HP StorageWorks 2/24 FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Products in a SAN Env - Page 279
Task 17: Plan SAN Routing (Optional), Management server support, Auto Negotiate
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Configuration Planning Tasks 6 Task 17: Plan SAN Routing (Optional) If a routed SAN is to be implemented, carefully plan metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN) connectivity and the integration of SAN routers with standard fibre channel fabric elements. Ensure basic requirements for physical SAN routers are incorporated in the site plan(s) developed while performing Task 1: Prepare a Site Plan. Plan equipment cabinet locations; availability and location of Ethernet 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 SAN router provides out-of-band connectivity to the management server. Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) intelligent ports on each SAN router provide inband IP network connectivity to transmit storage traffic. The management port and intelligent ports require network address configuration, including an IP address and subnet mask. It is recommended the management port be configured on a separate subnet from intelligent ports. - The SANvergence Manager application (management server resident) and Element Manager application (router resident) use SNMP and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to communicate. To ensure communication, Java runtime environment j2re-1_4_2_01-windows-i586-iftw.exe (or later) must be installed on the management server. The software is downloaded from http://java.sun.com. - The management server port communicating with a SAN router must be set to Auto Negotiate to ensure viable server-to-router communication. • Fibre Channel network connections - At each location, fiber-optic cables with appropriate connectors must be routed between Fibre Channel elements (storage devices, servers, directors, and fabric switches) and the SAN router. Eclipse-series SAN routers support small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers with LC duplex connectors. Configuration Planning Tasks 6-31