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
Physical Planning Considerations
133SAN High Availability Planning Guide
■ Director 2/140 — The director is configured from a minimum of 16 universal
port module (UPM) cards (64 ports total) to a maximum of 35 UPM cards
(140 ports total).
UPM cards provide four 2.125 Gbps port connections and can be configured
with shortwave transceivers, longwave transceivers, and extended longwave
transceivers or a combination of all three.
■ Edge Switch 2/12 — The switch provides up to 12 duplex SFP fiber-optic
port transceivers (2.125 Gbps operation only). Shortwave laser, longwave
laser, and extended longwave transceivers are available.
■ Edge Switch 2/16 — The switch provides up to 16 duplex small form factor
pluggable (SFP) fiber-optic port transceivers (2.125 Gbps operation only).
Shortwave laser, longwave laser, and extended longwave transceivers are
available.
■ Edge Switch 2/24 — The switch provides up to 24 duplex SFP fiber-optic
port transceivers (2.125 Gbps operation only). Shortwave laser, longwave
laser, and extended longwave transceivers are available.
■ Edge Switch 2/32 — The switch provides up to 32 duplex SFP fiber-optic
port transceivers (2.125 Gbps operation only). Shortwave laser, longwave
laser, and extended longwave transceivers are available.
Optical Transceivers
Shortwave optical transceivers provide a connection for multimode cable with a
core diameter of 50 microns and a cladding diameter of 125 microns (50/125) or
multimode cable with a core diameter of 62.50 microns and a cladding diameter
of 125 microns (62.5/125). A 50/125 micron cable allows a maximum
switch-to-device or switch-to-switch distance of up to 300 meters at a 2.125 Gbps
data transmission speed. A 62.5/125 micron cable allows a maximum
switch-to-device or switch-to-switch distance of up to 150 meters at a 2.125 Gbps
data transmission speed.
A 62.5 micron cable is supported only for the use of existing cable plants. HP
recommends the use of 50 micron cables for new installations.
Longwave optical transceivers provide a connection for single-mode cable with a
core diameter of 9 microns and a cladding diameter of 125 microns (9/125).
Depending on transceiver type, a 9/125 micron cable allows switch-to-device or
switch-to-switch distances of 10, 20, or 35 kilometers.
HP supplies cables for 10 and 35 kilometers. For longer distances, you need Fibre
Channel repeaters or wave division multiplexing (WDM) devices.