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D-Link System, Inc.™ xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Rev. December 2, 2009 Page 1 A D-Link Systems, Inc.
D-Link System, Inc.™ xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Rev. December 2, 2009 Page 1 A D-Link Systems, Inc.
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... endorsement purposes. Copyright © 2009 D-Link Systems, Inc.™ D-Link Systems, Inc. 17595 Mount Herrmann Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 www.DLink.com D-Link Systems, Inc. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks or service marks, and are copyrights of D-Link Systems, Inc.. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 ©...
... endorsement purposes. Copyright © 2009 D-Link Systems, Inc.™ D-Link Systems, Inc. 17595 Mount Herrmann Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708 www.DLink.com D-Link Systems, Inc. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks or service marks, and are copyrights of D-Link Systems, Inc.. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 ©...
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... fiber cables to one or more FC switches, which connects directly to shared storage. In this document the features and performance of the D-Link xStack Storage™ Series iSCSI storage arrays along with typical server systems are configured, instructions for purposes of FC... place. SCSI IO requests are sent over Ethernet. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Executive Summary The xStack Storage Series iSCSI storage arrays from D-Link provide cost-effective, easy-todeploy shared storage solutions for all the virtualized servers, the virtual machines can...
... fiber cables to one or more FC switches, which connects directly to shared storage. In this document the features and performance of the D-Link xStack Storage™ Series iSCSI storage arrays along with typical server systems are configured, instructions for purposes of FC... place. SCSI IO requests are sent over Ethernet. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Executive Summary The xStack Storage Series iSCSI storage arrays from D-Link provide cost-effective, easy-todeploy shared storage solutions for all the virtualized servers, the virtual machines can...
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... pool of the specific application. Seasoned storage administrators have a Quality of Service tailored to the needs of available storage. All xStack Storage family models are affordable. And, all , D-Link's iSCSI storage arrays are comprised of the xStack Storage array with a simple virtualization workload running... or entire arrays to RAID types or manage individual LUNS. December 2, 2009 Page 4 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The xStack Storage Series iSCSI SAN solution is designed for multiple virtual volumes with mixed RAID types to coexist on...
... pool of the specific application. Seasoned storage administrators have a Quality of Service tailored to the needs of available storage. All xStack Storage family models are affordable. And, all , D-Link's iSCSI storage arrays are comprised of the xStack Storage array with a simple virtualization workload running... or entire arrays to RAID types or manage individual LUNS. December 2, 2009 Page 4 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The xStack Storage Series iSCSI SAN solution is designed for multiple virtual volumes with mixed RAID types to coexist on...
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December 2, 2009 Page 5 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The D-Link DSN-1100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-2100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-3200-10 & 3400-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-5110-10, & 5210-10 & 5410-10 iSCSI SAN Figure 1: The xStack Storage family D-Link Systems, Inc.
December 2, 2009 Page 5 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 The D-Link DSN-1100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-2100-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-3200-10 & 3400-10 iSCSI SAN The D-Link DSN-5110-10, & 5210-10 & 5410-10 iSCSI SAN Figure 1: The xStack Storage family D-Link Systems, Inc.
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... configuration is recommended that the NICs be provided to guest virtual machines as virtual disks that connect to redundant Ethernet switches. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 VMware and iSCSI This section will be provided at a later date). The ESX ...ESX Service Console and the VMkernel (which the iSCSI storage is located must be employed in the iSCSI connection. (Alternately, in which is selected, then Networking. D-Link Systems, Inc. Once attached and formatted, the storage can be connected is highlighted, then the Configuration ...
... configuration is recommended that the NICs be provided to guest virtual machines as virtual disks that connect to redundant Ethernet switches. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 VMware and iSCSI This section will be provided at a later date). The ESX ...ESX Service Console and the VMkernel (which the iSCSI storage is located must be employed in the iSCSI connection. (Alternately, in which is selected, then Networking. D-Link Systems, Inc. Once attached and formatted, the storage can be connected is highlighted, then the Configuration ...
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xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 2: ESX Two NIC Configuration for iSCSI Figure 3: ESX Four NIC Configuration for iSCSI D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 7
xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 2: ESX Two NIC Configuration for iSCSI Figure 3: ESX Four NIC Configuration for iSCSI D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 7
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...if necessary. If this test, for example, NX1950-1). Select Disk/LUN, and then select the LUN to be assigned to VMware are created. Once the storage LUN has been added to an ESX host, VMs can be live migrated from the ESX host in VC: ESX Server → Configuration → ...in ESX As a security measure iSCSI access is disabled by default in ESX is configured to enable access from its 3260 default if necessary. D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Connecting the ESX Server Host to the iSCSI Array The process to connect an ESX Server host to...
...if necessary. If this test, for example, NX1950-1). Select Disk/LUN, and then select the LUN to be assigned to VMware are created. Once the storage LUN has been added to an ESX host, VMs can be live migrated from the ESX host in VC: ESX Server → Configuration → ...in ESX As a security measure iSCSI access is disabled by default in ESX is configured to enable access from its 3260 default if necessary. D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Connecting the ESX Server Host to the iSCSI Array The process to connect an ESX Server host to...
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... stopped increasing. At that each driver thread can be thought of as part of logging in, browsing, and purchasing counts as the applied workload increased. D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 9 The VMs were configured with their original state and a larger workload applied. The two VMs attached to each... to the VM (512 MB), SQL Server will have to their 10GB virtual disks stored on the five-disk LUN on one xStack Storage DSN-3200-10 storage array. For testing this test, the think time was connected as shown in the previous section to 0 seconds so that point the...
... stopped increasing. At that each driver thread can be thought of as part of logging in, browsing, and purchasing counts as the applied workload increased. D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 9 The VMs were configured with their original state and a larger workload applied. The two VMs attached to each... to the VM (512 MB), SQL Server will have to their 10GB virtual disks stored on the five-disk LUN on one xStack Storage DSN-3200-10 storage array. For testing this test, the think time was connected as shown in the previous section to 0 seconds so that point the...
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December 2, 2009 Page 10 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 4: Basic Setup (typical servers, switch and xStack Storage DSN-3200-10 iSCSI SAN Solution) D-Link Systems, Inc.
December 2, 2009 Page 10 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 4: Basic Setup (typical servers, switch and xStack Storage DSN-3200-10 iSCSI SAN Solution) D-Link Systems, Inc.
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Figure 5: Add Storage December 2, 2009 Page 11 D-Link Systems, Inc. This section covers the available storage options and reviews settings specific to each technology. To add a LUN as a datastore, follow these steps. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 STORAGE CONNECTIVITY With the introduction of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.0, several new storage connectivity options were introduced.
Figure 5: Add Storage December 2, 2009 Page 11 D-Link Systems, Inc. This section covers the available storage options and reviews settings specific to each technology. To add a LUN as a datastore, follow these steps. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 STORAGE CONNECTIVITY With the introduction of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.0, several new storage connectivity options were introduced.
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... network requires an IP address that the default block size of 256GB in size. Figure 6: Disk/LUN Formatting iSCSI/IP SAN Connectivity As a best practice, D-Link recommends separating iSCSI traffic from other IP network traffic by implementing a separate network or VLAN than the default. To enable ISCSI connectivity, the ESX Server... to store virtual disks larger than 256GB in the datastore, you must increase the block size to as a VMkernel port, along with a service console port. D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Note that is 1MB.
... network requires an IP address that the default block size of 256GB in size. Figure 6: Disk/LUN Formatting iSCSI/IP SAN Connectivity As a best practice, D-Link recommends separating iSCSI traffic from other IP network traffic by implementing a separate network or VLAN than the default. To enable ISCSI connectivity, the ESX Server... to store virtual disks larger than 256GB in the datastore, you must increase the block size to as a VMkernel port, along with a service console port. D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Note that is 1MB.
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xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 7: Add Network Wizard | VMKernel for TCP/IP and iSCSI D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 13
xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 7: Add Network Wizard | VMKernel for TCP/IP and iSCSI D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 13
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December 2, 2009 Page 15 xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 9: Firewall Properties | Enabling Software iSCSI Client via Port 3260 Figure 10: Initial iSCSI Software Adapter Configuration Screen D-Link Systems, Inc.
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iSCSI offers several other uses. D-Link Systems, Inc. Note that of iSCSI HBAs are not ready to data stores that store CD-ROM ISO images. iSCSI could be realized in storage performance by implementing iSCSI HBAs. December 2, 2009 Page 16 For ...not a requirement or a recommendation, but rather a consideration when designing dense storage solutions. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 11: iSCSI Initiator Properties Window D-Link offers iSCSI HBAs for addressing storage. The benefits of any individual VI3 Server. Also, iSCSI can be used...
iSCSI offers several other uses. D-Link Systems, Inc. Note that of iSCSI HBAs are not ready to data stores that store CD-ROM ISO images. iSCSI could be realized in storage performance by implementing iSCSI HBAs. December 2, 2009 Page 16 For ...not a requirement or a recommendation, but rather a consideration when designing dense storage solutions. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Figure 11: iSCSI Initiator Properties Window D-Link offers iSCSI HBAs for addressing storage. The benefits of any individual VI3 Server. Also, iSCSI can be used...
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... to configure the software initiator on the ESX server. Figure 12: Security Profile Configuration Tab D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 ESX 3.5 Configuration Connectivity from a host running VMware's ESX 3.5 server to iSCSI storage is much similar to the ESX server/VirtualCenter using VI Client, and follow the below steps...
... to configure the software initiator on the ESX server. Figure 12: Security Profile Configuration Tab D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 ESX 3.5 Configuration Connectivity from a host running VMware's ESX 3.5 server to iSCSI storage is much similar to the ESX server/VirtualCenter using VI Client, and follow the below steps...
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xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 2. Select Configuration->Storage Adapters on Properties. Select iSCSI software adapter and click on the ESX server. 5. December 2, 2009 Page 18 The Firewall Properties box appears. Figure 14: iSCSI software adapter under Storage Adapters on Properties. Check Software iSCSI Client. 4. Figure 13: Firewall Properties Window 3. Click on VI client D-Link Systems, Inc.
xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 2. Select Configuration->Storage Adapters on Properties. Select iSCSI software adapter and click on the ESX server. 5. December 2, 2009 Page 18 The Firewall Properties box appears. Figure 14: iSCSI software adapter under Storage Adapters on Properties. Check Software iSCSI Client. 4. Figure 13: Firewall Properties Window 3. Click on VI client D-Link Systems, Inc.
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Figure 15: iSCSI software initiator properties window 8. You should now see your iSCSI Target name listed. Figure 16: iSCSI software initiator properties window D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 19 Under the general tab select Configure tab. Select Close. Select the Enabled checkbox and click OK. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 6. The iSCSI initiator Properties window appears. 7. Select iSCSI software adapter under storage.
Figure 15: iSCSI software initiator properties window 8. You should now see your iSCSI Target name listed. Figure 16: iSCSI software initiator properties window D-Link Systems, Inc. December 2, 2009 Page 19 Under the general tab select Configure tab. Select Close. Select the Enabled checkbox and click OK. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 6. The iSCSI initiator Properties window appears. 7. Select iSCSI software adapter under storage.
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Select Add. December 2, 2009 Page 20 There may be a slight delay before the process completes. 10. Click Close. Select Properties under storage adapters. Select Dynamic Discovery. Provide the IP address of the xStack Storage iSCSI Data Port and click OK. Figure 17: iSCSI software initiator properties window D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 9.
Select Add. December 2, 2009 Page 20 There may be a slight delay before the process completes. 10. Click Close. Select Properties under storage adapters. Select Dynamic Discovery. Provide the IP address of the xStack Storage iSCSI Data Port and click OK. Figure 17: iSCSI software initiator properties window D-Link Systems, Inc. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 9.
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... the VMFS datastore. Select the newly created iSCSI LUN and click Next. 4. D-Link Systems, Inc. The new datastore is now ready to be visible from the ESX server. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Configure iSCSI storage on Add Storage, select Disk/Lun and click Next. Provide a name for the VMFS datastore and...
... the VMFS datastore. Select the newly created iSCSI LUN and click Next. 4. D-Link Systems, Inc. The new datastore is now ready to be visible from the ESX server. xStack Storage DSN-Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3.0.2 & 3.5 Configure iSCSI storage on Add Storage, select Disk/Lun and click Next. Provide a name for the VMFS datastore and...