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Digital equipment corporation Storage Works User's Guide (530 pages)

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Table of contents

StorageWorks™ArrayControllers

1

User’sGuide

1

Contents

3

4 Installation

5

5 Controller Operations

5

6 Working with RAID Arrays

6

7 Diagnostics and Utilities

7

8 Operating System Support

8

A Option Order Numbers

9

B Command Line Interpreter

9

Glossary

11

Examples

11

Coupler for HSZ40–Bx Array

12

Introduction

15

Intended Audience

15

Structure

15

Related Documentation

16

Documentation Conventions

18

800-SERIES

22

CONTROLLERS

22

CXO-4114A-MC

22

1.5.2 Host Storage Addressing

28

1.10.1 Controller Shelf

35

1.10.2 BA350–SB SBB Shelf

36

1.12 SCSI Protocol (to Hosts)

37

2.1.2 Bus Exchangers

40

2.1.5 Read Cache Module

41

2.1.6 Write-Back Cache Module

41

2.1.7 Operator Control Panel

44

2.1.8 Program Card (PCMCIA)

47

CXO-4333A-MC

48

PROGRAM CARD

48

EJECT BUTTON

48

CXO-4117B-MC

49

ESD SHIELD

49

RESET LED

49

2.1.11 Dual Controller Port

50

2.2.1 Core Functions

51

2.2.4 Device Services

53

2.2.5 Value-Added Functions

53

2.3 What Is Failover?

54

2.3.1 Setting Failover

55

2.3.2 Exiting Failover

56

3.1 Ordering Considerations

61

3.2 Cabinets

61

Positions

64

3.2.2 SW500-Series Cabinets

66

CONTROLLER

67

POSITION C2

67

POSITION S7

67

3.2.4 Shelves

69

3.3 Controllers

72

3.4.6 Atypical Conﬁgurations

81

3.5 Host Port Cable Lengths

84

3.6 CD–ROM Restrictions

85

3.7 Host Adapter Support

85

Installation

87

4.2 Before You Begin

89

4–4 Installation

90

Installation 4–5

91

4.3.3 Cabling Guidelines

92

Installation 4–7

93

4–8 Installation

94

Installation 4–9

95

4.4 Unpacking Your Subsystem

96

Installation 4–11

97

4–12 Installation

98

Installation 4–13

99

Subsystems

100

Installation 4–15

101

4–16 Installation

102

Installation 4–17

103

4–18 Installation

104

Installation 4–19

105

4–20 Installation

106

Installation 4–21

107

4–22 Installation

108

Installation 4–23

109

4–24 Installation

110

Installation 4–25

111

4–26 Installation

112

Installation 4–27

113

4–28 Installation

114

Installation 4–29

115

4–30 Installation

116

Installation 4–31

117

4–32 Installation

118

Installation 4–33

119

Controller Operations

123

5–2 Controller Operations

124

Controller Operations 5–3

125

5.2 Command Line Interpreter

126

5.2.2 CLI Command Sets

127

5.2.3 How to Exit CLI

128

Conﬁguration

128

Controller Operations 5–7

129

5–8 Controller Operations

130

Controller Operations 5–9

131

5–10 Controller Operations

132

5–12 Controller Operations

134

Controller Operations 5–13

135

5–14 Controller Operations

136

Controller Operations 5–15

137

D300 DISK0

138

D200 RAID99

138

Qualiﬁers

139

5.5.2 How the OCP Functions

140

Controller Operations 5–19

141

Off Lit continuously Flashing

144

5.6 Power Supply Status LEDs

146

Controllers

146

Controller Operations 5–25

147

5.9.1 Device Warm Swap

149

5–28 Controller Operations

150

Controller Operations 5–29

151

5–30 Controller Operations

152

5.11.1 When to Use C_SWAP

153

5.11.2 Functions of C_SWAP

154

Controller Operations 5–33

155

5–34 Controller Operations

156

Controller Operations 5–35

157

Controller Operations 5–37

159

5–38 Controller Operations

160

OCP RIBBON

163

CONNECTION

163

CXO-4119A-MC

163

5–42 Controller Operations

164

Off Controller Power

165

5–44 Controller Operations

166

Controller Operations 5–45

167

Working with RAID Arrays

169

6.1.1 RAID Level 0

170

6.1.2 RAID 0 & 1

170

6.1.3 RAID Level 1

170

6.1.4 RAID Level 3

171

6.2 RAID Array Terminology

172

Working with RAID Arrays 6–5

173

6–6 Working with RAID Arrays

174

Working with RAID Arrays 6–7

175

6–8 Working with RAID Arrays

176

6.5 Planning Your RAIDsets

177

6.5.1 Creating a RAIDset

178

Working with RAID Arrays 6–11

179

6–12 Working with RAID Arrays

180

Working with RAID Arrays 6–13

181

RAIDset-container-name

182

6.5.6 Deleting a RAIDset

183

6.5.7 Moving a RAIDset

184

6.6.2 Showing Stripesets

185

6.7 Planning Your Mirrorsets

186

Working with RAID Arrays 6–19

187

6–20 Working with RAID Arrays

188

Working with RAID Arrays 6–21

189

6.11.1 Creating a Mirrorset

190

Working with RAID Arrays 6–23

191

6.11.4 REDUCE

192

6.11.5 MIRROR

193

Diagnostics and Utilities

195

7.3.1 DILX

196

SCS_nodename

197

7–4 Diagnostics and Utilities

198

Diagnostics and Utilities 7–5

199

7.3.2 DILX Examples

200

(continued on next page)

201

Diagnostics and Utilities 7–7

201

7–8 Diagnostics and Utilities

202

Diagnostics and Utilities 7–9

203

7.3.3 TILX

211

7.3.4 TILX Examples

212

7.3.5 VTDPY Utility

215

Display Header

226

Description

226

Date and Time

227

Controller Threads Display

229

CI Performance Display

234

DSSI Performance Display

235

CI/DSSI Connection Status

236

CI/DSSI Host Path Status

237

Device SCSI Status

238

Unit Status (abbreviated)

239

Unit Status (full)

241

Device Status

244

Device SCSI Port Performance

246

Help Example

247

7.3.8 HSZterm Utility

253

7.3.12 CLONE Utility

279

Operating System Support

299

Supported with limitations

300

8.3.2 OpenVMS VAX Support

301

8–4 Operating System Support

302

Operating System Support 8–5

303

8–6 Operating System Support

304

Operating System Support 8–7

305

8–8 Operating System Support

306

Operating System Support 8–9

307

8–10 Operating System Support

308

Operating System Support 8–11

309

8–12 Operating System Support

310

Operating System Support 8–13

311

8–14 Operating System Support

312

Operating System Support 8–15

313

8.3.9 OpenVMS Alpha Support

314

8.4 DEC OSF/1 Support

315

8–18 Operating System Support

316

Operating System Support 8–19

317

8–20 Operating System Support

318

Operating System Support 8–21

319

8–22 Operating System Support

320

Operating System Support 8–23

321

8–24 Operating System Support

322

DEC OSF/1 Operating System

323

8.6 Terminology

324

Operating System Support 8–27

325

8.7 Speciﬁc Procedures

326

Operating System Support 8–29

327

8–30 Operating System Support

328

Operating System Support 8–31

329

8–32 Operating System Support

330

8.12 Creation of Units

331

8.13 DEC OSF/1 Special Files

332

Operating System Support 8–35

333

8.14 MAKEDEV Utility

334

Operating System Support 8–37

335

8.15 Helpful Utilities

336

8.16 SCU Utility

337

8–40 Operating System Support

338

Operating System Support 8–41

339

8–42 Operating System Support

340

8.19 Using genvmunix

341

8–44 Operating System Support

342

Option Order Numbers

343

A–4 Option Order Numbers

346

Command Line Interpreter

349

ADD CDROM

350

ADD DISK

351

ADD LOADER

353

ADD MIRRORSET

354

ADD OPTICAL

356

ADD PASSTHROUGH

358

ADD RAIDSET

359

ADD SPARESET

361

ADD STRIPESET

362

ADD TAPE

363

ADD UNIT

364

CLEAR_ERRORS CLI

375

CLEAR_ERRORS INVALID_CACHE

376

CLEAR_ERRORS LOST_DATA

377

CLEAR_ERRORS UNKNOWN

378

CLEAR_ERRORS UNWRITEABLE_DATA

379

Parameters

380

DELETE FAILEDSET

381

DELETE SPARESET

382

Command Line Interpreter B–35

383

DIRECTORY

384

INITIALIZE

387

RESTART OTHER_CONTROLLER

396

Qualiﬁers for HSZ Controllers

397

RESTART THIS_CONTROLLER

398

RETRY_ERRORS UNWRITEABLE_DATA

401

SELFTEST OTHER_CONTROLLER

403

SELFTEST THIS_CONTROLLER

405

Command Line Interpreter B–59

407

SET FAILOVER

408

Command Line Interpreter B–63

411

SET NOFAILOVER

413

SET OTHER_CONTROLLER

414

Qualiﬁers for HSJ Controllers

416

SET THIS_CONTROLLER

423

Command Line Interpreter B–83

431

B–84 Command Line Interpreter

432

Command Line Interpreter B–85

433

B–86 Command Line Interpreter

434

Command Line Interpreter B–87

435

B–88 Command Line Interpreter

436

Command Line Interpreter B–89

437

B–90 Command Line Interpreter

438

SHOW CDROMS

440

SHOW DEVICES

442

SHOW DISKS

443

SHOW FAILEDSET

445

SHOW LOADERS

446

SHOW MIRRORSETS

448

SHOW OPTICALS

451

SHOW OTHER_CONTROLLER

453

SHOW PASSTHROUGH

455

SHOW RAIDSETS

457

SHOW SPARESET

460

SHOW STORAGESETS

461

SHOW STRIPESETS

463

SHOW TAPES

466

SHOW THIS_CONTROLLER

468

SHOW UNITS

471

SHUTDOWN OTHER_CONTROLLER

473

SHUTDOWN THIS_CONTROLLER

475

UNMIRROR

477

B.2 CLI Messages

478

B.2.3 Warning Conventions

498

B.2.4 CLI Warning Messages

498

Glossary–2

508

Glossary–3

509

Glossary–4

510

Glossary–5

511

Glossary–6

512

Glossary–7

513

Glossary–8

514

Glossary–9

515

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