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
Configuration Planning Tasks
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Task 1: Prepare a Site Plan
For each director, switch, or equipment rack installed, design a site plan that
provides efficient work flow, operator convenience and safety, and adequate
service clearances for the equipment rack.
A customer manager should review the site plan with a service representative and
consider:
■ Location and relationship of the physical facilities, such as walls, doors,
windows, partitions, furniture, and telephones.
■ Proximity of the director or switch to servers and storage peripherals, and if a
multi-switch fabric is to be enabled, proximity of participating fabric elements
to each other.
■ Location of at least one analog phone line to aid in installation and
serviceability.
■ Availability of Ethernet local area network (LAN) connections and cabling to
support remote user workstation and simple network management protocol
(SNMP) management station access. Remote user and SNMP workstations
are optional.
■ Equipment rack locations, Ethernet cabling, and the Internet Protocol (IP)
addressing scheme to support optional rack interconnection and HAFM
appliance consolidation.
■ Power requirements, including an optional uninterruptable power supply
(UPS).
■ Lengths of power cables and location of electrical outlets (for directors,
switches, and the HAFM appliance) having the proper phase, voltage,
amperage, and ground connection.
WARNING: An insulated grounding conductor identical in size, insulating
material, and thickness to the grounded and ungrounded branch-circuit
supply conductors (except it is green, with or without one or more yellow
stripes) shall be installed as part of the branch circuit supplying the product.
The grounding conductor described shall be connected to ground at the
product, or if supplied by a separately derived system, at the supply
transformer or motor generator. The plug receptacles near the product shall
all be a grounding type, and grounding conductors serving these receptacles
shall be connected to ground at the product.