Perform the following procedures on a single
server in a stand-alone configuration. The FSI storage environment
is not supported for clustered configurations.
Procedure
- Cycle power to the two 1 Gb Ethernet switches by
performing
the following substeps. This action helps ensure that the second server
detects the switches during the configuration process.
- Remove power cables 1 and 2 from
the AC power sockets on the rear of the switches. Refer to Figure 2. Figure 1. Clustered power connections
- Wait ten seconds.
- Restore power to the 1 Gb Ethernet switches by replacing power cables 1 and 2 in the AC power sockets on the rear of the switches.
- Remove power cables 1 and 2 from
the AC power sockets on the rear of the switches. Refer to Figure 2.
- Power up the server if it is not already powered up. When the boot cycle for node A completes and you return to a login prompt, press Enter, log on to the server with username ptconfig and password ptconfig.
- At the command line, type menu and
then press Enter. The ProtecTIER Service Menu displays.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rasap1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Your choice? - Type the numeral corresponding to ProtecTIER
Configuration (...) and press Enter. The ProtecTIER
Configuration (...) menu displays.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- ProtecTIER Service Menu running on rasap1 ProtecTIER Configuration (...) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) Configure replication (...) 7) IP Network configuration (...) 8) Update Firmware 9) Update DS Firmware 10) Update the System's name 11) Validate configuration 12) Single node - code upgrade B) Back E) Exit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Your choice? - Type the numeral corresponding to Configure
ProtecTIER node and press Enter. The system
returns the following message and output:
Begin Processing Procedure Model List ========== 1. TS7650_DS4700_32_450 2. TS7650_DS4700_64_450 3. TS7650_DS4700_128_450 Choice (e to exit): - Type 3 and press Enter. The system displays the following output:
Application List ================ 1. OST_1G 2. FSI_1G Choice (e to exit): - Type 2 and
press Enter. The system returns the following output:
About to execute: Operation: install Model: TS7650_DS4700_12 Application: FSI_1G Continue? (yes|no) - Type y and
press Enter. The system returns the following output:
Stopping services, please wait Services stopped Checking Fence Device [ Done ] Checking BOM [ Done ] Checking for existing nodes [ Done ] Configuring Probe Interface [ Done ] Collecting system information [ Done ] Checking Switches Configuration [ Done ] Stopping Cluster Services [ Done ] The following discovery may take up to 10 minutes Discovering manageable switches [ Done ] Assembling Switch Configuration [ Done ] Configuring Switch [ Done ] Waiting for switch to boot [ Done ] Configuring Switch [ Done ] Waiting for switch to boot [ Done ] Saving Configuration [ Done ] Removing Probe Interface [ Done ] Comparing mapped devices [ Done ] Checking Application Interfaces [ Done ] - Type y and
press Enter. The system displays the following output:
Stopping RAS Remotely [ Done ] Stopping VTFD Remotely [ Done ] Stopping the GFS Service Remotely [ Done ] Checking repository [ Done ] Checking installed applications [ Done ] Checking installed applications [ Done ] Checking local raid [ Done ] Checking conditions done Please provide the following information: ----------------------------------------- NTP server timeserver, IP Address (optional): NTP server secondary_timeserver, IP Address (optional): ApplicationInterface external, IP Address [192.168.10.162]: ApplicationInterface external, Netmask [255.255.255.0]: ApplicationInterface external, Default Gateway [192.168.10.1]: ApplicationInterface external, Hostname [node2]:Note: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.
Attention: Each configured IP address on the same server needs to be on a different subnet, and each subnet needs to be on a different VLAN. If separate subnets and VLAN’s are not used, in certain environments and networks, network packets can move to other subnets, which can harm network performance and potentially reduce the network's quality of service.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.
- Provide the appropriate information as requested.
and press
Enter. The system displays the values you entered in the
previous step, and requests that you confirm your entries.
Please check the following values: ---------------------------------- NTP server timeserver, IP Address: NTP server secondary_timeserver, IP Address: ApplicationInterface external, IP Address: x.xxx.xxx.x ApplicationInterface external, Netmask: xxx.xxx.xxx.x ApplicationInterface external, Default Gateway: x.xxx.xxx.x ApplicationInterface external, Hostname: [hostname] Are you sure you want to submit these values? (yes|no|quit) - Ensure that the values
you entered are correct, then type y and
press Enter. The system displays the following output:
Configuring network [ Done ] Restarting Network Service [ Done ] Configuring Application Interfaces [ Done ] Stopping Remote VTFD [ Done ] Stopping Remote RAS [ Done ] Stopping cluster [ Done ] Configuring Fence Device [ Done ] Configuring cluster [ Done ] Starting cluster [ Done ] Installing NTP [ Done ] Set interfaces addresses [ Done ] Adding records to /etc/fstab [ Done ] Starting VTFD locally [ Done ] Starting VTFD remotely [ Done ] Adding Node to PT Cluster [ Done ] Starting RAS [ Done ] Starting RAS remotely [ Done ] Collecting RAS Persistent configuration [ Done ] validation will start in 10 seconds Testing customer network connectivity [ Done ] Testing connectivity to the Default Gateway [ Done ] Getting number of nodes [ Done ] Testing NTP configuration [ Done ] Testing cluster's network speed [ Done ] Testing connectivity to other node in the cluster [ Done ] Testing fence ports [ Done ] Validation is about to execute a fence on 1 node in the cluster, the node will be forcefully shutdown and rebooted To Continue please type "fence test", or "q" to quit: - Type q and press Enter. The system returns the following output:
User aborted validation ended install ended successfully