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  • EMC FC4700 - page 1

    EMC Enterpr ise Storage EMC Corporation 171 South Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748-9103 Cor por ate Headquar ters : (508) 435-1000, (800) 424-EMC2 Fax : (508) 435-5374 Ser vice : (800) SV C-4EMC EMC Fibre Ch annel Storage System Model FC4700 CONFIGURATION PLANNING GUIDE P/N 01 4003016-A03 ...

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    EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide ii Copyright © 2000, 2001 EMC Corporation. A ll rights reserv ed. Printe d Octobe r 2001 EMC bel ieves the information in this pu blication is accu rate as of its public ation dat e. However , the infor mation is subject t o change wi thout notic e. THE INFORMATION IN T ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 3

    EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide iii Preface ........................ ........... ........... ................. ........... ................. ............ ................ ....... i x Cha pter 1 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Syst ems and Stora ge Netw orks Introducing Fibre Channel Storage Systems ... ...

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    EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide iv Contents RAID 1/0 Gr oup (Mirrored RAID 0 Group) ................. ........ 2-8 Individual Disk Unit .................. ........... ................. ........... ........ 2-9 Hot Spar e .................... ........... ................. ........... ................. . ...

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    v EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide Conte nts Cha pter 6 Storag e-System H ardw a re Hardwa re fo r FC4700 Storage Sys tems ......... ................. ........... .... 6-3 Storage H ardwar e — Rackmount DPE-Based Storage Systems .... ............ ........... ................. ........... ................ ...

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    EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide vi Contents ...

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    EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide vii 1-1 Cutaway View of FC4700 S torage System ............ ................. ........... ........ 1-2 1-2 Nodes - Initiator and Target ............ ........... ................. ............ ................ ... 1-3 1-3 Switch Topology (Port to Port) ........ ........... . ...

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    viii EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Figures 6-7 Sample Shared Sto rage Installation ................... ............ ................. .......... 6-16 7-1 Sample Shared Sw itched Environment with Manager .......................... . 7-3 ...

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    EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide ix Preface This planning guide pr ovides an overview of Fibr e Channel disk-array storage-system models and offers us eful background informatio n and worksheets to help yo u plan. Please read this guide • if you are considering purchase of an EMC FC-series (Fibre Channel ...

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    x EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Preface Organizatio n of the Manual Conv entions Used in This Manual A no te pr esent s inf ormat ion th at is im portan t, b ut not haza rd- re lated. Where to Get Help Obtain technica l support by calling your local sales o f fice. If you ar e located outside the USA ...

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    About Fibre Chann el FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Networks 1-1 1 Invisible Body T ag This chapter introduces Fibre Channel FC4700 disk-array storage systems an d storage ar ea networks (S ANs). Major sections ar e • Introducing Fibr e Chan n el Storage Systems ................... ............... 1-2 • Fibre Channel Backgr ound ........... ...

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    1 1-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks Intr oducing Fibre Channe l Storage Systems EMC Fibre Channe l FC4700 disk -array storage syste ms pr ovide terabytes of disk storage capacity , hig h transfer rates, flexible conf igur ation s, an d ...

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    1 Fibre Cha nnel Background 1-3 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Netw or ks Fibre Channel Ba ckgr ound Fibre Channel is a high-performance serial protocol that allows transmission of both network and I/O cha nnel data. It is a low level protocol, in dependent of data types, and supports such formats as SCSI and IP . The Fibre ...

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    1 1-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks Fibre Channel Stor age Components A Fibr e Channel storage system has thr ee main components: • Server component (host bus adapter driver packa ge with adapter and sof tware) • Interconnect compon ...

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    1 Fibre Channel Storage Components 1-5 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Netw or ks W ith extenders, optical cable can span up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) or more. This ability to span great distances is a m ajor advantage of optical cable. Details on cable lengths an d r ules appear later in this manual. Fibre Channel Switches ...

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    1 1-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks Switch Zoning Switch zo ning lets an admini strator defi ne paths betwe en connected nodes based on the no de ’ s unique W orld W ide Name. Each zo ne encloses one or mor e server ada pters and one ...

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    1 Fibre Channel Storage Components 1-7 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Netw or ks inches) for the 8 port. They ar e available to fit into a rackmount cabinet o r as small d eskside enclosures. Figure 1-5 16-Port Switch, Bac k Vie w If your servers and storage sys tems will be far apart, you can place the switches closer to th ...

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    1 1-8 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks Types o f Storage-System Installations Y ou can us e a storage system in any of several types of in stallation: • Unshared di rect with one server is the simplest and least costly . • Shared-or -c ...

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    1 About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-9 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Netw or ks About Switched Shar ed Storage and SANs (Storage Area Netw o rks) This section explains the features that let multiple servers share disk-array storage systems on a SAN ( storage ar ea networ k). A SAN is one or mor ...

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    1 1-10 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks host-bus adapters, specified by w orldwide name), and SPs between which the swi tch fabric will allow commun ication. However , switch zoning cannot selectively control data access to LUNs in a stora ...

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    1 About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-11 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Netw or ks Figure 1-9 Sample Shared Storage Conf ig uration Access Control with Shar ed Storage Access control permits or restricts a server ’ s access to shared storage. Configuratio n access, the ability to configure stor ...

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    1 1-12 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks Each server sees its Storage Gr o up a s if it were an entire st orage system, and never s ees the other LUNs on the storage system. Theref ore, it cann ot access or modify data on LUNs that ar e n o ...

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    1 About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-13 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Netw or ks Storag e-System Hardware A Fibr e Channel storage system is based on a disk-array pr ocessor enclosure (DPE). A DPE is a 10-slot enclosur e with har dware RAID fea tures pr ovided by one or two storage processors ( ...

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    1 1-14 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage S ystems and Storage Networks ...

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    RAID Types and T r adeof fs 2-1 2 Invisible Body T ag This chapter explains RAID types you can choose for your storage- system LUNs. If you alr eady know about RAID types and know which ones y ou want, you can skip this background informa tion and go to the planning chapter (Chapter 5). T opics are • Introducing RAID ............ ............ ... ...

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    2 2-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s Intro ducing RAID The storage system uses RAID (r edundant array of independent disks) techno logy . RAID technolo gy groups separate disks into o n e logical unit (LU N) to improve r e liability and/or performan ce. The storage system su ...

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    2 Introducing RAID 2-3 RAID Types an d T radeoffs remote mirr oring, primarily useful for disa ster r e covery , is explained in Chapter 3 . RAID Groups and LUN s Some RAID typ e s let you create multiple LUNs on one RAID Group. Y ou can then allot each LUN to a dif ferent user , server , or application. For example, a five-disk R A ID 5 Group that ...

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    2 2-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s RAID T ype s Y ou can choose from the following RAID types: RAID 5, RAID 3, RAID 1, RAID 0, RAID 1/0, individual disk unit, and hot spare. Y ou can choose an additiona l type of r edundant disk — a r emote mi rror — for any RAID type ...

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    2 RAID T ypes 2-5 RAID Types an d T radeoffs Figure 2-2 RAID 5 Group RAID 5 Groups o ffer excellent r ead perfo rmance and good write performance. W rite perform a nce benefits greatly fr om storage-system caching. RAID 3 Group (P arallel Access Array) A R AID 3 Group c onsis ts of five or mo re disk s. Th e hard ware al ways reads fro m or writes ...

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    2 2-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s proceed from the fir st disk to the second, third, and fourth, then the first, a nd so on. Figure 2-3 RAID 3 Group RAID 3 differs from RAID 5 in several imp o rtant ways. First, in a RAID 3 Group the hardware processes disk requests seria ...

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    2 RAID T ypes 2-7 RAID Types an d T radeoffs RAID 1 Mirr ored P a i r A RAID 1 Gr oup consists of two disks that ar e mirr ored automa tically by the storage-system hardware. RAID 1 hardware mirroring within the stor a ge system is not the same as softw are mirroring, remote mir r oring, or h ardwar e mirrorin g for other kinds of disks. Functional ...

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    2 2-8 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s inherent da ta r edundancy . RAID 0 o ffers enhanced performance through simulta neous I/O to differ ent disks. If the operating system su pports software mirr oring, you can use software mir roring with the RAID 0 Gr oup to provide high ...

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    2 RAID T ypes 2-9 RAID Types an d T radeoffs Figure 2-5 RAID 1/0 Group A RAID 1/0 Group can s urvive the failure of multiple d isks, providing that one disk in each ima ge pair survives. Indi vid ual D isk Uni t An individual di sk unit is a di sk bound to be indepe ndent of any other disk in the cabinet. An individual unit has no inherent high ava ...

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    2 2-10 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s as usual, using the hot spare in stead of the failed disk. When you replace th e failed disk, the SP copies the data fro m the former hot spar e onto the replacem ent disk. When the copy is done, the disk group consists of disks in the o ...

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    2 RAID T ypes 2-11 RAID Types an d T radeoffs Figure 2-6 How a Hot Spar e W ork s EMC1819 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hot spare 1. RAID 5 Group consists of disk modules 0-4; RAID 1 mirrored pair is modules 5 and 6; hot spare is module 9. 2. Disk module 3 f ails. 3. RAID 5 Group becomes modules 0, 1, 2, 9, and 4; now no hot spare is av ailab le. 4. System o ...

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    2 2-12 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s RAID Benef its and T radeoffs This section r eviews RAID types and explains their benefits and tradeoffs. Y ou can create seven types of LUN: • RAID 5 G r o up (individual access array ) • RAID 3 G r o up (parallel access array) • ...

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    2 RAID Benefits and T radeof fs 2-13 RAID Types an d T radeoffs Ta b l e 2 - 1 P erformance, A vailability , and Cost of RAID Types (Individual Unit = 1.0) Pe rfo r ma n ce RAID 5, with individual access, provides h igh read thro ughput by a allowing simultaneous reads fr o m each disk in the group. RAID 5 write performance is excellent when the st ...

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    2 2-14 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s A RAID 1 mirrored pair has its disks locked in synchronization , but the SP can read data from the disk whose read/write heads a r e clo ser to it. Ther efore, RAID 1 r ead performance can be twice that of an individual disk while write ...

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    2 RAID Benefits and T radeof fs 2-15 RAID Types an d T radeoffs A R AID 1 mirrored pair or RA ID 1 /0 Grou p provi des ve ry hi gh da ta a v ai l ab i li t y . T h ey a re m or e ex p en s i ve t h an R AI D 5 o r R A ID 3 G ro u p s, since only 50 per cent of the total disk capacity is available for us er data, as sh own on page 2-13. A RAID 5 or ...

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    2 2-16 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s Figure 2-7 Disk Space Usage in the RAID Conf iguration A RAID 0 Group (nonredunda nt individual access array) provides a ll its disk space for user files, but does n o t provide any high availabili ty features. For high availabil ity , y ...

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    2 Guid elines f or RAID G r oups 2-17 RAID Types an d T radeoffs Guidelines f or RAID Groups T o decide when to use a RAID 5 Group, RA ID 3 Group, m irror (th at is, a RAID 1 mir ror ed pai r or RAID 1/ 0 Gro up, a RAID 0 Gro up, individual disk unit, or hot spare), you need to weigh these factors: • Importance of dat a availa bility • Importan ...

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    2 2-18 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s Use a RAID 0 G roup (nonredunda nt individua l access array) fo r applicatio ns wher e • High avai lability is not importa nt. • Y o u c a n af fo r d t o l os e ac c e ss t o a l l d a t a s t or e d o n a L U N if a s in g le disk ...

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    2 Samp le Applications for RAID T ypes 2-19 RAID Types an d T radeoffs Sample Applica tions f or RAID Types This section d e scribes some types of applications in which you wo uld want to use a RAID 5 Group, RAID 3 Gr oup, RAID 1 mirr ored pa ir , RAID 0 Grou p (nonr edun dant arr ay), RA ID 1/0 Gr oup, or individu al unit. RAID 5 Group (individual ...

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    2 2-20 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide RAID Types and Tradeof f s RAID 0 Group (nonredundant individual access ar ray) — Use a RAID 0 Group wher e the best overall perfor mance is important. In terms of high av ailability , a RAID 0 Group is less a vailable than an individual uni t. A RAID 0 Group (l ...

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    Abou t MirrorView Remote M irr orin g Softw are 3-1 3 Invisible Body T ag This chapter introduces EMC MirrorV iew software — mirr oring softwa re that w orks on F C4700 Fi bre Channe l disk -array st orage systems to cr eate a byte-for -byte copy of one or more lo cal LUNs connected to a distan t computer system. T opics are • What Is EMC Mirr ...

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    3 3-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About MirrorVie w Rem ot e Mirroring Software What Is EMC Mirr orVie w Sof tw are? EMC MirrorV iew is a softwa r e applicatio n that maintains a co py image of a logical unit (LUN ) at separate locations . The images are far enough apart to provide for disaster rec ...

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    3 What Is EMC Mirr orVi e w Softw are? 3-3 About MirrorVie w Remote Mirroring Soft ware The follow ing figure shows tw o sites and a primary and s e conda ry image that includes one LUN. Notice that the storage-system SP As and SP Bs are co nnect ed. Figure 3-1 Sites with Mirro rVie w Primar y and Secondar y Images The connections between storage s ...

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    3 3-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About MirrorVie w Rem ot e Mirroring Software MirrorV iew F e atures and Benef its MirrorV iew mirroring adds value to custo mer systems by offering the followin g features: • Provision for disaster r ecovery with minimal overhead • Local high a vailability • ...

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    3 How MirrorView Ha ndles Failures 3-5 About MirrorVie w Remote Mirroring Soft ware resource s at both si tes while maintaining dupl icate copies of all data at both s ites. Inte grati on wit h EMC Sn apVie w LUN Cop y Softw are EM C Sna pVie w s of tw are al lo ws us ers t o c rea te a s nap s ho t co p y o f an active LUN at any point in time. Th ...

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    3 3-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About MirrorVie w Rem ot e Mirroring Software Seco ndar y I mage Fa ilur e A secondary im age failure may bring the mirror below the minimum number of imag es r equired; if so, this triggers a mirror failure. When a primary can not communicate with a seco ndary ima ...

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    3 Mirr orVie w Example 3-7 About MirrorVie w Remote Mirroring Soft ware MirrorV iew Example Figure 3-2 Sample MirrorV iew Configuration In the figur e above, Database Server 1 , the production host, exe cutes customer applicatio ns. These applications a ccess data on Storage system 1, in the database server Stora ge Gr oup. Storage sy stem 2 is 40 ...

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    3 3-8 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About MirrorVie w Rem ot e Mirroring Software may switch to th e path through the other S P (tra nsparent to any applicat ions). The server sends a write r equest to an SP in Storage-system 1, which then writes data to its LUN. Next, th e data is sent to the corre ...

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    3 MirrorView Planning W or ksheet 3-9 About MirrorVie w Remote Mirroring Soft ware MirrorV iew Planning W orksheet T o plan , you must decide whether you wan t to use a write intent log and, if so, the LUNs you will bind for this. Y ou will also need to complete a Mirro rV iew mirroring worksheet. Note that you mus t assign each primar y image LUN ...

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    3 3-10 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide About MirrorVie w Rem ot e Mirroring Software ...

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    About Sna pView Snap shot Copy Softw are 4-1 4 nvisible Body T ag This chapter intro duces EMC SnapV iew software that cr eates LUN snapshots to be used for indepe ndent data analysis or backup with EMC FC 4700 Fibr e Channel disk-array storage systems. Major sections are • What Is EMC SnapV i e w Software? ....................... ........... ... ...

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    4 4-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Abou t Sna pView Sna pshot Copy So ftw are What Is EMC SnapVie w Softw are? EMC SnapV iew is a software application that captur es a snapshot image of a L UN and retains the image ind ependently of subsequ e nt changes to the LUN. The snaps hot image can serve as a ...

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    4 What Is EMC Sna pView Software? 4-3 About SnapV ie w Snapshot Cop y S oftw ar e Figure 4-1 SnapView Operations M odel SnapV iew offers several importan t benefits: • It allows full a ccess to pr oduction data w ith minimal impact on performance; • For decis ion support or revis ion testing, it provides a coherent, reada ble and writable copy ...

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    4 4-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Abou t Sna pView Sna pshot Copy So ftw are Sample Snapsho t Session The follow ing figure shows h ow a sample snapsh ot session starts, runs, an d stops. Figure 4-2 How a Snapshot Session Star ts, Runs, and Stops EMC1823 Production Host Second Host Source LUN Snaps ...

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    4 Snaps hot Planning Worksheet 4-5 About SnapV ie w Snapshot Cop y S oftw ar e Sna pshot Planning W orksheet The followin g information i s needed for system setup to let you bin d one or mor e LUNs for the s napshot cache. For each session, you must complete a snapshot session worksheet. Note that yo u must assign th e LUN and snapshot to diffe re ...

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    4 4-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Abou t Sna pView Sna pshot Copy So ftw are What Nex t? This chapter explained the Sn apV iew snapshot copy software . T o plan LUNs and file systems, continue to the next chapter . For details on the storage-system har dware, skip to Chapter 6. For storage-system m ...

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    Planning File Sys tems and LUNs 5-1 5 Invisible Body T ag This c hapte r show s a sam ple RAID, LUN, and St orage Gr oup installation with sample shared switched and un share d direct storage, and th en provides worksheets for plan ning your own storage insta llation. T opics are • Multiple Paths to LUNs .............. ........... ............... ...

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    5 5-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs Multiple P aths to LUNs A shar ed storage system includes o ne or more servers , two Fibre Channel switches, one or mor e storage systems, each with two SPs and the Access Logix o ption. W ith shared s torage (switched or dir ect), t ...

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    5 Sample Sha red Switched Instal lation 5-3 Planning File S ystems and LUNs Sample Shared Switche d I nstallatio n The follow ing figure shows a sample shared stora ge system connected to three servers: two servers in a cluster and one server running a database ma nagement program. Disk IDs ha ve the form b e d , where b is th e FC4700 back-end bus ...

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    5 5-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs Figure 5-1 Sample Shared Switched Storage C onfiguration EMC1824 Highly av ailab le cluster Database Server (DS) File Server (FS) Adapter Adapter Operating system A Mail Server (MS) Adapter Adapter Operating system B FS R5 Files A FS ...

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    5 Sample Sha red Switched Instal lation 5-5 Planning File S ystems and LUNs The stora ge-system disk IDs a nd Storage Group LUNs are as follow s. W ith 36-Mbyte disk s, the LUN storage capacities and drive names ar e as follo ws. Database Ser ver — 540 G bytes on four LUN s Database Ser ver LUNs (DS) - SP A Clustered System LUNs File Server L UN ...

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    5 5-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs File Ser ver — 576 Gbytes on f our LUNs. Mail Server — 576 Gbytes on four LUNs Unit S on five disks bo und as a RAID 5 G r oup for 144 Gby tes of storag e; for appli cations. Unit T on five disks bo und as a RAID 5 Group for 144 ...

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    5 Sample Unshared D irect Installatio n 5-7 Planning File S ystems and LUNs Sample Unshar ed Direct Ins tallation This sectio n shows the disks a nd LUNs in an uns har ed direct storage-system installation. T o repeat fr om the pr evious section: disk IDs have the form b e d , where b is the FC4700 back -end bus number (0, which can be omitted, or ...

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    5 5-8 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs Planning Applications, LUNs , a nd Storage Gr oups This section helps you plan your storage use — the applications to run, the LU Ns that will hold them, and, for shar ed storage, the Storage Grou ps that will belong to each server ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 69

    5 Planning Ap plications, LUNs , and Storage Groups 5-9 Planning File S ystems and LUNs Application and LUN Planning W orksheet A sample worksh eet begins as follows: Completing the Application and LU N Planning W o rksheet Applicatio n . Enter the application name or type. File system, partition , or drive . W rite th e drive letter (for W indo ws ...

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    5 5-10 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs the operating syst em to cr ea te a partition on a LUN, you use the disk administrator s o ftware to assign a volume label that describes th e RAID configuration. For example, for drive T , assign the volume ID RAID5_T . The vol ume ...

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    5 Planning Ap plications, LUNs , and Storage Groups 5-11 Planning File S ystems and LUNs LUN and Storage Gr oup Planning W orksheet Storage Group ID or name:______ Server hostname:_________________ Dedicated Shared LUN ID or name_______RAID type ___ Cap . (Gb) _____ Disk IDs_____________________________________ LUN ID or name_______RAID type ___ Ca ...

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    5 5-12 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs Part of a sam ple LUN and Storage Group worksheet follo ws. Completing the LUN and Storage Group Planning W orksheet As shown, draw circles ar ound the disks that will compose each LUN, and within each cir cle specify the RAID type ...

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    5 Planning Ap plications, LUNs , and Storage Groups 5-13 Planning File S ystems and LUNs For sh ar ed st orage, if a St orage Gr oup will be de dicate d (not accessible by another server in a cluster), mark the Dedicated box at the end of its line; if the Storage Gr oup will be accessible to one or mor e other serv ers in a c lus ter , writ e the h ...

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    5 5-14 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs LUN Details W orksheet Storage sy stem (co mplete this sec tion onc e for each storag e system ) Storage -system num ber or nam e:___ ___ Storage -system installation type ❏ Unsh ared Direct o Shared-or-Clus tered Dir ect ❏ Shar ...

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    5 Planning Ap plications, LUNs , and Storage Groups 5-15 Planning File S ystems and LUNs LUN Details W o rksheet Storage sys tem (com plete t his sect ion once for eac h storage system) Storage-s ystem n umber or name:__ SS1 ____ Storage-s ystem installa tion type ❏ Unshared Direct ❏ Shared-or-Clustere d Direct ❏ Sha red Switc hed SP in forma ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 76

    5 5-16 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs Competing the LUN Details W orksheet Complete the header portion of the worksheet for each storage system as described n ext. Copy the blank worksheet as ne eded. Storage-System Entr ies Storage-syst em installation t ype: specify U ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 77

    5 Planning Ap plications, LUNs , and Storage Groups 5-17 Planning File S ystems and LUNs RAID 3 . If you want to use the SP memory for RAID 3, check the box. RAID Group/LUN Entr ies Complete a RAID Group/LUN entry for each LUN and hot spare. LUN ID . The LUN ID is a hexadecimal number as signed when you bind th e disks into a LUN. By default, the I ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 78

    5 5-18 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs For example, • A five-disk R AID 5 or RAID 3 Gr oup of 18 -Gbyte disks h olds 72 Gbytes; • An eight- disk RAID 1/0 Group of 18-G byte disks also hol ds 72 Gb ytes; • A RAID 1 mi rror ed pair of 18 -Gbyte disks holds 18 Gbytes; ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 79

    5 Planning Ap plications, LUNs , and Storage Groups 5-19 Planning File S ystems and LUNs Ta b l e 5 - 1 Cache Recomm endations for Dif ferent RAID T ypes Servers that ca n access this LUN ’ s Storage Group . For shar ed switched storage or shar ed-or -clustered dir ect storage, enter the name of each server (copied fr om the LUN and Storag e Grou ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 80

    5 5-20 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Planning File S ystems and LUNs ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 81

    Storage-System Hard w a re 6-1 6 Invisible Body T ag This chapter describes the storage-sy stem hardwar e components. To p i c s a r e • Hardw are fo r FC4700 Storage Systems........... ............ ................ .... 6-3 • Planning Y our Hardwar e Components ...................... ................ .... 6-8 • Hardw are Data Sh eets ....... ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 82

    6 6-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware The storage systems attach to the server a nd the interconnect components as described in Cha pter 1. T o r eview the installatio n types: • Unshared di rect , wi th one server , is the s implest and least costly; • Shared-or -cluster ed ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 83

    6 Hardware f or FC4 700 Storage Systems 6-3 Storage-System Hardw are Hardw are f or FC4700 Storage Syste ms The primary hardw are component for FC4700 storage is a ten-slot disk-a rray processor e nclosure (DPE) wi th two storag e processor s (SPs). Each FC470 0 SP has two ports (front-end ports for server or switch conn ection) and two back-end bu ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 84

    6 6-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware A separate standby power supply (SPS) is req uired to support write caching. All the st orage components — rackmou nt DPE, DAEs, SP Ss, and c abinet — are shown in the followi ng figure. Figure 6-3 Rackmount Stora ge System with DPE and ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 85

    6 Hardware f or FC4 700 Storage Systems 6-5 Storage-System Hardw are Figure 6-4 Disk Modules and Module IDs Storag e Processor (SP) The SP provides the intelligence of the storage system. Usin g its own proprietary sof tware (cal led Base So f tware), th e SP processes th e da ta written to or read from the disk modules, and monitors the modules th ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 86

    6 6-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware For high availa bility , a s torage system comes with two S Ps. The second SP pr ovide s a second route to a storag e system an d also lets the storage system use write caching (below) for enhanced write performance. Figure 6-5 Shared Storag ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 87

    6 Hardware f or FC4 700 Storage Systems 6-7 Storage-System Hardw are Data in the cache is pr otected fr om power loss by a standby power supply (SPS). If line power fails, the SPS provides power to let the storage system write cache contents to the vault disks. The vault disks are stand ar d disk modul es that store user data bu t have space res er ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 88

    6 6-8 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware Planning Y our Hardw are Compo nents This section helps you plan the hardware components — adapters, cables, and storage system s and site r equirements — for ea ch server in your installation. For shar ed switched storage or share d-or- ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 89

    6 Hardwar e Data Sheets 6-9 Storage-System Hardw are Hardw are Data Shee ts The hard ware data sheets shown in this section pr ovide the plant requir ements, including dimensions (footprint), weight, power requir ements, and cooling needs, for DPE and rackmount DAE disk systems. Sections on cabinets and cables follow the data sheets. DPE Data Sheet ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 90

    6 6-10 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware Current draw At 100 v ac input – Des kside DPE/D AE: 12.0 A; Rackmount DPE: 8.0 A max SPS: 1.0 A max per unit dur ing charge P ower c onsumption Deskside DPE/DAE: 1200 V A Rackmount DPE: 800 V A max SPS: 100 V A per unit dur ing charge P ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 91

    6 Hardwar e Data Sheets 6-11 Storage-System Hardw are D AE Data Sheet The rackmount DAE storage-system dimensions and r equirem ents are shown in the follo wing figure. Rackmount D AE Dime nsions and Requirements EMC1831 Depth 63 cm (24.9 in.) Width 44.5 cm (17.5 in.) Height 15.4 cm (6.1 in.) 3.5 U W eig ht ( wit hout packaging) Deskside 30 Desksid ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 92

    6 6-12 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware Cabinets f or Rackmount E nclosures Pre-wir ed 19-inch-wide cabinets, rea dy for installation, are ava ilable in the following dimensions to accept rackmount storage systems. As an exam ple, a rackmount sto rage system that suppo rts 100 di ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 93

    6 Ca ble and Configuration Guide lines 6-13 Storage-System Hardw are Cable and Configuration Guidelines FC4700-series storage sys tems requir e optical cable between servers, switches, and SPs. The cabling between D PE and DAE enclosur es (1 m, 3.3 feet) is co pper . Y ou can use any existing FDDI, multimode, 62.5-micron cable with good conne ction ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 94

    6 6-14 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware Cable Planning T empla te Figure 6-6 Cable Planning T emplate — FC4700 Shared Storage System EMC183 3 Storag e system Storage system Switch 1 Switch 2 Adapter Adapter Ser v er 1 Adapter Adapter Ser v er 2 A1 A1 D1 An An D1 Dm F1 F1 F2 F2 ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 95

    6 Hardware Planning W ork sheets 6-15 Storage-System Hardw are The cable identifiers apply to all storage systems Hardware C omponent W ork sheet Numb er of serve rs:___ _ Adapters in s ervers:____ Switches : 16-port:_ ___8-port:_ ___ Rackmount DPEs:_____SP/L CC pairs:___ __PSs:_____ SPSs:____ Rackmount c abinets:_ __ Rackmo unt DAEs:___ __ ....... ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 96

    6 6-16 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware Sample Cable T e mp lates Figure 6-7 Sample Shared Storage Installation EMC1834 Switch 1 Switch 2 Adapter Adapter Adapter Adapter Adapter Adapter D1 File Server Mail Server Database Server Highly av ailab le cluster A2 Cable betw een ser v ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 97

    6 Hardware Planning W ork sheets 6-17 Storage-System Hardw are What Nex t? This chapter explained har dware components of storage systems. If you have completed the wo rksheets to your satisfaction, you a r e ready to consid er or dering so me of this equipm ent. Or you may want to read about storage managem ent in the next chapter . Hardware Compo ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 98

    6 6-18 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Hardware ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 99

    Storage-System Mana g ement 7-1 7 Invisible Body T ag This chapter explains the appli cation s you ca n use t o manage s torage syst ems f r om ser vers. T opics a re • Using Navisphere M anager Software ............. ............ ................ .... 7-3 • Storage Management W orksheet ..................... ............ ................ .... ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 100

    7 7-2 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Mana gement Intr oducing Na visphere Management Softw are Navi spher e softwar e lets you bi nd and unbind d i s ks, manip ulat e caches, examine storage-system s tatus and logged events, transfer contr ol from one SP to another , an d examine events ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 101

    7 Using Navisph ere Manag er Softw are 7-3 Storage-System M anagement Using Navisphere Ma nager Softwa re Navisphere Manager softwa r e (Manager) lets you manage multiple storage systems connected to servers o n a TCP/IP net work. Manager offers extensive management featur es and includes comprehensive on-line he lp. Mana ger r uns o n a m anage me ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 102

    7 7-4 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Mana gement Storage Ma nagement W orksheet The following worksheet will help you pla n your storage-system management environment. For each server , complete a section. For anyone to manage a st orage system connected to a server , that person ’ s ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 103

    7 Storage Management W or k sheet 7-5 Storage-System M anagement Manageme nt Uti lity W orksheet – S hared Storage with FC4700 Management station h ostname:_______________ ____Operating system:_______________ Software: ❑ Navisphere Manage r/Agent ❑ Navisphere Analyzer ❑ Navisphere Event Monitor List all the ser vers this host wi ll manage. ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 104

    7 7-6 EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide Storage-System Mana gement ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 105

    EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide i-1 A ac power r equir ements DAE 6-10 DPE 6-9 stor age sy stem 6- 12 Access Logix option 1-9 adapt er driver pack age 1-4 ALP A ID 5 -16 application planning 5- 8 sample , for RAID g roups 2-19 works heet 5-8 Application T ransparen t Failover (A TF) software 7-2 array , s ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 106

    EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide i-2 Index stri ping, defined 2-2 unit number o n workshee t 5-1 0, 5-17 disk-ar ray stor age sy stem applica tion and LUN pla nning wor ksheet 5-8 cabi nets 6- 12 compo nen ts 6-3 dim ension s 6-9 hard ware 1-13 har dware req uireme nts shar ed/unsh ared 6-8 installation ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 107

    i-3 EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide Inde x individua l disk un it defined 2-9 perfor mance 2-14 sample applic ations 2-2 0 when to use 2-18 installa tion LUN and file system plan ning 5-8 sample 5-3 types 1 -8 sample un shared dir ect 5-7 sample, shared sw itched 5- 3 inter connec t components, cab les, h ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 108

    EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide i-4 Index R rackmount storage sy s tem hardware components 6-3 RAID 0 Group defined 2-7 sample appl ications 2 -20 when to use 2-18 RAID 1 mirrored pair defined 2-7 sample appl ications 2 -19 when to use 2-17 RAID 1/0 Group defined 2-8 sample appl ications 2 -20 when to ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 109

    i-5 EMC Fibre Channel Storage System M odel FC4700 Configuration Planning Guide Inde x RAID 3 Group 2-5 with RAID 1/0, R AID 0 2-8 with RAID 5 2-4 switch cascadin g description fabric , introduc ed 1-3 introdu ced 1-3 sample s hared stor age in stallation 5-3 zone 1 -6 T temperature r equirements DPE 6-9 storage system 6-10, 6- 11 tra deoffs hardw ...

  • EMC FC4700 - page 110

    EMC Fibre Channel Sto r age System Model FC 4700 Conf iguration Planning Guide i-6 Index ...

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