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EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4.1 Installation and Setup Guide

Published December, 2010

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Page 1: ...EMC Corporation Corporate Headquarters Hopkinton MA 01748 9103 1 508 435 1000 www EMC com EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide P N 300 012 105 REV A01...

Page 2: ...TIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Use copying and distribution o...

Page 3: ...d cables 24 Task 5 Connect to the customer network 26 Task 6 VPLEX Metro only Connect the clusters 26 Task 7 Power the components ON 27 Chapter 3 Setting up VPLEX Preliminary tasks 32 Setting up a VPL...

Page 4: ...if necessary 67 Task 17 Open a VPlexcli session on cluster 1 67 Task 18 Complete the EZ Setup on cluster 1 67 Task 19 Verify the date and time on both clusters 67 Task 20 Enable the WAN ports on clus...

Page 5: ...top connection to management server 33 21 PuTTY settings for VPLEX_service session 34 22 PuTTY configuration SSH protocol 35 23 PuTTY configuration Scrollback setting 35 24 PuTTY Configuration Logging...

Page 6: ...1 Component IP addresses in cluster 2 79 52 Ethernet cabling in a quad engine configuration 81 53 Serial cabling in a quad engine configuration 82 54 Fibre Channel cabling in a quad engine configurati...

Page 7: ...EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 7 Title Page 1 Major VPLEX hardware components 16 2 Data center acclimation times 23 Tables...

Page 8: ...EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 8 Tables...

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Page 10: ...ns motors solenoids etc Always use the correct tools for the job Always use the correct replacement parts Keep all paperwork including incident reports up to date complete and accurate Static precauti...

Page 11: ...bed in this document should be familiar with Linux commands and text editors Related documentation Related documentation avaliable on EMC Powerlink includes EMC VPLEX Site Preparation Guide EMC VPLEX...

Page 12: ...for details about obtaining a valid support agreement or to answer any questions about your account Your comments Your suggestions will help us continue to improve the accuracy organization and overa...

Page 13: ...ntation section in the current VPLEX release notes for any corrections to this document EMC recommends that you mark up a copy of this guide with any corrections identified in the release notes This c...

Page 14: ...ingle cluster or VPLEX Metro two clusters separated by up to 5 ms round trip time or RTT Note The component placement shown for single engine and dual engine configurations allows for nondisruptive up...

Page 15: ...I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O SPS 1 Engine 1 UPS A Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switch B Man...

Page 16: ...onents Component Description Engine shown in Figure 4 on page 17 Contains the following Two directors each running VPLEX GeoSynchrony software and containing four Fibre Channel I O modules Two I O mod...

Page 17: ...cluster Generating Call Home events Enabling secure management between clusters in a Metro Plex Protecting the internal management network from the customer LAN Providing access to VPLEX components fo...

Page 18: ...that these storage devices will provide a maximum average response time of 10 ms for random 4K reads The best practice to ensure this is to allocate dedicated spindles on the array for any LUN that w...

Page 19: ...ownload from SourceForge net and or PSCP client If you want to use the VPLEX GUI Web browser Firefox v3 5 5 or v3 5 7 or Internet Explorer 7 Adobe Flash Player 10 0 0 or higher Required tools You will...

Page 20: ...EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 20 Introduction...

Page 21: ...ter describes the tasks to install the VPLEX hardware at a customer site Note Although much of this guide is intended for use by customers this chapter is for use primarily by EMC personnel Installing...

Page 22: ...that all I O modules are fully seated 3 Confirm that all thumbscrews are finger tight 4 Confirm that all cables in the cabinet except AC cables to site power are securely connected and that the wire b...

Page 23: ...climated to a data center environment Table 2 lists the required times a Temperature and humidity values must be such that condensation does not occur on any VPLEX component CL4341c Power supply Fan S...

Page 24: ...cable entry is though the top or bottom of the cabinet the sides of the cabinet through the plastic cable holders and secure the cables with the Velcro straps that are attached to the cabinet frame Ma...

Page 25: ...y Zep 005_FC ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I OFF OFF O ON ON I...

Page 26: ...n in Figure 11 1 Label each WAN cable at both ends to identify the connections 2 Secure the cables in the cable holders below the engines as shown in Figure 12 on page 27 and route the cables up or do...

Page 27: ...in a convenient location for use in verifying the data center power schemes 3 Connect the main AC power cables from the lower PDPs into the site s power sources To ensure high availability each cable...

Page 28: ...e SPS On Battery LED stays on while the SPS units fully charge which could be a few minutes or a few hours depending on the state of the battery If any amber LED not related to the SPS recharge remain...

Page 29: ...on and verify that the LED is illuminated before proceeding Figure 16 UPS front view b Verify that neither circuit breaker shown in Figure 17 on either UPS has triggered If a circuit breaker has trigg...

Page 30: ...Figure 18 Fibre Channel switch rear port side view 9 Remove the bezel from the front of the management server 10 On the front of the management server Figure 19 verify that the power LED is illuminate...

Page 31: ...is chapter describes the tasks to set up a VPLEX Local or VPLEX Metro implementation Topics include Preliminary tasks 32 Setting up a VPLEX Local implementation 33 Setting up a VPLEX Metro implementat...

Page 32: ...or configuration issues 2 If not already done download the EMC VPLEX Pre installation Configuration Worksheet and add the required information 3 Install and launch the VPLEX Procedure Generator as di...

Page 33: ...op s toolbar select Start Settings Control Panel Network Connections double click 3 If any public network connection is enabled on your laptop right click the network card and select Disable 4 On the...

Page 34: ...255 224 Default Gateway 128 221 252 2 10 Type the following command to verify that you can reach the management server s service port ping 128 221 252 2 11 On your laptop launch PuTTY exe Note If you...

Page 35: ...onnection as described later go to step 15 If you are going to remain connected directly for the entire setup procedure read the following information and then perform any desired steps The output fro...

Page 36: ...og in with username service and password Mi Dim7T Note the following If the connection fails to open ping 128 221 252 3 the LAN port on your laptop to verify intercomponent communication If the ping i...

Page 37: ...rvice and password Mi Dim7T 21 Type the following to configure the IP address of the management server s public Ethernet port management server set ip i IP_address netmask g gateway eth3 22 The next s...

Page 38: ...edure including re enabling any network cards b Verify that PuTTY or other Telnet SSH client is installed on the device and install it if necessary c Set the device to an IP address on the customer ne...

Page 39: ...rge If you want to create a log file anyway a Select Logging in the PuTTY Configuration Category list b Under Session logging select All session output c Type a name in the Log file name field shown i...

Page 40: ...ck end storage 1 From the VPlexcli prompt type the following command to list all director port WWNs identified in the command output as addresses ll engines ports p Note As the ll command shows if you...

Page 41: ...B minimum to be used for the meta volume and a mirror of the meta volume Note EMC recommends that the meta volume and mirror be on separate arrays 2 Type the following command to create the meta volum...

Page 42: ...hould follow the procedure described in the ESRS documentation on the GTS website in the Application Download area under EMC Secure Remote Support Gateway Implementation Install Procedure Task 9 Expos...

Page 43: ...clusters cluster 1 storage elements storage volumes ls 2 Type the following command to claim and name a storage volume storage volume claim n storage_volume_name d storage_volume_ID where storage_vol...

Page 44: ...033_1 extent_Symm1707_1034_1 extent_Symm1707_1035_1 extent_Symm1707_1036_1 extent_Symm1707_1037_1 extent_Symm1707_1038_1 extent_Symm1707_1039_1 extent_Symm1707_103A_1 extent_Symm1707_103B_1 5 Type the...

Page 45: ...of the command For example storage view addvirtualvolume f v storage_view_name i virtual volume_name virtual volume_name Note Including f forces the virtual volumes to be added to the view even if th...

Page 46: ...e cabinet of the first VPLEX cluster you are setting up and use the cable to connect your laptop to the cluster s management server as shown in Figure 30 Figure 30 Laptop connection to management serv...

Page 47: ...DNS Suffix eng emc com IP Address 128 221 252 3 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 224 Default Gateway 128 221 252 2 10 Type the following command to verify that you can reach the management server s service por...

Page 48: ...r over the customer network If you are going to move your connection as described later go to step 15 If you are going to remain connected directly for the entire setup procedure on this management se...

Page 49: ...engine cluster the log file can grow quite large Note The log file saves data from the current PuTTY session Any time you open a new session you must repeat this step if you want to log the output fo...

Page 50: ...rvice current_working_directory 17 From the Linux shell prompt type the following command Note You can enter long Linux and VPlexcli commands faster by using the Linux tab feature If you start typing...

Page 51: ...the following command at the VPlexcli prompt and again at the Linux shell prompt exit 24 Disconnect the red service cable from the management server and hang it back in the cabinet 25 If the clusters...

Page 52: ...vice cable from the management server and hang it back in the cabinet 33 Prepare for connection to the customer network If you are connecting your laptop to the network set it to an IP address on the...

Page 53: ...ve the session output to a log file a Select Logging in the PuTTY Configuration Category list b Under Session logging select All session output c Type a name in the Log file name field shown in Figure...

Page 54: ...e Figure 39 PuTTY settings for logging in to cluster 2 over the customer network 39 Repeat steps 35 through 37 40 Select the VPLEX Cluster 1 session and click Load 41 Click Open and log in to the mana...

Page 55: ...s ll engines ports p Note As the ll command shows if you want a single command to affect multiple entities for example directors or ports you sometimes can use an asterisk as a wildcard called command...

Page 56: ...olumes 78 GB minimum to be used for the meta volume and a mirror of the meta volume Note EMC recommends that the meta volume and mirror be on separate arrays 2 Type the following command to create the...

Page 57: ...address on both management servers in Task 1 on page 46 Note As a reminder the only scenario in which you would have done this is if both clusters are at the same location and you connected to the clu...

Page 58: ...t Use the following IP addresses and type the following values IP address 128 221 252 3 Subnet mask 255 255 255 224 Default gateway 128 221 252 2 8 Click OK on the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties...

Page 59: ...re 41 Figure 41 PuTTY settings for VPLEX_service session 14 Select SSH in the Category list and ensure that Preferred SSH protocol version is set to 2 as shown in Figure 42 Figure 42 PuTTY configurati...

Page 60: ...y list and set Lines of scrollback shown in Figure 43 to 20000 This allows you to read long output in a standard size PuTTY session window Figure 43 PuTTY configuration Scrollback setting b If you wan...

Page 61: ...current_working_directory 18 From the Linux shell prompt type the following command Note You can enter long Linux and VPlexcli commands faster by using the Linux tab feature If you start typing a com...

Page 62: ...t 25 Prepare for connection to the customer network If you are connecting your laptop to the network set it to an IP address on the network If you are connecting from a different device Zep 056a 128 2...

Page 63: ...e PuTTY session window Figure 47 PuTTY configuration Scrollback setting 28 If you want to save the session output to a log file a Select Logging in the PuTTY Configuration Category list b Under Sessio...

Page 64: ...mmand to connect to the VPlexcli vplexcli Log in with username service and password Mi Dim7T Task 9 Launch the VPLEX EZ Setup Wizard on cluster 2 The EZ Setup Wizard performs several tasks to set up a...

Page 65: ...k Task 13 Create a meta volume 1 From the VPlexcli prompt type the following command to list available storage volumes ll clusters cluster 2 storage elements storage volumes p Output example partial c...

Page 66: ...3 Type the following command to display the meta volume status ll clusters cluster 2 system volumes meta volume_name In the output verify that the attribute active shows a value of true 4 Type the fol...

Page 67: ...t server 2 at this point 1 On your laptop launch PuTTY exe 2 If you already have a VPLEX Cluster 1 session saved load it If no Cluster 1 session exists configure the PuTTY Configuration window as show...

Page 68: ...Follow the recommendations in the VPLEX best practices white papers to zone the WAN COM ports Task 22 Connect cluster 1 to the directors in cluster 2 1 From the VPlexcli prompt on management server 1...

Page 69: ...gging volumes You must create a logging volume on each VPLEX Metro cluster The volume must be large enough to contain one bit for every page of distributed storage space approximately 10 GB of logging...

Page 70: ...ing volume create n name g raid_geometry e extent_1 extent_2 extent_3 extent_n d stripe_depth where name is a name for the logging volume raid_geometry is the RAID type raid 0 or raid 1 extent_ identi...

Page 71: ...irm that operational status is ok and that there are no health indications 2 Type the following command to display a cluster summary cluster summary In the output verify that both clusters have the sa...

Page 72: ...rner of the screen To display documentation and additional resources for the current VPLEX release click Help on the task bar If you are using the VPlexcli Note The VPLEX CLI guide contains details on...

Page 73: ...ent_Symm1707_1018_1 extent_Symm1707_1019_1 extent_Symm1707_101A_1 extent_Symm1707_101B_1 extent_Symm1707_101C_1 extent_Symm1707_101D_1 extent_Symm1707_101E_1 extent_Symm1707_101F_1 extent_Symm1707_102...

Page 74: ...f v storage_view_name i virtual volume_name virtual volume_name Note Including f forces the virtual volumes to be added to the view even if the specified LUNs are in use the view is live the virtual v...

Page 75: ...rted volumes ports registered initiators VMware_view healthy 2 4 4 view1 healthy 1311 4 480 view2 healthy 10 4 2 view3 healthy 11 4 2 view4 healthy 10 4 2 Total 5 views 0 unhealthy Task 29 Perform a r...

Page 76: ...EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 76 Setting up VPLEX...

Page 77: ...s miscellaneous information you will need during the installation The appendix also contains tables to record other information you might need IP addresses and component IDs 78 Internal cabling 80 Cab...

Page 78: ...1 FC switch A 128 221 252 42 128 221 252 41 128 221 252 40 128 221 252 39 128 221 252 38 128 221 252 37 128 221 252 36 128 221 252 35 128 221 253 42 128 221 253 41 128 221 253 40 128 221 253 39 128 22...

Page 79: ...8 221 253 69 128 221 253 68 128 221 253 67 Cluster IP Seed 2 Enclosure IDs engine numbers Engine 4 Director 4B Director 4A Engine 3 Director 3B Director 3A Engine 2 Director 2B Director 2A Engine 1 Di...

Page 80: ...mbers for use in verifying or replacing a cable This section includes the following figures Cluster size Cable type Figure Quad engine Ethernet Figure 52 on page 81 Serial Figure 53 on page 82 Fibre C...

Page 81: ...nfiguration Zep 005_el Engine 1 Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switch B Management server Engine 2 Engine 3 Engine 4 038 003 676 71 in 038 003 676 71 in 038 003 678 20 in 038 003 685 37 in 038 0...

Page 82: ...Serial cabling in a quad engine configuration Zep 005_sl Engine1 UPS A UPS B Engine 2 Engine 3 Engine 4 038 003 682 12 in 038 003 682 12 in 038 003 682 12 in 038 003 682 12 in 038 003 894 40 in 038 00...

Page 83: ...ine configuration Note All 16 Fibre Channel cables are light blue However the A side cables have blue labels and the B side cables have orange labels Zep 005_fl Engine 1 Fibre Channel switch A Fibre C...

Page 84: ...quad engine configuration Zep 005_acl ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O SPS 1 Engine 2 Engine 1 Engine...

Page 85: ...igure 56 Ethernet cabling in a dual engine configuration Zep 005_em Engine 1 Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switch B Management server Engine 2 038 003 676 71 in 038 003 676 71 in 038 003 678 20...

Page 86: ...ation and Setup Guide 86 Reference Figure 57 Serial cabling in a dual engine configuration Zep 005_sm Engine1 UPS A UPS B Engine 2 038 003 894 40 in 038 003 894 40 in 038 003 682 12 in 038 003 682 12...

Page 87: ...l cables are light blue However the A side cables have blue labels and the B side cables have orange labels Zep 005_fm Engine 1 Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switch B Engine 2 038 003 738 79 in...

Page 88: ...allation and Setup Guide 88 Reference Figure 59 AC power cabling in a dual engine configuration Zep 005_acm I I O I O I I O I O SPS 1 Engine 1 Engine 2 UPS A Fibre Channel switch A Fibre Channel switc...

Page 89: ...on Figure 62 Fibre Channel cabling in a single engine configuration Note Both Fibre Channel cables are light blue However the A side cable has a blue label and the B side cable has an orange label Zep...

Page 90: ...chrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 90 Reference Figure 63 AC power cabling in a single engine configuration Zep 005_acs ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O ON I OFF O SPS Engin...

Page 91: ...distribution panel PDP Power distribution unit PDU Outlet group circuit breaker To 30 A 220 VAC power source 1 To 30 A 220 VAC power source 2 The upper PDUs are installed upside down from the lower PD...

Page 92: ...EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 92 Reference...

Page 93: ...efined 14 command globbing 37 E ESRS setting up 42 F Fibre Channel ports 24 G GbE ports 24 H hardware required 19 I I O ports 24 IP addresses 78 L LEDs management server 30 SPS 29 UPS 29 ll 37 ls 37 M...

Page 94: ...EMC VPLEX with GeoSynchrony 4 1 Installation and Setup Guide 94 Index...

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