IBM 86596ry - Servers Netfinity Pentium 3, Setup Manual

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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Who should read this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
How to use this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. SAN solutions overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Building blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Configuration types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Basic storage partitioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Cluster and non-cluster shared storage pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SAN with partitioned storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
High-capacity storage configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Multiple clusters in a switched fabric environment
. . . . . . . . . . . 6
Direct attach multiple cluster configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hardware components overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fibre Channel host bus adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fibre Channel RAID controller enclosure unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fibre Channel switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SAN Data Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tape library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hard disk drive enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Software programs overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IBM FAStT Storage Manager software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fibre Channel switch utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fibre Channel SAN router utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Storage management program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Example SAN solution configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fibre Channel cable installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Solution bill of materials
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Planning and installing devices in a rack cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3. Installation sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 4. Operation, maintenance, and scalability . . . . . . . . . . 21
Powering Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Scaling capacity and change management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing additional servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Installing additional Fibre Channel host bus adapters . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing additional drive enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing additional Fibre Channel switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Appendix. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Edition notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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