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- Table of contents
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- Dell EqualLogic 1
- Configuration Guide 1
- Abstract 2
- Revision History 3
- Table of contents 4
- 1 Introduction 7
- 2 PS Series Storage Arrays 8
- Active Controller 12
- Figure 2 13
- Minimum Cabling 16
- Scenarios: PS4100 and PS6100 16
- 2.3.9 Controller Firmware 21
- 3.2 Pools 28
- 3.1 Groups 28
- 3.3 Volumes 30
- 3.4 Thin Provisioning 31
- 3.5 Snapshots 32
- 3.6 Clones 33
- 3.8 Replication 34
- 3.8.2 Replication Paths 35
- 3.8.3 Replication Process 35
- Replica Set 36
- 3.8.4 Fast failback 38
- 3.9 Clustering 41
- 4 EqualLogic SAN Design 42
- 4.4.2 Multi-Path I/O 51
- Arrays: 58
- 4.6.1 Design considerations 59
- 5 FS Series NAS Appliance 77
- 5.2 Dell FluidFS 79
- 5.3 FS Series Models 80
- 6.1 NAS Service 84
- 6.2 NAS Reserve 84
- 6.3 NAS File Systems 85
- 6.4 File System Snapshots 87
- 7.1 FS7500 Connection Paths 89
- Related Publications 96
Summary of Contents
Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide Dell Storage Infrastructure and Solutions Configure unified block and file storage solutions based on
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 4 Replication partners per group 16 16 Replication partners per volume 1 1 Members per grou
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 5 Table 4 Array Controller Types – all models prior to PS4100/PS6100 Controller Type Faceplate
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 6 prevent volume connections between hosts and SAN from being dropped in the event of an active
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 7 Figure 1 Partially Connected Controller Failover Note how IP addresses are reassigned to th
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 8 Figure 2 Fully Connected Controller Failover
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 9 2.3.4 Controller Types in PS4100/PS6100 models The new controller types available in the PS4
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 10 2.3.6 Controller failover behavior: PS41x0/PS61x0 In the event of a controller failure the
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 11 2.3.7 Vertical Port Failover behavior in PS4100/PS6100 Controllers In PS Series controllers
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 12 In a redundant switch SAN configuration, to optimize the system response in the event you ha
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 13 Figure 7 PS6100 Vertical Port Failover Process and Optimal Connection Paths 2.3.8 Vertica
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 i Abstract This configuration guide provides technical guidance for designing and implementing D
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 14 Figure 8 4110/6110 Vertical Port Failover With the PS4110/PS6110 family of controllers, ve
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 15 Figure 9 4110/6110 Vertical Port Failover Scenario 2.3.9 Controller Firmware Each EqualLo
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 16 In addition to the Release Notes, the process for updating controller firmware is described
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 17 Table 7 PS Series Firmware Compatibility Firmware V5.2.x Firmware V5.1.x Firmware V5.0.x F
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 18 Table 8 shows the drive layouts that are enforced when using a RAID 5 policy based on the nu
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 19 shows the drive layouts that are enforced based on the number of drives in each array/hot sp
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 20 2.4.3 RAID 10 Drive Layouts and Total Usable Storage Using a RAID 10 policy, Table 10 shows
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 21 2.4.4 RAID 50 Drive Layouts and Total Usable Storage Table 11 shows the drive layouts that
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 22 3 PS Series Block Level Operations 3.1 Groups A PS Series SAN Group is a Storage Area Netw
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 23 • If all members in the pool are running PS Series firmware v5.0 or later then you can mix
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 ii Revision History Revision Date Changes 13.2 June 2012 Added PS Series Firmware Compatibilit
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 24 • Do not mix arrays with different drive technologies (SATA, SAS, SSD) within a single pool
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 25 Note: IQN names are assigned to volumes automatically when they are created. They cannot be
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 26 • Use Pool Free Space, not Group Free Space when making all determinations of thin provisio
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 27 • Snapshots of volumes with a high data change rate will require a larger snapshot reserve
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 28 3.8 Replication Replication is a powerful feature that can help you manage and implement a
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 29 3.8.2 Replication Paths The example replication paths shown in Figure 11 are described belo
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 30 Volume Replica Set A full copy of the primary volume, with data synchronized to the beginni
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 31 Figure 12 Replication Process
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 32 With replication, it does not matter if the volume is thin-provisioned or uses a traditional
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 33 Figure 13 Replica Reserve, Local Reserve, and Delegated Space Auto-replication requires res
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 iii Table of contents 1 Introduction ...
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 34 Table 14 Replication Space Sizing Guidelines Replication Space Recommended Value Space Effi
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 35 Table 15 Firmware Replication Compatibility Firmware of “Local” Group Firmware on Replicat
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 36 4 EqualLogic SAN Design An EqualLogic iSCSI SAN can be operated in any network that support
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 37 Note: Hosts can be in a different subnet as long as those hosts have layer 3 routing availab
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 38 • For best performance and reliability, we recommend that all interconnection paths between
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 39 clustered storage traffic patterns used by the EqualLogic SAN architecture, switches that su
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 40 fabric. Figure 14 shows the two common methods for interconnecting switches, using either st
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 41 Table 16 Link Aggregation Types Link Aggregation Type Notes Static Static link aggregation
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 42 Figure 15 Using a LAG to Interconnect Switch Stacks 4.3.2 Sizing Inter-Switch Connections
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 43 Table 18 Stacking vs. Inter-Switch Trunking Interconnect Type Primary Purpose Analysis St
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 iv 3.8.2 Replication Paths ...
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 44 Table 19 Redundant Server NIC Configurations LOM NIC Installed NIC 1 Installed NIC 2 NIC C
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 45 Figure 17 Redundant NIC Connections from Server to SAN using two installed PCI-E NICs 4.4.2
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 46 4.4.2.3 Configuring Microsoft Windows MPIO Configure Microsoft Windows MPIO with the follow
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 47 • A minimal number of switches will be illustrated to allow for the design concept to be un
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 48 Figure 19 Redundant SAN Connection Paths: PS4100 Figure 20 Redundant SAN Connection Paths
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 49 PS6000 family controllers and PS4100/PS610 family controllers. They are not recommended for
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 50 Table 21 Dual Controller Array Configurations Single NIC Single Switch Dual Controller Si
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 51 Figure 21 Minimum Cabling Scenario: PS4100 Note: The example configurations shown in this
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 52 Figure 22 Minimum Cabling Scenario: PS6100 4.6 Integrating 1GbE and 10GbE SANs With the i
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 53 4.6.1 Design considerations To properly implement a mixed speed SAN, you must pay close att
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 v 5.3.1 FS7500 Supported Configuration Limits ...
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 54 Figure 23 Mixed speed redundant SAN using split interconnect between 1Gb and 10Gb switches
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 55 Figure 24 Mixed speed redundant SAN using straight interconnect between 1Gb and 10Gb switch
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 56 associated with different interfaces on a given blade server as described in Table 22. Each
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 57 • Creating an external SAN switch infrastructure to host all array connections and using th
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 58 be interconnected. Since the IO modules are not interconnected via the chassis midplane, the
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 59 Placing the blade IO modules in the same fabric does remove one aspect of high availability
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 60 Table 26 Single M1000e Enclosure Stacking Dual Fabric Dual Fabric Stacked Configuration Ad
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 61 Table 27 Single Enclosure Link Aggregation Single Fabric Single Fabric Non-Stacked Configur
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 62 The 10GbE PowerConnect M-Series IO Modules do not provide a dedicated stacking interface and
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 63 Table 29 Single Stack Multiple M1000e Enclosure Direct Connect SAN Single Stacked, Multiple
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 1 1 Introduction With the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series of storage arrays Dell provides a storag
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 64 Table 30 Non-Stacked, Multiple M1000e Enclosure Direct Connect SAN Non-Stacked, Multiple M
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 65 4.7.2 Designing a SAN using Blade Chassis IO Modules as Host Access to External Switches fo
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 66 Table 31 Connecting M1000e to Stacked External Switch Infrastructure Connecting M1000e to S
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 67 Table 32 Connecting M1000e to Non-Stacked External Switch Infrastructure Connecting M1000e
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 68 Table 33 Dual M-Series Stacks to Stacked External Switch Infrastructure M-Series IO Module
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 69 Table 34 M-Series IO Module Stack(s) to Non-Stacked External Switch Infrastructure M-Series
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 70 4.7.3 M-Series Pass-Through Modules Pass-Through modules are supported for use with EqualLo
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 71 5 FS Series NAS Appliance The Dell EqualLogic FS7500 adds scale-out unified file and block
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 72 Figure 26 FS 7500 Unified Storage Architecture 5.1.1 FS Series solution for file only sto
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 73 Figure 27 FS Series NAS (file only) 5.2 Dell FluidFS Dell FluidFS3 is a high performance c
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 2 2 PS Series Storage Arrays PS Series Storage SANs provide a peer storage architecture compri
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 74 Snapshots: FluidFS snapshots are read only and redirect-on-write. They are created and manag
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 75 Table 37 Features and Supported Configuration Limits Feature/Limit FS7500 Specification Pr
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 76 5.3.2 FS7500 System Components The system components in the initial release of the EqualLog
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 77 triggers all I/O normally written to the mirror cache to be written to a journal file instea
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 78 6 FS Series File Level Operations In this section we provide an overview of key FS Series A
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 79 Figure 29 Containment Model: PS Series Storage and FS Series NAS Reserve The addition of t
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 80 Figure 30 Containment Model: FS Series NAS Reserve, File Systems, Shares and Exports 6.3.1
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 81 Referring to File System 1 in Figure 30, you could assign any of the three file system secur
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 82 • Snapshot reserve space utilization is a function of the data change rate in the file syst
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 83 7 FS Series NAS Configuration In Section 5.1 we presented a high level view of the FS7500 N
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 3 Table 2 PS4100/PS6100 Array Models Array Model Drive Type Number of Drives PS4100E 3.5” SAS
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 84 Figure 31 Connection Paths for FS7500 Client LAN Figure 32 below shows the iSCSI SAN, IPMI
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 85 Figure 32 Connection Paths for FS7500 iSCSI SAN, IPMI and Controller Interconnect
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 86 Appendix A Network Ports and Protocols PS Series groups use a number of TCP and UDP protoco
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 87 EqualLogic Diagnostics TCP 20 FTP Software update and diagnostic procedures; to all indiv
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 88 Appendix B Recommended Switches The list of recommended switches is now maintained in a sep
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 89 Appendix C Supported iSCSI Initiators The list of supported iSCSI initiators is now maintai
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 90 Related Publications The following publications provide additional background and technical
June 2012 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v13.2 91 Dell Reference Architecture Sizing and Best Practices for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in
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