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VSA for Hyper-V Server. Included are network configuration best practices to ensure the best performance for the SAN using the VSAs. The intended audience is system administrators responsible for managing P4000 SAN Solutions using VSAs. HP Part Number: AX696-96153 Published: December 2011 Edition - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 2
contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Revision History Revision History Revision 1 September 2010 First edition Revision 2 November 2010 Updated with changes for - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 3
and setting IP address and hostname 9 Finishing up with VI Client...9 3 Installing the P4000 VSA for Hyper-V Server 10 Supported versions of Microsoft Windows Server 10 Prerequisites...10 Best practices...11 Unsupported configurations...11 Installing the VSA...11 Troubleshooting...12 4 Getting - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 4
Configuring the VSA with VMware Player, VMware Server, or VMware Workstation 27 6 Support and other resources 29 Contacting HP...29 Subscription service...29 HP Insight Remote Support Software 29 Related information...30 HP websites...30 4 Contents - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 5
host names and IP addresses. • Virtual network configuration, including the subnet and the virtual IP addresses for iSCSI access. For more detailed information, see "Designing a virtual SAN" (page 19). Planning the clustered storage configuration When you install the HP P4000 Centralized Management - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 6
configuration plan, including a reserved IP address, subnet mask, and gateway for the VSA, or use DHCP (requires statically assigned IP addresses configurations • Running VSAs on top of existing HP P4000 SAN Solution storage is not recommended. • The virtual NICs on the VSA do not support Jumbo - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 7
ESX Server, and lists health status and configuration details for the host. Select the specific host on the server that was entered in the first step. Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) is the storage system. See the HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide for information about installing the Failover Manager - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 8
OVF version as a virtual appliance through the Virtual Infrastructure Client. When you import the VSA you must perform the following tasks: • Configure the data disk(s). • Power on the VSA and set the IP address and host name of the VSA. Configuring a data disk When you configure the data disk, use - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 9
Next. 9. Review the device configuration and click Finish. Powering on the VSA and setting IP address and hostname 1. change the name of the original .vmx file or the name of the virtual machine in the VMware interface. 7. Tab to the method for setting the IP address. If entering a static IP address - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 10
which is not supported Prerequisites • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. • Available drive space of up to 10 TB for Hyper-V Server. HP recommends installing Hyper-V Server on top of a redundant RAID configuration. Do not use RAID 0. • At least 1 GB of memory reserved. • A single virtual CPU with at - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 11
• The hot adding or removal of virtual hard disks and pass-through disks is not supported. See the Microsoft Linux Integration Services User Guide. For additional information about unsupported configurations and best practices, see the HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide. Installing the VSA Install the - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 12
: • Host name for the VSA • IP address Reserved IP address is recommended. DHCP is available (requires statically assigned IP addresses). • The network interface designated for the virtual machines Virtual machine Information for creating the virtual machine, including the following: • Name for - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 13
Microsoft Windows desktop. To start the CMC: • Double-click the icon on your desktop, or • From the Start menu, select All Programs→HP →P4000→HP finds all the storage systems and they appear in the Navigation pane. To control which systems appear in the CMC, change the configuration using the - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 14
2. Add IP addresses for specific systems Verify the hardware configuration Ensure the hardware configuration is correct before adding the VSA to a management group. Select the VSA in the navigation window to expand the hardware configuration categories. Verify that virtual RAID is configured. Verify - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 15
If you create the VSA for Hyper-V Server with more than one disk, you must manually add the remaining disks to RAID using the CMC. 1. Select the system in the Available Systems pool. 2. Navigate to the Storage category. 3. Use either of the following methods to add the remaining disks to RAID. • On - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 16
Groups, Clusters, and Volumes wizard to create your storage pool. For information about using the wizards, see the HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide or the Online Help. Best Practice Summary Use the Best Practice Summary in the CMC to review your SAN configuration and to ensure you are following best - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 17
to the Network its IP address. Settings window to verify the IP address. You can't configure RAID. Verify that the VSA has a virtual disk configured on SCSI 1:0. VSAs use SCSI 0:0 and 0:1 for operating system disks. They use the disk configured for SCSI 1:0 for SAN data storage. If no SCSI disk - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 18
Management Software DVD and on the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center website:. http://www.hp.com/support/manuals In the Storage section, click Disk Storage Systems and then select your product under P4000 SAN Solutions • Online help All User Guide content is contained in the Online - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 19
requirements The following configuration requirements are prerequisites for HP to support your virtual SAN for production use. • A qualified server running VMware ESX Server 3.x or greater. Qualified servers are listed in VMware ESX Server systems compatibility guide, which can be found - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 20
the server shut down. • Use redundant RAID for the underlying storage of a VSA in each server to prevent single disk failures from causing VSA system failure. Do not use RAID 0. NOTE: See the HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide for detailed information about using RAID for individual server-level data - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 21
Migration on the VSA itself. • Use of any ESX Server configuration that VMware does not support. • Use of any Hyper-V Server configuration that Microsoft does not support. • Booting physical servers off of a VSA cluster. • Extending the data virtual disk (ESX Server SCSI 1:0 or in Hyper-V, the first - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 22
more IOPs, virtual networks. Using VSAs with HP SAN Solutions VSAs and physical platforms can be mixed in management groups and clusters. When mixing virtual and physical platforms, and mixing differently configured supported. NOTE: Configure the first VSA for RAID and Networking. Then - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 23
a mixed cluster. Adding storage capacity to a VSA Add storage capacity to a VSA by adding up to 4 additional virtual disks for a total of can add the disks to the VSA when you first configure it, before you use it for clustered storage. Create additional disks Create up to 4 additional disks for - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 24
Using either VMware Server, VI Client, or Microsoft virtual machine manager, add from 1 to 4 disks to the VSA. 3. Assign each disk to the next sequential SCSI address or location. 4. Configure the ESX Server disks as independent and persistent. Configure the Hyper-V disks as fixed size. 5. Increase - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 25
see "Failover Manager Overview" in the HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide, available on the HP P4000 Management Software DVD or on the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals In the Storage section, click Disk Storage Systems and then select P4000 SAN - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 26
greater than two systems can be redundant, and do not require a Virtual Manager or Failover Manager. A configuration greater than two systems includes the items listed. • 3 or more systems in a management group • Multiple clusters with as many VSAs as desired in each cluster • - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 27
machine on the hard drive you will use as the storage system. • Network configuration. Plan the subnet and IP address for the virtual machines as well as for the VIPs required for storage clusters. • Storage configuration. Install the CMC on a Linux or Microsoft Windows OS. Then use the CMC to find - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 28
, use NAT or Host-only networking mode, and use DHCP to assign IP addresses to the VSAs. 6. Power on the VSA. 7. Use the Configuration Interface to set the IP address and host name as described in "Powering on the VSA and setting IP address and hostname" (page 9). 28 Using the VMware VSA laptop demo - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 29
Notifications may be sent to your authorized HP Channel Partner for on-site service, if configured and available in your country. The software is available in two variants: • HP Insight Remote Support Standard: This software supports server and storage devices and is optimized for environments with - HP StoreVirtual 4000 | 9.5 HP P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 30
Pack User Guide • HP P4000 Remote Copy User Guide • CLIQ - The SAN/iQ Command-Line Interface User Manual You can find these documents on the HP P4000 Management Software DVD and on the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals In the Storage section
HP
P4000 VSA Installation and Configuration
Guide
Abstract
This guide provides information about installing and configuring the VSA for ESX Server and the VSA for Hyper-V Server.
Included are network configuration best practices to ensure the best performance for the SAN using the VSAs. The intended
audience is system administrators responsible for managing P4000 SAN Solutions using VSAs.
HP Part Number: AX696-96153
Published: December 2011
Edition: 4