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(4-3) DE Connection

The Disk Array Unit can be connected up to the maximum number of DE shown below. DE starts from
“01” because functionality equivalent to “DE 00” is built into DAC. The figure below shows how to
connect DEs and the DE numbers and PD numbers.

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DP0-OUT

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Mini SAS HD cable

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Page 1: ...as all the rights about this material You can not use this material for any purposes other than provided purpose In addition you can not duplicate modify and disclose this material to any third party without permission of NEC Corporation Meanwhile we may change the contents of this guide without notice in the future NEC Corporation ...

Page 2: ... Component Selection 18 Correct cache capacity NF5332 SC01SE NF5332 SC02SE 1 2 2015 05 21 New Feature Support DC Power Supply Model Support SAS Disk Drive 2 5 10krpm 1 8TB 1 Support SAS SSD 2 5 200GB 3 5 200GB 1 Support NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 6TB 1 1 NEC Confidential 1 Storage Control Software Revision 0920 or above and NEC StorageManager Ver9 2 or above are required ...

Page 3: ...ents 1 Specifications 3 2 Component Selection M110 Component Selection 5 M310 Component Selection 30 3 Rack Guide 51 4 Disk Drive 52 5 Functions 54 Appendix Dynamic Pool Capacity List Excel sheet 2 NEC Confidential ...

Page 4: ...W Combo Copper 510W SAS 500W FC 510W iSCSI Optical 510W iSCSI Copper 520W Combo Optical 510W Combo Copper 515W SAS 505W FC 455W iSCSI Optical 455W iSCSI Copper 465W Combo Optical 455W Combo Copper 460W SAS 450W 350W 350W 3 5 295W Operating 5 to 40 C 10 80 Non Operating 10 to 60 5 80 Windows Linux VMware Hyper V KVM Intel Ivy Bridge 800 W x2 per Base unit Hot Swap and Redundancy Support 800 W x2 pe...

Page 5: ...Optical 500W iSCSI Copper 510W Combo Optical 500W Combo Copper 505W 350W 350W 3 5 295W Operating 5 to 40 10 80 Non Operating 10 to 60 5 80 Windows Linux Solaris HP UX AIX VMWare Hyper V KVM Intel Ivy Bridge 800 W x4 per Base unit Hot Swap and Redundancy Support 800 W x4 per Base unit Hot Swap and Redundancy Support 2 Available to Hot swap drive failure detection and rebuild 3 Refer to P 47 Compone...

Page 6: ...M110 Component Selection 5 NEC Confidential ...

Page 7: ...Nearline SAS disk drives and SAS SSD Disk drives can be added to the maximum 120 disk drives by connecting disk enclosures n Overview M110 Disk Array 2 5 6 NEC Confidential SAS HDD SAS SSD SAS HDD SAS SSD SAS HDD SAS SSD Controller BBU Switch Switch Base unit Power Fan DE 01 Switch Switch DE 04 Switch Switch Disk Enclosure Refer to The Number of Disk Enclosures Controller Cache 8GB BBU Cache 8GB D...

Page 8: ...01 電源 Switch Switch DE 09 Switch Switch Disk Enclosure NL SAS HDD SAS SSD Refer to The Number of Disk Enclosures Controller Cache 8GB BBU Cache 8GB NL SAS HDD SAS SSD NL SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 00 Built in Power Fan Power Disk Enclosure Power Fan Fan Host Port Card Fan PowerSupply Fan PowerSupply SFP SFP Host Port Card DISK Port DISK Port ...

Page 9: ... 4 Disk Enclosure Refer to 2 1 Disk Array Unit b Host Port Card Refer to 3 1 Disk Drive 2 Host Port Card Host I F 1 Select Model of Disk Array Unit Add Server HBA NIC SAS Controller Expand Disk Capacity 3 Select Disk Drive 5 Select Dummy HDD 4 Select Disk Enclosure 6 Select Front Bezel 7 Select Rack 7 Select Rack 6 Select Front Bezel Refer to 6 Front Bezel Refer to 3 Rack Guide 5 Select Dummy HDD ...

Page 10: ...110 Disk Array Unit 2 5 model Ø Refer to M110 Component Selection 2 1 Product List a Base Unit 2 M110 Component Selection 4 1 System Requirement and Recommended Product Choose Single Controller Configuration Controller Card x 1 Ø Refer to M110 Component Selection 2 4 Dual Controller vs Single Controller YES NO 3 High reliability and availability are required YES 2 Space saving is required 1 Host I...

Page 11: ...onfidential a Dual controller Model Number Product Name Remarks Accessories 1 NF5322 SR01SE M110 Disk Array Unit 2 5 Single Controller model Power supply unit AC 100 240V 24 x 2 5 disk drives NEC Storage Rack Mount Kit List of accessories Ear Bezels 2 left and right HW Document CD User Guide Setup Guide Installation Guide NEC Storage PathManager CD Windows Linux NF5322 SR00SE M110 Disk Array Unit ...

Page 12: ...x 1 SFP module less Blank slot x4 for 10Gb iSCSI optical SFP List of accessories NF5322 SF23E Host Port Card 10Gb iSCSI Copper 2Ports Host Port card x 1 1 10Gb iSCSI Copper 2port List of accessories NF5322 SF24E Host Port Card 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Ports Host Port card x 1 1 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4port List of accessories NF5322 SF44E Host Port Card 12Gb SAS 4Ports Host Port card x 1 12Gb SAS 4port List ...

Page 13: ...d quantity Model Number Product Name Remark NF5322 SFP08E SFP Module 8Gb FC SFP module 8Gb FC x2 NF5322 SFP16E SFP Module 16Gb FC SFP module 16Gb FC x2 NF5322 SFP10E SFP Module 10Gb iSCSI Optical SFP module 10Gb iSCSI Optical x2 SFP Small Form factor Pluggable module SFP module is kind of the transceiver to communicate in a Fibre channel or Gigabit Ethernet The connection of the apparatus is enabl...

Page 14: ... 16G FC 4Port 1 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 6Port 1 3 8G FC 4Port 16G FC 2Port 2 1 8G FC 4Port 16G FC 4Port 2 2 8G FC 6Port 16G FC 2Port 3 1 Available SFP Module combination for Host Port Card FC 4Port NF5322 SF06E The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M110 disk array dual controller with two Host Port Card FC 4Port Max 8 SFPs corresponded to 4 Model Number per unit are available...

Page 15: ...Port1 Port2 Port3 Controller 0 Host Port Card Port0 Port1 Port2 Port3 Controller 0 Host Port Card Port0 Port1 Port2 Port3 2 M110 Component Selection 9 NEC Confidential 14 NG Good Port combination per unit 8Gb FC SFP NF5322 SFP08E 16G FC SFP NF5322 SFP16E 8G FC 2Port 1 0 8G FC 4Port 2 0 16G FC 2Port 0 1 16G FC 4Port 0 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 2Port 1 1 The following table shows available SFP combinatio...

Page 16: ...t 1 10G iSCSI Optical 4Port 2 10G iSCSI Optical 6Port 3 10G iSCSI Optical 8Port 4 The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M110 disk array single controller with two Host Port Card 10Gb iSCSI Optical 4Port Port combination per unit 10Gb iSCSI Optical SFP NF5322 SFP10E 10G iSCSI Optical 2Port 1 10G iSCSI Optical 4Port 2 2 M110 Component Selection 10 Max 8 SFPs corresponded to ...

Page 17: ...FP10E 8G FC 2Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 1 0 1 or 2 8G FC 4Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 2 0 1 or 2 16G FC 2Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 0 1 1 or 2 16G FC 4Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 0 2 1 or 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 2Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 1 1 1 or 2 The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M110 disk array single controller with one Host Port Card FC 10Gb iSCSI...

Page 18: ...16E 8G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 1 0 8G FC 4Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 2 0 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 1 16G FC 4Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 1 1 The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M110 disk array single controller with one Host Port Card FC 10Gb iSCSI Copper Unit with two FC 10Gb iSCSI Copper Host...

Page 19: ...18 NEC Confidential u Characteristics Pros High Functionality High Availability Data Protection Online Firmware update Snapshot In box Inter box Replication Cons Higher cost than single controller configuration u Usage Dual controller storage for requiring 24 hours x 7 days operation e g System that provides services to users such as database and groupware operation etc Dual Controller Configurati...

Page 20: ... F is not supported NEC StorageManager Suite specific functions designates optional product packages which can be purchased with NEC StorageManager Suite Supported Storage M110 Monitor multiple storages Linkage with ESMPRO Linkage with SigmaSystemCenter Event Link Report by e mail Run executable Monitor performance NEC Storage PerformanceMonitor Analyze performance NEC Storage PerformanceNavigator...

Page 21: ...ot When using the snapshot feature it is necessary to create a snapshot reservation area for replication of a master volume snapshot Considerations for Replication When implementing the replication feature use the storage system information retention function and create a replication reserved volume with the NEC StorageManager application The capacity of a replication reserved volume is 8 0GB or 8...

Page 22: ...NEC Confidential 21 Considerations for Lifetime of Disk Drive Lifetime of SAS HDD Nearline SAS HDD and SAS SSD are 5 years 2 M110 Component Selection 16 ...

Page 23: ... 8TB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5LGE 1 2 3 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB Self encrypting x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA96GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 400GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA9AGE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 1 6TB x 10 pcs NF5322 SM708E NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 2TB NF5322 SM70AE NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 4TB NF5322 SM70ALE 1 NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 4TB Self encrypting NF5322 SMB0CE 3 NL SAS Dis...

Page 24: ...e base unit and SAS disk enclosures can include a mix of SAS disk drives NL SAS disk drives SAS SSD and disk drives with different capacities and rotation speeds A pool must contain disk drives with the same interface The capacity or rotation speed does not matter However it is strongly recommended to use devices of the same capacity and same rotation speed in a pool When using different capacitie...

Page 25: ...eds of hot spare drives exist 3 The same interface as the base disk drive but larger than the base disk drive When multiple sizes of hot spare disks exist the smaller disk is used first Base disk drive disk drive with the smallest capacity slowest rotation speed in the pool The number of recommended hot spares varies depending on the disk drive type Refer to the table below Disk drive type Conditi...

Page 26: ...isk enclosures are placed in different racks a Mini SAS HD cable 1m will not be long enough and the Mini SAS HD cable in the table below will be needed Model number Product name Max num of disk drives Power supply Accessories NF5322 SE81E Disk Enclosure 2 5 6 12Gpbs 24 AC100V 240V Mini SAS HD cable 1m Ear Bezel NEC Storage Rack Mount Kit List of accessories x 2 x 2 x 1 x 1 NF5322 SE80E Disk Enclos...

Page 27: ... 1 x 3 5 base unit 12 disk drives in base unit 5 x 2 5 disk enclosures 24 disk drives in four disk enclosures 12 disk drives in one disk enclosure Is this supported No it is not supported Max number of disk drives of 3 5 base unit 12 Max number of disk drives of 2 5 disk enclosure 24 12 base unit 24 24 24 24 24 132 disk drive slots 12 base unit 24 24 24 24 12 120 disk drives M110 Disk Array suppor...

Page 28: ...2 2 2 1 84 3 2 2 96 4 2 3 108 5 2 4 120 6 3 0 96 3 3 1 108 4 3 2 120 5 4 0 120 4 Basics 3 5 DAC 12 disk drive slots 2 5 DAC 24 disk drive slots 3 5 DE 12 disk drive slots 2 5 DE 24 disk drive slots Example 3 5 DAC 3 5 DE 2 5 DE 12 12 24 48 The sum of disk driver slots is 48 Base Unit Num of 2 5 DE Num of 3 5 DE Sum of slots Sum of DE M110 DAC 3 5 0 0 12 0 0 1 24 1 0 2 36 2 0 3 48 3 0 4 60 4 0 5 72...

Page 29: ...om 01 because functionality equivalent to DE 00 is built into DAC The figure below shows how to connect DEs and the DE numbers and PD numbers 28 NEC Confidential DP0 OUT DP0 IN DP0 IN DP0 Disk Enclosure Disk Array Unit Mini SAS HD cable Disk Enclosure 2 5 3 5 DE09 DE08 DE07 DE06 DE05 DE04 DE04 DE03 DE03 DE02 DE02 DE01 DE01 DAC DE00 DAC DE00 ...

Page 30: ...0 CZ55P Dummy HDD Tray 3 5 x 24 List of accessories M110 are equipped with two LAN ports per Disk Array Unit M110 can be configured for single controller configuration In this case one LAN port Management LAN port supports the following 10BASE T 100BASE T 1000BASE T Auto negotiation SNMP protocol Version 1 2c 3 NEC StorageManager CLI commands via Telnet SSH Network connector RJ 45 Floating IP 7 Ma...

Page 31: ...M310 Component Selection 30 NEC Confidential ...

Page 32: ... to the maximum 240x 3 5 disk drives and 480x 2 5 disk drives by connecting disk enclosures n Overview M310 Disk Array 2 5 31 NEC Confidential Controller BBU Base Unit SAS HDD SAS SSD Controller Cache 12 24GB BBU Cache 12 24GB DE 00 Build in Switch Switch SAS HDD SAS SSD Switch Switch SAS HDD SAS SSD Switch Switch SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 01 DE 10 DE 09 Switch Switch SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 19 Host Port Card...

Page 33: ...che 12 24GB DE 00 Build in DISK Port Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 01 DE 10 DE 09 Switch Switch NL SAS HDD SAS SSD DE 19 Host Port Card Fan Power Supply Fan Power Supply SFP SFP Host Port Card DISK Port Max 240 HDDs supported Max 19 disk enclosures Max 10 disk enclosures per disk port ...

Page 34: ...Refer to 2 1 Disk Array Unit b Host Port Card Refer to 4 1 Disk Drive 2 Host Port Card Host I F 9 Select Rack 8 Select Front Bezel Refer to 8 Front Bezel Refer to 3 Rack Guide 7 Select Dummy HDD Refer to 7 Dummy HDD 33 NEC Confidential FC 10Gb iSCSI Combo 8Gb FC 16Gb FC 10Gb iSCSI Copper 10Gb iSCSI Optical Power Supply AC DC n Steps for Expansion Expand Disk Capacity 4 Select Disk Drive 7 Select D...

Page 35: ...SI choose 1Gb iSCSI Copper 8 ports If 10Gb iSCSI choose 10Gb iSCSI Copper Optical 8 ports If Combo choose 8 16Gb FC 4 ports and 1 10Gb iSCSI Copper Optical 4 ports Refer to M310 Component Selection 2 1 Product List b Controller Card Ø Refer to M310 Component Selection 2 3 Choose Host I F Choose cache memory Ø Refer to M310 Component Selection 6 Cache Memory YES NO YES 3 Cache capacity is determine...

Page 36: ...o front bezel is attached on M Series Disk Array Units Purchase the bezel separately if required 2 Ear bezels indicate the black cover panels at both ends of base unit 35 NEC Confidential Model Number Product Name Remarks Accessories NF5322 SF06E Host Port Card FC 4Port Host Port card x 1 SFP module less Blank slot x4 for FC SFP List of accessories NF5322 SF22E Host Port Card 10Gb iSCSI optical 4P...

Page 37: ...gable module SFP module is kind of the transceiver to communicate in a Fibre channel or Gigabit Ethernet The connection of the apparatus is enabled by putting it on Host Port Card Therefore the arrangement of the SFP module becomes required 2 2 SFP Module for FC iSCSI Optical and Combo In case of SFP module less host port card it is required to purchase appropriate SFP module Refer to the followin...

Page 38: ...ailable SFP combination in case of M310 disk array dual controller with two Host Port Card FC 4Port Max 8 SFPs corresponded to 4 Model Number per unit are available 2 M310 Component Selection 7 M310 M310 Caution for installation of FC SFP module Mixed installation with 8Gb FC SFP and 16Gb FC SFP is available However you need to install each SFP at the same position when you set up dual controller ...

Page 39: ...FP Module combination for Host Port Card FC 10Gb iSCSI Optical NF5322 SF83E The following table shows available SFP combination in case of M310 disk array dual controller with two Host Port Card FC 10Gb iSCSI Optical Port combination per unit 8Gb FC SFP NF5322 SFP08E 16G FC SFP NF5322 SFP16E 10Gb iSCSI Optical SFP NF5322 SFP10E 8G FC 2Port 10G iSCSI Optical 2 4Port 1 0 1 or 2 8G FC 4Port 10G iSCSI...

Page 40: ...SCSI Copper 4Port 2 0 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 1 16G FC 4Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 0 2 8G FC 2Port 16G FC 2Port 10Gb iSCSI Copper 4Port 1 1 Unit with two FC 10Gb iSCSI Copper Host Port Card has initially four 10 Gb iSCSI Copper ports 2 M310 Component Selection 9 Max 4 FC SFPs corresponded to 2 Model Number per unit are available NEC Confidential 39 2 3 Choose Host I F 16 8Gb FC Hi...

Page 41: ...torages Linkage with ESMPRO Linkage with SigmaSystemCenter Event Link Report by e mail Run executable Monitor performance NEC Storage PerformanceMonitor Analyze performance NEC Storage PerformanceNavigator Alert Express Alert cooperate with syslog In box replication NEC Storage DynamicDataReplication Inter box replication NEC Storage RemoteDataReplication 1 Prevent unauthorized access or modificat...

Page 42: ... be generated as data on the MV is fully copied to the RV This startup load may be large enough to temporarily affect performance It is recommended to operate 24 hours nonstop especially if running without a replication reserved volume Storage system information retention function is used to backup storage system information such as the differential map between business volume MV and replication v...

Page 43: ...NEC Confidential 42 Considerations for Lifetime of Disk Drive Lifetime of SAS HDD Nearline SAS HDD and SAS SSD are 5 years 2 M310 Component Selection 12 ...

Page 44: ... 8TB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSAG5LGE 1 2 3 SAS SSD 2 5 200GB Self encrypting x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA96GE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 400GB x 10 pcs NF5322 SSA9AGE 2 SAS SSD 2 5 1 6TB x 10 pcs NF5322 SM708E NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 2TB NF5322 SM70AE NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 4TB NF5322 SM70ALE 1 NL SAS Disk Drive 3 5 7 2krpm 4TB Self encrypting NF5322 SMB0CE 3 NL SAS Dis...

Page 45: ...e base unit and SAS disk enclosures can include a mix of SAS disk drives NL SAS disk drives SAS SSD and disk drives with different capacities and rotation speeds A pool must contain disk drives with the same interface The capacity or rotation speed does not matter However it is strongly recommended to use devices of the same capacity and same rotation speed in a pool When using different capacitie...

Page 46: ... when multiple speeds of hot spare drives exist 3 The same interface as the base disk drive but larger than the base disk drive When multiple sizes of hot spare disks exist the smaller disk is used first Base disk drive disk drive with the smallest capacity slowest rotation speed in the pool The number of recommended hot spares varies depending on the disk drive type Refer to the table below Disk ...

Page 47: ...e placed in different racks a Mini SAS HD cable 1m will not be long enough and the Mini SAS HD cable in the table below will be needed Model number Product name Max num of disk drives Power supply Accessories NF5322 SE81E Disk Enclosure 2 5 6 12Gpbs 24 AC100V 240V Mini SAS HD cable 1m Ear Bezel NEC Storage Rack Mount Kit List of accessories x 2 x 2 x 1 x 1 NF5322 SE80E Disk Enclosure 3 5 6 12Gpbs ...

Page 48: ... and five disk enclosures 2 5 1 x 3 5 base unit 12 disk drives in base unit 15 x 3 5 disk enclosures 12 disk drives in disk enclosures 5 x 2 5 disk enclosures 24 disk drives in disk enclosures Is this supported No it is not supported Max number of disk drives of 3 5 base unit 12 Max number of disk drives of 2 5 disk enclosure 24 12 base unit 12 X 15 24 X 5 312 disk drive slots 15 5 20 disk enclosu...

Page 49: ...DP0 DP1 Max Connection DP0 9 DP1 10 Mini SAS HD Cable 1m Mini SAS HD Cable 3m DAC DP0 DP1 DE connection 2 M310 Component Selection 18 NEC Confidential ...

Page 50: ...ovide better performance by improving access times to frequently accessed data and can significantly improve on write performance In order to reduce the occurrence of cache overflow conditions in high performance environments it is recommended to expand cache to maximum 48GB i Cache Saturation ii Cache Expansion Usage Cache Not Saturated Usage Cache Cache Saturated by Usage The following table des...

Page 51: ... Version 1 2c 3 NEC StorageManager CLI commands via Telnet SSH Network connector RJ 45 Floating IP 9 Management LAN Port No front bezel is included with the M Series Disk Array Unit both base unit and disk enclosure If desired purchase it separately 8 Front Bezel Model number Product Name Figure Remarks NF9100 SF22E Front Bezel 50 NEC Confidential Model Number Product Name Accessories NF9100 CZ59 ...

Page 52: ...75inches by EIA Rack mounting described below is based on the U number M Series Disk Array Disk Array Controller DAC Disk Enclosure DE M110 M310 Height 2U 2U Depth 556 0mm 21 89inches 548 5mm 21 59inches M110 310 Disk Array Height and Depth Front Front Not enough Space in between Side view Front Unit deeper than M Series Disk Array Unit deeper than M Series Disk Array M Series Disk Array DAC DE Re...

Page 53: ...ystems that require high performance and non stop operation n NL SAS HDD NL Serial Attached SCSI Hard Disk Drive NL SAS is a high capacity and low cost HDD It is good for backup and archive and can be used for workloads which do not require high volumes of random access I O Because NL SAS HDD has large capacity and low performance it takes longer time to recover compared to SAS HDD From the perspe...

Page 54: ...cation RV Replication Volume 5 Replication within the same array DynamicDataReplication RV Replication Volume 6 Snapshot DynamicSnapVolume SV Snapshot Volume 7 File Server 2 2 SAS HDD SAS HDD is excellent in performance capacity and reliability It is ideal for mission critical systems that require high performance at low cost as follows 1 Frequently accessed database 2 Mission critical application...

Page 55: ...h the existing data retained Logical disk capacity can be expanded with the existing data retained A logical disk allocated from the pool can be immediately used by a production server The M Series products support only dynamic pools which increases functionality and performance dynamically as well as delivers simplified operation in system management 1 Pool Pool Disk drives Logical disks Server C...

Page 56: ...DDs in each RAID type For example RAID 1 with 4 HDDs is automatically configured as RAID 10 It is also possible to configure a pool with 3 HDDs in RAID 1 in which case it will be equivalent to the striping effect of RAID 10 Note Pool Configuration In M Series products a system volume which manages performance logs etc is automatically created in the pool first created The capacity of a system volu...

Page 57: ...umber of physical disks the expansion time depends on the capacity and the number of the added physical disks The logical disks are available for configuration after the expansion completes The pool has approximately 10 more I O load while expanding x Ⅹ Add HDD After Before Expand 2 2 Expanding the Pool Capacity You can expand the capacity of an existing pool by adding unused physical disks and in...

Page 58: ...t 1024 4096 The minimum capacity of logical disk for configuration 1GB 1GB The unit of logical disk for configuration 1GB 1GB The maximum size of a logical disk which can be used as a snapshot volume 10TB 10TB The maximum size of a logical disk which can be used as a DDR and MV 256TB 256TB The logical disks can be used immediately after they are configured Quick LUN configuration function Formatti...

Page 59: ...edures a Back up the contents of a logical disk to media such as a tape etc b Expand the logical disk c Rebuild the file system in the expanded logical disk Note The data in the logical disk is deleted d Restore the data from backup media such as a tape in the rebuilt file system HP UX Solaris Even if HP UX Solaris expands the logic disk the file system cannot be expanded Please carry out either n...

Page 60: ...ot spare disk The same speed of rotations or less as hot spare disk When there are disks with various capacities and rotation speeds within the disk array unit it is recommended to have hot spare disks for each disk with the same capacity and the same rotation speed to make management easier Note that SAS and NL SAS are different interfaces RAID 5 Failure Hot spare disk Example Failure 2 5 10krpm ...

Page 61: ...on the replaced disk Failure 5 x 15k SAS 300GB RAID 5 Failure Hot spare disk 15k SAS 300GB Failed disk will be removed from RAID and a hot spare disk will become a member of RAID Failure The disk that has replaced a failed disk with will become a new hot spare disk 5 x 15k SAS 300GB RAID 5 Replace 故障 Failure 15k SAS 300GB New hot spare disk Copy Back Mode On When replacing a failed disk with a new...

Page 62: ... capacity rotation speed One hot spare drive 24 disk drives n types of capacity rotation speed n spare disk drives 24 disk drives NL SAS Disk Drive 1 One type of capacity rotation speed One hot spare drive 12 disk drives n types of capacity rotation speed n spare disk drives 12 disk drives SAS SSD Hot spare is optional Because SAS SSD does not have mechanical parts such as motors heads and media i...

Page 63: ...me to backup which is called replication reserved volume can be configured by the procedures in the NEC StorageManager manual It is strongly recommended to use the storage system information retention function when using data replication function When not using the storage system information retention function the updated difference data is not saved when rebooting after the scheduled plan is comp...

Page 64: ...nt with ALUA Firmware can be updated to the latest version without stopping the system with the NEC Storage M Series The multipath environment with NEC Storage PathManager or OS native multipath software is required in order to perform automatic online firmware updates Firmware Firmware 63 NEC Confidential ...

Page 65: ...ta in case of stolen hard drives SED has no adverse impact on performance 1 SED type Encrypt data on the hard drive itself media cache Protect against a data breach by hard drive theft Embedded encryption chip on the hard drive No performance degradation with encryption 64 NEC Confidential 3 How to setup encryption When binding a pool with NEC StorageManager see physical disk type SED support non ...

Page 66: ... the data replicated to non SED HDD will not be encrypted When creating snapshot of data in SED create SRA Snapshot Reserved Area in SED If SRA is created in non SED SV Snapshot Volume will not be encrypted Do not apply SSD secondary cache for the logical disk by SED The data in SSD secondary cache is not be encrypted A pool cannot be bound Immediately after unbinding a pool with SED HDDs Wait a f...

Page 67: ... spare disks Power saving function requires Storage Manager and Storage Control Command when performing the following operations Start Stop volume usage Start Stop pool operation Set power saving mode for each pool n Example M110 Configuration 66 MAID 技術 Massive array of Inactive Disks MAID Technology Massive Array of Inactive Disks Business Server DDR M110 Backup Server Storage Manager Suite Mana...

Page 68: ...e products VMware is one of the better known products and is widely used 2 Optimize Storage Performance Vmware vSphere has VAAI vStorage API for Array Integration that optimizes storage performance M Series supports the following three VAAI features Full Copy Block Zeroing Hardware Assisted Locking Overview of these features can be found in the following pages 3 VAAI Support Settings VAAI support ...

Page 69: ...ws Web VM1 VM1 data VM1 vmdk Windows Web VM2 VM2 data VM2 vmdk Windows Web VM3 VM3 data VM3 vmdk Storage fills zeros in the area 1 Copy Virtual Machine VAAI disabled VMware ESX LINUX Mail Windows Web VM1 VM2 Windows Web VM3 Server performs the copy by reading and writing data to the storage Server resources are used to perform the copy Vmware ESX LINUX Mail Windows Web VM1 VM2 Windows Web VM3 2 Co...

Page 70: ...re ESX LINUX Mail Windows Web VM1 VM2 2 VAAI Enabled VMFS B Storage vMotion VM1 VMDK VMFS A Freed Area VM2 VMDK VMFS B Storage vMotion Move VM Move VM Not freed Freed This function enables ESX Server to monitor the space usage by virtual machines while synchronizing with storage with thin provisioning Previously when moving virtual machines disk space for virtual machines could not be freed With t...

Page 71: ...f RV DDR M110 Max Capacity 256TB 500TB 50TB 3 M310 Max Capacity 256TB 500TB 50TB 3 In box replication DynamicDataReplication Inter box replication RemoteDataReplication Model M110 M310 M110 M310 8Gb FC Host I F 16Gb FC Host I F 1Gb iSCSI Host I F 10Gb iSCSI Copper Host I F 10Gb iSCSI Optical Host I F 12Gb SAS Host I F Single Controller Dual Controller NEC StorageManager Express Embedded NEC Storag...

Page 72: ... I F 12Gb SAS Host I F Single Controller Dual Controller NEC StorageManager Express Embedded NEC StorageManager Snapshot Support Matrix Sum of Snapshot Related Volumes Master Volume Capacity Snapshot Volume Capacity Snapshot Reserved Area Capacity Calculation Example Master Volume 2TB has 8 generations of snapshot volumes and the snapshot reserved area per generation is 20 Snapshot Reserved Area 2...

Page 73: ...s frequently accessed is stored on this volume in order to store more pair differential management information The system also writes information in this volume and reads from it Because of this physical disk access overall performance may be degraded 5 Functions Data Replication Snapshot 3 Cache Memory I O Cache Area Control Information Area Magnetic Disk Logical Disk Host Director Host Director ...

Page 74: ...S normal load UPS2 failure PS1 PS0 M310 3 5 Disk Array Controller power consumption NL SAS 252 5VA 250W 252 5VA 250W 505VA 500W Disk Enclosure power consumption NL SAS 150VA 147 5W 150VA 147 5W 300VA 295W UPS1 load power 402 5VA 397 5W 805VA 795W The active power exceeds the UPS rating level UPS2 load power 402 5VA 397 5W Fail 3 When using a standby type UPS requires a sensitivity mode setting spe...

Page 75: ...stem Remote Center E mail EmbeddediSM Storage Mail Server Customer s System Remote Center E mail Embedded iSM 2 E mail notification from the storage units via iSM Server NEC StorageManager is installed apart from the storage units One NEC StorageManager Server can notify a remote center of the events in multiple storage units Mail Server The Internet Customer s System Remote Center E mail iSM Serv...

Page 76: ... HDD write read Pool Disk Array Business Servers Cache Module Logical Disks Cache Controller Controller Cache PerforCache Features Second cache is used for the following purposes Read Cache Store frequently accessed data in second cache Provide data from second cache rather than from HDDs when the same data is requested to be read Write Cache Improve write request response time When there are many...

Page 77: ...t write multiple purpose Read cache dedicated one or two SSDs per disk array Read cache write cache persistent write two or four SDDs per disk array Installation Configuration Considerations It is possible to install PerforCache later on a pre existing storage array that was initially configured without PerforCache When configuring second cache it is possible to use spare SSDs which were used for ...

Page 78: ...rray is running It is necessary to replace the battery in about 5 years This replacement can be done while the system is running The lifetime of the battery is shortened when it is used at high temperature Whereas it is about five years at an ambient temperature of 25ºC 77ºF it decreases to about half two years and six months when the ambient temperature rises 10ºC 18ºF As the frequency of battery...

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