Configuring Server A for the TS7650 Appliance or TS7650G (Gateway), ProtecTIER V3.3.6

Option 1: VTL

Remove replication cables from server ports that are labeled  19  and  20  in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Customer and replication Ethernet connections for stand-alone VTL configuration

Option 2: 1 Gb OpenStorage or FSI (FC 3456)

1. Remove replication cables from server ports that are labeled  15  and  16  in Figure 2.
   Figure 2. Customer and replication Ethernet connections for stand-alone 1 Gb OpenStorage and FSI configuration, Feature Code 3456

   
2. Remove customer host network Ethernet connections that are labeled  1 - 8    in Figure 3. Not all of these connections might exist, depending upon the customer.
   Figure 3. Customer and replication Ethernet connections for stand-alone 1 Gb OpenStorage and FSI configuration, Feature Code 3456

   

Remove cables.

Option 3: 10 Gb OpenStorage or FSI (FC 3457)

1. Remove replication cables from server ports that are labeled  15  and  16  in Figure 4.
   Figure 4. Customer and replication Ethernet connections for stand-alone OpenStorage and FSI configuration, Feature Code 3457

   
2. Remove customer host network Ethernet connections that are labeled  13 - 16    in Figure 5. Not all of these connections might exist, depending upon the customer.
   Figure 5. Customer and replication Ethernet connections for stand-alone 10 Gb OpenStorage and FSI configuration, Feature Code 3457

   

1. Connect the USB keyboard and monitor to Server A.
2. Verify that Server A is powered up and the startup cycle is complete.
   Note: The startup cycle is complete when the system returns to a command prompt, or the message RUNNING is displayed on the monitor. Press Enter to get to the login prompt.
3. If this is a clustered configuration, verify that Server B (the top server) is powered off.
4. At the login prompt, type: ptadmin and press Enter.
5. At the password prompt, type: ptadmin and press Enter.

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  ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rasddx                           
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   1) ProtecTIER Configuration (...)                                  
   2) Manage ProtecTIER services (...)                                
   3) Health Monitoring (...)                                         
   4) Problem Alerting (...)                                          
   5) Version Information (...) 				                    	     	 
   6) Generate a service report                                       
   7) Generate a system view                                          
   8) Update ProtecTIER code                                          
                                                                      
   E) Exit                                                            
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>>> Your choice?

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  ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rasddx                           
  ProtecTIER Configuration (...)                                      
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   1) Configure ProtecTIER node                                       
   2) Recover Configuration for a replaced server                     
   3) Configure machine serial number for a replaced server           
   4) Configure RAS                                                   
   5) Update Time, Date, Timezone & Timeserver(s)                     
   6) Scan storage interconnections                                   
   7) File Systems Management (...)                                   
   8) Configure replication (...)                                     
   9) IP Network configuration (...)                                  
   10) Update Firmware                                                
   11) Update the System's name                                       
   12) Validate configuration                                         
   13) Single node - code upgrade (for Support Use Only)              
                                                                      
   B) Back                                                            
   E) Exit                                                            
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>>> Your choice?

About to execute:
Operation:    install
Model:        TS7650G
Application:  OST_10G

Continue? (yes|no)

Stopping services, please wait
Stopping Cluster Services                                       [ Done ]
Services stopped
Checking Fence Device                                           [ Done ]
Checking BOM                                                    [ Done ]
Checking for existing nodes                                     [ Done ]
Checking Application Interfaces                                 [ Done ]
Checking repository                                             [ Done ]
Checking installed applications                                 [ Done ]
Checking local raid                                             [ Done ]
Checking conditions done

• If you do not want to use NTP servers, press Enter when prompted without entering IP addresses.
• If you want to use NTP servers, enter the IP address for the primary and secondary NTP servers when prompted and press Enter after each.
  Note: NTP servers are required for use in FSI installations in which Active Directory is used when you set up file system authentication through the ProtecTIER Manager user interface. You can enter the IP addresses for the NTP servers now or later, but they must be entered before you set up file system authentication.

The following paragraphs deal with the external application interface IP addresses to be entered.

ProtecTIER exposes virtual interfaces to the host, such as a media server with the plug-in installed. In version 3.3.6, the physical Ethernet ports are assigned to one virtual application interface. Currently, the physical ports are assigned to virtual interface ost1 or fsi1, depending on the server configuration. This assignment option is used to group several physical interfaces into a single virtual interface, and create a bond configuration of several physical interfaces. Each virtual interface used must be configured with a corresponding IP address.

In addition, each virtual interface containing more than one physical interface (configured as a bond) needs to be configured with a load balancing method. For a server with 10 Gb interfaces, where bonding is implemented, the recommended load balancing method is LACP with L3L4.

For more information about bonding, the different load balancing methods, and whether to configure bonds at all, refer to the Best Practices Guide for IBM® System Storage TS7600 ProtecTIER Deduplication Solutions, GA32-0924 or the IBM ProtecTIER Implementation and Best Practices, IBM Redbooks® publication SG24-8025.

Please provide the following information:
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NTP server timeserver, IP Address (optional):
NTP server secondary_timeserver, IP Address (optional):
ApplicationInterface external, IP Address [192.168.10.161]: 9.148.220.157
ApplicationInterface external, Netmask [255.255.255.0]: 255.255.252.0
ApplicationInterface external, Default Gateway [192.168.10.1]: 9.148.220.4
ApplicationInterface external, Hostname [node1]: popeye

Please check the following values:
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NTP server timeserver, IP Address:
NTP server secondary_timeserver, IP Address:

ApplicationInterface external, IP Address: 9.148.220.157
ApplicationInterface external, Netmask: 255.255.252.0
ApplicationInterface external, Default Gateway: 9.148.220.4
ApplicationInterface external, Hostname: popeye

Are you sure you want to submit these values? (yes|no|quit) y

If you did not configure RAS in Configuring RAS for the TS7650G (Gateway), ProtecTIER version 3.3.6, you are prompted to configure the SMTP server as shown in the following example. If you configured the SMTP server earlier during RAS configuration, this output does not appear. If you did not configure the SMTP server earlier and want to do so now, use the information on the completed Company Information and IP address worksheets. See Company information worksheet and IP address worksheet for details about the information that you must enter.

Please provide the following information:
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Customer SMTP server IP address (optional):
Customer number:
     Input should be 7 alphanumeric: abcderf
Country code:
     Input should be 2 or 3 alphanumeric: av
Business company name, e.g. IBM, (optional):
Machine location, e.g. Server room, (optional):
MODEM Phone number, (optional):
Voice Phone number, (optional):

Please check the following values:
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Customer SMTP server IP address:
     The first administrator email-address:
     The second administrator email-address:
     The third administrator email-address:
Customer number: abcderf
Country code: av
Business company name:
Machine location:
MODEM Phone number:
Voice Phone number:
Are you sure you want to submit these RAS values? (yes|no|quit)

Configuring network                                             [ Done ]
Restarting Network Service                                      [ Done ]
Configuring Application Interfaces                              [ Done ]
Stopping cluster                                                [ Done ]
Configuring cluster                                             [ Done ]
Starting cluster                                                [ Done ]
Installing NTP                                                  [ Done ]
Set interfaces addresses                                        [ Done ]
Starting VTFD                                                   [ Done ]
Starting RAS                                                    [ Done ]
Collecting RAS Persistent configuration                         [ Done ]
Running RAS Eth Agent                                           [ Done ]
validation will start in 10 seconds
Testing customer network connectivity                           [ Done ]
Testing connectivity to the Default Gateway                     [ Done ]
Getting number of nodes                                         [ Done ]
This is a 1 node cluster, will not test fencing
validation ended
install ended successfully

End Processing Procedure Successfully

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