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Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

 
Mike Whorley
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Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

Guys,

After spending most of the day trying to get my Itanium server to recognise the MSA1000 storage we connected to it I now need to create device files for the storage or better still just get the whole lump of storage put into a Volume group. Can anyone give me any pointers as to where to start (whole new ball game san storage on HP-UX to me)

Here is what we have :-

# ioscan -fnH 0/3/0/0/0/0
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==========================================================================
fc 0 0/3/0/0/0/0 fcd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 4Gb Dual Port PCIe Fibre Channel Mezzanine (FC Port 1)
/dev/fcd0
fcp 0 0/3/0/0/0/0.1 fcd_fcp NO_HW INTERFACE FCP Domain
ext_bus 2 0/3/0/0/0/0.1.0.0.0 fcd_vbus NO_HW INTERFACE FCP Array Interface
target 3 0/3/0/0/0/0.1.0.0.0.0 tgt NO_HW DEVICE
ctl 1 0/3/0/0/0/0.1.0.0.0.0.0 sctl NO_HW DEVICE COMPAQ MSA1000
/dev/rscsi/c2t0d0
ext_bus 1 0/3/0/0/0/0.1.0.255.0 fcd_vbus NO_HW INTERFACE FCP Device Interface
target 2 0/3/0/0/0/0.1.0.255.0.0 tgt NO_HW DEVICE
ctl 0 0/3/0/0/0/0.1.0.255.0.0.0 sctl NO_HW DEVICE COMPAQ MSA1000
/dev/rscsi/c1t0d0
# fcmsutil /dev/fcd0

Vendor ID is = 0x1077
Device ID is = 0x2432
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x103C
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x1705
PCI Mode = PCI Express x4
ISP Code version = 4.2.2
ISP Chip version = 2
Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC
Link Speed = 2Gb
Local N_Port_id is = 0x010400
Previous N_Port_id is = None
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x500143800220e31d
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x500143800220e31c
Switch Port World Wide Name = 0x2004006069ca676f
Switch Node World Wide Name = 0x1000006069ca676f
N_Port Symbolic Port Name = honduras_fcd0
N_Port Symbolic Node Name = honduras_HP-UX_B.11.31
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/3/0/0/0/0
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver-Firmware Dump Available = NO
Driver-Firmware Dump Timestamp = N/A
Driver Version = @(#) fcd B.11.31.0809.%319 Jul 7 2008

Many thanks in anticipation.

Mike.
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sujit kumar singh
Honored Contributor

Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

Hi Mike,


can have a look at the following thread, This talks about the MSA1000 and the HP-UX 11iv3.

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1184337

Regards
Sujit
Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

Hi Mike,

the MSA needs to have dual controllers and active/active firmware. All LUNS must be presented with profile "hp" (for hp-ux) to hp-ux servers. If SSP is enabled, you need to configure it.

Check this either with the CLI (serial connection to the array)
CLI> show tech_support
or with ACU from a connected windows or linux system.





IMHO the configured profile for the LUN is at the moment different from "hp" for hp-ux - maybe "default" or "windows", this is wrong and cause problems.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Mike Whorley
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Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

Guys,

Thanks for the replies.

Torsten - i've just spoken to our storage administrator and he tells me our MSA is active/passive and not active/active as you mention.

Are you 100% it won't work unless it's active/active ?......he's not keen to change this so as I see it i'm snookered here :-(

Mike.
Mike Whorley
Occasional Advisor

Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

OK I guess it's this link you are refering to :-

http://docs.hp.com/en/9529/hpux_io_devices.htm


Would explain why ioscan is not finding any MSA volumes...

# ioscan -fnC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==================================================================
disk 1 0/2/1/0.0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP DG072A3515
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3
disk 0 0/2/1/0.0.0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP DG072ABAB3
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0
Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

I assume it is a blade server, right?

You need to check

- zoning on switches
- SSP on MSA (selective storage presentation)

hp-ux cannot work with active/passive devices, because it would cause the controllers to switch permanently.

Maybe a single controller may work.

Important thing is to set hp-ux as hostmode on the MSA.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Mike Whorley
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Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

Torsten - it seems pointless looking further at this as it seems we aren't going to be able to get it working until it is changed to Active/Active anyway ?

Torsten.
Acclaimed Contributor

Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

AFAIR the MSA1000/1500 in active/passive was never supported by hp-ux; only active/active or single controller.

Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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Uwe Zessin
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Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

> AFAIR

100% - A/A or single controller.
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Hein van den Heuvel
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Re: Help configuring MSA1000 storage under 11.31

fwiw.

IMHO is is 100% an HPUX question, where it was first posted. At the time of my reply it is moved to 'storage'. Yes it pertains to how storage, but strictly how it is used under HPUX.

Af for the original question: "just get the whole lump of storage put into a Volume group" I am a fan of presenting as few as possible device to the OS and have to Storage controller do as much as possible of the work (striping, cacing, whatever).
I'm not even sure I would 'bother' with LVM at all. Just use the device!

Hein.