Unisphere
Interface Home page.
The list of system certificates and their status are displayed.
Select one Certificate and click the Properties button. Click Details.
Information about the certificate is displayed. Click Close to exit.
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Step Action
14 Explore some of the top Navigation options:
From the Top Navigation select the left arrow
Observe that the interface will launch the previous visited page (Domains).
Click the Home icon on the Top Navigation menu.
Observe that the interface will launch the Dashboard screen.
End of Lab Exercise Part 1
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Lab: Part 2 Unisphere for File Navigation
Step Action
Note In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with
VNX for File operations using Unisphere. Some of the tasks can be completed
in more than one way.
1 Select your assigned storage system:
Select your VNX from the drop-down list
Note: The same operation can be performed by clicking on the system link at
the Systems by Severity panel
Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has
changed based on the choice of object.
The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about the
chosen storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage
capacity.
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Step Action
2 Explore the Hardware for File components
On Top Navigation bar, click Systems > Hardware > Hardware for File.
Note: If you position the mouse over the menu option, and wait for 2
seconds, a sub-menu will open with the options for the choice.
The Hardware for File inventory is displayed with the list of components.
Select one of the components, and click Properties.
The hardware component Properties dialogue box is displayed.
Click Cancel to close the Hardware Component Properties window.
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Step Action
3 Check the Control Station Properties:
From the System Management Task Pane on the right of the screen
select the Control Station Properties link
Note: The screen above is displayed when the user log in using a global scope
authentication. If the user is authenticated to the VNX Control Station using
the local domain scope the screen below is presented.
The Control Station Properties dialogue box opens.
Read the information and click Cancel to close the Window
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Step Action
4 Check the status of the VNX Data Movers:
On the top of screen, select Hardware from the page bread-crumb links.
Select Data Movers.
Select server_2 and click Properties. (Or right-click the server_2 and
select the Properties option.)
Read the information and click Cancel to close the Window.
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Step Action
5 Explore the Event Logs for File:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
(Or click the System option from the Top Navigation bar).
Select Monitoring and Alerts.
The Monitoring and Alerts page is displayed.
Select Event Logs for File.
Select server_2 from the Show Events for: drop-down list.
Select 1 week from the Time Interval: drop-down list.
Select Error and Above from the Severity Level: drop-down list.
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Step Action
6 Explore the Background Tasks for File:
On the top of screen, select Monitoring and Alerts from the page bread-
crumb links.
Select Background Tasks for File.
The Background Tasks for File page is displayed.
Select one task from the list.
Click on Properties.
Read the logged information and click Cancel to close the window.
End of Lab Exercise Part 2
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Lab: Part 3 Unisphere for Block Navigation
Step Action
Note In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with Unisphere
operations involving VNX for Block components. Some of the tasks can be completed
in more than one way.
1 Navigate to the Home Page displaying the All Systems Dashboard screen:
Click the Home Page icon or select All Systems from the drop-down list.
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Step Action
2 Open the System List page to view information about the VNX systems that are part of
the storage domain:
Click the System List option.
The page will display the list of systems with information about S/N, Model, and
Software Revision.
Select your assigned VNX system from the list and click Properties
Observe that the General tab will display information about the zoning Unique ID,
iSCSI IQN, and the IP address configuration of the storage processors.
Explore the other tabs of the properties dialogue box. Observe that some of the
block configuration can be done on this dialogue box.
Click Cancel to close the properties dialogue box.
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Step Action
3 Open Dashboard screen for your assigned storage system:
Click on the link of the VNX from the System List
Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has changed
based on the choice of object.
The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about the chosen
storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage capacity.
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Step Action
4 Storage Hardware page:
Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware
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Step Action
5 Explore the Block Storage hardware components page:
Click the column arrow that divides the main pane and the Task pane.
This will hide the Task Pane and expand the main pane this will provide a better
visualization of the hardware component graphics.
Explore the components on the left pane of the page.
Click and expand the different components and observe the changes on the
graphic on the main pane.
Observe that Unisphere will highlight the component on the graphic.
Expand the SPs > SP A component by clicking the + icon next to them.
Click on the SPA component
Observe that Unisphere highlighted the SPA module on the graphic.
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Step Action
6 Storage Processor Properties:
Click the Properties button
The Properties dialogue box will open.
Explore the other tabs and click Cancel when done.
7 SP I/O module components:
Click on the + next to the IO modules and select any Present State slot
Click on the Show Diagram button
A graphic of the I/O module will be displayed.
Click OK to close it.
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Step Action
8 I/O module Description:
Click the Properties button
A window will open with a description of the type of I/O module and status.
Click OK to close it.
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Step Action
9 Explore the Event Logs for Block:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links. (Or click the
System option from the Top Navigation bar).
Select Monitoring and Alerts.
The Monitoring and Alerts page is displayed.
Select SP Event Logs > Show SP A Event Log.
On the Event Viewer dialogue box, click Yes to confirm the retrieval of the event
information.
The Event Viewer dialogue box opens with the events for all periods and categories.
Observe that this view can be saved in a text file, printed or filtered.
Click Cancel to close the Event Viewer window.
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Step Action
10 Creation of Reports with information about VNX for Block:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
Select Reports.
The Reports page is displayed.
Select the Reports Wizard.
Click Next to continue.
Expand the System Profile on the Select Report Sections and check the boxes
for the following information:
SP Summary SP Port Details I/O Module Information
Check the Launch browser box and click Next to continue.
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Step Action
11 Launch the Report in the web browser:
Click Finish
Unisphere spawns a new page for displaying the report. The browser displays an
ActiveX message. Click the Allow blocked content button to display the report.
Refresh the browser page if the ActiveX message disappears before clicking the
button.
The web page captures the information and generates a report in a XML format. The
report can be automatically launched or the user can click the View button to retrieve
it.
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Step Action
12 Change the Report View on the XML page:
Click the System Profile option and select the SP Summary
Click the SP Port Details option
Click I/O Module Information to view the other page View
Navigate the General and View All options. Close the browser when done and
click Finish to close the Wizard dialogue box.
End of Lab Exercise Part 3
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Lab: Part 4 Invoking a CLI command from Unisphere
Step Action
Note There may be events that require invoking a CLI command. This exercise
provides you with the ability to invoke a VNX OE for File CLI command via
Unisphere. The use of 3rd party applications for command line entry is also
acceptable. In order to illustrate a comparison you will view information via
Unisphere and then view the information via the command line output.
1 Navigation to Unisphere Command page:
The next three steps illustrate how Unisphere and command line output
display similar information.
Navigate to the System page
Expand the Control Station CLI Task Pane to expose its Run Command
link.
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Step Action
2 Opening Unisphere Command page:
From the Task pane click Run Command
The Command page opens for entering commands
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Step Action
3 Displaying Data Movers CLI:
Inside the Command: box enter the following command:
nas_server list
The command will provide the output on the same window
Where:
Id ID of the Data Mover. type Type assigned to Data Mover. acl Access control value assigned to the Data Mover or VDM. slot Physical slot in the cabinet where the Data Mover resides. groupID ID of the Data Mover group. state Whether the Data Mover is enabled=0, disabled=1, failed over=2. name Name given to the Data Mover.
What are the names of the Data Movers: ___________, ____________.
4 Unisphere and CLI output differences Unisphere output:
From the Top Navigation Bar click Storage > Storage Configuration > File
Systems.
There should not be any file systems listed in the task page. This is expected.
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Step Action
5 Unisphere and CLI output differences CLI output:
Click Systems on the top Navigation bar
And click the Run Command link on the Task pane.
Inside the Command: box enter the following command:
nas_fs list
You see many file systems listed in the task page. This is because Unisphere
does not display the root file systems but the CLI does.
Close the Control Station CLI window.
End of Lab Exercise
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Lab Exercise: Implementing Unisphere Security
Purpose:
This lab exercise explains how to select a system on the
Storage Domain to be a Domain Master node.
The lab will also demonstrate how to create a user-defined
role, and associate it to a new local group.
The lab exercise will then explain how to create a Global User
Account and associate with the created local group.
Synopsis:
You have just implemented a successful installation of a VNX
array for your customer. The VNX system has already been
set up with prerequisite software and enablers. The hosts,
however, will need to be setup and have all necessary
software installed since they are without it presently.
The customer hired a new member for the Storage
Administration Team, who experience with a VNX feature.
The new member is not yet a part of the Companys
Microsoft AD.
The head of the IT department, would like to give the
member administrative privileges over the VNX feature.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Configure and Verify Domain Security
Create a Global User account on the VNX
Create a Local Group on the VNX
Define a New Role
References: Security Configuration Guide for VNX
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
User-Defined Role Name:
User-Defined Role Description:
User-Defined Role Privileges:
Local Group Name:
Local Group Role:
Global User:
Global User Primary Group:
Global User Group (Role):
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Lab: Part 1 Verify Domain Security
Step Action
Note (If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to your Student
Desktop via your VDC connection.
Ask your instructor for assistance if you are having any difficulty
1 Unisphere login:
From your Student Desktop, open a web browser and enter the VNX Address
(Control Station) in the URL address section.
At the EMC Unisphere login screen, login using the following settings:
Name: sysadmin Password: sysadmin Use LDAP: unchecked Scope: Global
Click Login
2 Verify Domain Security:
From the Top Navigation bar in Unisphere, ensure that the All Systems option is
selected from the drop-down list.
Then click the Domains option.
3 Domain Configuration:
From the right-side Tasks Pane, in the Local Domain section, click the Select
Domain Master link.
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Step Action
4 Domain Master:
Observe the IP address listed in the Master Node IP Address field.
What system does this IP Address reference?
_____________________________________________________________________
Which IP Addresses can fulfill the role of Master Node?
_____________________________________________________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Lab: Part 2 Create Local File Access for Global User
Step Action
1 Manage License for File
In order to demonstrate the creation of a user-defined role on the next lab step,
the license for some VNX features must be enabled on the VNX storage system.
From the navigation bar drop-down, select your assigned VNX system.
Click the Settings option on the navigation bar.
From the right-side Tasks pane in the More Setting section, select Manage
Licenses for File.
Verify that all the licenses are checked.
If needed, enable any unchecked licenses by checking a license one at a time
and selecting OK. (This may take a short amount of time.)
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Step Action
2 Create a user-defined role:
In this step, you will create a new administrative role with the privileges that are
described in your class configuration sheet.
Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > User Customization
for File and select the Roles tab.
Click the Create button.
Create a role with the information you recorded in Preparing for the Lab:
Role Name: User-Defined Role Name
Description : User-Defined Role Description
Privileges : User-Defined Role Privileges
(Expand the Privileges Category in order to select the privilege object and
access level)
Click OK when you are done.
Look at the List of Roles Observe that the role that was just created appears
under the Roles tab in the User Customization for File window.
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Step Action
3 Create a Local Group:
From the User Customization for File window, select the Groups tab.
Click the Create button.
Create a group with the recorded information:
Group Name : Local Group Name
GID: Auto select
Role : Local Group Role
Group Type: Local Only Group
Click OK when you are done.
The newly created group should appear under the Groups tab in the User
Customization for File window as a Local Group type.
Close the User Customization for File window.
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Step Action
4 Create a Global User Account:
Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > Global Users.
Click Add
Create a user with the information in your class configuration sheet:
Username : Global User
Password: sysadmin1
Storage Domain Role: Operator
Click OK when you are done.
Click Yes to confirm the addition of the new Global User.
Click OK on the dialogue box that states the operation was successfully
completed.
The newly created user should appear under the Global User Management
window.
Click OK to close the Global User Management window.
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Step Action
5 Assign the group role to the new user
Navigate to Settings > Security > User Management > User Customization
for File and select the Users tab.
Select the Global User you have created and click Properties.
Configure the User Properties settings with the following information:
Primary Group: Global User Primary Group
Group (Role) Membership: Global User Group (Role)
Client Access: CLI Access allowed
Click OK
The modified user is displayed under the User Customization for File window
with the Operator and new assigned roles.
Close the User Customization for File window.
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Step Action
6 Unisphere Login for Role-based user:
Logout from Unisphere and log back in as the Global User (case sensitive)
with the following settings:
Name: Global User Password: sysadmin1 Use LDAP: unchecked Scope: Global
Click Login Verify that the new user account is able to log into the system.
7 Role-based user access in Unisphere:
Observe that the role of the user does not have creation and modify rights on
tasks not related to the assigned role.
From the Dashboard view, select your VNX from the navigation bar drop-
down list.
Navigate to System > Monitoring and Alerts > Notifications for File.
Navigate through the tabs of the Notifications for File window.
Observe that the Create button is grayed out in each one of the tabs. The
account is not able to make any modifications to created events.
Logout & Exit Unisphere.
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Lab Exercise: Verify VNX System Configuration
Purpose:
In this lab, you will verify the VNX storage system SP (Storage
Processor) cache settings, networking and port configuration.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Verify SP cache settings
Verify SP networking configuration
Verify hardware and SP ports
Verify iSCSI ports
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
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Lab: Part 1 Verify SP Cache Settings
Step Action
1 System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
2 Verify SP Cache Settings:
Select your VNX from the All Systems drop down menu
From the navigation bar select System. From the right-side Tasks pane System Management section click the System Properties link.
Select the SP Cache tab
What is considered a Read and a Write Cache Hit? _______________________________
What would happen with Write cache is disabled? _______________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Lab: Part 2 Verify SP Network Configuration
Step Action
1 Access SP network settings:
From the navigation bar select Settings. From the right-side Tasks pane Network Settings section click the Edit Network Settings SPA link.
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Step Action
2 Verify SP network configuration:
Click the Network tab.
From Management Port Settings section, notice that the Requested
Settings: drop-down list is grayed out. This is due to the VNX Unified
system having its SP Management ports cabled into the systems internal
network. Review the Link Status settings for network speed and duplex.
From the Virtual Port Properties window, verify that virtual port 0 displays
the VNX Address (SPA).
Click on Virtual Port 0 and select Properties.
Verify that the settings are as follows:
IP Addess: VNX Address (SPA) Gateway: 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Please notify your instructor if the settings are not correct.
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Step Action
3 Verify DNS configuration:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select All Systems. Click on the
navigation bar Domains option.
From the right-side Task pane Local Domain section, click the Configure
DNS link.
Verify the following DNS settings:
DNS Domain Suffix: hmarine.test
DNS Server IP Address: 192.168.1.50
Domain Search List: hmarine.test
Click OK to close the window.
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Lab: Part 3 Verify Hardware and Storage Processor Ports
Step Action
1 Explore Storage Hardware:.
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware
From the Storage Hardware Component tree, expand the SPs container
and then expand SP A > IO Modules > Slot A1.
Starting at the top of the tree, click SP A. View the picture on the right side
of the window. It should highlight the selected component in green.
Continue to highlight objects from the tree structure and view the
components on the right.
Select Port 1 and click Properties to view the port details.
What is the actual port speed listed? ___________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
2 Verify iSCSI ports:
Next, navigate to Settings > Network > Settings for Block
From the SP-Port column select A-1 and click Properties to view port
details.
What is the actual port speed listed? ___________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Lab Exercise: Storage Configuration
Purpose:
In this lab, you will verify and provision storage for a VNX
Unified system in preparation for configuring file systems and
attaching block hosts.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Verify storage for a VNX for File platform
Verify Pools and RAID Groups
Create Classic LUNs
Create Thin LUNs and Thick LUNs
Verify hot spare policy
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
RG5 LUN ID:
RG5 LUN Name:
RG10 LUN ID:
RG10 LUN Name:
Thick LUN ID:
Thick LUN Name:
Thin LUN ID:
Thin LUN Name:
RG5 LUN Folder:
RG10 LUN Folder:
Pool LUN Folder:
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Lab: Part 1 Verify Storage for VNX File
Step Action
1 System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
2 Verify File Pool:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools
Verify that there is a storage pool created with the name of File Pool
which is made up of mixed disks
Select File Pool and click Properties to answer the following questions
What types of disk makes up this storage pool? ___________________________________
Which RAID configuration is being used? _________________________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
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Step Action
3 Verify Pool LUN assignment:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups
Select the ~filestorage storage group and click Properties (This is the
Storage Group for the File storage of the VNX)
Select the LUNs tab
You should see several LUNs starting with the word File in the list of
Selected LUNs. These LUNs have been added from the File storage pool.
These LUNs have also been discovered by the VNX OE for File, notice that
each LUN ends in a d and a number. These are the disk volumes that are
associated with each LUN.
Click Cancel to close the window.
4 Verify storage pools for File:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools for File. The
page displays the mapped pool named File Pool. The storage space from
this pool will be used to create file systems.
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Lab: Part 2 Verify Block Storage Pool and RAID Groups
Step Action
1 Verify Storage Pool:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools
Verify that there is a storage pool created with the name of Block Pool
which is made up of mixed disks
Select Block Pool and click Properties to answer the following questions
What Drive Types are used for this storage pool? ___________________________________
Which RAID configurations are used for this pool? __________________________________
Click Cancel to close the window.
2 Verify RAID Groups:
Select the RAID Groups tab on the Storage Pools page to verify if there are
any RAID groups created
You should see two RAID groups created; RAID Group 5 made up of 5 disks
and RAID Group 10 made up of 4 disks.
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Lab #: Part 3 Create Classic LUNs
Step Action
1 Create LUNs on RAID Group 5:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs
From the LUNs tab click Create
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: RAID Group
RAID Type: RAID5: Distributed Parity (High Throughput)
Storage Pool for new LUN: 5
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: RG5 LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 6
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your RG5 LUN Name
Starting ID: RG5 LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Use SP Write Cache: checked
FAST Cache: unchecked
No Initial Verify: unchecked
Set Default Owner: Auto
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created six (6) 5 GB LUNs
with a LUN ID range starting with the RG5 LUN ID. If the LUNs you created do
not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct the settings
before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the LUNs created
to be as specified.
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Step Action
2 Create LUNs on RAID Group 10:
From the LUNs tab click Create
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: RAID Group
RAID Type: RAID1/0: Mirrored Redundant Individual Access
Storage Pool for new LUN: 10
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: RG10 LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your RG10 LUN Name
Starting ID: RG10 LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Use SP Write Cache: checked
FAST Cache: unchecked
No Initial Verify: unchecked
Set Default Owner: Auto
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created created four (4) 5
GB LUNs with a LUN ID range starting with the RG10 LUN ID. If the LUNs you
created do not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct
the settings before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the
LUNs created to be as specified.
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Step Action
3 Create LUN Folder for RG5 LUNs:
Select the Folders tab in the LUNs page.
Click Create and in the Name field enter your RG5 LUN Folder name. This
folder will hold all of your RAID Group 5 LUNS. Click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
Once created, select your RG5 LUN Folder and click Properties. Then select
the LUNs tab.
From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB. Locate
and select your six previously created RG5 LUN Names and click Add to
move them to the Selected LUNs window. Then click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
4 Create LUN Folder for RG10 LUNs:
Select the Folders tab in the LUNs page.
Click Create and in the Name field enter your RG10 LUN Folder name. This
folder will hold all of your RAID Group 10 LUNS. Click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
Once created, select your RG10 LUN Folder and click Properties. Then
select the LUNs tab.
From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB. Locate
and select your four previously created RG10 LUN Names and click Add to
move them to the Selected LUNs window. Then click OK, Yes, and OK to
complete the operation.
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Lab: Part 4 Create Thick and Thin LUNs
Step Action
1 Create Thick LUNs on the Block Pool:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs
From the LUNs tab click Create
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: UNCHECKED
User Capacity: 5 GB
LUN ID: Thick LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thick LUN Name
Starting ID: Thick LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Note: The Thin checkbox is unchecked so the LUNs you are creating will be
Thick LUNs.
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created four (4) 5 GB
Thick LUNs with a LUN ID range starting with the Thick LUN ID. If the LUNs you
created do not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct
the settings before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the
LUNs created to be as specified.
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Step Action
2 Create Thin LUNs on the Block Pool:
Create LUNs in the General tab with the following settings:
Storage Pool Type: Pool
RAID Type: Mixed: Multi-tiered with mixed RAID types
Storage Pool for new LUN: Block Pool
Thin: CHECKED
User Capacity: 10 GB
LUN ID: Thin LUN ID
Number of LUNS: 4
Select the Name radio button.
In the Name field enter your Thin LUN Name
Starting ID: Thin LUN ID
Select the Advanced tab and configure the following settings:
Set Default Owner: Auto
Tiering Policy: Start High then Auto-Tier (Recommended)
Snapshot Auto-delete Policy: unchecked
Click Apply, Yes and OK to complete the operation.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have created four (4) 10 GB
Thin LUNs with a LUN ID range starting with the Thin LUN ID. If the LUNs you
created do not match the settings specified, with instructor assistance correct
the settings before proceeding. Subsequent lab exercises depend upon the
LUNs created to be as specified.
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Step Action
3 LUN Properties:
Navigate to Storage > Storage Configuration > Storage Pools and select
the Pools tab.
Select the Block Pool and click the Properties button.
Select the General tab.
How much physical capacity has been allocated on the Pool?
_________________________
Click the Cancel button to close the properties page.
From the Pools tab select the Block Pool. From the Details section, select
the LUNs tab. From the Usage drop-down list, select ALL User LUNs.
Select one of your Thick LUN Names and click the Properties button.
Record the details listed from the General tab in the LUN Capacity section.
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Step Action
Click the Cancel button to close the properties window.
Select one of your Thin LUN Names and click the Properties button.
Record the details listed from the General tab in the LUN Capacity section.
_______________________________________________________________
Note: User Capacity is the size of the LUN that is presented to the host.
Consumed Capacity is user capacity to which the host has written data. Thin
LUN consumed capacity and rate of consumption can vary depending on the
attached host file system or application using the LUN. This is a normal
condition typical of most thin provisioning services.
Click the Cancel button to close the properties window.
4 Create LUN Folder:
Navigate to Storage > LUNs and select the Folders tab.
Click Create and in the Name field enter your Pool LUN Folder name. This
folder will hold all of your thick and thin pool LUNs. Click OK, Yes, and OK
to complete the operation.
Select your Block Pool folder and click the Properties button. From the
properties window select the LUNs tab.
From the Available LUNs window, expand the tree for SPA and SPB. Locate
and select your four previously created Thick LUN Names, the four
previously created Thin LUN Names, and click Add to move them to the
Selected LUNs window. Then click OK, Yes, and OK to complete the
operation.
Verify that a total of eight (8) LUNs are in your Pool LUN Folder.
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Lab: Part 5 Verify Hot Spare Policy
Step Action
1 Hot Spare Policy:
VNX systems use unused, or unbound, disks as hot spares. The table below
displays the number of unused disks that is recommended in order to
accommodate a hot spare.
SAS FLASH
SAS
NL-SAS
Recommended 1 unused disk per 30 Disks
2 Verify spare policy and unused disks:
While still logged on to Unisphere, navigate to System > Hardware > Hot Spare Policy
Here you will find a list of all the disk types available for your VNX system, and
the policy set for each disk type. A Recommended policy adheres to the EMC
best practices policy for that disk type/size. Custom policy gives the
administrator an option for their own ratio in the box in the Keep Unused per
Policy column. The No Hot Spares policy does not reserve any hot spares.
According to the number of disks in your VNX, how many unused disks are
recommended per disk type?
SAS Flash ______ SAS_______ NL-SAS________
Close all open windows and application on your Student Desktop system.
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Lab Exercise: Verifying Windows Host Software and Configuring Host Access to VNX LUN
Purpose:
In this lab, you will verify host software already installed on
your Windows host and create a VNX storage group in order
to provide storage to your Windows host.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Verify Host Configurations - iSCSI Initiators, PowerPath version, host agent, and Secure CLI
Verifying that the VNX Array is configured to Auto-Manage hosts
Create a VNX storage group and add LUNs to the storage group
Configure Windows host access to LUNs
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
Windows host:
Windows host Address:
Windows Storage Group:
Pool LUN Folder:
Thick LUNs:
Thin LUNs:
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Lab: Part 1 Verify Windows Host Software
Step Action
1 System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop system, launch the RDP Plus application that is
available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
Connect to your Windows host according to the following information:
Computer(s): Enter your Windows host
User: Administrator
Password: emc2Local!
Click Connect.
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Step Action
2 Verify Powerpath version and secure CLI installation:
On your Windows host, open a Command window which is available from the Desktop view or its task bar.
In the command window run the following command:
powermt version
What is the Powerpath version running on your Windows host? ___________________
To verify that secure CLI is installed on your host, enter naviseccli at
the command prompt. This should return a not enough arguments message, which proves that secure CLI has been installed.
Close the command prompt.
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Step Action
3 Verify host agent installation and iSCSI initiator:
On your Windows host, open the Services tool which is available from the Desktop view or its task bar.
Verify that the host agent and the iSCSI initiator services are up and running. Look for Navisphere_Agent, which is the host agent service, and the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service.
Close the Services window.
Right-click the Internet connection icon on the bottom right corner of your
Windows host and select Open Network and Sharing Center.
The host has two networks in the Active Connection list. The Unidentified
network is a non-routed network that connects to the configured iSCSI
ports of your VNX.
Close the Network and Sharing Center.
Leave your RDP Plus session to your Windows host open on your Student
Desktop system. You will return to the session in a later part of the lab
exercise.
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Lab: Part 2 Verify the VNX Array is configured to Auto-Manage hosts
Step
Action
1 VNX SP setup page login:
From your Student Desktop system, open a browser and enter the VNX
Address (SPA) followed by . Example: 192.168.1.31/setup
The browser displays a certificate warning message. Select the Continue to
this website option.
To login, enter the sysadmin/sysadmin credentials and select the Scope:
Unisphere.
2 Verify Automanage:
In the Setup display scroll down until you find the Turn Automanage On/Off button. Click it to enter the settings.
Confirm that Automatic Server Discovery is enabled.
What does this setting do? _________________________________________________________________
Close your browser windows.
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Lab: Part 3 Create and Populate Storage Groups with EMC Unisphere -Windows
Step Action
1 System Login:
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
2 Verify Storage Groups are Enabled:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
From the navigation bar select System. From the right-side Tasks pane System Management section click the System Properties link.
In the Configuration section, verify that the Storage Group option
checkbox is checked. This option enables storage group capability for the
selected storage system. This option cannot be disabled, so the check box
appears dimmed and is unavailable when Storage Groups is enabled.
Close the window
3 Create a Storage Group:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.
Create a new Storage Group by clicking Create. Create the storage group
according to the following information:
Storage Group Name: Windows Storage Group
Reminder: Storage Group names are case sensitive.
Click OK.
Click Yes to the message Do you wish to add LUNs or connect host
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Step Action
4 Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your Pool
LUN Folder, locate the two Thick LUNs and the two Thin LUNs and add
them to your Windows Storage Group.
Click the Host tab, select your Windows host from the Available Hosts
pane and click the to move the hosts to the Hosts to be Connected
pane.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
Please stop and with your instructor verify you have selected and added the
correct Thick LUNs and Thin LUNs to your Windows Storage Group. If the
LUNs added are not the correct LUNs specified, with instructor assistance
correct the configuration before proceeding Subsequent lab exercises depend
upon the specified LUNs being given to the host.
5 Verify Storage Group Creation:
From theright-side task pane in the Host Management section, click the
Update All Hosts link.
Select your VNX Storage System and click Poll. Click Yes. After the Status
reads Success followed by the current date and time click Cancel.
From the Storage Group window select your Windows Storage Group.
From the Details section click the Hosts tab and verify that your Windows
host is connected.
From the Details section click the LUNs tab and verify that LUNs are
displayed.
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Lab: Part 4 Configure Windows Host Access to LUNs
Step Action
1 System Login:
On your Student Desktop system, return to your open RDP Plus session to
your Windows host.
2 Bring disks Online:
Click the Server Manager icon on the taskbar of your Windows host.
From the Server Manager window, expand the File and Storage Services
container on the left-side panel and select Disks.
The DISKS pane in most cases will show four (4) DGC LUNZ disks. The VNX by
default presents LUNZ disks to the host when no LUNs are presented to the
host. This is to provide basic SCSI connectivity from the host to the array. Now
that LUNs are presented to the host, the host must rescan to see the newly
presented LUNs.
Click the TASKS drop down menu and select Rescan Storage.
The DISKS pane should show two 5.00 GB disks and two 10.0 GB disks with
Status Offline. These are the Thick LUNs and Thin LUNs that were added to the
Windows Storage Group.
Right-click each one of the offline disks and select the Bring Online option.
The disk status may not change immediately; you may need to Refresh the
disk table from the TASKS drop down menu.
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3 Create New Volume on each disk:
Right-click one of the iSCSI disks and select New Volume.
In the New Volume Wizard, click Next to start the wizard.
Select one of the disks and click Next. Keep the default value for size, but
make sure the volume size matches the available capacity.
Keep all other defaults for Drive Letter and File Systems Settings. Click
Create.
Repeat the above steps for the other three iSCSI disks.
You should now havefour (4) iSCSI disks that are Partitioned and have 0.00 GB
in the Unallocated column. You may now close the Server Manager window.
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4 Verify the Volumes are seen by the VNX:
From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in
the right side Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect Host.
Type in your Windows host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field.
Click Go.
In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that your
mount volumes are present.
Click OK to close the window.
On the Windows host, close all open windows and application.
Disconnect from the Remote Desktop session by accessing the Logoff Session icon which is available from the Windows host Desktop view or its taskbar.
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Lab Exercise: Verifying Linux Host Software and Configuring Host Access to VNX LUN
Purpose:
In this lab, you will verify host software already installed on
your Linux host and create a VNX storage group in order to
provide access to the LUNs.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Verify Host Configurations - iSCSI Initiators, PowerPath version, host agent, and Secure CLI
Create a VNX storage group and add LUNs to the storage group
Configure Linux host access to LUNs
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
Linux host:
Linux host Address:
Linux Storage Group:
RG5 LUN Folder:
RG5 LUNs:
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Lab: Part 1 Verify Linux Host Software
Step Action
1 System Login:
(If you are not already logged in to your Student Desktop) Connect to
your Student Desktop via your VDC connection.
From your Student Desktop system, launch the PuTTY application that
is available from the Desktop view or its taskbar.
Open an SSH session to your Linux host according to the following
information;
Host Name (or IP address): Enter your Linux host
Click Open to open the SSH session
login as: root
password: emc2Local!
2 Verify Powerpath version and secure CLI installation:
In the open SSH window, run the following command: powermt version
What is the Powerpath version running on your Linux host? ___________________
To verify that secure CLI is installed on your host, enter naviseccli at
the command prompt. This should return a not enough arguments message, which proves that secure CLI has been installed.
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Step Action
3 Verify host agent status:
Run the following command to change directory:
cd /etc/init.d
Run the following command to verify the Host agent is running:
./hostagent status
The Host agent status can also be verified with the following command:
ps -ef | grep hostagent
If its not running, start the agent with the command:
./hostagent start
4 Validate iSCSI initiator and service status:
Run the following command to change directory:
cd /etc/iscsi
To validate the host initiator the command:
more initiatorname.iscsi
What is the name of the initiator that was
returned?_________________________________
To verify iSCSI service status, run the command:
service iscsi status
If not started, start the service by the command:
service iscsi start
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Lab: Part 2 Create and Populate Storage Groups with EMC Unisphere -Linux
Step Action
1 System Login:
From your Student Desktop, open a browser and login to Unisphere on
your assigned VNX using the VNX Address (Control Station) and the user
credentials: sysadmin/sysadmin with Scope Global selected.
2 Validate Linux host initiators:
From the navigation bar drop-down list, select your VNX.
Navigate to Hosts > Initiators.
In the Filter field enter your Linux host.
The Initiator Name field should list the initiator name for your host for
each SP port that is connected to. Each initiator should also be listed as
Registered and Logged In.
3 Create a Storage Group:
Navigate to Hosts > Storage Groups.
Create a new Storage Group by clicking Create. Create the storage group
according to the following information:
Storage Group Name: Linux Storage Group
Reminder: Storage Group names are case sensitive.
Click OK.
Click Yes to the message Do you wish to add LUNs or connect host
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Step Action
4 Add LUNs and Hosts to the Storage Group:
Click the LUNs tab. From the Available LUNs window, expand your RG5
LUN Folder, locate and add three RG5 LUNs to your Linux Storage Group.
In the Host LUN ID, enter 50 51 52 for the LUNs respectively. The
Host IDs are used by the Linux server to see the LUNs. If you leave them
blank, default values will be assigned.
Click the Host tab, select your Linux host from the Available Hosts pane
and click the to move the host to the Hosts to be Connected pane.
Click OK, Yes, OK.
Return to your PuTTY session to the Linux host and reboot the system by
running the following command:
reboot
A connection error message for you PuTTY session will be displayed. Close
it and the orphaned PuTTY session.
The Linux host will reboot in a moment. To verify its reboot, open a
Command Prompt on your Student desktop system and issue a ping
command to your Linux host. When the host replies to the ping, continue
to the next part of the lab.
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Lab: Part 3 Configure Linux Host Access to LUNs
Step Action
1 Run levels for iSCSI Daemon:
Open another PuTTY session to your Linux host.
Run the following commands:
chkconfig --list iscsi
chkconfig --level 0123456 iscsi on
These commands will check and set the run levels for the iSCSI daemon to
automatically start at boot and to shut down when the server is brought
down.
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Step Action
2 View PowerPath devices for your Linux host:
From your PuTTY session to your Linux host, run the following command:
powermt display dev=all
What is the name of the pseudo-device given to each LUN?
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What is the Failover Mode set to?
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Step Action
3 Partition the disk and create a file system on the pseudo-device:
The fdisk command will be run next to create disk partitions for the host
on the assigned VNX LUNs. The command is menu drive. Run the following
command and follow the listed menu options:
fdisk /dev/emcpowera
A warning message will appear, Type n to continue
Create a Primary Partition. Type p
For the number of Partitions type 1
For the first cylinder, accept the default of 1 by pressing Enter
For the last cylinder, accept the default last cylinder value by pressing
Enter
Type w to write Table to disk and exit
Next, create a file system on the disk partition by running the following
command:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/emcpowera1
Create a mount point for the new file system by running the following
command:
mkdir /mntA1
Optional: You may repeat the same tasks listed here to partition the other
two pseudo-devices, emcpowerb and emcpowerc. Use /mntB1 and
/mntC1 for the mount points.
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Step Action
4 Mount and verify the device:
Mount your emcpowera1 device to the newly created mntA1 directory.
mount /dev/emcpowera1 /mntA1
If you have partitioned the other two pseudo-devices, you also need to
mount them.
mount /dev/emcpowerb1 /mntB1
mount /dev/emcpowerc1 /mntC1
Change directory to /mntA1 and write some data using the touch
command
touch test
You should be able to write data to your Linux file system.
Verify the file was written by running the following command:
ls
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Step Action
5 Verify the Volumes are seen by the VNX:
From your Student Desktop Unisphere session, navigate to Hosts and in
the right side Tasks pane Host Management section, select Connect Host.
Type in your Linux host Address in the Enter Host IP Address field. Click
Go.
In the lower Volumes on Block Storage Systems section, verify that your
mount volumes are present.
Click OK to close the window.
Close your PuTTY session to your Linux host.
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Lab Exercise: Configuring Host Access to VNX LUNs - ESXi
Purpose:
In this lab, you will create a VNX storage group in order to
provide an ESXi server access to LUNs.
Tasks: In this lab exercise, you will perform the following tasks:
Create a VNX storage group and add LUNs to the storage group
Configure ESXi host access to LUNs
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Preparing for the Lab
Please refer to your Class Configuration Sheet for this lab and record the values for each
item listed. You will use these values for the lab exercise.
Student number:
VNX:
VNX Address (Control Station):
VNX Address (SPA):
VNX Address (SPB):
ESXi host:
ESXi host Address:
ESXi Storage Group:
Pool LUN Folder:
Thick LUN:
Thin LUN:
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