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IBM Flex System V7000 User Manual

IBM Flex System V7000
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viii IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide
12.3 Windows host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
12.3.1 Windows 2008 R2 Fibre Channel volume attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
12.3.2 Windows 2008 R2 iSCSI volume attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
12.3.3 Windows 2008 R2 FCoE volume attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
12.4 VMware ESX host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
12.4.1 VMware ESX Fibre Channel attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
12.4.2 VMware ESX iSCSI attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
12.5 AIX host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
12.5.1 Configuring the AIX compute node for FC connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
12.5.2 Operating system versions and maintenance levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
12.5.3 Checking connectivity to the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node. . . . . . . . 514
12.5.4 Installing the 2145 host attachment support package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
12.5.5 Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
12.6 Linux host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
12.6.1 Linux Fibre Channel attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
12.6.2 Linux distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Chapter 13. Maintenance and troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
13.1 Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
13.2 Hardware and LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
13.2.1 Understanding the system state using the control enclosure LEDs . . . . . . . . . 522
13.2.2 Understanding the system state using the expansion enclosure LEDs . . . . . . 528
13.2.3 Power-on self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
13.2.4 Powering on using LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
13.3 Monitoring system status and health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
13.3.1 Using FSM for status and health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
13.3.2 System Status and Health tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
13.4 Managing storage nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
13.4.1 Using FSM Chassis Manager page to manage storage node . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
13.4.2 Using FSM Storage Management to manage storage node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
13.5 Configuration backup and restore process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
13.6 Software upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
13.6.1 Choosing an upgrade method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
13.6.2 Upgrading the system software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
13.7 Drive firmware upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
13.8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
13.8.1 Using the CMM for troubleshooting tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
13.8.2 Using the management GUI for troubleshooting tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
13.8.3 Removing and replacing parts for troubleshooting and resolving problems . . . 550
13.8.4 Event reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
13.8.5 Viewing the event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
13.8.6 Error event IDs and error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
13.9 Audit log navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
13.10 Support data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
13.10.1 Collecting System Management Server service data using the CMM . . . . . . 557
13.10.2 Collecting support files using FSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
13.11 Using event notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
13.12 Configuring Call Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
13.12.1 Configuring Call Home if FSM is not included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
13.12.2 Configuring Call Home if FSM is included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
13.13 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node power on and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
13.13.1 Powering on the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
13.13.2 Powering off the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

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IBM Flex System V7000 Specifications

General IconGeneral
Form Factor2U
ModelIBM Flex System V7000
CategoryStorage
Power SupplyDual redundant power supplies
Storage ControllerDual active-active controllers
RAID LevelsRAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Maximum Drives240
Expansion EnclosuresUp to 9
Drive Types SupportedSSD, HDD
Host Interface Ports8 Gbps FC
ScalabilityScalable with expansion enclosures
Operating Temperature5°C to 40°C
Management InterfaceWeb-based GUI, CLI, SMI-S

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