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Lenovo Storage S3200 with Fibre Channel
Introduction
Reference designs have become an essential part of many customer data centers
allowing for rapid deployment of a system that has been tested and assured to work by a
vendor. They ensure that all of the components work together and can give someone
who is unfamiliar with some aspects of the deployment a starting place to go for
answers. Further, they enable an understanding of where a set of hardware fits into a
data center and allows for a simpler decision process. Why would you evaluate a
solution that does not fit your needs?
This document specifically discusses an infrastructure design using Lenovo Fibre
Channel networking from Brocade, Lenovo servers, Lenovo storage, and Emulex Fibre
Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) by Broadcom. Users who may be using NAS or
iSCSI today and are considering an entry Fibre Channel solution will find the information
contained within this document useful to create a basic configuration.
Once you have completed reading this document, you will understand how to zone a
Fibre Channel switch and how to make LUNs available to your chosen OS for file
storage or OS deployment. It covers all basic steps up until the installation of the
operating system. The document also includes a sizing guide to help understand what
equipment will work best in a given environment.
This design document includes technology and input from three of the leading vendors in
IT today: Lenovo, Emulex (a division of Broadcom Limited), and Brocade. These three
partners have a complimentary portfolio that allows for innovation in an individual and
specialized area while collaborating and providing best of IT solutions. All three vendors
have priorities set for achieving performance that is best in the industry and reducing
deployment times by minimizing administrative complexity.

About the Author

Bryan Reese
Bryan is a solutions architect that works for Brocade on projects that range from SAN to
IP and software to hardware. He has lead projects that involve Docker, Oracle Real
Applications Cluster, and HPC with a focus on how the whole system would operate. In
his career, he has helped customers with large and small deployments find an optimal
solution during both before and after the sales have occurred. His career highlights
include traveling to Germany when he was an IBM employee to work with large super
computers deployed in Garching outside of Munich (LRZ, RZG) and as a Brocade
employee working on engineering problems including creating proof of concepts for
security vulnerabilities such as Shellshock.
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