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EMC Corporation Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748-9103 1-508-435-1000 In North America 1-866-464-7381 www.EMC.com Contents Preface ................................................................................................5 Welcome...........................................................................................5 About This Guide ..............................................................................5 Document Conventions .....................................................................6 Text Conventions.........................................................................6 Command Syntax Conventions ....................................................7 Getting Support ................................................................................7 Product information .....................................................................7 Technical support ........................................................................7 Chapter 1: About the DCA ..............................................................9 About the DCA ..................................................................................9 Two Appliance Versions ...............................................................9 DCA Module Types.......................................................................9 Racking Guidelines ....................................................................15 Rack Types................................................................................15 Rack Density .............................................................................17 About the Network Configuration...............................................18 DCA Modules and Master Servers....................................................20 Master Servers ..........................................................................21 GPDB Modules ...........................................................................21 Data Integration Accelerator Modules ........................................23 HD Compute Modules ................................................................26 Hadoop Master and Worker Modules..........................................27 GPDB Overview and Upgrade Tasks ................................................28 About GPDB...............................................................................28 About the Master Servers ..........................................................29 About the Segment Hosts..........................................................30 GPDB Upgrade Tasks.................................................................31 Chapter 2: Supported Software Applications .........................33 GPDB ..............................................................................................33 Pivotal Greenplum Command Center...............................................33 Pivotal Hadoop................................................................................33 HAWQ .............................................................................................34 Pivotal HD with EMC Isilon ..............................................................34 Pivotal Command Center.................................................................34 Supported software application versions .........................................34 Chapter 3: Preparing the Data Center Environment............. 37 Confirming Site Requirements.........................................................37 Floor Space Requirements .........................................................37 DCA Rack Dimensions ...............................................................38 Connecting New Racks to the Power Supply ..............................41 Power Cord Specifications..........................................................41 Environmental Requirements.....................................................41 Air Quality Requirements...........................................................42 Optional Securing Brackets .............................................................43 Anti-Tip Bracket ........................................................................44 Anti-Move Bracket .....................................................................44 Seismic Restraint Bracket..........................................................45 3 Cabinet Positioning .........................................................................46 Package Dimensions and Clearance ................................................47 Chapter 4: Planning for a Multiple Rack DCA .........................49 Chapter 5: Gathering Site-Specific Information ....................51 Site Requirements Checklist............................................................51 Plan for Hadoop Networking............................................................53 VLAN Overlay..................................................................................53 Planning for Remote Support - ESRS and Dialhome ........................54 Chapter 6: DCA Administration ..................................................57 DCA utilities ....................................................................................57 Description ................................................................................60 Options .....................................................................................61 ConnectEMC Dial Home Capability .............................................64 Web-Based Management Options ..............................................68 Pivotal Greenplum Command Center .........................................68 Pivotal Command Center ...........................................................68 GPDB Email and SNMP Alerting .................................................69 SNMP on the DCA ...........................................................................69 DCA MIB information ......................................................................69 MIB Locations............................................................................69 MIB Contents.............................................................................70 View MIB ...................................................................................72 Integrate DCA MIB with environment..............................................84 Change the SNMP community string..........................................84 Set an SNMP Trap Sink..............................................................84 General Database Maintenance Tasks .............................................85 Routine Vacuum and Analyze ....................................................85 Routine Reindexing....................................................................86 Managing GPDB Log Files ..........................................................86 Next Steps ......................................................................................87 Chapter 7: Power Down the DCA ...............................................89 Chapter 8: Next Steps ...................................................................95 Documentation Resources...............................................................95 Providing User Access to GPDB .......................................................95 Creating Databases and Loading Data.............................................95 Appendix A: Red Hat Enterprise Linux End User License Agreement ......................................................................................97 Glossary ............................................................................................99 4 EMC DCA Getting Started Guide Preface This guide is intended for EMC personnel, partners, database and system administrators, and customers to plan for installing a new Data Computing Appliance (DCA) into a data center. This guide provides an overview of the system, information on data center requirements, a checklist of items needed for software configuration, and links to relevant documentation for use in the next steps of deployment. This guide also contains an overview of the appliance configuration. Make sure that you verify that the requirements listed in this document are satisfied before performing a DCA installation. Welcome • About This Guide • Document Conventions • Getting Support • Welcome Welcome to EMC and congratulations on your new acquisition of your EMC DCA product. To help you get started as a new EMC Customer, please visit our online support Welcome Center at http://www.emc.com/support/new-customers/index.htm. Here, you will find information to help you gain access to the tools and resources