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
204 SAN High Availability Planning Guide
tuning 104
planning
capacity 74
fabric-attached loop connectivity 75
Fibre Channel fabric topology 99
multiswitch fabric support 80
point-to-point connectivity 62
private arbitrated loop connectivity 69
planning considerations 59
planning tasks
assign port names and nicknames 190
complete planning worksheet 191
consider interoperability with end devices
179
diagram planned configuration 189
establish security measures 187
plan AC power 195
plan console management support 180
plan e-mail notification 186
plan Ethernet access 182
plan fiber-optic cable routing 178
plan multiswitch fabric 196
plan network addresses 183
plan phone connections 188
plan SNMP support 185
plan zone sets 197
prepare a site plan 173
point-to-point connectivity
planning 62
point-to-point typology
overview 60
preferred path
description 151
principal switch selection 85
private arbitrated loop topology 69
private device 66
private loop 68
product
software 50
product features, overview 34
product management
FICON 42
FMS 42
inband access 41
OSMS 41
profile
I/O 100
public arbitrated loop typology 75
public device 65
public loop 67
R
rack stability, warning 16
RAM 44
ration, fan-out 103
read/write mixture 100
redundant fabric 106
related documentation 12
remote user workstations
PC Platforms 45
Unix workstations 45
requirements
I/O profile 100
I/O traffic 99
restore
HAFM data directory 49
NVRAM configuration 49
ring fabric topology 92
RJ-45 connector 44
round-trip time, loop 71
RS-232 maintenance port 37
S
SANtegrity Binding feature
description 148, 166
Enterprise Fabric mode 166
planning considerations 149, 167
scalable fabric 107
security features 35
Audit log tracking 35
passwords 35
port blocking 35
SANtegrity Binding 36, 148, 166