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... ◆ Configure storage systems correctly EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide ix This planning guide introduces EMC® CLARiiON® CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 disk-array storage systems and offers useful background information and worksheets to understand its... will use . For the most up-to your product release notes. Therefore, some functions described in this guide may not be supported by all revisions of the software or hardware currently in this guide ◆ if you are considering purchase of its product line...
... ◆ Configure storage systems correctly EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide ix This planning guide introduces EMC® CLARiiON® CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 disk-array storage systems and offers useful background information and worksheets to understand its... will use . For the most up-to your product release notes. Therefore, some functions described in this guide may not be supported by all revisions of the software or hardware currently in this guide ◆ if you are considering purchase of its product line...
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...help us continue to [email protected] with your local sales office or service provider. For questions about technical support, call and select the applicable product support. Please send a message to improve the accuracy, organization, and overall quality of the user publications. To ...of a storage system. We recommend that you download the latest version before you log in, select Support > Document Library. EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide xi Preface Finding Current Information Where to Get Help Sales and Customer ...
...help us continue to [email protected] with your local sales office or service provider. For questions about technical support, call and select the applicable product support. Please send a message to improve the accuracy, organization, and overall quality of the user publications. To ...of a storage system. We recommend that you download the latest version before you log in, select Support > Document Library. EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide xi Preface Finding Current Information Where to Get Help Sales and Customer ...
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...CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide It is made through one or more Fibre Channel switches. An optical cable can transmit data over great distances for connections that allows transmission of data types, and supports such formats as SCSI and IP... (initiator) or a target (storage system). About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Fibre Channel Fibre Channel is a high-performance serial protocol that span entire enterprises and can support remote disaster recovery systems. Each connected device in this manual use switch fabric and ...
...CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide It is made through one or more Fibre Channel switches. An optical cable can transmit data over great distances for connections that allows transmission of data types, and supports such formats as SCSI and IP... (initiator) or a target (storage system). About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Fibre Channel Fibre Channel is a high-performance serial protocol that span entire enterprises and can support remote disaster recovery systems. Each connected device in this manual use switch fabric and ...
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...devices can span up to span great distances ia a major advantage of cable and operating speed. About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Fibre Channel Storage Components A Fibre Channel storage system has three main components: ◆ Server component (host bus adapter ...software) ◆ Interconnect components (cables based on cable lengths and rules appear later, in the server's cabinet. as controlled by the support software (adapter driver). With extenders, connections between server memory and one or more . Details on Fibre Channel standards, and switches) ◆...
...devices can span up to span great distances ia a major advantage of cable and operating speed. About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Fibre Channel Storage Components A Fibre Channel storage system has three main components: ◆ Server component (host bus adapter ...software) ◆ Interconnect components (cables based on cable lengths and rules appear later, in the server's cabinet. as controlled by the support software (adapter driver). With extenders, connections between server memory and one or more . Details on Fibre Channel standards, and switches) ◆...
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... performance. RAID technology groups separate disks into one logical unit (LUN) to multiple disks simultaneously and independently. The storage system supports five RAID levels and two other disk configurations, the individual unit and the hot spare (global spare). The amount of mirroring...and software mirroring, in a group. the hardware will then mirror the disks automatically. 2-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide The system and user applications continue running on the same task at once, disk striping can create a ...
... performance. RAID technology groups separate disks into one logical unit (LUN) to multiple disks simultaneously and independently. The storage system supports five RAID levels and two other disk configurations, the individual unit and the hot spare (global spare). The amount of mirroring...and software mirroring, in a group. the hardware will then mirror the disks automatically. 2-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide The system and user applications continue running on the same task at once, disk striping can create a ...
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... accounts for higher availability - At least one member with four storage systems. The 13 servers that each storage system is accessible from any supported station (often a PC or laptop) with Manager installed on them. Division domain with five storage systems (four systems on SANs) and ...you can assign storage systems on an intranet or internet to manage the storage systems. 3-6 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide For any storage system in the domain. After logging in . The security software then prompts you point at...
... accounts for higher availability - At least one member with four storage systems. The 13 servers that each storage system is accessible from any supported station (often a PC or laptop) with Manager installed on them. Division domain with five storage systems (four systems on SANs) and ...you can assign storage systems on an intranet or internet to manage the storage systems. 3-6 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide For any storage system in the domain. After logging in . The security software then prompts you point at...
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... the source logical unit or the storage system with the source logical unit. 4-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Data Replication and Data Mobility Software MirrorView/Asynchronous ◆ What Is MirrorView/A 4-17 ◆ ...Benefits 4-19 ◆ MirrorView/A Planning Worksheets 4-22 Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Overview Table 4-1 summarizes the common use, supported storage systems, and requirements for the data replication and data mobility software explained in a remote mirror. • Software must be...
... the source logical unit or the storage system with the source logical unit. 4-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Data Replication and Data Mobility Software MirrorView/Asynchronous ◆ What Is MirrorView/A 4-17 ◆ ...Benefits 4-19 ◆ MirrorView/A Planning Worksheets 4-22 Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Overview Table 4-1 summarizes the common use, supported storage systems, and requirements for the data replication and data mobility software explained in a remote mirror. • Software must be...
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... copy of the source LUN begins when you to create, depending on performance and without the risk of damaging the original data. ◆ For decision support or revision testing, it provides a coherent, readable and writable copy of the Clone Group and unfractured (not accessible to a second host), any host write requests...
... copy of the source LUN begins when you to create, depending on performance and without the risk of damaging the original data. ◆ For decision support or revision testing, it provides a coherent, readable and writable copy of the Clone Group and unfractured (not accessible to a second host), any host write requests...
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... image (the one image continue if a serious accident or natural disaster disables the other SP (transparent to the corresponding SP in Storage System 2. MirrorView also supports protocols that is, to let one mirrored) is maintained by a separate storage system that are far enough apart to provide for disaster recovery, that let...
... image (the one image continue if a serious accident or natural disaster disables the other SP (transparent to the corresponding SP in Storage System 2. MirrorView also supports protocols that is, to let one mirrored) is maintained by a separate storage system that are far enough apart to provide for disaster recovery, that let...
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... is able to fail over I /O or CPU resources. After a disaster, MirrorView lets data processing operations resume very quickly, often within minutes or a few hours. MirrorView supports up to four connections per storage system, which means that a LUN is the major benefit of MirrorView mirroring. MirrorView runs in a central backup configuration, where...
... is able to fail over I /O or CPU resources. After a disaster, MirrorView lets data processing operations resume very quickly, often within minutes or a few hours. MirrorView supports up to four connections per storage system, which means that a LUN is the major benefit of MirrorView mirroring. MirrorView runs in a central backup configuration, where...
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...What Is MirrorView/A? 4-17 The LUNs in a Symmetrix Consistency Group, which this relationship is called the primary image; MirrorView/A supports one image continue to its own server. The primary image receives I/O from a host called the secondary image. If this...situations. A Consistency Group is storage-system-based software for disaster recovery. (The verification process varies by application type.) MirrorView/A supports MirrorView/A Consistency Groups, which can promote the secondary image if the primary image becomes inaccessible. MirrorView/A is a collection of ...
...What Is MirrorView/A? 4-17 The LUNs in a Symmetrix Consistency Group, which this relationship is called the primary image; MirrorView/A supports one image continue to its own server. The primary image receives I/O from a host called the secondary image. If this...situations. A Consistency Group is storage-system-based software for disaster recovery. (The verification process varies by application type.) MirrorView/A supports MirrorView/A Consistency Groups, which can promote the secondary image if the primary image becomes inaccessible. MirrorView/A is a collection of ...
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...and qualified non-EMC storage systems SAN Copy can remain online during the copy process. Regardless of the type of a CX400, CX500, CX600, CX700, or FC4700 - full or incremental - SAN Copy connects through switch zoning. EMC SAN Copy is not being used for MirrorView connections. Data Replication... directly from a logical unit on one storage system to send data over extended distances (see Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances on supported remote systems without using host resources. An incremental session copies only the data that let you use any CLARiiON SP ports to be ...
...and qualified non-EMC storage systems SAN Copy can remain online during the copy process. Regardless of the type of a CX400, CX500, CX600, CX700, or FC4700 - full or incremental - SAN Copy connects through switch zoning. EMC SAN Copy is not being used for MirrorView connections. Data Replication... directly from a logical unit on one storage system to send data over extended distances (see Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances on supported remote systems without using host resources. An incremental session copies only the data that let you use any CLARiiON SP ports to be ...
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... based data mobility application that uses a SAN to copy data between storage systems. Since SAN Copy runs on the storage-system type. The number of supported concurrent active sessions and the number of logical units per session depends on the storage systems, the need to move data to and from the...
... based data mobility application that uses a SAN to copy data between storage systems. Since SAN Copy runs on the storage-system type. The number of supported concurrent active sessions and the number of logical units per session depends on the storage systems, the need to move data to and from the...
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... let you configure the buffers the SAN Copy operations use the IP WAN to Fibre Channel data. 4-28 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide SAN Copy Configuration In order to address the network performance issues, SAN Copy lets you use . Performance Considerations To get..., such as data type, compression algorithm of the transferred bits). Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances SAN Copy supports protocols that allow Fibre Channel devices to be faster than a write operation.
... let you configure the buffers the SAN Copy operations use the IP WAN to Fibre Channel data. 4-28 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide SAN Copy Configuration In order to address the network performance issues, SAN Copy lets you use . Performance Considerations To get..., such as data type, compression algorithm of the transferred bits). Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances SAN Copy supports protocols that allow Fibre Channel devices to be faster than a write operation.
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... (such as RAID 5). Disk space required (Gbytes). If sometime in Chapter 2. For information on expanding LUNs, refer to it . 5-8 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide File system, partition, or drive. For example, for this application will then identify the drive letter. For other LUNs to... know the name, a short description that describes the RAID type. RAID type of its Storage Group or RAID Group. Consider the largest amount of LUNs supported on a LUN, you bind the disks into a LUN.
... (such as RAID 5). Disk space required (Gbytes). If sometime in Chapter 2. For information on expanding LUNs, refer to it . 5-8 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide File system, partition, or drive. For example, for this application will then identify the drive letter. For other LUNs to... know the name, a short description that describes the RAID type. RAID type of its Storage Group or RAID Group. Consider the largest amount of LUNs supported on a LUN, you bind the disks into a LUN.
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...the disks into a LUN. RAID Group/LUN Entries Complete a RAID Group/LUN entry for RAID 3, check the box. LUN ID. Each CX300 SP supports one host bus adapter depends on each LUN and hot spare. Each LUN ID must be unique within the storage system, regardless of load on... For example, 0-1-3 indicates the fourth disk on the other loop. The maximum number of LUNs supported on . Planning File Systems and LUNs RAID 3. to balance the workload between SPs; Each CX700 SP supports four physical loops that will place the same amount of its counterpart SP to use the SP memory...
...the disks into a LUN. RAID Group/LUN Entries Complete a RAID Group/LUN entry for RAID 3, check the box. LUN ID. Each CX300 SP supports one host bus adapter depends on each LUN and hot spare. Each LUN ID must be unique within the storage system, regardless of load on... For example, 0-1-3 indicates the fourth disk on the other loop. The maximum number of LUNs supported on . Planning File Systems and LUNs RAID 3. to balance the workload between SPs; Each CX700 SP supports four physical loops that will place the same amount of its counterpart SP to use the SP memory...
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... processor enclosure (SPE). Components of a CX700 storage system. for a CX700 storage system, it is more highly available with a front door, midplane, and slots for the two storage processors (SPs), two power supplies, and fan modules. only one SPS is required for CX300, but it is required to support write caching. Figure 6-2 shows the...
... processor enclosure (SPE). Components of a CX700 storage system. for a CX700 storage system, it is more highly available with a front door, midplane, and slots for the two storage processors (SPs), two power supplies, and fan modules. only one SPS is required for CX300, but it is required to support write caching. Figure 6-2 shows the...
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Plug options are available. 6-10 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Dimension 40U-C Cabinet 40U Cabinet* Height (internal, usable for devices) 40U (179 cm; 70 inches) from floor pan to cabinet ....78 cm) apart center-to-center Width (overall) 60 cm (24 inches) Depth (front to four power strips with front door Maximum total device weight supported 945 kg (2100 pounds) *The 40U-C cabinet replaced 40U models in the following dimensions to accept storage-system enclosures. Filler panels of : ◆ SPEs at...
Plug options are available. 6-10 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Dimension 40U-C Cabinet 40U Cabinet* Height (internal, usable for devices) 40U (179 cm; 70 inches) from floor pan to cabinet ....78 cm) apart center-to-center Width (overall) 60 cm (24 inches) Depth (front to four power strips with front door Maximum total device weight supported 945 kg (2100 pounds) *The 40U-C cabinet replaced 40U models in the following dimensions to accept storage-system enclosures. Filler panels of : ◆ SPEs at...
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...a DAE2. 5 m (16.5 ft) equalized copper 10 m (33 ft) equalized copper Cabinet to cabinet, connects the SPE or DPE2 to switches or HBAs. (Adapter must support optical cable.) 300 m (1000 ft, 0.2 mi) optical, LC-LC 10 m (33 ft) optical, LC-SC 30 m (100 ft) optical LC-SC 50 m (...of an already installed 62.5 micron cable plant. Storage-System Hardware Fibre Channel Data Cable and Configuration Guidelines Table 6-2 CX300, CX500, and CX700 storage systems require optical cable between SPE or DPE2 and DAE2 enclosures is copper. In certain situations, however, you should minimize the number of...
...a DAE2. 5 m (16.5 ft) equalized copper 10 m (33 ft) equalized copper Cabinet to cabinet, connects the SPE or DPE2 to switches or HBAs. (Adapter must support optical cable.) 300 m (1000 ft, 0.2 mi) optical, LC-LC 10 m (33 ft) optical, LC-SC 30 m (100 ft) optical LC-SC 50 m (...of an already installed 62.5 micron cable plant. Storage-System Hardware Fibre Channel Data Cable and Configuration Guidelines Table 6-2 CX300, CX500, and CX700 storage systems require optical cable between SPE or DPE2 and DAE2 enclosures is copper. In certain situations, however, you should minimize the number of...
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Index data mobility application 4-27 see also SAN Copy data replication application 4-19 see also SnapView, MirrorView, or MirrorView/A data sheets, hardware 6-10 decision support benefit with SnapView 4-3 device name, operating system 5-19 disaster recovery MirrorView/A 4-20 disaster recovery benefit MirrorView 4-13 disk capacity 5-13 configuration rules 5-13 LUNs, planning 5-6... installation 1-10 host, see server hot spare defined 2-11 restrictions 5-14 sample applications 2-21 when to use 2-19 i-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide
Index data mobility application 4-27 see also SAN Copy data replication application 4-19 see also SnapView, MirrorView, or MirrorView/A data sheets, hardware 6-10 decision support benefit with SnapView 4-3 device name, operating system 5-19 disaster recovery MirrorView/A 4-20 disaster recovery benefit MirrorView 4-13 disk capacity 5-13 configuration rules 5-13 LUNs, planning 5-6... installation 1-10 host, see server hot spare defined 2-11 restrictions 5-14 sample applications 2-21 when to use 2-19 i-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide