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 3: Consider Interoperability with Fabric Elements and End
Devices
HP conducts a substantial level of testing to ensure director and switch
interoperability with fabric elements and end devices provided by multiple
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). New devices are tested and qualified
on a continual basis. Contact your HP representative for the latest information
about fabric element, server, host bus adapter (HBA), and device interoperability.
Consider whether to set the director or switch to Open Systems management style
or FICON management style. This setting affects only the management style used
to manage the product; it does not affect port operation. Open-systems
interconnection (OSI) devices can communicate with each other if the product is
set to FICON management style, and Fibre Connection (FICON) devices can
communicate with each other if the product is set to Open Systems management
style.
Be aware that:
■ When a director or switch is set to Open Systems management style, a
traditional Fibre Channel fabric consisting of multiple domains (fabric
elements) is supported. Inband management through the open-systems
management server (OSMS) is also supported.
■ When a director or switch is set to FICON management style, only a single
domain (fabric element) is supported. Inband management through the
FICON management server (FMS) is also supported. When operating in
FICON management style, ports are set to F_Port operation, thus eliminating
E_Port, ISL, and multiswitch fabric capabilities.
Note: If the FICON management server feature is enabled, the default management
style is FICON. Open Systems management style cannot be enabled.