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Contents
Preface Chapter 1 About Fibre Channel FC4700 Storage Systems and Storage Networks
Chapter 2 RAID Types and Tradeoffs
Chapter 3 About MirrorView Remote Mirroring Software
Chapter 4 About SnapView Snapshot Copy Software
Chapter 5 Planning File Systems and LUNs
Chapter 6 Storage-System Hardware
Chapter 7 Storage-System Management
Index
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Figures
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Preface
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Introducing Fibre Channel Storage Systems
Fibre Channel Background
Fibre Channel Storage Components
Server Component (Host Bus Adapter Driver Package with Software)
Interconnect Components
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Storage Component (Storage Systems, SPs, and Other Hardware)
Types of Storage-System Installations
About Switched Shared Storage and SANs (Storage Area Networks)
Storage Groups
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Storage-System Hardware
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RAID Types and Tradeoffs
Introducing RAID
Disk Striping
Mirroring
RAID Groups and LUNs
RAID Types
RAID 5 Group (Individual Access Array)
RAID 3 Group (Parallel Access Array)
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RAID 1 Mirrored Pair
RAID 0 Group (Nonresident Array)
RAID 1/0 Group (Mirrored RAID 0 Group)
Individual Disk Unit
Hot Spare
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RAID Benefits and Tradeoffs
Performance
Storage Flexibility
Data Availability and Disk Space Usage
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Guidelines for RAID Groups
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Sample Applications for RAID Types
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What Is EMC MirrorView Software?
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MirrorView Features and Benefits
Provision for Disaster Recovery with Minimal Overhead
Local High Availability
Cross Mirroring
Integration with EMC SnapView LUN Copy Software
How MirrorView Handles Failures
Primary Image Failure
Secondary Image Failure
MirrorView Example
Extended Distance Connections
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MirrorView Planning Worksheet
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What Is EMC SnapView Software?
Snapshot Components
Sample Snapshot Session
The following figure shows how a sample snapshot session starts, runs, and stops.
Snapshot Planning Worksheet
Snapshot Cache Setup Information (For Binding)
Snapshot Session Worksheet
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Multiple Paths to LUNs
Sample Shared Switched Installation
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Sample Unshared Direct Installation
Planning Applications, LUNs, and Storage Groups
Application and LUN Planning
Application and LUN Planning Worksheet
A sample worksheet begins as follows:
LUN and Storage Group Planning Worksheet
Planning Applications, LUNs, and Storage Groups
LUN and Storage Group Planning Worksheet
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Bus 0 enclosures
DPE
RAID 5
LUN 1 RAID 1
LUN Details Worksheet
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LUN Details Worksheet
104,105,106,107,108,109
000, 001
002, 003
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Hardware for FC4700 Storage Systems
Storage Hardware Rackmount DPE-Based Storage Systems
Disks
Storage Processor (SP)
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Planning Your Hardware Components
Components for Shared Switched Storage
Components for Shared-or-Clustered Direct Storage
Components for Unshared Direct Storage
Hardware Data Sheets
DPE Data Sheet
and requirements are shown in the following figure. Rackmount DPE Dimensions and Requirements
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DAE Data Sheet
are shown in the following figure. Rackmount DAE Dimensions and Requirements
Cabinets for Rackmount Enclosures
Cable and Configuration Guidelines
Hardware Planning Worksheets
Cable Planning Template
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The cable identifiers apply to all storage systems
Hardware Component Worksheet
Sample Cable Templates
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Introducing Navisphere Management Software
Using Navisphere Manager Software
Storage Management Worksheet
Management Utility Worksheet Shared Storage with FC4700
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