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BobbyGRoberts
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July 23rd, 2007 09:00
First EMC + First San = Good times
Well the time has come for me to learn how to setup everything from half scratch. My company has just aquired a EMC cx400 system. So far just from clicking here any there i have been able to get myself in the same spot where I started.
Here is what we have.
CX400 System ( 2x3u's with 146gb drives)
Dell 2650 System with Windows 2003 ENT R2
I am connecting the two together using Emulex cards. When i boot the system i can see the old raid config that the last company had, all 250gb drives.
I have installed EMC Power Link (Got the Key from the Serial number on the box, thank you EMC) along with a few Navisphere programs and have tried to get them to work. Today i finally found out that an SP is one of the CX400 units and I know their IP addresses using. if i try to browse to that address it gives me a login, this login is similar to the login if i try to goto 127.0.0.1 but the login info does not work.
So i know this is alot of into in one post but here is my question.
I like to learn things on my own, as i think most of us do, but this is my first EMC setup along with my first SAN.
What direction should i be going into? My game plan is this, Setup the LUNs/Raids, Find out how the SAN and other machines go together, setup a cluster and use the old plug and pray. So all in all if someone could just give me some pointers on a good place to get started on what software to install, what version what manuals to read that would be great.
Bobby
Here is what we have.
CX400 System ( 2x3u's with 146gb drives)
Dell 2650 System with Windows 2003 ENT R2
I am connecting the two together using Emulex cards. When i boot the system i can see the old raid config that the last company had, all 250gb drives.
I have installed EMC Power Link (Got the Key from the Serial number on the box, thank you EMC) along with a few Navisphere programs and have tried to get them to work. Today i finally found out that an SP is one of the CX400 units and I know their IP addresses using. if i try to browse to that address it gives me a login, this login is similar to the login if i try to goto 127.0.0.1 but the login info does not work.
So i know this is alot of into in one post but here is my question.
I like to learn things on my own, as i think most of us do, but this is my first EMC setup along with my first SAN.
What direction should i be going into? My game plan is this, Setup the LUNs/Raids, Find out how the SAN and other machines go together, setup a cluster and use the old plug and pray. So all in all if someone could just give me some pointers on a good place to get started on what software to install, what version what manuals to read that would be great.
Bobby
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 10:00
guys will recommend a lot of documentation, i would add you take a loot at Clariion procedure generator here:
Home > Support > Product and Diagnostic Tools > CLARiiON Procedure Generators765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 10:00
Thanks for the heads up on that, I am going through the Config and it's asking me
what FLARE OE Release i have, what is this refering twords?765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 11:00
while you are at it ..go ahead and update Emulex drivers as well, find the latest EMC supported version for your card here:
http://www.emulex.com/emc/support/index.jsp765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 11:00
Well so far so good, I had PowerPath 3.2 installed, went ahead and removed everything except for the Emulex things, however i did up the firmware on the cards from 1.0 to 1.9 so maybe ill see something. As of right now I am installing
EMC Power Path 5.0.0
I will keep you guys updated on how well or bad I am doing and if all goes well I will be able to say that I made my first EMC/SAN solution soon!
Thanks again,
Bobby765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 11:00
Nope, doesn't matter which one you run first.
The revision of the NaviAgent needs to match the revision of FLARE on the array. They can be a few revs off, but EMC usually recommends to keep them the same.
What is the revision of FLARE on the array?765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 11:00
Yup got it, I am using (2) LP9802 cards.
Drivers and firmware is up to date.
Rebooting the SAN box right now
and moving down the list.765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 11:00
Installing NaviAgentCLI_WINDOWS_6.22.22.1.0
It comes with two files the Agent and the CLI .exe
In the what I like to call EMC God maual it doesn't tell you witch one to run first, does it matter?
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Bobby Roberts319
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 12:00
how are you connecting to the array ?765
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 12:00
Sorry for all of the questions guys but hey if you have the world at your finger tips why not. So from the looks of it the CLI is more of a command based config util and the agent is more of a GUI based thing.. is this right? Do you install one or the other??
if so witch is better?
About the Flare, i think im in a catch 22 on this. I need to know witch Flare im running to get the manual that im reading right now, but i can't get the manual until i install the tools to get the version. Before you said I should look @ the Array to get the Flare version, I can't get that far with the manual. Is there an easy way to get to this without the Navisphere tools installed?!?
AranH1
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Posted July 23rd, 2007 10:00
Dynamox is right, we are going to throw a lot of documentation at you
The FLARE OE is basically the operating code that runs the array. You can find your version by logging onto the array, right click on the root of the tree and select properties. Go to the software tab, your version will be listed there.
There is a lot of reference material on Powerlink though that you will have to start digging through.
The hardware reference guides are at:
Support > Documentation/White Paper Library > Hardware/Platforms Documentation > CLARiiON CX Series Systems > CLARiiON CX400
The Navisphere reference guides (the operating code that runs the array) are at:
Support > Documentation/White Paper Library > Software ~ J-O ~ Documentation > Navisphere Management Suite
Look at the Navisphere Admin guide for your release of FLARE code.