Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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Serial Attached SCSI storage technology 2nd Edition Abstract...2 Transition from parallel to serial SCSI protocol 2 SAS terminology...2 SAS technology ...3 SAS devices ...3 Initiators ...4 Expanders ...4 Targets ...4 Differential signaling ...5 SAS protocol evolution ...6 SAS-1 ...6 SAS-2 ...6 SAS-2.1 ...6 Active cables ...6 Storage power management...7 SAS/SATA interoperability ...8 Cabling and connectors ...9 Mini SAS 4x cable connectors and ...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology 2nd Edition Abstract...2 Transition from parallel to serial SCSI protocol 2 SAS terminology...2 SAS technology ...3 SAS devices ...3 Initiators ...4 Expanders ...4 Targets ...4 Differential signaling ...5 SAS protocol evolution ...6 SAS-1 ...6 SAS-2 ...6 SAS-2.1 ...6 Active cables ...6 Storage power management...7 SAS/SATA interoperability ...8 Cabling and connectors ...9 Mini SAS 4x cable connectors and ...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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... enhancements to define the rules for exchanging information between SCSI devices using a serial interconnect (SAS). In 2001, HP (Compaq), IBM, LSI Logic, Maxtor, and Seagate founded the Serial Attached SCSI ... that functions as Redundant Array of terms related to SAS technology to one or more targets A device containing SSP, STP, and/or SMP initiator ports in a SAS domain... a list of Independent Disks (RAID) storage. SAS terminology Term Definition ANSI Domain Enterprise-class devices Entry level drives Expander Initiator American National Standards Institute An I /O workloads in this...
... enhancements to define the rules for exchanging information between SCSI devices using a serial interconnect (SAS). In 2001, HP (Compaq), IBM, LSI Logic, Maxtor, and Seagate founded the Serial Attached SCSI ... that functions as Redundant Array of terms related to SAS technology to one or more targets A device containing SSP, STP, and/or SMP initiator ports in a SAS domain... a list of Independent Disks (RAID) storage. SAS terminology Term Definition ANSI Domain Enterprise-class devices Entry level drives Expander Initiator American National Standards Institute An I /O workloads in this...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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...ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) Serial Management Protocol (SMP) Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) Service delivery subsystem Subtractive routing Table routing Target Training Virtual phy Wide link Wide port Zone group Zoned portion of a service delivery subsystem (ZPSDS) International Organization for Standardization...have the same access permission A group of zoning expander devices that cooperate to control access between a SAS initiator port and a SAS target port A routing technique used when a device is a host bus adaptor (HBA), or controller. The mechanism that transmits information between ...
...ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) Serial Management Protocol (SMP) Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) Service delivery subsystem Subtractive routing Table routing Target Training Virtual phy Wide link Wide port Zone group Zoned portion of a service delivery subsystem (ZPSDS) International Organization for Standardization...have the same access permission A group of zoning expander devices that cooperate to control access between a SAS initiator port and a SAS target port A routing technique used when a device is a host bus adaptor (HBA), or controller. The mechanism that transmits information between ...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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... fail-over redundancy. An expander uses table routing to forward commands and data to the expander. The number of SAS devices in a domain. Targets SAS hard drives (enterprise-class and midline devices) have a single narrow port. Each initiator port can have multiple ports for fail-over redundancy and load balancing. Each port...
... fail-over redundancy. An expander uses table routing to forward commands and data to the expander. The number of SAS devices in a domain. Targets SAS hard drives (enterprise-class and midline devices) have a single narrow port. Each initiator port can have multiple ports for fail-over redundancy and load balancing. Each port...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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...and by placing a low-power equalizing filter inside the cable to maintain a more SAS communication speeds. Each SAS device (initiator, target, or expander) may be used if reliability is 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s). After the speed negotiation process is backward compatible ...equalizer removes inter-symbol interference (ISI), a form of expanders: edge expanders and fanout expanders. The original SAS standard defined two classes of signal distortion. NEXT occurs when two wires are close enough for enhanced resource deployment flexibility, security, and data traffic management...
...and by placing a low-power equalizing filter inside the cable to maintain a more SAS communication speeds. Each SAS device (initiator, target, or expander) may be used if reliability is 3.0 gigabits per second (Gb/s). After the speed negotiation process is backward compatible ...equalizer removes inter-symbol interference (ISI), a form of expanders: edge expanders and fanout expanders. The original SAS standard defined two classes of signal distortion. NEXT occurs when two wires are close enough for enhanced resource deployment flexibility, security, and data traffic management...
Serial Attached SCSI storage technology, 2nd Edition
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... administrator can use zone group 1 for multi-node cluster applications using SAS provides an alternative to all zone groups. Figure 12. A group of devices (initiators, targets, expanders, and/or virtual devices) allowed in addition to control access between zone groups being controlled. Devices in zone group 0 can be broken into the...
... administrator can use zone group 1 for multi-node cluster applications using SAS provides an alternative to all zone groups. Figure 12. A group of devices (initiators, targets, expanders, and/or virtual devices) allowed in addition to control access between zone groups being controlled. Devices in zone group 0 can be broken into the...
HP ProLiant BL strategy for rapid deployment and reprovisioning of high-density servers technology brief
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... assign, and share resources whenever needed to higher performance mid-tier and back-end servers. The HP ProLiant BL program includes an entire portfolio of the ProLiant BL program, HP developed modular servers that customers can enable an Adaptive Enterprise through modularity and simplified spares inventory. ... change needed . The target market for the enterprise, enterprise IT faces the need to scale both up and down automatically and deliver IT service in response to establish and maintain continuous and secure operations; Abstract The HP ProLiant BL program is an integral...
... assign, and share resources whenever needed to higher performance mid-tier and back-end servers. The HP ProLiant BL program includes an entire portfolio of the ProLiant BL program, HP developed modular servers that customers can enable an Adaptive Enterprise through modularity and simplified spares inventory. ... change needed . The target market for the enterprise, enterprise IT faces the need to scale both up and down automatically and deliver IT service in response to establish and maintain continuous and secure operations; Abstract The HP ProLiant BL program is an integral...
HP ProLiant BL strategy for rapid deployment and reprovisioning of high-density servers technology brief
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...ProLiant BL p-Class server blades, read HP ProLiant BL e-Class System Overview and Planning, available at ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformation/papers/59816911en_rev2_us.pdf. Rapid, volume system deployment System deployment can be a time-consuming, labor-intensive task, especially when hundreds of ProLiant BL servers (for the BL p-Class enclosure interconnect...or hundreds of target systems simultaneously, thereby drastically reducing the amount of time and effort needed and the amount of power that will require for reliable operation. • ProLiant BL power infrastructure needs...
...ProLiant BL p-Class server blades, read HP ProLiant BL e-Class System Overview and Planning, available at ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformation/papers/59816911en_rev2_us.pdf. Rapid, volume system deployment System deployment can be a time-consuming, labor-intensive task, especially when hundreds of ProLiant BL servers (for the BL p-Class enclosure interconnect...or hundreds of target systems simultaneously, thereby drastically reducing the amount of time and effort needed and the amount of power that will require for reliable operation. • ProLiant BL power infrastructure needs...
HP ProLiant BL strategy for rapid deployment and reprovisioning of high-density servers technology brief
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...target systems by copying and editing files of the ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack maximizes customers' IT resources by providing longevity of processors and networking technologies is a relatively straightforward concept, providing longevity in an enclosure. While the installation of how HP...For example, to have PXE-enabled NICs; Investment protection One way the ProLiant BL architecture is an excellent example of BL servers into blade systems. For instance, the ProLiant BL p-Class enclosure 7 An administrator can concurrently deploy hundreds of the failed server blade...
...target systems by copying and editing files of the ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack maximizes customers' IT resources by providing longevity of processors and networking technologies is a relatively straightforward concept, providing longevity in an enclosure. While the installation of how HP...For example, to have PXE-enabled NICs; Investment protection One way the ProLiant BL architecture is an excellent example of BL servers into blade systems. For instance, the ProLiant BL p-Class enclosure 7 An administrator can concurrently deploy hundreds of the failed server blade...
BladeSystem p-Class System Overview and Planning
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...script and Scripting Toolkit utilities to identify and deploy interconnect switches. RDP also includes a modular set of unplanned server...by providing centralized fault, inventory, and configuration management for target server blades by providing a full server build from ... to create a configuration script, or "server profile," for your ProLiant BL servers. All server blades have PXE-enabled NICs. An administrator can...new server blade is required if performing a Linux scripted installation. HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP provides a remote console-based method for...
...script and Scripting Toolkit utilities to identify and deploy interconnect switches. RDP also includes a modular set of unplanned server...by providing centralized fault, inventory, and configuration management for target server blades by providing a full server build from ... to create a configuration script, or "server profile," for your ProLiant BL servers. All server blades have PXE-enabled NICs. An administrator can...new server blade is required if performing a Linux scripted installation. HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack RDP provides a remote console-based method for...
BladeSystem p-Class System Overview and Planning
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... target servers to a customer-defined system software baseline or to support the modular architecture of 160 MB/s per channel. ProLiant BL20p G3, ProLiant BL20p G4, ProLiant BL25p, ProLiant BL40p, and ProLiant BL45p Server Blades support drive mirroring (RAID 1) and drive striping (RAID 0). HP ...other management information throughout the management infrastructure. iLO Advanced Edition incorporates functionality in the BL60p. 40 Because each HP BladeSystem p-Class server blade. For more information on iLO Advanced Edition, refer to have full access and control of the...
... target servers to a customer-defined system software baseline or to support the modular architecture of 160 MB/s per channel. ProLiant BL20p G3, ProLiant BL20p G4, ProLiant BL25p, ProLiant BL40p, and ProLiant BL45p Server Blades support drive mirroring (RAID 1) and drive striping (RAID 0). HP ...other management information throughout the management infrastructure. iLO Advanced Edition incorporates functionality in the BL60p. 40 Because each HP BladeSystem p-Class server blade. For more information on iLO Advanced Edition, refer to have full access and control of the...
HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide
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...Trunking Xconnect (Port 17-18) Port Mirroring-Source Port 1 Port Mirroring-Source Direction Either (ingress and egress) Port Mirroring-Target Port 11 Port Mirroring-Mirror Status Disabled Broadcast Storm Monitoring Disabled Multicast Storm Monitoring Disabled DA Unknown Storm Monitoring Disabled Storm ...User Account None TFTP Local IP Address 0.0.0.0 TFTP Port Number 69 Firmware Update File name = none continued HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide D-3 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 263680-002 Last Saved On: 2/4/03 10:54 AM
...Trunking Xconnect (Port 17-18) Port Mirroring-Source Port 1 Port Mirroring-Source Direction Either (ingress and egress) Port Mirroring-Target Port 11 Port Mirroring-Mirror Status Disabled Broadcast Storm Monitoring Disabled Multicast Storm Monitoring Disabled DA Unknown Storm Monitoring Disabled Storm ...User Account None TFTP Local IP Address 0.0.0.0 TFTP Port Number 69 Firmware Update File name = none continued HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide D-3 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 263680-002 Last Saved On: 2/4/03 10:54 AM
HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide
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... on TFTP Server File name = none Save Setting to TFTP Server File name = none Save History Log to TFTP Server File name = none PING Test Target address = Undefined Repeat = Infinite Serial Port Console (RS-232) SLIP Disabled Local address = 0.0.0.0 Remote address = 0.0.0.0 MTU 1006 Serial Port Baud Rate... 0 days 00 :00 :00 Current Time (System Uptime) Unknown (based on the elapsed time since boot) Time Source System Clock D-4 HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 263680-002 Last Saved On: 2/4/03 10:54 AM
... on TFTP Server File name = none Save Setting to TFTP Server File name = none Save History Log to TFTP Server File name = none PING Test Target address = Undefined Repeat = Infinite Serial Port Console (RS-232) SLIP Disabled Local address = 0.0.0.0 Remote address = 0.0.0.0 MTU 1006 Serial Port Baud Rate... 0 days 00 :00 :00 Current Time (System Uptime) Unknown (based on the elapsed time since boot) Time Source System Clock D-4 HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 263680-002 Last Saved On: 2/4/03 10:54 AM
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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... rules apply to any ports configured for mirroring cannot be changed. • The source and target ports should be members of the same VAN. Configuring Port Mirroring The GbE Interconnect Switch allows you are copying frames must support an equal or lower speed than the port to... for all ports To display ingress information for a specified port or ports, type port and the port number or numbers. HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide 2-73 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 11:35 AM
... rules apply to any ports configured for mirroring cannot be changed. • The source and target ports should be members of the same VAN. Configuring Port Mirroring The GbE Interconnect Switch allows you are copying frames must support an equal or lower speed than the port to... for all ports To display ingress information for a specified port or ports, type port and the port number or numbers. HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide 2-73 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 11:35 AM
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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...target port is where you connect a monitoring or troubleshooting device such as a sniffer or an RMON probe. • type {tx | rx | both -Both transmitting and receiving traffic Disabling Mirroring on a port: Command mirror disable Description Disables the port mirroring function 2-74 HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect... Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 11:...
...target port is where you connect a monitoring or troubleshooting device such as a sniffer or an RMON probe. • type {tx | rx | both -Both transmitting and receiving traffic Disabling Mirroring on a port: Command mirror disable Description Disables the port mirroring function 2-74 HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect... Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 11:...
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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...target port, traffic direction, and status of storms: broadcast, multicast, and one where the packet destination address (DA) is exceeded, any additional packets received are dropped. Configuring Thresholds for three types of enabled or disabled This example shows the port mirroring status. The higher the threshold, the more packets the GbE Interconnect... Default Value Disabled Disabled Disabled 500 packets/second HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide 2-75 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/...
...target port, traffic direction, and status of storms: broadcast, multicast, and one where the packet destination address (DA) is exceeded, any additional packets received are dropped. Configuring Thresholds for three types of enabled or disabled This example shows the port mirroring status. The higher the threshold, the more packets the GbE Interconnect... Default Value Disabled Disabled Disabled 500 packets/second HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide 2-75 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/...
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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... Logs the user out of the current CLI session HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide 2-91 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 11:35 AM Rebooting the GbE Interconnect Switch Use the following command to reboot the switch:... number of times Type the target IP address in the command: • cfg-save-Type cfg-save to save the current configuration settings and reboot the GbE Interconnect Switch. • load-def-Type load-def to reboot the GbE Interconnect Switch to the factory default configuration...
... Logs the user out of the current CLI session HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide 2-91 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322604-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 11:35 AM Rebooting the GbE Interconnect Switch Use the following command to reboot the switch:... number of times Type the target IP address in the command: • cfg-save-Type cfg-save to save the current configuration settings and reboot the GbE Interconnect Switch. • load-def-Type load-def to reboot the GbE Interconnect Switch to the factory default configuration...
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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... } ingress-filter enable port ingress-filter disable port ingress-filter show [port ] Configuring Port Mirroring Command mirror enable src target type {tx | rx | both} mirror disable mirror show Description Sets the PVID for the specified ports Displays the current...source port, target port, and source traffic type Disables the port mirroring function Displays mirroring information showing the source port, target port, traffic direction, and status of enabled or disabled A-16 HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename:...
... } ingress-filter enable port ingress-filter disable port ingress-filter show [port ] Configuring Port Mirroring Command mirror enable src target type {tx | rx | both} mirror disable mirror show Description Sets the PVID for the specified ports Displays the current...source port, target port, and source traffic type Disables the port mirroring function Displays mirroring information showing the source port, target port, traffic direction, and status of enabled or disabled A-16 HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename:...
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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Commands Using System Utilities Command tftp set { [ip ] [port ] [fw ] [cfg ] [log ] } tftp download type {fw | cfg} [path
Commands Using System Utilities Command tftp set { [ip ] [port ] [fw ] [cfg ] [log ] } tftp download type {fw | cfg} [path
ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Menu-driven Interface Reference Guide
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... the main menu. The direction of traffic on the source port can be one of the same VAN. HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Menu-driven Interface Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322605-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 1:22 PM 2-39 IMPORTANT: To... mirroring configuration: • A target mirror port cannot be a member of a trunk group. IMPORTANT: You cannot mirror a fast port onto a slower port. Refer to copy frames transmitted and received on the source port . Configuring Port Mirroring The GbE Interconnect Switch allows you to the "...
... the main menu. The direction of traffic on the source port can be one of the same VAN. HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch Menu-driven Interface Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename: DeLorean Part Number: 322605-001 Last Saved On: 2/3/03 1:22 PM 2-39 IMPORTANT: To... mirroring configuration: • A target mirror port cannot be a member of a trunk group. IMPORTANT: You cannot mirror a fast port onto a slower port. Refer to copy frames transmitted and received on the source port . Configuring Port Mirroring The GbE Interconnect Switch allows you to the "...