Mid To Large -Sized Heterogeneous Stornext Configuration - IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS3000 Installation Manual

Mid to large -sized Heterogeneous 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
EXP5000
EXP5000
(optional)
EXP5000
(optional)
Example 6. Drawing depicts mid to large size and expandable SAN with heterogeneous client connectivity. DS5300 connected
to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches. For DS5100/DS5300 configurations, a minimum of two
switches is recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5300 connections to simplify the drawing. However, up to 16
connections is supported.
In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual ported HBA. Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the
DS5300 are used to increase resiliency. This drawing includes RAID Group type and size suggestions. However performance
tuning guidelines should be used to plan RAID group layout between trays to maximize performance.
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MetaData Ethernet Network
Linux
STORNEXT
StorNext
Client
RHEL or SLES
RHEL or SLES
HBA
Celerity HBA
FC-81EN, Standard
FC-82EN, supported
Emulex or
or FC-84EN
Qlogic
Driver: .3.1b12
Zone 1
Controller A
FibreChannel Switch
And all host
ports
DS5100
or
IBM
DS5300
DS5300
Up to 448 drives maximum (with EXP5000)
or 480 drives maximum with EXP5060)
LINUX
LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Meta Data
Controller
Controller
RHEL or SLES
RDAC RDAC
HBA HBA HBA
Standard Standard Standard
supported supported supported
Emulex or Emulex or Emulex or
Qlogic Qlogic Qlogic
FibreChannel Switch
Controller A
Controller B
Windows XP,
Windows
Vista, 7
200x Server
StorNext StorNext
Client
Client
HBA
RDAC
Celerity
HBA
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
Standard supported
or FC-84EN
Emulex or Qlogic
Driver: .3.1b12
Zone 2
Controller B
And all host
ports
H
S
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