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Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases User's Manual

1. a AX H N HANDLING CONNECTION LOSS If the network connection to an ION Accelerator host server is lost the software automatically attempts to reconnect to it as shown in the following dialog CONNECTION LOST Connection lost from https 10 60 31 46 Attempting to reconnect Cancel When you upgrade the ION Accelerator software on Node 1 of an HA cluster that connection will be lost and will need to be re established FUSION iO setting up Storage Setting up a storage pool is required before you can create volumes for data You can do this either through the GUI as explained below or with the CLI see Quick Start Tasks Management in the About the Command Line Interface CLI section of the ION Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide There are a few considerations in choosing between the GUI and CLI for create a storage pool e You can create multiple storage pools with either the GUI or the CLI e Commands for adjusting RAID configurations are found in the CLI but not in the GUI See Naming Requirements at the end of this section for rules on choosing names for storage pools volumes initiators initiator groups aliases and targets in ION Accelerator ABOUT STORAGE POOLS FOR ION ACCELERATOR Four types of storage pools can be created each with its own storage profile description of the pool type These storage profiles are described below Storage Profile Types The basic types of sto
2. a Not all alerts can be archived NA ALERTS BY CATEGORY If you need to limit the display of alerts to a certain category you can click any of the links at the left of the Alerts screen INITIATORS The example above shows that one or more error alerts exist for Initiators and Hosts L These links display only alert information they should not be confused with the Configuration lt screens for the categories FUSION iO 4 Configuring ION Accelerator Settings The Settings tab enables you to configure a wide variety of settings for your ION Accelerator software Click the left hand link for the type of setting you want to configure The groups are Application Users and Alerts each with several link choices APPLICATION NETWORK ALERTS FUSION IO APPLICATION The Application menu features links that help users manage access to the ION Accelerator software Network The Network settings screen below shows a variety of network information for each port in the ION Accelerator host Edit buttons are visible only to administrators NETWORK ION Cluster Name Timezone NTP Server Gateway DNS Cluster Node ion 16 dI380 n0 ion r6 dl330 n0 ion 16 dI380 n0 ion r6 dl330 n0 ion 16 dI380 n0 ion r6 dl380 n0 ion 16 dI380 n1 ion r6 dI380 n1 ion r6 dl380 n1 ion r6 dI380 n1 Page 1 ion r6 dl380 ha PDT 1 opensuse pool ntp org 10 60 33 1 10 60 10 20 IP A
3. e Status Indicates whether the storage pool is online or offline also indicates whether there are any warning or error conditions such as with volumes e Storage Profile Type of profile Reliable Performance Maximum Performance Reliable Capacity or Direct Access e Available Capacity Total usable capacity for adding new volumes to the storage pool e Configured Capacity Total capacity configured into volumes FUSION IO 4 e Volumes Number of volumes currently belonging to this storage pool To view the volume s click the link in this column See the Configuring Volumes section for details e Delete You can delete a storage pool only when all volumes have first been deleted from it Click the red icon to mark the storage pool for deletion and then click Confirm Delete COLUMNS STORAGE POOLS The default columns for the Storage Pools screen are shown below To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes EDIT COLUMNS Status Storage Profile Available Capacity Configured Capacity Volumes You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search below BASIC SEARCH The basic Search feature is available in the Tabs bar on the main Configuration and
4. 4 OVERVIEW SCREEN DETAILS The Overview screen is divided into the Summary Slot and Performance areas Summary Area A sample Summary area is shown below SUMMARY VOLUMES 16 CAPACITY ionr9i53 SS AVAILABLE AT 1 39 TE ION Accelerator INIMATORS 4 2 4 1 MM CONFIGURED Update Softwar 10 61 TB e Summary Shows the host name of the appliance or cluster name if in HA mode the IP address of the server hosting ION Accelerator or the cluster IP address if in HA mode the version on software currently running and the Update Software link see Updating Software In a single server configuration clicking the host name displays the ioMemory Configuration screen in HA configurations details are available in the Host tab see Slot Area below for each cluster node e Volumes and Initiators Number of volumes and initiators that have been configured e Capacity Available green on the storage pool for creating volumes and configured gray space for the entire appliance If no storage pool has been created Capacity indicates that condition or HO STORAGE POOL Slot Area A sample slot diagram for an HA system is shown below standalone appliances have one tab Y ionr9i55 10 60 34 55 Details SLOTO SLOT4 SLOT 5 SLOT 6 SLOT 7 Broadcom ioDrive ioDrive ioDrive ioDrive Technologies M Technologies M Technologies FUSION IO a Host tabs HA only Click a tab to display the slot c
5. This link enables you to shut down the selected host Verity the server name upper left corner of the window to make sure you are shutting down the intended host See Shutting Down a Host below e Collect System Logs This link enables you to download logs from the ION Accelerator host for assistance in troubleshooting see Collecting System Logs below e Basic area Displays the host name agent status IP address and host OS version Shutting Down a Host 1 Click the Shut Down Host link CONFIGURE Shut Down Host Monitor Chassis If the host you are shutting down is a standalone server the following dialog appears FUSION IO 1 2 3 Confirm Shut Down lt hostname gt Shutting down lt hostname gt will cause all volumes to become inaccessible Shut down ION and halt the machine Shut down ION and restart the machine Confirm Cancel Make sure you have read the warning statement in the dialog Select the type of shutdown you want shut down and halt or shut down and restart Click Confirm If the host is part of a cluster a dialog similar to the following one appears Confirm Shut Down ionrg8i48 die Shutting down tonrsi46 will cause all volumes to failover to the other cluster node if possible If you shutdown all hosts in ionrdi4 the volumes will become inaccessible Shut down ION and halt the machine Shut down ION and restart the machine M
6. ooooocncnncccnccnnnnccnoconnoncnonnonnnnonnnononancnnnnnnnnnonononnnnss 76 A ace cegi chet eeatete sect tec acto tee E eed eae eee 76 WARNING Sreser a a a a n 81 ALERT PARAMETER AT TRIBU TES Pca A ee Sear aceasta acid 86 Append SNE TOMI VLU OPN cise ach th ea a ct a te aA kee AEE 87 Appendix E About the ION Accelerator Appliance Guides cocccoooccccnncccoccnnnncconconnnnncnnnonnnnonononnnnnonnnonnnoss 96 FUSION IO a AX N Basic Tasks and the Overview Tab us It is a best practice to save and back up configurations of your ION Accelerator system on a regular basis As you set up storage pools create volumes manage initiator groups etc be sure to back up your current configuration For information on backing up and restoring configurations see the Configuration commands in the JON Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Note Configuration backups should be taken only when the ION Accelerator system Is in a healthy state BASIC TASK FLOW Below is a list of the basic ION Accelerator tasks and the section of this guide that explains each one Basic Tasks and the Overview Tab e Getting Help logging out are Section e Changing the admin password e Viewing summary and slot information e Viewing real time performance metrics Updating software Performing and saving basic or extended searches for ION elements Setting up Storage Choosing a storage profile to balance performance and reliability Creating and removing s
7. 3 000 000 000 000 bytes Sector size 912 bytes FUSION IO 4 The shaded area at the left of the screen identifies the drives in your ION Accelerator appliance by ioMemory device serial number In the example above bracketed pairs represent drives on the same controller Information for the selected ioMemory module is shown in the main area of the screen e Settings For selected hosts this area shows the ioMemory alias device status attached or detached swap support enabled or disabled and beacon status on or off To rename the alias for a selected host click Edit and type the new name To enable the beacon for a drive click Enable For more information on the beacon feature refer to the joDrive User Guide e Firmware For selected hosts this area shows the current VSL and firmware version e Low Level Formatting For selected hosts this area shows the low level formatting method Factory Capacity x or y total factory capacity in GB or GIB format capacity in bytes and formatted sector size in bytes 4 For details on the Live and Reports tabs see Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance later in this guide Using the Info Tab The Info access tab in the Configuration screen supplies a variety of data about a selected ioMemory module within a host 1 Select the host whose information you want to view 2 Click the Info access tab A screen similar to the one below appears Any alerts tha
8. Kernel error on cluster node The cluster node has encountered a kernel error and should be rebooted to correct the problem Configuration Error An error occurred while performing a configuration operation Cluster communication unavailable The redundant cluster communication link is down Fatal hardware failure A non correctable hardware failure has been detected and the hardware may need to be replaced Refer to Customer Support to correct the problem Incompatible PCI slot bandwidth The bandwidth of the PCI slot is incompatible with the ioMemory Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem FUSION IO A Partially write throttled unavailable Partially write throttled requested Partially write throttled space Partially write throttled available memory Partially write throttled failure Partially write throttled failure experienced Partially write throttled wearout Partially write throttled Partially write throttled power Partially write throttled failure Reason Out of index Groomer Hardware Close to Power limit No auxiliary Internal The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance No reason given Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance Write throttling set by user Correct this condition to
9. Port 3 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 f6a 84 d6 ion fst0wcej 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 84 df Slot 3 Port 4 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 84 d7 ion fst0wcej 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 64 e4 Slot 3 Port 1 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 62 84 84 ion uaexd4wi 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 64 e5 Slot 3 Port 2 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 7f 6a 84 e5 ion uaexd4wi 21 00 00 24 f 6a 64 e6 Slot 3 Port 3 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 ff 64 84 06 ion uaexd4wi 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 64 e7 Slot 3 Port 4 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 ff 64 84 87 jon uaexd4wi of 1 Displaying 1 Gof SCSI entries will show IQN identifiers such as 19gn 2Z007 02 com fuslon sn 2mz232406Twreth6 FUSION IO 4 The following columns are displayed e Name of the target This is the same as the Identifier filed unless it is modified e Target Port Lists the port number e Status Online green icon or Host Offline e Link Speed Data transfer rate of the link in GB sec e lt Identifier gt WWPN for Fibre Channel or IQON for iSCSI e Volumes Number of volumes being accessed through this target e Hostname HA only Name of the host cluster node associated with this target port Clicking the link displays details for the host see Host Configuration Details CREATING AN ALIAS FOR A TARGET PORT You can create an alias for a target port to provide an identifier that s easier to read and remember 1 Click the Edit button i
10. for example e Host Name In the dropdown list enter or select an IP address that will not change in an uncontrolled way such as a DHCP lease that expires This address is used by Agent services to communicate to the ION Accelerator Server For tips on selecting a host name click the blue icon next to Host Name See Setting the Hostname and Routing Information earlier in this guide for information on host name requirements FUSION IO 4 e Port By default the port is set to 443 you can change the port depending on your requirements e Pre configured SSL Certificate less secure A pre configured certificate is provided but will result in untrusted certificate messages It is less secure than using a certificate made specifically for your server that is signed by a trusted CA e Custom SSL Certificate more secure Select this option to update your own Key Certificate and optional CA Chain With this option selected Save Changes is disabled until the Key and Certificate values are specified Agents ION Accelerator automatically grants access to agents so further configuration with the Agents feature Is not necessary Database Click the Database link at the left of the Settings screen to display the History Database dialog HISTORY DATABASE Manage various aspects of the database History Database Size Current Database Size Keep Historical Data 360 days Estimated database size 35 9MB save Ch
11. A talas 50 ERARIO Report Parameters aesir E S E N 51 DalacaniG EnNaurance REDO esanian a 52 Temperature REDON sici a Ea aE 52 Handing ION Accelerator Aler S aan a 53 COLUMNS AND SEARCH ALERTS so sce o A NG 55 E A E A O E acne AR Tae Pree 56 ALERTS Bh GATE GOR oroia ii is 56 Contigua ION Accelerator SOUS cet aca catia ine tea cnn hang encase en een eee 37 A A a i a a r T 57 A OT aa E E E 58 RETINOL ACCES aa e EO 59 AGEN o E a a a 60 DD E E E Maeda er mee 60 ON 60 USER O E A ee ate 61 LOCAS cas 61 Identity Providers UDALA aci 64 O A IA 64 ROIS O o E 64 SMTP eye Pata A aac cu N 67 A y A 67 A ec ate fe eget O 69 GUSTOMer A aera eaten A ae eae 71 CNS S Ale ON A E A E AA E A AA EA E EA AE A 72 Appendix A WEEE Advisement Disposal and Acknowledgment ooccccccoccccnccocnnnccncnnnncnconnnnononnncnncnnnnonon 73 Appendix B Changing Node Names and IP Addresses ooooccccnnccocccccnncnoncnncnncnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnoncnnnnnnnnnnnnninnnoss 74 Changing a Node Name in a ClUStONS cast iestonlarntbedlnervne tdt dai 74 Changing the Management IP AUTOS uned dc iis 74 Changing the ION Accelerator Cluster Name or Cluster IP Address ooccccccocnccnccccncncononoo 74 FUSION IO N changing the Gateway P AdOESS daa 75 Changing the IP Addresses for Cluster Interconnect POr Sta 75 Changing the iSCSI Port IP Address aia iid yaate bia pidwesnedaaGacsaseieeadteses 75 Appendix C System Alert Rules and Alert Parameters
12. Boolean level True temperature has Boolean surpassed a critical level and the device will shut down True uncorrectable PCle errors Boolean have been detected on the PCle bus True the device is missing an Boolean LEB map and cannot be True the device is experiencing Boolean a VccInt outof range error True the device is currently in Boolean VSL driver attached True the device is experiencing Boolean a VecAux out of range error the process of being upgraded Threshold at which temperature Integer will be considered high warning level and temperature high trap will be fired True the device is experiencing Boolean an over power error Plug in external power to solve the problem to a new major revision of the Threshold at which temperature Integer will be ata critical level and a critical temperature trap will be fired FUSION IO Data Type fusionloDimminfolnternalTempShutdownThreshold Threshold at which temperature Integer will be ata shutdown level and a critical temperature trap will be fired fusiontloDimminfoVirtualController Number Number of this virtual controller Integer on the physical ioMemory fusiontloDimmIinfoVirtualControllerCount Total number of active virtual Integer controllers on the physical ioMemory device fusionloDimminfoActiveMediaPercent Total active media on the Integer device as a percent M S Description Data Type fusionloDimmExtnTable Fus
13. Internal failure Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem FUSION IO A Completely write throttled User requested Completely write throttled Reason unavailable Completely write throttled Internal failure Completely write throttled Close to wearout Completely write throttled Hardware failure experienced Completely write throttled Power limit Completely write throttled No auxiliary power Completely write throttled Out of available memory Completely write throttled Groomer failure Completely write throttled Out of index space The ioMemory is not allowing write operations Write throttling set by user Correct this condition to restore write operations The ioMemory is not allowing write operations No reason given Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory is not allowing write operations Internal failure Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory is not allowing write operations Close to wearout Formatting to a smaller size will free up reserve Replace the device after backing up its data or refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory is not allowing write operations NAND chip hardware failure experienced Promptly replace the device after backing up its data Th
14. Refer to the current ION Accelerator Appliance Release Notes on the Fusion io Support site for any specific update restrictions or special instructions If you are updating the software for all nodes in an HA cluster a rolling update is automatically done When one node is being updated its HA complement node goes into fallback mode until the update finishes This process continues until all nodes in the cluster are updated Do not make changes to HA configuration when the system is in a degraded state such as when one node is down To update the software firmware on the appliance 1 Visit the Fusion io Support website for the latest software update package IOP file 2 Save the IOP file to the local computer tmp directory is recommended from where you will be doing the software update 3 Click the Update Software link in the Summary box The Update Software dialog appears UPDATE SOFTWARE X CLOSE d45 Current Version 2 3 0 Filename Install Update Cancel FUSION IO 4 If this appliance is a secondary node connected to a cluster IP address the browser will be redirected to the master node For example UPDATE SOFTWARE A CLOSE You must be logged into the ION appliance directly and not through the cluster IP to apply update Please click the following link log in and click the update software link again https 10 50 141 152 443 Install Update Cancel In any case the node other than t
15. Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide FUSION iO Managing Initiators Initiator nodes are computers that can gain access to ION Accelerator shared storage You can create edit and remove initiator ports as part of your configuration To begin managing initiators for the ION Accelerator appliance 1 Click the Configuration tab 2 Click the Initiators link at the left side of the window The Initiators screen appears similar to the ones shown below L The software attempts to auto discover initiators so they may already appear in the Initiators screen Auto discovered initiators have names that are identical to the port WWPN or IQN Below is a Fibre Channel example with WWN identifiers Enhanced Search INITATORS Add Initiator Edit Columns Name Status WWPN Volumes Initiator Group 21 00 00 24 fF6a 6 y Inactive 21 00 00 24f6a 8239c 0 21 00 00 24 HF6a 8 Inactive 21 00 00 24 tf 63 82 9d 0 Here is an iSCSI example with IQN identifiers Name Status ION Volumes Initiator Group moe w2k6_ 1 Active iqn 1991 05 com microsofiwin 6scut6f0l5d 192 168 10 8 w2kg_3 Active igqn 1997 05_ com microsoftwin 6scutef0lod 192 168 10 9 FUSION IO r E The following columns are displayed e Name Name identifier or alias of the initiator If a
16. Support to correct the problem FUSION IO WARNINGS YX A gt Host clock out of sync Kernel memory problem Pool has a RAID which has no spares and is vulnerable if a subsequent failure occurs Temperature high Missing LEB map Lifespan write governing activated Power loss protection disabled Close to wearout Media upgrade in progress The host s clock is over an hour different from the management server s clock Data graphs may exhibit undefined behavior A kernel memory problem has been detected and the system should be rebooted to correct the problem Download the system logs and send to Customer Support for further review Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The temperature of this device is approaching a critical threshold If exceeded further write operations will be prevented Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory device is missing an LEB map Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Write lifespan governing activated performance may be limited If this condition persists reduce write load or consider an ioMemory device with a higher volume rating Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Power loss protection has been disabled on this device introducing the risk of data corruptio
17. This does not delete the initiator itself Als 6 7 Click Submit to grant initiator access FUSION IO 4 ADDING INDIVIDUAL INITIA TORS To add a single initiator to an ION Accelerator node 1 Click the Add Initiator link The Add Initiator dialog appears with the first field as WWPN for Fibre Channel or IQN for iSCSI ADD INITIATOR Example f6 e9 d2 c3 b4 a5 eb6 f7 Name optional Submit Cancel 2 Specify the port address This is the WWPN or IQN 3 Optionally specify a name for the initiator up to 10 alohanumeric characters The alias will appear in the Name column of the Initiators screen 4 Click Submit Le SCSI initiators are not auto discovered they must be manually added EDITING THE INITIATOR NAME To edit an initiator name 1 Click the Edit button to the right of the name in the Name column n1p1 10 00 00 05 33 64 71 Em gt 2 Type the desired name for the initiator 3 Click outside the name field to save the new name DELETING AN INITIATOR To delete an existing initiator 1 Make sure the initiator is not active on the network fabric 2 Create anew temporary initiator group such as Remove and add the initiator to that group See Creating an Initiator Group earlier in this section for details 3 Click the red trashcan icon at the right of the row that corresponds to your temporary group A confirmation similar to the following appe
18. and user roles Local Accounts Click the Local Accounts link to display the Local Accounts dialog LOCAL ACCOUNTS Add User Bulk Actions y Apply Change Role to Y Apply ome E Username Role Status admin 1 Admin a Enabled Fl username 2 Monitor Enabled Delete To add a user 1 Click the Add User link The Add User dialog appears FUSION IO ADD USER X CLOSE User Username Password Confirm Password Permissions Enabled Enable this user account Role Admin 2 Enter a unique username and password and then confirm the password 3 If you want to disable this user s account clear the Enable this user account box checked by default 4 In the Role list select the role for the user Admin allowed to see and perform all operations or Monitor view only access cannot perform configuration operations 5 Click Save To edit a username click the Username link and type the new name To delete a user click the corresponding Delete link Bulk Actions Using the checkboxes next to each user you can select an action to apply to all the selected users The bulk actions are Enable Disable and Delete the Roles are Admin and Monitor Rights for the selected role are automatically applied to each selected user Bulk Actions Apply Change Role to Bulk Actions Enable Disable Monitor Delete Changing Passwords To change a user s password
19. bar appears at the top of the Overview screen ADMIN LOGOUT HELP s ab TOON accecerator The Overview Configuration Alerts and Settings tabs help you manage your ION Accelerator appliance These tabs are each described in later sections in this guide Additionally there are Admin Logout Help links that are described below as well as a basic Search function described in Managing Initiators Help Clicking Help in the upper right corner of the tabs bar displays the following choices for help e Fusion io Knowledge Base e Fusion io Support Changing the Admin Password To change the admin password 1 Click the Admin link in the upper right corner of the tabs bar The Edit User dialog appears EDIT USER X CLOSE User Username admin New Password Change Password 2 Click the Change Password link The dialog now shows password and confirmation fields FUSION IO EDIT USER User Username Old password New password Confirm new password Save Changes Cancel 3 Fillin the Old password New password and Confirm new password fields 4 Click Save Changes to update the admin password Logout To log out from the ION Accelerator click Logout in the upper right corner of the menu bar Legal Intormation To display information about Fusion io trademarks and related items click the Legal link in the lower right corner of the screen FUSION IO
20. desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes EDIT COLUMNS Alert ltem Time Reported E Status I Rule E Time Cleared E Creator Enabled C User can archive Host Hostname The following non default columns may be selected e Status Cleared or Set e Rule ID number for the corresponding rule e Time Cleared Time UTC 7 when the alert was cleared FUSION iO 4 e Creator Fusion io system generated alerts or the username who created the alert rule e Enabled True if the alert rule is enabled False otherwise e User can archive True or False This will be True for active alerts that originated from a user rule or a failed command and false for all other cases See Archiving Alerts below for more details You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION Accelerator appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide ARCHIVING ALERTS Active alerts that originated from a user rule or a failed command are not automatically cleared when the alert condition is resolved To remove these from the list of active alerts you can archive them that way they appear only when you show all alerts To archive an alert 1 Make sure the User can archive column shows True for the alert 2 Inthe far right column for the alert click Archive This column has no heading name
21. mode each ioMemory module is presented as an individual storage pool This option uses host appliance application based logical volume management instead of using this appliance s logical volume management The available capacity is affected by the storage profile you choose For each profile RAID configuration and overhead is factored into the avallable capacity displayed Naming Conventions for Storage Pools The default storage pool name is storagepool where is 1 or the next unused number You can change any storage pool name according to the requirements listed below Naming Requirements When you choose names for storage pools volumes initiators initiator groups aliases or targets they must follow these rules Only alphanumeric characters letters and numbers dashes and underscores may be used There is a 16 character maximum for names Any combination of lowercase or uppercase letters may be used Names must begin with a letter not a digit dash or underscore Names may not be duplicated within the ION Accelerator appliance HA Considerations Storage profiles that are based on HA configurations may have slightly different characteristics With two node HA clusters identical pools are created on each node and the pool name will be the same for each FUSION IO CREATING A STORAGE POOL In the Storage Pools screen Configuration tab Storage Pools link at the left one or more stor
22. restore write operations The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance Out of index space Promptly replace the device after backing up its data The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance Out of available memory Increase the amount of server memory or reduce the number of running applications then reboot to continue The ioMemory has reduced its write performance Groomer could not free enough blocks to continue Review the errors in the driver logs and correct this prior to rebooting Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance NAND chip hardware failure experienced Promptly replace the device after backing up its data The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance Close to wearout Formatting to a smaller size will tree up reserve Replace the device after backing up its data or refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory has reduced its write performance ioMemory exceeds the PCle power specification Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance No auxiliary power cable is connected Shut down and turn off power to the server connect the auxiliary power cable to the device and reboot the server The ioMemory device has reduced its write performance
23. sent to this subscriber Subscriptions optional All Warnings Eros Info Notify when Set and Cleared A Minimal mode Dual plane not supported El dile Lifespan write governing activated O PCI express non correctable errors were encountered di Bypass mode Write invalidate erase failure d Minimal mode Insufficient memory O Configuration Error d RAID has no spares and is vulnerable if a subsequent failure occurs O Completely write throttled Internal failure mA MMA O Completely write throttled User requested Add Subscriber Cancel 2 In the Email field enter a standard or SMS email address to designate where to send alerts to 3 If desired enter the subscriber name You can also disallow alert notifications to the subscriber they are enabled by default FUSION IO 4 4 If you want to notify this subscriber when an alert is set or cleared check the corresponding box under Notify when Set and Cleared When the Set box is selected the Cleared box can also be selected Editing and Deleting Subscribers In the Subscribers page e To edit a subscriber click the subscriber email address link e To delete a subscriber click the Delete link next to the subscriber L Most mobile carriers offer free Email to SMS gateways that can be used to forward simple text emails to mobile phones Check with your provider to determine your Email to SMS email addre
24. the cluster interconnect IP address in the dialog Select OK and press Enter Restart both nodes Changing the SGSI Port IP Address 1 2 Ensure that both nodes are up In the CLI run system setup lan to display the Setup dialog for LAN configuration Change the iSCSI port IP address in the dialog Select OK and press Enter Add the new target session to the initiator by running the following command iscsiadm m discovery t st p lt new iSCSI IP address gt lt new iSCSI IP address gt lt ign eth gt Log in to the target all sessions from the initiator iscsiadm m node 1 Run the CLI command initiators dt to display the new initiator Add this initiator to an existing initiator group initiator update a lt inigroup name gt lt initiator igqn gt FUSION IO a AX H N Appendix C System Alert Rules and Alert Parameters This appendix lists the Error and Warning alerts for ION Accelerator as well as parameters or attributes you can choose from to build custom alerts ERRORS Host left the ION Cluster Host left the ION Cluster The appliance left the cluster due to Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer an unexpected failure Support to correct the problem Missing ioMemory The cache ioMemory device is missing and is not functional Make sure the ioMemory device is present in the appliance Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem
25. 3 00014 1121 133700040 1111 133 00040 11 21 R E woo 39 MB sec 139 MB sec 0 MB sec 206 MB sec MA i MBisec 139 MB sec 0 MBisec 206 MB sec O MB sec 190 MB sec MA 131 MB sec 148 MB sec MA 109 MB sec 137 MB sec M 33 MBisec 200 MB sec R M 1082 MB sec 137 MB sec 33 MB sec 200 MB sec Hostname on r6 d133 lon Tr6 d133 on r6 d138 on r6 d133 on Tr6 d133 on Tr6 d1338 on r6 d133 jon T16 d133 ion r6 dl38 on r6 d133 Storage Pool storagepool 1 storagepool 1 storagepool 1 storagepool 1 storagepool 2 storagepool 2 storagepool 1 storagepool 1 storagepool 1 storagepool 1 The following columns are displayed FUSION IO ioMemory S N Filesystems 1337D0008 1337 D0008 133700050 1337D0050 1337D00E5 1337D00E5 1337D001A 1337D001A 1337D00A0 133 7D00A0 Enhanced Search Edit Colum Cluster Name on r6 d1380 ha lontr6 dl320 ha on r6 d1380 ha ion r6 di380 ha j ont r6 d1380 ha on r6 d1380 ha on r6 d13380 ha on r6 d 330 ha jon r6 d1380 ha jon r6 d1380 ha ioMemory ID of the ioMemory device Clicking the ID link displays information about the device and actions you can perform For details see oMemory Configuration below 4 e Status Real time information on the read and write performance of the device i
26. Alerts screens To perform a basic search 1 Click the Search lt item gt box at the right of the Tabs bar ADMIN LOGOUT HELP SEARCH POOLS e 2 Type the term you want to search for and press Enter The results list on the screen will be filtered to contain only entries with the search item you specified 3 To clear the search results and return to the unfiltered list click clear search clear search x FUSION IO 4 ENHANCED SEARCH The Enhanced Search feature available from each Configuration screen enables you to find ION Accelerator elements initiators devices volumes targets etc that match the attributes that you specify To use Enhanced Search 1 Click the Enhanced Search tab at the upper right corner of the Configuration screen area The Choose Attribute button appears Search Choose Attribute A 2 Click the Choose Attribute button and select an attribute to search for from the drop down menu of attributes 3 In the condition drop down list that appears select the condition for your search contains contains lis Is not is greater or equal to Jis less or equal to ls greater than is less than Search Min Volts 5 Click Apply to begin the search The results are displayed in the window The search parameters remain active in the window so you can repeat the search Min Volts is 25 X clear search X 6 Tostart a new search click clear sear
27. Assign to new grou OS a lla rheli19 Save Cancel Save FUSION IO E 2 Ifyou are creating a new initiator group type its name in the Group name field Initiator group Assign to new group Group name inttatorgroup 1 OS J Do not use spaces in the initiator group name as that may cause problems with group gt creation Or If you are assigning an initiator to an existing group use the drop down menu in the Initiator group field to select the initiator group that this initiator will be assigned to iogrp1 Assign to new group 3 Click Save 4 Read the warning prompt in the confirmation dialog that explains how initiator access is affected by Groups then click Confirm Save lA Initiators sometimes may not auto discover LUNs mapped from ION Accelerator To view LUNs you need to run rescan scsi bus sh Linux or Rescan Disks Windows ASSIGNING AN INITIATOR GROUP TO A VOLUME An individual initiator cannot be added to a volume only an initiator group may be added To assign the active initiators for volumes 1 Click the Configuration tab 2 Click the Volumes link at the left to display the Volumes screen Add Volume Edit Columns Volume Name Status Capacity Storage Poal Active Initiators Active Targets Preferred Cluster Node Delete lon46_p1 vol Online 100 00 GB pool_1 d 4of4 ionrgi4g O 3 Click the Edit button in the Active Initiators column circled above t
28. Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Minimal mode Insufficient memory The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state Device is currently running in a minimal state because there is not enough memory to load the driver Add additional memory or disable the page file on this device if the page file is enabled Otherwise refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Minimal mode Internal problem The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device has encountered an internal error and is currently running in a minimal state Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Minimal mode Insufficient power The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device requires supplemental power Power down the computer connect the supplemental power adapter to the device and restart the computer Otherwise refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Minimal mode SMP boot mode The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device is in SMP bootloader mode Attempt to update the firmware Otherwise refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Minimal mode Card limit exceeded The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Only a limited number of this type of device may be used on this system Re
29. Displaying 1 10 of 16 e Status Online o or Disconnected or Error with an alert link Error or Warning with an alert link gs Warning e Capacity Number of gigabytes allocated to the volume including metadata Click the plus icon to expand the capacity see Expanding Capacity below FUSION IO 4 e Storage Pool Name of the storage pool this volume belongs to e Active Initiators Link such as 4 of 4 to the initiators for this volume followed by an Edit button for changing the initiator group assignment For more information see Assigning an Initiator Group to a Volume in the Managing Initiators section e Active Targets Link to the target ports currently used to access this volume See the Viewing Targets section for details e Preferred Cluster Node HA only Link to the primary HA node for the volume To see details about the preferred node and its active alerts if any click the corresponding link See Host Configuration Details in Getting Host Information for details e Delete Deletes the selected volume see Editing or Deleting a Volume below ADDING A VOLUME L Volumes cannot be added if all the capacity of the storage pool has been used or if one node of an HA cluster is down With Fibre Channel a maximum of 16 volumes can be used concurrently for HA and 96 for standalone mode With iSCSI 32 volumes for HA or 96 volumes f
30. EEE 1 OVEREN SEREEN ee EE EE AE E E NEEE 3 B BARo aeoe E A EE E E S ESE E 2 Fetters ge gn sg A especies eeecse eset saes 4 cnanging me Aomin FASS OFC acarreo eE EAE EE 4 AAA 5 Refer o ee ae ne ne ne ee een ere ere ae ers een 5 OVERVIEW SEREENCDETAES qeria rato 6 o SA 6 O A A A II 6 ci asc chscr es ttean deste E E EE E E E 7 SCE a Pero NARCO MA esos dto E E EE E E EAE 8 UPOATIN SOFWARE opos 10 Reverting to a Previous Software Version oooooooncncncnnncccnoooonnnnnnnncnnonononennnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnncnnononens 11 HANDUNE CONNECTION LOS Sucesos atico 12 ss A eo SR 0 ES UU A A 13 ABOUT STORAGE POOLS FOR ION ACCELERATOR ssionesirianes cti pcciiads 13 Sage AOS DOS tenio roce ee 13 Naming Conventions TOF Storage ROO IS a morccionieisieooiricrocolunerisieolaoepestalooncniesiaiol 14 Naming ACI a 14 AA CONOS OA ico ER 14 CREATINGA STORAGE POO L anotando dato tired detect 15 STORAGE POOL INFORMATION contorno eA tit setne OE Aae iaee 17 COLUMNS STORAGE POOLS sisi ccostancnadtonnsnontensstwasensinonthounsaltenniuestuosssondeendnabnonnctaleeutmodzeonmeatewsenes 18 BAe AR o e O O E UU A 18 ENHANCED SEARCH rado oie 19 NAVIGATION AND REFRES Pisuerga treated res 19 FUSION IO Contouring WONG Stoic dit 20 VOLUME INFORMATION srt oda 20 ADDING A VOLUME suits nro etarra olaaa cazRR 21 EDINN OR DELENG A VOLUME aii ie 23 EXPANDING CARAC IT I S erran AaS 23 COLUMNSAND SEARCH VOLUMES J crasa ni a a E Gs 24 Managing PP A 25 CREATING HINTMATOR OR OU
31. Host OS C OS Native Trim Active IF Host Offline Since E Trim Enabled Agent Status Drives Cluster Name C Cluster IP Address The following non default columns may also be selected e Agent Version Version of the fio agent running on the ION Accelerator host e Trim Service Active Active or Inactive e Host Online Online or Disconnected e OS Native Trim Active Active or Inactive FUSION IO 4 e Host Offline Since Beginning point at which the host went offline in YYYY MM DD format e Trim Enabled Whether the native Trim service is enabled e Cluster IP Address Cluster IP address for this host You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION Accelerator appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide FUSION iO Managing Clusters In HA Configurations For effective HA configuration it is highly recommended that your storage pool profile be set to Maximum Performance See Storage Profile Types in the Setting up Storage section for details If you have set up clusters you can manage them in the GUI To do so click the Clusters link trom the Configuration tab The Clusters window appears like the one shown below Enhanced Search CLUSTERS Columns Cluster Name Status Cluster IP Address d45 online 10 60 31 46 Displaying 1 1 of 1 The fol
32. ION ACCELERATOR NY bd lio ame ION Accelerator Appliance 2 4 1 Graphical User Interface GUI Guide 20 2014 FUSION i10 4 Copyright Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Fusion io MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Except to correct same after receipt of reasonable notice Fusion io shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental and or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material The information contained in this document is protected by copyright 2014 Fusion io Inc All rights reserved Fusion io the Fusion io logo ioMemory VSL Virtual Storage Layer and ioDrive are registered trademarks of Fusion io in the United States and other countries The names of other organizations and products referenced herein are the trademarks or service marks as applicable of their respective owners Unless otherwise stated herein no association with any other organization or product referenced herein is intended or should be inferred Fusion io 2855 E Cottonwood Parkway Suite 100 Salt Lake City UT 84121 USA 801 424 5500 Document No D0006224 001 2 FUSION IO CONTENTS Basic Tasks and the Overview Tab rior caia 1 BASIC TTA E O aiee E E ERE E E E
33. LOT 3 Mellanox Technologies L If an expansion chassis is used the ioMemory device slot numbers show ION slot canister canister slot such as 4 1 6 ALL TOMEMORY SLOT 4 1 4 114902709 1111 114902709 1121 SLOT 4 1 11409898 409903 SLOT 4 1 5 425832 425837 2 500911 501236 e Choosing Slot n under ALL IOMEMORY shows performance for only the nMemory module s in the selected slot SHOW PERFORMANCE o SLOT 4 1421D0B2F ALL lIOMEMORY MODULES e Choosing All CNA shows combined performance stats for all network devices e Choosing Slot n under ALL CNA shows combined performance for all ports connected to the network device in the selected slot Or you can can track performance for one or all ports by clicking ALL PORTS FUSION IO SHOW PERFORMANCE 10nr9154 SLOT 1 Mellanox Technol ALL PORTS ALL PORTS Port 4 Cluster Interconnect Port 5 Ethernet For more information on interpreting ION Accelerator performance statistics see Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance UPDATING SOFTWARE J Software updates can also be done using the Command Line Interface CLI For details see Quick Start Tasks Software Update in the ION Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide When a new version of the ION Accelerator software becomes available you can install it using the software update package without using the ISO image on the installation DVD
34. Sa A E O A aateds 26 ASSIGNING AN INITIATOR GROUP TO A VOLUME cr ba 27 ADDING INDIVIDUAL INICIA TOR ds 29 EDIMNS TREINTA TOR NAM Es id 29 DELETING AN INITIATO R corria til ero Ein la UA tages 29 COLUMNS AND SEARCH CINITIA TORSias 30 VIOwNNG karge aega a E a a 31 CREATING AN ALIAS FOR A TARGET POR isna tonnata a a ai 32 C OLUMNSAND SEARERTARGE D antes id 32 Managing io A 33 OIE WOR COIN GUT OMe iama A SI A dic 34 Usa iS lno a irc steerer eee ne ence dia 35 COLUMNS AND SEARCH IOMEMORY doocccccncncccccncccnnccnnnccnnnnconnnnnnncnnnnncnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnneninnnnss 36 SAE EP ST S sarin teh ect bea cele eat thm cd a ute A Sida dtd 37 Getting Hostio Mal Mesises ist es 38 HOST CONFIGURATION DEA Sui aliada 39 SHULUME DOW Ata OS kerset a aa Ei 39 CONECO Sy Ls gga Reale eee eee en rer een ee nes 40 COLUMNS AND SEARCH HO STS aa ete el occa ee aac ar al E er hie eee eee ne 41 Managing Clusters ITHA COMIQUra UON ces Seta tes a deat ae ea de tie Sec te e 43 COLUMNS AND SEARG Ads 44 Monitoring ION Accelerator PerforManCe ooooooonccnnnnnnnncnnnocennnnnnnnnonononennnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnninens 45 PERFORMANCE GRAPHS OVERVIEW TAB sesniteti latest ld leeis 45 INTErOreting Performante eo Sesa 47 ALA An ce pete ate o ase ect paca ee acc ps ve eee neh alae dee aeieences 47 FUSION IO 4 Viewing Pertormance tor Multiple Devicesin a E 49 REPOR ate ce oo a a a a a a ORT 50 Opera tons REDO essiri a a a
35. a storage protile and they may reside on an ION host or HA cluster For HA storage pools are created on both nodes of a cluster but are referenced on only one of the HA nodes Storage Profile A pre determined group of settings that the user selects when creating a storage pool The storage profile is an attribute of the storage pool Target The opposite of an initiator It is a receiver of I O operations analogous to a server ina client server system The target for I O is the provider of network storage a SAN disk array is a traditional target ION Accelerator is an all flash storage target by comparison Volume A logical construct identifying a unit of data storage A volume is allocated to allow for expandability within the space constraints of a pool For ION Accelerator a volume is not necessarily directly linked to a physical device WWPN World Wide Port Number an ID that uniquely identifies a Fibre Channel port FUSION IO 4 Appendix A WEEE Advisement Disposal and Acknowledgment In 2002 the European Union introduced the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE The main aim of the Directive is to ensure that WEEE is collected and treated separately WEEE may contain hazardous substances that should not end up in the human environment and can have adverse effects on it if they do Furthermore WEEE is a vast source of raw materials With the ever rising worldwide demand for new e
36. able FUSION IO e Port Address MAC address of the node port e Subnet Mask Click Edit to change the subnet mask address e Mode Management iSCSI or Cluster Click Edit to switch between Management and Cluster modes e MTU Maximum Transmission Unit size 1 500 or 9 000 bytes e Link Speed Data transmission speed for the network link in Gb per second Remote Access You can configure users and hosts remote access settings here REMOTE ACCESS To allow remote connections you must enable and configure the remote access settings Agent Push Frequency 15 seconds Server Address URL Host Name ionrli41 Port 443 SSL Certificate Options Choose the certificate type that should be used for the SSL connection 2 Pre configured SSL certificate Less secure This certificate type prevents the agent from validating that this server s hostname matches the certiicate and wall cause web browsers to wam of an untrusted certificate Custom SSL cerificate More secure Save Changes e Agent Push Frequency optional Indicates the number of seconds between pushes uploads of data from oMemory modules to the ION Accelerator host with the default at 15 seconds Increasing this number makes updates less frequent and history report information less detailed Decreasing this number makes updates more frequent but this could affect performance If you are using many clients more than 20 or 30
37. age pools can be set up from the raw ioMemory drives The initial Storage Pools screen is shown below Enhanced Search STORAGE POOLS Columns Available Capacity Configured Capacity Volumes Delete Mo results found No data to display E You can adjust the width of any column by dragging the divider bar of the adjacent column To create a new storage pool click the Add Storage Pool link The Add Storage Pool dialog appears allowing you to first choose a storage profile that best suits your needs k If you are not familiar with the storage profiles used by ION Accelerator review Storage Profile Types and HA Considerations before configuring the storage pool ADD STORAGE POOL Name storagepool 1 STORAGE PROFILE A Maximum Performance A Reliable Performance Reliable Capacity Direct Access Pass the ioDrives through as raw capacity allowing another application to do the volume management More Details JOMEMORY SELECTION Each ioMemory module will be exposed as a storage pool ion 3pwax4ne ion chn9 72m8 SLOT4 SLOTS sLoT 6 SLOT7 Number of storage pools 4 ioDrve ioDriwe ioDriwe ioDriwe 3TB 378 3TB 3TE SIF F Y Number of storage pools 4 Cancel FUSION IO E Type a name for the storage pool in the Name field For Direct Access the name defaults to storagepool n depending on the number of existing pools Select a storage profile tyoe Maximum Performance Reliabl
38. age bandwidth and IOPS statistics over time e Temperature in degrees Celsius e Current RAM usage e Peak RAM usage e Petabytes written PBW endurance e Reserve space available FUSION IO 4 To access Live View 1 2 ion r6 d1380 n1 F 3 z eae n 1237D4716 1237D4720 1237D4721 Click the Configuration tab Click ioMemory at the left of the screen In the ioMemory screen click the name of the ioMemory module you want to monitor Click the Live access tab The Live Meter View screen appears with the ioMemory module selected Live Performance ioMemory DATA OPERATIONS AVG 750 MB s AVG 329 k OPS The performance graph works the same way as the one displayed in the Overview tab with the added feature of Average bandwidth and IOPS performance over time shown directly below the Data and Operations boxes Navigating away from the Live tab resets the statistics for the next time the tab is opened In addition the Live View offers several other performance metrics Temperature Indicates the current operating temperature of the selected ioMemory device in degrees Celsius The right hand edge of the scale shows the warning and failure points for high temperatures in the device Current RAM Shows the maximum amount of RAM allocated to the ION Accelerator software in this server host Peak RAM Shows the highest amount of RAM this ioMemory module has actually used PBW Enduranc
39. ake sure you have read the warning statement in the dialog Select the type of shutdown you want shut down and halt or shut down and restart Click Confirm Collecting System Logs 1 Click the Collect System Logs link CONFIGURE Monitor Chassis Shut Down Host If no USB drive is detected in the ION Accelerator appliance the download begins immediately If a USB drive is detected a dialog appears so you can specify where to save the system log Ensure there is enough free space on the USB drive for the logs and then click Download FUSION IO COLLECT SYSTEM LOGS X CLOSE a Save to local machine Save to USB drive in appliance Download Cancel Log information is captured to help Customer Support determine the cause of the problem The log is generated as a tar bz2 file with a filename that indicates the date and time of the capture For example fio systemlog_20140218T105539 tar bz2 indicates a date of 02 18 2014 at 10 55 39 2 Click Open or Save in the browser dialog that appears 3 After you collect the log file e mail it to support fusionio com for troubleshooting help COLUMNS AND SEARCH HOSTS The default columns for the Hosts screen are shown below To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes EDIT COLUMNS E Agent Version E Trim Service Active Host IP IF Host Online
40. anges The History Database captures the raw performance data that is used in ION Accelerator reports such as bandwidth IOPS temperature endurance etc To adjust the size of your history database 1 In the Keep Historical Data field specify how many days to include in the historical data By default the last 30 days of data are kept the maximum is two years 730 days The estimated database size is calculated as you change the number of days worth of data 2 Click Save Changes Saved Searches The Saved Searches link enables you to retrieve searches that have been saved by any user of the ION Accelerator appliance Below is a sample screen with a saved search FUSION IO MY SAVED SEARCHES LT Hostname contains ion View search results Delete Note Removing a saved search will not remove the devices assigned to that search OTHER USERS SAVED SEARCHES No Saved Searches have been created You can click the View search results link to see the results in the ioMemory screen To delete a saved search but not its devices 1 Click the Delete link A Delete confirmation message appears Delete saved search Hostname contains ion Cancel 2 Click Confirm to complete the deletion A success message appears Saved Search has been successfully deleted To delete another user s search you must be logged in as an Admin role USERS The Users links help you create and manage user accounts
41. ars FUSION IO E Delete initiator n1p1 10 00 00 05 33 64 71 98 Confirm Delete Cancel 4 Click Confirm Delete to remove the initiator from any groups to which it was assigned COLUMNS AND SEARCH INITIATORS The default columns for the Initiators screen are shown below To change the columns displayed 1 Click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired EDIT COLUMNS W Status Identifier W Accessible Volumes Initiator Group os 2 Click Update Columns to save the changes You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION Accelerator appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide FUSION iO v Viewing Targets Targets are accessible ports on the ION Accelerator appliance that can be used to attach directly to host interface ports or network switches To view targets in the storage pool click Targets The Targets screen appears similar to the one shown below if you have already set up targets The example below is for Fibre Channel Enhanced Search TARGETS Edit Columns Name Target Port Status Link Speed Identifier Hostname 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 64 d4 Slot 3 Port 1 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 1f63 84 d4 on fstOwcej 21 00 00 24 F6a 84 d5 Slot 3 Port 2 Connected 8 Gbit s 21 00 00 24 f 62 84 05 on fstOwcej 21 00 00 24 ff 6a 84 d6 Slot 3
42. bsolete fusionloDimmIinfoLongTermNonWritable Date Obsolete fusionloDimmInfoMinimalModeReason Reason the device is in minimal Integer 0 13 mode 0 unknown 1 firmware out of date 2 low power 3 dual plane mode failed 5 internal error 6 card limit exceeded 7 device not in minimal mode 8 unsupported OS 9 insufficient memory FUSION IO A Data Type a 10 bootloader mode 11 missing midprom 12 unsupported NAND 13 driver out of date Reason the device is in reduced Integer 0 10 write mode fusionloDimmIinfoReducedWriteReason 0 none 1 user request 2 no metadata blocks 3 out of memory 4 die failure 5 wearout 6 limited adapter power 7 internal error 8 power limited 9 unknown 10 groomer failure fFusionloDimmInfoMilliVvolts Current voltage level of the Integer 0 65535 value could not be determined fusionloDimmInfoMilliVoltsPeak Peak voltage level of the PCle Integer 0 65535 value could not be determined fusionloDimmInfoMilliVoltsMin Minimum voltage level of PCle Integer 0 65535 12 volt bus in millivolts 0 value could not be determined fusionloDimmInfoMilliWatts Current wattage drawn on the Integer 0 65535 PCle 12 volt bus in milliwatts 0 value could not be determined Peak wattage drawn on the Integer 0 65535 PCle 12 volt bus in milliwatts fusionloDimmIinfoMilliWattsPeak 0 value could not be determined fusionloDimmInfoMilliAmps Amperage flowing o
43. ch and click the Enhanced Search tab again NAVIGATION AND REFRESH Screens available trom the Configuration tab have built in navigation and refresh aids To scroll among pages of entries use the navigation buttons at the bottom of the entry list To refresh the screen view click the Refresh icon 2 Multi page scrolling and refresh are also available at the bottom of other screens in the GUI FUSION IO VOLUME INFORMATION v Contiguring Volumes To configure volumes in an existing storage pool click the Volumes link on the Configuration tab The Volumes screen appears similar to the one shown below if volumes are already set up VOLUMES Add Volume Volume Name iond pi vi iond8 pl v2 ionge p1 v3 iond p2 vi iond8 p2 v2 ion46_p2 v3 iond p3 vi ion43 p3 v2 ion49 pi vi ion49 pi v2 ld 4 Paget Status Online Online Online Online Online Online Online Online Online Online of2 p p Capacity 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB 100 00 GB The following columns are displayed Preferred Cluster Node onrai4a jonrai48 onrai4a onrai4a onr8i48 onrai4a onrai4a onrai48 jonrsi49 onrai49 e Volume Name Name of the volume as it was created Enhanced Search Edit Columns Delete 00 00 OO OOO O
44. click a username in the screen To change your password while you are logged in click your user name in the upper right corner of the screen Either action displays the Edit User dialog FUSION IO EDIT USER X CLOSE User Username New Password Save Changes Cancel 1 Click Change Password EDIT USER X CLOSE User Username Old Password New Password Confirm New Password Save Changes Cancel 2 Type the old password and new password and then confirm the new password 3 Click Save Changes If you change another user s password you do not need to enter the old password and you must be an ION Accelerator Admin However when you change the admin s account password you must enter the old password If you forget your admin password you can reset it by running setup password at the command line For details see the ON Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide Columns The default columns for the Local Accounts screen are Role Status and Delete To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes FUSION IO 4 Identity Providers LDAP Currently ION Accelerator supports internal identities and LDAP identity providers IDENTITY PROVIDERS Add LDAP Provider Type Status Delete Internal Identities Local amp Enabled To add or change internal identities for ION Accelerat
45. d state not rebuilding RAID is running in a degraded state and is rebuilding A previously connected port has been disconnected Some of the previously connected ports have been disconnected Chassis cooling is not redundant Temperature near threshold Non critical power supply condition Non critical fan condition Chassis power is not redundant Boot RAID is running in a degraded state not rebuilding RAID is running in a degraded state not rebuilding Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem A previously connected port has been disconnected Some of the previously connected ports have been disconnected One or more fans do not have a backup Repair or install redundant fans The temperature sensor Is nearing its threshold Provide more cooling to the area A non critical condition is present on the power supply Repair or replace the power supply A non critical condition is present on the fan Repair or replace the fan One or more power supplies do not have a backup Repair or install redundant power supplies Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem FUSION IO Boot RAID has no spares and is Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer vulnerable if a subsequent failure Support to correct the problem OCCUIS ALERT PARAMETER ATTRIBUTES These attributes are available in the Ch
46. ddress 192 168 1 1 192 168 2 1 10 60 33 109 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 192 168 1 2 192 168 2 2 10 60 33 115 Unavailable Port address 00 02 c9 fc 31 c0 00 02 c9 fc 31 c1 00 1b 21 3a a5 90 00 1b 21 3a a5 91 00 1b 21 3a a5 94 00 1b 21 3a a5 95 00 02 c9 fc 32 00 00 02 c9 fc 32 01 00 1b 21 3a a4 a0 00 1b 21 3a a4 a1 We Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 255 255 255 0 255 255 2550 255 255 255 0 Unavailable Mode Cluster Cluster Management Management Management Management Cluster Cluster Management Management Link Speed 40 Gb s 40 Gb s 1 Gb s Unavailable Una dala Bike Und dala bbe al bs 40 bs 1 Gb s Unavailable Displaying 1 10 of 12 At the top of the screen information is displayed for the ION Cluster Name or ION Host Name depending on your configuration the time zone the NTP Server address Gateway address and DNS The columns in the screen display the following information e P Address IP address for the node port Click Edit to change the address Port Number of the Ethernet port for this host Cluster Node HA systems only Identifies the node of the cluster Status Connection status for the port Up Down or Unavailable e If a port is in Cluster mode the IP address subnet mask and mode are not edit
47. durance lifespan based on the current data volume rate fw 2013 05 22 to fw 2013 08 22 Future performance based on this date range suggests this device s 17 PBW Endurance will last for more than 5 years B27 Ti Bd D Data Volume MB s a E E 2 Ee fe E eee EA i l Dl YM A ho o 3am 12 Aug 2013 Sam 13 Aug 2013 lpm 14 Aug 2013 6pm 15 Aug 2013 Temperature Report A sample Temperature report is shown below displaying the device temperature in degrees Centigrade over the report date range fw 2013 05 22 to v 2013 08 22 Temperature C a i 3am 12 Aug 2013 Sam 13 Aug 2013 1pm 14 Aug 2013 FUSION IO Handling ION Accelerator Alerts ION Accelerator generates alerts in the GUI to notify you of potential performance issues If there are active alerts the Alerts icon in the Task Bar circled below pulsates to notify you until you click it aii z jr if Erte f ai CONFIGURATION ALERTS SETTINGS To display alerts informational warning or error conditions that have been received on any of the configured volumes click the Alerts tab A summary of alerts is also available in the ioMemory Configuration screen Enhanced Search HOSTS All 4 Warnings Y Eros Info C Show Only Active Alerts All dates Edit Columns Summary Item Hostname Time Reported UTC Volume is notin sync with its peer Pool volume lONriigA 2012 11 05 18 41 Archive Volume is re synch
48. e The following performance metrics are captured e Results graph Shows the statistics IOPS bandwidth data endurance or temperature for the date range e Operations summary Shows the average read and write IOPS or bandwidth Click the summary rectangle to display the lOPS or bandwidth details in the Results graph e Data and endurance summary Shows the average data rate for reads and writes across the date range Click the summary rectangle to display the data and endurance details in the Results graph e Temperature Shows the average temperature in degrees Celsius for the date range Click the summary rectangle to display the temperature details in the Results graph Changing Report Parameters To change the type of information to be graphed in the report click the tab Operations by default and select the type of data you want to monitor Operations To change the date range for the report click and use the two provided calendars to select the From and To dates for the report FUSION IO Ev 2014 01 30 BY 2013 10 30 to The software generates a performance report for the date range you selected To exit the Reports access tab click the Configuration tab Data and Endurance Report A sample Data and Endurance report is shown below It displays the data volume MB sec read and write over the report date range An estimate is given of the device s write en
49. e Shows the projected lifetime endurance for the ioMemory device 100 means virtually no reading or writing has occurred As the NAND flash wears the endurance percentage drops until eventually it reaches a warning or failure point at the left of the scale FUSION IO a 1 N e Reserve Space Indicates how much reserve space is available on the ioMemory device 100 means the maximum reserve allocated at format time is available 0 means no reserve space is available To switch to IOPS monitoring click the Operations box An Operations IOPS view is shown below Live Performance ioMemory DATA OPERATIONS sl Le io ls 669 MB s 25 kIOPS Viewing Performance for Multiple Devices You can view aggregated performance statistics for ION Accelerator by selecting a host at the left of the window circled below jionrsi54 LIVE 1421D0AC1 Live Performance ioMemory vA 1421D0AC4 loMemory All ioMemory 1421D0B2F OPERATIONS I XI mou um _ 35 10P5 An ioMemory selection drop down appears in the main window When you click it you can a select All ioMemory for the host default or b clear the All ioMemory checkbox and select just the modules you want to monitor In the example below two of the ioMemory devices are selected green FUSION IO 2 selected E All ioMemory Bl 1421D09FD WM 1421D0AC1 E 1421D0AC4 1421D0B2F The following performance statist
50. e Performance Reliable Capacity or Direct Access Click the More Details link if you need more information on the profile type For all types except Direct Access a star rating chart is displayed that shows how the selected type favors performance reliability or capacity For example a Reliable Performance Performance and capacity are important but it must be fault tolerant More Performance de ke Reliability an ae Capacity Ld If you selected any Storage Profile type besides Direct Access a drop down appears so you can specify the capacity of ioMemory to use in the storage pool Note any requirements listed next to the drop down menu as you make the selection For example IOMEMORY SELECTION Capacity 6TB 6 TB available v Required 2 x ioDrive 2 3 TB per host Change Selection If you want the new storage pool to use the ioDrives that are currently pictured in the slot diagrams click Add to finish creating the pool and proceed to Storage Pool Information below Or In the ioMemory Selection area click the Change Selection link to specify the ioDrives for the new pool The slot icons for any available not in use ioDrives now appear with selection boxes as in the example below which has four available ioDrives for the new storage pool SLOT4 SLOTS store SLOT7 oDrive oDrive oDirive ioDrive 3 TB e C p O E sE RES FUSION IO 5 Select the ioDriv
51. e all initiator access to the volume 2 Click the red trashcan icon at the right of the volume entry and follow the prompt EXPANDING CAPACITY You can expand the size of a volume up to its pool s allowable capacity limits However you cannot directly decrease a volume s size to do that you need to delete the volume which deletes all its data and then recreate it with a smaller capacity To expand a volume 1 Click the plus icon to the right of the capacity total for the volume The Expand Volume dialog appears showing the current capacity in GB 2 Type the new size in the Capacity field which may include up to two decimal places This enables the Expand button in the dialog EXPAND VOLUME X CLOSE Volume v1 L The resulting value must not cause the volume to exceed the total capacity for the storage pool 3 Click Expand FUSION IO 4 COLUMNS AND SEARCH VOLUMES The default columns for the Volume screen are shown below To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes EDIT COLUMNS Status Capacity Storage Pool Active Initiators Active Targets Preferred Cluster Node E SCSI Device ID IF Unit Serial Number The SCSI Device ID is a combination of the Unit Serial Number and the Volume Name joined by a dash For example 7235e4e6 dot104_rhel_vl You can also use the basic
52. e ioMemory device is not allowing write operations ioMemory exceeds the PCle power specification Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory is not allowing write operations No auxiliary power cable is connected Shut down and turn off power to the server connect the auxiliary power cable to the device and reboot the server The ioMemory is not allowing write operations Out of available memory Increase the amount of server memory or reduce the number of running applications then reboot to continue The ioMemory device is not allowing write operations Groomer could not free enough blocks to continue Review the errors in the driver logs and correct this prior to rebooting Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory is not allowing write operations Out of index space Promptly replace the device after backing up its data 00 See A Volume access inconsistency on ION Cluster ioMemory Inconsistency on ION Cluster Split Brain Internal error VCCaux voltage is out of range Temperature at a critical level Incompatible PCI slot bandwidth Flashback protection not available Temperature has surpassed a critical level PCI express non correctable errors were encountered Unsupported device firmware The volume does not have the same initiator access on each of the cluster hosts Clu
53. e peaks SHOW PERFORMANCE 1 ib cluster GRAPH VIEW DATA ION Accelerator Performance Operations IOPS L When you switch between ioMemory modules or network adapters the software will pause to regenerate the performance data Interpreting Performance Figures The performance figures viewed in ION Accelerator based directly on the number of reads and writes made to individual ioMemory devices not on reads and writes being made to a storage pool or volume When reading live performance data it is important to remember that writes can be duplicated many times across different drives in a RAlDset and reads can be divided among multiple devices in the same RAlDset Additionally writes are duplicated across nodes in an HA configuration so It is important to take into account your current ION Accelerator configuration For example suppose you have an HA cluster with one volume on a RAID 1 storage pool Every write to the volume will be duplicated first between each node in the cluster and then to each drive in the RAID The result would be a total of 4x the number of writes across the whole appliance compared to the number made in a standalone system in Direct Access mode LIVE VIEW The Live View is a powerful tool for seeing real time performance statistics within your ION Accelerator appliance The following performance metrics are available e Read and write bandwidth in MB s e Read and write lOPS e Aver
54. efer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Power write governing activated performance may be limited If this condition persists switch to a higher powered PCle slot or attach external power cable A single path of the redundant cluster communication link is disconnected Thermal write governing activated performance may be limited If this condition persists increase air flow lower room temperature or reduce write load The system has encountered an unexpected issue and a reboot is recommended to correct the problem If this condition persists refer to Customer Support for further review Pool is running in a degraded state due to failed RAID not rebuilding FUSION IO A Pool is running in a degraded state due to failed RAID and is rebuilding RAID has no spares and is vulnerable if a Subsequent failure occurs Volume is not in sync with Its peer Volume is re synchronizing with its peer Pool is running in a degraded state due to failed RAID and is rebuilding Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Check the status of each host in the cluster and reboot or repair the failed cluster host Otherwise refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Volume is re synchronizing with its peer A port is disconnected A port is disconnected RAID is running in a degrade
55. erformance for all ioMemory Is aggregated in the graph ALL TOMEMORY SLOT 4 1421D0B2F SLOT 5 1421D09FD SLOT 6 1421D0AC4 SLOT 7 1421D0AC1 ALL CNA SLOT 0 Broadcom SLOT 1 Mellanox Technologies SLOT 2 Mellanox Technologies SLOT 3 Mellanox Technologies 4 Read performance Write performance Time points FUSION IO Performance indicator Data IOPS Click the Data box to toggle between a Data view bandwidth and Operations view IOPS A sample IOPS performance screen is shown below Performance lines The colored lines show bandwidth in MB s if the Data box is selected or IOPS if the Operations box is selected Green read performance yellow write performance Data points The blue numbers at the left of the graph show fractions of the peak performance numbers The viewable chart of data points rescaled when performance values change significantly Time points As the graph area slowly scrolls to the left in real time new time points HH MM appear at the bottom right of the each minute and eventually disappear to the left The time range for viewable performance data is 5 minutes Performance indicator The yellow and green semi circle icons at the right of the box show bandwidth or lOPS numbers A fully colored circle slice indicates that the selected ioMemory modules are performing at or near the most recent peak Semi circles are rescaled with changes in performanc
56. es you want to include in the new storage pool If you want to return to the original drive selection click the Use Default Selection link that has replaced the Change Selection link 6 Click Add to create the storage pool When you have decided on the type of storage profile you want to use select it in the dialog and click Configure to continue The Storage Pools screen appears displaying the newly created pool Enhanced Search STORAGE POOLS Add Storage Pool f Columna Storage Pool Status Storage Profile Available Capacity Configured Capacity Volumes Delete storagepool 1 Online Maximum Performance 5999 82 GB 0 00 GB 0 O Page 1 of 1 D Displaying 1 1 of 1 You can add more storage pools see Creating a Storage Pool previously so long as there is available capacity A given ioMemory module can belong to only one pool STORAGE POOL INFORMATION A sample Storage Pools screen is shown below with two storage pools already set up Enhanced Search STORAGE POOLS Add Storage Pool Edit Columns Storage Pool Status Storage Profile Available Capacity Configured Capacity Volumes Delete storagepool 1 o Online Reliable Performance 809 66 GB 1600 00 GB 16 oO storagepool 2 Online Maximum Performance 409 92 GB 2000 00 GB 16 O Id 4 Paget off pp Displaying 1 2 of 2 The following information columns are available e Storage Pool Name of the storage pool Click Edit to change the name of an existing pool
57. espanGoverningLevel Level of contribution for Integer longevity Governing may be impacted for the sake of prolonging longevity of the device 0 none 1 light 2 moderate 3 heavy 4 unknown fusionloDimmInfoPowerGoverninglLevel Level of contribution due to lack Integer of power Governing may be impacted due to a lack of power available to the device 0 no governing active 1 light governing 2 moderate governing 3 heavy governing 4 governing level unavailable e fusionloDimmInfoAdapterExtPowerPresent FUSION IO fusionloDimminfoThermalGoverningLevel S Data Type Level of contribution due to high Integer temperatures Governing may be impacted due to the device reaching high temperatures 0 no governing active 1 light governing 2 moderate governing 3 heavy governing 4 governing level unavailable fusionloDimmInfoLifespanGoverning Enabled OBSOLETE Boolean fusionloDimminfoLifespanGoverningTgtDate OBSOLETE Display string 0 25 fusionloDimminfolInternalTempCritical fusionloDimmInfolnternalTempShutdown fusionloDimmIinfoPcieErrorsIindicator fusionloDimminfoMissingLebMapIndicator fusionIoDimmInfoVccIntErrorIndicator fusionIoDimmInfoVccAuxErrorIndicator fusionIoDimmInfoOverPowerIndicator fusionIoDimmInfoUpgradeInProgress Indicator fusionIoDimmInfoInternalTempHigh Threshold fusionIoDimmInfoInternalTempCriticalThreshold True temperature is ata critical
58. et ports 3 Inthe CLI run system setup lan to display the Setup dialog for LAN configuration 4 Change the name of the node in the dialog 5 Select OK and press Enter Both nodes will restart one at a time 6 Repeat the previous two steps for the second node in the cluster Changing the Management IP Address 1 Ensure that both nodes are up 2 Inthe CLI run system setup lan to display the Setup dialog for LAN configuration 3 Change the management IP address in the dialog 4 Select OK and press Enter The node with the cluster IP address will fail over to the other node Changing the ION Accelerator Cluster Name or Cluster IP Address 1 Ensure that both nodes are up 2 Inthe CLI run system setup cluster to display the Setup dialog for cluster configuration 3 Change the cluster name in the dialog FUSION IO 4 4 Select OK and press Enter Changing the Gateway IP Address 1 Ze 3 4 sA Ensure that both nodes are up In the CLI run system setup lan to display the Setup dialog for LAN configuration Click the Routing tab in the dialog Change the gateway IP address Select OK and press Enter Changing the IP Addresses for Cluster Interconnect Ports L You can change interconnect ports only when no cluster resources are configured 1 2 J 4 5 Ensure that both nodes are up In the CLI run system setup lan to display the Setup dialog for LAN configuration Change
59. fer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem FUSION IO A Minimal mode User forced Minimal mode Dual plane not supported Minimal mode Missing midprom data Minimal mode Unsupported Operating System Minimal mode Fallback firmware Power write governing activated Cluster communication degraded Thermal write governing activated System problem detected Pool is running in a degraded state due to failed RAID not rebuilding The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state because it was placed in that state by a user Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device has been configured for dual plane mode but does not support dual plane mode Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device is missing midprom data Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device will not function on the current operating system Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state Board running on FALLBACK firmware image R
60. formance FUSION IO 1 4 In the Show Performance drop down list select the node whose performance you want to monitor multiple nodes are shown for HA If a cluster exists select it first figure below or one of its nodes second figure SHOW PERFORMANCE lonroi4 By default Data bandwidth or GB sec performance statistics are displayed The examples in this section all show Data performance To switch to IOPS performance statistics select Operations GRAPH VIEW DATA OPERATIONS To display the read or write statistics for a given point in time mouse over the yellow or green performance line A popup appears showing the statistics for that point in time SHOW PERFORMANCE WRITE SEC 2013 09 13 15 29 12 4 ionr8i47 1 159 000 000 bytes GRAPH VIEW DATA This point in time performance display is also available for the All ioMemory options described below selecting a Performance View To display performance statistics for all ivMemory devices or CNAs in the ION host 1 2 3 Click the host name box Click the ALLIOMEMORY box below the host name ALL IOMEMORY Select the device you want to monitor from the drop down menu FUSION IO v ALL IOMEMORY SLOT 4 142100AC3 SLOT 5 1421D0AC9 SLOT 6 1421D0AC2 SLOT 7 142 1D0B8D ALL CNA SLOT 0 Broadcom SLOT 1 Mellanox Technologies SLOT 2 Mellanox Technologies S
61. g 1 2 of 2 The following columns are displayed e Hostname Name of the ION Accelerator node as set in First Boot Clicking this link displays the ioMemory Configuration page see the oMemory Configuration section for details e Host IP IP address of the ION Accelerator node e Host OS Operating system on the ION Accelerator node e Agent Status Connectivity status of the ION Accelerator agent Online error or lt alert gt If an error or alert condition is shown clicking Its link displays the Alerts page for details e Drives List of serial numbers for the ioDrives installed in the ION Accelerator node e Cluster Name Name of the cluster that this ION Accelerator node is part of Clicking this link displays the ION Accelerator Clusters screen FUSION IO HOST CONFIGURATION DETAILS To get more information about a host click its Hostname link to display a Host Configuration screen ionr9i54 CONFIGURE 1421D09FD 1421D0AC1 Monitor Chassis Shut Down Host Collect System Logs 1421D0AC4 Basic 1421D0B2F Host Name ionr9i54 Agent Status Online IP Address 10 60 34 54 Os Linux 3 0 101 0 15 1 6651 0 PTF default The following fields are available e jioMemory Modules left pane See the oMemory Configuration section for details e Monitor Chassis This link connects to a chassis monitoring URL for the type of ION Accelerator appliance you are using e Shut Down Host
62. hat corresponds to the volume you want to update The Edit Initiator Access dialog appears FUSION IO EDIT INITIATOR ACCESS Volume ion48_p1_volt Block size 5128 C 4K Initiator Group lonr i48 W2K8 ionrsi49 All Targets All Targets All Targets All Targets Cancel Select an initiator group from the Initiator Group list k To avoid confusion use a different naming scheme for initiators and groups so you can easily tell them apart and not unintentionally alter one or the other 4 Select the block size appropriate for your application gt Block size for most applications should be set to 512B Select the target ports in the drop down list s for the host s you want this initiator to access By default all the target ports are selected The first example below shows a selection list from the first ION Accelerator host in an HA cluster IONr1i45 using Fibre Channel Two ports identified by WWPNs are selected green for the IONr1i45 host To see the entire IDs on screen scroll to the right You can also select All Targets or select different target ports IONr1i45 IONr1i44 Multiple Multiple E All Targets W 21 00 00 24 4F67 5 60 21 00 00 21 00 00 24 67 58 61 21 00 00 C 21 00 00 24 4F67 5 62 21 00 00 E 21 00 00 24 4t67 5 63 21 00 00 If you want to remove block all access for an initiator group click the red trashcan icon at the right of the configuration row
63. he one you are connected to will be updated first if you are connected to the master node the secondary node updates first and vice versa 4 Click Browse and navigate to the update file IOP you want to install 5 Click Open in the File Upload dialog Data about the update file is included in the dialog such as file version number release date build number description hotfix ID reboot required indicator and estimated update time 6 Click Install Update to update the software A notification message appears regarding the success of the update A reboot may occur without prompting The browser will lose its connection to ION Accelerator If you are updating cluster nodes the browser will reconnect to the other primary node then after that update finishes Its browser connection will also be lost 7 When the browser connection Is lost after the last update wait for at least five minutes and then reconnect to the GUI If the update fails on either node an error dialog will appear You can then use the CLI to determine the state of the nodes in the cluster see Node Commands in the ION Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide Reverting to a Previous Software Version If it becomes necessary to revert to a previous version of the software that must be done via the CLI not the GUI For instructions on reverting see soft revert in Software Commands in the ION Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide FUSION IO
64. ice ID PCI Slot Number PCI Subsys Device ID PCI Subsys Vendor ID PCI Vendor ID PCle Bandwidth PCle Link Width PCle Link Speed L PCI Slot Power Port Within Adapter _ Swap Support Current RAM Used L Peak RAM Used Reserve Space L Sector Count Sector Size ioMemory S N Session Read Ops Session Write Ops Formatted Size FPGA Temperature L Total Physical Read Total Physical Written Agent Version Trim Service Active Host IP Host Online Host OS OS Native Trim Active Host Offline Since Trim Enabled Adapter Board Kind Power Amps Min Volts Peak Amps Peak Volts Peak Watts Power Volts Power Watts External Power Adapter PCle Bandwidth L Adapter PCle Link Width Adapter PCle Link Speed L Adapter PCI Slot Power PCle Power Limit L Power Monitoring Adapter S N Product Name Product Serial Number Product SKU Part Number Alt Part Number Y Filesystems Y Cluster Name Cluster IP Address Getting Host Information To get information about ION Accelerator hosts target system nodes click the Hosts link in the Configuration screen A sample Hosts screen is shown below Enhanced Search C1HOSTS Edit Columns Hostname HostIP Host 0S Status Drives Cluster Name 10 50 11 109 Linux 3 0 42 0 7 default o Online 115000159 1111 1150D00159 1121 11 c 10 50 11 133 Linux 3 0 42 0 default v Online 115000045 1111 115000045 1121 114 ci of 1 qe Displayin
65. ics are aggregated for all selected ioMemory modules e Live data e Live operations e Current RAM e Peak RAM Performance statistics for PBW Endurance and Reserve Space are averaged for all selected ioMemory modules Temperature corresponds to the highest value found for any ioDrive device J When multiple devices are selected the Reports and Info tabs are not available REPORTS To view historical reports for ION Accelerator performance on a single ioMemory module 1 Navigate to the ioMemory Configuration screen Configuration gt oMemory gt selected ioMemory module 2 Click the Reports access tab If the Reports tab is not accessible make sure you have selected only one host in the left side of the screen Operations Report By default an operations performance report is displayed The report date range starts with the date the ION Accelerator software was installed until the current date these dates can be changed as explained below The vertical timelines appear every 4 hours for reference FUSION IO Operations HAY 2014 03 17 vel Lal Fur tJ E Es un o a i g 407 2 de Ha wv a Oo 6pm 19 Mar 2014 5pm 19 Mar 2014 9pm 19 Mar 2014 10pm 19 Mar 2014 E waite Operations Data amp Endurance L PA UAT roZ T j Avg Read 8 96k 10Ps Avg Read 4 63MB s 7 a 5 Airis Awg Write 6 L2kI0PS e AWO WFILO 2 5 LMB 3 Temperatur
66. in a GUI environment including setting up a storage profile and pools creating volumes adding initiators managing oMemory etc Other ION Accelerator guides include e ON Accelerator Appliance Configuration Guide an introduction to the ION Accelerator software as well information on first boot setup host multipathing and application tuning e JON Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide an equivalent to the GUI guide using a command line interface for tasks FUSION iO
67. informational Displaying or archiving system alerts for errors warnings and informational conditions Viewing network information for ports Setting up remote access user accounts and alert rules and subscribers Contiguring SMTP Server and SNMP notifications Details for system alert rules and alert parameters SNMP MIB information FUSION IO OVERVIEW SCREEN After login the Overview screen appears The Capacity section displays No Storage Pool until a storage pool has been configured The two basic areas are the Tabs bar at the top and the Overview screen the main portion of the Overview tab each described in this section The HA example below shows tabs for two HA nodes middle of the screen Only one tab is available for standalone appliances Using multiple browser windows for the same ION Accelerator host is not supported mo e wet ADMIN LOGOUT HE A Sinn d Bhran P M IEW CONFIGURATION ALERTS SETTINGS e ION ACCELERATOR SUMMARY VOLUMES 16 CAPACITY ionr9i53 ee 10 60 34 53 AVAILABLE 1 39 TB ION Accelerator INITIATORS 4 2 4 1 M CONFIGURED Update Software 10 61 TB ionr9i55 10 60 34 55 Details SLOT 0 SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 SLOT 4 SLOT5 SLOT 6 SLOT7 Broadcom Mellanox Mellanox Mellanox ioDrive ioDrive ioDrive ioDrive Technologies M Technologies M Technologies g SHOW PERFORMANCE ionr9i53 GRAPH VIEW DATA FUSION IO 4 TABS BAR The Tabs
68. ion lo oDrive extension table Sequence OF FusionloDimmE xtnE ntry Entry in the fusionloDimmExtnTable FusionloDimmE xtnEntry fFusiontoDimmextnindex Unique index for the ioDrive Integer 1 256 extension table There should be an entry in this table for each entry in the loDrive table fusionloDimmExtnTotalPhysCapacityU Upper word of the total physical Counter capacity in bytes fusionloDimmExtnTotalPhysCapacityL Lower word of the total physical Counter Capacity in bytes fusionloDimmExtnUseablePhysCapacityU OBSOLETE Counter fusionloDimmExtnUseablePhysCapacityL OBSOLETE Counter fusionloDimmExtnUsedPhysCapacityU OBSOLETE Counter fusionloDimmExtnUsedPhysCapacityL OBSOLETE Counter fusionloDimmExtnTotalLogCapacityU Upper word of the total logical Counter Capacity in bytes as formatted fusionloDimmExtnTotalLogCapacityL Lower word of the total logical Counter Capacity in bytes as formatted fusionloDimmExtnAvailLogCapacityU OBSOLETE Counter fusionlIoDimmExtnAvailLogCapacityL OBSOLETE Counter fusionloDimmExtnBytesReadU Upper word of the total number of Counter bytes read since the device was formatted fusionloDimmExtnBytesReadL Lower word of the total number of Counter bytes read since the device was formatted 00 See Name Description Data Type bytes written bytes written fusionloDimmExtnLogBytesWrittenU OBSOLETE Counter through fusionloDimmExtnConfidencelnterval Block size that this device is Integer 512 or 4096 fo
69. lowing columns are displayed e Cluster Name Name of the cluster Clicking the link displays information about the cluster and actions you can perform For details see the Getting Host Information section earlier in this guide e Status Status of the cluster Online or Offline e Cluster IP Address IP address for the cluster as configured in the First Boot process FUSION IO 4 COLUMNS AND SEARCH HA The default columns for the HA version of the ioMemory screen are shown below To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes ADD REMOVE COLUMNS Status Cluster IP Address You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION Accelerator appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide FUSION iO Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance ION Accelerator provides powerful easy to use performance monitoring tools to help you analyze the effectiveness of your system The main performance tools are e Performance Graphs Overview Tab e Live Meter View e Reports 4 You can also use the Status column of the ioMemory screen to display real time analysis of individual ioDrive performance See Managing ioMemory for details PERFORMANCE GRAPHS OVERVIEW TAB The Overview tab provide
70. n MB sec If the device is unavailable the Status Is indicated as Host Offline A red icon indicates an error condition you can click the icon to view the Alert information e Hostname Link to the ioMemory Configuration screen for this device For details see o0Memory Configuration below e Storage Pool Name of the storage pool that this ioMemory device is assigned to e Reserve Space Amount of reserve space still available as a percentage from 0 100 e jioMemory S N Serial number of the ioMemory device e Filesystems Name of the filesystem this ioMemory device is using If any e Cluster Name ID of the cluster this device is a part of if any IOMEMORY CONFIGURATION The screen below shows sample configuration details for a selected host alias 1150D0031 1111 in this example The information fields and actions for this screen are described below k This screen has additional access tabs Live Reports and Info These tabs are explained later in this section lonrgi54 1421D0B2F ano CONFIGURE 1421D09FD 1421D0AC1 settings 1421D0AC4 1421D0B2F loMemory alias Device status Swap support Beacon 1421D0B2F Edit Attached Disabled Off Enable Firmware VSL driver version 3 2 6 Firmware version 1 1 13 109322 Low Level Formatting Low level formatting Factory capacity Total factory capacity 3 000 GB 2 793 968 GiB 100 factory capacity Format capacity
71. n alias has been created for the name it appears at the left e Status Online green icon or offline e lt Identifier gt WWPN or IQN for the initiator port e Volumes Number of volumes that are currently accessible by this initiator Clicking this link displays the Volumes screen e Initiator Group Group that this initiator has been assigned to All members of a group have the same access rights to shared storage volumes on targets e OS Type of operating system used on the initiator AIX or Other HA is supported on AIX only with Fibre Channel e Delete Click the red trashcan icon to delete the corresponding initiator CREATING INITIATOR GROUPS An initiator group controls which initiators can see exported volumes LUNs When an initiator group is assigned to a volume all and only those initiators in the group can access the volume 18 You can also create and add individual initiators see Adding Individual Initiators later in this section but in most cases it is more effective to set up initiator groups first to coordinate larger scale initiator access To create or manage an Initiator group 1 Click an Edit button in the Initiator Group column If no Group name appears to the left of the button that means you re creating the Group otherwise you re editing the group name in the column The Manage Initiator Group dialog appears EDIT INITIATOR GROUP X CLOSE Initiator group rhel119
72. n in the event of a power failure Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory device is close to wearing out reduced write mode is triggered when reserve is depleted A media upgrade is in progress The ioMemory device will not be usable until it is low level formatted Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem FUSION IO f v a a N Power write governing activated Power write governing activated performance may be limited If this condition persists switch to a higher powered PCle slot or attach external power cable Sub optimal PCI slot bandwidth The bandwidth of the PCI slot is not optimal for the ioMemory device Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Reserve is depleted The ioMemory device reserve is depleted reduced write or read only mode will be triggered when device Is attached Formatting to a smaller size will free up reserve Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Over PCle power budget alarm Over PCle power budget alarm triggered Refer to the triggered Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Thermal write governing activated Thermal write governing activated performance may be limited PCI errors PCle correctable errors were encountered Refer to the Knowledge Ba
73. n the Identifier column that corresponds to the target port for the added alias 2 Type the alias name for the port This alias name must be unique in the ION Accelerator appliance no duplication of the alias is allowed 3 Click outside the edit box to finalize the name The alias now appears as the primary identifier for the target and the WWPN or IQN appears in parentheses next to it COLUMNS AND SEARCH TARGETS The default columns for the Targets screen are shown below To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to save the changes EDIT COLUMNS You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION Accelerator appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide E Target Protocol Firmware Version Target Port W Status 4 Link Speed W Identifier Volumes Y Hostname FUSION IO Managing loMemory You can manage the individual ioMemory devices in your host appliance by using the loSphere GUI To do so click the ioMemory link in the Configuration screen The ioMemory window appears similar to the one shown below IOMEMORY ioMemory 133700008 1111 133 00008 1121 1337000501111 13370005D 11 21 1337000851111 133700065 1121 133700014 1111 13
74. n the PCle Integer 0 65535 12 volt bus in milliamps 0 value could not be determined Peak amperage flowing on the Integer 0 65535 PCle 12 volt bus in milliamps fusionloDimmIinfoMilliAmpsPeak 0 value could not be determined Type of loDimm adapter Integer 0 5 fusionloDimminfoAdapterType 0O i0Drive 1 i0DriveLowP ro2 2 l0Drive Duo 3 10SAN 4 unknown 5 ioO ctal the adapter 1 the port number Is not available where this ioDimm Is connected 00 Gl0 r A Data Type True external power Is Boolean connected on the adapter where this ioMemory module is connected available but disabled nearing the maximum rating the device in degrees Celsius fusionloDimmInfoPCIBandwidthCompatibility Bandwidth compatibility of the Integer PCle slot If the value is not optimal the status and condition variables will be set accordingly 0 incompatible 16 suboptimal 2048 optimal 32768 unknown fusiontloDimminfoPCIPowerCompatibility Power compatibility of the PCI E Integer Slot If the value is not optimal the status and condition variables will be set accordingly 0 incompatible 16 suboptimal 2048 optimal 32768 unknown fusionloDimminfoActualGoverninglevel Level of governing currently in Integer effect on the device This may be due to high temperature power shortage or to prolong life of the drive 0 none 1 light 2 moderate 3 heavy 4 unknown fusionloDimminfoLif
75. nag Enabled a Unsupported device firmw A system device is operating with unsupported fir Manag Enabled o Cluster communication un The redundant cluster communication link is down Manag S Enabled Fatal hardware failure Anon correctable hardware failure has been dete Manag Enabled A Cluster communication de A single path ofthe redundant cluster communicat Manag Enabled de Kernel memory problern A kernel memory problem has been detected and Manag Enabled Paget offi b W Displaying 1 10 of 108 The following columns are available e Alert Name of the alert e Description Cause for the alert or additional information e Creator Source of the alert rule e Status Enabled or Disabled e Delete A delete link for each custom created rule system rules cannot be deleted Adding Rules To add a custom alert rule that will fire the specified alert 1 Click the Add Rule link The Add Alert dialog appears ADD ALERT X CLOSE ALERT PARAMETERS Add search parameter Add Saved Search Next Step Cancel FUSION IO 4 2 Click Add search parameter The Choose Attribute button appears ALERT PARAMETERS Choose Attribute If you need to add more attributes for your alert rule click the Add Search Parameters link as many times as necessary 3 Click the Choose Attribute button and selec
76. nning 7 attaching device Is initializing scanning part of device formatting 8 initialization detaching device is stopping formatting the format operation is in process attach 10 updating the firmware is being updated detach 11 updating 9 Operations format 12 attach make device operational update 13 detach take device off line format re formats device update firmware update The device state must be minimal or detached to update the firmware and must be detached in order to format device FUSION IO Data Type fusionloDimmInfoBeacon Writing a true value here will Boolean turn on the LED flashing beacon for visual card identification A false value will turn the LED beacon off the wearout threshold fusionloDimmInfoFlashbackIndicator relevant only True flashback redundancy Is Boolean for driver 2 3 1 and earlier degraded fusionloDimmInfoWritablelndicator 0 Write reduced 1 non writable read only 2 normal 3 unknown the device in degrees Celsius fusionloDimmInfoHealthPercentage Estimate of the health of the Integer 0 100 drive expressed as the remaining percentage of drive life before write rate is reduced due to wearout If the health percentage is not available the value will be set to 1 fusionloDimmInfoShortTermWearoutDate Obsolete i e fusionloDimmInfoLongTermWearoutDate Obsolete MO fusionloDimmInfoshortTermNonWritableDate O
77. onfiguration for the selected host On a tab you can click the Details link to display the Host Configuration screen e Slot Usage ioMemory devices or network fabric cards are indicated for each slot The status light in the slot icon indicates functioning green or a problem red or an offline condition red Unused slots are indicated by dashed outlines E Slot numbers listed here are intended to match the physical locations of the slots in the server e Details For HA click the Details link to display the Configure access tab for the selected host For standalone click the Host screen for the server to get similar information See oMemory Configuration in Managing oMemory for details e To see port numbering information place the Saar cursor over the desired port icon at the bottom of Broadcom any CNA slot diagram To see adapter information place the cursor over the desired title Broadcom Netxtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet description at the top of any CNA slot diagram The example at the right hovers over the Slot O title Mellanox Technologies and then the top ad port green light e Performance Area You can see a graphical view of current ION Accelerator performance in the Show Performance area at the bottom of the Overview tab SHOW PERFORMANCE ionrsid GRAPH VIEW DATA For details on the graphical elements see Performance Graphs Overview Tab in Monitoring ION Accelerator Per
78. oose Attributes drop down lists of the Add Rule dialog in the Settings tab Category Alert Attribute Adapter Adapter Board Kind Adapter PCI Slot Power Adapter PCle Bandwidth Adapter PCle Link Speed Adapter PCle Link Width Adapter S N External Power Min Volts PCle Power Limit Peak Amps Peak Volts Peak Watts Power Amps Power Monitoring Power Volts Power Watts Cluster IP Address Cluster Name Driver Firmware Current Firmware Revision Current Firmware Version Driver Version Minimum Firmware Revision Formatting amp Volume Format UUID Formatted Size Sector Count Sector Size Hardware Alt Part Number Board Kind Device Label Device Name Device S N ECC Bytes per Codeword ECC Num Bits Correctable Factory Capacity Location within Adapter Part Number Port within Adapter Product Name Product SKU Product Serial Number ioMemory S N Agent Version Host IP Host OS Host Offline Since Host Online Hostname OS Native Trim Active Trim Enabled Trim Service Active PCI Device ID PCI Slot Number PCI Slot Power PCI Subsys Device ID PCI Subsys Vendor ID PCle Bandwidth PCle Link Speed PCle Link Width Performance Status Active Media Alias Current Operation Current Operation Phase Current Operation Progress Current RAM Used FPGA Temperature Host Online Peak RAM Used Reserve Space Session Read Ops Session Write Ops State Total Physical Read Total Physical Written loMemory Beacon Status Swap Suppo
79. or click the Internal Identities link The Local Accounts screen appears where you can add or change internal accounts See Local Accounts earlier in this guide for details LDAP e To add an LDAP provider click the Add LDAP link The Add LDAP wizard opens so you can contigure the connection add mapping and roles test LDAP settings and add additional LDAP settings e To edit an LDAP entry click its Provider link e To delete an LDAP entry click the Delete link next for the provider 4 For more information on setting up LDAP providers refer to the oSphere documentation available at http support fusionio com downloads ALERTS The Alerts menu helps users manage lON Accelerator alerts Rules Here you can create edit and review rules that generate alerts A sample Rules screen is shown below For basic information on alerts see Handling ION Accelerator Alerts earlier in this guide FUSION IO ALERTRULES Add Rule All gy Wamings Y Emos Info Alert Description Creator Status Delete a Cluster degraded A host has left the ION Cluster Manag Enabled iT Host left the ION Cluster The host has left the ION Cluster Manag Enabled Oo Cluster restored The ION Cluster has been restored Manag S Enabled The appliance leftthe clust Referto the Knowledgebase User Guides or Cus Manag Enabled Pr Kernel error on cluster nod The cluster node has encountered a kernel errora Ma
80. or standalone mode can be used concurrently To add a volume in the storage pool 1 Click the Add Volume link in the upper left of the Volumes screen The Add Volume dialog appears ADD VOLUME X CLOSE Storage pool pool 3 2009 92 GB available capacity Ka NEW VOLUME Name volume 1 Capacity 2009 92 GB Preferred cluster node Auto Add Another Volume 2 Ifyou have multiple storage pools select the one that the new volume should belong to trom the Storage Pool drop down list near the top of the dialog 3 Specify the Volume Name maximum of 16 alphanumeric characters including dashes or underscores starting with a letter FUSION IO 4 4 Specify the capacity for the volume in GB The minimum size is 1GB and values may be entered to two decimal places k The default is the maximum size of the pool so make sure you set the size to a smaller amount if you don t want the volume to use all the available space 5 If clustering has been set up for the system you can select a Preferred Cluster Node the default is Auto This capability is available only with the High Availability Feature Preterred node indicates which node will normally serve I O to this volume Here are some suggestions for choosing the preferred cluster node e If you know how active a volume is try manually load balancing volumes across cluster nodes e f you don t know the activity rate but want to load balance al
81. or to send alert emails you must first configure the SMTP server settings here SMTP SERVER An SMTP server is required to receive alert notifications Sender Sender Name optional sender Email SMTP Server Address server Host Name Server Port Number 25 Use SSL E Yes use SSL Authentication Username Password Save Changes Fill in the fields in the SMTP Server dialog and click Save Changes All fields are required except Sender Name and Use SSL SNMP Settings The Configure SNMP screen enables you to configure SNMP for the ION Accelerator appliance It you already have an ION Accelerator cluster the settings are automatically copied to all of the cluster nodes FUSION IO CONFIGURE SNMP Enable SNMP W Location Server Room Contact Information Sysadmin root Mlocalhost Community public Client Address 127 0 0 1 Trap Community public Trap Address IPv4 address or hostname Download MIB files Save Changes To configure SNMP 1 2 If you want to disable SNMP enabled by default clear the Enable SNMP checkbox In the Location field enter the SNMP host or cluster name By default this field contains the host or cluster name assigned in the First Boot process To specify contact information such as an e mail address for the person being notified of the SNMP traps complete the Contact Info field To identify the SNMP community who can access the appliance com
82. plete the Community field The default value is public In Client Address specify the IP address or address mask for where the SNMP traps should be sent To identity the SNMP community where SNMP traps will be sent complete the Trap Community field The default value is public To specify the address where SNMP traps will be sent enter the IPv4 address or hostname in the Trap Address field To specify an additional address up to four may be used click the green plus icon to display another entry field IPy4 address or hostname J dl380r8n0 O To delete an SNMP trap address click the red trashcan icon to the right of the entry FUSION IO Ay N 7 You can click the Download MIB files to download a zip file containing the main MIB file fioloDimm MIB and supporting files to your default download folder The fioloDimm MIB file is discussed in Appendix D SNMP MIB Information 8 Click Save Changes Subscribers ION Accelerator can send email alerts to standard or SMS email addresses After configuring the SMTP server settings you can create subscribers and assign them to receive specific alerts Add Subscriber 1 Click the Add Subscriber link at the top of the Subscriber screen to display the Add Subscriber dialog ADD SUBSCRIBER X CLOSE SUBSCRIBER Enter a standard or SMS email to send alerts to Email Name optional Enable Subscriber Allow alert notifications to be
83. quipment and the ever decreasing volume of natural raw materials letting this potential source go to waste is unacceptable If equipment is collected separately the equipment can be recycled and up to 85 to 90 of the equipment can be re used as new material saving the use of virgin raw materials and energy of producing these For above reasons Fusion io expects customers to dispose of the material in an environmentally friendly way Electrical and Electronic Equipment is labeled with the following crossed out wheeled bin symbol indicating that the equipment should be disposed of by the end user separate from other types of waste The EU Directive and national legislation define various situations and financing options for doing so Customers should contact their sales representative dealer distributor and our company on disposal collection and recycling options and terms and conditions in your country FUSION IO Appendix B Changing Node Names and IP Addresses This section explains how to change the names or IP addresses for ION Accelerator nodes once they have been configured in the First Boot process For details on using the system setup command referred to in this section refer to the ON Accelerator Appliance CLI Reference Guide Changing a Node Name in a Cluster Changing a node name requires cluster downtime 1 Ensure that both nodes are up 2 Close all active sessions by disabling or disconnecting all targ
84. rage profiles are described below In each case you can click the More Details link next to the profile description to get additional information e Reliable Performance default Reliability and performance are emphasized over capacity using a RAID 10 configuration Storage is divided into two equal segments that are mirrored to each other so that an unlikely failure of an ioMemory module will not result in data loss This configuration requires a minimum of four oDrives or additional increments of two oDrives which must all be the same type and capacity e Maximum Performance Performance is emphasized using a RAID O configuration This does not provide redundant storage With this configuration the storage capacity is striped across the available oDrives minimum 2 installed in the server All ioDrives in this profile must be of the same capacity FUSION IO YX Reliable Capacity Capacity is emphasized over performance and fault tolerance employing a RAID 5 configuration A single oDrive failure can be sustained without loss of data and read performance Is better than write performance At least three ioDrive devices are required and they must all be of the same type and capacity The Reliable Capacity option is supported only in standalone mode not HA Direct Access Maximum capacity is emphasized similar to a JBOD storage configuration without redundant storage or striping In Direct Access
85. rmatted to use usage in bytes for the drive fusionloDimmExtnCurrentRAMUsagel Lower word of the current RAM Counter usage in bytes for the drive fusiontloDimmExtnPeakRAMUsageU Upper word of the peak RAM usage Counter in bytes for the drive fusionloDimmExtnPeakRAMUsagel Lower word of the peak RAM usage Counter in bytes for the drive Name SS Description Data Type fusionloDimmCapacityTable Table of usable physical capacity Sequence of values over time fusionloDimmCapacityEntry Capacity history table index in the info table Capacity log capacity at this point in time Capacity at this point in time Name Description Data Type fusionIoDimmWriteTable Log of write volume history Sequence of fusionloDimmWriteEntry FustonteDimaWeiteratorndes ioDrive index correlates with the Integer 1 256 index in the info table Unique index for this write volume Integer 1 1000 entry fusionloDimmWriteValueU Upper word of the total physical Counter number of bytes written ata given moment in time FUSION IO Description Data Type fusionloDimmWriteValueL Lower word of the total physical Counter number of bytes written at a given moment in time Name SS Description Data Type fusionloDimmWriteEntry index in the info table entry degrees Celsius 00 Gl0 4 Appendix E About the ION Accelerator Appliance Guides The JON Accelerator Appliance GUI Guide helps you use the ION Accelerator software
86. roblem FUSION IO VCCint voltage is out of range VCCint voltage is out of range All reads and writes will fail Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Volume has diverged from its peer Volume has diverged from its peer Volume Inconsistency on ION The volume does not exist on all cluster hosts Cluster RAID is in a failed state Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Pool is in a failed state due to failed Pool is in a failed state due to failed RAID RAID Storage Pool Inconsistency on ION The storage pool does not exist on all cluster hosts Cluster Host clock drastically out of sync The host s clock is over a day different trom the management server s clock Operations requiring a license may exhibit undefined behavior Temperature exceeding threshold The temperature sensor is exceeding its threshold Provide more cooling to the area Chassis cooling is insufficient The chassis cannot properly cool all components Repair or install cooling devices The power supply has failed The power supply has failed Repair or replace the power Supply Chassis power is insufficient The chassis cannot properly supply power to all components Repair or install power supplies The fan has failed The fan has failed Repair or replace the fan Boot RAID is in a failed state Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer
87. ronizing with its p Pool volume lOM ria 2012 11 05 18 58 Volume is notin sync with its peer Pool volume lOM rida 2012 11 05 19 13 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume lOM ride 2012 11 05 20 02 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume lONriigA 2012 11 05 20 05 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume lOM ride 2012 11 05 20 36 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume lOMrti44 2012 11 05 20 41 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume LON rida 2012 11 05 20 43 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume LOM rt iad 2012 11 05 20 54 Volume is re synchronizing with its p Pool volume lONriigA 2012 11 05 21 02 eN P PP Pee Pe PP PE F Paget of2 Pb Fl Displaying 1 10 of 17 FUSION IO 4 The following columns are available in the Results table Type Type of alert Informational Warning or Error Summary Description of the problem that caused the alert Item Detailed information on the alert item Hostname Name of the host server where the alerts occurred Time Reported UTC time when the alert was generated Storage Pool Name of the storage pool where the alert was generated The following actions are available in the row above the Results table Warnings Click to show only warning alerts Errors Click to show only error alerts Info Click to show only informational alerts Show only active aler
88. rt 00 Gl0 Appendix D SNMP MIB Information This appendix describes most of the fields in the fioloDimm MIB file included in the ION Accelerator software For more information on SNMP configuration see SNMP Settings in Contiguring ION Accelerator Settings earlier in this guide Names est Data Type incompatible structural changes occur minor additions occur 4 failed Name IIS Description Data Type fusionIoDimmInfoTable There will be an entry in this Sequence of table for each ioDrive device fusionIoDimmInfoEntry installed fusionloDimminfoEntry Each entry represents an CI loDrive device fusionloDimmInfoStatus Overall status of the loDrive 1 other 2 0K device 3 degraded 4 falled fusionToninmInfroNane System control device name for Display string 0 25 this device device fusionIoDimmInfoSubVendorPartNumber Sub vendor system part number Display string 0 50 of this device device FUSION IO 4 a S Data Type HW revision time Ha ee TeD nine Sale Current state of the attached Integer client device In order to function normally the device unknown 0 must be in the attached state detached 1 Quiescent states attached 2 attached device Is ready for normal use detached device is stopped minimal ioMemory VSL loaded but firmware needs updating error device is not working properly minimal 3 error 4 detaching 5 attaching 6 Transitional states sca
89. s a quick look at the bandwidth or lOPS performance for any host or ioMemory device in the ION Accelerator appliance depending on your settings It also displays activity for connected network devices To view the performance for currently running I O on your system click the Overview tab and scroll to the bottom of the screen if necessary 4 Your browser must support Adobe Flash so the performance graphs display correctly Your connected initiator contacts the ION Accelerator host to update the performance graph A few moments after connecting a performance summary graph appears similar to the one shown below bandwidth in this example If you leave the Overview screen the live connection is broken Returning to the screen re establishes the connection previous performance data is not available as new data appears Historical data is available however in ION Accelerator reports See Reports for details FUSION IO Host cluster selection SHOW PERFORMANCE 10Nr1i44 GRAPH VIEW DATA Data IOPS Data points Here are the basic elements of the graph Host cluster selection Click the box to select the cluster default If available or host you want to monitor For example SHOW PERFORMANCE ionrgi54 ALL lOMEMORY ioMemory selection Click the box to select the ioMemory module you want to monitor or ALL IOMEMORY or ALL CNA or a selected network adapter If you choose ALL IOMEMORY p
90. save the changes You can also use the basic Search feature and the Enhanced Search tab to find attributes in your ION Accelerator appliance that correspond to the column entries See Basic Search and Enhanced Search earlier in this guide SAVED SEARCHES You can save a search that uses ioMemory parameters That way you can run the search later without having to set up the parameters To create a saved search 1 Doa basic or enhanced search 2 When the search is complete click the save search button that appears clear search x save search 2 3 Inthe dialog that appears type a name for the search and click Save Search Save search as A success message appears LT Save Search Cancel Search has been successfully saved 4 Toretrieve the saved search click the Saved Searches link in the Settings tab See Saved Searches in Configuring ION Accelerator Settings later in this guide for more details FUSION IO Y Y a EDIT COLUMNS Status Hostname Storage Pool Active Media HOOT Alias Beacon Status Board Kind Current Operation Current Operation Phase Current Operation Progress Device Label Device Name Driver Version ECC Bytes Per Codeword J ECC Num Bits Correctable Factory Capacity Format UUID Current Firmware Revision Current Firmware Version Minimum Firmware Revision State Host Online 00 aa a al Location Within Adapter PCI Dev
91. se User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Minimal mode Unknown reason The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal State Unknown reason Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Minimal mode Hardware failure The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state Device has a hardware failure Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Minimal mode Channel init fail The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state General channel initialization failure Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem Minimal mode Driver out of date The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state The currently installed version of the driver is not compatible with this device Refer to the Knowledgebase User Guides or Customer Support to correct the problem FUSION IO f v a a N Minimal mode Firmware out of date The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state The firmware on this device is not compatible with the currently installed version of the driver Please use the Update Firmware operation to update the firmware Otherwise refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem Minimal mode Unsupported NAND The ioMemory device is currently running in a minimal state Device has unsupported NAND Refer to the Knowledge
92. ss FUSION iO 4 Customer Support Please register for Customer Support at http support fusionio com Support is then available via e mail at support fusionio com or by phone at 877 816 5740 U S or 1 801 424 5474 International More information on troubleshooting is contained in Collecting System Logs in the Getting Host Information section of this guide FUSION iO Glossary of Terms Host Generally refers to an independent machine that may or may not contain ioMemory devices Initiator An initiator of I O is analogous to a client in a client server system Initiators use a SCSI transport protocol to access block storage over a network A database or mail server is an initiator for example IQN SCSI Qualified Name for a port consisting of IQN the date in YYYY MM format the reversed domain name such as org acme and an optional storage target name LUN Logical Unit Number A LUN is usually synonymous with a virtual volume or physical disk drive In ION Accelerator a LUN is an exported path of an ION volume between the ION target port and the client initiator port One ION Accelerator volume can have multiple LUNs Port A physical location on a piece of hardware in a slot For example a target port may be referenced as slot 1 port 1 Storage Pool An aggregation of loMemory or RAID block devices Block devices can be added to a pool Pools are created by
93. ster hosts have ioMemory that differs in count type or capacity Multiple cluster hosts believe they are active and the other is offline The ioMemory device has encountered an internal error and has been temporarily disabled All reads and writes will fail Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem VCCaux voltage is out of range All reads and writes will fail Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The temperature of this device is at a critical threshold All reads and writes will fail Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The bandwidth of the PCI slot is incompatible with ioMemory Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The ioMemory has exhausted its flashback protection Promptly replace the device after backing up Its data Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem The temperature of this device has surpassed a critical threshold All reads and writes will fail Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem PCle non correctable errors were encountered Refer to the Knowledge Base User Guides or Customer Support to resolve the problem A system device is operating with unsupported firmware Download the system logs and refer to Customer Support to correct the p
94. t an attribute from the drop down list Repeat the process for any additional Choose Attribute buttons you have displayed Conditions for all attributes must be met in order for the alert to fire A sample attribute group is shown below Agent Version contains Cluster IP Address is 110111 If you need to remove an attribute from the search click the Trash icon next to it 4 Click Next Step to display the Add Alert dialog ADD ALERT X CLOSE ALERT PARAMETERS Edit Parameters Agent Version contains 4 M Cluster IP Address is 10 1 1 1 X GENERAL INFORMATION AND SUBSCRIBERS lert Type Info ll let Name let Description lert Status E Enabled Add Alert Cancel 5 In the Alert Type box select Info Warning or Error 6 Type the Alert Name to display in column 1 of the Alert Rules screen and the Alert Description to display in column 2 7 Check Enabled if you want to enable the alert rule 18 If you need to go back and change the parameters you selected click the Edit Parameters link and make the necessary changes FUSION IO 8 Click Add Alert to add the alert rule Editing and Deleting Custom Alert Rules e To edit a custom rule entry click the Rule link e To delete a custom rule entry click on the Delete link next to the Rule Only custom rules can be modified and deleted you cannot change system rules SMTP Server In order for ION Accelerat
95. t were generated appear under the Alerts heading see Handling ION Accelerator Alerts FUSION iO General Information Serial Number Device Path Model Block Device Path Usage Active Media Reserve Space 1421D0AC2 idevifct 30006GB oDrive2 devifiob 100 00 100 00 PBW Endurance Rating 37 PB PBW Used MIB Written MIB Read PCI Information Cl Address 1 Slot Number Cl Vendor ID Cl Subsys Vendor ID Device ID Cl Subsys Device ID Cle Bandwidth MB s Cle Link Speed Cle Link Width Cle Slot Power Adapter Information Adapter Board Kind External Power Adapter S N Adapter PCI Slot Power Location Within Adapter PCle Bus voltage Adapter PCle Link Width PCle Bus current Adapter PCle Link Speed PCle Bus power Adapter PCle Bandwidth PCle Power Limit 0 032 PB 30 873 5 9 548 MiB 15 977 625 931 MiB 6 0x1AED 0x1028 0x2001 Ox1F D 2000 3 0 Gbits sec lane 4 lanes 25 Single Ctrir Not Connected 1421D0AC2 25 W 0 Center 0 Avg 11 894 V 4 lanes Avg 0 873 A 3 0 Gbits sec lane Avg 10 416 W 2 000 MB s 55 W FUSION IO Keyword contains ion X COLUMNS AND SEARCH IOMEMORY The default columns for the ioMemory screen are shown to the right To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or gt check the boxes as desired Then click Update Columns to
96. ternate the preferred cluster node e Ifyou prefer a completely active passive configuration place all volumes on one active cluster node 6 To add more volumes click the Add Another Volume link in the dialog Another New Volume area appears in the dialog where you can configure additional capacity ADD VOLUME X CLOSE Storage pool pool_3 2009 92 GB available capacity NEW VOLUME Name volume 1 Capacity 2000 00 GB Preferred cluster node Auto NEW VOLUME Remove Name volume 2 Capacity 5 00 GB Preferred cluster node Auto Add Another Volume Create Cancel You can repeat the Add Volumes process in this dialog with each new volume s name being incremented by 1 volumeO volume1 etc To cancel creating a new volume click the corresponding Remove link 7 When you have finished adding volumes click Create FUSION IO 4 EDITING OR DELETING A VOLUME To edit the name of a volume 1 Make sure no initiators have access to the volume in question To take a volume offline click Edit in the Active Initiators column and remove all initiator access 2 Click the Edit button to the right of the Volume Name first column 3 Type the desired name for the volume 4 Click outside the name field to save the new name To delete a volume 1 Make sure no initiators have access to the volume in question If you have assigned initiators to the volume remov
97. torage pools for volumes Performing basic or enhanced searches applies to all configuration screens Configuring Volumes Creating or removing volumes Expanding volume capacity Managing Initiators Setting up and managing initiator groups and access Assigning Initiator groups to volumes e Adding editing or removing initiators FUSION IO Contiguring Targets Managing oMemory Getting ION Accelerator Host Information HA and Configuring Clusters Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance Handling ION Accelerator Alerts Contiguring ION Accelerator Settings Appendixes Viewing target information Creating a target alias Getting information about the ioMemory modules currently deployed in your ION Accelerator appliance Saving searches for ioMemory attributes Viewing information about the configured hosts Collecting system logs Shutting down the ION Accelerator appliance Restarting the appliance system restart in CLI Using the chassis monitor URL node list in CLI Understanding HA concepts and configurations Selecting and configuring HA hardware components for Fibre Channel or iSCSI Managing information in a configured HA cluster Viewing and analyzing real time performance statistics with Performance Overview graphs and Live Meter Creating custom reports for performance attributes including IOPS bandwidth temperature and endurance Understanding and managing alerts error warning and
98. ts Select this box to show only alerts that are still active not those that have been resolved Dates In the Dates drop down menu select one of these options to filter alerts by date o All dates since ION Accelerator was installed on this system o For the last 365 days o For the last 128 days o For the last 10 days Additional actions include Displaying alert descriptions Click the plus icon next to an alert summary For example O a Configuration Error n error occurred while performing a configuration operation Attempted to Create a host log Result 90001 Operation not started host was offlime Item Click the Item link to view the configuration for the ioMemory module that produced the alert Hostname Click a hostname for details about the host see Getting Host Information Archive Click the Archive link rightmost column to archive the alert FUSION IO 4 Also when there are one or more active alerts in a category an icon representing the most serious type of alert error warning or informational appears next to that category in the left pane For example VOLUMES 4 You can then click a category marked by an icon to display the alerts COLUMNS AND SEARCH ALERTS The default customizable columns for the Volume screen are shown below To change the columns that are displayed click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as

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