EMC FC5300 manuals

Emc FC5300 User Manual (134 pages)

Brand: Emc | Category: Servers | Size: 2.24 MB |

English

Table of contents

CONFIGURATION PLANNING GUIDE

1

Trademark Information

2

Contents

3

About Fibre Channel

13

Storage Systems and

13

Networks (SANs)

13

Storage System Models

14

Fibre Channel Background

15

Interconnect Components

16

SP SP

18

A Switch Zone

19

16-Port Switch, Back View

19

Nine-Port Hub

20

Hardware)

21

Networks)

23

Storage Groups

24

Sample SAN Configuration

25

About Unshared Storage

28

RAID Types and

31

Tradeoffs

31

Introducing RAID

32

RAID Groups and

33

RAID Types

34

RAID 5 Group

35

RAID 3 Group

36

RAID 1 Mirrored Pair

37

RAID Types and Tradeoffs

38

Individual Disk Unit

39

Hot Spare

39

How a Hot Spare Works

41

RAID Benefits and Tradeoffs

42

Performance

43

Storage Flexibility

44

Guidelines for RAID Types

47

Planning File Systems

51

Switched Storage

51

Dual Paths to LUNs

52

Application and LUN Planning

56

LUN Details Worksheet

61

0_0,0_1,0_2,0_3,0_4

63

0_5, 0_6, 0_7, 0_8, 0_9

63

Planning LUNs and File

69

Systems with Unshared

69

Direct Storage

69

Dual SPs and Paths to LUNs

70

LUN Planning Worksheet

74

Full-fibre storage system

75

Storage System

85

Hardware

85

Shared and Unshared Storage

86

Hardware for Shared Storage

87

Storage Processor (SP)

89

Hardware for Unshared Storage

90

Disks and Disk IDs

93

Hardware Data Sheets

98

Weight (without

100

Power requirements

100

Power cables (single or dual)

101

Operating environment

101

Service clearances

101

DAE Data Sheet

102

Storage System Hardware

104

Hardware Planning Worksheets

108

Sample Component Worksheet

115

1__ LCCs:__1___PSs:__1___

115

0__ _m or ft

115

Configuration

116

4___ PSs:___4__SPSs:_

119

Storage-System

121

Management

121

Storage-System Management

122

Switch fabric

124

Storage Management Worksheets

125

EMC devices