Mid-Sized "Mac Homogenous" Stornext Configuration - IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS3000 Installation Manual

Mid-sized "MAC Homogenous" StorNext configuration

Apple
OSX
XSAN
Client
HBA HBA
Celerity Celerity
FC-81EN, FC-81EN,
FC-82EN, FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12 Driver: .3.1b12
DS5020
Back
DS5020
Front
EXP520
(optional)
EXP520
(optional)
Example 3. In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown, but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown. DS5020
connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches. For DS5020 configurations, Multiple Fibre
Channel switches are not required, but they are recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5020 connections to
simplify the drawing. However, up to 8 connections are supported. In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a
single dual ported HBA. Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the DS5020 are used to increase resiliency.
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MetaData Ethernet Network
Apple
STORNEXT
OSX
Meta Data
XSAN
Controller
Client
RHEL or SLES
HBA
Celerity
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
Standard supported
or FC-84EN
Emulex or Qlogic
Driver: .3.1b12
Zone 1
Controller A
FibreChannel Switch
And all host
ports
Controller A
Up to 112 drives maximum
LINUX LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Controller
RHEL or SLES
RDAC RDAC
HBA HBA
Standard supported
Emulex or Qlogic
FibreChannel Switch
Controller B
Apple
Apple
OSX
OSX
XSAN
XSAN
Client
Client
HBA
HBA
Celerity
Celerity
FC-81EN, FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN
or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12
Driver: .3.1b12
Zone 2
Controller B
And all host
ports
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