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1©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.11CLARiiONConfigurationIntroductiontoNavisphere2©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.22TopicszIntroductiontoNavisphereInterfacezHowtoconfigureReadandWriteCachezHowtocreateRAIDGroupszHowtobindLUNs3©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.33Interface–LogginginIPAddressofSPAorSPBUsernamePasswordScopeIftheManagementUIhasbeeninstalledonthearray,simplyentertheIPAddressofoneoftheSP’s.Youwillbepromptedfortheglobalorlocalloginforthatsystem.WewilldealwithsettingupNavispheresecurityinanothermodule.4©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.44Interface-OverviewTheapplicationusestreestructurestoshowtherelationshipsofthephysicalandlogicalstorage-systemcomponentsandtherelationshipsofthehostcomponents.ThesetreesareanalogoustothehierarchicalfolderstructureofMicrosoftWindowExplorer.ThetreeviewsappearintheopenEnterpriseStoragedialogboxesintheMainwindow.YouusetheStoragetreetocontrolthephysicalandlogicalcomponentsofthemanagedstoragesystems,theHoststreetocontroltheLUNsandthestoragesystemstowhichthehostsconnect,andtheMonitorstreetocreateandassigneventtemplatestomonitoredstoragesystems.ThemanagedstoragesystemsarethebaseiconsintheStoragetree.TheStoragetreedisplaysastorage-systemiconforeachmanagedstoragesystem.ThemanagedhostsarethebaseiconsfortheHoststree.InanAccessLogixconfiguration,theHoststreedisplaysahosticonforeachserverattachedtoastoragesystem.ThemonitoriconsarethebasecomponentsintheMonitorstree.TheMonitorstreedisplaysamonitoriconforeachsysteminthedomainaswellasanylegacystoragesystemsandAgents.Youperformoperationsonallmanagedstorage-systemcomponentsusingthemenubar,andonanindividualcomponentormultiplecomponentsofthesametypebyusingthemenuassociatedwiththem.Youcanexpandandcollapsethebaseiconsinalltreeviewstoshowiconsfortheircomponents(suchasSPicons,diskicons,LUNicons,etc.)justasyoucanexpandandcollapsetheExplorerfolderstructure.Youusetheiconstoperformoperationsonanddisplaythestatusandpropertiesofthestoragesystemsandtheircomponents.5©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.55Interface–MonitoringtheArrayThePHYSICALTreewithintheStorageTabprovidesinformationaboutthephysicalhardwareinanarray.It’sadrilldownlistwhichstartsattheenclosure,followedbyhardwaretype,followedbyindividualhardware6©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.66ConfiguringtheCLARiiONzConfiguringCachesettingszRAIDTypeSummaryzRAIDGroupCreationzLUNdefinitionzLUNCreation7©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.77Cache-OverviewSPA-SYSTEMSPA-READCacheWRITECacheSPA’sCopySPB-SYSTEMSPB-READCacheWRITECacheSPB’sCopyMIRROREDStorageProcessorAStorageProcessorBSPAandSPBreadcachingEachSPhasareadcacheinitsmemory,whichiseitherenabledordisabled.ThereadcacheononeSPisindependentofthereadcacheontheotherSP.StoragesystemreadcachingforanSPmustbeenabledbeforeanyoftheSP'sLUNscanenablereadcaching.YoucanenableordisableanSP’sreadcachefromtheCachetabinthestorage-systempropertiesdialog.YoucansetthesizeofanSP’sreadcachefromtheMemorytabinthestorage-systempropertiesdialogbox.WritecachingEachSPhasawritecacheinitsmemory,whichmirrorsthewritecacheontheotherSP.Sincethesecachesmirroreachother,theyarealwayseitherenabledordisabledandalwaysthesamesize.YoucanenableordisablethewritecacheonbothSPsfromtheCachetabinthestorage-systempropertiesdialog.YoucansetthesizeofthewritecacheonbothSPsfromtheMemorytabinthestorage-systempropertiesdialogbox.Someotheroperations,suchassettingmostoftheLUNcachingproperties,requirethatthewritecachebedisabled.Ifthewritecacheisenabledwhenyouperformanyoftheseoperations,theapplicationautomaticallydisablesthewritecacheforyouandre-enablesitaftertheoperationiscompeted.8©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.88Cache–HWRequirementsReadCachezAsingleSPwithmemoryinstalledandReadCacheenabledWriteCachezTwostorageprocessors(SPs)withmemoryinstalledzTwopowersuppliesintheSPE(CX600)orDPE2(CX400andCX200),andeachDAE2-OSzTwolinkcontrolcards(LCCs)ineachDPE/DAE-OSzDisksinslots0:0through0:4zSPS(standbypowersupply)withafullychargedbattery9©2003EMCCorporation.Allrightsreserved.99Cache–ConfiguringthroughNavisphereInordertoenablecache,youhavetoright-clickontheArrayiconandselectProperties.ClickontheMemorytab.TheMemoryTabLetsyouassignSPmemorytotheSPAandSPBreadcache,writecache,andRAID3memorypartitions.NoteSomeorallmemorypropertiesappearblankifthestoragesystem’sSPsarenotinstalled;N/Aappearsifthestoragesystemisunsupported.SPMemoryDisplaysmemorypropertiesforSPAandSPB.TotalMemorySizeinMbytesoftheSP’smemorycapacity.SPUsageSizeinMbytesoftheSPmemoryreservedfortheSP’suse.FreeMemorySizeinMbytesoftheSPmemoryavailableforthereadcache,writecache,andtheRAID3memorypartitions.MemoryAllocationGraphicalrepresentationofthecurrentSPmemorypartitions.Displaysonlyforinstalled,supportedSPs.UserCustomizablePartitionsSPAReadCacheMemorySetsthesizeinMbytesofSPA’scurrentreadcachememorypartition.ThesliderisunavailableiftheSPisnotinstalledorisunsupported.SPBReadCacheMemorySetsthesizeinMbytesofSPB’scurrentread-cachememorypartition.ThesliderisunavailableiftheSPisnotinstalledorisunsupported.WriteCacheMemorySetsthesizeinMbytesoft