IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction and Implementation Guide

IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction and Implementation Guide

by Sangam Racherla, Reza Fanaei Aghdam, Hartmut Lonzer, L G (Len) O'Neill, Mario Rodriguez, Vaclav Sindelar, Alexander (Al) Watson
Released May 2011
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces the IBM System Storage® DS3500, providing an overview of its design and specifications, and describing in detail how to set up, configure, and administer it. This edition covers updates and functions available with the DS3500 Storage Manager Version 10.70 (firmware level 7.70).

IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading 6 Gbps host interface and drive technology in the IBM System Storage DS3500 Express. With its simple, efficient, and flexible approach to storage, the DS3500 is a cost-effective, fully integrated complement to System x® servers, BladeCenter®, and Power Systems™. Offering substantial improvements at a price that will fit most budgets, the DS3500 delivers superior price to performance ratios, functionality, scalability, and ease-of-use for the entry-level storage user.

The DS3500 supports intermixing four 1 Gbps iSCSI or four 8 Gbps FC host ports with its native 6 Gbps SAS interfaces. This flexible and multi-purpose dual protocol approach allows organizations to implement a single storage system to support all of their shared storage requirements, there by maximizing productivity, reliability, and cost.

Delivering solid input/output per second (IOPS) and throughput, the DS3500 controllers offer balanced and sustainable performance. The DS3500 can effectively double the performance of the previous DS3000 series of storage systems in both throughput and IOPS.

The DS3500 DS Storage Manager is the same management software offered with the DS5000 and DS4000® series. Now, any of these storage systems can be viewed and managed from a single interface. This allows for consolidated management of these various storage systems and a reduced learning curve. The DS3500 also supports enhanced remote mirroring over FC host ports, which is also compatible with the DS5000 and DS4000 series. This allows for low-cost backup and recovery with a DS5000 and DS4000 at a production site and a DS3500 at the secondary site.

This book is intended for customers, IBM Business Partners, and IBM technical professionals who want to learn more about the capabilities and advanced functions of the IBM System Storage DS3500 with Storage Manager Software. It also targets those who have a DS3500 storage system and need detailed advice on how to configure and manage it.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team who wrote this book
    2. Now you can become a published author, too!
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  3. Chapter 1: Disk attachment technology
    1. Fibre Channel disk attachment
    2. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk attachment
    3. iSCSI disk attachment
      1. iSCSI initiators and targets
      2. iSCSI discovery
      3. iSCSI security considerations
  4. Chapter 2: Introduction to IBM System Storage DS3500
    1. IBM System Storage Portfolio
    2. DS3500 product models
      1. DS3512 and DS3524 Components
    3. EXP3512 and EXP3524
    4. Premium Features
    5. DS3500 and DS3950 Comparisons
    6. IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
  5. Chapter 3: IBM System Storage DS3500 Storage System planning tasks
    1. Planning your SAN and storage server
      1. SAN zoning for the DS3500 Storage System
      2. Zoning considerations for Enhanced Remote Mirroring
    2. Planning for physical components
      1. Rack considerations
      2. SAS cables and connectors
      3. Ethernet cable and connections
      4. Fibre Channel cables and connectors (1/2)
      5. Fibre Channel cables and connectors (2/2)
      6. Fibre Channel adapters
      7. Disk expansion enclosures
    3. Planning your storage structure
      1. Selecting drives
      2. Understanding RAID types (1/2)
      3. Understanding RAID types (2/2)
      4. Array configuration
      5. Hot spare drives
      6. Enclosure loss protection planning
      7. Logical drives and controller ownership
      8. Storage partitioning
      9. Segment size
      10. Media scan
      11. Cache parameters
    4. Planning for premium features
      1. FlashCopy
      2. VolumeCopy
      3. Enhanced Remote Mirroring
      4. Drive Security
      5. Obtaining premium features key
    5. Additional planning considerations
      1. Planning for systems with LVM: AIX example
      2. Planning for systems without LVM: Windows example
      3. Virtualization
      4. IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller overview
    6. Host support and multipathing
      1. Supported server platforms
      2. Supported operating systems
      3. Clustering support
      4. Multipathing
      5. Microsoft Windows MPIO
      6. AIX MPIO
      7. AIX Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module
      8. HP-UX IBM Subsystem Device Driver
      9. Linux: RHEL/SLES
      10. Function of the Auto-Logical Drive Transfer feature
    7. Operating system restrictions
      1. Maximum capacity for a logical drive
      2. Maximum number of LUNs per host
  6. Chapter 4: IBM System Storage DS3500 and EXP3500 Cabling
    1. DS3500 controller connectors
      1. DS3500 controller with standard port configuration
      2. DS3500 controller with optional SAS host port adapter
      3. DS3500 controller with optional Fibre Channel host port adapter
      4. DS3500 controller with optional iSCSI host port adapter
      5. EXP3500 ports
    2. Enclosure ID settings
    3. SAS cables
    4. Fibre Channel cabling
      1. SFP transceiver modules
      2. Fibre Channel cables
      3. Interoperability of 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 8 Gbps devices
    5. iSCSI Ethernet cables
    6. EXP3500 attachment
      1. Redundant drive channels
      2. Drive channel cabling rules
      3. Single controller DS3500 with one or more EXP3500 enclosures
      4. Dual controller DS3500 with one EXP3500 enclosure
      5. Dual Controller DS3500 with two or more EXP3500 enclosures
      6. Adding an EXP3500 enclosure to a running dual-controller configuration
      7. SAS drive channel miswires
    7. Management connections
      1. Out-of-band management
      2. In-band management
    8. Host attachment
      1. SAS attachment
      2. iSCSI attachment
      3. Direct attached Fibre Channel
      4. SAN fabric-attached DS3500 (1/2)
      5. SAN fabric-attached DS3500 (2/2)
    9. Power Cabling
      1. The DS3500 power supply
      2. Powering on and off
  7. Chapter 5: Installing IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
    1. Installing DS Storage Manager on Microsoft Windows 2008
      1. Installation preparation
      2. Installing the Storage Manager Client on Microsoft Windows 2008
    2. Installing DS Storage Manager on Linux
      1. Preparing for the installation
      2. Installing Storage Manager using the GUI
      3. Installing DS Storage Manager using a text console
      4. Uninstalling DS Storage Manager on Linux
    3. Installing DS Storage Manager on AIX
      1. Preparing for the installation
    4. Completing the DS Storage Manager installation
      1. Performing an automatic discovery of storage subsystems
      2. Performing a manual discovery of storage subsystems
      3. Add Storage Subsystem verification
  8. Chapter 6: Administration - Enterprise Management
    1. Enterprise Management window overview
      1. Initial Setup Tasks
      2. Enterprise Management window
    2. Functions in the Enterprise Management window
      1. Subsystem context menu
      2. The Enterprise Management window menu bar
      3. The Quick Access buttons
  9. Chapter 7: Administration - Summary Tab
    1. Status
      1. Storage Subsystem Profile
      2. Storage subsystem status
      3. Operations in Progress
      4. Connection lost
    2. Hardware Components
    3. Capacity
    4. Hosts & Mappings
      1. Configured Hosts
      2. Host-to-Logical Drive Mappings
      3. Storage partitions
    5. Arrays & Logical Drives
    6. Information Center
  10. Chapter 8: Administration - Subsystem Management
    1. DS Storage Manager - Subsystem Manger window
    2. Pull-Down Menu
      1. Storage Subsystem Menu
      2. View menu
      3. Mappings menu
      4. Array menu
      5. Logical Drive menu
      6. Controller menu
      7. Drive menu
      8. Advanced menu
      9. Help menu
    3. Toolbar
      1. Create new logical drives and arrays
      2. View diagnostic event log
      3. Monitor Performance
      4. Recover from failures
      5. Manage enclosure alarm
      6. Find in tree
      7. Launch copy manager
    4. Status bar
    5. Tabs
  11. Chapter 9: Administration - Logical Tab
    1. Logical tab
    2. Working with unconfigured capacity
      1. View Associated Physical Components
      2. Create array
    3. Working with arrays
      1. Locate and View Associated Components
      2. Change Ownership and RAID level
      3. Add Free Capacity (Drive)
      4. Secure Drive
      5. Delete and Rename
      6. Replace Drive
    4. Working with Free Capacity
      1. Create logical drive
    5. Working with logical drives
      1. Change Modification Priority
      2. Change Cache Settings
      3. Change media scan settings
      4. Change Pre-Read Redundancy Check
      5. Change Ownership/Preferred Path
      6. Change Segment Size
      7. Increase Capacity
      8. Copy Services operations
      9. Delete and Rename
  12. Chapter 10: Administration - Physical Tab
    1. Physical tab
    2. Discover component properties and location
      1. Show disks type
      2. View Enclosure Components
      3. Disk Drive menu
      4. Controller menu
    3. Set hot spare drive
    4. Failed disk drive replacement
    5. Set preferred loop ID
    6. Set remote access
    7. Set Ethernet management ports
      1. Initial settings for default IP addresses in DS Storage Manager
      2. Configure Ethernet Management Ports
    8. Configure iSCSI Ports
  13. Chapter 11: Administration - Mappings Tab
    1. Mappings tab
    2. Defining Host (1/2)
    3. Defining Host (2/2)
      1. Adding a new Host to existing Host Group
    4. Defining Storage Partitioning
    5. Defining Host Group
    6. Manage Host Port Identifiers
    7. Define Additional Mapping
    8. View Unassociated Ports
    9. Move, Remove and Rename Host
    10. Change Host Operating System
    11. Change and Remove Mapping
  14. Chapter 12: Administration - Setup tab
    1. Setup tab
    2. Locate Storage Subsystem
    3. Rename Storage Subsystem
    4. Set a Storage Subsystem Password
    5. Configure iSCSI Host Ports
    6. Configure Storage Subsystem
      1. Automatic configuration
      2. Configure hot spare drives
      3. Create arrays and logical drives
    7. Map Logical Drives
    8. Save Configuration
    9. Manually Define Hosts
    10. Configure Ethernet Management Ports
    11. View/Enable Premium Features
    12. Manage iSCSI Settings
  15. Chapter 13: Administration - iSCSI
    1. Planning for iSCSI attachment
    2. iSCSI Configuration summary
    3. Manage iSCSI protocol settings
      1. Target Authentication
      2. Mutual Authentication
      3. Target Identification
      4. Target Discovery
    4. Configure iSCSI Host Ports
    5. View/End iSCSI Sessions
    6. View iSCSI Statistics
    7. Defining iSCSI hosts
      1. View Unassociated iSCSI initiators
      2. Defining new iSCSI host
      3. Manage iSCSI host ports
  16. Chapter 14: Administration - Support
    1. The Subsystem Management support tab
    2. Gather Support Information
      1. Saving the Support Data
      2. Support Data Automatic Settings
      3. Collect drive data
    3. View Storage Subsystem Profile
    4. Storage Manager Support Monitor
      1. Support Monitor installation
      2. Support Monitor overview
      3. The Support Monitor Profiler console
      4. Support Monitor functions
      5. Support Monitor - View Module Logs
    5. Download firmware
      1. Before you upgrade
      2. Updating the host
      3. Upgrading the DS3500 controller firmware
      4. Using the Enterprise Management upgrade tool (1/3)
      5. Using the Enterprise Management upgrade tool (2/3)
      6. Using the Enterprise Management upgrade tool (3/3)
      7. Using the DS3500 Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) (1/4)
      8. Using the DS3500 Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) (2/4)
      9. Using the DS3500 Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) (3/4)
      10. Using the DS3500 Storage Manager (Subsystem Management) (4/4)
    6. View Event Log
    7. Performance Monitor
    8. Import/Export array
      1. Export array
      2. Import Array procedure
    9. Maintenance - Persistent reservations
    10. Troubleshooting - Drive channels
    11. Troubleshooting - Run Diagnostics
    12. Troubleshooting - Prepare for removal
    13. Recovery Guru - Recover from Failure
    14. Common Recovery Commands
      1. Initialize
      2. Revive drive
      3. Recovery - Clear Configuration
      4. Recovery - Place controller
      5. Recovery - Reset controller
      6. Recovery - Enable controller data transfer
      7. Recovery - Place Logical drives online
      8. Recovery - Redistribute Logical Drives
      9. Recovery - Fail drive
      10. Recovery - reconstruct drive
      11. Recovery - Defragment Array
      12. Recovery - check array redundancy
      13. Recovery - Unreadable sectors
    15. View Online Help
    16. About IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager
  17. Chapter 15: Disk Security with Full Disk Encryption drives
    1. The need for encryption
      1. Encryption method used
    2. Disk Security components
      1. DS3500 Disk Encryption Manager
      2. Full Data Encryption (FDE) disks
      3. Premium feature license
      4. Keys
      5. Security key identifier
      6. Passwords
    3. Setting up and enabling a secure disk
      1. FDE and premium feature check
      2. Secure key creation (1/2)
      3. Secure key creation (2/2)
      4. Enable Disk Security on array
    4. Additional secure disk functions
      1. Changing the security key
      2. Save security key file
      3. Secure erase
      4. FDE drive status
      5. Hot spare drive
    5. Migrating secure disk arrays
      1. Planning checklist
      2. Export the array
    6. Import secure drive array
      1. Unlock drives
      2. Import array
  18. Chapter 16: IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage
    1. IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage
      1. Hardware and software requirements
      2. DS-RSM Model RS3
      3. Installation choices for RSM for Storage
      4. How RSM for Storage works
      5. Notification email and events filtering
      6. Remote access methods
      7. RSM management interface
      8. RSM security considerations
    2. Installing and setting up RSM
      1. Installing the host OS
      2. Installing RSM
      3. Setting up RSM
      4. Configuring SNMP traps in Storage Manager
      5. Activating RSM
      6. Remote access security
      7. Managing alerts
  19. Chapter 17: Command-Line Interface (CLI)
    1. How to Use the Command Line Interface
      1. Usage Notes
    2. Running the CLI
      1. Script Editor
    3. General SMcli syntax
    4. Adding a storage subsystem to the Storage Manager configuration
    5. Showing defined subsystems in the Storage Manager configuration
    6. Configuring alerts
      1. Defining the mail server and email address to send out the email alerts
      2. Defining email alert recipients
      3. Deleting email alert recipients
      4. SNMP alert recipients
    7. Issuing commands to the storage subsystem
      1. Sample command: Save configuration script file
    8. More Information
  20. Chapter 18: Windows SAS configuration guide for IBM BladeCenter
    1. Equipment required
    2. IBM BladeCenter setup
      1. Installing Windows Server 2008
      2. HS21 SAS Expansion Cards
      3. Recording the SAS Expansion Card WWPN
      4. HS21 SAS Expansion Card device driver
      5. SAS Connectivity modules
      6. SAS Connectivity Module firmware update
      7. Configuring the SAS connectivity module
      8. SAS Connectivity Module zoning
    3. Installing DS Storage Manager host software
    4. Configure the disk space in Windows Server 2008
  21. Chapter 19: Microsoft Cluster configuration with DS3500
    1. Overview of a failover cluster
      1. Hardware requirements for a two-node failover cluster
    2. Preparing the environment
      1. SAN Zoning configuration
      2. DS3500 Storage configuration
    3. Installing DS Storage Manager host software
      1. Installing the multipath driver
    4. Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering
      1. Installing the Failover Clustering Feature
      2. Validate a Configuration
      3. Create a cluster
      4. Quorum configuration (1/2)
      5. Quorum configuration (2/2)
      6. Steps for configuring a two-node file server cluster (1/2)
      7. Steps for configuring a two-node file server cluster (2/2)
  22. Chapter 20: SuSE Linux configuration guide
    1. DS3500 SAS storage configuration on SLES 11 using RDAC
      1. Preparing for the installation
      2. Installing the RDAC Multipath Driver
      3. Setting up the DS3500 logical drives and host mapping
      4. Scan and verify the storage logical drive
      5. Configuring RDAC (MPP)
    2. DS3500 iSCSI storage configuration on SLES 11 using RDAC
      1. Preparing for the installation
      2. Configuring iSCSI software initiator with YaST
      3. Configuring iSCSI software initiator manually
    3. DS3500 FC SAN boot configuration for SLES 11 server using RDAC
      1. Preparing for the installation
      2. SuSE Linux Enterprise 11 installation
      3. SuSE Linux final zoning topology
    4. DS3500 FC storage configuration on SLES 11 using DMM
      1. DMM Overview
      2. Comparing RDAC (MPP) to DMM
      3. Planning for the installation
      4. Installing the DMM multipath driver
    5. Scan and manage the storage logical drive
  23. Chapter 21: AIX 6.1 configuration guide
    1. Planning for the installation
      1. Zoning considerations
      2. SAN Boot implementation possibilities
      3. Planning MPIO
    2. Configuring MPIO
    3. Setting up the DS3500 logical drives and host mapping
    4. Scan and manage the storage logical drive from AIX
      1. Ways to manage the paths
    5. AIX SAN Boot with the IBM System Storage DS3500
      1. Creating a boot disk with alt_disk_install
      2. AIX SAN installation with NIM
      3. AIX SAN installation with CD-ROM
      4. AIX Operating System Installation
  24. Chapter 22: VMware ESX Server and DS3500 Storage Configuration
    1. Introduction to IBM VMware Storage Solutions
      1. VMware installation prerequisites
    2. SAN Zoning configuration
    3. DS3500 Storage configuration
      1. Mapping LUNs to a storage partition
      2. Steps for verifying the storage configuration for VMware
    4. Installing the VMware ESX Server
      1. Configuring the hardware
      2. Configuring the software on the VMware ESX Server host (1/5)
      3. Configuring the software on the VMware ESX Server host (2/5)
      4. Configuring the software on the VMware ESX Server host (3/5)
      5. Configuring the software on the VMware ESX Server host (4/5)
      6. Configuring the software on the VMware ESX Server host (5/5)
      7. Connecting to the VMware vSphere Server (1/2)
      8. Connecting to the VMware vSphere Server (2/2)
      9. Post-Install Server configuration
      10. Configuring VMware ESX Server Storage (1/2)
      11. Configuring VMware ESX Server Storage (2/2)
      12. Creating additional virtual switches for guests’ connectivity
      13. Creating virtual machines (1/3)
      14. Creating virtual machines (2/3)
      15. Creating virtual machines (3/3)
      16. Additional VMware ESX Server Storage configuration
  25. Appendix A: IBM Support Portal website
    1. Sample navigation procedure
    2. Download code updates
    3. My notifications
  26. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get Redbooks
    5. Help from IBM
  27. Index (1/3)
  28. Index (2/3)
  29. Index (3/3)
  30. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction and Implementation Guide
  • Author(s): Sangam Racherla, Reza Fanaei Aghdam, Hartmut Lonzer, L G (Len) O'Neill, Mario Rodriguez, Vaclav Sindelar, Alexander (Al) Watson
  • Release date: May 2011
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None