Configuring the DS8000 (using DS CLI) for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager

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1 Configuring the DS8000 (using DS CLI) for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager

2 ii Configuring the DS8000 (using DS CLI) for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager

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5 Configuring the DS8000 (using DS CLI) for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager Complete this task to configure the DS8000 for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager using the DS command-line interface. The following items must be in place before you can configure the DS8000 for TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager usage: v Ethernet cards (2 per storage image) must be installed. The Ethernet cards are 2-port cards. Only the lower-numbered port, which is the top port on the card, is connected to the external IP network. It is this port that must be configured. Do not configure 2nd port on card. v TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager V3.1.2 or later must be installed on a separate server. v The DS command-line interface must be installed. TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager is an optional software feature that can be used to manage replication for the DS8000. TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager allows you to easily manage large volume Copy Services functions. Activation of this feature for the DS8000 requires the configuration of the DS8000 using the DS command-line interface commands. It also requires a configuration of the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager using the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager GUI or CLI. You must establish a communication link between the DS8000 and the server that contains the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication software program. To do this requires that you obtain the following key information from your network administrator: v TCP/IP address for the designated port v TCP/IP subnet mask for the designated port v Gateway TCP/IP address for the designated port v Primary DNS TCP/IP address for the designated port v Secondary DNS TCP/IP address for the designated port Note: The User ID and password that you use to allow the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication software program to access the DS8000 are as follows: User ID - tpcruser Password - image ID (for example, 75BZFA1). This is not the unit number. You can configure your Ethernet cards at any time. However, you cannot test the connection until at least one LSS or one LCU has been configured on your DS8000. Perform the following steps to configure your Ethernet cards and establish a connection with the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication software program: 1. Obtain the key information from your network administrator. 2. Log in to the DS CLI application in interactive mode. 3. Follow the configuration steps to create at least one LSS or one LCU. Note: You can skip this step if storage is already configured on your DS8000. The configuration steps include the following tasks: a. Create extent pools 1

6 b. Create arrays c. Create a rank d. Create a logical control unit (CKD only) e. Create volumes f. Create volume groups (Open systems only) g. Configure your fibre-channel I/O ports h. Create the SCSI host port connections (Open systems only) Note: All of these steps are considered part of the initial configuration process and they are explained in the DS8000 Information Center command-line interface topic Configuring and managing logical storage. 4. Issue the lsnetworkport command using the -l parameter to generate a report that lists the different network ports that are available in the specified storage unit. In addition, the report displays the Port ID values for the ports that you will configure using the setnetworkport command. The following types of information are displayed on this report: State Specifies whether a port is enabled or in some other state. Location Specifies the network port location using the format: Utttt.mmm.ppsssss-Pn-Cn-Tn, where v Utttt.mmm.ppsssss identifies the location of the processor complex. v Pn identifies the planer number. v Cn identifies the card number. v Tn identifies the port number. 5. Issue the setnetworkport command to configure the Ethernet cards for the DS8000 after you have configured at least one LSS. Enter the setnetworkport command at the dscli command prompt with the following parameters and variables: dscli>setnetworkport -dev storage_image_id -ipaddr IP_address -subnet IP_mask -gateway IP_address -primary IP_address -secondary IP_address port_id Example dscli>setnetworkport -dev IBM FA120 -ipaddr subnet gateway primary secondary I9801 Notes: a. Only those ports whose ID ends with a value of 01 (for example, I9801) should be configured using the setnetworkport command. Do not attempt to configure the ports that end with a value of 02. (The list of port IDs was provided in the report generated by the lsnetworkport -l command.) b. Values for the -ipaddr, -subnet, and -gateway parameters are required. c. You can optionally configure the primary and secondary DNS addresses. d. The specified IP addresses do not respond to network ping commands. e. You must process the setnetworkport command once for each ethernet adapter that is installed. This equates to entering the command twice for a single SFI machine, or either twice or four times for a dual-sfi machine (depending on whether the cards are installed for both SFIs or not). 6. Set up the communication link on the server that contains the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication software program. a. Log in to TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager program and follow the menu path Storage Subsystem Add Subsystem ESS/DS b. Fill in the applicable information which consists of the following: v IP addresses for the two Ethernet cards. 2 Configuring the DS8000 (using DS CLI) for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager

7 v User ID (tpcruser) and password (storage image unit ID) that allow the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager program to access the DS8000. Notes: 1) The password is the image ID of the storage unit not the unit number (for example, you might have a unit number of 75BZFA0 and the associated image ID is 75BZFA1. The image ID is the password.) 2) You can use the lssi command to verify the value that you must use for the password. The following example shows the report that is generated when you type lssi at the dscli command line: dscli> lssi Date/Time: September 15, :39:32 AM MST IBM DSCLI Version: Name ID Storage Unit Model WWNN State ESSNet ============================================================================ - IBM IBM FFC04E Online Enabled The value that is highlighted in the above report ( ) is the password that is used on the specified server. Click OK to process the transaction. The Storage Subsystems panel is displayed. 7. Verify that the connection link has been established between the DS8000 and the server that contains the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication software program. The Local Server connection column displays a green checked dot and the word Connected when the connection has been made. Configuring the DS8000 (using DS CLI) for use with the TotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager 3