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...WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Trademark Information EMC2, EMC, CLARiiON, Navisphere, PowerPath, and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and Access Logix, FLARE, MirrorView, Powerlink, SAN Copy, SnapView, and TimeFinder are the property of its publication date. ...information is accurate as of their respective owners. Published November, 2004 EMC believes the information in this publication is subject to change without notice. ii EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide THE INFORMATION IN THIS ...
...WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Trademark Information EMC2, EMC, CLARiiON, Navisphere, PowerPath, and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and Access Logix, FLARE, MirrorView, Powerlink, SAN Copy, SnapView, and TimeFinder are the property of its publication date. ...information is accurate as of their respective owners. Published November, 2004 EMC believes the information in this publication is subject to change without notice. ii EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide THE INFORMATION IN THIS ...
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...-System Installations 1-13 About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks 1-14 Storage Groups 1-15 Chapter 2 RAID Types and Trade-offs Introducing RAID 2-2 Disk Striping 2-2 Mirroring 2-2 RAID Groups and LUNs 2-3 RAID Types 2-4 RAID 5 Group (Individual Access Array 2-4 RAID 3 Group (Parallel Access Array 2-5 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide...
...-System Installations 1-13 About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks 1-14 Storage Groups 1-15 Chapter 2 RAID Types and Trade-offs Introducing RAID 2-2 Disk Striping 2-2 Mirroring 2-2 RAID Groups and LUNs 2-3 RAID Types 2-4 RAID 5 Group (Individual Access Array 2-4 RAID 3 Group (Parallel Access Array 2-5 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide...
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... and Benefits 4-13 MirrorView Planning Worksheet 4-15 What Is MirrorView/A 4-17 MirrorView/A Example 4-18 MirrorView/A Features and Benefits 4-19 MirrorView/A Planning Worksheets 4-22 What Is EMC SAN Copy 4-24 iv EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide
... and Benefits 4-13 MirrorView Planning Worksheet 4-15 What Is MirrorView/A 4-17 MirrorView/A Example 4-18 MirrorView/A Features and Benefits 4-19 MirrorView/A Planning Worksheets 4-22 What Is EMC SAN Copy 4-24 iv EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide
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... Features and Benefits 4-27 Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances ....... 4-28 SAN Copy Planning Worksheet 4-30 Chapter 5 Planning File Systems and LUNs Multiple Paths to LUNs 5-2 Disk IDs 5-2 Sample Shared Switched Installation 5-2 Sample Unshared Direct Installation 5-5 ... Guidelines ...... 6-11 Fibre Channel Front-End Hardware Planning Worksheets .... 6-12 Chapter 7 iSCSI Configuration Storage System iSCSI Data Port Worksheet 7-2 iSCSI Initiator Port Worksheet 7-3 Index ...i-1 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide v
... Features and Benefits 4-27 Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances ....... 4-28 SAN Copy Planning Worksheet 4-30 Chapter 5 Planning File Systems and LUNs Multiple Paths to LUNs 5-2 Disk IDs 5-2 Sample Shared Switched Installation 5-2 Sample Unshared Direct Installation 5-5 ... Guidelines ...... 6-11 Fibre Channel Front-End Hardware Planning Worksheets .... 6-12 Chapter 7 iSCSI Configuration Storage System iSCSI Data Port Worksheet 7-2 iSCSI Initiator Port Worksheet 7-3 Index ...i-1 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide v
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...Initiator and Target 1-4 1-3 Switch and Point-to -Point Connections 1-11 1-9 Types of Storage-System Installation 1-13 1-10 Components of a SAN 1-14 1-11 Sample Shared Storage Configuration 1-16 1-12 Data Access Control with Shared Storage 1-17 2-1 Multiple LUNs in a RAID Group...SAN Copy Sessions Between Storage Systems 4-26 4-6 Sample SAN Copy Over IP Configuration 4-29 5-1 Sample Shared Switched Storage Configuration 5-3 5-2 Unshared Direct Storage System 5-5 6-1 Types of Fibre Channel Storage-System Installations 6-2 6-2 CX700 Storage System 6-4 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i...
...Initiator and Target 1-4 1-3 Switch and Point-to -Point Connections 1-11 1-9 Types of Storage-System Installation 1-13 1-10 Components of a SAN 1-14 1-11 Sample Shared Storage Configuration 1-16 1-12 Data Access Control with Shared Storage 1-17 2-1 Multiple LUNs in a RAID Group...SAN Copy Sessions Between Storage Systems 4-26 4-6 Sample SAN Copy Over IP Configuration 4-29 5-1 Sample Shared Switched Storage Configuration 5-3 5-2 Unshared Direct Storage System 5-5 6-1 Types of Fibre Channel Storage-System Installations 6-2 6-2 CX700 Storage System 6-4 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i...
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.... x EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Chapter 4 Describes the optional EMC storage-system based applications for replicating data or copying data within or between CLARiiON storage systems: ◆ EMC SnapView™...; software for replicating data with a storage system using snapshots or clones. ◆ EMC MirrorView™ and EMC MirrorView/Asynchronous remote mirroring software for replicating data between storage systems. Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 ◆ EMC SAN...
.... x EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Chapter 4 Describes the optional EMC storage-system based applications for replicating data or copying data within or between CLARiiON storage systems: ◆ EMC SnapView™...; software for replicating data with a storage system using snapshots or clones. ◆ EMC MirrorView™ and EMC MirrorView/Asynchronous remote mirroring software for replicating data between storage systems. Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 ◆ EMC SAN...
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Major sections are ◆ Introducing CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems 1-2 ◆ Fibre Channel 1-4 ◆ iSCSI 1-10 ◆ Types of Storage-System Installations 1-13 ◆ About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks 1-14 About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems 1-1 Invisible Body Tag 1 About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems This chapter introduces CLARiiON® CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 disk-array storage systems and storage area networks (SANs).
Major sections are ◆ Introducing CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems 1-2 ◆ Fibre Channel 1-4 ◆ iSCSI 1-10 ◆ Types of Storage-System Installations 1-13 ◆ About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks 1-14 About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems 1-1 Invisible Body Tag 1 About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems This chapter introduces CLARiiON® CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 disk-array storage systems and storage area networks (SANs).
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... required for switched shared storage (a storage area network, SAN), connects all the nodes cabled to span great distances ia a major advantage of optical cable. Server Adapter Adapter EMC1803 Interconnect Components The interconnect components include the optical cables between a CX300, CX500, and CX700 storage system and a server or switch ranges from 150 to 500 meters...
... required for switched shared storage (a storage area network, SAN), connects all the nodes cabled to span great distances ia a major advantage of optical cable. Server Adapter Adapter EMC1803 Interconnect Components The interconnect components include the optical cables between a CX300, CX500, and CX700 storage system and a server or switch ranges from 150 to 500 meters...
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...System Installation EMC1826a Storage systems for dynamic load sharing and greater throughput. Types of Storage-System Installations 1-13 About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Types of Storage-System Installations You can be either shared (that is the simplest and least ...SAN). The shared-or-clustered direct installation can use Access Logix to each SP, providing multipath I/O for any of several types of installation: ◆ Unshared direct with one server is , use a storage system in any shared installation require EMC Access LogixTM software to control server...
...System Installation EMC1826a Storage systems for dynamic load sharing and greater throughput. Types of Storage-System Installations 1-13 About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Types of Storage-System Installations You can be either shared (that is the simplest and least ...SAN). The shared-or-clustered direct installation can use Access Logix to each SP, providing multipath I/O for any of several types of installation: ◆ Unshared direct with one server is , use a storage system in any shared installation require EMC Access LogixTM software to control server...
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... EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Within the SAN, a network connection to storage systems through Fibre Channel switches to users' data storage needs ◆ easier file backup and recovery An EMC® SAN is based on a SAN (storage area network). A SAN is one or more storage devices connected to servers through the use of a SAN...
... EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Within the SAN, a network connection to storage systems through Fibre Channel switches to users' data storage needs ◆ easier file backup and recovery An EMC® SAN is based on a SAN (storage area network). A SAN is one or more storage devices connected to servers through the use of a SAN...
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... enforces orderly access to an SP. About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-15 Storage Groups About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems However, switch zoning cannot selectively control data access to LUNs in each storage system enforces the server-to-Storage Group permissions. A Storage Group is one storage system with...
... enforces orderly access to an SP. About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-15 Storage Groups About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems However, switch zoning cannot selectively control data access to LUNs in each storage system enforces the server-to-Storage Group permissions. A Storage Group is one storage system with...
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... Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-17 Figure 1-12 shows access control through Storage Groups. For information about RAID types and RAID trade-offs, continue to Chapter 3. Admin Server Inventory Server Operating system A Operating system A Highly available cluster E-mail Server Web Server Operating system ...mail and Web Server Storage Group Shared Data access by more than one server), if, as shown above in Figure 1-11, the servers run cluster software. Each server has exclusive read and write access to its designated Storage Group. About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 ...
... Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks) 1-17 Figure 1-12 shows access control through Storage Groups. For information about RAID types and RAID trade-offs, continue to Chapter 3. Admin Server Inventory Server Operating system A Operating system A Highly available cluster E-mail Server Web Server Operating system ...mail and Web Server Storage Group Shared Data access by more than one server), if, as shown above in Figure 1-11, the servers run cluster software. Each server has exclusive read and write access to its designated Storage Group. About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 ...
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To plan LUNs and file systems, go to Chapter 7. 1-18 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide For details on the optional data replication software (SnapView™, MirrorView™, MirrorView/Asynchronous) or data mobility software (SAN Copy™), go to Chapter 4. For worksheets and a description of iSCSI configurations, go to Chapter 5. About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems For information on the storage-system hardware, go to Chapter 6.
To plan LUNs and file systems, go to Chapter 7. 1-18 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide For details on the optional data replication software (SnapView™, MirrorView™, MirrorView/Asynchronous) or data mobility software (SAN Copy™), go to Chapter 4. For worksheets and a description of iSCSI configurations, go to Chapter 5. About CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems For information on the storage-system hardware, go to Chapter 6.
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...any other in the domain. The security software then prompts you can create one of your account, you can assign storage systems on SANs) and a European Division with five storage systems (four systems on an intranet or internet to a storage domain. in a domain ... - Division domain with four storage systems. The 13 servers that connects nine storage systems. It shows two domains, a U.S. Each storage domain must have at least one used to manage the storage systems. 3-6 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Using an ...
...any other in the domain. The security software then prompts you can create one of your account, you can assign storage systems on SANs) and a European Division with five storage systems (four systems on an intranet or internet to a storage domain. in a domain ... - Division domain with four storage systems. The 13 servers that connects nine storage systems. It shows two domains, a U.S. Each storage domain must have at least one used to manage the storage systems. 3-6 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Using an ...
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... Data Replication and Data Mobility Software 4-1 Invisible Body Tag 4 Data Replication and Data Mobility Software This chapter introduces EMC CLARiiON data replication software (SnapView™, MirrorView™, and MirrorView/Asynchronous software) and the EMC data mobility software (SAN Copy™ software) for the CX500 and CX700 storage systems. These software applications allow you to the...
... Data Replication and Data Mobility Software 4-1 Invisible Body Tag 4 Data Replication and Data Mobility Software This chapter introduces EMC CLARiiON data replication software (SnapView™, MirrorView™, and MirrorView/Asynchronous software) and the EMC data mobility software (SAN Copy™ software) for the CX500 and CX700 storage systems. These software applications allow you to the...
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... • Data distribution • Data migration • Remote backup - For a full copy, SAN Copy must be installed on the storage system with the source logical unit. 4-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide For an incremental copy, SAN Copy must be installed on either the storage system with the source logical...
... • Data distribution • Data migration • Remote backup - For a full copy, SAN Copy must be installed on the storage system with the source logical unit. 4-2 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide For an incremental copy, SAN Copy must be installed on either the storage system with the source logical...
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...Group ID of source LUNs. One application can bind LUNs for the reserved LUN pool. EMC recommends 20% of the source LUN size. 4-10 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Since snapshots ...use the reserved LUN pool, you need the following information for system setup so you can use the reserved LUN pool. Note that MirrorView/A and incremental SAN...
...Group ID of source LUNs. One application can bind LUNs for the reserved LUN pool. EMC recommends 20% of the source LUN size. 4-10 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Since snapshots ...use the reserved LUN pool, you need the following information for system setup so you can use the reserved LUN pool. Note that MirrorView/A and incremental SAN...
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... the copy process. full or incremental - the participating logical units must meet certain requirements. 4-24 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide EMC SAN Copy is not being used for copying data directly from a logical unit on one storage system to...Data Mobility Software What Is EMC SAN Copy? SAN Copy connects through switch zoning. You choose which ports SAN Copy sessions use the IP WAN to send data over extended distances (see Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances on the host servers connected to be performed ...
... the copy process. full or incremental - the participating logical units must meet certain requirements. 4-24 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide EMC SAN Copy is not being used for copying data directly from a logical unit on one storage system to...Data Mobility Software What Is EMC SAN Copy? SAN Copy connects through switch zoning. You choose which ports SAN Copy sessions use the IP WAN to send data over extended distances (see Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances on the host servers connected to be performed ...
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Server Server Server Switch Fabric Switch Fabric LUN 14 LUN 15 CX600 Storage System LUN 6 FC5300 Storage System Volume 32 Volume 33 Symmetrix Storage System EMC2448 Figure 4-5 Sample SAN Copy Sessions Between Storage Systems 4-26 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide In this example, SAN Copy is required only on the CX600. The second...
Server Server Server Switch Fabric Switch Fabric LUN 14 LUN 15 CX600 Storage System LUN 6 FC5300 Storage System Volume 32 Volume 33 Symmetrix Storage System EMC2448 Figure 4-5 Sample SAN Copy Sessions Between Storage Systems 4-26 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems Configuration Planning Guide In this example, SAN Copy is required only on the CX600. The second...
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... type, compression algorithm of time, effectively multiplying the effective bandwidth. Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances SAN Copy supports protocols that allow Fibre Channel devices to send LUN data over extended distances. When using two ...Figure 4-6 shows a sample SAN Copy over the IP storage network using SAN Copy over IP, a read operation will be sent a given amount of the equipment, and line speed. SAN Copy Configuration In order to Fibre Channel data. 4-28 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems ...
... type, compression algorithm of time, effectively multiplying the effective bandwidth. Data Replication and Data Mobility Software Implementing SAN Copy Over Extended Distances SAN Copy supports protocols that allow Fibre Channel devices to send LUN data over extended distances. When using two ...Figure 4-6 shows a sample SAN Copy over the IP storage network using SAN Copy over IP, a read operation will be sent a given amount of the equipment, and line speed. SAN Copy Configuration In order to Fibre Channel data. 4-28 EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, CX500i, and CX700 Storage Systems ...