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Qlogic Fibre Channel NPIV Storage Networking Guide Manual (78 pages)
Fibre Channel NPIV Storage Networking for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center VMM2008 R2 Usage Scenarios and Best Practices Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Preface
7
Documentation Conventions
7
Intended Audience
7
Part I
9
Deployment Best Practices for NPIV SAN Migration
9
1 Introduction
11
Abstract
11
Overview
11
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
12
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
13
Importance and Use Cases for VM Migration
13
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
14
Value of NPIV in IT Strategy and Best Practices
15
Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter NPIV Solution
15
NPIV VMM2008 R2 SAN Migration Steps
17
2 NPIV SAN Migration: Server Preparation
19
Hardware Requirements
19
Software Requirements
20
Sample Solution Configuration
21
Installing the Software
21
3 Fibre Channel SAN Preparation
27
Introduction
27
Virtual Host Bus Adapter Port Creation and SAN Zoning
27
Host Presentation (Mapping) of Storage LUN
29
4 VMM2008 R2 Setup, VM Creation, and NPIV SAN Migration
33
Host Addition to VMM2008 R2
33
VM Creation
34
Summary
40
Newly Created VM Displayed on the Host
41
No VM Displayed on Second Host
42
VM Migration
43
Select Host – Virtual Machine Wizard
44
Select Path – Virtual Machine Wizard
45
Summary – Virtual Machine Wizard
46
Jobs View of NPIV SAN Migration
47
NPIV SAN Migration Confirmation
48
Sansurfer FC HBA Manager — Confirming NPIV SAN Migration
48
VM Visible on Destination Host after Migration
49
Disk Management View
50
Using Fibre Channel NPIV Technology - Key Conclusions
51
Resolving Fibre Channel Adapter Saturation on Hyper Workloads
53
5 Qlogic Management PRO Pack and NPIV Technology
55
Overview
55
Solution
55
PRO Pack Benefits
57
Representative SAN and LAN Topology
57
PRO Pack Benefits with NPIV Deployments
58
Part III
61
Using the Hyper-V Pass-Through Disk Option
61
6 Hyper-V Pass-Through Storage and Qlogic Fibre Channel NPIV Technology
63
Overview
63
Configuration
64
Hyper-V Pass-Through Storage SAN Topology
64
Configuration Steps
65
Two Vms (VM1 and VM2) Created Using the Hyper-V Manager MMC
66
Pass-Through Storage LUN (Disk 2) for VM1 Shown Offline in the Hyper-V Host Disk Management View
67
Pass-Through Storage (Disk 2) for VM1 Using the SCSI Controller
68
VM LUN (Vd01_V001) Mapped to Virtual Adapter Port 21-F9-00-1B-32-16-FE-EC
69
Storage LUN (Pass-Through 1) Mapped to the same Virtual Adapter Port (21-F9-00-1B-32-16-FE-EC) that Maps VM1
70
Viewing and Managing Storage I/O Quality of Service
71
Traffic Statistics (IOPS) for VM1 Mapped to Virtual Fibre Channel Port 0
72
I/O Traffic Statistics (IOPS) for VM2 Mapped to Virtual Fibre Channel Port 1
73
I/O Traffic Statistics (Bps) for VM2 Mapped to Virtual Fibre Channel Port 1
74
Bandwidth (Percentage) Based Qos Settings for each NPIV Port Created on the Physical Port
75
Summary and Conclusions
76
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