IBM System Storage DS4000 Mid-Range Disk System Technical Workshop Lab Guide

IBM System Storage
DS4000 Mid-range Disk System

Technical Workshop
Lab Guide
Session S137
New Orleans, Louisiana

February 5 - 9, 2007
IBM System x and xSeries Technical Conference
Session S137 - Storage Workshop
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Table of Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................... 3
Table of Contents.......................................................................................................... 4
Safety Precautions and Housekeeping....................................................................... 6

General Safety Guidelines ...................................................................................... 6
System Safety .......................................................................................................... 7
Lab Introduction............................................................................................................ 8
Introduction.............................................................................................................. 8
Limitations ............................................................................................................... 8
Lab Project 1: Cable Configurations ........................................................................... 9

Introduction.............................................................................................................. 9
Objectives ................................................................................................................ 9
System Cabling Diagrams .................................................................................... 10
Customer Scenario................................................................................................ 12
Lab Summary......................................................................................................... 13
Lab Project 2: Gather WWPNs for Server HBAs ...................................................... 15

Activity Introduction.............................................................................................. 15
Objectives .............................................................................................................. 15
Obtain the WWPNs for the HBAs ......................................................................... 16
Using SAN Surfer to obtain the WWPNs for the HBAs: ..................................... 16
Diagram of Lab Environment................................................................................ 19
Lab Project 3: Using Storage Manager 9.x ............................................................... 21

Objectives .............................................................................................................. 21
Creating Arrays and Logical Drives..................................................................... 22
Creating Arrays and Logical Drives..................................................................... 23
Map LUNS to the host. .......................................................................................... 39
Lab Activity 4: Getting your server to recognize the storage. ................................ 43

Objectives .............................................................................................................. 43
Getting Windows to Recognize the Disks ........................................................... 44

Lab Project 5.: Flash Copy and Volume Copy.......................................................... 51

Objectives .............................................................................................................. 51
Creating a FlashCopy............................................................................................ 52
Using Flash Copy for Back Up ............................................................................. 57

Safety Precautions and Housekeeping

General Safety Guidelines
• Maintain good housekeeping in the area of the machines during and after
completing maintenance/configuration.
• Do not use solvents, cleaners, or oils that have not been approved by IBM.
• Lift by standing or pushing up with stronger leg muscles to take the strain off back
muscles. Do not attempt to lift any parts or equipment with which you feel
uncomfortable. Service personnel are responsible for making certain that no action
on his or her part renders a product unsafe or exposes the customer to hazards.
• Place removed machine covers in a safe out-of-the-way location while servicing the
machine. These covers must be back in place on the machine before the machine is
returned to the customer.
• Always place tool kits away from walk areas where no one can trip over them (for
example, under a desk or table).
• Avoid wearing loose clothing that may be caught in machinery. Shirt sleeves must
be left buttoned or rolled up above the elbow. Long hair and scarves must be
secured.
• Remove all watches and rings before removing the cover of any system.
• When servicing a machine, you must tuck ties into shirt or a tie clasp (preferably
non-conductive). Ties must be worn approximately three inches from the end.
• Before starting equipment, make sure that other service or customer personnel are
not in a hazardous position.
• Do not place books, tools, or test equipment on top of the machine.

System Safety
Before beginning any of the lab projects, please review the following safety guidelines:
• Turn off your display, remove all diskettes from the diskette drive, and unplug the
power cord to the system unit before attempting to remove the covers from the
system.
• Use the electrostatic device kit (one should have been provided for your lab group)
to minimize the risk of damage to electronic components inside the system. Please
ask your instructor for assistance if you do not know how to use an ESD kit.
Note: Avoid touching the internal electronic components unless you are
specifically requested to do so within a lab exercise.

Lab Introduction
Introduction
These lab projects are designed to teach you the skills that have been introduced in the
previous topics. In the lab activities, you will practice installing and operating server
systems by using the documentation and maintenance philosophy for the systems.
Limitations
• No computer game playing or copying of games is allowed in this class.
• Do not copy diskettes on any of the systems in the lab.
• Do not write on or exchange diskettes with another system.
• No beverages are allowed at your workstation when the covers are off.
• You will be expected to practice the proper ESD procedures while performing
maintenance on IBM systems.

Lab Project 1: Cable Configurations

Introduction
This lab is a paper exercise. The purpose of the exercise is to allow you to draw
several diagrams of possible storage configurations and to discover the limitations of
the configurations.
Objectives
At the end of this lab activity, you should be able to do the following:
• Draw the cabling diagrams of a number of host/hub/controller/storage
enclosure combinations
• Determine the maximum number of hosts/drives a given configuration can
support

System Cabling Diagrams

____1. The following three pages contain drawings of hosts, hubs,
controllers, and storage enclosures. You will examine the
drawings and trace the fiber cable connections required to
correctly configure the hardware.
____2. You can assume that each host in every example is equipped with
two host bus adapters.
____3. You need not be too concerned about the precise detail of cables
within controllers and devices.
____4. You will use more detailed diagrams in subsequent exercises

where you will be asked to identify, use and test physical
connections.
____5. Good documentation of any system is invaluable to ensure that

the solution is valid in the first place and can be easily diagnosed
for faults if they occur.
____6. When you have completed your diagrams, you will present your
findings to the class for discussion.
____7. Before you complete this exercise, nominate a spokesperson for

your lab group who will present your findings to class.

Dual host, dual hub, DS4800 controller, and two EXP710 storage enclosures.
Question: Without adding additional hubs or RAID controllers, how many hosts can
be supported by this configuration using redundant paths?
Answer: ____________________________________________________
Question: If you were to scale this configuration by adding additional EXP710s, what
is the maximum number of drives supported by this configuration?
Answer: ____________________________________________________
Question: What, if any, is the single point of failure of this configuration?
Answer: ____________________________________________________

Customer Scenario
A customer has eight servers (hosts). Servers one and two will be clustered and run
SQL. Servers three and four will be clustered running the mail services for the company.
Servers five and six are clustered for the internal Web services as well as for external
Web services. Servers seven and eight will not be clustered; however, both will be used
as file servers.
This customer will have nine EXP710s fully populated. The SQL database will use four
of the nine EXP710s. The mail services will use three of the nine EXP710s. The Web
services will use one EXP700, and the two file severs will share one EXP710.
This customer wants maximum hardware redundancy (the customer does not want
additional software redundancy methods). High Availability is the primary goal —
performance is a secondary, but important goal.
Which storage controller will you implement and why?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
What is the minimum number of HBAs this customer will need?
_____________________________________________________________
What is the minimum number of hubs/ switches this customer needs?
_____________________________________________________________
Which hub or switch and why?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Using a separate sheet of paper, draw the diagram of the equipment used in this
customer’s scenario (servers, hubs and/or switches, RAID controller, EXP710 drive
enclosures and the cables connecting these components).

Lab Summary
In this exercise, you planned a number of fibre storage deployments.
Before actually cabling a system, you should take time to draw the system layout.
The resulting drawing acts as a blueprint for the final product.
The blueprint gives customers a graphical representation of the solution they are
purchasing. It also gives the technician a reference point for the overall system
look before he or she attempts to reconfigure a solution or repair a damaged one.
You presented your proposal to the class (acting as the customer) to ensure that
you have fully understood the implications of the proposal in terms of capacity
and fault tolerance.
You have now completed all the steps of this lab exercise.


Lab Project 2: Gather WWPNs for Server HBAs

Activity Introduction
This lab focuses on proper installation and configuration of the host bus adapters
(HBAs). The cabling from the HBAs to a fibre channel switch and from the fibre channel
switch to the RAID (DS4800) controller unit.
Objectives
• Use the SAN Surfer utility to obtain configuration settings for the HBA BIOS
state, WWN, and ID state (hard/ soft)
• Use the SAN Surfer utility to scan for devices.

Obtain the WWPNs for the HBAs
Using the Alt-Q POST level utility or SAN Surfer, gather the following information.
This information will be used later in the labs.
I/O
SERVER WWPN BIOS State
Address†
HBA 1
HBA 2
†
The I/O Address of the adapter is found near the top of the Fast!Util screen.
Using SAN Surfer to obtain the WWPNs for the HBAs:

____1. Launch SAN Surfer,
____2. connect to LocalHost.

____3. Navigate to each HBA in the left pane – then selecting the
Information tab in the right pane, noting Node Name and Port
Name. (Enter the Port Name in the chart on page 16)

____4. Then repeat for the settings tab.
Question: What is the purpose of the HBA Port BIOS?

Answer:
_______________________________________________
Why is it important to set the adapters’ HBA Port Hard Loop ID

Question:
setting to <disabled>?
Answer:
_______________________________________________

Diagram of Lab Environment
Group 2 Group 3
0 2 4 0 2 4
1 3 5 1 3 5
HBA-1 HBA-2 HBA-1 HBA-2

Group 1 Group 4
0 2 4
0 2 4
1 3 5
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A C h a n n e l1 Ch a n n e 2
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4 3 2 1
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2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
0 2 4 0 2 4
EXP710
DS4800
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4 G b s/ 4 4 G b /s 4
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Faul t
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0 0
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Group 6 Group 7
EXP710
DS4800
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
4 G b s/ 4 4 G b /s 4
Ho s t OK
C h a n n e sl
C h1 C h2 Ch 3 C h4
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A B
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Fault
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0 2 4
0 2 4
1 3 5
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4 3 2 1
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2 4 2 4
Ch 4 C h 3 Ch 2 Ch 1
H o s t
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4 G b /s 4 4 G b /s 4
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
EXP710
DS4800
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
4 G b s/ 4 4 G b /s 4
Ho s t OK
C h a n n e sl
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1 2
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Lab Summary
In order to ensure a successful fibre implementation, a staged approach should be
adopted.
Because there are multiple components to be connected together, taking the staged
approach, and testing each stage in turn, reduces the likelihood of failures in the system
as a whole.
In this exercise, you have verified the cabling of the lab environment. You have also that
the HBAs can be viewed by the Alt-Q utility and/or SAN Surfer.
You have also flashed the adapters to ensure that they have the latest version of
microcode installed.
You have now completed the required steps for this lab.

Lab Project 3: Using Storage Manager 9.x

This lab focuses on Storage Manager usability and main features such as volume
creation, BIOS update, storage partitioning, and saving the configuration for future disk
recovery.
Objectives
• Create arrays and logical drives, and set hot-spares
• Use the newly created resources under the NOS
• Retrieve the disk signatures for recovery purposes

Creating Arrays and Logical Drives

In this lab you will configure the system with logical drives and storage partitions. You
will then save the configuration. After resetting the system, you will restore the
configuration in order to fully understand the capabilities of the new feature.
____1. Locate the Storage System icon under your host in the left pane of
the Enterprise Management window.
____2. Right-click on the Storage Subsystem icon and choose

<Manage Device> or double click on the Storage Subsystem in
either pane.

Creating Arrays and Logical Drives

____3. Right-click <Unconfigured Capacity> then click <Create
Logical Drive>.
____4. At the introduction screen click <Next>.

____5. At the Specify Array (Create Logical Drive) screen choose

your RAID level and Drive selection choices.
We will choose: RAID 1, and Manual drive selection.
(Since we will be sharing the Storage Subsystem with the
other groups, this will give us the opportunity to select the
appropriate physical disks
Group-1 Disk at Enclosure 1, Slot 1

Disk at Enclosure 1, Slot 2
____6. Select the appropriate disks for your group:

(Hold down the Ctrl key and select for multiple disks.)

____7. Click <Add>
____8. Click <Calculate Capacity>, this will activate the <Next>

button
____9. Click <Next>.
____10. At the Array Success (Create Logical Drive) window click

<OK>.
NOTE: You may choose to select the option for Do not display this
screen again.

____11. Next we will select our Logical drive parameters.

For the first drive we will choose:
20 (under New logical drive Capacity
GB (under Units)
GroupX-1 (under Name)
____12. Then Select Customize settings and click <Next>.

____13. At the Customize Advanced Logical Drive Parameters

screen choose your Logical Drive I/O characteristics
type (we will leave it at File System) and your Preferred
controller ownership select Slot A.
____14. Click <Next>.

____15. At the Specify Logical Drive-to-LUN Mapping screen

choose your Host type of <Windows 2000/Server 2003
Non-Clustered> and select <Map later using the
Mappings View>, and click <Finish>
____16. At the Creation Successful screen click <Yes> to create

another logical drive.

____17. At the Allocate Capacity screen select the location you wish
your next Logical drive to be created. We will choose the
<Free Capacity on your-array>, and click <Next>.
____18. Repeat steps 11-15 to create another logical drive.

Use the following information.
Drive 2 (created in your-array )
10 GB (Capacity)
GroupX-2(name)
Controller B (Controller Owner)

____19. When you have completed creating the Logical Drives the
Subsystem Management window should look similar to the
graphic below.

At This Point:
At this point your screen should look like the following screen shot.
• Array X has a 20 GB logical drive owned by controller A, and a 10 GB

logical drive and is owned by Controller B. The drives have names that
correspond your group number.

Defining Storage Partitions

____1. On the Storage Manager Subsystem Management screen, click on the
<Mappings View> tab, and click <Close> to accept the mapping
Start-Up Help.
The following screen should appear.

____2. Next, click <Mappings Æ Define Æ Host>.
____3. This will Launch the Create Storage Partition Wizard

____4. Click <Next>. Type the host name of your server, select the WWPN
for the first HBA and click <Add>, repeat for the second HBA. (Enter
the WWPN from the chart on page 16)

____5. Select the first HBA in the right hand side window and click <Edit>
____6. Give the HBA an appropriate name (EX GROUP_HBA1) and click
<OK>
____7. Repeat for the other HBA, then click <Next>.

____8. Now specify the Host Type by selecting the appropriate Host Operating
System. For this lab, select Windows 2000/Windows 2003 Non-
Clustered and click Next.

____9. Select No – this host will NOT share access. And click <Next>
____10. Double check the information on the Preview screen and click
<Finish>

____11. Click <No> to the prompt Do you want to define another host?
____12. Verify your Storage Partitioning.

Map LUNS to the host.

____1. From the Mappings menu, choose <Define Æ Storage
Partitioning>.
____2. The Storage Partitioning Wizard intro screen will open.

Click <Next>.

____3. Select the Host or Host group you wish to work with and
click <Next>. In this class we only work with Hosts, Host
groups are for clustering.
____4. Select the GroupX-1 (where X is your group number)

logical drive and assign a LUN number, then click <Add>.

____5. Next select the GroupX-2 logical drive and assign a LUN
number, then click <Add>.
____6. Click <Finish> at the bottom of the window.
NOTE: Your host (server) now has the GroupX-1 and GroupX-2
logical drive mapped to it as LUNs 0 and 1 respectively.
____7. The Storage Partitioning end result should look like this.

At This Point:
• Your hosts have moved out of the Default Host Group.
• Host GroupX has two (2) LUNs mapped to it (the 20GB drive
GroupX-1 and the 10GB drive GroupX-2).
• These LUNs are not accessible by other hosts since those drives
have been mapped to your host GroupX

Lab Activity 4: Getting your server to

recognize the storage.
This lab focuses on adding a second node to an existing SANs and creating
partitions.
Objectives
z Get your server to recognize your DS4000 storage.

Getting Windows to Recognize the Disks
____1. On your server, click <Start Æ Programs Æ

Administrative Tools Æ Computer Management>.
<Storage>, Click <Disk Management>.
____2. Write Signature Upgrade Disk Wizard starts. Click <Next>.
Note: If the Write Signature Upgrade Disk Wizard does not start, click
<Action> then < Rescan Disks>. At this point you should see the
Unknown disks appear. Right-click on <Disk1> and select <Write
Signature>.
If Rescan Disks does not work logoff Remote Desktop and
reconnect.
____3. In the Select Disks to Write Signature window, make sure

both disks are checked and then click <Next>.

____4. At the Upgrade to Dynamic Disk screen, un-check all disks

and click <Next>.
(We want to use basic disks)
____5. At the Summary screen, click <Finish>.

____6. Right-click the unallocated space on the first disk (usually

disk2) and click <Create Partition>. The Create Partition
Wizard begins. Click <Next>.

____7. Confirm that <Primary Partition> is selected and click

<Next>.
____8. Confirm that the maximum amount of disk space is

selected and click <Next>.

____9. Assign drive letter Y: to this drive and click <Next>.
____10. On the Format Partition screen, leave all defaults and also
check <Perform a Quick Format>. Click <Next>.
____11. Click <Finish> to begin formatting this drive.
____12. Moving to the next disk

Right-click the unallocated space on the next disk (usually
disk3), then click <Create Partition>. The Create Partition
Wizard begins. Click <Next>.

____13. Confirm that <Primary Partition> is selected and click

<Next>.
____14. Confirm that the maximum amount of disk space is

selected and click <Next>.
____15. Assign drive letter Z: to this drive and click <Next>.
____16. On the Format Partition screen, leave all defaults and also
check <Perform a Quick Format>. Click <Next>.
____17. Click <Finish> to begin formatting this drive.

At This Point:
• You have mounted the LUNs presented from the DS4800 on your
server.
• Created partitions

Lab Project 5.: Flash Copy

This lab focuses on using the Flash Copy and Volume Copy Utilities. The flash
copy image is a point-in-time image of a logical drive. It is the logical equivalent
of a complete physical copy. A Volume Copy is a complete physical copy of a
volume to the same storage subsystem.
Objectives
z Configure the Flash Copy Utility
z Perform a Flash Copy
z Perform a Volume Copy

Creating a FlashCopy
____1. Create a text file with some data we can change on the
base logical drive you wish to create the FlashCopy of.
Call it flash.txt
____2. Right-click the base logical drive that contains your flash.txt
file. From the drop-down menu, click <Create Flash Copy
Logical Drive>.
NOTE: If you are not able to click on <Create Flash Copy Logical
Drive>, then you will have to enable FlashCopy using the
Premium Features option. Contact your instructor for
assistance.
____3. The Create Flash Copy Logical Drive Wizard – Additional

Instructions screen appears. Click <OK>

____4. At the Create A Flash Copy Logical Driver Wizard screen,

make sure the radio button next to <Simple> is checked
and click <Next>.
NOTE: If you choose the Advanced option, you will be able to choose
or create the array with free space on which you want to create
your Flash Copy logical drive. You will also be able to set your
LUN mappings and set notifications about drive capacity.

____5. On the Specify Names screen, choose a name for the

Repository logical drive name that will help you associate
the snapshot logical drive and the repository logical drive,
and click <Next>.
NOTE: The default naming convention for Flash Copy is often sufficient.
____6. Click <Next> to accept the defaults on the Specify

Repository Capacity screen.

____7. The next screen will show a confirmation of the Flash Copy
logical drive parameters. Click <Finish> to complete the
FlashCopy.
____8. Click <OK> at the Flash Copy Completed screen.

____9. Now when you look at the IBM Storage Manager

Subsystem Management screen, you will see the
FlashCopy logical drive you created.

Using Flash Copy for Back Up

____1. First you must map your FlashCopy Drive.
____2. Click on the Mappings View tab, then right Click

Undefined Mappings select <Define Additional
Mapping>. You should see your flash copy drive there.
____3. At the Host group or Host drop down menu choose the host
you wish to see the Flash Copy drive from. We will choose
the same host as the base logical drive.

____4. Select a LUN number. Notice that the LUN space for the
host is used, in this case the next available LUN number is
2.
____5. Highlight the FlashCopy drive you wish to use.
____6. Click <Add>.
____7. Click <Close>. The LUN has been presented to the host.

Define the LUN on the host

____1. Go back to the host to which you just mapped the
FlashCopy logical drive.
____2. Right Click <My Computer> and click <Manage>.
____3. Double Click <Disk Management>.
____4. Click <Action>, <Rescan Disks>.

____5. You should now see the new FlashCopy drive with a
different drive letter than the base FlashCopy drive.
NOTE: You may have wait several minutes or rescan for disks several
times before the new drive shows up.
NOTE: If the drive does not have a drive letter but appears as healthy,
then right click the drive and select <Change Drive Letter and
Path>, Select <Add> and assign the new drive a drive letter.
____6. Open Windows explorer and look at the newly created

FlashCopy drive. It appears to be exactly the same as the
base logical drive.

____7. In Storage Manager, Disable the FlashCopy by right

clicking on the FlashCopy Logical Drive
____8. Type yes in the text box of the Disable FlashCopy

confirmation panel, and click <OK>

____9. The result will be a disable FlashCopy.
____10. One the base logical drive of the FlashCopy (Drive Z),
create a new text document named Flash.txt.
____11. double click on the file you created (Flash.txt), and add
content to the file.
____12. Save the file and close it.
____13. Close Windows Explorer. (This will release Windows

Explorer from caching files so that SMRepAssist can be run
successfully.)
____14. Run the SMRepAssist command to flush the OS cache to

the DS4000. Once for the base logical drive Z:, and once
for the FlashCopy drive X:.

____15. In Storage Manager, recreate the FlashCopy to

synchronized the two drives.
____16. Open Windows Explorer and look at the two drives and
notice the file and contents are the same.
____17. Now, close both files.

____18. Open Flash.txt on the Z: drive and add another line of text
and save the file. Refresh both Windows Explorer
windows, and reopen the Flash.txt files for comparison.
Notice there was no change to the FlashCopy (X:) drive’s
Flash.txt file.
____19. Adding files to the base logical drive (Z:) has no impact on
the FlashCopy drive (X:).

____20. You can now use a back up application to back up the new
FlashCopy (X:) drive,even if the base logical drive
changes. (This is just a suggestion, not a command.)
____21. When the back up is complete disable the FlashCopy

logical drive and start again.
At This Point:
• You have created a FlashCopy drive of your 10GB GroupX-2 drive
• Presented the FlashCopy drive to the host server
• Created data on the base logical drive
• Recreated the FlashCopy drive
• Modified data on the base logical drive and verified data has not
changed on the FlashCopy drive..



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Safety Precautions and Housekeeping....................................................................... 6

Lab Project 1: Cable Configurations ........................................................................... 9

Lab Project 2: Gather WWPNs for Server HBAs ...................................................... 15

Lab Project 3: Using Storage Manager 9.x ............................................................... 21

Lab Activity 4: Getting your server to recognize the storage. ................................ 43

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Lab Project 5.: Flash Copy and Volume Copy.......................................................... 51

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Safety Precautions and Housekeeping

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Lab Project 1: Cable Configurations

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System Cabling Diagrams

____4. You will use more detailed diagrams in subsequent exercises

____5. Good documentation of any system is invaluable to ensure that

____7. Before you complete this exercise, nominate a spokesperson for

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Question: What, if any, is the single point of failure of this configuration?

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Which storage controller will you implement and why?

What is the minimum number of HBAs this customer will need?

What is the minimum number of hubs/ switches this customer needs?

Which hub or switch and why?

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Lab Project 2: Gather WWPNs for Server HBAs

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Obtain the WWPNs for the HBAs

Using SAN Surfer to obtain the WWPNs for the HBAs:

____2. connect to LocalHost.

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____4. Then repeat for the settings tab.

Question: What is the purpose of the HBA Port BIOS?

Why is it important to set the adapters’ HBA Port Hard Loop ID