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

Small "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
Controller A
And all host
DS3400
Back
DS3400
Front
EXP3000
(optional)
EXP3000
(optional)
EXP3000
(optional)
Example 5. In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown, but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown. DS3400
connected to meshed SAN fabric with a single Fibre Channel switch. For DS3400 configurations, Multiple Fibre Channel
switches are not required, but they are recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS3400 connections to simplify the
drawing. However, up to 4 connections are supported. In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual
ported HBA.
RAID 1 pairs for Meta Data and Journal are represented. Global Hot spares would be assigned as appropriate. While SAS
drives would be recommended for Meta Data and Journal, SAS and/or SATA drives could be used for data as appropriate.
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MetaData Ethernet Network
Apple
LINUX
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
ports
Up to 48 drives maximum
LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Controller
RHEL or SLES
RDAC RDAC
HBA HBA
Standard supported
Emulex or Qlogic
FibreChannel Switch
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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