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IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS5000 User Manual

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Mid to large -sized Heterogeneous StorNext configuration

MetaData Ethernet Network

IBM

DS5300

Controller A

Controller B

FibreChannel Switch

FibreChannel Switch

Zone 1

Controller A
And all host

ports

Zone 2

Controller B
And all host

ports

Linux

StorNext

Client

RHEL or SLES

RDAC

RDAC

HBA

Standard

supported
Emulex or

Qlogic

Apple

OSX

XSAN Client

H
S

Up to 448 drives maximum (with EXP5000)

or 480 drives maximum with EXP5060)

DS5100

or

DS5300

EXP5000

EXP5000

(optional)

EXP5000

(optional)

HBA

Standard

supported
Emulex or

Qlogic

HBA

Standard

supported
Emulex or

Qlogic

HBA

Standard

supported
Emulex or

Qlogic

Windows

200x Server

StorNext

Client

HBA

Standard supported

Emulex or Qlogic

Windows XP,

Vista, 7

StorNext

Client

R

A

ID

1

M

D

R

A

ID

1

J

o

u

rn

a

l

R

A

ID

5

4

+

1

D

A

T

A

R

A

ID

5

8

+

1

D

A

T

A

R

A

ID

5

8

+

1

D

A

T

A

R

A

ID

1

M

D

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

LINUX

STORNEXT

Meta Data

Controller

RHEL or SLES

LINUX

STORNEXT

Meta Data

Controller

RHEL or SLES

RDAC

HBA

Celerity

FC-81EN,
FC-82EN,

or FC-84EN

Driver: .3.1b12

Example 6. Drawing depicts mid to large size and expandable SAN with heterogeneous client connectivity. DS5300 connected
to meshed SAN fabric with a minimum of two Fibre Channel switches. For DS5100/DS5300 configurations, a minimum of two
switches is recommended. Drawing shows minimal SAN to DS5300 connections to simplify the drawing. However, up to 16
connections is supported.
In this example, the Meta data Controllers each have a single dual ported HBA. Also in this example multiple HIC cards on the
DS5300 are used to increase resiliency. This drawing includes RAID Group type and size suggestions. However performance
tuning guidelines should be used to plan RAID group layout between trays to maximize performance.

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