HP StorageWorks B-Series Remote Replication Solution Best Practices Guide (5697-6731, June 2007)

Contents
Aboutthisguide .......................... 7
Intendedaudience...................................... 7
Relateddocumentation.................................... 7
Documentconventionsandsymbols .............................. 7
Rackstability ........................................ 8
HPwebsites......................................... 8
Documentationfeedback ................................... 9
1Overview ............................ 11
2Hardwareandsoftwareconsiderations................ 13
HPStorageWorksstoragearrays............................... 13
Requiredcomponents ................................... 13
HPsoftware...................................... 13
HPhardware ..................................... 14
Optionalcomponents ................................... 14
Solutioncomponentsrequirementsandconsiderations...................... 15
HPStorageWorks400Multi-ProtocolRouter/MPRouterblade ................ 15
HPB-SeriesSANinfrastructure(switches/directors) ..................... 15
HPStorageWorks4x00/6x00/8x00EVAfamily...................... 15
HPStorageWorksContinuousAccesssoftware....................... 16
3 Solution setup overview ...................... 17
Solution configurationconcepts ............................... 17
B-Series fibre channel-to-fibrechannelrouting ....................... 17
MetaSANs...................................... 17
Backbonefabric.................................... 18
LSANzoning ..................................... 18
EdgefabricviewofaMetaSAN............................. 19
MetaSANdesignconsiderations ............................ 20
FibrechanneloverInternetProtocol(FCIP)......................... 20
Backbonefabriclimitations ............................... 21
Sample topologies and confi gurations ............................ 22
400MPRouterandMPRouterbladefabricarchitecture................... 22
Continuous Access EVA configurations .......................... 23
OverallSetupPlan..................................... 27
4Solutionsetup.......................... 29
ConfiguringFCIPontheHPStorageWorks400MPRouter/MPRouterblade............ 29
ConfiguringFibreChannelrouting(FCR) ........................... 32
HP StorageWorks Continuous Access con fi gurationprocedure .................. 33
Diskgroup ...................................... 33
DRgroups ...................................... 33
DRgrouplog..................................... 34
HPclustertechnologiesfordisaster-tolerantsolutions ...................... 34
HPServiceguard.................................... 34
HPStorageworksClusterExtensionEVA.......................... 34
HPMetrocluster/HPContinentalclusters.......................... 35
B-Series remote replication solution
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