Table Of Contents - Avaya VSP 7000 Technical Configuration Manual

Table of Contents

Figures .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Tables ............................................................................................................................................................ 5
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Avaya Virtual Services Platform 7000 ........................................................................................... 7
1.2 Coraid EtherDrive SRX Series ...................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Interoperability and Resiliency Testing ......................................................................................... 8
2. Reference Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 9
3. Equipment and Software Validated ..................................................................................................... 10
4. Storage Area Network Configuration .................................................................................................. 10
4.1 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
4.2 Server Configuration ................................................................................................................... 12
4.3 EtherDrive SRX-Series Storage Appliance Configuration .......................................................... 14
5. Test Methodology ................................................................................................................................ 15
5.1 Test Case 1 - Baseline Test ....................................................................................................... 16
5.2 Test Case 2 - Simulate HBA Link Failure ................................................................................... 17
5.3 Test Case 3 - Send Traffic on Link p1 Only ............................................................................... 17
5.4 Test Case 4 - Send Traffic on Link p2 Only ............................................................................... 18
5.5 Test Case 5 - Simulate Link p1 Failure on SRX......................................................................... 18
5.6 Test Case 6 - Simulate Link p2 Failure on SRX......................................................................... 19
5.7 Test Case 7 - Simulate Link p1 Failure on VSP with the CLI ..................................................... 19
5.8 Test Case 8 - Simulate Link p2 Failure on VSP with the CLI ..................................................... 20
5.9 Test Case 9 - Simulate Link p1 Failure on VSP ......................................................................... 20
5.10 Test Case 10 - Simulate Link p2 Failure on VSP ....................................................................... 21
5.11 Test Case 11 - Simulate Link p1 Failure on SRX....................................................................... 22
5.12 Test Case 12 - Simulate Link p2 Failure on SRX....................................................................... 22
5.13 Test Case 13 - Simulate Link p1 Failure on SRX....................................................................... 23
5.14 Test Case 14 - Simulate Link p2 Failure on SRX....................................................................... 24
5.15 Test Case 15 - Reboot the VSP ................................................................................................. 25
6. Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 25
7. Additional Resources .......................................................................................................................... 26
August 2011
Avaya VSP 7000 with Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series
Storage Appliances TCG
avaya.com
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