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Course Objectives
At the end of this presentation the student should be able to :

Explain the basics of 3PARs architecture

Know the numbering schemes for the InServ hardware components Understand concepts connecting hosts to a 3PAR Node Explain how an InServ node precesses write and read requests from a host
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3PAR Value Proposition + InServ Hardware

Section Content covers: 3PAR Overview and Value Proposition InServ InSpire Architecture InServ Nodes InServ drive chassis and cages InServ storage capacities InServ numbering schemes for nodes, cages, PCI slots for T Series

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What we do

3PAR offers a smart, thin, and ready tiered-storage array for resilient utility computing.

Ideal for consolidation, data lifecycle management, and performanceintensive applications.

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3PAR InServ Storage Servers

Scalability F200
Controller Nodes 3PAR Gen3 ASIC Fibre Channel Host Ports Optional iSCSI Host Ports Built-in Remote Copy Ports GBs Control Cache GBs Data Cache Disk Drives Drive Types

F400
2 Yes 24 Yes 0 24 0 16 24 8-16 12-24 16 - 384
146GB, 300GB, 400GB FC and/or 1TB NL

T400
24 Yes 0 64 0 16 24 8-16 24-48 16 640
146GB, 300GB, 400GB FC and/or 750GB, 1TB NL

T800
28 Yes 0 128 0 32 28 8-32 24-96 16 1,280
146GB, 300GB, 400GB FC and/or 750GB, 1TB NL

0 12 08 2 8 12 16 - 192
146GB, 300GB, 400GB FC and/or 1TB NL

Max Capacity Throughput/ IOPS (from disk) SPC-1 Benchmark Results

125TB 1,300 (MB/s) / 46,800

250TB 2,600 (MB/s) / 93,600 SPC-1 TBD

300TB 3,200 (MB/s) / 156,000

600TB 6,400 (MB/s) / 312,000 224,990 SPC-1 IOPS

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3PAR InSpire architecture: Cabinet

Redundant Power Supplies (Drive Cage)

Cabinet
Standard 19 rack footprint 40 EIA units Built-in cable management No Need to reserve for expansion

Drive Chassis (4U)

Drive Magazine

Redundant Power Supplies Backplane

Controller Node (4U)

Redundant Batteries Redundant PDUs

Service Processor

Cabinet

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Hardware Product Structure for T-Series

InServ Storage Server Base Configurations (T400/T800)
Backplane, Two Controllers, One 2M Cabinet (w/ PDUs) InServ T400
4 x 146 15K (4Gb) Adapters Data Cache

3PAR Controller Node

3PAR Drive Chassis & Drive Magazines Talk to your SE or AE in regards to what drives are currently available

4 x 400 10K(4Gb)

InServ T800

(FC, iSCSI, GigE)

40-Disk, 4 Gb/s

Control Cache

4 x 750 (4Gb) NL

1 Magazine = 4 x Drives Packaged as 4 x XXXGB DRIVE MAGAZINE

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3PAR InSpire architecture: T-Class Controller Node

Dual-Core Xeon 2.3GHz Dual-Core Xeon 2.3GHz

Controller Node(s)
2 to 8 per System Add non-disruptively Performance building block Max host-facing adapters Up to 4 if direct connect only Up to 3 if mixed SAN connect

3PAR Gen3 ASIC

I/O per node 3 PCI-X buses/ 6 PCI-X slots Preferred slot usage (in order) Slots 0 and 2 for diskfacing adapters Slots 5, 3, 1, and 4 for FC host-facing or RCFC adapters Slots 3, 1, 4 for iSCSI adapters

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3PAR InSpire Architecture: Drive Chassis (DC3)

Above Drive Chassis contains one drive cage Each cage contains 10 drive bays Each drive bay accommodates a single drive magazine A drive magazine holds four disks
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InSpire Architecture : Data Flow

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InServ Numbering Systems

The Administrator should know the numbering systems for:

General Rule:

Top = Starts with 0

Left = Starts with 0

Nodes

Drive Chassis
Drive Magazines PCI slots
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Node Numbering
T800 - Front
D C B A SP 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 F E D C B A 0 1 2 3 SP

T400 - Front

For Example: If a T800 has only TWO nodes then they are located at the bottom of cabinet and numbered 6 and 7

6 7

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Fibre Channel and PCI Slot Numbering

Note Numbering Exception: Fibre Channel top starts with 1 On the T series node there is a dedicated slot for GIGE which is slot 6

Node 3

Referencing a port on a node = Node #:PCI slot:port #

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Review Questions for Section 1

1. What functions does the InServ eagle or osprey chip perform?

2. How many drive magazines in an InServ drive chassis?

3. If an InServ only has two nodes, what are there numbers if it is an T400? If it is an T800? 4. What are the hot pluggable items on an InServ? 5. How do you reference a port on a node? 6. What has to happen before 3PAR acknowledges a host Write?
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