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
Index
200 SAN High Availability Planning Guide
core-to-edge fabric topology 95
D
data access type 100
data collection 37
data transmission distance
FCIP protocol 120
iFCP protocol 121
iSCSI protocol 122
WAN extension 119
default
director network addresses 183
HAFM appliance network addresses 183
definition
arbitrated loop 20
director 2/64 20
FC-AL switch 20
description
fabric switch 28
software 50
design considerations
fabric topology 109
device
looplet 72
Tier 1 98
Tier 2 98
Tier 3 98
device fan-out ratio 103
device locality 102
device, private 66
device, public 65
director
bandwidth 22
consolidating servers 77
consolidating tape drives 78
definition 20
description 22
high availability 22
overview 24, 25
performance 22
service class support 23
supported topologies 23
disk drive 44
distance requirements 82
document
conventions 13
related documentation 12
domain ID
assignment 86
dual fabric 106
dual-fabric solution 106
E
E_Port segmentation 88
Edge Switch 2/12
description 28
Edge Switch 2/16
description 29, 31
Edge Switch 2/32
description 32
Element Manager application 54
feature key description 169
Hardware view 54
Embedded Web Server interface 56
Enterprise Fabric mode 166
equipment symbols 14
Ethernet adapters 44
EWS interface 56
extended distance
support 34
F
fabric
availability 105
cascaded 91
core-to-edge 95
dual 106
elements 81
fabric island 98
fabric typology 99
heterogeneous 81
high-availability 105
mesh 93