Welcome To Unity Installation And Initial Setup.

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Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 1 This course provides an introduction to the Unity platform of mid-range products and includes topics on installation and remote support. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 2 This module focuses on the power up and initialization of the Unity storage system. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 3 Shown here are the basic steps required to get a Unity storage system powered up. Use the Unity Hardware Installation Guide available on support.emc.com to install the Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE) into the cabinet using the provided rail kits. Make sure to obtain the help of a second person to install the DPE into the rack, or use a mechanical lift. Follow the guide to install any optional Disk Array Enclosures (DAEs) and cable them to the DPE. Next, attach the Storage Processor (SP) management ports to the end user’s network and power the system up. Let’s take a look at the cabling and power up sequence. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 4 This demo will show how to cable and power up a Unity system. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 5 Now that the Unity system is ready to be configured, let’s take a look at the options for configuring the system network information. If the end user has an enabled DHCP environment on their network, the Unity storage system will automatically acquire an IP address when you power it up and no further action is required. You can open a web browser and point it to the DHCP acquired address to open Unisphere. If the end user requires a static IP address for the Unity storage system, then you will need to download and install the Unity Connection Utility or use the InitCLI tool. We will discuss the InitCLI tool a little later. The Unity Connection Utility software is a program used to discover and configure Unity systems with IP networking and hostname information. It is available for download at support.emc.com. It must be installed on a Windows host. The installer package includes the 32 bit JAVA Platform Standard Edition 1.8 Update 60. Note that you may need to stop host firewall services to be able to discover storage systems using the Connection Utility. Before running the Connection Utility, the Unity Family Configuration Worksheet should be downloaded and completed. The Connection Utility requires the Product Serial Number Tag (PSNT), and a user defined IP address, subnet mask, and gateway. These can all be found on a properly filled out Configuration Worksheet. The PSNT can be found in the packing materials that came with the system or on the tag on the front of the DPE. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 6 This demos will show the Unity Connection Ultility. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 7 Another way to assign an IP address to the Unity storage system is to use the InitCLI tool. It is installed on a Windows host and run from the Windows command prompt. The advantage to the InitCLI tool, is that it does not require the host to run the Java platform. A disadvantage is that the tool does not support configuring IPv6 or DHCP addresses. The InitCLI tool is available on support.emc.com. The tool must be run from a Windows host on the same subnet as the Unity storage system. There are two parameters, initcli discover and initcli configure. The discover parameter will search the network for available systems to be configured and will list the information about the system including its serial number (ID or PSNT) as shown in the first example with the red box. The output qualifier specifies the output format as NVP (Name Value Pair) or CSV (Comma Separated Value). In this case the CSV format was chosen. The discovered Unity system can then be configured by using the configure parameter and specifying the serial number of the system, or PSNT, and the IP address, subnet mask, gateway and a friendly name. In this case, the PSNT is also used for the friendly name. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 8 Now that an IP address has been assigned to the Unity storage system, the user can open an internet browser session and log into Unisphere with the default credentials (admin/Password123#) . Unisphere will launch the Initial Configuration wizard to walk the user through the initial setup of Unisphere and prepare the system for use. After the initial setup is concluded the wizard can be launched at any time from the settings window. The wizard sequence is displayed here and will be demonstrated in a video. As mentioned earlier, the Unity Family Configuration Worksheet should be filled out prior to using the Initial Configuration wizard. The user will also need to create an EMC Online Support account for support.emc.com if he or she hasn’t already done so. This information should be recorded on the Configuration Worksheet. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 9 This demo will show the Unity Initial Configuration Wizard. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 10 Now that the storage system is configured, let’s take a closer look at Unisphere. Unisphere uses a graphical, application-oriented model with a web-familiar look and feel. The easy navigation and built-in best practices within Unisphere enables the management of advanced storage features without an in-depth understanding of these technologies. In addition, a support ecosystem provides access to learning materials and support resources that make storage management easier than ever. This results in a more efficient and productive environment. Supported browsers include Google Chrome v33 or later, Internet Explorer v10 or later, Mozilla Firefox v28 or later, and Apple Safari v6 or later. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 11 This demo will show an Introduction to Unisphere for Unity. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 12 Let’s take a look at the Update system settings menu. Click the settings icon in the upper right corner of the Unisphere Menu bar. Shown here is the Software and Licenses window. We can see the licenses that were installed using the Initial Configuration Wizard. Using this menu, we can Install a license or get a new license online. You can also perform a software upgrade, download and install disk firmware, install language packs, and view system limits in the Software and Licenses window. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 13 The Users and Groups section is used to add, modify, or delete users. You can also reset user passwords or modify user roles by selecting the More Actions link. Select the Directory Services link to configure LDAP server credentials. Note that you can click on the help icon on any Unisphere window to open Unisphere Online Help for detailed instructions. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 14 To synchronize the storage system time with other nodes in the domain or network, select Enable NTP synchronization, and then select Add to specify the IP address of an NTP server. The specified NTP time server must be accessible through the default gateway associated with the Unisphere management interface. Alternatively, you can select Set time manually and enter the date and time. We can also reorder the available NTP servers with the Move Up or Move Down buttons as well as remove one. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 15 In a dynamic DHCP and DNS server environment, select Obtain DNS server address automatically to have the system automatically accept one or more IP addresses for the DNS servers. If you are not running the storage system on a dynamic network, or choose to provide a static IP address for the DNS server manually, select Configure DNS server address manually, select Add and specify the IP address of the DNS server. As mentioned earlier, there are many more details available in Unisphere Online Help. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 16 Shown here is the Unisphere Central Configuration window. Unisphere Central is a virtual appliance that enables you to remotely monitor the status, activity, and resources of the storage systems available on your network. Unisphere Central runs within a VMware virtual environment that includes at least one ESXi host. Unisphere Central also provides a single sign-on feature that allows you to log into Unisphere Central, then select and launch Unisphere on another storage system without re-authenticating. To learn more about single sign-on and whether it is supported by your storage system, refer to the Unity Family Security Configuration Guide on support.emc.com. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 17 In the Unisphere IPs window, you can configure the management interface on your system to accept IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, or both. Typically, you configure an IP management address during system setup, either automatically using DHCP or manually using the Connection Utility or InitCLI tool. But if you need to change it later, you can change it here. Note that management IP address changes do not require any SP reboots. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 18 Use the Remote Logging link to specify the remote logging configuration. Select Enable logging to a remote host, provide the network name or IP address of the host to receive log information, and then select the component that generates the log messages you want to record. There are Kernel Messages that are generated by the operating system kernel, User-Level Messages that are generated by user processes, and messages generated internally by the system logging utility (syslogd). By default, the system transfers log information using the UDP protocol on port 514, but these can be changed here as well. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 19 As mentioned earlier, Unity best practices require ESRS configuration, however email alerts can be used in the event that ESRS is not implemented. Select Email and SMTP to manage the email list, indicate the severity level of the alert notifications to be sent, and specify the Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) server to send the emails to. You can also choose Send Test Email to verify that the SMTP server and destination email addresses are valid. Note that these settings only allow notification to an email address. There will be no Service Requests or call homes generated. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 20 Choose the Preferences link to set general preferences for alert emails and SNMP traps. You can change the language here as well as choose to show all pool threshold alerts even when the pools are not oversubscribed. An alert threshold is the percentage of storage allocation at which Unisphere generates notifications about the amount of space remaining in the pool. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 21 Use the SNMP link to configure your system to send alert notifications in a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) message known as a trap. SNMP traps capture the same information displayed in the Unisphere alerts list. You will need to add an SNMP target and indicate the severity level of the alert notifications to be sent. Choose Send Test SNMP Trap to verify that the SNMP configuration is valid. Now that we have covered some of the settings in Unisphere, let’s take a look at ESRS. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 22 This module focuses on the remote support options available on the Unity platform. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 23 EMC Secure Remote Services (ESRS) is a secure, bi-directional connection between EMC products in end user environments and the EMC Support infrastructure. It enables EMC to remotely monitor configured systems by receiving system-generated alerts and to connect into the customer environment for remote diagnosis and repair activities. It also provides a high-bandwidth connection for large file transfers, enables proactive Service Request (SR) generation and usage license reporting, and operates on a 24x7 basis. ESRS Virtual Edition (VE) options available with the Unity release include an embedded version that runs on the Unity storage system or a Gateway version installed as an offarray Virtual Machine (VM). It can be managed with Unisphere, UEMCLI, and RestAPI. Software Licensing Central is an EMC wide service the allows EMC products to send electronic licensing and usage information to EMC via ESRS VE. This information is visible to both EMC and end users. Unity systems will automatically send the information on licensed features once per week. This feature is enabled automatically when remote support is enabled. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 24 The two ESRS options are compared here. The Embedded version which leverages an onarray (Unity storage system) Docker container is also referred to as Integrated ESRS. The Gateway version is referred to as Centralized ESRS. Please consult the EMC Unity Family Secure Remote Services Requirements and Configuration document for the complete details. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 25 This demos will show how to configure ESRS. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 26 EMC ESRS can also be managed via the Unisphere Command Line Interface, or UEMCLI. Shown here is the help page for ESRS commands. Please refer to the EMC Unity Family Unisphere Command Line Interface User Guide for the complete details. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 27 Shown here are the various Rest API commands used to manage ESRS. Complete details can be found using the Unisphere REST API Reference Guide available at the URL shown. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 28 Shown here are the locations of various ESRS troubleshooting logs. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 29 Storage systems produce numerous events. Some of these events are benign and do not warrant forwarding notifications to EMC or a service provider. UDoctor is used to filter the events and only forward the ones matching certain criteria. Therefore, UDoctor reduces the number of call homes that a Unity storage system may attempt. UDoctor also provides actionable failure analysis using logs and the state of the system by identifying failure patterns and matching known symptoms to solutions. This reduces the number and duration of Service Requests (SRs). The UDoctor solution is not customer facing and is intended for EMC Support only. UDoctor is integrated as a service on the Unity platform and is monitored by HighAvailability (HA) every 60 seconds. If the UDoctor fails to start or crashes, HA will try to restart the UDoctor process. If UDoctor fails to start on the third attempt, an alert is generated. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 30 The four main components of UDoctor are shown here. The Filtering Engine (FE) contains various filters that can be applied to reduce call homes and their associated Service Requests. The Diagnostic Engine (DE) gathers information from the Unity storage system, performs diagnostic checks, and generates an analysis. For events passed to the DE by the FE, the DE obtains logs from the array, performs an analysis on the array, and, based on known issues, provides solutions to be sent along with the call home notification. The FE parses the DE analysis through a set of filters. If all the checks in the result are successful, the call home is withdrawn and archived. If at least one check fails, however, a call home will be triggered. The Log Collection Engine (LE) and TRiiAGE Engines (TE) only run if there is a validated call home event. Archived or filtered events do not invoke the log collection or TRiiAGE scripts. If a validated call home event occurs, the LE generates data collects from the Unity system which is later given to the TE. It also provides logs of the time of failure and provides an analysis to service personnel. The TE invokes a TRiiAGE script against the data collects from the LE then generates a password protected TRiiAGE.zip file. The zip file is stored locally for analysis. The zip file contains standard reports, which can be used to help to understand the overall health of the storage system and also make it easy to analyze the various logs for further troubleshooting. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 31 This course covered the installation and initial setup of the Unity storage system. This concludes the training. Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Unity Installation and Initial Setup 32