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Installing & configuring ESS on Win2000
Introduction:
This document describes the installing the Qlogec fiber channel adapter on a dummy exchange server to assign storage space for this devise on the Enterprise Storage Server
Via the Storage aria net work.
Configuring the fiber channel card Qlogic
1. Boot the server.
2. Once the Qlogic BIOS appears, press Alt + Q to go to Fast!UTIL.
3. If you have multiple adapters installed, go to Select Host Adapter, and
select whichever HBA you want to configure. Press Enter.
4. Go to Configuration Settings and press Enter.
5. Select Host Adapter Settings and press Enter.
6. Compare the values and change to match the values recommended:
7. Go back to Configuration Settings and select Advanced Host Adapter
Settings.
8. Compare the values and change to match the recommended values as
Shown in Table 3.
Configuring Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 supports eight LUNs per target, achieving a maximum of
120 devices per adapter. However, most Fibre Channel HBA vendors use
some kind of abstraction from the host adapter (could be in firmware but most
often in the device driver). A common method is to create additional “pseudo”
target IDs. This enables Windows NT to accommodate an additional 15
targets (that could have eight LUNs each) for a maximum of 240 devices.
Editing the NT Registry to support more than eight LUNs
Early Qlogic HBA device drivers had support for large LUNs disabled. This is
Defined in their OEMSETUP.INF, and is written to the Registry upon
Installation. So if you have more than eight LUNs defined, those in excess of
eight will not be seen by the host. Newer device drivers had this enabled, so
you won’t normally need to edit it. It’s good to check it however, just to make
sure that it is enabled.
Here is the procedure in editing the Registry to support more than eight LUNs
(Figure 27):
1. Go to Start, Run, and type regedt32.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine.
3. Double-click System.
4. Double-click CurrentControlSet.
5. Double-click Services.
6. Double-click ql2200.
7. Double-click Parameters.
8. Select Devices.
9. On the right window, look for Large LUNs. This should have a value of
0x1. If it has a value of 0, you need to edit it
10.To edit, highlight it and go to Edit, then DWORD .
11.Under Data, type in 1.
12.Click OK and close the Registry editor.
13.Reboot for the change to take effect.
Defining Fiber Channel host
For this faze the plan is to assign 8GB from 6 deferent ranks use to be assigned to TSM server for Flash copy peruse. The 8GB chunks was assigned as following
017 , 117 , 217 , 317 , 417 , 417
Procedur
1. Open your browser. On the location field, type in the IP address or
hostname of any cluster on the ESS. This is with the assumption that both
clusters have the ESS Specialist enabled (which is the default). This
brings up the ESS Specialist welcome screen as seen in .
2. At the left side of the screen, click Storage Allocation.
3. On the New Site Certificate window, click Next (four times), Finish (once)
and Continue (once).
4. On the logon screen, type in the username and password of an
administrator account. The default user is STORWATCH and the default
password is SPECIALIST. After you log on, you should see a similar
screen as shown on.
5. Click Open System Storage
6. Click Modify Host Systems
7. Under Host Attributes, type the host’s nickname on the Nickname field.
8. Select the host type using the pull-down arrow on the Host Type field.
9. Under Host Attachment field, click the pull-down arrow and select Fibre
Channel Attached.
10.Under World-Wide Port-Name (WWPN), type in or select from the
pull-down arrow the WWPN of the host bus adapter.
11.Under Hostname/IP address field, type in the name or IP of the host.
12.After completing all the fields, select Add>>. The nickname of the host
that you just created should now appear on the Host Systems List.
13.Click Perform Configuration Update for the changes to take effect.
Now that you have defined the host, you’re ready to assign volumes to it.
Un assigning volumes from old host
1. From the Main Menu, go to Storage Allocation
2. Click Open System Storage.
3. Click Modify Volume Assignments.
4. Highlight the volumes you want to unassign. If multiple
contiguous volumes are to be selected, highlight the first, press Shift key
5. Once the progress bar ends, click OK. The volumes are now un assigned
Assigning Volumes to Host
1. From the Main Menu, go to Storage Allocation
2. Click Open System Storage.
3. Click Modify Volume Assignments.
4. Highlight the volumes you want to assign to the host. If multiple
contiguous volumes are to be selected, highlight the first, press Shift key,
then highlight the last volume. If non-contiguous, use Ctrl key, and
Highlight each volume. Once done, click Perform Configuration Update.
5. Once the progress bar ends, click OK. The volumes you assigned are now
available to the host. However, you may need to reboot the host, or rescan
the bus so that the volumes can be used by the operating system.
Connecting to san :
After connecting the fiber cable from the Qlogec to fiber cannel switch we will telnet to the Fiber channel switch and enable port 0 . and establish the zoning by assigning the machine alias to both ESS cluster .
Zoning administration
Zoning administration can be managed either using telnet commands to any
switch in the fabric or using a graphical user interface (GUI) using WebTools.
Configuring zones consists of four steps:
• Create aliases — aliases allow you to rapidly give familiar name or group
multiple devices into a name. For example, you can create an alias called
“NT_Hosts” to define all NT hosts in the Fabric.
• Define zones — create a zone and add members to it. Members can
consist of Switch Port Names, WWNs, or aliases. Changes to the zone
layout does not take effect until a zone configuration has been defined and
Enabled.
• Define a zone configuration — create a zone configuration and add zones
To it. This step identifies the zones that should be enabled whenever this
configuration is enabled. Changes to the zone configuration will not take
effect until that zone is enabled.
• Enable the zone configuration — select the zone configuration to be
activated. For Hard Zones, this action downloads the zone configuration to
the switch ASICs and begins the enforcement. For either Hard or Soft
Zones, a State Change Notification (RSCN) is issued to signal Hosts to
requery the Name Server for a list of available devices.
A switch can maintain virtually an unlimited number of zone configurations,
but remember, only one zoning configuration is active at a time.
Configuring the volumes on the NT box :
After the above steps the volumes will appear on the disk manager editor ,then we will mark the volumes as active and collect the stripe method ,and finally format the volumes.
Introduction:
This document describes the installing the Qlogec fiber channel adapter on a dummy exchange server to assign storage space for this devise on the Enterprise Storage Server
Via the Storage aria net work.
Configuring the fiber channel card Qlogic
1. Boot the server.
2. Once the Qlogic BIOS appears, press Alt + Q to go to Fast!UTIL.
3. If you have multiple adapters installed, go to Select Host Adapter, and
select whichever HBA you want to configure. Press Enter.
4. Go to Configuration Settings and press Enter.
5. Select Host Adapter Settings and press Enter.
6. Compare the values and change to match the values recommended:
7. Go back to Configuration Settings and select Advanced Host Adapter
Settings.
8. Compare the values and change to match the recommended values as
Shown in Table 3.
Configuring Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 supports eight LUNs per target, achieving a maximum of
120 devices per adapter. However, most Fibre Channel HBA vendors use
some kind of abstraction from the host adapter (could be in firmware but most
often in the device driver). A common method is to create additional “pseudo”
target IDs. This enables Windows NT to accommodate an additional 15
targets (that could have eight LUNs each) for a maximum of 240 devices.
Editing the NT Registry to support more than eight LUNs
Early Qlogic HBA device drivers had support for large LUNs disabled. This is
Defined in their OEMSETUP.INF, and is written to the Registry upon
Installation. So if you have more than eight LUNs defined, those in excess of
eight will not be seen by the host. Newer device drivers had this enabled, so
you won’t normally need to edit it. It’s good to check it however, just to make
sure that it is enabled.
Here is the procedure in editing the Registry to support more than eight LUNs
(Figure 27):
1. Go to Start, Run, and type regedt32.
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine.
3. Double-click System.
4. Double-click CurrentControlSet.
5. Double-click Services.
6. Double-click ql2200.
7. Double-click Parameters.
8. Select Devices.
9. On the right window, look for Large LUNs. This should have a value of
0x1. If it has a value of 0, you need to edit it
10.To edit, highlight it and go to Edit, then DWORD .
11.Under Data, type in 1.
12.Click OK and close the Registry editor.
13.Reboot for the change to take effect.
Defining Fiber Channel host
For this faze the plan is to assign 8GB from 6 deferent ranks use to be assigned to TSM server for Flash copy peruse. The 8GB chunks was assigned as following
017 , 117 , 217 , 317 , 417 , 417
Procedur
1. Open your browser. On the location field, type in the IP address or
hostname of any cluster on the ESS. This is with the assumption that both
clusters have the ESS Specialist enabled (which is the default). This
brings up the ESS Specialist welcome screen as seen in .
2. At the left side of the screen, click Storage Allocation.
3. On the New Site Certificate window, click Next (four times), Finish (once)
and Continue (once).
4. On the logon screen, type in the username and password of an
administrator account. The default user is STORWATCH and the default
password is SPECIALIST. After you log on, you should see a similar
screen as shown on.
5. Click Open System Storage
6. Click Modify Host Systems
7. Under Host Attributes, type the host’s nickname on the Nickname field.
8. Select the host type using the pull-down arrow on the Host Type field.
9. Under Host Attachment field, click the pull-down arrow and select Fibre
Channel Attached.
10.Under World-Wide Port-Name (WWPN), type in or select from the
pull-down arrow the WWPN of the host bus adapter.
11.Under Hostname/IP address field, type in the name or IP of the host.
12.After completing all the fields, select Add>>. The nickname of the host
that you just created should now appear on the Host Systems List.
13.Click Perform Configuration Update for the changes to take effect.
Now that you have defined the host, you’re ready to assign volumes to it.
Un assigning volumes from old host
1. From the Main Menu, go to Storage Allocation
2. Click Open System Storage.
3. Click Modify Volume Assignments.
4. Highlight the volumes you want to unassign. If multiple
contiguous volumes are to be selected, highlight the first, press Shift key
5. Once the progress bar ends, click OK. The volumes are now un assigned
Assigning Volumes to Host
1. From the Main Menu, go to Storage Allocation
2. Click Open System Storage.
3. Click Modify Volume Assignments.
4. Highlight the volumes you want to assign to the host. If multiple
contiguous volumes are to be selected, highlight the first, press Shift key,
then highlight the last volume. If non-contiguous, use Ctrl key, and
Highlight each volume. Once done, click Perform Configuration Update.
5. Once the progress bar ends, click OK. The volumes you assigned are now
available to the host. However, you may need to reboot the host, or rescan
the bus so that the volumes can be used by the operating system.
Connecting to san :
After connecting the fiber cable from the Qlogec to fiber cannel switch we will telnet to the Fiber channel switch and enable port 0 . and establish the zoning by assigning the machine alias to both ESS cluster .
Zoning administration
Zoning administration can be managed either using telnet commands to any
switch in the fabric or using a graphical user interface (GUI) using WebTools.
Configuring zones consists of four steps:
• Create aliases — aliases allow you to rapidly give familiar name or group
multiple devices into a name. For example, you can create an alias called
“NT_Hosts” to define all NT hosts in the Fabric.
• Define zones — create a zone and add members to it. Members can
consist of Switch Port Names, WWNs, or aliases. Changes to the zone
layout does not take effect until a zone configuration has been defined and
Enabled.
• Define a zone configuration — create a zone configuration and add zones
To it. This step identifies the zones that should be enabled whenever this
configuration is enabled. Changes to the zone configuration will not take
effect until that zone is enabled.
• Enable the zone configuration — select the zone configuration to be
activated. For Hard Zones, this action downloads the zone configuration to
the switch ASICs and begins the enforcement. For either Hard or Soft
Zones, a State Change Notification (RSCN) is issued to signal Hosts to
requery the Name Server for a list of available devices.
A switch can maintain virtually an unlimited number of zone configurations,
but remember, only one zoning configuration is active at a time.
Configuring the volumes on the NT box :
After the above steps the volumes will appear on the disk manager editor ,then we will mark the volumes as active and collect the stripe method ,and finally format the volumes.
hi,
i have installed recently.
Tell me few things.
Which Os version you are using: AiX 4.3.3 / aix 5.1 ?
Are u using 6227 / 6228 card??
6227 card is 32 bit 2gb card
6228 card is 64 bit 2gb card
are u using IBM HBA card / third Party card?
We are using same F50 server with IBM Emulex 6228 Feature card for SAN installation.
cheers,
nagaraj
i have installed recently.
Tell me few things.
Which Os version you are using: AiX 4.3.3 / aix 5.1 ?
Are u using 6227 / 6228 card??
6227 card is 32 bit 2gb card
6228 card is 64 bit 2gb card
are u using IBM HBA card / third Party card?
We are using same F50 server with IBM Emulex 6228 Feature card for SAN installation.
cheers,
nagaraj
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