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Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 36
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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
RAID 1 MD
RAID 1 Journal
RAID 5 4+1
DATA
RAID 5 8+1
DATA
RAID 5 8+1
DATA
RAID 1 MD
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.