Sun StorEdge™ T3 Dual Storage Array - Part 2
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1. 4 blueprint lt 2 gt fru list ID TYPE VENDOR MODEL REVISION SERIAL ulctr controller card SCI SJ 375 0084 01 0209 000887 uldl disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR170377 uld2 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR223933 uld3 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR194267 uld4 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR225714 uld5 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR104406 uld6 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR171635 uld7 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR171507 uld8 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR230196 uld9 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR235722 ulll loop card SCI SJ 375 0085 01 4 11 Flash 001733 ull2 loop card SCI SJ 375 0085 01 4 11 Flash 002128 ulpcul power cooling unit TECTROL CAN 300 1454 01 0000 003137 ulpcu2 power cooling unit TECTROL CAN 300 1454 01 0000 001762 ulmpn mid plane SCI SJ 370 3990 01 0000 000563 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration e March 2001 In the previous example m EEPROM firmware version is listed as Controller card Revision 0209 m Disk drive firmware version is listed as Revision D44A m Interconnect card loop card firmware version is listed as Revision 4 11 Flash Upgrade firmware if necessary m If the firmware levels between the arrays are identical proceed to Step 6 m If the firmware levels2. The charging time will depend on the state of the batteries A refresh after a power cycle can take up to 2 hours A complete recharge can take up to 12 hours Configuration 12 The batteries are drained and recharged every 14 days by default The write behind cache is disabled while the batteries are drained which can take up to 20 minutes for each battery Because there is a performance degradation to write activity during this time it may be desirable to specify when the refresh occurs in the etc schd conf file on the T3 array See the Sun StorEdge T3 Disk Tray Administrator s Guide for more information A refresh can be invoked manually by using the refresh command To create a 7 1 disk RAID 5 volume with one hot spare on the alternate master array enter the following commands blueprint lt 3 gt vol add v1 data u2d1 8 raid 5 standby u2d9 blueprint lt 4 gt vol init vl sysarea rate 16 blueprint lt 5 gt vol init v1 data rate 16 blueprint lt 6 gt vol mount v1 The sysarea gualifier creates a system area on the volume used for configuration and status information pertaining to the T3 array The data gualifier creates the area on the volume that will hold the user data Note Drive 9 is the only drive that can be configured as a hot spare Only one hot spare is allowed per T3 array and can only be used by that array not by the partner array Confirm the volumes are laid out c
3. amp to enable hot sparing instead of hot relocation comment out vxrelocd before uncommenting vxspare vxsparecheck root amp exit 0 To enable the changes above without rebooting the machine stop the vxrelocd daemon using the kill command and start the vxsparecheck daemon manually Execute the commands below to specify hot spares etc vx bin vxdisksetup i lt disk device name gt vxdg g lt disk group name gt adddisk hotspare lt disk device name gt vxedit g lt disk group name gt set spare on hotspare 18 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration e March 2001 File System Creation After the volume is created on the T3 array and within VxVM a filesystem can be created and mounted by the host example commands are shown here newfs v dev vx rdsk data01 mount dev vx dsk data01 mnt Create directories for the permanent mount points and edit etc vfstab to include the new file systems Summary This article has presented the process for reconfiguring two single T3 arrays as a partner group comprising the steps m Preparation m Backup all data a Verify firmware levels a Reset settings to factory defaults a Configure parameters hostname IP address etc m Cabling the partner group a Configure parameters to allow fail over between arrays a Define and mount volumes on the T3 arrays m Create new devices on the host m Create file systems a Add Disks to VxV
4. d d d d d d d d d d d d data disk ready data disk ready data disk ready data disk ready data disk ready data disk ready data disk ready data disk ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready 37 39 36 38 37 35 40 36 standby ready ready 37 v0 unassigned ready ready 42 unassignedready unassignedready unassignedready unassignedready unassignedready unassignedready unassignedready unassignedready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready MODE CABLE1 CABL 2 TEMP 36 35 35 40 36 35 33 33 S9IIGIGIGIGIG COS OG o o u21 ull u212 ull2 1 master installed 29 5 ady enabl ady enabl 1 slave installed 33 0 master installed 28 ady enabl HB HH ady enabl aaaa slav installed 32 0 POW ER STATUS STAT E SOURCEOUTPUT BATTERY T EMP FAN1 FAN2 d line normalnormal ulpculready enabl d line normalnormal ulpcu2ready enabl u2pculready enabl d line normalnormal d line normalnormal u2pcu2ready enabl normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal normal The batteries in the power and cooling units recharge after powering on the array During recharge a fault message is displayed in the fru stat output against the batteries and the write behind cache is disabled
5. note that the controller SBus addresses given by vxdmpadm listctlr all e g sbus 2 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 are used as the inputs to vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr vxdmpadm listctlr all CTLR NAME DA TYPE STATE DA SNO ctlr0 T300 ENABLED 60020 2000000b990000000000000000 ctlr0 sbus 2 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 ctlrl T300 ENABLED 60020 2000000b990000000000000000 ctlrl sbus 6 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 GELTZ SEAGATE ENABLED SEAGATE_DISKS ctlr2 sbus 3 0 SUNW fas 3 8800000 vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr sbus 2 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 NAME STATE TYPE DMPNODENAME DA TYPE DA SNO cit2d1s2 ENABLED PRIMARY cit2d1s2 T300 60020 2000000b9900000000 cit2d0s2 ENABLED SECONDARY c1t2d0s2 T300 60020 2000000b9900000000 vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr sbus 6 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 NAME STATE TYPE DMPNODENAME DA TYPE DA SNO c2tld1s2 ENABLED SECONDARY clt2dls2 T300 0020f2000000p9900000000 c2t1d0s2 ENABLED PRIMARY clt2d0s2 T300 60020 2000000b9900000000 If one of the fibre channel paths to the T3 partner group fails DMP will automatically route the connection via the remaining path When the failed path is repaired DMP will automatically revert back to using both paths The following is an example of the output of the vxdmpadm getsubpaths command aft
6. MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU amp a Please Adobe PostScript Recycle Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration The intended audience for this article is customers that already have several single T3 arrays or T3 array partner groups and wish to reconfigure them and any other parties responsible for the design and configuration of Sun StorEdge T3 arrays This is the second of three article series that will provide a roadmap for the configuration of the Sun StorEdge T3 storage array partner group by discussing the following points m Installation planning and design Part 1 m Configuration Part 2 m Basic Management Part 3 Information presented in this article is discussed in greater detail in the Sun StorEdge T3 array VERITAS Volume Manager and Sun Management Center documentation The following best practices are featured in this series of articles a Layout of storage manageability m Using VERITAS Volume Manager VxVM maintainability m Wide Thin striping performance m Basic systems management and monitoring availability A Sun StorEdge T3 partner group has been split into two single T3 storage arrays This article looks at the reconfiguration of these two single T3 storage arrays to reform the partner group Because installation planning and design was covered in Part 1 this article starts at the configuration stage Note The third part of this artic
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8. array partner group using telnet with the IP address of the master array and enter the following command blueprint lt 1 gt sys mp_ support rw This command ensures that multipathing support is enabled on the T3 to permit the use of the dynamic multipathing feature within VxVM 6 Enable cache mirroring by entering the following command blueprint lt 2 gt sys mirror auto Note If the T3 configuration needs to be reconfigured from its factory default settings for any reason for example the IP address was not set in the previous section follow the instructions in the Sun BluePrints article Sun StorEdge T3 Single Storage Array Design and Installation September 2000 8 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration e March 2001 v Defining and Mounting Volumes on the Alternate Master Array After the arrays are cabled and power has been restored to both arrays define and mount the volume s residing on the alternate master array The volumes residing on the master array should survive during the reconfiguration process Note Ensure that both arrays are available that is all LEDs are green It may take several minutes after powering on for the arrays to be ready for use 1 Connect to the T3 array partner group by entering the following command on the host telnet lt IP address or hostname of T3 master array gt 2 Log into the T3 array as the root user 3 Confirm that the t
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10. for any of the four types are different between the master and the alternate master upgrade the firmware to be the identical on both arrays See the instructions in the Upgrading Firmware section of the Sun StorEdge T3 Installation Operation and Service manual On each array use the set z command to reset all system settings to factory defaults Note This will erase the T3 array s password IP address netmask and gateway You must reconfigure these values on the array that you wish to be the master before logging out When prompted to respond enter y yes to reset the system settings to the factory defaults For example blueprint lt 3 gt set z WARNING Resetting system NVRAM to default are you sure N y blueprint lt 4 gt The set z command will erase the T3 array s password IP address netmask and gateway these values need to be reconfigured on the master array Therefore prior to shutting down and powering off the arrays reset the following parameters Root Password m IP address netmask and gateway Hostname m Date and Time m Time Zone off set Refer to section Cabling a Partner Group on page 7 to determine which array will be the master the lower array if they are stacked and cabled as described Then set the parameters as follows Configuration 5 Setting Root Password Set the root password of the T3 array by using the following command blueprint l
11. M Operation of Dynamic MultiPathing Create Volumes in VxVM a Disable Hot relocation in VxVM Create and Mount File systems The next article in the series will look at basic management of the T3 arrays including logging to a remote or log host Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP Sun StorEdge Component Manager and Automated configuration of the T3 array using Expect scripts Summary 19 Author s Bio Mark Garner Mark Garner is a Systems Engineer for Enterprise Engineering at Sun Microsystems Prior to joining Sun Mark spent three years as a Systems Architect specializing in Email and Office Automation architectures and before this over eight years in systems administration While at Sun Mark has focused on the design and implementation of mission critical business and Internet application s infrastructure principally to provide for high availability and scalability 20 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration March 2001
12. Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration By Mark Garner Enterprise Engineering Sun BluePrints OnLine March 2001 Sun ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING http www sun com blueprints Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 USA 650 960 1300 fax 650 969 9131 Part No 816 0089 10 Revision 01 02 08 01 Edition March 2001 Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto California 94303 U S A All rights reserved This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo Sun BluePrints Sun StorEdge and Solaris are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interface was developed by Sun Microsystems Inc for its users and licensees Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of
13. er the fibre channel cable connected to controller 2 has been unplugged 16 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration March 2001 vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr sbus 2 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 NAME STATE YPE DMPNODENAME DA TYPE DA SNO cit2d1s2 ENABLED PRIMARY cit2d1s2 T300 60020 2000000b99000000 cit2d0s2 ENABLED SECONDARY cit2d0s2 T300 60020 2000000b990000000 vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr sbus 6 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 NAME STATE YPE DMPNODENAME DA TYPE DA SNO c2tldls2 DISABLED SECONDARY cit2dis2 T300 0020 2000000b99000000 c2tld0s2 DISABLED PRIMARY clt2d0s2 T300 60020 2000000b99000000 If VxVM is already installed and configured on the host or after executing the vxinstall command add the disks to a disk group by executing the following command vxdiskadd lt target gt Where target can be c2 c2t 3 c2t3d4 c2c3t5d1 or all Creating a Volume Once the disk has been added to a disk group a volume is created from that disk VxVM will automatically select the disks comprising a volume unless they are specified To create a volume from a specific disk execute the following command vxassist make lt volume_name gt lt length gt lt diskname gt For example vxassist make data01 3g disk01 This command will create a concatenated volume To create a Str
14. iped RAID 0 RAID 5 or Mirrored RAID 1 volumes see the vxassist man pages and VxVM Command Line Interface Administrator s Guide In this instance however the T3 s hardware will take care of the RAID 5 functions therefore a concatenated volume is the correct choice Configuration 17 Disabling VxVM Hot Relocation Although not strictly applicable to this hardware RAID configuration because the T3 hardware will handle hardware and data resilience disabling hot relocation and enabling hot sparing within VxVM is considered a vital recommendation Hot relocation attempts to relocate each subdisk of a failed disk This can have unpredictable and possibly undesirable results for example both plexes of a mirror on the same physical disk because VxVM will place the subdisks wherever it finds free space within the pool of hot relocation spares In contrast hot sparing substitutes a failed disk with an entire spare disk from the pool of hot spares This yields predictable results and more importantly a less complex recovery procedure Hot relocation is enabled by default It can be disabled and hot sparing enabled by editing the file etc rc2 d S95vxvm recover so that the last 10 lines of etc rc2 d S95vxvm recover look as follows start the watch daemon This sends E mail to the administrator any problems are found To change the address used for sending problem reports change the argument to vxrelocd vxrelocd root
15. ive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR222571 u2d8 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR170798 u2d9 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR223756 ulll loop card SCI SJ 375 0085 01 4 11 Flash 001733 ull2 loop card SCI SJ 375 0085 01 4 11 Flash 002128 u211 loop card SCI SJ 375 0085 01 4 11 Flash 002024 u212 loop card SCI SJ 375 0085 01 4 11 Flash 002029 ulpcul power cooling unit TECTROL CAN 300 1454 01 0000 ulpcu2 power cooling unit TECTROL CAN 300 1454 01 0000 u2pcul power cooling unit TECTROL CAN 300 1454 01 0000 u2pcu2 power cooling unit TECTROL CAN 300 1454 01 0000 ulmpn mid plane SCI SJ 370 3990 01 0000 000563 u2mpn mid plane SCI SJ 370 3990 01 0000 000512 003137 001762 001430 001429 4 Confirm all FRU are available by entering the following command blueprint lt 2 gt fru stat CTLR STATUSSTATE ROLE PARTNER TEMP ulctr ready DISK STATUS STATE nabled master u2ctr ready enabled alt mas u2ctr 32 5 ter ulctr 32 5 ROLE PORT1 PORT2 TEMP VOLUME T ld ld ld ld ld 1d 1d u2d or EE ee u2d u2d u2d u2d u2d u2d LOOP STATUS STATE 1 ready enable ld2 ready enable 1d3 ready enable 4 ready enable 5 ready enable 6 ready enable 7 ready enable 8 ready enable 9 ready enable 1 ready enable u2d2 ready enable u2d3 ready enable 4 ready enable 5 ready enable 6 ready enable 7 ready enable 8 ready enable 9 ready enable d d d d d d
16. le Basic Management will look at automated configuration of a T3 array partner group using Expect scripts Configuration Hardware reconfiguration and filesystem creation are detailed in this section Please pay particular attention to the cautions and notes Caution The following procedure destroys data Make sure that any data residing on the T3 arrays to be connected has been backed up prior to reconfiguration Hardware Reconfiguration This specific section discusses the procedure for configuring two Sun StorEdge T3 arrays to form a partner group of redundant controller units This information is excerpted from Chapter 2 Installation of the Sun StorEdge T3 Installation Operation and Service manual with additional tips and annotations 2 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration March 2001 Connecting Single Controller Arrays To Form a Partner Group Caution The following procedure destroys data Ensure that any data residing on the T3 arrays to be connected has been backed up prior to reconfiguration The T3 array controller units are connected with two interconnect cables To accomplish this m Prepare the T3 arrays m Cable a partner group m Define and mount volumes on the alternate master V Preparing the T3 Arrays 1 Identify which T3 array will be the master controller and which will be the alternate master 2 Back up data on both T3 arrays Caution Make sure
17. n After the T3 array partner group has been connected to the host the new devices need to be configured Operating system versions prior to the Solaris 8 Operating Environment require a reconfiguration boot or use of the luxadm command to create the new devices see below 0 ok boot r If the luxadm command is present the new devices can be created by the root user issuing the following command negating the need for a system reboot on Operating system versions prior to the Solaris 8 Operating Environment luxadm insert Configuration 13 After creating the new devices on the host it can be seen by entering the format command that each volume on the T3 array partner group generates two targets one on each controller See below c1t2d0 and c2t1d0 are one volume c1t2d1 and c2t1d1 are the other format Searching for disks done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS 0 c0t0d0 lt SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248 gt sbus 3 0 SUNW fas 3 8800000 sd 0 0 1 c0t1d0 lt SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248 gt sbus 3 0 SUNW fas 3 8800000 sd 1 0 2 c0t2d0 lt SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248 gt sbus 3 0 SUNW fas 3 8800000 sd 2 0 3 c0t3d0 lt SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248 gt sbus 3 0 SUNW fas 3 8800000 sd 3 0 4 clt2d0 lt SUN T300 0116 cyl 34145 alt 2 hd 56 sec 128 gt sbus 2 0 SUNW socal d 10000 s f 0 0 ssd
18. n The dynamic multipathing DMP feature of VxVM is used to allow failover between the dual fibre channel connections to the host Configure the volumes within VxVM by creating a disk group and volumes as described in the following sections Creating Disk Groups If you have just installed VxVM on the host you must now configure VxVM using the vxinstall command as shown below Refer to the VERITAS Volume Manager for Solaris Installation Guide for more information on vxinstall After VxVM is installed enter the following command vxinstall This command configures VxVM and enables disks to be added to the rootdg disk group Note At least one disk must belong to the rootdg disk group You must encapsulate a disk if you wish to preserve existing data Encapsulation is only possible if you have two unassigned partitions and approximately 15 MB of space that is not assigned to a partition This is required to create the public and private regions for VxVM If this requirement is not met the data has to be restored after the disk has been added to VxVM Configuration 15 Each volume within the T3 partner group generates two targets one on each controller DMP enabled by default is aware of the dual paths Therefore using the vxprint command will not display both targets the DMP software hides the dual paths behind a single DMP device To see how VxVM is handling the dual paths execute the following commands
19. nt lt 5 gt shutdown Shutdown the system are you sure N y Press the power button once on each power and cooling unit to turn the switch off Cabling a Partner Group After the T3 array settings on the alternate master have been reset to the factory default and the firmware levels on both arrays have been verified as being identical the T3 arrays are ready to be connected Place the alternate master next to or on top of the master array If the arrays are installed in a cabinet make sure the alternate master is installed in the slot directly above the master array Ensure the 10BASE T cables are connected to a network with the same Management host Connect the interconnect cables to the cards as shown in FIGURE 13 Alternate master controller unit Master controller unit FIGURE1 Connecting the Interconnect Cables Configuration 7 Note Ensure the interconnect cables are connected to the correct interconnect cards exactly as shown in 3 FIGURE 1 because this cable connection determines which array is the master and which is the alternate master 4 Power on the master array by pressing the power on off button on both the power and cooling units The power and cooling unit LEDs on both units will turn green when powered up Note If the power and cooling unit LEDs on the alternate master do not light press the power on off switches on the alternate master 5 Connect and log onto the T3
20. orrectly by entering the following command blueprint lt 7 gt vol list You should get the following output assuming the master array originally contained a 7 1 disk RAID 5 volume with one hot spare disk volume capacity raid data standby v0 125 3 GB 5 uld1 8 uld9 vl 125 3 GB 5 u2d1 8 u2d9 Note The volume v0 is a volume that existed on the master array prior to reconfiguration as a partner pair it may survive during the reconfiguration process while the volume on the alternate master will not Be prepared to restore of all previous data Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration e March 2001 7 After the volumes have been successfully created enter the following command to reboot the T3 partner group blueprint lt 8 gt reset 8 After the T3 partner group has rebooted log onto the T3 partner group and issue the vol list fru list fru stat vol mode sys list port list and port listmap commands Verify that the configuration is correct by checking the output of these commands The following is an example of the output after using the port listmap command note how the volumes are accessed through a primary and failover fibre channel FC AL host connection blueprint lt 1 gt port listmap port targetedaddr_typelunvolumeowneraccess ulp11 hard0 vO ul primary ulpll hardl vl u2 failover u2p12 hard0 vO ul failover u2p12 hardl vl u2 primary v Device Configuratio
21. t 5 gt passwd Note Initially there is no root password set on the T3 To log on use the username root and press return when prompted for the password IP Configuration Configure the IP address gateway and netmask on the T3 array with the following commands lt l gt set ip 192 168 49 183 lt 2 gt set gateway 192 168 49 254 lt 3 gt set netmask 255 255 255 0 lt 4 gt set hostname blueprint v Time Settings Set the date on the T3 array by entering the following command with the appropriate time substituted The syntax is date yyyymmddHHMM SS blueprint lt 6 gt date 200007071320 15 Set the time zone as an off set from Greenwich Mean Time GMT also known as Universal Time Coordinated UTC by entering the following command with the appropriate off set substituted blueprint lt 7 gt tzset 8000 Note The previous example command would be used if the T3 array was located on the west coast of the United States of America 6 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration March 2001 The T3 arrays have had their system settings reset to the factory defaults The master array s parameters root password IP address netmask gateway hostname date time and time zone have been set The arrays can now be shutdown and powered off as described below prior to cabling them as a partner group Power off both arrays Enter the following commands bluepri
22. w50020 2300000907 0 5 clt2d1 lt SUN T300 0116 cyl 34145 alt 2 hd 56 sec 128 gt sbus 2 0 SUNW socal d 10000 s 0 0 ssdew50020f2300000907 1 6 c2t1d0 lt SUN T300 0116 cyl 34145 alt 2 hd 56 sec 128 gt sbus 6 0 SUNW socal d 10000 s 0 0 ssdew50020f2300000D99 0 7 c2t1d1 lt SUN T300 0116 cyl 34145 alt 2 hd 56 sec 128 gt sbus 6 0 SUNW socal d 10000 sf 0 0 ssdew50020f2300000D99 1 Specify disk enter its number Label the newly created volume on the alternate master array by using the format command The existing volume on the master array already has a label Note If both volumes are newly created they both need to be labeled otherwise they may not be recognized by VxVM 14 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration March 2001 File System Creation At this point in the configuration process the volumes have been created on the T3 array partner group These volumes are seen as devices on the host These new devices must be added to the VxVM configuration VxVM will refer to these as Disks From these disks VxVM can create volumes on which file systems will be created Finally the file systems will be mounted on the host and used to store data These steps are described in the following sections Volume Manager VxVM is used to compliment the high availability features of the T3 array without a volume manager the file systems may need to be taken off line for reorganizatio
23. wo arrays have successfully created a partner group by entering the following command to confirm all revision levels for each FRU type are identical Configuration 9 10 Sun StorEdge T3 Dual Storage Array Part 2 Configuration e March 2001 blueprint lt 1 gt fru list ID TYPE VENDOR MODEL REVISION SERIAL ulctr controller card SCI SJ 375 0084 01 0209 000887 u2ctr controller card SCI SJ 375 0084 01 0209 000626 uldl disk drive SEAGA ST318203FSUN D44A LR170377 uld2 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR223933 uld3 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR194267 uld4 disk driveSEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR225714 uld5 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR104406 uld6 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR171635 uld7 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR171507 uld8 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR230196 uld9 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR235722 u2d1 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR238482 u2d2 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR162445 u2d3 disk drive SEAGA ST318203FSUN D44A LR178429 u2d4 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR163240 u2d5 disk drive SEAGA ST318203FSUN D44A LR222181 u2d6 disk drive SEAGATE ST318203FSUN D44A LR239365 u2d7 disk dr
24. you back up data on both arrays before proceeding The volume s will need to be re created on the alternate master after cabling the arrays together Hence the volume s should survive on the array nominated to be the master 3 Ensure the data path between the host and both T3 arrays is guiescent Note There should be no I O activity during configuration 4 Start a telnet session with each T3 array a On a host use the telnet command with the T3 array network name or IP address to connect to the T3 array b Log into the T3 arrays as the root user enter the password at the prompt The T3 array prompt is displayed 5 Verify that the levels of all T3 array firmware are the same on both the master array and the alternate master array Configuration 3 On each T3 array a Enter the ver command to display the controller firmware level For example telnet T3_array_name Trysng T29 150 47 1015 Connected to 129 150 47 101 Escape character is pSOSystem 129 150 47 101 blueprint lt l gt ver T300 Release 1 00 1999 12 01 10 43 22 Copyright C 1997 1999 Sun Microsyst All Rights Reserved 129 150 47 135 ems Inc In the previous example the controller firmware level is listed as Release 1 00 b Enter the fru list command to display the EEPROM disk drive and interconnect card firmware levels This is an example of the output of the fru list command
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