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EMC CLARiiON
CX300, CX500, and CX700
Storage Systems
Initialization Guide
P/N 300-001-272
REV A01
November 26, 2003
This guide explains the initial software setup procedure for the
®
CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 storage systems. An authorized
EMC service provider will perform these procedures at the customer
site.
Topics include
◆ Initialization Overview.........................................................................2
◆ Requirements for Initial Setup.............................
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Initialization Overview Initialization Overview This section provides an overview of the initialization procedures described in this guide. Tasks highlighted with grey in the checklist should be completed before the service provider arrives at the customer site. Task Procedure 1 Prerequisites ❑ Verify requirements for initial setup (page 3). If your service laptop is not set up for dial-up PPP support or dial-up networking, you must complete the following (page 5): ❑ Set up the dial-up PPP
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Requirements for Initial Setup Requirements for Initial Setup To set up and initialize the storage systems, you will need the following: General Requirements ❑ A CX700, CX500, or CX300 storage system with two storage ™ processors (SPs) that have the required FLARE software and ® EMC Navisphere Agent installed on them. ™ Note Navisphere is a member of the EMC ControlCenter family of products. ❑ A NULL modem cable, with 9-pin, female-male to female-male connectors (supplied with each storage
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Requirements for Initial Setup Service Laptop Requirements Initializing the storage processor enclosure and the accompanying DAE2 disk enclosures requires a directly connected computer — usually a laptop model — that we refer to as a service laptop. ❑ A Windows operating system, as indicated in the EMC Navisphere Manager 6.X Release Notes. ❑ A supported web browser, as indicated in the EMC Navisphere Manager 6.X Release Notes. ❑ Java 2 Runtime Environment, as indicated in the EMC Navisphere
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Setting Up the Service Laptop Setting Up the Service Laptop The PPP-capable (Point-to-Point Protocol) service laptop can be any computer that satisfies the requirements described on the previous page. The service laptop COM port modem type must be set to Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable between 2 PCs. This is the most flexible modem type, and allows either a NULL modem cable or actual modem to connect to the laptop and SP. If the laptop uses a physical modem, configure the modem for the Phy
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Setting Up the Service Laptop Setting Up the Dial-Up PPP Support (Windows 2000 Environment) If Communication cable between two computers is not installed and set up, install it and set it up as follows: 1. Follow the path: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options 2. If your laptop has a modem, then under the Modems tab, note which port your current modem is using. 3. Click Add. 4. Select Don't Detect my Modem; I will select it from a list. 5. Click Next. An Add/Remove Hardwa
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Setting Up the Service Laptop Setting Up Dial-Up Networking (Windows 2000 Environment) 1. Follow the path: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network and Dial Up Connections > Make New Connection The Network Connection Wizard opens. 2. Click Next to begin. 3. Click Connect directly to another computer, then click Next. 4. Click the Guest button, then click Next. The Select a Device list is displayed. 5. From the Select a Device list, select Communications between two computers (COM 1) or selec
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Setting Up the Service Laptop 15. Click the Networking tab. PPP: Windows 95/98/NT 4/2000, Internet should appear in the Type of dial-up server I am calling list. 16. Click Settings. 17. Make sure that Enable LCP extensions and Enable software compression are checked, then click OK. 18. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). 19. Click Properties. 20. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. 21. Click Advanced. Make sure that Use IP header compressio
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Setting Up the Service Laptop Setting Up the Dial-Up PPP Support (Windows NT 4.0 Environment) 1. If Dial-Up Networking between 2 PCs is not installed and set up, install it and set it up as follows: a. Follow the path: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Modems b. If your laptop has a modem, then under the General tab of Modem Properties, note which port your current modem is using. c. Exit, then click Add. d. Select the Don't Detect my Modem; I will select it from a list check box. e. Click
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Setting Up the Service Laptop 2. Configure the serial connection for remote access (RAS) by doing the following: a. In the Add RAS Device dialog box, select the dialup networking serial cable with the correct COM port noted in step 1i. b. Click OK. 3. From the Remote Access Setup dialog box, select the dialup networking serial cable with the correct COM port. 4. Click Configure. 5. In the Port Usage dialog box, select dial out only. 6. Click OK. 7. Click Continue to restart the computer.
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Setting Up the Service Laptop 7. Clear the check box Use another port if busy. 8. Click the Server tab. 9. Set the Dial-up server type to be PPP: Windows NT, Windows 95 Plus, Internet. 10. In the Network Protocols dialog box, select TCP/IP. 11. Click TCP/IP Settings... and do the following in the PPP TCP/IP Settings dialog box: a. Select the Server assigned IP address option. The SP will provide the address for the service laptop. b. Select the Server assigned name server addresses check
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Initializing the Storage System Initializing the Storage System This section describes how to set critical startup parameters on the storage system’s storage processors (SPs). Before you begin the initialization process, have the network administrator at your facility assign IP addresses for the storage system, and complete the following worksheet. You will need this information to complete the system setup. Table 2 Initialization Worksheet SP A SP B Hostname __________________________ ____
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Initializing the Storage System Initialization Steps Follow the steps below to initialize the storage system from the service laptop. These instructions assume that you are starting with SP A. However you can start the initialization process with either SP. 1. Connect the NULL modem cable between the laptop serial port (COM 1) and the SP A service port (|0|0|on a CX700, or on a CX500 SP or CX300 SP), as shown in Figure 1. For a CX500, you will need the RJ45/DB9 serial adapter that shipped
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Initializing the Storage System 3. Depending on your operating system, do one of the following: For Windows 2000 a. On the laptop, select Start > Settings > Network and Dial up Connections. Select the connection name that you assigned when you set up dial-up networking. b. In the Connect dialog box, log in as user clariion with password clariion!. c. Click Connect and click OK on the Connection Complete dialog box. For Windows NT 4.0 a. On the laptop, select My Computer > Dial-up Networking
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Initializing the Storage System Figure 2 Storage Processor Networking Configuration Setup Screen (SP A) EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Initialization Guide 15
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Initializing the Storage System 5. Specify the following for SP A: a. IP address b. Hostname c. Subnet Mask d. Gateway address for SP A e. Peer IP address for SP B f. If desired, for example, for added security (see the caution below), change the management port setting to 2162/2163. CAUTION ! Be sure that this is the management port whose setting you want to change. If you later want to change it back, you must remove the node from its domain before you can change its port setting from the
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Initializing the Storage System Figure 3 Network Configuration Confirmation Screen (SP A) 8. Remove the NULL modem cable from SP A and connect it between the laptop serial port (COM 1) and the SP B service port (|0|0|, or ). 9. Depending on your operating system, do one of the following: For Windows 2000 a. On the laptop, select Start > Settings > Network and Dial up Connections. Select the connection name that you assigned when you set up dial-up networking. b. In the Connect to dialog box,
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Initializing the Storage System For Windows NT 4.0 a. On the laptop, select My Computer > Dial-up Networking. Select the connection name that you assigned when you set up dial-up networking. b. Select the phonebook entry you created when you set up the laptop in the previous section. c. Click Dial. d. In the Connect to dialog box, log in as user clariion with password clariion!. Ignore the Domain field. e. Click OK. 10. Open a supported browser, and enter the following URL: 192.168.1.1/setup
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Initializing the Storage System Figure 4 Storage Processor Networking Configuration Setup Screen (SP B) EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Initialization Guide 19
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Initializing the Storage System 12. Specify the following for SP B: a. IP address b. Hostname c. Subnet mask d. Gateway address for SP B e. Peer IP address for SP A f. If desired, for example, for added security (see the caution below), change the management port setting to 2162/2163. CAUTION ! Be sure that this is the management port whose setting you want to change. If you later want to change it back, you must remove the node from its domain before you can change its port setting from th
