Transcript Simplified SAN Deployment and Management

Simplified SAN Deployment and
Management
Virtual Connect, Simple SAN Connection
Manager and the HP StorageWorks H-series
Switches
Todd Owens
OEM Technical Marketing Manager
QLogic Corporation
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SAN Management Administration
Challenges
– Impact to Server, Network and Storage
environment
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Requires cross-discipline coordination among IT
resources
– Time consuming, utilizing multiple
applications toolsets
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Different tools for each element in the SAN
infrastructure; HBA, Switch, Storage
– Complexity
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Multiple steps, more opportunity for
configuration errors
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How can HP help IT staff
to simplify deployment
and ongoing management
and reduce the time it
takes to build and grow
storage networks?
Today’s SAN Deployment and Management
Processes
Adding to /upgrading environment
• Install servers, HBAs and storage
• Cable servers, switches, storage
• Assign LANs/SANs to installed servers
Later, when needed
• Add new storage
System Administrator
Storage Administrator
SAN Administrator
Project planning
meetings
inventory
– Create SAN connection/zoning
– Provision Storage on host
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Create new LUNs
– Get SAN connection/create Zoning
– Provision Storage on host
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Add virtual machine
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Change control
approvals
And more
meetings
Provision host
Get SAN connection/create Zoning
Get SAN connection
Create LUNs on Storage system
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– Provision LUN on host system
Re-cable and
move into
production
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4-6 weeks have
passed by
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A New Paradigm – HP Simple SAN
Connection Manager
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One meeting to define storage management tasks
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Add/update?
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LAN addressing
Configuration requirements
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Project planning
meetings
inventory
Use SSCM from a single management console to;
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Manage HBA tasks
• Manage SAN configuration/Zoning
• Provision Storage
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LUN creation
Partitioning
Single Administrator can
Deploy, Manage, Maintain
with SSCM
SSCM’s single pane of glass management of HBA, Switch and
Storage resources provides optimal consolidation of the SAN
infrastructure and associated management tasks.
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Barrier to Converged Infrastructure
Solution with HP BladeSystem - Traditional approach
Challenge:
Increasing available storage with
converged infastructure solutions.
Justifying Virtual Connect
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HP
BladeSystem
C7000
integrated
SAN Switch
SAN
Perception:
Virtual
. Connect delivers unique
value, but price is too high.
Tactical solution:
Take out virtual connect, replace
with lower cost SAN.
• Level the price position – lose the
HP value.
•HP solution now similar to IBM
and Dell
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HP Converged Infrastructure
ESS Solution with HP BladeSystem - Traditional approach
HP
BladeSystem
C7000
integrated
SAN Switch
BladeSystem with Integrated
and external fabric switches
• Perceived low acquisition costs, but;
o licensing costs
o application management costs
Standard FC Switch
Trunking
LTU required
for each
switch
Different
applications
for managing
Adapters,
Switches and
Storage
Is there a better way?
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HP Converged Infrastructure – Best
Converged Management – HP Virtual Connect, H-series SAN
Approach
Virtual Connect Enterprise
Manager (VCEM)
HP
BladeSystem
C7000
HP VC FC
HP SN6000 Switch
Trunking
LTU not required
Trunking included
in switch price
HP StorageWorks EVA
HP StorageWorks MSA
Single
application for
managing
Adapters,
Switches and
Storage
HP Simple SAN
Connection Manager
(SSCM)
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HP Converged Infrastructure
Practical Example with Simple SAN Connection Manager
• Initial installation & configuration
• Creation of 64x LUNs for 32x BladeSystem servers in total
Host creation
LUN Creation
LUN
Mounting
Total Effort*
Typical Disk
Mgmt Application
3-4 h
3.5-4h
2.5-3h
Up to 11
hours
HP SSCM
0h
~60 min
0h
~1h
Administration work during operation:
• Creation of additional 10x LUNs for new applications
Host creation
Build of the
LUNs
LUN
Mounting
Total Effort*
Typical Disk
Mgmt Application
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0.5-1h
0.5-1h
Up to 2
hours
HP SSCM
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~10 min
0h
<30 min
* Keyboard time
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HP StorageWorks H-series SAN
Scalable, Simplified SAN Management
Features included in H-series switch price
• Simple SAN Connection Manager – simple single pane
of glass mgmt
• Stacking Architecture – pay as you grow
• Transparent Router – providing interoperability across
fabrics
• I/O StreamGuard – protection against data interruptions
• Adaptive Trunking – maximizing performance
Simple SAN Connection Manager
HP SN6000 Stackable FC
Switch
(scale to 120 device ports per stack)
HP StorageWorks
8/20q FC Switch
(entry level, nonstackable)
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Simple SAN Connection Manager
Simplified SAN Administration
“Single pane of glass” SAN Management
Simple SAN Connection Manager
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HP SN6000 Stackable FC Switch
HP StorageWorks 8/20q
Provision storage
Switch/Port management
HBA management
Maintenance and updates
HP StorageWorks 8Gb,
4Gb, PCI-e and PCI-X
HBAs
HP StorageWorks
EVA/MSA Storage
Increase IT efficiency by reducing SAN administration workload
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Introducing VCEM and SSCM Integration
Now SSCM has visibility to HP BladeSystem c-Class components:
• Enclosure
• Server
Bays
• Server Mezzanine Cards
– Mask and map MSA/EVA LUNs to c-Class servers
• Virtual
Connect Modules
Single pane of glass from HP BladeSystem c-Class to HP StorageWorks
EVA/MSA
• Lower administration costs
– One tool for entire HP solution
• Gain
operational efficiencies
• HP unique end-to-end solution
“Integration of HP Virtual Connect Enterprise
Manager and HP Simple SAN Connection
Manager via VC API enables a unique end-toend view of server to storage connectivity in the
fabric.”
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Virtual Connect/SSCM Integration
- Topology display
Enclosures
Server
Blades
Storage
Switch port
connections
Server
Mez Cards
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VC Module
Connections
Legacy SAN Investment Protection
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Utilize Transparent Router functionality (exclusive to HP H-series Switches) to
attach to existing SAN, sharing server and storage resources
Legacy SAN Fabric (B-series, C-series)
Transparent Router FC
connection
HP Servers
HP Storage
SN6000
or 8/20q
switches
HP StorageWorks H-series Fabric
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Why HP H-series Solutions
for SAN Infrastructure?
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Simple
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Powerful
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Works across HP BladeSystem VC and StorageWorks
MSA/EVA portfolio
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8GBs fibre channel performance
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Fault tolerant
Flexible
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Stacking and scalable (SN6000)
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Transparent Routing to connect with HP B-series and
HP C-series fabrics
Affordable
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SSCM – end to end storage network management
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Optimal per port cost/performance in the HP portfolio
Why HP H-series Solutions
What’s in it for HP Customers?
H-series provides a complete solution to greatly reduce
storage network administration at an attractive price point.
Customers benefit from:
– Reduction in deployment and administration time from days to hours
– Investment protection for legacy SAN investments
– Scalable infrastructure that future-proofs the storage network
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Resources
– For more information, download the “Deploying HP BladeSystem and
EVA Storage Enterprise Environments” solution brief from hp.com.
– Or check out the HP web at:
•www.hp.com/go/virtualconnect
•www.hp.com/go/sn6000
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Outcomes that matter.
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