Dell SC8000 - Test Connectivity and Failover

Chapter 6 Perform Post-Setup Tasks
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f ClickContinue.Thewizarddisplaysasummary.
g ClickCreateNow. Thewizarddisplaysalistofoptionalactions.
h ClickClose.Thewizardcloses.
6 Create a25GBtestvolumecalledTestVol1.
a IntheSystemTree,selectVolumes.
a IntheCreateServerwizard,clickCreateVo lu me .theCreateVolume
wizard
appears.
b Setthevolumesizeto25GB,thenclickContinue.
c ClickContinuetoapplythedefaultReplayProfile.
d Type
TestVol1intheNamefield,thenclickContinue.Thewizarddisplaysa
summary.
e ClickCreateNow.Thewizarddisplaysalistofoptionalactions.
f ClickClose.
7 (Du al‐controlleronly)RepeatStep 6tocreateasecondtestvolumenamedTestVol2.
8 MapTestVol1tothefirstcontroller.
a IntheSystemTree,expand
theVolu me snode.
b SelectTestVol1.
c ClickMapVol umetoServer.TheMapVolumetoServerwizardappears.
d Selecttheserver,thenclickContinue.Thewizarddisplaysasummary.
e ClickAdvanced.Thewizarddisplaysadvancedmappingoptions.
f IntheRestrictMappingPathsarea,selecttheMaptocontrollercheck
box,then
selectthecontrollerfromthedrop‐downmenu.
g ClickContinue.Thewizarddisplaysasummary.
h ClickCreateNow.Themappingiscreatedandthewizardcloses.
9 (Du al‐controlleronly)RepeatStep 8tomapTestVol2tothesecondcontroller.
10 Ontheserver,partitionandformatthetestvolume(s).
Test Connectivity and Failover
Copydatatothetestvolumeandsimulatefailurestotestconnectivityandfailover.
Test Basic Connectivity
Verifyconnectivitybycopyingsomedatatothetestvolume(s).
Test Controller Failover
IftheStorageCenterhasdualcontrollers,performatesttomakesurethatIOisnot
interruptedbyacontrollerfailover.
1 Create aTestfolderontheserverandcopyatleast2GBofdataintoit.
2 ManuallyshutdownthefirstcontrollerwhilecopyingdatatoTestVol1toverify
thatIO
isnotinterruptedbythefailoverevent.
a CopytheTestfoldertotheTestVol1volume.
b Duringthecopyprocess,shutdownthefirstcontroller(thecontrollerthrough
whichthevolumeismapped).
c Verifythatthecopyprocesscontinuesafterthecontrollerisshutdown.