FW V06.XX/HAFM SW V08.02.00 HP StorageWorks SAN High Availability Planning Guide (AA-RS2DD-TE, July 2004)
Table Of Contents
- SAN HA Planning Guide
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Introduction to HP Fibre Channel Products
- Product Management
- Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies
- Fibre Channel Topologies
- Planning for Point-to-Point Connectivity
- Characteristics of Arbitrated Loop Operation
- Planning for Private Arbitrated Loop Connectivity
- Planning for Fabric-Attached Loop Connectivity
- Planning for Multi-Switch Fabric Support
- Fabric Topologies
- Planning a Fibre Channel Fabric Topology
- Fabric Topology Design Considerations
- FICON Cascading
- Physical Planning Considerations
- Port Connectivity and Fiber-Optic Cabling
- HAFM Appliance, LAN, and Remote Access Support
- Inband Management Access (Optional)
- Security Provisions
- Optional Features
- Configuration Planning Tasks
- Task 1: Prepare a Site Plan
- Task 2: Plan Fibre Channel Cable Routing
- 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 HAFM Appliance Security Measures
- Task 10: Plan Phone Connections
- Task 11: Diagram the Planned Configuration
- Task 12: Assign Port Names and Nicknames
- Task 13: Complete the Planning Worksheet
- Task 14: Plan AC Power
- Task 15: Plan a Multi-Switch Fabric (Optional)
- Task 16: Plan Zone Sets for Multiple Products (Optional)
- Index
Planning Considerations for Fibre Channel Topologies
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incompatible list is isolated from the fabric. Membership list data
eliminates duplicate domain IDs and other address conflicts and ensures a
consistent, unified behavior across the fabric.
■ Switch binding — Switch binding allows only specified devices and fabric
elements to connect to specified director or switch ports.
■ Insistent domain ID — When enabled through the Enterprise Fabric Mode
dialog box, this parameter ensures duplicate domain IDs are not used within a
fabric. It also ensures a fabric element cannot automatically change its domain
ID when a director or switch with a duplicate domain ID attempts to join the
fabric. The invalid (duplicate domain ID) fabric element is rejected, and
intentional user intervention is required to change the domain ID to a valid
number.
For additional information about the SANtegrity Binding feature, refer to
“SANtegrity Binding” on page 148.
Minimum Requirements
The following are minimum hardware, firmware, and software requirements to
configure and enable a FICON-cascaded SAN:
■ A single-vendor switching environment with two or more of
the following Directors or Edge Switches:
— Director 2/64 or 2/140 .
— Edge Switch 2/16 or 2/32.
■ Enterprise Operating System (E/OS) firmware version 4.0 or later must be
installed on all directors or switches. E/OS firmware version 6.0 is
recommended. All fabric elements must be at the same firmware version
level.
■ The SANtegrity Binding feature key must be installed and enabled on all
directors and switches. Enterprise Fabric Mode must also be enabled on all
fabric elements.
■ HAFM Version 6.3 or later must be installed on the director or switch
management server. HAFM Version 8.02 is recommended.
■ One or more of the following IBM servers with FICON or FICON Express™
channel adapter cards:
— eServer zSeries 800 (z800) processor.
— eServer zSeries 900 (z900) processor.