HP StorageWorks 4000 Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con
HP StorageWorks 4000 - RAID Array Manual
 |
View all HP StorageWorks 4000 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
HP StorageWorks 4000 manual content summary:
- HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 1
Supported 12 Upgrading from Single Controller Solutions 13 Windows NT 4.0 Installation Instructions 13 NetWare Installation Instructions 13 RA4000 Configuration 14 Array Configuration Utility ........14 Fibre Fault Isolation Utility........15 Compaq Redundancy Manager (NT 16 Compaq RAID Array - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 2
IntraNetWare, NDS, and Novell Directory Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Copyright ©1999 Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration White - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 3
3 Fibre Channel Storage System to RAID Array 4000 The Compaq StorageWorks RAID Array 4000 (RA4000), formerly the Fibre Channel implemented redundant controller support for both the RA4000 and the FCSS for Windows NT 4.0 and NetWare 4.x and 5.x. Redundant controller support allows for dual - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 4
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 4 Gigabit Interface to 10 kilometers of 9-micron, single-mode fiber optic cable. GBIC-LW are not currently supported on Microsoft Cluster Server configurations. Note: GBICs on both ends of any Fibre Channel cable link must - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 5
capable of supporting: • Up to 11 RA4000s per hub. • Up to 132 spindles per server slot. • Up to 3.2 TB per server slot. • Interconnect distances up to 500 meters per link using GBIC-SW. • Interconnect distances up to 10 kilometers per link using GBIC-LW. RAID Array 4000 The RAID Array 4000 (RA4000 - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 6
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage included on SmartStart 4.3 or later. 3. If you are using Microsoft Windows NT (either clustered or nonclustered installations), purchase the Compaq will take over, notify the system administrator of the problem, and maintain operation of the storage subsystem. Unplanned - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 7
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 7 Configuration Scenarios System /Single Controller. The system contains two servers and one controller per RA4000 running Microsoft Cluster Server or NetWare High Availability Server. There is no storage system redundancy - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 8
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 8 Single Server/Single Controller Figure Options ROMPaq. It is provided on the Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD 4.30 or later that is shipped with the Compaq StorageWorks RA4000 and RA4000 Redundant Controller. 0206-0699 - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 9
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 9 Dual Servers/Single Controller Figure 2. RA4000 Storage System with Dual Server/Single Controller Customers who only require a system with a single array controller, may want the flexibility of a system with two servers. - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 10
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 10 Single Server/Dual . 4. Connect a Fibre Channel Storage Hub to each Fibre Channel Host Adapter. 5. Insert a GBIC into each array controller at the RA4000(s). Use a GBIC-SW if the connection to the hub is 500 meters or less, - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 11
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 11 6. Connect each RA4000 to ROMPaq. It is provided on the Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD 4.30 or later that is shipped with the Compaq StorageWorks RA4000 and RA4000 Redundant Controller. Dual Servers/Dual Controllers - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 12
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 12 IMPORTANT: One Fibre Channel link per array controller is is provided on the Compaq SmartStart and Support Software CD 4.30 or later that is shipped with the Compaq StorageWorks RA4000 and RA4000 Redundant Controller. Firmware - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 13
RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 13 The following operating systems can support the RA4000 in a dual controller configuration: • Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Edition, Version 4.0, provides Clustering Services 4.0 Installation Instructions To install - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 14
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 14 4. Boot to DOS on the server Support Software CD and uses a graphical interface to streamline configuration of RA4000s. The ACU contains intuitive online configuration wizards that provide guided paths for complete array - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 15
RAID Array 4000 drive being configured at any given time. To eliminate that problem, the ACU flashes all three LED indicators on the support tools found on the SmartStart and Support Software CD: • The Fibre Channel Troubleshooting Guide • The Fibre Fault Isolation Utility The troubleshooting guide - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 16
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 16 Compaq Redundancy Manager (NT) The set as Active and the next path as Standby. However, the Redundancy Manager can be manually configured to have Active/Active paths to allow load balancing of the system and to utilize multiple - HP StorageWorks 4000 | Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Con - Page 17
Compaq RAID Array 4000 Storage System: Deployment and Configuration 17 Load Balancing (NT traffic to each RA4000 and all of the logical drives on it. Using different paths to each array increases performance by decreasing the workload of the Fibre Channel Host Adapter. Figure 5. Load Balancing
-
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8
-
9
-
10
-
11
-
12
-
13
-
14
-
15
-
16
-
17
 |
 |
White Paper
July 1999
0206-0699
Prepared by Storage Products
Division
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Fibre Channel Storage
System to RAID Array 4000
........
3
The RA4000 Storage System
......
3
Fibre Channel Host Adapter
......
3
Gigabit Interface Converters
......
4
Fibre Channel Storage Hubs
.....
4
RAID Array 4000
........................
5
RA4000 Controller
.....................
5
Deploying the RA4000
.................
6
Upgrading from FCSS to
RA4000
......................................
6
Configuration Scenarios
............
7
Single Server/Single
Controller
...................................
8
Dual Servers/Single
Controller
...................................
9
Single Server/Dual
Controllers
...............................
10
Dual Servers/Dual
Controllers
...............................
11
Firmware
....................................
12
Operating Systems
Supported
..................................
12
Upgrading from Single
Controller Solutions
..................
13
Windows NT 4.0 Installation
Instructions
..............................
13
NetWare Installation
Instructions
..............................
13
RA4000 Configuration
...............
14
Array Configuration Utility
........
14
Fibre Fault Isolation Utility
........
15
Compaq Redundancy
Manager (NT)
..........................
16
Compaq RAID Array 4000
Storage System: Deployment
and Configuration
Abstract:
As the performance of processors and peripherals
improves and companies increasingly move to distributed
architectures while consolidating servers, the company's
administrators generate high-speed and data intensive network
applications. As a result, interconnects between servers and the I/O
devices they support have become a management bottleneck.
Fibre Channel storage solutions shatter distance, connectivity,
capacity, and bandwidth limitations of SCSI. Fibre Channel allows
highly scalable, high-performance storage solutions for the most
demanding applications. Compaq believes Fibre Channel is the best
interconnect technology choice for future storage solutions and has
developed the RAID Array 4000 (RA4000) Storage System, which is
based on this technology.
This paper describes how to:
Upgrade an existing single controller Fibre Channel Storage
System to the dual controller RA4000
Install an RA4000 with either single or dual controllers
Deploy full redundancy with either a Fibre Channel Storage
System or an RA4000
For more information on Fibre Channel technology, go to