Note: When an FlashSystem V9000 with AE2 storage enclosure is upgraded to 8.1.x or higher, AE2 will remain configured as internal storage, while AE3 storage enclosure are mapped to the V9000 control enclosure as external storage. This section will use the term FlashSystem storage enclosure when there is no difference between AE2 and AE3 storage enclosure from a configuration point of view.
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Note: AC3 controller can have up to four 4-port 16 Gb cards. This appendix focuses on the three card configuration.
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Note: The performance method requires customer planning to ensure nondisruptive scalability.
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12 x 16 Gb per AC3
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Source port on AC3 (slot:port)
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#
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Type
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SAN
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Usage
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3:1
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1
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16 Gb
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C (S1)
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Intra-cluster
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3:2
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2
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16 Gb
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D (S2)
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Intra-cluster
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3:3
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3
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16 Gb
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C
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Host/Storage (or remote copy)
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3:4
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4
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16 Gb
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D
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Host/Storage
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4:1
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5
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16 Gb
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C (S1)
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Intra-cluster
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4:2
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6
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16 Gb
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D (S2)
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Intra-cluster
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4:3
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7
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16 Gb
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C
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Host/Storage
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4:4
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8
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16 Gb
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D
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Host/Storage (or remote copy)
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7:1
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9
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16 Gb
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C
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Host/Storage
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7:2
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10
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16 Gb
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D
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Host/Storage
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7:3
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11
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16 Gb
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C
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Host/Storage
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7:4
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12
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16 Gb
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D
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Host/Storage
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localfcportmask
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000000110011
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partnerfcportmask
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000010000100
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SAN - C / D customer fabric
SAN - Optional S1 / S2 internal switches
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32 ports per building block connect to customer fabric: 12 ports per AC3 and 8 ports per FlashSystem storage enclosures.
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Note: When comparing the port utilization for infrastructure savings in Table A-2 on page 250 with the port utilization for performance listing in Table A-1 on page 248, you see that the customer fabric port connection mapping and usage is much higher in the port utilization for performance method. This method provides shared-use ports that take advantage of the full bidirectional capabilities in Fibre Channel, resulting in higher performance.
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12 x 16 Gb per AC3
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Source port on AC3 (slot:port)
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#
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Type
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SAN
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Usage
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3:1
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1
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16 Gb
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S1
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Intra-cluster/FlashSystem storage
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3:2
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2
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16 Gb
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S2
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Intra-cluster/FlashSystem storage
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3:3
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3
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16 Gb
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C
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Remote copy (variable)
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3:4
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4
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16 Gb
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D
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Host/External storage (Variable)
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4:1
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5
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16 Gb
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S1
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Intra-cluster/FlashSystem storage
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4:2
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6
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16 Gb
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S2
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Intra-cluster/FlashSystem storage
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4:3
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7
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16 Gb
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C
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Host/External storage (variable)
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4:4
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8
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16 Gb
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D
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Remote copy (variable)
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7:1
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9
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16 Gb
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C
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Host
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7:2
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10
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16 Gb
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D
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Host
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7:3
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11
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16 Gb
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C
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Host
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7:4
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12
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16 Gb
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D
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Host
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localfcportmask
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000000110011
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partnerfcportmask
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000010000100
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SAN - C / D Customer Fabric
SAN - S1 / S2 Internal Switches
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16 ports per building block connect to customer fabric: 8 per AC3
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Note: For more details about NPIV, see the Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1, SG24-7933 chapter about N-Port Virtualization ID (NPIV) support.
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Host with 16 initiator ports
AC3s with 16 target ports
2 redundant fabrics
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Number of initiator ports (WWPNs) per host object
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Number of host object mappings per volume
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Number of target ports per initiator port
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Number of paths
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4 host zones, 8 host objects
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02
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1
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2
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004
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2 host zones, 1 host object
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16
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1
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8
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128
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Note: For a host with more than two ports, create multiple host definitions, each with no more than two ports.
For management simplification, multiple host objects may grouped into a single host cluster, as documented in Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1, SG24-7933 chapter about Hosts.
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Tip: You must use the virtualized WWPN for the host zones with NPIV enabled.
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Note: It is beyond the intended scope of this IBM Redpaper publication to provide an in-depth understanding of port configuration and SAN zoning setup. For more information, see the Implementing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1, SG24-7933, chapter about SAN configuration planning.
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Field
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Value to select
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Storage Family
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IBM System Storage Enterprise Flash
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Storage Version
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FlashSystem V9000 8.1.x
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Connection Protocol
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Fibre Channel
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