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HP 3P AR VMw ar e E SX Im ple me n t ati o n
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T his im ple me n t ati o n gui de pr o v i de s inf o r mati o n f o r e s t a blishing co mm uni cati o ns be t w ee n an HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age and
a VMw ar e E SX h o s t . Ge ne r al inf o r mati o n is als o pr o v i ded o n the ba si c s t ep s r eq uir ed t o allocat e s t o r age o n the HP 3P AR
S t o r e S e r v S t o r age that can the n be acce s s ed b y the E SX h o s t .
HP P ar t Numbe r : QL2 2 6 -9
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© C op y r i gh t 20 1 3 H e w le t t -P ac k ar d D e v e lopme n t C o m pan y , L .P . C o nf i de n ti al co m pu t e r s o f t w ar e . V ali d li ce ns e f r o m HP r eq uir ed f o r po s s e s si o n , u s e o r cop y ing . C o nsis t e n t w ith F AR 1 2 .2 1 1 and 1 2 .2 1 2 , C o mme r c i al C o m pu t e r S o f t w ar e , C o m pu t e r S o f t w ar e Doc ume n t ati o n , and T ec hni cal D at a f o r C o mme r c i al It e ms ar e li ce ns ed t o the U . S . Go v e r nme n t unde r
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C o n t e n ts 1 In tr odu c ti o n ............................................................................................... 6 Su ppo r t ed C o nf i gur ati o ns .......................................................................................................... 6 HP 3P AR O S U pgr ade C o nsi de r ati o ns.........................................................................................7 A udi ence ...........................................................................
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S c r ipt A lt e r nati v e f o r P ath P o li c y C hange s o n S t o r age D e v i ce s w ith o u t a Ho s t R eboo t..............46 P e r f o r mance C o nsi de r ati o ns f o r Multiple Ho s t C o nf i gur ati o ns ........................................................47 E SX/E SX i H andling S C S I Q ue ue F ull and B u s y Me s s age s f r o m the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age A r ray .............................................................................................
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HP 3P AR doc ume n t ati o n..........................................................................................................85 T y pogr a phi c co n v e n ti o ns .........................................................................................................88 HP 3P AR br anding inf o r mati o n.................................................................................................88 1 1 Doc ume n t ati o n f eedbac k..................................................
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1 In tr odu c ti o n T his im ple me n t ati o n gui de pr o v i de s inf o r mati o n f o r e s t a blishing co mm uni cati o ns be t w ee n an HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age and a VMw ar e E SX h o s t . Ge ne r al inf o r mati o n is als o pr o v i ded o n the ba si c s t ep s r eq uir ed t o allocat e s t o r age o n the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age that can the n be acce s s ed b y the E SX h o s t . T he inf o r mati o n co n t ained in this im ple me n t ati o n gui de i
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HP 3P AR O S U pgr ade C o nsi de r ati o ns F o r inf o r mati o n a bo u t planning an o nline HP 3P AR Ope r ating S y s t e m (HP 3P AR O S) u pgr ade , s ee the HP 3P AR Ope r ating S y s t e m U pgr ade Pr e -P lanning Gui de, w hi c h is a v aila ble o n the HP B u sine s s Su ppo r t C e n t e r (B S C) w eb sit e: h t tp://w w w .hp .co m/go/b s c F o r co m ple t e de t ails a bo u t su ppo r t ed h o s t co nf i gur ati o ns and in t e r ope r a b ilit y , co nsult the HP SP OCK w eb
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2 C o nf i gur ing the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age f o r F ibr e C hanne l T his c ha pt e r e xplains h o w t o e s t a blish a F ibr e C hanne l co nnec ti o n be t w ee n the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age and a VMw ar e E SX h o s t and co v e r s HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 .x , O S 2 . 3 .x , and 2 .2 .x v e r si o ns . F o r inf o r mati o n o n s e t ting u p the ph y si cal co nnec ti o n f o r a par ti c ular HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age , s ee the a ppr opr i at e
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2 . If the po r t ha s n o t bee n co nf i gur ed , t ak e the po r t o ff line be f o r e co nf i gur ing it f o r the E SX h o s t b y is suing the f o llo w ing HP 3P AR O S CLI co mmand: controlport offline [node:slot:port] CA UT I ON: Be f o r e t aking a po r t o ff line in pr epar ati o n f o r a dir ec t o r f a br i c co nnec ti o n , y o u sh o uld v e r if y that the po r t ha s n o t bee n pr e v i o u sl y de f ined and that it is n o t alr ead y co nnec t ed t o a h o s t a s this
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2 . T o c r eat e h o s t de f initi o ns , is sue the createhost co mmand w ith the -persona opti o n t o s pec if y the pe r s o na and the h o s t name . F o r HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 . 1 o r ear li e r : # createhost -persona 6 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE F o r HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 .2 : # createhost -persona 11 ESXserver1 10000000C9724AB2 10000000C97244FE 3 . T o v e r if y that the h o s t ha s bee n c r eat ed , is sue the showhost co mmand . F o r HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 . 1 o r ear
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NO TE: F o r co nf i gur ati o ns that ar e in t e nded t o ha v e mo r e than o ne h o s t t y pe (f o r e x am ple , an E SX h o s t and a W indo w s h o s t) co nnec t ed t o a shar ed HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age HB A po r t v i a f a br i c co nnec ti o ns , s ee t o the H e t e r oge neo u s Ho s t Su ppo r t Gui de o n the HP B S C w eb sit e f o r the r eq uir ed HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age po r t s e t ting s and in t e r ope r a b ilit y co nsi de r ati o ns: h t t
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Cr eating the Ho s t D e f initi o n Be f o r e co nnec ting the E SX h o s t t o the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age , c r eat e a h o s t de f initi o n f o r eac h HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age that is t o be co nnec t ed t o a h o s t HB A po r t thr o ugh a f a br i c o r a dir ec t co nnec ti o n . 1 . T o c r eat e h o s t de f initi o ns , is sue the HP 3P AR O S CLI createhost co mmand w ith the a ppr opr i at e h o s t name . F o r e x am ple: # createhost ESXserver1 10
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Y o u can s e t u p f a br i c z o ning b y a s s oc i ating the de v i ce W o r ld W i de Name s ( WWNs) o r the s w it c h po r ts w ith s pec if i ed z o ne s in the f a br i c . A lth o ugh y o u can u s e e ithe r the WWN me th od o r the po r t z o ning me th od w ith the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age , the WWN z o ning me th od is r eco mme nded beca u s e the z o ne sur v i v e s the c hange s o f s w it c h po r ts w he n ca ble s ar e mo v ed ar o und o n a f a br i c . R eq u
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3 . 0.2 o r lat e r , v e r if y that eac h s w it c h po r t is in the co r r ec t mode u sing the Br ocade t e lne t in t e r f ace and the portcfgshow co mmand , a s f o llo w s: brocade2_1:admin> portcfgshow Ports 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -----------------+--+--+--+--+----+--+--+-- Speed AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN Trunk Port ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON Locked L_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Locked G_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Disabled E_Port ..
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◦ HP 3P AR HB A 4G: 1 6 3 8 ◦ HP 3P AR HB A 8G: 3 2 7 6 (HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v 1 0000 and HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v 7 000 s y s t e ms o nl y) • T he I/O q ue ue s ar e shar ed amo ng the co nnec t ed h o s t HB A po r ts o n a f ir s t -co me , f ir s t -s e r v ed ba sis . • W he n all q ue ue s ar e in u s e and a h o s t HB A po r t tr i e s t o initi at e I/O , it r ece i v e s a t ar ge t q ue ue f ull r e s po ns e f r o m the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age po r t . T his co
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In HP 3P AR S t o r age ar r a y s w ith mo r e than t w o n ode s , f ailo v e r be ha v i o r occ ur s o n n ode pair s; that is , if n ode 0 goe s do w n , po r ts o n n ode 0 f ail o v e r t o n ode 1 , if n ode 2 goe s do w n , po r ts o n n ode 2 f ail o v e r t o n ode 3, and s o o n . C o n v e r s e l y , w he n n ode 1 goe s do w n , po r ts o n n ode 1 f ail o v e r t o n ode 0, and w he n n ode 3 goe s do w n , po r ts o n n ode 3 f ail o v e r t o n ode 2 . W he n the do w ned n ode
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Be f o r e P e r sis t e n t P o r ts is ac ti v e , the o u tpu t o f the showhost co mmand dis pla y s a s f o llo w s: # showhost Id Name Persona ---------------WWN/iSCSI_Name--------------- Port 1 server1 Generic 5001438009AE770E 0:1:1 5001438009AE770C 0:1:1 5001438009AE770E 1:1:1 5001438009AE770C
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3 C o nf i gur ing the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age f o r iS C S I T his c ha pt e r e xplains h o w t o e s t a blish an iS C S I co nnec ti o n be t w ee n the HP 3P AR S t o r e S e r v S t o r age and the VMw ar e E SX h o s t . If y o u ar e r unning s pec if i c CN A car ds , a s o f t w ar e o r har d w ar e iS C S I initi at o r can be u s ed . F o r de t ails a bo u t har d w ar e iS C S I co nf i gur ati o n , s ee “H ar d w ar e iS C S I Su ppo r t” (page 25 ) . S o f t w ar
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3 . Is sue the HP 3P AR O S CLI showport -iscsi co mmand t o c hec k the c ur r e n t s e t ting s o f the iS C S I po r ts: # showport -iscsi N:S:P State IPAddr Netmask Gateway TPGT MTU Rate DHCP iSNS_Prim iSNS_Sec iSNS_Port 0:1:1 offline 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 11 1500 n/a 0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0.0 3205 1:1:1 offline 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 12 1500 n/a 0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0.0 3205 0:1:1 offline 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 111 1500 n/a 0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0.0 3205 1:1:1 offline 0
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E SX/E SX i u s e s the ge ne r i c legac y h o s t pe r s o na o f 6 f o r HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 . 1 o r ear li e r . As o f HP 3P AR O S 3 . 1 .2 , a s eco nd h o s t pe r s o na 1 1 ( VMw ar e) , w hi c h e na ble s a s y mme tr i c logi cal unit acce s s ( AL U A ) is a v aila ble . Ho s t pe r s o na 1 1 ( VMw ar e) is r eco mme nded f o r ne w E SX/E SX i ins t allati o ns and is r eq uir ed f o r E SX/E SX i h o s ts co nf i gur ed a s par t o f a HP 3P AR P ee r P e r sis t e nce co nf i gu
