May 16, 20 a vulnerability exists in emc vnx and emc celerra control station that could result in elevation of privileges by a lower level administrator with access to the system. Control stations one or two configuration and management reliability, availability, serviceability symmetrix, vnx, or clariion storage architecture and packaging cs control station 1 u dme data mover enclosure 2u san symmetrix vnx series clariion. I think my vnx might have gotten sick, how do i give it a. If you have 2 control stations in the vnx, then the alias ip address can be used. You must be an admin user of the vnx celerra storage device to perform the configuration steps.
Clariion external process timeout for performance sec for array performance, the maximum time allowed for clariion commands to complete. However since it is in failover mode use the secondary ip. Open an sshtelnet session to the control station and login. While the vnx array is sold as block, file, or unified a combination of both the health checks are different for the block side and the file side. Nov 05, 2014 basic healthcheck commands for emc celerra vnx november 5, 2014 vipin v. Jun 16, 2017 vnx control station for vnx1 and vnx2 contains fixes for multiple security vulnerabilities that may potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. I think my vnx might have gotten sick, how do i give it a health check. Data collection is resilient and can support multiple control stations for failover. The everlasting saga of the vnx5300 blockfile danierobberts. Configure emc vnx control station and datamovers to. Naturally, i logged into uimp, changed control station ip address in the vblock configuration and ran vblock discovery again. This article provides vipr system administrators, using the vipr rest api, the vipr support requirements, and prerequisite information to prepare emc vnx for file storage systems for vipr integration, and the steps to add the storage to vipr. When using the emc vnx installation assistant to install a vnx unified system, which mac address will be used for the initial.
Continue reading undocumented celerra vnx file commands. Emc vnxcelerra configuration guide new tech briefs. This vnx nas cli reference guide includes command syntax samples for the more commonly used commands at the top, and a list of. Vnxcelerra sp collects from control station command line. The show action command provides qualifiers for changing the display of the output, including the format and the attributes to include.
Install vnx cli for the splunk addon for emc vnx splunk. When using the command for fcp continue reading undocumented celerra vnx file commands. This is an account of me trying to get two emc vnx 5300s added to our solution center. How to fail over fail back a control station dell emc. Oct 05, 2019 the san was shutdown following the vnx shutdown procedure via unisphere. The show action command displays a list of objects that exist on the system and the attributes of those objects. The change need to be carry out on each control station. Explains the command used to configure and manage an emc file storage system. The control station may optionally be configured with a matching secondary control station to ensure redundancy on the vnx array. Dont know the global users account from the expert community at experts exchange. Diskarray enclosures dae house the drives used in the array.
Dec 20, 2018 esxi iscsi vmware iscsi for dummies netapp for dummies emc netapp openstack unity celerra cinder default dell password vnx centos control station esxcli linux isilon login lun macos onefs rhel microsoft windows server benchmark cisco citrix classic clustered nas copy dell emc eazybi inode inodes iscsiadm isilon default root password jira ls mac. Control station can be failed back using multiple methods. Use the unisphere cli commands eventlog show and eventalerthist show. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you. Would you like to log into the primary control station. Use the vnx procedure generator to generate an sp replacement procedure. Nov 04, 2014 personally, i prefer control station cli to get the sp collects for a vnx celerra with attached clariion, quicker opening the unisphere manager takes time, of course it is java enabled. Vnxcelerra sp collects from control station command. A vulnerability exists in emc vnx and emc celerra control station that could result in elevation of privileges by a lower level administrator with access to the system. I would still suggest doing this via serial if you have easy physical access to the san however in my case it was at the other side of the country. Also refer to knowledgebase solution id emc317909 for more information on the issue. Introduction the audit tool runs on the control station, and monitors events posted in existing logs. How to reboot emc vg2 nas cs control station kudosvenue. The only thing you need to remember is that you need to do both, because the authentication will check your ldap account against both.
How to successfully install vnx installation assistant via by. This vnx nas cli reference guide includes command syntax samples for the more commonly used commands at the top, and a list of available commands at the bottom with a brief description of their function. It sends appropriate events to the local syslog service, which, in turn forwards the event records to a remote syslog server. View the appropriate vnx installation guide vnx on powerlink. Open an ssh session to the control station of the vnx storage device using the nasadmin account. Ensure that the celerravnx device is configured to support alternate data streams ads, which enterprise vault uses to indicate archive points.
Emc vnx control station control processor series sign in to comment. As the system administrator, you may type commands through the control station to perform tasks that include the following. When using the emc vnx installation assistant to install a vnx unified system, which mac address will be used for the initial configuration. Before we begin, you may want to login to the control station cli as root and run the following command.
If the control station has halted successfully, then go to the next step to restart the control station. Aug 22, 2011 this is an account of me trying to get two emc vnx 5300s added to our solution center. Emc vnx file storage enclosure commands the following xml apis are used to form the xml queries that are required to get the information about emc vnx file storage enclosure. Emc vnx celerra control station privilege escalation. Basic healthcheck commands for emc celerravnx november 5, 2014 vipin v. All ip address of all the dm and vdm are treansfered, including the mac address. For example, some nas versions of drives support a command extension to allow extended error recovery to be disabled. Unisphere management service wont start on emc vnx array. Emc vnx block storage enclosure commands the following commands are used to discover storage objects of emc vnx block storage enclosures. Emc vnx control station control processor series specs cnet. The cepp service on the vnxcelerra device is responsible for sending event and client activity notifications to the peer software solutions. Configuring ldap authentication for unisphere on the vnx thulin.
You are tasked with running commands on the vnx for file cs0 console. Networkattached storage nas is a filelevel computer data storage server connected to a. About excluding specific mac and windows file types from archiving. Like baking a cake you need to make sure all the ingredients are there and ready to go. Normally you login to the vnx with using the primary control station ip. The file is configured to provide auditing events important to the vnx. Emc vnx control station control processor series specs.
They are used to control and manage the various components of the array such as the data movers and disk processor. Metrics are collected via ssh commands from the vnx file mover control station for nfs and smb storage performance. Posted by digitalkungfu february 19, 2016 posted in uncategorized, vnx2 tags. Data storage vnx with mcx quiz questions proprofs quiz. Returns the number of times that a write had to flush a page to make room in the. Jun 22, 2015 how to fail over fail back a control station. Login to the control station as nasadmin and issue the cmd nassbingetreason from the cs console. On one system emc2cs0 the sp seems unable to sends commands back to cs. Commands are to be issued thru the control station ssh or web gui celerra manager. Undocumented celerra vnx file commands the san guy. Emc uimp cannot discover vnx control station after failover.
Emc vnx driver supports storageassisted volume migration, when the user starts migrating with cinder migrate forcehostcopy false or cinder migrate, cinder will try to leverage the vnxs native volume migration functionality. If the control station halted successfully, the hyperterminal session will be unresponsive. Cifs features are added thru samba and other emc add ons. I need to change the secondary control station, the standby. These commands are useful for troubleshooting a windows domain controller connection issue on the control station. Nov 26, 20 a new feature with the release of vnx rockiesblock oe 5. Please contact emc customer service for assistance. The auditing feature on vnx control station is enabled by default and starts when the cs is booted. Apr 29, 20 these commands have been gather from multiple sites and is pretty straight forward server specific commands. Aug 07, 2012 emc nas vnx health checkup using command line. Feb 19, 2016 log onto unisphere confirm ip information for control station. Below is a list of some of those undocumented commands, most are meant for viewing performance stats. The following commands are used to discover storage objects of emc vnx block storage enclosures. Emc nas vnx health checkup using command line asgaur.
Make sure emc control station can ping ntp server ip addresses. Accept the default settings unless they conflict with the control station public network. You can specify an object qualifier to view the attributes for a single object. Creates a replication session for a onetime copy of a file system. Which action is a vnx control station operate when dealing with the managment of data movers. Emc vnx 5300 reinitialization problem dell community. Displays the software version running on the control station. Script files in affected products exist with ownership permissions for the nasadmin group account different from the nasadmin user. Prior to running via, ensure that the vnx array is powered on, properly cabled, and of course connected to your management network. Emc vnx1 vnx2 command injection privilege escalation posted jun 16, 2017. Please ensure to reference official emc documentation before proceeding and ensure your system health checks are passed before completing a shutdown. Emc vnx1 vnx2 command injection privilege escalation. Wait until the command completes before continuing. Configuring ldap authentication for unisphere on the vnx.
These commands have been gather from multiple sites and is pretty straight forward server specific commands. In this case i am using the duplicate ip and will change it to the correct ip by using the unisphere gui. Maximum time allowed for clariion commands to complete. Performs management of remotely linked vnx or a linked pair of data movers. You must be an admin user of the vnxcelerra storage device to perform the configuration steps. The checkup command reports back on the state of the control station, data movers, and storage system. After the power was back on everything on the san came up accept the unisphere web management. Performance poll interval sec for array performance, the interval, in seconds, at which the data source should poll the device. The san was shutdown following the vnx shutdown procedure via unisphere. Personally, i prefer control station cli to get the sp collects for a vnxcelerra with attached clariion, quicker opening the unisphere manager takes time, of course it is java enabled. Primary control station during a vnx installation, the storage administrator requests that the vnx notify emc when major system events occur. The port number used to connect to the control station. Vnx for file systems and how to interpret the information it collects. May 14, 20 the change need to be carry out on each control station.
This feature is also available for first generation vnx storage systems, from vnx oe code release 05. A new feature with the release of vnx rockiesblock oe 5. Last night we had a control station failover on vnx7500 and before we could fail it back change control etc etc i needed to create a new service offering in emc uimp. Configuring ldap for a unified box is no different than the block and file side. Of course all commands have man pages if you wish to gather more information, but in summary the commands are. Emc vnx1 and vnx2 family multiple vulnerabilities in vnx control station emc identifier. The control station is responsible for blade failover. Emc vnx systems have two separate hardware components. A good practice is to locate the mac address of your primary control station. Command to get the information about celerra control station. Its a useful cheat sheet for quickly referencing commonly used commands.
The commands for auditing are native linux commands. Ive had emc support use the fcp command during a support call in the past. What command is used to verify the state of the control station ethernet ports. I have a vnx5400 with dual control station and i can ssh logon with nasadmin to get the primary control station mac address. Configuring and using the audit tool on vnx for file. Emc vnx driver openstack configuration reference liberty. The cepp service on the vnx celerra device is responsible for sending event and client activity notifications to the peer software solutions. In this case the primary control station was ipd correctly. Enterprise vault setting up file system archiving fsa. After power back i tried to initialize it again but as the mac address of the control station was already broadcasted, the system couldnt broadcast it again. The reason code output should be as follows see detailed list of reason codes below. Spa read cache state on vnx fcn0xxxxxxxx5 is not enabled action.
There are typically two control stations, a primary and secondary. While i was initializing it power shuts off and the system wasnt fully initialized at that time. How to successfully install vnx installation assistant via. The data mover uses the same interface and the same nexthop mac. Emc vnx list of useful nas commands david ring verify nas services are running. If you log into the control station with ssh user nasadmin, then you can check the ntp status with this command. Use the vnx procedure generator to view the specific vnx models illustrated parts guide. The control station linux kernel will be upgraded in vnx oe for file 8. Configuring ntp services for the vnx celerra vwannabe. The available output formats are namevalue pair nvp, table, and.
See example commands to prepare a celerravnx device for fsa. The only thing you need to remember is that you need to do both, because the authentication will check your ldap account against both the control station and the service processor. The file can be modified to provide any custom audit. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. In the example below we are initially concerned with the control station and storage processors of the vnx and we will change their ips via ssh and not via serial as suggested in the emc guides. The default audit events are in les file, that is located in etcauditles. If you have a single vnx you will not have the domains options and therefore need to login to the control station as root, select your array from the systems list, click system menu and select control station properties under system management.
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