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Qlogic Storage Networking (Unified Fabric Pilot) manual available for free PDF download: Installation Manual
Qlogic Storage Networking (Unified Fabric Pilot) Installation Manual (76 pages)
Storage Networking (Unified Fabric Pilot)
Brand:
Qlogic
| Category:
Network Hardware
| Size: 2 MB
Table of Contents
Installation Guide
1
Table of Contents
3
Preface
7
Intended Audience
7
Related Materials
7
Documentation Conventions
8
1 Overview
11
2 Planning
13
Selecting a Test Architecture
13
Organizational Ownership-Fibre Channel/Storage, Ethernet/Networking
13
Where and How to Deploy
13
3 Architecture
15
Approach
15
Process Summary
15
Reference Architecture Description
15
Architecture Overview
15
Reference Architecture Diagram
16
Equipment Details
17
4 Installation
19
Determine Configuration
19
Equipment Installation and Configuration
20
Install the Converged Network Adapter Hardware
20
Install the Adapter Drivers
21
Driver Download Page Model Selection
21
Install Sansurfer FC HBA Manager
22
Driver Download Page Driver Link
22
Driver Download Page Driver and Documentation
22
Cabling
23
Fibre Channel Switches
23
Fcoe Switches
23
Configuring DCB on a Nexus Switch
24
Storage
27
Verify Equipment Connectivity
28
Device Manager Interface—Verify Server and Adapter Login
28
Device Manager Interface—Verify Storage Login
28
Netapp Zone Validation
29
Sansurfer Management Validation Screen 1
30
Sansurfer Management Validation Screen 2
30
5 Validation Methods for DCB and Fcoe
31
Validation Step 1-Verify PFC and ETS Parameters
31
Validation Process
31
Setup for Validating Unified Fabric
31
Adapter, Switch, and Target
32
Validation Results
34
Cisco Nexus 5000 Fcoe Switch
34
Fcoe Switch Validation with Emulator Setup
35
Validation Step 2-FIP Validation
36
FIP Test Setup
36
Validation Process
37
And Fcoe Switch
38
Validation Results
38
Maintenance
39
Time Difference between Two Adjacent FIP Keep_Alive Frames
39
Frames (to All_E_Nodes)
40
Virtual Link Message from the Switch
41
Validation Step 3-Fcoe Function and I/O Tests
42
Validation Process
42
I/O Test with Fibre Channel SAN Storage Setup
42
Validation Results
43
Performance of Different Storage Networks
43
Validation Step 4-Validate PFC and Lossless Link
45
Validation Process
45
PFC Validation Setup
45
Validation Results
46
Expert Validating the Reaction to PFC Pause Frames
47
Expert Generates Reports with Detailed Protocol Analysis and Statistics
47
Validation Step 5-ETS Verification
48
Validation Process
48
Verifying ETS with Write Operations to the Storage
49
Verifying ETS with Read Operations from the Storage
49
Validation Results
50
Throughput Per Priority
50
Fcoe Traffic in a Read Operation from Storage
51
Fcoe Traffic Plus TCP Traffic in a Read from Storage
51
Enabling Cross Port Analysis in Expert
52
Switch Issue Pause to Storage
52
LAN Traffic Only
53
Relationship between Fcoe, TCP Traffic, and Pause Frames
54
Exchange Completion Time (Latency Monitor)
55
Read Latency Measurement
55
Validation Step 6-Iscsi Function and I/O Test
56
Validation Process
56
Iscsi Traffic Performance Validation Setup
56
Validation Results
57
Throughput Results Showing the Fibre Channel and Iscsi Application Performance
57
Validation Step 7-Virtualization Verification
59
Validation Process
59
Setup for Verifying Virtualization
59
Validation Results
60
Fcoe and Iscsi Application Throughput in a Virtual Environment
60
Expert Shows PFC Pause Request Released from the Target to the Switch Port
61
Hardware and Software
63
Cisco Unified Fabric Switch
63
JDSU (Formerly Finisar) Equipment and Software
64
JDSU Xgig
64
JDSU Medusa Labs Test Tool Suite
64
Qlogic 5800V Series Fibre Channel Switch
65
Qlogic QLE8142 Converged Network Adapter
65
Data Center Bridging (DCB
67
DCBX and ETS
67
Data Center Bridging Technology
67
Priority Flow Control
67
Priority Flow Control
68
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
69
B-1 Priority Flow Control
69
Fcoe Mapping Illustration (Source: FC-BB-5 Rev 2.0
69
Iscsi
70
100 C References
73
Index
73
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