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CX3 UltraScale™ Architecture for NS Series

Installing a CX3-10f Storage

System in a Fibre ChannelDirect Configuration with a

Windows ServerOctober 9, 2007

If you want to install a CX3-10f storage system directly to a MicrosoftWindows server, this document is for you. You can use the proceduresin this document to set up configurations with a new or existing storagesystem that you want to connect to a new or existing server.

The CX3-10f is the storage system in the Celerra NS20FC. It provides four FibreChannel data ports (Fibre 0, Fibre 1, Fibre 4, and Fibre 5) for connection to Windows

servers.

The main topics are:

Terminology.................................................................................. 2 Before you start ............................................................................. 4

Connecting the storage-system management ports to LAN .. ... ... ... ... 9 Installing HBAs in the server.... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... . 11 Installing or updating the HBA driver ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ... 13 Installing or upgrading PowerPath on a server................................ 15 Installing the Navisphere Server Utility or Navisphere Host

Agent........................................................................................... 20 Connecting the storage system to the server ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Registering the server with the storage system ................................ 32

Verifying storage-system health..... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ... 37 Verifying your high-availability configuration. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 39 Configuring an existing storage system with Navisphere

Manager ...................................................................................... 41 Preparing LUNs to receive data.. ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... 47 Sending Windows disk information to the storage system ... ... ... ... ... . 52 Verifying your failover configuration with PowerPath ..................... 54

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TerminologyThis document uses the following terms:

host A computer that is or will be connected to a CLARiiON storage

system. This computer is called either a management station or a

server, depending on how it is or will be connected to the storage

system.

management station A host from which you manage CLARiiON storage systems. Itmust be on the same LAN as the storage-system management

ports. A management host may also be a server.

server A host that is already or wil l be connected directly to the Fibre

Channel ports on a CLARiiON storage system. A management

host may also be a server.

existing server The server that is already configured for and connected to a

CLARiiON storage system.new server A server that is not already connected to or set up for a CLARiiON

storage system.

existing HBA The host bus adapter (HBA) that is already installed in a server.

new HBA The HBA that was not already installed in the server.

existing storage system A storage system that is already connected to a server and

configured for storage.

field-replaceable unit

(FRU)

A storage-system component that you can add to your storage

system or replace in your storage system at your site. Examples

of FRUs are disks, power supplies, memory cards, and power

supplies.

storage processor (SP) A printed-circuit board with processors, memory modules, and

control logic that manages the I/O between the server and the

disk modules.

LUN A grouping of physical disk parti tions into one span of disk storage

space. Each LUN you create is distributed equally across the

disks in the RAID group. A LUN looks like an individual disk to

the server’s operating system.

RAID group A set of disks with the same capacity and RAID type on which

you create one of more LUNs.

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storage group A group of one or more LUNs that you connect to a server

to provide the server access to the LUNs. Only the serversconnected to a storage group can access the LUNs in the storage

group.

A CX3-series storage system has two SPs, so it is called a dual-SP system.

Installing a CX3-10f Storage System in a Fibre Channel Direct Configuration with a Windows Server 3



Before you start❑ Read the release notes for your storage system, which are in the

Documentation/White Paper Library page on the Powerlink®website (http://Powerlink.EMC.com).

TIP To find this page on the Powerlink website, enter Documentation white

paper library in the Powerlink search field.

❑ Complete the configuration planning worksheets in thestorage-system configuration planning guide or planningworksheets document. You can generate the latest version of thisguide using the user-customized documentation link from theCLARiiON Tools page on the Powerlink website or refer to theversion on the documentation and resources CD, which shipped

with the storage system.

To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down menu

at the top right of the Powerlink home page.

For any installation, you will need:

❑ A Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 host that is or will be aserver with Fibre Channel connections to the storage system. Thisserver must have a supported server configuration, that is, it musthave all required updates, such as hot fixes or patches, installed.To determine if your server has the required configuration, go toDetermining if your server has a supported configuration, page 5 .

If you know the revision and patch level of the Windows operating systemon the server, verify that it is a supported server configuration with the

E-Lab™ Interoperability Navigator, as described in Verifying a server’s

configuration with E-Lab Interoperability Navigator, page 7 .

❑ A Navisphere® management station with a supported Internet browser for running Navisphere Manager and on the same network

as the storage-system management ports. This host can also be


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the server. For supported hosts and browsers, refer to the E-Lab

Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website.❑ A Windows host, which is on the same subnet as the storage-system

management ports. You can use this host:

As a Navisphere management station

To initialize the storage system

To run the Navipshere Service Taskbar, which runs only on a

Windows host❑ One or more supported QLogic or Emulex Fibre Channel host bus

adapters (HBAs), which may already be installed in the server.These adapters must have the latest supported BIOS and driver. Forinformation on supported HBAs, BIOS, and drivers, refer to theE-Lab Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website.

Never mix Fibre Channel HBAs from different vendors in the same server.

❑ An optical cable for each storage-processor (SP) Fibre Channel portyou will use on the storage system. (Each storage processor has twoports.) These cables may already be connected for a configurationwith an existing storage system or server. For cable specifications,refer to the technical specifications for your storage system in the

documentation section of the Powerlink website.❑ A method for writing data to a LUN on the storage system to

test the path from a new HBA to the storage system. You candownload an I/O simulator (Iometer) from the following website:http://www.iometer.org/.

Determining if your server has a supported configuration

Before you can determine if your server has a supported configuration,you need to know the revision and patch level of the operating systemon the server. If you do not know this information, you can generatea server configuration report for your server using the NavisphereServer Utility. If you know the revision and patch level of the Windowsoperating system on the server, verify that it is a supported serverconfiguration with the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator.





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If you do not have the server utility installed, run it from the server support CD.

Starting the Navisphere Server Utility

You can run the server utility from the server or from the serversupport CD.

Note: For Windows servers running version 6.20 or later, you must install theutility to use the registration service feature, which automatically updates

server information to the storage system.

Starting the Navisphere Server Utility on a Windows server

1. Run the Navisphere Server Utility by clicking Start > Programs >EMC > Navisphere > Navisphere Server Utility.

2. Select your language, if prompted for it.

A text-based version of the utility is installed automatically when you

install the utility. To start the text-based version, at a command prompt

enter cd C:\Program Files\EMC\Navisphere Server Utility then enter

NaviServerUtilCLI.exe.

Starting the Navisphere Server Utility for Windows on the CD

1. Log in to the Windows server as the administrator or someone whohas administrative privileges.

2. In the server’s drive, insert the server support CD, which shippedwith the storage system.

The server support menu opens. If you do not see the serversupport menu, open it:

a. From the Windows taskbar, select Start > Run.

b. In the Run dialog box, enter the following program name, andthen click OK:




For CX3-series or CX-series

drive:\CXSeries.exe

where drive is the letter for the CD drive.

3. From the main menu select Run Products from CD.

The RUN PRODUCTS page opens.

4. Select Navisphere Server Utility.

Generating a high-availability report for a server

1. In the Navisphere Server Utility dialog box, select Verify ServerHigh-Availability to generate a report of the server’s environment.

This option detects if PowerPath or some other failover software,such as DMP, is running. After the verification, the utility generatesa summary report and saves it to the server.

2. In the summary report, select the Checklist tab to view theinformation about the server that you need to compare against theE-Lab Interoperability Navigator information.

Verifying a server’s configuration with E-Lab Interoperability Navigator

1. From your web browser, go to the Powerlink website and log in.

2. If you are not registered with Powerlink, register and create ausername and password.

3. Select E-Lab Interoperability Navigator from the Tools menu onthe right-side of the home page.

4. From the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator page, select LaunchE-Lab Interoperability Navigator and then select the Wizards tab.

5. From the drop-down menu, select the CLARiiON Wizards.

6. In Select a wizard, select Host Attach Wizard.

7. For each step of the wizard, provide the requested information based on what is already installed on the server or what you intendto install on the server.

If the configuration you entered is invalid, an additional stepappears in the wizard and a Results, EMC Support Statements






pane appears on the right with information to help you provide the

requested information in the additional step.

If the configuration you entered is valid, a Results link appearson the right.

8. When the Results link appears, click it to view a report that containsinformation about the configuration you entered.

9. Print and/or save a copy of the report.

10. Close the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator.

11. Compare this report to either the information that you know aboutyour server software or the checklist report you generated usingthe server utility.

12. If your server software versions and/or patches or hot-fixes are notlisted in the Host Attach Wizard report, you need to upgrade to a

supported version or patch before continuing.

The Host Attach Wizard only displays options that are supported by

EMC. If any of the configuration information on the server utility’s high

availability report cannot be found in the wizard, then it is not supported.




Connecting the storage-system management ports to LANYou manage the storage for servers connected to Fibre Channel portsFibre 0, Fibre 1, Fibre 4, and Fibre 5 from a Navisphere managementstation, which can be a server, with access to the management portsover a specified LAN. The management ports are located on the rearof the chassis and labeled with LAN symbol.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you need a standard CAT 5 or betterEthernet cable for the management port on each storage-system SPthat you will connect to the LAN.

Cabling the storage-system management ports to the network

For each SP, connect one end of a LAN cable to the management port onthe SP and the other end to the network from which you will managethe storage system (Figure 1).

Be sure you do not connect the management LAN cable to the serial/service or

UPS ports. If you connect the management ports directly to a network switch,

you must use switch ports that support auto-negotiation or are configured for

half-duplex operation.




Hub

Connecting to a local management client

Connecting to a shared management LAN

LANLAN

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Figure 1 Cabling the management ports to the LAN




Installing HBAs in the serverRead this section for any configuration.

For the server to communicate with the storage-system Fibre Channelports, the server must have one or more supported HBAs.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you need one or more supported HBAswith the latest supported BIOS and driver. For information onsupported HBAs, BIOS, and drivers, refer to the E-Lab InteroperabilityNavigator on the Powerlink website.

Never mix HBAs from different vendors in the same server.

Installing HBAs

!CAUTION

HBAs are very susceptible to damage caused by static discharge and

need to be handled accordingly. Before handling HBAs, observethe following precautions:

Store HBAs in antistatic bags.

Use a ground (ESD) strap whenever you handle HBAs.

Never plug or unplug HBAs with the power on. Severecomponent damage can result.

1. If the server is powered up:

a. Shut down the server’s operating system.

b. Power down the server.

c. Unplug the server’s power cord from the power outlet.

2. Put on an ESD wristband, and clip its lead to bare metal on theserver’s chassis.






3. For each HBA that you are installing:

a. Locate an empty PCI bus slot.

Your server preferred slots for PCI cards.

b. Install the HBA following the instructions provided by the HBAvendor.

c. If you installed a replacement HBA, reconnect the cables thatyou removed in the exact same way as they were connected tothe replaced HBA.

4. Plug the server’s power cord into the power outlet, and power upthe server.




Installing or updating the HBA driverRead this section for any configuration.

The server must run a supported HBA driver. EMC recommends thatyou install the latest supported version of the driver. For informationon the supported HBA drivers, refer to the E-Lab InteroperabilityNavigator on the Powerlink website.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you will need:

❑ The latest version of the supported HBA driver. You can downloadthe latest supported version and instructions for installing the HBAdriver from the vendor’s website.

The Emulex website is: http://www.emulex.com/ts/do-coem/framemc.htm.

The QLogic website is: http://support.qlogic.com/sup-port/oem_emc.asp.

The HBA driver is also on the installation CD that ships with the HBA. This

version may not be the latest supported version.

❑ Any updates, such as hot fixes or service packs to the server’soperating system that are required for the HBA driver version youwill install.

For information on any required updates, refer to one of thefollowing:

E-Lab Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website

The HBA vendor’s website

Installing the HBA driver

1. Install any updates, such as hot fixes or service packs, to the server’soperating system that are required for the HBA driver version youare installing.

2. After installing any updates, reboot the server.



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3. Install the driver following the instructions on the HBA vendor’swebsite.

4. Reboot the server when the installation program prompts you toreboot.

5. If the installation program did not prompt you to reboot, thenreboot the server when the driver installation is complete.




Installing or upgrading PowerPath on a serverRead this section for any configuration.

Two versions of PowerPath® are available for your server — PowerPathSE or full PowerPath.

PowerPath SEPowerPath SE provides basic failover features for storage-system

configurations in which the server has only one HBA connected to astorage system through a switch and exactly one path zoned to each SPin the storage system. Basic failover protects against SP and back-endstorage-system failures, and supports non-disruptive (online) upgradesof storage-system software. It does not protect against HBA or switchfabric failovers. PowerPath SE ships in the utility kit for your serverand does not require a license.

PowerPathPowerPath provides full failover for any storage-system configuration.Full failover manages the I/O paths between the server and the storagesystem. It protects against back-end storage-system failures, HBAfailovers, and switch fabric failovers, and supports non-disruptive(online) upgrades of storage-system software. PowerPath also providesI/O load balancing.

PowerPath 4.6 does not support Windows 2000.

If PowerPath is already running on the server, check the PowerPathsoftware download section on the Powerlink website for a more recentversion of PowerPath or a patch to the version of PowerPath runningon the server. If a more recent version exists, install it, as describedin this section. If the server is running the most recent version and a

patch exists for this version, install it, as described in the readme filethat accompanies the patch.

If you do not need to install a newer PowerPath version or a patch, goto the section on connecting the storage system to the server.






Before you start

To complete this procedure, you will need to:

❑ Locate the PowerPath for Windows CD in the utility kit (PowerPathSE) or the PowerPath kit.

❑ If you are installing full PowerPath (not PowerPath SE), locate thePowerPath license key card in the PowerPath kit.

Installing PowerPath on a Windows server

!CAUTION

Close all host applications before installing or upgrading toPowerPath 5.0. This is necessary to maintain the integrity of the

system and user data while low level disk drivers are installed orupgraded. Failure to do so could result in data loss or corruptionof data.

For information on integrating PowerPath into an existing MSCS cluster,

refer to the PowerPath for Windows Installation and Administrator’s Guide in the

PowerPath section on the Powerlink website. To find this document on thePowerlink website, enter PowerPath for Windows in the Powerlink search field.

1. Insert the PowerPath installation CD in the server’s CD drive.

2. If autoplay is enabled on your server, start the installation asfollows:

a. When the Getting Started page appears, click the appropriate

link in the Installation section for the server’s operating system. b. SelectRun this program from its current location (or similar

message depending on your browser) and click OK.

3. If autoplay is not enabled on the server, start the installation asfollows:

a. On the Windows taskbar, select Start > Run.

b. In the Run window, either browse to or enter the name of the

appropriate installation program below and click OK.








For Windows 2000, enterd:\2000\EMCPP.W2000.x.y.z.GA.exe

For 32-bit Windows Server 2003, enterd:\2003\EMCPP.W2003_32.x.y.z.GA.exe

For 64-bit Windows Server 2003, enterd:\2003\EMCPP.W2003.64.x.y.z.GA.exe

where:

d is the CD drive letterx.y.z is the revision of PowerPath on theCD.

If you do not know whether your Windows 2003 Server is 32-bit or

64-bit, right-click My Computer and select Manage. Select System

Information > System Summary. View the System Type option. If x86

is displayed, you have a 32-bit system. If IA64 or AMD64 is displayed,

you have a 64-bit system.

Alternatively, double-click the platform-specific .exe icon in theappropriate directory on the CD.

4. In the Choose Language Setup window, select the language youwant for this installation and click OK.

5. In the setup wizard Welcome window, click Next.

6. In the CLARiiON AX-Series window, select No and click Next.

7. In the Customer Information dialog box, enter your name andorganization and click Next.

8. If the Custom Setup dialog box opens, select Next (you cannotconnect any third-party storage systems to the server).




!CAUTION

If you want to specify another directory, do not specify theWindows System directory for your system (specified by the%SYSTEMROOT% environmental variable). PowerPath will notfunction correctly if it is installed in this directory.

9. If the Destination Folder dialog box opens, click Next to installPowerPath in the default directory.

10. In the Ready to Install the Program dialog box, click Install.

11. If the EMC Licensing Tool is displayed, enter your 24-digitregistration number in the License Key field, and click Add andthen OK.

Type the registration number, including the dashes, exactly as written onthe card you received with the software. To reduce common

typographical errors, the License Key field accepts either uppercase

or lowercase letters, and certain numbers and letters are

interchangeable. Specifically, entering the alphabetic letters O, I, S,

and B is equivalent to entering the numbers, 0, 1, 5, and 8.

If you have additional questions about entering licenses, consult the online

help file by pressing F1 from the EMC Licensing Tool. You must have

Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher to view these files. If you do not have this

browser installed, you may still view the help file, EmcLicTool.chm ,

directly from the \help folder on the PowerPath installation CD.

12. In the InstallShield Wizard Completed dialog box, click Finish.

13. When the setup wizard asks whether you want to reboot the host,click Yes.

When PowerPath is installed, the following PowerPath Administratoricon appears on the Windows taskbar:

For information on using PowerPath, refer to PowerPath in Action in the

PowerPath section on the Powerlink website.






TIP To find this document on the Powerlink website, enter PowerPath in action

in the Powerlink search field.

Installing a PowerPath patch

Check the downloads and patches section on the Powerlink websitefor a patch to the version of PowerPath that you just installed. If such

a patch is available, install it, as described in the readme file thataccompanies the patch.








Installing the Navisphere Server Utility or Navisphere Host AgentRead this section if you are connecting a new server to the storagesystem.

You must install the Navisphere Server Utility or Navisphere HostAgent on each server connected to the storage system. During theinstallation, if you do not disable the Registration Service option (itis enabled by default), the server utility automatically registers the

server’s HBAs with the storage system.

Determining whether to install the host agent or server utility

Depending on your application needs, you can install the host agent,server utility, or both on an attached server.

If you want to install both applications, you must install revision

6.22.20 or later of the server utility either before or after you install thehost agent. The registration feature of the server utility will be disabledand the host agent will be used to register the server’s HBAs to thestorage system.

Note: Prior to revision 6.22.20 of the server utility, you could not install the host

agent and server utility on the same server. However, you could install them

on different servers that are connected to the same storage system.

If you do not want to install both applications, but want to use someof the features available in the server utility, you can run the serverutility from the server support CD.

Table 1 describes the differences between the host agent and the serverutility on a server attached to a storage system.

Important: Depending on the revision of the server utility, some of the features

listed in Table 1 may not be available.




Table 1 Differences between the host agent and the server utility

Function Host agent Server utility

Pushes LUN mapping

and OS information to the

storage system.

Yes – LUN mapping information is

displayed in the Manager UI next to

the LUN icon or with the CLI using

the -lunmapinfo command.

CX3-series and CX-series storage systems

No – LUN mapping information is not sent to the storage system. Only

the server’s name, ID, and IP address are sent to the storage system.

Note: The text Manually Registered appears next to the hostname

icon in the Manager UI indicating that the host agent was not used to

register this server.

Runs automatically tosend information to the

storage system.

Yes – No user interaction isrequired.

CX3-series and CX-series storage systemsYes – You can control whether server information is auto-

matically sent to the storage system by enabling or disabling the

registration service feature (see note at the end of the table). This

feature is automatically enabled during the installation of the server

utility, but you can stop the service at anytime through the services

option in the Microsoft user interface. Note that only the server’s

name, ID, and IP address are sent to the storage system; LUN

mapping information is not sent.

Provides high-availability

(HA) validation

No – You can run the server utility’s

HA validation feature from the CD

without having to install the server

utility.


Yes – The HA validation feature verifies that failover soft-

ware is installed on the server and that working paths exist between

the server and each SP in the storage system.

Requires network

connectivity to the storage

system.

Yes – Network connectivity allows

LUN mapping information to be

available to the storage system.


No – LUN mapping information is not sent to the storage

system. Note that if you are using the server utility to upload a highavailability report to the storage system, you must have network

connectivity.




Function Host agent Server utility

Requires installation. Yes – You must install the hostagent on the server.

CX3-series and CX-series storage systemsNo – You can run the server utility from the CD. However,

we recommend that you install it on the server. You must install the

utility to use the registration service feature (described above).

Note: If you install both the host agent and revision 6.22.20 or later of the server utility (the order of which does not matter), the server

utility’s registration service feature will not be installed. Prior to revision 6.22.20 of the server utility, you could not install the host agent

and server utility on the same server.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you need the server support CD thatshipped with the storage system.

Installing the Navisphere Host Agent on a Windows server

EMC recommends that you install the most recent version ofthe Navisphere Host Agent software that is appropriate for yourconfiguration. You can download the most recent version from eitherthe software download page on the Powerlink website (CX3–series andCX-series) or on the support website (AX-series storage systems). Youcan also install the software from the server support CD (any storagesystem); however, the CD may not contain the most recent version foryour configuration.

1. Log in to the Windows server as the administrator or a user whohas administrative privileges.

2. If you are running a version prior to 6.26 of the host agent, youmust remove it before continuing with the installation.

3. To download the software for CX3–series or CX-series storagesystems, do the following:

a. On the Powerlink website, select Support > SoftwareDownloads and Licensing and navigate to the CLARiiONNavisphere Host Agent/ CLI download section for Windows.

b. Select the appropriate Navisphere Host Agent version todownload and select the option to save the software to yourserver.

c. In the directory where you saved the software, double-click the

executable file to start the installation wizard.






4. To install the software from the server support CD (any storagesystem), do the following:

a. In the server’s drive, insert the server support CD, whichshipped with the storage system.

The server support menu opens. If you do not see the serversupport menu:

From the Windows taskbar, select Start > Run.

In the Run dialog box, enter the following programname for CX3-series storage systems, and then click OK:drive:\CXSeries.exe


b. From the main menu select Install Products on Server.

The INSTALL PRODUCTS page opens.

c. Select Navisphere Host Agent.

5. Follow the instructions on the installation screens to install theNavisphere Host Agent.

The Navisphere Host Agent software is installed on the Windowsserver. If you selected the default destination folder, the software

is installed in the drive:\Program Files\EMC\Navisphere Agentdirectory on Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) or Windows 2000systems or the drive:\Program Files (x86)\EMC\Navisphere Agentdirectory on Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) systems.

Once the Navisphere Host Agent installation is complete, theInitialize Privileged User List dialog box is displayed.

6. In the Initialize Privileged User List dialog, perform one of thefollowing:

If the Config File field contains a file entry, then a hostagent configuration file already exists on the server from aprevious agent installation. Select Use Existing File to use thisconfiguration file or select Browse to use a different file. Thehost agent configuration file contains a list of login names forthis server. Only users logged in as listed in the Privileged User

List can send CLI commands to the storage system.




If Config File field does not contain a file entry, a hostagent configuration file does not exist on the server. Select

Create/Overwrite File and browse to the file agent.config. Youwill then need to add users to the Privileged User List (loginnames for this server). Only users logged in as listed in thePrivileged User List can send CLI commands to the storagesystem.

Note: There must be at least one entry in the Privileged User List or an

error message will appear.

To add a user to the list

Click Add to open the Add Privileged User dialog box.

In the Add Privileged User dialog box, under User Name, enterthe person’s account username, for example, Administrator.

Under System Name, enter the name of the host runningNavisphere Manager (for example, Host4) and click OK.

To remove a privileged user from the listSelect the privileged username, and click Remove.

7. Click OK to save the new privileged user list and/or the newconfiguration file.

The program saves the host agent configuration file with the newprivileged user entries and starts the host agent.

8. In the Navisphere Agent Setup dialog box, click Finish.

A command line window opens indicating that the host agentservice is starting.

9. If you are prompted to reboot the server, click Yes.

10. If you updated the host agent and were using event monitor,restore the event monitor configuration from a previously copiedNavimon.cfg file:

a. Stop the agent:

At the Windows server, log in as the administrator or the

equivalent.




From the desktop, right-click My Computer and selectManage > Services and Applications > Services

The Services pane opens.

In the Services pane, right-click Navisphere Agent andselect Stop.

If asked to confirm your request to stop the agent service,click Yes, and close the Services pane or dialog box.

b. Move or copy the saved Navimon.cfg to the real Navimon.cfg

file.

c. Start the agent:

At the Windows server, log in as the administrator or theequivalent.

From the desktop, right-click My Computer and select:Manage > Services and Applications > Services


In the Services pane, right-click Navisphere Agent andselect Start.

If you want the host agent to start automatically at systemstartup:

Right-click Navisphere Agent and select Properties.

The Navisphere Agent Properties dialog box opens.

Select the General tab.

In Startup Type, select Automatic.

The host agent will now start automatically at systemstartup.

Close Computer Management.

It may take a few minutes for the host agent to start if eitherapplications are using the storage system or the SP event logis large and the host agent configuration file is not set up.

11. Click Done to exit the installation wizard.

12. If you have a multihomed host (multiple NIC cards installed onthe host), create an agentID.txt file to ensure that the agent finds

the correct NIC card.




Note: A multihomed host machine has multiple IP addresses connected to

networks; it is physically connected to multiple data links that can be on the

same or different networks. When you install Navisphere Host Agent on a

multihomed host, the host agent, by default, binds to the first NIC in the

host. If your host is multihomed, for the host agent to successfully register

with the desired CLARiiON storage system, you need to configure the host

agent to bind to a specific NIC. You do this by setting up an agentID.txt file.

a. Using a text editor that does not add special formatting, createa file named agentID.txt (case sensitive) in the directoryC:/ProgramFiles/EMC/Navisphere Agent.

b. Add the following two separate lines to the agentID.txt file,with no special formatting:

First line: Fullyqualified hostname of the host

Second line: IP address of the HBA/NIC port that you

want Navisphere agent to use

For example, if your host is named host28 on the domainmydomain.com and your host contains two HBAs/NICs,HBA1/NIC1 with IP address 192.111.222.2 and HBA2/NIC2with IP address 192.111.222.3, and you want the host agent to

use NIC 2, you would configure agentID.txt as follows:

host28.mydomain.com 192.111.222.3

Note: The agentID.txt file should contain only these two lines, without

any formatting. The first line should contain the hostname and the

second line should contain the IP address of the HBA/NIC port asdescribed above. Both lines should end with a carriage return. As a

result, the cursor will be on a third line but this line should not contain

any text.

c. Save the agentID.txt file.

d. If a HostIdFile.txt file is present in the C:/Program-

Files/EMC/Navisphere Agent directory, delete or rename it.




e. Restart the host agent.

f. Once the host agent has restarted, verify that the host agent isusing the correct IP address that is entered in the agentID.txtfile by doing one of the following:

In Navisphere Manager, verify that the host IP address is thesame as the IP address that you entered in the agentID.txtfile. If the address is the same, the agentID.txt file isconfigured correctly.

View the new HostIdFile.txt file. You should see the IPaddress that is entered in the agentID.txt file.

13. If you installed the host agent from the CD, close the server supportmenu by selecting Main Menu and then Exit. You can now removethe CD from the server’s CD drive.

14. Verify that Navisphere Agent is installed using the Add/RemovePrograms dialog box.

Installing the Navisphere Server Utility on a Windows server

EMC recommends that you install the most recent version of theNavisphere Server Utility software that is appropriate for yourconfiguration. You can download the most recent version from eitherthe software download page on the Powerlink website (CX3–series andCX-series) or on the support website (AX-series storage systems). Youcan also install the software from the server support CD (any storage

system); however, the CD may not contain the most recent version foryour configuration.

Important: If you are running PowerPath 4.6 or later, you must install version

6.22.20 or later of the Navisphere Server Utility. If your server is connected only

to an AX100-series storage system running Navisphere Server Utility version

2.19 or earlier, and you are adding an AX150-series storage system, you must

install the version that shipped with your AX150-series system.


2. To download the software for CX3–series or CX-series storagesystems, do the following:

a. On the Powerlink website, select Support > Software

Downloads and Licensing and navigate to the Navisphere






Server Utility download section, which may be in eitherthe CLARiiON Navisphere Server Utility section or the

CLARiiON Navisphere Manager section.

b. Select the appropriate Navisphere Server Utility version todownload and select the option to save the software to yourserver.

c. In the directory where you saved the software, double-click theexecutable file to start the installation wizard.

3. To install the software from the server support CD (any storagesystem), do the following:

a. In the server’s drive, insert the server support CD, whichshipped with the storage system.

The server support menu opens. If you do not see the serversupport menu, follow these steps to open it:

From the Windows taskbar, select:Start > Run

In the Run dialog box, enter the following program name,and then click OK:

For CX3-series or CX-seriesdrive:\CXSeries.exe


b. Select your language, if prompted for it.

c. From the main menu, click Install Products on Server.

d. From the Install Products menu, click Navisphere ServerUtility to open the installation wizard.

4. Follow the instructions on the installation screens and accept all

the defaults.




If you do not have the host agent installed, do not disable the Registration

Service feature (it is enabled by default). The Registration Service

feature automatically registers the server’s HBAs with the storage

system after the installation and updates server information to the

storage system whenever the server configuration changes (for

example, when you mount new volumes or create new partitions).

If you have the host agent installed and you are installing revision 6.22.20

or later of the server utility, the server utility’s Registration Service feature

will be disabled by default and we recommend that you do not install it.

Prior to revision 6.22.20 of the server utility, you could not install both

applications on the same server.

5. If you are prompted about updating information when the serverstarts, click Yes.

6. If you are prompted to reboot the server, click Yes.

7. When the installation is complete, click Done to exit the wizard.

8. If you installed the server utility from the CD, close the serversupport menu by selecting Main Menu and then Exit. You can nowremove the CD from the server’s CD drive.




Connecting the storage system to the server

Read this section for any configuration.

Use optical cables to connect storage-system Fibre Channel data ports(labeled 0 Fibre, 1 Fibre, 4 Fibre, and 5 Fibre on each SP) to serverHBA ports.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you need an optical cable for each SPport that you will use on the storage system. For cable specifications,refer to the technical specifications for your storage system inthe documentation section of the Powerlink website or on thedocumentation and resources CD, which shipped with the storagesystem.

Handling optical cables

Optical cables are susceptible to damage, so take the followingprecautions when handling them:

Keep the covers on all optical cables until you are ready to insertthem.

Avoid tight bends. If you need to make a 90º bend, do it over 6 to12 inches.

Do not use optical cables to support weight (including their ownunsupported weight if they are long).

Do not pull long runs of cable; instead, lay the cable in place or pullonly a few feet at a time.

Place the cables where no one can step on them or roll equipment

over them.

Cabling the storage system to the server

For the highest availability with a multiple-HBA server:

If the server has two HBAs, connect one HBA to a Fibre port on SPA and the other HBA to a Fibre port on SP B.




If the server has four HBAs, connect two HBAs to separate Fibreports on SP A, and the other two HBAs to separate Fibre ports on

SP B.

For each Fibre port that you want to connect to an HBA port:

1. Remove the protective covers from the Fibre connector on the SPand from one end of the optical cable, and plug the cable into theFibre connector (Figure 2).

Applications such as MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, or SAN Copy softwaremay restrict or require the use of certain SP ports. Refer to the application

documentation for specific cabling information.

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1 Fibre

Figure 2 Connecting optical cables to the Fibre Channel front-end ports

2. Remove the protective covers from the optical connector on theHBA and from the free end of the optical cable and plug the cableinto the HBA connector.




Registering the server with the storage system


Run the Navisphere Server Utility or Navisphere Host Agent on eachserver connected to the storage system to register the server’s HBAswith the storage system.

Running the Navisphere Host Agent on a Windows server

1. At the Windows server, log in as the administrator or the equivalent.

2. From the desktop, right-click My Computer and select:Manage > Services and Applications > Services


3. In the Services pane, right-click Navisphere Agent and select Start.4. If you want the host agent to start automatically at system startup:

a. Right-click Navisphere Agent and select Properties.


b. Select the General tab.

c. In Startup Type, select Automatic.

The host agent will now start automatically at system startup.

d. Close Computer Management.

It may take a few minutes for the host agent to start if either

applications are using the storage system or the SP event log is largeand the host agent configuration file is not set up.




When the host agent starts it sends the server’s name and IP addressto each storage system connected to the server.

Running the Navisphere Server Utility for Windows

You can run the Navisphere Server Utility for Windows from the server,if you installed the utility on the server, or from the server support CD,which shipped with the storage system.






enter cd C:\Program Files\EMC\Navisphere Server Utility then enterNaviServerUtilCLI.exe.




The server support menu opens. If you do not see the serversupport menu, open it:










4. SelectNavisphere Server Utility

.Registering the server using the Navisphere Server Utility for Windows

Note: If the host agent is running, stop the host agent service.

1. In the Navisphere Server Utility dialog box, select Register this

server to all connected storage systems.

The utility automatically scans for all connected storage systemsand lists them under Connected Storage Systems. Locate theWWN of the HBA you just installed. The HBA should appear oncefor every SP port it is connected to.

If the utility is already running, it does not automatically perform a scan,and you must click Rescan.

2. Click Next to register the server with the storage system.

The utility sends the server’s name and WWN of the HBA to eachstorage system. Once the server has storage on the storage system,

the utility also sends the device name and volume or file systeminformation for each LUN in the storage system that the server sees.

3. Click Finish to exit the utility.

4. If you stopped the host agent, restart it.

Verifying HBA registration

Use Navisphere Manager to verify if a server’s HBAs are registeredwith the server.

Starting Navisphere Manager

1. Log in to a host (which can be a server) that is connected through anetwork to the storage system’s management ports and that has anInternet browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Mozilla.

2. Start the browser.




3. In the browser window, enter the IP address of an SP or server thathas the most recent version of the FLARE Operating Environment

(OE) installed.

A dialog box opens that requests your username and password.

If you do not have a supported version of the JRE installed, you will be

directed to the Sun website where you can select a supported version to

download.

4. Enter the username and password for the account you want to use.

The Navisphere Manager main window opens with a navigation paneon the left that contains the Navisphere Task Bar and an EnterpriseStorage window on the right. The Navisphere Task Bar consists ofthe following tabs: Storage Management, Monitoring, Replication,Reporting, Service. When you select a tab, it displays one or more

icons for starting the wizards. The Enterprise Storage window containstabs for the following trees:

Storage tree – Displays a storage-system icon for every storagesystem in this domain.

Hosts tree – Displays a host icon for each server connected to anystorage system in this domain.

Monitors tree – Displays a monitor icon for:

Every monitored storage system in the domain.

Storage systems that do not belong to the domain, but arephysically connected to a storage system that does belong. Anexample is a SAN Copy destination storage system.

Verifying HBA registration using Navisphere Manager

1. From the Navisphere Manager Storage tree, right-click the icon forthe storage system for which you want to verify HBA registration,and click Connectivity Status.

The Connectivity Status dialog box opens.

2. Verify that the server to SP port connection is displayed as Yes

under the Logged In and Registered columns.




If not, refer to the “Troubleshooting Flowcharts” section on theCLARiiON tools page on the Powerlink website.

Note: To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down

menu at the top right of the Powerlink home page.

Once all HBAs belonging to a server are registered, you can assignthe server to storage groups.








Verifying storage-system health


Use the storage system verification wizard that is part of the NavisphereService Taskbar to:

Validate the connectivity of the storage-system hardwarecomponents

Check back-end functionality Check the status of all field-replaceable units

Analyze storage-system logs

You download the NST from a link on the CLARiiON Tools page of the

Powerlink website to a Windows management station that is connected to the

storage-system’s management ports. If you do not have a Windowsmanagement station, your service provider may run this wizard.

To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down menu at

the top right of the Powerlink home page.

1. If you do not have the Navisphere Service Taskbar running:

a. Download and install the Navisphere Service Taskbar from theCLARiiON Tools page on the Powerlink website to a Windowsmanagement station that is connected to the storage-system’smanagement ports.

To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down


b. Start the Navisphere Service Taskbar by doing one of thefollowing:

Click the Navisphere Service Taskbar icon on your desktop,or

Select Start > Programs > EMC > Navisphere > NavisphereService Taskbar version > Navisphere Service Taskbar

version












2. In the taskbar’s navigation pane, select the Hardware Maintenancetab.

3. In the tab’s navigation pane, select Verify Storage System.

4. If the Navisphere Connections window opens, click Options andselect the NetWork Address Translation (NAT) connection option.

5. Enter the SP A and SP B public addresses for the Celerra’sCLARiiON SPs and click Connect.

6. If the Confirm: Navisphere Security dialog box opens, enter the

same security credentials as those specified during the Celerrasystem installation.

7. Review the report that the wizard generates, and if it lists anyproblems try to resolve them.

For assistance in resolving any problems, see the troubleshootingflowcharts for the CX3-series storage system on the CLARiiON

Tools page of the Powerlink website.






Verifying your high-availability configuration


Use the server high-availability feature in the Navisphere ServerUtility to verify the following for each server in a high-availabilityconfiguration with the storage system:

Your Fibre Channel configuration is highly available (that is, eachFibre Channel HBA has at least one active path to each storage

processor).

Path management software is installed and running on the server.

Before you start

If the Navisphere Server Utility is not installed on the server, locate theserver support CD, which shipped with the storage system.






enter cd C:\Program Files\EMC\Navisphere Server Utility then enter

NaviServerUtilCLI.exe.




The server support menu opens. If you do not see the server

support menu, open it:










4. Select Navisphere Server Utility.

Using the server utility to verify your high-availability configuration

1. In the Navisphere Server Utility dialog box, select Verify ServerHigh-Availability to generate a report of the server’s environment.

This option detects if PowerPath or some other failover software,such as DMP, is running. After the verification, the utility generatesa summary report and saves it to the server.

2. Review the generated report to confirm that your serverconfiguration is highly available.

3. If the server configuration is not highly available, make it so beforecontinuing.




Configuring an existing storage system with Navisphere Manager

Read this section if you are configuring an existing storage system. Anexisting storage system is one that was already connected to a serverwhen you started the installation procedure.

To configure a storage system, you use either the Navisphere Task Barwizards or the Storage tree options of Navisphere Manager.

Before you start

You will need the completed storage-system disk informationworksheet from the storage-system configuration planning guide orplanning worksheets document. You can generate this guide usingthe user-customized documentation link from the CLARiiON Toolspage on the Powerlink website.

To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down menu at

the top right of the Powerlink home page.

Starting Navisphere Manager

1. Log in to a host (which can be a server) that is connected through a

network to the storage system’s management ports and that has anInternet browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Mozilla.

2. Start the browser.

3. In the browser window, enter the IP address of an SP or server thathas the most recent version of the FLARE Operating Environment(OE) installed.

A dialog box opens that requests your username and password.

If you do not have a supported version of the JRE installed, you will be

directed to the Sun website where you can select a supported version to

download.

4. Enter the username and password for the account you want to use.








The Navisphere Manager main window opens with a navigation paneon the left that contains the Navisphere Task Bar and an Enterprise

Storage window on the right. The Navisphere Task Bar consists ofthe following tabs: Storage Management, Monitoring, Replication,Reporting, Service. When you select a tab, it displays one or moreicons for starting the wizards. The Enterprise Storage window containstabs for the following trees:

Storage tree – Displays a storage-system icon for every storagesystem in this domain.

Hosts tree – Displays a host icon for each server connected to anystorage system in this domain.

Monitors tree – Displays a monitor icon for:

Every monitored storage system in the domain.

Storage systems that do not belong to the domain, but arephysically connected to a storage system that does belong. An

example is a SAN Copy destination storage system.

Allocating storage to an existing storage system with the Navisphere Task Bar wizards

You allocate storage with the Navisphere Allocate wizard only toadditional servers, that is, servers connected to Fibre Channel ports

Fibre 0, Fibre 1, Fibre 4, and Fibre 5. You cannot use this wizard toallocate storage to the Celerra host.

1. Locate your completed storage-system disk information worksheetso you can refer to it in the steps that follow.

2. In the Navisphere Task Bar, click the Storage Management tab.

3. If you need additional LUNs for the server, use the Allocate wizardon the Storage Management tab to create them.

4. If you want to assign existing LUNs to the server, use the Assignwizard on the Storage Management tab to assign them.




For high availability, a host can connect to only one storage group per

storage system at a time. If you connect a host that is already connectedto another storage group, the host will disconnect from the first storage

group. When you disconnect a host from a storage group, and then connect

it to a different storage group, the host can no longer perform I/O to the

first storage group.

5. Verify that the storage group was assigned to the server.

To verify that a storage group is assigned to the server — In theStorage tree:

Click the icon for the storage system with the storage groupwhose server connection you want to verify.

Click the Storage Groups icon.

Click the icon for the storage group.

If the storage group is assigned to a server, an icon for thatserver appears under the storage group icon.

Allocating storage to an existing storage system with the storage tree options

1. Locate your completed storage-system disk information worksheetso you can refer to it in the steps that follow.

2. If you need additional RAID groups for the server, create one ormore RAID groups.

A RAID group is a set of disks, all with the same capacity and redundancy,

on which you create one or more LUNs. A RAID 6 group usually has 6 or

12 disks, but can have 4, 8, 10, 14, or 16 disks. RAID 6 groups are supported

on CX3-series storage systems running FLARE OE version 03.26 or higher.

A RAID 5 group must include at least three disks, a RAID 3 group mustinclude five or nine disks, and a RAID 1/0 group must include at least two

disks. The storage-system type determines the number of RAID groups

that it supports.

To create a RAID group — In the Navisphere Manager tree,

right-click the icon for the storage system, and click Create RAID




Group. For details on creating RAID groups, use the NavisphereManager help.

The disk modules in slots 0 through 4 of the first DAE (enclosure 0, bus

0) provide mirrored boot and recovery capability, and are preconfigured

according to their slot assignment before shipment. Do not move a disk

module in slots 0 through 4 from its assigned slot to another slot. Remove

one of these disk modules only if it has failed and you are replacing it with

a new module.

3. Create additional LUNs on any additional RAID groups youcreated or on existing RAID groups on which you need additionalLUNs for the server.

To create a LUN — In the Navisphere Manager tree, right-click theicon for the storage system, and click Bind LUNS. For details on

binding a LUN, use the Navisphere Manager help.

4. Create any additional storage groups that you need for the server.

To create a storage group — In the Navisphere Manager tree,right-click the icon for the storage system, and click Create StorageGroups. For details on creating storage groups, use NavisphereManager help.

5. Add the new LUNs you created to new or existing storage groups.

Adding a LUN to a storage group makes the LUN accessible to the servers

connected to the storage group. If a LUN is placed in more than one storage

group, all servers in those storage groups must be in a cluster configuration.

To add a LUN to a storage group — Right-click the icon for thestorage group to which you want to add LUNs, and click SelectLUNs. For details on adding LUNs to storage groups, use theNavisphere Manager help.

6. Assign a new or existing storage group to the server.

To assign a storage-group to a server — In the Navisphere Manager

tree, right-click the icon for the storage group to which you want




to connect a server, and then click Connect Hosts. For details onconnecting servers to storage groups, use the Navisphere Manager

help.

For high availability, a host can connect to only one storage group per

storage system at a time. If you connect a host that is already connected

to another storage group, the host will disconnect from the first storage

group. When you disconnect a host from a storage group, and then connect

it to a different storage group, the host can no longer perform I/O to the

first storage group.

7. Verify that the storage group was assigned to the server.

To verify that a storage group is assigned to the server — In theNavisphere Manager tree:

Click the icon for the storage system with the storage group

whose server connection you want to verify.

Click the Storage Groups icon.

Click the icon for the storage group.

If the storage group is assigned to a server, an icon for thatserver appears under the storage group icon.

Verifying that each LUN is fully initialized using Navisphere Manager

1. In the Navisphere Manager Storage tree, navigate to the LUN youwant to verify.

2. Right-click the LUN and click Properties.

3. Verify that the state of the LUN is Normal. If the state isTransitioning, wait for the state to change to Normal.

Verifying that PowerPath for Windows sees all paths to the LUNs

1. On the server, configure PowerPath:

powermt config




2. On the Windows taskbar, either double-click the PowerPathAdministrator icon or right-click the icon and select PowerPath

Administrator.3. In the results pane, verify that the path metric for each LUN is n/n

where n is the total number of paths to the LUN.

What next?

Go to the section on preparing LUNs to receive data.




Preparing LUNs to receive data

Read this section if you created LUNs on the storage system.

If you do not want to use a LUN as a raw disk or raw volume, then before Windows can send data to a LUN, you must:

Use Navisphere Manager to verify that each newLUN is initializedand to write a signature to it.

Either create partitions on a basic disk or create volumes on adynamic disk.

Writing a signature to LUNs for a Window 2000 server

1. Log in to the Windows 2000 server as administrator or as a memberof an administrators group.

2. On the desktop, right-click My Computer and click Manage.

3. In the tree under Storage, click Disk Management.

4. If the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard opens, write asignature to each disk and upgrade it to a dynamic disk, if desired:

a. In the wizard, click Next.

b. In the Select Disks to Write Signature screen, select all thedisks and click Next.

c. In the Select Disks to Upgrade screen, make sure only the disksthat you want to be dynamic are selected, and then click Nextand Finish.

The status of a LUN goes from unknown to basic or dynamicdepending on whether you chose to upgrade the disk.

5. If the Write Signature and Upgrade Wizard does not open, rescanfor the LUNs, write a signature to each disk and upgrade it to adynamic disk, if desired:

a. In the Computer Management tree under Storage, right-clickDisk Management and click Rescan Disks.

The LUNs should appear as unknown disks in the Disk

Management window. If they do not appear, restart Windows,


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and when Windows is running, rewrite the digital signature asdescribed in the previous step.

b. Right-click any unknown disk in the Disk Managementwindow, and click Write Signature.

c. In the Write Signature Wizard screen, select all the disks andclick OK.

The status of any unknown disks becomes basic.

d. If you want to upgrade a basic disk to a dynamic disk, right-clickthe disk, click Upgrade to Dynamic Disk, select the disk youwant to upgrade, and click OK.

The status of any basic disks you selected to upgrade becomesdynamic.

You are now ready to create Windows partitions on the disk. The

procedure for creating partitions differs depending on whether thedisk is basic or dynamic.

Writing a signature to LUNs for a Windows Server 2003 server

You write a signature to a disk when you initialize it:

1. Log in to the Windows Server 2003 server as administrator or as amember of an administrators group.

2. On the desktop, right-click My Computer and click Manage.

3. In the tree under Storage, click Disk Management.

4. If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard opens, write a signatureto each disk and upgrade it to a dynamic disk, if desired:

a. In the wizard, click Next.

b. In the Select Disks to Initialize screen, select all the disks andclick Next.

c. In the Select Disks to Convert screen, make sure only the disksthat you want to be dynamic are selected, and then click Nextand Finish.

The status of a LUN goes from unknown to basic or dynamic

depending on whether you chose to upgrade the disk.


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5. If the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard does not open, rescanfor the LUNs, write a signature to each disk and upgrade it to a

dynamic disk, if desired:a. In the Computer Management tree under Storage, right-click

Disk Management and click Rescan Disks.

The LUNs should appear as unknown disks in the DiskManagement window. If they do not appear, restart Windows,and when Windows is running, rewrite the digital signature as

described in the previous step. b. Right-click any unknown disk in the Disk Management

window, and click Initialize.

c. In the Initialize Wizard screen, select all the disks and click OK.

The status of any unknown disks becomes basic.

d. If you want to upgrade a basic disk to a dynamic disk, right-click

the disk, click Convert to Dynamic Disk, select the disk youwant to convert, and click OK.

The status of any basic disks you selected to upgrade becomesdynamic.

6. If you want to create a partition on the disk that is greater than 2TB, right-click the disk and select Convert to GPT and click Next.

To verify that the disk is a globally unique identifier partition table(GPT) disk, right-click the disk again. If the option to convert toGPT does not appear, the disk is a GPT disk.

You are now ready to create Windows partitions on the disk. Theprocedure for creating partitions differs depending on whether thedisk is basic or dynamic.

Creating Windows partitions on a basic disk for a Windows server

You can create four primary partitions or one extended partition andthree primary partitions on a basic disk.

If the server is running Windows Server 2003, you can create a 2 TBor larger partition on a basic disk that is a globally unique identifier

partition table (GPT) disk. Windows 2000 does not support GPT disks.


1 In the Disk Management screen right click the free space area of



1. In the Disk Management screen, right-click the free space area ofthe basic disk that you want to partition, and click Create Partition.

2. In the Create Partition Wizard, click Next and follow theinstructions that appear on the screen to select a primary orextended partition, specify the partition size, and assign a driveletter or path for the partition.

3. In the Format Partition screen, select Quick Format, and follow theinstructions that appear.

4. If you want a logical drive on an extended partition, create it:

a. Right-click the free space area of the extended partition, andclick Create Logical Drive.

b. In the Create Logical Drive Wizard, click Next and click LogicalDrive.

c. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to specify thepartition size and assign a drive letter or path for the partition.

d. In the Format Partition screen, select Quick Format, and followthe instructions that appear.

The partition or logical drive is ready for data.

Creating volumes on a dynamic disk for a Windows server

If the server is running Windows Server 2003, you can create a 2 TB or

larger partition on a dynamic disk that is a globally unique identifierpartition table (GPT) disk. Windows 2000 does not support GPT disks.

You can create an unlimited number of volumes on a dynamic disk.

1. In the Disk Management screen, right-click the free space area forthe dynamic disk on which you want to create volumes and clickCreate Volume.

2. In the Create Volume Wizard, click Next and follow the instructionsthat appear on the screen to specify the volume type; then select thedisk and assign a drive letter or path for the volume.

3. In the Format Partition screen, select Quick Format, and follow theinstructions that appear.


The server can now send data to and receive data from the volume



The server can now send data to and receive data from the volume.

Saving the PowerPath configuration

Save the server’s PowerPath configuration with the followingPowerPath command: powermt save.

The powermt save command creates the powermt.customconfiguration file.




Sending Windows disk information to the storage system


If the Navisphere Host Agent is installed on the server, start or restart(stop and then start) it to send to the storage system the operatingsystem’s device name and volume or file system information foreach LUN that the server sees. Navisphere Manager displays thisinformation on its LUN Properties — Host page for each LUN.

The Navisphere Server Utility does not send operating system LUN mapping

information to the storage system.

Stopping the host agent


2. From the desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage >Services and Applications > Services


3. In the Services pane, right-click Navisphere Agent and select Stop.

4. If asked to confirm your request to stop the agent service, click Yes,and close the Services pane or dialog box.

Starting the host agent


2. From the desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage.

The Computer Management window opens.

3. Select Services and Applications > Services.


4. In the Services pane, right-click Navisphere Agent and select Start.

5. If you want the host agent to start automatically at system startup:


a. Right-click Navisphere Agent and select Properties.



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b. Select the General tab.

c. In Startup Type, select Automatic.

6. Close Computer Management.

The host agent will now start automatically at system startup.

It may take a few minutes for the host agent to start in either of thefollowing situations:

Applications are using the storage system.

The SP event log is large and the host agent configuration file isnot set up.

Verifying that the storage system received the LUN information using NavisphereManager

1. Start Navisphere Manager on the storage system with the LUNs.

2. For each LUN in the storage system that is connected to the server,display its Navisphere Manager LUN Properties — Hosts page:

a. In the Navisphere Manager Storage tree, navigate to the LUN

you want to verify. b. Right-click the icon for the LUN, and click Properties.

3. Verify that the Properties page displays a physical device andlogical device name for the LUN.




Verifying your failover configuration with PowerPath


Before you store data on LUNs, use the procedure in this section toverify that:

The server can send data to and receive data from the storagesystem.

You can download an I/O simulator (Iometer) for writing data to the

storage system from the following website: http://www.iometer.org/.

PowerPath shows the paths from the server to the LUNs that youexpect for your configuration.

Verifying your failover configuration with PowerPath for a Windows server

1. If you are connected to an existing storage system, stop allapplications that are accessing the storage system and disable userlogins to the server.

2. Launch PowerPath Administrator by double-clicking thePowerPath Monitor on the Windows taskbar.

3. On the left pane (summary pane), click EMC PowerPathAdministrator.

4. Under the server, right-click Disks.

The right (details) pane lists all the LUNs (disks) in each storagesystem connected to the server. Storage ID identifies each storagesystem. For each disk, the Path Status and the Path Metric columns

give the status of the paths to the disk. When all n paths to a diskare working, the Path Status for the disk is optimal and the PathMetric for the disk is n/n, indicating that n of n paths are working.If only m paths are working, the path metric is m/n.

5. Verify that all n paths to the disks in the storage system are working,that is, their status is optimal and their path metric is n/n.


If all the paths are not working, refer to the troubleshooting





flowcharts on the CLARiiON Tools page on the Powerlink website.

To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down menu

at the top right of the Powerlink home page.

6. For each HBA connected to the storage system:

a. Start writing data to a LUN.

b. Disconnect the cable from one HBA connected to the storagesystem.

c. After several seconds, look at the Details pane and verify thatone or more of the disks in the storage system have red slashesthrough them, their status is degraded, and their path metric ism/n, where n is the number of paths to the disk and m is thenumber of working paths, which is less than n. For example, ifthe server has 4 paths to a disk in the storage system and 1 pathfails when you disconnect the cable, then n=4 and m=3, so thepath metric is 3/4.

d. Reconnect the cable that you disconnected from the HBA.

e. Right-click the PowerPath Monitor icon on the taskbar, andselect All Tasks and Restore All Devices.

f. After several seconds, look at the details pane and verify that

none of the disks in the storage system have red slashes throughthem, their status is optimal, and their path metric is n/n.

If any disks do not have optimal status and their path metricis not n/n, refer to the troubleshooting flowcharts on theCLARiiON Tools page on the Powerlink website.

To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down


7. Restart any applications that you stopped and re-enable any userlogins to the server that you disabled.












To configure an NS20FC or NS40FC for use with the following applications,

refer to the configuration steps in Solution Case emc165977: DomainConnectivity, Event Monitor, MirrorView/A, MirrorView/S, Navisphere

Analyzer, or SAN Copy, or if you prefer to use Navisphere Manager instead of

Off Array Navisphere Manager.




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