Data Pattern; Configuring The San Extension Tuner; Tuning Guidelines - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Using the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard
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Tuning Guidelines

To tune the required FCIP link, follow these steps:
Configure the nWWN for the virtual N ports on the switch.
Step 1
Step 2 Enable iSCSI on the interfaces on which you want to create the N ports.
Step 3 Configure the virtual N ports on either side of the FCIP link.
Step 4 Ensure that the virtual N ports are not visible to real initiators in the SAN. You can use zoning (see
Chapter 30, "Configuring and Managing
Managing
the virtual N-ports to communicate with each other.
Start the SCSI read and write I/Os.
Step 5
Add more N ports (as required) to other Gigabit Ethernet ports in the switch to obtain maximum
Step 6
throughput. One scenario that may require additional N ports is if you use FCIP PortChannels.
Using the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard
Use the SAN Extension Tuner wizard to perform the these tasks:
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To tune the required FCIP link using the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard in Fabric Manager, follow these
steps:
Right-click a valid FCIP link in the Fabric pane, and then select SAN Extension Tuner from the
Step 1
drop-down list. You can also highlight the link and choose Tools > Other > SAN Extension Tuner.
You see the Select Ethernet Port Pair dialog box (see
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
49-4
VSANs") to segregate the real initiators. Ensure that the zoning configuration is setup to allow
Configuring nWWN ports
Enabling iSCSI
Configuring Virtual N ports
Assigning SCSI read and write CLI commands
Assigning SCSI tape read and write CLI commands
Configuring a data pattern for SCSI commands
Chapter 49
Zones") or VSANs (see Chapter 26, "Configuring and
Figure 49-4).
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x

Configuring the SAN Extension Tuner