Step Action
Note In this exercise you will perform basic tasks to become more familiar with Unisphere operations involving VNX for Block components. Some of the tasks can be completed in more than one way.
1 Navigate to the Home Page displaying the All Systems Dashboard screen:
Click the Home Page icon or select All Systems from the drop-down list.
2 Open the System List page to view information about the VNX systems that are part of the storage domain:
Click the System List option.
The page will display the list of systems with information about S/N, Model, and Software Revision.
Select your assigned VNX system from the list and click Properties
Observe that the General tab will display information about the zoning Unique ID, iSCSI IQN, and the IP address configuration of the storage processors.
Explore the other tabs of the properties dialogue box. Observe that some of the block configuration can be done on this dialogue box.
Step Action
3 Open Dashboard screen for your assigned storage system:
Click on the link of the VNX from the System List
Observe that the context-Sensitive Menu Bar on the Top Navigation has changed based on the choice of object.
The Dashboard screen has also changed to display the information about the chosen storage system: system alerts, system information, and storage capacity.
4 Storage Hardware page:
Navigate to System > Hardware > Storage Hardware
Step Action
5 Explore the Block Storage hardware components page:
Click the column arrow that divides the main pane and the Task pane.
This will hide the Task Pane and expand the main pane – this will provide a better visualization of the hardware component graphics.
Explore the components on the left pane of the page.
Click and expand the different components and observe the changes on the graphic on the main pane.
Observe that Unisphere will highlight the component on the graphic.
Expand the SPs > SP A component by clicking the + icon next to them.
Click on the SPA component
Observe that Unisphere highlighted the SPA module on the graphic.
6 Storage Processor Properties:
Click the Properties button
The Properties dialogue box will open.
Explore the other tabs and click Cancel when done.
7 SP I/O module components:
Click on the + next to the IO modules and select any Present State slot
Click on the Show Diagram button
A graphic of the I/O module will be displayed.
Click OK to close it.
Step Action 8 I/O module Description:
Click the Properties button
A window will open with a description of the type of I/O module and status.
Click OK to close it.
9 Explore the Event Logs for Block:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links. (Or click the System option from the Top Navigation bar).
Select Monitoring and Alerts.
The Monitoring and Alerts page is displayed.
Select SP Event Logs > Show SP A Event Log.
On the Event Viewer dialogue box, click Yes to confirm the retrieval of the event information.
The Event Viewer dialogue box opens with the events for all periods and categories.
Observe that this view can be saved in a text file, printed or filtered.
Step Action
10 Creation of Reports with information about VNX for Block:
On the top of screen, select System from the page bread-crumb links.
Select Reports.
The Reports page is displayed.
Select the Reports Wizard.
Click Next to continue.
Expand the System Profile on the “Select Report Sections” and check the boxes for the following information:
SP Summary SP Port Details
I/O Module Information
11 Launch the Report in the web browser:
Click Finish
Unisphere spawns a new page for displaying the report. The browser displays an ActiveX message. Click the Allow blocked content button to display the report.
Refresh the browser page if the ActiveX message disappears before clicking the button.
The web page captures the information and generates a report in a XML format. The report can be automatically launched or the user can click the View button to retrieve it.
Step Action 12 Change the Report View on the XML page:
Click the System Profile option and select the SP Summary
Click the SP Port Details option
Step Action
Note There may be events that require invoking a CLI command. This exercise provides you with the ability to invoke a VNX OE for File CLI command via Unisphere. The use of 3rd party applications for command line entry is also acceptable. In order to illustrate a comparison you will view information via Unisphere and then view the information via the command line output.
1 Navigation to Unisphere Command page:
The next three steps illustrate how Unisphere and command line output display similar information.
Navigate to the System page
Expand the Control Station CLI Task Pane to expose its “Run Command”
link.
Step Action 2 Opening Unisphere Command page:
From the Task pane click Run Command
The Command page opens for entering commands
3 Displaying Data Movers – CLI:
Inside the Command: box enter the following command:
nas_server –list
The command will provide the output on the same window
Where:
Id ID of the Data Mover.
type Type assigned to Data Mover.
acl Access control value assigned to the Data Mover or VDM.
slot Physical slot in the cabinet where the Data Mover resides.
groupID ID of the Data Mover group.
state Whether the Data Mover is enabled=0, disabled=1, failed over=2.
name Name given to the Data Mover.
What are the names of the Data Movers: ___________, ____________.
4 Unisphere and CLI output differences – Unisphere output:
From the Top Navigation Bar click Storage > Storage Configuration > File Systems.
There should not be any file systems listed in the task page. This is expected.
Step Action
5 Unisphere and CLI output differences – CLI output:
Click Systems on the top Navigation bar
And click the Run Command link on the Task pane.
Inside the Command: box enter the following command:
nas_fs –list
You see many file systems listed in the task page. This is because Unisphere does not display the root file systems but the CLI does.
Close the Control Station CLI window.
End of Lab Exercise