This topic provides information
about managing your clusters.
Initiating cluster creation from the front panel
After you have installed a pair of nodes,
you can use the front panel of one of the SAN Volume Controller nodes
to initiate the creation of the cluster. To create a cluster, you
do not need to repeat these instructions on more than one node. After
you complete the steps for initiating cluster creation from the front
panel, you can use the SAN Volume Controller Console to
create the cluster and add additional nodes to complete cluster configuration.
Creating a cluster using the SAN Volume Controller Console
After you have created the cluster using the SAN Volume Controller front
panel, you can use the Add SAN Volume Controller Cluster
function from the SAN Volume Controller Console to
identify the cluster to the IBM® System Storage® Productivity
Center (SSPC)
or the master console.
Adding a cluster
You can add a cluster to the server from the Adding a Cluster
panel.
Removing clusters
You can remove a cluster that is managed by the SAN Volume Controller Console from
your configuration by using the Removing Clusters panel.
Modifying a cluster
You can rename a cluster and change the fabric speed from
the Modifying Cluster panel.
Dumping cluster configurations
You
can dump the data for the cluster configuration into a file
from the Dumping the Cluster Configuration panel.
Modifying the cluster IP addresses
You can display and change the IP addresses that are associated
with a cluster from the Modify IP Addresses panel.
Removing iSNS server configuration
You can remove the configuration for the Internet Storage
Name Service (iSNS) server that is currently configured for the SAN Volume Controller cluster
using the SAN Volume Controller Console.
The iSNS server manages iSCSI targets and performs iSCSI discovery.
Starting statistics collections
You can start the collection of cluster statistics from
the Starting the Collection of Statistics panel.
Stopping statistics collections
You can stop the collection of cluster statistics from the Stopping
the Collection of Statistics panel.
Copying statistics files from the cluster
If you want to access the managed disk (MDisk) statistics
for a node, you must copy the statistics files from all the nodes
in the cluster to the /dumps/iostats directory on the configuration
node.
Shutting down a cluster
You can shut down a SAN Volume Controller cluster
from the Shutting Down cluster panel.
Changing the locale setting using the CLI
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to specify
the locale for a SAN Volume Controller cluster.
The language that you select as your locale setting is used to display
command results and error messages in the CLI.