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HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch User Manual

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3.1.x/4.1.x
Product Version: 3.1.x/4.1.x
Third Edition (June 2003)
Part Number: AA–RTSDC–TE
This guide introduces Extended Fabric and describes how to activate and use Extended Fabric.
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  • Page 1 user guide hp StorageWorks extended fabric version 3.1.x/4.1.x Product Version: 3.1.x/4.1.x Third Edition (June 2003) Part Number: AA–RTSDC–TE This guide introduces Extended Fabric and describes how to activate and use Extended Fabric.
  • Page 2 © Copyright 1999-2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    contents Contents About this Guide........... .5 Overview.
  • Page 4 Contents Glossary............29 Index .

  • Page 5: About This Guide

    about this guide About this Guide This user guide provides information to help you: Understand HP StorageWorks Extended Fabric About this Guide Install Extended Fabric Use Extended Fabric Contact technical support for additional assistance “About this Guide” topics include: Overview, page 6 Conventions, page 7 Getting Help, page 9...

  • Page 6: Overview

    About this Guide Overview This section covers the following topics: Intended Audience Related Documentation Intended Audience This book is intended for use by system administrators who are experienced with the following: HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN switches Fabric Operating System V3.1.x or later Related Documentation For a list of related documents included with this product, see the Related Documents section of the Release Notes that came with your switch.

  • Page 7: Conventions

    About this Guide Conventions Conventions consist of the following: Document Conventions Text Symbols Getting Help Document Conventions The document conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases. Table 1: Document Conventions Element Convention Cross-reference links Blue text: Figure 1 Key and field names, menu items, Bold buttons, and dialog box titles...
  • Page 8 About this Guide Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data. Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points of information. Extended Fabric Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide...

  • Page 9: Getting Help

    About this Guide Getting Help If you still have a question after reading this guide, contact an HP authorized service provider or access our website: http://www.hp.com. HP Technical Support Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the following HP website: http://www.hp.com/support/.
  • Page 10 About this Guide Extended Fabric Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide...

  • Page 11: Introducing Extended Fabric

    Introducing Extended Fabric Extended Fabric uses Fibre Channel technology to create a fabric interconnected at a distance of up to 100 kilometers. Extended Fabric can increase the allowable distance between two switches. It is an optionally licensed product that runs on: StorageWorks 1 Gb SAN switch series with StorageWorks Fabric OS version 2.0.x installed, StorageWorks 2 Gb SAN switch series with StorageWorks Fabric OS version...

  • Page 12: Extended Fabric Licensing

    Introducing Extended Fabric Extended Fabric Licensing To enable Extended Fabric, an Extended Fabric license must be installed. If a fabric is created with StorageWorks 2 Gb SAN switches or above, the long distance extended fabric configuration has to be set only once for each fabric at the edge port connector switch.

  • Page 13: Installing Extended Fabric

    Installing Extended Fabric The installation of Extended Fabric requires an Extended Fabric license on each switch in the fabric. A license may have been installed in the switch at the factory. If not, follow the procedure below to obtain a license key. This chapter provides the following information: Verifying Activated Licenses, page 14...

  • Page 14: Verifying Activated Licenses

    Installing Extended Fabric Verifying Activated Licenses You can display the current licenses using the licenseshow command. To verify activated licenses: 1. Open a telnet or serial connection to the switch. 2. Log into the switch as Admin. The default password is password. 3.
  • Page 15 Installing Extended Fabric SdcReRcbSbjedSfy: Security license switch:admin> 4. If the Extended Fabrics license has not yet been activated, use one of the following procedures to activate the license: Activating the License Using Web Tools, page 16 Activating the License Using Telnet, page 17 Extended Fabric Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide...

  • Page 16: Activating The License Using Web Tools

    Installing Extended Fabric Activating the License Using Web Tools To activate an Extended Fabrics license using Web Tools: 1. Launch a web browser by entering the switch name or IP address in the Location/Address field of the browser and click Enter. Web Tools launches, displaying the Fabric View.

  • Page 17: Activating The License Using Telnet

    Installing Extended Fabric Activating the License Using Telnet Activate licenses using the licenseadd command. To activate an Extended Fabrics license using the CLI: 1. Open a telnet or serial connection to the switch. 2. Log into the switch as Admin. The default password is “password”. 3.

  • Page 18: Obtaining Optional Software License Keys From Hp

    Installing Extended Fabric Obtaining Optional Software License Keys from HP If you’ve purchased optional software, or need to reinstall software features due to a motherboard replacement in your switch, you will need to retrieve the software license keys from the HP Authorization Center. Obtain software license keys as follows: If you have your HP Registration Number, (located on your software entitlement certificate) go to http://webkey.external.hp.com/welcome.asp.

  • Page 19: Configuring An Extended Fabric Connection

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection The Extended Fabric feature achieves long distance connections by allocating more frame buffers for Fibre Channel traffic. Long distance connections require more frame buffers than regular ISL connections. The greater the distance level of a ISL long distance connection, the more frame buffers are required. This affects the amount of buffers left over in the quad.

  • Page 20: Long Distance Configuration

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Long Distance Configuration Note: Only active GBICs should be used when using HP Extended Fabric. Note: Trunking is not supported with LE, L1, and L2 modes. The long distance extended fabrics configuration needs to be set only once for each fabric at the edge switch E-port.

  • Page 21: Sample Extended Fabric Configuration Using Hp San Switches And Core Switches

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Valid Long Distance ISL Connections SAN Switch SAN Switch 2/16 2/16 1 Gb SAN SAN Switch Core Switch 1 Gb SAN switch 2/32 2/64 switch SAN Switch SAN Switch 2/16 2/32 Invalid Long Distance ISL SAN Switch 1 Gb SAN 2/16...

  • Page 22: Configuring An Extended Fabric Connection

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Note: The long distance ISL ports must have the same configuration or the fabric will be segmented. If the fabric contains one or more switches running HP StorageWorks Fabric OS v2.x or v3.0.x or the switch has a long distance ISL, the following parameters need to be set to configure HP StorageWorks Extended Fabrics.
  • Page 23 Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Example. switch:admin> switchdisable switch:admin> configure Configure... Fabric parameters (yes, y, no, n): [no] yes Domain: (1..239) [3] 5 R_A_TOV: (4000..120000) [10000] E_D_TOV: (1000..5000) [2000] Data field size: (256..2112) [2112] Sequence Level Switching: (0..1) [0] Disable Device Probing: (0..1) [0] Suppress Class F Traffic: (0..1) [0] VC Encoded Address Mode: (0..1) [0] Per-frame Route Priority: (0..1) [0]...

  • Page 24: Configuring Long Distance Fabric Mode On A Storageworks 2 Gb San Switch

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Configuring Long Distance Fabric Mode on a StorageWorks 2 Gb SAN Switch and StorageWorks Core Switch Note: Only active GBICs should be used when using HP StorageWorks Extended Fabric. Trunking is not supported with LE, L1, and L2 modes. This procedure is used to configure the ports in a long distance ISL connection.
  • Page 25 Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Level 1(L1) An Extended Fabric license is required. Extended Fabric port which can support up to 50 km at both 1 Gb/s and 2 Gb/s. This mode does not support trunking with other ports. Level 2(L2) An Extended Fabric license is required.

  • Page 26: Vc Translation Mode

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection VC Translation Mode The VC Translation mode is used to initiate long distance connections. VC_Translation_Link_Init Specify 1 to activate long distance link initialization sequence. This mode is used to initiate long distance connections. When configuring a long distance connection, the first port configured does not require this mode.

  • Page 27: Long Distance Port Matrix

    Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Long Distance Port Matrix Since the total number of frame buffers in a quad is limited, the Long Distance Port Matrix, shown in Table 2, introduces a combination of long distance ports that are available. Ports A, B, C, and D are the four consecutive ports in a quad. A quad is the group of ports managed by an ASIC.
  • Page 28 Configuring an Extended Fabric Connection Table 2: Long Distance Port Matrix (Continued) Fabric OS Speed Port A Port B Port C Port D HP StorageWorks 2 Gbps Disabled FOS Version: 2 Gbps LE/Fx LE/Fx Disabled 3.1 and 4.1 2 Gbps L0.5 Disabled Disabled...

  • Page 29: Glossary

    glossary Glossary This glossary defines terms used in this guide or related to this product and is not a comprehensive glossary of computer terms. Glossary 16-port card The Fibre Channel port card provided with the StorageWorks Core switch. Contains 16 Fibre Channel ports and the corresponding LEDs indicating port status and speed.
  • Page 30 Glossary Alias An alternate name for an element or group of elements in the fabric. Aliases can be used to simplify the entry of port numbers and WWNs when creating zones. Alias Address Identifier An address identifier recognized by a port in addition to its standard identifier. An alias address identifier may be shared by multiple ports.
  • Page 31 Glossary Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A transport used for transmitting data over LANs or WANs that transmit fixed-length units of data. Provides any-to-any connectivity, and allows nodes to transmit simultaneously. Auto-negotiate Speed Process that allows two devices at either end of a link segment to negotiate common features, speed (e.g., 1 or 2 Gbps) and functions.
  • Page 32 Glossary Beginning Running Disparity The disparity at the transmitter or receiver when the special character associated with an ordered set is encoded or decoded. See also disparity. Bit Error Rate. The rate at which bits are expected to be received in error. Expressed as the ratio of error bits to total bits transmitted.
  • Page 33 Glossary Boot Monitor Code used to initialize the CP (control processor) environment after powering on. Identifies the amount of memory available and how to access it, and retrieves information about system buses. Broadcast The transmission of data from a single source to all devices in the fabric, regardless of zoning. See also multicast, unicast.
  • Page 34 Glossary Class F Connectionless service for control traffic between switches, with notification of delivery or non-delivery of data between the E_Ports. Class of Service A specified set of delivery characteristics and attributes for frame delivery. Command line interface. Interface that depends entirely on the use of commands, such as through telnet or SNMP, and does not involve a Graphic User Interface (GUI).
  • Page 35 Glossary Configuration How a system is set up. May refer to hardware or software. Hardware: The number, type, and arrangement of components that make up a system or network. Software: The set of parameters that guide switch operation. May include general system parameters, IP address information, Domain ID, and other information.
  • Page 36 Glossary CT_HDR Common Transport Header. A header that conforms to the Fibre Channel Common Transport (FC_CT) protocol. CT_IU Common Transport Information Unit. An information unit that conforms to the Fibre Channel Common Transport (FC_CT) protocol. Current Fill Word The fill word currently selected by the LPSM. See also fill word, LPSM.
  • Page 37 Glossary Device Connection Controls Enables organizations to bind an individual device port to a set of one or more switch ports. Device ports are specified by a WWN and typically represent HBAs (servers). See also access control lists. Device A disk, a RAID, or an HBA. Disparity The relationship of ones and zeros in an encoded character.
  • Page 38 Glossary E_Port Expansion Port. A type of switch port that can be connected to an E_Port on another switch to create an ISL. See also ISL. EE_Credit End-to-end Credit. The number of receive buffers allocated by a recipient port to an originating port.
  • Page 39 Glossary Exchange The highest level Fibre Channel mechanism used for communication between N_Ports. Composed of one or more related sequences, and can work in either one or both directions. Extended Fabric An HP product that runs on Fabric OS and allows creation of a Fibre Channel fabric interconnected over distances of up to 100 kilometers.
  • Page 40 Glossary Fabric Configuration Server One or more designated HP switches that store and manage the configuration and security parameters for all other switches in the fabric. These switches are designated by WWN, and the list of designated switches is known fabric-wide. Fabric Manager An HP product that works in conjunction with Web Tools to provide a graphical user interface for managing switch groups (such as the SAN Switch Integrated/32) as a single unit, instead of as...
  • Page 41 Glossary FC-FLA The Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attach standard defined by ANSI. FCIA Fibre Channel Industry Association. An international organization of Fibre Channel industry professionals. Among other things, provides oversight of ANSI and industry developed standards. Fibre Channel Protocol. Mapping of protocols onto the Fibre Channel standard protocols. For example, SCSI FCP maps SCSI-3 onto Fibre Channel.
  • Page 42 Glossary Firmware Download Loading firmware down from a server into a switch. Firmware The basic operating system provided with the hardware. FL_Port Fabric Loop Port. A port that is able to transmit under fabric protocol and also has arbitrated loop capabilities.
  • Page 43 Glossary FS_REQ Fibre Channel Services Request. A request for a Fibre Channel services function, or notification of a fabric condition or event. FS_RJT Fibre Channel Services Reject. An indication that a request for Fibre Channel services could not be processed. Fibre Channel Service.
  • Page 44 Glossary GBIC Gigabit interface converter. A removable serial transceiver module that allows gigabaud physical-level transport for Fibre Channel and gigabit Ethernet. Typically refers only to the SC-form factor transceivers. See also SFP. Gbps Gigabits per second (1,062,500,000 bits/second). GBps Gigabytes per second (1,062,500,000 bytes/second). Half-duplex A mode of communication that allows a port to either transmit or receive frames at any time, but not simultaneously (with the exception of link control frames, which can be transmitted at any...
  • Page 45 Glossary Host A computer that accesses storage devices over the fabric. May also be referred to as a server. See also workstation. Hot Pluggable A FRU capability that indicates it may be extracted or installed while customer data is otherwise flowing in the chassis.
  • Page 46 Glossary Isolated E_Port An E_Port that is online but not operational due to overlapping Domain IDs or nonidentical parameters (such as E_D_TOVs). See also E_Port. Interswitch Link. a Fibre Channel link from the E_Port of one switch to the E_Port of another. See also E_Port, cascade, ISL Trunking.
  • Page 47 Glossary L_Port Loop Port. A node port (NL_Port) or fabric port (FL_Port) that has arbitrated loop capabilities. An L_Port can be in one of two modes: Fabric mode: Connected to a port that is not loop capable, and using fabric protocol. Loop mode: In an arbitrated loop and using loop protocol.
  • Page 48 Glossary Loop Failure Loss of signal within a loop for any period of time, or loss of synchronization for longer than the time-out value. See also error. Loop Initialization The logical procedure used by an L_Port to discover its environment. Can be used to assign AL_PA addresses, detect loop failure, or reset a node.
  • Page 49 Glossary Modem Serial Port The upper serial port on the CP Card of the StorageWorks Core switch. Can be used to connect the CP Card to a modem with a standard 9-pin modem cable. Consists of a DB-9 connector wired as a RS-232 device, and can be connected by serial cable to a DCE device.
  • Page 50 Glossary NL_Port Node Loop Port. A node port that has arbitrated loop capabilities. Used to connect an equipment port to the fabric in a loop configuration through an FL_Port. See also N_Port, Nx_Port. Node Name The unique identifier for a node, communicated during login and port discovery. Node A Fibre Channel device that contains an N_Port or NL_Port.
  • Page 51 Glossary Ordered Set A transmission word that uses 8B/10B mapping and begins with the K28.5 character. Ordered sets occur outside of frames, and include the following items: Frame delimiters: Mark frame boundaries and describe frame contents. Primitive signals: Indicate events. Primitive sequences: Indicate or initiate port states.
  • Page 52 Glossary Point-to-point A Fibre Channel topology that employs direct links between each pair of communicating entities. See also topology. Port Cage The metal casing extending out of the optical port on the switch, and in which the SFP can be inserted.
  • Page 53 Glossary Public Device A device that supports arbitrated loop protocol, can interpret 8-bit addresses, and can log into the fabric. Public Loop An arbitrated loop that includes a participating FL_Port, and may contain both public and private NL_Ports. Public NL_Port An NL_Port that logs into the fabric, can function within either a public or a private loop, and can communicate with either private or public NL_Ports.
  • Page 54 Glossary RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks. A collection of disk drives that appear as a single volume to the server and are fault tolerant through mirroring or parity checking. See also JBOD. Remote Fabric A fabric that spans across WANs by using protocol translation (a process also known as tunneling) such as Fibre Channel over ATM or Fibre Channel over IP.
  • Page 55 Glossary RSCN Registered State Change Notification. A switch function that allows notification of fabric changes to be sent from the switch to specified nodes. RX_ID Responder Exchange Identifier. A 2-byte field in the frame header used by the responder of the Exchange to identify frames as being part of a particular exchange.
  • Page 56 Glossary Small form factor pluggable. A transceiver used on 2 Gbps switches that replaces the GBIC. Refers to the LC-form factor transceiver. See also GBIC. SID/DID Source identifier/Destination identifier. S_ID is a 3-byte field in the frame header that is used to indicate the address identifier of the N_Port from which the frame was sent.
  • Page 57 1.0625-Gbps link speeds. May also refer to the type of GBIC or SFP. See also LWL. Tachyon A chip developed by Hewlett-Packard, and used in various devices. This chip has FC-0 through FC-2 on one chip. Target A storage device on a Fibre Channel network.
  • Page 58 Glossary Transceiver Device that converts one form of signaling to another for transmission and reception; in fiber optics, it refers to optical and electrical. Transfer State The state in which a port can establish circuits with multiple ports without reentering the arbitration cycle for each circuit.
  • Page 59 Glossary Upper-level Protocol. The protocol that runs on top of Fibre Channel. Typical upper-level protocols are SCSI, IP, HIPPI, and IPI. Unicast The transmission of data from a single source to a single destination. See also broadcast, multicast. user account A login intended for use by the customer to monitor, but not control, switch operation.
  • Page 60 Glossary Zone A set of devices and hosts attached to the same fabric and configured as being in the same zone. Devices and hosts within the same zone have access permission to others in the zone, but are not visible to any outside the zone. See also Zoning.

  • Page 61: Index

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