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Chapter 7 Example
7.1 Configuration and Generation of an ETERNUS DX8700 S3 for BS2000 (SE Server)

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX, ETERNUS AF Configuration Guide -Server Connection-

P3AM-5672-10ENZ0

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Creating logical volumes on the RAID group

Volume

Create

80 logical volumes are set up (20 on each RAID group).

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Configuring LUN groups

Connectivity > LUN Group

Add LUN Group

1 LUN group of 80 LUNs (volumes) is established:

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Configuring the host affinity

Connectivity

Create Host Affinity

The LUN group to be used with the SE Server is combined with matching port groups and host groups in the
ETERNUS DX8700 S3:

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Setting CA Reset Groups

Connectivity > CA Reset Group

Modify Reset Group

All FC ports (CAs) assigned to one affinity group or referring the same LUN group must be assigned to the
same reset group.

RAID group

Volume

Size (GB)

RG01

000 - 019

30.0

RG02

020 - 039

30.0

RG03

040 - 059

30.0

RG04

060 - 079

30.0

LUN Group

Host LUN

Volume

LG01

000 - 079

Host Group

CA Port Group

LUN Group

Host Response

S_0000_F1

PG0000_F1

LG01

BS2000

S_1011_F1

PG1011_F1

LG01

BS2000

S_0111_F2

PG0111_F2

LG01

BS2000

S_1000_F2

PG1000_F2

LG01

BS2000

FC Ports

CE#0 CM#0 CA#0 Port#0
CE#1 CM#0 CA#1 Port#1
CE#0 CM#1 CA#1 Port#1
CE#1 CM#0 CA#0 Port#0

Summary of Contents for ETERNUS DX S2, ETERNUS DX S3, ETERNUS DX S4, ETERNUS AF

Page 1: ...X600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 ETERNUS DX8700 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems ETERNUS DX400 S2 series ETERNUS DX8700 S2 Disk Storage Systems ETERNUS AF650 S2 ETERNUS AF650 All Flash Arrays Settings for BS2000 Connection P3AM 5672 10ENZ0 Configuration Guide Server Connection ...

Page 2: ...TERNUS DX S4 S3 series Hybrid Storage Systems ETERNUS AF series ETERNUS DX200F All Flash Arrays Settings FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration Guide Server Connection Fibre Channel ETERNUS DX80 S2 DX90 S2 ETERNUS DX410 S2 DX440 S2 ETERNUS DX8100 S2 DX8700 S2 Disk Storage System Settings FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX Configuration Guide Server Connection Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Switch Settings ...

Page 3: ...bre Channel card WWNs of BS2000 Servers Chapter 4 Set Up the ETERNUS DX AF Storage System for BS2000 This describes special settings required when connecting an ETERNUS DX AF storage system to a server with operating system BS2000 Chapter 5 Set Up the BS2000 Server for ETERNUS DX AF Storage Systems This describes the configuration of ETERNUS DX AF volumes on SE S and SQ Servers with the operating ...

Page 4: ...and characters that appear in command parameters and output examples ETERNUS disk storage system models The following naming conventions are used to describe ETERNUS disk storage system models in this document BS2000 servers The following naming conventions are used to describe BS2000 server models in this document ETERNUS disk storage system model Naming conventions ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETER...

Page 5: ...tware Prerequisites 13 3 4 Fibre Channel Cards 13 Chapter 4 Set Up the ETERNUS DX AF Storage System for BS2000 14 4 1 Setting the Host Responses 14 4 2 Configuring Settings for the Fibre Channel Ports CA Parameters 15 4 3 Registering the WWNs of the Accessing Fibre Channel Cards 17 4 4 Configure the RAID Groups and Create the Logical Volumes 18 4 5 Creating the LUN Groups Affinity Groups 19 4 6 Co...

Page 6: ...TSU LIMITED P3AM 5672 10ENZ0 6 Chapter 6 Check the LUNs 23 6 1 SE Server SU 390 and S Server 23 6 2 SE Server SU x86 and SQ Server 23 Chapter 7 Example 24 7 1 Configuration and Generation of an ETERNUS DX8700 S3 for BS2000 SE Server 24 7 2 Generation of the ETERNUS DX8700 S3 on the SE Server SU 390 and S Server 27 ...

Page 7: ... Connection Copyright 2018 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 5672 10ENZ0 7 List of Tables Table 4 1 FC AL connection settings Host direct connection not for SE Server SU 390 and S Servers not for ETERNUS DX8700 S3 16 Table 4 2 Fabric connection settings Host Fabric connection 16 ...

Page 8: ...Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Switch Settings Web GUI User s Guide ETERNUSmgr Install Guide ETERNUSmgr User Guide Any manuals supplied with the Fibre Channel card driver and software BS2000 specific manuals SE Server System Installation SE Server Utility Routines S Server System Installation Utility Routines SQ Server Business Server Operation and Administration Workflow Checking prerequisites and F...

Page 9: ...U 390 and S Server do the generation as described in manual System installation On SE Server SU X86 or SQ Server do the set up as described in manual FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE300 SE500 SE700 Operation and Administration or SQ Business Server Operation and Administration Chapter 5 Set Up the BS2000 Server for ETERNUS DX AF Storage Systems page 21 Check the LUNs Check whether the server recognizes th...

Page 10: ... is connected to the BS2000 Server host Assign Affinity Group values starting from LUN0 in ascending order The server cannot recognize the ETERNUS DX AF storage system LUNs if some other assignment order is used Please be aware that only a homogeneous sharing with other BS2000 Servers is supported for FC Ports which are connected to a BS2000 server The combined Port Mode CA RA and port sharing wit...

Page 11: ...orage replication functions local and remote are performed by SHC OSD subsystem of BS2000 instead of ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager SE Server SU 390 and S Server Before an online firmware update in the ETERNUS DX AF storage system is performed the timeout value for the affected disks in the BS2000 must be increased to 2 5 minutes using the command MODIFY IO UNIT After completion of the update the...

Page 12: ...ites The following server models are supported DX400 S2 series A firmware version of V10L64 or higher is required DX8700 S2 A firmware version of V10L64 or higher is required DX500 S3 DX600 S3 A firmware version of V10L70 or higher is required DX8700 S3 A firmware version of V10L70 or higher is required DX500 S4 DX600 S4 A firmware version of V10L80 or higher is required AF650 AF650 S2 A firmware ...

Page 13: ...of the Fibre Channel card of a BS2000 Server SE Server Obtain the WWN via the Management Unit MU Select Units in the dashboard Expand the Server Unit Select Information FC Interfaces see column WWPN S Server Obtain the WWN from S Servers via the SKP open SVP FRAME execute MODE SELECTION FRAME select CH CH SUBCH STATUS and call the CH SUBCH STATUS DISPLAY FRAME execute Function 4 FC PORT STATUS the...

Page 14: ...rd BS2000 Host Response BS2000 is preset with the correct parameter settings incl 4096 volumes port When setting the access path using the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Host Response No will be set to default values Set the Host Response No after setting the access path using the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Controller Category Action DX AF series Connectivity Host Response Add Host Response Parameter ...

Page 15: ... Port Mode CA RA is not supported by ETERNUS DX S2 but tolerated as of ETERNUS DX S4 S3 and ETERNUS AF Note In these terms the Management Unit MU and the Server Unit SU x86 of an SE Server resp the Server Unit of an SQ Server are considered to be a BS2000 server irrespective of whether Linux Windows guests are running or not on the Server Unit The Application Unit of an SE Server SQ Server is a no...

Page 16: ... s Auto Parameter BS2000 Connection Topology FC AL Connection Loop ID Manual 0x00 FC Frame Size 2048 byte Default value Transfer Rate See the table below 1 Affinity Mode ON Reset Scope T_L Reserve Cancel at Chip Reset ON Enable Fibre Channel switch maximum speed ETERNUS DX AF storage system CA type 32Gbit s CA 16Gbit s CA 8Gbit s CA 16Gbit s 16Gbit s 16Gbit s 8Gbit s 8Gbit s 8Gbit s 8Gbit s 8Gbit ...

Page 17: ...istration combined with the host affinity settings described later limits which server has access to which ETERNUS DX AF storage system LUNs SE Server SU 390 and S Server We recommend assigning a name which identifies the host and the FC channel e g FC channel 8C on the host S210 Name S210 8C SE Server SU x86 and SQ Server We recommend assigning a name which identifies the host and the slot and po...

Page 18: ...ecifying a CM and a CPU As FC ports are also assigned to a CM and a CPU direct assignment can also lead to better performance results under certain circumstances Create the Logical Volume on a RAID Group A maximum of 128 Volumes can be created per RAID Group BS2000 supports a maximum of 2 32 1 blocks of 512 bytes per logical volume Logical volumes of 2TB or larger are thus not completely utilized ...

Page 19: ...e same channel path S Server A maximum of 256 volumes can be configured in an affinity group as a maximum of 256 volumes is supported per channel path i e for a connection from one FC channel to one FC port in the RAID system However we recommend assigning significantly fewer volumes to an affinity LUN group so that PAV alias devices can also be generated on the same channel path SE Server SU x86 ...

Page 20: ... for the BS2000 servers or not If other servers than BS2000 are connected to the ETERNUS DX AF storage system dedicated ports for the BS2000 servers are necessary due to different CA parameter settings see 4 2 Configuring Settings for the Fibre Channel Ports CA Parameters page 15 Reset Scope T_L and Reserve Cancel at Chip Reset On are necessary for BS2000 server connections but different default v...

Page 21: ... be aware that if there are up to 4096 LUNs per channel path the number of host FC ports per CA port is limited to 32 for the storage system For performance reasons each volume should be configured with one or two additional PAV alias devices D3435 internal type A5 must be specified as disk device type See manual BS2000 System Installation and the example in the annex 5 2 S Server Set up the S Ser...

Page 22: ...ed in the manuals FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE300 SE500 SE700 Operation and Administration resp SQ Business Servers Operation and Administration to configure LUNs on the ETERNUS DX AF storage system as D3435 disk devices If there is a gap between the Host LUNs of an existing affinity group and a newly generated affinity group a reboot of the SE Server or SQ Server is necessary If there is no gap the n...

Page 23: ...CH DEVICE and SHOW DISK STATUS for checks by means of BS2000 resp SHOW STORAGE DEVICE CONFIG for checks by means of SHC OSD 6 2 SE Server SU x86 and SQ Server The ETERNUS DX AF storage system and the new devices must be visible from the X2000 Please check by using Web GUI or by using the X2000 command emptool display paths for the SQ Server and the SE Server Use ATTACH DEVICE and SHOW DISK STATUS ...

Page 24: ... CM 0 CA 0 Port 0 with WWPN 5000 00E0 DAC1 9A00 Fabric1 CE 1 CM 0 CA 1 Port 1 with WWPN 5000 00E0 DAC1 9A15 Fabric1 CE 0 CM 1 CA 1 Port 1 with WWPN 5000 00E0 DAC1 9AC5 Fabric2 CE 1 CM 0 CA 0 Port 0 with WWPN 5000 00E0 DAC1 9A10 Fabric2 are connected to 4 8Gbit FC ports on the FC fabrics A transfer rate of 8Gbit s is set for the FC ports on the switches 4 FC channels of the SE700 8Gbit s 4A with WW...

Page 25: ...ost WorldWideName s Connectivity Host Group FC FCoE Add FC FCoE Host The WWPNs of the 4 SE700 FC channels are registered in the ETERNUS DX8700 S3 at the corresponding FC ports The logical volumes will now be configured via the following steps and combined in affinity groups Configuring RAID groups RAID Group Create 4 RAID groups from RG01 to RG04 are set up The assignment of the RAID groups to the...

Page 26: ...o be used with the SE Server is combined with matching port groups and host groups in the ETERNUS DX8700 S3 Setting CA Reset Groups Connectivity CA Reset Group Modify Reset Group All FC ports CAs assigned to one affinity group or referring the same LUN group must be assigned to the same reset group RAID group Volume Size GB RG01 000 019 30 0 RG02 020 039 30 0 RG03 040 059 30 0 RG04 060 079 30 0 LU...

Page 27: ... for the SE700 Server with ETERNUS DX8700 S3 are listed below Generation instructions for FC channels 1 channel is generated for each SE700 Server FC channel CHN 4A IBF A MODE FCP CHN 47 IBF A MODE FCP CHN 0D IBF A MODE FCP CHN 04 IBF A MODE FCP Generation instructions for controllers 2 controllers MN 26xx are generated for each ETERNUS DX8700 S3 FC port and SE Server FC channel CTL 2600 BLM A 4A ...

Page 28: ...ce responsibility FUJITSU LIMITED The content of this manual is subject to change without notice This manual was prepared with 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 ...

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