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Avaya VSP 7000 Technical Configuration Manual

Virtual services platform with coraid etherdrive srx-series storage appliances
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Virtual Services Platform 7000
Engineering
>Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000
with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series
Storage Appliances Technical
Configuration Guide
Avaya Networking
Document Date: August 2011
Document Number: NN48500-628
Document Version: 1.0

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  • Page 1 Virtual Services Platform 7000 Engineering >Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series Storage Appliances Technical Configuration Guide Avaya Networking Document Date: August 2011 Document Number: NN48500-628 Document Version: 1.0...
  • Page 2 Avaya customers and other parties through the Avaya Support Web site: http://www.avaya.com/support Please note that if you acquired the product from an authorized reseller, the warranty is provided to you by said reseller and not by Avaya. Licenses THE SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS AVAILABLE ON THE AVAYA WEBSITE, HTTP://SUPPORT.AVAYA.COM/LICENSEINFO/...
  • Page 3 Abstract This Technical Configuration Guide describes a solution comprised of the Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 and Coraid EtherDrive storage appliances. During interoperability testing, two Coraid SRX EtherDrive SAN storage appliances successfully received and stored data transmitted from the Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 over 10 GbE links.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Interoperability and Resiliency Testing ..................8 Reference Configuration ........................9 Equipment and Software Validated ..................... 10 Storage Area Network Configuration ....................10 Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 Configuration ..............11 4.1.1 Configuring VLANs ..........................11 4.1.2 Configuring Jumbo Frames, STP and the IP Address ................11 Server Configuration ........................

  • Page 5: Figures

    Figures Figure 1 – Avaya VSP 7000 Ethernet Switch ....................7 Figure 2 – Coraid EtherDrive SRX Storage Array..................8 Figure 3 – SAN Test Bed Configuration ......................9 Figure 4 – Sample LUN Configuration ......................12 Figure 5 – Coraid Parallel Path Utilization w/o MPIO ................. 13 Figure 6 –...
  • Page 6 Italic text in a Courier New font indicates text the user must enter or select in a menu item, button or command: VSP_CoreA:1#show running-config Output examples from Avaya devices are displayed in a Lucida Console font: VSP_CoreA:1#show sys-info General Info :...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Virtual Services Platform 7000 and the Coraid EtherDrive™ SRX4200 Ethernet SAN array. 1.1 Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 The Avaya Virtual Services Platform (VSP 7000) is a new family of 1/10Gigabit, Top of Rack, Ethernet Switches. These high-density, high-capacity switches provide a high performance forwarding engine for data centers aggregation and small to medium core switches.

  • Page 8: Coraid Etherdrive Srx Series

    1.3 Interoperability and Resiliency Testing The Avaya / Coraid solution testing focused primarily on verifying interoperability and resiliency simulating various fault conditions to ensure high availability. During interoperability testing, the Avaya VSP 7000 communicated with two Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series storage appliances.

  • Page 9: Reference Configuration

    2. Reference Configuration Figure 3 shows a sample storage area network (SAN) configuration with an Avaya VSP 7000, five PC servers and two Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series storage appliances. All communication between these devices use 10 GbE links in a Layer 2 topology. All of the 10 GbE connections use SFP+ connectors with multimode fiber.

  • Page 10: Equipment And Software Validated

    4. Storage Area Network Configuration This section provides configuration details for the following SAN components: • Avaya VSP 7000 • PC servers • Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series storage appliances Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 11: Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 Configuration

    4.1 Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 Configuration This section describes how to configure the Avaya VSP 7000. To allow for full utilization of the network for SAN storage, Coraid recommends isolating SAN storage networks from other network traffic. Note – In this test setup, STP is disabled on all connected ports for faster transition time when a ...

  • Page 12: Server Configuration

    100.100.50.254 4.2 Server Configuration This section describes how to configure the PC servers, which must run a 64-bit OS. The Avaya Networking Test Lab setup uses five PC servers running CentOS 5.5 (x64-bit version). The Coraid HBA and associated driver must be installed in each PC server. The Coraid HBA requires a PCI Express slot and provides functionality similar to a standard NIC.

  • Page 13: Figure 5 - Coraid Parallel Path Utilization W/O Mpio

    Figure 5 – Coraid Parallel Path Utilization w/o MPIO  For Coraid HBA support information, go to Coraid EtherDrive: Ethernet SAN for Virtualization, Cloud, and Enterprise Storage at http://www.coraid.com/support/customer_support. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 14: Etherdrive Srx-Series Storage Appliance Configuration

    4.3 EtherDrive SRX-Series Storage Appliance Configuration In the Avaya Networking Test Lab setup, there are two Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series storage appliances. Between the EtherDrive SRX appliances are five different RAID arrays so that each PC server writes to its own RAID. The RAID types are: RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 arrays.

  • Page 15: Test Methodology

    5. Test Methodology The Avaya Networking Test Lab conducted comprehensive tests using a methodology that verified various fault conditions. Using Vdbench to write and then read x number of bytes, the Test Lab used the following scenarios to test the solution with a strong focus on High Availability (HA):...

  • Page 16: Test Case 1 - Baseline Test

    Launch Firefox to read the results. Confirm that the error log contains no errors. Also confirm that the data verification confirms that all data was verified and accounted for. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 17: Test Case 2 - Simulate Hba Link Failure

    Vdbench should validate all data and Confirm that all data is validated the error log in the output directory Pass and the error log has no errors. should be empty. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 18: Test Case 4 - Send Traffic On Link P2 Only

    Wait for Vdbench to finish reading Vdbench should finish with no errors and writing to verify the results. in the log file and all data should be Pass validated. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 19: Test Case 6 - Simulate Link P2 Failure On Srx

    5.7 Test Case 7 – Simulate Link p1 Failure on VSP with the CLI The objective of this test case is to simulate Link p1 failure on the Avaya VSP 7000 with the CLI while sending traffic. Then validate that data continues to run on the remaining link.

  • Page 20: Test Case 8 - Simulate Link P2 Failure On Vsp With The Cli

    5.8 Test Case 8 – Simulate Link p2 Failure on VSP with the CLI The objective of this test case is to simulate Link p2 failure on the Avaya VSP 7000 with the CLI and while sending traffic. Then validate that data continues to run on the remaining link.

  • Page 21: Test Case 10 - Simulate Link P2 Failure On Vsp

    Pass validated. 5.10 Test Case 10 – Simulate Link p2 Failure on VSP The objective of this test case is to simulate a link failure on the Avaya VSP 7000. Test Steps Expected Results Actual Results...

  • Page 22: Test Case 11 - Simulate Link P1 Failure On Srx

    Pass Verify output for errors, if any. Vdbench should finish with no errors in the log file and all data should be Pass validated. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 23: Test Case 13 - Simulate Link P1 Failure On Srx

    Wait for Vdbench to finish reading Vdbench should finish with no errors and writing to verify the results. in the log file and all data should be Pass validated. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 24: Test Case 14 - Simulate Link P2 Failure On Srx

    Wait for Vdbench to finish reading Vdbench should finish with no errors and writing to verify the results. in the log file and all data should be Pass validated. Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series August 2011 Storage Appliances TCG...

  • Page 25: Test Case 15 - Reboot The Vsp

    5.15 Test Case 15 – Reboot the VSP The objective of this test case is to reboot the Avaya VSP 7000 and validate that data resumes running. Test Steps Expected Results Actual Results While Vdbench is running, reboot This is a negative test so results may the VSP 7000.

  • Page 26: Additional Resources

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