How to regenerate a control station certificate for unisphere login. Backup and protection storage backup and protection software shop all data protection products. Support for ntp authentication on vnx file control station. Dpe rear view on page 23 describes and illustrates the rear of. Control station required for file and unified configurations. The port number used to connect to the control station.
Control station front view on page 18 describes and illustrates the front view of the control station used in the vnx5400. The vnx5700 is designed for the highend, midcapacity space. Vnx1 series,vnx2 series,vnx5200,vnx5300,vnx5400,vnx5500,vnx5600,vnx5700,vnx5800,vnx7500,vnx7600,vnx8000. Feb 19, 2016 navigate to the control station properties tab change the ip of the control station. Generally once warranty terms and finance expire old sans like this get returned to sender to be replaced by a newer model or new storage on some description. Multicore optimization with mcx boosts transaction performance by a factor of 4x and takes full advantage of flash data storage. Vnx5500, vnx5700, and vnx7500 section, and then select the appropriate heading. The vnx5700 model can hold 500 drives, scalability of up to 984tb and with system memory of up to 18gb at the block level along with the support of fc, iscsi and fcoe connectivity. This helps the system to run faster because disk information is already in memory which saves io operations. The vnx focuses on emcs vnx and vnxe platforms, as well as associated software such as unisphere and the fast suite. Page 61 connect the control stations to blade enclosure cable the control station to blade. This nextgen storage platform combines powerful and flexible hardware with advanced efficiency, protection, and management software for the demands.
Vnx5700, and vnx7500 section, and then select the appropriate heading. Overview dell laptops dell desktops dell thin clients and vdi products. We hope you participate actively and use this community to meet other customers, share best practices, and communicate directly with the experts responsible for emcs unified storage offerings. I know this is a global settings so it has to be done on the control station. Used emc vnx5700 storage processor enclosure spe express. Control station the rj45 ethernet nic port number 5 in figure 40 uses an intelligent platform management interface ipmi cable to connect to an optional standby. Make sure emc control station can ping ntp server ip addresses. The steps require accessing the control station cli through the service port on one of the sps using a specific ip address 128. Vnx5600, vnx5800, vnx7600, and vnx8000, their hardware and software, limits, io modules, and more.
I included the hostname of the control station, our company logo, and a legal warning regarding unathorized logins and system monitoring. Control station are 1u in size and provide management functions to the fileside components referred to as blades or data movers. A warm reboot or a software reset performs a partial shutdown of the data. The control has powered down due to the unidentified issue.
The control station is responsible for blade failover. This vnx nas cli reference guide includes command syntax samples for the more commonly used commands at the top, and a list of available commands at the bottom with a brief description of their function. To set path in control station linux host generally we will need to provide the path before running any navicli commands in control station linux host. Block only vnx arrays do not utilize a control station.
Emc vnx control station control processor series sign in to comment. Dear all, we have vnx 5700 unified at the secondary site. Block components vnx5100 vnx5300 vnx5500 vnx5700 vnx7500 minmax drives. Vnxcelerra sp collects from control station command line. Fileonlyadds the 2u data mover enclosure dme and 1u control station cs to the 3u dpe, 1 u sps, and 2u or 3u daes to facilitate file services to cifsnfs clients. With the emc vnx5700, youll achieve new levels of performance, protection, compliance, and ease of management. In the example below we are initially concerned with the control station and storage processors of the vnx and we will change their ips via ssh and not via serial as suggested in the emc guides. The enclosure is 2u in size and houses each storage processor. The reason code output should be as follows see detailed list of reason codes below.
And we are looking to collect the metrics related to control station ip address. An optional second control station is available that acts as a standby unit to provide redundancy for the primary control station. Vnx 5200 unified change subnet and gateway addresses dell. Unified block and fileuses same hardware as the fileonly configuration but adds fc, iscsi, and fcoe io connectivity to provide block services to host simultaneously. Apr 23, 2015 login to the control station as nasadmin and issue the cmd nassbingetreason from the cs console. Lightweight, softwareonly product that transforms existing storage into a simple, extensible, and open platform. Page 60 connect control station cables a yellow circle with a number indicates the cable number. There is no function of the control station that is in the workloads data path. To set path in control stationlinux host generally we will need to provide the path before running any navicli commands in control stationlinux host. Connect the control station 0 cs0 to the customer modem. Emc unisphere makes it easy to manage vnx systems from anywhere with a simple, integrated user interface for distributed storage environments.
Control station oe is based on linux, linux always tries to use ram to speed up disk operations by using available memory for buffers file system metadata and cache pages with actual contents of files or block devices. Emc vnx5700 unified storage system reliant technology. Modifying the control station hostname, ip address, subnet mask, or gateway may disrupt the unisphere software connection and any other client access to the control station. It can deliver fully automated storage services and realize the full potential of the softwaredefined data center. Control stations one or two configuration and management reliability, availability, serviceability symmetrix, vnx, or clariion storage architecture and packaging cs control station 1 u dme data mover enclosure 2u san symmetrix vnx series clariion. Obtain the latest dlm system messages and release notes for your dlm software release. It can deliver fully automated storage services and realize the full potential of the software defined data center. Optionally, confirm the status of the control station and data mover components by selecting the system run command option in unisphere under control station cli on the righthand side of the page. Also note that there are 2 control stations solely for high availability. Unisphere is webenabled software for remote management of storage.
Youll have the power to handle the most rigorous workloads. Hey folks quite a long time ago i asked about how to change the gateway and subnet mask addresses on a unified system. Lightweight, software only product that transforms existing storage into a simple, extensible, and open platform. It can be found in vnx5700 and vnx7500 models, support maximum of 500 vnx5700 and 1,000 drives vnx7500 control station. The combination of emc atmos virtual edition software and vnx storage supports objectbased storage and enables customers to manage web applications from emc unisphere. We have an emc vnx 5300 and the certificate has expired. For example, to download a pdf copy of adding or replacing hardware, go to add or replace hardware and follow the steps in the wizard. Vnx5700 is suitable for those wishes to take advantage of enterprise level storage at a lower tco. Server runs on the storage processor sp and the control station. Dme front view on page 21 describes and illustrates the front view of a dme and the components that comprise it. This community was developed to help you get the most from your emc products. Dpe rear view on page 23 describes and illustrates the rear of a dpe and the components. Accept the default settings unless they conflict with the control station public network addressing during a vnx installation, the storage administrator requests that the vnx notify emc when major system events occur.
I once receive a link how to do it by cli but this articel took care of changing ip adreses not gatewa. Control station cs normally preceded by primary or secondary as there are at least 1, but most often 2 control stations per vnx system. Plan your dlm installation, and learn about the dlm console, mainframe utilities, and command processors. Vnx file user credentials with storage system administrator privileges. Vnx5700, and vnx7500, and will hereafter be referred to as the toe, or vnx oeunisphere. This guide is a parts location guide and provides illustrations of the part.
Data storage vnx with mcx quiz questions proprofs quiz. Configure emc vnx control station and datamovers to. Speed application performance with emc vnx5800 data storage. Replacing faulty vnx 5700 control station i dont think replacement of a control station is a customer procedure cru which is what mydocs covers i would suggest to contact your service partner to do the replacement. Replacing faulty vnx 5700 control station dell community. Unisphere, navisphere cli, and control station cli comprise the management software that allows administrators to maintain and configure the product. Vnx series software components software solutions made simple. Vnx oe is the software portion of the product responsible for. How to reboot emc vg2 nas cs control station kudosvenue. Two control stations are not required to manage the emc vnx vg8 gateway. This model provides block and file services, only file services, or only block services without xblades and control stations and utilizes a spe form factor. Emc vnx5500 parts location guide 5 figure 1 example of the block and file vnx5500 platform with a 3u, 15 3. Personally, i prefer control station cli to get the sp collects for a vnxcelerra with attached clariion, quicker opening the unisphere manager takes time, of course it is java enabled.
Control station required for file and unified configurations vnx5100 vnx5300 vnx5500 vnx5700 vnx7500 specification sheet. Vnx5100 vnx5300 vnx5500 vnx5700 vnx7500 scales large and fast selfoptimizes for performance and capacity efficiency. Vnx 5200 unified change subnet and gateway addresses. The control station may optionally be configured with a matching secondary control station to ensure redundancy on the vnx array. For example, to download a pdf copy of adding or replacing hardware, go to add or replace hardware. Navigate to the control station properties tab change the ip of the control station. Control stations are 1u in size and provide management functions to the fileside components referred to as blades. We have an agent installed on windows 2008 r2 where navicli is running. The emc vnx family delivers industryleading innovation and enterprise capabilities for file, block, and object storage in a scalable, easytouse solution.
Modifying the control station hostname, ip address, subnet mask, or gateway may disrupt the unisphere software connection and. Vnx operating environment vnx oe software vnx oe for block. Cli are displayed as readonly fields in the unisphere software. Its a useful cheat sheet for quickly referencing commonly used commands. Need to generate a new ssl certificate on vnxcelerra control station. The control station in the vnx vg2vg8 gateways does not boot from the array. All used emc vnx5700 spes are rigorously tested on. The control station provides utilities for managing, configuring, and monitoring. Vnx5700 would be ideal for mediumsized to enterprise businesses. Emc vnx control station control processor series specs. Vnx5700 this is a refurbished emc vnx5700 with a 1year overnight parts replacement warranty. If your release is not listed, refer to emc online support to obtain your documentation. Open an sshtelnet session to the control station and login. Each storage system ships with a complete copy of vnx for block software installed on the first four disks on backend loop 0.
Vnx5500, vnx5700, and vnx7500 section, and then select the. It is the job of the control station to handle management of the file or unified components in a vnx system. Control station vnx series control station private network administrator unisphere. This paper also describes the software, serviceability, and availability features of the vnx2 platform, such as mcx, block deduplication, fast, dataatrest encryption, windows 8. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you.
A vnx control station failure occurred and before the hardware was replaced a fault occurred which should have normally triggered a data mover failover, but no data mover failover happened. I have already researched the instructions for viewing the certificate and regenerating a new one. Scaling up to 500 drives and 1485tb of raw storage capacity, the emc vnx system provides advanced management capabilities, efficiency, and data protection at the enterprise level. All used emc vnx5700 spes are rigorously tested onsite in our stateoftheart hardware engineering lab. Accept the default settings unless they conflict with the control station public network addressing during a vnx installation, the storage administrator requests. I would still suggest doing this via serial if you have easy physical access to the san however in my case it was at the other side of the country. Dme and 1u control station cs to the 3u dpe, 1 u sps, and 2u or 3u daes to. Our operations team where faced with an unfamiliar situation a few weeks back where we needed to reip an emc vnx5300 that had its warranty extended and was relocated to a new availability zone. The vnx5700 model can hold 500 drives, scalability of up to 984tb and with system memory of up to 18gb at the block level along with the support of fc, iscsi and fcoe. Functional limits vnx5100 vnx5300 vnx5500 vnx5700 vnx7500 max raw capacity 225 tb 360 tb 720 tb 1,485 tb 2,970 tb max san. Emc vnx5700 storage processor enclosure overview emc vnx5700 spe storage system model number.
The control station stores copies of its configuration data on the array, but the control station boots from an internal disk drive. The vnx5700 storage array is extremely scalable and designed for highperformance, highgrowth environments. Emc vnx 5300 how to access control station server fault. Highperforming unified storage with unsurpassed simplicity and efficiency, optimised for virtual applications. Select the appropriate software release below to get started. If there are hardware faults, vnx support should be engaged to resolve. Modifying the control station hostname, ip address, subnet mask, or gateway may disrupt the unisphere software connection and any other. Login to the control station as nasadmin and issue the cmd nassbingetreason from the cs console. Nov 04, 2014 personally, i prefer control station cli to get the sp collects for a vnxcelerra with attached clariion, quicker opening the unisphere manager takes time, of course it is java enabled.
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