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... (ATF), Access Logix, SnapView, and MirrorView. Dual Server Direct - February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide CX2001, CX400, CX600, FC4500, FC47002, FC53003, FC55003, and FC5700 Storage Systems This document describes the supported configurations for the EMC CLARiiON Fibre Channel disk-array storage-systems. It lists general configuration rules for Utility Kit PowerPath to...
... (ATF), Access Logix, SnapView, and MirrorView. Dual Server Direct - February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide CX2001, CX400, CX600, FC4500, FC47002, FC53003, FC55003, and FC5700 Storage Systems This document describes the supported configurations for the EMC CLARiiON Fibre Channel disk-array storage-systems. It lists general configuration rules for Utility Kit PowerPath to...
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...CLARiiON sections in a Symmetrix Environment P/N 300-999-161 • EMC Connectrix Enterprise Storage Network System Topology Guide P/N 300-600-008 • Connectrix Enterprise Storage Network System Planning Guide P/N 069001082 Document Rev 19 Page 4 EMC Confidential February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Contents • EMC... Configuration Diagrams...88 • Switch Zoning ...119 • Cable Selection for CLARiiON Switch Models 123 • Backup Configurations (CX200, CX400, CX600, FC4500, FC4700, FC5300, FC5700 125 • Revision History ...145 For ...
...CLARiiON sections in a Symmetrix Environment P/N 300-999-161 • EMC Connectrix Enterprise Storage Network System Topology Guide P/N 300-600-008 • Connectrix Enterprise Storage Network System Planning Guide P/N 069001082 Document Rev 19 Page 4 EMC Confidential February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Contents • EMC... Configuration Diagrams...88 • Switch Zoning ...119 • Cable Selection for CLARiiON Switch Models 123 • Backup Configurations (CX200, CX400, CX600, FC4500, FC4700, FC5300, FC5700 125 • Revision History ...145 For ...
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...or questions not found in this document, please see relevant vendor documentation, or contact your EMC Sales or EMC Customer Service representative. EMC CLARiiON makes every attempt to support new major releases within 3 months after the vendor has ...EMC CLARiiON's policy is maintained by the vendors listed in this document, and servers, hardware and software from other vendors are not qualified, and may remove support from our standard operating systems support list. EMC Data Manager - The information included in this document is dropped from this document with EMC storage...
...or questions not found in this document, please see relevant vendor documentation, or contact your EMC Sales or EMC Customer Service representative. EMC CLARiiON makes every attempt to support new major releases within 3 months after the vendor has ...EMC CLARiiON's policy is maintained by the vendors listed in this document, and servers, hardware and software from other vendors are not qualified, and may remove support from our standard operating systems support list. EMC Data Manager - The information included in this document is dropped from this document with EMC storage...
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February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide General Configuration Rules This section explains • Mixing Configurations...7 • LUN Counts...8 • Storage Area Network (SAN) Configuration Rules 9 • Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Configuration Rules 13 • Hub Attached Configuration Rules ...13 • Port Speed Rules ...14 • Clustered Server Configuration Rules...... 16 • Access Logix Configuration Rules ...16 • SnapView Configuration Rules ...17 • MirrorView Configuration Rules...19 Document Rev 19 Page 6 EMC Confidential
February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide General Configuration Rules This section explains • Mixing Configurations...7 • LUN Counts...8 • Storage Area Network (SAN) Configuration Rules 9 • Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Configuration Rules 13 • Hub Attached Configuration Rules ...13 • Port Speed Rules ...14 • Clustered Server Configuration Rules...... 16 • Access Logix Configuration Rules ...16 • SnapView Configuration Rules ...17 • MirrorView Configuration Rules...19 Document Rev 19 Page 6 EMC Confidential
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...FC5300 with 12 HBA ports could be in multiple instances of HBA ports in a server, any CX200, FC4500, or FC5300 in a CX600 storage system are either unshared or shared. Multiple Configurations for a Single Server Depending on the number of the same or different configurations. Since... direct attach (FC-AL) configurations or 8 separate fabrics in the example on the next page. CX200 storage systems available from selected channels only. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Mixing Configurations The ports on an SP are unshared. Each unshared SP port has ...
...FC5300 with 12 HBA ports could be in multiple instances of HBA ports in a server, any CX200, FC4500, or FC5300 in a CX600 storage system are either unshared or shared. Multiple Configurations for a Single Server Depending on the number of the same or different configurations. Since... direct attach (FC-AL) configurations or 8 separate fabrics in the example on the next page. CX200 storage systems available from selected channels only. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Mixing Configurations The ports on an SP are unshared. Each unshared SP port has ...
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... LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN NT Cluster Storage Group NetWare Storage Group Solaris Storage Group CX200, FC4500, or FC5300 SP A SP B LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN CX400, CX600, or FC4700 LUN Counts The maximum number of a Server and a Storage System in the EMC Support Matrix (ESM). This number may be lower depending...
... LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN NT Cluster Storage Group NetWare Storage Group Solaris Storage Group CX200, FC4500, or FC5300 SP A SP B LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN LUN CX400, CX600, or FC4700 LUN Counts The maximum number of a Server and a Storage System in the EMC Support Matrix (ESM). This number may be lower depending...
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.... Switches 8-port, 16-port, 32-port departmental switches; 32-port and 64 port director-class switches. Remote mirror port in a server - February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Storage Area Network (SAN) Configuration Rules Switch Terminology Arbitrated Loop connection - Number of light simultaneously over a single optical fiber. Equivalent to different SP ports...
.... Switches 8-port, 16-port, 32-port departmental switches; 32-port and 64 port director-class switches. Remote mirror port in a server - February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Storage Area Network (SAN) Configuration Rules Switch Terminology Arbitrated Loop connection - Number of light simultaneously over a single optical fiber. Equivalent to different SP ports...
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...EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide For CX2001 15 initiators per SP, each with a maximum of 15 servers. maximum of one (single) path to an SP; In a remote mirror configuration, each port 3. For FC5300 with MirrorView also handles remote mirror connections. Paths from a Server to an SP Access from a server to the storage... specific ways, enables paths from a server to a Storage Processor (SP) in a storage system. FC5300 SAN configuration available from selected channels only. 2. For CX600 32 initiators per CX600 available for each path between its SPs and the switch...
...EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide For CX2001 15 initiators per SP, each with a maximum of 15 servers. maximum of one (single) path to an SP; In a remote mirror configuration, each port 3. For FC5300 with MirrorView also handles remote mirror connections. Paths from a Server to an SP Access from a server to the storage... specific ways, enables paths from a server to a Storage Processor (SP) in a storage system. FC5300 SAN configuration available from selected channels only. 2. For CX600 32 initiators per CX600 available for each path between its SPs and the switch...
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... supported by each type of Paths Supported From a Server to One Server Failover Software Access Typea CX200 SP CX400 or CX600 SP FC4700-Series SP Storage System AIX PowerPath Multi-Path N/A 8 8 16 Utility Kit Power Pathb Single Path N/A 1 1 1 ATF Single Path N/A N/A 1 2 ... Kit Power Pathb Single Path N/A 1 1 1 DMP with failover software. Only single-path access is supported. c. f. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Path Rules The table below is supported only to an FC4700. b. e. Multi-path access from a Tru64 UNIX server...
... supported by each type of Paths Supported From a Server to One Server Failover Software Access Typea CX200 SP CX400 or CX600 SP FC4700-Series SP Storage System AIX PowerPath Multi-Path N/A 8 8 16 Utility Kit Power Pathb Single Path N/A 1 1 1 ATF Single Path N/A N/A 1 2 ... Kit Power Pathb Single Path N/A 1 1 1 DMP with failover software. Only single-path access is supported. c. f. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Path Rules The table below is supported only to an FC4700. b. e. Multi-path access from a Tru64 UNIX server...
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... initiators. Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on each server has sixteen paths to the storage system. Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to all four ports on one SP (256 HBA ports x ..., which leaves 8 initiators available for a total of two paths per CX600) Note that each with 2 HBA ports - February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Sample CX600 configurations Some examples of valid server connections to a CX600 without MirrorView are • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load...
... initiators. Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on each server has sixteen paths to the storage system. Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to all four ports on one SP (256 HBA ports x ..., which leaves 8 initiators available for a total of two paths per CX600) Note that each with 2 HBA ports - February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Sample CX600 configurations Some examples of valid server connections to a CX600 without MirrorView are • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load...
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...maximum Note: Direct attach is directly attached to a storage system, all servers attached to one other storage systems - Document Rev 19 Page 13 EMC Confidential Access Logix Models AL200-Tx for CX200, AL400-Tx for CX400, AL600-Tx for CX600, ACLG47-Tx for the FC4700, ACLG45-Tx for ..., each SP - These 120 initiators + 8 MirrorView initiators = 128 initiators, the maximum number per CX400 or FC4700). February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Some examples of valid server connections to only one port on one SP - Each server runs PowerPath Base to provide...
...maximum Note: Direct attach is directly attached to a storage system, all servers attached to one other storage systems - Document Rev 19 Page 13 EMC Confidential Access Logix Models AL200-Tx for CX200, AL400-Tx for CX400, AL600-Tx for CX600, ACLG47-Tx for the FC4700, ACLG45-Tx for ..., each SP - These 120 initiators + 8 MirrorView initiators = 128 initiators, the maximum number per CX400 or FC4700). February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Some examples of valid server connections to only one port on one SP - Each server runs PowerPath Base to provide...
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February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Port Speed Rules Storage-System SP Port Speed Storage System SP Port Speeds CX-Series 1 or 2 Gbitsa FC4500 FC4700-2 1 Gbit 1 or 2 Gbitsa FC4700 1 Gbit FC5300 1 Gbit a. If a switch ...Gbits and for IRIX, NetWare, Windows 2000, and Windows NT servers, which can be set the switch port's speed to a storage system. Document Rev 19 Page 14 EMC Confidential Clustered Server Configuration Rules Clustering software is auto-negotiate. Supported Operating Systems All. For PowerPath Base - 1 or 2 per server...
February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Port Speed Rules Storage-System SP Port Speed Storage System SP Port Speeds CX-Series 1 or 2 Gbitsa FC4500 FC4700-2 1 Gbit 1 or 2 Gbitsa FC4700 1 Gbit FC5300 1 Gbit a. If a switch ...Gbits and for IRIX, NetWare, Windows 2000, and Windows NT servers, which can be set the switch port's speed to a storage system. Document Rev 19 Page 14 EMC Confidential Clustered Server Configuration Rules Clustering software is auto-negotiate. Supported Operating Systems All. For PowerPath Base - 1 or 2 per server...
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...EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Paths to SP With PowerPath - 8 paths maximum from a server to each SP, and neither supports load balancing. PVLinks for CDE. DMP Solaris; DMP with CLR-ASL can run 8.41.xx or higher software. DMP limits cluster support to Veritas Cluster Server. DMP CX400 and CX600.... FC-4700 Series storage systems connected directly to the storage system. Failover Configuration Rules IMPORTANT: To avoid confusion between PowerPath Base1 and PowerPath ...
...EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Paths to SP With PowerPath - 8 paths maximum from a server to each SP, and neither supports load balancing. PVLinks for CDE. DMP Solaris; DMP with CLR-ASL can run 8.41.xx or higher software. DMP limits cluster support to Veritas Cluster Server. DMP CX400 and CX600.... FC-4700 Series storage systems connected directly to the storage system. Failover Configuration Rules IMPORTANT: To avoid confusion between PowerPath Base1 and PowerPath ...
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...) Configuration Rules Supported Servers Servers - MIA required for details. 1. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide ATF or CDE All except CX200, CX400, and CX600. Only one path connected to each path to 223 on the server; Access Logix Configuration Rules Supported Storage Systems CX200, FC4500, and FC53001 Access Logix required in the...
...) Configuration Rules Supported Servers Servers - MIA required for details. 1. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide ATF or CDE All except CX200, CX400, and CX600. Only one path connected to each path to 223 on the server; Access Logix Configuration Rules Supported Storage Systems CX200, FC4500, and FC53001 Access Logix required in the...
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... maximum (includes source LUN and primary or secondary MirrorView images) per storage system. Storage Groups 1 per server per CX600 or FC4700 storage system. Snapshots (Snapshot LUNs) 8 maximum per source LUN. 150 maximum per CX400 storage system. 300 maximum per CX600 or FC4700 storage system. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Access Logix is not required for •...
... maximum (includes source LUN and primary or secondary MirrorView images) per storage system. Storage Groups 1 per server per CX600 or FC4700 storage system. Snapshots (Snapshot LUNs) 8 maximum per source LUN. 150 maximum per CX400 storage system. 300 maximum per CX600 or FC4700 storage system. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Access Logix is not required for •...
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February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Supported Servers All. Number... Server Windows 2000 H H B B A A H H B B A A H H B B A A FC Fabric FC Fabric Windows 2000 Cluster Storage Group SP A SnapView Source LUN 1 (Database Log) SnapView Source LUN 2 (Database Files) LUN 3 SnapView Souce LUN 4 SP B SnapView Snapshot of ...least 1 whose LUNs you want to -SCSI Bridge Backup Storage Group Tape Library Tape Drive Tape Drive Tape Drive LUN 15 Document Rev 19 Page 18 EMC Confidential Clustered Servers You can configure a clustered server to access...
February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Supported Servers All. Number... Server Windows 2000 H H B B A A H H B B A A H H B B A A FC Fabric FC Fabric Windows 2000 Cluster Storage Group SP A SnapView Source LUN 1 (Database Log) SnapView Source LUN 2 (Database Files) LUN 3 SnapView Souce LUN 4 SP B SnapView Snapshot of ...least 1 whose LUNs you want to -SCSI Bridge Backup Storage Group Tape Library Tape Drive Tape Drive Tape Drive LUN 15 Document Rev 19 Page 18 EMC Confidential Clustered Servers You can configure a clustered server to access...
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... and the ports for host I /O and is the storage tier. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide MirrorView Configuration Rules Supported Storage Systems CX400, CX600, and FC4700, mirrored to themselves or each other storage systems concurrently. SP Port Connections SP A port 3 (CX600) or port 1 (CX400, FC4700) and SP B port 3 (CX600) or port 1 (CX400, FC4700) on primary and...
... and the ports for host I /O and is the storage tier. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide MirrorView Configuration Rules Supported Storage Systems CX400, CX600, and FC4700, mirrored to themselves or each other storage systems concurrently. SP Port Connections SP A port 3 (CX600) or port 1 (CX400, FC4700) and SP B port 3 (CX600) or port 1 (CX400, FC4700) on primary and...
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...fabric configuration, the switches in each fabric can contain only EMC storage, supported non-EMC storage, and EMC supported servers. • A maximum of 16 switches may exist between a communicating server and a storage system. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Switch Topology Rules • General Switch... A maximum of 2 switches. For mirroring over IP, an ISL is dependent on switch fabric configurations, also refer to EMC Networked Storage Topology Guide. Maximum ISL lengths - 500 meters using SWL optics (GBICs or SFPs) and 50/125 multi-mode fiber ...
...fabric configuration, the switches in each fabric can contain only EMC storage, supported non-EMC storage, and EMC supported servers. • A maximum of 16 switches may exist between a communicating server and a storage system. February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Switch Topology Rules • General Switch... A maximum of 2 switches. For mirroring over IP, an ISL is dependent on switch fabric configurations, also refer to EMC Networked Storage Topology Guide. Maximum ISL lengths - 500 meters using SWL optics (GBICs or SFPs) and 50/125 multi-mode fiber ...
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...or SFPs), DWDM devices, or Fibre Channel to the same storage system - QuickLoop All DS-xxB switches support QuickLoop, except for switch auto negotiation. You can configure a trunked port by setting the port to the CLARiiON sections in the EMC Support Matrix for details on a switch comprise a quad.... One HBA port and one storage-system SP must be connected to a storage-system SP port. in 2Gbit mode. DS-xxB Series Switches DS-...
...or SFPs), DWDM devices, or Fibre Channel to the same storage system - QuickLoop All DS-xxB switches support QuickLoop, except for switch auto negotiation. You can configure a trunked port by setting the port to the CLARiiON sections in the EMC Support Matrix for details on a switch comprise a quad.... One HBA port and one storage-system SP must be connected to a storage-system SP port. in 2Gbit mode. DS-xxB Series Switches DS-...