STORAGE NETWORKING PLANNING & DESIGN

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Storage Networking
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: USER INFORMATION.....................................................................................3

1.1 General Project Date Information...........................................................................................3

1.2 Business Objectives............................................................................................................... 4

SECTION 2: CONTACT INFORMATION.............................................................................5

2.1 Contact Information................................................................................................................ 5

2.2 Vendor Contact Information...................................................................................................5

SECTION 3: CURRENT ENVIRONMENT............................................................................6

3.1 Applications............................................................................................................................. 6

3.2 Host Server Information Production/QAS/Test Environments..........................................7

3.3 Server Applications and Databases.......................................................................................8

3.4 Storage Inter-connect............................................................................................................. 9

3.4.1 Switch Information............................................................................................................................... 9
3.4.2 VSAN Details.................................................................................................................................... 10
3.4.3 Port Details........................................................................................................................................ 10
3.4.4 SNMP / LAN Information................................................................................................................... 11
3.4.5 LAN Topology.................................................................................................................................... 12
3.4.6 Availability Target............................................................................................................................... 12
3.4.7 Fan-In Fan-Out Ratio & Strategy.................................................................................................... 13
3.4.8 Server Grouping Topology................................................................................................................. 13
3.4.9 Software Configuration...................................................................................................................... 13
3.4.10 Zoning............................................................................................................................................. 14
3.4.11 Volume Access Control.................................................................................................................... 14

3.5 Topology Maps...................................................................................................................... 15

3.5.1 Network Topology.............................................................................................................................. 15
3.5.2 System Topology............................................................................................................................... 15

3.6 Storage................................................................................................................................... 16
3.6.1 Storage Array Configuration.............................................................................................................. 16

3.7 NAS Environment.................................................................................................................. 17

3.7.1 CIFS, NFS Settings........................................................................................................................... 17
3.7.2 File systems...................................................................................................................................... 17
3.7.3 Mount point properties....................................................................................................................... 17
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3.7.4 Quotas............................................................................................................................................... 17
3.7.5 Exports.............................................................................................................................................. 17
3.7.6 Network Interfaces Configuration...................................................................................................... 17
3.7.7 Shares............................................................................................................................................... 17
3.7.8 NAS appliance information................................................................................................................ 17
3.7.9 NAS appliance naming services........................................................................................................ 17
3.7.10 Anti-Virus settings............................................................................................................................ 17
3.7.11 NAS Management settings.............................................................................................................. 17

3.8 Issues Identified and Current Status...................................................................................18

SECTION 4: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS........................................................................19

4.1 Storage Hardware..................................................................................................................19

4.2 Storage Inter-connect........................................................................................................... 19

4.3 File servers and NAS Appliances.........................................................................................19

4.4 Storage Security & Management Software..........................................................................19

4.5 Other Application related considerations............................................................................19

4.5.1 Exchange.......................................................................................................................................... 19
4.5.2 SQL Server........................................................................................................................................ 19
4.5.3 Oracle................................................................................................................................................ 19
4.5.4 SAP................................................................................................................................................... 19
4.5.5 Backup.............................................................................................................................................. 19

4.6 Implementation Services......................................................................................................19

4.6.1 Project Management......................................................................................................................... 19
4.6.2 Migration........................................................................................................................................... 19

SECTION 5: TARGET ENVIRONMENT.............................................................................20

5.1 New Storage HW <if applicable>..........................................................................................20

5.2 New NAS Appliance Information <if applicable>................................................................20

5.3 New Storage Networking Infrastructure <if applicable>.....................................................20

5.4 Host Server Information........................................................................................................21

5.5 Existing Configuration Impacts <if in use>.........................................................................22

5.5.1 Local replication................................................................................................................................ 22
5.5.2 Remote replication............................................................................................................................ 22
5.5.3 Back up............................................................................................................................................. 22
5.5.4 Host SW............................................................................................................................................ 22
5.5.5 Storage Management SW................................................................................................................. 22

5.6 Topology Changes................................................................................................................22

SECTION 6: MIGRATION ANALYSIS................................................................................23

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6.1 Volume Mapping for Migration.............................................................................................23

6.2 Data Migration Process.........................................................................................................24

6.3 Migration Issues.................................................................................................................... 24

SECTION 7: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS........................................................................25

SECTION 8: OVERALL TEST PLAN.................................................................................26

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PREFACE

This Storage Networking Planning/Design Workbook is intended to be used by

____________for the planning and design of Enterprise Storage Architecture Solution.
The information collected in this document is used in development of the Service
Implementation Guide (SIG) for this engagement.
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Table 1: Document Revision

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Section 1: User Information
Dept/User Name: _____________________________________________________
Installation Address: ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
CITY________________STATE________ZIP_______________

MAIN PHONE (______)________________________________

Client Business Information:

1.1 General Project Date Information

Planning/Design Start Date: Completion Date:

Installation Date: Installation Completion Date:
Testing Start Date: Testing Completion Date:
Production Data Migration Start Date: Production Data Migration End Date:
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1.2 Business Objectives

-For the Planning/Design Project (Short Term)

-For the Future Storage Environment (Long Term)

Section 2: Contact Information

2.1 Contact Information

NAME POSITION CONTACT # Cell # E-MAIL

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2.2 Vendor Contact Information

Vendor 1
NAME POSITION CONTACT # Cell # E-MAIL
Account Manager
Project Manager
Systems Engineer
CE
Reg. Tech Specialist

Vendor 2
NAME POSITION CONTACT # Cell # E-MAIL
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Section 3: Current Environment

3.1 Applications

Application # 1

Name:
Purpose
Criticality:
Application Category: (Workgroup/Networked/Enterprise)
Application Type: (OLTP/DSS)
SLA Components:
a) Availability
b) Reliability
c) RTO/RPO
d) Performance
Database Used:
No. of Users:
Peak Usage Timings:
Online-Batch Timings:
Max IO/Sec:
Read/Write Ratio:
Storage Capacity Configured:
DR set-up:
Backup/archive requirements:
Host Name:
Special Considerations

Application # 2

Name:
Purpose
Criticality:
Application Category: (Workgroup/Networked/Enterprise)
Application Type: (OLTP/DSS)
SLA Components:
e) Availability
f) Reliability
g) RTO/RPO
h) Performance
Database Used:
No. of Users:
Peak Usage Timings:
Online-Batch Timings:
Max IO/Sec:
Read/Write Ratio:
Storage Capacity Configured:
DR set-up:
Backup/archive requirements:
Host Name:
Special Considerations
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3.2 Host Server Information Production/QAS/Test Environments

Host # 1

a) General Information:

Host name:
Environment:
Site:
Host Model:
OS:
Patch Level:
Cluster Pair:
Path Failover:
Policy:

b) HBA Information:

HBA Cable Alias/Label:

HBA model:
HBA driver:
HBA Firmware:
HBA WWN:

c) SAN Connection:

HBA Switch Name:

HBA Switch Port:

d) Storage Connection:

Device Port:
Device Port
Device Port:
Device port :

Host # 2
.
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3.3 Server Applications and Databases

Machine ID Application & Database & Volume(s) Volume size Volume type
version version, or file (NTFS, FAT32,
FAT16)
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3.4 Storage Inter-connect

3.4.1 Switch Information

Switch Information
Switch 1 Switch 2

Cabinet or Rack Information

Cabinet Name:
Cabinet Model:
Serial Number:

Switch Hardware Information

Switch Name:
Site:
Manufacturer:
Model:
Switch Serial No.
Domain ID:
Model:
Total Port Capacity:
Installed Ports:
Free Ports:
Firmware:
Mgmt Software Version:
Switch WWN:

IP Configuration
IP Address - External:
Subnet Mask - External:
Default Gateway - External:
Internal (EMC) IP Address:

SNMP Configuration
SNMP Server:
SNMP Server IP Address:

ISL Configuration
ISL Name:
Port:
Destination:
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3.4.2 VSAN Details
VSAN VSAN Name Switches in Fabric Port Interfaces Remarks
# Card
1 DC_Prod_fabric Trbl_1_VENDOR1 1 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 Main DC
2 <all ports>
Trbl_2_Vendor 1 2 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

3.4.3 Port Details

Determine Total Ports:
1. Determine the number of Fiber Channel HBAs in each server and calculate the total.
2. Determine the number of Fiber Channel Director Ports in the Storage and calculate the total.
3. Determine spares in each Director
4. Add total in step 1 + step 2 + step 3 = total Director ports

Switch Name Port Interface Attached WWN Host / ISL? VSAN #

Cards Storage
Name
Trbl_1_VENDOR1 1 1 10:00:00:00:C9:25:08:8E Host1 2
1 2 2
1 3 2
1 4 2
1 5 2
1 6 2
1 7 2
1 8 YES 2
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3.4.4 SNMP / LAN Information
Authorized Users of Management SW (max limit
is 16)
1. User
Full Name: _____________________
Title: __________________________
Username : _____________________
Password:_______________________
Control Access by machine IP:
_____ Yes _____ No
If Yes what is machine IP address:
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Permissions Granted to this user:
______ Product Administrator
______ Operator
______ Maintenance
2. User
Full Name: _____________________
Title: __________________________
Username : _____________________
Password:_______________________
Control Access by machine IP:
_____ Yes _____ No
If Yes what is machine IP address:
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Permissions Granted to this user:
______ Product Administrator
______ Operator
______ Maintenance
3. User
Full Name: _____________________
Title: __________________________
Username : _____________________
Password:_______________________
Control Access by machine IP:
_____ Yes _____ No
If Yes what is machine IP address:
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Permissions Granted to this user:
______ Product Administrator
______ Operator
______ Maintenance
4. User
Full Name: _____________________
Title: __________________________
Username : _____________________
Password:_______________________
Control Access by machine IP:
_____ Yes _____ No
If Yes what is machine IP address:
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Permissions Granted to this user:
______ Product Administrator
______ Operator
______ Maintenance
5. User
Full Name: _____________________
Title: __________________________
Username : _____________________
Password:_______________________
Control Access by machine IP:
_____ Yes _____ No
If Yes what is machine IP address:
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Permissions Granted to this user:
______ Product Administrator
______ Operator
______ Maintenance
6. User
Full Name: _____________________
Title: __________________________
Username : _____________________
Password:_______________________
Control Access by machine IP:
_____ Yes _____ No
If Yes what is machine IP address:
_____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Permissions Granted to this user:
______ Product Administrator
______ Operator
______ Maintenance
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3.4.5 LAN Topology

Is the Storage Network located on:
_____ DEDICATED LAN
Management SW Server IP Address _____ . _____ . _____ . _____

_____ DATACENTER LAN CONNECTION

Subnet Mask for the Director: _____ . _____ ._____ . _____
DNS Domain Name: _______________
Gateway IP address: _____ . _____ . _____ . _____
Management SW Server IP Address _____ . _____ . _____ . _____

DIRECTOR IP Addresses
1st (SW -00) _____ . _____ . _____ . _____
2nd (SW -01) _____ . _____ . _____ . _____

Remote Workstations:

3.4.6 Availability Target

QoS : Class of service

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3.4.7 Fan-In Fan-Out Ratio & Strategy

______ A Max ratio to be used if the following is achieved:

Limits on I/O per HBA must be accounted for:

_____ Max ratio for port consolidation can be increased to the point where the total I/O, at the worst time frame
does not exceed more then 50% of the channel rate.

3.4.8 Server Grouping Topology

Determine system administration strategy:
Group by
_____ Application _____Class of Application _____Department
_____ Workgroup

3.4.9 Software Configuration

Which software below has been deployed with the Storage Networking Environment?

_____Volume Logix

_____Product Manager

_____Open Symm Manager

_____ PowerPath

_____Local replication

Name of the Storage device that will have Local replication installed ____________

_____Remote Replication

_____ Other SW
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3.4.10 Zoning

Describe the zoning being used.

VSAN # / Name Zone Name

VSAN2 - DC_RD_Fabric Z_JUPITER_A_NT_SYMM7398_FA15aB

VSAN2 - DC_QAS_Fabric Z_JUPITER_A_NT_CLAR1224_SPA0

HOST PORT INFO

Host Name HBA Host WWN Alias/Nickname Switch Port Interfac

Card
JUPITER A 10:00:00:00:C9:25:08:8E JUPITER-A-NT Trbl_1_MDS9216 1 1

JUPITER A 10:00:00:00:C9:25:08:8E JUPITER-A-NT Trbl_1_MDS9216 1 1

STORAGE PORT INFO

Storage FA / SP Device WWN Alias/Nickname Switch Port Interface

Name Card
Symm7398 15aB 50:06:04:82:bc:89:98:10 Symm7398_FA15aB Trbl_2_MDS9216 1 2

CLAR1224 SPA:0 50:00:60:16:02:bc:93:20 CLAR1224_SPA0 Trbl_2_MDS9216 2 31

3.4.11 Volume Access Control

Describe the volume access control.

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3.5 Topology Maps

3.5.1 Network Topology

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3.5.2 System Topology

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3.6 Storage
3.6.1 Storage Array Configuration

a) General Information

S.No/Ref Site/Loc Platform Env Model Vendor Serial HW Dial- Current

No install Home Code
date # level
remarks
1 DC Row MF/OP Prod/R&D DMX/CX
Sys QAS
2

b) HW Specific Configuration Information

Example:

Clariion:

S.No/Ref:
SPA Name
SPA IP address
SPA subnet mask
SPA default Gateway
SPB Name
SPB IP address
SPB subnet mask
SPB default Gateway

c) Cache & Cache Configuration

S.No/Ref
Total Cache
Cache Configuration
Page Size
Low water mark
High Watermark
Read cache (SPA)
Write Cache (SPA)
Read Cache (SPB)
Write Cache (SPB)

d) Front/back end adaptors (As applicable) Configuration

S.No Ref Director card id Type No of ports Free ports

FA-01 FA/MPCD 8 2
DA-01
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c) Storage Configuration

S.No/Ref No of #73GB #146GB #300GB #500GB # of Hot # of Total Configured

DAE drives drives drives SATA spares Vacant Raw capacity
Drive Capacity
bays

c) Storage Group Information

S.no/Ref :

Storage Group Server Host Type LUN ID or Name RAID Type Capacity Disk IDs
ID or Name Name (GB)

d) LUN Planning

SP RAID OS
LUN SP SP Group Size(GB) LUN Disk Caching Server Device File
ID Ownership loop ID size IDs Access Name system/Partition/Drive
(GB) Lists

3.7 NAS Environment

3.7.1 CIFS, NFS Settings

CIFS Settings
NFS settings

3.7.2 File systems

NAS File system Type Storage pool size mount point Other
appliance id name properties
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3.7.3 Mount point properties
Mount Point File system NAS Read/Write Access policy Virus Other Policies
Name Name appliance Id only checking enforced
enabled

3.7.4 Quotas

3.7.5 Exports

3.7.6 Network Interfaces Configuration

3.7.7 Shares

3.7.8 NAS appliance information

3.7.9 NAS appliance naming services

3.7.10 Anti-Virus settings

3.7.11 NAS Management settings

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3.8 Issues Identified and Current Status

List any issues that may impact the design or implementation of this service; this list may include:
Performance issues
File system types and resizing
Non-conventional applications
OS levels or patches that need to be applied
Plans for integration of a Testing environment
Additional Storage activities planned (Clustering, Replication)

Include an action plan for addressing each of these concerns.

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Section 4: Design Considerations
For each of the products being implemented, review the planning and design issues related to
them. This will allow for development of a cohesive Enterprise Storage plan and design.

4.1 Storage Hardware

4.2 Storage Inter-connect

4.3 File servers and NAS Appliances

4.4 Storage Security & Management Software

4.5 Other Application related considerations

4.5.1 Exchange
4.5.2 SQL Server
4.5.3 Oracle
4.5.4 SAP
4.5.5 Backup

4.6 Implementation Services

4.6.1 Project Management
4.6.2 Migration
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Section 5: Target Environment

5.1 New Storage HW <if applicable>

5.2 New NAS Appliance Information <if applicable>

5.3 New Storage Networking Infrastructure <if applicable>

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5.4 Host Server Information

Machine ID OS Information FA HBA
Host Make Model OS Patch Additiona Make Model Firmware Driver
Name Level l Patches
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5.5 Existing Configuration Impacts <if in use>

5.5.1 Local replication

5.5.2 Remote replication
5.5.3 Back up
5.5.4 Host SW
5.5.5 Storage Management SW

5.6 Topology Changes

<It is expected that there will no topology changes during this service implementation>
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Section 6: Migration Analysis

6.1 Volume Mapping for Migration

Machine ID Source Volume Size Destination volume Size

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6.2 Data Migration Process

_____ data migration will be done online

_____ data migration will be done offline

Backups will be taken: __________________________

Backups will be verified: ________________________

Anticipated time for migration: ___________________

6.3 Migration Issues

<Include here a review of the migration issues uncovered earlier (ref: Section 3.8) and how the migration
plan addresses these concerns.>
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Section 7: Performance Analysis
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Section 8: Overall Test Plan