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February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Sample CX600 configurations Some examples of valid server connections to a CX600 without MirrorView are • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load-balancing: - 128 servers, each with 2 HBA ports - Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on one SP (256 HBA ports x 1 path = 256 initiators, the maximum number per CX600) Note that each server has one path to each SP for a total of two paths per server to the storage system. • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with maximum load-balancing: - 16 servers, each with 2 HBA ports - Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to all four ports on each SP - Each server must support eight paths to an SP (32 HBA ports x 8 paths = 256 initiators, the maximum number per CX600) Note that each server has sixteen paths to the storage system. Some examples of valid server connections to a CX600 with MirrorView are • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load-balancing - 127 servers, each with 2 HBA ports - Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on one SP - MirrorView connections from the CX600 to one other storage system (254 HBA ports x 1 path = 254 initiators. These 254 initiators + 2 MirrorView initiators = 256 initiators, the maximum number per CX600) Note that each server has one path to each SP for a total of two paths per server to the storage system. • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with maximum load-balancing - 15 servers each with 2 HBA ports - Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to all four ports on each SP - MirrorView connections from the CX600 to four other storage systems - Each server must support eight paths to an SP (30 HBA ports x 8 paths = 240 initiators. These 240 initiators + 8 MirrorView initiators = 248 initiators, which leaves 8 initiators available for one or more servers with less paths to the CX600.) Note that each server has sixteen paths to the storage system. Sample CX400 or FC4700 configurations Some examples of valid server connections to a CX400 or FC4700 without MirrorView are • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load-balancing - 64 servers, each with 2 HBA ports - Each HBA cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on one SP (128 HBA ports x 1 path = 128 initiators, the maximum number per CX400 or FC4700) Note that each server has one path to each SP for a total of two paths per server to the storage system. • Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with maximum load-balancing - 16 servers each with 2 HBA ports - Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to both ports on each SP - Each server must support four paths to an SP (32 HBA ports x 4 paths =128 initiators, the maximum number per CX400 or FC4700) Note that each server has eight paths to the storage system. Document Rev 19 Page 12 EMC Confidential

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February 3, 2003
EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide
Document Rev
19
Page 12
EMC Confidential
Sample CX600 configurations
Some examples of valid server connections to a CX600 without MirrorView are
•
Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load-balancing:
- 128 servers, each with 2 HBA ports
- Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on one SP
(256 HBA ports x 1 path = 256 initiators, the maximum number per CX600)
Note that each server has one path to each SP for a total of two paths per server to the storage system.
•
Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with maximum load-balancing:
- 16 servers, each with 2 HBA ports
- Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to all four ports on each SP
- Each server must support eight paths to an SP
(32 HBA ports x 8 paths = 256 initiators, the maximum number per CX600)
Note that each server has sixteen paths to the storage system.
Some examples of valid server connections to a CX600 with MirrorView are
•
Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load-balancing
- 127 servers, each with 2 HBA ports
- Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on one SP
- MirrorView connections from the CX600 to one other storage system
(254 HBA ports x 1 path = 254 initiators. These 254 initiators + 2 MirrorView initiators = 256 initiators, the
maximum number per CX600)
Note that each server has one path to each SP for a total of two paths per server to the storage system.
•
Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with maximum load-balancing
- 15 servers each with 2 HBA ports
- Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to all four ports on each SP
- MirrorView connections from the CX600 to four other storage systems
- Each server must support eight paths to an SP
(30 HBA ports x 8 paths = 240 initiators. These 240 initiators + 8 MirrorView initiators = 248 initiators, which
leaves 8 initiators available for one or more servers with less paths to the CX600.)
Note that each server has sixteen paths to the storage system.
Sample CX400 or FC4700 configurations
Some examples of valid server connections to a CX400 or FC4700
without MirrorView are
•
Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with minimum load-balancing
- 64 servers, each with 2 HBA ports
- Each HBA cabled and zoned to allow it a path to only one port on one SP
(128 HBA ports x 1 path = 128 initiators, the maximum number per CX400 or FC4700)
Note that each server has one path to each SP for a total of two paths per server to the storage system.
•
Highly-available dual-HBA configuration with maximum load-balancing
- 16 servers each with 2 HBA ports
- Each HBA port cabled and zoned to allow it a path to both ports on each SP
- Each server must support four paths to an SP
(32 HBA ports x 4 paths =128 initiators, the maximum number per CX400 or FC4700)
Note that each server has eight paths to the storage system.