IBM_DS8000_SSF03G05

CoursematerialsmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartwithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofIBM.9.0DS8000StorageManagerGUI©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014UnitobjectivesAftercompletingthisunit,youshouldbeableto:•AccesstheStorageManager•Definearrays,ranks,andextentpools•DefineFBvolumes•DefineI/Oports•DefineEasyTier•DefineI/OPriorityManager©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014CoursematerialsmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartwithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofIBM.9.0Topic1:DSGUI:Introduction©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014AccessingtheDS8000GUI©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014AccessingtheDS8800GUIandCLIusingLDAP©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014AccessingtheDSdirectlythroughabrowser•ToconnecttheDSGUIdirectthebrowsertothefollowingURL:––©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014AccessingtheDSGUIthroughElementManager©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014DSGUIOverviewwindow©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014CoursematerialsmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartwithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofIBM.9.0Topic2:DSGUI:Overview©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014DSGUInavigationpane©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014MajorpointforRealTime:Licensekeys•Withoutdefiningthelicensekeys:–Youwillnotbeabletocreatetheranks,pools,andvolumes.–Donotskipthesesteps.•Obtainingactivationcodes–Managingactivationscope–Retrievingactivationcode–Downloadingactivationcodexmlfile•Importingactivationcodes•Applyingactivationcodes©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Obtainingactivationcodes(1of2)•AtacomputerwithanInternetconnectionandabrowser:–ConnecttotheIBMdiskstoragefeatureactivation(DSFA)websiteat©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Obtainingactivationcodes(2of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Viewmachinesummary©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Manageactivations©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Applyingactivationcodes(1of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Applyingactivationcodes(2of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014CoursematerialsmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartwithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofIBM.9.0Topic3:DSGUI:Usermanagement©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Createnewuser(1of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Createnewuser(2of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Changepasswordsettings©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014CoursematerialsmaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartwithoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofIBM.9.0Topic4:DSGUI:Logicalconfigurationprocess©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Logicalconfigurationsteps(OpenSystems)•Usethefollowingapproach:–Startbydefiningthestoragecomplex•Withthedefinitionofthehardwareofthestorageunit–Createarraysfromavailablearraysites–CreateFBranksfromavailablearrays–CreateExtentPoolsfromavailableranks–CreateFixedBlock(FB)volumes–ConfigureI/Oports–CreateVolumeGroups(VG)forhostsandassignhostvolumestoit©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Definingastoragecomplex(1of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Definingastoragecomplex(2of2)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Arraysdefinitionmethods•Youneedtoprovidethefollowinginformation:–RAIDtype•ThesupportedoravailableRAIDtypesareRAID5,RAID6,andRAID10.–Typeofconfiguration(twooptionsavailable)•Automatic(thedefault):–AllowsthesystemtochoosethebestarraysitesbasedonyourcapacityandDDMtype•Manual:–Canbeusedifyouwanttohavemorecontrolovertheresources–Whenselected,atableofavailablearraysitesisdisplayedtomanuallyselectarraysites.©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(1of7)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(2of7)•Checktheavailablestoragethatisrequiredtocreatethearray.©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(3of7)•Tocreatearrays©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(4of7)•IfyouselectAUTOMATICmode(default):©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(5of7)•IfyouselectMANUALmode:©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(6of7)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingarrays(7of7)•Finalresults©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Rankdefinitionmethods•Tocreatearank,youmustprovidethefollowinginformation:–Storagetype•Thetypeofextentforwhichtherankistobeconfigured(FBorCKD)–RAIDtype•ThesupportedoravailableRAIDtypesareRAID5,RAID6,andRAID10.–Typeofconfiguration(twooptionsavailable)•Automatic(thedefault)–Allowsthesystemtochoosethebestconfigurationofthephysicalresources(capacity/DDM)•Manual–Canbeusedifyouwanthavemorecontrolovertheresources–Encryptiongroup•Indicatesifencryptionisenabled(select1)ordisabled(selectNone)forranks©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingranks(1of5)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingranks(2of5)•IfyouselectAUTOMATICmode(default):©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingranks(3of5)•IfyouselectMANUALmode:©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingranks(4of5)©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Creatingranks(5of5)•Finalresults©CopyrightIBMCorporation2011,2014Extentpooldefinitionmethods•Tocreateanextentpool,youmustprovidethefollowinginformation:–Storagetype•Thetypeofextentforwhichtherankistobeconfigured(FBorCKD)–RAIDtype•ThesupportedoravailableRAIDtypesareRAID5,RAID6,andRAID10.–Typeofconfiguration(twooptionsa