IBM SAN survival guide 2nd Edition by Jon Tate, IBM Redbooks ISBN 0738454338 978-0738454337
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ISBN 10: 0738454338
ISBN 13: 978-0738454337
Author: Jon Tate, IBM Redbooks
The IBM SAN Survival Guide, 2nd Edition, authored by Jon Tate and others as part of the IBM Redbooks series, is a comprehensive resource for IT professionals involved in designing, deploying, and managing Storage Area Networks (SANs). Published in August 2003, this guide focuses on building fault-tolerant and high-performance SAN environments using IBM’s portfolio of products.
Table of contents:
Part 1. Survival tactics
Chapter 1. Introduction.
1.1 Beyond disaster recovery
1.1.1 Whose responsibility is it?.
1.1.2 The Internet brings increased risks.
1.1.3 Planning for business continuity
1.2 Using a SAN for business continuance
1.2.1 SANs and business continuance
1.3 SAN business benefits
1.3.1 Storage consolidation and sharing of resources.
1.3.2 Data sharing
1.3.3 Non-disruptive scalability for growth
1.3.4 Improved backup and recovery.
1.3.5 High performance
1.3.6 High availability server clustering
1.3.7 Improved disaster tolerance
1.3.8 Allow selection of “best of breed” storage.
1.3.9 Ease of data migration
1.3.10 Reduced total costs of ownership
1.3.11 Storage resources match e-business enterprise needs.
Chapter 2. SAN fabric components.
2.1 ASIC technology
2.2 Fiber optic interconnects..
2.2.1 Small Form Factor Optical Transceivers.
2.2.2 Gigabit Interface Converters..
2.2.3 Gigabit Link Modules.
2.2.4 Media Interface Adapters
2.2.5 1×9 transceivers
2.2.6 Fibre Channel adapter cable.
2.3 Fibre Channel ports.
2.3.1 Port types
2.4 SAN topologies
2.4.1 Point-to-point.
2.4.2 Arbitrated loop.
2.4.3 Logins
2.4.4 Switched fabric
2.4.5 WWN and WWPN.
2.4.6 Zoning..
2.4.7 Expanding the fabric
2.5 SAN software management standards
2.5.1 Application management.
2.5.2 Data management.
2.5.3 Resource management.
2.5.4 Network management.
2.5.5 Element management.
2.5.6 Storage Management Initiative.
2.5.7 InfiniBand
2.6 Fabric management methods
2.6.1 Common methods.
2.6.2 Hardware setup for switch management.
2.6.3 Managing with Telnet
2.7 SAN standards
2.7.1 SAN industry associations and organizations.
2.7.2 List of evolved Fibre Channel standards.
Chapter 3. SAN features.
3.1 Fabric implementation.
3.1.1 Blocking.
3.1.2 Ports.
3.1.3 Inter-Switch Links
3.1.4 RSCN
3.2 Classes of service.
3.2.1 Class 1
3.2.2 Class 2
3.2.3 Class 3
3.2.4 Class 4
3.2.5 Class 5
3.2.6 Class 6
3.2.7 Class F
3.2.8 Communication
3.2.9 Solutions
3.3 Distance
3.3.1 Dark fiber.
3.3.2 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
3.3.3 Primary and secondary routes
3.4 Time-out values.
3.4.1 Time-out value settings.
3.5 Buffers.
3.6 Data protection
3.6.1 RAID
3.6.2 Mirroring
3.6.3 Clustering
3.6.4 Dual pathing
3.7 SAN platforms.
3.7.1 zSeries and S/390.
3.7.2 pSeries
3.7.3 xSeries
3.7.4 iSeries.
3.8 Security
3.8.1 Control types.
3.8.2 Vulnerabilities.
3.8.3 Fibre Channel security
3.8.4 Security mechanisms
3.8.5 IP security.
Chapter 4. SAN disciplines.
4.1 Floor plan
4.1.1 SAN inventory.
4.1.2 Cable types and cable routing.
4.1.3 Planning considerations and recommendations
4.1.4 Structured cabling.
4.1.5 Data center fiber cabling options.
4.1.6 Cabinets
4.1.7 Phone sockets.
4.1.8 Environmental considerations.
4.1.9 Location.
4.1.10 Sequence for design.
4.2 Naming conventions
4.2.1 Servers.
4.2.2 Cabinets
4.2.3 SAN fabric components
4.2.4 Cables.
4.2.5 Zones
4.3 Documentation
4.4 Power-on sequence
4.5 Security..
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Physical access.
4.5.3 Remote access.
4.6 Education
4.6.1 SAN administrators.
4.6.2 Skills..
4.6.3 Certification.
Chapter 5. Host Bus Adapters
5.1 Selection criterion
5.1.1 IBM supported HBAs.
5.1.2 IBM SSG HBA and SAN interoperability matrix
5.1.3 ESS host systems attachment
5.1.4 Special features
5.1.5 Quantity of servers
5.1.6 Product specifics.
5.2 Emulex
5.2.1 LP7000E
5.2.2 LP8000.
5.2.3 LP8000S
5.2.4 LP9002DC.
5.2.5 LP9002L
5.2.6 LP9002S
5.2.7 Emulex special features
5.2.8 Device drivers.
5.2.9 Emulex utilities
5.2.10 Installation.
5.2.11 Management.
5.2.12 Troubleshooting
5.2.13 Performance
5.3 JNI..
5.3.1 FCI-1063-N 32-bit PCI to FC HBA
5.3.2 FC64-1063-N 64-bit SBus to FC HBA.
5.3.3 FCE-1063 64-bit SBus to FC HBA
5.3.4 FCE2-1063 64-bit Dual Port SBus to FC HBA
5.3.5 FCE-1473 1 or 2 Gb 64-bit SBus to FC HBA
5.3.6 FCE-6410 64-bit PCI to FC HBA.
5.3.7 FCE2-6412 64-bit Dual Port PCI to FC HBA.
5.3.8 FCC-6460 1 or 2 Gb Compact PCI to FC HBA.
5.3.9 FCE-6460 1 or 2 Gb 64-bit PCI to FC HBA.
5.3.10 Drivers.
5.3.11 Management.
5.3.12 Installation.
5.3.13 Troubleshooting the SBUS HBA
5.3.14 Troubleshooting the JNI PCI HBA.
5.3.15 Troubleshooting both PCI and SBUS
5.3.16 Performance settings
5.4 QLogic.
5.4.1 QLA2100
5.4.2 QLA2200.
5.4.3 QLA2300.
5.4.4 Installation.
5.4.5 Management.
5.4.6 Troubleshooting
5.4.7 Performance
Chapter 6. IBM TotalStorage SAN switches
6.1 Overview
6.2 Product description
6.2.1 3534-F08.
6.2.2 2109-F16 and 2109-F32.
6.2.3 2109-M12
6.3 Switch components
6.3.1 GBIC modules
6.3.2 SFP modules.
6.3.3 Serial port connection.
6.3.4 Ethernet connection
6.4 Fabric Operating System.
6.4.1 Reliable data services.
6.4.2 Services based on standards
6.4.3 Support for private loop configurations
6.4.4 Routing services for high availability.
6.4.5 Management interfaces.
6.4.6 Switch upgrade
6.5 Advanced Security
6.5.1 Fabric configuration servers
6.5.2 Management access controls.
6.5.3 Device connection controls
6.5.4 Switch connection controls
6.5.5 Fibre Channel Authentication Protocol.
6.6 Licensed features
6.7 IBM TotalStorage fabric features.
6.7.1 Blocking versus non-blocking.
6.7.2 Supported fabric port types.
6.7.3 Supported node port types
6.8 ISL.
6.8.1 ISLs without trunking.
6.8.2 ISLs with trunking
6.8.3 Switch count
6.8.4 Distributed fabrics
6.9 Zoning..
6.9.1 Preparing to use zoning
6.9.2 Increasing availability
6.9.3 Advanced zone terminology
6.9.4 Zoning types.
6.9.5 Zone configuration
6.9.6 Zoning administration
6.9.7 QuickLoop.
6.10 Fabric management
6.10.1 Web Tools.
6.10.2 Advanced Performance Monitoring.
6.10.3 Fabric Watch.
6.10.4 Fabric Manager.
6.10.5 SCSI Enclosure Services
6.11 Switch interoperability
6.11.1 Interoperability matrix
Chapter 7. Cisco directors and switches
7.1 Overview.
7.1.1 Cisco directors and switches
7.1.2 Supported attachments.
7.1.3 Supported port-types.
7.1.4 Availability.
7.1.5 Scalable capacity
7.2 MDS 9509 Multilayer Director component overview
7.2.1 Chassis.
7.2.2 Backplane.
7.2.3 Power supply.
7.2.4 Fan assembly
7.2.5 Supervisor module
7.3 MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch
7.3.1 Chassis.
7.3.2 Backplane
7.3.3 Power supply.
7.3.4 Fan assembly
7.3.5 Supervisor module
7.3.6 Processor
7.3.7 Interfaces
7.3.8 Switching modules
7.4 Cisco SAN capabilities
7.4.1 Port-Channels.
7.4.2 Trunking
7.4.3 IP services.
7.4.4 Quality of Service
7.5 Software management
7.5.1 Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager.
7.5.2 In-band management and out-of-band management
7.5.3 Using the setup routine.
7.5.4 Controlling administrator access with users and roles
7.5.5 Accessing Cisco Fabric Manager.
7.5.6 Connecting to a supervisor module.
7.5.7 Software download and install
7.5.8 Launching views
7.5.9 Discovering and viewing the network fabric
7.5.10 Menu bar, toolbars and message bar.
7.6 Zoning.
7.6.1 Zone features
7.6.2 Zone membership.
7.6.3 Configuring a zone
7.6.4 Zone enforcement.
7.6.5 Zone sets
7.6.6 Default zone
7.7 Virtual SAN.
7.7.1 VSANs versus zoning
7.7.2 Default and isolated VSANS
7.7.3 VSAN membership
7.7.4 VSAN attributes.
7.8 Security management
7.8.1 Switch access security
7.8.2 User authentication.
7.8.3 Role-based access
7.8.4 User authentication
7.8.5 Role-based authorization
7.8.6 Accounting
7.8.7 Standards
7.9 Switch interoperability mode.
7.10 Troubleshooting.
7.10.1 Troubleshooting with Fabric Manager.
7.10.2 Monitoring network traffic using SPAN.
7.10.3 Monitoring traffic using Fibre Channel analyzers
7.11 Interoperability matrix
Chapter 8. CNT(INRANGE) directors.
8.1 CNT(INRANGE) director features.
8.2 CNT(INRANGE) director product overview.
8.2.1 CNT(INRANGE) IN-VSN FC/9000-64 Fiber Channel Director.
8.2.2 CNT(INRANGE) IN-VSN FC/9000-128 Fiber Channel Director
8.2.3 CNT(INRANGE) IN-VSN FC/9000-256 Fiber Channel Director
8.3 CNT(INRANGE) director supported attachments
8.3.1 Supported port types.
8.3.2 Availability.
8.3.3 Scalable capacity
8.4 Product component overview
8.4.1 CNT(INRANGE) director: 2 Gb/s capable system
8.4.2 CNT(INRANGE) director: 1 Gb/s and 128 port capable
8.4.3 Upgrade Path/Extensible Core Architecture.
8.4.4 Cabinet
8.4.5 Configuration examples
8.4.6 Management software IN-Vision Enterprise Manager
8.4.7 FICON Manager Server
8.4.8 FICON cascading
8.4.9 Trunking
8.5 Product specifications.
8.5.1 Availability options.
8.5.2 Physical dimensions.
8.5.3 Getting started.
8.5.4 Setup validation.
8.5.5 Dial home settings.
8.5.6 IN-VSN installation
8.5.7 Installing
8.5.8 Management software.
8.6 CNT(BRAIN) fabric
8.7 CNT(INRANGE) zoning.
8.7.1 Understanding CNT(INRANGE) hard zoning
8.7.2 Understanding CNT(INRANGE) broadcast zoning.
8.7.3 Understanding CNT(INRANGE) name server zoning.
8.7.4 Hard zones and name server zones together.
8.7.5 Understanding WWN zoning.
8.8 Managing by device WWN
8.9 Cascading of directors.
8.9.1 ISLS.
8.10 Auditing and event logging
8.10.1 Audit trail.
8.10.2 Using the IN-VSN event log
8.11 Configuration guidelines
8.11.1 Port positioning for performance.
8.11.2 Port configuration flexibility
8.11.3 Hop count
8.11.4 Port tuning options
8.11.5 Non-I: Non-Interleaved option
8.11.6 Min-I: Minimize-Interleave option
8.11.7 Frame-L: Frame Limit option.
8.11.8 Normal option
8.11.9 Interoperability and legacy device toleration.
8.11.10 Firmware level.
8.11.11 Trivial File Transfer Protocol.
8.12 Private and public device support
8.12.1 24-bit and 8-bit addressing
8.12.2 Private loop.
8.12.3 Public loop.
8.12.4 Translative loop mode.
8.13 Power-up process.
8.14 IN-VSN database
8.15 Interoperability matrix
8.16 Standards
Chapter 9. McDATA directors and switches
9.1 McDATA Directors.
9.1.1 McDATA Intrepid 6140
9.1.2 Scalability
9.1.3 Connectivity.
9.1.4 Availability.
9.1.5 Power supply modules
9.1.6 AC module
9.1.7 Backplane
9.1.8 Fan module
9.1.9 SBAR assembly
9.1.10 CTP2 card.
9.1.11 UPM card
9.1.12 Serviceability.
9.2 McDATA Intrepid 6064 Director
9.2.1 Scalability
9.2.2 Connectivity.
9.2.3 Availability.
9.2.4 СТР2 cards
9.2.5 UPM cards
9.2.6 Fan modules
9.2.7 Power supply module
9.2.8 Power module assembly.
9.2.9 SBAR assemblies
9.2.10 RFI Shield.
9.2.11 Backplane.
9.2.12 Serviceabilit
9.3 McDATA Sphereon 4500 fabric switch
9.3.1 Scalability
9.3.2 Availability.
9.3.3 Serviceability.
9.4 McDATA Sphereon 3232 fabric switches
9.4.1 Scalability
9.5 Availability features
9.5.1 Power supplies
9.5.2 Fans
9.5.3 Spare ports.
9.5.4 Concurrent firmware upgrade.
9.6 Serviceability..
9.7 Fabric planning
9.7.1 Dual fabrics and directors.
9.7.2 Server to storage ratio.
9.7.3 ISLS.
9.7.4 Load balancing
9.7.5 Open Trunking
9.7.6 Principal switch selection
9.7.7 Special considerations
9.7.8 Open Fabric
9.7.9 Supported devices, servers and HBAs.
9.8 Fabric management
9.8.1 In-band management
9.8.2 Out-of-band management.
9.8.3 EFC Server
9.8.4 EFC Manager
9.8.5 Troubleshooting
9.8.6 SANpilot interface
9.8.7 Command line interface
9.8.8 SNMP.
9.9 Zoning.
9.9.1 Configuring zones..
9.9.2 Zoning and LUN masking
9.9.3 Blocking a port
9.9.4 Merging fabrics.
9.10 FICON support
9.11 Performance.
9.12 Security.
9.12.1 Restricting access to those that need it
9.12.2 Controlling access at the switch
9.12.3 SANtegrity.
9.12.4 Port blocking.
9.13 IBM feature codes
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Chapter 10. General SAN troubleshooting tips
10.1 Overview.
10.2 Reporting failure
10.3 Where to look for failures
10.3.1 Connectivity problems.
10.3.2 Performance problems
10.4 Other Fibre Channel diagnostic tools
Part 2. Survival solutions
Chapter 11. General solutions
11.1 Objectives of SAN implementation
11.2 Servers and host bus adapters
11.2.1 Path and dual-redundant HBA
11.2.2 Multiple paths
11.3 Software
11.4 Storage
11.5 Fabric
11.5.1 The fabric-is-a-switch approach
11.5.2 The fabric-is-a-network approach.
11.6 High level fabric design
11.7 Definitions
11.7.1 Port formulas
11.8 Our solutions.
Chapter 12. IBM TotalStorage switch solutions
12.1 Performance solutions.
12.2 Availability solutions
12.2.1 Single fabric
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