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IBM System Storage™ Digital Media Storage Solution
Installation Guide

Selling and Deploying DS3000/DS4000/DS5000
in Apple and StorNext Environments

Con Rice

Modular Storage Product Specialist

LSI Corporation

12007 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 325

Reston, VA 20191

Cell:

703-867-0012

Tel:

703-262-5418

e-mail:

[email protected]

Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide

February 25, 2010
© Copyright 2010, IBM Corporation

Summary of Contents for System Storage DS3000

Page 1: ...000 in Apple and StorNext Environments Con Rice Modular Storage Product Specialist LSI Corporation 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 325 Reston VA 20191 Cell 703 867 0012 Tel 703 262 5418 e mail con ri...

Page 2: ...iteria 7 IBM Storage 7 PLANNED SUPPORT ROLLOUT 8 Apple Homogenous 8 Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC Meta Data Controller 8 Linux Homogenous 9 Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC 9 Heterogeneous 10...

Page 3: ...Balancing Policies 26 Configuring Multipathing 26 Collecting Celerity Host Adapter Info 27 FC Host Adapter Configuration 27 Useful OS X Applications 28 ATTO Problems 28 Escalation Checklist 28 APPENDI...

Page 4: ...sion of Quantum s StorNext File System StorNext is very popular in the media market because it allows shared block level file system access while offering integrated archive management However Apple o...

Page 5: ...right 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved THREE CURRENT SOLUTIONS Apple Homogenous Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC Meta Data Controller Apple can also be connected without Xsan StorNext support...

Page 6: ...er if you use the StorNext MDC from Quantum then Quantum will support the entire solution including the Xsan clients loaded on the Mac s As you can see this is a much more flexible solution Must use L...

Page 7: ...r failure Specific Firmware software and Operating System Levels IBM Storage DS5100 DS5300 DS5020 DS4700 DS3400 Future DS3400 DS4700 DS5020 DS5100 base performance DS5300 enhanced performance Burst I...

Page 8: ...ller Apple can also be connected without Xsan StorNext support 1 Single Host Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage NOW a Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard i Using ATTO HBA s and multipathing d...

Page 9: ...nous Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC 3 Multiple Linux Host Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage NOW a RHEL SLES using StorNext Client software i Using previously supported QLogic and...

Page 10: ...s c With StorNext MDC s running on RHEL SLES i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s 5 Single Host Windows Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage a Windows client XP Vista W...

Page 11: ...ta Windows 7 are added to reduce confusion APPLE WINDOWS and STORNEXT SUPPORT MATRIX O S Architecture HBA MPF Supported Meta Data Controller Linux RHEL 5 3 x64 As currently supported Qlogics Emulex RD...

Page 12: ...Cs This host definition will have the Metadata and Journal LUNs directly mapped to this host definition All Clients have their own host definitions If desired all clients that have the same OS can hav...

Page 13: ...ormance Data 5 4 1 256 As required to meet performance criteria 5 8 1 128 As required to meet performance criteria Data Based upon StorNext file system header block size of 1MB it is important to keep...

Page 14: ...oesn t see storage c To eliminate this issue configure the ATTO host adapter and DS controller for a Point to Point connection instead of allowing them to auto negotiate 5 For Linux Clients mixed with...

Page 15: ...5 8 1 b Explanation RAID 5 4 1 means a RAID group using RAID 5 with 4 data drives and one parity drive Even though in actuality the data and parity would be striped across all drives 13 Some applicat...

Page 16: ...System In the case of the joint customer having an StorNext controlled SAN file system i e StorNext runs the main server or Meta Data Controller then QUANTUM should receive the first call If Apple do...

Page 17: ...StorNext command line copy command cvcp not work Before Xsan 2 2 you could have it copy the _ files but now you can t so you re stuck doing a move with the Apple Finder which is basically as good as...

Page 18: ...bases all host adapter products on a common architecture with the goal of delivering consistent industry leading performance solutions to market The current 8 Gb Celerity line is the 6 th generation o...

Page 19: ...YES YES Advanced Data Streaming ADS YES YES YES Software RAID Support YES YES YES Developers Kit Target Mode and API YES YES YES Windows Server YES YES YES Windows work station client PLANNED PLANNED...

Page 20: ...critical as IT staffs in the digital video industry are limited Shows the number of paths Shows the status of each connection Displays valuable FC Target and Initiator info ex WWPN WWNN etc Shows path...

Page 21: ...ouble click the osx_app_configtool_328 dmg file This will create and launch the disk image Double click on CfgTool_328 Click next to agree to the Software License Agreement Select the Default Folder a...

Page 22: ...s tab in the multipathing window displays path information The information displayed is based on a per Target or per LUN basis depending on what device is selected to the left of the Configuration Too...

Page 23: ...e paths are connected to your device and are functioning normally Multiple paths were connected to your device but one or more have failed but not all Multiple paths were connected to your device but...

Page 24: ...line indicates all paths have failed Load Balance load balancing policy chosen Round Robin Queue Depth Pressure Transfer Count the total number of bytes transferred on all paths Target Port the DS Sto...

Page 25: ...tion regarding data transferred down paths Target DS Storage Details Node World Wide Node Name of the Target Target ID Target ID presented to OS X Port ID Fibre Channel Port ID of the DS Storage Conne...

Page 26: ...Ns are presented to the ATTO HBA multipathing must be configured and or saved using the the ATTO Configuration Tool User s can choose between default settings or custom settings Load Balancing Policie...

Page 27: ...Reset Statistics in the Paths menu The locate button will blink the particular FC adapters channels LED very useful troubleshooting tool Collecting Celerity Host Adapter Info Click on the adapter unde...

Page 28: ...ey info Apple System Profiler System utility which will output a file with useful system info processor type RAM installed OS version driver versions application versions logs etc Can be found in Appl...

Page 29: ...set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x06 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x07 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x08 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x09 0x24 0x00 set control...

Page 30: ...r Qlogic Apple OSX XSAN Client HBA Standard supported Emulex or Qlogic HBA Standard supported Emulex or Qlogic HBA Standard supported Emulex or Qlogic Windows 200x Server StorNext Client HBA Standard...

Page 31: ...ntroller B Controller B can see all client and MDC host ports but not Controller A Mixed Clients SAN Zoning Clients have single dual ported HBA s with connections into a redundant switched network and...

Page 32: ...meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches For DS5100 DS5300 configurations a minimum of two switches is recommended Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5300 connections to simplify th...

Page 33: ...ent HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 Apple OSX XSAN Client HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity...

Page 34: ...BA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 Apple OSX XSAN Client HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 8...

Page 35: ...Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN D...

Page 36: ...1 DATA RAID 5 8 1 DATA RAID 1 MD HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 LINU...

Page 37: ...t allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors...

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