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
202 SAN High Availability Planning Guide
H
HAFM appliance
supported applications 43
HAFM application
GUI 51
introduction 40
hard drive 44
Hardware View
FRUs 55
Hardware view
description 54
help, obtaining 17
heterogeneous fabric 81
high-availability
director 22
fabric availability 105
fabric topology 80
high-integrity fabrics 124
hop count
limit 81
HP
authorized reseller 17
storage web site 17
technical support 17
hybrid topology 60
I
I/O block size 100
I/O profile 100
I/O traffic requirements 99
iFCP protocol
description 121
illustration 122
inband management access methods 41
inband product management
feature keys 164
incorporating switching products 59
introduction
director 24, 25
IP address
director default 183
HAFM appliance default 183
iSCSI protocol
description 122
illustration 123
ISL
oversubscription 101
ISLs
maximum number 81
J
joined fabric zoning configurations 89
L
latency
director 23
limit
hop count 81
load balancing 83
locality
device 102
loop
private 68
public 67
round-trip time 71
service rate 71
utilization 71
loop switch
mode
shared 63
switched 64, 69, 72
private device 66
private loop 68
public device 65
public loop 67
loop tenancies, number of 71
looplet 72
M
MAC address
director default 183
HAFM appliancedefault 183