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Installation Order for Multiple Host Interface Types

The installation priority order for the different types of host interfaces is shown below.

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For the ETERNUS AF150 S3

FC 32Gbit/s (4 ports)

FC 16Gbit/s (4 ports)

iSCSI 10Gbit/s (without SFP+ modules) (4 ports)

iSCSI 10Gbit/s (RJ-45) (4 ports)

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For the ETERNUS AF250 S3

FC 32Gbit/s (4 ports)

FC 16Gbit/s (8 ports)

FC 16Gbit/s (4 ports)

iSCSI 10Gbit/s (without SFP+ modules) (4 ports)

iSCSI 10Gbit/s (RJ-45) (4 ports)

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For the ETERNUS AF650 S3

FC 32Gbit/s (8 ports)

FC 32Gbit/s (4 ports)

FC 16Gbit/s (8 ports)

FC 16Gbit/s (4 ports)

iSCSI 10Gbit/s (without SFP+ modules) (4 ports)

Drive Enclosure

Install drive enclosures above controller enclosures.
Drive enclosures can connect with controller enclosures even if drives are not installed.

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Types of Drive Enclosures

Twenty-four 2.5" drives can be installed in a drive enclosure.

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Number of Installable Drive Enclosures

The following table shows the number of installable drive enclosures.

Table 69

Number of Installable Drive Enclosures

Model

Number of installable drive enclosures

ETERNUS AF150 S3

ETERNUS AF250 S3

0 – 10

ETERNUS AF650 S3

0 – 43

Note

For details on the rack installation order, refer to "Rack Installation Specifications" in "Site Planning Guide".

4. Hardware Configurations

Installation Conditions and Installation Rules

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Design Guide

Summary of Contents for ETERNUS AF S3 Series

Page 1: ...FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF S3 series All Flash Arrays Design Guide Functions features system configuration design P3AG 4052 02ENZ0 ...

Page 2: ...a Protection 32 Data Block Guard 32 Disk Drive Patrol 33 Redundant Copy 34 Rebuild 35 Fast Recovery 36 Copyback Copybackless 37 Protection Shield 39 Reverse Cabling 41 Operations Optimization Deduplication Compression and Storage Virtualization 42 Deduplication Compression 42 Thin Provisioning 49 Flexible Tier 56 Optimization of Volume Configurations 62 RAID Migration 63 Logical Device Expansion 6...

Page 3: ... 83 Performance Information Management 84 Event Notification 86 Device Time Synchronization 88 Remote Support 89 Power Control 91 Power Synchronized Unit 91 Remote Power Operation Wake On LAN 92 Backup Advanced Copy 93 Backup 94 Performance Tuning 107 Assigned CMs 107 Striping Size Expansion 108 Stable Operation 109 Quality of Service QoS 109 Host Response 111 Storage Cluster 112 Data Migration 11...

Page 4: ...LAN Connection 137 LAN for Operation Management 137 LAN for Remote Support 139 LAN Control Master CM Slave CM 141 Network Communication Protocols 143 SAN Connection 145 Host Interface 145 Access Method 147 Remote Connections 150 Remote Interfaces 151 Connectable Models 152 4 Hardware Configurations 153 Configuration Schematics 153 Controller Enclosure 158 ETERNUS AF150 S3 158 ETERNUS AF250 S3 159 ...

Page 5: ... Specifications 191 Operating Environment 191 Supported OSs 191 Function Specifications 196 Volume Specifications 196 B Function Specification List 197 List of Supported Protocols 197 List of Target Pools and Volumes for Each Function 198 Target RAID Groups Pools of Each Function 198 Target Volumes of Each Function 199 Combinations of Functions That Are Available for Simultaneous Executions 201 Co...

Page 6: ... 22 TPV Balancing When Distributing Host Accesses Evenly after TPP Expansion 53 Figure 23 TPV FTV Capacity Optimization 55 Figure 24 FTV Configuration 57 Figure 25 FTRP Balancing 60 Figure 26 RAID Migration When Data Is Migrated to a High Capacity Drive 63 Figure 27 RAID Migration When a Volume Is Moved to a Different RAID Level 63 Figure 28 RAID Migration 64 Figure 29 Logical Device Expansion Whe...

Page 7: ...Migration 117 Figure 69 Oracle VM Linkage 119 Figure 70 VMware Linkage 120 Figure 71 VVOL Operational Configuration 122 Figure 72 VVOL System Configuration 122 Figure 73 Veeam Storage Integration 125 Figure 74 Microsoft Linkage 127 Figure 75 Logical Volume Manager LVM 129 Figure 76 RAID Configuration Example When 12 SSDs Are Installed 132 Figure 77 Power Supply Control Using a Power Synchronized U...

Page 8: ...102 Rear View of a Controller Enclosure ETERNUS AF150 S3 158 Figure 103 Front View of a Controller Enclosure ETERNUS AF250 S3 159 Figure 104 Rear View of a Controller Enclosure ETERNUS AF250 S3 160 Figure 105 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for the ETERNUS AF650 S3 with a Front Cover 161 Figure 106 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for the ETERNUS AF650 S3 without a Front Cover 161 Figure ...

Page 9: ...Figure 128 Recommended RAID5 RAID5 0 RAID6 Configuration Example 184 Figure 129 Recommended RAID6 FR Configuration Example 185 List of Figures 9 Design Guide ...

Page 10: ...d Number of Drives 49 Table 20 TPP Maximum Number and Capacity 50 Table 21 Chunk Size According to the Configured TPP Capacity 51 Table 22 Levels and Configurations for a RAID Group That Can Be Registered in a TPP 51 Table 23 TPP Thresholds 52 Table 24 TPV Thresholds 52 Table 25 Chunk Size and Data Transfer Unit 56 Table 26 The Maximum Number and the Maximum Capacity of FTSPs 57 Table 27 Levels an...

Page 11: ...ve Specifications 170 Table 63 Power Distribution Unit AC8A 200V 1U 4 Outlets and Provided Power Cord Specifications 171 Table 64 Power Distribution Unit AC16A 200V 2U 16 Outlets and Provided Power Cord Specifications 172 Table 65 Power Distribution Unit AC24A 200V 2U 16 Outlets and Provided Power Cord Specifications 173 Table 66 Estimated System Memory Capacity of Each Storage System ETERNUS AF65...

Page 12: ...nected to Fujitsu servers Fujitsu SPARC Servers PRIMEQUEST PRIMERGY and other servers or non Fujitsu servers This manual provides the system design information for the ETERNUS AF storage systems This manual is intended for use of the ETERNUS AF in regions other than Japan This manual applies to the latest controller firmware version Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED Second Edition December 2019 12 De...

Page 13: ...Refer to the following manuals of your model as necessary Site Planning Guide ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide ETERNUS CLI User s Guide Configuration Guide Basic Configuration Guide Server Connection Document Conventions Third Party Product Names Oracle Solaris may be referred to as Solaris Solaris Operating System or Solaris OS Microsoft Windows Server may be referred to as Windows Server Notice Symb...

Page 14: ...tails concerning the symbol e g Electrical Shock The barred Do Not circle warns against certain actions The action which must be avoided is both illustrated inside the barred circle and written above it e g No Disassembly The black Must Do circle indicates actions that must be taken The required action is both illustrated inside the black disk and written above it e g Unplug How Warnings are Prese...

Page 15: ... is a family of All Flash Storage Systems ranging from entry to midrange models Figure 1 Configuration Example of Each ETERNUS AF Entry model ETERNUS AF150 S3 Controller enclosure Entry model ETERNUS AF250 S3 Drive enclosure Controller enclosure Midrange model ETERNUS AF650 S3 Drive enclosure Controller enclosure 15 Design Guide ...

Page 16: ...FC 32Gbit s FC 16Gbit s iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR 10GBASE CR iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE T Number of host interface adapters 2 4 Number of host interface ports 4 8 Number of drive enclosures 0 Drive SSD Number of drives 2 24 Drive capacity Non self encrypting 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated based on the assumption that 1TB 1 000GB...

Page 17: ...0Gbit s 10GBASE T Number of host interface adapters 2 4 Number of host interface ports FC 32Gbit s 4 8 FC 16Gbit s 4 16 iSCSI 4 8 Number of drive enclosures 0 10 Drive SSD Number of drives 2 264 Drive capacity Non self encrypting 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB Self encrypting 2 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated bas...

Page 18: ...E CR Number of host interface adapters 2 4 6 8 Number of host interface ports FC 32Gbit s 4 32 FC 16Gbit s 4 32 iSCSI 4 16 Number of drive enclosures 0 43 Drive SSD Number of drives 2 1 056 Drive capacity Non self encrypting 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB Self encrypting 2 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated based on...

Page 19: ...ions that deliver effective resource utilization Thin Provisioning page 49 Flexible Tier page 56 Data capacity expansion Functions that expand or relocate a RAID group or a volume in order to flexibly meet any increases in the amount of data Guarantee of performance Functions that create a volume that is striped in multiple RAID groups in order to improve performance RAID Migration page 63 Logical...

Page 20: ...emote Power Operation Wake On LAN page 92 High speed backup Continuous business Data can be duplicated at any point without affecting other operations Backup page 94 Performance tuning Functions that can perform tuning in order to improve performance Assigned CMs page 107 Striping Size Expansion page 108 Stable operation For stable operation of server connections the appropriate response action an...

Page 21: ...ge page 119 VMware Linkage page 120 Veeam Storage Integration page 125 Microsoft Linkage page 127 OpenStack Linkage page 128 Logical Volume Manager LVM page 129 Simple configuration A wizard that simplifies the configuration of Thin Provisioning Smart Setup Wizard page 130 Environmental friendliness The ETERNUS AF complies with RoHS as mandated by the European Parliament and Council RoHS limits th...

Page 22: ...ept A description of each RAID level is shown below RAID0 Striping Data is divided into blocks and allocated across multiple drives RAID1 Mirroring The data is stored on two duplicated drives at the same time If one drive fails the other drive continues operation RAID1 0 Striping of Pairs of Mirrored Drives RAID1 0 combines the high I O performance of RAID0 striping with the reliability of RAID1 m...

Page 23: ...ve 4 Drive 5 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 10 Parity for data A B C P1 A B C and P2 A B C Parity for data D E F P1 D E F and P2 D E F Parity for data G H I P1 G H I and P2 G H I Parity for data J K L P1 J K L and P2 J K L Parity for data M N O P1 M N O and P2 M N O Parity for data P Q R P1 P Q R and P2 P Q R Parity for data S T U P1 S T U and P2 S T U Parity for data V W X P1 V W X and P2 ...

Page 24: ... 0 Drive capacity Number of drives 2 RAID5 Drive capacity Number of drives 1 RAID5 0 Drive capacity Number of drives 2 RAID6 Drive capacity Number of drives 2 RAID6 FR Drive capacity Number of drives 2 N Number of hot spares 1 1 N is the number of RAID6 configuration sets For example if a RAID6 group is configured with 3D 2P 2 1HS N is 2 User Capacity of Drives Table 7 shows the user capacity for ...

Page 25: ...lexible Tier Pools FTRPs are comprised by layers of FTSPs Flexible Tier Volumes FTVs can be created in an FTSP 1 This value is for a 3 84TB SSD RAID6 FR 9D 2P 2 1HS configuration in the ETERNUS AF150 S3 For details on the number of configuration drives for each RAID level and recommended configurations refer to Table 9 2 This value is for a 30 72TB SSD RAID6 FR 13D 2P 2 1HS configuration in the ET...

Page 26: ...of drives for the RAID group Use of higher capacity drives will increase the time required for the drive rebuild process to complete For RAID5 RAID5 0 and RAID6 ensure that a single RAID group is not being configured with too many drives If the number of drives increases the time to perform data restoration from parities and Rebuild Copyback when a drive fails also increases For details on the rec...

Page 27: ...AF Table 11 Volumes That Can Be Created Type Usage Maximum capacity Standard Open A standard volume is used for normal usage such as file systems and databases The server recognizes it as a single logical unit Standard is displayed as the type for this volume in ETERNUS Web GUI ETERNUS CLI and Open is displayed in ETERNUS SF software 128TB 1 Snap Data Volume SDV This area is used as the copy desti...

Page 28: ...s is required for the volume Caution In the ETERNUS AF volumes have different stripe sizes that depend on the RAID level and the stripe depth parameter For details about the stripe sizes for each RAID level and the stripe depth parameter values refer to ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide Note that the available user capacity can be fully utilized if an exact multiple of the stripe size is set for the vo...

Page 29: ...able to the specified RAID group one RAID group The Dedicated Hot Spare cannot be registered in a RAID group that is registered in TPPs FTRPs or REC Disk Buffers Note Assign Dedicated Hot Spares to RAID groups that contain important data in order to preferentially improve their access to hot spares When a drive that belongs to a RAID group for which a Dedicated Hot Spare is registered fails the De...

Page 30: ...Priority order Selection criteria 1 A hot spare with the same type and same capacity as the failed drive 1 2 A hot spare with the same type as the failed drive but with a larger capacity 1 2 1 If multiple drives are applicable priority is given to the drives in ascending order of the enclosure number and the drive slot number 2 When there are multiple hot spares with a larger capacity than the fai...

Page 31: ...Search order order of priority described in Table 12 1 Priority order 1 2 Priority order 2 2 Basic Functions RAID Functions 31 Design Guide ...

Page 32: ...ystem memory 2 1 2 3 Controller Write A0 A1 A2 User data A0 A1 A2 User data CC Check code A0 CC A1 CC A2 CC Read Written data A0 CC A1 CC A2 CC A0 CC A1 CC A2 CC 1 The check codes are added 2 The check codes are confirmed 3 The check codes are confirmed and removed Also the T10 Data Integrity Field T10 DIF function is supported T10 DIF is a function that adds a check code to data that is to be tra...

Page 33: ...sequentially for a part of the data in all the drives If an error is detected data is reconstructed using drives in the RAID group and the data is written back to another block of the drive in which the error occurred Figure 8 Disk Drive Patrol RAID group D1 D1 D1 D2 D3 P RAID group Error D1 to D3 Data D1 P Parity Error detection Data is read and checked The data is written back to another block D...

Page 34: ...D5 Redundant Note If a bad sector is detected when a drive is checked an alternate track is automatically assigned This drive is not recognized as having a sign of drive failure during this process However the drive will be disconnected by the Redundant Copy function if the spare sector is insufficient and the problem cannot be solved by assigning an alternate track IMPORTANT Redundant Copy speed ...

Page 35: ...AID5 Redundant Disconnection Note When no hot spares are registered rebuilding processes are only performed when a failed drive is replaced or when a hot spare is registered IMPORTANT Rebuild Speed The priority of the rebuild operations with respect to host access can be specified By setting Rebuild Priority to High rebuild operations are given priority over host access and the performance of the ...

Page 36: ...ast Recovery Failed drive RAID6 FR 3D 2P 2 RAID6 FR No redundancy Redundant data for area A of the failed drive Redundant data for area B of the failed drive Fast recovery Hot Spare FHS Failure RAID6 FR 3D 2P 2 1HS High Speed Rebuilding Creating data and writing to the FHS area simultaneously Disconnect RAID6 FR Redundant A failed drive is disconnected from the ETERNUS storage system Data is creat...

Page 37: ...riority is high and a Copyback operation is performed for a RAID group the performance throughput of this RAID group may be reduced Refer to Modify RAID Group Parameters in ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide for details If copybackless is enabled the drives that are registered in the hot spare become part of the RAID group configuration drives after a rebuild or a redundant copy is completed for the hot...

Page 38: ...complete the RAID group configuration drive is replaced by the hot spare RAID5 Redundant RAID5 Redundant Caution If the Copybackless function is enabled the drive that is replaced with the failed drive cannot be installed in the prior RAID group configuration This should be taken into consideration when enabling or disabling the Copybackless function Note To set the Copybackless function use the s...

Page 39: ...e Protection Shield function is not available for unused drives The Protection Shield function can be enabled or disabled This function is enabled by default Figure 14 Protection Shield Redundant Copy Hot spare Hot spare Temporary protection Diagnosing RAID5 Redundant RAID5 Redundant RAID5 Redundant The target drive for the Protection Shield function is disconnected temporarily and diagnosed Data ...

Page 40: ...atus Error Warning or Maintenance is displayed as the drive status Target drives of the Protection Shield function only need to be replaced when drive reconnection fails If drive reconnection fails a drive failure error is notified as an event notification message such as SNMP REMCS When drive reconnection is successful an event notification message is not notified To notify this message use the e...

Page 41: ...reverse cabling Figure 15 Reverse Cabling ETERNUS AF650 S3 CM 0 CM 1 CE IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 01 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 02 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 03 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 04 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 05 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 06 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 06 CM 0 CM 1 CE IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 01 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 02 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 03 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 04 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 05 Failure Reverse cabling connection Connect the controller enclosure to the last drive enclosure Con...

Page 42: ...also perform only deduplication or compression individually Overviews of the Deduplication Compression function the Deduplication function and the Compression function are described below Deduplication Compression Function This function removes duplicate data blocks compresses the remaining data blocks and then stores the data Figure 16 Deduplication Compression Overview A B C D E F Business serve...

Page 43: ...licate data blocks are removed ETERNUS AF A B C D A B E F Compression Function This function compresses each data block and stores the data Figure 18 Compression Overview A B C D A B E F Business server 2 Target volume for compression A B C D Data 1 Business server 1 Data 2 A B E F Data 1 is written Data 2 is written Compression Data blocks are compressed ETERNUS AF A B E F A B C D 2 Basic Functio...

Page 44: ...ty of the DATA_CNTNR Volume is 32TB In addition if the DATA_CNTNR Volume capacity runs out or is close to running out an SNMP Trap is sent Performance When Using the Deduplication Compression Function The ETERNUS AF performs data deduplication compression in synchronization with the I O from the server Using this function in environments where random access occurs is recommended Data is intermitte...

Page 45: ... Deduplication Compression function option to enable it Existing TPP 21MB 336MB 3 Select a target TPP to enable the Deduplication Compression function 4 1 The chunk size can be checked in the list display of the TPP 2 The chunk size can be changed only if the maximum pool capacity is selected Select the chunk size 21MB 336MB from Advanced Settings For normal operations the default value 21MB does ...

Page 46: ...ression only The Deduplication Compression Volume conforms to the attribute of the TPP where the volume is created TPVs where the Deduplication Compression function is enabled and disabled can exist together within each TPP Deduplication Compression System Volumes One DATA_CNTNR Volume is created for each TPP where the Deduplication Compression function is enabled Before enabling the Deduplication...

Page 47: ... TPP or a bad sector occurs in the DATA_CNTNR Volume the data of all the Deduplication Compression Volumes in the TPP may be deleted Functional Details Figure 19 Details of the Deduplication Compression Function Deduplication Compression Volume a virtual volume that can be seen from the server ETERNUS AF Server I O request Thin Provisioning Pool TPP Non Deduplication Compression Volume TPV Actual ...

Page 48: ...mes of Each Function Function Deduplication Compression Volume DATA_CNTNR Volume Creation 1 Deletion 2 Rename Format TPV capacity expansion RAID migration Balancing TPV FTV capacity optimization Modify threshold Allocation settings Encrypt volume 3 Advanced Copy function local copy Advanced Copy function remote copy Forbid Advanced Copy Release reservation Performance monitoring ALUA settings Modi...

Page 49: ...ally allocated areas are checked in blocks and unnecessary areas areas where 0 is allocated to all of the data in each block are released to unallocated areas Caution If the Thin Provisioning function is used the drives must be installed as follows for the maximum pool capacity The drive type and capacity are not restricted Table 19 Maximum Pool Capacity and Required Number of Drives Model Maximum...

Page 50: ...the host a physical area is allocated to the virtual volume The free space in the TPP is shared among the virtual volumes which belong to the TPP and a virtual volume which is larger than the drive capacity in the ETERNUS AF can be created A virtual volume to be created in a TPP is referred to as a Thin Provisioning Volume TPV Thin Provisioning Pool TPP A TPP is a physical drive pool which is conf...

Page 51: ...apacity of a TPV is 128TB Note that the total TPV capacity must be smaller than the maximum capacity of the TPP When creating a TPV the Allocation method can be selected Thin When data is written from the host to a TPV a physical area is allocated to the created virtual volume The allocated capacity size chunk size is the same as the chunk size of the TPP specified when a TPV is created The physic...

Page 52: ...The threshold is determined by the ratio of free space in the TPP and the unallocated TPV capacity Table 24 TPV Thresholds Threshold Selectable range Default Attention 1 100 80 Caution Use of Thin Provisioning is also not recommended when the OS writes meta information to the whole LUN during file system creation TPVs should be backed up by file While backing up a whole TPV is not difficult unallo...

Page 53: ...cess is performed to the allocated area in TPV 0 When distributing host accesses evenly after TPP expansion after drives are added Figure 22 TPV Balancing When Distributing Host Accesses Evenly after TPP Expansion RAID group 0 2 Added RAID groups TPP TPP Balancing Balance Thin Provisioning Volume is a function that evenly relocates the physically allocated capacity of TPVs among the RAID groups th...

Page 54: ...aining RAID groups within the TPP In this case the balancing level after the balancing is completed may not be High By performing the TPV balancing areas for working volumes the migration destination TPVs with the same capacity as the migration source are secured in the TPP to which the TPVs belong If the maximum pool capacity of the ETERNUS AF has been exceeded by the total logical capacity of th...

Page 55: ...e started after a target TPV FTV is selected via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI This function is also available when the RAID Migration destination is a TPP or an FTRP TPV FTV capacity optimization reads and checks the data in each allocated area for the Thin Provisioning function This function releases the allocated physical areas to unallocated areas if data that contains all zeros is detected F...

Page 56: ...RNUS AF according to requests from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser The Flexible Tier function automatically redistributes data in the ETERNUS AF in the hierarchical storage according to the access frequency by setting the access priority of each RAID level Data can be moved in blocks 252MB that are smaller than the volume capacity The data transfer unit differs depending on the chunk size The following...

Page 57: ...TSP An FTSP consists of one or more RAID groups The FTSP capacity is expanded in units of RAID groups Add RAID groups with the same specifications RAID level drive type and number of member drives as those of the existing RAID groups The following table shows the maximum number and the maximum capacity of FTSPs that can be registered in an ETERNUS AF Table 26 The Maximum Number and the Maximum Cap...

Page 58: ...t unit of volumes to be layered The maximum capacity of an FTV is 128TB Note that the total capacity of FTVs must be less than the maximum capacity of FTSPs When creating an FTV the Allocation method can be selected Thin When data is written from the host to an FTV the physical area is allocated to a created virtual volume The physical storage capacity can be reduced by allocating a virtualized st...

Page 59: ...rning 5 99 90 FTV Thresholds There is only one FTV usage threshold Attention If there is insufficient capacity for the FTV unallocated space in the pool free space an alarm notification is sent The threshold is determined by the ratio of free space in the FTSP and the unallocated FTV capacity Table 29 FTV Thresholds Threshold Selectable range Default Attention 1 100 80 Caution When the Flexible Ti...

Page 60: ...d on a performance analysis by Automated Storage Tiering function of ETERNUS SF This plays an important role for performance The FTRP balancing function can be used to evenly relocate the physically allocated capacity among RAID groups that configure the same FTSP Note that balancing cannot be performed if balancing migrates each physical area to other FTSPs Balancing Level High Middle or Low is d...

Page 61: ...FTV belongs As a result the status of the FTRP may temporarily become alarm status the FTRP usage exceeds the Caution or Warning threshold This alarm state is removed once balancing is completed successfully If the capacity of the FTRP is expanded during an FTRP balancing process the balancing level might be less than before FTRP balancing may not be performed regardless of what FTRP balancing lev...

Page 62: ...nation Adds areas of free space to an existing volume to expand its capacity This uses free space from a RAID group to efficiently expand the volume Expansion of RAID Group Capacity Logical Device Expansion Adds new drives to an existing RAID group to expand the RAID group capacity This is used to expand the existing RAID group capacity instead of adding a new RAID group to add the volumes Migrati...

Page 63: ...to a different RAID level changing from RAID5 to RAID1 0 for example Note To migrate volumes to FTRPs with ETERNUS CLI use the Flexible Tier Migration function Volumes moved from a 960GB drive configuration to a 3 84TB drive configuration Figure 26 RAID Migration When Data Is Migrated to a High Capacity Drive RAID5 3D 1P 960GB 4 LUN0 Unused 3 84TB 4 Unused 960GB 4 RAID5 3D 1P 3 84TB 4 LUN0 Migrati...

Page 64: ...or TPVs or FTVs TPV FTV Capacity Optimization When the migration destination is a pool TPP or FTRP TPV FTV capacity optimization after the migration can be set For details on the features of TPV FTV capacity optimization refer to TPV FTV Capacity Optimization page 55 Figure 28 RAID Migration TPV Deduplication Compression is enabled TPV Deduplication Compression is disabled TPV Deduplication Compre...

Page 65: ...up When this function is performed drives can be also added at the same time By using this LDE function to expand the capacity of an existing RAID group a new volume can be added without having to add new RAID groups Expand the RAID group capacity from RAID5 3D 1P g RAID5 5D 1P Figure 29 Logical Device Expansion When Expanding the RAID Group Capacity RAID5 3D 1P 960GB 4 LUN0 Unused 960GB 2 RAID5 5...

Page 66: ...allest capacity becomes the standard for the RAID group after expansion and all other drives are regarded as having the same capacity as the smallest drive In this case the remaining drive space is not used Since the data cannot be recovered after the failure of LDE back up all the data of the volumes in the target RAID group to another area before performing LDE LUN Concatenation LUN Concatenatio...

Page 67: ...ost in the same way regardless of the concatenation status before during or after concatenation However the recognition methods of the volume capacity expansion vary depending on the OS types Figure 32 LUN Concatenation Volume Concatenation 10GB 20GB 30GB 60GB Unused area Concatenation Only Standard type volumes can be used for LUN Concatenation The encryption status of a concatenated volume is th...

Page 68: ... a WSV is created perform RAID Migration Volumes can be concatenated up to 128TB Other volumes Standard volumes SDVs SDPVs or WSVs can be created in the free area of a RAID group that is concatenated by Wide Striping WSVs are created by concatenating RAID groups that have the same state with regard to the following conditions RAID level Number of member drives Stripe depth Type of drive to be conf...

Page 69: ...iscarding costs because SEDs do not need to be physically destroyed Firmware Data Encryption Data is encrypted on a volume basis by the controllers CMs of the ETERNUS AF Data is encrypted and unencrypted in the cache memory when data is written or read AES 1 or Fujitsu Original Encryption can be selected as the encryption method The Fujitsu Original Encryption method uses a Fujitsu original algori...

Page 70: ...on key that is stored in the controller or by using the authentication key that is retrieved from the key server to access the drives For the authentication key that can be registered in the ETERNUS AF this key can be automatically created by using the settings in ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI By linking with the key server the authentication key of an SED can be managed from the key server Creat...

Page 71: ...tsu Original Encryption method is recommended Figure 35 Firmware Data Encryption ETERNUS AF Server A Server B Server C Cannot be decoded Encrypted Encryption setting for each LUN Unencrypted Encryption is performed when data is written from the cache memory to the drive When encrypted data is read the data is decrypted in the cache memory Cache memory data is not encrypted For Standard volumes SDV...

Page 72: ...erver The key management cost can be reduced by consolidating key management Key renewal A key is automatically renewed before it expires by setting a key expiration date Security against information leakage can be enhanced by regularly renewing the key The key is automatically renewed after the specified period of time Key operation costs can be reduced by renewing the key automatically In additi...

Page 73: ... a key server for the key management server linkage use a server that has the key management software ETERNUS SF KM installed IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager can also be used as the key management software Figure 36 Key Management Server Linkage ETERNUS AF RAID group Global hot spare Common key Exclusive authentication key for a group RAID group RAID group Key group Key group Key server Busines...

Page 74: ... and performs authentication when key management settings are performed key management information is displayed and any of the following operations are performed Turning on the ETERNUS AF Expanding the RAID group capacity Logical Device Expansion Forcibly enabling a RAID group Creating the key group Recovering SEDs Performing maintenance of drive enclosures Applying disk firmware Registering Dedic...

Page 75: ...reduced Figure 37 Account Management Monitor Status Display Admin System Management StorageAdmin RAID Group Management Maintainer Storage System Management SecurityAdmin Security Management AccountAdmin User Account Management A B C D E F By setting which function can be used by each user unnecessary access is reduced ETERNUS AF Up to 60 user accounts can be set in the ETERNUS AF Up to 16 users ca...

Page 76: ...t Storage Management User Management Authentication Role Security Setting Maintenance Information Firmware Management Maintenance Operation Supported privilege Not supported 1 This role is for external software A user account with a Software role cannot be used with ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI Caution When registering a license selection of a role that is assigned with the necessary privileges ...

Page 77: ...tion is updated the server key is updated as well Password authentication and client public key authentication are available as authentication methods for SSH connections The supported client public keys are shown below Table 33 Client Public Key SSH Authentication Type of public key Complexity bits IETF style DSA for SSH v2 1024 2048 and 4096 IETF style RSA for SSH v2 1024 2048 and 4096 External ...

Page 78: ...ion If RADIUS authentication fails when Do not use Internal Authentication has been selected for Authentication Error Recovery on ETERNUS Web GUI ETERNUS CLI or SMI S logging on to ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI will not be available When the setting to use Internal Authentication for errors caused by network problems is configured Internal Authentication is performed if RADIUS authentication fail...

Page 79: ... affect the system Syslog protocols RFC3164 and RFC5424 are supported for audit logs Information that is to be sent is not saved in the ETERNUS AF and the Syslog protocols are used to send out the information Two Syslog servers can be set as the destination servers in addition to the Syslog server that is used for event notification Figure 38 Audit Log Syslog server ETERNUS AF System administrator...

Page 80: ...ission for Server B LUN 0 Volume 256 LUN 255 Volume 511 Permission for Server C LUN 0 Volume 512 LUN 255 Volume 767 Permission for Server D LUN 0 Volume 768 LUN 255 Volume 1023 Switch Server A LUN 0 LUN 255 Server B LUN 0 LUN 255 Server D LUN 0 LUN 255 Server C LUN 0 LUN 255 Volume 0 Volume 255 Volume 256 Volume 511 Volume 512 Volume 767 Volume 768 Volume 1023 Port Port ETERNUS AF The host affinit...

Page 81: ... and are allowed to access the LUN group A CA port group is configured with ports that access the same LUN group such as ports that are used for multipath connection to the server or for connecting to the cluster configuring server A single CA port group can be connected to multiple host groups LUN Group A LUN group is a group of volumes that can be accessed from the host and the LUN group can be ...

Page 82: ...SNS is also supported as an iSCSI name resolution Environmental Burden Reduction The power consumption and the temperature of the ETERNUS AF can be visualized with a graph by using the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser integrated management software in a storage system environment The ETERNUS AF collects information on power consumption and the ambient temperature in the ETERNUS AF Collected information ...

Page 83: ...nvironment Software Guaranteed operating environment Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 0 10 0 desktop version 11 0 desktop version Mozilla Firefox ESR 60 68 Google Chrome 75 When using ETERNUS Web GUI to connect the ETERNUS AF the default port number is 80 for http ETERNUS CLI ETERNUS CLI supports Telnet or SSH connections The ETERNUS AF can be configured and monitored using commands and c...

Page 84: ...transferred data that is read per second Write Throughput the amount of transferred data that is written per second Read Response Time the average response time per host I O during a read Write Response Time the average response time per host I O during a write Read Process Time the average process time in the ETERNUS AF per host I O during a read Write Process Time the average process time in the...

Page 85: ...MB s value Maximum Throughput maximum MB s value Total Delay Time total delay time of commands by QoS control Average Delay Time average delay time per command by QoS control Drive Performance Information Busy Ratio drive usage Caution When the ETERNUS AF is rebooted or a controller firmware is applied the performance monitoring process is stopped To continue collecting performance data start the ...

Page 86: ...e 35 Levels and Contents of Events That Are Notified Level Level of importance Event contents Error Maintenance is necessary Component failure temperature error end of battery life rebuild copyback etc Warning Preventive maintenance is necessary Module warning battery life warning etc Notification information Storage system information Component restoration notification user login logout RAID crea...

Page 87: ...AF various events that are detected by the ETERNUS AF are sent to the syslog server as event logs The ETERNUS AF supports the syslog protocol which conforms to RFC3164 and RFC5424 Remote Support The errors that occur in the ETERNUS AF are notified to the AIS Connect server or to the REMCS center The ETERNUS AF sends additional information logs and system configuration information for checking the ...

Page 88: ...formation is used for internal logs and for functions such as Eco mode remote copy and remote support The automatic time correction by NTP is recommended to synchronize time in the whole system When using the NTP specify the NTP server or the SNTP server The ETERNUS AF supports NTP protocol v4 The time correction mode is Step mode immediate correction The time is regularly corrected every three ho...

Page 89: ... AIS Connect server can be handled directly and immediately AIS Connect server requests to the AIS Connect agent remote access cannot be sent until the next contact has been set up If remote access of the AIS Connect is enabled by the customer the AIS Connect agent then executes the requests from customer operations such as setting up a tunnel for remote access or initiating a file transfer Contac...

Page 90: ...REMCS Remote support has the following maintenance functions Failure notice This function reports various failures that occur in the ETERNUS AF to the remote support center The maintenance engineer is notified of a failure immediately Information transfer This function sends information such as logs and configuration information to be used when checking a failure This shortens the time to collect ...

Page 91: ...ble Power Supply UPS unit that is connected to the server and automatically turns on and off the ETERNUS AF Figure 46 Power Synchronized Unit RS232C cable Server Server Power synchronized unit ETERNUS AF OFF UPS for server UPS for server ON AC cable AC cable AC cable AC cable 2 Basic Functions Power Control 91 Design Guide ...

Page 92: ... On LAN utility software for Wake On LAN such as Systemwalker Runbook Automation is required and settings for Wake On LAN must be performed The MAC address for the ETERNUS AF can be checked on ETERNUS CLI ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI can be used to turn off the power of an ETERNUS AF remotely Figure 47 Wake On LAN LAN Packet transmission Administration terminal Wake On LAN utility ETERNUS AF 2 B...

Page 93: ...ple ETERNUS AF storage systems Local copy functions include One Point Copy OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC SnapOPC and Equivalent Copy EC and remote copy functions include Remote Equivalent Copy REC The following table shows ETERNUS related software for controlling the Advanced Copy function Table 37 Control Software Advanced Copy Control software Feature Available copy methods ETERNUS Web GUI ETERNUS CLI Th...

Page 94: ...n the source data SnapOPC SnapOPC saves the data prior to change to the copy destination SDV TPV FTV The data is physically stored in the SDP TPP FTRP prior to changes in the updated area Create an SDPV as an expansion SDV area when performing SnapOPC SnapOPC by specifying an SDV as the copy destination SDPVs are managed as volumes that configure a Snap Data Pool SDP Only one SDP is configured in ...

Page 95: ...6 For EC the data in the copy destination cannot be referenced or updated until the copy session is suspended If the monitoring software ServerView Agents performs I O access to the data in the copy destination an I O access error message is output to the server log message and other destinations To prevent error messages from being output consider using other monitoring methods Remote Copy Remote...

Page 96: ...or write requests from the server are sent only after data is written to the copy source and copied to the copy destination Synchronizing the data copy with the data that is written to the copy source guarantees the contents of the copy source and copy destination at the time of completion Asynchronous Transfer Mode Data that is updated in a copy source is copied to the copy destination after a co...

Page 97: ...on When an REC is performed over a WAN a bandwidth that supports the amount of updates from the server must be secured Regardless of the amount of updates from the server a bandwidth of at least 50Mbit s is required for the Synchronous mode and a bandwidth of at least 2Mbit s for the Consistency mode when data is not being compressed by network devices When an REC is performed over a WAN the round...

Page 98: ...quest Figure 50 Restore OPC Copy source Copy destination OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC or SnapOPC Restoration from the copy destination to the copy source Restore OPC EC or REC Reverse Restoration can be performed by reversing the copy source and destination of the EC or the REC Figure 51 EC or REC Reverse Copy source Copy destination EC or REC EC or REC Copy destination Copy source Reverse 2 Basic Functio...

Page 99: ...update 1 are copied to both copy destination 1 and copy destination 2 Updates to areas other than A in the copy source update 2 are copied only to copy destination 2 Figure 52 Targets for the Multi Copy Function Copy source Copy session 1 Copy session 2 Copy destination 1 Copy destination 2 Update 1 Update 2 A Up to eight OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC EC or REC sessions can be set for a multi copy Figure 5...

Page 100: ... destination SnapOPC generation data Note that when the Consistency mode is used a multi copy from a single copy source area to two or more copy destination areas in a single copy destination storage system cannot be specified A multi copy from the same copy source area to different copy destination storage systems can be specified Figure 55 Multi Copy Using the Consistency Mode Copy source Copy d...

Page 101: ...ce ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX OPC QuickOPC EC REC Consistency REC Consistency REC Consistency Cascade Copy A copy destination with a copy session that is set can be used as the copy source of another copy session A Cascade Copy is performed by combining two copy sessions In Figure 58 Copy session 1 refers to a copy session in which the copy destination area is also used as the copy source area of...

Page 102: ...session to a copy destination volume where a copy session has already been configured Table 40 Available Cascade Copy Combinations When a Cascade Copy Performs Session 1 Followed by Session 2 Copy session 2 Copy session 1 OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC SnapOPC EC REC synchronous transmissio n REC Stack mode REC Consistency mode OPC 1 1 1 QuickOPC 1 1 2 1 SnapOPC 1 1 SnapOPC 1 1 EC 3 REC synchronous transmis...

Page 103: ...session 1 For details on changing the resolution refer to the Modify Copy Table Size section in ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide When performing a temporary recovery Use a Cascade Copy of QuickOPC copy session 1 and OPC copy session 2 When backing up two generations Use a multi copy that is configured with QuickOPC and QuickOPC 3 To suspend a Cascade Copy where session 2 is an EC or REC session perfor...

Page 104: ... on XCOPY and ODX refer to Server Linkage Functions page 119 To acquire valid backup data in the copy destination for copy session 2 a physical copy must be completed or suspended in all of the copy sessions that configure the Cascade Copy Check the copy status for copy sessions 1 and 2 when using the backup data However if a Cascade Copy performs session 1 before session 2 and copy session 1 is a...

Page 105: ...ata copy is shown below OPC QuickOPC OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC SnapOPC EC REC Copy session 1 Copy session 2 A Cascade Copy that uses the three copy sessions can be performed with the following configuration Figure 59 Cascade Copy Using Three Copy Sessions Copy source Copy destination and source Copy destination and source OPC QuickOPC EC REC Stack mode OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC SnapOPC EC Copy destination C...

Page 106: ...on storage system cannot be Active at the same time Figure 60 Cascade Copy Using Four Copy Sessions REC Stack mode Copy session 1 Copy session 2 Copy session 3 Copy session 4 EC EC EC REC Stack mode QuickOPC EC EC A B C D E A B C D E ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX 2 Basic Functions Backup Advanced Copy 106 Design Guide ...

Page 107: ...troller becomes the assigned CM again Auto Assignment of Assigned CMs This section describes the selection criteria if auto assignment is selected for an assigned CM when RAID groups are created It is also possible to manually change the assigned CM The assigned CM is determined by the value when the RAID group number is divided by the number of controllers If a CM exists that is not installed or ...

Page 108: ...level For more details refer to ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide Caution The read write performance of the random access can be enhanced by changing the setting however note that the performance can be degraded depending on the used system The following restrictions are applied to the RAID groups with expanded stripe sizes Encryption and Logical Device Expansion cannot be performed on the volumes whic...

Page 109: ...orts and LUN groups are possible by setting a duration using ETERNUS CLI Linking with ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser significantly reduces the operation workload on the system administrator when applying the QoS function because performance designing and tuning are automatically performed Figure 62 QoS ETERNUS AF Server B High priority Server A Low priority Affects the performance of B I O performance...

Page 110: ...th limit can be specified in increments of Mbit s Figure 63 Copy Path Bandwidth Limit Normal operation ETERNUS AF Effective line speed 400Mbit s QoS 200Mbit s REC path setting RA 200Mbit s RA 1 path fails ETERNUS AF Effective line speed 400Mbit s QoS 200Mbit s REC path setting RA 200Mbit s RA Failure 200Mbit s 200Mbit s 200Mbit s Even if a specific path fails steady load can be maintained 2 Basic ...

Page 111: ... type in advance or the default settings are used The host response settings can be specified for the server or the port to which the server connects For details on the settings refer to Configuration Guide Server Connection For details on modifying the host response settings refer to ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide Figure 64 Host Response Server B Server C Server A Host Response settings for Server ...

Page 112: ...a failover occurs during operation a link down occurs in the CA port on the Primary storage and the Secondary storage takes over the information and a link up occurs on its own CA port A maximum of 10 seconds is required for the automatic switchover but operations can continue with the server s I O retry To use Storage Cluster the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Storage Cluster option is necessary Figu...

Page 113: ...dicates that access from a business server is enabled and Standby indicates that access from a business server is disabled CA port pair The Storage Cluster function performs a failover by setting the same port identifier for the CA ports of two ETERNUS AF DX storage systems and by controlling the Link status of each CA port The port identifier is WWPN WWNN for FC ports or an IP address and iSCSI n...

Page 114: ...s is achieved by operating Advanced Copy from a TFOV to a TFOV Caution After an error occurs in the Primary storage or RAID group while the Primary storage is being switched to the Secondary storage max 10 seconds the Primary and Secondary storage cannot be accessed Therefore business applications are expected to have a maximum I O delay response of 10 seconds Data mirroring between the Primary st...

Page 115: ...tion This method is suitable for cases requiring quick data migration Online method Host access becomes available after the data migration to the migration destination volume starts Operations can be performed during the data migration Therefore this method can shorten the time for the stopped operation This method is suitable for cases requiring continued host access during the data migration Fig...

Page 116: ... In addition do not access the migration source volume from the server during a migration Online storage migration can be manually resumed on the following volumes after the process of deleting a copy session is complete TPV FTV capacity optimization is running RAID Migration is running Flexible Tier Migration is running An Advanced Copy session exists For the migration destination storage system ...

Page 117: ...the local storage system and the external storage system per external storage system 8 paths Maximum number of ports in the external storage system that can be connected from the local storage system per FC Initiator port 32 ports Maximum number of migration target volumes that can be imported to the local storage system 1 2 048 ETERNUS AF150 S3 4 096 ETERNUS AF250 S3 8 192 ETERNUS AF650 S3 Maximu...

Page 118: ...is function For details on the license contact your sales representative Only data migrations from the external storage system to the local storage system is supported Data migrations from the local storage system to the external storage system or between external storage systems is not supported The local storage system volume returns the same information UID vendor ID and product ID as the Exter...

Page 119: ...ns of the ETERNUS AF in an Oracle VM environment Native storage services such as Logical Unit Number LUN creation deletion expansion and snapshots are supported Figure 69 Oracle VM Linkage ETERNUS AF SAN Management server Operation server LUN creation deletion and expansion Setting and deletion of the access groups host affinity Creation of clones App OS App OS Oracle VM ETERNUS Oracle VM Storage ...

Page 120: ...ware setup tool VMware VASA vStorage API for Storage Awareness VASA is an API that enables vCenter Server to link with the storage system and obtain storage system information VASA can be used to integrate the virtual infrastructure of the storage with VMware and to enhance the Distributed Resource Scheduling DRS function and the troubleshooting efficiency ETERNUS VASA Provider is required to use ...

Page 121: ... VMware vSphere enabling access control in block units minimizes the storage areas that have limited access using exclusive control and improves the operational efficiency of virtual machines VMware vCenter Server vCenter linkage Various information of the ETERNUS AF can be displayed on vSphere Web Client by expanding the user interface of VMware Web Client Because storage side information is more...

Page 122: ...otocol Endpoints PE The server recognizes PEs as logical volumes VVOLs are created in a pool called a storage container Storage containers and VVOLs correspond to FTRPs and FTVs of the ETERNUS AF Figure 72 VVOL System Configuration ETERNUS AF vSphere App OS App OS App OS VVOL VVOL VVOL management information Storage container VVOL VVOL Storage container PE PE vSphere App OS App OS App OS PE PEs ar...

Page 123: ...650 S3 Maximum TPP capacity reference 4 096TB 6 144TB 24 576TB Maximum VVOL capacity 256TB 256TB 1 024TB VVOL Management Information Additional information called VVOL management information metadata is necessary for VVOLs VVOL management information is usually synchronized with the master information in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser and saved to a dedicated FTV within the ETERNUS AF container Th...

Page 124: ...ing ETERNUS CLI and then performing a backup or synchronizing the VVOL management information using ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser If the VVOL management information dedicated FTV is formatted performing a backup or synchronizing the VVOL management information and recovering the VVOL management information dedicated FTV using ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser is required If the FTRP has already been created...

Page 125: ...tion The Veeam Storage Integration license must be obtained and registered in the ETERNUS AF iSCSI and FC host interfaces are supported in Veeam Storage Integration for the connection between backup proxies and the ETERNUS AF To connect a Backup Proxy with the ETERNUS AF via an FC the host affinity settings must be configured for the Backup Proxy using ETERNUS CLI For more details refer to ETERNUS...

Page 126: ...n Provisioning Pool Management in ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide Guidelines for the maximum Thin Provisioning Pool capacity Maximum Thin Provisioning Pool capacity total capacity of TPVs and FTVs total capacity of the target volume for Veeam Storage Integration number of management generations 1 It is not recommended to use multiple Veeam Backup Replication for managing a single ETERNUS AF In such c...

Page 127: ... ODX The ODX function of Windows Server 2012 or later offloads the processing load for copying and transferring files from the CPU of the server to the storage system Thin Provisioning Space Reclamation The Thin Provisioning Space Reclamation function of Windows Server 2012 or later automatically releases areas in the storage system that are no longer used by the OS or applications A notification ...

Page 128: ...vides an integrated tool set for the management of applications and services SCVMM is a component of System Center 2012 or later that performs integrated management of virtualized environments The ETERNUS AF can be managed from SCVMM by using the SMI S functions of the ETERNUS AF OpenStack Linkage ETERNUS OpenStack VolumeDriver is a program that supports linkage between the ETERNUS AF and OpenStac...

Page 129: ...a snapshot function This function obtains any logical volume data as a snapshot and saves the snapshot as a different logical volume To use LUNs in the ETERNUS AF to configure an LVM the LVM can be configured by registering LUNs in the ETERNUS AF as physical volumes Figure 75 Logical Volume Manager LVM Physical group RAID group 0 RAID group 1 RAID group 2 Physical volume Physical volume Physical v...

Page 130: ...is registered for each Thin Provisioning Pool The following shows an example of creating a Thin Provisioning Pool using the Smart Setup Wizard For SSDs and SSD SEDs RAID groups are created with RAID5 which has high storage efficiency Table 49 shows a guideline for the number of drives and user capacities when 1 92TB SSDs are installed and Figure 76 shows an example RAID configuration Table 49 Guid...

Page 131: ...5 3 24 1 0 Approx 13 9TB Approx 41 8TB 29 RAID5 4 24 1 0 Approx 10 4TB Approx 41 8TB 30 RAID5 4 24 1 1 Approx 10 4TB Approx 41 8TB 31 RAID5 6 24 1 0 Approx 6 9TB Approx 41 8TB 32 RAID5 6 24 1 1 Approx 6 9TB Approx 41 8TB 33 RAID5 4 28 1 0 Approx 12 2TB Approx 48 8TB 34 RAID5 4 28 1 1 Approx 12 2TB Approx 48 8TB 35 RAID5 4 28 1 2 Approx 12 2TB Approx 48 8TB 36 RAID5 5 30 1 0 Approx 10 4TB Approx 52...

Page 132: ... 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 RAID5 2 Hot spare 1 Unused drive 1 RAID5 group 1 1 Hot spare Unused drive Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 10 Drive 11 RAID5 group 2 1 1 The capacity of the user data area is equivalent to four drives 2 Basic Functions Smart Setup Wizard 132 Design Guide ...

Page 133: ...is available For details about the necessary UPS output capacity refer to the specifications of the UPS that is used A UPS must satisfy the following conditions Rating Capacity Secure a sufficient rating capacity for the total value of the maximum power requirements for the enclosures that are to be installed For the maximum power level requirements of each enclosure refer to Installation Specific...

Page 134: ...ization and instructs the ETERNUS AF to synchronize the power with the target devices When the power synchronized unit detects the AC power output of a server s UPS unit the power synchronized unit instructs the ETERNUS AF to turn on When the power synchronized unit does not detect AC power output in any of the server s UPS units the power synchronized unit instructs the ETERNUS AF to turn off The...

Page 135: ...hronized unit to turn off the ETERNUS AF 4 ETERNUS AF shutdown When connecting three or more servers Figure 78 Power Supply Control Using a Power Synchronized Unit When Connecting Three or More Servers ETERNUS AF PWC Power synchronized unit 0 UPS unit for Server 0 PWC PWC ETERNUS AF PWC Server 2 AC sensor unit 1 Server 3 Server 0 UPS unit for Server 1 Server 1 UPS unit for Server 2 UPS unit for Se...

Page 136: ... that is provided with a power synchronized unit for details about connection configurations with power synchronized units and required settings Power Synchronized Connections Wake On LAN By using Wake On LAN an instruction to power on the ETERNUS AF can be issued via the LAN Magic packet is sent by the utility software for Wake On LAN The ETERNUS AF detects this packet and the power is turned on ...

Page 137: ...agement In an ETERNUS AF the system administrator logs on to the ETERNUS AF via a LAN to set the RAID configuration manage operations and perform maintenance MNT ports are used in LANs for operation management In addition the failures that occur in the ETERNUS AF are notified to the remote support center The remote support uses MNT ports for a network connection by default In this situation the ne...

Page 138: ...ment Note The following figure provides connection examples for when setting the IP address of the Slave CM Figure 81 Connection Example When the IP Address of the Slave CM Is Set and a Dedicated Remote Support Port Is Not Used ETERNUS AF RMT MNT CM 0 RMT CM 1 MNT Administration terminal SNMP manager E mail server NTP server LAN switch Syslog server Authentication server Remote support center LAN ...

Page 139: ...ress for the MNT port and one IP address for the RMT port Figure 82 Connection Example with a Dedicated Remote Support Port Different LANs are used for MNT ports and RMT ports Syslog server LAN switch ETERNUS AF Remote support center Controller enclosure RMT CM 0 RMT CM 1 Router IP address C IP address A MNT MNT Administration terminal SNMP manager E mail server NTP server Authentication server LA...

Page 140: ...ddress of the Slave CM Is Set and a Dedicated Remote Support Port Is Used ETERNUS AF RMT MNT CM 0 RMT CM 1 MNT Different LANs are used for MNT ports and RMT ports The IP addresses of the Master CM and the Slave CM are set Remote support center Router Controller enclosure IP address C IP address A IP address B LAN switch Syslog server Authentication server LAN for operation management Administratio...

Page 141: ...o the role of master or slave If the Master CM is switched the same IP addresses are reused Therefore even if the Master CM is switched and the physical port is changed access can be maintained via the same IP addresses The MAC address is not inherited Figure 84 LAN Control Switching of the Master CM ETERNUS AF ETERNUS AF The Master CM is switched Controller enclosure MNT CM 0 Master CM MNT CM 1 S...

Page 142: ...e Slave CM can only switch the Master CM and display the status of the ETERNUS AF The IP address of the Slave CM does not need to be set for normal operation Figure 85 LAN Control When the IP Address of the Slave CM Is Set Controller enclosure MNT CM 0 Master CM CM 1 Slave CM RMT FST FST RMT ETERNUS AF LAN path error MNT IP address A IP address B The IP address of the Slave CM is used to switch th...

Page 143: ...1 Accessed from a web browser ETERNUS CLI telnet ssh tcp 23 22 from 1 1 ftp client tcp 21 to 1 1 SNMP agent snmp udp 161 from trap snmp trap udp 162 2 to 3 3 SMI S http https tcp 5988 5989 from Used for SMI S client communic ation http https tcp to Used for event communic ations with the SMI S listener etc SLP udp 427 to Used for service inquiry communic ation from the SMI S client SLP tcp 5993 fr...

Page 144: ...ICMP from 3 3 KMIP key management SSL tcp 5696 2 to 3 3 ECD 4 Unique protocol udp 9686 from Available Available for some functions Not available 1 Only the following functions are available Checking the ETERNUS AF status Switching the Master CM 2 Can be changed 3 The MNT port or the RMT port will be used 4 Used with the Remote Installation function ETERNUS Connection Detecting tool ECD is a Window...

Page 145: ...faces are available 32Gbit s 16Gbit s The transfer rate can be selected from the following fixed speeds or set to Auto negotiation For FC 32Gbit s Interfaces 32Gbit s 16Gbit s 8Gbit s For FC 16Gbit s Interfaces 16Gbit s 8Gbit s 4Gbit s iSCSI Direct connections and switch connections to servers are available Caution When connecting Copper Twinax cables to iSCSI 10Gbit s host interfaces use the Copp...

Page 146: ... VLAN function is supported 16 tags VLAN ID can be used for each port Jumbo Frame Enabling Jumbo Frame makes data transfer more efficient by increasing the amount of data that can be transferred for each Frame Table 52 Ethernet Frame Capacity Jumbo Frame Settings Jumbo Frame settings Ethernet frame capacity Enabled Up to 9000 bytes Disabled Up to 1500 bytes Caution Server side CPU load can be redu...

Page 147: ...replaced or when the controller firmware needs to be updated In a single path connection configuration the path failover and load balancing functions are not supported A multipath connection configuration is recommended to maintain availability when a problem occurs Figure 86 Single Path Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used Direct Connection Server HBA Server HBA ETERNUS AF CM 0 CA Port Port C...

Page 148: ...ection Is Used Basic Connection Configuration Server HBA HBA Server HBA HBA ETERNUS AF CM 0 Port Port CA 0 CA 0 CM 1 Port Port Figure 89 Multipath Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used Switch Connection Server HBA HBA Server HBA HBA Server HBA HBA Switch Switch ETERNUS AF CM 0 Port CA Port Port CA Port CM 1 When the ETERNUS AF is accessed from both of the servers performance can be secured by c...

Page 149: ...deration Paths from a single server should be separately connected to a different host interface in case of host interface failure Cluster Configuration When servers are duplicated and connected using a cluster configuration to share a single ETERNUS AF among multiple servers cluster control software is required Storage Cluster Configuration An ETERNUS AF is duplicated and connected in a cluster c...

Page 150: ... an REC path Figure 91 Example of Non Supported Connection Configuration When Multiple Types of Remote Interfaces Are Installed in the Same ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX FC RA REC path iSCSI RA FC RA iSCSI RA The following configuration is supported because the same type of interface is used for each REC path Figure 92 Example of Supported Connection Configuration When Multiple Types o...

Page 151: ...ired for remote connections if a line is used Host interfaces with two different maximum transfer rates 32Gbit s and 16Gbit s are available Figure 93 An FC Connection for a Remote Copy between ETERNUS AF DX Storage Systems When Redundant Paths Are Used FC RA Copy source FC switch FC switch SAN FC FC RA FC RA Copy destination FC RA FC switch FC switch ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX Figure 94 An FC Con...

Page 152: ...Psec function to use the IPsec function to perform a remote copy Connectable Models The following table shows the models that can be connected with a remote copy and the interfaces that can be used Table 53 Connectable Models and Available Remote Interfaces Connectable model Remote interface ETERNUS AF150 S3 AF250 S3 ETERNUS AF650 S3 FC iSCSI ETERNUS AF150 S3 AF250 S3 and ETERNUS AF650 S3 ETERNUS ...

Page 153: ...stallation conditions and standard installation rules for each component Configuration Schematics The following diagrams show minimum and maximum configurations for ETERNUS AF storage systems Maximum Configuration ETERNUS AF150 S3 Maximum Configuration Figure 96 ETERNUS AF150 S3 Maximum Configuration CE IOC CPU BUD CM 0 CPU Memory Memory IOC CM 1 MP BUD PSU PSU PANEL BBU BBU CA CA CA CA EXP EXP 15...

Page 154: ...m Configuration CE IOC CPU CM 0 CPU Memory IOC CM 1 BUD BBU BBU PSU PSU PANEL CA CA CA CA EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 PSU PSU PANEL EXP EXP MP MP Memory DE IOM 0 IOM 1 PSU PSU PANEL EXP EXP MP BUD0 BUD1 BUD0 BUD1 4 Hardware Configurations Configuration Schematics 154 Design Guide ...

Page 155: ...UD0 BUD1 EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP 4 Hardware Configurations Configuration Schemat...

Page 156: ...losure to the drive enclosure as the following figures show Figure 99 Enclosure Connection Paths ETERNUS AF250 S3 DE 0x CE DE 01 DE 02 DE 0A DI DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI OUT Drive interface OUT port DI IN Drive interface IN port ETERNUS AF650 S3 One controller enclosure and up to 43 drive enclosures can be connected There are four connectio...

Page 157: ...DI IN DE 10 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 11 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 20 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 21 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 30 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 31 DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 0A DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 1A DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 2A DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 3A DI OUT Drive interface OUT port DI IN Drive interface IN port 4 Hardware Configurations Configuration Schematics 157 Design ...

Page 158: ...AF150 S3 Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 13 Slot 14 Slot 15 Slot 16 Slot 17 Slot 18 Slot 19 Slot 20 Slot 21 Slot 22 Slot 23 1 3 3 2 1 Operation panel An operation panel has LEDs a Power switch and a FUNCTION button 2 2 5 drive Refer to Drives page 167 3 Flange cover Rear View Figure 102 Rear View of a Controller Enclosure ETERNUS A...

Page 159: ...ort is used for connecting a LAN cable and used for operation management This port uses an RJ 45 connector Refer to MNT Ports RMT Ports FST Ports page 166 7 Power supply units PSU 0 PSU 1 Refer to Power Supply Units page 167 ETERNUS AF250 S3 The ETERNUS AF250 S3 controller enclosure contains drives installed in the front and controllers and power supply units in the rear Front View Figure 103 Fron...

Page 160: ... drive enclosure with a mini SAS HD cable between enclosures Refer to Drive Interface Ports page 166 5 RMT LAN port This port is used for connecting a LAN cable Use this port to separate the network such as for the remote support from the MNT port for operation management This port uses an RJ 45 connector Refer to MNT Ports RMT Ports FST Ports page 166 6 MNT LAN port This port is used for connecti...

Page 161: ...ation panel has LEDs a Power switch and setting change switches 2 Front cover Figure 106 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for the ETERNUS AF650 S3 without a Front Cover 1 2 2 BBU 1 BBU 0 Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 13 Slot 14 Slot 15 Slot 16 Slot 17 Slot 18 Slot 19 Slot 20 Slot 21 Slot 22 Slot 23 1 2 5 drives Refer to Drive...

Page 162: ...t This port is used for connecting a LAN cable and used for operation management This port uses an RJ 45 connector Refer to MNT Ports RMT Ports FST Ports page 166 5 FST LAN port A port that is dedicated for maintenance engineers Customers must not use this port Refer to MNT Ports RMT Ports FST Ports page 166 6 Drive interface OUT port This port is used to connect a controller enclosure to a drive ...

Page 163: ...er Table 54 Maximum System Memory Capacity for Each Controller Model System memory capacity max per CM ETERNUS AF150 S3 16GB ETERNUS AF250 S3 64GB ETERNUS AF650 S3 768GB If the system memory fails the failed system memory can be replaced while the system is running BUD A BUD is non volatile memory in which the firmware of an ETERNUS AF is registered A BUD is used as an area to back up cache data i...

Page 164: ...t interface Different types of interfaces can exist together in the same controller The host interface specifications are shown below Table 57 Host Interface Specifications Interface Transfer rate max Connector type Number of ports for each CA FC 32Gbit s LC 2 4 1 FC 16Gbit s LC 2 4 2 iSCSI 3 10Gbit s LC 2 iSCSI 10Gbit s SFP direct attach twinax copper 2 iSCSI 4 10Gbit s RJ 45 2 1 FC 32Gbit s 4 po...

Page 165: ...0Gbit s 10GBASE SR iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE CR for Copper Twinax cable connection FC 4 ports only for ETERNUS AF250 S3 ETERNUS AF650 S3 Host Interface There are four types of host interfaces FC 32Gbit s FC 16Gbit s and iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR 10GBASE CR Figure 109 Host Interface Ports ETERNUS AF650 S3 FC 2 ports iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR FC 4 ports iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE CR for Copper Twinax cable...

Page 166: ...onnector type Number of ports for each controller Ethernet 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T 1Gbit s RJ 45 1 MNT 1 RMT 1 FST PWC Ports The PWC port is used to connect a power synchronized unit to perform power synchronization The PWC port specifications are shown below Table 60 PWC Port Specifications Interface Connector type Number of ports for each controller RS232C PWC 1 Component This section exp...

Page 167: ...IL LED 1 PSU switch This switch is used to turn on and off the AC power supply 2 Inlet This inlet is used to connect a power cord ETERNUS AF650 S3 Figure 111 Power Supply Unit ETERNUS AF650 S3 1 POWER LED FAULT LED 1 Inlet This inlet is used to connect a power cord Drives Twenty four 2 5 drives can be installed in a controller enclosure of the ETERNUS AF150 S3 AF250 S3 and ETERNUS AF650 S3 Drives ...

Page 168: ... 2 5 Type Drive Enclosure Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 13 Slot 14 Slot 15 Slot 16 Slot 17 Slot 18 Slot 19 Slot 20 Slot 21 Slot 22 Slot 23 1 3 3 2 1 Operation panel An operation panel has a DE ID display and LEDs 2 2 5 drive Refer to Drives page 170 3 Flange cover Rear View of a Drive Enclosure Figure 113 Rear View of a 2 5 Type ...

Page 169: ... LINK LED DI IN FAULT LED READY LED DI OUT FAULT LED FAULT LED IDENTIFY LED 1 DI IN port This port is used to connect between enclosures 2 DI OUT port This port is used to connect between enclosures Drive Interface Ports This port is for connecting controller enclosures or drive enclosures The drive interface port has an IN port and an OUT port The drive interface port specifications are shown bel...

Page 170: ...t is used to connect a power cord Drives Up to 24 drives can be installed in a single drive enclosure for the ETERNUS AF250 S3 and ETERNUS AF650 S3 Drives can be added during system operation When an error occurs replacement operations can be performed while the system is running Table 62 Drive Specifications Product name Drive interface Storage media Storage capacity SSDs Serial Attached SCSI 12G...

Page 171: ...et IEC60320 C13 for outgoing power supply This socket is used to connect a power cord AC output cable 3 Inlet INPUT This is a socket IEC60320 C14 for incoming power supply This socket is used to connect a power cord AC input cable The specifications of a power distribution unit and the power cords that are provided are shown below Table 63 Power Distribution Unit AC8A 200V 1U 4 Outlets and Provide...

Page 172: ...Power Distribution Unit AC16A 200V 2U 16 Outlets and Provided Power Cord Specifications Item Specifications Power Voltage AC 200 240V Phase Single Frequency 50Hz 60Hz Input cable Connection type Straight through n NEMA L6 20P Length 4m Quantity 2 Power Distribution Unit AC24A 200V 2U 16 Outlets There are 16 outlets Figure 118 Power Distribution Unit AC24A 200V 2U 16 Outlets 2 1 1 1 Main line switc...

Page 173: ...Hz 60Hz Input cable Connection type Straight through n NEMA L6 30P Length 4m Quantity 2 Power Synchronized Unit A power synchronized unit detects changes in the AC power output of the Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS unit that is connected to the server and automatically turns on and off the ETERNUS AF For more details about power synchronized units refer to Configuration Guide Power Synchronized ...

Page 174: ...d If the system memory capacity is insufficient data is read from the drives and performance is reduced because data cannot be read from the system memory cache miss The following section shows the basic capacity of the system memory based on the drive capacity 1 1 Use the total capacity of the drives that are accessed during operation for the drive capacity When work is separated by time such as ...

Page 175: ...are required to connect the FC cables FC Fibre Channel FC enables high speed data transfer over long distances by using optical fibers and coaxial cables FC is used for database servers where enhanced scalability and high performance are required iSCSI iSCSI is a communication protocol that transfers SCSI commands by encapsulating them in IP packets over Ethernet Since iSCSI can be installed at a ...

Page 176: ... 1 CA 0 Port 0 Port 1 CA 1 Port 0 Port 1 CA 0 Additional installation Additional installation Rear view of a controller enclosure For the ETERNUS AF650 S3 For the ETERNUS AF650 S3 install the host interfaces in CA 0 CA 1 CA 2 and CA 3 in ascending order according to the priority order The configuration is the same for Controller 0 CM 0 and Controller 1 CM 1 Figure 120 Host Interface Installation D...

Page 177: ... ports 5 iSCSI 10Gbit s without SFP modules 4 ports Drive Enclosure Install drive enclosures above controller enclosures Drive enclosures can connect with controller enclosures even if drives are not installed Types of Drive Enclosures Twenty four 2 5 drives can be installed in a drive enclosure Number of Installable Drive Enclosures The following table shows the number of installable drive enclos...

Page 178: ...uct warranty period if SSDs are used in a RAID1 configuration that has a high I O access load The ETERNUS AF supports Value SSDs They are available at a lower cost per capacity than conventional SSDs by optimizing the guaranteed write endurance and the reserved space Note that the product s actual capacity of a Value SSD differs from the capacity that is displayed in ETERNUS Web GUI and ETERNUS CL...

Page 179: ...encrypting FIPS SSDs 3 84TB Value SSDs 9 2 5 self encrypting FIPS SSDs 7 68TB Value SSDs According to the installation order install drives in the slots of a drive enclosure from Slot 0 to Slot 23 in ascending order Figure 121 Installation Diagram for 2 5 Drives Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 13 Slot 14 Slot 15 Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 16 Slot 17 Slo...

Page 180: ...manually keep the recommended placement in mind for the configured drive that is described here For details on the recommended number of drives that configure a RAID group refer to RAID Group page 25 Caution When selecting a RAID level such as RAID1 and RAID1 0 that configure mirroring within a RAID group reliability is improved by installing paired drives in different drive enclosures that belong...

Page 181: ...e Combination 2 DE 00 Mirroring A B C D DE 10 A B C D Example 3 Paired drives are installed in three different enclosures Figure 124 Drive Combination 3 DE 20 B C DE 10 Mirroring C A DE 00 Mirroring A B 4 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 181 Design Guide ...

Page 182: ... the drive is installed Drives are divided into two redundant set groups in ascending order of drive numbers Example 4 Drives are installed in two different drive enclosures Figure 125 Drive Combination 4 DE 00 A D B DE 10 E C F Redundancy Group 1 Redundancy Group 2 Example 5 Drives are installed in three different drive enclosures Figure 126 Drive Combination 5 F C B E A D DE 00 DE 10 DE 20 Redun...

Page 183: ...he RAID group are divided into two or more path groups Make sure the paired drives that configure mirroring are divided into different path groups Figure 127 Recommended RAID1 RAID1 0 Configuration Example RAID1 0 4D 4M RAID1 1D 1M DE 01 DE 10 RAID1 1D 1M DE 20 DE 30 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 4 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 183 Design Guide ...

Page 184: ...roup are divided into two or more path groups Figure 128 Recommended RAID5 RAID5 0 RAID6 Configuration Example RAID5 0 3D 1P x2 RAID6 6D 2P RAID5 4D 1P DE 01 DE 10 DE 20 DE 30 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 4 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 184 Design Guide ...

Page 185: ...the RAID group are divided into two or more path groups Figure 129 Recommended RAID6 FR Configuration Example DE 01 DE 10 DE 20 DE 30 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 RAID6 FR 3D 2P 2 1HS 4 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 185 Design Guide ...

Page 186: ...Operation panel PANEL 4 Disk firmware 3 Allowed Not allowed cold swap is possible Not applicable 1 Mid Plane This is a board that is located between the front drive side and rear controller CM or I O module IOM side of the ETERNUS AF 2 All of the host interfaces on the CM that will have maintenance or expansion performed go offline When a multipath configuration is used switch to the host paths of...

Page 187: ...tion panel PANEL 4 Disk firmware 3 Drive enclosure DE Replace the drive enclosure DE when the MP 1 fails Power supply unit PSU SSD Operation panel PANEL 4 I O module IOM Disk firmware 3 Allowed Not allowed cold swap is possible Not applicable 1 Mid Plane This is a board that is located between the front drive side and rear controller CM or I O module IOM side of the ETERNUS AF 2 All of the host in...

Page 188: ...0 S3 is possible Table 73 Hot Swap and Hot Expansion Availability for Components ETERNUS AF650 S3 Component Hot swap Hot expansion Remarks Controller enclosure CE Components can be individually replaced Controller module CM 1 System memory 1 BUD 2 1 Controller firmware 1 3 Host interface FC CA Host interface 10G iSCSI CA Power supply unit for CE CPSU MP 4 SSD Operation panel PANEL Battery Backup U...

Page 189: ...rear controller CM or I O module IOM side of the ETERNUS AF 5 Operation can be continued during a failure The status of the ETERNUS AF can be monitored via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI Drive Sanitization Drive sanitization is a function that deletes data in a drive using the sanitization function of the drives SSDs The drive sanitization function can be used to delete user data when for example ...

Page 190: ...cts or to use updated functions The firmware version that is currently in use can be checked via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI Table 74 Release Information List Firmware version Release date Detail of functional modification V11L20 October 2019 The following models are supported ETERNUS AF650 S3 V11L30 December 2019 The following models are supported ETERNUS AF150 S3 AF250 S3 Features added FC 16...

Page 191: ...on FC Interface Table 75 Supported Servers and OSs FC Interface Server OS Manufacturer Product name Fujitsu Mission critical IA servers PRIMEQUEST Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Intel64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for Intel64 Oracle Linux 6 Oracle Linux 7 VMware vSphere 6 0 VMware vSphe...

Page 192: ...nterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 Oracle Linux 7 VMware vSphere 6 0 VMware vSphere 6 5 VMware vSphere 6 7 VMware vSphere 7 0 Oracle VM 3 Citrix Hypervisor 7 XenServer 7 Citrix Hypervisor 8 FalconStor NSS Oracle SPARC Enterprise Fujitsu M10 Servers Fujitsu SPARC M12 Solaris 10 Solaris 11 IBM System p Power Systems AIX 7...

Page 193: ...Linux 7 for Intel64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for Intel64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 Oracle Linux 7 VMware vSphere 6 0 VMware vSphere 6 5 VMware vSphere 6 7 VMware vSphere 7 0 Oracle VM 3 Citrix Hypervisor 7 XenServer 7 Citrix Hypervisor 8 FalconStor NSS A Specifications Operating Environment 193 De...

Page 194: ...cle VM 3 UNIX servers SPARC Enterprise Fujitsu SPARC Servers Solaris 10 Solaris 11 Fujitsu Industry standard servers PRIMERGY Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Intel64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for Intel64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterpr...

Page 195: ...9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Intel64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for Intel64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Oracle Linux 5 Oracle Linux 6 Oracle Linux 7 VMware vSphere 6 0 VMware vSphere 6 5 VMware vSphere 6 7 VMware vSphere 7 0 Oracle VM 3 Citrix Hypervisor 7 XenServer 7 Citri...

Page 196: ... ETERNUS AF 1 024 1 024 4 096 Per port 256 1 Use of RAID0 is not recommended because it is not redundant For RAID0 configurations data may be lost due to the failure of a single drive It is not recommended to use SSDs in a RAID1 configuration that has a high I O access load because the number of rewrites may exceed the limit within the product warranty period 2 Fujitsu original RAID level that pro...

Page 197: ...on Management iSCSI SAN Operation mode 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T 10GBASE SR 10GBASE CR 10GBASE T 1000BASE T ETERNUS Web GUI http https SSL v3 TLS ETERNUS CLI SSH v2 telnet ftp client SMI S http https SLP NTP time NTP v4 E mail SMTP Client SNMP SNMP v1 v2c v3 Event notification and audit log sending Syslog KMIP key management SSL Ping ICMP Network address IPv4 IPv6 Authentication RADIUS CHAP S...

Page 198: ...a RAID group Format all area 8 Format unformatted area 8 Modify threshold threshold can be set with the Modify RAID Group Parameters function 8 Switch controlling CM 9 9 9 Allocate REC Disk Buffer Key management server linkage 9 9 9 9 Possible Not possible N A 1 Only ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser can perform operations on FTRP and FTSP 2 The maximum total number of TPPs and FTSPs 3 The number of TPPs...

Page 199: ...le 80 Target Volumes of Each Function Function Standard SDV SDPV TPV FTV 1 WSV ODX Buffer volume 2 Single Concatenate d Create 3 Delete Rename Format TPV capacity expansion RAID Migration 4 4 5 6 6 4 Logical Device Expansion LDE LUN Concatenatio n 7 8 7 8 Balancing 9 Tiering TPV FTV capacity optimization Modify threshold Encrypt volume 10 Advanced Copy function local copy 11 Advanced Copy function...

Page 200: ...tenated volumes are set as the migration source volume 6 Capacity expansion and RAID Migration cannot be performed at the same time 7 The maximum number of concatenated volumes is 16 The maximum capacity is 128TB 1TB for ODX Buffer volumes 8 If T10 DIF is enabled this function cannot be executed 9 Specify in units of FTRPs FTVs that need balancing are automatically selected and balanced for each F...

Page 201: ...e executed at the same time Table 81 Combinations of Functions That Can Be Executed Simultaneously 1 2 Process to be run Already running process Rebuild Copyback Redundant Copy Fast Recovery Volume formatting RAID Migration Logical Device Expansion LDE LUN Concatenatio n Advanced Copy 1 Volume formatting 3 4 4 3 4 RAID Migration 4 4 4 5 6 Logical Device Expansion 7 7 7 7 7 LUN Concatenation 4 4 8 ...

Page 202: ... units exists volume capacity expansion cannot be performed because copying cannot be processed for the expanded part When a copy session is specified for a logical disk volume capacity expansion can be performed 9 Copy sessions in LUN units cannot be performed on a volume that is being expanded with RAID Migration 10 Complies with Advanced Copy specifications multi copy Cascade Copy 11 The REC se...

Page 203: ... the utmost attention to detail However Fujitsu shall assume no responsibility for any operational problems as the result of errors omissions or the use of information in this manual Fujitsu assumes no liability for damages to third party copyrights or other rights arising from the use of any information in this manual The content of this manual may not be reproduced or distributed in part or in i...

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