Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Manual 

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OL-31370-01 C O N T E N T S C H A P T E R 1 Overview 1-1 Prerequisite Tasks 1-1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Interface Overview 1-1 Licensed Features 1-8 Initial Steps 1-8 Logging into the Appliance 1-9 Document Roadmap 1-10 C H A P T E R 2 Home 2-1 Main Dashboard 2-1 RAID Health 2-1 Node Status 2-2 Drive Wear Monitor 2-2 Drive Tasks 2-2 Removing a Drive 2-3 Performanc ...

OL-31370-01 Storage Allocation 3-8 Physical Space (Data Reduction) 3-8 Storage Trend (Data Reduction) 3-9 Physical Space Alerts 3-9 iSCSI Settings 3-9 Changing Initiator IP Address Availability 3-9 Error Correction 3-10 Support Settings 3-10 Support Setting Configuration 3-10 System Update 3-12 Alert Admin 3-12 Address Alert 3-13 C H A P T E R 4 LUN Configuration 4-1 ...

OL-31370-01 C H A P T E R 6 Users 6-1 Create a New User Account 6-1 Assign or Unassign User Role 6-1 Delete User Account 6-2 Edit User Account 6-2 Create or Modify a Role 6-3 Delete a Role 6-3 Change Password 6-4 ...

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1-1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01 1 Overview Prerequisite Tasks , page 1-1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Interface Overview, page 1-1 Licensed Features, page 1-8 Initial Steps, page 1-8 Document Roadmap, page 1-10 This guide includes information about the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) Invicta C3124SA Appliance for both performance and data reduction silicon storage ar ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Table 1-1 GUI Menu Menu Tab Menu Overview Tasks Home Main Dashboard Displays health, wear, performance, utilization, and node status views. • View drive Information • Fail or Remove a drive • Enable or Disable the Blink On function • View the Performance MB/s, IOPS and Latency monitors • View array wear indicator • View Node Status ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Array Configuration Network Settings Displays network configuration information including network interfaces (individual and bonds) and Fibre Channel interfaces. Permission-based. • Change a device configuration • Set a Default Gateway • Set the DNS server • Set Static Routes Host Settings Identifies the Ethernet link, iSCSI IQN and Ho ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Support Settings Contains configuration data including: • Host name, mail server and user (SMTP), and time server (NTP). • Autosupport (Carbon Copy) CC address (an internal customer address to which copies of Autosupport messages are sent.This field is optional; if no address is input only the Cisco technical support team receives Autosupp ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview • Click System Update to choose the WSP system update file that was sent by Cisco and then saved locally. Uploading this file loads system update onto the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance. After the file has been authenticated by the system, the Administrator is prompted through the remaining update process. • Uninstall Update button d ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Alert Admin Icon on the Main Dashboard indicates the number of alerts present. Alert Admin window lists short identification and notification timestamps of all active alerts sent during periodic system checks. Permission-based. Check and/or set an alert status to Resolved or Suppress LUN Configuration LUNs After the initial setup, you can crea ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Async Replication Pairings LUN-to-target pairing allows management and replication scheduling. License- and permission-based. • Create a New Pairing • Verify the Partner Host • Update the Async Partner Host • Schedule (both Manual and Scheduled Replication) • Restore (either to a New LUN or to the Original LUN) • Replication and Re ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Licensed Features Cisco offers optional features, such as Asynchronous Replication, that can be licensed, per device. To activate a licensed feature, please contact your Cisco sales representative or write to [email protected]. Licensed features are delivered over the Internet for clients with Autosupport during Call Home messaging or through a Ci ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Logging into the Appliance Step 1 Power-on the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance and wait about 5 to 8 minutes. Note The power supply LED isamber when it is plugged in and green when it is powered on. Step 2 Enter the IP Address of the device in the browser address bar. Step 3 Enter the default username and password as shown: Username: admin ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 1 Overview Step 2 Review current field information and modify as necessary. (For more information see, “Support Settings,” on page 3-10.) Document Roadmap The remaining sections of this document provide information on each Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance menu item and the tasks associated with them (see Table 1-1 on page 1-2). Figure 1-1 Cisco U ...

2-1 Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance Administration and Configuration Guide OL-31370-01 2 Home Main Dashboard, page 2-1 Drive Tasks, page 2-2 Administration Guide, page 2-4 Installation Guide, page 2-4 Main Dashboard The Main Dashboard window graphically depicts the RAID health and its unused drives. The dashboard offers right-click context menus that allows you to perform various drive operations.and to view Performance MB/s, IOPS and La ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 2 Home Node Status This area conveys whether or not the Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance has Data Reduction. Note Data Reduction is a hardware determination. Drive Wear Monitor This speedometer provides a pictorial view of the drive’s wear status. Drives should be replaced when the wear arrow is in the yellow area (0-20). Drive Tasks It is importan ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 2 Home Caution The fail right-click menu option on a RAID 5 is only visible on the RAID set that houses the spare. When a fail is initiated, recovery to a spare is triggered. – If the RAID set is in a degraded mode, the Fail menu option is not available on any RAID.The verification for the fail drive appears. The failed drive will be in a “bad” st ...

OL-31370-01 Chapter 2 Home Performance MB/s, IOPS, Latency, and Utilization Monitors Note Cisco UCS Invicta C3124SA Appliance supports vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI), which dramatically improves communication performance with VMware ESX servers. The Performance tab provides a point-in-time rendering of MB/s, IOPS, and latency characteristics on a last-10-minute ...