IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS5000 - Manual (Page 33)

Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 33
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Mid-sized
“MAC Homogenous” StorNext configuration
FibreChannel Switch FibreChannel Switch
Zone 1
Controller A
And all host
ports
Zone 2
Controller B
And all host
ports
Controller A
Controller B
DS5020
Back
DS5020
Front
EXP520
(optional)
EXP520
(optional)
Up to 112 drives maximum
MetaData Ethernet Network
Apple
OSX
XSAN
Client
LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Controller
RHEL or SLES
RDAC
HBA
Standard supported
Emulex or Qlogic
LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Controller
RHEL or SLES
RDAC
HBA
Standard supported
Emulex or Qlogic
Apple
OSX
XSAN
Client
Apple
OSX
XSAN
Client
HBA
Celerity
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12
Apple
OSX
XSAN
Client
HBA
Celerity
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12
HBA
Celerity
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12
HBA
Celerity
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12
HBA
Celerity
FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,
or FC-84EN
Driver: .3.1b12
Example 3. In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown, but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown. DS5020
connected to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches. For DS5020 configurations, Multiple Fibre
Channel switches are not required, but they are recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5020 connections to
simplify the drawing. However, up to 8 connections are supported. In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a
single dual ported HBA. Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the DS5020 are used to increase resiliency.