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Huawei Certification System
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customers at different levels of ICT technology, Huawei certification is committed to provide
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customs with authentic, professional certification. Based on characteristics of ICT
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technologies and customers ’needs at different levels, Huawei certification provides customers
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HCNA-Storage BSSN (Huawei Certified Network Associate –Storage Building the Structure of
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Storage Network) training aims to provide guidance to participants in learning contents related
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to the HCNA-Storage exam.The training covers the knowledge, technologies and application
of SAN,NAS, and structure ,network, connection, deploying ,troubleshooting in Huawei SAN
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Storage system.
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HCNP-Storage certification is positioned in ability construction for IT information storage
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professional engineer or storage scheme expert. The curriculum includes, but is not limited to
the following: SAN, NAS, Backup and DS technology, Unified storage system principle and
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application, Huawei storage solution planning, deployment, troubleshooting and maintenance.

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HCIE-Storage (Huawei Certified Internetwork Expert-Storage) is designed to endue engineers

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Foreword
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Outline
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HCNA-Storage covers the storage technologies (RAID, SCSI, iSCSI, FC) and its application,
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focusing on the IP-SAN, FC-SAN architecture, networking, connectivity, deployment and
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The course contains a total of 11 chpaters：
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Chapter1 Describes what is information, the life cycle of data , concept of business Continuity,
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Chapter2 Describes what is DAS, SCSI technology, Hard Disk Technology, Solid State
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Technology.
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Chapter3 Describes What is NAS, Ethernet Basics, Ethernet Hardware Components.
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Chapter4 Describes the ideal ICT infrastructure, Storage protocols Fibre Channel, IP SAN
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Storage protocols iSCSI.

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Chapter5 Describes traditional RAID Technology.

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Chapter6 Describes basic concepts of Big Data, Object-based storage technologies, and
OceanStor 9000 key technologies of Big Data
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introduction.
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Chapter8 Describes concepts and background of Cloud Computing, Modules of Cloud

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Chapter9 Describes Huawei Storage Products, Huawei RAID 2.0+,Huawei platform

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Chapter10 Describes how to initialize a Huawei OceanStor system, how to configure a Huawei
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Chapter 11 Describes Data Cofferr, Pre-emptive replacements, Firmware and updates, principle
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of HyperSnap, SmartThin, HyperClone, SmartTier, and HyperReplication.
In conclusion, you should be able to plan and deploy SAN networks and storage systems, to
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install, deploy, and maintain Huawei SAN storage products, and to become a qualified SAN
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storage engineer or system administrator
Readers’ Knowledge Background

Know server fundamental and application.
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Know SAN, NAS, DR concepts and technology.
Understand mainstream OS and DB operation and management.
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Icons Used in This Book
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Account for Experiment environment
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The experiment environment aims to provide guidance to participants in learning contents
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Experiment contents include storage array hardware installation, network deploying of FC SAN
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and IP SAN, storage management, configuration RAID/LUN/ mapping ,connection between
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storage and hosts,storage maintenance etc.
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One suit of experiment equipment includes : 1 PCS GE switch,1 PCS FC switch,1 PCS Windows
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One suit of experiment equipment fits 2-4 students operating at the same time.
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Storage array S5300 V3 or S5500 V3 S5300 V300R002

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Switch SNS2124 OR S3900 General version

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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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About this document ....................................................................................................................5
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Introduction to the lab environment .........................................................................................7
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Devices Used in Labs ............................................................................................................7
Cables ................................................................................................................................. 11
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Lay out of the rack ............................................................................................................... 12
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Connecting to the lab environment ....................................................................................... 14
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Lab Exercise 1 – Initial setup and configuration .................................................................... 16
1.1 Configure storage array using Putty ................................................................................. 17
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1.1.1 User Management using CLI .................................................................................. 19
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1.1.2 Manage storage device .......................................................................................... 25
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Logging in to the DeviceManager ..................................................................................... 26
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1.3 Basic Configuration Settings ............................................................................................ 27
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1.3.1 Set Device Name and Location .............................................................................. 27

1.3.2 Setting Storage Device Time.................................................................................. 28
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1.4 Monitoring Controller Enclosure ....................................................................................... 30

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1.5 Monitoring Disk Enclosures .............................................................................................. 35

1.6 Powering On and Off an Interface Module ........................................................................ 37
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Lab Exercise 2 – Working with Provisioning Functions ........................................................ 41

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2.1 Creating a Disk Domain ................................................................................................... 43

2.2 Creating a Storage Pool ................................................................................................... 46
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2.3 Creating a LUN ................................................................................................................ 47

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2.4 Create LUN Group ........................................................................................................... 49

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Lab Exercise 3 – Configuration of Fibre Channel switches ................................................... 52

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3.1 Configure zoning for a Fibre Channel switch .................................................................... 56

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Lab Exercise 4.1 - Connecting SAN Storage Devices to Windows based Hosts .................. 62
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4.1.1 Create Host ..................................................................................................................... 64

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4.1.2 Creating a Host Group ..................................................................................................... 66

4.1.3 Create a Port Group......................................................................................................... 68
4.1.4 Create a Mapping View .................................................................................................... 69
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4.1.5 Building a Fibre Channel SAN in the Windows environment ............................................. 71

4.1.6 Creating a Fibre Channel Host ......................................................................................... 72
4.1.7 Creating a Host Group ..................................................................................................... 77
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4.1.8 Creating a Fibre Channel Port Group ............................................................................... 79
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4.1.9 Creating a Mapping View ................................................................................................. 80
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Lab Exercise 4.2 - Connecting SAN Storage Devices to Linux based Hosts ........................ 83
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4.2.1 Building an IP SAN in the Linux environment.................................................................... 85
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4.2.1.1 Installing iSCSI software in the Linux environment ............................................ 85
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4.2.1.2 Querying the name of an initiator....................................................................... 89
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4.2.1.3 Configuring the iSCSI connection in the Linux environment ............................... 89
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4.2.2 Create iSCSI Host............................................................................................................ 90
4.2.3 Creating a iSCSI Host Group ........................................................................................... 92
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4.2.4 Create a iSCSI Port Group ............................................................................................... 93
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4.2.5 Create a Mapping View .................................................................................................... 95
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4.2.6 Building a Fibre Channel SAN in the Linux environment ................................................... 97
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4.2.7 Creating a Fibre Channel Host ......................................................................................... 98
4.2.8 Creating a Host Group ................................................................................................... 103
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4.2.9 Creating a Fibre Channel Port Group ............................................................................. 105

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4.2.10 Creating a Mapping View ............................................................................................... 107

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Lab Exercise 5.1 – Installing Multipathing Software to a Windows based host .................. 109
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5.1.1 Viewing a LUN ............................................................................................................... 110

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5.1.2 Installing Multipathing software ...................................................................................... 111

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5.1.3 Using a LUN .................................................................................................................. 117

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Lab Exercise 5.2 – Installing Multipathing Software to a Linux based host ........................ 123
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5.2.1 Viewing a LUN ............................................................................................................... 125

5.2.2 Installing Multipathing software in the Linux environment ................................................ 126
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5.2.3 Using a LUN .................................................................................................................. 128

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Lab Exercise 6 – Expanding LUNs and use SmartThin to create Thin Provisioned LUNs . 139
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6.1 Expand an existing LUN................................................................................................. 141

6.2 Create Thin Provisioned LUN ......................................................................................... 145
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Lab Exercise 7 – Using the HyperSnap feature to create Snapshots and recover data ..... 155
7.1 Creating a Snapshot ...................................................................................................... 157
7.2 Use Snapshot to recover data ........................................................................................ 158
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7.2.1 File recovery using Snapshots ............................................................................. 158

7.2.2 Rollback snapshot................................................................................................ 162
Lab Exercise 8 – Working with the SmartTier licensed feature ........................................... 165
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8.1 Use SmartTier ............................................................................................................... 166
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8.1.1 Create Storage Pool ............................................................................................ 166
8.1.2 Create LUN and LUN Group ................................................................................ 168
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8.2 Create SmartTier Service Monitoring Period................................................................... 172
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Lab Exercise 9 – Routine maintenance lab of SAN storage products ................................. 178
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9.1 Exporting configuration data of the storage device using DeviceManager ....................... 179
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9.2 Using the Maintenance Tool........................................................................................... 180
9.3 Inspection (including reviewal inspection) ....................................................................... 181
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9.4 Collecting information .................................................................................................... 186
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Optional lab 10 – Using NAS features of the OceanStor V3 hardware ................................ 189
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Appendix 1 – Server RAID Configurations ........................................................................... 191
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Appendix 2 – SAN Networking Lab ....................................................................................... 196

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2.1 Fibre Channel SAN Networking Lab of the OceanStor 5300 V3 ...................................... 196
2.2 IP SAN Networking Lab of the OceanStor 5300 V3 ........................................................ 206
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 About This document
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This document is designed for use in instructing trainees to configure and deploy Huawei storage
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products. The information provided will help trainees in completing the lab sections of the training
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Scope of Application
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The following hardware is recommended, but can vary in the lab environment:
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 Storage device: OceanStor 5300 V3
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 Rack server: RH2285 V2
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Fibre Channel switch: SNS2124 V100R002
 IP switch: GE switch
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 Alarm and safety symbols

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When operating devices, observe the precautions provided by warning and safety symbols to
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 Electrostatic discharge (ESD)

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 Using lasers safely

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Use optical fibers in a safe and correct manner to ensure the normal operation of devices and
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 Short circuit protection

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 Operating devices safely

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When installing and maintaining devices, observe the electrical safety precautions to prevent
 Condensation prevention
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Before installing devices, ensure that no condensation is formed on the devices to prevent
power-on failures.
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 Introduction to the lab environment
INTRODUCTION TO THE LAB ENVIRONMENT
DEVICES USED IN LABS
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OCEANSTOR 5300 V3 (2.5-INCH DISK ENCLOSURE)
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 25 x 2.5-inch disks
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Support for mainstream SAS disks, NL-SAS disks, and SSDs
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 The first four disks serve as coffer disks in 2 x (1+1) redundancy mode
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5 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
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6 Gigabit Ethernet ports
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RH2285 V2
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 12 x 3.5-inch + 2 x 2.5-inch, 8 x 2.5-inch, or 26 x 2.5-inch SAS or SATA disks, RAID 0, 1, 5,
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NOTE: You can manage the servers via the iMana interface. Appendix 1 will explain how to access
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SNS2124 FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH
 8 to 24 Fibre Channel ports per set
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Support for a rate of 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbit/s
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 8-port expansion increments
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3 Fibre Channel port

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CABLES
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Ground cable
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Connects to the ground to prevent ESD.
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Serial cable
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Connects to a serial port on a storage array so that the array
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Mini SAS HD cable
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SAS expansion cable
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Network cable
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DC power cable
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LAY OUT OF THE RACK
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Back view of the rack
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CONNECTING TO THE LAB ENVIRONMENT

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The exercises in this lab guide will be done using the hardware in one of the Huawei datacenters
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Ask your instructor for the procedures to connect to the remote systems you will be using during these
labs.
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 Lab Exercise 1 – Initial setup and configuration
LAB EXERCISE 1 – INITIAL SETUP AND CONFIGURATION
Objectives
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Upon completing this lab, the student will have a working knowledge of configuring the storage array.
The management IP will be configured via the serial command line by using the program called Putty.
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Setting storage device time, Monitoring the controller enclosure, Monitoring disk enclosures,
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Powering On or Off an interface module and Powering Off a device will be done via the
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DeviceManager management web interface.
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 Getting knowledge of basic configuration and functions of SAN storage products
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Configure Disk Domains, Storage Pools, LUNs, LUN Groups, Hosts, Host Groups, Host Ports,
Port Groups, Mapping Views and Initiators
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 Configure Fibre Channel and IP SAN within a Windows environment
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 Connect the created LUN to a Windows Server
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1.1 CONFIGURE STORAGE ARRAY USING PUTTY
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In this section you will configure the Management IP address of the storage array using Putty.
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1. Open the program called Putty.

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2. Below the Connection Type, select Serial
3. Choose the Serial Line and set the Speed to 115200. See the image below.
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You must change the default login password immediately after you have logged in to the
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This reduces the password leakage risks. For details about how to change the password, see
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 For security reasons, entering a password displays no local echo.
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If the login is successful, the following message is displayed:
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1.1.1 User Management using CLI

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Show users
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Password:******
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2. Add a user, testuser, whose user level is

admin user.
Reenter password:******
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 “guest”: indicates a user at the guest level
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1. Use the change user_password command to change the password of the current user.
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2. Change the password of testuser.
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 The password will be displayed behind asterix.
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 The password consists of 8 to 16 characters and is case-sensitive.

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 The password must contain special characters including ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + \ |

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1.1.2 Manage storage device
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1.2 LOGGING IN TO THE DEVICEMANAGER
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1.3.1 Set Device Name and Location
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11. Click OK.
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 Lab Exercise 2 – Working with Provisioning Functions
LAB EXERCISE 2 – WORKING WITH PROVISIONING

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Lab Exercise 3 – Configuration of Fibre Channel
BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 switches
LAB EXERCISE 3 – CONFIGURATION OF FIBRE

CHANNEL SWITCHES
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 Windows based Hosts
LAB EXERCISE 4.1 - CONNECTING SAN STORAGE

DEVICES TO WINDOWS BASED HOSTS
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LAB EXERCISE 4.2 - CONNECTING SAN STORAGE

DEVICES TO LINUX BASED HOSTS
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4.2.1.1 Installing iSCSI software in the Linux environment
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Lab Exercise 5.1 – Installing Multipathing Software to
BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 a Windows based host
LAB EXERCISE 5.1 – INSTALLING MULTIPATHING

SOFTWARE TO A WINDOWS BASED HOST
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5.1.1 Viewing a LUN

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You will now see two new disks. This is because you configured two initiators. The Multipathing
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5. After the setup is completed, click Finish.
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5.1.3 Using a LUN

You will now configure the LUN by using Disk Management. After the LUN is created and a drive
letter is assigned you will put some data on it.
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5. After the disk is initialized, click the right mouse button at the unallocated space and select New
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 a Linux based host
LAB EXERCISE 5.2 – INSTALLING MULTIPATHING

SOFTWARE TO A LINUX BASED HOST
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5.2.1 Viewing a LUN

In this section of the lab you will view the created LUN in a Linux environment
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1. Run fdisk –l to view LUNs mapped to the host.
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5.2.2 Installing Multipathing software in the Linux environment

In this section of the lab you will install the UltraPath
multipathing software in a Linux environment.
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5.2.3 Using a LUN

In this section of the lab you will use the LUN in a Linux environment.
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linux-suse-icy:/usr/sbin # fdisk /dev/sdb
 Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table nor Sun,
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Lab Exercise 6 – Expanding LUNs and use SmartThin
BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 to create Thin Provisioned LUNs
LAB EXERCISE 6 – EXPANDING LUNS AND USE

SMARTTHIN TO CREATE THIN PROVISIONED LUNS
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6.1 Expand an existing LUN
In this lab we will expand an existing LUN using the OceanStor DeviceManager and use Disk
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Blocks, MB, GB and TB are shown.
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Lab Exercise 7 – Using the HyperSnap feature to create
BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 Snapshots and recover datas
LAB EXERCISE 7 – USING THE HYPERSNAP FEATURE

TO CREATE SNAPSHOTS AND RECOVER DATA
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Upon completing this lab, you will have a working knowledge of using the HyperSnap feature,
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 feature
LAB EXERCISE 8 – WORKING WITH THE SMARTTIER

LICENSED FEATURE
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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 storage products
LAB EXERCISE 9 – ROUTINE MAINTENANCE LAB OF

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BSSN HCNA Storage Lab Guide Issue 3.0 V3 hardware
OPTIONAL LAB 10 – USING NAS FEATURES OF THE

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APPENDIX 1 – SERVER RAID CONFIGURATIONS
Objectives
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Starting the CU Tool
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2.1 Fibre Channel SAN Networking Lab of the OceanStor 5300 V3
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HCNA-BSSN Building the Structure of Storage Network Lab Guide

Huawei Certification System

application, Huawei storage solution planning, deployment, troubleshooting and maintenance.

HCIE-Storage (Huawei Certified Internetwork Expert-Storage) is designed to endue engineers

competence in planning, design and optimization of large-scale ICT Solution.

Storage protocols iSCSI.

Chapter5 Describes traditional RAID Technology.

Chapter8 Describes concepts and background of Cloud Computing, Modules of Cloud

Computing, and Huawei FusionCloud Products..

Chapter9 Describes Huawei Storage Products, Huawei RAID 2.0+,Huawei platform

OceanStor system, File systems and Storage, and maintenance jobs.

of HyperSnap, SmartThin, HyperClone, SmartTier, and HyperReplication.

storage engineer or system administrator

Readers’ Knowledge Background

Know SAN, NAS, DR concepts and technology.

Understand mainstream OS and DB operation and management.

Icons Used in This Book

Account for Experiment environment

Storage array S5300 V3 or S5500 V3 S5300 V300R002

Switch SNS2124 OR S3900 General version

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1.3.1 Set Device Name and Location .............................................................................. 27

1.4 Monitoring Controller Enclosure ....................................................................................... 30

1.5 Monitoring Disk Enclosures .............................................................................................. 35

1.7 Powering Off a Device ..................................................................................................... 39

Lab Exercise 2 – Working with Provisioning Functions ........................................................ 41

2.1 Creating a Disk Domain ................................................................................................... 43

2.3 Creating a LUN ................................................................................................................ 47

2.4 Create LUN Group ........................................................................................................... 49

Lab Exercise 3 – Configuration of Fibre Channel switches ................................................... 52

3.1 Configure zoning for a Fibre Channel switch .................................................................... 56

4.1.1 Create Host ..................................................................................................................... 64

4.1.2 Creating a Host Group ..................................................................................................... 66

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4.1.5 Building a Fibre Channel SAN in the Windows environment ............................................. 71

4.2.9 Creating a Fibre Channel Port Group ............................................................................. 105

4.2.10 Creating a Mapping View ............................................................................................... 107

5.1.1 Viewing a LUN ............................................................................................................... 110

5.1.2 Installing Multipathing software ...................................................................................... 111

5.1.3 Using a LUN .................................................................................................................. 117

5.2.1 Viewing a LUN ............................................................................................................... 125

5.2.3 Using a LUN .................................................................................................................. 128

6.1 Expand an existing LUN................................................................................................. 141

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7.2.1 File recovery using Snapshots ............................................................................. 158

Appendix 2 – SAN Networking Lab ....................................................................................... 196

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INTRODUCTION TO THE LAB ENVIRONMENT