LSA LSI® Storage Authority Software User Guide
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
LSA LSI ® Storage Authority Software User Guide Version 2.1 Broadcom DB15-001161-19 September 22, 2021 Broadcom, the pulse logo, Connecting everything, Avago Technologies, Avago, MegaRAID, LSI, CacheCade, CacheVault, SafeStore, SSD Guard, and the A logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Copyright © 2014–2021 Broadcom. All Rights Reserved. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.broadcom.com Broadcom reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products or data herein to improve reliability, function, or design. Information furnished by Broadcom is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Broadcom does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of this information, nor the application or use of any product or circuit described herein, neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others. User Guide LSA LSI ® Storage Authority Software Table of Contents How This Guide Is Organized...........................................................................................................11 LSI Storage Authority Overview.......................................................................................................12 Support Matrix................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Technical Support.......................................................................................................................................................... 14 LSI Storage Authority Feature Comparison Matrix........................................................................15 LSI Storage Authority Preinstallation, Postinstallation, and Upgrade Requirements.................18 Preinstallation Requirements........................................................................................................................................18 OpenSLP................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Upgrade Requirements.................................................................................................................................................. 18 Browser Cache..........................................................................................................................................................18 Types of Installation.......................................................................................................................... 19 Gateway Installer............................................................................................................................................................ 19 StandAlone Installer.......................................................................................................................................................20 DirectAgent Installer...................................................................................................................................................... 20 Indirect Agent Installer.................................................................................................................................................. 20 Light Weight Monitor..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Light Weight Agent Installer......................................................................................................................................... 21 Configuring HTTPS............................................................................................................................ 22 Resetting Encryption Keys............................................................................................................... 23 Installing the LSI Storage Authority Software on the Microsoft Windows Operating System................................................................................................................................................. 24 Installing in Noninteractive Mode.................................................................................................................................28 Uninstalling in Interactive Mode...................................................................................................................................29 Uninstalling in Noninteractive Mode............................................................................................................................29 Installing the LSI Storage Authority Software on the Linux Operating System.......................... 30 Installing in the Interactive Mode.................................................................................................................................30 Installing in the Noninteractive Mode..........................................................................................................................31 Uninstalling the LSI Storage Authority Software on the Linux Operating System................................................. 31 Adding a Digital Signature and Enabling ASLR and DEP for LSI Utilities...................................32 Adding a Digital Signature in a Windows Environment............................................................................................ 32 Adding a Digital Signature in a Linux Environment.................................................................................................. 32 Managing Light Weight Agent.......................................................................................................... 33 Installing LWA on VMware ESXi...................................................................................................................................33 Uninstalling LWA............................................................................................................................................................ 33 Managing LSA and Web Services................................................................................................................................33 Broadcom DB15-001161-19 3 User Guide LSA LSI ® Storage Authority Software Managing LSA on the VMware ESXi Operating Systems..............................................................34 Managing Host Hardware RAID Controllers................................................................................................................36 Increasing the Memory Limit of the Host Hardware RAID Controller.......................................................................36 Increasing the Polling Interval of the Host Hardware RAID Controller.....................................................................36 Disabling the Host Hardware RAID Controller......................................................................................................... 37 Optimizing Event Notifications..................................................................................................................................... 37 Configuring the Provider on ESXi Servers............................................................................................................... 37 Configuring LSA on Gateway Servers for Optimizing Events.................................................................................. 37 Configuring LSA on Gateway Servers to Get Real-Time Events.............................................................................38 Configuring the Firewall on Various LSA Installers...................................................................................................38 Configuring the Firewall on Gateway/StandAlone Installer (Windows).................................................................... 38 Configuring the Firewall on Gateway/StandAlone Installer (Linux).......................................................................... 39 Configuring the Firewall on DirectAgent Installer..................................................................................................... 39 Collecting LSA Logs on Windows and Linux Operating Systems........................................................................... 39 Collecting LSA Logs on VMware Operating Systems............................................................................................... 40 Logout and Reboot Requirements on VMware Operating Systems.........................................................................40 Behavior of Event History.............................................................................................................................................41 Behavior of Event Monitoring on Non-ESXi versus ESXi Servers........................................................................... 41 Limitations of Installation and Configuration............................................................................................................. 42 Upgrading and Downgrading the Firmware on IR/IT Controllers (VMware)............................................................ 42 Differences in LSA for VMware ESXi...........................................................................................................................42 Performing Initial Configuration.......................................................................................................44