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Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide Dell Storage Engineering • Configure unified block and file storage solutions based on EqualLogic PS Series

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-1 Introduction With the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series of storage arrays Dell provides a storag

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-91 “host access” switches. In most cases, the latter method of SAN design is preferable to

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-92 Table 36 Single stack multiple M1000e enclosure direct connect SAN Single stacked, multi

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-93 Table 37 Non-stacked, multiple M1000e enclosure direct connect SAN Non-Stacked, Multipl

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-94 9.2 Designing a SAN using blade Pass-through module This SAN design include configuratio

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-95 Table 38 M-Series I/O module Pass-Through to external switch infrastructure M-Series I/O

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-96 9.3 Designing a SAN using blade chassis I/O modules as host access to external switches

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-97 Table 39 Horizontal Stack with Vertical LAG Connecting M1000e to Stacked external switch

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-98 Table 40 3-Way LAG Connecting M1000e to Non-Stacked external switch infrastructure Adv

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-99 Table 41 4-Way Stack Connecting M1000e to Non-Stacked external switch infrastructure

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-100 Table 42 Vertical Stack with Horizontal LAG Connecting M1000e to Non-Stacked external s

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-2 1 PS Series storage arrays PS Series Storage SANs provide a peer storage architecture com

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-101 Table 43 Dual M-Series Stacks to Stacked external switch infrastructure M-Series I/O m

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-102 Table 44 M-Series I/O module Stack(s) to Non-Stacked external switch infrastructure M-

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 10-103 10 Fluid File system The Dell EqualLogic FS Series NAS Appliance adds scale-out unifie

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 10-104 10.1 FS Series architecture The FS Series appliance connects to an EqualLogic PS Serie

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 10-105 Figure 33 FS Series NAS (file only) 10.2 Dell FluidFS Dell EqualLogic FS Series appli

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 10-106 Snapshots: FluidFS snapshots are read only and redirect-on-write. They are created and

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 11-107 11 FS Series NAS Appliances The FS7500 is the premier offering in the Dell FS Series p

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 11-108 Table 46 NAS cluster configuration limits Attribute Single NAS appliance cluster (Two

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 11-109 Attribute Single NAS appliance cluster (Two NAS controllers) Dual NAS appliance cluste

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 11-110 Table 48 Valid add-controllers pairs Controller Pair 1 Controller Pair 2 FS7500 FS7500

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-3 Table 2 PS4100/PS6100 array models Array model Drive type Number of drives PS4100E 3.5” S

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 11-111 System controllers The system contains dual active-active controller nodes with large o

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 11-112 11.6 FS7610 components Figure 36 FS7610 NAS Appliance FS7610 hot pluggable N

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-113 12 FS Series file level operations In this section we provide an overview of key FS Se

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-114 Figure 37 Containment Model: PS Series Storage and FS Series NAS Reserve The addition

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-115 Figure 38 Containment Model: FS Series NAS Reserve, Containers, Shares and Exports 12.

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-116 accessible as CIFs shares and NFS exports, a general rule of thumb for how to assign th

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-117 • Snapshot reserve space utilization is a function of the data change rate in the cont

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-118 Figure 39 NAS replication Replication requirements: • Both sites must be EqualLogic

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 12-119 • Temporary Promotion: Promote Read/Write with an ability to demote. However all write

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 13-120 13 FS Series NAS Configuration In Section 11.3 we presented a high level view of the F

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-4 Table 3 Supported configuration limits Configuration PS4000/PS4100 and PS-M4110 groups o

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 13-121 Figure 40 Connection Paths for FS7500 Client LAN Figure 41 below shows the iSCSI SAN,

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 13-122 Figure 41 Connection Paths for FS7500 iSCSI SAN, IPMI and Controller Interconnect 13.

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 13-123 It is recommended to keep the client and SAN side networks physically separate and depl

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 13-124 Figure 44 FS7610 network

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 13-125 Installation/Expansion • If installing FS7500/FS76x0 into an existing EqualLogic SAN,

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-126 14 Data Center Bridging (DCB) The enhancement to the Ethernet Specifications (IEEE 802

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-127 the same physical infrastructure to increase operational efficiency, constrain costs, a

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-128 Figure 45 Physically separate dedicated network infrastructures A converged network i

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-129 Figure 46 DCB enabled converged network infrastructure 14.2 DCB requirements for Eq

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-130 The minimum switch and server CNA/NIC requirements to support an end-to-end DCB solutio

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-5 1.3 Array models prior to PS4100/PS6100 Since the EqualLogic PS Series was introduced, th

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-131 The recommended operational mode is that switches use non-willing DCBx mode, while serv

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-132 • Blade IOM switch with ToR switch. 14.5.1 Blade IOM switch only Network ports of b

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-133 Figure 49 ToR switch only 14.5.3 Blade IOM switch with ToR switch Host network ports

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-134 connect the ToR switch to better facilitate inter-array member traffic. An uplink stack

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-135 Figure 51 M1000e Blade Enclosure full DCB solution The components used in the solution

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-136 For more information on the DCB requirements and configuration guidelines, see the foll

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-137 Appendix A Network ports and protocols PS Series groups use a number of TCP and UDP p

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-138 Table 50 Optional ports and protocols Type Port Protocol Access CLI Management TCP

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-139 Appendix B Recommended switches The list of recommended switches is now maintained in

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-140 Appendix C Supported iSCSI initiators The list of supported iSCSI initiators is now m

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-6 1.3.1 Controller types in all models prior to PS4100/PS6100 Array controllers can be iden

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-141 Appendix D Upgrade paths for EqualLogic PS SeriesArrays Table 51 EqualLogic Upgrade

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 14-142 Related publications The following locations provide additional background and technica

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March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-7 Controller type Faceplate Network interfaces Storage type Notes Type 9 2 x 1GbaseT 1 x 10

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-8 connected to the SAN, then you must use port 0 on the passive controller for the other con

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-9 Figure 2 Fully connected controller failover

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-10 1.4 Array models PS4100/PS6100 1.4.1 Controller types in PS4100/PS6100 models The new c

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 i Abstract This configuration guide provides technical guidance for designing and implementing

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-11 1.4.2 Controller redundancy in PS4100/PS6100 controllers Each array can be configured wi

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-12 Figure 3 Controller failover process and optimal connection paths 1.4.4 Vertical port

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-13 Figure 4 PS4100 vertical port failover Figure 5 PS6100 vertical port failover With PS

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-14 Figure 6 PS4100 vertical port failover and optimal connection paths IMPORTANT: By alter

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-15 Figure 7 PS6100 vertical port failover process and optimal connection paths 1.4.5 Vert

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-16 Figure 8 4110/6110 vertical port failover With the PS4110/PS6110 family of controllers,

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-17 Figure 9 4110/6110 Vertical port failover scenario 1.5 Array model PS-M4110 1.5.1 Con

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-18 1.5.2 Configuration options The PS-M4110 has four basic configuration options. It can b

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 1-19 • 10G KR is the only supported IOM • Switches: Force10 MXL, PowerConnect M8024-k, M84

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 2-20 2 Controller firmware 2.1 About member firmware Each control module in a group member m

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 ii Revision history Revision Date Changes 14.1 March 2013 Added section 14 Data Center Bridg

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 2-21 In addition to the Release Notes, the process for updating controller firmware is describ

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 2-22 2.2.1 PS Series Firmware Compatibility with EqualLogic Tools The following table provide

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 2-23 2.3 Optimizing for High Availability and preparing for Array Firmware updates Business c

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 2-24 2.3.4 Storage Heartbeat on vSphere 5.0, 4.1, and 4.0 Note: This recommendation for using

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 3-25 3 RAID policies Each array in an EqualLogic array group is configured with a single RAID

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 3-26 3.2.1 RAID level Each RAID level offers varying combinations of performance, data protec

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 3-27 Table 8 RAID level characteristics Raid policy Recommended usage scenarios Recommended

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 3-28 Table 9 RAID Level Characteristic Comparison Workload Requirement Workload Requirement

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 3-29 To convert from a no-spares RAID policy to a policy that uses spare drives, you must use

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 4-30 4 Capacity planning 4.1 RAID 6 drive layouts and total reported usable storage RAID6 (s

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 iii 12.2.1 July 2011 Corrected Spanning Tree portfast guidance in Appendix D. 12.2 May 2011 U

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 4-31 Table 11 RAID 6 drive layouts and total storage available with hot spares (in GB) Disk

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 4-32 4.2 RAID 10 drive layouts and total reported usable storage Using a RAID 10 policy, Tabl

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 4-33 4.3 RAID 50 drive layouts and total reported usable storage Table 13 shows the drive lay

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 4-34 4.4 RAID 5 drive layouts and total reported usable storage RAID 5 (striped disks with di

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 4-35 4.5 Array RAID configurations and associated RAID sets The tables show a logical drive l

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 5-36 5 PS Series array concepts 5.1 Groups and pools A PS Series SAN Group is a Storage Area

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 5-37 • If all members in the pool are running PS Series firmware v5.0 or later then you can m

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 5-38 • Do not mix arrays with different drive technologies (SATA, SAS, SSD) within a single p

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 5-39 Note: IQN names are assigned to volumes automatically when they are created. They cannot

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 5-40 • Snapshot reserve space for any volume can be decreased at any time. The minimum size a

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 iv Table of contents Abstract ...

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 5-41 • A minimum physical allocation of 10% of the logical allocation is required • If a vol

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-42 6 Array firmware features 6.1 Replication Replication is a powerful feature that can he

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-43 • PS Series groups can have up to 16 replication partners and can support a maximum of 1

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-44 6.1.3 Replication process When a replica is created the first replication process comple

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-45 Figure 13 Replication Process

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-46 With replication, it does not matter if the volume is thin provisioned or uses a traditio

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-47 Figure 14 Replica Reserve, Local Reserve, and Delegated Space Auto replication requires

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-48 Table 20 Replication space sizing guidelines Replication Space Recommended Value Space E

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-49 Table 21 Firmware replication compatibility Firmware of “Local” Group Firmware on Replic

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-50 In SyncRep-enabled volumes, volume data exists simultaneously in two pools: • SyncActi

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 v 3.1 Setting the RAID Policy for a member ...

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-51 • Adequate network bandwidth between pools. • Free space in each pool to accommodate t

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-52 1. The SyncAlternate volume becomes unavailable. 2. Initiator access to the volume con

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-53 Figure 17 Tracked changes written to the SyncAlternate volume 6.2.9 SyncActive volume u

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-54 Table 22 Comparing SyncRep and traditional replication Replication consideration Tradit

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-55 Replication consideration Traditional replication SyncRep Network Requirements Replicati

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-56 Replication consideration Traditional replication SyncRep Impact on Applications iSCSI i

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-57 Figure 18 IPsec protected traffic 6.3.2 Protected Intra-Group Traffic Once IPsec is ena

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-58 You can generate certificates suitable for use in IPsec connections to the PS Series usin

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 6-59 • Kerberos-based authentication is not supported. • Multiple Root Certificate Authorit

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-60 7 EqualLogic SAN design An EqualLogic iSCSI SAN can be operated in any network that supp

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 vi 6.2 Synchronous replication ...

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-61 7.1.2 General requirements and recommendations For EqualLogic PS Arrays, the following g

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-62 • Any EqualLogic SAN group that is required to send or receive replication traffic to/fr

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-63 Note: A detailed and frequently updated list of recommended switches is maintained in a s

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-64 more than 2 non-stacking switches, R-STP must be enabled on all ports used for inter-swit

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-65 7.2.1.1 Stacking Switches Stacking switches provide the preferred method for creating an

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-66 Table 23 Link aggregation types Link aggregation type Notes Static Static link aggregat

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-67 Figure 20 Using a LAG to Interconnect Switch Stacks 7.2.2 Sizing inter-switch connectio

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-68 Table 25 Stacking vs. Inter-Switch Trunking Interconnect type Primary purpose Analysis

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-69 Table 26 Redundant Server NIC Configurations LOM NIC Installed NIC 1 Installed NIC 2 NI

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-70 Figure 22 Redundant NIC Connections from Server to SAN using two installed PCI-E NICs 7.

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 vii 7.3.4 Redundant SAN configuration ...

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-71 • For other operating systems, use the native MPIO functionality. Configuring Microsoft

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-72 • Unless otherwise stated, all reference designs will provide end-to-end host to volume

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-73 Figure 24 Redundant SAN Connection Paths: PS4100 Figure 25 Redundant SAN Connection Pa

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-74 7.3.5 Partially redundant SAN configurations Each of the SAN configurations shown in thi

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-75 7.3.5.2 Dual array controller configurations You can configure a Dell EqualLogic array t

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-76 only one half of the available controller ports. The diagrams in Figure 26 and Figure 27

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 7-77 Figure 27 Minimum cabling scenario: PS6100

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 8-78 8 Mixed speed environments - Integrating 1GbE and 10GbE SANs With the introduction of 10

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 8-79 • Each of the 1Gb switches is configured with one dual-port 10GbE uplink module and one

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 8-80 If you are using switches that do not support a stacking mode then you must use the strai

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 viii 13.1 FS7500 connection paths ...

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 8-81 • If you have predominately 1Gb initiators, start upgrading your arrays to 10Gb for comp

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-82 9 Blade server chassis integration Integrating the PowerEdge M1000e Blade Server Solutio

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-83 Figure 30 Blade I/O modules and M1000e Chassis There are three primary methods of integ

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-84 9.1 Designing a SAN using blade chassis I/O modules with arrays directly attached The fo

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-85 Table 30 Blade I/O Module options for EqualLogic Maximum Available External Ports Ports

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-86 • Not all M-Series I/O modules can be stacked together or with external switches. Typic

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-87 Table 32 Single M1000e enclosure stacking single fabric Single Fabric Stacked Configurat

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-88 Table 33 Single M1000e enclosure stacking dual fabric Dual Fabric Stacked Configuration

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-89 Table 34 Single enclosure link aggregation single fabric Single fabric non-stacked confi

March 2013 Dell EqualLogic Configuration Guide v14.1 9-90 The 10GbE PowerConnect M-Series I/O modules do not provide a dedicated stacking interface