Mid to large -sized Heterogeneous StorNext configuration
MetaData Ethernet Network
Apple
OSX
XSAN Client
HBA | HBA |
Celerity | Celerity |
or | or |
Driver: .3.1b12 Driver: .3.1b12 | |
Linux
StorNext
Client
RHEL or SLES
HBA
Celerity
or
Driver: .3.1b12
LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Controller
RHEL or SLES
RDAC
HBA | HBA |
Standard | Standard |
supported | supported |
Emulex or | Emulex or |
Qlogic | Qlogic |
LINUX
STORNEXT
Meta Data
Controller
RHEL or SLES
| RDAC |
|
|
HBA | HBA |
Standard | Standard |
supported | supported |
Emulex or | Emulex or |
Qlogic | Qlogic |
Windows
200x Server
StorNext
Client
RDAC
HBA
Standard supported
Emulex or Qlogic
Windows XP,
Vista, 7
StorNext
Client
HBA
Celerity
or
Driver: .3.1b12
Zone 1 |
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| |
Controller A | FibreChannel Switch | FibreChannel Switch | |
And all host | |||
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| ||
ports |
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Controller A
DS5100 |
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or | IBM |
DS5300 |
DS5300 
Controller B
Zone 2
Controller B
And all host
ports
EXP5000
EXP5000
(optional)
RAID 1 MD RAID 1 Journal RAID 1 MD | RAID 5 4+1 DATA | RAID 5 8+1 DATA | RAID 5 8+1 DATA |
H S
EXP5000
(optional)
Up to 448 drives maximum (with EXP5000)
or 480 drives maximum with EXP5060)
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.
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