Configuring the RSA II

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

Context

Use the documentation supplied with the RSA II 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 need to supply the configuration setting when you run the setupsfs command).
Note: You can use the setupsfs command to configure the RSA II 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.

The RSA IIs in the engines all come with the same default IP address. This address is: 192.168.70.125.
Note: If you have multiple RSA IIs on the network at the same time, each requires a unique IP address. If you do not define a unique IP address for each RSA II, when you use the Web interface to configure the RSA II, you are not able to determine the RSA II that you are updating.

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

Number the engines and RSAs 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. This name must match the name of the metadata server. You 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 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: Metadata server software installation and configuration

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