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9 Heterogeneous server rules

This chapter describes platform configuration rules for SANs with specific operating systems and
heterogeneous server platforms:

• SAN platform rules

, page 186

• Blade servers

, page 186

• HP c-Class BladeSystem Virtual Connect

, page 187

• BladeSystem with Brocade Access Gateway mode

, page 189

• BladeSystem with Cisco N_Port Virtualization mode

, page 192

• NPV with FlexAttach

, page 194

• HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure considerations

, page 196

• HBA N_PortID Virtualization

, page 196

• NonStop servers (XP only)

, page 198

• HP-UX SAN rules

, page 212

• HP OpenVMS SAN rules

, page 214

• HP Tru64 UNIX SAN rules

, page 217

• Apple Mac OS X SAN rules

, page 219

• IBM AIX SAN rules

, page 220

• Linux SAN rules

, page 222

• Microsoft Windows SAN rules

, page 223

• Novell NetWare SAN rules

, page 225

• Sun Solaris SAN rules

, page 227

• VMware ESX SAN rules

, page 230

• Xen Citrix SAN rules

, page 231

• Heterogeneous SAN storage system coexistence

, page 232

• Server zoning rules

, page 233

The platform configuration rules in this chapter apply to SANs that comply with the following fabric
guidelines:

• H-series switches and fabric rules

, page 83

• B-series switches and fabric rules

, page 93

• C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules

, page 135

• M-series switches and fabric rules

, page 157

Before implementation, contact an HP storage representative for support information for specific
configurations, including the following elements:

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Server model

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HBAs and drivers

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Summary of Contents for StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays

Page 1: ...formation about HP SAN architecture including Fibre Channel iSCSI FCoE SAN extension and hardware interoperability Storage architects and system administrators can use this document to plan design and maintain an HP SAN Part number AA RWPYF TE Fifty third edition February 16 2010 ...

Page 2: ...rein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein WARRANTY STATEMENT To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product see the warranty information website http www hp com go storagewarranty Intel Itanium Pentium Intel Inside and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Inte...

Page 3: ...ies 35 Routed SAN fabrics 36 FCoE SAN fabrics 36 Benefits 36 Single switch fabric 36 Switch models 37 Benefits 37 Cascaded fabric 37 Switch models 38 Benefits 38 Meshed fabric 39 Switch models 40 Benefits 40 Ring fabric 40 Switch models 42 Benefits 42 Core edge fabric 42 Core edge fabric types 43 Switch models 45 Benefits 45 Topology data access 46 Topology maximums 46 H series switches 47 B serie...

Page 4: ...echniques 64 B series fabric groups 66 B series fabric partitioning using Virtual Fabrics 66 B series Virtual Fabrics architecture 66 C series fabric partitioning 66 H series switch fabric routing 67 B series C series and H series routing differences 67 Fabric redundancy and routing 69 Supported routing configurations 71 Routing and core edge fabrics 71 Routing through an IP network 73 High availa...

Page 5: ...ms and storage products 132 DC SAN Director Switch 10 24 FCoE Blade and 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch fabric rules 133 ISL maximums 134 6 C series switches and fabric rules 135 C series Fibre Channel switches 135 Model naming 137 Switch models 137 Features 142 Usage 145 Fibre Channel switch fabric rules 146 Operating systems and storage products 147 Fabric rules for C series Fibre Channel swi...

Page 6: ...erations 179 Infrastructure factors 180 Performance guidelines 180 III Host and storage system rules 183 9 Heterogeneous server rules 185 SAN platform rules 186 Blade servers 186 HP c Class BladeSystem Virtual Connect 187 HP Virtual Connect advantages 187 HP VC FC connectivity guidelines 188 BladeSystem with Brocade Access Gateway mode 189 Failover policy and failback policy 190 AG mode considerat...

Page 7: ... 238 Maximums 238 Management software support 239 Tape storage 239 HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 239 Homogeneous SAN support 240 Heterogeneous SAN support 241 Configuration rules 241 Heterogeneous storage system support 241 Zoning 242 Maximums 242 Tape storage 242 HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 243 Homogeneous SAN support 243 Heterogeneous SAN support 244 Configuration rules 2...

Page 8: ...up Solution 275 IV SAN extension and bridging 277 15 SAN extension 279 SAN extension overview 279 SAN extension technology 280 SAN iSCSI bridging technology 281 Fibre Channel long distance technology 282 Fiber optic transceivers 282 Wavelength division multiplexing 283 WDM overview 284 WDM network implementation 284 WDM system architectures 284 WDM system characteristics 285 HP coarse wave divisio...

Page 9: ...outer and MP Router Blade configuration examples 318 B series MP Router 319 B series MP Router features and requirements 320 B series MP Router configuration examples 321 C series MDS 9216i 9222i IPS 4 IPS 8 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Modules 18 4 Multiservice Modules 323 HP storage replication products 323 SAN extension best practices for Continuous Access EVA 324 Continuous Access EVA4400 6400 ...

Page 10: ... 374 iSCSI initiators 374 iSCSI boot 374 EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Options supported maximums 375 General rules for the EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Options 375 HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 2000i 376 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i overview 376 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i support 376 Server support 377 Operating system support 377 Path failover software 377 Management software support ...

Page 11: ...are support 390 Application support 390 Management software support 390 iSCSI Initiator support rules 390 HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI license upgrade options 391 Snapshot 391 Clustering 391 Direct Backup 391 Designing a Microsoft Exchange solution with iSCSI Feature Pack 392 Network design 392 Hardware selection 392 Exchange storage design 392 Supported load with Exchange 393 Sample iSCSI NAS...

Page 12: ...cryption Switch and Encryption FC Blade security 410 B series Fabric OS security 411 Resource protection 411 Data protection 413 Security validation 415 Key management 415 19 Best practices 417 SAN planning 417 Design specification 418 SAN topology 418 Multi fabric SANs 418 Failover protection 418 Data access patterns 418 ISL ratio 419 Incremental SAN expansion 419 SAN configuration 419 Fibre Chan...

Page 13: ...ation parameters 426 Independent fabric merge 427 High availability redundant fabric merge 427 20 Support and other resources 429 Contacting HP 429 HP technical support 429 Subscription service 429 Documentation feedback 429 New and changed information in this edition 429 Related information 430 Typographic conventions 431 Customer self repair 432 Glossary 433 Index 443 SAN Design Reference Guide ...

Page 14: ... multiple fabrics and device paths NSPOF 56 15 Basic MP Router configuration 65 16 Basic Virtual Fabric IFR configuration 65 17 Basic VSAN IVR configuration 65 18 Basic TR configuration 65 19 B series routing 67 20 B series Virtual Fabric IFR 68 21 C series VSAN IVR 68 22 H series switch routing 69 23 Dual redundant Meta SAN with 1606 Extension SAN Switch or MP Router 70 24 Dual redundant Virtual ...

Page 15: ... series Fibre Channel switch high availability VSAN management configuration 151 47 HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel configuration 188 48 Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem in Access Gateway mode 190 49 Access Gateway with dual redundant fabrics 191 50 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem in NPV mode 193 51 NPV device with dual redundant fabrics 194 52 Cisco MDS ...

Page 16: ...ansceiver 282 78 Basic WDM configuration using one long distance fiber optic link 286 79 Fully redundant WDM configuration using two long distance fiber optic links 287 80 HAFM Configure Ports dialog box 290 81 Set All RX BB Credits dialog box 290 82 FCIP single link configuration 291 83 FCIP dual link configuration 291 84 FCIP shared link configuration 292 85 FC SONET dual link configuration 297 ...

Page 17: ... 110 MP Routers connecting fabrics in an IP network 321 111 MP Routers connecting fabrics using two IP subnets 321 112 Redundant MP Routers and FCIP connections 322 113 XP Continuous Access Journal configuration 338 114 XP Continuous Access P jnl and S jnl groups 338 115 XP Continuous Access 3DC configuration 339 116 XP Continuous Access direct storage to storage configurations for Fibre Channel a...

Page 18: ...ct connect configuration 369 136 Fabric iSCSI Fibre Channel attachment mode configuration 369 137 Command View EVA iSCSI connectivity configuration 1 371 138 Command View EVA iSCSI connectivity configuration 2 372 139 Multipath direct connect iSCSI Fibre Channel attachment mode configuration 373 140 Multipath fabric iSCSI Fibre Channel attachment mode configuration 373 141 Fibre Channel and IP con...

Page 19: ...s 90 16 Zoning enforcement for H series switches 91 17 B series Fibre Channel switches 96 18 B series Fibre Channel switches and routers 97 19 B series legacy Fibre Channel switches and routers part I 98 20 B series legacy HP Fibre Channel switches and routers part II 99 21 B series legacy HP and Compaq Fibre Channel switches 100 22 B series Fibre Channel switch high availability feature compariso...

Page 20: ...ibre Channel switch high availability feature comparison 143 46 Using C series Fibre Channel switches as core switches 145 47 Using C series Fibre Channel switches as edge switches 146 48 C series Fibre Channel switch operating system and storage system support 147 49 C series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules 148 50 ISL maximums 149 51 Zoning limits for C series Fibre Channel switches 150 52 Zoni...

Page 21: ...series switches 175 82 ATM extension Fibre Channel distance rules 175 83 FCIP extension IP network distance rules 176 84 iSCSI bridging Fibre Channel distance rules 177 85 Fibre Channel and IP network routing distance rules 177 86 Heterogeneous switches in the same fabric 179 87 General SAN platform rules 186 88 Supported blade servers 186 89 HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel guidelines and rules 1...

Page 22: ...configurations 238 118 MSA1500 homogeneous SAN support 240 119 MSA1500 heterogeneous SAN support 241 120 MSA1500 storage system rules 241 121 MSA1500 maximum configurations 242 122 MSA1000 homogeneous SAN support 243 123 MSA1000 heterogeneous SAN support 244 124 MSA1000 storage system rules 244 125 MSA1000 maximum configurations 246 126 EVA heterogeneous SAN support 248 127 EVA storage system rule...

Page 23: ...ith XCS 09x 325 155 Network requirements for long distance IP gateways and C series switches with XCS 09x 327 156 Network requirements for long distance IP gateways with XCS 6 x 328 157 Network requirements for long distance IP gateways and B series switches with XCS 6 x 329 158 Network requirements for long distance IP gateways and C series switches with XCS 6 x 330 159 Network requirements for l...

Page 24: ...0 Supported EVA MPX200 maximums 365 181 Operating system multipath software and cluster support 367 182 EVA storage system connectivity attachment modes 370 183 Supported EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option maximums 375 184 Supported EVA mpx100 100b maximums 375 185 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i configurations 376 186 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i operating system support 377 187 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i maximum ...

Page 25: ...Part I Architecture SAN architecture is presented in these chapters SAN design overview page 27 SAN fabric topologies page 35 Fibre Channel routing page 61 ...

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Page 27: ...esilient solutions Open systems SANs support various operating systems and servers to meet your operational requirements A robust storage infrastructure accommodates new business models unexpected growth and nl corporate reorganizations Fast backup and restore SANs remove backup and recovery traffic from the LAN reducing congestion improving backup windows and efficiently utilizing storage resourc...

Page 28: ...he HP design rules HP SAN designs employ a configuration philosophy that supports comprehensive SAN implementations Flexible design and deployment HP provides standard topologies and design rules to meet the widest range of requirements for small office environments mid range business systems and enterprise class installations The design rules and methods described in this guide enable change and ...

Page 29: ... and monitor components and ensure optimal SAN operation Fibre Channel technology Fibre Channel is a comprehensive set of standards for communication among servers storage systems and peripheral devices A Fibre Channel network provides connectivity among heterogeneous devices and supports multiple interconnect topologies The network can be connected to a variety of storage systems RAID arrays Tape...

Page 30: ...a SAN you must ensure compliance with Fibre Channel standards and switch specifications For switch based scaling consider the following factors Fibre Channel architecture Fibre Channel supports a maximum of 239 switches in a single fabric HP specifies support based on rules for the maximum number of switches and maximum number of ports in a single fabric or multi fabric SAN Using many switches to ...

Page 31: ...st approach to SAN design HP recommends this approach for users who are designing a SAN for the first time Modified HP standard design Select a standard SAN design that satisfies most of your requirements and then modify it to meet your data access and connectivity requirements HP recommends this approach for users with an intermediate level of SAN experience Custom design using the HP SAN design ...

Page 32: ...capacity Calculate the total storage capacity requirement and determine the type and number of storage systems needed for current and future requirements For storage systems information see MSA storage system rules on page 235 EVA storage system rules on page 247 XP and VA storage system rules on page 263 Heterogeneous platforms and operating systems Customize your SAN for specific hardware platfo...

Page 33: ...e efficiency you can manage consolidated storage from a centralized location Fabric zoning You can use fabric zoning to control SAN access at the device or port level For information about zoning see H series switches and fabric rules on page 83 B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules on page 135 and M series switches and fabric rules...

Page 34: ...SAN design overview 34 ...

Page 35: ...rted SAN fabric topologies There are three approaches to designing a SAN You can implement An HP standard SAN fabric topology design A subset or variation of an HP standard SAN fabric topology design A custom SAN fabric topology design Regardless of which approach you use the SAN design must adhere to the SAN design rules described in the following chapters H series switches and fabric rules on pa...

Page 36: ...commodate changing capacity or data access needs You can also convert to another SAN fabric topology as needed Connect devices over long distances using extended Fibre Channel or IP connections See SAN fabric connectivity rules on page 167 and SAN extension on page 279 Connect multiple SAN fabrics using routing technology See B series Meta SAN on page 49 Deploy multiple logical fabrics using the V...

Page 37: ...devices connect to the same switch Support for local centralized and distributed data access needs Cascaded fabric A cascaded fabric is a set of interconnected switches arranged in a tree format that have one or more ISLs Figure 2 You can connect one switch to one or more switches using a single ISL to each or connect a pair of ISLs between two switches HP recommends that you have a minimum of two...

Page 38: ...ascaded fabric topology can result in increased hops between switches H series B series and C series fabrics must not exceed seven hops M series fabrics must not exceed three hops For additional switch hop information see H series switches and fabric rules on page 83 B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules on page 135 M series switche...

Page 39: ...c resiliency Figure 3 If one ISL fails the switch automatically reroutes data through an alternate path in the fabric If the alternate path includes other switches the data must pass through those switches to reach its destination 25091a Figure 3 Meshed fabric As you add switches ISLs are connected to two or more adjacent switches to maintain mesh connectivity ensuring path redundancy throughout t...

Page 40: ...ultiple data access needs Multiple paths for internal fabric resiliency Ease of scalability Shared backup and management support Support for a mix of local and distributed data access see Topology data access on page 46 Less impact on performance due to intraswitch traffic Ring fabric A ring fabric is a ring of interconnected switches Figure 5 The ring fabric provides a similar level of fabric res...

Page 41: ...ave a 3 hop maximum reducing the total number of switches that can be configured in a ring to 7 satellite switches are not supported NOTE Adding satellite switches slightly reduces fabric availability For more information on switch fabric maximums see H series switches and fabric rules on page 83 B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rule...

Page 42: ... internal fabric resiliency Support for a mix of local data access and occasional centralized data access Core edge fabric HP recommends using a core edge fabric wherever possible A core edge fabric has one or more Fibre Channel switches called core switches that connect to edge switches in the fabric Figure 7 The core switches provide high bandwidth and redundant connectivity to the edge switches...

Page 43: ...elp you understand the potential performance of a core edge topology 25096a Figure 8 Core edge fabric hierarchical depiction Core edge fabric types The number of ISLs between edge and core switches typically expressed as a fan in ratio such as 7 1 characterizes the core edge fabric types The first number 7 indicates the number of edge ports The second number 1 indicates the number of ISLs used by ...

Page 44: ...E When determining the ideal ISL ratio you must consider the speed of the server storage and ISL ports The minimum ISL ratio for an implementation depends on several factors including Location of server and storage fabric connection Server and storage hardware performance Data access type see Topology data access on page 46 Server application performance requirements Table 2 describes the recommen...

Page 45: ...x 12 Switch models All HP Fibre Channel switches are supported for use in a core edge fabric topology Core edge topologies typically use the SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch the 8 20q Fibre Channel Switch or the HP Simple SAN Connectivity Kit SAN Fabric or Edge switches on the edge and Core and Director switches in the core H series core edge topologies use the SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches as edge and...

Page 46: ...est Highest High Core edge fabric 3 1 1 1 Topology maximums Table 5 Table 6 and Table 7 describe the maximum number of supported switches and ports for specific fabric topologies In some cases the number may be less than the maximums specified in the switch and fabric rules chapters These differences relate to the number of hops in the fabric topology as well as the number of ISLs which affects th...

Page 47: ...N topology 20 20 1 Single switch fabric 460 600 30 Cascaded fabric 512 600 30 Meshed fabric 264 300 15 Ring fabric 462 600 30 Ring fabric with satellite switches 462 600 30 Core edge fabric B series switches Table 5 lists the B series switch and port maximums for specific fabric topologies Table 5 B series switch and port topology maximums Number of user ports Total number of ports Number of switc...

Page 48: ... switch and port maximums for specific fabric topologies Table 7 M series switch and port topology maximums Number of user ports Total number of ports Number of switches SAN topology 140 140 1 Single switch fabric 1 024 cascaded with 8 Director switches and 16 Edge switches 1 632 24 maximum of 8 Director switches Cascaded fabric N A N A N A Meshed fabric 966 980 7 Ring fabric N A N A N A Ring fabr...

Page 49: ...h allows selective access between devices in different fabrics without having to merge fabrics This provides a high level of isolation between fabrics This isolation can be viewed as individual Fibre Channel subnetworks within the Meta SAN LSANs provide access to devices in different fabrics You create LSAN zones just as you create standard zones in a single fabric The difference is that LSAN zone...

Page 50: ...rics Allows higher level of fabric management and management consolidation B series Virtual Fabrics with IFR The B series Virtual Fabrics feature allows you to partition fabrics You create partitions in the fabric by creating logical switches within a physical switch and by creating logical fabrics within a physical switch or across multiple switches This provides a high level of isolation between...

Page 51: ...tween devices on an H series switch local fabric and devices on a remote fabric consisting of B series or C series switches The establishment of a routed connection using TR maintains a high level of isolation between fabrics A transparent route between two devices consists of a connection from a TR_Port on an SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch or an 8 20q Fibre Channel Switch to a switch in the remote f...

Page 52: ... benefit of investment protection by allowing the use of existing Fibre Channel products and infrastructure in an FCoE configuration Figure 10 and Figure 11 FC connections 26642a Server with FC HBA and NIC IP network Server with FC HBA and NIC X series CN switch FC attached HP storage Fabric A FC connections X series FC switch Server with CNA Server with CNA FC attached HP storage FC connections 1...

Page 53: ...rk and two Fibre Channel switches per rack 50 fewer adapters per server 75 fewer cable connections Less power consumption For more information about FCoE switches see B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules on page 135 For more information about configuring FCoE SANs see the HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Application Note...

Page 54: ...This section describes the data availability levels Level 1 single connectivity fabric Level 1 provides maximum connectivity but does not provide fabric resiliency or redundancy Each switch has one path to other switches in the fabric Figure 12 Each server and storage system has one path to the fabric 25098a Figure 12 Level 1 single connectivity fabric Level 2 single resilient fabric Level 2 provi...

Page 55: ... interruption in server I O activity To take full advantage of this level HP recommends that you connect each server HBA and each storage system path to a different switch to increase availability and reduce the potential for an SPOF This level provides both fabric resiliency and device path redundancy NOTE Certain operating systems may require the use of fabric zoning to define a minimum of two z...

Page 56: ...ance and a higher number of available ports since all fabrics can be accessed simultaneously during normal operations 25101a A B Figure 15 Level 4 multiple fabrics and device paths NSPOF Using two fabrics may increase implementation costs but it also increases the total number of available ports For example in a single meshed fabric with four switches you have a maximum of 52 user ports for server...

Page 57: ...y level Table 9 Calculating for data availability levels Number of available ports Hardware cost Fabric design ports n number of ISL ports2 x1 Level 1 single connectivity fabric ports n number of ISL ports x additional ISLs Level 2 single resilient fabric ports n number of ISL ports additional HBA ports3 x additional ISLs additional HBAs Level 3 single resilient fabric with multiple device paths p...

Page 58: ...s needed for the additional ISLs You may need to move device connections to another switch to make ports available for ISLs Cascaded to ring If you have a linear cascaded fabric SAN connect the last switch in the fabric to the first switch to create a ring fabric SAN If you have a tree like cascaded fabric SAN with multiple levels you may need to re cable the ISLs Cascaded to core edge Determine w...

Page 59: ... to meshed If you have two ISLs between all switches in the ring fabric re cable each ISL so that it connects to the appropriate switch in the meshed fabric you design Ring to core edge This migration is less disruptive if you have two ISLs between all switches in the ring fabric SAN Use the method described in Cascaded to core edge on page 58 SAN Design Reference Guide 59 ...

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Page 61: ...sion Blades Multi protocol Routers or B series Virtual Fabrics IFR with C series IVR functionality in the same SAN configuration HP only supports routing devices connected to H series switches through TR_Ports to devices in B series and C series fabrics Routing enables independent fabrics Virtual Fabrics with IFR or VSANs with IVR to dynamically share devices without the need to reconfigure or re ...

Page 62: ...urations World Wide Name A recognized naming authority assigns each Fibre Channel device a unique identifier called the WWN Use the device WWNs to Assign devices to zones Define devices to export from one fabric Virtual Fabric or VSAN to another Import and export Routing creates a Meta SAN extended Virtual Fabric or extended VSAN when it connects fabrics Virtual Fabrics or VSANs Routing exports de...

Page 63: ...or more information see H series switches and fabric rules on page 83 B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules on page 135 M series switches and fabric rules on page 157 For a SAN design to meet the total port count and total switch count limits the following configuration restrictions are enforced The fabric size limit for total port ...

Page 64: ...ary redundancy in the routed network You can route between fabrics without affecting the total switch and port count limits However the routed network is not the same as a single large fabric Virtual Fabric or VSAN Only selected devices in each fabric specified by a routing table can communicate with devices in other fabrics For example using a router you can connect three 1 200 port fabrics to co...

Page 65: ...switch with TR connects to other B series or C series fabrics as shown in Figure 19 25102c 400 MPR or MPR B series Fabric 2 Fabric 1 Fabric 3 Figure 16 Basic MP Router configuration Virtual Fabric IFR B series 25265d LF1 LF3 LF2 Figure 17 Basic Virtual Fabric IFR configuration VSAN IVR C series 25103b VSAN 1 VSAN 3 VSAN 2 Figure 18 Basic VSAN IVR configuration Remote fabric 1 26527b H series switc...

Page 66: ...rver and zoning database Devices can be shared across multiple Virtual Fabric administrative domains using IFR thus increasing resource sharing B series Virtual Fabrics and Virtual Fabrics with IFR are included on all B series switches using firmware 5 2x or later without the need for a router B series Virtual Fabrics architecture In B series configurations a switched fabric is partitioned into se...

Page 67: ... 8 Gb s switches with integrated Fibre Channel routing 1606 Extension SAN Switches or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blades an MP Router Virtual Fabrics with IFR or VSANs with IVR can connect existing fabrics or VSANs When existing fabrics are connected to an 8 Gb s switch with Fibre Channel routing or MP Router it creates a Meta SAN Using B series switches with Virtual Fabrics or C series switches wi...

Page 68: ...AN 2 VSAN 3 VSAN 3 VSAN 1 VSAN 1 Figure 22 C series VSAN IVR As shown in Figure 22 VSANs can include devices that connect to a single switch or multiple switches in the SAN Devices in different VSANs communicate using IVR Multiple switches can be connected in any supported fabric configuration Fibre Channel routing 68 ...

Page 69: ...ric zone IFZ Fabric zone Remote fabric Figure 23 H series switch routing Fabric redundancy and routing B series 8 Gb s switches with integrated Fibre Channel routing 1606 Extension SAN Switches or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blades or MP Routers can connect one group of fabrics or a single fabric can connect multiple Virtual Fabrics or VSANs with IFR or IVR For a high availability fully redundant i...

Page 70: ...MPR FC Routing Meta SAN A Meta SAN B Fabric A1 Fabric A2 Fabric B1 Fabric B2 Figure 24 Dual redundant Meta SAN with 1606 Extension SAN Switch or MP Router 25267b VF A1 VF A2 FC Switch IFR VF B1 VF B2 IFR SAN A IFR SAN B FC Switch IFR Figure 25 Dual redundant Virtual Fabric Fibre Channel routing 70 ...

Page 71: ...age 83 The typical configuration is a router or 8 Gb s switch with integrated Fibre Channel routing connected to two or more fabrics as shown in Figure 27 An MP Router or 8 Gb s switch with integrated Fibre Channel routing is required for fabrics that include B series switches Routing and core edge fabrics This section describes how to connect core switches when using routing to the following MP R...

Page 72: ... Channel routing feature or MP Router Blades in the SAN Directors 25268a VF3 VF2 VF2 VF3 VF3 VF1 VF1 VF2 VF1 Figure 28 Virtual Fabrics connecting core switches 25109a VSAN 3 VSAN 2 VSAN 2 VSAN 3 VSAN 3 VSAN 1 VSAN 1 VSAN 2 VSAN 1 Figure 29 VSANs connecting core switches Fibre Channel routing 72 ...

Page 73: ... the Fibre Channel ports on the 1606 Extension SAN Switches or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blades Figure 30 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade Figure 39 IP 1606 Extension SAN Switch 26598a Fabric 1 Fabric 2 FCIP with FC routing 1606 Extension SAN Switch Figure 30 1606 Extension SAN Switches connecting fabrics through IP IP MPR 25152b MPR Fabric 1 Fabric 2 FCIP with FC routing Figure 31 MP Routers con...

Page 74: ...tiple IFLs between the 1606 Extension SAN Switch or MP Router and edge fabrics to provide redundancy in case an IFL or MP Router port fails The configurations show a small number of SAN fabrics connected to each router The same principles apply to configurations with a higher number of fabrics connected to a router and a higher number of routers in a Meta SAN For scalability rules such as the maxi...

Page 75: ...s with TR configurations The TR feature allows you to configure each 8 Gb port on the H series switch as a TR_Port enabling the sharing of server and storage resources between fabrics through the industry standard NPIV protocol The TR feature also provides a higher level of security by ensuring that only customer specified devices are visible and shared between fabrics Figure 19 shows how an H ser...

Page 76: ...N See Table 33 on page 121 for supported fabric modes and firmware versions Routing does not merge fabrics so existing zoning definitions and assigned domain IDs can be used without modification Duplicate zoning definitions and domain IDs in fabrics are hidden by the MP Router Fabrics in a Meta SAN can be scaled without affecting other fabrics Multiple SANs can be centralized and consolidated into...

Page 77: ...8 and Figure 39 show a configuration in which the 1606 Extension SAN Switches or 400 MP Routers are used as both an FCIP gateway and Fibre Channel switch IP B IP A 26583b 1606 Extension SAN Switch FCIP with FC routing FCIP with FC routing Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch Figure 36 NSPOF configuration with 1606 Ext...

Page 78: ...on with 400 MP Router providing Fibre Channel routing and FCIP with direct connect devices IP B IP A 25114b MPR MPR MPR MPR FCIP with FC routing FCIP with FC routing Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 Figure 40 NSPOF configuration with MP Router providing Fibre Channel routing and FCIP Tape backup consolidation The 1606 SAN Extension Switch or MP Router enables tape consolidation across multi...

Page 79: ...ks ebslegacymatrices html 25115c 1606 Extension SAN Switch 400 MPR or MPR FC Routing Fabric 1 Fabric 2 Fabric 4 Fabric 3 Figure 41 1606 Extension SAN Switch or MP Router consolidating tape backup in a Meta SAN Independent fabrics connected through a 1606 Extension SAN Switch or MP Router cannot have a direct ISL connection Figure 42 A direct ISL connection between fabrics bypasses the MP Router re...

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Page 81: ...n these chapters H series switches and fabric rules page 83 B series switches and fabric rules page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules page 135 M series switches and fabric rules page 157 SAN fabric connectivity and switch interoperability rules page 167 ...

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Page 83: ...o a stack single manageable unit resulting in up to 120 usable device ports in a stack Support plug and play compatibility Have two hot swappable power supplies or one replaceable power supply depending on model The 8 20q Fibre Channel Switches Can be used as core or edge switches When configured in a core edge fabric topology a core switch typically connects to other switches in the SAN an edge s...

Page 84: ...te firmware version see Table 10 When updating switch firmware you can use two successive switch firmware versions temporarily The fabric rules are followed See Fabric rules on page 86 For the latest information on supported H series switch and firmware versions see one of the HP SAN Infrastructure websites For the SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch see http www hp com go SN6000 for the 8 20q Fibre Chann...

Page 85: ... C series fabrics High availability features Hot swappable 8 Gb SFP optical transceivers NDCLA Nondisruptive port license activation Support in high availability redundant configurations Features of the 8 Gb Simple SAN Connection Kit include Includes all components required to create a four host SAN infrastructure with connection to a single or dual controller storage target HBA switch SFP optical...

Page 86: ... switches can be used as core or edge switches in fabrics with up to 600 ports including 8 Gb ISLs but not including 10 Gb 20 Gb stacking port ISLs The TR feature allows you to connect H series switches to B series or C series fabrics enabling the sharing of server and storage resources between fabrics through the industry standard NPIV protocol Fabric rules This section describes the SAN fabric r...

Page 87: ...ML Series and DL Series servers HP Integrity nl servers HP BladeSystem nl c Class ProLiant Server Blades HP BladeSystem nl c Class Integrity Server Blades 1 See the EBS compatibility matrix at http www hp com go ebs For current operating system and storage system support see the SPOCK website at http www hp com storage spock You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access See Heterogeneous se...

Page 88: ...in the remote fabric a mapping of the two devices to be routed together and an IFZ for the routed devices in both fabrics Each fabric contains a matching IFZ and each IFZ contains three WWN members the local device the remote device and the TR_Port connected to the remote fabric This inter fabric connection uses the Fibre Channel industry standard NPIV making local and remote devices accessible to...

Page 89: ...ayer Director Switch Cisco MDS 9222i Fabric Switch Cisco MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Cisco MDS 9124 Fabric Switch Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for c Class BladeSystem 3 3 4 Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer Director Switch Cisco MDS 9506 Multilayer Director Switch Cisco MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch Cisco MDS 9216A Multilayer Fabric Switch Table 15 describes the rules for creating a SAN with an H series s...

Page 90: ... local device in a second local fabric In this case if you merge the two local fabrics the transparent route becomes nl inactive for the devices that now have a path over an ISL and an alarm is generated 11 IMPORTANT SSCM version 3 00 or later is required for the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch SSCM version 2 10 and later can manage the 8 20q Fibre Channel Switch and version 3 00 or later can manag...

Page 91: ...hannel Switch Hard zoning1 Access authorization at frame level in hardware Define zones using WWNs only Soft zoning Name Server directory based authentication Define zones using combina tion of domain port numbers and WWNs 1 Zoning is hardware enforced only on a switch port or device that is a member of no more than 8 zones whose combined membership does not exceed 64 Zoning is hardware enforced o...

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Page 93: ...edge fabric topology a core switch typically connects to other switches in the SAN an edge switch typically connects to servers and storage Have 8 16 24 32 40 48 64 80 128 192 256 or 384 ports Include entry level and high availability switches Support plug and play compatibility Support 10 Gb s ISL connectivity through a 10 6 FC ISL Blade for DC SAN Backbone Director DC04 SAN Director or 4 256 SAN...

Page 94: ...e edge entry level or mid range switches The suffix EL V or N identifies entry level switches The B series embedded switches for HP c Class BladeSystem servers are called the Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class and the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem The embedded switch for HP p Class BladeSystem servers is called the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSyste...

Page 95: ... latest information on supported B series Fibre Channel switches and firmware versions see the HP Storage Networking website http h18006 www1 hp com storage saninfrastructure html SAN Design Reference Guide 95 ...

Page 96: ...Switch 16 to 24 HP StorageWorks 8 24 SAN Switch 24 to 40 HP StorageWorks 8 40 SAN Switch 48 to 80 HP StorageWorks 8 80 SAN Switch 16 to 192 10 3 3 10 3 1 10 3 0 10 1 4 10 1 3 10 1 2 N A 6 2 1b 6 2 1 6 2 0g 6 2 0e 6 2 0d 6 2 0b 6 3 1 6 3 0c 6 3 0b 6 3 0a 6 3 0 6 2 2a 6 2 2 HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director 1 FM Fabric Manager 2 DCFM Data Center Fabric Manager 3 The Encryption SAN Switch and Encrypt...

Page 97: ...EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module 8 Gb Brocade 16 at 1 2 or 4 Gb s Fibre Channel 2 at 1 GbE FCIP 6 2 0g 6 2 0e 6 2 0d 6 2 0b 6 1 2b 6 1 2a 6 1 2 6 3 1 6 3 0c 6 3 0b 6 3 0a 6 3 0 6 2 2a 6 2 2 6 2 1b 6 2 1 HP StorageWorks Multi protocol Router Blade 8 at 1 2 or 4 Gb s Fibre Channel 8 at 1 GbE iSCSI HP StorageWorks iSCSI Director Blade 1 FM Fabric Manager 2 DCFM Data Center Fabric Manager 3 Using HP Sto...

Page 98: ...2 2 6 2 1b 6 2 1 6 2 0g 6 2 0e HP StorageWorks 4 8 SAN Switch base full 16 HP StorageWorks 4 16 SAN Switch full power pack 1 to 16 internal 1 to 8 external Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem 8 internal 4 external Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSystem 8 N A 3 2 1c4 HP StorageWorks MSA SAN Switch 2 8 8 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2 8 EL 2 8 power pack 16 HP StorageWorks SAN...

Page 99: ... 16 HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2 16V 2 16V TAA 2 16N FF 2 16N power pack 2 16N FF TAA 2 16N TAA power pack 64 2 switches per chassis total of 128 ports per chassis 5 0 5f 5 0 5e HP StorageWorks Core Switch 2 64 2 64 power pack 8 or 16 at 1 or 2 Gb s Fibre Channel or 1 GbE see Table 34 for scalability rules N A 7 4 1f 7 4 1e HP StorageWorks Multi protocol Router3 4 1 FM Fabric Manager 2 DCFM Data C...

Page 100: ...vanced WebTools Centralizes and simplifies switch management through a browser based application Advanced Zoning Provides secure access control over fabric resources Uses the switch hardware to enforce port and WWN zoning Extended Fabrics Enhances performance for Fibre Channel SAN connectivity for distances greater than 1 km 8 Gb s 2 5 km 4 Gb s 5 km 2 Gb s and 10 km 1 Gb s to improve disaster rec...

Page 101: ...nfiguring FCIP tunnels only on the 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade NPIV See SAN fabric connectivity and switch interoperability rules on page 167 The following B series Fibre Channel switches are NPIV compliant 8 Gb s Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class SAN Switch 8 8 8 24 8 40 and 8 80 DC SAN Backbone Director DC04 SAN Director EVA4400 Embedded Switch ...

Page 102: ...ut the top bandwidth consuming flows passing through a specific point in the network Traffic isolation zones Enables application segregation guaranteeing separate paths through the fabric You can isolate traffic assigned to ISLs in the fabric Virtual Fabrics Enables division of a single physical chassis into logical switches allowing you to create logical fabrics with other switches This feature w...

Page 103: ...adeSystem No No No No No Yes No No No SAN Switch 8 16 2 8 2 8 EL No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No SAN Switch 2 8V 2 16V 2 16N 2 16N FF No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No SAN Switch 4 8 4 16 No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes SAN Switch 2 16 No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes SAN Switch 2 32 No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes SAN Switch 4 32B 4 32 4 64 Yes 2 switches per chassis No Yes No No N A N A EVA4400 Embedde...

Page 104: ... 2 128 4 256 Not recommended Good Very good Excellent SAN Switch 8 80 4 64 Not recommended Good Very good Excellent SAN Switch 8 24 8 40 2 32 4 32B 4 32 Not recommended Good SAN Switch 8 8 2 8 2 8 EL 2 8V 2 16 2 16V 2 16N 2 16N FF 4 8 4 16 400 MP Router 1606 Extension SAN Switch Not recommended Good Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSystem...

Page 105: ...rector SAN Director 4 256 Core Switch 2 64 2 128 Director Switch 2 128 4 256 Excellent SAN Switch 8 40 8 80 2 32 4 32B 4 32 4 64 Good Very good Excellent SAN Switch 8 8 8 24 2 8 2 8 EL 2 8V 2 16 2 16V 2 16N 2 16N FF 4 8 4 16 Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSystem Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem EVA4400 Embedded Switch M...

Page 106: ...q switches or a mix of legacy Compaq and legacy HP switches NOTE Contact HP Services for the configuration files that contain the appropriate switch settings This section describes the following topics Operating systems and storage products page 107 B series Fibre Channel switch and fabric rules page 107 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade fabric rules page 112 Fibre Cha...

Page 107: ...le Mac OS X IBM AIX Linux Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare Sun Solaris VMware ESX For current operating system and storage system support see the SPOCK website at http www hp com storage spock You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access See Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 and the following storage system rules chapters MSA storage system rules page 235 EVA storage system rules page...

Page 108: ...0 user ports 3 HP does not support a fabric that contains switches using firmware 5 2 x or later and firmware 2 x For configurations that require support for 5 2 x or later and 2 x switches use the Fibre Channel routing feature of the B series 400 Multi protocol Router Multi protocol Router Blade or Multi protocol Router to ensure interoperability between 5 2 x or later and 2 x switch fabrics For ...

Page 109: ...bric See Core switch addressing mode on page 127 11 Within a fabric all B series Fibre Channel switches and routers must use the HP default setting of iodSet for IOD Note Brocade branded Fibre Channel switches and routers use the Brocade default setting of iodReset for IOD All HP B series Fibre Channel switches and routers must use iodSet All B series Fibre Channel switches and routers must use th...

Page 110: ...L support one E_Port connection See SAN fabric connectivity rules on page 167 for more nl information 20 Compaq Fibre Channel Storage Switch 8 and Storage Switch 16 support a maximum of four switches in fabrics with these switches only or in fabrics with these switches and any 1 Gb s SAN switches VC Encoded Address Mode must be set for 1 Gb s SAN switches see the SAN switch documentation These swi...

Page 111: ... 32 for the encryption switch 16 for the encryption blade and two GbE ports Table 29 describes the rules for creating fabrics with B series Encryption Switches For more information about the security uses of these switches see B series Encryption Switch and Encryption FC Blade security on page 410 HP strongly recommends that you read the Brocade Fabric OS Encryption Administrator s Guide at http h...

Page 112: ...ng the 1606 Extension SAN Switch DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade It is not supported if an MP Router is configured in the backbone 3 Direct connection of devices to the 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade Fibre Channel ports F_Port FL_Port is supported 4 Fibre Channel server boot through the 1606 Extension SAN Switch or the DC Dir Switch...

Page 113: ...supported with the 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade 13 For redundancy HP recommends using a minimum of two EX_Ports router IFLs for each fabric connected to a 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade The number of EX_Ports required is based on the performance requirements for all devices shared by fabrics through the router Calculate the number of ...

Page 114: ...e fabric Backbone fabric The 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade backbone fabric consists of at least one 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade and includes all MP Routers and B series switches connected via E_Ports to the 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade When you install a DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade in a DC SAN B...

Page 115: ...tch If you do not have a DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director and do not plan to use one For FCIP if there are no DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Directors at the local site or remote site If you do not have an available slot in your DC SAN Backbone Director or DC04 SAN Director to install a DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade For use case configuration examples see the 400 MP Router a...

Page 116: ... the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade only It is not supported if an MP Router is configured in the backbone 3 Direct connection of devices to the 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade Fibre Channel ports F_Port FL_Port is supported 4 Fibre Channel server boot through the 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade is not supported 5 Each 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade can only attach to one backbone fabric mu...

Page 117: ...v6 3 0 or later 12 For redundancy HP recommends using a minimum of two EX_Ports router IFLs for each fabric connected to an 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade The number of EX_Ports required is based on the performance requirements for all devices shared by fabrics through the router For initial settings calculate the number of EX_Ports using a 5 1 ratio of standard ISLs or switch device ports to ro...

Page 118: ...ckbone fabric consists of at least one 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade and includes all MP Routers and B series switches connected via E_Port to the 400 MP Router or MP Router Blades When you install an MP Router Blade in a 4 256 SAN Director all devices connected to the SAN Director Fibre Channel ports are part of the backbone fabric Edge fabric A fabric that is attached to an EX_Port on a 400 M...

Page 119: ... MP Router Devices user ports 1 000 Maximum number of imported devices per edge fabric LSAN zone scalability 64 Maximum number of entries per LSAN zone Note LSAN zones support WWN based zoning only Zoning Meta SAN scalability 32 512 local WWNs BB fabric 1 1 280 local WWNs BB fabric Maximum number of edge fabrics connected in a Meta SAN Edge fab rics 12 800 Maximum number of total ports per Meta SA...

Page 120: ...one Director or DC04 SAN Director with an available slot for an MP Router Blade NOTE All devices connected to the SAN Director Fibre Channel ports are part of a backbone fabric If you want to share up to 256 local devices in a backbone fabric with multiple edge fabrics For FCIP if there are 4 256 SAN Directors DC SAN Backbone Directors or DC04 SAN Directors at both the local site and remote site U...

Page 121: ...Routing GbE iSCSI or GbE FCIP Traffic switching is supported between the following port types Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel routing E_Port EX_Port Fibre Channel and iSCSI E_Port F_Port GbE iSCSI Fibre Channel and FCIP E_Port GbE FCIP Fibre Channel routing and FCIP EX_Port GbE FCIP Traffic switching between other port combinations is not supported This applies to port combinations on the same pla...

Page 122: ...08 02 00 are supported in Open Fabric mode Note Continuous Access products are not supported in routed fabrics using both B series and M series edge fabrics 8 iSCSI accessible FC Storage iSCSI accessible FC Storage FC FC 25117b MPR FC Switch FC Switch Backbone Fabric iSCSI accessible FC Storage iSCSI accessible FC Storage FC FC E_Ports E_Ports MPR EX_Ports IP IP Edge Fabric FC Switch FC Switch E_P...

Page 123: ..._Ports Edge Fabric FC Switch FC Switch E_Ports EX_Ports FC FC Figure 44 Fibre Channel routing storage device connectivity for the MP Router The following sections describe additional considerations and rules for using the MP Router in a fabric XPath OS compatibility page 124 Scalability rules page 124 MP Router hop count page 125 MP Router backbone fabric page 126 SAN Design Reference Guide 123 ...

Page 124: ...X_Port connections from the MP Router to the edge fabrics Translate phantom domains Assigned to each remote fabric connected to an MP Router There is one unique translate domain for each fabric regardless of how many EX_Ports are connected to the fabric Backbone fabric The MP Router backbone fabric consists of at least one MP Router and includes all MP Routers and B series switches connected to th...

Page 125: ...WWN based zoning only Zoning Meta SAN scalability 34 Maximum number of edge fabrics connected in a Meta SAN Edge fabrics 12 800 Maximum number of total ports per Meta SAN Meta SAN 14 Maximum number of MP Routers per Meta SAN Routers 10 000 Maximum number of LSAN device entries proxy devices per Meta SAN LSAN 1 000 Maximum number of LSAN zones per Meta SAN Hop count scalability 12 Maximum number of...

Page 126: ...terswitch link ISL E_Port Front phantom domain EX_Ports Figure 46 Front and translate domains MP Router backbone fabric An MP Router backbone fabric consists of at least one MP Router and includes all MP Routers and B series Fibre Channel switches connected to the MP Router through E_Ports The MP Router backbone fabric is subject to all standard B series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules The MP Ro...

Page 127: ...4 you must set the Core switch PID parameter bit for all other switches in the fabric All switches in the fabric must have the same Core switch PID parameter bit setting otherwise the fabric will segment For multi fabric SANs you can change the Core switch PID parameter bit setting on one fabric at a time allowing SAN operations to continue without interruption The MP Router supports using differe...

Page 128: ...seller FC 8B FC 16B Define zones nl using WWNs only Soft zoning Name Servers discovery based nl authentication and login nl protection Name Server nl directory based au thentication nl login authentication Define zones nl using nl combination of do main port numbers and WWNs Hard zoning Access nl authorization at frame level in hardware Define zones nl using domain nl number port number Compaq Sto...

Page 129: ...enforced These warning messages appear at zoning configuration time for port level zoning or dynamically at run time for WWN zoning Primary management switch recommendations B series Fibre Channel switches Recommendations for primary management switches follow Designate one switch in the fabric as the primary management switch and use it for all management and control including zoning Time Service...

Page 130: ...nfiguring FCoE SANs see the HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel over Ethernet application note available at http www hp com go SDGmanuals NOTE The naming scheme for the HP StorageWorks 2408 Converged Network Switch which has 24 CEE ports and 8 Fibre Channel ports is slightly different from the typical B series switch naming scheme Table 36 describes the B series FCoE CN switch Table 36 B series FCoE CN ...

Page 131: ...nts Non nl disruptive port nl expansion Non nl disruptive code nl activation Redundant control nl processor Redundant core switching blade Redundant nl hot nl swappable nl cooling Redundant nl hot nl swappable nl power Switch model No N A No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch The HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10 24 FCoE Blade DC SAN Director Switch 10...

Page 132: ...h operating system and storage system support Storage products Operating systems EVA8400 6400 EVA4400 4400 with embedded switch EVA8100 8000 6100 6000 4100 4000 MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc MSA2000fc P2000 G3 FC XP40000 20000 XP12000 10000 Microsoft Windows Linux VMware ESX For operating system and storage product version support see the HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel over Ethernet application note avail...

Page 133: ... a DC or DC04 SAN Director with a 10 24 FCoE Blade installed can be a standalone switch an edge switch or a core switch in a Fibre Channel fabric If it is an edge switch or core switch other switches in the fabric can be attached to any available FC port E_Port on other FC blades in the director 1 Server CNAs must be directly connected to the CEE ports on a 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch or DC...

Page 134: ...24 FCoE Blades per chassis are supported in DC DC04 SAN Directors 9 The DC SAN Director Switch 10 24 FCoE Blade does not support twinaxial copper cables SFP 10 DC and DC04 SAN Directors do not currently support concurrent installation of the DC SAN 11 Director Switch 10 24 FCoE Blade and other blades except for the FC8 xx or FC10 6 blades 11 ISL maximums Table 40 Fibre Channel ISL maximums Number ...

Page 135: ... for enterprise level host connections storage connections and ISL connections The 32 port 2 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module uses 3 2 1 internal oversubscription and is recommended for low to mid range host connections and tape device connections The 12 port 4 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module is recommended for high performance 4 Gb s enterprise level host connections storage connections an...

Page 136: ...odule 4 port 10 Gb s Fibre Channel module or IPS 4 IPS 8 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Module or 18 4 Multiservice Module for iSCSI and FCIP support and the 32 port 2 Gb s SSM MDS 9216i switches have 2 slots One slot is a fixed configuration with a 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Module The second slot can accommodate a 16 port or 32 port 2 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module 12 24 or 48 port 4 Gb s Fib...

Page 137: ...er of slots available for supervisors and port modules The 92nn switches are mid range switches the 91nn switches are entry level switches the MDS 9020 switch is an entry level 4 Gb s switch Multilayer Fabric switches For the 92nn 91nn and 90nn the nn value indicates the number of fixed ports Multiprotocol and Multiservice products are designated with the i suffix such as the MDS 9216i and MDS 922...

Page 138: ...Channel switches for SAN OS Maximum number of Fibre nl Channel ports Firmware version Switch 192 SAN OS 3 3 4a 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 1c 3 3 1a 3 2 3 3 2 2c 3 2 1a 3 1 3a 3 1 3 3 1 2a MDS 9506 Multilayer Director 336 MDS 9509 Multilayer Director 528 MDS 9513 Multilayer Director 66 MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric 24 MDS 9124 Fabric 32 at 4 Gb s 2 at 10 Gb s MDS 9134 Fabric 8 internal 4 external MDS 91...

Page 139: ... Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem NOTE NX OS requires Supervisor 2 Modules for the MDS 950x Director switches Table 43 C series Fibre Channel legacy switches Maximum number of Fibre Channel ports Firmware version Switch 20 FabricWare 2 1 3 2 1 2 MDS 9020 Fabric 20 SAN OS 3 3 4a 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 1c 3 3 1a 3 2 3 3 2 2c 3 2 1a 3 1 3a 3 1 3 3 1 2a MDS 9120 Fabric 40 MDS 9140 Fabric 48 MDS 9216 M...

Page 140: ...Gb 2 Gb Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 4 port IP Storage nl Services Module GbE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8 port IP Storage nl Services Module GbE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 12 port Fibre Channel Switching Module nl 1 Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 24 port Fibre Channel Switching Module nl 1 Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 48 port Fibre Channel Switching Module nl 1 Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb Yes...

Page 141: ...l 1 Gb 2 Gb Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 14 2 Multiprotocol Ser vices Module nl 1 Gb 2 Gb GbE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 18 4 Multiservice Module 1 Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb GbE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 32 port Storage Services Module 1 Gb 2 Gb Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12 port Fibre Channel Switching Module nl 1 Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 24 port Fibre Channel Switching Module nl 1 Gb 2 Gb 4 Gb Yes Yes Yes Yes ...

Page 142: ...re using VOQ VSAN deployment over the physical infrastructure VSANs are separate instances of all fabric services including address space Advanced diagnostics and troubleshooting FC Ping FC Traceroute SPAN RSPAN and Call Home Comprehensive security SSH SFTP RADIUS SNMPv3 and RBAC Comprehensive fabric management CLI SNMP and Java based GUI Traffic management FCC and QoS High availability fault tole...

Page 143: ...abricWare include Full nonblocking 4 Gb s Fibre Channel performance on 20 line rate ports Nondisruptive software upgrades Comprehensive fabric management CLI SNMP and Java based GUI Compact extremely cost effective design Table 46 provides a comparison of the high availability features for C series Fibre Channel switches Table 46 C series Fibre Channel switch high availability feature comparison P...

Page 144: ...rt module support Nondisruptive code nl activation Redundant control nl processor Redundant hot swappable cooling Redundant hot swappable power Model FC No Yes No Yes No No No MDS 9020 C series switches and fabric rules 144 ...

Page 145: ...recommended Excellent 24 port maximum MDS 9124 Fabric Not recommended Excellent 64 port stackable solution Excellent 48 port stackable solution MDS 9134 Fabric Not recommended Excellent 8 port maximum MDS 9124e Fabric Not recommended Excellent MDS 9216 9216A 9216i Multilayer Fabric MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric Excellent Good MDS 9506 Multilayer Director Excellent Good MDS 9509 Multilayer Director...

Page 146: ...tilayer Fabric MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric Excellent select modules to optimize performance or user port count MDS 9506 Multilayer nl Director Excellent select modules to optimize performance or user port count MDS 9509 Multilayer nl Director Excellent select modules to optimize performance or user port count MDS 9513 Multilayer nl Director Excellent MDS 9020 Fibre Channel switch fabric rules Th...

Page 147: ...XP12000 10000 XP1024 128 XP512 48 Continuous Access EVA see HP Continuous Access EVA SAN integration on page 254 XP Continuous Access HP UX OpenVMS Tru64 UNIX Apple Mac OS X IBM AIX Linux Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare Sun Solaris VMware ESX Citrix Xen For current operating system and storage system support see the SPOCK website at http www hp com storage spock You must sign up for an HP Passpor...

Page 148: ...ules See C series Fibre Channel switches on page 135 for information about the 48 port module 4 Maximum of seven switch hops eight switches between any two communicating devices 5 Maximum of 80 VSANs per fabric1 Note VSANs and IVR are not supported on the MDS 9020 IVR is not supported on the MDS 9124 MDS 9124e and MDS 9134 6 Maximum of 10 000 IVR shared devices per routed fabric 7 Maximum of 8 000...

Page 149: ... s 48 MDS 9xxx 48 port 4 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module 24 at 2 Gb s 24 MDS 9xxx 24 port 4 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module 12 at 4 Gb s 12 MDS 9xxx 12 port 4 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module 20 at 4 Gb s 20 MDS 9020 4 at 10 Gb s 4 MDS 9xxx 4 port 10 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module 8 at 2 Gb s1 32 MDS 9xxx 32 port 2 Gb s Fibre Channel Switching Module 16 at 2 Gb s 16 MDS 9xxx 16 por...

Page 150: ...rame level in hardware Defines zones using Domain ID and port number Defines zones using WWNs only Defines zones using Domain ID and port number with WWNs MDS 9506 MDS 9509 MDS 9513 MDS 9216 9216A 9216i MDS 9222i MDS 9120 MDS 9140 MDS 9124 MDS 9124e MDS 9134 Soft zoning Name Server directory based authentication pWWN FC alias MDS 9020 C series VSAN high availability Figure 47 shows a typical high ...

Page 151: ... switch has two expansion slots that can accommodate up to 16 Fibre Channel switch ports C series Nexus 5010 FCoE Converged Network Switch The C series Nexus 5010 is a 1 RU 10 GbE Cisco IEEE DCB FCoE and Fibre Channel switch It has a fixed configuration of 20 10 GbE Cisco IEEE DCB and FCoE SFP ports The first 8 fixed ports are dual speed supporting both 10 GbE and 1 GbE The switch has one expansio...

Page 152: ...5 C series Nexus expansion module support matrix Switch Expansion module Nexus 5010 Nexus 5020 Yes Yes HP Nexus 5000 6 port 10GbE Module Yes Yes HP Nexus 5000 4 port 4Gb FC 4 port 10GbE Module Yes Yes HP Nexus 5000 8 port 4Gb FC Module Yes Yes HP Nexus 5000 6 port 8Gb FC Module Features Features of the C series FCoE CN switches include Unified fabrics I O consolidation Reduces capital and operatin...

Page 153: ...consider when building C series FCoE CN fabrics For general C series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules see Fibre Channel switch fabric rules on page 146 Operating systems and storage products The fabric rules for C series FCoE CN switches apply to SANs that include the operating systems and storage products listed in Table 57 Table 57 C series FCoE CN switch operating system and storage system sup...

Page 154: ...ge can be connected directly to the FCoE CN switch F_Port or to a Fibre Channel switch F_Port in the same fabric as the FCoE CN switch SAN boot is not supported when storage systems are connected directly to FCoE Fibre Channel ports 3 Supports a maximum of three switch hops four switches between a CNA and storage 4 Supports the following IEEE DCB media types HP C series hot pluggable 10 GbE SFP Sh...

Page 155: ...s Table 59 C series FCoE CN switch ISL maximums Number of ports allowed as FC ISLs Total number of available FC user ports Switch 16 at 4 Gb s 16 Nexus 5020 8 at 4 Gb s 8 Nexus 5010 SAN Design Reference Guide 155 ...

Page 156: ...C series switches and fabric rules 156 ...

Page 157: ...or edge switches When configured in a core edge fabric topology a core switch typically connects to other switches in the SAN an edge switch typically connects to servers and storage Have 10 12 24 32 64 or 140 ports Include entry level and high availability switches Use the same level of internal firmware for the same switch models Support plug and play compatibility Support iSCSI see iSCSI storag...

Page 158: ...ibes the M series switches supported by HP 1 Gb s 2 Gb s and 4 Gb s M series Fibre Channel switch Table 62 describes HP and legacy switches HP supports all M series switches in a fabric if you Use the firmware versions listed in Table 60 and Table 62 All like switch models must use the same version when configured in a single fabric or multi fabric SAN see Table 60 Table 61 Table 61 and Table 62 T...

Page 159: ...2 09 09 06 09 09 05 09 09 03 09 09 02 09 09 00 09 08 03 09 08 01 09 07 02 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 12 8 to 24 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 24 16 to 32 HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 32 32 to 140 HP StorageWorks Director 2 140 32 to 64 HP StorageWorks Director 2 64 Features Features of some M series switch models include Additional features of the Director switches follow Four ports on each ca...

Page 160: ...1 5U Edge Switch 2 32 Yes Yes 9U Director Switch 2 64 Yes Yes 12U Director Switch 2 140 Usage Table 64 describes the use of M series switches as director switches Table 64 Using M series switches as director switches 1001 1632 total ports 501 1000 total ports 1 500 total ports Model Excellent Director 2 140 Excellent Director 2 64 Good Very good Edge Switch 2 32 Good Very good Edge Switch 2 24 Not...

Page 161: ...c rules apply to all M series SANs They also apply in general to HP XP Continuous Access and HP Continuous Access EVA configurations However additional rules apply to HP Continuous Access implementations See the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA Planning Guide for detailed information When using M series switches in a fabric Use the HP default settings for all current HP switch models Legacy H...

Page 162: ...eous server rules on page 185 and the following storage system rules chapters MSA storage system rules page 235 EVA storage system rules page 247 XP and VA storage system rules page 263 Fabric rules for M series switches Table 67 describes the rules for creating a SAN with M series switches Table 67 M series fabric rules Description Rule nl number A maximum of 24 switches 1 632 total ports and 1 5...

Page 163: ...uration parameters must be the same for each switch Do not configure any switches with a domain ID of 8 which is reserved for HP UX 6 HP requires that all switches in a single fabric SAN or multi fabric SAN use the same firmware version for the same switch models You can use two successive switch firmware versions nl temporarily in one fabric or multiple fabrics when updating switch firmware 7 NOT...

Page 164: ... ISL maximums Number of E_Ports allowed Total number of available user ports Switch 2 10 McDATA 4 Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSystem 48 75 of installed ports 64 HP StorageWorks Director 2 64 140 140 HP StorageWorks Director 2 140 M series switches and fabric rules 164 ...

Page 165: ...e set 4 096 4 096 Total number of zone members in a zone set where a zone member can be in multiple zones 64 64 Characters per zoning name 4 096 4 096 Number of unique zone members in HAFM Zoning Library 2 048 2 048 Number of zones in HAFM Zoning Library 64 64 Number of zone sets in HAFM Zoning Library 600 2 0481 Number of end ports 600 2 0481 Number of devices supported in cluding loop devices 1 ...

Page 166: ...HP M series Homogeneous Fabric mode or McDATA Fabric mode only HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2 12 Edge Switch 2 24 Edge Switch 2 32 Director 2 64 Director 2 140 McDATA Sphereon 4700 Sphereon 4400 Brocade M4700 Fabric Switch M4400 Fabric Switch Soft zoning Discovery authentication Name Server directory based authentication Define zones using domain number port number must be in McDATA Fabric mode if ...

Page 167: ...e loop connectivity for 8 bit Fibre Channel addressable devices requires B series QuickLoop feature QuickLoop enables private FC AL initiators and targets to communicate through the switch A target that is not configured with QuickLoop cannot communicate with a QuickLoop initiator QuickLoop is supported only for specific B series switches and legacy storage systems For more information contact an ...

Page 168: ...is defined as one or more cables connected serially between two transceivers 2 HP does not support a mixture of different OM fiber cable types in the same cable segment 3 For all cable segments you must use the same transceiver type at both ends of the cable for nl example short wave transceiver to short wave transceiver long wave transceiver to long wave transceiver HP does not support mixing tra...

Page 169: ...onnector and cable type NOTE Channel insertion loss is the combined passive loss from connectors splices and media between the transmitter and receiver A mated connector pair is defined as a device or switch transceiver to cable connection or a cable to cable connection when using a passive coupler in a patch panel A typical nonpatch panel installation has two mated pairs per cable segment one for...

Page 170: ... budgets when using higher bandwidth OM3 multi mode fiber optic cable Table 75 4 Gb s fiber optic cable loss budgets higher bandwidth Maximum loss per mated connector pair Total channel insertion loss Maximum distance per cable segment Cable 0 75 dB 2 48 dB 380 m 50 125 micron OM3 2000 MHz km at 850 nm Table 76 lists the 2 Gb s fiber optic cable loss budgets when using nominal bandwidth OM1 or OM2...

Page 171: ...um distance per cable segment Cable 0 75 dB 3 85 dB 500 m 50 125 micron OM2 500 MHz km at 850 nm 3 0 dB 200 m 62 5 125 micron OM1 200 MHz km at 850 nm 7 8 dB 10 km 9 125 micron single mode 21 5 dB 35 km 19 dB 100 km Storage product interface and transport distance rules Table 79 through Table 82 and Table 85 and Table 86 describe the maximum distances supported for each cable segment type switch t...

Page 172: ...s 300 m at 2 Gb s 500 m at 1 Gb s 50 micron multi mode fiber optic cable and short wave SFP nl transceivers OM1 fiber 21 m ISL at 8 Gb s 62 5 micron1 multi mode fiber optic cable and short wave SFP nl transceivers 10 km ISL at 8 Gb s B series and C series only 25 km ISL at 8 Gb s B series only 3 3 km ISL at 8 Gb s H series only 6 6 km ISL at 4 Gb s H series only 10 km ISL at 2 Gb s H series only 9...

Page 173: ... s 62 5 micron1 multi mode fiber optic cable and short wave SFPs 4 km ISL at 4 Gb s C series only 10 km ISL at 4 Gb s 9 micron single mode fiber nl optic cable and long wave SFPs 30 km ISL at 4 Gb s B series 8 Gb s switches only 35 km ISL at 2 Gb s with 2 Gb s SFP B series only 9 micron single mode fiber nl optic cable and extended reach SFPs 100 km at 4 Gb s 250 km at 2 Gb s 500 km at 1 Gb s Fibr...

Page 174: ... 150 m at 2 Gb s 62 5 micron1 multi mode fiber optic cable and short wave SFPs 10 km ISL at 2 Gb s 9 micron single mode fiber optic cable and long wave SFPs 35 km ISL at 2 Gb s B series and M series 9 micron single mode fiber optic cable and extended reach SFPs 200 km B series C series 105 km M series Total distance2 100 km at 2 Gb s 240 km at 1 Gb s Fibre Channel using WDM3 1 Information for 62 5...

Page 175: ...stalled cable HP recommends 50 micron fiber optic cable for new installations that require multi mode fiber 2 Total distance is the sum of all cable segments 3 WDM distance is the maximum distance for the WDM link 4 Up to 240 km at 1 Gb s over a WDM link Certain Fibre Channel switches may have reduced performance at this distance Table 83 describes the distance rules for ATM extension Fibre Channe...

Page 176: ...50 ms IP network delay one way or 100 ms round trip HP IP Distance Gateway Not supported EVA 100 ms IP network delay one way or 200 ms round trip XP Not supported HP MPX200 Multifunction Router FCIP Legacy FCIP products Not supported 100 ms IP network delay one way or 200 ms round trip IPS 4 100 ms IP network delay one way or 200 ms round trip HP B series MP Router FCIP Not supported HP SR2122 2 N...

Page 177: ...VR inter VSAN nl routing 1 For details on HP Continuous Access support limits see SAN extension on page 279 SAN fabric switch interoperability rules HP supports three heterogeneous switch SAN configurations Interoperable routed fabrics Dual interoperable heterogeneous SAN fabrics Interoperable heterogeneous switch fabrics Interoperable routed fabric Connecting B series and M series edge fabrics th...

Page 178: ... balanced SAN performance Design both fabrics using the lowest common denominator For example B series switches support seven switch hops and M series switches support three switch hops Therefore design both fabrics with a maximum of three switch hops HA configurations require support for common HBA driver multipathing software and storage array firmware versions because servers and storage connec...

Page 179: ... Infrastructure website http www hp com go SDGManuals NOTE HP does not support MSA1000 storage systems with or without the MSA SAN Switch 2 8 or MSA1500 storage systems in interoperable heterogeneous switch fabric configurations Third party switch support HP Services offers support for certain third party switches if you purchase third party support through Multivendor Environment Services See the...

Page 180: ...negotiate the speed at which specific devices com municate The presence of lower speed devices in a fabric does not force other independent higher speed devices or paths to a lower speed Fibre Channel requires that all 8 Gb s ports be able to nego tiate to 4 Gb s and 2 Gb s and all 4 Gb s ports to 2 Gb s and 1 Gb s speeds Switch ports or user ports in a fabric communicate at the highest mutually s...

Page 181: ...elligently regulate traffic across ISLs and ensure that each initi ator target pair of devices has the required bandwidth for data transfer C series switches can also prioritize frames using the QoS feature SAN Design Reference Guide 181 ...

Page 182: ...SAN fabric connectivity and switch interoperability rules 182 ...

Page 183: ... rules are presented in these chapters Heterogeneous server rules page 185 MSA storage system rules page 235 EVA storage system rules page 247 XP and VA storage system rules page 263 SAN Virtualization Services Platform page 271 Enterprise Backup Solution page 275 ...

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Page 185: ...SAN rules page 220 Linux SAN rules page 222 Microsoft Windows SAN rules page 223 Novell NetWare SAN rules page 225 Sun Solaris SAN rules page 227 VMware ESX SAN rules page 230 Xen Citrix SAN rules page 231 Heterogeneous SAN storage system coexistence page 232 Server zoning rules page 233 The platform configuration rules in this chapter apply to SANs that comply with the following fabric guidelines...

Page 186: ...ng system Storage systems can be in multiple operating system type zones 2 Servers can connect to multiple fabrics The number of supported fabrics per server depends on the maximum number of Fibre Channel HBAs supported for the server see Table 129 on page 252 3 For cabling options for platforms that support high availability multipathing see Cabling on page 258 Blade servers Table 89 lists suppor...

Page 187: ...r of N_Port uplinks The VC FC module is Fibre Channel standards based and is compatible with all NPIV standards compliant switch products The VC FC module can aggregate up to sixteen Fibre Channel HBA ports at the back end connected through the enclosure backplane and comes with four uplinks or N_Ports which connect to an external Fibre Channel fabric Each of the four uplinks is configurable to ag...

Page 188: ...describes the HP VC FC rules and Figure 48 shows an HP VC FC example Table 90 HP Virtual Connect Fibre Channel guidelines and rules Description Rule nl number For high availability configure two redundant fabrics and two VC FC modules with each HBA connecting to one fabric through one VC FC module 1 VC FC is supported with B series C series H series and M series fabrics The VC FC module must conne...

Page 189: ...ladeSystems but HP p Class BladeSystems also support AG mode The Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c Class and the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystems in AG mode supports a maximum of 24 ports Maximum of 16 ports for back end connections to blade server Maximum of 8 external ports used as uplink N_Ports AG mode features include The 8 external ports function as N_Ports suppor...

Page 190: ...link 7 N_Port NPIV Uplink 8 Uplink 1 c Class BladeSystem Access Gateway Figure 49 Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem in Access Gateway mode NOTE The uplink ports N_Ports in Figure 49 are from the AG not the hosts Failover policy and failback policy AG mode supports the failover and failback policies enabled by default which you can configure on a per port basis The failover policy e...

Page 191: ... from the BladeSystem but if used with B series switches uses common Fabric OS Cannot move servers without impacting the SAN Virtual Connect feature not available AG mode connectivity guidelines AG based solutions are best suited for B series only fabrics where you want multivendor switch interoperability through N_Ports instead of E_Ports Figure 50 shows an AG with dual redundant fabrics N_Ports ...

Page 192: ...itches in NPV mode use NPIV to log in multiple end devices that share a link to the core switch The Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch is transparent to the hosts and fabric they no longer function as standard switches NOTE This section describes HP c Class BladeSystems NPV mode is also supported on the Cisco MDS 9124 and MDS 9134 Fabric Switches For more information see the Cisco MDS 9000 Configuratio...

Page 193: ...re 51 Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem in NPV mode NOTE The NP_Ports in Figure 51 are on the NPV devices not the hosts Failover policy The failover policy enables automatic remapping of hosts if NP_Ports go offline It evenly distributes the hosts among the available NP_Ports This policy ensures a smooth transition with minimal traffic disruption when a link fails between an...

Page 194: ...Server Bay 13 Server Bay 14 Server Bay 15 Server Bay 16 N_Port Virtualization N_Port Virtualization Blade enclosure Server management SAN Storage management 25346b FC Fabric B C or M series with NPIV F_Port support FC Fabric B C or M series with NPIV F_Port support Figure 52 NPV device with dual redundant fabrics NOTE The NP_Ports in Figure 52 are not host N_Ports and cannot connect directly to st...

Page 195: ... tasks may require configuration changes For more information about FlexAttach see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide The terms pWWN and WWPN are used interchangeably Figure 53 shows a view of an HP c Class BladeSystem using NPV with FlexAttach Blade enclosure with 16 servers Blade 16 Blade 15 Blade 14 Blade 13 Blade 12 Blade 11 Blade 10 Blade 9 Blade 8 Blade 7 Blade 6 Blade 5 Blade...

Page 196: ... NPIV is a Fibre Channel standard that allows multiple N_Ports to connect to a switch F_Port HBA NPIV is used on servers running a VOS You can assign a unique virtual port name to each VM that shares the HBA NPIV is supported on all 8 Gb and 4 Gb Emulex and QLogic HBAs when using the vendor supplied VOS drivers HBA NPIV considerations Consider the following points when implementing a SAN with VOS ...

Page 197: ... 48 02 00 0c 29 00 00 1a 48 02 00 0c 29 00 00 24 48 02 00 0c 29 00 00 2a Fabric Server Figure 54 VOS with HBA NPIV enabled When using HBA NPIV consider the following When a VOS initializes the HBA performs a fabric login using the manufacturing assigned WWPN and the switch assigns a FCID for the login session The HBA s WWPN and associated FCID are logged in the fabric name server When an NPIV enab...

Page 198: ...ServerNet fabrics Each VIO enclosure has four embedded Fibre Channel ports in a Fibre Channel PIC for a total of eight embedded Fibre Channel ports in the NonStop system The Fibre Channel ports provide the same functionality as the FCSAs in IOAME systems Each VIO enclosure can be nl expanded to eight Fibre Channel ports using optional PICs in the expansion slots for a total of 16 Fibre Channel por...

Page 199: ...minim um recommended Direct host attach configura tion minimum recommended NonStop server support 2 4 2 2 0 0 Number of Fibre Channel SAN fabrics 1 2 1 1 1 1 Number of XP storage systems 2 2 1 1 1 1 Number of IOAMEs 4 4 2 4 2 4 Number of Fibre Channel ServerNet adapters Table 92 describes supported NonStop server configurations with VIO enclosures Table 92 NonStop high availability configurations ...

Page 200: ... and NS1200 Before December 2006 NS1000 only No NS1000 NS1200 Table 95 describes storage system configuration rules for NonStop servers Table 95 NonStop server configuration rules Description Rule nl number Requires a minimum of one XP storage system for storage connectivity 1 Requires a minimum of one IOAME on the server For the NS1000 NS1200 NS14000 and NS14200 servers using VIO two VIO enclosur...

Page 201: ...rvers expanded ports are available only to customers who have the HP ESS 11 The VIO enclosure software is not backward compatible This product is supported only on H06 08 and later RVUs 12 The CLIM software is not backward compatible This product is supported only on J06 04 and later RVUs 13 Direct host attach HP recommends host based mirroring For example each LDEV P is mirrored to a separate LDE...

Page 202: ...are in different zones HP recommends host based mirroring For example each LDEV P is mirrored to a separate LDEV M on separate XP ports p b m mb paths are used A nonmirrored volume is allowed For example each LDEV P is not mirrored to a separate LDEV M on separate XP ports only p and b paths are used For high availability primary P LDEVs and mirror M LDEVs must be configured on separate array ACP ...

Page 203: ...inimum direct host attach IOAME configuration for XP storage systems Figure 56 shows a minimum direct host attach configuration with VIO enclosures 25279a XP Array CL1 CL2 mb b m mb p X VIO Enclosure Y VIO Enclosure M P Figure 56 Minimum direct host attach VIO configuration for XP storage systems NS1000 NS14000 SAN Design Reference Guide 203 ...

Page 204: ...IM Y CLIM X Figure 57 Minimum direct host attach CLIM configuration for XP storage systems Figure 58 shows a minimum SAN configuration with an IOAME 25123a IOAME FCSA XP Array FCSA CL1 CL2 p mb M m b P X Y p mb m b Figure 58 Minimum SAN IOAME configuration for XP storage systems Heterogeneous server rules 204 ...

Page 205: ...O Enclosure Y VIO Enclosure Figure 59 Minimum SAN VIO configuration for XP storage systems NS1000 NS14000 Figure 60 shows a minimum SAN configuration with CLIMs 26490a XP Array CL1 CL2 M p mb b P m m b mb p CLIM Y CLIM X Figure 60 Minimum SAN CLIM configuration for XP storage systems SAN Design Reference Guide 205 ...

Page 206: ...redundancy mb2 p2 25124a IOAME FCSA XP Array FCSA CL1 CL2 p b2 M m X Y p mb b mb2 IOAME FCSA FCSA X Y m2 mb m2 b2 M2 b P2 P p2 m Figure 61 SAN IOAME configuration with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems Heterogeneous server rules 206 ...

Page 207: ...IC redundancy p2 p b2 m m2 mb b 25281a XP Array CL1 CL2 M p mb b m2 b2 M2 P2 P p2 m mb2 X VIO Enclosure Y VIO Enclosure mb2 Figure 62 SAN VIO configuration with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems NS1000 NS14000 SAN Design Reference Guide 207 ...

Page 208: ...hysical redundancy p2 p b2 m m2 mb b mb2 CLIM Y CLIM X CLIM Y CLIM X 26491a XP Array CL1 CL2 M p mb b m2 b2 M2 P2 P p2 m mb2 Figure 63 SAN CLIM configuration with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems Heterogeneous server rules 208 ...

Page 209: ...mb2 p2 IOAME FCSA FCSA p b2 m X Y IOAME FCSA FCSA X Y m2 mb b 25125a XP Array CL1 CL2 M p mb b mb2 m2 b2 M2 P2 P p2 m Figure 64 SAN IOAME configuration two cascaded switches with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems SAN Design Reference Guide 209 ...

Page 210: ...cy p2 p b2 m m2 mb b 25278a XP Array CL1 CL2 M p mb b m2 b2 M2 P2 P p2 m mb2 m b mb2 p2 mb p m2 b2 X VIO Enclosure Y VIO Enclosure mb2 Figure 65 SAN VIO configuration two cascaded switches with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems NS1000 NS14000 Heterogeneous server rules 210 ...

Page 211: ...hysical redundancy 26492a XP Array CL1 CL2 M p mb b m2 b2 M2 P2 P p2 m mb2 p2 p b2 m m2 mb b mb2 CLIM Y CLIM X CLIM Y CLIM X Figure 66 SAN CLIM configuration two cascaded switches with logical and physical redundancy for XP storage systems SAN Design Reference Guide 211 ...

Page 212: ...to HP UX Support for HP UX 11i v2 June 2008 or later using PvLinks for MSA2000fc G2 products only Support for HP UX 11i v3 using native multipathing P2000 G3 FC MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc Active active failover mode is supported for HP UX 11i v1 and 11i v2 using the Secure Path PvLinks or Veritas DMP driver HP UX 11i v3 is supported with native multipathing For HP Continuous Access EVA configuration i...

Page 213: ... S S VD 1 Legend D same server and different HBA S same server and HBA not supported sc single controller SP Secure Path PL PvLinks VD Veritas DMP 2 General rules EVA and XP require Secure Path 3 0f SP4 or later When using Secure Path and Veritas DMP coexistence is not supported HP UX 11i v3 is supported with native multipathing Secure Path is not required or supported Migration from Secure Path t...

Page 214: ...on page 256 and XP and VA SAN boot support on page 268 Supports multipathing high availability configuration in multiple fabrics or in a single fabric with zoned paths All supported For HP Continuous Access EVA configuration information see HP Continuous Access EVA SAN in tegration on page 254 EVA6100 EVA6400 EVA8000 EVA8100 EVA8400 EVA3000 EVA4000 EVA4100 EVA4400 EVA5000 EVA6000 Host name profile...

Page 215: ...th ing driver MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc S S S S S S D MSA1500 A A S S S S S S D MSA1000 single controller S S S S S S D EVA3000 5000 VCS 3x S S S S S S D EVA3000 5000 VCS 4x S S S S S S D EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 8000 8100 XCS 6x2 4400 XCS 09x 6400 8400 XCS 0950x S S S S S S D XP 1 Legend S same server and HBA not supported 2 EVA4100 6100 8100 requires XCS firmware 6 110 minimum For more information ab...

Page 216: ...ons that use host based volume shadowing over Fibre Channel links with long distance transceivers or WDM and use of B series FC or FCIP Fastwrite or C series Write Acceleration Host based volume shadowing is supported on the same link with the following applications HP Continuous Access EVA HP XP Continuous Access Heterogeneous server rules 216 ...

Page 217: ...ing high availability configuration in multiple fabrics or in a single fabric with zoned paths All supported Zoning is required when a SAN is configured for multiple TruCluster products Each TruCluster must be in its own zone Supports connection of single HBA servers Supports active active or active passive failover mode A multipathing driver is embedded in the operating system For HP Continuous A...

Page 218: ...tive mul tipathing driver MSA1500 A A S S S S S S MSA1000 single controller S S S S S S EVA3000 5000 VCS 3x S S S S S S EVA3000 5000 VCS 4x S S S S S S EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 8000 8100 XCS 6x2 S S S S S S XP 1 Legend S same server and HBA 2 EVA4100 6100 8100 requires XCS firmware 6 110 minimum For more information about storage system coexistence see Heterogeneous SAN storage system coexistence on...

Page 219: ...8000 8100 Command View 8 0 or later EVA4400 Command View EVA host entry operating system Custom custom type 00000002024000A8 Notes For XCS 6 100 or later select Custom from the Operating System Type list and then enter 00000002024000A8 as the Custom type For XCS 09003000 or later select Apple Mac OS X from the Operating System Type list Host adapter rules Supported only with ATTO 8 Gb and 4 Gb PCI...

Page 220: ...us SAN with other operating systems Supports active active and active passive failover mode A multipathing driver is required Supports multipathing high availability configuration implemented in multiple fabrics or in a single fabric with zoned paths For specific Secure Path zoning requirements contact an HP storage representative Supports boot from SAN for XP storage systems For more information ...

Page 221: ...a S HDLM XP S S S D6 MPIO 1 Legend S same server and HBA D same server and different HBA not supported 2 EVA4100 6100 8100 requires XCS firmware 6 110 minimum 3 Connection to a common server with different HBAs requires separate HBA zones for XP VA and EVA 4 AIX 5 3 or P5 server support requires Secure Path 2 0d SP3 5 EVA4400 6400 8400 requires MPIO 1 0 4 1 6 Secure Path is supported with current ...

Page 222: ...ystems Provides single path support only Supports clusters 32 bit 64 bit Supports active active or active passives failover mode Supports boot from SAN For more information see XP and VA SAN boot support on page 268 VA7100 VA7110 VA7400 VA7410 XP48 XP512 XP128 XP1024 XP10000 XP12000 XP20000 XP24000 Zoning is required when Linux is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems Supports c...

Page 223: ...ter settings see Table 117 on page 237 P2000 G3 FC MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc MSA2000fc Zoning is required when Windows is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems Supports boot from SAN For more information see XP and VA SAN boot support on page 268 XP128 XP1024 XP10000 XP12000 XP20000 XP24000 VA7100 VA7110 VA7400 VA7410 XP48 XP512 Zoning is required when Windows is used in a heteroge...

Page 224: ...DSM MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc MSA2000fc S S S S S S HP MPIO FF EVA3000 5000 VCS 4x S S S S S S MS MPIO DSM S S S S S S HP MPIO FF EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 8000 8100 XCS 6x2 4400 XCS 09x 6400 8400 XCS 0950x S S S S S S HP MPIO DSM S S S S S S HP MPIO FF XP128 1024 XP10000 12000 XP20000 24000 S S S S S S MS MPIO DSM 1 Legend S same server and HBA not supported 2 EVA4100 6100 8100 requires a minimum of XC...

Page 225: ... see XP and VA SAN boot support on page 268 EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 8000 8100 with NetWare Clusters supports up to the maximum number of nodes supported by NetWare XP48 XP512 XP128 XP1024 XP10000 XP12000 XP20000 XP24000 VA7100 EVA4000 EVA4100 EVA6000 EVA6100 EVA8000 EVA8100 Zoning is required when NetWare is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems Supports active active or active p...

Page 226: ...EVA3000 5000 nl VCS 4x EVA3000 5000 nl VCS 3x MSA1x00 nl A A A P nl single con troller AutoPath MPIO MPIO MPIO Secure Path Secure Path S S S S S Secure Path MSA1x00 A A A P single controller S S S S S Secure Path EVA3000 5000 VCS 3x S S S S S MPIO EVA3000 5000 VCS 4x S S S S S MPIO EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 8000 8100 XCS 6x2 S S S S S MPIO XP S Auto Path VA 1 Legend S same server and HBA not supporte...

Page 227: ...single fabric with zoned paths Requires a multipathing driver for active active or active passive failover with two or more paths All supported Zoning is required when Sun Solaris is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems Single path is not supported MPxIO is required Retry count must be set to 10 entry in kernel drv sd conf must be set as follows SD config list HP MSA retries ti...

Page 228: ...tive For HP Continuous Access EVA configuration information see HP Continuous Access EVA SAN integration on page 254 EVA3000 5000 VCS 3x 1 Unlisted but supported storage systems have no additional SAN configuration restrictions For the latest support information contact an HP storage representative Heterogeneous server rules 228 ...

Page 229: ... S MPxIO EVA4400 XCS 09x 6400 8400 XCS 0950x S D S D S D S D D D VD S D HDLM XP D S D S D S D S D S D S MPxIO S D S D S D S D S D D D VD D S D S D S D S D S MPxIO VA S D S D S D S D D D VD 1 Legend S same server and HBA D same server and different HBA not supported SP Secure Path VD Veritas DMP HDLM Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager 2 EVA4100 6100 8100 requires a minimum of XCS firmware 6 110 3 General...

Page 230: ...ith a maximum of two nodes per cluster It does not support Windows Server 2003 SP1 Note Not all listed storage systems are supported on all versions of VMware ESX XP48 XP512 XP128 XP1024 XP10000 XP12000 XP20000 XP24000 MSA1000 MSA1500 MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc MSA2000fc P2000 G3 FC EVA3000 EVA4000 EVA4100 EVA4400 EVA5000 EVA6000 EVA6100 EVA6400 EVA8000 EVA8100 EVA8400 1 Unlisted but supported storage...

Page 231: ...A2000fc Zoning is required when Xen is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems Supports active active or active passives failover mode Supports boot from SAN For more information see XP and VA SAN boot support on page 268 XP20000 XP24000 XP10000 XP12000 Zoning is required when Xen is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems Supports connection of single HBA servers...

Page 232: ...em types see Common server access on page 232 Common server access Common server access enables simultaneous connectivity to different storage system types from the same server In some cases connectivity to different storage system types including disk and tape is allowed from the same HBA For supported common server access configurations and rules see the storage solutions documentation Common se...

Page 233: ...ccess to different storage system types from the same HBA is supported for some storage systems Each storage system must support identical HBA model numbers Driver versions Multipathing software versions or compatible multipathing products See the multipathing coexistence tables in each operating system s section for supported storage system types using common server access with a common HBA HP UX...

Page 234: ... Zoning on page 266 for XP and VA Zoning enforcement on page 421 Zoning guidelines on page 421 EBS zoning on page 423 Zone naming on page 423 Heterogeneous server rules 234 ...

Page 235: ...em Maximum of 149 SFF drives nl 6 Total enclosures Maximum of 96 LFF Drives nl 8 Total enclosures Maximum of 99 SFF drives Maximum of 5 LFF enclosures P2000 G3 12 drive enclosure D2700 Disk Enclosure MSA20002 MSA702 P2000 G3 P2000 G3 chassis and MSA2000 chassis P2000 JBOD D2700 JBOD MSA2000 MSA70 149 SFF 96 LFF P2000 G3 FC P2000 G3 FC iSCSI MSA2000fc G2 MSA2300fc MSA2000 G2 MSA2000 G2 chassis MSA2...

Page 236: ...s with any of the operating systems listed in Table 116 Standalone servers and clustered servers are supported on the same storage system Table 116 MSA2000fc and MSA2000fc G2 heterogeneous SAN support Operating systems Switches Firmware Storage system HP UX Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server VMware ESX Server H series B series C series M series TS100R011 P2000 ...

Page 237: ...ks Disk Arrays For all other supported operating systems set the following parameters Brocade MPIO Mode Enable off Path Timeout 60 Emulex LinkTimeOut 60 NodeTimeOut 60 QLogic Port Down Retry Count 60 Link Down Timeout 60 6 MSA2000fc The primary controller presents the volumes If the primary controller fails the secondary controller presents the volumes 7 Use volume mapping to enable or disable vol...

Page 238: ...000fc and MSA2000fc G2 maximum configurations Snapshots and clones1 LUN size LUNs Hosts Drives Operating systems Storage nl systems 64 Standard maximum 512 Snap shots clones or remote snaps 16 TB 512 64 96 nl 3 5 in LFF 149 nl 2 5 in SFF HP UX 11 31 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 2008 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 11 VMware ESX Server 3 5 4 0 P2000 G3 FC P2000 G3 FC i...

Page 239: ...red tape connections can exist in a disk multipath environment but there is no multipath support for tape connections because they are zoned to only one host HBA For optimal performance HP recommends using separate HBAs for disk and tape connections For a VLS multiple heterogeneous initiators and multiple ports of the VLS device are supported in the same fabric zone HP StorageWorks Modular Smart A...

Page 240: ...tems2 Switches Firmware1 Storage system HP OpenVMS 7x firmware only B series C series M series 7x 6x MSA1500 active active HP Tru64 7x firmware only Novell NetWare SCO HP UX 5x firmware only B series C series M series 5x 4x MSA1500 active passive or single controller VMware ESX 4x firmware only 1 For the latest firmware support information contact an HP storage representative 2 For the supported o...

Page 241: ...server rules on page 185 NOTE There are heterogeneous restrictions based on failover mode and clustering Configuration rules Table 121 lists the MSA1500 storage system rules Table 121 MSA1500 storage system rules Description Rule nl number The MSA1500 is supported in all SAN fabric topology configurations described in this guide 1 Unless otherwise specified the MSA1500 can be configured in a SAN u...

Page 242: ...ules apply to a heterogeneous SAN with MSA1500 storage systems Zoning is required for all operating systems that access an MSA1500 See Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 An MSA1500 storage system can be in multiple operating system zones For configurations that support common server access to multiple storage system types see Common server access on page 232 Maximums Table 122 lists maximum co...

Page 243: ...ess SAN G2 kit The HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000 Small Business SAN G2 kit is a 2 Gb Fibre Channel storage system designed to reduce the complexity and risk of an entry level SAN It provides a low cost scalable high performance storage consolidation system with investment protection The MSA1000 Small Business SAN is a standalone SAN configuration that is not supported for connectivity t...

Page 244: ... supported on the same storage system Table 124 MSA1000 heterogeneous SAN support Operating systems2 Switches Firmware1 Storage system HP UX Microsoft Windows Linux VMware ESX B series C series H series M series 7x MSA1000 active active Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare Linux 4x firmware only VMware ESX 5x firmware only B series C series M series 5x 4x MSA1000 active passive or single controller 1 ...

Page 245: ...eterogeneous storage system support HP supports HP storage products on shared hosts and HBAs in solution environments that also have third party storage products A third party cooperative support agreement between HP and the third party is required if HP will provide a single support point of contact that includes the third party storage HP provides technical support for its products and cooperate...

Page 246: ...t Windows Novell NetWare VMware ESX MSA1000 32 32 32 8 Server de pendent Tru64 UNIX OpenVMS 1 For the supported operating system versions see Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 Contact an HP storage representative for a configuration review to determine support for configurations that exceed the stated limits Tape storage The following rules apply to tape storage support in a SAN with MSA1000 ...

Page 247: ... integration page 254 Zoning page 256 EVA SAN boot support page 256 Storage management server integration page 256 Cabling page 258 See EVA and EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option on page 367 for information about the EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option EVA storage systems Before implementation contact an HP storage representative for information about support for specific configurations including the fol...

Page 248: ...support when using XCS 09x or 6x 3 For the supported operating system versions see Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 4 The H series switches are not supported with EVA3000 5000 VCS 3x and has limited operating system support see Table 12 on page 87 5 The EVA6400 8400 and EVA4400 are not supported with Novel NetWare or with Tru64 UNIX Configuration rules Table 128 lists configuration rules for...

Page 249: ...ension using long distance direct Fibre Channel WDM or FCIP with 4 Gb s or 2 Gb s EVA models EVA storage management server Storage Management Appliance and other supported server connections to EVA controllers are allowed at 1 Gb s when connected to a Fibre Channel switch provided that the EVA port is connected at 4 Gb s or 2 Gb s Note This rule applies to EVA controllers connected to a Fibre Chan...

Page 250: ...y setting for the controller host ports EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 6400 8000 8100 8400 For fabric Set the applicable HSV controller host ports to Fabric For direct connect Set the applicable HSV controller host ports to Direct Connect See the EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 6400 8000 8100 8400 storage system documentation for information about the OCP See the HP StorageWorks 4400 Enterprise Virtual Array insta...

Page 251: ...e solution configuration documentation Table 129 lists the maximum number of connections supported by EVA storage systems and the storage limits for each platform The maximums are for access to a single EVA storage system with redundant dual controllers If the connection requirements for the number of servers in a particular SAN exceed the maximum deploy multiple storage systems in the SAN General...

Page 252: ...resented to 4 node cluster nl LUNs 193 through 200 are presented to single host When all LUNs are presented to all hosts the number of LUNs multiplied by the number of hosts must not exceed 8 192 Table 129 lists the maximum number of EVA storage systems that can be configured on a single server There is no limit on the maximum number of EVA storage systems in a SAN Table 129 EVA single server maxi...

Page 253: ...iSCSI with the option to add either data migration or FCIP one other license enabled function for standalone or concurrent operation This section describes data migration usage and support For information about iSCSI configurations see MPX200 Multifunction Router with iSCSI on page 360 For information about FCIP see MPX200 Multifunction Router with FCIP on page 308 A license is required to enable ...

Page 254: ...orted in a heterogeneous SAN provided that you follow the rules described in Table 131 Table 131 HP Continuous Access EVA heterogeneous SAN configuration rules Description Rule nl number HP strongly recommends that all HP Continuous Access EVA deployments implement level 4 NSPOF SANs using two or more separate fabrics See Data availability on page 53 HP Continuous Access EVA supports a subset of o...

Page 255: ...nitial setup of HP Continuous Access EVA storage Management of the operational HP Continuous Access EVA environment is done through the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager and other products installed on the Storage Management Appliances For more information see the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA planning guide HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA release notes and HP StorageWork...

Page 256: ... for disk and tape connections are supported For a VLS multiple heterogeneous initiators and multiple ports of the VLS device are supported in the same fabric zone HP recommends using a separate tape to HBA connection for servers with backups that require more than four DLT8000 tape drives or two Ultrium LTO tape drives For more information about tape storage support contact your HP representative...

Page 257: ...from all operating systems Create a storage management zone for the storage management server and the elements it will monitor and manage 7 It is not necessary to include the switch WWNs or server HBA WWNs in the storage management server zone Management communication to these devices from the storage management server is done out of band or outside the fabric via TCP IP 8 EVA Element Manager can ...

Page 258: ...can upgrade to an HP Continuous Access EVA solution without needing to re cable controller connections The cross cable configuration shown in Figure 67 is also supported for non HP Continuous Access EVA storage systems with VCS 3 x 25129b Figure 67 EVA3000 5000 VCS 3x cross cable configuration Figure 68 shows the physical connections for a straight cable high availability NSPOF configuration for E...

Page 259: ...25130b Figure 68 EVA4000 4100 6000 6100 and EVA3000 5000 VCS 4x straight cable high availability configuration SAN Design Reference Guide 259 ...

Page 260: ...e is also supported for HP Continuous Access EVA A B 26408a Figure 69 EVA4400 9x straight cable configuration Figure 70 shows the cabling scheme for both non HP Continuous Access EVA and HP Continuous Access EVA configurations for EVA8000 8100 storage systems 25131b Figure 70 EVA8000 8100 straight cable configuration EVA storage system rules 260 ...

Page 261: ...ons Use dual channel HBAs when the number of server PCI slots is limited Most installations are configured as shown in Figure 72 or Figure 73 Both configurations are implemented using a single PCI slot to provide access to the same targets or LUNs or to a different set of storage targets or LUNs through separate ports on the HBA Each dual channel HBA provides greater performance than a single chan...

Page 262: ... sample NSPOF solution with two dual channel HBAs This availability solution is equivalent to using two single channel HBAs For more information see Data availability on page 53 25139b Targets A B 1 2 Targets C D Targets A B Targets C D Port 1 Port 2 Dual channel HBA Port 1 Port 2 Dual channel HBA Figure 74 Two dual channel HBAs NSPOF EVA storage system rules 262 ...

Page 263: ...topics XP and VA storage systems page 263 Configuration rules page 265 XP and VA SAN boot support page 268 LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP support page 268 XP and VA storage systems Before implementation contact an HP storage representative for information about support for specific configurations including the following elements Storage system firmware HBA firmware and driver versions S...

Page 264: ...es HP22 VA7410 VA7110 A140 VA7400 VA7100 HP UX IBM AIX Microsoft Windows Novell NetWare OpenVMS Red Hat Linux Sun Solaris SUSE Linux Tru64 UNIX VMware ESX B series C series H series3 M series 60x XP20000 XP24000 50x XP12000 XP10000 B series C series M series 21x XP1024 XP128 01x XP512 XP48 1 Contact an HP storage representative for the latest firmware version support 2 For the supported operating ...

Page 265: ...2 5 XP24000 20000 and XP12000 10000 storage systems support F_Port FL_Port and NL_Port connectivity Use the following settings based on the required connectivity type Switch Fabric F_Port Fabric On Connection Point to Point Switch Fabric FL_Port Fabric On Connection FC AL Direct connect no Fibre Channel switch NL_Port Fabric Off Connection FC AL See XP Continuous Access configuration support on pa...

Page 266: ... and switch support See Heterogeneous SAN storage system coexistence on page 232 for storage system nl coexistence support Zoning These zoning rules apply to a heterogeneous SAN with XP and VA storage systems Zoning is required for all operating systems that access XP and VA storage systems See Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 XP and VA storage systems can be in multiple operating system zon...

Page 267: ...25140b XP VA FC bridge All supported switches HP UX Windows Solaris AIX NetWare Figure 75 XP and VA storage systems with tape storage in a shared fabric SAN Design Reference Guide 267 ...

Page 268: ...ble configuration Table 136 XP and VA SAN boot support by operating system Xen IRIX Novell nl NetWare IBM nl AIX Sun nl Solaris Open VMS2 Tru64 nl UNIX2 3 Windows Linux HP UX Storage systems1 Switches XP24000 B series C series M series XP20000 XP12000 XP10000 XP1024 XP128 XP512 XP48 VA7410 VA7400 VA7110 VA7100 1 Legend supported not supported 2 XP24000 XP20000 boot on OpenVMS and Tru64 requires Al...

Page 269: ... access by LUN Provides LUN security at the array level to secure data Provides consolidated and consistent data access management independent of the switch vendor Improves boot performance during ioscan by limiting the visibility between the host and targets SAN Design Reference Guide 269 ...

Page 270: ...XP and VA storage system rules 270 ...

Page 271: ...cation Thin Provisioning for designated virtual disks even if the array does not support Thin Provisioning A centralized VSM GUI to manage all objects in the domain providing a single view of data on multiple arrays Data migration between arrays from multiple vendors Disaster recovery for a site array or virtual disk Bidirectional asynchronous remote replication with automated initial normalizatio...

Page 272: ...tform Thin Provisioning HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Volume Manager HP StorageWorks Virtualization Services Manager VSM HP StorageWorks Virtualization Services Manager Command Line Interface The following operating systems are supported HP UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 Red Hat Linux 4 0 and 5 0 SUSE Linux 10 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows 2008 Sun Solaris 10 VMwar...

Page 273: ...l switch support see B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 and C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules on page 135 NOTE HP SVSP only supports Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel switching when using multiprotocol routers Multiprotocol Services Modules and Multiservice Modules Other interfaces such as IP are not supported as an SVSP transport Storage rules The following HP arra...

Page 274: ...2 Must not exceed plus or minus 10 over a 5 minute window Latency jitter3 1 Pre existing restriction 2 A high packet loss ratio indicates the need to retransmit data across the inter site link Each retransmission delays transmissions queued behind the current packet thus increasing the time to complete pending transactions 3 Latency jitter is the difference between the minimum and maximum values a...

Page 275: ...l and the EBS compatibility matrix which are available at http h18000 www1 hp com products storageworks tapecompatibility html The HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution design guide is the second step in configuring your EBS This guide is available at http h20000 www2 hp com bizsupport TechSupport DocumentIndex jsp contentType SupportManual docIndexId 3124 locale en_US prodTypeId 12169 prodSe...

Page 276: ...Enterprise Backup Solution 276 ...

Page 277: ...Part IV SAN extension and bridging SAN extension and bridging are presented in these chapters SAN extension page 279 iSCSI storage page 355 Network Attached Storage page 395 ...

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Page 279: ...nd SONET products page 352 SAN extension overview A SAN extension is an extended ISL connection between switches typically linking two sites An extended ISL is considered to be Any distance greater than 50 m for 8 Gb s Fibre Channel 150 m for 4 Gb s Fibre Channel 300 m for 2 Gb s Fibre Channel 500 m for 1 Gb s Fibre Channel Any distance between a pair of WDM FCIP or FC SONET products NOTE Fibre Ch...

Page 280: ...80 SAN iSCSI bridging technology page 281 SAN extension technology HP supports the following SAN extension technologies Fibre Channel long distance technology including Fiber optic transceivers page 282 Wavelength division multiplexing page 283 Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel switches page 287 Multi protocol long distance technology including Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol page 29...

Page 281: ...18 4 Multiservice Module B series and C series switches with the HP MPX200 Multifunction Router with FCIP B series and C series switches with the HP IP Distance Gateway Certified third party products see Certified third party WDM iFCP and SONET products on page 352 FCIP greater than 10 km to 20 000 km See Certified third party WDM iFCP and SONET products on page 352 FC SONET See Fibre Channel over...

Page 282: ... Fiber optic transceivers Fibre Channel switches use one of the following types of fiber optic transceivers The transceivers can be short wave or long wave Use long wave transceivers for SAN extension The 8 Gb s 4 Gb s and 2 Gb s transceivers are known as SFPs and use LC style connectors Figure 77 25142a Figure 77 LC SFP transceiver The 1 Gb s transceivers can be LC SFPs Figure 77 or GBICs which u...

Page 283: ...eries 8 Gb s switches only 4 Gb s 30 km SFP extended reach 35 km ISL at 2 Gb s B series and M series 2 Gb s 35 km SFP extended reach 2 Gb s 10 km ISL at 2 Gb s B series C series M series 2 Gb s 10 km SFP 10 km ISL at 1 Gb s B series 1 Gb s 10 km GBIC 1 Gb s 10 km ISL at 1 Gb s C series M series 1 Gb s 10 km SFP 35 km ISL at 1 Gb s C series M series 1 Gb s 35 km SFP 100 km ISL at 1 Gb s B series 1 ...

Page 284: ... world it is less expensive to deploy WDM devices on existing fiber than it is to install new fiber After implementing WDM service providers can establish a grow as you go infrastructure Service providers can expand capacity in any portion of their networks Carriers can address areas of congestion resulting from high capacity demands WDM enables you to partition and maintain dedicated wavelengths ...

Page 285: ...vailability and expandability Provide optical signal amplification and attenuation to increase the transmitted received signal to noise ratio Provide signal conditioning that is the retiming and reshaping of the optical data carrying signal for optimization of the bit error rate Offer channel add drop capability the ability to change the number of data channels by adding or dropping optical wavele...

Page 286: ...at http h18006 www1 hp com products storageworks cwdm index html NOTE The HP CWDM multiplexer solution is not supported on B series H series or M series switches See Certified third party WDM iFCP and SONET products on page 352 for more information about B series M series and C series supported WDM devices Third party WDM products HP supports third party WDM products that have been tested successf...

Page 287: ...r information about HP certified third party WDM products see Certified third party WDM iFCP and SONET products on page 352 Extended fabric settings for Fibre Channel switches When extending fabrics with Fibre Channel long distance transceivers or WDM it is important to maintain the performance of ISL connections See Features on page 100 for information about the B series Extended Fabrics license ...

Page 288: ...fgMode slot port 1 R_RDY mode C series switch settings Table 142 lists the C series switch extended fabric settings for maintaining performance with extended fabric links Table 142 C series switch extended fabric settings Setting Extended fabric item C series switches support up to 4095 BB_credits See Table 191 on page 387 for detailed information Supported switch models 7 Maximum number of hops S...

Page 289: ...N fabric connectivity and switch interoperability rules on page 167 for detailed information about distance rules for long wave transceivers Maximum segment distance NOTE The HP C series CWDM solution is not supported on M series switches See Certified third party WDM products on page 353 for M series supported WDM devices Consider the following when using M series switches with extended fabric li...

Page 290: ...on describes the following storage replication technologies which enable data transfer between SAN networks Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol page 290 Fibre Channel over SONET page 296 Fibre Channel over ATM page 297 Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol FCIP connects Fibre Channel fabrics over IP based networks to form a unified SAN in a single fabric FCIP relies on IP based network services to...

Page 291: ... interoperability To connect to FCIP gateways B series and M series switches connect through an E_Port while C series switches use plug in modules Figure 83 Figure 84 and Figure 85 show IP link configurations FCIP link configurations Using FCIP you can configure the SAN ISL through a single link dual links or shared links FCIP single link configuration The simplest FCIP configuration comprises one...

Page 292: ...ed link configuration A shared link configuration uses only one IP network Figure 85 IP 25148b Fabric A1 Remote Fabric B1 Local Fabric B1 Remote Fabric A1 Local Figure 85 FCIP shared link configuration NOTE Do not use the shared link configuration if you require high availability because it does not provide redundancy between fabrics It can also decrease performance because the total bandwidth ava...

Page 293: ...y not solve this problem Recommendations for managing bandwidth with FCIP In an enterprise level SAN with multiple copy sets merges or full copies normalization time can be extensive Use the following guidelines to decrease the normalization time in a Continuous Access EVA environment with the EVA family of storage arrays Set up and normalize all copy sets at the same location with direct Fibre Ch...

Page 294: ...he next 12 to 18 months The results of this scaling process become your design goal Determine the values for RPO and RTO RPO measures how much data is lost due to a problem at the source site By definition an RPO of zero no data can be lost requires synchronous replication regardless of which data replication product you use RTO indicates when to start using the recovery site This measurement incl...

Page 295: ...r and MP Router Blade page 316 B series MP Router page 319 C series switches C series MDS 9216i 9222i IPS 4 IPS 8 14 2 and 18 4 Modules page 323 B series and C series switches HP IP Distance Gateway page 299 B series and C series switches MPX200 Multifunction Router with FCIP page 308 NOTE For information about products supported with M series switches see Certified third party WDM iFCP and SONET ...

Page 296: ...local SANs with a SONET to create an extended SAN An FC SONET gateway resides at the end of an inter site link Each FC SONET gateway encapsulates Fibre Channel frames into SONET packets before transmitting the frames over the network Upon receiving the packets another FC SONET gateway extracts the original Fibre Channel frames from the SONET packets and retransmits them to the destination Fibre Ch...

Page 297: ...he total bandwidth available for storage is shared by the two fabrics FC SONET network considerations Implementing FC SONET with your existing network depends on the expected storage replication application load and existing network traffic The key consideration is whether you have enough unused or available bandwidth from your network to support the current network load accommodate future growth ...

Page 298: ...s Table 147 describes the product features and usage for all HP supported FCIP SAN extension products For more information see Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol on page 290 SAN extension best practices for Continuous Access EVA on page 324 and the Disaster Recovery Solutions FCIP Gateway Performance Comparison whitepaper at http h18006 www1 hp com storage sanwhitepapers html Table 147 Features ...

Page 299: ...Table 151 Hardware VEX_Port LSAN fabric isolation B series B series 400 MP Router MP Router Blade See Table 152 VEX_Port LSAN fabric isolation B series B series MP Router See Table 153 Software IPS 4 IPS 8 Hardware all others E_Port VSAN fabric isolation C series C series MDS 9222i 9216i IPS 4 IPS 8 14 2 18 4 1 For the MPX200 use of compression is not recommended for high bandwidth links 200 Mb s ...

Page 300: ...m storage networking index html Documentation IP Distance Gateway configuration examples The IP Distance Gateway supports the configurations shown in Figure 88 through Figure 98 Figure 88 shows a basic FCIP configuration with a local mpx110 and a remote mpx110 connected through an IP WAN using one or two long distance links WAN FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 25255c Fabri...

Page 301: ...B2 Figure 89 IP Distance Gateway high availability configuration with one or two long distance links Figure 90 shows a high availability configuration that includes a redundant IP network GbE GbE WAN FCIP LAN LAN GbE GbE FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 25257c Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 Local storage system Remote storage system Local FC servers Remote FC serv...

Page 302: ...his provides fabric isolation between the local and remote fabrics allowing device access without merging the fabrics This can be implemented in all supported IP Distance Gateway configurations using a Fibre Channel switch with Integrated Routing or a B series router configured for Fibre Channel routing WAN FCIP LAN LAN GbE GbE 26626a Fabric A2 Fabric A1 Local storage system Remote storage system ...

Page 303: ...rks mpx100 mpx110 Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 Local storage system Remote storage system Local FC servers Remote FC servers FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 WAN FCIP LAN LAN 26540b Figure 95 Highly redundant pairs of gateways fully redundant long ...

Page 304: ...The following configuration rules apply to Figure 99 peer to peer For Site 1 Site 2 or Site 3 can function as the remote site For Site 2 Site 1 or Site 3 can function as the remote site For Site 3 Site 1 or Site 2 can function as the remote site Figure 96 shows long distance link redundancy between all three sites WAN 26546a Fabric A2 Site 1 Site 3 Site 2 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Work...

Page 305: ...GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 A3 Fabric A3 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 B2 Fabric B2 LAN FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 A2 Fabric A2 LAN LAN LAN Site 2 Figure 97 HP Continuous Access EVA 3 site configuration with six mpx110 gateways Figure 98 shows the highest level of redundancy with a dedicated mpx110 pair for all long dista...

Page 306: ...1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 B2 Fabric B2 LAN FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 A2 Fabric A2 LAN Site 2 26548a Site 3 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 B3 Fabric B3 LAN FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 A3 Fabric A3 LAN Site 1 Figure 98 HP Continuous Access EVA 3 site configuration with eight gateways Figure...

Page 307: ...ion rules Review the following general configuration rules All mpx110 configurations require a minimum of two mpx110 gateways one local and one remote connected through an IP network These can be two mpx110s or one MPX200 with an FCIP license Continuous Access EVA only and one mpx110 one local and one remote connected through an IP network HP does not support FCIP connectivity between other gatewa...

Page 308: ... FCIP is supported for use with XP Continuous Access nl Synchronous Asynchronous and Journal For the latest support updates see the HP storage website http h18006 www1 hp com storage saninfrastructure index html Supported XP models are XP24000 20000 and XP12000 10000 using 60x and 50x firmware levels respectively Contact your HP authorized representative for supported firmware versions The mpx110 ...

Page 309: ...00 Mb s Requires dedicated IP bandwidth See Table 157 and Table 161 IP network protocols Continuous Access EVA Storage systems For Continuous Access EVA see the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array compatibility reference matrix at http h18006 www1 hp com products storage software conaccesseva index html FCIP supported operating systems For information about using the MPX200 Multifunction Rout...

Page 310: ...e 101 shows a configuration using the MPX200 with FCIP and B series switches with Integrated Routing This provides fabric isolation between the local and remote fabrics allowing device access without merging the fabrics This can be implemented in all supported MPX200 FCIP configurations using a Fibre Channel switch with Integrated Routing or a B series router configured for Fibre Channel routing W...

Page 311: ...abric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT IOIOI HP Storage Works mpx100 mpx110 Local storage system Remote storage system Local FC servers Remote FC servers GbE GbE FCIP GbE GbE LAN LAN GE1 GE2 IOIOI FC1 FC2 MGMT GE4 GE3 HP Storage Works MPX200 1 GbE Blade MPX200 Multifuncti on Router Figure 104 Local MPX200 basic FCIP configuration with remote IP Distance Gateway mpx100 Configuration rule...

Page 312: ...see Table 159 through Table 163 B series 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade The B series 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade offer FCIP SAN extension Fibre Channel routing and Fibre Channel switching You can use all of these functions on the same 1606 Extension SAN Switch or DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade simultaneously A 1606 Extension SAN ...

Page 313: ...h or using the Adaptive Rate Limiting feature HP does not support the 1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade configurations with FCIP tunnels configured with nondedicated bandwidth For more information see Configuring and monitoring FCIP extension services in the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6 x administrator guide For more information on dedicated IP bandwidth requirements se...

Page 314: ...pairs for high availability Figure 105 or as a single pair Figure 106 IP B IP A 26583b 1606 Extension SAN Switch FCIP with FC routing FCIP with FC routing Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch Figure 105 NSPOF configuration with 1606 Extension SAN Switches providing Fibre Channel routing and FCIP IP B IP A FCIP with FC...

Page 315: ...B1 VEX VE VEX VE 26585b 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch 1606 Extension SAN Switch Figure 107 NSPOF configuration with 1606 Extension SAN Switches providing Fibre Channel routing and FCIP with direct connect devices SAN Design Reference Guide 315 ...

Page 316: ... FL_Port E_Port Fibre Channel switching and Fibre Channel routing F_Port FL_Port EX_Port Fibre Channel switching and FCIP F_Port FL_Port VE_Port VEX_Port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP VE_Port VEX_Port NOTE VEX_Ports and EX_Ports cannot connect to the same edge fabric Using FCIP and Fibre Channel routing you can connect to local and remote fabrics without fully merging them This prevents unauthori...

Page 317: ...d simultan eously The connection to the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade FCIP port must be GbE compatible IP network protocols Continuous Access EVA Continuous Access XP20000 24000 XP10000 12000 XP128 1024 XP48 512 See Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 for operating system support FCIP FastWrite is supported with XP Continuous Access and is not supported with Continuous Access EVA Note Use a...

Page 318: ...0 MPR FCIP with FC routing FCIP with FC routing Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 Figure 108 NSPOF configuration with 400 MP Routers providing Fibre Channel routing and FCIP IP B IP A 26469b 400 MPR 400 MPR FCIP with FC routing Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 Figure 109 Fibre Channel routing and FCIP using two 400 MP Routers HP supports FCIP configurations in which the 400 MP Router ...

Page 319: ... page 35 For the MP Router you can configure a port as a Fibre Channel E_Port EX_Port Fibre Channel routing GbE iSCSI or GbE FCIP Traffic switching is supported between the following port types Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel routing E_Port EX_Port Fibre Channel and iSCSI E_Port F_Port GbE iSCSI Fibre Channel and FCIP E_Port EX_Port GbE FCIP Fibre Channel routing and FCIP EX_Port GbE FCIP Traffic ...

Page 320: ...inuous Access XP20000 24000 XP10000 12000 XP128 1024 XP48 512 See Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 for operating system support Note B series MP Router ports used for Continuous Access EVA must have the exchange based routing feature disabled Use the following command to disable exchange based routing across FCIP port processors portCfgFcip m 2 FCIP portcfgfcip m LOAD_BAL 1 exchange 2 SID_DI...

Page 321: ...s Access EVA supports multiple links but not those that are shared using dynamic load balancing or exchange based routing Figure 112 shows Fibre Channel fabrics connecting through two IP subnets Each MP Router uses a Fibre Channel interface to connect to the fabrics and a GbE interface to connect to the IP subnets MPR 1 MPR 2 MPR 3 25153a Fabric 1 Fabric 2 Fabric 3 IP subnet A IP subnet B Figure 1...

Page 322: ... Loss of an MP Router or loss of connectivity through one of the IP networks does not disrupt the fabric connections IP B IP A 25114b MPR MPR MPR MPR FCIP with FC routing FCIP with FC routing Fabric A2 Fabric B2 Fabric A1 Fabric B1 Figure 113 Redundant MP Routers and FCIP connections SAN extension 322 ...

Page 323: ...IPv6 Ethernet 10 Mb s 100 Mb s and 1 000 Mb s Requires dedicated IP bandwidth see Table 157 and Table 161 IP network protocols Continuous Access EVA XP Continuous Access Notes Contact an HP storage representative for EVA and XP supported models See Heterogeneous server rules on page 185 for specific operating system support Continuous Access EVA requires a load balance setting of src dst id on all...

Page 324: ...ation traffic in environments that employ FCIP gateways This de couples the host I O from throughput on the inter site link This can be achieved in the following ways Use separate switches and separate fabrics for host and replication I O preferred solution Replication zones can be set up through fabric zoning Using standard fabric zoning the host traffic is separated from the replication traffic ...

Page 325: ... in a two hour window Average packet loss ratio2 Must not exceed 10 ms over 24 hours Latency jitter3 1 Pre existing restriction 2 A high packet loss ratio indicates the need to retransmit data across the inter site link Each retransmission delays transmissions queued behind the current packet thus increasing the time to complete pending transactions Unless noted otherwise gateways listed in Table ...

Page 326: ... s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See note 3 HP IP Distance Gateway nl mpx110 MPX200 Multifunction Router See Table 19 B series 1606 Extension SAN Switch DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade See Table 20 B series 400 MP Router 1 Continuous Access EVA requires a minimum of 2 Mb s of IP bandwidth per path or 4 Mb s for two paths 2 See Table 131 for the maximum number of ...

Page 327: ...b s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 10 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 2 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See note 3 HP IP Distance Gateway nl mpx110 MPX200 Multifunction Router See Table 41 C series IPS 8 18 4 MDS 9216i MDS 9222i 1 Continuous Access EVA requires a minimum of 2 Mb s of IP bandwidth per path or 4 Mb s for two paths 2 See Table 131 for the ...

Page 328: ...0 0012 average over 24 hours High loss network 0 2 average over 24 hours must not exceed 0 5 for more than 5 minutes in a two hour window Average packet loss ratio2 Must not exceed 10 ms over 24 hours Latency jitter3 1 Pre existing restriction 2 A high packet loss ratio indicates the need to retransmit data across the inter site link Each retransmission delays transmissions queued behind the curre...

Page 329: ...10 MPX200 Multifunction Router See Table 19 B series 1606 Extension SAN Switch DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade See Table 20 B series 400 MP Router MP Router Blade Legacy IP gateways At least 4 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 10 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 2 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See Table 21 B series MP Router At least 20 Mb s for 1 t...

Page 330: ...oups See note 3 HP IP Distance Gateway nl mpx110 MPX200 Multifunction Router See Table 41 C series IPS 8 14 2 18 4 MDS 9216i MDS 9222i Legacy IP gateways At least 4 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 10 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 2 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See Table 41 C series IPS 4 At least 20 Mb s for 1 to 10 DR groups At least 10 Mb s f...

Page 331: ...aximum latency Dual IP link maximum latency 0 to 100 ms one way 0 to 100 ms one way At least 4 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 10 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 2 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups EOSi 4 6 McDATA Eclipse 1620 SAN Router Eclipse 2640 SAN Router 1 Continuous Access EVA requires a minimum of 2 Mb s of IP bandwidth per path or 4 Mb s for...

Page 332: ... on the average packet loss ratio and one way inter site latencies Maximum number of DR groups 1 500 bytes MTU of the IP network 100 ms one way or 200 ms round trip Maximum latency1 Low loss network 0 0012 average over 24 hours High loss network 0 2 average over 24 hours must not exceed 0 5 for more than 5 minutes in a two hour window Average packet loss ratio2 Must not exceed 10 ms over 24 hours ...

Page 333: ... groups See note 3 HP IP Distance Gateway nl mpx110 MPX200 Multifunction Router See Table 19 B series 1606 Extension SAN Switch DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade See Table 20 B series 400 MP Router MP Router Blade Legacy IP gateways At least 4 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 10 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 2 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See Tab...

Page 334: ...oup Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See note 3 HP IP Distance Gateway nl mpx110 MPX200 Multifunction Router See Table 41 C series IPS 8 14 2 18 4 MDS 9216i MDS 9222i Legacy IP gateways At least 4 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 10 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups At least 2 Mb s for 1 DR group Recommended At least 5 Mb s for 1 to 5 DR groups See Table 41 C series IPS 4 1 Continu...

Page 335: ...ee data replication modes Synchronous Asynchronous and Journal Table 165 describes the XP storage systems replication modes and required firmware versions XP Continuous Access Synchronous supports two fence levels data and never status fence level is not supported Data Prevents host writes in the event of a replication link failure Never Allows host writes to continue after a replication link fail...

Page 336: ...XP20000 Fibre nl Channel XP12000 XP10000 Fibre nl Channel XP1024 XP128 ESCON Fibre nl Channel XP512 XP48 ESCON 1 Legend supported not supported When performing replication between two storage systems the following restrictions apply Legacy storage systems have limitations on the control unit range port numbers and LUNs Support for host group is limited by storage system functionality This also aff...

Page 337: ...ous replication is supported on XP24000 20000 XP12000 10000 XP1024 128 and XP512 48 storage systems The maximum latency supported for Asynchronous replication is 300 ms one way or 600 ms round trip 1 A minimum of 16 Mb s of IP bandwidth per path is required 2 XP Continuous Access Journal Table 169 describes the network requirements and configuration rules when using XP Continuous Access Journal re...

Page 338: ...allow a fast restore operation for a Business Copy device 8 A P vol can support a maximum of two remote copies one Continuous Access Journal copy and one Continuous Access Synchronous copy 9 Requires a minimum guaranteed network bandwidth link that matches the average host writes of all MCU journals being serviced Journal capacity must be capable of buffering data until off peak times For 256 Mb s...

Page 339: ...Continuous Access 3DC configuration XP Continuous Access configuration support This section describes the products and maximum distances supported for the following XP Continuous Access configuration types Direct storage to storage Fibre Channel switches ESCON directors and repeaters WDM ATM and SONET SDH FCIP and routing extension SAN Design Reference Guide 339 ...

Page 340: ...t connect RCP LCP RCP LCP ESCON direct connect Figure 117 XP Continuous Access direct storage to storage configurations for Fibre Channel and ESCON Table 170 XP Continuous Access direct storage to storage distances Maximum distance Configuration 150 m at 4 Gb s 300 m at 2 Gb s 500 m at 1 Gb s Fibre Channel Fibre CHIP Port parameters for direct connect Fabric Off Connection FC AL Long wave SFPs 10 ...

Page 341: ...77 Table 78 and Table 80 Note For WDM distances see Table 173 Single switch or multi switch see Figure 118 Note Contact an HP storage representative for Fibre Channel switch model support For B series switches and routers Supports port based routing aptpolicy 1 and exchange based routing aptpolicy 3 See also Table 176 Port parameters for switch fabric connect Fabric On Connection Point to Point re...

Page 342: ...CP RCP LCP ESCON repeater director MME MME SME MME MME SME SME SME Figure 120 XP Continuous Access ESCON repeater configuration Table 172 XP Continuous Access ESCON director and repeater distances Maximum distance Configuration 3 km for short wave multi mode ESCON MME IBM 9032 9033 director IBM 9036 repeater Nbase Xyplex Note Supported only in a director to director configuration 20 km for long wa...

Page 343: ...M distances and equipment Maximum distance and equipment Configuration For supported distances see Table 77 Table 78 and Table 80 Note For Synchronous replication distance impacts performance HP recommends a maximum distance of 200 km when using dark fiber XP Continuous Access is supported with all WDM products supported by the switch vendors see Certified third party WDM products on page 353 Fibr...

Page 344: ...nnel over ATM ESCON over ATM Figure 122 XP Continuous Access ATM and SONET SDH configurations Figure 123 shows XP Continuous Access SONET SDH FC direct and switch configurations Local Remote 25337b Switch FC SONET Connection FC SONET N_Port Connection FC SONET N_Port N_Port FC SONET N_Port N_Port OC12 620 Mbps FC SONET E_Port E_Port FC SONET E_Port E_Port OC12 620 Mbps E_Port E_Port E_Port E_Port ...

Page 345: ...nd B series switches ISL R_RDY mode ON must be set on the E_Port of the switch portcfgISLMode 1 A remote switch license is required for B series switches using firmware 2 x E_D_TOV 5 000 R_A_TOV 10 000 DataFieldSize 2 048 XP512 XP48 Fibre Channel OC 3 Brocade McDATA CNT Inrange 9801H or L 2 3 Build 28 or 2 4 Build 13 Requirements Buffer size 64 credits port 1 x ATM OC 3 155 Mb s port Interoperabil...

Page 346: ...tion Converter and Synchronous replication have practical distance limitations Supported distance for an ATM connection depends on network latency delays packet loss and application performance nl requirements 1 Cisco FCMR 4 only FCIP and routing extension This section describes the XP Continuous Access data replication IP specifications and the supported minimum and maximum transmission rates for...

Page 347: ...te 25331a RCP LCP RCP LCP MME MME F L F L IP LAN WAN RCU I RCU I FCIP FCIP F L F L F L F L IP LAN WAN ESCON IP direct FCIP direct Figure 125 XP Continuous Access FCIP and iFCP configurations SAN Design Reference Guide 347 ...

Page 348: ... You must ensure that the connected network components support the same values for end to end connectivity at the stated rates MTU of the IP network See Table 167 Table 168 and Table 169 Maximum latency1 Low loss network 0 0012 average over 24 hours High loss network 0 2 average over 24 hours must not exceed 0 5 for more than 5 minutes in a two hour window Average packet loss ratio2 Must not excee...

Page 349: ...or Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel routing Requires iodSET in order delivery Supports the following routing settings Port based routing aptpolicy 1 aptpolicy ap 0 port asic load sharing dlsReset no dynamic load sharing Exchange based routing aptpolicy 3 aptpolicy ap 0 port asic load sharing dlsSet dynamic load sharing See Table 150 and Table 171 for additional requirements XP24000 XP20000 XP12000 X...

Page 350: ...nd FCIP gateway with XP storage systems directly connected Distributed services TOV D_S_TOV 5 000 Error detect TOV E_D_TOV 2 000 Resource allocation TOV R_A_TOV 10 000 DataFieldSize 2 112 BB_credit from 16 default to 255 14 2 and MDS9216i BB_credit maximum 3 500 XP24000 XP20000 XP12000 XP10000 XP1024 XP128 XP512 XP48 C series 9500 and 9200 series switches with IPS 8 IPS 4 14 2 18 4 MDS 9216i and M...

Page 351: ...XP512 XP48 Brocade McDATA CNT Edge 1001 and 1101 FC Firmware 1 5 1 2 7 Supported switches B series 2 128 2 64 2 32 2 16 2 8 2800 and 24001 Can be used in FCIP direct configuration Data compression possible No remote switch license required1 Maximum transmission rate from 16 Mb s to 1 Gb s XP1024 XP128 XP512 XP48 XP24000 XP20000 XP12000 XP10000 Brocade McDATA CNT Edge 3000 Firmware 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 352: ...guration 100 Mb s McDATA CNT Ultranet Storage Director USD ESCON Firmware 2 6 2 0 or 3 1 XP Continuous Access ESCON over IP OpenVMS host based volume shadowing HP supports the following HP and third party devices and features for OpenVMS host based volume shadowing B series1606 Extension SAN Switch and DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade 400 MP Router MP Router Blade B series FC and FCIP Fastwrite Ci...

Page 353: ...mber are supported Contact an HP storage representative for the equivalent HP switch models NOTE HP CWDM support is based on the switch vendors support for CWDM SFPs only See the HP switch model QuickSpecs for information about HP supported standard non CWDM SFPs See Wavelength division multiplexing on page 283 and Table 140 on page 284 for more information about WDM technology and product support...

Page 354: ...SAN extension 354 ...

Page 355: ...reating SANs that include IP technology iSCSI establishes and manages connections between IP based hosts and storage systems Many Fibre Channel switches and routers as well as NAS systems provide iSCSI support This section describes the following topics iSCSI and Fibre Channel page 356 iSCSI bridge to Fibre Channel page 356 iSCSI provides access to storage systems and SANs over standard Ethernet b...

Page 356: ...e to both Fibre Channel and IP hosts Extending Fibre Channel distance limitations through access to IP networks The HP supported iSCSI to Fibre Channel bridge products are as follows B series iSCSI Director Blade B series MP Router C series IP Storage Services Modules C series 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Module C series 18 4 Multiprotocol Module EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option EVA4400 iSCSI Connecti...

Page 357: ...ice to another network segment changes its network portal the iSCSI name is unchanged and allows the device to be rediscovered An iSCSI name is independent of supporting hardware You can assign an iSCSI name to a device driver on a host even if the device driver accesses the network through multiple NICs A storage device with multiple connections to the network is also identified by its iSCSI name...

Page 358: ...both IP and Fibre Channel iSNS components include iSNS server A directory server with optional security features iSCSI initiators with iSNS client capabilities The initiator iSNS client registers the initiator with the iSNS server and queries for a list of targets iSCSI targets with iSNS client capabilities The target iSNS client registers the target with the iSNS server Sessions and logins A sess...

Page 359: ...gotiation for the type of security supported by the end devices If the negotiation is successful the devices format their communications to follow the negotiated security routine Software and hardware iSCSI initiators An IP host can access an iSCSI environment using one of the following initiators Software iSCSI initiator The iSCSI code runs on the host and allows an Ethernet NIC to handle iSCSI t...

Page 360: ...systems supports integrated iSCSI connectivity using the MPX200 Multifunction Router The MPX200 hardware is integrated with up to four EVA storage systems and HP Command View EVA to deliver multiprotocol capabilities This provides iSCSI and FC attached servers access to block storage through an FC and Ethernet IP network simultaneously The MPX200 is available from HP factory integrated with an EVA...

Page 361: ...LAN IP network iSCSI data LAN VLAN iSCSI B Command View EVA A FC1 FC2 FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 NIC Fibre Channel fabric 1 Fibre Channel fabric 2 MPX200 Figure 127 MPX200 single blade fabric attached configuration Figure 128 shows an MPX200 dual blade fabric attached configuration This configuration provides high availability with failover between blades GE1 GE2 IOIOI FC1 FC2 MGMT GE4 GE3 HP StorageWorks MP...

Page 362: ... NIC MPX200 B A FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 B A FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 B A FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 IP network management WAN LAN Fibre Channel fabric 1 Fibre Channel fabric 2 Figure 129 MPX200 single blade multi EVA configuration Figure 130 shows a multi EVA configuration with connectivity for up to four EVA storage systems from dual MPX200 blades This configuration provides high availability with failover between blades iS...

Page 363: ...annel fabric 2 IP network management WAN LAN Figure 130 MPX200 dual blade multi EVA configuration Figure 131 Figure 132 and Figure 133 illustrate EVA direct connect configurations GE1 GE2 IOIOI FC1 FC2 MGMT GE4 GE3 HP StorageWorks MPX200 1 GbE Blade MPX200 Multifunction Router EVA storage system 26639a GE1 MGMT IP network management WAN LAN iSCSI B A FC1 FC2 FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 NIC MPX200 blade 2 GE1 ...

Page 364: ... StorageWorks MPX200 1 GbE Blade MPX200 Multifunction Router GE1 MGMT FC1 FC2 MPX200 blade 1 IP network iSCSI data LAN VLAN B A FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 Figure 133 MPX200 dual blade direct connect to two EVA configuration MPX200 iSCSI rules and supported maximums The MPX200 chassis can be configured with one or two blades Dual blade configurations provide for high availability with failover between blades ...

Page 365: ...00 EVA6400 8400 All MPX200 configurations must follow these EVA connectivity rules All MPX200 FC connections are fabric only through an FC switch Directly connecting MPX200 FC ports to EVA controller host ports is not supported Each EVA storage system can connect to a maximum of one MPX200 chassis two blades Each EVA controller host port can connect to a maximum of two MPX200 FC ports A maximum of...

Page 366: ...management IP port The Command View EVA application server must be on the same IP network as the MPX200 management IP port The MPX200 iSCSI initiator or iSCSI LUN masking information does not reside in the Command View EVA database All iSCSI initiator and LUN presentation information resides in the MPX200 The default iSCSI initiator EVA host mode setting is Microsoft Windows The iSCSI initiator fo...

Page 367: ...d View EVA management software and the following hardware mpx100 for all EVA models mpx100b for EVA4400 and EVA4400 embedded switch The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option uses a standard GbE NIC for iSCSI connectivity to servers You can purchase this option either included with an EVA or as a field upgrade to your existing EVA NOTE The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option mpx100 is supported with EVA4000 4100...

Page 368: ...hannel attachment mode configuration NOTE Direct connect mode requires a dedicated host port on each HSV controller FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT HP StorageWorks mpx100 IOIOI FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT HP StorageWorks mpx100 IOIOI GE1 MGMT FC1 FC2 GE1 MGMT FC1 FC2 GE2 GE2 26381c D1 D4 D3 D2 Discovery IP Address Presented iSCSI Targets D1 FP1A FP1B FP1A FP1B D2 FP1A FP1B FP1A D3 D4 FP1B IP Network management WAN ...

Page 369: ...00 8100 mpx100 and Windows host direct connect configuration FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT HP StorageWorks mpx100 IOIOI EVA Storage System 25164c D1 GE1 MGMT IP Network management WAN LAN IP Network iSCSI data LAN VLAN iSCSI B Command View EVA A FC1 FC2 FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 NIC Existing Fibre Channel HA fabric 1 Discovery IP Address Presented iSCSI Targets D1 FP2A FP2B FP1A FP1B Existing Fibre Channel HA fabric...

Page 370: ...t direct connect only all controller host ports direct connect Figure 136 mpx100 fabric through a Fibre nl Channel switch Figure 137 mpx100 fabric through a Fibre nl Channel switch Figure 137 EVA3000 5000 1 A Fibre Channel switch is not required for mpx100 and Windows host direct connect only or Command View EVA iSCSI deployment See Figure 135 Figure 134 and Figure 136 for more information Fibre C...

Page 371: ...he EVA iSCSI Connectivity Options support Command View EVA iSCSI connectivity Fibre Channel switch not required See Figure 138 and Figure 139 and refer to the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA iSCSI deployment white paper at http h18006 www1 hp com storage sanwhitepapers html NOTE HP StorageWorks mpx Manager is required for mpx100 100b management FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT HP StorageWorks mpx100 IOIOI 26...

Page 372: ... and Sun Solaris and VMware ESX with MPxIO iSCSI multipath connectivity is supported on EVA4000 4100 4400 4400 embedded switch 6000 6100 6400 8000 8100 8400 and the EVA3000 5000 active active The EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option supports iSCSI multipath connectivity on Microsoft Windows with MPIO Linux with Device Mapper and Sun Solaris and VMware ESX with MPxIO iSCSI multipath connectivity is su...

Page 373: ...1 GE2 MGMT HP StorageWorks mpx100 IOIOI EVA Storage System 25166c D1 GE1 MGMT iSCSI B Command View EVA A FC1 FC2 FP1 FP2 FP2 FP1 NIC Existing Fibre Channel HA fabric 2 Discovery IP Address Presented iSCSI Targets D1 FP1A FP1B FP2B FP2A D2 FC1 FC2 GE1 GE2 MGMT HP StorageWorks mpx100 IOIOI GE1 MGMT FC1 FC2 D2 Existing Fibre Channel HA fabric 1 IP Network iSCSI data LAN VLAN IP Network management WAN...

Page 374: ...icrosoft Windows Linux and VMware and all standard GbE NICs supported by Apple and Sun NIC Teaming NIC Teaming is supported in single path or multipath configurations team failover only iSCSI initiators The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option supports the ATTO Apple Mac OS X iSCSI Initiator HP OpenVMS native iSCSI Initiator Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator Sun Initiator VMware Initiator and for Red Hat...

Page 375: ...CSI Connectivity Options NOTE The EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option mpx100 is supported with EVA4000 4100 4400 4400 embedded switch 6000 6100 6400 8000 8100 8400 and EVA3000 5000 storage systems The EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Option mpx100b is supported with EVA4400 and EVA4400 embedded switch storage systems Use the following general rules when implementing the EVA or EVA4400 iSCSI Connectivity Optio...

Page 376: ...rview page 376 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i support page 376 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i overview The HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 2000i G2 MSA2300i G2 and the HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 2000i MSA2000i are controller shelves with an iSCSI interface that serves as an iSCSI target Key features include Single or dual controller Two 1 GbE ports per controller Multiple RAID levels 0 1 3 5 6 10...

Page 377: ... ML HP ProLiant c Class BladeSystem NOTE BL20p G1 servers are not supported Operating system support Table 187 lists the supported operating systems for the MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i Table 187 MSA2000i G2 and MSA2000i operating system support Operating systems Storage system Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server VMware ESX Server Sun Solaris MSA2000i G2 Microsoft W...

Page 378: ... MSA2000i G2 MSA2324i G2 MSA2312i G2 Up to 64 snapshots Up to 128 volume copies 16 TB 2562 16 48 Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux VMware ESX Server MSA2000i 1 Snapshots and volume copies require additional licenses 2 A single controller supports 128 LUNs Two controllers are required for 256 LUNs HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1510i This section describes the following topics MSA1510...

Page 379: ...soft iSCSI initiator Path failover software The MSA1510i supports Microsoft MPIO basic failover software with an HP DSM driver This software requires a second storage controller and iSCSI module Management software support The MSA1510i provides the web based HP Storage Management Utility It also provides a CLI which uses a serial port SSH or Telnet The MSA1510i supports SNMP MSA1510i rules Rules f...

Page 380: ...ctor Blade bridges an IP network and Fibre Channel network 25320b Host 1 Host 2 IP network B series iSCSI Director Blade Fibre Channel IP link ISL B series fabric Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Figure 142 Fibre Channel and IP configuration with the B series iSCSI Director Blade The incoming iSCSI initiators on an iSCSI port are mapped as a single iSCSI virtual initiator The virtual initiator is prese...

Page 381: ...93 Software support This section describes the operating systems and software supported with the B series iSCSI Director Blade Operating systems and network interface controllers The following operating systems are supported with the B series iSCSI Director Blade and iSCSI Each operating system s HP supported NICs are also supported Windows 2003 SP1 R2 Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Windows 2...

Page 382: ... sessions per port 64 8 iSCSI ports per FC4 16IP blade 4 iSCSI blades per switch 512 iSCSI sessions per FC4 16IP blade 1 024 iSCSI sessions per switch 1 024 TCP connections per switch 2 TCP connections per iSCSI session 4 096 iSCSI sessions per fabric 4 096 TCP connections per fabric 4 096 iSCSI targets per fabric 4 096 CHAP entries per fabric 256 LUNs per iSCSI target 64 Members per discovery dom...

Page 383: ...P Router s iSCSI ports Figure 44 page 123 Storage systems MP Router iSCSI devices must connect directly to the backbone fabric of the router The supported arrays are as follows MSA1000 MSA1500 EVA3000 5000 EVA4000 6000 8000 XP storage systems Software support MP Router iSCSI supports single path devices only Multipath software is not supported Operating systems and network interface controllers Th...

Page 384: ... Module 9216i switch and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch provide transparent iSCSI routing by default IP hosts using iSCSI can access targets on the Fibre Channel network This section describes the following topics Modules overview page 384 Hardware support page 385 Software support page 387 Configuration rules page 388 For the latest C series documentation see http h18006 www1 hp com storage...

Page 385: ...nel network Hardware support This section describes the devices compatible with the C series IP Storage Services Modules 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Module 18 4 Multiservice Module 9216i switch and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch Storage systems This section lists the storage array iSCSI support for the C series modules Storage arrays and array options like Continuous Access do not have the s...

Page 386: ...le 18 4 Multiservice Module MDS 9216i and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric HP does not support direct connection of storage arrays to the IP Storage Services Modules IPS 4 IPS 8 or to the IP ports on the 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Module 18 4 Multiservice Module MDS 9216i or MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric iSCSI storage 386 ...

Page 387: ...18 4 336 MDS 9509 IPS 4 IPS 8 14 2 and 18 4 528 MDS 9513 Software support This section describes the operating systems and related software compatible with the C series IP Storage Services Modules IPS 4 IPS 8 14 2 Multiprotocol Service Module 18 4 Multiservice Module MDS 9216i switch and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch Operating systems and network interface controllers The following operatin...

Page 388: ...or switches MDS 9216 MDS 9216A MDS 9216i and MDS 9222i Fabric switches Embedded 14 2 Multiprotocol Services Module in the MDS 9216i Fabric switch Embedded 18 4 Multiservice Module in the MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch Multipathing is supported only in a Windows environment using the Microsoft MPIO iSCSI driver HP Secure Path is not supported with iSCSI initiators Contact an HP storage repres...

Page 389: ...rage should be based on the sum of the individual requirements for each connection HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI Feature Pack This section describes the following topics Overview page 389 HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI Feature Pack support page 390 HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI license upgrade options page 391 Designing a Microsoft Exchange solution with iNAS page 392 Sample iNAS Microsoft...

Page 390: ...e model Gateway Edition only HP StorageWorks NAS 500s HP StorageWorks NAS 1200s HP StorageWorks NAS 1500s HP StorageWorks NAS 2000s HP StorageWorks NAS 4000s Gateway Edition only Application support The following host applications support the HP iSCSI Feature Pack Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Microsoft SQL Server 2003 Oracle Database 9i an...

Page 391: ...ots of application hosts to reduce potential data loss Offers several application specific licensed agent options Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Microsoft Exchange Microsoft SQL Oracle Database for a single Microsoft iSCSI initiator Clustering Clustering is an upgrade license for the HP ProLiant Storage Server iSCSI Feature Pack Gateway Edition only The clustering option Activates two node iSCSI targ...

Page 392: ...t aspx subID 22 xslt about pgn moreinfo It lists iSCSI hardware components that are qualified under the Designed for Windows Logo program Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2000 Exchange storage design Important criteria for Exchange storage design include Isolation of Exchange transaction logs from databases Selection of optimum RAID level for performance and fault tolerance Write back cach...

Page 393: ...og files on Exchange server disks Use hardware RAID controllers with write back caching Supported load with Exchange The performance required by the average email user determines the storage design The average load is multiplied by the number of users to find the storage requirement Conversely the capabilities of an existing system can determine the maximum number of users To calculate the average...

Page 394: ...write back cache with battery backup The transaction logs can be stored on an iSCSI NAS RAID array For the sample configuration the server includes a Smart Array 5i RAID controller option kit since the write cache for this controller can be set at 100 increasing performance RAID 1 0 is preferred for the database volume on the storage server In the sample iSCSI NAS storage configuration The DL380 G...

Page 395: ... common networked storage pool that allows you to choose file level NAS or block level SAN access Storage server integration in a heterogeneous SAN environment provides Support for multiple operating systems Data centralization and consolidation Cost reduction through improved disk utilization Increased storage capacity and efficiency Integration of storage networks with existing hardware Improved...

Page 396: ...s UNIX Linux FTP HTTP NetWare AppleTalk Native integration into Microsoft Active Directory Storage quotas user and directory Snapshots High availability clustering through MSCS Simplified web based management Systems Insight Manager Redundant hardware components iLO connectivity 10 100 1000 Ethernet TOE is optional Standard 3 3 3 warranty HP Care Pack is optional Software The DL380 G4 DL580 G2 and...

Page 397: ...works dl580storageserver specific ations html DL585 http h18006 www1 hp com products quickspecs 11902_na 11902_na html Fabric rules Storage servers are supported in SAN fabrics with B series C series or M series switches For more information about fabric rules see B series switches and fabric rules on page 93 C series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules on page 135 or M series switche...

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Page 399: ...rage security best practices and support information The following chapters describe storage security and SAN best practices Storage security page 401 Best practices page 417 Support and other resources page 429 ...

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Page 401: ... for SAN security The NSA IATF defines five security attack classes that you should consider when defining your solution Table 193 Table 193 Security attack classes Description Attack class Attacks that can disclose information to an attacker Passive attacks include Analyzing traffic Monitoring unprotected communications Decrypting weakly encrypted traffic Capturing authentication information pass...

Page 402: ... of electronic records is mandated by statutory and regulatory law Data security regulations are enacted by international governments and U S federal and state governments All storage systems must comply with local regulations Table 194 lists some of the U S and international security regulations Table 194 U S and international security regulations International regulations U S federal and state r...

Page 403: ...on over IP networks It uses cryptographic security services IPsec supports Network level peer authentication Data origin authentication Data integrity Data encryption Replay protection Microsoft bases its IPsec implementation on the standards developed by the IETF IPsec working group Fibre Channel SAN security technologies Fibre Channel SAN security is achieved through the FC SP FC SP FC SP protec...

Page 404: ...s better suited to high speed parallel operations A subkey step using an XOR operation followed by a MixColumns step occurs before the rounds are performed AES has equivalent modes to the ECB and CBC modes for DES AES also has a counter mode in which a sequence number uses an Exclusive XOR operation with the plaintext before processing the sequence number is incremented for use with the next block...

Page 405: ...se of network resources and unauthorized disclosure or modification of data for example preventing users from logging in to local workstations or limiting the use of dial in modems Access control is a set of controls confidentiality integrity availability and limiting access to network resources These depend on the successful prevention of unauthorized access to services or information Important e...

Page 406: ...nsaction Storage technologies are tied closely with data and are often the last line of defense against attacks Security validation Security validation establishes a secure audit trail across your organization The audit trail serves as proof of compliance for internal and external audits with real time alerts Validation is accomplished using encryption key management and identity management which ...

Page 407: ...gorized as follows Storage network Consists of switches appliances and cables Switches and appliances come with support to protect themselves The storage network components support key management encryption services and authentication of server and storage arrays Servers Consists of hardware operating systems interface cards NICs and HBAs and applic ations also known as hosts Each component comes ...

Page 408: ...es of the Cisco Fabric Manager are as follows Transparent fabric service Encryption Security roles Key management Clustering Fibre Channel redirect Host based discovery for provisioning tapes Hardware requirements SME requires a minimum of one MDS 9222i switch or one MSM 18 4 module in each cluster The SME engines on the switch or module provide transparent encryption and compression to hosts and ...

Page 409: ... client and server Encryption of all data between the switch and AAA server which ensures data confidentiality RADIUS encrypts passwords only FC SP and Diffie Hellman CHAP FC SP provides switch to switch and host to switch authentication which provides security challenges for large SAN fabrics DHCHAP provide authentication between C series switches and other devices Port security C series port sec...

Page 410: ...es data at rest for disk array LUNs using IEEE standard AES 256 bit algorithms Encryption and decryption engines provide in line encryption services with up to 96 Gb s throughput for disk I O mix of ciphertext and cleartext traffic For details on the B series Encryption Switch including deployment scenarios see the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator s Guide available at http h18006 www1 hp com sto...

Page 411: ...escribes the B series Fabric OS resource protection features User management Fabric OS provides two options for authenticating users Remote RADIUS services Users are managed by a remote RADIUS server All switches in the fabric can be configured to authenticate against this centralized database Local user database Users are managed by a local database which is synchronized manually using the distri...

Page 412: ...ficate you may need to obtain and install a new certificate Browser and Java support Fabric OS 4 4 0 or later supports the following browsers for SSL connections Internet Explorer Microsoft Windows Mozilla Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux NOTE In countries that allow the use of 128 bit encryption use the current version of the browser Upgrade to the Java 1 5 0_06 plug in on the management station SNM...

Page 413: ...IPFilter policies The IPFilter policy rules are examined one by one in a list until the end of the list is reached To ensure optimal performance the most important rules should be listed first Data protection This section describes features for data protection with B series Fabric OS Fibre Channel ACLs B series Fabric OS uses ACLs to restrict access to data resources based on defined policies Fabr...

Page 414: ...ier When the Authorization policy is activated you cannot implement a B series Secure Fabric OS environment E_Port Authentication The E_Port Authentication policy allows you to configure DHCHAP authentication on the switch By default the policy is set to PASSIVE Device Authentication policy The Device Authentication policy is specific to HBAs Fabric wide distribution of the Device Authentication p...

Page 415: ...tion keys to ensure compliance Hardened server appliance Secure identity based access administration and logging Designed for FIPS 140 2 validation Reliable lifetime key archival which ensures key availability even in the event of a site disaster Automatic multiple site clustering key encryption and failover Comprehensive backup and restore functions for keys Redundant device components and active...

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Page 417: ...actors and recommendations Deployment strategy Consider initially implementing entry level SANs that can be interconnected to increase capacity Entry level SANs are relatively easy to implement Enterprise SANs offer economy of scale however they are more complex and can take longer to implement Topology design Choose an initial design that can accommodate expansion without transitioning to a diffe...

Page 418: ...bric SANs HP recommends using two or more separate fabrics for enterprise level SANs Multiple fabrics protect against potential failure points such as hardware software or operator error The failure of one fabric does not affect other fabrics in the SAN Failover protection Use failover technology in SAN configurations that have two or more fabrics Each server has two or more HBAs If the communicat...

Page 419: ...server connection to an edge switch are isolated from the core which minimizes the effect of server related changes If you are using two or more fabrics you can temporarily route server I O traffic to one fabric while the other fabric is being modified SAN configuration After completing the planning phase you can configure your SAN During the configuration phase record details about the physical c...

Page 420: ...type such as WIN01 and WIN02 for Windows servers Storage system configuration When configuring storage systems Use the storage map created in the planning phase to configure each storage system Verify server to storage connectivity and access one server at a time When defining storagesets disable all access first and then enable the desired access Define storage system connection names that are co...

Page 421: ...is suscept ible to security threats from unauthorized devices that violate Fibre Channel protocols Soft plus zoning by login authentication In addition to discovery authentication some switches enforce authentication at the Fibre Channel protocol login frame level For example if a host sends a PLOGI frame to a device that is not a member of its zone the frame is dropped Login authentication provid...

Page 422: ... the HBA and associated tape devices For zoning requirements with different HBA models on the same server see Common server separate HBAs on page 232 This zoning philosophy is the preferred method for both standalone and clustered systems zoning by single HBA requires the creation of numerous zones each containing only a few members Zone changes affect a small number of devices minimizing the effe...

Page 423: ...WWN Use the device WWN to uniquely identify zone members The zone definition remains intact when the device is moved to a different port or switch in the fabric However if an HBA is replaced by another with a different WWN you must update the zone definition WWN with domain ID and port number Use the switch domain ID port number and WWN to identify zone members Case sensitivity of fabric identifie...

Page 424: ...ta access requirements have changed consider migrating to a topology that meets the current needs A high availability SAN design accommodates a nondisruptive expansion See SAN fabric topologies on page 35 CAUTION HP highly recommends that you stop all I O activity and back up all data before adding switches to the fabric To expand a SAN Use switches with a higher port count Increase the number of ...

Page 425: ...nsion Expand a core edge SAN fabric by adding edge switches Connect edge switches to available ports on the backbone switches If the current SAN contains only one core switch add another Connect edge switches to ports on the new core switch SAN fabric merging You can merge independent fabrics into a single larger fabric Merging enables you to Provide more resources to independent SAN fabrics Share...

Page 426: ...ric is different from its definition in the other fabric If an alias zone or configuration name is the same on both fabric A and B but the content or definition of the objects is different the fabrics cannot merge Zone configuration mismatch Zoning is enabled for both fabrics but the zone configurations are different The fabrics cannot merge until the zone configuration is disabled for one of the ...

Page 427: ...the first fabric you can repeat the merge process for the second fabric Merging high availability fabrics example In the following procedure the SAN consists of fabric A and a redundant fabric B Each of these fabrics is merged with a SAN consisting of fabrics C and D 1 Identify and resolve any issues that can cause fabric segmentation 2 Verify that each fabric provides a redundant path to all atta...

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Page 429: ... versions firmware updates and other product resources Documentation feedback HP welcomes your feedback To make comments and suggestions about product documentation please send a message to storagedocsfeedback hp com All submissions become the property of HP New and changed information in this edition Changes from the November 2009 version of this guide include Chapter 2 Updated topologies to supp...

Page 430: ...r the latest information on M series switches and firmware versions see the SAN Infrastructure website http h18006 www1 hp com storage saninfrastructure html M series switches HP StorageWorks Fabric interoperability merging fabrics based on C series and B series Fibre Channel switches application notes HP StorageWorks Fabric interoperability merging fabrics based on C series and M series Fibre Cha...

Page 431: ...ext Code variables Command variables Monospace italic text Emphasized monospace text Monospace bold text Indication that the example continues nl nl nl An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in personal injury WARNING An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in data loss data c...

Page 432: ... it at your convenience Some parts do not qualify for CSR Your HP authorized service provider will determine whether a repair can be accomplished by CSR For more information about CSR contact your local service provider For North America see the CSR website http www hp com go selfrepair This product has no customer replaceable components Support and other resources 432 ...

Page 433: ...n encryption security technology AG Access Gateway A software enable feature that allows B series Blade switches to function as port aggregators arbitrated loop See FC AL ARL Adaptive Rate Limiting ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode A communications networking technology for LANs and WANs that carries information in fixed size cells of 53 bytes 5 protocol bytes and 48 data bytes BB_credits Buffer to b...

Page 434: ...age DMP Dynamic Multipathing DMS Data Migration Service DCB Data Center Bridging Cisco DCBX Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol DCC Device Connection Control A data access policy that determines to which switch ports a Fibre Channel device can connect DCE Data Center Ethernet DCFM Data Center Fabric Manager A B series switch feature used to centralize fabric management through a host based appl...

Page 435: ...ches that transmit data between any two N_Ports on any of the switches failover An automatic method for transferring operations from a failed system to a secondary identical system FC Fibre Channel A comprehensive set of standards for concurrent communication among servers storage systems and peripheral devices FC AL Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop A serial full duplex data transfer architecture for...

Page 436: ...er A hardware module that connects fiber optic cables to a device and converts electrical signals to optical signals Gb s Gigabits per second GLM Gigabit link module A 1 Gb s fiber optic transceiver GPS General purpose server HA High availability The relative ability of a system to operate continuously regardless of the type of failure HACMP ES High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing Enhanced Sc...

Page 437: ...on Technology Standards interswitch link See ISL IOAME I O adapter module enclosure IPS C series Internet Protocol Storage Services Module IPsec Internet Protocol Security A method of data encryption iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface A standard protocol that uses SCSI commands to transfer data over IP networks ISID Initiator session ID ISL Interswitch link A connection from an E port ...

Page 438: ...A Nondisruptive code load and activation A high availability switch feature NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization An industry standard protocol NPV N_Port Virtualization NSPOF No single point of failure A configuration where failure of a single component does not cause failure of the entire system OADM Optical add drop multiplexer OC Optical Carrier A range of digital signals used on a SONET network OCP O...

Page 439: ... an organization considers as an acceptable loss in terms of time RSPAN Remote Switched Port Analyzer RTO Recovery time objective A disaster recovery determination of when the recovery site is to be used RTT Round trip time RU Rack unit RVU Release version updates SA Service Agent An iSCSI software component SAN Storage area network An intelligent infrastructure that connects heterogeneous servers...

Page 440: ...ble Processor Architecture An instruction set architecture typically used with Sun systems SPOCK Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge An HP website as the primary portal to obtain detailed information about supported HP StorageWorks product configurations An HP Passport account is required for access SPOF Single point of failure SR Short Reach SRM Storage resource management SSCM HP StorageWorks...

Page 441: ...n optional Fibre Channel interconnect module for HP BladeSystem c Class servers VCS Virtual Controller Software The software that runs in the HSV controller based Enterprise Virtual Array GL model storage systems VIO Versatile I O VLAN Virtual logical area network VLS Virtual Library System VM Virtual machine VOQ Virtual output queuing A C series feature used for nonblocking architecture VOS Virtu...

Page 442: ...duct consisting of two or more XP disk arrays performing disk to disk replication and a management user interface that facilitates configuring monitoring and maintaining replication of the storage systems zone A collection of devices or user ports that communicate with each other through a fabric Any two devices or user ports that are not members of at least one common zone cannot communicate thro...

Page 443: ...75 B B series features Administrative Domains 49 IFR 50 Virtual Fabrics 49 Virtual Fabrics with IFR 50 B series Fibre Channel switches database size 110 Director 94 domain ID 109 edge 94 Fabric Manager versions 95 96 fabric rules 107 features 100 firmware update 94 firmware versions 95 96 ISL maximums 111 maximum quantity 108 models 94 overview 93 usage 104 user port maximum quantity 108 zoning en...

Page 444: ...w 37 case sensitivity fabric identifiers 423 certified FCIP vendor products 352 CHAP 403 Citrix Xen 147 coarse wave division multiplexing See CWDM Command View EVA MPX200 support Compaq switch models default settings B series 106 default settings M series 161 components interconnect rules 167 SAN 29 confidentiality data encryption 405 data separation 405 traffic separation 405 configuration rules ...

Page 445: ...size B series Fibre Channel switches 110 DCFM B series switches 100 DES 403 design considerations congestion 32 data availability 56 geographic layout 32 interoperability 32 migration 32 58 oversubscription 32 performance workload 32 scalability 32 design rules B series Fibre Channel switches 106 C series Fibre Channel switches 146 M series switches 161 designs SAN 31 device port interfaces 167 di...

Page 446: ...ic rules FCoE switch 153 fabric services limits 63 separate 62 fabric watch B series switches 101 fat tree 44 FC SP 403 FCIP B series switches 102 protocol 290 routing 76 third party QoS products 296 FCIP extension Fibre Channel distance rules 175 FCoE SAN fabrics 36 FCoE switch C series fabric rules 153 FCoE switches C series 151 high availability feature comparison 153 ISL maximums 155 C series ...

Page 447: ...nt fabrics 427 C series VSAN 150 data availability types 56 EVA 258 MP Router configurations 74 routed SAN 69 high availability features B series switches 102 hops count for 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade 120 limits per fabric 38 M series maximum 163 minimizing counts 33 MP Router 125 host based volume shadowing OpenVMS 216 352 host based zoning 421 HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure 196 standard S...

Page 448: ...ICL DC DC04 SAN Directors 102 IDs duplicate 426 integrated iSCSI connectivity 360 inter fabric zone 68 interoperability design considerations 32 IP address configuration settings 426 IP SAN security technologies 403 IPsec 403 iSCSI bridging to Fibre Channel 356 clustering 391 comparison with Fibre Channel 356 concepts 356 discovery 357 distance rules for bridging Fibre Channel 176 enabled storage ...

Page 449: ...I O load 291 297 maximums B series Fibre Channel switch fabric 108 C series Fibre Channel switch fabric 148 for SAN fabric topologies 46 iSCSI Connectivity Options 375 M series fabric 162 mergers connecting independent fabrics 427 fabric 425 high availability redundant fabrics 427 meshed fabric benefits 40 expansion 425 migrating from 58 overview 39 Meta SAN 66 B series switches 49 benefits 50 fab...

Page 450: ...roduct configurations 243 Small Business SAN 243 tape storage 246 zoning 246 MSA1500 configuration rules 241 heterogeneous SAN support 241 homogeneous SAN support 240 implementation support 239 maximum configurations 242 tape storage 242 zoning 242 MSA1510i configuration rules 379 overview 378 support 379 multipath software MPX200 366 multipathing coexistence support HP OpenVMS 215 HP Tru64 UNIX 2...

Page 451: ...t B series switches 127 ports covering 419 setting 10 to 100 km 289 zoning method 422 Q Quality of Service 293 QuickLoop interconnect 167 R recommendations SAN best practices 417 SAN designs 31 record keeping connections 419 Red Hat Linux SVSP support 272 redundancy routing 69 redundant active components B series Fibre Channel switches 102 M series switches 160 redundant control processor B series...

Page 452: ...ng 417 recommended practices 417 scaling 30 scaling and routing 63 security 33 solutions 27 SSP 33 standard designs 31 storage management server rules 257 topology design approaches 35 XP VA fabric boot support 268 XP VA shared fabric 265 SAN design configuration rules 167 interconnect rules 167 migration 58 overview 27 scalability 58 SAN extension M series 289 overview 279 types 280 SAN fabric de...

Page 453: ...gement server integration 256 storage pools 271 storage product interface rules 171 storage security 401 types of threats 401 storage systems alias naming practices 423 coexistence 232 configuration practices 420 ESX support 230 EVA configuration rules 247 HP OpenVMS support 214 HP Tru64 UNIX support 217 HP UX support 212 IBM AIX support 220 Mac OS X support 219 Microsoft Windows support 223 MSA c...

Page 454: ...hes 102 transparent router 51 transport distance rules 171 trunking B series switches 101 V VA storage systems B series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules 107 C series Fibre Channel switch fabric rules 147 configuration rules 263 265 heterogeneous SAN support 264 implementation support 263 M series fabric rules 162 tape storage system support 266 zoning 266 Virtual Connect advantages 187 configurat...

Page 455: ...Z zone members identifier types 423 zoning B series Fibre Channel switch guidelines 128 B series Fibre Channel switch limits 128 C series limits 150 configuration mismatches 426 enforcement 421 EVA storage systems 256 fabric 33 H series switches limits 90 host based 421 M series limits 165 MSA1000 246 MSA1500 242 XP VA storage systems 266 zoning enforcement B series Fibre Channel switches 128 C se...

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