Cisco ASR 5000 Series - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Cisco ASR 5000 Series External Storage Server Installation and Administration Guide ▄
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CONTENTS
About this Guide ................................................................................................. v
Conventions Used ....................................................................................................................................vi
Contacting Customer Support ................................................................................................................ viii
Additional Information ...............................................................................................................................ix
External Storage System Overview ................................................................ 11
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Local, Short-Term External Storage System ..................................................................................... 13
System Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 15
ASR 5000 System Requirements ...................................................................................................... 15
ESS System Requirements ................................................................................................................ 15
Minimum System Recommendations for Stand-alone Deployment of L-ESS ............................... 15
Minimum System Recommendations for Cluster Deployment of L-ESS ....................................... 16
Veritas Cluster Installation and Management ................................................ 17
L-ESS Cluster Functional Description .................................................................................................... 19
Installing Hardware ................................................................................................................................. 20
Configuring Storage Array ...................................................................................................................... 24
Configuring Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas Cluster ..................................................................... 32
Monitoring Veritas Cluster ...................................................................................................................... 37
Setup of rootdisk Encapsulation and Mirroring....................................................................................... 39
Testing Veritas Cluster ........................................................................................................................... 41
L-ESS Cluster Failure Handling ............................................................................................................. 43
L-ESS Installation and Configuration ............................................................. 45
L-ESS Installation Modes ....................................................................................................................... 46
Installing L-ESS Application in Stand-alone Mode ................................................................................. 47
Installing L-ESS Application in Cluster Mode ......................................................................................... 56
Uninstalling L-ESS Application ............................................................................................................... 66
Configuring PSMON Threshold (Optional) ............................................................................................. 67
Configuring the L-ESS Server ......................................................................... 69
L-ESS Server Configuration ................................................................................................................... 70
Source and Destination Configuration .................................................................................................... 72
Starting and Stopping L-ESS ................................................................................................................. 76
L-ESS Maintenance and Troubleshooting ..................................................... 77
Using the Maintenance Utility ................................................................................................................. 78
Using L-ESS Logs .................................................................................................................................. 80
L-ESS Server Scripts .............................................................................................................................. 81
Using the add_project Script .............................................................................................................. 81
Using FSS Scheduler ..................................................................................................................... 81
Using Resource Pool Facility ......................................................................................................... 81
Using the start_serv Script ................................................................................................................. 82
Configuring Veritas Cluster to Start L-ESS Using FSS Scheduler ................................................ 82
Using the Cleanup Script ................................................................................................................... 82
How the Cleanup Script Works ...................................................................................................... 82