IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS5000 - Manual (Page 35)

Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 35
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Small “MAC Homogenous” StorNext configuration
FibreChannel Switch
Zone 1
Controller A
And all host
ports
Zone 2
Controller B
And all host
ports
DS3400
Back
DS3400
Front
EXP3000
(optional)
Up to 48 drives maximum
EXP3000
(optional)
EXP3000
(optional)
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 5. In this example diagram Linux MDC Servers are shown, but only MAC Xsan Clients are shown. DS3400
connected to meshed SAN fabric with a single Fibre Channel switch. For DS3400 configurations, Multiple Fibre Channel
switches are not required, but they are recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS3400 connections to simplify the
drawing. However, up to 4 connections are supported. In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual
ported HBA.
RAID 1 pairs for Meta Data and Journal are represented. Global Hot spares would be assigned as appropriate. While SAS
drives would be recommended for Meta Data and Journal, SAS and/or SATA drives could be used for data as appropriate.