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McDATA® Products in a SAN Environment Planning Manual P/N 620-000124-510 REV A - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 2
-400 620-000124-500 620-000124-510 Date 5/2002 9/2002 2/2003 8/2003 12/2003 2/2005 7/2005 Description Initial release of the manual. Revision of the manual to describe the Intrepid 6140 Director, Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch, and Release 6.3 of the Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager application - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 3
Routers 1-22 SAN Router Performance 1-23 Eclipse 1620 SAN Router 1-24 Eclipse 2640 SAN Router 1-26 Product Features 1-28 Connectivity Features 1-28 Security Features 1-31 Serviceability Features 1-32 Contents iii - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 4
Support 2-7 Management Server Specifications 2-8 Ethernet Hub 2-10 Remote User Workstations 2-10 Product Firmware 2-11 Firmware Services -to-Edge Fabric 3-16 SAN Islands 3-18 Planning for Multiswitch Fabric Support 3-18 Fabric Topology Limits 3-19 Factors to Consider When Implementing a - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 5
Contents Fabric Scalability 3-39 Obtaining Professional Services 3-40 Mixed Fabric Design Considerations 3-40 FCP and FICON in a Single Fiber-Optic Cables 5-8 Management Server, LAN, and Remote Access Support........... 5-9 Management Server 5-10 Remote User Workstations 5-11 SNMP Management - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 6
End Devices 6-4 Task 4: Plan Console Management Support 6-5 Task 5: Plan Ethernet Access 6-7 Task 6: Plan Network Addresses 6-7 Task 7: Plan SNMP Support (Optional 6-10 Task 8: Plan E-Mail Task 18: Complete Planning Checklists 6-34 vi McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 7
Contents Appendix A Product Specifications Director, Fabric Switch, and SAN Router Specifications .......... A-1 Dimensions A-1 Power Requirements A-3 Heat Dissipation A-5 Clearances A-5 Acoustical Noise and Physical Tolerances A-6 Storage and Shipping Environment A-6 Operating Environment - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 8
Contents viii McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 9
Tables 2-1 Out-of-Band and Inband Product Support Summary 2-6 4-1 mSAN Routing Domain 4-18 4-2 mSAN Supported Limits 4-21 4-3 mFCP Versus iFCP 4-28 4-4 Transport Technology Comparison 4-48 5-1 Cable Type and Transmission Rate versus Distance and Link Budget 5-5 5-2 Types of User Rights 5-15 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 10
Tables x McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 11
Figures 1-1 Cabinet-Mount McDATA Products 1-4 1-2 Intrepid 6064 Director 1-9 1-3 Intrepid 6140 Director 1-11 1-4 Intrepid 10000 Director 1-12 1-5 Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch 1-15 1-6 Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch 1-16 1-7 Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch 1-18 1-8 Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch 1-19 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 12
Configuration (Two Ethernet Connections 5-13 5-4 Configure Allow/Prohibit Matrix - Active Dialog Box 5-21 5-5 PDCM Array - Example Problem 5-22 5-6 Preferred Path Configuration 5-23 5-7 Director Zoning 5-25 5-8 OpenTrunking 5-37 A-1 Fabricenter Cabinet Footprint A-9 xii McDATA Products - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 13
Preface Who Should Use This Manual Organization of This Manual This publication is part of a documentation suite that supports McDATA® multi-protocol switching and routing products, including the: • Intrepid® 6064 Director. • Intrepid 6140 Director. • Intrepid 10000 Director. • Sphereon™ 3232 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 14
security, and serviceability features. Chapter fabric support; general support; local area network (LAN) and remote access support; inband management access; and security and zoning support , and facility support. A worksheet between firmware versions that support directors, fabric switches, - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 15
(620-000171). • Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch: - McDATA Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch Element Manager User Manual (620-000241). - McDATA Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000238). • Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch: - McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Element Manager User - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 16
: - McDATA Eclipse 2640 SAN Router Administration and Configuration Manual (620-000203). - McDATA Eclipse 2640 SAN Router Installation and Service Manual (620-000202). • General Support Publications: - SANavigator Software Release 4.2 User Manual (621-000013). - EFC Manager Software Release 8.7 User - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 17
Service Manual (620-000100). To order a printed copy of this publication, submit a purchase order as described in Ordering McDATA Documentation Instructions (printed on the service label) available. Phone: (800) 752-4572 or (720) 558-3910 Fax: (720) 558-3851 E-mail: [email protected] The following - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 18
energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with instructions provided, may cause interference to radio communications. Products are endorsement or through published literature, invalidates the service contract and voids the warranty agreement with McDATA a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 19
Underwriters Laboratories of Canada (ULC). International Safety Conformity Declaration (CB Scheme) A certification bodies (CB) test report supporting a product indicates safety compliance with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) system for conformity testing and certification of - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 20
is the AR-UL mark, certified by UL de Argentina, S.R.L., and accredited by the Argentine Accreditation Organization (OAA). xx McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 21
Preface Australia and New Zealand C-Tick Mark The Australia and New Zealand regulatory compliance mark (C-tick mark) on a product indicates compliance with regulatory requirements for safety and EMC (for information technology equipment) as set forth by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 22
EMC (for information technology equipment) as authorized and accredited by the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification. xxii McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 23
statement appears in this publication and describes safety practices that must be observed while installing or servicing a product. A DANGER statement provides essential information or instructions for which disregard or noncompliance may result in death or severe personal injury. The statement - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 24
-se de que o tipo de receptor de energia da facilidade é apropriado, fornece a voltagem necessária, e está corretamente aterrado. xxiv McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 25
observed while installing or servicing a product. An ATTENTION statement provides essential information or instructions for which disregard or , mistakes can render ISLs unusable and cause complex routing problems. These problems can be difficult to fault isolate and sometimes manifest incorrectly - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 26
Preface xxvi McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 27
of today is typically complex and managed at the device layer. These problems result in SANs that use storage assets inefficiently, and are complex, and cost-effective SAN that provides enterprise-class connectivity and supports Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) and fibre connection (FICON®) environments - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 28
deployed at the core of large fabrics (greater than 500 ports) and are the optimum choice to support mission-critical business requirements. McDATA offers the: - 64-port Intrepid 6064 Director. - 140-port and 500 ports). McDATA offers the: 1-2 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 29
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 - 32-port Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch. - 12-port Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch. The switch provides both switched fabric and Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL) connectivity. - 16-port Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch. The switch provides both switched - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 30
6140 Director. 8. Eclipse 1620 SAN Router. 9. Eclipse 2640 SAN Router. 10. Intrepid 10000 Director. Figure 1-1 Cabinet-Mount McDATA Products 1-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 31
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 SAN Management Applications McDATA offers the following SAN management applications installed on the rack-mount management server: • SANavigator® application - The SANavigator application (Version 4.2 or later) is an integrated software package that - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 32
mass storage devices, and peripherals in a Fibre Channel switched network. Directors also support mainframe and open-systems interconnection (OSI) computing environments, and provide data transmission product publications or contact McDATA. 1-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 33
to maintain little or no information about other connected devices in a SAN. • Multiple topology support - Directors support both point-topoint and multiswitch fabric topologies and indirectly support arbitrated loop topology. - Point-to-point topology provides a single direct connection between two - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 34
service that support framing protocol and flow control between ports. Directors support: - Class 2 transmission service that provides connectionless multiplexed frame delivery service with acknowledgment. Class 2 service the director. 1-8 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 35
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 Figure 1-2 Intrepid 6064 Director The director supports McDATA's non-blocking extendable open network (EON™) architecture and concurrent firmware downloads through hot code activation (HotCAT®) technology. The director also provides a modular design - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 36
km), and high device population. Figure 1-3 illustrates the director. The director supports McDATA's non-blocking EON architecture and concurrent firmware downloads through HotCAT technology. The power supply and AC modules. • Backplane. 1-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 37
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 Figure 1-3 Intrepid 6140 Director • A minimum of 16 to a maximum of 35 Fibre Channel port cards as follows: - UPM cards. Each UPM card provides four 2.1250 Gbps Fibre Channel port connections through duplex SFP fiber-optic transceivers. - XPM cards. - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 38
illustrates the director. Figure 1-4 Intrepid 10000 Director The director supports McDATA's non-blocking nScale™ architecture that allows the product its own management and Fibre Channel services subsystems. In addition, the director supports concurrent firmware downloads through HotCAT technology. - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 39
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 concurrently upgraded. The combination of high port count and the FlexPar feature enables an enterprise to use the director at the core of both small and large SAN fabrics. For example: • Large fabrics built around the director require fewer fabric - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 40
Gbps provide eight Fibre Channel port connections through duplex SFP fiber-optic transceivers. A fully-populated director supports up to 256 port connections at 1.0625 or 2.1250 Gbps data rates. - Optical paddles that or contact McDATA. 1-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 41
same general performance features as directors, including high bandwidth, low latency, local control, low communication overhead, multiple topology support, and multiple service class support. The Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch operates at 2.1250 Gbps, provides fabric connectivity for to up to 32 Fibre - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 42
Switch The Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch operates at 1.0625 or 2.1250 Gbps, provides connectivity through 12 Fibre Channel ports, and supports EON architecture and HotCAT technology. Figure 1-6 illustrates the switch. Figure 1-6 Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch 1-16 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 43
devices. • Fabric loop ports (FL_Ports) to provide switched arbitrated loop connectivity and fabric attachment for FC-AL devices. The switch supports: - Connectivity of public loop devices and private loop devices. Refer to Public Versus Private Devices for information. - Configuration of public - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 44
or 4.2500 Gbps, provides connectivity through 16 Fibre Channel generic mixed ports (GX_Ports), and supports EON architecture and HotCAT technology. Figure 1-7 illustrates the switch. Figure 1-7 Sphereon 4400 cooling fans provide airflow. 1-18 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 45
4500 Fabric Switch operates at 1.0625 or 2.1250 Gbps, provides connectivity through 24 Fibre Channel generic mixed ports (GX_Ports), and supports EON architecture and HotCAT technology. Figure 1-8 illustrates the switch. Figure 1-8 Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 46
to provide switched arbitrated loop connectivity and fabric attachment for FC-AL devices. The switch supports: - Connectivity of public loop devices and private loop devices. Refer to Public Versus configure switch network addresses. 1-20 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 47
for switched fabric devices. • FL_Ports to provide switched arbitrated loop connectivity and fabric attachment for FC-AL devices. The switch supports: - Connectivity of public loop devices and private loop devices. Refer to Public Versus Private Devices for information. - Configuration of public - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 48
routing for complex, geographically-dispersed networks. SAN routers provide multi-protocol solutions to this problem by unifying storage (FCP) and networking (TCP/IP) architectures. These protocols include should be installed to: 1-22 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 49
SAN Router Performance Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 • Perform SAN routing functions - SAN routers provide FCPprotocol, router port (R_Port) connectivity between local Fibre Channel fabrics (SAN routing). A SAN routing solution provides interoperable FCP connectivity and - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 50
SAN router closest to the corresponding target device. This eliminates XFR_RDY command transmissions protocol ports. • Multi-protocol support - SAN routers support the following protocols: - service (iSNS). The iSNS protocol provides intelligent storage device discovery and management services Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 51
can be used. Intelligent ports can be configured for: - FCP storage connectivity at 1.0625 Gbps, using only the SFP port connector. The ports support FC-Auto, FL_Port, F_Port, L_Port, and R_Port operation. - IP network connectivity (iFCP or iSCSI protocol) at up to full-duplex 100 Base-T Fast - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 52
implement mSAN and iSAN routing solutions. Figure 1-11 illustrates the SAN router. Figure 1-11 Eclipse 2640 SAN Router 1-26 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 53
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 SAN router ports operate as follows: • Twelve user-configured FCP ports (1 through 12) provide 1.0625 or 2.1250 Gbps FCP storage connectivity and UDP-based network connectivity using SFP port connectors. FCP ports can be configured for: - UDP-based - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 54
Serviceability features. Connectivity Features McDATA directors, fabric switches, SAN routers, and their associated Element Manager applications support the following connectivity features. Products or product classes that do not support not support FICON not support port support port number - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 55
frames) up to 100 km by setting the BB_Credit value to 400. - Intrepid 10000 Director - Each director LIM contains two scalable packet processors, each supporting two optical paddles (a maximum of 16 1.0625 or 2.1250 Gbps ports or four 10.2000 Gbps ports). After assigning BB_Credit values of 16 to - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 56
1250 Gbps, and 60 km at 4.2500 Gbps. - Eclipse-series SAN routers - Intelligent ports that support IP network connectivity are not assigned BB_Credits. However, the ports provide approximately 96 megabytes (MB) of or iSCSI session. 1-30 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 57
access by blocking or unblocking any director or fabric switch port through the associated Element Manager application. NOTE: SAN routers do not support port blocking. • Audit log tracking - Configuration changes to a director or fabric switch are recorded in an audit log stored on the management - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 58
the open-system management server (OSMS) interface; remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server support (to store and authenticate passwords and CHAP secrets); inband and out-of-band Director status. - Fabric switch status. 1-32 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 59
), and director and fabric switch software that performs port diagnostics (internal and external loopback tests). NOTE: SAN routers do not support loopback testing. • Directors and fabric switches (except the Sphereon 4300, 4400, and Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switches), can perform a diagnostic Fibre - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 60
support personnel to dial in to the management server for event notification and to perform remote diagnostics. NOTE: SAN routers do not provide modem support or service personnel to change the product's IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address; or to run diagnostics and isolate system problems - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 61
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products 1 • SNMP management for directors and fabric switches using the following MIBs as defined by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working documents, request for comment (RFC) memorandums, and McDATA: - Fibre Channel Management Framework Integration - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 62
each router and contain management objects to support multi-protocol router functions. • Advanced fabric E_Port. - Digital SFP diagnostic support - This feature provides access to Log contents assist in fault diagnosis of SAN traffic problems. - Embedded fabric log - This log records events - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 63
-band (non-Fibre Channel) methods, inband (fibre connection (FICON) or Fibre Channel) methods, and a management interface summary. • Management server support, including a description of the rack-mount management server (with specifications), associated Ethernet hub, and optional remote workstation - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 64
. NOTE: Product management through a SAN management and Element Manager application is not supported for the Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch. • Management of SAN routers through a SAN Management Applications for additional information. 2-2 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 65
and password at a login screen. The PC browser then becomes a management console. NOTE: The Intrepid 10000 Director and SAN routers do not support product management through the EFCM Basic Edition interface. • Management of all products through a PC-based Telnet session using the CLI. Any platform - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 66
this management option. NOTE: The Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch and SAN routers do not support product management through the EFCM Lite application. Figure 2-1 illustrates out-of-band product management 2-1 Out-of-Band Product Management 2-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 67
through a host-attached console. Refer to FMS for information. NOTE: Sphereon 4300, 4400, and 4500 Fabric Switches and SAN routers do not support out-of-band management through FMS. Figure 2-2 illustrates inband product management. In the figure, the managed product is an Intrepid 6064 Director. For - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 68
indicates the management interface supports the product, and a red NO indicates the management interface does not support the product. Table 2-1 Out-of-Band and Inband Product Support Summary Product SANavigator YES YES YES YES YES 2-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 69
2 Table 2-1 Out-of-Band and Inband Product Support Summary (continued) Product SANavigator EFCM SANvergence Manager SNMP EFCM Lite OSMS FMS NO YES NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Management Server Support The management server is a one rack unit (1U) high, LAN-accessed, rack-mount unit - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 70
of additional software (including patches or service packs) may interfere with normal operation. United States English is the only language supported by the SAN management and Element hard drive. • 1.44 MB 3.5-inch slim-type disk drive. 2-8 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 71
speed, using an 800 megahertz (MHz) front side bus, using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system (Enterprise Edition with service pack 1). • TightVNC™ Viewer Version 1.2.7 client-server software control package that provides remote network access (through a web browser) to the management - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 72
management application. NOTE: The SANvergence Manager application does not support remote workstation (client) operation. Client SAN management and clock speed, and using the Microsoft Windows 2000 (with service pack 4), Windows NT 4.0 (with service pack 6a), or Windows 2003 operating system. 2-10 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 73
Packard® PA-RISC® processor with 400 MHz or greater clock speed, using the HP-UX® 11 or higher operating system. - Sun® Microsystems UltraSPARC™ IIi or on the internal hard drive. • 512 MB or greater RAM. • Video card supporting 256 colors at 800 x 600 pixel resolution. • Ethernet network adapter. • - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 74
provides services that provides services that manage support for the product operating system. • Network services to access management service subsystems from attached Channel protocol services - This function provides services to communicate with devices attached to fiber-optic ports. • Fibre port services - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 75
manager that synchronizes node port (N_Port) registration databases between redundant CTP cards and allows CTP failover. • Loop services - This function supports FL_Port initialization for Sphereon 4000-Series Switches and implements arbitrated loop functions, such as transmission of loop - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 76
). - Configuration data for each managed product (stored on the management server and in NV-RAM on each product). 2-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 77
an existing topology. The planned topology or extension is then activated to evaluate the design and identify and correct performance problems. • Discovery and visualization - Through TCP/IP (out-of-band) or Fibre Channel (inband) connections, the SAN management application automatically discovers - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 78
SANavigator Software Release 4.2 User Manual (621-000013) or the EFC Manager Software Release 8.7 User Manual (620-000170). An Element remote PC or workstation. NOTE: An Element Manager application is not supported for the Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch. To open an Element Manager application - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 79
Product Management 2 Figure 2-5 Hardware View A status table appears at the top of the window, and a graphical representation of the hardware (front and rear) appears in the center of the window. The graphical representation of the product emulates the hardware configuration and operational status - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 80
the mSNS, the application auto-discovers all SAN Routers, directors, and fabric switches in the mSAN; monitors product operational status, and reports problems in an event log. The application is opened from the management server desktop. When the application starts, the main window opens (Figure - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 81
Product Management 2 Element Manager Application For additional information about the application, refer to the McDATA SANvergence Manager User Manual (620-000189). An Element Manager application is provided for each managed SAN router. The application works in conjunction with the SANvergence - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 82
for the Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch is shown as an example. Figure 2-8 Hardware View (EFCM Basic Edition Interface) 2-20 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 83
conditions, and a user prompt does not display to guide users through tasks. For additional information, refer to the following publications: • McDATA E/OSc Command Line Interface User Manual (620-000134). This publication describes CLI support for Intrepid 6000-series directors and Sphereon 4000 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 84
Product Management 2 2-22 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 85
fabric-attached arbitrated loop connectivity. • Fabric topologies (mesh, core-to-edge, and SAN islands). • Planning for multiswitch fabric support. • General fabric design considerations. • Large fabric design considerations. • Mixed fabric design considerations. • Fibre connection (FICON) cascading - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 86
(FC-AL) or hub configuration without benefit of a multiswitch fabric. Both switches support a switched mode topology that provides a single, logical connection between two device NL_Ports arbitrated loops and private arbitrated loops. 3-2 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 87
ES-1000 Switch) are configured to operate in user-selectable shared or switched mode. NOTE: Sphereon 4000-series fabric switches do not support shared mode operation. Shared Mode Operation When set to shared mode, a switch acts as a hub implementing standard Fibre Channel arbitrated loop topology - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 88
access. When operating in shared mode, the switch is a serially reusable resource that provides service access to all ports on the loop. Access is granted by successful arbitration. When arbitration is Mode Operation and Logical Equivalent 3-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 89
• Each looplet acts as a normal FC-AL loop. Spread multiple servers and high bandwidth storage devices across several looplets to avoid performance problems associated with a single looplet. • Consider data traffic capacity of the department or workgroup (normal and peak load) as part of the switch - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 90
Topologies 3 Public Versus Private Devices Sphereon 4000-series fabric switches support connection of public and private arbitrated loop devices as follows: device D1. Figure 3-3 Public Device Connectivity Public devices support normal fabric operational requirements, such as fabric busy and - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 91
separate address spaces defined in the Fibre Channel address. Private address spaces are isolated from a switched fabric. The switch does not support any other form of Fibre Channel address conversion (spoofing) that would allow private device-to-fabric device communication. NOTE: A private device - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 92
that public device-to-private device communication may cause problems. For example, it is often critical to separate servers . Public Versus Private Loops Sphereon 4000-series fabric switches support operation of public and private loops as follows: • Public a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 93
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 Figure 3-5 Public Loop Connectivity • Private loop - A private loop is not connected to a switched fabric and the switch's embedded FL_Port is inactive. All devices attached to the loop can only communicate with each other. Private loop - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 94
an AL_PA of 00. Planning for Private Arbitrated Loop Connectivity Private arbitrated loop topology supports the clustering of isolated servers and storage subsystems into workgroup or departmental SANs. This connection pair ends. 3-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 95
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 Planning for Fabric-Attached Loop Connectivity Public arbitrated loop topology supports the connection of workgroup or departmental FC-AL devices to a switched fabric through any Sphereon 4000-series fabric switch port active as an E_Port. This - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 96
link performance. Other devices (such as tape drives) should not be connected to a switch used for server consolidation. 3-12 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 97
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 Figure 3-7 Server Consolidation Tape Device Consolidation Providing fabric connectivity for multiple FC-AL tape drives by attaching them individually to a Fibre Channel director is likewise not a cost-effective solution. A practical solution - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 98
in the fabric. The maximum hop count between fabric-attached devices is one hop. Figure 3-9 illustrates the topology. 3-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 99
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 TM TM TM TM Interswitch Link Fabric Connection Figure 3-9 Full Mesh Fabric Full-mesh fabrics provide increased resiliency over cascaded or ring fabrics and are well suited for applications that require any-to-any connectivity. If a single ISL - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 100
core topology, core switches are connected. The figure also illustrates a topology where the core is a full-mesh fabric. 3-16 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 101
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 Tier 2 Devices TM TM 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR Tier 1 Device Core Director TM 10/100 RST 31 29 27 25 23 TM 21 19 17 15 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 PWR ERR 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 102
ability to interconnect directors and switches (through E_Port connections) to form a multiswitch fabric. Support of multiswitch fabric operation is a major feature of a director or fabric switch. Consider each other through the fabric. 3-18 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 103
to all device N_Ports attached to the fabric, handle flow control, and satisfy the requirements of the classes of Fibre Channel service that are supported. Fabric Topology Limits Operation of multiple directors or switches in a fabric topology is subject to the following topology limits. Consider - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 104
is supported; supported for a product or if communication restrictions apply, refer to the supporting supports 48 ISLs. The Intrepid 6140 Director supports 140 ISLs. The Intrepid 10000 Director supports seven ISLs per optical paddle pair. Sphereonclass switches support growth and service requirements, - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 105
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 • Distance requirements - The distance between elements in a fabric affects the type of optical port transceiver and cabling required. In addition, variables such as the number of connections, grade of fiber-optic cable, device restrictions, - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 106
paths, the directors balance the load by assigning traffic from different ports to different minimum-hop paths (ISLs). 3-22 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 107
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 When balancing a load across multiple ISLs, a director or switch attempts to avoid assigning multiple ports attached to a device to the same ISL. This minimizes the probability that failure of a single ISL will affect all paths to the device. - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 108
to the requesting director or switch. If the requested Domain_ID is already allocated, an unused Domain_ID is assigned. 3-24 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 109
the fabrics from joining. To prevent this problem, it is recommended that all directors and Domain_ID assignment for a product, refer to the supporting OEM publications for the product or contact McDATA. Directors and fabric switches are not manually configured with data transmission paths to - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 110
devices attached to the fabric and enable operation of the fabric services firmware on each director or switch. Paths are determined when the -transmitted frames that traverse the old (longer) path. This causes problems because many Fibre Channel devices cannot receive frames in the incorrect order - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 111
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 ATTENTION ! Activating a preferred path can result in receipt of out-oforder frames if the preferred path differs from the current path, if input and output (I/O) is active from the source port, and if congestion is present on the current path. - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 112
failure or connectivity problem cannot transmit or services such as name service, registered state change notifications (RSCNs), and zoning are provided on a fabric-wide basis. For example, if a fabric-attached device queries a director or switch name server to locate all devices that support Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 113
for each duplicated zone name. General Fabric Design Considerations To be effective, the fabric topology design must: • Solve the customer's business problem and provide the required level of performance. • Meet the customer's requirements for high availability. • Be scalable to meet future - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 114
fabric failure. Because of these problems, a fabric with a high ISL count is more difficult to build. Problems associated with a large fabric and fabric switches) and ISLs. The Intrepid 10000 Director also supports high-bandwidth (10.2000 Gbps) ISLs that reduce the Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 115
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 I/O Requirements • Software limits, including the maximum number of fabric elements managed by the SAN management application and the maximum number of zones and zone members. For additional information, refer to SAN Management Applications - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 116
about application I/O (in Gbps) and fabric performance problems due to ISL connectivity, refer to ISL Oversubscription. For bandwidth to the affected devices. Although all devices are serviced, ISL and fabric performance is reduced. Figure 3-12 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 117
minimal traffic flows across the ISL between directors and the congestion problem is mitigated. For additional information, refer to Device Locality. balance the traffic load between fabric elements. Two ISLs are sufficient to support the bandwidth of both NT servers operating at peak load. • Upgrade - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 118
fabric, servers and storage devices that support such bandwidth-intensive applications should be attached These variations are why multiple hosts can be serviced by a single storage port. This device sharing the maximum device fan-out ratio supported is 12 to 1. Figure 3-14 illustrates a fan-out - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 119
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 Device Fan-Out Ratio: 10 to 1 10,000 IOPS TM TM Interswitch Link Fabric Connection 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS 1,000 IOPS Figure 3-14 Device Fan-Out Ratio Performance - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 120
directly attached to the core director as Tier 1 devices. No ISLs are used for server-to-storage connectivity. 3-36 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 121
are connected to storage devices with I/O capabilities of 6,000 IOPS. Many fabric-attached devices require highly-available connectivity to support applications such as disk mirroring, server clustering, or business continuance operations. High availability is accomplished by deploying a resilient - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 122
while others support only active-passive paths. Active-active devices use either output path equally, and thus use both fabrics and double the device bandwidth. Active-passive devices use the passive path only when the active path fails. 3-38 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 123
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR Fabric "A" TM 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR Fabric "B" TM 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR 10/100 RST TM PWR ERR Interswitch Link - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 124
per fabric element and reduces the need for ISLs. Newer products support high-bandwidth (10.2000 Gbps) ISLs that also reduce the fabric the fabric (at the edge). Obtaining Professional Services Planning and implementing a multiswitch fabric topology can in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 125
Fibre Channel and various upper-level protocols. FCP and FICON are the major FC-4 protocols. FCP is the Fibre Channel protocol that supports the small computer system interface (SCSI) upper-level transport protocol. FICON is the successor to the enterprise systems connection (ESCON) protocol and - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 126
and Sphereon 4300, 4400, and 4500 Fabric Switches do not support operation using FICON management style nor transmission of FICON frames. PDCM can render ISLs unusable and cause complex routing problems. These problems can be difficult to fault isolate and sometimes SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 127
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies 3 • The Domain_ID and physical port number of the director or fabric switch port to which a device is attached. FICON configuration attributes are implemented through logical port addressing. This concept is consistent with the address-centric - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 128
limitations and interactions of director or fabric switch management when using open systems (FCP) or FICON management style: 3-44 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 129
When a director or switch is set to open systems management style, CUP support and the PDCM array are disabled. For FICON devices attached to the director link address, thus specifying the link address on source and target fabric elements and enabling E_Port (ISL) connectivity. This connectivity - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 130
: The Intrepid 10000 Director and Sphereon 4300, 4400, and 4500 Fabric Switches do not support out-of-band management through FMS. Features that Impact Protocol Intermixing Each server provides facilities information, refer to Zoning. 3-46 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 131
severe distance and connectivity limitations. These data standards and the requirement for FICON fabrics in SANs led to protocol changes that support FICON cascading. FICON cascading allows an IBM eServer zSeries processor to communicate with other zSeries processors or peripheral devices (such as - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 132
addressing or display the Configure Allow/Prohibit Matrix Active dialog box. A PDCM array is not supported, and the HCD defined by an attached host describes FICON connectivity requirements. - When a director (ISL and fabric capability). 3-48 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 133
Binding feature (with Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled) is required to support FICON cascading. 4. Logically assign ports - To organize devices into for all fabric elements. Refer to FICON Cascading Best Practices for instructions. As part of this step, ensure the SANtegrity Binding feature key - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 134
name server-based zoning does not affect FICON connectivity. However, the name server does affect distribution of registered state change notification (RSCN) service requests to FICON devices. If a FICON device is not in the same zone as other devices, state changes are not properly communicated - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 135
3232 Fabric Switch, Intrepid 6000-series Directors, and Sphereon 4000-series Fabric Switches support auto-sensing of 1.0625, 2.1250, and 4.2500 Gbps device connections. The Intrepid 10000 Director supports 1.0625, 2.1250, and 10.2000 Gbps connections. The introduction of a higher data transmission - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 136
unit. Users may configure multiple ISLs between cascaded FICON directors or switches to ensure redundancy and adequate bandwidth. 3-52 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 137
fabric elements must have the SANtegrity Binding feature installed and operational with Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled. High-integrity fabric architecture support includes: • Fabric binding - Only directors or switches with fabric binding installed are allowed to attach to specified fabrics in a SAN - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 138
supported for IBM S/390 Parallel Enterprise Servers (Generation 5 or Generation 6). • The z/OS Version 1.3 or Version 1.4 operating system (with service as , refer to the appropriate switch or director installation manual for instructions. b. Ensure the preferred Domain_ID for each director or - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 139
If an ISL segmentation or other problem is indicated, go to MAP 0000: Start MAP in the product-specific Installation and Service Manual. c. Click Close to close PFE key. Refer to installation instructions in the product-specific Installation and Service Manual. Planning Considerations for Fibre - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 140
(620-000170). c. At the Element Manager application, configure switch binding. Refer to installation instructions in the product-specific Installation and Service Manual. 5. Ensure FICON devices are logged in - Verify FICON devices are logged in to each director or switch as follows: a. At the - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 141
macroinstructions) and 2-byte link address (control unit macroinstructions) are updated in the IOCDS. Refer to the IBM FICON Native Implementation and Reference Guide (SG24-6266) for additional information. 10. Verify FICON devices log back in - Inspect the Node List View and verify FICON devices - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 142
between channels and control units, and verify that cascaded FICON traffic is transmitted through the fabric as expected. 3-58 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 143
access. • Inability to comply with government regulations that dictate data retention and security policies. The solution for these problems is to implement a internetworking strategy that consolidates IT resources and deploys an enterprisewide fabric. This chapter describes planning considerations - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 144
do not interact with or corrupt other functions. SAN Island Problems Implementation and management of isolated SAN islands has several problems, including: • A large number of fabric elements, storage and performance of an entire fabric. 4-2 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 145
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 Large Fabric Problems • Inability to consistently schedule maintenance downtime for each SAN. • Stranded resources. Unused ports in one SAN cannot be used by applications in another (port limited) - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 146
problem associated with large Fibre Channel fabrics is multi-vendor incompatibility. Due to lack of common communications standards and fabric shortest path first (FSPF) protocol, switch vendors may have to support management and services. 4-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 147
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 This feature reduces unused ports and resources and consolidates the enterprise into a single infrastructure, while maintaining multiple independent application and fault isolation domains. Up to four partitions can be enabled for each director (0 though - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 148
enabled, the maximum total fabric size (summing all Flexpars) is limited to the maximum configuration supported by the Director. Similarly, limits for other fabric scalability elements (such as number of zones upon receipt of an RSCN. 4-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 149
of role-based access control (RBAC) through role-based FlexPars (available for McDATA products by mid-2005) can control and mitigate these problems. Through a SAN management application, users are grouped into roles, and roles are assigned a set of responsibility-based privileges. These privileges - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 150
ports together. Fibre Channel architecture provides several fabric services that require attention to ensure device interoperability and consolidated SAN. A robust approach to solve this connectivity problem is secure, multi-protocol SAN routing. A routed SAN a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 151
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 • Tier 2 - To connect SAN islands without physically merging the fabrics, the second tier consists of metropolitan storage area networks (mSANs). SAN routers connect fabrics within a data center or campus to form an mSAN and transmit data between fabrics - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 152
concepts, including: • R_Port operation. • Routed SAN zoning. • mSAN routing. • iFCP operation. • iSAN routing. • Inter-FlexPar routing. • Best practices. 4-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 153
the fault isolation characteristics of smaller SANs. SAN routers also support multiple R_Port compatibility modes, making it possible to route OEM configuration of fabrics. Directors and fabric switches use Class F services to transmit FSPF protocol structures and related link state database - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 154
router reserves and manages two internal routing domains with proxy Domain_IDs 30 (hexadecimal 7E) and 31 (hexadecimal 7F). 4-12 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 155
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 NOTE: Proxy Domain_IDs 30 and 31 are reserved for routing domains and cannot be assigned to directors or switches in any router-attached fabric. The routing domain with proxy Domain_ID 30 represents Fibre Channel devices that are part of a router-attached - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 156
31 enables routing between multiple mSANs (iSAN routing). Refer to mSAN Routing or iSAN Routing for additional information. 4-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 157
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 R_Port Domain_ID Assignment The default preferred Domain_ID for each SAN router R_Port is 1. However, each port should be assigned a preferred Domain_ID (set at the R_Ports tab of the Fabric Configuration dialog box) that is unique within the attached - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 158
all devices that are shared across the fabrics. Shared devices are visible to both fabrics through standard SW_RSCNs. 4-16 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 159
in each attached fabric. In large environments where many devices must be visible to numerous fabrics, this policy is much easier than creating router zones manually (using the No Zone Synchronization policy). The IPS zone set appended to the active zone set of the fabric must not be modified using - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 160
21 - 24 25 - 28 29 - 32 33 - 36 37 - 40 41 - 44 45 - 48 Fabric_ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4-18 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 161
is assigned (through the SANvergence manager application) a unique Fabric_ID between 1 and 12. Although the theoretical limit is 12 Fabric_IDs per mSAN, the supported limit is six. As shown in Table 4-1, four Area_IDs are available to each Fabric_ID. Therefore, the combination of domain, area, and - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 162
. NOTE: The Eclipse 1620 SAN Router does not support mFCP and must be deployed in mSANs as a single delivery of packets. UDP does not offer services such as packet reordering, retransmission of lost 20 bytes for TCP) and potential performance problems. The header is smaller and does not have Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 163
to the scale of an mSAN are due to inherent limits to Fibre Channel fabric SNS and SAN router pSNS databases. Table 4-2 mSAN Supported Limits Feature Supported Limit SAN routers per mSAN An mSAN can contain up to two (2) Eclipse 2640 SAN Routers. mFCP IRLs between SAN routers Maximum number - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 164
equipment or repeaters, native Fibre Channel extension supports metropolitan distances up to 75 miles (120 km). FCIP supports greater distances by providing a tunneling protocol at each site and to disruptions caused by problems with the extended-distance TCP/IP link. 4-22 McDATA Products in - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 165
applications) an extended SAN may inadvertently create instabilities that defeat the intent of highly-reliable data access. iFCP operates at a higher level and addresses problems that direct connectivity and FCIP do not. iFCP is similar to FCP but uses IP for OSI Layer 3 (network layer) and TCP for - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 166
1.544 Mbps to GbE at 1000 Mbps. iFCP is optimized for TCP/IP-based Internet service provider (ISP) networks. Unlike conventional SAN extension, iSAN Routing terminates the stretched E_Port connection , multi-site storage applications. 4-24 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 167
. Proxy Domain_ID 31 (remote mSAN over iSAN) is an internal router domain connected behind proxy Domain_ID 30 (fabric over mSAN). Therefore, if a problem occurs and there is no connectivity to routing domain 30 (hexadecimal 7E), then there is also no connectivity to routing domain 31 (hexadecimal 7F - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 168
inefficient) flow control, causing dramatic link throughput decrease. Rate limiting prevents this problem. Refer to Intelligent Port Speed for detailed information about rate limiting. • Data algorithm uses additional computing resources 4-26 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 169
that cause the initiator to transmit an entire data set, then buffers the output data at the SAN router closest to the corresponding target device. This eliminates multiple XFR_RDY command transmissions and minimizes bursty data transfer over the WAN, thus reducing round-trip delays that are - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 170
operation No Yes FastWrite support No Yes Rate limiting support No Yes Data compression support No Yes Provides IEEE multiple sub-directors, each operating with independent management and services. This consolidates application-based SAN islands, but does not Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 171
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 Figure 4-7 illustrates inter-FlexPar routing. Flexpar B (tape backup fabric) is isolated from Flexpar C (product development fabric) as normally desired. However, development personnel occasionally perform tape backups that require access to Flexpar B - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 172
the Zone Preferences dialog box (SANvergence Manager application), leave the Zone_ID range at the default values (1 to 512) and track the ranges manually. If Zone_ID ranges are set, a Zone_ID outside the specified range cannot be created. 4. Allocate Zone_IDs to shared zones - Allocate an exclusive - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 173
of an iFCP link. For example, connect port 14 of SAN router A to port 14 of SAN router B. 10. Track iFCP sessions - Every initiator-to-target device pair in a merged zone is assigned an iFCP session. Be aware of the number of active iFCP sessions. If approaching the per-port limit - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 174
To Port Number Remote Mgmt IP Address 7 2 23.10.2.7 7 23.1.1.1 8 3 15.2.3.7 8 15.1.1.1 Description To Chicago. To New York. 4-32 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 175
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 Local mSAN Name: Chicago Exported Zone_ID Range: 1 to 100 Local Zone_ID Range: 101 to 512 Local mSAN_ID: 30 Date: 1/12/05 Local mSAN Zone Summary Exported (Y/N) mSAN ID mSAN Name Description Y 2 DB_Replication_2 Replication site for disaster - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 176
This parameter is set at the SANvergence Manager application. 13. Multi-vendor guidelines - SAN routers support existing multivendor fabrics. However, when building a new fabric, it is good practice not to mix using node (device) WWNs. 4-34 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 177
and switch binding), OpenTrunking feature, or Enterprise Fabric Mode enabled. These features must be disabled before connecting the router. In addition, SAN routers do not support FICON cascading or FICON routing. Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4-35 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 178
information assets and protects against business disruptions caused by facility outages, IT or communication problems, natural disasters, or terrorism. • Provides real-time disaster recovery of business data delays and high latency. 4-36 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 179
packet receipt, or data retransmission. WANs typically provide besteffort communication service and rely on upper-level protocols for end-to-end transport. technology (described in SAN Extension Transport Technologies) that best support the SAN distance-extension strategy. In particular, consider: • - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 180
a remote, mirrored site begins immediately if operation at the primary site is disrupted. The problem with RDR/S is distance limitation. Although propagation of laser light pulses can theoretically extend to -distance BC/DR applications. 4-38 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 181
and connectivity are not controlled by the service provider. The service lessee is responsible for laser transceivers and other ) without repeaters and up to 75 miles (120 km) with repeaters. The supported bandwidth is dependent on fiber-optic quality and the choice of multiplexing scheme. • - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 182
connection is vulnerable to disruptions caused by events at each site or to disruptions caused by problems with the extended-distance dark fiber link. Figure 4-8 Dark Fiber Extended-Distance Connectivity Due to and expensive to deploy. 4-40 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 183
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 Light wavelengths used are typically around 1,550 nanometers (nm). Optical fiber performs well in this wavelength region, with very little attenuation. For CWDM, differing wavelengths are separated by multiples of 20.0 nm. For DWDM, differing wavelengths - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 184
to disruptions caused by problems with the extended-distance WDM link. Several network service providers provide metropolitan and longdistance (intercity) WDM transport services. WDM service can be purchased of the available bandwidth. 4-42 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 185
break detection without user intervention. This makes SONET and SDH highly-available services. Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) is a protocol-independent SONET and SDH range from 50 Mbps to full Fibre Channel rates. To support storage extension over long distances, GFP provides buffering and flow - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 186
caused by events at each site or to disruptions caused by problems with the extended-distance SONET link. - Native FCP (routed support native FCP or FICON operation. Several network service providers provide metropolitan and intercity SONET and SDH transport services. SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 187
SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 Internet Protocol SONET or SDH service can be purchased on a monthly basis in accordance distances that Fibre Channel cannot support. iFCP effectively replaces a Fibre Channel SAN with an IP network but continues storage application support. The protocol can be used - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 188
support native FCP or FICON operation. Figure 4-11 SoIP Extended-Distance Connectivity Several network service providers provide long-distance IP or GbE network transport services. to disruptions caused by fabric or link problems. 4-46 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 189
-distance link (native FCP only), the technology is vulnerable to disruptions caused by fabric or link problems. • SONET and SDH - These technologies support mediumbandwidth, medium-latency applications with short-to-long RTO and RPO requirements. Applications include asynchronous disk backup - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 190
and prevents disruptions caused by fabric or link problems. Table 4-4 compares and contrasts the transport IP provides the highest level of long-distance connectivity but supports only low-bandwidth, high-latency applications. • Bytes of 4-48 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 191
(R_RDY) link control frame, the BB_Credit count for the port is incremented. Longwave laser transceivers and a sufficient allocation of BB_Credits are required to support long-distance transmission of Fibre Channel data frames (up to 35 km). Installation of repeaters or DWDM equipment is required to - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 192
support packet processors, each supporting two optical paddles. assigned to the long-link port, supporting a repeated transmission distance of 2,200 assigned to the long-link port, supporting a repeated transmission distance of 180 the long-link port, supporting a repeated transmission distance of - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 193
total). The remaining 1149 BB_Credits are assigned to the long-link port, supporting a repeated transmission distance of 190 km. When data ingress exceeds data Figure 4-13 WAN Link Performance (No Rate Limiting) To prevent this problem, enable rate limiting to ensure the ingress data rate does not - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 194
over an IP WAN link, the peak available bandwidth must be determined or obtained from the network service provider, and storage traffic over the link must be rate-limited accordingly. If the IP WAN link provides eight speed selections: 4-52 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 195
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 • Digital Signal 1 (DS1) - A framing and formatting specification that transmits 24 digital data channels on a T1 synchronous line. Each channel transmits at 64 Kbps (full-duplex), providing an aggregate bandwidth of 1.544 Mbps. Typical T1 lines are long- - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 196
link provides nearly 2.5 times the required bandwidth to account for current storage traffic, unexpected burstiness, and capacity planning. 4-54 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 197
as follows: 1. Use dedicated bandwidth and rate limiting - If possible, negotiate dedicated bandwidth as part of the SLA with the network service provider. Enable intelligent port rate limiting to ensure the ingress data rate does not exceed the negotiated bandwidth. - RDR/S applications - Provision - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 198
allow the switch to prioritize output when faced with congestion. 3. Minimize fabric hop count - The maximum supported hop count in a fabric is three. Because the E_Port-to-R_Port ISL between a fabric element load balancing and failover. 4-56 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 199
/S and RDR/A software OEMs do not support IP network link failover. 7. Zone controller pair of communicating ports (one initiator and one target per zone). Assign the zones to different intelligent data compression level to Auto - Two problems associated with data compression are incorrect algorithm - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 200
/IP network. iSCSI is designed as a protocol for an initiator to send SCSI commands to a target over IP. iSCSI initiators (servers) include host bus adapters (HBAs) with iSCSI capability implemented in are layered over these applications. 4-58 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 201
peripherals. Targets include disk drives, tape devices, optical storage devices, printers, and scanners. A standard host-to-peripheral SCSI connection is based on a parallel transport mechanism with inherent distance and device support limitations. For storage applications, these limitations have - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 202
terms of dollars and personnel time. The decentralized infrastructure also causes availability and reliability problems. For example: • Many servers quickly run out of peripheral component interconnect (PCI 4-15 iSCSI Server Consolidation 4-60 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 203
iSCSI Storage Consolidation Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 As shown in the figure, server consolidation is enabled by installing an Eclipse 2640 SAN Router that provides iSCSI-to-native FCP connectivity. Stranded servers subject to consolidation do not require installation at one - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 204
Implementing SAN Internetworking Solutions 4 4-62 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 205
for: • Port connectivity and fiber-optic cabling. • Rack-mount management server, Ethernet local area network (LAN), and remote access support. • Security provisions for access to directors, switches, or the management server (password protection), and for customer data paths through directors - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 206
as follows: - Optical paddles that operate at 1.0625 or 2.1250 Gbps provide eight Fibre Channel port connections. A fully-populated director supports up to 256 connections and can be configured with a combination of shortwave or longwave transceivers. 5-2 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 207
Physical Planning Considerations 5 - Optical paddles that operate at 10.2000 Gbps provide two Fibre Channel port connections. A fully-populated director supports up to 64 connections and can be configured with a combination of shortwave or longwave transceivers. • Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch - The - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 208
5-1 lists unrepeated data transmission distance and link budget as a function of fiber-optic cable type and data transmission rate. 5-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 209
or dictated by: • Device restrictions - Some devices may be restricted to use of only one type of transceiver (shortwave or longwave). Refer to the device's supporting documentation for information. Physical Planning Considerations 5-5 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 210
and repeaters or wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) equipment, directors and fabric switches support Fibre Channel data transmission distances of over 100 km. The extended distance feature is director or switch is operational. 5-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 211
Physical Planning Considerations 5 Fibre Channel Cables and Connectors Cables LC Connectors This section provides Fibre Channel cable and connector planning information as follows: • Cables for directors, fabric switches, and SAN routers. • Intrepid-series director, Sphereon-series fabric switch, - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 212
for 1.0 meter (39.37 inches) of extra cable for routing through restraint mechanisms and rerouting cables to other ports. 5-8 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 213
(5 feet) of cable outside the cabinet to provide slack for service clearance, limited cabinet movement, and inadvertent cable pulls. • Cabling distance to servers, storage devices, and directors (for multiswitch fabric support). The need for additional fiber-optic cabling could grow rapidly. More - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 214
is used for remote workstation access. The management server has an internal modem for service and support of managed products. The modem provides a dial-in capability that allows authorized service personnel to communicate with the management server and operate the SAN management and Element - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 215
distance requirement between cabinets. In addition, plan for an additional 1.5 meters (5 feet) of cable outside the cabinet to provide slack for service clearance, limited cabinet movement, or inadvertent cable pulls. Store extra Ethernet cable in the cabinet or under the computer room raised floor - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 216
Physical Planning Considerations 5 NOTE: Remote workstation access to Eclipse-series SAN routers is not supported. Remote workstations must have access to the LAN segment on which the management server is be a ten or 100 Mbps LAN segment. 5-12 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 217
Physical Planning Considerations 5 Connection to this LAN segment is optional and depends on customer requirements. This type of network configuration using both Ethernet connections is shown in Figure 5-3. Intrepid 6064 Directors are used as an example. Figure 5-3 Typical Network Configuration ( - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 218
) of managed products, usernames, and passwords are tightly controlled. NOTE: EFCM Basic Edition interface access to the Intrepid 10000 Director and SAN routers is not supported. 5-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 219
Physical Planning Considerations 5 Security Provisions Security provisions are available to restrict unauthorized access to a director, switch, or attached Fibre Channel devices. Access to the director or switch (through the SAN management application, Element Manager application, or EFCM Basic - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 220
through challenge handshake authentication protocol (CHAP). A fabric element uses CHAP to authenticate any management server that attempts a connection. 5-16 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 221
the OSMS management application. A single shared secret is configured for each fabric-attached director or switch (because OSMS is a fabric service that assumes all attached fabric elements are authenticated). The same secret is used by the management application. • PCP user database - All - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 222
support - Remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) is a client-server, UDP-based protocol that supports storage and authentication of passwords and CHAP secrets. Directors, fabric switches, and SAN routers support events: 5-18 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 223
planned and coordinated. For additional information, refer to Security Best Practices. Obtain planning assistance from McDATA's professional services organization before implementing the feature. SANtegrity Binding Enterprise Fabric Mode SANtegrity Binding is a feature that enhances data security - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 224
, refer to Security Best Practices. Obtain planning assistance from McDATA's professional services organization before implementing the feature. PDCM Arrays PDCM connectivity control is configured other (including E_Port connectivity). 5-20 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 225
). When implementing an array that prohibits E_Port connectivity, be aware that ISLs can be configured as unavailable to attached devices, causing complex routing problems that can be difficult to fault isolate and be incorrectly diagnosed as issues associated with the devices. As an example of such - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 226
5-5 PDCM Array - Example Problem A PDCM array configured for Director a valid server-to-destination device path across ISL 1. A problem arises when the source server transmits Class 3 Fibre Channel data indicated, when in fact the problem is a user-defined prohibited connection. 5-22 McDATA Products in - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 227
Preferred Path Physical Planning Considerations 5 The preferred path option allows a user to specify and configure one or more ISL data paths between multiple directors or fabric switches in a fabric. At each fabric element, a preferred path consists of a source port on the director or switch being - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 228
the current path, if input and output (I/O) is active from the source port, and if congestion is present on the path. To avoid problems in FICON environments, vary associated channel path identifiers (CHPIDs) temporarily offline, configure the preferred path, and vary the CHPIDs back online. 5-24 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 229
Zoning Physical Planning Considerations 5 Directors and fabric switches support a user configuration that partitions attached devices into restricted-access groups called zones. Devices in the same zone can recognize and communicate with each other through - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 230
to the HBA or Fibre Channel interface installed in the device connected to the director or fabric switch. 5-26 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 231
be enabled at one time. Zone members are defined and zones or zone sets are created using the SAN management application. McDATA products support the following zoning features: • Zone members - the maximum number of members configurable for a zone is 4,096. • Number of zones - the maximum number of - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 232
in the default zone if there is no active zone set. • RSCN service requests - registered state change notification (RSCN) service requests are transmitted to all N_Ports or NL_Ports attached to the director or within a multiswitch fabric. 5-28 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 233
implementing the zoning feature is a complex and difficult task, especially for multiswitch fabrics. Obtain planning assistance from McDATA's professional services organization before implementing the director or switch zoning feature. Server and Storage-Level Access Control To enhance the access - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 234
at the storage port and LUN level and does not require configuration at the server. • Supports a heterogeneous server environment and multiple server paths to the storage device. • Is typically proprietary to Fibre Channel fabric elements. 5-30 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 235
Physical Planning Considerations 5 2. SANtegrity Binding - The SANtegrity Binding feature is recommended for large and complex SANs with fabrics and devices provided by multiple OEMs or that intermix FCP and FICON protocols. The feature is required for FICON-cascaded high-integrity SANs. SANtegrity - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 236
basis. The path instructs a fabric to use a preferred exit port out of a director or fabric switch for a specified receive port and target domain. If a incompatible security configurations can cause unintended connectivity problems or shut down Fibre Channel traffic in Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 237
of the OSMS or FICON management server (FMS) feature. NOTE: Sphereon 4300, 4400, and 4500 Fabric Switches and SAN routers do not support out-of-band management through FMS. • Flexport Technology - A Flexport Technology switch is delivered at a discount without all the ports enabled. When additional - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 238
part of the data collection procedure. NOTE: The Intrepid 10000 Director and SAN routers do not support full volatility. • Full fabric - This feature is provided only for the Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch entered exactly, including dashes. 5-34 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 239
PSP bucket upgrade is HKYSA30. The minimum OS/390 level for a director or switch without the control unit port (CUP) feature is Version 2.6, plus service listed in PSP bucket upgrade 2032, device subset 2032OS390G5+. The minimum OS/390 level for a director or switch with the CUP feature is Version - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 240
expansion kit includes four or eight SFP optical transceivers, upgrade instructions, and a feature key that enables the added port database; CT authentication for the OSMS interface; RADIUS server support; inband and out-of-band access controls lists; encrypted Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 241
OpenTrunking Physical Planning Considerations 5 • Switch binding - This portion of the feature allows only specified devices and fabric elements to connect to specified director or fabric switch ports. • Enterprise Fabric Mode - Although Enterprise Fabric Mode is not a keyed feature, it is required - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 242
a feature (available on directors and fabric switches with E/OSc Version 6.0 and later) that supports military, classified, or other high-security environments that require Fibre Channel data not be retained by Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch. 5-38 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 243
feature that allows a single physical port to support up to 256 virtual Fibre Channel addresses. A capabilities and can register for full fabric services. However, simultaneous loop device operation (NL_Port been installed - Please follow up instructions to update permanent key appears splashed - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 244
Physical Planning Considerations 5 5-40 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 245
Task 3: Consider Interoperability with Fabric Elements and End Devices Task 4: Plan Console Management Support Task 5: Plan Ethernet Access Task 6: Plan Network Addresses Task 7: Plan SNMP Support (Optional) Task 8: Plan E-Mail Notification (Optional) Task 9: Establish Product and Server Security - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 246
service clearances for the equipment cabinet. A customer manager should review the site plan with a service distance service) for the management server to support the call-home feature or provide remote dial-in support. (IP) addressing scheme to support optional cabinet interconnection and management - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 247
to the director or switch. • Facility access and security clearances for installation personnel. • Equipment cabinet front and rear service clearances, operator clearances, and maintenance access clearances. • Weight of a Fabricenter equipment cabinet. Either multiple persons or a lift must - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 248
(fabric elements) is supported. Inband management through the open-systems management server (OSMS) is also supported. • When a director single domain (fabric element) is supported. Inband management through the FICON management server (FMS) is also supported. When operating using FICON management - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 249
Manager application (SAN routers) are installed on the management server, the server is used as a local user workstation. - The management server can support up to 48 managed McDATA products. - Managed products can be powered off and on without the management server. - A management server failure - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 250
off. NOTE: Remote management server access to SAN routers is not supported. • Inband management support - If inband console management of a director or fabric switch is required Intrepid 10000 Director and SAN routers is not supported. 6-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 251
routers, and the management server be installed on a dedicated Ethernet hub and LAN segment to avoid security, traffic, and fault isolation problems associated with a public LAN. • Install remote user workstations - Plan for access to the LAN segment (dedicated or public) containing the management - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 252
.1.1.1. - IP address of the public LAN connection (LAN 1) is 192.168.0.1. - Subnet mask is 255.0.0.0. - Gateway address is blank. 6-8 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 253
Configuration Planning Tasks 6 • Intrepid-series directors and Sphereon-series fabric switches: - MAC address is unique for each product. - Default IP address is 10.1.1.10. - Subnet mask is 255.0.0.0. - Gateway address is 0.0.0.0. • Eclipse 1620 SAN Router: - System addresses: • MAC address is - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 254
is 0.0.0.0. • External IP address is 0.0.0.0. • Internal IP address is 0.0.0.0. Task 7: Plan SNMP Support (Optional) As an option, network administrators can use the SAN management application to configure an SNMP agent are installed. 6-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 255
workstations. Task 8: Plan E-Mail Notification (Optional) As an option, network administrators can configure director and fabric switch e-mail support. The following support considerations are required if the e-mail notification feature is used: • Determine if e-mail notification is to be configured - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 256
network administrator at the management server may require voice technical support through a telephone connection. • A service representative may need to connect to the management server through fabric elements in a multiswitch fabric. 6-12 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 257
Configuration Planning Tasks 6 Part of this task may have been performed when the configuration was determined. It might be helpful to draw the configuration diagram. Indicate distances in the diagram if necessary. Transfer information from the configuration diagram to the product planning worksheet - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 258
Names and Nicknames). In addition, indicate all unused ports. Retain the planning worksheet as part of a permanent record. 6-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 259
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 1 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone Configuration Planning - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 260
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 IP Address 6-16 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual Zone - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 261
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 3 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone Configuration Planning - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 262
65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 IP Address Zone 6-18 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 263
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 5 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone Configuration Planning - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 264
105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 IP Address Zone 6-20 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 265
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 7 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 266
145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 IP Address Zone 6-22 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 267
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 9 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 268
185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 IP Address Zone 6-24 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 269
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 11 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 270
225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 IP Address Zone 6-26 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 271
Product Planning Worksheet (Page 13 of 13) Switch Name Attached Devices IP Address Unit Name Port Port Name Location Type Model 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 Configuration Planning Tasks 6 IP Address Zone Configuration Planning - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 272
operate at 47 to 63 Hz, 100 to 240 VAC, and require a minimum dedicated 5-ampere service. If two power sources are supplied (optional but recommended for high availability), the equipment cabinet contains Fabricenter equipment cabinet. 6-28 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 273
number of fabric elements, characteristics of attached devices, cost, nondisruptive growth requirements, and service requirements. Refer to Fabric Topologies, Planning for Multiswitch Fabric Support, and General Fabric Design Considerations for detailed information. When two or more fabric elements - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 274
, zoning by WWN is recommended. NOTE: SAN routers do not support port number zoning. • Zoning implications for a multiswitch fabric - To for multiswitch fabrics. Obtain planning assistance from McDATA's professional services organization before implementing a zoning feature. 6-30 McDATA Products - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 275
LAN connections and cabling; and power requirements. The following router-specific factors should also be considered: • Management server support - At each location that requires server support for one or more SAN routers, consider the following: - The 10/100 Base-T Ethernet management port on each - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 276
1620 SAN Router supports Ethernet RJ-45 connectors or SFP optical mode is expected to support synchronous remote data be determined or obtained from the network service provider. If the IP WAN link in reduced link throughput. To prevent this problem, enable rate limiting to ensure the ingress data - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 277
with a negotiated service level agreement (SLA). Ensure the SLA specifies the link availability, peak available bandwidth, latency, security level, monitoring level, packet loss, and mean time to repair (MTTR). • Intelligent port addresses - Each intelligent port that supports Internet Fibre Channel - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 278
Configuration Planning Tasks 6 Task 18: Complete Planning Checklists As a guide for planning tasks, complete the planning checklists under this task. Checklists provide detailed planning includes the task owner, due date, and comments. 6-34 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 279
lines. Order and deliver Ethernet and fiber-optic cables with appropriate connectors. Cables must support Fibre Channel network, management network, and IP WAN network (if SAN routing is supported) connectivity. Order the Fabricenter cabinet with one or more McDATA managed products. Order Fibre - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 280
supported for directors and fabric switches only. If SAN routing is supported supported, an SLA must be negotiated with a network service provider to ensure reliable IP WAN transport service Add host name to domain name service (DNS) database. Determine what addressing to support iFCP connectivity. - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 281
. Define the fabric topology (mesh, core-to-edge, or fabric (SAN) island). Define the distance extension operational mode and transport technology. To support SAN routing, determine how zoning information is synchronized between a SAN router and attached fabrics. Configuration Planning Tasks 6-37 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 282
ports. Enable and configure optional feature keys. Configure link incident alerts. Configure Ethernet events. Task Owner Due Date Comments If SAN routing is supported, configure extended distance ports in accordance with IP WAN requirements. 6-38 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 283
A Product Specifications This appendix lists specifications for McDATA directors, fabric switches, storage area network (SAN) Routers, and the FC-512 Fabricenter equipment cabinet. Director, Fabric Switch, and SAN Router Specifications This section lists specifications (dimensions, weight, power - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 284
: 4.1 centimeters (1.6 inches) or 1 rack unit Width: 43.7 centimeters (17.2 inches) Depth: 39.4 centimeters (15.5 inches) Weight: 6.8 kilograms (15.0 pounds) A-2 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 285
Product Specifications Eclipse 1620 SAN Router: Height: 4.1 centimeters (1.6 inches) or 1 rack unit. Width: 43.7 centimeters (17.2 inches). Depth: 45.7 centimeters (18.0 inches). Weight: 5.9 kilograms (13.0 pounds). Eclipse 2640 SAN Router: Height: 4.1 centimeters (1.6 inches) or 1 rack unit. Width - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 286
: Input voltage: 100 to 240 VAC. Input current: 0.95 amps at 208 VAC. Input frequency: 47 to 63 Hz. A-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 287
the following cooling airflow clearances. In addition, the Intrepid 10000 Director may require removal from an equipment cabinet (left-side service clearance required) for FRU removal and replacement. Intrepid 6064 and 10000 Directors: Right and left side: 5.1 centimeters (2.0 inches). Front and - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 288
requirements for storing and shipping McDATA products. Protective packaging must be provided for all domestic and international shipping methods. A-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 289
(3,048 meters). FC-512 Fabricenter Cabinet Specifications This section lists specifications (dimensions, weight, power requirements, cooling airflow clearances, and service clearances) for the FC-512 Fabricenter equipment cabinet. An illustration of the cabinet footprint is also provided (Figure - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 290
to 63 Hz. Clearances The Fabricenter cabinet has the following cooling airflow and service clearances. Cooling airflow clearances: Right and left side: No clearance required. Front and rear: ). 5. Power cable cutout (one). A-8 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 291
Product Specifications Figure A-1 Fabricenter Cabinet Footprint Product Specifications A-9 - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 292
Product Specifications A-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 293
B Firmware Summary This appendix summarizes differences and similarities between the Enterprise Operating System, classic (E/OSc) for Intrepid 6000-series directors and Sphereon-series fabric switches; Enterprise Operating System, nScale (E/OSn) for the Intrepid 10000 Director; and Enterprise - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 294
functionality is supported. IML functionality card upgrade (directors supported. only) CTP card supported. Four load-sharing active switching module (SWM) cards supported paddles are supported, but Fibre support 10.2000 Gbps port operation not 10.2000 Gbps port operation available. supported - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 295
where dd is the switch domain ID and xx is hexadecimal 13. Exchange switch support (ESS) sequence transmission ESS not transmitted until fabric shortest path first (FSPF) algorithm obtains best hop to target domain. E/OSn 6.0 E/OSi 4.6 N_Port ID assigned based on port number. Device attached to - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 296
supported. staging The Intrepid 10000 Director supports E_Port overloading. E_Port staging not supported. ESS payload processing and number zoning not supported. Registered state supported. Hop count restriction Hop count of up to three is supported. support SW_ILS ESC sequence not supported - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 297
the director to be transmitted. This delay during route reprogramming prevents frames being sent out of order. Reroute delay not supported. Switch internal link services (SW_ILS) during fabric build SW_ILS sequences transmitted on up to eight interswitch links (ISLs) per neighbor switch. SW_ILS - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 298
FlexPorts, FICON CUP zoning, full volatility, full fabric, and NPIV. PFE keys supported: Element Manager, SANtegrity binding, FMS, remote fabric, and FlexPars (last two . FICON management style (with associated PDCM array) not supported. B-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 299
to a redundant CTP card configuration. FICON management style (with associated PDCM array) not supported. Full volatility support Full volatility supported through PFE key. Full volatility always supported because the Intrepid 10000 Director does not persistently store data frame contents on any - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 300
Port grouping (port cards or LIMs) not supported. Online state behavior Product online or offline is not blocking state. blocked. Port reset supported for Eclipse 2640 intelligent ports (13 to defaults to Unknown. Port List View not supported by the SANvergence Manager application. However, - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 301
Feature E/OSc 8.0 E/OSn 6.0 E/OSi 4.6 Special port states and reason codes Port state Inactive with special reason codes Reserved and InvalidOTPConfig not supported. Logical port addresses FE and FF forced offline and placed in special state Inactive with reason code Reserved if FICON CUP is - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 302
through the SANvergence Manager application. The application supports an APP log that is functionally equivalent to the EFCM Audit log. In addition, the Element Manager application has an Audit log independent of SANvergence Manager. B-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 303
Setting is stored on the management server, not the product. Setting is backed up by the server backup process. FICON management style not supported through the SANvergence Manager application. LED status indicators For director CTP and SBAR card LEDs: Green LED indicates active or standby. Amber - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 304
Firmware Summary B-12 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 305
default network address 6-9 security features 1-31 serviceability features 1-32 arbitrated loop topology description 3-2 configure at Element Manager 1-30, 4-50 description 1-30, 4-49 extended distance support 1-29 full fabric feature 5-38 Intrepid 10000 Director 4-50 remote fabric feature 5- - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 306
planning considerations 6-3 port requirements 5-2 call-home support description 1-33 telephone connection 6-12 CD-RW tasks 6-36 planning and hardware installation tasks 6-35 class of service Class 2 1-8 Class 3 1-8 Class F 1-8 clearances directors Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 307
performance features 1-7 product overview 1-2 security features 1-31 serviceability features 1-32 specifications A-1 disaster recovery IP versus storage remote data replication 4-38 port configuration 5-6 remote fabric feature 5-39 support 1-29 transport technology dark fiber 4-39 IP 4-45 SONET/SDH - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 308
) 2-19 feature key description 5-39 Hardware view 2-16 e-mail notification description 1-33 support planning 6-11 Enterprise Fabric mode 5-19 environment operating A-7 shipping A-6 storage A-6 EON 38 synchronous remote data replication 4-38 I-4 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 309
port configuration 5-6 remote fabric feature 5-39 support 1-29 transport technology dark fiber 4-39 IP 4-45 SONET/SDH 1-14 performance features 1-15 product overview 1-2 security features 1-31 serviceability features 1-32 specifications A-1 Fabricenter cabinet footprint A-8 illustration 1-4 product - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 310
support 6-6 firmware application services 2-12 E/OSc description 2-11 E/OSi description 2-12 E/OSn description 2-11 fabric services 2-13 Fibre Channel protocol services 2-12 loop services 2-13 network services technology 1-9, 1-10, 1-12 I-6 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 311
25 routing domain 4-25 iSCSI protocol description 4-59 initiators 4-59 server consolidation 4-60 storage consolidation 4-61 targets 4-59 ISL bandwidth 3-22 large fabric support 3-30 limitations 3-20 oversubscription 3-32 path selection 3-25 port fencing 1-36 preventing oversubscription 3-33 J jumbo - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 312
-bandwidth ISLs 3-30 high-port count directors 3-30 problems 4-3 laser transceiver description 5-4 restrictions 5-5 SFP transceiver mFCP protocol 4-20 proxy Domain_ID 30 4-18 routing domain 4-18 supported limits 4-21 multimode cabling 50/125 5-7 62.5/125 5-7 in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 313
37 OSMS 5-35 remote fabric 5-39 SANtegrity Authentication 5-36 SANtegrity Binding 5-36 OSMS feature description 5-35 introduction 2-5 plan console support 6-6 Index out-of-band product management command line interface 2-3 EFCM 2-2 EFCM Basic Edition interface 2-3 EFCM Lite application 2-3 Element - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 314
Index plan SAN routing 6-31 plan SNMP support 6-10 plan zone sets 6-30 prepare a site plan 6-2 1-5 SANvergence Manager application 1-5 security features 1-31 serviceability features 1-32 protocol intermix best practices 3-47 fabric 4-14 I-10 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 315
4-15 operation 4-11 RADIUS server support 5-18 rate limiting description 4-26 4-4 SAN routing 4-8 description 3-18 problems 4-2 SAN management application EFCM application 25 router fabric manager 4-15 router name server 4-19 serviceability features 1-32 specifications A-1 zoning append IPS zones 4- - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 316
16 PCP user database 5-17 RADIUS server support 5-18 security log 5-18 SSH protocol 5-18 support planning 6-30 SANtegrity Binding feature description 5-19 access control 5-29 SNMP connectivity 5-13 serviceability features 1-32 SFP optical transceiver description in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 317
transport 4-46 description 4-38 latency limitations 4-38 WDM transport 4-47 T tape device consolidation 3-13 telephone connection call-home support 6-12 service support 6-12 Tier 1 fabric connections 3-17 Tier 2 fabric connections 3-18 Tier 3 fabric connections 3-18 topology arbitrated loop topology - HP StorageWorks 2/140 | FW 08.01.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment Plannin - Page 318
) 4-16 zone sets 5-27 zoning policy (SAN routers) append IPS zones 4-17 implementing 4-34 no zone synchronization 4-16 I-14 McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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