Creating an HCP S Series Node component

To create an economy storage component, you need to add an S Series Node to the HCP system. To add an S Series Node to your HCP system:

1.On HardwareNodes page, click on the Add Node button.

The Add Node wizard appears.

2.In the Username field, type a username for an S Series node user account with the security role.

The account created is only used to create other user accounts.

3.In the Password field, type a password for an S Series node user account with the security role.

4.In the Domain Namefield, type the fully qualified domain or virtual IP address of the S Series Node.

If you receive an invalid connection information error message, and you're connecting to HCP S Series Nodes through an IP address, disable HTTPS in step 7.

5.Optionally, if Virtual network management is enabled and the Storage Network field is visible, select the network you want HCP to use to communicate with the S Series Node.

If Virtual network management is not enabled this field does not exist. For more information on storage networks, see Isolating networks for storage tiering.

6.Optionally, select Use HTTPS for Management to use HTTP with SSL security for S Series Node management requests.

7.Optionally, click on Advanced to display the following additional configuration options. Then:

oTo use HTTP with SSL security for data access requests, select Use HTTPS.

oIn the HTTPS Port field, type the Port you want to use to connect to the end point. The default is 443.

oIn the HTTP Port field, type the Port you want to use to connect to the S Series Node. The default is 80.

oOptionally, select Use proxy to connect to the endpoint.

oIn the Proxy Host field, type the hostname or IP address of the proxy server.

oIn the Proxy Port number field, type the number of the proxy server. The default is 0.

oIn the Proxy Username field, type the username of the proxy server.

oIn the Proxy Password field, type the password of the proxy server.

oIn the Proxy Domain field, type the AD domain of the proxy server.

8.Click on the Next button.

9.In the Name field, type a name for the S Series Node.

10.In the Description(optional) field, type a description for the S Series Node.

11.Click on the Next button.

12.Select the Compliant checkbox if the storage that’s represented by the storage component is compliant to the terms and conditions of your service plan.

13.Take either of the following actions:

oTo create a new storage pool and attach the S Series Node to it:

1.Select Add to new storage pool.

2.Type a name for the HCP S Series Node new storage pool in the Add to new storage pool field.

3.Optionally, if you want to compress data in the new HCP S Series Node storage pool, select Compress Data at Rest.

4.Optionally, if you want to encrypt data on the new HCP S Series Node storage pool, select Encrypt Data at Rest.

5.Optionally, if you want the Content Verification service to run on the new HCP S Series Node storage pool, select Content Verification.

oTo add the S Series Node to an existing storage pool, select Add to existing storage pool and select the existing storage pool from the Name field.

14.Select Compress data if you want to compress object data that’s stored on the storage that’s allocated to the namespaces in the storage pool.

15.Select Encrypt data if you want to encrypt object data that’s stored on the storage that’s allocated to the namespaces in the storage pool.

16.Click on the Next button.

17. On the Review page, make sure that the S Series Node is configured to your specifications.

18. If your set up is correct, click on the Finish button.

Roles: In order to create an HCP S Series Node storage component, you need the administrator role.

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