WhatisaFabric

Arrays

Virtualspaceusedbynodesto communicatewitheachother oncetheyarejoined Servers Componentidentifiers:

Fabric

DomainID WorldwideName(WWN)
Switches

Storage

WellKnownAddressesofFabric Services
Well Known Addresses
Fabric Login FFFFFE Directory Server FFFFFC Fabric Controller FFFFFD Time Server FFFFFB Mgmt Server FFFFFA FFFFF8 Alias Server
Broadcast Server

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Brocade Fabric Operating System

Version4.1 Version3.1 Version2.6.1

FibreChannelServices

LoginServer FabricController CommonTransport

NameServer AliasServer TimeServer ManagementServer

Fabric Initialization Process

DeviceInitializationintotheFabricfromtheswitchsperspective
U - Port
What do I want to be when I grow up? (State 1) Is something plugged into the port? (Transition 1) yes

no

y/n

FL - Port
(State 2)

yes

y/n
no

Do you want to talk loop? (Transition 2)

G - Port

Im waiting for someone to talk to me (State 3) Are you a switch or a Fabric point-to-point device? (Transition 3)

F - Port
(State 5)

Fabric pt-to-pt switch

E - Port

(State 4)

DeviceCommunicationExample
Host

JBOD

1.FabricLogin(FLOGI)fromhosttoswitchatFFFFFE 2.Switch(FFFFFE)respondswithanACCEPT 3.HostdoesanN_PortLogin(PLOGI)totheswitchatFFFFFC 4.Switch(FFFFFC)accepts 5.Hostregisters(SCR)toreceiveRSCNatFFFFFD 5.Hostcanthen: Registerattributes Queryfordevices 6.Switch(FFFFFC)willrespondasappropriatefortypeofrequest 7.Hostmaylogout(LOGO)oftheNameServernottheFabric

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Processa

FibreChannelLogins

Fabric
NPort1 FPort FPort NPort2 Processx

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Processb Processc Processy

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HowaSwitchedFabricWorks
NodeA
NL_Port N_Port#1 #1 HBA HBA

NodeD
Transmit
Port Port

Receive

N_Port#2 NL_Port Storage HBA Port

#2

Receive

Transmit

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NodeB
NL_Port N_Port#4 #4 HBA HBA

NodeC
Transmit Receive Receive Transmit
N_Port#3 NL_Port Storage FA Port

#3

Port

Port

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WorldWideNames

Unique64bitidentifier Statictotheport

Usedtophysicallyidentifyaportornode withintheSAN SimilartoaNICMACaddress

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Additionally,eachnodeisassignedaunique portID(address)withintheSAN

Usedtocommunicatebetweennodeswithin theSAN

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WorldWideNames:Example
World Wide Name Array

5
0101

0
0000

0
0000

6
0110

0
0000

1
0001

6
0110

0
0000

0
0000

0
0000

6
0110

0
0000

0
0000

1
0001

B
1011

2
0010

Company ID 24 bits

Port

Model seed 32 bits

o 1 0 0
Reserved 12bits

WorldWideNameHBA

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CompanyID 24bits

CompanySpecific 24bits

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Summary

FibreChannelNetworkModel WellKnownAddresses ClassOfService TopologiesandNodeTypes PortInitialization NativeandAreaAddressing WWNNandWWPN

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Uponcompletionofthismodule,youwillbe ableto:

FibreChannelStorageArea Networks(SAN)

Describethephysicalandlogicalelementsof SAN Compareandcontrastconnectivitydevices DescribeconnectivityoptionsofSAN DescribetheI/OflowintheSANenvironment ListSANmanagementconsiderations

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InthisModule
Thismodulecontainsthefollowinglessons:

FibreChannelSANoverview ThecomponentsofaSAN FCSANconnectivity SANmanagement SANdeploymentexamples CasestudyandapplicationsofFCSAN

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Uponcompletionofthislesson,youwillbe ableto:

Lesson:FibreChannelSAN Overview

DefineanFCSAN DescribethefeaturesofFCSANbased storage DescribethebenefitsofanFCSANbased storagestrategy

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Informationwhenandwherethebusiness userneedsit Integratetechnologyinfrastructurewith businessprocesses Flexible,resilientarchitecture

BusinessNeedsand TechnologyChallenges

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Uponcompletionofthislesson,youwillbe ableto:

Lesson:FibreChannelSAN Connectivity

DescribetheFibreChannelSAN connectivitymethodsandtopologies DescribeFibreChanneldevices DescribeFibreChannelcommunication protocols DescribeFibreChannelloginprocedures

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NLPort

NLPort

NLPort

Server HUB

Storage

Node

HUB

NLPort FLPort FLPort

Node
Server

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NPort

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EPort FPort EPort

Switch

FPort

Node

Switch
Switch
FPort NPort Node

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Node

NPort

NPort

Node

Array Storage

Array

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InterSwitchLinks(ISLs)
MultimodeFiber Switch 1Gb=500m2Gb=300m Switch

S
Switch

SinglemodeFiber upto10km Switch

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Switch

Metroringorpointtopoint topologieswithorwithout pathprotection

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Router

Router

Switch

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Topology:MeshFabric

Canbeeitherpartialorfullmesh Allswitchesareconnectedtoeachother HostandStoragecanbelocated anywhereinthefabric HostandStoragecanbelocalizedtoa singleswitch

PartialMesh FullMesh

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FullMeshBenefits

Benefits

Allstorage/serversareamaximumofoneISL hopaway Hostsandstoragemaybelocatedanywhere inthefabric MultiplepathsfordatausingtheFabric ShortestPathFirst(FSPF)algorithm Fabricmanagementmadesimpler

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Topology:SimpleCoreEdge Canbetwoorthree Fabric tiers

HostTier

SingleCoreTier OneortwoEdgeTiers

Inatwotiertopology, storageisusually connectedtotheCore Benefits

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HighAvailability MediumScalability Mediumtomaximum Connectivity

StorageTier

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CoreEdgeBenefits

Simplifiespropagationoffabricdata.

OneISLhopaccesstoallstorageinthefabric Trafficmanagementandpredictability

Efficientdesignbasedonnodetype

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Uponcompletionofthislesson,youwillbe ableto:

Lesson:TheComponentsofa SAN
DescribetheelementsofaSAN.

HostBusAdapter(HBA) FiberCabling FibreChannelSwitch/Hub StorageArray ManagementSystem

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ComponentsofaStorageArea Network
HostBusAdapter (HBA) FiberCabling FibreChannel Switch/Hub StorageArray ManagementSystem
HBA
SANattachedServer SAN Arrays Switches

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Nodes,PortsandLinks
HBA Port0
Tx Rx

Link

Port0 Port1 Port1

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Portn Portn

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Node

HostBusAdapters

HBAsperformlowlevelinterfacefunctions automaticallytominimizetheimpactonhost processorperformance

HBA
Server

Switches

Arrays

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Connectivity

SingleMode Fiber

Switches

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Multimode Fiber Host Storage

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NodeConnectors:

Connectors

SCDuplexConnectors LCDuplexConnectors

PatchpanelConnectors

STSimplexConnectors

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ConnectivityDevices
BasisforSAN communication

Hubs,Switchesand Directors
Arrays

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Server

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HBA

Switches

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StorageResources
StorageArray

Providesstorageconsolidation andcentralization HighAvailability/Redundancy Performance

Server

Featuresofanarray

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HBA

Switches

Arrays

BusinessContinuity Multiplehostconnect

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SANManagementSoftware
Asuiteoftoolsusedin aSANtomanagethe interfacebetweenhost andstoragearrays Providesintegrated managementofSAN environment WebbasedGUIorCLI

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