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STORAGE MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE WITH FIBRECAT SX 1. FIBRECAT SX MANAGER 2. STORAGE MANAGER FOR SANS Content Storage Management made simple with FibreCAT SX ............................... 2 Purpose............................................................................................................ 2 Terms used in this exercise ............................................................................. 3 Chapter 1: FibreCAT SX Manager ................................................................. 4 Step 1-01: Create a Virtual Disk and a Volume................................................ 4 Step 1-02: Map Volume to Server .................................................................... 9 Step 1-03: Mount Volume .............................................................................. 13 Step 1-04: Operational Validation .................................................................. 26 Chapter 2: Storage Manager for SANs ....................................................... 27 Step 2-01: Extend a LUN ............................................................................... 27 Step 2-02: Operational Validation .................................................................. 31 Step 2-03: Create a new LUN ........................................................................ 32 Step 2-04: Operational Validation .................................................................. 39 Summary........................................................................................................ 40
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STORAGE MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE WITH FIBRECAT SX
1. FIBRECAT SX MANAGER
2. STORAGE MANAGER FOR SANS
Content
Storage Management made simple with FibreCAT SX ............................... 2 Purpose............................................................................................................ 2 Terms used in this exercise ............................................................................. 3 Chapter 1: FibreCAT SX Manager................................................................. 4 Step 1-01: Create a Virtual Disk and a Volume................................................ 4 Step 1-02: Map Volume to Server.................................................................... 9 Step 1-03: Mount Volume .............................................................................. 13 Step 1-04: Operational Validation .................................................................. 26 Chapter 2: Storage Manager for SANs ....................................................... 27 Step 2-01: Extend a LUN............................................................................... 27 Step 2-02: Operational Validation .................................................................. 31 Step 2-03: Create a new LUN........................................................................ 32 Step 2-04: Operational Validation .................................................................. 39 Summary........................................................................................................ 40
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STORAGE MANAGEMENT MADE SIMPLE WITH FIBRECAT SX
Purpose This composition is intended to introduce students to the basic steps required to provision FibreCAT SX storage to a Windows Server 2003 R2 server. Chapter 1: Use the “FibreCAT SX manager” web user interface native to the FibreCAT SX to provision disk space by:
• creating a virtual disk (also called RAID group) • creating a volume (also called LUN) • assigning the volume to the server.
After that, some data is written to the volume. Chapter 2: Use Windows Server 2003 “R2”’s native “Storage Manager for SANs” to
• extend a volume and the file system • create a new volume and assign it to the server.
After that, some data is written to the volume.
Special Instructions: Before you begin, please record the IP address for the server and the FibreCAT SX storage array that you have been assigned. Server IP address __________________________ FibreCAT SX IP address __________________________
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Terms used in this exercise
Hard Disk Drives
Volume = LUN
Windows Server
Subsystem, e. g. FibreCAT SX
Virtual disk = RAID group
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Step 1-01: Create a Virtual Disk and a Volume A Virtual Disk (vdisk for short) is a group of drives that are combined to a RAID array, also known as a RAID group. The wizard also allows you to create volumes (or LUNs) in the same step. We will create a RAID1 virtual disk with a single 20 GB volume. Please follow the first two steps to log on the FibreCAT SX. After that, you can try to find your own way through the Web user interface or just follow the instructions.
How to logon to FibreCAT SX60: 0. Open your Internet Explorer 1. Type in the IP adress of your
FibreCAT SX60 in the adressbar, e.g.:
http:// 172.25.60.2 2. Please log in: Username = manage Password = !manage
Now you should see a control panel on the left side of your screen. There are a lot of items on this panel, but also bigger buttons: 4. Click on the button called “Manage” 5. Go to the link called “vdisk configuration” 6. Click on the link called “create a vdisk”
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7. Select: “Manual Virtual Disk Creation” 8. Type: “SNW-TEST1” in the field: Enter Virtual Disk Name 9. Select: “RAID 1 – Disk Mirroring” in the field: Virtual Disk RAID Level 10. Press “Create New Virtual Disk”.
11. Now you have to wait, while the “Processing”- Screen is shown!
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12.. Select the first two icons (representing the hard disks) and press the button “Continue…”
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13. Select: Create Volumes of Equal Size? => NO and press the button “Create Virtual Disk”
14. Type: “20000” in the field Volume Size for a 20 GB volume. 15. Press: Add Volumes and OK
Confirm information with OK
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Online Initialization is selected by default so you immediately can use the Virtual Disk.
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Step 1-02: Map Volume to Server In the previous step, we created the virtual disk and the volume, but did not assign it to any host. This is done in this step.
On the control panel on the left side of your screen, navigate to the “volume mapping” menu. 1. Click on the link called “VOLUME MANAGEMENT” 2. Click on the link called “volume mapping” 3. Click on the link called “map hosts to volume”
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4. Please scroll down to the end of the page, to the column “Map Host or Default” 5. In the drop-down menu for Host, please select a “Host Name” for the Fibre
Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) of the server. If no host name is available, select a WWN.
6. Please specify a LUN number 0 (between 0 and 127 possible) 7. Then click on “Map Host or Default”.
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This screen will show the result in the “Host Mapping” column.
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Log off from the FibreCAT SX Manager.
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Step 1-03: Mount Volume
The following steps are made on your Windows Server 2003 operating system. 1. Please login as administrator. You will need an administrative account and the
associated password. Make sure that you have full access due to administrative rights! 2. Press: START on the Windows Task Bar and Press: Programs, then Administrative
Tools 3. Press: Computer Management
This screen should appear:
4. Press: Disk Management on the left panel.
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Initialize and Convert a Disk
This screen should pop up:
5. Press: Next
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Initialize a Disk:
6. Select: Disk 1 7. Press: Next
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Select the disk to convert
8. Select: Disk 1 9. Press: Next
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Completing the Disk Wizard
10. Press: Finish
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Now you should see a new Dynamic Disk: 20 GB Unallocated 11. Click right in symbol for the new Dynamic Disk the bar and select New
Volume
The New Volume Wizard should appear.
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New Volume Wizard
12. Press: Next
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13. Press: Next
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14. Press Next
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15. Select: Assign the following drive letter 16. Select: An unassigned letter for the volume, for example S. 17. Press: Next
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18. Select: Format this volume 19. Type: SNIA HOL to change the Volume label 20. Select: Perform a quick format 21. Press: Next 22. On the summary screen, press Finish
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Note: The new volume (S volume) should show a Formatting status. 23. You have to wait until the format is completed. Note: After completion, the volume (S volume) should show a Healthy status.
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Healthy status
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Step 1-04: Operational Validation
Putting data on the Volume 1. Copy data
• Double click on My Computer icon
• Double click on Local Disk C:
• Locate the “Data to Copy” directory
• Right click on the “Data to Copy” directory & select Copy 2. Paste data
• Double click on My Computer icon
• Locate Hard Disk Drive S: and click on it
• Right click on the SNIA HOL (S:) and select paste.
• Double click the SNIA HOL (S:) drive 3. Verify that the “Data to Copy” directory is there.
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Chapter 2: Storage Manager for SANs
Step 2-01: Extend a LUN In this exercise, we are extending the LUN we just created and assigned with the FibreCAT SX manager by
• Starting Microsoft’s Storage manager for SANs • Selecting the LUN we just created • Perform Extend LUN
You can try to do this on your own or follow the detailed instructions and screenshots below.
1. Logon to the Server Username=Administrator Password=snw
Verify the VDS Provider is installed (Start –Settings – Control Panel –Add/Remove Programs) Fujitsu Siememens Computers FibreCAT SX VDS Provider 2.0
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2. Launch the Storage Manager for SANs (Start – Programs – Administrative Tools – Storage Manager for SANs)
Wait for VDS to load its drivers. This might take a while …
3. Click on Subsystems in the left panel – You should see the FibreCAT SX.
4. Click on LUN management – You should see the LUN we just created 5. Select the LUN. Click on extend LUN in the right panel
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6. Specify the LUN size in the grey box that pops up, e.g. 22 GB.
7. Click on “OK” to extend the LUN.
8. Verify that the LUN size has changed. 9. Close the SAN manager.
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Extend the Volume
10. Open the Disk Manager (Start – Run – type “compmgmt.msc /s”). Browse to Storage, and Disk Management
11. Select extend Volume 12. Click through the Wizard, using the defaults.
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Step 2-02: Operational Validation
Using Diskmanager
Using the Explorer
Open the Windows Explorer and select the S: drive. Right-click on Properties to see the new total capacity.
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Step 2-03: Create a new LUN In this step, we are creating a new LUN and assign it to the server by
• Starting Microsoft’s Storage manager for SANs • Perform Create LUN
You can try to do this on your own with the following hints or follow the detailed instructions and screenshots below.
1. Logon to the Server Username=Administrator Password=snw
2. Launch the Storage Manager for SANs (Start – Programs – Administrative Tools – Storage Manager for SANs)
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Wait for VDS to load its drivers. This might take a while …
3. Click on Subsystems in the left panel – You should see the FibreCAT SX. 4. Click on LUN management – You should see the LUN we just created. 5. Then click on create LUN in the right panel
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6. Select a Subsystem and a LUN type (e.g. Mirrored) 7. Press Next.
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8. On the next screen, specify the LUN name “SNW HOL2” and size “10GB”. 9. Press Next.
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10. Select assign the LUN now. You will see your server and the Fibre Channel HBA ports. (The HBA WWN numbers are a unique identification of the HBA port – like a MAC address for a Network card – and are used to map the LUN to the server) 11. Press Next.
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12. Now you can format the LUN, give it a name and assign a drive letter. E.g T:\. 13. Accept the other default options with Next.
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14. You can review your request and press “Create LUN” to execute it.
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Step 2-04: Operational Validation Open the Windows Explorer and select the newly created drive. Right-click on properties to verify the capacity. As in Step 1-04, you can also copy and paste some data to it.
Open the Windows Explorer and select the T: drive. Right-click on Properties to see the new total capacity.
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SUMMARY You have successfully completed the provisioning of the storage-system to an application server with the FibreCAT SX manager and with Windows Server 2003 R2’s Storage manager for SAN.
