HP Matrix Operating Environment Automated Storage Provisioning: "Static"SAN volume automation via multi-initiator NPIV
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Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 3
NPIV (N_Port Id Virtualization) .............................................................................................................. 5
Using Server Side NPIV with HPIO......................................................................................................... 6
Building the storage pool for boot disks and private data disks .............................................................. 7
Provisioning a Physical Server from the Storage Pool .......................................................................... 10
Building the Storage Pool for shared data disks ................................................................................. 16
Provisioning a Physical Server from the Storage Pool with Shared Disks ................................................ 18
SAN Management Considerations and Recommendations ...................................................................... 21
WWN Management ...................................................................................................................... 21
Disk Array and FC Fabric Zone Management .................................................................................... 22
Technology Preview Release Requirements ............................................................................................ 22
LSM Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 23
HPIO Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 23
RDP Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 24
Update the RDP PSP Area to include NPIV aware driver .................................................................. 24
Customize the HPIO RDP jobs to explicitly disable SmartArray and use BFS (i.e. Boot From SAN) ........ 24
References ........................................................................................................................................ 28
Figures
Figure 1: Deploy SAN storage ................................................................................................ 4
Figure 2: Deploy SAN storage from a storage pool .................................................................... 5
Figure 3: Building the storage pool .......................................................................................... 7
Figure 4: Storage Pool Management ........................................................................................ 9
Figure 5: Create/Modify Storage Pool Entry ............................................................................ 10
Figure 6: Create LogicalServer definition with HPIO ................................................................. 11
Figure 7: Boot Disk Configuration .......................................................................................... 12
Figure 8: Boot disk selection and OS deployment ..................................................................... 13
Figure 9: Add the data disk(s) ............................................................................................... 14
Figure 10: Windows 2003 Server Example ............................................................................ 16
Figure 11: Building the storage pool with shared data disks ...................................................... 17
Figure 12: Create LogicalServer Group with shared disks .......................................................... 18
Figure 13: Boot Disks selection for multiple servers with OS deployment ...................................... 19
Figure 14: Add shared data disk ........................................................................................... 20
Figure 15: Disabling the local RAID controller .......................................................................... 25
Matrix Operating Environment
Automated Storage Provisioning: “Static” SAN volume
automation via multi-initiator NPIV