IBM DS3000 Computer Hardware User Manual
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1. 16 MIGRATING FROM XSAN MDC TO STORNEXT 17 PTO NE EE 18 ATO FIBACING TAELAT ION osse fina EPI DO EPOR 19 ATIO Gontl 20 ATTO OS X Driver Installation dt eau od ette cuneos 20 ATTO OS X Configuration Tool 21 Viewing multipathing 22 PD E 22 Pallistatus at Target bevel ceti eee ieu e xc pl Ga Sc luc E Leu I EEUU Ree 23 Path Status at LUN E6Vel eto uio ident cele ede ded adc eine ic ad seni eda 23 Additional Path N orm AiO oio AID UE ERR OPERA MEAE PM RAMS DEUS 24 Detailed TOP OPENMORT PT Un 2D Load Balancing Polieless 22 26 Configuring Multipathing ERNEUT 26 Collecting Celerity Host Adapter 27 FG HostAdapter Cornflg lallbf uot ioo tos Sot a Ue Da v E A A AAE EEE 27 Useful OS X Applications deeem 28 ATEO Problems 28 EScalaton 28 APPENDIX CONFIGURATION SCRIPTS Setting TPGS On 29 Bi cr aM2. H 29 APPENDIX EXAMPLE CONFIGURATIONS 2 4 244 0 0000 30 Large Heterogeneous StorNext configuration 4 4 10 30 Mid to large sized MAC Homogenous StorNext 32 Mid sized Homogenous StorNext 00 33 Mid sized MAC Homogenous StorNext 34 Small MAC Homogenous StorNext 35 Mid to large sized Heterogeneous StorNext configuration 36 Additional Reference neo pite ede o cete 37 Meis ME Em 37 PNE ERE RR DRIN TPRONPOREES 38 Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 3 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved INTRODUCTION There has long been a desire to support Apple servers and work stations with IBM DS series storage and now we have that capability But due to confusion in the past we will be approving a very specific set of known quality configurations There are two basic aspects of these solutions One is basic hardware connectivity the second is the support for file sharing It s important not to confuse the two Basic hardware connectivity to Apple is suppor
3. Profarrad Droferrad 840 14 KB 255 28 LUN 8 Saving will allow the current configuration for this LUN 9 target to be displayed even after a link failure E Lun 10 _ LUN 11 Would you like to continue Il wn LUN 14 EJ LUN 15 mms ves EJ LUN 16 Target ID O Read State Active Lun 17 Port iD 10 00 Write State Active LUN 18 If the connection status for a path changes the Configuration Tool will automatically refresh the display The Configuration Tool will periodically 30 seconds refresh the path statistics for all devices Paths can be manually refreshed by choosing refresh in the Paths menu Statistics can be reset to 0 by choosing Reset Statistics in the Paths menu The locate button will blink the particular FC adapters channels LED very useful troubleshooting tool Collecting Celerity Host Adapter Info Click on the adapter under device listing e Basic Info tab shows o model number PCI slot number the adapter is located in o driver version Location and name of the Celerity driver e The flash tab is used to view flash information and update the flash version of the HBA e Flash Tab shows o flash version Flash update progress bar o Flash update information FC Host Adapter Configuration Click on the adapter channel under device listing Under the NVRAM tab you can e View Change the Frame Size
4. System Storage Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Selling and Deploying DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 in Apple and StorNext Environments Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide February 25 2010 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation Con Rice Modular Storage Product Specialist LSI Corporation 12007 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 325 Reston VA 20191 Cell 703 867 0012 Tel 703 262 5418 e mail con rice I si com Contents INTRODUCTION d 4 File Sharing 52 un dudes 4 THREE CURRENT SOLUTIONS en GUN UL eS 5 filo esu oves ET 5 Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC Meta Data 5 Linux HOMOgenoUS MERERETUR 5 Linux StorNext Clients with Linux 8 5 Heterogeneous c 2 Ep 6 Apple Xsan Clients Linux StorNext Clients Windows Clients June and Linux MDC 6 COMPONENT DESCRIP TIONS Dp s 6 Apple ClentS 6 Linux StorNext Clients and 5 6 SAN Architecture must meet 7 IBM Storage 7 PLANNED SUPPORT ROLLOUT 8 8 Appl
5. Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 22 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Path Status at Target Level The icon next to the device indicates the multipathing status for the target not the LUN A single path is connected to your device e Multiple paths are connected to your device and are functioning normally e Multiple paths were connected to your device but one or more have failed but not all Multiple paths were connected to your device but all have failed Device Listing 7 hosts aths v localhost v 84 Status Online Load Balance Pressure Transfer Count 125 57 KB Channel 1 ux Channel 2 Ns v Channel 3 larget Port Kead Mode Write Mode Transferred um 20 26 00 a0 b8 29 ed f0 Muniple Multiple 0 00 bytes unt 20 17 00 a0 b8 29 ed f0 Mutiple Multiple 78 89 KB 20 17 00 0 8 29 4 0 Muniple Multiple 45 68 KB Bun 3 Channel 4 Target Adapter Statistics Node 20 06 00 a0 b8 29 ed f0 Connected Yes Target 10 3 Read State Multiple Port ID 010800 Write State Multiple Status 1818 FASIT information retrieved Path Status at LUN Level e Path connected to selected LUN is functioning normally e Path connected to the selected LUN was working normally but has failed Path to the selected LUN is set to Alternate for Read and Write functionality ti a
6. e View Change the Connection Mode e Change the Data Rate e Load the HBA defaults Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 27 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Changes to the adapters NVRAM settings must be changed on each channel of the followed by the commit button and a restart Useful OS X Applications TextEdit Text editor Can be found Applications TextEdit Disk Utility OS X disk repair formatting tool Can be found Applications Utilities DiskUtility Console Allows user to see application logs in real time Can be found in Applications Utilities Console Finder Standard file viewer similar to Windows Explorer Terminal Terminal application which allows a user to send Unix based commands be found in Applications Utilities Terminal Kextstat grep ATTO Shows which ATTO Fibre Channel driver is loaded into memory key info Apple System Profiler System utility which will output a file with useful system info processor type RAM installed OS version driver versions application versions logs etc Can be found Apple Menu gt About this Mac gt More Info ATTO Problems Escalation Checklist Computer Model Operating System OS Patch Level PCI or PCle slot and type x4 x8 ATTO driver version from the Configuration Tool List of all of the devices attached to the ATTO HBA Did this con
7. IBM DS Series Storage Shared Volumes SAN 2 mun StorNext StorNext Metadata Controller Clients 3 Multiple Linux Host Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage NOW a RHEL SLES using StorNext Client software i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s b With StorNext MDC s running on RHEL SLES i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Heterogeneous Apple Xsan Clients Linux StorNext Clients Windows Clients June and Linux MDC IBM DS Series Storage Shared Volumes SAN umm um StorNext Apple StorNext StorNext Metadata Controller Client Client 4 Mixed Host Apple and Linux Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage NOW a Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard using Xsan Client software i Using ATTO HBA s and multipathing driver b RHEL SLES systems using StorNext CLIENT software i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s c With StorNext MDC s running on RHEL SLES i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s Xsan Client 5 Single Host Windows Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage a Windows client XP Vista Windows 7 June i Using ATTO HBA s and multipathing driver b Without StorNext or XSAN support c This is basic host connectivity support 6 Add Windows Host Client in mixed e
8. Data Based upon StorNext file system header block size of 1MB it is important to keep this in mind when selecting the segment size RAID Array also called Group size and appropriate segment size should result in stripe size of 1MB This will result in optimizing write throughput speeds Ex RAID5 4 1 4 data drives x 256K seg size 1 MB Write stripe amp RAID5 8 1x128K seg size 1 MB stripe Note this rule does not apply to all deployments and could be dramatically different for oil and gas industry deployments among others It is very important to understand the I O block size of the applications sitting atop the StorNext File system Data 6 4 2 256 As required to meet performance criteria 6 8 2 128 As required to meet performance criteria Some customer applications may specify SATA drives and or require additional RAID protection The DS3000 DS4700 DS5000 storage servers offer additional levels of RAID protection if desired Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 13 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved SOLUTION INSTALLATION 1 Use a meshed fabric with each HBA zoned to see both controllers but controllers unable to see each other 2 Use RDAC or MPIO failover drivers as appropriate for your operating systems ATTO for Apple Do not use the StorNext failover driver 3 For Apple Clients a Set host type LNXCLVMWARE b Set TPGS On c See script l
9. up to 8 connections are supported In this example the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual ported HBA Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the DS5020 are used to increase resiliency Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 34 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Small MAC Homogenous StorNext configuration MetaData Ethernet Network Apple LINUX LINUX Apple Apple OSX STORNEXT STORNEXT OSX OSX Meta Data Meta Data XSAN Controller Controller 5 XSAN Client RHELorSLES RHELor SLES en Client HBA HBA HBA HBA HBA Celerity Celerity Celerity Celerity Celerity FC 81EN 81 FC 81EN HBA HBA FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 82EN FC 82EN POSZEN Standard supported Standard supported FC 82EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN or FC 84EN or FC 84EN i or FC 84EN or FC 84EN i Emulex or Qlogic Emulex or Qlogic Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Controller A Controller B And all host And all host ports ports DS3400 Back DS3400 Front 000 optional 000 optional 000 optional Up to 48 drives maximum Example 5 In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown DS3400 connected to meshed SA
10. 6 1818 FASIT Port Read Mode Write Mode lIransferred 20 26 00 a0 b8 29 ed 10 Preferred Preferred ererrec bytes a0 08 29 ed f0 0 00 bytes LIT 20 17 00 a0 b8 29 ed f0 Alternate Akernate 4 30 KB wn 20 17 00 a0 b8 29 ed fo Alternate Akernate 27 09 KB g Channel 4 Target Adapter Statistics Node 20 06 00 a0 b8 29 ed f0 Connected Yes Target 10 3 Read State Active Port ID 010800 Write State Active Status LUN O information retrieved Target DS Storage Details Node World Wide Node Name of the Target Target ID Target ID presented to OS X Port ID Fibre Channel Port ID of the DS Storage Connected Link Status Yes No Read State Status of Read Policy Active Alternate Disabled Write State Status of Write Policy Active Alternate Disabled Detailed Adapter Info Adapter Details Node World Wide Node Name of the Celerity FC Adapter Port World Wide Port Name of the Celerity FC Adapter Port ID Fibre Channel Port ID of the Celerity FC Adapter Topology Fibre Channel Topology PTP AL Link Status of Fibre link up down Link Speed Fibre Channel Data Rate 8Gb 4Gb 2Gb Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 25 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Detailed Statistics Info Statistics Shown in Average and Total Read Rate Data Read Read count in byte
11. Logical Unit Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 23 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved AfOCofgwaionTol 0002 Device Listing hosts v localhost v iij Celerity FC 84EN ATTO ATTO Technology Inc Channel 1 Channel 2 v SR Channel 3 6 1818 FAST Hun 9 Channel 4 _ Basic Info Flash Paths Status Online Load Balance Pressure Transfer Count 31 393 KB Paths larget Port Mode Write Mode Transferred Ip edt referred ferrec bytes 20 26 00 a0 Prefe 10 Preferred 0 00 bytes gt 20 17 00 0 8 29 0 Alternate Alternate 4 30 gt 20 17 00 a0 b8 29 ed fo Alternate Amernate 27 09 KB Target Adapter Statistics Node 20 06 00 a0 b8 29 ed f0 Connected Yes Target 10 3 Read State Active Port ID 010800 Write State Active Status LUN 0 information retrieved Additional Path Information Status the overall status of all paths Online indicates all paths are connected Degraded indicates one or more paths are not connected Offline indicates all paths have failed Load Balance load balancing policy chosen Round Robin Queue Depth Pressure Transfer Count the total number of bytes transferred on all paths Target Port the DS Storage WWPN World Wide Port Name Read Mode indicates the selected paths rea
12. MB s Sustained throughput 925 980MB s 1 600 MB s 1 600MB s 6 400 MB s disk read Sustained throughput 720 850 MB s 1 400 MB s 1 300 MB s 5 300 MB s disk write Host ports 4 4 4 8 16 Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved PLANNED SUPPORT ROLLOUT There are very specific capabilities that are being added and they are tied to specific hardware software and driver availability Support will be added in this order Apple Homogenous Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC Meta Data Controller Apple can also be connected without Xsan StorNext support IBM DS Series Storage Shared Volumes 5 E ume uem StorNext Metadata Controller Xsan Clients 1 Single Host Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage NOW a Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard i Using ATTO HBA s and multipathing driver b Without StorNext or Xsan support c This is basic host connectivity support 2 Multiple Apple Host Client connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage NOW a Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard using Xsan Client software i Using ATTO HBA s and multipathing driver b With StorNext MDC s running on RHEL SLES i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 8 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Linux Homogenous Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC
13. Selection Chart pdf ATTO HBA INSTALLATION ATTO Technology and IBM have teamed up to offer a high performance Fibre Channel multipathing connection into the IBM DS Series for MAC OS X Windows and Linux Multipathing failover load balancing Key Components Celerity 8Gb FC HBAs 81 FC 82EN FC 84EN ATTO custom Multipathing driver for IBM DS Series Storage Configuration Tool IBM DS Series Storage Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved Product FC of FC Form Max Xfer Rate Features Speed Ports Factor 1 2 duplex Bus Type Backward compatible with 4 Gb or 2 Gb storage Celerity 81 8 Gb 1 Low Profile 800 MBPS PCle 2 0 x8 Celerity FC 82EN 8 Gb 2 Low Profile 1600 MBPS PCle 2 0 x8 Celerity FC 84EN 8 Gb 4 Full Height 3200 MBPS PCle 2 0 x8 Multipathing is the ability to send I O over multiple paths to the same LUN Failover and load balancing done on a LUN basis Monitors I O paths identifies changes in path status Automatic re routing of I O upon detection of an interrupted connection Failover failback transparent to the OS or application Increase performance by sending data over multiple paths ATTO Config Tool Features Allows simple Setup for the user This is critical as IT staffs in the digital video industry are limited Shows the number of paths Shows the status of each connect
14. after some investigation it is determined that an QUANTUM case remegy is required then Apple shall notify the QUANTUM Technical Support Contact and shall provide the customer s information QUANTUM shall contact the joint customer in accordance with that party s customer support and or maintenance agreement with the joint customer Apple shall continue to be available to provide information and or assistance as reasonably necessary Cooperation Effort Between Apple and QUANTUM If after making reasonable but unsuccessful efforts to provide a case remedy the parties shall then endeavor to share information and use cooperative efforts to determine and or isolate the cause of the case report The party in whose product the cause is isolated shall deliver or implement a timely case remedy the other party agrees to use reasonable efforts to supply information assist and confirm the case remedy Apple and QUANTUM are responsible for support and maintenance of its own products and are not authorized to support or maintain the products of the other party Closing a Case The consent of a joint customer shall be required to close a case Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 16 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved MIGRATING FROM XSAN MDC TO STORNEXT MDC Are there new features in Xsan 2 2 that make it harder to swap out XServe MDCs and replace them with StorNext Linux MDCs A NamedStreams is the Apple X
15. described in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents You can send license inquiries in writing to IBM Director of Licensing IBM Corporation North Castle Drive Armonk NY 10504 1785 U S A The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any other country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON INFRINGEMENT MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this statement may not apply to you This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication IBM may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Any references in this information to non IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk IBM may use or distribute any of the informati
16. firmware and drivers are written with the specific goal of managing latency so that customers are able to move multiple streams of uncompressed and compressed video with alpha channels and audio The storage industry continues to advance at an unparalleled pace and solutions are becoming more complex and more intelligent ATTO is an industry leader at incorporating the solutions for tomorrow s storage needs in today s products Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 18 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Product Features Celerity HBA s FC84EN FC82bN FC81EN Fibre Channel Ports 4 2 1 Maximum Data Rate 8Gb 8Gb 8Gb Maximum Transfer Rate Full Duplex 6 4 GB s 3 2 GB s 1 6 GB s Maximum Transfer Rate Half Duplex 3 2 GB s 1 6 GB s 800 MB s Bus Type PCle 2 0 PCle 2 0 PCle 2 0 Bus Characteristics X8 X8 X8 Optical Interface SPF LC SPF LC SPF LC Maximum Cable Length 300m 2GB 300m 2GB 300m 2GB 150m 4GB 150m 4GB 150m 4GB 50m 8GB 50m 8GB 50m 8GB Low Profile Form Factor NO YES YES Advanced Data Streaming ADS YES YES YES Software RAID Support YES YES YES Developers Kit Target Mode and API YES YES YES Windows Server YES YES YES Windows work station client PLANNED PLANNED PLANNED Linux Red Hat SUSE YES YES YES MAC OSX YES YES YES VMWare ESX YES YES YES RoHS Compliant YES YES YES http www attotech com selectioncharts Celerity
17. 5 3 x64 As currently supported RDAC Yes Qlogics Emulex Linux RHEL 5 3 x64 ATTO ATTO Planned Linux SLES 10 2 x64 As currently supported RDAC Yes Qlogics Emulex Linux RHEL 5 3 x64 ATTO ATTO Planned Client Apple Leopard x64 ATTO ATTO Yes OSX Apple Snow Leopard x64 ATTO ATTO Yes OSX Linux RHEL 5 3 x86 x64 As currently supported RDAC Yes Qlogics Emulex Linux RHEL 5 3 x86 x64 ATTO ATTO Yes Linux SLES 10 2 x86 x64 As currently supported RDAC Yes Qlogics Emulex Linux SLES 10 2 x86 x64 ATTO ATTO Yes Windows 2003 SP2 x86 x64 currently supported MPIO DSM Planned Qlogics Emulex Windows 2008 SP2 x86 x64 As currently supported MPIO DSM Planned Qlogics Emulex Windows 2008 R2 x86 x64 As currently supported MPIO DSM Planned Qlogics Emulex Windows Windows 7 x86 ATTO ATTO Planned Windows Vista x86 ATTO ATTO Planned Windows XP x86 ATTO ATTO Planned Mixed As appropriate above As appropriate above Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved SOLUTION RESTRICTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS There are several important aspects to the configuring of the SAN that must be understood The first is that the SAN design is architected to avoid logical drive failover in the storage subsystem This is accomplished by employing a meshed fabric where each HBA on the server can see both controllers on the
18. A Controller B And all host FibreChannel Switch FibreChannel Switch And all host ports ports Minimal Configuration Represented Multiple Connections supported RENS Controller Controller Ged H SE ce Go oo E3 Sco SH E Ed DORE is Jot IBM SI mh 055300 ors lor m DS5300 or ai ors ENT One emen vs er C BIS Ce EI ES of ee ce n FE Controller B S94 n c PT ontro mc IN BRR RRR EEE P EIpprmmmmmmmmpgmg FibreChannel Drives RAID 1 Journal SATA Drives ee RAID 1 MD Bl ccs RAID 1 MD Up 480 SATA drives maximum with EXP5060 Up to 448 FC and or SATA drives maximum with EXP5000 Example 1 Drawing depicts large and expandable SAN with heterogeneous client connectivity Multiple 055300 connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches For DS5100 DS5300 configurations a minimum of two switches is recommended Drawing shows multiple 055300 for Data storage and a separate DS5020 for Meta Data Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 30 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Detailed explanation of example 1 Example Large StorNext configuration showing DS5300 s with Fibre Channel and or SATA disk for Data and a separate DS5020 for Meta Data and Journal These examples are repres
19. Applications ATTO Configuration Tool Click Done to quit the installer InstallAnywhere by Macrovision Cancel f Previous Don Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 21 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Viewing multipathing information e Launch the ATTO Configuration Tool double click the Configuration Tool link located in the Applications folder e Expand the tree in the Device Listing window on the left until you see your device DS System and virtual disks LUNs Eoo ATTO Configuration Tool Device Listing Welcome hosts v localhost v Celerity FC B4EN ZB Channe 1 Channe 2 E Channe 1818 FASTtT LUN O Mw 1 Channe 4 Welcome to the ATTO Configuration Tool for Mac OS X Status Ready Paths Tab The Paths tab in the multipathing window displays path information The information displayed is based on a per Target or per LUN basis depending on what device is selected to the left of the Configuration Tool The upper half of the window displays status information for all paths The lower half of the window displays information regarding the path selected in the upper window Paths Target Base Click on the Target in the device tree to display the Target multipathing window on the right Paths LUN Base Click on a LUN below the device to display the LUN multipathing window to the right
20. B Channel 2 Reset Statistics gc hannel 3 Refresh HR i 6 1818 FAStT Target Port Mode Write Mode Transferred 20 26 00 a0 b8 29 ed 10 Preferred Preferred 0 00 byres 20 17 00 a0 b8 29 ed f Alternate Alternate 4 30 KB 20 17 00 a0 b8 29 ed f Alternate Alternate 27 09 KB Blu 5 Custom Settings e Load Balancing can be configured on a per LUN or per Target basis depending on which is highlighted in the left pane If the Target is highlighted then all LUN s controlled by it will be configured the same Highlight either the Taget or LUN to be configured Navigate to the Paths tab in the Apple toolbar Choose Load Balancing Notice the configurable options in the lower right pane Select the Load Balancing Policy for the highlighted path Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 26 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved Choose the laad balancing policy for this LUN Click Finish to use these settings Next to configure the mode of each path Round Robin Load Balance Policy Queue Depth Back M pxt Finish 4 Cancel e Saving the Configuration When done select Finish e Navigate to the Paths menu and choose Save Configuration followed by Yes when prompted LUN 4 50 05 07 68 01 40 2e 13 Preferred Preferred 78 00 KB EJ LUN 5 50 05 07 68 01 20 2e 13 Preferred Preferred 78 00 KB LUN 6 PURI
21. N fabric with a single Fibre Channel switch For 053400 configurations Multiple Fibre Channel switches are not required but they are recommended Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS3400 connections to simplify the drawing However up to 4 connections are supported In this example the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual ported HBA RAID 1 pairs for Meta Data and Journal are represented Global Hot spares would be assigned as appropriate While SAS drives would be recommended for Meta Data and Journal SAS and or SATA drives could be used for data as appropriate Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 35 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved Mid to large sized Heterogeneous StorNext configuration MetaData Ethernet Network LINUX LINUX Windows Windows XP Apple OSX XSAN Client HBA HBA Celerity Celerity FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 82EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Linux STORNEXT StorNext Meta Data Client Controller RHEL or SLES RHEL or SLES HBA RDAC Celerity HBA HBA FC 81EN Standard Standard 82 supported supported or FC 84EN Emulex or Emulex or Driver 3 1b12 STORNEXT Meta Data Controller RHEL or SLES RDAC HBA HBA Standard Standard supported supported Emulex or Emulex or Qlogic Qlogic 200x Server StorNext Client RDAC Vista 7 StorNext Client HBA Standa
22. al Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved 33 Mid sized Homogenous StorNext configuration MetaData Ethernet Network Apple Apple LINUX LINUX Apple Apple OSX OSX STORNEXT STORNEXT OSX OSX XSAN XSAN Meta Data Meta Data XSAN XSAN Controller Controller i Client Glen RHEL or SLES RHEL or SLES Client Client Foch RDAC RDAC 4 FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 81EN HBA HBA FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 82EN FC 82EN FC 82EN Standard supported Standard supported 82 FC 82EN or FC 84EN or FC 84EN or FC 84EN Emulex or Qlogic Emulex or Qlogic or FC 84EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 9 Driver 3 1512 Driver 3 1b12 Zone 1 Zone 2 Controller A s Controller host FibreChannel Switch all host ports ports 055020 Back DS5020 Front EXP520 optiona a EXP520 optional Up to 112 drives maximum Example 4 In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown DS5020 connected to meshed SAN fabric with a single Fibre Channel switch For DS5020 configurations Multiple Fibre Channel switches are not required but they are recommended Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5020 connections to simplify the drawing However
23. ater in this document d MAC s must use ATTO Celerity FC81 EN FC82 EN or FC 84 EN HBA s using the 1 3 1b12 driver Atto site http www attotech com Driver downloads https www attotech com register index pho FROM http www attotech com downloads html The user is required to register and create a free account Then navigate to Fibre Channel HBA s for Storage Partners IBM DS Series Celerity FC 8xEN 4 When connecting to MAC systems a Switched environments preferred b In non switched environments may need to reboot MAC if it doesn t see storage To eliminate this issue configure the ATTO host adapter and DS controller for a Point to Point connection instead of allowing them to auto negotiate 5 ForLinux Clients mixed with Apple Clients a lf Apple servers or clients are sharing physical connection to a storage system it is important to use the proper host type definitions b Since we are using LNXCLVMWARE for apple use LINUX for Linux servers and clients 6 How to handle mixing multiple server and client O S types need to access same LUN s a The MDC s in the approved solutions will always be Linux Windows may also eventually be supported b Clients can be Apple or Linux and also eventually Windows Toallow disparate O S host connections 1 Create a Host Group with no Host type associated 2 Assign multiple host types to this group 7 Set AVT Off for all Host Types a See script later in this document 8 Recommen
24. d policy Preferred Alternate or Disabled Write Mode indicates the selected paths write policy Preferred Alternate or Disabled Transferred the total number of bytes transferred on a particular path 2 Flach eie em Statut Galine Load Balante Fresse Transfer Count 31 393 KE Bii Cruce 1 L _ angel Pet Baap rir learn terial IbM Gian kE 509 bor 1 Werne 4 15 KR i s bh ARTE 270 KE LUN fi Crane Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 24 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Detailed Info Click on a path in the table to display detailed information for the path in the lower half of the window Information is available in three tabs e Target Displays information for the target port that is connected to the path e Adapter Displays information for the Celerity host adapter channel that is connected to the path e Statistics Displays information regarding data transferred down paths r 3 eoo 7 ATTO Configuration Tool 0 0 0000000000 Device Listing Flash hosts v amp localhost v ii Celerity FC 84EN Status Online Load Balance Pressure Transfer Count 31 393 KB 9 Channe 1 8 Channe 2 Paths amp Channel 3 fi v
25. ded cache settings Set pre fetch value to any number other than 0 zero to enable automatic prefetch 9 Forclients limit the number of defined paths to four This gives you the redundancy you need while minimizing boot time During boot StorNext tries EVERY defined path Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 14 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved 10 RAID 1 or 10 for Journal and Meta Data a Multiple RAID 1 Groups would be preferable to a similarly size RAID 10 b Placing Meta Data and Journal on a storage system separate from the data is preferable 11 It is desirable to separate Meta data and Journal LUN s and access from the Data LUN s a In small installations Meta data Journal and Data be different LUN s on the same RAID group b However it is best to separate MDC and Journal into their own RAID 1 RAID group c When Data gets to be large approximately 250 000 files or more it is best to completely separate Meta Data and Journal into their own storage system d Atypical segment size for the MDC RAID group s is 256 Though this may vary with various applications It is critical to understand the demands of the applications being deployed 12 The size and RAID type used for Data are really dependent upon customer requirements But these levels are recommended for typical media applications a RAID 5 4 1 or RAID 5 8 1 b Explanation RAID 5 4 1 means a RAID group using RAID 5 w
26. e Xsan Clients with Linux MDC Meta Data 8 Linux TAT CG NOUS sce 9 Linux StorNext Clients with Linux 9 Heterogeneous 10 Apple Xsan Clients Linux StorNext Clients Windows Clients June and Linux MDC 10 Planned Future Enhancements unco E LH estt 11 Additional Linux HBA choices and Windows Server 200x Meta data Controller 11 APPLE WINDOWS and STORNEXT SUPPORT 11 SOLUTION RESTRICTIONS AND 12 RECOMMENDED RAID CONFIGURATIONS etuer o ttt ett nent 13 SOLUTION INSTAELA TIOBLsssaieen e rap ataca ano OUR URDU EATEN NR EROR TER 14 QUANTUM APPLE JOINT PRODUCT SUPPORT PROGRAM 16 87 112 TD 16 Xsan Controlled SAN File 16 StorNext Controlled SAN File 0 16 Cooperation Effort Between Apple and QUANTUM 16 Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 2 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved
27. entative only and should not be seen as restrictive The idea is to use our knowledge of these products to craft solutions with the proper performance and resiliency characteristics to meet customer needs and budget concerns DS5020 for Journal and Meta Data with FC drives This is an example configuration only RAID 1 for StorNext Meta Data RAID 1 for StorNext Journal Add additional RAID 1 s rather than growing to RAID 10 for performance reasons Controller A can see all client and MDC host ports but not Controller B Controller B can see all client and MDC host ports but not Controller A DS5300 s with FC and or SATA for Data e This is an example configuration only Multiple RAID 5 both 4 1 and 8 1 RAID Arrays for StorNext data Multiple RAID 6 both 4 2 and 8 2 RAID Arrays for StorNext data may also be desirable in some situations Controller A can see all client and MDC host ports but not Controller B Controller B can see all client and MDC host ports but not Controller A Mixed Clients SAN Zoning e Clients have single dual ported HBA s with connections into a redundant switched network and zoned to be able to see both Controller A and B e have dual dual ported HBA s with connections into a redundant switched network and zoned to be able to see both Controller A and B Storage Configurations for StorNext environments e AVT should be set OFF for all partitions and host types e For MAC Clients There is not currently a hos
28. ety of market segments ATTO s customer base for host bus adapter solutions continues to grow each year from both our OEM and channel partners through various market segments ATTO has been manufacturing and shipping Fibre Channel host adapters since 1997 with an installed based of over 1 000 000 Fibre Channel ports With a solid customer base and comprehensive line of HBA products which are augmented by complimentary storage centric products customers can be assured that ATTO is a capable business partner fully versed in the HBA market ATTO bases all host adapter products on a common architecture with the goal of delivering consistent industry leading performance solutions to market e The current 8 Gb Celerity line is the 6 generation of host adapters ATTO s Optimization Cores are a collection of internally developed industry tested solutions designed for the low latency high bandwidth demands of high performance streaming storage applications ATTO s Exclusive Advanced Data Streaming ADS V Technology provides the ultimate in I O performance o Controlled acceleration of large and small blocks of data provides faster more efficient data transfer Accelerated PCI Bus management o Efficient Full Block Buffering o Optimized SCSI 3 Algorithms for Streaming Media applications o Improved Data Interleave Architecture e ATTO designs are based upon extensive knowledge and experience on what it takes to move data for the video market ATTO
29. figuration ever work Is this a new error that just started happening or is this an error that has been around since the first use How duplicable is the error Does the error occur sporadically randomly or can it be reproduced each and every time Useful Logs to collect and escalate Apple System Profiler Output ASP IOREG Output from IOREG Command Dump of ATTOCelerityFCLOG and ATTOCelerityFCMPLog Utility when the issue occurs Terminal output with the following commands Kextstat grep ATTO Java version Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 28 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved APPENDIX CONFIGURATION SCRIPTS Setting TPGS On This script turns on TPGS for host type LNXCLVMWARE which is what we are using for OSX Set TPGS on by running the script below from the Management GUI show controller a HostNVSRAMbyte 13 0x28 set controller a HostNVSRAMbyte 13 0x28 0x02 show controller a HostNVSRAMbyte 13 0x28 show controller b HostNVSRAMbyte 13 0x28 set controller b HostNVSRAMbyte 13 0x28 0x02 show controller b HostNVSRAMbyte 13 0x28 reset controller a reset controller b Turning AVT Off This script turns off AVT for all host types Set AVT off for all HOST REGIONS by running the scripts below from the Management GUI Disable AVT in all host regions set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x00 0x24 0x00 0x01 is enable se
30. his example the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual ported HBA Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the DS5300 are used to increase resiliency This drawing includes RAID Group type and size suggestions However performance tuning guidelines should be used to plan RAID group layout between trays to maximize performance 36 Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved Additional Reference Links e DS Series Portal www ibmdsseries com ATTO Technology Inc www attotech com solutions ibm e Quantum StorNext www stornext com Apple Xsan http www apple com xsan Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries Consult your local IBM representative for information about the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product program or service may be used Any functionally equivalent product program or service that does not infringe any IBM intellectual property right may be used instead However it is the user s responsibility to evaluate and verify the operation of any non IBM product program or service IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter
31. ion Displays valuable FC Target and Initiator info ex WWPN WWNN etc Shows path data flow information in bytes Locate button to blink the LED of the Fibre port associated with the path selected ATTO OS X Driver Installation Download the latest driver file from www attotech com soultions ibm Driver does not ship with standard ATTO product Double Click the osx celerity8a 131MP dmg file This will create and launch the disk image Click continue to agree to the Software License Agreement Select the Destination drive boot drive and select continue The driver will now automatically install Reboot the machine Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 20 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved ATTO OS X Configuration Tool Installation e Download the latest ATTO Config Tool from www attotech com solutions ibm Double click the osx app configtool 328 dmg file This will create and launch the disk image Double click on CfgTool 328 Click next to agree to the Software License Agreement Select the Default Folder and click next Choose Full Installation and click next The ATTO Configuration Tool will now install When complete the following screen will appear select Done Note The default path is Applications ATTO Configuration Tool zer S e Install Complete mem ntroduction Congratulations Configuration Tool v3 21 has been successfully installed to
32. ith 4 data drives and one parity drive Even though in actuality the data and parity would be striped across all drives 13 Some applications especially those using SATA drives use different RAID types Many scientific applications might keep very large data stores on relatively inexpensive SATA disks In these cases RAID 6 may be desired a RAID 64 2 or RAID 6 8 2 14 Typically the media applications using StorNext write in 1M block So Using the formula Block size number of data disks RAID 5 4 1 using 256K segment size RAID 6 4 2 using 256K segment size RAID 5 8 1 using 128K segment size RAID 6 8 2 using 128K segment size These segment sizes are representative of the 1 meg I O size typical in most media industry applications However some applications notably those in the oil and gas industry may require different segment sizes It is critical to understand the I O demands of the applications being deployed 92o0ocop 15 Apple Clients HBA s ATTO HBA s use default settings 16 Linux Clients HBA s Emulex and QLogic HBA s use default settings 17 Linux MDC and Clients HBA s Emulex and QLogic HBA s use default settings 18 Use standard performance tuning documentation as regards to disk and RAID group layouts etc Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 15 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved QUANTUM APPLE JOINT PRODUCT SUPPORT PROGRAM 7 Quantum Quantum Apple Join
33. nvironments support connected to DS3000 DS4000 DS5000 Storage a Windows client XP Vista Windows 7 June i Using ATTO HBA s and multipathing driver b With StorNext MDC s running on RHEL SLES i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s ii Using ATTO HBA s with either RDAC MPP or ATTO multipathing driver Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 10 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Planned Future Enhancements Additional Linux HBA choices and Windows Server 200x Meta data Controller 7 Expand RHEL SLES connectivity choices Planned a Add ATTO HBA s for either MDC s and or clients using RDAC MPP i This step is not tied to any other steps and may occur at any time after step 3 b Add ATTO HBA s for either MDC s and or clients using ATTO multipathing driver i This step is not tied to any other steps and may occur at any time after step 3 8 Add Windows Server 200x as either StorNext clients or as StorNext MDC s Planned a Windows client Server 200x i Using previously supported QLogic and or Emulex HBA s ii Using HBA s with either RDAC MPP or ATTO multipathing driver b We will NOT add this until AFTER the Windows Clients XP Vista Windows 7 are added to reduce confusion APPLE WINDOWS and STORNEXT SUPPORT MATRIX O S Architecture HBA MPF Supported Meta Data Controller Linux RHEL
34. on you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products their published announcements or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibility or any other claims related to non IBM products Questions on the capabilities of non IBM products should be addressed to the suppliers of those products COPYRIGHT LICENSE This information contains sample application programs in source language which illustrate programming techniques on various operating platforms You may copy modify and distribute these sample programs in any form without payment to IBM for the purposes of developing using marketing or distributing application programs conforming to the application programming interface for the operating platform for which the sample programs are written These examples have not been thoroughly tested under all conditions IBM therefore cannot guarantee or imply reliability serviceability or function of these programs Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 37 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved Trademarks IBM the IBM logo and ibm com are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both These and other IBM trademarked terms are ma
35. r Client PARU RHEL or SLES HBA Pod Celerity RDAC FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 81EN HBA FC 82EN FC 82EN FC 82 Standard supported or FC 84EN or FC 84EN or FC 84EN IE ilo Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 9 Zone 1 I FibreChannel Switch ports o 055020 LINUX Apple Apple Meta Data XSAN XSAN Controller RHEL or SLES Client Client LM Celerly Esos HBA FC 81EN FC 81EN perdre or CEN or FC EN Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1b12 Zone 2 FibreChannel Switch 4 ooo o ooo Controller BB DS5020 EXP520 optional EXP520 optional Up to 112 drives maximum Example 3 In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown DS5020 connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches For 055020 configurations Multiple Fibre Channel switches are not required but they are recommended Drawing shows minimal SAN to 055020 connections to simplify the drawing However up to 8 connections are supported In this example the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual ported HBA Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the 055020 are used to increase resiliency Digit
36. rd supported Emulex or Qlogic HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 82EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1b12 Zone 1 Zone 2 Controller A Controller B all host FibreChannel Switch FibreChannel Switch And all host ports ports U ele Controller A of E o t DS5100 AOL Or DS5300 IBM op DS5300 Em o_o EY 1 EXP5000 EXP5000 optional o o o EXP5000 optional Up to 448 drives maximum with EXP5000 or 480 drives maximum with EXP5060 Example 6 Drawing depicts mid to large size and expandable SAN with heterogeneous client connectivity 055300 connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches For DS5100 DS5300 configurations a minimum of two switches is recommended Drawing shows minimal SAN to 055300 connections to simplify the drawing However up to 16 connections is supported In t
37. river Celerity 8GB FC HBAs FC 84EN Quad Port FC 82EN Dual Port FC 81EN Single Port Linux StorNext Clients and MDC s e Must buy Quantum StorNext software Must buy Installation services from StorNext Must buy support contract from Quantum Supported Qlogic or Emulex HBA s RDAC MPP Multipath diver Servers must run approved versions of SLES or RHEL Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 6 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved SAN Architecture must meet RPQ criteria Limit number of paths for Xsan StorNext clients to four Thisis to limit both complexity and the amount of time required to initialize clients on the SAN Redundant Meshed Fibre Channel SAN cross connected e RDAC MPP supports this configuration Some IBM documentation may seem to preclude this but those documents are based on an old non mpp version of RDAC Limits cause for failover to Controller failure e Specific Firmware software and Operating System Levels IBM Storage e DS5100 DS5300 e 053400 e DS5020 Future 54700 Burst I O rate cache reads 110 000 120 000 200 000 650 000 700 000 IOPS Sustained rate disk reads 21 000 39 250 50 000 76 000 170 000 Sustained I O rate 4 500 9 350 9 500 20 000 38 000 448 112 256 FC SATA FDE Drives 48 SAS SATA 112 FC SATA FC SATA FDE FC SATA FDE SSD 480 SATA Burst throughput 1 600 1 550MB s 3 700 MB s 1 600MB s 6 400
38. rked on their first occurrence in this information with the appropriate symbol or indicating US registered or common law trademarks owned by at the time this information was published Such trademarks may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at http www ibm com legal copytrade shtml The following terms are trademarks of other companies Apple the Apple logo Mac Mac OS and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple in the United States other countries or both Quantum the Quantum logo and are registered trademarks of Quantum Corporation and its affiliates in the United States other countries or both ATTO the ATTO logo are trademarks of ATTO Technology Inc in the United States other countries or both Microsoft Windows Server Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 38 Copyright 2010 Corporation All rights reserved
39. roller b HostNVSRAMByte 0xOd 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x0e 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0xOf 0x24 0x00 show storageArray hostTypeTable Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved APPENDIX EXAMPLE CONFIGURATIONS Large Heterogeneous StorNext configuration MetaData Ethernet Network Abol Linux LINUX LINUX Windows Windows XP ppe StorNext STORNEXT STORNEXT 200x Server Vista 7 OSX Meta Data Meta Data N StorN Client StorNext torNext XSAN Client Controller Controller Cli Client RDAC RDAC HBA HBA HBA RDAC HBA Celerity Celerity Celerity HBA HBA HBA HBA Celerity FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 81EN Standard Standard Standard Standard HBA FC 81EN 2 rted rted or FO SAEN Emuexor Emuexor Emuexor Emuexor Standard supported ICM Driver 3 1b12 Driver 3 1612 Driver 3 1b12 Qlogic Qlogic Qlogic Qlogic Emulex or Qlogic Driver 31512 Zone 1 Zone 2 Controller
40. s Driver Levels etc Client Single typical Up to two All ports see Controller A and Controller B on or multiple DSxxxx Client Limit number of defined paths to four to optimize initialization time This is not a hard requirement but is recommended Storage Controller A Up to 8 All ports see all MDC and client ports Controller B Up to 8 All ports see all MDC and client ports Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 12 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved RECOMMENDED RAID CONFIGURATIONS RAID RAID Array Segment Disk type level size size Journal 1 or 10 As required 256 FC or SAS recommended Meta Data 1 or 10 As required 256 FC or SAS recommended Journal and Meta Data may reside in separate LUN s carved from the same RAID Array if required in small implementations However the ideal condition is separate LUN s tied to separate RAID groups for Journal and Meta Data If possible these two LUN s should be on a different storage system than the data LUN s StorNext can stripe across multiple LUN s It is recommended that multiple RAID 1 Groups be used for Journal and Meta data rather than similarly sized RAID 10 s This allows multiple threads to be talking to disk offering enhanced performance Data 5 4 41 256 As required to meet performance criteria 5 8 1 128 As required to meet performance criteria
41. s for a particular path Write Rate Data Written Write count in bytes for a particular path Command Rate Command Count Number of commands sent down a particular path Error Rate Error Count Number of errors for a particular path Load Balancing Policies Pressure The path with the fewest bytes will be used This option provides the best performance for the digital video market large transfers Queue Depth The path with the fewest commands will be used Round Robin The least used path is selected Contiguring Multipathing When new devices Targets and LUNs are presented to the ATTO HBA multipathing must be configured and or saved using the the ATTO Configuration Tool e User s can choose between default settings or custom settings Load Balancing Policies e Default Settings for DS Storage e Devices are configured using the following policies e Read Write modes will be set automatically e Load Balancing Policy for all targets LUN s and paths is set to Pressure e Saving Default Settings e Navigate to the Paths tab in the Apple toolbar e Choose Save Configuration noo Load Balancing figuration Tool D Lis E n Stores a snapshot cf the current configuration Save Configuration 35 recreare the setup after reboor hosts X Delete Configuration WR r Beaten lance Pr Transfer Count 31 393 KB v G Celerny rc s4en 9 Locate xL Load Balance Pressure ransfer Count 31 3 Channel 1
42. san feature that causes some problems with StorNext If you don t turn it on you re fine By default NamedStreams is turned on NamedStreams will make things like the basic StorNext command line copy command cvcp not work Before Xsan 2 2 you could have it copy the files but now you can t so you re stuck doing a move with the Apple Finder which is basically as good as cvcp anyway Other than that it shouldn t be much of an issue since it doesn t affect clients that don t know about it and by definition Windows Linux clients don t know about resource forks Q Does a customer need to buy A special level of StorNext support to support StorNext in Xsan environments Is this true whether you are using SN MDCs or Apple MDCs A No You don t need to buy any special support to get support for StorNext in an Xsan environment See next page Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 17 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Technology Inc Value Proposition ATTO Technology is a leader in storage and connectivity solutions In business since 1988 ATTO has maintained a consistent strategy of technical innovation by continually creating new and exciting Host Bus Adapter HBA products that are on the leading edge of the storage market Throughout the years ATTO has maintained a reputation for providing high performance products in a variety of storage connectivity technologies for a wide vari
43. storage subsystem The second aspect has to deal with access to the shared logical drives There are three types of shared logical drives Metadata Journal and Data All systems MDC s and Clients must be able to see the Data LUNs The MDC s must also be able to both see the Metadata and Journal LUNs It is important that the clients do not have access to the Metadata or Journal LUNs When configuring the storage partitioning within the storage subsystem the methodology is as follows All HBA s in the MDC s will be defined within a single host definition called MDCs This host definition will have the Metadata and Journal LUNs directly mapped to this host definition e All Clients have their own host definitions If desired all clients that have the same OS can have their HBA s combined within a single host definition All Clients and the MDC s will be assigned to a single host group called StorNext All of the Data LUNs will be assigned to that host group HBA s Connections Zone MDC Single or Up to four All ports see Controller A and Controller B on multiple typical DSxxxx MDC Limit number of defined paths to optimize initialization time There are few MDC s in comparison to clients so this choice should not be as restrictive as below This is not a hard requirement but is recommended Most configurations consist of two MDC s for high availability Both MDC s must have the same configuration OS HBA
44. t Product Support Program Overview QUANTUM and Apple have agreed to a cooperative support relationship for QUANTUM s StorNext and Apple s Xsan products This means joint customers are assured that both companies will work together to resolve any technical issues with our respective products Xsan Controlled SAN File System In the case of the joint customer having an Xsan controlled SAN file System i e Xsan runs the main server or Meta Data Controller then Apple should receive the first call If QUANTUM does receive the first call QUANTUM will start a case report and try to determine if the issue is related to the QUANTUM portion of the install If after some investigation it is determined that an Apple case remedy is required then QUANTUM shall notify the Apple Technical Support Contact and shall provide the customer s information Apple shall contact the joint customer in accordance with that partys customer support and or maintenance agreement with the joint customer QUANTUM shall continue to be available to provide information and or assistance as reasonably necessary StorNext Controlled SAN File System In the case of the joint customer having an StorNext controlled SAN file system i e StorNext runs the main server or Meta Data Controller then QUANTUM should receive the first call If Apple does receive the first call Apple will start a case report and try to determine if the issue is related to the Apple portion of the install If
45. t controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x01 0 24 0 00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x02 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x03 0 24 0 00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x04 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x05 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x06 0 24 0 00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x07 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x08 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x09 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x0a 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0xOb 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0xOc 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0xOd 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0x0e 0x24 0x00 set controller a HostNVSRAMByte 0OxOf 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x00 0x24 0x00 0x01 is enable set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x01 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x02 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x03 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x04 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x05 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x06 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x07 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x08 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x09 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0x0a 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0xOb 0x24 0x00 set controller b HostNVSRAMByte 0xOc 0x24 0x00 set cont
46. t type definition for MAC Clients there will be in the future Because of this a work around has been developed for use until the MAC host type is available 1 Sethost type LNXCLVMWARE 2 Set TPGS on via a provided script e For Linux Clients and VMware servers 1 If no MAC clients exist then the host type LNXCLVMWARE should be used as this host type has AVT disabled 2 If MAC hosts exist in the environment Linux clients and VMware servers should use the host type LINUX 3 Insure that AVT is turned off for all host regions including LINUX via a provided script This can be done by checking the bottom of the complete all tab system Profile e For mixed environments 1 Create a Host Group for all MDC s and Clients that will access the StorNext file system There is no Host type associated with Host Groups only individual hosts 2 Assign multiple host types to this group Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 31 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Mid to large sized MAC Homogenous StorNext configuration MetaData Ethernet Network Apple Apple LINUX LINUX Apple Apple 55 Meta Data Mota Data Dax XSAN a Controller Controller XSAN XSAN Client len RH or SuSe RH or SuSe Client Client Celerity HBA Celerity FC SIEN Standard Standard Standard FC 81EN FC 81EN FC 82 N suppaned s
47. ted via RPQ File sharing is also supported but because of the added complexity requires very specific configuration and a more restrictive RPQ process File Sharing Environments Apple installations typically use a shared file system called Xsan Xsan is in reality a lite version of Quantum s StorNext File System StorNext is very popular in the media market because it allows shared block level file system access while offering integrated archive management However Apple offers very limited support outside very specific configurations A 100 apple configuration must be used There are three components to the StorNext solution Clients Meta Data Controller MDCs and the storage There are also ancillary components such as the SAN the TCP IP network and archive storage such as tape libraries However for selling and support purposes the components are software support and implementations services PRIMARY SECONDARY E Optional NER LU ETAT StorNext w Policy GigE Engine 5 Infiniband LIBRARY ARCHIVE StorNext Environment The announced support for the IBM Digital Media Storage Solution is the result of efforts between ATTO HBA s Quantum StorNext LSI Storage Subsystems and IBM We have identified a set of hardware firmware and configuration parameters that will be supported The set of configurations will be expanded in a logical manner over
48. the next few months as additional choices are available and tested Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 4 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved THREE CURRENT SOLUTIONS Apple Homogenous Apple Xsan Clients with Linux MDC Meta Data Controller Apple can also be connected without Xsan StorNext support IBM DS Series Storage Shared Volumes Linux Homogenous Linux StorNext Clients with Linux MDC IBM DS Series Storage Shared Volumes Us StorNext StorNext Metadata Controller Clients Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Heterogeneous Apple Xsan Clients Linux StorNext Clients Windows Clients June and Linux MDC IBM DS Series Storage Shared Volumes SAN b L Apple StorNext StorNext StorNext Client Client Xsan Client COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS Apple Clients Apple connection without StorNext Xsan support or May use Apple Xsan Client software o If you use the Xsan clients and Xsan Meta Data Controller MDC then your support comes from Apple However if you use the StorNext MDC from Quantum then Quantum will support the entire solution including the Xsan clients loaded on the Mac s As you can see this is a much more flexible solution Must use Linux StorNext Meta Data Controllers Must use ATTO HBA and Multipath d
49. upported supported FC S2EN FC 82EN ar FC 84EN Emulex or Emulex or Emulex or or EC 84EN or FC 84EN Driver 3 1012 Qlogic Giogic Driver 3 1512 Driver 3 1512 V ap Y es en gt 22 v 222 c Zone 1 Zone 2 Controller A 3 5 Controller ind cli FibreChannel Switch FibreChannel Switch And ae hos ports ports DS5100 or DS5300 5000 5000 optional EXP5000 optional Up to 448 drives maximum with 5000 or 480 drives maximum with 5060 Example 2 In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown DS5300 connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches For DS5100 DS5300 configurations a minimum of two switches is recommended Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5300 connections to simplify the drawing However up to 16 connections is supported In this example the Meta data Controllers each have a two dual ported HBA Multiple multi ported HBA s is not required but it is recommended Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the DS5300 are used to increase resiliency Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 32 Copyright 2010 IBM Corporation All rights reserved Mid sized Homogenous StorNext configuration MetaData Ethernet Network Apple Apple LINUX OSX OSX STORNEXT XSAN XSAN Meta Data i Controlle
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