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Number of in-
stalled 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 storage sys-
tem

8

RAID5 

´

 1

6

1

0

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
10.4TB

9

RAID5 

´

 1

7

1

0

Approximately
12.2TB

Approximately
12.2TB

10

RAID5 

´

 1

8

1

0

Approximately
13.9TB

Approximately
13.9TB

11

RAID5 

´

 2

8

1

0

Approximately
6.9TB

Approximately
13.9TB

12

RAID5 

´

 2

8

1

1

Approximately
6.9TB

Approximately
13.9TB

13

RAID5 

´

 3

9

1

0

Approximately
5.2TB

Approximately
15.7TB

14

RAID5 

´

 3

9

1

1

Approximately
5.2TB

Approximately
15.7TB

15

RAID5 

´

 2

12

1

0

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
20.9TB

16

RAID5 

´

 2

12

1

1

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
20.9TB

17

RAID5 

´

 2

14

1

0

Approximately
12.2TB

Approximately
24.4TB

18

RAID5 

´

 2

14

1

1

Approximately
12.2TB

Approximately
24.4TB

19

RAID5 

´

 2

16

1

0

Approximately
13.9TB

Approximately
27.9TB

20

RAID5 

´

 2

16

1

1

Approximately
13.9TB

Approximately
27.9TB

21

RAID5 

´

 4

16

1

0

Approximately
6.9TB

Approximately
27.9TB

22

RAID5 

´

 3

18

1

0

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
31.4TB

23

RAID5 

´

 3

18

1

1

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
31.4TB

24

RAID5 

´

 3

18

1

2

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
31.4TB

25

RAID5 

´

 3

21

1

0

Approximately
12.2TB

Approximately
36.6TB

26

RAID5 

´

 3

21

1

1

Approximately
12.2TB

Approximately
36.6TB

27

RAID5 

´

 3

21

1

2

Approximately
12.2TB

Approximately
36.6TB

28

RAID5 

´

 3

24

1

0

Approximately
13.9TB

Approximately
41.8TB

29

RAID5 

´

 4

24

1

0

Approximately
10.4TB

Approximately
41.8TB

2. Basic Functions

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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4, ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide (Basic)

Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED

P3AM-7722-25ENZ0

Summary of Contents for ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3

Page 1: ...FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic System configuration design P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 2: ...lization Automated Storage Tiering 42 Thin Provisioning 42 Flexible Tier 49 Extreme Cache 55 Extreme Cache Pool 56 Optimization of Volume Configurations 57 RAID Migration 59 Logical Device Expansion 61 LUN Concatenation 62 Wide Striping 65 Data Encryption 66 Encryption with Self Encrypting Drive SED 67 Firmware Data Encryption 68 Key Management Server Linkage 69 User Access Management 72 Account M...

Page 3: ...ze Expansion 104 Assigned CMs 105 Smart Setup Wizard 106 3 SAN Functions 112 Operations Optimization Deduplication Compression 112 Deduplication Compression 112 Improving Host Connectivity 120 Host Affinity 120 iSCSI Security 122 Stable Operation via Load Control 122 Quality of Service QoS 122 Host Response 124 Storage Cluster 125 Data Migration 128 Storage Migration 128 Non disruptive Storage Mig...

Page 4: ... 160 Power Supply Connection 162 Input Power Supply Lines 162 UPS Connection 162 Power Synchronized Connections 163 Power Synchronized Connections PWC 163 Power Synchronized Connections Wake On LAN 166 5 Hardware Configurations 167 Configuration Schematics 167 Optional Product Installation Conditions 174 Cache Memory 175 Memory Extension 177 Extreme Cache 178 Host Interfaces 179 Unified License 18...

Page 5: ...e List 210 Target RAID Groups Pools of Each Function 211 Target Volumes of Each Function 212 Combinations of Functions That Are Available for Simultaneous Executions 214 Combinations of Functions That Are Available for Simultaneous Executions 214 Number of Processes That Can Be Executed Simultaneously 216 Capacity That Can Be Processed Simultaneously 216 Table of Contents 5 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS...

Page 6: ...re 27 FTRP Balancing 54 Figure 28 Extreme Cache 55 Figure 29 Extreme Cache Pool 56 Figure 30 RAID Migration When Data Is Migrated to a High Capacity Drive 59 Figure 31 RAID Migration When a Volume Is Moved to a Different RAID Level 59 Figure 32 RAID Migration 60 Figure 33 Logical Device Expansion When Expanding the RAID Group Capacity 61 Figure 34 Logical Device Expansion When Changing the RAID Le...

Page 7: ...A Port Pairs 126 Figure 77 Storage Migration 128 Figure 78 Non disruptive Storage Migration 130 Figure 79 Oracle VM Linkage 132 Figure 80 VMware Linkage 133 Figure 81 VVOL Operational Configuration 135 Figure 82 VVOL System Configuration 136 Figure 83 Veeam Storage Integration 138 Figure 84 Microsoft Linkage 141 Figure 85 Logical Volume Manager LVM 143 Figure 86 Single Path Connection When a SAN C...

Page 8: ...lation Diagram 187 Figure 115 Host Interface Installation Diagram ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 188 Figure 116 Host Interface Installation Diagram ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 188 Figure 117 Rack Installation Example ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 2U DE 189 Figure 118 Rack Installation Example ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 4U DE 190 Figure 119 Rack Installation Example ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 2U 4U DE 191 Figur...

Page 9: ...ion 74 Table 26 Eco mode Specifications 78 Table 27 ETERNUS Web GUI Operating Environment 81 Table 28 Levels and Contents of Events That Are Notified 84 Table 29 SNMP Specifications 85 Table 30 Control Software Advanced Copy 90 Table 31 Characteristics of SnapOPC SnapOPC Operations with Each Type of Copy Destination Logical Volume 91 Table 32 REC Data Transfer Mode 93 Table 33 Available Cascade Co...

Page 10: ...76 Table 53 Estimated Cache Memory Capacity ETERNUS DX500 S3 176 Table 54 Estimated Cache Memory Capacity ETERNUS DX600 S3 177 Table 55 Installable PFM Capacity for Each Storage System 178 Table 56 Number of Installable Drive Enclosures 181 Table 57 Drive Characteristics 184 Table 58 Number of Installable Drives 184 Table 59 Hot Swap and Hot Expansion Availability for Components 208 Table 60 List ...

Page 11: ...ST 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 Twenty Fifth Edition April 2019 11 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Sys...

Page 12: ...ite Planning Guide Product List Configuration Guide Basic ETERNUS Web GUI User s Guide ETERNUS CLI User s Guide Configuration Guide Server Connection Document Conventions Third Party Product Names Oracle Solaris may be referred to as Solaris Solaris Operating System or Solaris OS Microsoft Windows Server may be referred to as Windows Server Notice Symbols The following notice symbols are used in t...

Page 13: ...arns against certain actions The action which must be avoided is both illustrated inside the barred circle and written above it e g No Disassem bly 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 Presented in This Manual A message is written beside the symbol indicating the ...

Page 14: ...volume in order to flexibly meet any increases in the amount of data Guarantee of performance A function that creates a volume that is striped in multiple RAID groups in order to improve performance RAID Migration page 59 Logical Device Expansion page 61 LUN Concatenation page 62 Wide Striping page 65 Security measures data encryption Functions that encrypt data in the drive media to prevent the d...

Page 15: ...If an error occurs in the storage system during operations the connected storage system is switched automatically and opera tions can continue Quality of Service QoS page 122 Host Response page 124 Storage Cluster page 125 Data relocation A function that migrates data between ETERNUS storage sys tems Storage Migration page 128 Non disruptive data relocation A function that migrates data between ET...

Page 16: ...ing with double distributed parity RAID6 FR provides the high speed rebuild function and striping with double distributed parity Remember that a RAID0 configuration is not redundant This means that if a RAID0 drive fails the data will not be recoverable This section explains the concepts and purposes RAID level selection criteria of the supported RAID levels When Nearline SAS disks that have 6TB o...

Page 17: ... 1 A B C D RAID1 Mirroring The data is stored on two duplicated drives at the same time If one drive fails other drive continues operation Figure 2 RAID1 Concept A B C D A B C D Data writing request A B C D Drive 0 Drive 1 2 Basic Functions RAID Functions 17 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED ...

Page 18: ...cross multiple drives together with parity information created from the data in order to ensure the redundancy of the data Figure 4 RAID5 Concept A E I M A B C D Data writing request B F J P M N O P C G P I J K L N D P E F G H K O H L P Create parity data P A B C D A B D C Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Parity for data A to D P A B C D Parity for data E to H P E F G H Parity for data I to...

Page 19: ...ping RAID0 A E B I F P A B P M N C G H P C D P O P Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 D K P K L Striping RAID0 Striping with distributed parity RAID5 J L M N O P P E F P I J P G H RAID5 RAID5 A B Create parity data D Create parity data C Data writing request A B C D A B C D A B C D 2 Basic Functions RAID Functions 19 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 ...

Page 20: ...E F G H N K O P1 A B C D H L P P2 A B C D A B D C Create parity data Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4 Drive 5 Parity for data A to D P1 A B C D and P2 A B C D Parity for data E to H P1 E F G H and P2 E F G H Parity for data I to L P1 I J K L and P2 I J K L Parity for data M to P P1 M N O P and P2 M N O P 2 Basic Functions RAID Functions 20 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS D...

Page 21: ...C P1 A B C and P2 A B C Parity for data D E F P1 D E F and P2 D E F Parity for data G H I P1 G H I and P2 G H I Parity for data J K L P1 J K L and P2 J K L Parity for data M N O P1 M N O and P2 M N O Parity for data P Q R P1 P Q R and P2 P Q R Parity for data S T U P1 S T U and P2 S T U Parity for data V W X P1 V W X and P2 V W X Fast recovery Hot Spare FHS Reliability Performance Capacity for Eac...

Page 22: ...tails on the RAID levels that can be configured with Nearline SAS disks that have 6TB or more refer to Supported RAID page 16 User Capacity Logical Capacity User Capacity for Each RAID Level The user capacity depends on the capacity of drives that configure a RAID group and the RAID level Table 4 shows the formula for calculating the user capacity for each RAID level Table 4 Formula for Calculatin...

Page 23: ...2 799 872MB 4TB Nearline SAS disk 3 733 504MB 6TB Nearline SAS disk 2 5 601 024MB 8TB Nearline SAS disk 2 7 468 288MB 10TB Nearline SAS disk 2 9 341 696MB 12TB Nearline SAS disk 2 11 210 496MB 14TB Nearline SAS disk 2 13 079 296MB 1 The capacity of the product names for the drives is based on the assumption that 1MB 1 0002 bytes while the user capacity for each drive is based on the assumption tha...

Page 24: ...e Tier function in which the areas are managed as a Flexible Tier Sub Pool FTSP Larger pools Flexible Tier Pools FTRPs are com prised by layers of FTSPs Flexible Tier Volumes FTVs can be created in an FTSP 1 This value is for a 15 36TB SSD RAID6 FR 13D 2P 2 1HS configuration in the ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 For details on the number of configuration drives for each RAID level and recommended confi...

Page 25: ...he SSDs in the RAID group is reduced to that of the SSD with the lowest interface 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 enclosures can exist to gether in the same RAID group When a RAID group is configured with SSDs in both the high density drive en...

Page 26: ...er Pools refer to Automated Storage Tiering page 49 An assigned CM is allocated to each RAID group For details refer to Assigned CMs page 105 For the installation locations of the drives that configure the RAID group refer to Recommended RAID Group Configuration page 200 Volume This section explains volumes Logical drive areas in RAID groups are called volumes A volume is the basic RAID unit that ...

Page 27: ...VVOLs with virtual disks Its volume type is FTV 128TB Deduplication Compression Volume This volume is a virtual volume that is recognized by the serv er when the Deduplication Compression function is used It can be created by enabling the Deduplication Compression setting for a volume that is to be created The data is seen by the server as being non deduplicated and uncompressed The volume type is...

Page 28: ...can be created in the ETERNUS DX decreases by the number of RAID groups that configure an FTSP When using the VVOL function a single volume for the VVOL management information is created the mo ment a VVOL is created The maximum number of volumes that can be created in the ETERNUS DX decrea ses by the number of volumes for the VVOL management information that are created Hot Spares Hot spares are ...

Page 29: ...roup is determined by the drive with the slowest rotational speed When using SAS disks with dif ferent rotational speeds prepare hot spares that correspond to the different rotational speed drives if required Even if a RAID group is configured with SAS disks that have different interface speeds performance is not affec ted There are two types of interface speeds for SSDs 6Gbit s and 12Gbit s If a ...

Page 30: ...ves are applicable priority is given to the drives in ascending order of the enclosure number and the drive slot number 2 When there are multiple hot spares with a larger capacity than the failed drive the hot spare with the smallest capacity among them is used first The figure below shows an example of a drive search order when a drive failure occurs First drives are selected in the order of prio...

Page 31: ...C 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 transferred between the Oracle Linux server and the ETERNUS DX and ensures data ...

Page 32: ...een created The T10 DIF function can be enabled only in the Standard volume LUN concatenation cannot be performed for volumes where the T10 DIF function is enabled 2 Basic Functions Data Protection 32 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 33: ...igure 13 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 performed during the diagnosis These checks are performed in blocks default 2MB for each drive sequentially and are repeated until all the blocks for all the drives have been checked...

Page 34: ...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 assign ing an alternate track Redundant Copy speed Giving priority to Redundant C...

Page 35: ... No redundancy RAID5 Redundant Disconnection When no hot spares are registered rebuilding processes are only performed when a failed drive is replaced or when a hot spare is registered Rebuild Speed Giving priority to rebuilding over host access can be specified By setting a higher rebuild priority the per formance of rebuild operations may improve However it should be noted that when the priority...

Page 36: ...dundant 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 created from the redundant data in normal drives and written to reserved ...

Page 37: ...e reduced If copybackless is enabled the drives that are registered in the hot spare become part of the RAID group config uration drives after a rebuild or a redundant copy is completed for the hot spare The failed drive is disconnected from the RAID group configuration drives and then registered as a hot spare Copyback is not performed for the data even if the failed drive is replaced by a new dr...

Page 38: ... drive Hot spare After rebuilding is complete the RAID group configuration drive is replaced by the hot spare RAID5 Redundant RAID5 Redundant To set the Copybackless function for each storage system use the subsystem parameter settings These set tings can be performed with the system management maintenance operation privilege After the settings are changed the ETERNUS DX does not need to be turned...

Page 39: ...tion Shield function can be enabled or disabled This function is enabled by default Figure 19 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 is created from the drives that are not the target drives for the Protecti...

Page 40: ...s of the Protection Shield function only need to be replaced when drive reactivation fails If drive reactivation fails a drive failure error is notified as an event notification message such as SNMP REMCS When drive reactivation is successful an error message is not notified To notify this message use the event notification settings To set the Protection Shield function for each storage system use...

Page 41: ... 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 05 CM 0 CM 1 CE IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 00 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 01 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 02 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 03 IOM 0 IOM 1 DE 04 Failure Reverse cabling connection Connect the controller enclosure to the last drive enclosure Continued access is available to drives in the drive enclosures that follow the failed one A failu...

Page 42: ...he future TPV Balancing I O access to the virtual volume can be distributed among the RAID groups in a pool by relocating and balanc ing the physical allocation status of the virtual volume TPV FTV Capacity Optimization Zero Reclamation Data in physically allocated areas are checked in blocks and unnecessary areas areas where 0 is allocated to all of the data in each block are released to unalloca...

Page 43: ...e 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 groups TPP capacity can be expand...

Page 44: ...he 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 capacity size chunk size that is applied is the same value as the chunk size of the TPP where the TPV is created The physical storage capacity can be reduc...

Page 45: ...he OS writes meta information to the whole LUN during file system creation TPVs should be backed up of files as sets of their component files 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 allocation of the physical drive area for the entire TPV c...

Page 46: ...host accesses evenly after TPP expansion after drives are added Figure 23 TPV Balancing When Distributing Host Accesses Evenly after TPP Expansion RAID group 0 2 Added RAID groups TPP TPP Balancing Balance Thin Provisioning Volume is a function that evenly relocates the physically allocated capacity of TPVs among the RAID groups that configure the TPP Balancing TPV allocation can be performed for ...

Page 47: ... 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 for the TPP to which the TPVs belong If this causes the total logical capacity of the TPVs in all the TPPs that include these working volumes to exceed the maximum pool capacity a TPV ba...

Page 48: ...GUI or ETERNUS CLI This function is also available when the RAID Mi gration destination is a TPP or an FTRP TPV FTV capacity optimization reads and checks the data in each allocated area for the Thin Provisioning func tion This function releases the allocated physical areas to unallocated areas if data that contains all zeros is detected Figure 24 TPV FTV Capacity Optimization 0 0 0 0 TPV FTV LBA0...

Page 49: ...orage Cruiser monitors data and determines the redistribution of data The ETERNUS DX uses the Flexible Tier function to move data in the storage system 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 di...

Page 50: ...ess frequency and optimizes performance The Flexible Tier uses pools configured by multiple RAID groups Flexible Tier Sub Pools FTSP and larger pools comprised by layers of Flexible Tier Sub Pools Flexible Tier Pools FTRP A volume which is used by the Flexible Tier is referred to as the Flexible Tier Volume FTV 2 Basic Functions Operations Optimization Virtualization Automated Storage Tiering 50 F...

Page 51: ...creating an FTRP or create an FTSP with a Self Encrypt ing Drive SED Flexible Tier Sub 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 ...

Page 52: ...volume The physical storage capacity can be reduced by allocating a virtualized storage capacity Thick When creating a volume the physical area is allocated to the entire volume area This can be used for vol umes in the system area to prevent a system stoppage due to a pool capacity shortage during operations In general selecting Thin is recommended The Allocation method can be changed after an FT...

Page 53: ...ier function is enabled 64 work volumes physical capacity is 0MB are created The maximum number of volumes that can be created in the ETERNUS DX decreases by the number of work volumes that are created If an FTSP or an FTRP includes one or more RAID groups that are configured with Advanced Format drives the write performance may be reduced when accessing FTVs created in the relevant FTSP or FTRP f...

Page 54: ...This plays an important role for performance The FTRP balancing function can be used to evenly relocate the physically allocated capacity among RAID groups that configure the same FTSP Note that balancing cannot be performed if balancing migrates each physical area to other FTSPs Balancing Level High Middle or Low is displayed for the balance level of each FTSP High indicates that the physical cap...

Page 55: ...he controller CM as the sec ondary cache to improve the read access performance from the server Frequently accessed areas are written to the PFM asynchronously with I O When a read request is issued from the server data is read from the PFM to speed up the response Either the Extreme Cache function or the Extreme Cache Pool function can be used Using the faster Extreme Cache function is recommende...

Page 56: ...ith the specified SSDs and volumes for the Extreme Cache Pool are crated in the RAID group The maximum capacity that can be used as an Extreme Cache Pool is 1 600GB for each controller If the total capacity of the selected SSDs exceeds 1 600GB remaining area cannot be used If SSDs with different capacities are selected the most capacity the RAID group will be created with is equal to the capacity ...

Page 57: ...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 ex isting RAID group capacity instead of adding a new RAID group to add the volumes Migration among RAID Groups RAID Migration The performance of the current RAID groups may not...

Page 58: ...oups makes I O access from the server more efficient and im proves the performance 2 Basic Functions Optimization of Volume Configurations 58 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 59: ...N0 Unused 600GB x 4 Unused 300GB x 4 RAID5 3D 1P 600GB x 4 LUN0 Migration Volumes moved to a different RAID level RAID5 g RAID1 0 Figure 31 RAID Migration When a Volume Is Moved to a Different RAID Level LUN0 Migration LUN0 LUN0 RAID5 3D 1P 600GB x 4 Unused 600GB x 8 Unused 600GB x 4 Unused 600GB x 8 The volume number LUN does not change before and after the migration The host can access the volum...

Page 60: ...SV Standard Standard The volume type depends on the migration destination A volume becomes encrypted when moved to an encrypted pool RAID group TPP Encrypted TPP Unencrypted FTRP Encrypted FTRP Unencrypted Unencrypted volumes Encrypted volumes Specify unused areas in the migration destination RAID group or pool with a capacity larger than the migration source volume Note that RAID groups that are ...

Page 61: ...UN0 Unused 600GB x 4 RAID1 0 4D 4M 600GB x 8 Expansion LUN0 LUN0 Expands the capacity by adding four drives and changes the RAID level LDE works in terms of RAID group units If a target RAID group contains multiple volumes all of the data in the volumes is automatically redistributed when LDE is performed Note that LDE cannot be performed if it causes the number of data drives to be reduced in the...

Page 62: ...ced Format drives the write performance may be reduced when ac cessing volumes created in the relevant RAID group from an OS or an application that does not support Ad vanced Format LUN Concatenation LUN Concatenation is a function that is used to add new area to a volume and so expand the volume capacity available to the server This function enables the reuse of leftover free area in a RAID group...

Page 63: ... required Data can be accessed from the host in the same way regardless of the concatenation status before during or after concatenation However the recognition methods of the volume capacity expansion vary depending on the OS types When the concatenation source is a new volume A new volume can be created by selecting a RAID group with unused capacity Figure 36 LUN Concatenation When the Concatena...

Page 64: ...tenation the volume will need to be registered with ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager again When specifying a volume in the RAID group configured with Advanced Format drives as a concatenation source or a concatenation destination to expand the capacity the write performance may be reduced when accessing the expanded volumes from an OS or an application that does not support Advanced Format 2 Basic ...

Page 65: ...AID Migration Other volumes Standard SDVs SDPVs or WSVs can be created in the free area of a RAID group that is con catenated by Wide Striping WSVs cannot be created in RAID groups with the following conditions RAID groups that belong to TPPs or FTRPs The RAID group that is registered as an REC Disk Buffer RAID groups with different stripe size values RAID groups that are configured with different...

Page 66: ...are Data Encryption Data is encrypted on a volume basis by the controllers CMs of the ETERNUS DX Data is encrypted and unen crypted 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 Encryp tion method uses a Fujitsu original algorithm that has been specifically created for ETERNUS DX storage sys tems ...

Page 67: ...that can be registered in the ETERNUS DX this key can be automatically created by using the settings in ETER NUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI By linking with the key server the authentication key of an SED can be managed from the key server Creating and storing an authentication key in a key server makes it possible to manage the authentication key more se curely By consolidating authentication keys for...

Page 68: ...is faster than AES Although AES 256 has a higher encryption strength than AES 128 the Read Write access performance degrades If importance is placed upon the encryption strength AES 256 is recommended However if importance is placed upon performance or if a standard encryption meth od is not particularly required the Fujitsu Original Encryption method is recommended Figure 40 Firmware Data Encrypt...

Page 69: ...rver Linkage Security for authentication keys that are used for authenticating encryption from Self Encrypting Drives SEDs can be enhanced by managing the authentication key in the key server Key life cycle management A key is created and stored in the key server A key can be obtained by accessing the key server from the ETERNUS DX when required A key cannot be stored in the ETERNUS DX Managing a ...

Page 70: ...an also be used as the key management soft ware Figure 41 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 Business server An ETERNUS DX uses the authentication key that is stored in the key server in order to unlock the encryption SEDs RAID group that are not registered in ...

Page 71: ...the host server can be maintained even if the SED authentication key is changed during operation When linking with the key management server the ETERNUS DX obtains the SED authentication key from the key server and performs authentication when key management settings are performed key manage ment information is displayed and any of the following operations are performed Turning on the ETERNUS DX E...

Page 72: ...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 can be logged in at the same time using ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI The ...

Page 73: ...ole Security Setting Maintenance Information Firmware Management Maintenance Operation Supported category Not supported 1 This is the role that is used for external software A user account with a Software role cannot be used with ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI To use functions that require a license a category that supports the function used to register the required license must be selected The de...

Page 74: ...rd authentication and client public key authentication are available as authentication methods for SSH connections The supported client public keys are shown below Table 25 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 Authentication External Authentication uses the user acc...

Page 75: ...n selected for Authentica tion Error Recovery on ETERNUS Web GUI ETERNUS CLI or SMI S logging on to ETERNUS Web GUI or ETER NUS CLI will not be available When the setting to use Internal Authentication for errors caused by network problems is configured Inter nal Authentication is performed if RADIUS authentication fails on both primary and secondary RADIUS serv ers or at least one of these failur...

Page 76: ...r 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 43 Audit Log Syslog server ETERNUS DX System administrator Log in Log out Change settings Information such as the storage system n...

Page 77: ...cialized 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 mo tor 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 are possible SSDs Unused drives that are not used b...

Page 78: ... an Eco mode disk operating schedule does not need to be set A drive in a stopped condition starts 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 26 Eco mode Specifications Item Description Re...

Page 79: ...o five minutes When a set time elapses since the last access to a disk the motor of the disk is stopped If a disk is activated from the stopped state more than a set amount of times in a day the Eco mode schedule is not applied and disk motors are not stopped by the Eco mode Example 1 Setting the Eco mode schedule via ETERNUS Web GUI Operation schedule is set as 9 00 to 21 00 and there are no acce...

Page 80: ...ing the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser integrated management software in a storage system environment The ETERNUS DX collects information on power consumption and the ambient temperature in the storage system Collected information is notified using SNMP and graphically displayed on the screens by ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Cooling efficiency can be improved by understanding local temperature rises in ...

Page 81: ...rtification authority registered in web browsers Therefore some web browsers will display warnings Once a server certification 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 27 ETERNUS Web GUI Operating Environment So...

Page 82: ...he performance threshold and retain performance information for the duration that a user specifies When performance monitoring is operated from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI performance information in each type is obtained during specified intervals 30 300 seconds in the ETERNUS DX The performance information can be stored and exported in the text file format as well as...

Page 83: ... of transferred data that is received per second Host LU QoS Performance Information Average IOPS the average number of I Os per second Minimum 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...

Page 84: ...mportance Event contents Error Maintenance is necessary Component failure temperature error end of battery life rebuild copyback etc Warning Preventive maintenance is neces sary Module warning battery life warning etc Notification information Device information Component restoration notification user log in logout RAID creation deletion storage system power on off firmware update etc E Mail When a...

Page 85: ...S 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 remote support center The ETERNUS DX sends addi tional information logs and system configuration information for checking the error This shortens the time to collect information Remote support has the following maintenance functions Failure notice This ...

Page 86: ... sent again When using the syslog function enabling the syslog function for the first time confirm that the syslog server has successfully received the event log of the relevant operation Using the ETERNUS Multipath Driver to monitor the storage system by host senses is recommended Sense codes that cannot be detected in a single configuration can also be reported 2 Basic Functions Operation Manage...

Page 87: ...y 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 If an error occurs in a system that has a different date and time for each device analyzing the cause of this error may be difficult Make sure to set the date and time correctly when using Eco mo...

Page 88: ...ly turns on and off the ETERNUS DX Figure 48 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 88 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 89: ...omation is re quired 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 49 Wake On LAN LAN Packet transmission Administration terminal Wake On LAN utility ETERNUS DX 2 Basic Functions Power Control 89 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S...

Page 90: ... single ETERNUS DX and a remote copy that is performed between multiple 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 30 Control Software Advanced Copy Control so...

Page 91: ... updated in small amounts Performing system test data replication Restoration from a backup SnapOPC SnapOPC 1 As updates occur in the source data SnapOPC SnapOPC saves the data prior to change to the copy destination SDV TPV FTV The data prior to changes in the updated area is saved to an SDP TPP FTRP Create an SDPV for the SDP when performing SnapOPC SnapOPC by specifying an SDV as the copy desti...

Page 92: ... for the following usages Performing a backup Performing system test data replication Prepare an encrypted SDP when an encrypted SDV is used If the SDP capacity is insufficient a copy cannot be performed In order to avoid this situation an operation that notifies the operation administrator of event information according to the remaining SDP capacity is recommended For more details on event notifi...

Page 93: ...fer mode and the asynchronous transfer mode These modes can be selected according to whether importance is placed upon I O response time or com plete backup of the data is performed until the point when a disaster occurs Table 32 REC Data Transfer Mode Data transfer mode I O response Updated log status in the case of disaster Synchronous transmission mode Affected by transmission delay Data is com...

Page 94: ...er due to a transmission delay in the WAN the update order in the copy destination is controlled to be maintained The Consistency mode is used to perform mirroring for data with multiple areas such as databases in order to maintain the transfer order for copy sessions This mode uses part of the cache memory as a buffer REC Buffer A copy via the REC Buffer stores multiple REC session I Os in the RE...

Page 95: ...utput to the server log message and other destinations To prevent error messages from being output consider using other monitoring methods When a firmware update is performed copy sessions must be suspended The following models support REC Disk Buffers ETERNUS DX100 S4 DX200 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX8900 S4 ETERNUS DX100 S3 DX200 S3 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 ETERNUS DX8100 S3 DX8700 ...

Page 96: ...apOPC or SnapOPC Restoration from the copy destination to the copy source Restore OPC EC or REC Reverse Restoration can be performed by switching the copy source and destination of the EC or the REC Figure 53 EC or REC Reverse Copy source Copy destination EC or REC EC or REC Copy source Copy destination Reverse 2 Basic Functions Backup Advanced Copy 96 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETE...

Page 97: ...y destination 2 Figure 54 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 55 Multi Copy Copy destination 1 Copy source Copy destination 2 Copy destination 3 Copy destination 4 Copy destination 5 Copy destination 6 Copy destin...

Page 98: ...urce area to two or more copy destination areas in a single copy destination storage system cannot be performed Even though multiple multi copy destinations cannot be set in the same storage system a multi copy from the same copy source area to different copy destination storage systems can be performed Figure 57 Multi Copy Using the Consistency Mode Copy source Copy destination 1 Copy destination...

Page 99: ...stency 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 60 Copy session 1 refers to a copy session in which the copy destination area is also used as the copy source area of another copy session and Copy session 2 refers to a copy session in whi...

Page 100: ...ession 2 Copy session 2 Copy session 1 OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC SnapOPC EC REC syn chronous transmis sion REC Stack mode REC Consisten cy mode OPC 1 1 QuickOPC 1 1 2 SnapOPC 1 1 SnapOPC 1 1 EC REC synchro nous trans mission 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 REC Stack mode REC Consis tency mode 3 3 3 3 3 4 Possible Not possible 1 When copy session 2 is an OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC or SnapOPC session data in the copy destinatio...

Page 101: ...OPC SnapOPC EC REC syn chronous transmis sion REC Stack mode REC Consisten cy mode OPC QuickOPC 1 SnapOPC SnapOPC EC REC synchro nous trans mission REC Stack mode REC Consis tency mode 2 2 Possible Not possible 1 This combination is supported only if the copy size in both the copy source volume and the copy destina tion volume is less than 2TB If the copy size is 2TB or larger perform the followin...

Page 102: ...n the data in the copy desti nation for copy session 2 is available even during a physical copy If copy session 1 is an EC or REC session and copy session 2 is an OPC QuickOPC SnapOPC or SnapOPC session setting copy session 2 after setting copy session 1 to an equivalent or suspended state is recom mended When stopping an OPC or QuickOPC session for copy session 1 during a physical copy stop copy ...

Page 103: ...ns can be performed with the following configuration However two EC sessions in the copy destination ETERNUS device cannot be Active at the same time Figure 62 Cascade Copy Using Four Copy Sessions REC Stack mode Copy session 1 Copy session 2 Copy session 3 Copy session 4 EC EC EC REC Stack mode QuickOPC EC EC A B C D E A B C D E ETERNUS DX AF ETERNUS DX AF ETERNUS DX AF ETERNUS DX AF 2 Basic Func...

Page 104: ...and 512KB 5D 1P 8D 1P 64KB 128KB and 256KB 9D 1P 15D 1P 64KB and 128KB Reliability RAID5 0 All drive configurations 64KB High reliability RAID6 High reliability RAID6 FR 1 D Data M Mirror P Parity 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 appli...

Page 105: ...controls access Assigned CM When the load is unbalanced between the controllers change the assigned CM If an assigned controller is disconnected for any reason the assigned CM is replaced by another controller After the disconnected controller is installed again and returns to normal status this controller becomes the assigned CM again 2 Basic Functions Performance Tuning 105 FUJITSU Storage ETERN...

Page 106: ... RAID level Number of drives SSD and SSD SED RAID5 5 to 48 SAS SAS SED Nearline SAS and Nearline SAS SED RAID6 7 to 48 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 efficiency Table 36 shows a guideline f...

Page 107: ...pproximately 12 2TB Approximately 24 4TB 18 RAID5 2 14 1 1 Approximately 12 2TB Approximately 24 4TB 19 RAID5 2 16 1 0 Approximately 13 9TB Approximately 27 9TB 20 RAID5 2 16 1 1 Approximately 13 9TB Approximately 27 9TB 21 RAID5 4 16 1 0 Approximately 6 9TB Approximately 27 9TB 22 RAID5 3 18 1 0 Approximately 10 4TB Approximately 31 4TB 23 RAID5 3 18 1 1 Approximately 10 4TB Approximately 31 4TB ...

Page 108: ...ximately 55 8TB 38 RAID5 4 32 1 1 Approximately 13 9TB Approximately 55 8TB 39 RAID5 4 32 1 2 Approximately 13 9TB Approximately 55 8TB 40 RAID5 4 32 1 3 Approximately 13 9TB Approximately 55 8TB 41 RAID5 5 35 1 0 Approximately 12 2TB Approximately 61 0TB 42 RAID5 5 35 1 1 Approximately 12 2TB Approximately 61 0TB 43 RAID5 6 36 1 0 Approximately 10 4TB Approximately 62 8TB 44 RAID5 6 36 1 1 Approx...

Page 109: ...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 storage sys tem 6 or less RAID groups cannot be cre ated 7 RAID6 1 4 1 0 Approximately 4 2TB Approximately 4 2TB 8 RAID6 1 4 1 1 Approximately 4 2TB Approximately 4 2TB 9 RAID6 1 6 1 0 Approximately 6 4TB Approximately 6 4TB 10 RAID6...

Page 110: ...8 1 0 Approximately 6 4TB Approximately 19 2TB 26 RAID6 3 18 1 1 Approximately 6 4TB Approximately 19 2TB 27 RAID6 3 18 1 2 Approximately 6 4TB Approximately 19 2TB 28 RAID6 3 21 1 0 Approximately 7 4TB Approximately 22 4TB 29 RAID6 3 21 1 1 Approximately 7 4TB Approximately 22 4TB 30 RAID6 3 21 1 2 Approximately 7 4TB Approximately 22 4TB 31 RAID6 3 24 1 0 Approximately 8 5TB Approximately 25 6TB...

Page 111: ...Approximately 34 1TB 45 RAID6 4 32 1 4 Approximately 8 5TB Approximately 34 1TB 46 RAID6 5 35 1 0 Approximately 7 4TB Approximately 37 3TB 47 RAID6 5 35 1 1 Approximately 7 4TB Approximately 37 3TB 48 RAID6 5 35 1 2 Approximately 7 4TB Approximately 37 3TB Figure 65 RAID Configuration Example When 15 SAS Disks Are Installed RAID6 2 Hot spare 1 Unused drive 2 RAID6 group 1 1 Hot spare Unused drive ...

Page 112: ...rm both deduplication and compression at the same time but can also perform only deduplication or compression individually Overviews of the Deduplication Compression function the Deduplication function and the Compression function are described below Deduplication Compression Function This function removes duplicate data blocks compresses the remaining data blocks and then stores the data Figure 6...

Page 113: ...ompression Function This function compresses each data block and stores the data Figure 68 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 SAN Functions Operations Optimization Deduplication Compression 113 FUJI...

Page 114: ...ication compression is not ef fective a write operation to the Deduplication Compression Volume may fail due to a capacity shortage of the DEDUP_SYS Volume In addition if the DEDUP_SYS Volume capacity runs out or is close to running out an SNMP Trap is sent 4 NAS user volumes are not supported The Memory Extension must be installed to use the Deduplication Compression function Performance When Usi...

Page 115: ...is created with a controller firmware version V10L70 and later the Dedup Ready setting is specified when the TPP is created 21MB Select a target TPP to enable the Dedu plication Compression function 3 4 A TPP that is created with a controller firmware version V10L70 and later the Dedup Ready setting is not specified when the TPP is created 21MB Select a target TPP to enable the Dedu plication Comp...

Page 116: ...duplication Compression Volumes where both Deduplica tion and Compression are enabled Enable Disable Deduplication Compression Volumes where only Deduplication is enabled Disable Enable Deduplication Compression Volumes where only Compression is enabled Disable Disable TPVs for SAN where both Deduplication and Compression are disabled Deduplication Compression setting for TPPs where the volumes ca...

Page 117: ... from the data after deduplication compression the control information is written to the DEDUP_SYS Vol ume and the DEDUP_MAP 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 Deduplication Compression Volumes The physical capacity may temporarily be lar...

Page 118: ...ced 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 perform ance reduction The copy performance may be significantly reduced when compared to non Deduplication Compression Vol umes TPVs When using copies between ETERNUS DX storage systems data without deduplication and compression is sent to the cop...

Page 119: ...itoring Modify cache parameters Create a LUN while rebuilding 1 1 LUN mapping QoS Create ODX Buffer volume Storage Migration Non disruptive Storage Migra tion Storage Cluster Extreme Cache Extreme Cache Pool 1 Automatically created when the Deduplication Compression function is enabled for TPPs 2 Automatically deleted when the Deduplication Compression function is disabled for TPPs 3 When DEDUP_SY...

Page 120: ...Volume 0 LUN 255 Volume 255 Permission 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 ...

Page 121: ...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 multi ple host groups LUN Group A LUN group is a group of LUNs that can be recognized by the host and the LUN group can be accessed from the same host group and CA po...

Page 122: ...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 CLI In addition scheduled operations when setting a bandwidth limit for hosts CA ports and LUN groups are pos sible by setting a duration using ETERNUS CLI Linking with ETERNUS SF Storage Cru...

Page 123: ...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 Functions Stable Operation via Load Control 123 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 D...

Page 124: ... 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 Figure 74 Host Response Server B Server C Server A Host Response settings for Server A for Server B for Server C ETERNUS DX If the host response settings are not set correctly a volume may not be recognized or the desired perform ance may not be possi...

Page 125: ... the target volume is created by mirror ing between ETERNUS DX AF storage systems If a failover occurs during operation a link down error occurs in the CA port on the Primary storage and the CA port on the Secondary storage takes over 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 Storag...

Page 126: ...erver is enabled and Standby indi cates that access from a business server is disabled CA port pair By sharing the WWPN WWNN for the FC or by sharing the IP address and iSCSI name for the iSCSI with the CA ports of two ETERNUS DX AF storage systems the Storage Cluster function performs a failover by controlling the Link status of each CA port This pair of CA ports that share the WWPN and WWNN or t...

Page 127: ...orage max 10 seconds the Primary and Secondary storage cannot be accessed There fore business applications are expected to have a maximum I O delay response of 10 seconds Data mirroring between the Primary storage and the Secondary storage is performed by the Storage Cluster during normal operations When a Write is performed from the server to the Primary storage data is also transferred to the Se...

Page 128: ...ration 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 op eration This method is suitable for cases requiring continued host access during the data migration Figure 77 Storage Migration ETERNUS DX The source storage system ...

Page 129: ...m 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 Flexible Tier Migration is running An Advanced Copy session exists For the migration destination device the FC port mode needs to be switched to Initiator and the port pa rameter also needs to be ...

Page 130: ...er of ports in the external storage system that can be connected from the local storage system per FC Initiator port 32 ports The maximum number of migration target volumes that can be imported to the local storage system 1 8 192 The maximum number of migration target volumes in the external storage system that can be imported simultaneously to the local storage system 512 1 The number of migratio...

Page 131: ...ystem volume returns the same information as the External Volume even after a migra tion is completed Do not set the copy operation suppression the cache parameters and the Volume QoS for the External Vol ume The functions that can be used for the External Volumes are delete rename and RAID migration Other functions cannot be used until the data migration is successfully completed Migration destin...

Page 132: ...s such as Logical Unit Number LUN creation deletion expansion and snapshots are supported Figure 79 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 Connect Plug in App OS App OS App OS Oracle VM Manager Linkage software...

Page 133: ...agement screen SAN Obtain information Obtain information vCenter server Client PC VAAI VASA Full Copy XCOPY Copying in a storage system VAAI LAN ETERNUS VASA Provider ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Operation management server ETERNUS vCenter Plug in VMware vCenter Server VMware Web Client VMware Server App OS App OS App OS Profile Driven Storage Storage DRS Block Zeroing Hardware Assisted Locking ETER...

Page 134: ... or migrating the virtual machine With Full Copy XCOPY the load on the servers is reduced and the system performance is improved Block Zeroing When allocating storage areas to create new virtual machines it is necessary to zero out these storage areas for the initialization process This process was previously performed on the server side By performing this process on the ETERNUS DX side instead th...

Page 135: ...Cruiser ETERNUS VASA Provider software is required in the storage management server to coordinate vSphere with the ETERNUS DX For details on ETERNUS VASA Provider refer to VMware Linkage page 133 Figure 81 VVOL Operational Configuration SAN ETERNUS DX VM management server Storage management server vSphere App OS App OS App OS vSphere App OS App OS App OS LAN VMware vSphere Client ETERNUS SF Storag...

Page 136: ...ainer PE PE vSphere App OS App OS App OS PE PEs are control volumes to integrally manage multiple VVOLs Storage Container VVOL Datastore Storage containers are pools for creating VVOLs The ETERNUS DX uses FTRPs as storage containers Multiple storage containers can be created in the ETERNUS DX VVOL VVOLs are logical volumes that are created in FTRPs Multiple VVOLs can be created in a storage contai...

Page 137: ... Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI except to enable the VVOL function If a VVOL management information dedicated FTV fails because of errors such as a RAID group failure the VVOL management information dedicated FTV must be recovered by recovering the RAID group deleting and recreating the VVOL management information dedicated FTV using ETERNUS CLI and by performing a backup or synchronizing the VVOL managem...

Page 138: ... Server Veeam backup server Job management Component management Backup repositories Data transfer Data storage Storage device where the backup data is stored ETERNUS DX Backup proxies Backup and restore of virtual machines Data transfer Data Data FC iSCSI FUJITSU Plug In for Veeam Backup Replication SAN LAN Veeam Storage Integration software ETERNUS DX software setup tool 3 SAN Functions Server Li...

Page 139: ...ackup Replication jobs or operations may fail during a RAID migration a Thin Provisioning Vol ume balancing or a Flexible Tier Pool balancing SnapOPC is used for Veeam Storage Integration Thin Provisioning Volumes TPVs or Flexible Tier Volumes FTVs are used as SnapOPC copy destination volumes Configure an appropriate maximum pool capacity for the Thin Provisioning function by taking the total ca p...

Page 140: ...SDPV Supported Not supported 1 Deduplication Compression Volumes TPVs are not supported Copy destination TPVs FTVs are automatically created when snapshots are created with Veeam Backup Replication 3 SAN Functions Server Linkage Functions 140 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0...

Page 141: ...ying in a storage system SCVMM management console Hyper V App OS App OS App OS Space Reclamation Windows Server Server application Backup software Windows Server SMI S VSS ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider ETERNUS DX Linkage software ETERNUS DX software setup tool 3 SAN Functions Server Linkage Functions 141 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Des...

Page 142: ... Advanced Copy function for the ETERNUS DX ETERNUS VSS Hardware Provider is required to use this function SnapOPC and QuickOPC can be used as the copy method To use the ODX function the controller firmware version of the ETERNUS DX must be V10L80 2000 or later or V10L81 2000 or later System Center Virtual Machine Manager SCVMM System Center is a platform to manage operations of data centers and cl...

Page 143: ...snapshot and saves the snap shot 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 85 Logical Volume Manager LVM Physical group RAID group 0 RAID group 1 RAID group 2 Physical volume Physical volume Physical volume Business server Logical volume Volume group LUN LUN LUN ETERNUS ...

Page 144: ...nnection topologies that are supported are Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL and Fabric Direct connections and switch connections to the servers are available The following types of host interfaces are available FC 32Gbit s This host interface is supported only for the ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 FC 16Gbit s FC 8Gbit s One of the following transfer rates can be specified For FC 32Gbit s 32Gbit s 1...

Page 145: ... Disabled Up to 1500 bytes Server side CPU load can be reduced by using Jumbo Frame However I O performance may be reduced by 10 to 30 Security Architecture for Internet Protocol IPsec The IPsec function is not supported Connect the server using a LAN switch that has the IPsec function as re quired Internet Protocol IPv4 and IPv6 are supported Data Center Bridging DCB iSCSI 10Gbit s interfaces sup...

Page 146: ...path connection configuration the path failover and load balancing functions are not supported A multipath connection configuration is recommended to maintain availability when a problem occurs Figure 86 Single Path Connection When a SAN Connection Is Used Direct Connection Server HBA Server HBA ETERNUS DX CM 0 CA Port Port CA CM 1 Port Port Figure 87 Single Path Connection When a SAN Connection I...

Page 147: ...on When a SAN Connection 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 89 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 4 Connection Configuration SAN Connection 147 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS ...

Page 148: ...en into consideration Paths from a single server should be separately connected to a different host interface in case of host inter face 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 AF is duplicated and connect...

Page 149: ... exist together on a REC path Figure 91 Example of Non Supported Connection Configuration When Multiple Types of Remote Interfaces Are Installed in the Same ETERNUS DX AF FC RA iSCSI RA FC RA REC path iSCSI RA ETERNUS DX AF ETERNUS DX AF The following configuration is supported because the same type of interface is used for each REC path Figure 92 Example of Supported Connection Configuration When...

Page 150: ...e ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 Host interfaces with two different maximum transfer rates 16Gbit s and 8Gbit s are available for the ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Figure 93 An FC Connection for a Remote Copy between ETERNUS DX AF Storage Systems When Redundant Paths Are Used FC RA Copy source ETERNUS DX AF FC switch FC switch SAN FC FC RA FC RA Copy destination FC RA ETERNUS DX AF FC switch FC switch Figu...

Page 151: ...US DX AF Storage Systems When Lines Are Used Copy source ETERNUS DX AF Switch iSCSI RA Copy destination iSCSI RA ETERNUS DX AF WAN IP line Switch The IPsec function is not supported for iSCSI interfaces Select a LAN switch with the IPsec function to use the IPsec function to perform a remote copy 4 Connection Configuration Remote Connections 151 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX...

Page 152: ... DX8700 S3 DX8900 S3 ETERNUS AF250 S2 AF650 S2 ETERNUS AF250 AF650 ETERNUS DX200F ETERNUS DX90 S2 ETERNUS DX410 S2 DX440 S2 2 ETERNUS DX8100 S2 DX8700 S2 2 ETERNUS DX90 ETERNUS DX410 DX440 ETERNUS DX8100 DX8400 DX8700 1 Firmware update may be required For information about firmware versions contact your sales representative 2 This cannot be connected to a remote interface iSCSI RA of the ETERNUS D...

Page 153: ...logs on to the ETERNUS DX via a LAN to set the RAID configuration manage operations and perform maintenance 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 n...

Page 154: ...g the IP address of the Slave CM Figure 97 Connection Example When the IP Address of the Slave CM Is Set and a Dedicated Remote Support Port Is Not Used Remote support center RMT ports are not used The IP addresses of the Master CM and the Slave CM are set LAN switch SNMP manager NTP server E mail server Authentication server Syslog server LAN for operation management ETERNUS DX Controller enclosu...

Page 155: ...ect server can be handled directly and immediately AIS Connect serv er 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 set up...

Page 156: ...red data is protected against spy out and manipulation For setup procedure for remote support by AIS Connect refer to Configuration Guide Basic In some regions the usage of AIS Connect is limited to contract customers Contact the Support Department for details REMCS For setup procedure for remote support by REMCS refer to Configuration Guide Basic The sections that are shown below explain how to s...

Page 157: ...orts Syslog server LAN switch ETERNUS DX Remote support center Controller enclosure RMT CM 0 RMT CM 1 Router IP address C IP address A MNT MNT Administration terminal SNMP manager E mail server NTP server Authentication server LAN for operation management 4 Connection Configuration LAN Connection 157 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design ...

Page 158: ...MT MNT CM 0 RMT CM 1 Router Remote support center SNMP manager NTP server E mail server Authentication server Syslog server Administration terminal IP address A IP address B IP address C MNT LAN Control Master CM Slave CM This section explains how the LAN control controller of the ETERNUS DX operates For the two controllers in the ETERNUS DX the controller CM that is given the authority to manage ...

Page 159: ...has an LED that lights up green to identify when it is the Master CM Setting the IP address of the Slave CM ensures that ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI can be used from the Slave CM if an error occurs on the LAN path for the Master CM The Master CM and the Slave CM perform different functions The Slave CM can only switch the Master CM and display the status of the ETERNUS DX The IP address of the ...

Page 160: ...cp 5988 5989 from Used for SMI S cli ent com munica tion http https tcp Must be set to Used for event communi cations with the SMI S lis tener etc SLP tcp 427 from to Used for service in quiry communi cation from the SMI S cli ent E mail smtp cli ent tcp 25 3 to 2 2 Used for failure notifica tion etc NTP NTP cli ent udp 123 to 2 2 REMCS remote support smtp tcp Must be set to 2 2 Used for failure n...

Page 161: ... for some functions Not available 1 Only the following functions are available Checking the ETERNUS DX status Switching the Master CM 2 May use either the MNT port or RMT port 3 Modifiable For details on the port numbers for the Storage Foundation Software ETERNUS SF refer to the manual of each Storage Foundation Software ETERNUS SF 4 Connection Configuration LAN Connection 161 FUJITSU Storage ETE...

Page 162: ...onditions Rating Capacity Secure a sufficient rating capacity for the total value of the maximum power requirements for the enclosures that are to be installed To find the maximum power level requirements for each enclosure refer to Installation Specifications in Site Planning Guide Supply Time The total time for the server to shut down and for the ETERNUS DX to power off must be taken into consid...

Page 163: ...DX to synchronize the power with the target devices When the power synchronized unit detects the AC power output of any server UPS unit the power synchronized unit commands the ETERNUS DX to turn on When the power synchronized unit does not detect AC power output in any of the server UPS units the power synchronized unit commands the ETERNUS DX to turn off The server UPS unit must have a function ...

Page 164: ...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 Issuance of command to turn off the ETERNUS DX from the power synchronized unit 4 ETERNUS DX shutdown 4 Connection Configuration Power Synchronized Connections 164 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybri...

Page 165: ...on 2 Turns off 1 4 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 Issuance of command to turn on the ETERNUS DX from the power synchronized unit 4 ETERNUS DX startup 1 The server must be set to suspend server OS startup until the ETERNUS DX startup is complete 4 Connection Configuratio...

Page 166: ...nstruction to power on the storage system 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 pow er is turned on Figure 106 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 D...

Page 167: ...1 CM 1 SW0 CPSU CPSU BBU BUD Memory Memory DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU PANEL PANEL MP CA CA EXP EXP EXP EXP MP PANEL Operation panel CE Controller Enclosure CM Controller Module CA Channel Adapter Host Interface Memory Cache Memory BBU Battery Backup Unit Backup power source in case of power outage BUD Bootup and Utility Device Backup area in case of power outage Storage area for firmware FAN Fan Uni...

Page 168: ...500 S3 maximum configuration Figure 108 ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 Maximum Configuration Diagram CE PFM PFM IOC CPU SW1 BUD CM 0 SW0 CPU SW1 IOC CM 1 SW0 CPSU CPSU BBU BUD Memory Memory DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU IOM 0 IOM 1 HD DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU DPSU DPSU FEM FEM HD DE IOM 0 IOM 1 DPSU DPSU DPSU DPSU FEM FEM PANEL CA CA CA CA EXP EXP MP EXP EXP PANEL PANEL EXP EXP MP MP PANEL EXP EXP MP DE DPS...

Page 169: ...ply unit for controller enclosures DE Drive Enclosure IOM I O Module Unit that controls I O between controllers and drives HD DE High density Drive Enclosure FEM Fan Expander Module Cooling fan module that is installed in a high density drive enclosure MP Mid Plane Board that is located between the front of the enclosure and the rear of the enclosure the controller CM or I O module IOM side DPSU D...

Page 170: ...NEL IOM 0 IOM 1 CA CA CA CA CA CA CA EXP EXP HD DE DPSU DPSU DPSU DPSU FEM FEM PANEL EXP EXP MP EXP EXP DE DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP DE DPSU DPSU MP PANEL EXP EXP PANEL Operation Panel CE Controller Enclosure CM Controller Module CA Channel Adapter Host Interface Memory Cache Memory 5 Hardware Configurations...

Page 171: ...losures DE Drive Enclosure IOM I O Module Unit that controls I O between controllers and drives HD DE High density Drive Enclosure High density drive enclosure FEM Fan Expander Module Cooling fan module that is installed in a high density drive enclosure MP Mid Plane Board that is located between the front of the enclosure and the rear of the enclosure the controller CM or I O module IOM side DPSU...

Page 172: ...o connection paths between a controller enclosure and drive enclosures For each connection path up to 11 drive enclosures and up to 264 drives can be connected Figure 110 Enclosure Connection Paths ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 DE 0x DI OUT DI OUT CE DE 1x Line 0 Line 1 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 00 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 01 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 10 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 11 DI IN DI DI O...

Page 173: ...ection Paths ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 DE 0x DI OUT DI OUT CE DE 1x Line 0 Line 1 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 00 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 01 DI IN DI OUT DI DI IN DE 10 DI IN DI OUT DI OUT DI IN DE 11 DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 0A DI IN DI DI OUT DI IN DE 1A DI OUT Drive interface OUT port DI IN Drive interface IN port 5 Hardware Configurations Configuration Schematics 173 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS D...

Page 174: ... S3 a specific firmware version may be required for the ETERNUS DX For details refer to the Firmware Release Information section in Overview or refer to Product List Memory Extension Extreme Cache Host interfaces FC Unified kit Unified License High density drive enclosures 12Gbit s Active optical cables Nearline SAS self encrypting disks SSDs 12Gbit s Self encrypting SSDs Advanced Format disks 5 H...

Page 175: ...e Cache Memory Modules In the ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 four cache memory modules can be installed for each controller and eight cache memory modules can be installed for each storage system In the ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 eight cache memory modules can be installed for each controller and 16 cache memory modules can be installed for each storage system 5 Hardware Configurations Optional Product ...

Page 176: ...t can also be calculated by using the drive capacity for tasks that place a priority on response time Basic Capacity of the Cache Memory The required capacity for cache memory is calculated according to the drive capacity of the access target ETERNUS DX500 S4 Table 51 Estimated Cache Memory Capacity ETERNUS DX500 S4 Drive capacity Cache memory capacity per storage system Cache memory capacity per ...

Page 177: ...mmended cache memory capacity if the REC Buffer setting is not performed If the REC Buffer set ting is performed the installation of additional cache memory is recommended Because the REC Buffer is duplicated between controllers the cache memory capacity must be double the specified REC Buffer ca pacity Memory Extension Memory Extension is required to use the Deduplication Compression function or ...

Page 178: ...e Cache function is not available when AC100V connections are used because PFMs cannot be in stalled Policies for Estimating Extreme Cache When installing Extreme Cache select an Extreme Cache capacity according to the physical capacity of the read access target drive Table 55 Installable PFM Capacity for Each Storage System Operation volume capacity Installable PFM capacity Up to 20TB 1 4TB 20TB ...

Page 179: ...nsfer over long distances by using optical fibers and coaxial ca bles FC is used for database servers where enhanced scalability and high performance are required iSCSI iSCSI is a communication protocol that transfers SCSI commands by encapsulating them in IP packets over Ether net Since iSCSI can be installed at a lower cost and the network configuration is easier to change than FC iSCSI is commo...

Page 180: ...enables the NAS function Number of Installable Host Interfaces In the ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 two host interfaces can be installed in the controller Each storage system can be installed with four host interfaces In the ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 four host interfaces can be installed in the controller Each storage system can be installed with eight host interfaces In the ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 ...

Page 181: ...Type ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 2 5 type drive enclosures 22 44 3 5 type drive enclosures 22 44 High density drive enclosures 8 16 If different types of drive enclosures are installed up to 22 drive enclosures can be installed in the ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 and up to 44 drive enclosures can be installed in the ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 Drive enclosures can be installed u...

Page 182: ...can be installed in an enclosure than 3 5 drives SAS Disks SAS disks are high performance and high reliability disks They are used to store high performance databases and other frequently accessed data The following disks are Advanced Format 512e disks 1 8TB SAS disks 2 4TB SAS disks 2 5 SAS self encrypting disks 2 4TB When using Advanced Format 512e disks make sure that Advanced Format 512e is su...

Page 183: ...rformance than disks such as SAS disks and Nearline SAS disks Containing no motors or other moving parts they are highly resistant to impact The ETERNUS DX supports SSDs that have a high level wear leveling function and sufficient reserved space Note that if the expected total write capacity is exceeded the frequency of errors gradually increases which may lead to a reduction in the write performa...

Page 184: ...RNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 and 1 056 for the ETER NUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 The following table shows the number of installable drives when the maximum number of drive enclosures are installed Table 58 Number of Installable Drives Type ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 2 5 type drive enclosures 528 1056 3 5 type drive enclosures 264 528 High density drive enclosures 480 960 For details o...

Page 185: ...4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 1 64GB cache memory for the DX500 S3 8GB 8 2 16GB cache memory for the DX500 S3 4GB 4 The diagram below shows a cache memory installation Install the cache memory modules in SLOT 0 and SLOT 2 first and then SLOT 4 and SLOT 6 according to the installation order The configuration is the same for Controller 0 CM 0 and Controller 1 CM 1 Figure 112 Cache Memory Installation Diagram E...

Page 186: ...e memory modules in SLOT 0 SLOT 2 SLOT 4 and SLOT 6 first and then SLOT 1 SLOT 3 SLOT 5 and SLOT 7 according to the installation order The configuration is the same for Controller 0 CM 0 and Controller 1 CM 1 Figure 113 Cache Memory Installation Diagram ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 Controller 0 CM 0 Controller 1 CM 1 SLOT 0 SLOT 1 SLOT 7 SLOT 6 SLOT 5 SLOT 4 SLOT 3 SLOT 2 SLOT 0 SLOT 1 SLOT 7 SLOT 6 ...

Page 187: ...cribes the standard installation rules for host interfaces Installation Order The installation priority order for host interfaces is shown below 1 FC 32Gbit s 4 ports 1 2 FC 16Gbit s 8 ports 3 FC 16Gbit s 4 ports 4 FC 8Gbit s 8 ports 5 FC 8Gbit s 4 ports 6 iSCSI 10Gbit s 4 ports 7 iSCSI 10Gbit s without SFP modules 4 ports 8 iSCSI 1Gbit s 4 ports 9 FCoE 10Gbit s 4 ports 10 FCoE 10Gbit s without SF...

Page 188: ...ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 CA 2 CA 3 CA 2 CA 3 CA 0 CA 1 Controller 1 CM 1 CA 0 CA 1 Controller 0 CM 0 Rear view of a controller enclosure Drive Enclosure This section describes the standard installation rules for drive enclosures Drive enclosures can be installed without installing any drives Installation Order 2 5 type 3 5 type and high density drive enclosures can be installed together in the ET...

Page 189: ...1 DE 11 DE 02 DE 12 PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets DE 03 DE 13 DE 04 DE 14 DE 05 DE 15 DE 06 DE 16 DE 07 Base rack Expansion rack 1 DE 08 DE 18 DE 09 DE 19 DE 0A PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets 42U DE 17 PDU 5 30A 8 outlets PDU 4 30A 8 outlets DE 1A 5 Hardware Configurations Standard Installation Rules 189 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX...

Page 190: ...00 S4 DX500 S3 4U DE CE DE 00 Base rack 42U DE 02 DE 12 DE 11 DE 01 DE 10 DE 03 PDU 5 30A 8 outlets PDU 4 30A 8 outlets PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets DE 13 5 Hardware Configurations Standard Installation Rules 190 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIM...

Page 191: ...xpansion rack 1 42U DE 15 DE 06 DE 16 DE 07 DE 17 CE DE 00 DE 11 DE 01 DE 10 DE 02 DE 12 DE 03 DE 13 DE 04 DE 14 DE 05 PDU 5 30A 8 outlets PDU 4 30A 8 outlets PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets 5 Hardware Configurations Standard Installation Rules 191 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX60...

Page 192: ... DE 23 Base rack Expansion rack 1 42U PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets Expansion rack 2 DE 33 DE 04 DE 14 DE 24 DE 34 DE 05 PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets DE 15 DE 25 DE 35 DE 06 DE 16 DE 26 DE 36 DE 07 DE 17 DE 27 DE 08 DE 18 DE 28 DE 38 DE 09 DE 19 DE 29 DE 39 DE 0A DE 1A DE 2A DE 3A DE 37 PDU 5 30A 8...

Page 193: ...DU 4 30A 8 outlets PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets CE DE 00 DE 01 DE 11 DE 30 DE 20 DE 10 DE 21 PDU 5 30A 8 outlets PDU 4 30A 8 outlets PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets DE 31 Base rack Expansion rack 1 5 Hardware Configurations Standard Installation Rules 193 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETE...

Page 194: ...DE 27 DE 37 PDU 5 30A 8 outlets PDU 4 30A 8 outlets PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets DE 31 DE 02 DE 12 DE 22 DE 32 DE 03 DE 13 DE 23 DE 33 DE 04 DE 14 DE 24 DE 34 DE 05 DE 15 PDU 3 30A 8 outlets PDU 2 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets PDU 1 30A 8 outlets PDU 0 30A 8 outlets Expansion rack 1 Expansion rack 2 5 Hardware Configuration...

Page 195: ...TB 7 2krpm 7 3 5 Nearline SAS disks for high density drive enclosures 4TB 7 2krpm 8 3 5 Nearline SAS disks for high density drive enclosures 6TB 7 2krpm 9 3 5 Nearline SAS disks for high density drive enclosures 8TB 7 2krpm 10 3 5 Nearline SAS disks for high density drive enclosures 10TB 7 2krpm 11 3 5 Nearline SAS disks for high density drive enclosures 12TB 7 2krpm 12 3 5 Nearline SAS disks for ...

Page 196: ...ot 40 Slot 39 Slot 38 Slot 37 Slot 47 Slot 46 Slot 24 Slot 33 Slot 32 Slot 31 Slot 30 Slot 29 Slot 28 Slot 27 Slot 26 Slot 25 Slot 35 Slot 34 Slot 12 Slot 21 Slot 20 Slot 19 Slot 18 Slot 17 Slot 16 Slot 15 Slot 14 Slot 13 Slot 23 Slot 22 Slot 0 Slot 9 Slot 8 Slot 7 Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 Slot 11 Slot 10 IOM PSU FEM Front view Rear view 5 Hardware Configurations Standard Installa...

Page 197: ...S disks 300GB 15krpm 18 2 5 SAS disks 600GB 15krpm 19 2 5 SAS disks 900GB 15krpm 20 2 5 SAS disks 300GB 10krpm 21 2 5 SAS disks 600GB 10krpm 22 2 5 SAS disks 900GB 10krpm 23 2 5 SAS disks 1 2TB 10krpm 24 2 5 SAS disks 1 8TB 10krpm 25 2 5 SAS disks 2 4TB 10krpm 26 2 5 SAS self encrypting disks 900GB 10krpm 27 2 5 SAS self encrypting disks 1 2TB 10krpm 28 2 5 SAS self encrypting disks 2 4TB 10krpm 2...

Page 198: ...t 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 13 Slot 14 Slot 15 Slot 0 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 16 Slot 17 Slot 18 Slot 19 Slot 20 Slot 21 Slot 22 Slot 23 5 Hardware Configurations Standard Installation Rules 198 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 199: ...B 7 2krpm 18 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 10TB 7 2krpm 19 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 12TB 7 2krpm 20 3 5 Nearline SAS disks 14TB 7 2krpm 21 3 5 Nearline SAS self encrypting disks 4TB 7 2krpm 22 3 5 Nearline SAS self encrypting disks 8TB 7 2krpm 23 3 5 Nearline SAS self encrypting disks 12TB 7 2krpm According to the installation order install drives in the slots of a drive enclosure from Slot 0 to Slot 11 in...

Page 200: ...a RAID group When selecting a RAID level such as RAID1 and RAID1 0 that configure mirroring within a RAID group relia bility is improved by installing paired drives in different drive enclosures that belong to two or more sepa rate path groups Mirroring Configuration RAID1 0 4D 4M is used in the following examples to explain how drives are installed to configure a mirroring RAID level The drive nu...

Page 201: ...rives are installed in three different drive enclosures Figure 128 Drive Combination 3 DE 20 B C DE 10 Mirroring C A DE 00 Mirroring A B 5 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 201 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 202: ...ing order of drive numbers Example 4 Drives are installed in two different drive enclosures Figure 129 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 130 Drive Combination 5 DE 20 F C DE 10 B E DE 00 A D Redundancy Group 1 Redundancy Group 2 5 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group ...

Page 203: ... 1D 1M DE 00 DE 10 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 RAID1 0 4D 4M Recommended RAID5 RAID5 0 RAID6 configuration example The drives that configure the RAID group are divided into different path groups Figure 132 Recommended RAID5 RAID5 0 RAID6 Configuration Example ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 RAID6 6D 2P RAID5 4D 1P DE 00 DE 10 RAID5 0 2D 1P x2 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 5 Hardware Co...

Page 204: ...ID6 FR Configuration Example ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX500 S3 DE 00 DE 10 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 RAID6 FR 3D 2P 2 1HS 5 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 204 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 205: ...nfigure mirroring are divided into different path groups Figure 134 Recommended RAID1 RAID1 0 Configuration Example ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 RAID1 0 4D 4M RAID1 1D 1M DE 00 DE 10 RAID1 1D 1M DE 20 DE 30 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 5 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 205 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems ...

Page 206: ...D6 Configuration Example ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 RAID5 0 3D 1P x2 RAID6 6D 2P RAID5 4D 1P DE 00 DE 10 DE 20 DE 30 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 5 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 206 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 207: ...R Configuration Example ETERNUS DX600 S4 DX600 S3 DE 00 DE 10 DE 20 DE 30 DI Controller CM 1 DI Controller CM 0 RAID6 FR 3D 2P 2 1HS 5 Hardware Configurations Recommended RAID Group Configuration 207 FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S3 DX600 S3 Hybrid Storage Systems Design Guide Basic Copyright 2019 FUJITSU LIMITED P3AM 7722 25ENZ0 ...

Page 208: ...mentation in a Unified configuration PCIe Flash Module PFM Host interface FC CA Host interface 10G iSCSI CA Host interface 1G iSCSI CA Host interface FCoE CA Host interface 10G Ethernet CA 2 2 Host interface 1G Ethernet CA 2 2 Power supply unit for CE CPSU MP 6 Operation panel PANEL Battery Backup Unit BBU Battery Charger Unit BCU Battery Unit BTU Drive enclosure DE high density drive enclosure HD...

Page 209: ...ring a failure The status of the ETERNUS DX can be monitored via ETERNUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI 8 FEMs are installed in high density drive enclosures SSD Sanitization The SSD sanitization function deletes data in the SSDs by using the sanitization function of the SSDs The SSD sanitization function can be used to delete user data for cases such as the disposal of the SSDs Executing the SSD sanitiza...

Page 210: ...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 Routing RIP v1 v2 RIPng File sharing common FTP FXP File sharing UNIX Linux NFSv2 v3 v4 0 File sharing Windows CIFS SMB1 0 2 0 3 0 Authentication Kerberos v5 RADIUS CHAP Supported Not supported Target Pool for Each Functio...

Page 211: ... Storage Cruiser can perform operations on FTRP and FTSP 2 The maximum total number of TPPs and FTSPs 3 The Deduplication Compression function can be enabled for a maximum of four TPPs 4 The Deduplication Compression function can be enabled for a maximum of eight TPPs 5 If an SDPV is created an SDP is automatically created 6 If all of the SDPVs are deleted SDPs are automatically deleted 7 When a v...

Page 212: ...lume 12 Decrypt volume 13 Advanced Copy function Local copy 14 Advanced Copy function Remote Copy 14 Forbid Advanced Copy Reserved and forced deletion Release reserva tion Performance monitoring Modify cache pa rameters 15 15 15 Extreme Cache Extreme Cache Pool Create a LUN while rebuilding Storage Migration A Function Specification List Target Pool for Each Function Volume List 212 FUJITSU Storag...

Page 213: ...led this function cannot be executed 10 Specify in units of FTRPs FTVs that need balancing are automatically selected and balanced for each FTSP 11 A threshold can be set to the pool which includes the target volume 12 Encryption of Standard volumes and SDVs can be performed when the volumes are created or after the volumes have been created Encryption of SDPVs can be performed only when the volum...

Page 214: ...l De vice Expan sion LDE LUN Concat enation Advanced Copy 1 Format Volume 3 4 4 3 4 RAID Migration 4 4 4 5 6 Logical Device Expansion 7 7 7 7 LUN Concatena tion 4 4 8 Advanced Copy 2 9 10 Volume Conver sion Encryption 4 4 4 4 4 Switch control ling CM 7 7 7 7 11 TPV capacity ex pansion 8 TPV Balancing 4 4 6 TPV FTV capacity optimization 4 FTRP Balancing Possible Not possible Table 62 Combinations o...

Page 215: ...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 copying cannot be processed for the expanded part When a copy session is specified for a logical disk volume capacity expansion can be performed 9 Copy ...

Page 216: ...at can be performed at the same time is 32 Capacity That Can Be Processed Simultaneously The following upper limit is applied to the capacity of processes that are to be executed The total capacity of TPV balancing FTRP balancing RAID Migration and Flexible Tier Migration processes that can be performed at the same time is 128TB A Function Specification List Combinations of Functions That Are Avai...

Page 217: ...al was prepared with the utmost attention to detail However Fujitsu shall assume no responsibility for any operational problems as the result of errors omissions or the use of information in this manual Fujitsu assumes no liability for damages to third party copyrights or other rights arising from the use of any information in this manual The content of this manual may not be reproduced or distrib...

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