Configuring the RSA II adapter

This topic describes how to configure the RSA II adapter for the SAN File System.

Context

Use the documentation supplied with the RSA II adapter card for configuration information. You need to change the factory-supplied IP address so that it is unique for your network. In addition, the SAN File System uses certain configuration settings (you will need to supply the configuration setting when you run the setupsfs command).
Note: You can use the setupsfs command to configure the RSA II adapter if it is not already configured. However, you must use this procedure to set the IP address, to set the user ID password to NULL, or to reset the user ID password.

This procedure assumes that you have properly cabled the RSA II adapter.

The RSA II adapters in the engines all come with the same default IP address. This address is: 192.168.70.125.
Note: If you have multiple RSA II adapters on the network at the same time, all will have the same IP address. If you use the Web interface to configure the RSA II adapter, you will not be able to determine the RSA II adapter that you are updating. Instead, you can update the IP address through the BIOS, and then use the Web interface to complete the configuration.

The recommended IP addresses for the RSA II adapters in the cluster are 192.168.70.1 through 192.168.70.n, where n is incremented by 1 for each additional RSA adapter. A cluster of eight engines would contain RSA adapters numbered from 192.168.70.1 to 192.168.70.8.

Number the engines and RSA adapters from 1 through n, starting with the top engine in the rack and ending with the bottom engine in the rack.

Steps

  1. Reboot the engine.
  2. Press F1 when prompted to enter the BIOS setup panel.
  3. Click Advanced Setup, and update the RSA II IP address and subnet mask.
  4. Exit setup, saving your configuration changes.
  5. After the system has finished booting, open a Web browser and point it to the IP address for the RSA II card.
  6. Log on to the RSA II using the default user ID (USERID) and password (PASSW0RD - the 0 is a zero).
  7. In the left frame, click Server --> ASM Control --> System Settings.
  8. Fill in the following information.
    • Name. The unique name of the RSA II adapter. This name must match the name of the metadata server. You will enter this name during metadata server setup.
    • IP address. Update the IP address to a unique IP address.
    • Server timeouts. Set the following timeouts:
      • Post watchdog. Set to 10 minutes.
      • OS watchdog. Set to 4 minutes.
      • Loader watchdog. Set to 10 minutes.
    • Set the date, time, and timezone.
    • Click Save to save your settings.
  9. In the left frame, click Server -->ASM Control -->Login Profiles
  10. Click on a "not used" link in the Login ID column.
  11. Create a user ID and password to be used for logging in to the RSA II card. This user ID must have read/write (Supervisor) authority. You will enter this information during metadata server setup, and it is the same for all metadata server engines in the cluster.
    Important: The password must contain only alphanumeric characters and it must be at least 5 characters long.
  12. Click Restart ASM on the left frame.
  13. You can verify the IP setting and new user ID by closing your browser, reopening it, and pointing to the new IP address.

Parent topic: Setting up the master metadata server

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