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
Physical Planning Considerations
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Note: Director 2/64, Director 2/140, Edge Switch 2/16, and Edge Switch 2/32 do
not provide CNT wide area network (WAN) support.
■ Element Manager application — This feature enables director or switch
management through the Element Manager user interface. Directors and
switches are delivered with the application enabled for a 31-day grace period.
Before grace period expiration, the application must be reactivated through a
PFE key.
After purchasing a feature, obtain the required feature enablement key through
your HP marketing representative. A feature key is an alphanumeric string
consisting of both uppercase and lowercase characters. The total number of
characters may vary. The feature key is case sensitive and must be entered
exactly, including dashes. The following is an example of a feature key format:
XxXx-XXxX-xxXX-xX.
Inband Management Console Access
Inband management console access (through a Fibre Channel port) is provided by
enabling user-specified features that allow Open Systems (OSMS) or FICON
(FMS) host control of a director or switch. The features are mutually exclusive;
only one can be installed at a time.
Open Systems Management Server
When the OSMS feature key is enabled with the Element Manager application,
host control and management of the director or switch is provided through an
open systems interconnection (OSI) device attached to a product port.
When implementing inband product management through an OSI connection,
plan for the following minimum host requirements:
■ Connectivity to an OSI server with a product-compatible host bus adapter
(HBA) that communicates through the Fibre Channel common transport
(FC-CT) protocol.
■ Installation of a storage network management application on the OSI server.
Management applications include Veritas SANPoint Control (version 1.0 or
later) or Tivoli NetView (version 6.0 or later).
For information about product-compatible HBAs, third-party SAN management
applications, and minimum OSI server specifications, refer to the HP web site at
http://www.hp.com
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