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NEC 

M110/M310 Disk Array

Configuration Guide

Rev.1.2

21 May 2015

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Summary of Contents for M310

Page 1: ...s all the rights about this material You can not use this material for any purposes other than provided purpose In addition you can not duplicate modify and disclose this material to any third party w...

Page 2: ...Component Selection 18 Correct cache capacity NF5332 SC01SE NF5332 SC02SE 1 2 2015 05 21 New Feature Support DC Power Supply Model Support SAS Disk Drive 2 5 10krpm 1 8TB 1 Support SAS SSD 2 5 200GB 3...

Page 3: ...nts 1 Specifications 3 2 Component Selection M110 Component Selection 5 M310 Component Selection 30 3 Rack Guide 51 4 Disk Drive 52 5 Functions 54 Appendix Dynamic Pool Capacity List Excel sheet 2 NEC...

Page 4: ...Combo Copper 510W SAS 500W FC 510W iSCSI Optical 510W iSCSI Copper 520W Combo Optical 510W Combo Copper 515W SAS 505W FC 455W iSCSI Optical 455W iSCSI Copper 465W Combo Optical 455W Combo Copper 460W...

Page 5: ...ptical 500W iSCSI Copper 510W Combo Optical 500W Combo Copper 505W 350W 350W 3 5 295W Operating 5 to 40 10 80 Non Operating 10 to 60 5 80 Windows Linux Solaris HP UX AIX VMWare Hyper V KVM Intel Ivy B...

Page 6: ...M110 Component Selection 5 NEC Confidential...

Page 7: ...earline SAS disk drives and SAS SSD Disk drives can be added to the maximum 120 disk drives by connecting disk enclosures n Overview M110 Disk Array 2 5 6 NEC Confidential SAS HDD SAS SSD SAS HDD SAS...

Page 8: ...1 Switch Switch DE 09 Switch Switch Disk Enclosure NL SAS HDD SAS SSD Refer to The Number of Disk Enclosures Controller Cache 8GB BBU Cache 8GB NL SAS HDD SAS SSD NL SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 00 Built in Pow...

Page 9: ...4 Disk Enclosure Refer to 2 1 Disk Array Unit b Host Port Card Refer to 3 1 Disk Drive 2 Host Port Card Host I F 1 Select Model of Disk Array Unit Add Server HBA NIC SAS Controller Expand Disk Capacit...

Page 10: ...0 Disk Array Unit 2 5 model Refer to M110 Component Selection 2 1 Product List a Base Unit 2 M110 Component Selection 4 1 System Requirement and Recommended Product Choose Single Controller Configurat...

Page 11: ...nfidential a Dual controller Model Number Product Name Remarks Accessories 1 NF5322 SR01SE M110 Disk Array Unit 2 5 Single Controller model Power supply unit AC 100 240V 24 x 2 5 disk drives NEC Stora...

Page 12: ...1 SFP module less Blank slot x4 for 10Gb iSCSI optical SFP List of accessories NF5322 SF23E Host Port Card 10Gb iSCSI Copper 2Ports Host Port card x 1 1 10Gb iSCSI Copper 2port List of accessories NF...

Page 13: ...quantity Model Number Product Name Remark NF5322 SFP08E SFP Module 8Gb FC SFP module 8Gb FC x2 NF5322 SFP16E SFP Module 16Gb FC SFP module 16Gb FC x2 NF5322 SFP10E SFP Module 10Gb iSCSI Optical SFP m...

Page 14: ...16G FC 4Port 1 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 6Port 1 3 8G FC 4Port 16G FC 2Port 2 1 8G FC 4Port 16G FC 4Port 2 2 8G FC 6Port 16G FC 2Port 3 1 Available SFP Module combination for Host Port Card FC 4Port NF5322...

Page 15: ...ort1 Port2 Port3 Controller 0 Host Port Card Port0 Port1 Port2 Port3 Controller 0 Host Port Card Port0 Port1 Port2 Port3 2 M110 Component Selection 9 NEC Confidential 14 NG Good Port combination per u...

Page 16: ...1 10G iSCSI Optical 4Port 2 10G iSCSI Optical 6Port 3 10G iSCSI Optical 8Port 4 The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M110 disk array single controller with two Host Port Car...

Page 17: ...P10E 8G FC 2Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 1 0 1 or 2 8G FC 4Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 2 0 1 or 2 16G FC 2Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 0 1 1 or 2 16G FC 4Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 0 2 1 or...

Page 18: ...6E 8G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 1 0 8G FC 4Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 2 0 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 1 16G FC 4Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI...

Page 19: ...8 NEC Confidential u Characteristics Pros High Functionality High Availability Data Protection Online Firmware update Snapshot In box Inter box Replication Cons Higher cost than single controller conf...

Page 20: ...F is not supported NEC StorageManager Suite specific functions designates optional product packages which can be purchased with NEC StorageManager Suite Supported Storage M110 Monitor multiple storage...

Page 21: ...t When using the snapshot feature it is necessary to create a snapshot reservation area for replication of a master volume snapshot Considerations for Replication When implementing the replication fea...

Page 22: ...NEC Confidential 21 Considerations for Lifetime of Disk Drive Lifetime of SAS HDD Nearline SAS HDD and SAS SSD are 5 years 2 M110 Component Selection 16...

Page 23: ...8TB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5LGE 1 2 3 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB Self encrypting x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA96GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 400GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA9AGE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 1 6TB...

Page 24: ...e base unit and SAS disk enclosures can include a mix of SAS disk drives NL SAS disk drives SAS SSD and disk drives with different capacities and rotation speeds A pool must contain disk drives with t...

Page 25: ...ds of hot spare drives exist 3 The same interface as the base disk drive but larger than the base disk drive When multiple sizes of hot spare disks exist the smaller disk is used first Base disk drive...

Page 26: ...sk enclosures are placed in different racks a Mini SAS HD cable 1m will not be long enough and the Mini SAS HD cable in the table below will be needed Model number Product name Max num of disk drives...

Page 27: ...1 x 3 5 base unit 12 disk drives in base unit 5 x 2 5 disk enclosures 24 disk drives in four disk enclosures 12 disk drives in one disk enclosure Is this supported No it is not supported Max number of...

Page 28: ...2 2 1 84 3 2 2 96 4 2 3 108 5 2 4 120 6 3 0 96 3 3 1 108 4 3 2 120 5 4 0 120 4 Basics 3 5 DAC 12 disk drive slots 2 5 DAC 24 disk drive slots 3 5 DE 12 disk drive slots 2 5 DE 24 disk drive slots Exa...

Page 29: ...m 01 because functionality equivalent to DE 00 is built into DAC The figure below shows how to connect DEs and the DE numbers and PD numbers 28 NEC Confidential DP0 OUT DP0 IN DP0 IN DP0 Disk Enclosur...

Page 30: ...CZ55P Dummy HDD Tray 3 5 x 24 List of accessories M110 are equipped with two LAN ports per Disk Array Unit M110 can be configured for single controller configuration In this case one LAN port Managem...

Page 31: ...M310 Component Selection 30 NEC Confidential...

Page 32: ...to the maximum 240x 3 5 disk drives and 480x 2 5 disk drives by connecting disk enclosures n Overview M310 Disk Array 2 5 31 NEC Confidential Controller BBU Base Unit SAS HDD SAS SSD Controller Cache...

Page 33: ...he 12 24GB DE 00 Build in DISK Port Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 01 DE 10 DE 09 Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 19 Host Por...

Page 34: ...efer to 2 1 Disk Array Unit b Host Port Card Refer to 4 1 Disk Drive 2 Host Port Card Host I F 9 Select Rack 8 Select Front Bezel Refer to 8 Front Bezel Refer to 3 Rack Guide 7 Select Dummy HDD Refer...

Page 35: ...SCSI choose 1Gb iSCSI Copper 8 ports If 10Gb iSCSI choose 10Gb iSCSI Copper Optical 8 ports If Combo choose 8 16Gb FC 4 ports and 1 10Gb iSCSI Copper Optical 4 ports Refer to M310 Component Selection...

Page 36: ...front bezel is attached on M Series Disk Array Units Purchase the bezel separately if required 2 Ear bezels indicate the black cover panels at both ends of base unit 35 NEC Confidential Model Number...

Page 37: ...able module SFP module is kind of the transceiver to communicate in a Fibre channel or Gigabit Ethernet The connection of the apparatus is enabled by putting it on Host Port Card Therefore the arrange...

Page 38: ...ilable SFP combination in case of M310 disk array dual controller with two Host Port Card FC 4Port Max 8 SFPs corresponded to 4 Model Number per unit are available 2 M310 Component Selection 7 M310 M3...

Page 39: ...P Module combination for Host Port Card FC 10Gb iSCSI Optical NF5322 SF83E The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M310 disk array dual controller with two Host Port Card FC 10G...

Page 40: ...CSI Copper 4Port 2 0 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 1 16G FC 4Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 1 1 Unit with two FC 10Gb iSCSI Copper Host Port...

Page 41: ...orages Linkage with ESMPRO Linkage with SigmaSystemCenter Event Link Report by e mail Run executable Monitor performance NEC Storage PerformanceMonitor Analyze performance NEC Storage PerformanceNavig...

Page 42: ...be generated as data on the MV is fully copied to the RV This startup load may be large enough to temporarily affect performance It is recommended to operate 24 hours nonstop especially if running wit...

Page 43: ...NEC Confidential 42 Considerations for Lifetime of Disk Drive Lifetime of SAS HDD Nearline SAS HDD and SAS SSD are 5 years 2 M310 Component Selection 12...

Page 44: ...8TB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5LGE 1 2 3 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB Self encrypting x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA96GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 400GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA9AGE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 1 6TB...

Page 45: ...e base unit and SAS disk enclosures can include a mix of SAS disk drives NL SAS disk drives SAS SSD and disk drives with different capacities and rotation speeds A pool must contain disk drives with t...

Page 46: ...when multiple speeds of hot spare drives exist 3 The same interface as the base disk drive but larger than the base disk drive When multiple sizes of hot spare disks exist the smaller disk is used fir...

Page 47: ...placed in different racks a Mini SAS HD cable 1m will not be long enough and the Mini SAS HD cable in the table below will be needed Model number Product name Max num of disk drives Power supply Acce...

Page 48: ...and five disk enclosures 2 5 1 x 3 5 base unit 12 disk drives in base unit 15 x 3 5 disk enclosures 12 disk drives in disk enclosures 5 x 2 5 disk enclosures 24 disk drives in disk enclosures Is this...

Page 49: ...DP0 DP1 Max Connection DP0 9 DP1 10 Mini SAS HD Cable 1m Mini SAS HD Cable 3m DAC DP0 DP1 DE connection 2 M310 Component Selection 18 NEC Confidential...

Page 50: ...vide better performance by improving access times to frequently accessed data and can significantly improve on write performance In order to reduce the occurrence of cache overflow conditions in high...

Page 51: ...Version 1 2c 3 NEC StorageManager CLI commands via Telnet SSH Network connector RJ 45 Floating IP 9 Management LAN Port No front bezel is included with the M Series Disk Array Unit both base unit and...

Page 52: ...5inches by EIA Rack mounting described below is based on the U number M Series Disk Array Disk Array Controller DAC Disk Enclosure DE M110 M310 Height 2U 2U Depth 556 0mm 21 89inches 548 5mm 21 59inch...

Page 53: ...stems that require high performance and non stop operation n NL SAS HDD NL Serial Attached SCSI Hard Disk Drive NL SAS is a high capacity and low cost HDD It is good for backup and archive and can be...

Page 54: ...ation RV Replication Volume 5 Replication within the same array DynamicDataReplication RV Replication Volume 6 Snapshot DynamicSnapVolume SV Snapshot Volume 7 File Server 2 2 SAS HDD SAS HDD is excell...

Page 55: ...the existing data retained Logical disk capacity can be expanded with the existing data retained A logical disk allocated from the pool can be immediately used by a production server The M Series pro...

Page 56: ...Ds in each RAID type For example RAID 1 with 4 HDDs is automatically configured as RAID 10 It is also possible to configure a pool with 3 HDDs in RAID 1 in which case it will be equivalent to the stri...

Page 57: ...umber of physical disks the expansion time depends on the capacity and the number of the added physical disks The logical disks are available for configuration after the expansion completes The pool h...

Page 58: ...1024 4096 The minimum capacity of logical disk for configuration 1GB 1GB The unit of logical disk for configuration 1GB 1GB The maximum size of a logical disk which can be used as a snapshot volume 1...

Page 59: ...dures a Back up the contents of a logical disk to media such as a tape etc b Expand the logical disk c Rebuild the file system in the expanded logical disk Note The data in the logical disk is deleted...

Page 60: ...t spare disk The same speed of rotations or less as hot spare disk When there are disks with various capacities and rotation speeds within the disk array unit it is recommended to have hot spare disks...

Page 61: ...on the replaced disk Failure 5 x 15k SAS 300GB RAID 5 Failure Hot spare disk 15k SAS 300GB Failed disk will be removed from RAID and a hot spare disk will become a member of RAID Failure The disk tha...

Page 62: ...capacity rotation speed One hot spare drive 24 disk drives n types of capacity rotation speed n spare disk drives 24 disk drives NL SAS Disk Drive 1 One type of capacity rotation speed One hot spare d...

Page 63: ...ckup which is called replication reserved volume can be configured by the procedures in the NEC StorageManager manual It is strongly recommended to use the storage system information retention functio...

Page 64: ...t with ALUA Firmware can be updated to the latest version without stopping the system with the NEC Storage M Series The multipath environment with NEC Storage PathManager or OS native multipath softwa...

Page 65: ...a in case of stolen hard drives SED has no adverse impact on performance 1 SED type Encrypt data on the hard drive itself media cache Protect against a data breach by hard drive theft Embedded encrypt...

Page 66: ...the data replicated to non SED HDD will not be encrypted When creating snapshot of data in SED create SRA Snapshot Reserved Area in SED If SRA is created in non SED SV Snapshot Volume will not be encr...

Page 67: ...spare disks Power saving function requires Storage Manager and Storage Control Command when performing the following operations Start Stop volume usage Start Stop pool operation Set power saving mode...

Page 68: ...products VMware is one of the better known products and is widely used 2 Optimize Storage Performance Vmware vSphere has VAAI vStorage API for Array Integration that optimizes storage performance M S...

Page 69: ...s Web VM1 VM1 data VM1 vmdk Windows Web VM2 VM2 data VM2 vmdk Windows Web VM3 VM3 data VM3 vmdk Storage fills zeros in the area 1 Copy Virtual Machine VAAI disabled VMware ESX LINUX Mail Windows Web V...

Page 70: ...e ESX LINUX Mail Windows Web VM1 VM2 2 VAAI Enabled VMFS B Storage vMotion VM1 VMDK VMFS A Freed Area VM2 VMDK VMFS B Storage vMotion Move VM Move VM Not freed Freed This function enables ESX Server t...

Page 71: ...RV DDR M110 Max Capacity 256TB 500TB 50TB 3 M310 Max Capacity 256TB 500TB 50TB 3 In box replication DynamicDataReplication Inter box replication RemoteDataReplication Model M110 M310 M110 M310 8Gb FC...

Page 72: ...I F 12Gb SAS Host I F Single Controller Dual Controller NEC StorageManager Express Embedded NEC StorageManager Snapshot Support Matrix Sum of Snapshot Related Volumes Master Volume Capacity Snapshot V...

Page 73: ...frequently accessed is stored on this volume in order to store more pair differential management information The system also writes information in this volume and reads from it Because of this physic...

Page 74: ...normal load UPS2 failure PS1 PS0 M310 3 5 Disk Array Controller power consumption NL SAS 252 5VA 250W 252 5VA 250W 505VA 500W Disk Enclosure power consumption NL SAS 150VA 147 5W 150VA 147 5W 300VA 2...

Page 75: ...tem Remote Center E mail EmbeddediSM Storage Mail Server Customer s System Remote Center E mail Embedded iSM 2 E mail notification from the storage units via iSM Server NEC StorageManager is installed...

Page 76: ...HDD write read Pool Disk Array Business Servers Cache Module Logical Disks Cache Controller Controller Cache PerforCache Features Second cache is used for the following purposes Read Cache Store frequ...

Page 77: ...write multiple purpose Read cache dedicated one or two SSDs per disk array Read cache write cache persistent write two or four SDDs per disk array Installation Configuration Considerations It is poss...

Page 78: ...ray is running It is necessary to replace the battery in about 5 years This replacement can be done while the system is running The lifetime of the battery is shortened when it is used at high tempera...

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