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Number of
installed drives

RAID configuration that is to be
created

Hot spare

Unused drive

User capacity

RAID group

Capacity of the
user data area
(equivalent
number of
drives)

Per RAID group

Per ETERNUS DX

RAID5

Approx. 13.9TB

Approx. 69.8TB

Figure 62

RAID Configuration Example (When 12 SSDs Are Installed)

Drive#5

Drive#6

Drive#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.

●

For SAS Disks, SAS SEDs, Nearline SAS Disks, Nearline SAS SEDs
RAID groups are created with RAID6, which has high storage efficiency.

Table 55

shows a guideline for the number of drives and user capacities when 1.2TB SAS disks are installed

and

Figure 63

shows an example RAID configuration.

Table 55

Guideline for the Number of Drives and User Capacities (When 1.2TB SAS Disks Are Installed)

Number of
installed drives

RAID configuration that is to be
created

Hot spare

Unused drive

User capacity

RAID group

Capacity of the
user data area
(equivalent
number of
drives)

Per RAID group

Per ETERNUS DX

6 or less

RAID groups
cannot be
created

RAID6

Approx. 4.2TB

RAID6

Approx. 4.2TB

RAID6

Approx. 6.4TB

RAID6

Approx. 7.4TB

RAID6

Approx. 8.5TB

RAID6

Approx. 8.5TB

RAID6

Approx. 4.2TB

Approx. 8.5TB

2. Basic Functions

Smart Setup Wizard

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Design Guide

Summary of Contents for ETERNUS DX S5 Series

Page 1: ...FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX S5 series Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Functions features system configuration design P3AG 3972 02ENZ0 ...

Page 2: ...ser Capacity Logical Capacity 36 RAID Group 37 Volume 40 Hot Spare 42 Data Protection 48 Data Block Guard 48 Disk Drive Patrol 49 Redundant Copy 50 Rebuild 51 Fast Recovery 52 Copyback Copybackless 53 Protection Shield 55 Reverse Cabling 57 Operations Optimization Virtualization Automated Storage Tiering 58 Thin Provisioning 58 Flexible Tier 65 Extreme Cache 72 Extreme Cache Pool 73 Optimization o...

Page 3: ...Monitoring 97 Operation Management Interface 97 Performance Information Management 98 Event Notification 100 Device Time Synchronization 102 Remote Support 103 Power Control 105 Power Synchronized Unit 105 Remote Power Operation Wake On LAN 106 Backup Advanced Copy 107 Backup SAN 108 Backup Restore NAS 120 Performance Tuning 121 Assigned CMs 121 Striping Size Expansion 122 Smart Setup Wizard 123 3...

Page 4: ...Volume Manager LVM 159 4 NAS Functions 160 Unified Configuration 160 Supported Protocols 161 CIFS 161 NFS 162 FTP FXP 162 Operating Environment for Clients 162 NAS System NAS Volume Management 163 NAS File Systems 164 NAS Volume 166 Meta Cache Distribution 168 Block Size 169 File System Specification 170 Data Encryption 171 NAS Server Name Host Name 172 User Management 173 Authentication Server 17...

Page 5: ...nes 198 UPS Connection 198 Power Synchronized Connections 199 Power Synchronized Connections PWC 199 Power Synchronized Connections Wake On LAN 202 LAN Connection 203 LAN for Operation Management 203 LAN for Remote Support 204 LAN Control Master CM Slave CM 206 Network Communication Protocols 208 SAN Connection 210 Host Interface 210 Access Method 213 Remote Connections 216 Remote Interfaces 216 C...

Page 6: ...nclosure 267 Component 270 Power Distribution Unit 275 Power Synchronized Unit 277 Installation Conditions and Installation Rules 278 Controller Enclosures 278 Controller Module 278 System Memory 279 Extreme Cache 282 Host Interface 284 Unified License 287 Drive Enclosure 287 Drive 289 Recommended RAID Group Configuration 295 7 Maintenance Expansion 301 Hot Swap Hot Expansion 301 ETERNUS DX60 S5 3...

Page 7: ...ted Protocols 321 List of Target Pools and Volumes for Each Function 322 Target RAID Groups Pools of Each Function 322 Target Volumes of Each Function 323 Combinations of Functions That Are Available for Simultaneous Executions 325 Combinations of Functions That Are Available for Simultaneous Executions 325 Number of Processes That Can Be Executed Simultaneously 327 Capacity That Can Be Processed ...

Page 8: ...62 Figure 20 TPV Balancing When Distributing Host Accesses Evenly after TPP Expansion 62 Figure 21 TPV FTV Capacity Optimization 64 Figure 22 Flexible Tier 66 Figure 23 FTV Configuration 67 Figure 24 FTRP Balancing 70 Figure 25 Extreme Cache 72 Figure 26 Extreme Cache Pool 73 Figure 27 RAID Migration When Data Is Migrated to a High Capacity Drive 75 Figure 28 RAID Migration When a Volume Is Moved ...

Page 9: ...onfiguration Example When 15 SAS Disks Are Installed 127 Figure 64 Deduplication Compression Overview 129 Figure 65 Deduplication Overview 130 Figure 66 Compression Overview 130 Figure 67 Details of the Deduplication Compression Function 135 Figure 68 Host Affinity 137 Figure 69 Associating Host Groups CA Port Groups and LUN Groups 138 Figure 70 QoS 139 Figure 71 Copy Path Bandwidth Limit 140 Figu...

Page 10: ...ic Connection Configuration 214 Figure 109 Multipath Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used Switch Connection 214 Figure 110 Multipath Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used for Enhanced Performance 215 Figure 111 Example of Non Supported Connection Configuration When Multiple Types of Remote Interfaces Are Installed in the Same ETERNUS AF DX 216 Figure 112 Example of Supported Connection Conf...

Page 11: ... Installed with Only One Controller 251 Figure 148 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 with a Front Cover 252 Figure 149 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 without a Front Cover 252 Figure 150 Rear View of a Controller Enclosure ETERNUS DX500 S5 253 Figure 151 Rear View of a Controller Enclosure ETERNUS DX600 S5 254 Figure 152 ...

Page 12: ...st Interface Installation Diagram ETERNUS DX900 S5 287 Figure 182 Drive Installation Diagram for High Density Drive Enclosures 292 Figure 183 Installation Diagram for 2 5 Drives 293 Figure 184 Installation Diagram for 3 5 Drives 294 Figure 185 Drive Combination 1 296 Figure 186 Drive Combination 2 296 Figure 187 Drive Combination 3 296 Figure 188 Drive Combination 4 297 Figure 189 Drive Combinatio...

Page 13: ...r Drive Enclosures ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 44 Table 23 Hot Spare Selection Criteria Drives ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 44 Table 24 Hot Spare Selection Criteria Search Order for Drive Enclosures ETERNUS DX900 S5 45 Table 25 Hot Spare Selection Criteria Drives ETERNUS DX900 S5 46 Table 26 Maximum Pool Capacity and Required Number of Drives 58 Table 27 TPP Maximum Number and Capacity 59 Table 28 Chun...

Page 14: ...ection of Deduplication and Compression 133 Table 60 Deduplication Compression Setting for TPPs Where the Target Volumes Can Be Created 133 Table 61 Target Deduplication Compression Volumes of Each Function 136 Table 62 Storage Cluster Function Specifications 144 Table 63 Specifications for Paths and Volumes between the Local Storage System and the External Storage System 147 Table 64 Maximum VVOL...

Page 15: ...on Disabled and the NAS Function Enabled 281 Table 101 Estimated System Memory Capacity of Each Storage System ETERNUS DX600 S5 with Both the Deduplication Compression Function and the NAS Function Disabled 281 Table 102 Estimated System Memory Capacity of Each Storage System ETERNUS DX600 S5 with the Deduplication Compression Function Enabled and the NAS Function Disabled 281 Table 103 Estimated ...

Page 16: ...le 125 Target Volumes of Each Function 323 Table 126 Combinations of Functions That Can Be Executed Simultaneously 1 2 325 Table 127 Combinations of Functions That Can Be Executed Simultaneously 2 2 326 Table 128 Available Functions for Operation Management Interfaces 327 Table 129 Guidelines for Snapshot Configurable NAS Volume Capacity When QuickOPC Is Used 331 Table 130 Guidelines for Snapshot ...

Page 17: ...signed to be connected 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 DX storage systems This manual is intended for use of the ETERNUS DX in regions other than Japan This manual applies to the latest controller firmware version Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED Second Edition Dec...

Page 18: ...owing 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 Configuration Operation Guide NAS 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 S...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...ange models Figure 1 Configuration Example of Each ETERNUS DX Entry model ETERNUS DX60 S5 Controller enclosure Entry model ETERNUS DX100 S5 DX200 S5 2 5 type drive enclosure Controller enclosure Midrange model ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 2 5 type drive enclosure Controller enclosure Midrange model ETERNUS DX900 S5 2 5 type drive enclosures Controller enclosure Frontend enclosure 20 Design Guide ...

Page 21: ...ive enclosures 0 Number of drives 2 96 4 Drive capacity rotational speed 5 2 5 SAS disks 300GB 600GB 1 2TB 1 8TB 2 4TB 10 000rpm 300GB 600GB 900GB 15 000rpm 2 5 SSDs 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 3 5 SAS disks 1 2TB 2 4TB 10 000rpm 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm 3 5 SSDs 960GB Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated based on the assump...

Page 22: ... of drives 4 2 144 Drive capacity rotational speed 5 2 5 SAS disks Non self encrypting 300GB 600GB 1 2TB 1 8TB 2 4TB 10 000rpm 300GB 600GB 900GB 15 000rpm Self encrypting 6 1 2TB 10 000rpm 2 5 SSDs Non self encrypting 800GB 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB Self encrypting 6 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 3 5 Nearline SAS disks Non self encrypting 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm Self encrypting...

Page 23: ...ity drive enclosures 0 Number of drives 4 2 144 Drive capacity rotational speed 5 2 5 SAS disks Non self encrypting 300GB 600GB 1 2TB 1 8TB 2 4TB 10 000rpm 300GB 600GB 900GB 15 000rpm 2 5 SSDs Non self encrypting 800GB 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB 3 5 Nearline SAS disks Non self encrypting 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm 3 5 SSDs Non self encrypting 800GB 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB Driv...

Page 24: ...ives 4 2 264 Drive capacity rotational speed 5 2 5 SAS disks Non self encrypting 300GB 600GB 1 2TB 1 8TB 2 4TB 10 000rpm 300GB 600GB 900GB 15 000rpm Self encrypting 6 1 2TB 10 000rpm 2 5 SSDs Non self encrypting 800GB 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB Self encrypting 6 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 3 5 Nearline SAS disks Non self encrypting 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm Self encrypting 6 4TB...

Page 25: ...when all of the installed drives are the same type and the number of these drives is the maximum 5 For details refer to Drives page 272 in Component page 270 6 The drives are FIPS compliant 1 Overview Product Lineup 25 Design Guide ...

Page 26: ...crypting 6 1 2TB 10 000rpm 2 5 SSDs Non self encrypting 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB Self encrypting 6 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 3 5 Nearline SAS disks Non self encrypting 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm Self encrypting 6 4TB 8TB 12TB 7 200rpm Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated based on the assumption that 1TB 1 000GB and 1GB 1 000MB 2...

Page 27: ...rypting 6 1 2TB 10 000rpm 2 5 SSDs Non self encrypting 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 72TB Self encrypting 6 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 3 5 Nearline SAS disks Non self encrypting 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm Self encrypting 6 4TB 8TB 12TB 7 200rpm Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated based on the assumption that 1TB 1 000GB and 1GB 1 000MB 2 ...

Page 28: ...ypting 8 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 3 5 Nearline SAS disks Non self encrypting 4TB 6TB 8TB 10TB 12TB 14TB 7 200rpm Self encrypting 8 4TB 8TB 12TB 7 200rpm Drive interface maximum transfer rate SAS 12Gbit s 1 Physical capacity is calculated based on the assumption that 1TB 1 000GB and 1GB 1 000MB 2 Extreme Cache uses the PFMs that are installed in the controller enclosures as the cache The value indicate...

Page 29: ...and fix drive failures early Data Block Guard page 48 Disk Drive Patrol page 49 Redundant Copy page 50 Rebuild page 51 Fast Recovery page 52 Copyback Copybackless page 53 Protection Shield page 55 Reverse Cabling page 57 Resource utilization virtualization Automated Storage Tiering Functions that deliver effective resource utilization Thin Provisioning page 58 Flexible Tier page 65 Extreme Cache p...

Page 30: ...e 106 High speed backup Continuous business Data can be duplicated at any point without affecting other operations Backup SAN page 108 Performance tuning Functions that can perform tuning in order to improve performance Assigned CMs page 121 Striping Size Expansion page 122 Simple configuration A wizard that simplifies the configuration of Thin Provisioning Smart Setup Wizard page 123 Environmenta...

Page 31: ...etween ETERNUS storage systems Storage Migration page 145 Non disruptive data relocation A function that migrates data between ETERNUS storage systems without stopping the business server Non disruptive Storage Migration page 147 Information linkage function linkage with servers Functions that cooperate with a server to improve performance in a virtualized environment Beneficial effects such as ce...

Page 32: ...ntly decoded Data Encryption page 171 NAS Functions These sections describe the NAS functions NAS Server Name Host Name page 172 Authentication Server page 173 Local User Authentication page 179 Access Control in a CIFS Environment page 182 Access Control in an NFS Environment page 182 Access Control in a Shared CIFS NFS Environment page 183 CIFS Access Permission Settings page 183 CIFS Operation ...

Page 33: ...ID levels Caution When Nearline SAS disks that have 6TB or more are used the available RAID levels are RAID0 RAID1 RAID6 and RAID6 FR RAID Level Concept 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 continu...

Page 34: ...G Q U D O FHS B R FHS P FHS M L A B C D Data writing request A B C D Create parity data Create parity data P1 A B C P1 P Q R P2 P Q R P1 V W X P1 M N O P2 M N O P1 D E F P2 J K L P2 D E F P1 J K L P1 S T U P2 G H I P1 G H I P2 S T U P2 A B C P2 V W X Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 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 ...

Page 35: ...tion is recommended For read only file servers and backup servers RAID5 RAID5 0 RAID6 or RAID6 FR can also be used for higher efficiency However if the drive fails note that data restoration from parities and rebuilding process results in a loss in performance For SSDs a RAID5 configuration or a fault tolerant enhanced RAID6 configuration is recommended because SSDs operate much faster than other ...

Page 36: ...n sets For example if a RAID6 group is configured with 3D 2P 2 1HS N is 2 User Capacity of Drives Table 13 shows the user capacity for each drive The supported drives vary depending on the model For details on the drives refer to Drives page 272 in Component page 270 Table 13 User Capacity per Drive Product name 1 User capacity 800GB SSD 750 080MB 960GB SSD 914 432MB 1 92TB SSD 1 830 144MB 3 84TB ...

Page 37: ...RAID groups that are used for Thin Provisioning Thin Provisioning Volumes TPVs can be created in a TPP 2 048TB DX60 S5 8 4 096TB DX100 S5 8 6 144TB DX200 S5 8 16 384TB DX500 S5 8 24 576TB DX600 S5 8 131 072TB DX900 S5 8 Flexible Tier Sub Pool FTSP 7 FTSP is an area configured with RAID groups that are used for Flexible Tier Larger pools Flexible Tier Pools FTRPs are comprised by layers of FTSPs Fl...

Page 38: ...be used If a RAID group is configured with drives that have different rotational speeds the performance of all of the drives in the RAID group is reduced to that of the drive with the lowest rotational speed 3 5 SAS disks are handled as being the same size type as the drives for high density drive enclosures For example 3 5 Nearline SAS disks and Nearline SAS disks for high density drive enclosure...

Page 39: ... number of drives refer to Table 15 The RAID level that can be registered in REC Disk Buffers is RAID1 or RAID1 0 For RAID1 0 the drive configuration is 2D 2M or 4D 4M For details on the Thin Provisioning function and the RAID configurations that can be registered in Thin Provisioning Pools refer to Storage Capacity Virtualization page 59 For details on the Flexible Tier function and the RAID conf...

Page 40: ...on for each volume refer to Target Volumes of Each Function page 323 The types of volumes that are listed in the table below can be created in the ETERNUS DX Table 17 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 f...

Page 41: ...lly starts A server can access the volume while it is being formatted Wait for the format to complete if high performance access is required for the volume Caution In the ETERNUS DX 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 Use...

Page 42: ...d and incorporated into a RAID group Dedicated Hot Spare This is only available 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 REC Disk Buffers or Extreme Cache Pools Note Assign Dedicated Hot Spares to RAID groups that contain important data in order to preferentially improve their access to hot spares When ...

Page 43: ...umber of Installable Hot Spares 2 3 Model Total number of drives Up to 1 320 Up to 1 440 Up to 1 560 Up to 1 680 Up to 1 800 Up to 1 920 Up to 2 040 DX100 S5 DX200 S5 DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Table 20 Number of Installable Hot Spares 3 3 Model Total number of drives Up to 2 160 Up to 2 280 Up to 2 304 DX100 S5 DX200 S5 DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 18 19 20 Types of Drives If a...

Page 44: ...different rotational speed for disks 1 When there are multiple hot spares with a larger capacity than the failed drive the hot spare with the smallest capacity among them is used first For the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 Hot spare selection criteria search order for drive enclosures Drive enclosures that meet the following criteria are searched Table 22 Hot Spare Selection Criteria Search Order for ...

Page 45: ... 22 11 DE 23 12 DE 30 13 DE 31 14 DE 32 15 DE 33 16 Failure RAID group Search order order of priority described in Table 22 1 Priority order 1 2 Priority order 2 For the ETERNUS DX900 S5 Hot spare selection criteria search order for drive enclosures Drive enclosures that meet the following criteria are searched Table 24 Hot Spare Selection Criteria Search Order for Drive Enclosures ETERNUS DX900 S...

Page 46: ...e enclosure number and the drive slot number 2 When there are multiple hot spares with a larger capacity than the failed drive the hot spare with the smallest capacity among them is used first The following figures show examples of the search order for drive enclosures if a drive fails in the ETERNUS DX900 S5 when the RAID group is configured across controller enclosures Figure 7 Hot Spare Selecti...

Page 47: ...e 2 CE 0 96 DE 01 85 DE 02 86 DE E3 DE 08 61 DE 09 62 DE 0A 63 DE EB 72 DE 0C 73 DE 0D 74 DE 0E 75 DE EF 84 25 26 27 36 13 14 15 24 DE 04 1 DE 05 2 DE 06 3 DE E7 12 37 38 39 48 49 50 51 60 CE 1 DE 11 DE 12 DE F3 DE 18 DE 19 DE 1A DE FB DE 1C DE 1D DE 1E DE FF DE 14 DE 15 DE 16 DE F7 95 RAID group Failure Search order order of priority described in Table 24 1 Priority order 1 2 Priority order 2 3 P...

Page 48: ...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 49: ...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 10 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 Data reconstruction Read checking is perfor...

Page 50: ...ID5 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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...back 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 spare The failed drive is...

Page 54: ... the storage system Hot spare RAID5 Redundant Failed drive Hot spare After rebuilding is 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 enabli...

Page 55: ...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 16 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 56: ...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 57: ...reverse cabling Figure 17 Reverse Cabling ETERNUS DX600 S5 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 58: ...re 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 26 Maximum Pool Capacity and Required Number of Drives Model Maximum pool capacity Number of installed drives Drive installation location Encl...

Page 59: ...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 DX 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 configured with one or more RAID...

Page 60: ... 17 6D 2P 2 1HS Thin Provisioning Volume TPV The maximum capacity 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 ...

Page 61: ...efault 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 unallocated areas will also be backed up as dummy data If the TPV then needs to be restored from the backup the dummy data is also restored This requires all...

Page 62: ...I O access is performed to the allocated area in TPV 0 When distributing host accesses evenly after TPP expansion after drives are added Figure 20 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 gro...

Page 63: ...he remaining 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 DX has been exceeded by the total logical capacity...

Page 64: ... can be 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 dete...

Page 65: ...e Cruiser monitors data and determines the redistribution of data The ETERNUS DX uses the Flexible Tier function to move data in the ETERNUS DX according to requests from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser The Flexible Tier function automatically redistributes data in the ETERNUS DX according to access frequency in order to optimize performance and reduce operation cost Storage tiering SSDs SAS disks Near...

Page 66: ...ith multiple RAID groups Flexible Tier Sub Pools FTSP and larger pools Flexible Tier Pools FTRP comprised of FTSP layers Volumes used by Flexible Tier are referred to as Flexible Tier Volumes FTV Settings and operation management for the Flexible Tier function are performed with ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser For more details refer to ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for Optimization Option ...

Page 67: ... Pool FTSP 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 DX Table 33 The Maximum Number and the Maxi...

Page 68: ...ible Tier Volume FTV An FTV is a management 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...

Page 69: ...llocated 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 36 FTV Thresholds Threshold Selectable range Default Attention 1 100 80 Caution When the Flexible Tier function is enabled 64 work volumes physical capacity is 0MB are created The maximum number of volumes that can be created ...

Page 70: ...d based 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 Lo...

Page 71: ...h the 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 balanci...

Page 72: ...that is in a PFM installed controller enclosure By allocating RAID groups with a high read access priority to a controller with a larger PFM capacity the read access performance is improved The assigned CMs for the RAID groups can be set by creating a RAID group manually or by changing the settings in ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI after creation The Extreme Cache function can be enabled or disabl...

Page 73: ...es cannot be used A RAID group RAID0 that is dedicated to the Extreme Cache Pool is configured with the specified SSDs and volumes for the Extreme Cache Pool are crated in the RAID group When using the Extreme Cache Pool as the secondary cache for encrypted volumes encrypt the Extreme Cache Pool using the firmware data encryption function The firmware data encryption function can be used only if t...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...o 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 Data moved from a 600GB drive configuration to a 1 2TB drive configuration Figure 27 RAID Migration When Data Is Migrated to a High Capacity Drive RAID5 3D 1P 600GB 4 LUN0 Unused 1 2TB 4 Unused 600GB 4 RAID5 3D 1P 1 2TB 4 LUN0 Migration Volu...

Page 76: ...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 64 Figure 29 RAID Migration TPV Deduplication Compression is enabled TPV Deduplication Compression is disabled TPV Deduplication Compre...

Page 77: ...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 30 Logical Device Expansion When Expanding the RAID Group Capacity RAID5 3D 1P 960GB 4 LUN0 Unused 960GB 2 RAID5 5...

Page 78: ... the smallest 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 If drives of different rotational speeds exist in a RAID group the access performance of the RAID group is reduced by the slower drives Since the data cannot be recovered after the failu...

Page 79: ...nation source The same key group setting is recommended for the RAID group to which the concatenation source volumes belong and the RAID group to which the concatenation destination volumes belong if the RAID groups are configured with SEDs A concatenated volume can be used as an OPC EC or QuickOPC copy source or copy destination It can also be used as a SnapOPC SnapOPC copy source The LUN number ...

Page 80: ...pacity the write performance may be reduced when accessing the expanded volumes from an OS or an application that does not support Advanced Format Wide Striping Wide Striping is a function that concatenates multiple RAID groups by striping and uses many drives simultaneously to improve performance This function is effective when high random write performance is required I O accesses from the serve...

Page 81: ...che Pools RAID groups that are configured with RAID6 FR RAID groups without a continuous free area greater than the capacity of the volumes to be concatenated Caution Capacity expansion cannot be performed LDE is not possible for RAID groups that are used to configured with WSVs If one or more RAID groups that are configured with Advanced Format drives are to be concatenated by striping to create ...

Page 82: ...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 DX 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 83: ...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 DX 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 84: ...tsu Original Encryption method is recommended Figure 36 Firmware Data Encryption ETERNUS DX 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 85: ...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 86: ... 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 37 Key Management Server Linkage ETERNUS DX 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 87: ...management settings are performed key management information is displayed and any of the following operations are performed Turning on the ETERNUS DX Expanding the RAID group capacity Logical Device Expansion Forcibly enabling a RAID group Creating the key group Recovering SEDs Performing maintenance of drive enclosures Performing maintenance of drives Applying disk firmware Registering Dedicated ...

Page 88: ...reduced Figure 38 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 DX Up to 60 user accounts can be set in the ETERNUS DX Up to 16 users ca...

Page 89: ...anagement 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 pri...

Page 90: ...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 41 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 91: ...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 92: ... 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 DX 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 39 Audit Log Syslog server ETERNUS DX System administrator...

Page 93: ... Phase The Eco mode function of the ETERNUS DX is specialized for reducing power consumption attributed to Massive Arrays of Idle Disks MAID The operational state for stopping a disk can be selected from two modes stop motor or turn off drive power The disks to be controlled are SAS disks and Nearline SAS disks Eco mode cannot be used for the following drives Global Hot Spares Dedicated Hot Spares...

Page 94: ...running when it is accessed IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HSM for Windows Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation Dynamic Storage Tiering DST function The following table shows the specifications of Eco mode Table 42 Eco mode Specifications Item Description Remarks Number of registrable schedules 64 Up to 8 events during disk operation can be set for each s...

Page 95: ... is not affected compared to when the motor is always on Even if Eco mode is enabled the disk motor may not stop or the disk may not turn off in an environment where the server OS or software regularly accesses the ETERNUS DX Note The operation time of disks varies depending on the Eco mode schedule and the disk access Access to a stopped disk outside of the scheduled operation time period causes ...

Page 96: ...tion and the ambient temperature in the ETERNUS DX Collected information is notified using SNMP and graphically displayed on the screens by ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser The cooling efficiency can be improved by rearranging air conditioning based on the local temperature rise detected in the data center Understanding the drives that have a specific time to be used from the access frequency to RAID gr...

Page 97: ...tification is installed in a web browser the warning will not be displayed again When using ETERNUS Web GUI to manage operations prepare a web browser in the administration terminal The following table shows the supported web browsers Table 43 ETERNUS Web GUI Operating Environment Software Guaranteed operating environment Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 0 10 0 desktop version 11 0 deskto...

Page 98: ...S DX The performance information can be stored and exported in the text file format as well as displayed from ETERNUS Web GUI The performance information which can be obtained is indicated as follows Volume Performance Information for Host I O Read IOPS the read count per second Write IOPS the write count per second Read Throughput the amount of transferred data that is read per second Write Throu...

Page 99: ...um IOPS the minimum number of I Os per second Maximum IOPS the maximum number of I Os per second Average Throughput average MB s value Minimum Throughput minimum 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 Wh...

Page 100: ...e 44 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 101: ...DX various events that are detected by the ETERNUS DX are sent to the syslog server as event logs The ETERNUS DX supports the syslog protocol which conforms to RFC3164 and RFC5424 Remote Support The errors that occur in the ETERNUS DX are notified to the AIS Connect server or to the REMCS center The ETERNUS DX sends additional information logs and system configuration information for checking the ...

Page 102: ...ed to synchronize time in the whole system When using the NTP specify the NTP server or the SNTP server The ETERNUS DX supports NTP protocol v4 The time correction mode is Step mode immediate correction The time is regularly corrected every three hours once the NTP is set Caution If an error occurs in a system that has a different date and time for each device analyzing the cause of this error may...

Page 103: ...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 Contact...

Page 104: ...ollowing maintenance functions Failure notice This function reports various failures that occur in the ETERNUS DX 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 the information that is necess...

Page 105: ...le Power Supply UPS unit that is connected to the server and automatically turns on and off the ETERNUS DX Figure 46 Power Synchronized Unit RS232C cable Server Server Power synchronized unit ETERNUS DX OFF UPS for server UPS for server ON AC cable AC cable AC cable AC cable 2 Basic Functions Power Control 105 Design Guide ...

Page 106: ... 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 DX can be checked on ETERNUS CLI ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI can be used to turn off the power of an ETERNUS DX remotely Figure 47 Wake On LAN LAN Packet transmission Administration terminal Wake On LAN utility ETERNUS DX 2 B...

Page 107: ...le ETERNUS DX 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 46 Control Software Advanced Copy Control software Feature Available copy methods ETERNUS Web GUI ETERNUS CLI The...

Page 108: ...in 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 109: ...py 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 copy is a function that co...

Page 110: ...r 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 com...

Page 111: ...red or to resume transfer Caution 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...

Page 112: ...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 113: ...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 114: ... 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 115: ...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 116: ...session to a copy destination volume where a copy session has already been configured Table 49 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 117: ...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 118: ... on XCOPY and ODX refer to Server Linkage Functions page 149 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 119: ...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 120: ... backed up to a NAS backup volume In addition the entire NAS backup volume can be restored to a NAS user volume The entire volume can be backed up and restored with volume copy using QuickOPC of the Advanced Copy function In addition backups and restores can also be performed to another ETERNUS DX using REC of the Advanced Copy function A NAS backup volume in the backup destination can be referenc...

Page 121: ...tion 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 is malfunctioning the assigned CM is allocated such that the load is evenly distributed across the CMs...

Page 122: ... performance for RAID5 The available stripe depth values vary depending on the RAID 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 s...

Page 123: ...l are as follows Drive type RAID level Number of drives SSD and SSD SED RAID5 Five or more SAS SAS SED Nearline SAS and Nearline SAS SED RAID6 Seven or more A Global Hot Spare 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 e...

Page 124: ...prox 36 6TB 26 RAID5 3 21 1 1 Approx 12 2TB Approx 36 6TB 27 RAID5 3 21 1 2 Approx 12 2TB Approx 36 6TB 28 RAID5 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 Appr...

Page 125: ...high storage efficiency Table 55 shows a guideline for the number of drives and user capacities when 1 2TB SAS disks are installed and Figure 63 shows an example RAID configuration Table 55 Guideline for the Number of Drives and User Capacities When 1 2TB SAS Disks Are Installed Number of installed drives RAID configuration that is to be created Hot spare Unused drive User capacity RAID group Capa...

Page 126: ...B Approx 19 2TB 28 RAID6 3 21 1 0 Approx 7 4TB Approx 22 4TB 29 RAID6 3 21 1 1 Approx 7 4TB Approx 22 4TB 30 RAID6 3 21 1 2 Approx 7 4TB Approx 22 4TB 31 RAID6 3 24 1 0 Approx 8 5TB Approx 25 6TB 32 RAID6 3 24 1 1 Approx 8 5TB Approx 25 6TB 33 RAID6 4 24 1 0 Approx 6 4TB Approx 25 6TB 34 RAID6 4 24 1 1 Approx 6 4TB Approx 25 6TB 35 RAID6 4 24 1 2 Approx 6 4TB Approx 25 6TB 36 RAID6 4 24 1 3 Approx...

Page 127: ... 2 RAID6 group 1 1 Hot spare Unused drive RAID6 group 2 1 Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 5 Drive 4 Drive 6 Drive 7 Drive 8 Drive 9 Drive 11 Drive 10 Drive 12 Drive 14 Drive 13 1 The capacity of the user data area is equivalent to four drives 2 Basic Functions Smart Setup Wizard 127 Design Guide ...

Page 128: ...n analyzes duplicated data in every 8KB of the write data from the server and writes the duplicated data only once After the first write the data is referenced instead of writing the same data again This reduces the total write size Also with the Compression function further data reduction is realized The Deduplication Compression function can not only perform both deduplication and compression at...

Page 129: ...ion compression Analysis A B C D A B C D Data 1 Business server 1 Data 2 A B E F A B E F Data 1 is written Data 2 is written Deduplication Duplicate data blocks are removed Compression Data blocks are compressed ETERNUS DX 3 SAN Functions Operations Optimization Deduplication Compression 129 Design Guide ...

Page 130: ...uplication Duplicate data blocks are removed ETERNUS DX A B C D A B E F Compression Function This function compresses each data block and stores the data Figure 66 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 DX A B E F A B C D 3...

Page 131: ...n Compression Volume may fail due to a capacity shortage of the DATA_CNTNR Volume The default logical capacity 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 3 NAS user volumes are not supported Table 57 Compression Function Specifications ETERNUS DX900 S5 Model ETERNUS DX900 S5 Number of TPPs available for Co...

Page 132: ...tten to drives intermittently or a large amount of references and updates occur In environments where sequential access occurs using the Deduplication Compression function is not recommended The Deduplication Compression function becomes a disadvantage in terms of performance and capacity if a volume stores data such as videos to which deduplication compression is not effective and the volume is s...

Page 133: ...election of Deduplication and Compression Volumes that are to be created Table 59 Volumes That Are to Be Created depending on the Selection of Deduplication and Compression Condition Volumes that are to be created Deduplication Compression Enable Enable Deduplication Compression Volumes where both Deduplication and Compression are enabled Enable Disable Deduplication Compression Volumes where only...

Page 134: ...n the maximum logical capacity of the DATA_CNTNR Volume refer to Table 56 or Table 57 Apart from the data after deduplication compression the control information is written to the DATA_CNTNR Volume The physical capacity that is used for the control information is the total of the fixed capacity of 4GB maximum and the variable capacity 1 15 according to the written size from the server Deduplicatio...

Page 135: ... F E B A B A D C F E B A Caution Note the following when using the Advanced Copy functions for Deduplication Compression Volumes The CPU usage rate may increase depending on the EC OPC priority setting Be cautious of an I O performance reduction The copy performance may be significantly reduced when compared to non Deduplication Compression Volumes TPVs When using copies between ETERNUS DX storage...

Page 136: ...on local copy Advanced Copy function remote copy Forbid Advanced Copy Release reservation Performance monitoring ALUA settings Modify cache parameters LUN mapping QoS Create ODX Buffer volume Storage Migration Non disruptive Storage Migration Storage Cluster Extreme Cache Extreme Cache Pool 1 Automatically created when the Deduplication Compression function is enabled for TPPs 2 Automatically dele...

Page 137: ...mission 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 DX The host affini...

Page 138: ...A type 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 c...

Page 139: ...cured for high priority applications Sixteen priority levels of bandwidth limits maximum performance limits can be configured on the hosts CA ports volumes and LUN groups The performance configuration patterns of the bandwidth limit can be individually changed via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI In addition scheduled operations when setting a bandwidth limit for hosts CA ports and LUN groups are po...

Page 140: ...dth limit can be specified in increments of Mbit s Figure 71 Copy Path Bandwidth Limit Normal operation ETERNUS DX Effective line speed 400Mbit s QoS 200Mbit s REC path setting RA 200Mbit s RA 1 path fails ETERNUS DX 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 3 SAN F...

Page 141: ...S 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 72 Host Response Server B Server C Server A Host Response settings for Server...

Page 142: ... 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 Fig...

Page 143: ...ndicates 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 ...

Page 144: ...the two storage systems This 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 mirro...

Page 145: ...ation 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 Fi...

Page 146: ...n 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 147: ...fications for Paths and Volumes between the Local Storage System and the External Storage System Item Quantity Maximum number of multipath connections between 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 nu...

Page 148: ...n Caution Only FC ports connected in the FC Initiator mode are supported for connections with external storage systems The Non disruptive Storage Migration License must be registered to use this 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 s...

Page 149: ...ons of the ETERNUS DX in an Oracle VM environment Native storage services such as Logical Unit Number LUN creation deletion expansion and snapshots are supported Figure 77 Oracle VM Linkage ETERNUS DX 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 150: ...tware 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 151: ...cess 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 DX can be displayed on vSphere Web Client by expanding the user interface of VMware Web Client Because storage side information is more visualized integrated mana...

Page 152: ...rotocol 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 DX Figure 80 VVOL System Configuration ETERNUS DX 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 a...

Page 153: ...erence 4 096TB 4PB 6 144TB 6PB 16 384TB 16PB 24 576TB 24PB 131 072TB 128PB Maximum VVOL capacity 256TB 256TB 384TB 1 024TB 2 048TB 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 t...

Page 154: ...sing 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 create...

Page 155: ...ution The Veeam Storage Integration license must be obtained and registered in the ETERNUS DX iSCSI and FC host interfaces are supported in Veeam Storage Integration for the connection between backup proxies and the ETERNUS DX To connect a Backup Proxy with the ETERNUS DX via an FC the host affinity settings must be configured for the Backup Proxy using ETERNUS CLI For more details refer to ETERNU...

Page 156: ...in 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 DX In such ...

Page 157: ...r 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 158: ...ovides 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 DX can be managed from SCVMM by using the SMI S functions of the ETERNUS DX OpenStack Linkage ETERNUS OpenStack VolumeDriver is a program that supports linkage between the ETERNUS DX and OpenSta...

Page 159: ... 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 DX to configure an LVM the LVM can be configured by registering LUNs in the ETERNUS DX as physical volumes Figure 83 Logical Volume Manager LVM Physical group RAID group 0 RAID group 1 RAID group 2 Physical volume Physical volume Physical ...

Page 160: ...explains the available NAS functions for the ETERNUS DX Unified Configuration When using the ETERNUS DX as a unified storage system install the Unified kit and the NAS interface NIC CA Figure 84 SAN NAS Connection Diagrams LAN Ethernet Windows client UNIX client Server NAS volumes SAN volumes CIFS protocol NFS protocol NIC CA Server SAN NAS CA CA FC iSCSI ETERNUS DX 160 Design Guide ...

Page 161: ...e to a controller firmware update on the ETERNUS DX the change takes effect after the session is re established Symbolic Link Creating and using symbolic links that are supported by SMB2 0 for directories files in any shared folder network drive on the ETERNUS DX are available from the directories files on the NTFS file system of the Windows client In addition for shared folders created in shared ...

Page 162: ... notifying the NFS client that the NFS service has been restarted and securing time to reclaim the existing lock again For NFS connections with the ETERNUS DX the NFS client must use a port number less than 1024 FTP FXP With File Transfer Protocol FTP the shared folder can be accessed With File eXchange Protocol FXP data in the shared folder can be transferred between ETERNUS DX storage systems Op...

Page 163: ...he NAS system In addition system management area is required for each file system After creating a shared folder in the file system accessing the shared folder from the client becomes available and directories and files can be stored in it Access control can be set for each shared folder directory and file Figure 85 NAS File Systems SYSVOL1 SYSVOL2 SYSVOL3 User Data TPV 0 for NAS System management...

Page 164: ...g refer to Set Thin Provisioning in ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide During the operation phase The procedure to delete all the system volumes is as follows 1 Delete all the NAS volumes 2 Delete all the expanded system volumes 3 Delete all the system volumes When the system volumes are deleted the NAS system reboots When performing a NAS configuration after deleting the system volume check whether the...

Page 165: ...dit logs For the creation procedures refer to Audit Log Setup in Configuration Operation Guide NAS System Management Area Each NAS volume must have a system management area of approximately 300GB This area is the metadata area that is used by the system for managing file system information Meta Cache For the NAS file system information for managing metadata which is file system information is depl...

Page 166: ...eating the next one During the operation phase An error occurs when a volume capacity expansion is performed with backup and Snapshot settings already configured Delete the backup and Snapshot settings before performing a volume capacity expansion Do not delete the backup volume at this point because the volume is necessary for restoration if the volume capacity expansion fails and data on the dri...

Page 167: ...volume copy using QuickOPC To restore data for each file manually copy the files to restore from the client after mounting the NAS backup volumes In addition NAS backup volumes can be backed up to and restored from remote ETERNUS DX storage systems ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager is required for backup restore Note that the NAS backup volume is stored in a different destination from the snapshot C...

Page 168: ... the other controller is performed The cache memory capacity in one controller becomes insufficient and the performance may be reduced if the operation continues in this condition Figure 87 Meta Cache Distribution State where the meta cache is distributed to both CMs in a balanced manner initial deployment NAS volumes Meta cache Meta cache Meta cache Meta cache CM 0 CM 1 ETERNUS DX NAS volumes Met...

Page 169: ...nd the IP address of the NAS interface can be checked using ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI Block Size An optimal block size can be set for the file system according to the operation In addition file systems with different block sizes can exist together in a single ETERNUS DX A block size is a unit for managing files within the ETERNUS DX Files are stored in blocks that are divided into a fixed siz...

Page 170: ...s specified when creating NAS volumes excluding the system management area Access Client Reserved Area The reserved area that is secured in advance for the file system to read data efficiently This area is used to write the user data This area is recognized as a used area from the CIFS client the NFS client ETERNUS Web GUI and ETERNUS CLI The capacity of the access client reserved area approximate...

Page 171: ...on is performed using the firmware in the ETERNUS DX controller the performance is degraded when compared to unencrypted data access Because SEDs do not affect system performance encrypting the data with SEDs is recommended when system performance is prioritized For details on data encryption refer to Data Encryption page 82 Caution During the design phase For each ETERNUS DX select and specify AE...

Page 172: ... the NAS server name plus the CM number 0 or 1 as a computer name In addition the computer name is registered in the Active Directory authentication server After the NAS server name NetBIOS name is changed the authentication server must be set again If the Active Directory authentication server information has already been registered before the NAS server name NetBIOS name is changed perform the f...

Page 173: ...ntication server can be used to control access to the ETERNUS DX NAS file system Connect the authentication server to the network in the NAS environment Prepare the Active Directory authentication server to perform access via Windows or prepare the LDAP authentication server to perform access via UNIX Linux For the character strings that can be specified when configuring the authentication server ...

Page 174: ...phase Allocate each authentication server and the NAS interfaces on both CMs of the ETERNUS DX to the same segment For operations that use the Active Directory authentication server or the LDAP authentication server a configuration error of the NAS functions that are described in Available Functions for Each Software page 327 a NAS Engine down or a snapshot failure may occur if communication with ...

Page 175: ... previously accessed the Active Directory authentication server To access from a client that is not registered in the Active Directory authentication server specify the username in the following format netbios_domain_name Username Example domain user1 IMPORTANT During the design phase The time in the ETERNUS DX and the Active Directory authentication server must be synchronized to perform operatio...

Page 176: ... the Directory Server Manager account that is specified with Directory Manager DN that is input when installing the package When OpenLDAP is used Because an administrator has already been registered during the package installation additional settings are not required When Oracle Unified Directory OUD is used Create the administrator to manage subdirectories under the target directory tree in addit...

Page 177: ...hentication error Figure 90 Process for Acquiring the Authentication Information CIFS ETERNUS DX LAN NFS CIFS Active Directory authentication server LDAP authentication server 2 Authenticate the access Request access to the shared folder 1 3 Respond to the access request Windows client UNIX Linux client Shared folder A Shared folder B NFS access For NFS access confirmation of the access permission...

Page 178: ...e need to be set in the AD authentication server and the LDAP authentication server 1 Register the user in the AD authentication server After the user registration check the user s Relative ID RID RID is a part of the Security ID SID For a SID value of S 1 5 21 xxxx yyyy zzzz nnnn the RID value is indicated by the nnnn portion 2 Register the user in the LDAP authentication server Set the following...

Page 179: ...or directories Registered local users can be used for the following functions Shared folder owner group CIFS access permission settings for shared folders Quota settings on a per local user local group basis Home directories Account authentication for FTP connections Primary Group Primary group is the group that is set for the directories and files that were created by the local user A local user ...

Page 180: ...he characters are case insensitive Because the following character strings are reserved words they cannot be specified adm audio bin cdrom daemon dbus dialout disk floppy ftp games gluster halt input kmem ldap lock lp mail man mem nfsnobody nobody nscd nslcd ntp operator oprofile polkitd root rpc rpcuser shutdown ssh_keys sshd sync sys systemd journal systemd network tape tcpdump tss tty users ute...

Page 181: ...for the ACL function Refer to the following site for the well known SIDs list Well known security identifiers in Windows operating systems https support microsoft com en us kb 243330 Caution During the configuration phase If there are more ACLs than the maximum number of ACL entries that can be registered for each NAS volume the access privileges information for the target files or directories may...

Page 182: ...lly set the access privileges for subfolders and files under that shared folder For subfolders and files under the shared folder manually set the appropriate access privileges as necessary Caution During the operation phase When adding ACL user from Windows a Security ID SID may be displayed instead of the name that is specified from other Windows clients If this occurs disconnect the network driv...

Page 183: ...name that is specified from other Windows clients If this occurs disconnect the network drive and wait for a while After rebooting the network drive the specified name is displayed CIFS Access Permission Settings Access permissions can be set for a specific user or group when a CIFS shared folder is created The group everyone can be specified as a group Access permissions can be changed for existi...

Page 184: ... omitting the Owner setting and the Group setting root is set as the owner of the shared folder and has full control rwxrwxrwx Hosts that are allowed or denied access to the shared folders can be specified In an IPv6 environment global addresses and local addresses can be set with an IP address Link local addresses cannot be set with an IP address Caution During the configuration phase If only the...

Page 185: ...lout disk dump floppy ftp games gluster input kmem ldap lock lp mail man mem nasconf ct group nfsnobody nobody nscd ntp oprofile polkitd root rpc rpcuser ssh_keys sshd sys systemd journal systemd network tape tcpdump tss tty users utempter utmp video wheel Character Set For the ETERNUS DX in a Unified configuration UTF 8 is used as the character set File names and directory names are set with the ...

Page 186: ...he encryption function when accessing the shared folder Alternate Data Stream The NAS file system in the ETERNUS DX supports the Alternate Data Streams ADS Multiple data streams can be assigned to a file The ADS information cannot be preserved for the following cases If the file is moved or copied to a non ETERNUS DX file system that does not support ADS If the file regardless of whether it is in ...

Page 187: ...ubleshooting or for test environments but is not recommended for normal operations Perform the following procedure to change the settings for anonymous access 1 Execute the ETERNUS CLI set nas server command by specifying yes or no for the cifs restrict anonymous parameter 2 Execute the ETERNUS CLI show nas server command and then check the displayed result for CIFS restrict anonymous Note During ...

Page 188: ... a failover failback occurs Enabling Disabling NFSv4 0 For the NFS protocol versions NFSv4 0 is disabled by default The following procedure shows the operations for enabling or disabling NFSv4 0 1 If the NAS volumes of the ETERNUS DX are mounted with NFS mount using the NFS client unmount the NAS volume 2 For the ETERNUS CLI set nas server command specify enable or disable for the nfsv4 parameter ...

Page 189: ...his case Home Directories A dedicated shared folder home directory can be accessed when a CIFS connection is used The home directory can be accessed with Active Directory authentication or local user authentication To use a home directory use ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI to create a shared folder homes for the home directory by selecting Home Directory The state of the home directory can be chec...

Page 190: ...n to realize flexible operations The Quota settings can be referred to from the target client For CIFS access the Quota function can be used for each user or shared folder For NFS access the Quota function can be used for each user group or shared folder Figure 93 Quota for Each User or Group NAS user volume Set the upper limit drive usage for users groups in each file system An alarm notification...

Page 191: ... DX500 S5 15 000 ETERNUS DX600 S5 20 000 Threshold Monitoring of Used Space When the usage reaches the threshold set for users or groups a notification is sent to the notification destination SNMP Trap e mail or Syslog specified using the Setup Event Notification function There are two types of thresholds Limit and Warning A different value can be specified for each threshold type Also ETERNUS SF ...

Page 192: ...ide NAS For restoration operations refer to Snapshot Restoration in Configuration Operation Guide NAS Data in the snapshot destination has been assigned Read only r for the access permission and can only be referenced from the client The following table shows the maximum number of snapshot generations that can be acquired and the maximum number of target volumes Table 72 Maximum Number of Generati...

Page 193: ...gure 95 Snapshot Snapshot destination RAID group NAS user volume File File Expansion area Directory Snapshot ETERNUS DX Snap Data Pool SDP Supply Acquire Perform differential copy for each volume when snapshot is acquired Required SDP SDPV Capacity An SDP is shared between the Snapshot and the Advanced Copy SnapOPC SnapOPC in the SAN or NAS environment Calculate the required capacity for each resp...

Page 194: ...lanced When SDPVs are concentrated on one RAID group the time required for restoration increases as the number of snapshot generations to acquire increases How to Check Snapshot Data Acquired snapshot data can be verified from the client with the following methods CIFS Client Identical to Windows shadow copy snapshot data can be verified from the client using Explorer Open the directory or file pr...

Page 195: ...ng from the ETERNUS DX to other cabinets uses SAN connections to transfer data For details on backup and restoration of NAS volumes refer to ETERNUS SF Web Console Manual For details on backup between multiple storage systems using REC refer to ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for Copy Control Module Note If an ETERNUS DX S5 series is used as the remote copy source volumes can be ba...

Page 196: ...ssages in Configuration Operation Guide NAS Figure 96 Audit Log Analyze Investigate Acquire files using FTP Output and save the audit log to a file LAN Client LAN Client NIC CA Port CM 1 ETERNUS DX Port Port CM 0 Port NIC CA Perform operations Expanded SYSVOL File Format of the Audit Log The audit log information is output to files by shared folder and date in the expanded system volumes In additi...

Page 197: ...g Random Access for the ETERNUS DX Item For a system focusing on online response For a system focusing on batch throughput CM CPU busy ratio 80 or less 90 or less Disk busy ratio 60 or less 80 or less Response time 20ms or less No standard value The performance requirements in Table 74 are based on the items below that are measured with ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser when the SAN function is used CM C...

Page 198: ...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 199: ...detects the AC power output of the target devices for power synchronization and instructs the ETERNUS DX 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 DX to turn on When the power synchronized unit does not detect AC power output in any of the server s UPS units ...

Page 200: ...to turn on the ETERNUS DX 4 ETERNUS DX startup 1 The server must be set to suspend server OS startup until the ETERNUS DX startup is complete Powering off sequence 1 Shutdown of all the servers 2 Shutdown of all the server UPS units 3 Instruction from the power synchronized unit to turn off the ETERNUS DX 4 ETERNUS DX shutdown 5 Connection Configuration Power Synchronized Connections 200 Design Gu...

Page 201: ... 4 3 Powering on sequence 1 Power on of all the server UPS units 2 Server startup The server OS startup is suspended until the ETERNUS DX startup is complete 1 3 Instruction from the power synchronized unit to turn on the ETERNUS DX 4 ETERNUS DX startup 1 The server must be set to suspend server OS startup until the ETERNUS DX startup is complete Powering off sequence 1 Shutdown of all the servers...

Page 202: ... the ETERNUS DX can be issued via the LAN Magic packet is sent by the utility software for Wake On LAN The ETERNUS DX detects this packet and the power is turned on Figure 99 Power Supply Control Using Wake On LAN Administration Terminal LAN MNT MNT ETERNUS DX CM 0 CM 1 2 1 Powering on sequence 1 A power on instruction is issued to the ETERNUS DX via the LAN 2 ETERNUS DX startup 5 Connection Confi...

Page 203: ...t In addition the failures that occur in the ETERNUS DX are notified to the remote support center The remote support uses MNT ports for a network connection by default In this situation the network connection for the remote support is transferred via the LAN for operation management When the network connection for the remote support needs to be separated from the LAN for operation management refer...

Page 204: ...for operation management Remote support center IP address A IP address B RMT ports are not used The IP addresses of the Master CM and the Slave CM are set Controller enclosure LAN for Remote Support When the network connection for the remote support needs to be separated from the company LAN use the RMT ports to connect to the remote support center via a different network Connection Configuration ...

Page 205: ...the Slave CM is set For the ETERNUS DX three IP addresses are required two IP addresses for the MNT ports and one IP address for the RMT port Figure 103 Connection Example When the IP Address of the Slave CM Is Set and a Dedicated Remote Support Port Is Used ETERNUS DX RMT MNT CM 0 RMT CM 1 MNT Administration terminal SNMP manager E mail server NTP server LAN for operation management Syslog server...

Page 206: ... 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 104 LAN Control Switching of the Master CM ETERNUS DX ETERNUS DX The Master CM is switched Controller enclosure MNT CM 0 Master CM MNT CM 1 S...

Page 207: ... Slave CM can only switch the Master CM and display the status of the ETERNUS DX The IP address of the Slave CM does not need to be set for normal operation Figure 105 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 DX LAN path error MNT The IP address of the Slave CM is used to switch the Master CM and display th...

Page 208: ...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 209: ...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 DX 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 210: ...pes of host interfaces are available 32Gbit s 1 16Gbit s 8Gbit s 2 1 Supported by the ETERNUS DX except the ETERNUS DX60 S5 2 This host interface is supported only for the ETERNUS DX60 S5 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 For FC 8Gbit s...

Page 211: ...t uses Twinax cables and is 10GBASE SR compliant The iSCSI 1Gbit s operation mode is 1000BASE T Full Duplex FULL CHAP CHAP authentication can prevent unauthorized access The following CHAP authentication methods are supported Unidirectional CHAP Bidirectional CHAP Tag VLAN The tag VLAN function is supported 16 tags VLAN ID can be used for each port Jumbo Frame Enabling Jumbo Frame makes data trans...

Page 212: ...allows connections to Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE environments SAS This host interface is supported only for the ETERNUS DX60 S5 DX100 S5 DX200 S5 Simple cost effective and high performance network storage environment can be configured Direct connections and switch connections to servers are available SAS 12Gbit s is supported One of the following transfer rates can be specified 12Gbit s 6Gbit...

Page 213: ...eplaced 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 106 Single Path Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used Direct Connection Server HBA Server HBA ETERNUS DX CM 0 CA Port Port C...

Page 214: ...ection Is Used Basic Connection Configuration Server HBA HBA Server HBA HBA ETERNUS DX CM 0 Port Port CA 0 CA 0 CM 1 Port Port Figure 109 Multipath Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used Switch Connection Server HBA HBA Server HBA HBA Server HBA HBA Switch Switch ETERNUS DX CM 0 Port CA Port Port CA Port CM 1 When the ETERNUS DX is accessed from both of the servers performance can be secured by ...

Page 215: ...ideration 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 DX among multiple servers cluster control software is required Storage Cluster Configuration An ETERNUS DX is duplicated and connected in a cluster ...

Page 216: ...ces 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 112 Example of Supported Connection Configuration When Multiple Types of Remote Interfaces Are Installed in the Same ETERNUS AF DX FC RA FC RA FC RA FC RA iSCSI RA iSCSI RA iSCSI R...

Page 217: ...Remote Copy between ETERNUS AF DX Storage Systems When Lines Are Used Digital service unit FC RA Copy destination FC RA WAN IP line ETERNUS AF DX ETERNUS AF DX Copy source Digital service unit iSCSI Data transfer is performed between multiple ETERNUS AF DX storage systems by using the host interface Direct connections to a WAN are possible Host interfaces with two different maximum transfer rates ...

Page 218: ...0 S5 ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 FC iSCSI ETERNUS AF150 S3 AF250 S3 and ETERNUS AF650 S3 ETERNUS AF250 S2 AF650 S2 ETERNUS AF250 AF650 ETERNUS DX100 S5 DX200 S5 ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 ETERNUS DX100 S4 DX200 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX8100 S4 DX8900 S4 ETERNUS DX100 S3 DX200 S3 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 ETERNUS DX8100 S3 DX8700 S3 DX8900 S3 ETERNUS DX200F 5 Connection...

Page 219: ... is enabled connections with the ETERNUS DX may fail Caution When connecting Copper Twinax cables to Ethernet 10Gbit s host interfaces use the Copper Twinax cables that are supported by both the ETERNUS DX and the connection destinations switches or servers Note that passive type Copper Twinax cables cannot be used Operation Mode The Ethernet 10Gbit s operation mode is 10GBASE SR Set Auto negotiat...

Page 220: ...he targets are different for specifiable MTUs in the Jumbo Frame and Large MTUs supported in SMB3 0 For Jumbo Frame the size of the data transmission unit of the Ethernet frame is specified Large MTU is a data transmission unit that can be delivered through a network when transferring files using the CIFS protocol Firewall Firewall settings can be configured for each port with the following networ...

Page 221: ...the firewall so that communication is possible between the NAS interface and the NFS client For communication from the NFS client to the NAS interface enable ports 2049 111 28900 28901 28902 28903 TCP UDP For communication from the NAS interface to the NFS client using ports 2049 111 TCP UDP or the port mapper to enable communication for the port and protocol that are assigned dynamically to the N...

Page 222: ...AN Client LAN Client ETERNUS DX NIC CA NIC CA CM 0 CM 1 Multipath Connection Active Active Connection A Multipath connection Active Active connection is a configuration in which two controllers are connected to the same NAS network System reliability is improved due to the path redundancy If a link down occurs in a connected controller access can be continued by switching to another controller via...

Page 223: ...atastore the IP address of the NAS port may be taken over due to a failover or a failback and the following events may occur during a VM snapshot acquisition Virtual machines are powered off rebooted or enter a unresponsive state VM snapshot acquisitions fail OS installations to virtual machines fail If problems such as these occur check that a failover or failback is not being performed for the I...

Page 224: ...a controller When a memory expansion is performed for a controller When a hot update of the controller firmware is performed Approx 3 minutes 2 1 The estimated time when an error is detected in a NAS port If errors occur in multiple ports time is required to switch each port after errors are detected The estimated time also depends on the number of configured VLANs and the number of Bondings 2 For...

Page 225: ...error occurs in a port or cable with the Bonding setting communication can be continued with other ports Figure 118 Bonding ETERNUS DX NIC CA 0 NIC CA 1 CM 0 NIC CA 0 NIC CA 1 CM 1 Multiple ports are virtually aggregated and handled as single wiring Switch DNS server AD server and so on Client Note During the configuration phase Bonding cannot be configured by NAS ports in different controllers Ma...

Page 226: ...e ETERNUS DX and the switch directly Note that settings may be required for some switch models For details refer to relevant manuals of the switch Mode 1 active backup Dedicated to the duplication function One NAS port is used to transfer packets during normal operation If an error occurs in the active port a different port is used Connecting a different switch to each port can improve fault toler...

Page 227: ... Requirements After a Link Down State for All Member Ports Specify 1 for the linkaggregation collecting minimum count in the switch setting If a value other than 1 is set the operation may not work correctly For switches other than the Fujitsu SR X series this set item may have different names and specifications For example if 1 is specified for the linkaggregation collecting minimum count when fo...

Page 228: ...ctive connection Figure 119 Multipath Connection When Using Bonding Multipath Bonding Bonding Client Client NIC CA 0 NIC CA 0 CM 0 CM 1 ETERNUS DX NAS port IP 192 168 10 1 VLAN ID 1 IP 192 168 11 3 VLAN ID 2 NAS redundant port IP 192 168 10 2 VLAN ID 1 IP 192 168 11 4 VLAN ID 2 Master port Member port Master port Member port Switch Note During the operation phase The following description shows ho...

Page 229: ... one of the ports become inaccessible the other Bonding group port continues the connection NIC CA 1 CM 0 ETERNUS DX 0 1 2 3 NIC CA 1 NIC CA 0 NIC CA 0 CM 1 0 1 2 3 D C B A Inaccessible If Port 0 cannot be accessed continued access is performed with Port 1 and a failover is not performed If the other port also becomes inaccessible the failover function is executed and the IP address is taken over ...

Page 230: ...nd networks set a different static route for each specific client and network Configure a network so that the same NAS interface is used to send and receive traffic from the client Network configurations that use different NAS interfaces to send and receive traffic asymmetric routing are not supported Client ETERNUS DX Port Port Port Port CM 0 Port Port Port Port CM 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 100 10 1 20...

Page 231: ...cessed Files in the folder can be downloaded and can be uploaded to shared folders Caution During the operation phase Both active mode and passive mode can be used as the connection mode for FTP and FXP A total of 50 sessions can be accessed with FTP and FXP at the same time Volumes for snapshots and backup volumes cannot be accessed with FTP connections Encrypted communications FTPS SFTP FXSP are...

Page 232: ... each component Configuration Schematics The following diagrams show minimum and maximum configurations for ETERNUS DX storage systems Maximum Configuration ETERNUS DX60 S5 Maximum Configuration Figure 121 ETERNUS DX60 S5 Maximum Configuration CE IOC CPU BUD CM 0 CPU Memory Memory IOC CM 1 MP BUD PSU PSU PANEL BBU BBU CA CA EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 PSU PSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE IOM 0 IOM 1 PSU PSU MP ...

Page 233: ... PANEL HD DE IOM 0 IOM 1 PSU PSU PSU PSU FEM FEM PANEL CE IOC CPU BUD CM 0 CPU Memory IOC CM 1 BUD BBU BBU PSU PSU PANEL CA CA CA CA EXP EXP EXP EXP MP EXP EXP MP MP 1 Memory 1 1 For the ETERNUS DX100 S5 one Memory per CM For the ETERNUS DX200 S5 two Memory per CM 6 Hardware Configurations Configuration Schematics 233 Design Guide ...

Page 234: ...DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU MP PANEL HD DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU DPSU DPSU FEM FEM MP PANEL HD DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU DPSU DPSU FEM FEM MP PANEL PANEL MP CA CA CA CA IOC0 IOC1 IOC0 IOC1 BUD0 BUD1 BUD0 BUD1 PFM SW EXP EXP SW EXP EXP EXP EXP EXP EXP EXP EXP 6 Hardware Configurations Configuration Schematics 234 Design Guide ...

Page 235: ...PU SW1 CM 1 SW0 CPSU CPSU BBU Memory Memory PANEL MP IOC0 IOC1 IOC0 IOC1 BUD0 BUD1 BUD0 BUD1 PFM SW EXP EXP SW EXP EXP 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 6 Hardware Configurat...

Page 236: ...SVC 0 SW FRT 1 SW FRT 0 FPSU FPSU CPU FANU SVC 1 SW FRT 2 SW FRT 3 SYSTEM OPERATION PANEL FE 0 FE 1 EXP PANEL MP EXP CE 0 BUD BUD IOC0 CPU SW1 IOC1 CM 0 IOC0 Connector Connector SW1 IOC1 CM 1 CPSU CPSU BBU Memory PANEL CPU SW0 SW0 Memory CA CA CA CA EXP MP CA CA CA CA EXP PFM SW SW CE 1 BUD BUD IOC0 CPU SW1 IOC1 CM 0 IOC0 Connector Connector SW1 IOC1 CM 1 CPSU CPSU BBU Memory PANEL CPU SW0 SW0 Mem...

Page 237: ...rive enclosure as shown in the following figures Connection paths are not duplicated when only one controller is installed Figure 126 Enclosure Connection Path When Only One Controller Is Installed CE DE 01 DE 02 DE 03 DI OUT DI IN DI DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI OUT DI OUT Drive interface OUT port DI IN Drive interface IN port Figure 127 Enclosure Connection Path When Two Controllers Are Installed CE DE...

Page 238: ...s Installed DE 0x CE DE 01 DE 02 DE 0A DI DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI OUT DI IN DI OUT DI OUT Drive interface OUT port DI IN Drive interface IN port Figure 129 Enclosure Connection Path When Two Controllers Are Installed DE 0x CE DE 01 DE 02 DE 0 A 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 6 Hardware ...

Page 239: ...E 0x DI OUT DI OUT CE DE 1x DE 2x DE 3x Line 0 Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 01 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 02 DI IN DI OUT DI 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 05 DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 15 DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 25 DI IN DI...

Page 240: ...ct the frontend enclosure FE to controller enclosures CE and a controller enclosure to drive enclosures DE In the ETERNUS DX900 S5 one controller enclosure and the drive enclosures that are connected directly to that controller enclosure is collectively called a node When accessing a drive enclosure on a different node access the drive enclosure indirectly through the frontend enclosure A drive en...

Page 241: ... DE EF DI OUT DI IN DE 05 DI OUT DI IN DI DI IN DI IN DI OUT DI IN DE 14 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 11 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 18 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 19 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 1C DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 1D DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 16 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 12 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 1A DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 1E DI OUT DI OUT CE 1 PORT PORT DI IN DI DI OUT DI...

Page 242: ...ont View This section provides the names of the components in the front of a frontend enclosure Figure 133 Front View of a Frontend Enclosure with a Front Cover 1 2 1 System operation panel Refer to System Operation Panel page 244 2 Front cover Figure 134 Front View of a Frontend Enclosure without a Front Cover 2 1 3 3 3 1 3 SVC 1 SVC 0 FANU 0 FANU 1 FANU 2 FANU 3 6 Hardware Configurations Fronten...

Page 243: ...end enclosure Rear View This section provides the names of the components in the rear of a frontend enclosure Figure 135 Rear View of a Frontend Enclosure 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 FPSU 2 FPSU 0 FPSU 3 FPSU 1 FRT 0 FRT 2 FRT 3 FRT 1 1 Power supply unit FPSU 0 FPSU 1 FPSU 2 FPSU 3 Refer to Power Supply Units page 245 2 Frontend router FRT 0 FRT 1 FRT 2 FRT 3 Refer to Frontend Routers FRT page 245 6 Hardware ...

Page 244: ...at indicate the status of the ETERNUS DX 2 LCD panel This is a liquid crystal display panel Various information of the ETERNUS DX is displayed For details refer to Component Names in Configuration Guide Basic 3 Panel key Panel keys can switch the power mode to remote mode or local mode For details refer to Component Names in Configuration Guide Basic 4 Power switch This switch is used to turn on o...

Page 245: ...upply Units The power supply unit converts input AC power from a power socket to DC power and supplies power to each component Four units are installed in a frontend enclosure Figure 138 Power Supply Units Frontend Enclosure 1 POWER LED FAULT LED 1 Inlet This inlet is used to connect a power cord Frontend Routers FRT A route switch used for connecting between controllers Four units are installed i...

Page 246: ... 2 5 type and a 3 5 type Front View Figure 140 Front View of a 2 5 Type Controller Enclosure ETERNUS DX60 S5 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 Figure 141 Front View of a 3 5 Type Controller Enclosure ETERNUS DX60 S5 1 3 3 2 Slot 0 Slot 3 Slot 1...

Page 247: ...enclosure with a mini SAS HD cable between enclosures Refer to Drive Interface Ports page 263 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 263 6 MNT LAN port This port is used for connecting a LA...

Page 248: ...ect a controller enclosure to a drive enclosure with a mini SAS HD cable between enclosures Refer to Drive Interface Ports page 263 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 263 6 MNT LAN port...

Page 249: ... 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 Figure 145 Front View of a 3 5 Type Controller Enclosure ETERNUS DX100 S5 DX200 S5 1 3 3 2 Slot 0 Slot 3 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 4 Slot 8 Slot 11 Slot 7 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 9 Slot 10 1 Operation panel An operation panel has LEDs a Power...

Page 250: ... mini SAS HD cable between enclosures Refer to Drive Interface Ports page 263 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 263 6 MNT LAN port This port is used for connecting a LAN cable and used...

Page 251: ...troller enclosure to a drive enclosure with a mini SAS HD cable between enclosures Refer to Drive Interface Ports page 263 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 263 6 MNT LAN port This por...

Page 252: ...hange switches 2 Front cover Figure 149 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 without a Front Cover 1 2 3 3 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 drive Refer to Drives page 265 2 2 5 drive PCIe Flash Modul...

Page 253: ...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 263 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 263 6 Drive interface OUT port This port is used to connect a controller enclosure to a drive enclosu...

Page 254: ...port 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 263 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 263 6 Drive interface OUT port This port is used to connect a controller enclosure to a dri...

Page 255: ...tches 2 Front cover Figure 153 Front View of a Controller Enclosure for ETERNUS DX900 S5 without a Front Cover 1 2 3 3 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 drive Refer to Drives page 265 2 2 5 drive PCIe Flash Module Refer to Drives page...

Page 256: ...N port 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 263 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 263 6 Drive interface OUT port This port is used to connect a controller enclosure to a d...

Page 257: ...lexible Tier function cannot be used The Deduplication Compression function cannot be used Unified NAS connection is not available High density drive enclosures cannot be installed Fujitsu recommends that the dual controller types in which the controller and I O module are duplicated be used in a system where a high level of reliability is required CPU Each controller has one CPU System Memory The...

Page 258: ...roller Table 85 Capacity and Number of BUDs for Each Controller Model Capacity Number of BUDs ETERNUS DX60 S5 256GB 1 ETERNUS DX100 S5 256GB 1 ETERNUS DX200 S5 512GB 1 ETERNUS DX500 S5 256GB 2 ETERNUS DX600 S5 512GB 2 ETERNUS DX900 S5 System memory capacity 768GB CE 256GB 2 System memory capacity 768GB CE 512GB 2 If the BUD fails the failed BUD can be replaced while the system is running 6 Hardwar...

Page 259: ...ist together in the same controller The host interface specifications are shown below Table 87 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 FC 8Gbit s LC 2 2 iSCSI 3 10Gbit s LC 2 iSCSI 10Gbit s SFP direct attach twinax copper 2 iSCSI 4 10Gbit s RJ 45 2 iSCSI 1Gbit s RJ 45 2 SAS 12Gbit s miniSAS HD SFF ...

Page 260: ...st interfaces FC 16Gbit s FC 8Gbit s iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE T iSCSI 1Gbit s and SAS 12Gbit s Figure 155 Host Interface Ports ETERNUS DX60 S5 iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE T iSCSI 1Gbit s SAS 12Gbit s FC 6 Hardware Configurations Controller Enclosure 260 Design Guide ...

Page 261: ...s Ethernet 10Gbit s Ethernet 1Gbit s and SAS 12Gbit s Figure 156 Host Interface Ports ETERNUS DX100 S5 DX200 S5 iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE T iSCSI 1Gbit s SAS 12Gbit s FC 2 ports iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE CR Ethernet 10Gbit s for Copper Twinax cable connection Ethernet 1Gbit s FC 4 ports FC 2 ports 6 Hardware Configurations Controller Enclosure 261 Design Guide ...

Page 262: ...I 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE CR Ethernet 10Gbit s for Copper Twinax cable connection iSCSI 1Gbit s Ethernet 1Gbit s ETERNUS DX900 S5 Host Interface There are five types of host interfaces FC 32Gbit s FC 16Gbit s iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR 10GBASE CR and iSCSI 1Gbit s Figure 158 Host Interface Ports ETERNUS DX900 S5 FC 4 ports FC 2 ports iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBASE SR iSCSI 10Gbit s 10GBA...

Page 263: ...e network from the MNT port for operation management FST ports are available for the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 The specifications for the MNT port the RMT port and the FST port are shown below Table 89 MNT Port RMT Port FST Port Specifications Interface Transfer rate max Connector type Number of ports for each controller Ethernet 1000BASE T 100BASE TX 10BASE T 1Gbit s RJ 45 1 MNT 1 RMT 1 ...

Page 264: ...urces in case of power outage The batteries are charged from an external power source while the ETERNUS DX is running normally If a power failure is detected the cache data in the system memory is saved to the BUD in the controller by using battery power There is no limit to the post failure data retention time Power Supply Units There are two types of the power supply units AC power type and DC p...

Page 265: ...ves and 3 5 drives for high density drive enclosures Up to twenty four 2 5 drives can be installed in a single 2 5 type controller enclosure Up to twelve 3 5 drives can be installed in a single 3 5 type controller enclosure For the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 slots 16 23 of a 2 5 controller enclosure are shared slots that can be used for both PFMs and drives If PFMs are installed in slots 1...

Page 266: ... Drive Enclosure Figure 162 Front View of a 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 272 3 Flange cover Figure 163 Front View o...

Page 267: ... When Two I O Modules Are Installed 1 1 2 2 IOM 1 IOM 0 PSU 0 PSU 1 1 I O module IOM 0 IOM 1 Refer to I O Modules page 270 2 Power supply unit PSU 0 PSU 1 Refer to Power Supply Units page 271 External Views of a High Density Drive Enclosure Front View of a High Density Drive Enclosure Figure 166 Front View of a High Density Drive Enclosure 1 2 3 6 Hardware Configurations Drive Enclosure 267 Design...

Page 268: ... 1 Slot 13 Slot 25 Slot 37 Slot 49 Slot 2 Slot 14 Slot 26 Slot 38 Slot 50 Slot 3 Slot 15 Slot 27 Slot 39 Slot 51 Slot 4 Slot 16 Slot 28 Slot 40 Slot 52 Slot 5 Slot 17 Slot 29 Slot 41 Slot 53 Slot 8 Slot 20 Slot 32 Slot 44 Slot 56 Slot 9 Slot 21 Slot 33 Slot 45 Slot 57 Slot 10 Slot 22 Slot 34 Slot 46 Slot 58 Slot 23 Slot 35 Slot 47 Slot 59 Slot 6 Slot 18 Slot 30 Slot 42 Slot 54 Slot 7 Slot 19 Slot ...

Page 269: ...IOM 1 IOM 0 PSU 0 PSU 1 FEM 0 FEM 1 PSU 2 PSU 3 1 I O module IOM 0 IOM 1 Refer to I O Modules page 270 2 Power supply unit PSU 0 PSU 1 PSU 2 PSU 3 Refer to Power Supply Units page 271 3 Fan expander module FEM 0 FEM 1 Refer to Fan Expander Module FEM page 270 6 Hardware Configurations Drive Enclosure 269 Design Guide ...

Page 270: ...onnect 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 below Table 91 Drive Interface Port Specification I O Module Interface Transfer rate max Connector type Number of ...

Page 271: ...nning A high density drive enclosure has four power supply units and up to two failed units can be replaced while the system is running Figure 171 Power Supply Unit AC Power Type 1 2 POWER LED FAULT LED AC MISSING LED FAN FAIL 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 Figure 172 Power Supply Unit DC Power Type POW...

Page 272: ...nterface maximum transfer rate Storage media Storage capacity Rotational speed SAS disks Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s Hard disk 300GB 600GB 1 2TB 1 8TB 2 4TB 1 10 000rpm Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s 300GB 600GB 900GB 15 000rpm SAS self encrypting disks SEDs Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s 1 2TB 3 10 000rpm SSDs Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s Flash memory 800GB 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 7 68TB 15 36TB 30 ...

Page 273: ...TB 12TB 1 3 SSDs Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s Flash memory 800GB 960GB 1 92TB 3 84TB 2 Self encrypting SSDs SEDs Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s 1 92TB 3 84TB 2 3 1 The following disks are Advanced Format 512e disks 2 4TB SAS disks 6TB Nearline SAS disks 8TB Nearline SAS disks 10TB Nearline SAS disks 12TB Nearline SAS disks 14TB Nearline SAS disks 8TB Nearline SAS self encrypting disks 12TB Nearlin...

Page 274: ...ational speed Nearline SAS disks Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s Hard disk 4TB 8TB 12TB 14TB 1 7 200rpm Nearline SAS self encrypting disks SEDs Serial Attached SCSI 12Gbit s 4TB 8TB 12TB 1 2 1 The following are Advanced Format 512e disks 8TB Nearline SAS disks 12TB Nearline SAS disks 14TB Nearline SAS disks 8TB Nearline SAS self encrypting disks 12TB Nearline SAS self encrypting disks 2 All the driv...

Page 275: ...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 95 Power Distribution Unit AC8A 200V 1U 4 Outlets and Provide...

Page 276: ...is socket is used to connect a power cord AC output cable The specifications of a power distribution unit and the power cords that are provided are shown below Table 96 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 Lengt...

Page 277: ... Table 97 Power Distribution Unit AC24A 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 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 c...

Page 278: ... can be installed in an ETERNUS DX900 S5 Controller Module This section describes the standard installation rules for controller modules The ETERNUS DX60 S5 DX100 S5 DX200 S5 are the target ETERNUS DX storage systems Types of Controller Modules One host interface is installed to each controller The following types of host interfaces are available ETERNUS DX60 S5 FC 16Gbit s FC 8Gbit s iSCSI 10Gbit...

Page 279: ...ystem memory modules The ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 are the target ETERNUS DX storage systems Types of System Memory Modules The following types of system memory modules are available ETERNUS DX200 S5 32GB 16GB 2 1CM 64GB 32GB 2 1CM ETERNUS DX500 S5 128GB 16GB 4 2CM 256GB 32GB 4 2CM 512GB 64GB 4 2CM ETERNUS DX600 S5 192GB 16GB 6 2CM 384GB 32GB 6 2CM 768GB 64GB 6 2CM ETERNUS DX900 S5 192GB ...

Page 280: ...y 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 between daytime and nighttime system memory capacity can be calculated by using the task that requires the most capacity from the drives that are accesse...

Page 281: ...plication Compression Function Enabled and the NAS Function Disabled Drive capacity System memory capacity with the Deduplication Compression function enabled and the NAS function disabled Up to 35 839GB 192GB 35 840GB or more 384GB 81 920GB or more 768GB Table 103 Estimated System Memory Capacity of Each Storage System ETERNUS DX600 S5 with the Deduplication Compression Function Disabled and the ...

Page 282: ...US DX500 S5 DX600 S5 Install the same type of system memory for all the slots The configuration is the same for Controller 0 CM 0 and Controller 1 CM 1 ETERNUS DX900 S5 When multiple controller enclosures are installed install the same type of system memory using the same layout for each controller slot Extreme Cache This section describes the installation conditions and installation rules for PCI...

Page 283: ... 2TB 1 1 6TB 3 Up to 620TB 49 6TB 3 2TB 15 1 6TB 1 621TB or more 51 2TB 3 2TB 16 Installation Order The installation priority order for the Extreme Cache modules is shown below 1 Extreme Cache 1 6TB 2 Extreme Cache 3 2TB The diagram below shows an Extreme Cache module installation Install the Extreme Cache modules to the controller enclosure in the following order according to the priority SLOT23 ...

Page 284: ...easier to change than FC iSCSI is commonly used by divisions of large companies and by small and medium sized companies where scalability and cost effectiveness are valued over performance SAS Serial Attached SCSI SAS enables high speed data transfers by upgrading existing reliable SCSI connection standards to allow serial transfers SAS is commonly used for small sized systems where performance an...

Page 285: ...C 8Gbit s 4 ports 2 6 iSCSI 10Gbit s without SFP modules 4 ports 7 iSCSI 10Gbit s 4 ports 8 iSCSI 1Gbit s 4 ports 9 Ethernet 10Gbit s 4 ports 10 Ethernet 10Gbit s without SFP modules 4 ports 11 Ethernet 1Gbit s 8 ports 1 Installable in the ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 only 2 Installable in the ETERNUS DX60 S5 only The diagram below shows a host interface installation ETERNUS DX100 S5 DX200 S...

Page 286: ... of controller enclosure numbers By distributing and installing host interfaces in different controller enclosures redundancy is ensured Note Host interfaces can be installed with different configurations between the controllers 1 CA 0 that is in CM 0 of CE 0 2 CA 0 that is in CM 1 of CE 1 3 CA 0 that is in CM 1 of CE 0 4 CA 0 that is in CM 0 of CE 1 5 CA 1 that is in CM 0 of CE 0 6 CA 1 that is i...

Page 287: ...RTANT Unified License cannot be installed if the Deduplication Compression function is used Drive Enclosure This section explains the installation conditions and installation rules for drive enclosures Drive enclosures can be installed without installing any drives Note For details on the rack installation order refer to Rack Installation Specifications in Site Planning Guide Types of Drive Enclos...

Page 288: ...ype DX60 S5 DX100 S5 DX200 S5 DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 Maximum number of drive slots 1 96 144 264 576 1 056 2 304 1 The total of the number of drive slots for the controller enclosures and the number of drive slots for the drive enclosures For example if twenty two 2 5 type drive enclosures are installed in an ETERNUS DX500 S5 up to four 3 5 type drive enclosures can be added However a high dens...

Page 289: ...ollowing disks are Advanced Format 512e disks 1 8TB SAS disks 2 4TB SAS disks When using Advanced Format 512e disks make sure that Advanced Format 512e is supported by the server OS and the applications If the server OS and applications do not support Advanced Format 512e random write performance may be reduced Nearline SAS Disks Nearline SAS disks are high capacity cost effective disks for data b...

Page 290: ...that shows the remaining capacity as a percentage health in proportion to the expected total write capacity The number of rewrites may exceed the limit within the product warranty period if SSDs are used in a RAID1 configuration that has a high I O access load The following types of SSDs are supported in the ETERNUS DX SSDs with a 12Gbit s interface speed that are compatible with Extreme Cache Poo...

Page 291: ...res 24 24 24 24 24 48 3 5 type controller enclosures 12 12 12 2 5 type drive enclosures 72 120 240 552 1 032 2 256 3 5 type drive enclosures 36 120 120 276 516 1 128 High density drive enclosures 120 240 480 960 1 920 Number of installable drives max 96 144 264 576 1 056 2 304 For details on the number of required hot spares refer to Number of Installable Hot Spares page 43 in Hot Spare page 42 6 ...

Page 292: ...or high density drive enclosures 12TB 7 2krpm Install drives in the slots of a high density drive enclosure from Slot 0 to Slot 59 in ascending order according to the installation order Figure 182 Drive Installation Diagram for High Density Drive Enclosures IOM PSU FEM Slot 48 Slot 57 Slot 56 Slot 55 Slot 54 Slot 53 Slot 52 Slot 51 Slot 50 Slot 49 Slot 59 Slot 58 Slot 36 Slot 45 Slot 44 Slot 43 Sl...

Page 293: ...2 5 SAS disks 900GB 15krpm 14 2 5 SAS disks 300GB 10krpm 15 2 5 SAS disks 600GB 10krpm 16 2 5 SAS disks 1 2TB 10krpm 17 2 5 SAS disks 1 8TB 10krpm Advanced Format 18 2 5 SAS disks 2 4TB 10krpm Advanced Format 19 2 5 FIPS SAS self encrypting disks 1 2TB 10krpm According to the installation order install drives in the slots of a drive enclosure from Slot 0 to Slot 23 in ascending order Figure 183 In...

Page 294: ... 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 10TB 7 2krpm Advanced Format 13 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 12TB 7 2krpm Advanced Format 14 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 14TB 7 2krpm Advanced Format 15 3 5 Nearline FIPS SAS self encrypting disks 4TB 7 2krpm 16 3 5 Nearline FIPS SAS self encrypting disks 8TB 7 2krpm Advanced Format 17 3 5 Nearline FIPS SAS self encrypting disks 12TB 7 2krpm Advanced Format According to the installati...

Page 295: ...bility when drive enclosures fail can be improved by selecting configuration drives that are distributed to a larger number of drive enclosures even within the same path group Note To create a RAID group 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...

Page 296: ...es are installed in two different enclosures Figure 186 Drive 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 187 Drive Combination 3 DE 20 B C DE 10 Mirroring C A DE 00 Mirroring A B 6 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 296 Design Guide ...

Page 297: ... 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 188 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 189 Drive Combination 5 F C B E A D DE 00 DE 10 DE 20 Redun...

Page 298: ...nfigure the 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 190 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 6 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 298 Design Guide ...

Page 299: ...roup are divided into two or more path groups Figure 191 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 6 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 299 Design Guide ...

Page 300: ...the RAID group are divided into two or more path groups Figure 192 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 6 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 300 Design Guide ...

Page 301: ...irmware 2 3 SFP 2 iSCSI port SAS port Power supply unit PSU Disk HDD SSD Operation panel PANEL 4 Disk firmware 3 Drive enclosure DE Replace the drive enclosure DE when the MP 1 fails Power supply unit PSU Disk HDD 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 si...

Page 302: ...our sales representative or maintenance engineer Controller firmware User Expansion Customers can expand add the following components To add components that are not described in this section contact your sales representative or maintenance engineer Drives Drive enclosures 7 Maintenance Expansion Hot Swap Hot Expansion 302 Design Guide ...

Page 303: ...tion panel PANEL 5 Disk firmware 4 Drive enclosure DE high density drive enclosure HD DE Replace the drive enclosure DE high density drive enclosure HD DE when the MP 1 fails Power supply unit PSU Disk HDD SSD Operation panel PANEL 5 I O module IOM Fan Expander Module FEM 6 Disk firmware 4 Allowed Not allowed cold swap is possible Not applicable 1 Mid Plane This is a board that is located between ...

Page 304: ...nts To maintain components that are not described in this section contact your sales representative or maintenance engineer Controller firmware User Expansion Customers can expand add the following components To add components that are not described in this section contact your sales representative or maintenance engineer Drives Drive enclosures Long wave SFP modules 16Gbit s 7 Maintenance Expansi...

Page 305: ...U MP 5 Disk HDD SSD Operation panel PANEL Battery Backup Unit BBU Battery Charger Unit BCU Battery Unit BTU Disk firmware 4 Drive enclosure DE high density drive enclosure HD DE Replace the drive enclosure DE high density drive enclosure HD DE when the MP 5 fails Power supply unit for DE PSU Disk HDD SSD Operation panel PANEL 6 I O module IOM Fan Expander Module FEM 7 Disk firmware 4 Allowed Not a...

Page 306: ... located between the front and rear controller CM or I O module IOM side of the ETERNUS DX 6 Operation can be continued during a failure The status of the ETERNUS DX can be monitored via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI 7 FEMs are installed in high density drive enclosures 7 Maintenance Expansion Hot Swap Hot Expansion 306 Design Guide ...

Page 307: ...laced Controller module CM 2 System memory 2 3 BUD 4 Controller firmware 2 5 PCIe Flash Module PFM Host interface FC CA Host interface 10G iSCSI CA Host interface 1G iSCSI CA Power supply unit for CE CPSU MP 1 6 Disk HDD SSD Operation panel PANEL Battery Backup Unit BBU Battery Charger Unit BCU Battery Unit BTU Disk firmware 5 Drive enclosure DE High density drive enclosure HD DE Replace the drive...

Page 308: ...th two CEs All of the paths on the CE that will have maintenance performed go offline When a multipath configuration is used switch to the host paths of the CE that will not have maintenance performed to continue operation 7 Operation can be continued during a failure The status of the DE can be monitored via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI 8 FEMs are installed in high density drive enclosures Driv...

Page 309: ...n be checked via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI Table 116 Release Information List Firmware version Release date Detail of functional modification V11L20 V11L21 October 2019 The following models are supported ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 DX900 S5 Features added Unified License ETERNUS DX500 S5 DX600 S5 V11L30 V11L31 December 2019 The following models are supported ETERNUS DX60 S5 DX100 S5 DX200 S5 Fe...

Page 310: ... Connection FC Interface Table 117 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 VM...

Page 311: ...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 312: ...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 312 De...

Page 313: ...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 314: ...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 315: ...vSphere 6 0 VMware vSphere 6 5 VMware vSphere 6 7 VMware vSphere 7 0 Citrix Hypervisor 7 XenServer 7 Citrix Hypervisor 8 Oracle SPARC Enterprise Fujitsu M10 Servers Fujitsu SPARC M12 Solaris 10 Solaris 11 Others Other industry standard servers 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...

Page 316: ...se Linux 7 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 0 Solaris 10 5 09 Solaris 11 2 Solaris 11 3 VMware vSphere 6 5 VMware vSphere 6 7 The confirmed OSs with the NFSv4 0 protocol The confirmed OSs for the NFSv4 0 protocol are used as supported OSs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 2 Red Hat Enterprise ...

Page 317: ...t to the NAS port of the ETERNUS DX During the configuration phase To use the NFS client in the ETERNUS DX apply the latest patch or errata If the patches or errata are not applied the NFS mount may fail an I O error may occur or a file lock takeover may not be possible The following is an example of patches and errata NFS protocol OS Patch or errata NFSv3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterp...

Page 318: ... 4 096 8 192 16 384 16 384 65 535 Volume capacity max 128TB Number of connectable SAN hosts HBAs max Per ETERNUS DX 128 1 024 1 024 4 096 4 096 8 192 Per port 32 256 256 256 256 256 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 2 Fujitsu original RAID level that provides the high speed rebuild function a...

Page 319: ...X A TPP is composed of NAS user volumes NAS backup volumes SAN TPVs and system volumes An FTSP is composed of FTVs NAS File System Specifications The following table shows the maximum values of the NAS file system specifications Table 122 NAS File System Specifications Max Item Explanation Capacity of the file system NAS volume 128TB Capacity of the user data area 130 772GB 128TB 300GB Number of f...

Page 320: ...rectories some measures must be taken such as distributing the subdirectories into multiple directories 5 The maximum total number of files that can be concurrently opened using CIFS and NFS If more than the maximum number of files are concurrently open a client application may return an I O error when it writes to a file The maximum number of files that can be opened does not change even when mul...

Page 321: ...0BASE T 10GBASE SR 10GBASE CR 10GBASE T 1000BASE T 10GBASE SR 10GBASE CR 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 File sharing common FTP FXP File sharing UNIX Linux NFSv3...

Page 322: ... Buffer 1 132 30 132 DX500 S5 288 1 256 2 3 60 256 2 DX600 S5 528 1 256 2 3 64 256 2 DX900 S5 1 152 Up to four can be specified per REC Buffer 1 256 2 4 64 256 2 Create 5 Delete 6 7 7 8 8 Rename Expand capacity by LDE by adding an SDPV by adding a RAID group by adding a child pool by adding a RAID group Format all area 9 Format unformatted area 9 Modify threshold threshold can be set with the Modi...

Page 323: ...hat configures buffers or pools Target Volumes of Each Function The following section shows the functions which can be performed on each type of volume The functions described in this section include functions that can be performed on the RAID groups and pools where the corresponding volume is registered Table 125 Target Volumes of Each Function Function Standard SDV SDPV TPV FTV 1 WSV ODX Buffer ...

Page 324: ...ncatenated using the LUN Concatenation function RAID Migration can be executed only if the concatenated volumes are set as the migration source volume 7 Capacity expansion and RAID Migration cannot be performed at the same time 8 The maximum number of concatenated volumes is 16 The maximum capacity is 128TB 1TB for ODX Buffer volumes 9 If T10 DIF is enabled this function cannot be executed 10 Spec...

Page 325: ... executed at the same time Table 126 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 326: ...enated volumes cannot be set as the RAID Migration destination 6 RAID Migration that expands the capacity cannot be performed on any volumes with copy sessions in LUN units 7 The function cannot be executed when the same RAID group is set as the execution target 8 When a copy session with a copy area that is specified in LUN units exists volume capacity expansion cannot be performed because copyin...

Page 327: ...and Non disruptive Storage Migration Available Functions for Each Software ETERNUS Web GUI ETERNUS CLI or ETERNUS SF software can be used to configure a NAS environment as well as perform operation management settings The operations that can be performed depend on the software that is being used The following table shows the available functions for each software Table 128 Available Functions for O...

Page 328: ...tication Setting DNS server Setting Changing the NAS server name NetBIOS setting Setting Bonding Setting Display 3 VLAN Setting Display Quota Setting Display Snapshot Setting wizard wizard Shared folder Creation List display Detail display Change Audit log Setting Display Packet trace Setting Display Backup restore Volume creation Backup Restoration Backup destination mount Backup destination unmo...

Page 329: ...tween ETERNUS DX storage systems Backup Restoration Resuming operations in the DR destination Supported Not supported Partially supported N A 1 For details on the available functions refer to the manuals for each software 2 NAS user volumes are the target volumes 3 Displayed only for master ports member ports B Function Specification List Available Functions for Each Software 329 Design Guide ...

Page 330: ...ional Configuration When a Backup Is Performed Using QuickOPC with OPC Restoration NAS backup volume NAS user volume NAS volume backup QuickOPC SDV 255 SDV 1 SDV 0 NAS volume restoration OPC ETERNUS DX Snapshots To set snapshot calculate the available NAS volume capacity according to the customer s operating environment and adjust the settings so as not to exceed the upper limit For details on how...

Page 331: ...00 S5 Copy table size 1 024MB 1GB 16 3 640 3 6 7 280 7 1 14 561 14 2 29 123 28 4 58 246 56 9 116 492 113 8 232 984 227 5 32 1 927 1 9 3 854 3 8 7 708 7 5 15 416 15 1 30 832 30 1 61 664 60 2 123 329 120 4 64 992 1 0 1 984 1 9 3 969 3 9 7 939 7 8 15 879 15 5 31 759 31 0 63 518 62 0 128 503 0 5 1 007 1 0 2 014 2 0 4 028 3 9 8 057 7 9 16 115 15 7 32 231 31 5 DX600 S5 Copy table size 4 096MB 4GB 16 14 ...

Page 332: ...REC NAS volume backup QuickOPC NAS user volume 1 Restoration OPC if necessary 1 A NAS user volume is not required when the ETERNUS DX on the backup side does not conduct NAS operations Table 130 Guidelines for Snapshot Configurable NAS Volume Capacity When QuickOPC and REC Are Used ETERNUS DX Number of snapshot generatio ns Resolution 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 DX100 S5 Copy table size 512MB 16 1 724 1 7 3 ...

Page 333: ... DX600 S5 Copy table size 4 096MB 4GB 16 13 796 13 5 27 593 26 9 55 186 53 9 110 372 107 8 220 744 215 6 441 489 431 1 882 979 862 3 32 7 489 7 3 14 978 14 6 29 957 29 3 59 914 58 5 119 829 117 0 239 658 234 0 479 317 468 1 64 3 912 3 8 7 824 7 6 15 648 15 3 31 296 30 6 62 593 61 1 125 187 122 3 250 374 244 5 128 2 000 2 0 4 001 3 9 8 002 7 8 16 004 15 6 32 009 31 3 64 019 62 5 128 038 125 0 256 1...

Page 334: ...ith 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 i...

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