Hp Ibrix X9300 10Gbe Ib Gateway Installation Guide X9000 Network Storage System

2015-03-28

• HP IBRIX X9000 Network Storage System Installation Guide
• Contents
• 1 Installing X9300 and X9320 systems
  • Network information
  • Installation checklist
  • Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release
  • Starting the installation and configuration
  • Completing the installation in text mode — unified network
    • Installing additional servers without the template
    • Installing additional servers using the template
  • Completing the installation in text mode — separate cluster and user networks
    • Installing additional servers
• 2 Configuring the cluster with the Getting Started Wizard (X9300/X9320 systems)
  • Running the wizard
  • Troubleshooting the Getting Started Wizard
    • Cluster Settings page
    • DNS/FTP page
    • File Servers page
    • Create a Default File System page
• 3 Installing X9730 systems
  • X9730 network layouts
  • IP address requirements
  • Installation checklist
  • Configuring OA1 IP addresses for Onboard Administrator
  • Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release
  • Starting the installation and configuring the chassis
  • Creating the cluster on blade 1
  • Installing additional X9730 blades
  • Firmware updates
  • Troubleshooting
• 4 Post-installation tasks
  • Updating license keys
  • Configuring and Enabling High Availability
    • X9730 systems
    • X9300/X9320 systems
  • Using the management console GUI
    • Changing the GUI user password
  • X9000 software manpages
  • Configuring data collection with Ibrix Collect
  • Configuring HP Insight Remote Support
  • Creating file systems
  • Configuring NFS exports (optional)
    • NFS client implementation tuning
  • Configuring CIFS shares (optional)
  • Configuring other X9000 software features
• 5 Configuring virtual interfaces for client access
  • Network and VIF guidelines
  • Creating a bonded VIF
  • Configuring standby backup nodes
  • Configuring NIC failover
  • Configuring automated failover
  • Example configuration
  • Specifying VIFs in the client configuration
  • Configuring link state monitoring for iSCSI network interfaces
• 6 Adding Linux and Windows X9000 clients
  • Linux X9000 client
    • Prerequisites for installing the Linux X9000 client
    • Installation procedure
    • Registering Linux X9000 clients
    • Registering multicluster clients
    • Preferring a network interface for a Linux X9000 client
    • Preferring a network interface for a hostgroup
    • Removing an X9000 client from the cluster
  • Windows X9000 client
    • System requirements
    • Installing the Windows X9000 client
    • Windows X9000 client setup
    • Setting up Windows Services for UNIX
    • Configuring automatic user mapping
    • Configuring static user mapping
      • Configuring groups and users on the Active Directory server
      • Configuring Active Directory settings on the management console
    • Registering Windows X9000 clients and starting services
    • Importing UIDs/GIDs to the Active Directory server
    • Using the Windows X9000 client GUI
    • Preferring a user network interface for a Windows client
    • Enabling file system access
    • Managing Access Control Lists
  • Uninstalling X9000 clients
    • Uninstalling Linux X9000 clients
    • Uninstalling Windows X9000 clients
• 7 Completing the X9730 Performance Module installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release
  • Installing the first expansion blade
  • Installing the second expansion blade
  • Using the new storage
• 8 Expanding an X9720 or X9320 10GbE cluster by an X9730 module
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release
  • Installing the first expansion blade
  • Installing the second expansion blade
  • Using the new storage
• 9 Expanding an X9320 cluster with an X9320 starter kit
  • Installing the latest IBRIX X9000 software release
  • Installing the first expansion server
  • Completing the installation with the eWizard
  • Completing the installation in text mode
• 10 Using ibrixinit
• 11 Setting up InfiniBand couplets
  • Downloading and installing the InfiniBand software
  • Installing the driver
  • Troubleshooting the InfiniBand network
  • Enabling client access
  • Setting up Voltaire InfiniBand
• 12 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
  • Related information
  • HP websites
• 13 Documentation feedback
• Glossary