Fujitsu ETERNUS2000 model 100, Server Connection Manual

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Page 3: ...ibre Channel cards drivers etc Note that this manual refers the following documents Server Support Matrix ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Switch Settings ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel for Windows Driver Setting...

Page 4: ... Setting Up the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems This describes how to use ETERNUSmgr to set up the ETERNUS Disk storage systems Chapter 6 Setting the Fibre Channel Switches This describes issues that should be noted when using a Fibre Channel switch Chapter 7 Installing the OS This describes how to install an OS when it is not installed on a server Chapter 8 Installing Drivers This describes how to i...

Page 5: ...emark of QLogic Corp Symantec the Symantec logo VERITAS and the VERITAS logo are registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U S and other countries VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows and VERITAS Cluster Server are trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U S and other countries The company names product names and service names mentioned in this do...

Page 6: ...dition Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows 2000 represents the following products Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating system Other names Fibre Channel card refers to the Fibre Channe...

Page 7: ...tem 13 3 3 Connection Notes for PRIMEQUEST 500 400 Series and Other Companies Industry Standard Servers 13 3 4 ETERNUS Disk Storage System Driver Notes 14 3 5 MSCS and WSFC Notes 15 3 6 VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows SFW Notes 15 3 7 VERITAS Cluster Server VCS Notes 16 3 8 ETERNUS VDS Hardware Provider Notes 16 3 9 Standard Multipath Drivers msdsm for Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Serv...

Page 8: ...ath or GR Multipath 22 8 2 2 Configuring the Standard Multipath Driver msdsm Environment for Windows Server R2 or Windows Server 2008 23 8 3 Single Path Environment Configuration 25 Chapter 9 Checking the Registry Information 26 Chapter 10 Checking the Connected Devices 27 10 1 Turning on the Devices 27 10 2 Checking the LUNs 27 10 3 Checking the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems Connection Status 28 C...

Page 9: ...r 5 Setting Up the ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems page 19 Install ETERNUSmgr ETERNUSmgr Install Guide Check ETERNUSmgr operation ETERNUSmgr User Guide Set up the ETERNUS Disk storage system ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings Fibre Channel Switch Setup If a Fibre Channel switch is to be used set it up and connect it now Refer Chapte...

Page 10: ...dows Driver Settings for PRIMEQUEST 500 400 Series ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel for Windows Driver Settings for Emulex Fibre Channel Cards ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel for Windows Driver Settings for QLogic Fibre Channel Cards Check the Fibre Channel card driver versions Server Support Matrix Connected Devices Check Check ...

Page 11: ... Server Environment ETERNUS Disk storage systems can connect to servers operating in the following environments Check the Server Support Matrix for server environment conditions 2 1 Hardware Refer to the Server Support Matrix 2 2 OS Operating System Refer to the Server Support Matrix 2 3 Fibre Channel Cards Refer to the Server Support Matrix ETERNUSmgr ...

Page 12: ...QUEST 1000 Series 3 2 1 Connection Notes The following operation conditions are recommended to maintain storage system reliability Multiple paths Use of drivers for ETERNUS Disk storage systems which support path redundancy control Configure a multipath environment and select a driver for ETERNUS Disk storage systems which supports path redundancy control to increase redundancy and reliability of ...

Page 13: ... WSFC compatible applications This cluster configuration must also use only one type of Fibre Channel card Operation cannot be guaranteed if the cluster is configured using multiple types of Fibre Channel cards When the PRIMEQUEST 500 400 series is connected to an ETERNUS Disk storage system LUN recognition by the Windows Plug and Play function is not guaranteed The following operation conditions ...

Page 14: ...rage system compatible driver ETERNUS Multipath Driver or GR Multipath Driver may be required by the server as detailed in the following table For product information contact your Fujitsu engineer OS Driver Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 ETERNUS Multipath Driver Windows 2000 GR Multipath Driver ETERNUS Disk storage system Model OS Driver for single path connection E...

Page 15: ...VERITAS Device Driver Installation DDI If the ETERNUS Disk storage systems are connected to a configuration that uses the VERI TAS Storage Foundation for Windows the VERITAS DDI will also need to be installed Note that the VERITAS DDI must be installed after the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Win dows installation Refer to the Symantec web site for VERITAS DDI installation details Checking the Loa...

Page 16: ...t manual for usage details 3 9 Standard Multipath Drivers msdsm for Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 Notes Various settings such as the load balance policy and retry count can be adjusted by using the standard multipath drivers msdsm for Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008 However the following settings should not be changed from their default values 3 10 Fibre Channel Switc...

Page 17: ...stance management table is a worksheet that helps make the process of installing an ETERNUS Disk storage system easy It is important to save the current environment after first installing the system and also after each postinstallation system modification addition or maintenance operation Creating an instance management table makes installation and maintenance of the system easy Use template insta...

Page 18: ...ght 2010 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 2922 05ENZ0 Chapter 4 Installing and Setting Up ETERNUSmgr If ETERNUSmgr is to be used install it according to the directions given in the ETERNUSmgr Install Guide After the installation set up ETERNUSmgr following the instructions in the ETERNUSmgr User Guide ...

Page 19: ... ETERNUS Disk Storage Systems Set up the ETERNUS Disk storage systems using ETERNUSmgr ETERNUS Disk storage systems setup can be performed independently of server setup For details on how to perform these settings refer to the ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel ETERNUS Disk Storage System Settings and ETERNUSmgr User Guide ...

Page 20: ...22 05ENZ0 Chapter 6 Setting the Fibre Channel Switches The following describes the required settings when connecting the server and the ETERNUS Disk storage systems using a Fibre Channel switch Follow the procedures given in ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Switch Settings ...

Page 21: ...he OS Install the OS and Service Pack SP to the server if the OS has not yet been installed Check that the power for the ETERNUS Disk storage systems are turned off before installing the OS If the power for the ETERNUS Disk storage systems are turned on when installing the OS the server recognizes the ETERNUS Disk storage systems and problems may occur ...

Page 22: ...iguration Multipath environment configuration differs depending on the multipath driver that is used When using the multipath driver for ETERNUS Disk storage systems Refer to 8 2 1 Configuring ETERNUS Multipath or GR Multipath page 22 When using either the Windows Server 2008 R2 or the Windows Server 2008 standard multipath driver msdsm Refer to 8 2 2 Configuring the Standard Multipath Driver msds...

Page 23: ...ver msdsm Environment for Windows Server R2 or Windows Server 2008 8 2 2 1 Installing Multipath I O Procedure 1 Select the Multipath I O checkbox in the Select Features screen and install the Multipath I O function 2 Restart the server End of procedure 8 2 2 2 Detailed setup for MPIO Perform settings to apply the installed Multipath I O to the ETERNUS Disk storage system Procedure 1 Click Control ...

Page 24: ...d Devices and click the Add button 3 Enter the ID of the ETERNUS Disk storage system that is to be connected in the Device Hardware ID field Enter the ID as follows For ETERNUS2000 FUJITSU E2000 For ETERNUS4000 FUJITSU E4000 For ETERNUS8000 FUJITSU E8000 4 Connect the ETERNUS Disk storage system using multipath configuration with the server turned off and then turn the server on End of procedure A...

Page 25: ...ration ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel for Windows 25 Copyright 2010 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 2922 05ENZ0 8 3 Single Path Environment Configuration Refer to the relevant manuals when using the ETERNUS device driver or GR device driver ...

Page 26: ...tart regedit exe 2 Follow the path described below 3 Check the value of the registry key named TimeOutValue Check that the value of the TimeOutValue registry key is 0x3c If set to a different value change it to 0x3c 4 If any registry values were added or modified reboot the server The modified settings will be enabled after the reboot End of procedure If the TimeOutValue key doesn t exist add a re...

Page 27: ... used 2 Check that the Ready LED or equivalent is lit on the Fibre Channel switch 3 Turn on the ETERNUS Disk storage system 4 Check that the Ready LED is lit on the ETERNUS Disk storage system 5 Turn on the server End of procedure 10 2 Checking the LUNs Check the LUNs using the following procedures Procedure 1 Open Device Manager to show Disk drives 2 If the ETERNUS Disk storage systems LUNs are r...

Page 28: ...ssuming that LUNs are already set up and check that it is Ready before starting up the server 2 When the server is Ready start up Multipath Manager 3 The main window will appear The status of the ETERNUS Disk storage systems connected to the server connection status path status can be checked End of procedure For details on Multipath Manager operations refer to the manual provided with the GR Mult...

Page 29: ...partitions as necessary using the following procedure Procedure 1 Open Disk Management via Computer Management If unsigned disks exist a query about whether or not to sign disks for the connected devices is made 2 Sign disks and create partitions as necessary End of procedure This setup can also be used to upgrade to dynamic disks 2TB or larger disks must be converted to GPT disks ...

Page 30: ...hapter 12 Setting Up the Cluster Configuration If configuring a cluster WSFC MSCS install the cluster related applications as necessary After cluster configuration is finished recheck the registry information according to the instruc tions in Chapter 9 Checking the Registry Information page 26 Correct the information if nec essary ...

Page 31: ...formation or other use of the information contained in this manual Fujitsu assumes no liability for damages to third party copyrights or other rights arising from the use of any information in this manual Contents of this manual are not to be reproduced without permission from Fujitsu ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide Fibre Channel for Windows P3AM 2922 05ENZ0 Date of issuance A...

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