MSA1000 Array Configuration Utility

[Danesh Qureshi]

I have a MSA1000 SAN which is connected two servers via fibre cables. These are HP Proliant DL585 G1 servers and
running RHEL AS 4 (nahant update 3).

The MSA1000 houses 14 disks setup as two separate raid 5 sets. The first Raid 5 set contains 10 disks for the Database
server and the remaining Raid 5 set counts 4 disks.

These servers are located some distance away and we connect to these servers via SSH, is there a way to run the Array configuration utility from a SSH session to see how the Raid arrays are setup on the MSA1000 without being physically at the main console.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

From a Linux host nearby.

ssh -X hostname program_name

This will enable you to run the configuration utility through an ssh pipe. All the transactions that normally go through port 6000 or 7000 and are blocked by firewalls will go through the ssh tunnel.

There is a command line utility for storage on the same hp site as you got the gui utility, but this is much easier to user and does not require a console, though the machine must be booted to run level 5 with xfs running.

vnc is another alternative but I wonder with ssh -X why one would need that.

SEP

[Danesh Qureshi]

I have now added an an extra enclosure to our existing MSA1000 to allow me to expand our low disk space situation. The extra enclosure houses 14 146Gb disks.
The existing MSA1000 houses 14 x 146GB.

How do I configure the extra disks into the existing raid 5 sets in the MSA1000?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom again,

Same answer as before. You have assigned points to 2 of 45 replies to your questions. This is not good practice for this community. Please correct this issue.

Good Luck,

SEP

[Danesh Qureshi]

Thank you for your help.

In future do you want me to assign points to each reply?