IBM V7000 User Manual

viii IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide
11.6 Storage Area Network summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Chapter 12. Host configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
12.1 Host configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
12.2 Discovering volumes from the host and multipath settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
12.3 Windows host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
12.3.1 Windows 2012 R2 Fibre Channel volume attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
12.3.2 Windows 2008 R2 iSCSI volume attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
12.3.3 Windows 2008 R2 FCoE volume attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
12.4 VMware ESX host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
12.4.1 VMware ESX Fibre Channel attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
12.4.2 VMware ESX iSCSI attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
12.5 AIX host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
12.5.1 Configuring the AIX compute node for FC connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
12.5.2 Operating system versions and maintenance levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
12.5.3 Checking connectivity to IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node. . . . . . . . . . . 554
12.5.4 Installing the 2145 host attachment support package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
12.5.5 Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
12.6 Linux host attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
12.6.1 Linux Fibre Channel attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
12.6.2 Applying device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
12.6.3 Creating and preparing the SDD volumes for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
12.6.4 Using the operating system Device Mapper Multipath (DM-MPIO) . . . . . . . . . 566
12.6.5 Creating and preparing DM-MPIO volumes for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Chapter 13. Maintenance and troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
13.1 Reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
13.2 Hardware and LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
13.2.1 Understanding the system state using the control enclosure LEDs . . . . . . . . . 573
13.2.2 Understanding the system state using the expansion enclosure LEDs . . . . . . 579
13.2.3 Power-on self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
13.2.4 Powering on using LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
13.3 Monitoring system status and health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
13.3.1 Using FSM for status and health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
13.3.2 System Status and Health tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
13.4 Managing storage nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
13.4.1 Using FSM Chassis Manager to manage a storage node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
13.4.2 Using FSM Storage Management to manage a storage node . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
13.4.3 Using CMM Chassis Manager to manage a storage node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
13.5 Configuration backup and restore process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
13.6 Software upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
13.6.1 Choosing an upgrade method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
13.6.2 Upgrading the system software using IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
management GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
13.7 Drive firmware upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
13.7.1 Multi drive upgrade utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
13.7.2 Upgrade procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
13.8 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
13.8.1 Using the CMM for troubleshooting tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
13.8.2 Using IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node management GUI for troubleshooting
tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
13.8.3 Removing and replacing parts for troubleshooting and resolving problems . . . 608
13.8.4 Event reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

IBM V7000 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Maximum Capacity	1.2PB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Connectivity	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI
Management	Command-line interface (CLI), Graphical user interface (GUI)
Form Factor	2U
Drive Bays	12
Maximum Raw Capacity	1.2PB
Operating System Support	AIX, HP-UX, Linux, VMware, Windows
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression, Deduplication
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
Scalability	Scale-up (drive enclosures) and scale-out (clustering) capabilities