Dell 651F manual

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-1 CH APTE R 2 SAN Configurations Thi s c hapter int roduces the com ponents that y ou can inclu de in your Stor age Area Network ( SAN). It a l so ex plains the di ff er ent operati ng s y stem envir onments and confi guratio ns that you can us e in y our SAN. SAN C ompo nents The f oll owing sect ions des[...]

2-2 Dell P ow erV ault S AN Admi nistr ator’ s Gu ide Figu re 2-1. Exa m pl e of Server A ccessin g S t ora g e S ystems Serve rs Accessing Stor age Systems Beh ind a Po we rV aul t 530F SAN Appl iance Ensure t hat eac h host se r ver t hat is onl y acces sing stor age sy stems throug h a P ow er- V ault 530F S AN appliance , suc h as the serve r[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-3 Fig ure 2-2 . Example of Server A ccessin g Storag e Systems Behi nd a P ower V aul t 530F Server s Accessin g Storag e System s D irec tly and Behin d a 530F SA N Applia nce Ensur e that eac h host server t hat is access ing stor age syst ems both dir ectly and thro ugh a P ower V ault 5 30F SAN a pplia[...]

2-4 Dell P ow erV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e Figu re 2-3. Exa m pl e of Server A ccessin g S t ora g e S ystems Direct ly and Beh ind a P owerV ault 530F Host Bus Adapters Within a SAN, a ho st bus adapter ( HBA) prov ides the connect ivity from the hos t com- puter sy stem to the ex ternal Fi bre Channel de vice or to a P ow erV ault[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-5 P ow erV au lt F ibre Chan nel Sw itch es Dell P ow erV ault Fibre Channel switc hes are used f or buildi ng and m anagi ng a SAN. The P ow er V ault 50F and 51 F are 8-por t Fibre Channel s w it c hes, and the P ow erV ault 56F is a 1 6-port Fib re Channel swit c h. The swi tch is a key comp onent of a [...]

2-6 Dell P ow erV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e Power V au lt 130T Libr ary an d 120 T A u toloade r The P ow erV ault 1 30T libr ar y is a comp act, tape-based, HVD SCSI -2 storage sub- syst em for data bac kup and rest ore for one or m or e se r vers and dis k stor age subsy stems. R ef erred to as a tap e library , the P ow erV aul t [...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-7 T able 2-1. Support ed W indo ws NT and W indows 2000 SA N Configurat ions Co mpone nt Su ppor ted M aximu m Co ndit ion s/R equi re ments Servers Maxim um of 20 ser ve rs r unning Windo w s NT and Windo ws 20 00; a maxi mum o f 24 ser v- ers f or a bac kup-only SAN . S e et h eR e l e a s eN o t e so nt[...]

2-8 Dell P ow erV ault S AN Admi nist rator ’ sG u i d e Novel l NetW are SAN Conf igurations Net W are 4. 2 and 5.1 w ith the appr opriate sup port pac k are suppo rted (see the Rele ase Notes on the Dell P ow erV ault Fibre Channel s Utiliti es CD V ersion 4.0 or the Dell P owe rV ault Fibre Chan nel Update CD V ersion 4.0 for t he corr ect sup[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-9 If you are usi n g No vell St o rage Services (NSS) vo lumes in yo u r SAN, yo u must edit eac h s ystem’s autoex ec.n c f fi le. In this file, find t he command load nss . nlm and ch an ge it t o LOAD NSS /AutoDeac tivateV olume=all /Mail - bo x Size =16000 /ClosedFi leCacheSize =100000 /CacheBala n c[...]

2 - 10 D e ll Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s tr a t o r ’ sG u i d e De ll P owe rV au lt 53 0F SA N Appl ia nce Co nfig u rat ion s A SAN z one that contains one or mor e Dell P o werV ault 530F S AN appli ances is con- sider ed to be a P ower V ault 530F S AN appl iance confi guration. A P ow erV ault 530 F S AN appl i ance conf igur at i[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2- 1 1 T arget stor age port s Max i mum of eight por ts f or stor age per fabr ic. F or the pur pose of faul t- tole ran ce a nd lo ad- bal ancing, eac h P ow er- V ault 56F swi t c h pro- vi des 1 0 po r ts for server s and four ports for sto ra ge , an d ea ch P owerV au lt 51F switc h pr ovi de s fi ve p[...]

2 - 12 D e ll Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t or ’ sG u i d e H eter og ene ous SA N Co n fi gurat io ns Heteroge neous SANs are SANs that include mu l tip le operating sy stem environ m ents. Eac h operat ing syst em envir onment must be in a separa te zone. Ho we ver , Windo w s NT and W ind ows 200 0 ser ve rs can resi de in the s[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-1 3 Mana gement sta tion On e W indo ws NT o r Windo ws 200 0 syst em is requi red for manag i ng st or ag e. Th e W indo ws NT or W indo w s 2000 man agement station m ust be at tac hed to the sam e local- or wide- area n et wor k as the NetW are server s. One of the S AN-at t ac hed NetW are ser ver s mu[...]

2 - 14 D e ll Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t or ’ sG u i d e G etting the C on nected D evice WW Ns Usi ng th e P o werV aul t 5 xF F ibr e Chan nel Sw itch Name Ser ver T ab le Zoning i s requ i red in het erogene ous SAN configu rations to se parate inco mpatibl e envi ronments , such a s separat ing W ind ows env ironments and st[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-1 5 Atta ching Cables F or an illus tration of how some of the com ponents are cabl ed in a SA N , see th e cabl ing e xample in Fi gure 2-4. F or m ore inf ormation a bout ca bles that can be us ed in a SAN, s ee Appendix A, “ Cable T ypes. ” Figure 2-4. SAN Cabling Co nfiguration Examp le Cabling Ser[...]

2 - 16 D e ll Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t or ’ sG u i d e NOTIC E : Do n ot turn on t he serv er(s) or the PowerV ault storage sys tems until all ca bling is complete . 2. Create an i nt e r fa ce between the 50F , 51F , or 56F Fibr e Channel switc hes and eac h of the servers th at you w ant to ins t all in t he SAN (see Figur e[...]

suppo rt.d ell.c om SAN Co nfig urations 2-1 7 4. P o wer up all 6 60F and 650F storage sy stems and tape l i b r ari es and autoloader s. 5. P ow er up a ll 5 30F SAN appl iances. 6. P ow er up al l host servers . Sh ut tin g D o wn a SA N NO TE: All de vices ident i fi ed in a step must be full y s hut down bef ore continu ing to the n ext s te p[...]

2 - 18 D e ll Po w e r Va u l t SA N A d m i n i s t r a t or ’ sG u i d e[...]