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iii Contents MSCS Clus ter Support fo r Dell Powe rVault Stora ge Area Network s . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Direct-Attache d Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 SAN-Attached Clu ster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Cluster Co nsolida[...]

iv Basic I nstallati on Overv iew for Clust er Conso lidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Install ing the QLog ic Fibr e Channel Configura tion Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 6 Cluster Co nsolidat ion Switc h Zoning Requiremen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 7 Exampl e Configuratio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F - Series S AN Guide 1 -1 Dell™ P owerEd ge™ Cluster F- Series SAN Guide Th is do cument su pplem ents the in forma tion i n the Del l P ow erEdge Clu ster FE1 0 0/ FL1 00 Installation an d T rouble shooting Guide and the Dell P ow erV ault™ stor age area network (SAN ) docum entation for us ing De[...]

1 -2 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Th e f ollo wing o ptions are av ai lable f or P o werE dge Cluste r F -Series configura tions: • Direct -at tac hed cluster • S AN-at t ac hed cluster • Cluster cons olidatio n Th e f ollo win g section s pro vide de tailed inf ormati on and e x amples f or the se options . Direct -Attached [...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -3 Zoning helps to segmen t a SA N into logical f abric su bsets by s et ting up bar riers between dif f erent operat ing en vironme nts, or betwe en a cluster a nd other servers or cluster s. B y usi ng switc h z oning, y ou can at t ac h multiple clusters to a S AN. See the Dell P[...]

1 -4 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide F igure 1-3. Cluster Consolidation Configuration See “Clus ter Cons olidatio n Configura tions,” f ound later in th is docum ent, f or more inf ormati on about sup ported con figurati ons and ins tallation proc edures. P owerV ault SAN Components Dell P ow erV ault S AN pro ducts suppo rted in [...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -5 SAN-Atta ched Clusters S AN-at t ac hed clusters a re cluster config urations in whi c h you ca ble redun dant Fi bre Channel HB As to a redu ndant Fibr e Channel switc h fab ric. Y ou mak e the c onnection to the sto rage s ys tem throu gh the sw itc h fabr ic. S AN-at t ac hed [...]

1 -6 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide • Storage a rea netw ork (S AN) — A configu ration of c omputer a nd stor age sy stems that inc orporates dedicate d Fibre Cha nnel con nectivity between the compu ter sy stems a nd storag e. A S AN b ypass es traditi onal netw ork bot tlenec ks and su p- ports dir ect hig h-speed d ata transf [...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -7 NO TES: See “Ins ta lling the QL ogic Fibre Cha nnel Confi guration Utility ,” f ou nd later in this doc ument, f or i nform ation on installing QL Config i n S AN-at t ac hed cluster conf igurations . Dell Ope nManage Storage Con solidati on sof t w are mu st not be r unning[...]

1 -8 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Cluster Installati on Overview Th is sec tion pro v ides an o v erview sequenc e f or installing P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series sy stems w ith Windo ws NT 4.0 Ser v er , Enterprise Editi on or Windo ws 2000 Adv a nced Ser v er operat ing sy stems . More detailed instr u ctions a re pro vide d later [...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -9 7 . Install Windo ws NT Service P ac k 6a or late r . See the De ll P ow erEdg e Cluster FE 1 0 0/FL 1 00 Platform Guide for mo re inf orma- tion on th e latest s upported s er vice pac k . 8. Install the mi niport dr iv er for the Fib re Channel HB As i n eac h node. 9. Install [...]

1 -1 0 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 3. I f you are u sing ha rdware -bas ed RA ID for the in ter nal SC SI har d-di sk dri ves, con- figure the m using t he control ler's BIOS utility . 4. P erform the lo w -lev el con figurati on of the HB A s. 5. Install a nd config ure the M icrosof t W indo ws 2000 Adv anc ed Server ope ra[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -1 1 1 8. Install Dell OpenMana ge Cluster Assi st ant With Cluster X from the mana gement consol e (optiona l). 1 9. Rec ord the config uration o f the clu ster on th e clus ter data sheets pro vided in the Dell P owerEdge Clus ter F E1 0 0/FL1 00 I nst all ation and T r oubl eshoo[...]

1 -1 2 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide F igure 1-5. Example of Cabling a Single P owerEdge Cluster With T wo PowerV ault Fibre Channel Switches NO TIC E: Switch zo nin g is requ ired if a clus ter or standa lone s erve r is alread y atta ched to the SAN. Infor matio n on us ing swi tch zo ning wi th clu s- ter co nfigurat ions i s pro[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -1 3 F igure 1-6. Exampl e of Cabli ng a P owe rV ault Sto rage Syste m and a Po werV ault 130T DL T Librar y NO TE: T he P ow erV ault 35F Fibre Channel SCS I bridge, th e P ow erV ault 1 30 T DL T librar y , and the ir cables ar e made through a single switc h f abric; their opera[...]

1 -1 4 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Figure 1 -7 pr ovi des an e xampl e of cabl ing P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series node s to f our Po w e r Va u l t 6 5 x F DPEs. F igure 1-7. Example of Cabling P owerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four Po werV ault 65xF DPEs Configurations Wit h SAN Backup When usi ng multip le P ow erV ault 65 x F[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -1 5 l F igure 1-8. Example of Cabling P owerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four P owerV ault 65xF DPEs and SAN Bac kup Using the P owerV ault F ibre Ch annel Bri dge and T ape Librar y Configuring Hard-Disk Drive Letters When Using Multiple Shared St orage Units B efo re installing[...]

1 -1 6 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 2. A ssign dri ve let ters and v ol ume labe ls to the d isks. a. T urn of f node A. b. A ssign the driv e let ters on node B b y using the Windo ws NT Disk A dminis- tr ator or Windows 2000 Disk Managem ent utility to crea te the driv e let ters an d vo lume lab els. F or ex ample, c reate v olu[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -1 7 NO TE: Usin g zonin g in SAN co nfigu ratio ns co nt ainin g mult iple MSCS clust ers pr e- v ents the nod es from dis co veri ng a stora ge de vice tha t belongs to another c luster . F or ex ample, c luster no des 1 and 2 t hat co nnect to s hared stora ge sy stem A should no[...]

1 -1 8 Dell P owerEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Gui de F igure 1-9. Example of a T wo - Cluster Configuration Sh aring a Po werV ault 130T DL T Librar y Th e e xampl e sho wn in F igure 1 -9 contains the f ollo wi ng config uration in f ormatio n. S wit c h fabric 1 c omp rises swit c h 1 : • Zone 1 — ser ve r 1, se r ver 2, P owe rV ault 65 x F [...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -1 9 Three P owerEdge Clust ers Sharing a P owerV ault SAN Figur e 1 -1 0 provide s an example of a thr ee-c luster confi gura tion th at sha res a P ow erV ault 1 30T DL T library . F igure 1-10. Example of a Thre e -Cluster Configuration Sharing a Power V ault SAN ser v er 1 ser v[...]

1 -20 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Th e e xampl e sho wn in F igure 1 -1 0 contains the foll o wing co nfiguratio n inf ormati on. S witc h f abric 1 comprise s switc hes 1 and 2: • Zone 1 — ser ve r 1, se r ver 2, P owe rV ault 65 x F stora ge sy stem (n umber 1), and Fib re Chan nel -to- SCSI brid ge • Zone 2 — ser ve r 3[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -21 F igure 1-11. Example of Cabling T wo PowerEd ge Cluster F-Series Systems in a SAN Cluster Conso lidation Configurations With Dell Op enMan age Storag e Consoli dation 3.0 sof tware, y ou can partition a Po w e r Va u l t 6 5 x F sto rage sy st em into m ultiple di sjoin t stora[...]

1 -22 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Cluster Consolidatio n Rules and Guidelines T able 1 -2 describe s the imp ortant requirem ents f or cl uster con solidatio n conf igurations . T able 1-2. Cluster Consolidation R ules Rule/Guideline Descr iption Number of support ed clust ers 1 0 cluster pai rs (20 clu ster nodes ). Cluster p air[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -23 Basic Installa tion Ov erview for Cluster Consoli dation NO TICE: B efore ins talli ng th e clus ter , ensur e tha t yo ur si te c an han dle the powe r req uirem ents of the clus ter equ ipmen t. Co ntact your Dell sale s re p- rese ntativ e for info rmati on a bout y our regio[...]

1 -24 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Th e f ollo win g is an o v erview of th e necess ar y ste ps f or confi guring mu ltiple P ow erEdge F -Serie s clusters con figured f or cluster cons olidatio n. See the P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series do cume ntation and t he P ow erV ault storage sy stem docume ntation f or detailed installation[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -25 8. Configure zo ning on the Fi bre Channel switc hes by t urning on the s er ver s one a t a time. E ac h zone consists o f a clu ster pair (2 s er vers ), the P ower V ault 65 x F , a nd the Fibr e Channel -to-SCSI bridge (i f that z one is partic ipating in the S AN bac k up).[...]

1 -26 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 11. C l i c k Next . 1 2. R ead the d ispla y ed in forma tion, a nd clic k Next . 1 3. Select th e dest ination f ol der , and clic k Next . 14 . C l i ck Fin ish . 1 5. Af ter the Intel ® DMI 2.0 Se r vice P ro vider SDK V ersion 1 .1 0 installatio n starts, cl ic k Next . 1 6. R ead the l icen[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -27 Fi gure 1-12. Example Showing T wo Zones Po w e r Va u l t Fibre Chann el storag e cluster intercon nect up to 1 1 disk ar ra y enc losu res P o werEdge clus ter Po w e r Va u lt 51F Fi bre Channel swi tc h 2 Po w e r Va u l t 51F Fibre Channel switc h 1 P o werEdg e cluste r Zo[...]

1 -28 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Exampl e 2: A co nfiguratio n wi th two cl usters at tac hed to a sin gle P o werV ault storage sy stem wou ld ha v e two z ones as sho wn i n Figure 1 -1 3. Fi gure 1-13. Example Showing T wo Zones Example Configurations Th is se ction pro vide s e xamples of suppo rted co nfiguration s f or S AN[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -29 Figur e 1 -1 4 shows a con figur atio n with f ive MSCS cl uster s shar ing a s ingle Po w e r Va u l t 6 5 x F s tora ge system. Thes e five MSCS clust ers al so share the t wo P ow erV ault 1 3 0T tape libraries throug h the S AN wi th the use of the P o werV ault 35F Fibr e C[...]

1 -30 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide Figur e 1 -1 5 shows a config urat ion wi th ten M SCS clu ster s sharin g a si ngle Po w e r Va u l t 6 5 x F storag e sy stem . The se ten MSCS cl usters also share the tw o P ow erV ault 1 3 0T tape libraries through th e S AN wi th the use of th e P ow erV ault 35F Fibr e Chan nel b ridge . Th[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -31 Figure 1 -1 6 shows a confi guration w ith six MSCS clusters. Clu sters one throu gh f our share a singl e P owerV ault 65 x F stora ge sy stem, c luster fiv e has its o wn stora ge sy stem, and clu ster six use s fo ur st orage sy stems. All six M SCS clu sters also sha re the [...]

1 -32 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide A dditional P owerEdge Cluster Maintenance P rocedures Th e f ollo wing s ections pro v ide procedure s f or maintaining y our P owe rEdge Clus ter F-Series configura tions. Using the QLogic F ibre Channel Configuration Utility for Storage P rocessor Failure Th e QL ogic Fibre Cha nnel conf igurat[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Dell P o werEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 1 -33 Clic k Cluster Disk , a nd then sele ct the Dr iver tab. Change the st a rtup set- ting fo r Cluster Disk from Sys te m to Disabled . d. For W indows N T Ser v er 4. 0, Ent erp rise E diti on, se lect t he Services appl et in the Control P anel . Change the start-up set ting f o[...]

1 -34 Dell P ow erEdge Cluster F -Series S AN Guide 8. Af ter you ha v e configu red al l of the ser ve rs, reconn ect al l of the ca bles to th e Po w e r Va u l t 6 5 x F sto rag e sy stem s. 9. T urn on all of the ser v ers, one a t a time. Co nfigure z onin g on the Fi bre Channe l switc hes. Eac h z one co nsists of a cluster pa ir (2 servers)[...]

suppo rt.dell.c om Inde x 37 Inde x C cluster cabling connec ting multi ple Power Edge clusters to a PowerVa ult SAN , 1-16 cluster config uration three Pow erEdge cl usters sh aring a PowerVa ult SAN , 1-19 two PowerEdge cluste rs sharing a PowerVa ult SAN , 1-17 cluster conso lidation configura tions , 1-21 cluster consolid ation ru les and gu id[...]

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