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Adding a Fibre Channel HBA to a Windows Server with PowerPath

This document describes how to add an HBA to a Windows Server with PowerPath that is already connected toa CX4 series storage system. Topics include: Before you start ............................................................................. Installing HBAs in the server.......................................................... Installing or updating the HBA driver ............................................ Connecting the new HBA to the storage system............................... Zoning the Fibre Channel switches ................................................. Registering new HBAs with the storage system (ESX Server 2.5 or 3.x hosts) ...................................................................................... Setting storage-system failover values for the server initiators with Navisphere Manager..................................................................... Verifying the registration of the HBA .............................................. Assigning a server HBA to the storage group using Navisphere Manager or CLI ............................................................................ Verifying that PowerPath for Windows servers or Windows virtual machines sees all paths to the LUNs............................................... Verifying your high-availability Fibre Channel configuration ........... 2 3 5 7 10 11 14 16 17 19 20

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you will need One or more Fibre Channel HBAs. The HBAs must be from the same manufacturer as the Fibre Channel HBAs already in the server. For information on supported Fibre Channel HBAs, refer to the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website.

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Installing HBAs in the server

For the server to communicate with the storage-system Fibre Channel data ports, it must have one or more supported HBAs installed.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you will need one or more supported HBAs with the latest supported BIOS and drivers. For information on supported HBAs, BIOS, and drivers, refer to the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website.
We recommend that you never mix HBAs from different vendors in the same server.

Installing HBAs

CAUTION HBAs are very susceptible to damage caused by static discharge and need to be handled accordingly. Before handling HBAs, observe the following precautions: Store HBAs in antistatic bags. Use a ground (ESD) strap whenever you handle HBAs. Never plug or unplug HBAs with the power on. Severe component damage can result.

1. If the server is powered up: a. Shut down the servers operating system. b. Power down the server. c. Unplug the servers power cord from the power outlet. 2. Put on an ESD wristband, and clip its lead to bare metal on the servers chassis.
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3. For each HBA that you are installing: a. Locate an empty PCI bus slot or a slot in the server that is preferred for PCI cards. b. Install the HBA following the instructions provided by the HBA vendor. c. If you installed a replacement HBA, reconnect the cables that you removed in the exact same way as they were connected to the original HBA. 4. Plug the servers power cord into the power outlet, and power up the server.

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Installing or updating the HBA driver

The server must run a supported operating system and HBA driver. EMC recommends that you install the latest supported version of the driver. For information on the supported HBA drivers, refer to the E-Lab Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website.

Before you start

To complete this procedure, you will need: The latest supported version of the HBA driver.
The HBA driver is also on the installation CD that ships with the HBA. However, this version may not be the latest supported version.

For an Emulex driver You can download the latest supported version and instructions for installing the Emulex HBA driver from the vendors website: http://www.emulex.com/products/fibre-channel-hbas.html. For a Qlogic driver You can download the latest supported version and instructions for installing the QLogic HBA driver from the vendors website: http://support.qlogic.com/support/oem_emc.asp. For a Brocade driver You can download the latest supported version and instructions for installing the Brocade HBA driver driver from the vendors website: http://www.brocade.com/services-support/driversdownloads/HBA/HBA_EMC.page Any updates, such as hot fixes or service packs to the servers operating system that are required for the HBA driver version you will install. For information on any required updates, refer to one of the following: E-Lab Interoperability Navigator on the Powerlink website

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The HBA vendors website

Installing the HBA driver

1. Install any updates, such as hot fixes or service packs, to the servers operating system that are required for the HBA driver version you are installing. 2. If the hot fix or patch requires it, reboot the server. 3. Install the driver following the instructions on the HBA vendors website. 4. Reboot the server when the installation program prompts you to do so. 5. If the installation program did not prompt you to reboot, then reboot the server when the driver installation is complete.

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Connecting the new HBA to the storage system

Use optical cables to connect the new HBA ports to Fibre Channel (FC) switch ports. We strongly recommend that you use OM3 50 m cables for all optical connections.

Handling optical cables

Optical cables are susceptible to damage, so take the following precautions when handling them: Keep the covers on all optical cables until you are ready to insert them. Avoid tight bends. If you need to make a 90 bend, do it over 6 to 12 inches. Do not use optical cables to support weight (including their own unsupported weight if they are long). Do not pull long runs of cable; instead, lay the cable in place or pull only a few feet at a time. Place the cables where no one can step on them or roll equipment over them.

Connecting the new Fibre Channel HBA to a switch

1. Remove the protective covers from the HBA port connector on the server and from one end of the optical cable, and plug the cable into the HBA connector (Figure 1). 2. Remove the protective covers from the free end of the optical cable and from the switch port that you want to use, and plug the cable into the switch port (Figure 1 and Figure 2).

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Sample HBA to switch connections

Connecting the switch to the storage-system Fibre Channel data ports

If the switch is not already connected to the storage system, then for each new switch port that you want to connect to a storage-system Fibre Channel front-end Fibre port:
The Fibre Channel front-end ports are on the I/O modules with a 4 Gb Fibre or 8 Gb Fibre label on the module handle. For information on identifying the front-end data ports using Navisphere Manager, refer to the Navisphere Manager help.

1. Remove the protective cover from the optical connector on the switch port that you will use and from one end of the optical cable, and plug the cable into the switch port (Figure 3).
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2. Remove the protective covers from the free-end of the optical cable and from the Fibre Channel front-end port Fibre connector on the SP, and plug the cable into the connector (Figure 3 and Figure 4).

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Sample cabling for a Fibre Channel switch configuration (CX4-120, CX4-240)

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Zoning the Fibre Channel switches

If you added an HBA that uses WWN zoning, use the switch management software to zone the Fibre Channel switches as described below. 1. Use either the EZSwitch CD (if it shipped with the switch) or the switch management software to connect to the switch. 2. Follow the instructions in the switch administrator guide to add a new HBAs WWN.

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Registering new HBAs with the storage system (ESX Server 2.5 or 3.x hosts)
This section describes how to register new HBAs with the storage system using the host agent or the server utility.

Starting the Unisphere Host Agent

Starting the host agent on a server automatically registers the servers HBAs with the storage system. Starting the host agent on a Windows server 1. Log in as the administrator or the equivalent. 2. Open the Services pane. From the desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage > Services and Applications > Services. or Select Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Services and Applications > Services. The Services pane opens. 3. In the Services pane, right-click Unisphere Agent and select Start. 4. If you want the host agent to start automatically at system startup: a. Right-click Unisphere Agent and select Properties. The Unisphere Agent Properties dialog box opens. b. Select the General tab. c. In Startup Type, select Automatic. 5. Close the Services pane. The host agent will now start automatically at system startup. It may take a few minutes for the host agent to start when: Applications are using the storage system, or

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The SP event log is large and the host agent configuration file is not set up.

Running the Unisphere Server Utility on a Windows server

Run the Unisphere Server Utility for Windows from the Hyper-V server. Starting the Unisphere Server Utility on a Windows server 1. Run the Unisphere Server Utility by selecting Start > Programs > EMC > Unisphere > Unisphere Server Utility or Start > All Programs > EMC > Unisphere > Unisphere Server Utility. 2. Select your language, if the software prompts you for it.
A text-based version of the utility is installed automatically when you install the utility. To start the text-based version, at a command prompt enter cd C:\Program Files\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility or cd C:\Program Files (x86)\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility, then enter ServerUtilCLI.exe.

Registering the server using the Unisphere Server Utility on a Windows server 1. If the host agent is running, stop the host agent service. 2. In the Unisphere Server Utility dialog box, select Register this server to all connected storage systems. The utility automatically scans for all connected storage systems and lists them under Connected Storage Systems. 3. Locate the WWN of the HBA you just installed. The HBA should appear once for every SP port to which it is connected.
If the Unisphere Server Utility does not list your storage processors, verify that your server is properly connected and zoned to the storage system ports.

4. Click Next to register the server with the storage system. The utility sends the servers name and WWN of the each HBA to each storage system. Once the server has storage on the storage
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system, the utility also sends the device name and volume or file system information for each LUN (virtual disk) in the storage system that the server sees. 5. Click Finish to exit the utility. 6. If you stopped the host agent, restart it.

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Setting storage-system failover values for the server initiators with Navisphere Manager
Use the Navisphere Manager Failover Setup wizard to set the storage-system failover values for all HBA initiators belonging to the server: 1. Start Navisphere Manager for the storage system. 2. In the Tools menu, click Failover Setup Wizard. 3. In the Start Wizard dialog box, read the introduction, and then click Next. 4. In the Select Host dialog box, select the server you just connected to the storage system, and click Next. 5. In the Select Storage Systems dialog box, select the storage system, and click Next. 6. In the Specify Settings dialog box, set the following values for the type of software running on the server. IMPORTANT If you enter incorrect values the storage system could become unmanageable and unreachable by the server, and the servers failover software could stop operating correctly. If you have a Hyper-V or ESX server, set the storage-system failover values for the Hyper-V or ESX server.

For a Windows server or Windows virtual machine with PowerPath, set: Initiator Type to CLARiiON Open Array CommPath to Enabled Failover Mode to 4 if your PowerPath version supports ALUA. Failover Mode to 1 if your PowerPath version does not support ALUA.

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For information on which versions of PowerPath support ALUA, refer to the PowerPath release notes on the Powerlink website or to EMC Knowledgebase solution emc99467.

7. In Configuration Summary, review the configuration and all settings. 8. If the settings are correct, click Next, and if the settings are incorrect, click Back until you return to the dialog box in which you need to re-enter the correct values. If you clicked Next, the wizard displays a confirmation dialog box. 9. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes. The wizard displays a summary of the success of the operation to set the values for the storage system. 10. If the operation failed, rerun the Failover Setup Wizard again. 11. When the operation is successful, click Finish to close the wizard. 12. Reboot the server for the initiator records to take affect.

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Verifying the registration of the HBA

Use Navisphere Manager to verify the registration of the HBA.

Verifying HBA registration with Navisphere Manager

1. From the Navisphere Manager Storage tree, right-click the icon for the storage system for which you want to verify HBA registration, and click Connectivity Status. The Connectivity Status dialog box opens. 2. Verify that the server to SP port connection is displayed as Yes under the Registered columns. If not, refer to the Troubleshooting Flowcharts section on the CLARiiON Tools page on the Powerlink website.
To access the CLARiiON Tools page, use the Navigator drop-down menu at the top right of the Powerlink home page.

Once all HBAs belonging to a server are registered, you can assign the server to storage groups.

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Assigning a server HBA to the storage group using Navisphere Manager or CLI
You can assign all Fibre Channel HBAs, NICs, or iSCSI HBAs in a server to a storage group using Navisphere Manager or CLI. If you want to assign a specific Fibre Channel HBA, NIC, or iSCSI HBA in a server to a storage group, you must use Navisphere CLI. When you assign a server to a storage group, the server is: Connected to the storage group through each server HBA, NIC, or iSCSI HBA port (initiator) that is connected to the storage system. In other words, if the server has two HBA ports and each port is connected to one storage-system SP, the server has two connection paths to the storage group. Disconnected from any other storage group in the storage system to which it is connected.

For access security, a server can connect to only one storage group per storage system at a time. If you connect a server that already connects to a storage group to another storage group, the server will disconnect from the first storage group. When you disconnect a server from a storage group, the server can no longer perform I/O to the first storage group.

Using Navisphere Manager to assign a server to a storage group

1. In the Navisphere Manager Storage tree, right-click the icon for the storage group to which you want to connect a server, and then click Connect Hosts. The Storage Group Properties - Hosts tab opens. 2. In Show Hosts, select which servers will display in the Available Hosts list. Choices are Not connected or Include connected. 3. From Available Hosts, select the servers you want to connect to this storage group and then click the right arrow.

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4. Click OK to connect the selected servers to the storage group. All connection paths from the server to the storage group are enabled.

Using Navisphere CLI to assign a storage group to the server or HBA

Use the Navisphere secure CLI command naviseccli storagegroup -connecthost to assign a storage group to all server initiators, including HBA initiators, connected to the storage system, or the command naviseccli storagegroup -setpath to assign a storage group to a specific HBA in a server. For more information on these commands, refer to the EMC Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference Guide.

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Verifying that PowerPath for Windows servers or Windows virtual machines sees all paths to the LUNs
IMPORTANT If you have a Hyper-V or ESX server, perform this procedure on your Hyper-V or ESX server.

1. On the server, configure PowerPath: powermt config 2. On the Windows taskbar, either double-click the PowerPath Administrator icon or right-click the icon and select PowerPath Administrator. 3. In the results pane, verify that the path metric for each LUN is n/n where n is the total number of paths to the LUN.

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Verifying your high-availability Fibre Channel configuration

Use the server high-availability feature in the Unisphere Server Utility to verify your Fibre Channel configuration is highly available (that is, each Fibre Channel HBA has at least one active path to each storage processor) and path management software is installed and running on the server. IMPORTANT If you have a Windows virtual machine, for a complete configuration report, run the server utility from the Windows Hyper-V server.

Starting the Unisphere Server Utility on a Windows server

1. Run the Unisphere Server Utility by selecting Start > Programs > EMC > Unisphere > Unisphere Server Utility or Start > All Programs > EMC > Unisphere > Unisphere Server Utility. 2. Select your language, if the software prompts you for it.
A text-based version of the utility is installed automatically when you install the utility. To start the text-based version, at a command prompt enter cd C:\Program Files\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility or cd C:\Program Files (x86)\EMC\Unisphere Server Utility, then enter ServerUtilCLI.exe.

Using the server utility to verify your high-availability configuration

1. From the Unisphere Server Utilitys Welcome screen, select Verify Server High-Availability. 2. Select Valid Server Configuration only. 3. In the Select Host Type screen, select Local host and click Next. 4. In the Select Report Directory screen, select the location where you want the system to save the high-availability status report. Click Next. 5. Read the summary and if it is accurate, click Next to generate the report. If not, click Back to return to the screen where you need to correct the data.
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The utility determines if the server is configured for high availability by verifying that the server has at least one connection path to each storage-system SP, and that PowerPath or some other failover software, such as DMP, is running. It does not detect native failover software. 6. Review and resolve any issues reported on the Issues tab of the generated report.

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