Navisphere Manager

Lab
Introduction to Lab Exercises

Purpose: This lab is designed to familiarize the user with the configuration
and management of a CLARiiON Storage System using the
Navisphere Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI). The
Navisphere Manager GUI is very robust in its ability to provide the
necessary information for day-to-day management of a CLARiiON
data storage environment, while providing an easy to use,
Windows look and feel. This lab will walk the user through the
steps necessary to create and allocate data storage on a
CLARiiON Storage System as well as acquaint the user with
optional CLARiiON software that allows for disaster recovery and
staging data for online data backups.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Objectives: • Configure RAID Groups on a CLARiiON Storage System
• Bind LUNs to RAID Groups on a CLARiiON Storage
System
• Configure Storage Groups on a CLARiiON Storage System

References: CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

Lab Exercise 1: Logging into and Navigating Navisphere
Manager

Purpose: To login to the Navisphere Manager simulator and navigate the

Navisphere Manager GUI.

Objectives: In this exercise, students will:

• Login to Navisphere Manager Simulator
• Expand Object folders
• Explore Menus
• Create Users

References: Note 1: It is highly recommended that JRE 1.6.x is used in the

management environment.

Note 2: Each step in this lab must be followed closely as you

configure the storage environment. All future lab exercises
depend on specific storage objects being configured
precisely as planned. Any deviation from the stated naming
conventions may cause difficulties with the exercises that follow.
Lab Exercise 1
Part 1: Logging into the Navisphere Manager

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1 Start the Navisphere Manager interface by choosing Start > Programs >
Navisphere Simulation > Launch Navisphere Simulator.
2 If this is your first time Logging into Navisphere Manager fill out all appropriate
fields in the “Installer Details” window and click Activate
3 Verify Username: administrator and Password: emc . Click “OK” at the login
screen
Note The lab assumes that at this time there are no RAID Groups, Storage Groups, or
other objects created.
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4 The lower left window displays the signed in credentials
Lab Exercise 1
Part 2: Navigating the Navisphere Manager User Interface

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1 In the Enterprise Storage Window, expand the objects where you see a “+” sign.
The Task Bar shown at the left allows the user to perform common functions such
as Binding LUNs and creating Mirrors and Snapshots. It brings up a Wizard to
guide the user through basic configuration tasks. Initially the Reserved LUN Pool
is empty and there are no RAID Groups, Storage Groups, and LUNs. The Physical
container shows a number of DAE3P and components in the rack. The LUN
Folders container allows a way to easily organize LUNs in the array.
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2 By expanding the Physical Container you can view the DAE3P enclosures. Each
DAE3P can contain up to 15 FC or SATA disk drives. Note also the other
components such as FANs, LCCs, and Power Supplies, and SPs.
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3 Expand the “Enclosure SPE” container. The Storage Processor Enclosure contains
Power Supplies, Fans, Frontend (host side) and Backend (disk side) ports.

Take a moment to examine Port WWPNs (Right click Port > Properties).

At what speed are the Backend ports running?

4 Click on the File tab and examine the options available.

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5 Click on the Tools > Security tab from the toolbar and examine the options
available.

6 Click on Tools> Security > User Management > Add

Add a second user with the parameters below.
Username: manager
Role: manager
Password: emc
Leave the global/Local at the default of global.
Click OK,YES, OK and confirm the new user creation.

7 Go to File > Logout, then login as “manager”.

Examine the File options and note the changes.

Examine the Tools > Security options and note the changes.

What does this tell you about the Roles assigned to a user and their permissions?

Note Manager can not create a new user.

8. Logout and login as “administrator”.

9 Click on Tools> Security > User Management > Add
Add a third user with the parameters below.
Username: security
Role: security administrator
Password: emc
Leave the global/Local at the default of global.
Click OK,YES, OK and confirm the new user creation.
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10 Go to File > Logout, then login as “security”.
Examine the File options and note the changes.

Examine the Tools > Security options and note the changes.

Click on the Storage Array “cx4-Top-90”

What options are displayed? Why?

11 Logout and login as “administrator” for the remainder of the lab.

End of Lab Exercise 1

Lab Exercise 2: Enable/Disable Navisphere Classic CLI

and Configuring NTP

Purpose: To enable and disable Navisphere Classic CLI and Configure NTP
Objectives: In this exercise, students will:
• Enable Navisphere Classic CLI
• Disable Navisphere Classic CLI
• Configure NTP

Lab Exercise 2
Part 1: Enabling and Disabling Navisphere Classic CLI
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1 Right click on the storage array > Enable/Disable Classic CLI

2 Click Yes and confirm the change.

3 Repeat the process and confirm that Classic CLI is now enabled

Lab Exercise 2
Part 2: Configuring NTP
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1 Click File > Set up Domain > NTP

2 Click OK to the message for NTP Domain Operation to override clock settings

Check the “Enable NTP” box and set the “Time Sync Interval” to 1 hr.

3 Check the default address (ex. 65.105.110.66) with the default Key ID and Key
Value.

Click Apply, Yes, OK, Cancel

End of Lab Exercise 2

Lab Exercise 3: Storage Management - Allocating and
Assigning LUNs

Purpose: To create RAID groups, bind LUNs, and create Storage Groups.
Objectives: In this exercise, students will:
• Use the Allocate and Assign Wizards to bind LUNs
• Manually Bind LUNs
• Create RAID Groups
• Create Storage Groups

References: CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

Lab Exercise 3
Part 1 : Using the Storage Allocatation Wizard to assign LUNs
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1 Right click on the “Allocate” icon under the Storage Management Task bar to
launch the Storage Allocation Wizard.
Click Next after reading the Wizard dialog. A list of available servers will be
displayed.

2 Read the dialog from the “Select Servers” window.

Keep the “Assign LUNs to the servers” radio button selected.
Click on the server w3k-240.
Click Next.
3 The “Select Storage System” window will display the available arrays. Highlight the
cx4-Top-90 array.
Click Next.
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4 To create a New RAID Group, click on the “New RAID Group” box.
Using the dropdowns, Enter the values shown in the next screen and select Apply

5 Click Apply, YES, OK, Cancel to exit

Once the RAID Group is created, highlight the group.
Click Next.
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6 From the “LUN Properties” window.
Read the dialog, then select:
Number of LUNS: 4
Check (default) “Automatically assign LUN IDs as LUN names”.
LUN Name: Empty
Sequence Number: Empty
Note the RAID Type (grayed out).
User Capacity: 5 GB
Click Next.
7 From the Summary Window, read the dialog and verify the creation of the LUNs.
Click Finish.
From the Results Window read the dialog.
Click Finish
Note The operation created a default storage group, connected the server to the storage
group, and added the LUNS to the SG
8 Expand the cx4-Top-90 storage system RAID Groups and Storage Groups to view
the completed operations.
Examine the Results
What did the wizard name the Storage Group?

9 Repeat Steps 1 - 7 except this time use “cx4-Bott-92” for the storage system
Lab Exercise 3
Part 2 : Manually Bind LUNs

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1 Create the following RAID Groups (without the Wizard)
Right click on the cx4-Top-90 array > Create RAID Group
Use the following parameters for the RAID groups:
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RAID Group ID: 1
Number of Disks: 6
RAID Type: RAID 6
Check “Automatically Destroy after Last LUN is Unbound”
Expansion/Defragmentation Priority: Medium
Disk Selection: Automatic
Click Apply, Yes, OK
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RAID Group ID: 2
Number of Disks: 5
RAID Type: RAID 5
Check “Automatically Destroy after Last LUN is Unbound”
Expansion/Defragmentation Priority: Medium
Disk Selection: Automatic
Click Apply, Yes, OK

Verify the RAID Groups have been created as shown below.

2 Right click on the RAID Group 1 > Bind LUN
Use the following properties for the LUN using the dropdowns
LUN ID: 10
Default Owner: SPA
Number of LUNs: 4
LUN size: 10GB
Click Apply, Yes, OK, Cancel
3 Verify the RAID Group and LUNs have been created.
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4 Right click the Storage Groups icon and create a Storage Group named “SG_w3k-
241”.

Click on the Assign Icon under the Storage Management Task Bar.
Click Next on the Welcome window.
In the “Select Servers” window, check the box for server “w3k-241” and click Next.
In the “Select Storage System” window, select the CX3-40-TOP array and click
Next.
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5 In the “Select Storage” window, from the “Available LUNs” section expand SPA and
check LUNs 10,11,12,13. This moves the LUNs to the “Selected LUNs” section.

Click Next, Finish, Finish.

Verify that both the Host and LUNs were added to storage group “SG_w3k-241”.
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6 Right click on RAID Group 1 and Bind 4 new LUNs with the following properties:
Bind 2 LUNs of 5GB having LUN IDs 20 and 21.
Bind 2 LUNs of 10GB having LUN IDs 22 and 23.
Verify the configuration It should appear the same as the slide below.

7 Repeat Steps 1 - 6 except this time use “cx4-Bott-92” for the storage system

End of Lab Exercise 3

Lab Exercise 4: Configuring SnapView Snapshots

Purpose: A snapshot is a virtual LUN that when activated, allows a

secondary server to view a point-in-time copy of a source LUN.
An active snapshot is a composite of a source LUN and reserved
LUN data that lasts until you destroy the snapshot. Each
snapshot is linked to a source LUN(s). If the storage system loses
power while the SnapView session is running both the session
and snapshot would survive the storage system power failure, as
long as all sessions run in persistent mode.
Writes to an active snapshot from a secondary server are stored
in the reserved LUN pool until the snapshot is deactivated. When
a secondary server deactivates the snapshot, the software
destroys all writes made to the snapshot.

Objectives: In this exercise, students will:

• Create Snapshots using the Wizard
• Remove Snapshots

References: CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide