<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

<<Working with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Document Management Information

Document Title

: Working with IBM DS8300 Storage

Document Status

: Draft

File Name

: Working with IBM DS8300 Storage V1.0.doc

Document Publication History

(All revisions made to this document must be listed in chronological order)
Version

Date

Author(s)

Remarks

1.0

05/10/2009

Shaik Mansoor Ellahee

Version History
(All revisions must be approved)
Version

Date

1.0

12/04/2010

IBM DS8300 Storage

Reviewer
Nitin Shrivastava

Approver

Remarks

Nitin Shrivastava

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Table of Contents

1.0

PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................................

2.0

SCOPE...........................................................................................................................................................

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

1.0 PURPOSE
This document is prepared for having a better understanding on how IBM
DS8300 Storage Works. This will help the new people who are in learning
stage and are working on IBM DS8300 Storage.
2.0 SCOPE
The scope of the document is to provide the readers about the following:
1. How to create a host in IBM DS8300 Storage?
2. How to create a volume group in IBM DS8300 Storage?

3. How to map a host to a volume group in IBM DS8300 Storage?

4. How to create a LUN and assign to host, VG in IBM DS8300 Storage?

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Once you login to the IBM DS8300 Storage then perform the following
action to create a host:
Click on Host Connections under manage hardware tab to get the
above screen. First check whether the host which you are creating is

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

already present by clicking on manage existing host connections. If it is

not present then click new host connection.

After clicking on make new host connection you will get the above
screen where you can enter the host name and port type along with
the type of host or OS. After that you can add the WWNs manually or
you can select from the drop down menu and add the WWNs. Once
completing the above steps then click on next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

IBM DS8300 Storage

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step you can map the host with a VG or you can do it later also
depending on your requirement and urgency. You will have above three
options and whichever is best applicable to you then select it click on
next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step you can assign an I/O port with above two options. You can
either select automatic or go for a manual selection and assign an I/O
port of your wish for the host you are going to create. Click next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In the final step review and check the details whatever you entered to
create a host are correct or not. Once you are done with your attributes
verification then click on finish to create a new host.

IBM DS8300 Storage

10

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

After host is created then click on Volume Groups option under Open
Systems tab which will get you to above page and lists all the existing
volume groups in IBM DS8300 Storage.
To create a new VG click on the drop-down option of select action tab
shown in above page and select create option from the list of options
given.

IBM DS8300 Storage

11

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step define the attributes for your new VG which you are going
to create such as VG name, host type and here you have an additional
option of assigning a volume to this VG at the time of creating a VG if
you wish to.
If you dont want to assign an existing volume then just uncheck the
volumes given below and just click on next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

12

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Final step in creating a new VG will ask you to cross check the
attributes you have defined for your VG. If you are OK with your
verification click finish or click back to go to previous steps and make
changes if anything is wrong and get it corrected.

IBM DS8300 Storage

13

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Now you have created a Host and VG. Next step is to map the host
with new VG you have created. In order to map your host you have to
come back to your host connections page by selecting it under manage
hardware tab.

IBM DS8300 Storage

14

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Here in the above page select Manage existing host connections to

map you host.

In this step select the host you have created which will list you its
WWN numbers as shown above. Click on the WWN numbers as well
and from the drop-down option of select action tab click on Add to VG
option which will take you to the next step as shown in next page.

IBM DS8300 Storage

15

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step select the VG to which you want to Map your host and click
next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

16

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Here you can define the I/O ports either manually or check-mark the
automatic option and click next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

17

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Verify the above information about your new host which is mapped
with a VG which you have created. If you are done with your reviews
then just click finish to complete the mapping of your host with VG
successfully.

IBM DS8300 Storage

18

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

After you create both host, VG and successfully map them together
then next step is to create LUN or Volume and assign it to the created
Host/VG.
To create a LUN select the Volumes-Open Systems option under open
systems tab which will bring you to the screen as shown above. In the
above page select the storage image, secondary filter and select the
volume group in which you want to create your LUN and then from
drop-down of select action tab click on create option which will take
you to the next step shown below.

IBM DS8300 Storage

19

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step select the extent pool to create LUN/Volume of your desired
capacity from the list of available extent pools where free space is
available and click next.
*Important thing to note here is while creating multiple LUNs. Make
sure that you create them from different extent pools and server for a

IBM DS8300 Storage

20

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

better performance and which is the best practice for creating LUN in
IBM DS8300 Storage.

In this step define volume characteristics such as volume type,

allocation method which are default ones as shown in above screen.
RAID type will be defined in the extent pool you have selected if you
observe the previous step correctly.

IBM DS8300 Storage

21

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Then select the VG in which you want to create the LUN/Volume and
click next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

22

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step define your volume properties such as quantity, size you
wish to create and check-mark the box LSSs for volumes as shown
above and select the LSS number from drop-down option and click
next.
*Selecting an LSS number is very important if you are going to create
more LUNs because LSS number you select will be the LUN ID of your
LUN and it will start with the LSS number you select in this page.

IBM DS8300 Storage

23

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In this step enter the volume name for your easy understanding and as
per your convenience. If you are going to create multiple LUNs then
enter the suffix for this LUN as per the requirement and click next.

IBM DS8300 Storage

24

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

In the last step review and check attributes of your LUN and confirm
the details before clicking finish. If there is anything needs to be
changed then click back button which will take you to the previous
page to make changes. Once verified then click finish to create a
volume under your specified VG which is mapped to the host created
by you.

IBM DS8300 Storage

25

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

After you click finish it will take 1 or 2 minutes to create your LUN and
then you will see the above screen which confirms that a new volume
has been created successfully.

IBM DS8300 Storage

26

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Important points to be
performing above actions:

taken

into

consideration

while

1. While adding a host try not to enter WWN numbers manually as

it is not the best practice followed. Try to troubleshoot why WWN
numbers are not appearing in the drop-down menu and chances
may be that zoning is not done correctly on switch side or the
host port WWN is down. In the worst case you can enter the
WWN numbers manually if you are sure that those belong to
correct host you are going to add but it is strictly recommended
that you should not enter WWN numbers manually except in rare
scenarios.
2. Best practice to define an I/O port while creating host is to assign
it automatically instead of doing it manually.
3. While creating a VG make sure that the host port type you select
matches or it is compatible with the host OS you have created.
4. While creating multiple LUNs it is very important that you take
care of extent pools, servers and not to create LUNs from same
extent pool and server as performance will be not so good when
compared with LUNs allocated from different extent pools and
servers.
5. Also while creating multiple volumes it is important that you
check-mark the LSS option and select LSS number which will be
useful to recognize as the LSS address will be LUN ID of the
Volume you are going to create. The nickname you define for the
volume should be convenient to you to recognize it easily when
needed and the recommended naming convention will be
something like hostname_01 or host_vg_100.

Thank You,
IBM DS8300 Storage

27

<<Working

with IBM DS8300 Storage>>

Mansoor.

IBM DS8300 Storage

28