Fujitsu ETERNUS AF650 S2, ETERNUS AF250, ETERNUS DX200 S3, ETERNUS DX500 S4, ETERNUS AF650 Configuration Manual

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series and ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series

FUJITSU Storage
series

Non
Configuration

Non-stop storage is a high-availability solution that combines ETERNUS SF products with the ETERNUS AF
series
need to cater for future business growth and data accumulation.

ETERNUS AF series and ETERNUS DX S4/S3

-Stop Storage Reference Architecture

Guide

or ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series. It provides an ideal system environment for enterprise systems that

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Table of Contents

Preface 3

1. Overview of Non

2. System Configuration

3. Conclusion

-Stop Storage Solution 4

Features of Non-Stop Storage Solution 4

1.1.
Suitable Systems for Non-Stop Storage 4

1.2.
Protecting Investment and Optimizing Investment Cost 5

1.3.
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Software for Non-Stop Storage Operation 5

1.4.

7

Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration 8

2.1.
Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration (with Redundant Management Servers) 12

2.2.
Hardware Layout 13

2.3.
Workflow for System Configuration 15

2.4.

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Preface

Non-stop storage is a high-availability solution for business continuity.
A non-stop operation is possible during problems and disasters with a cluster configuration created by combining FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS
SF products with the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series or ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series. This document provides an overview of the non-stop
storage solution and describes its configuration.

Prerequisites

The product lineup and product information stated in this document are current as of December 2017.

Target Readers

This document is intended for readers familiar with FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF products, the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series and
ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series, VMware vSphere, and Windows Server.

Target Models

This document relates to the following FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series and ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series models.

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF250 S2/AF650 S2 and ETERNUS AF250/AF650

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200 S4/S3

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 and ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100 S3

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3

Abbreviations

This document uses the following abbreviations.

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series … ETERNUS AF series

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series … ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF series and

ETERNUS DX S4/S3 series … ETERNUS AF/DX

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser … ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser

- FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF products … ESF

- ETERNUS SF Manager … ESF Manager

- ETERNUS SF MA … MA

- Automated Storage Tiering function … AST

- Automated Quality of Service … Auto QoS

- VMware vSphere … vSphere

- VMware ESXi … ESXi

- VMware vCenter Server … vCenter Server

- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 … Windows Server

- Windows Server Failover Clustering … WSFC

ctive Directory Server … AD Server

- A

- Domain Name System Server … DNS Server

- Network Time Protocol Server … NTP Server

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Fluctuating operation

Growing business

No business downtime

Continuous operation,

life cycle

ETERNUS AF/DX

1. Overview of Non-Stop Storage Solution

Redundancy has long been adopted for servers, with this also providing redundancy for any internal hard disks in the server. While
configurations such as the shared disks in cluster systems or server virtualization have involved servers using external disk storage,
redundancy for the storage systems themselves has relied on the server software and its use has remained limited.

In recent years, however, awareness of business continuity has been rising and virtualization involves running many virtual machines on the
same physical storage system. For these reasons, redundancy is also required for general-purpose storage systems.

Non-stop storage means a storage environment that can maintain uninterrupted operation with high reliability and optimal performance
over long periods of time, even in the event of physical failures, problems, or emergencies. Locating physical servers and storage systems in
different buildings or at different sites provides an ideal environment for mission-critical systems because they can remain in operation
during emergencies such as problems or power outages.

Features of Non-Stop Storage Solution 1.1.

This solution provides redundancy for storage systems to provide an environment in which the customer’s business can continue to operate
even if physical damage occurs as a result of a problem or emergency by automatically switching the storage systems. Moreover, data
consistency and the ability to recover are maintained even if data corruption is present after such a switchover because the backup data is
automatically carried over, along with business data.

This solution includes Automated Storage Tiering (AST) that has the ability to automatically select a suitable storage device for the storage
cost and the Automated Quality of Service (Auto QoS) function that automatically optimizes access to the storage area network (SAN) for
linking servers with storage systems. This provides a reliable storage environment that can both maintain performance and reduce storage
costs despite fluctuations in workload, business expansion, or the accumulation of data over time.

Suitable Systems for Non-Stop Storage 1.2.

This solution is suitable for the following systems.

- Systems that require high reliability with uninterrupted 24-hour/365-day operation

Systems that must remain in operation even if storage systems are unavailable due to equipment failure or building power failure, etc.

- Systems that demand stable storage performance

Systems that are subject to variable loads of access to storage systems and virtualization environments that host various business
systems

- Systems where workloads are expected to increase over time

Systems on which storage capacity requirements and throughput continue to increase after installation due to business growth

The following shows application examples of this solution.

- Application to financial systems

The solution provides non-stop operation with data redundancy across storage systems for systems that provide 24-hour/365-day
services, such as Internet banking or ATMs, including during electrical maintenance inspections, storage failures, and disasters.

- Application to systems for managing medical imaging data

The solution provides data redundancy at the storage system level for medical imaging data, the safe-keeping of which is a legal
obligation, and reduces storage costs by automatically moving data for recovered patients to low-cost Nearline disks.

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Protecting Investment and Optimizing Investment Cost 1.3.

By using storage virtualization to start small and expand as required, this solution provides a storage environment that protects the
customer’s initial investment and can flexibly deal with business growth even for systems where future expansions are difficult to estimate.

Storage scalability typically means capacity expansion and throughput improvement.
Capacity expansion is achieved by adding drives. If more expansion is needed, additional drive enclosures can be added to provide space for
more drives. If a large amount of capacity is required for reasons such as business growth, additional storage systems can be installed.
These three ways of adding capacity provide seamless capacity scalability in response to business growth.

In the case of IOPS performance improvement, the IOPS for a specific operation can be upgraded by using flash memory to provide a larger
cache or by selecting high-speed drives (SSDs).
The cache size can be increased up to 800GB for the entry-level ETERNUS DX200 S4 storage system that is used in the example for this
solution or up to 5.6TB for an enterprise storage system.
Furthermore, the addition of a small-capacity SSD can increase IOPS by using AST. This function automatically reallocates frequently accessed
areas to SSDs to provide performance in the way that best suits the operation.

To improve the throughput per unit time, additional ETERNUS AF/DX storage systems can be installed without business downtime. Installing
additional storage systems dramatically enhances the throughput.

In this way, the solution protects the customers’ investment by making the most of their initial investment and by allowing additional
investment to be made in small increments.

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Software for Non-Stop Storage Operation 1.4.

The FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF storage software is used by this solution to provide non-stop operation and to handle the operation and
management life cycle. With an extensive product range that extends from resource management of storage systems to the provision of
additional functions such as replication, it flexibly supports administration of the storage environment and system-wide optimization.
The following sections describe the features of the ETERNUS SF products that provide powerful support for the reliable operation of the
storage systems centered on the ETERNUS AF/DX.

ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 1.4.1.

ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser
system.
Used together with options such as AST *2 and Auto QoS

*1

provides integrated management of the storage environment to support reliable operation of the entire

*3

, it provides cost reductions and more efficient use of resources.

The main functions are as follows.

- Simplified storage design and configuration

A simple GUI is provided for easy configuration, from volume and virtual storage pool creation to allocation to servers.
Users can start small with the minimum physical drive capacity and later add drives without interrupting operation.

- Visualization of storage resources

A dashboard displays information of interest, enabling the status of the storage system and any problems to be identified early.
Performance graphs provide the information for optimizing the I/O performance needed to satisfy business requirements.
It provides integrated management of the components, including the storage system, Fibre Channel switches, physical servers, and
virtual servers using Hyper-V, VMware, or other software.

- Use of AST to optimize investment

AST is used in environments that combine drives of different types to automatically reallocate data to the most appropriate drive based
on access frequency.
It optimizes storage costs by allocating frequently accessed data to SSDs or other ultra-high-speed drives to maintain performance, and
allocating less frequently accessed data to inexpensive Nearline disks with high capacity.

- Use of Auto QoS to allocate performance resources

For systems where the storage system is being shared by a number of operations, Auto QoS prioritizes the I/Os of priority operations
thereby ensuring that high priority operations operate reliably without being affected by fluctuations caused by I/O loads of other
operations.
This makes efficient use of resources by allowing business data with a wide range of different priorities to be combined.
Response times can also be reduced by using automatic tuning together with AST.

The ETERNUS AF/DX and ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser together provide an ideal system for maintaining business continuity that can be
used safely and reliably.

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Storage Cluster 1.4.2.

Storage Cluster

*4

is an optional transparent failover feature of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser, which enables a non-stop storage infrastructure in
the event of a single point of failure (SPOF) in a storage system.
To improve system availability, it automatically detects when the storage system recovers so as to restore redundancy as soon as possible.

The main functions are as follows.

- Data mirroring provided by storage functions

The synchronous Advanced Copy function of the ETERNUS AF/DX maintains data consistency across different storage systems.
Copying does not use server resources, thereby keeping any load on the operation to a minimum.

- Automated monitoring, switchover, and post-recovery switch-back

When a failure is detected in the ETERNUS AF/DX, Storage Cluster switches the access destination automatically without operator
intervention.
Even when AST is running, data allocation is still optimized on the Secondary storage based on the access information on the Primary
storage. This means that the same I/O performance is maintained after a switchover occurs and the operation can continue to function
reliably.
Post-recovery procedures are simplified by automatically detecting a data consistency restoration after the storage system recovers and
the access destination switches back.

- Continuity of replication

When replication is used on the Primary storage, the same copying is also performed on the Secondary storage at the same time.
Because copying continues to function after switchover, replication continues and its high reliability is maintained.

Using Storage Cluster provides a system without business downtime.
Because automatic switchover does not require any operation, it helps minimize the operating costs of the customer’s system.

ETERNUS SF MA 1.4.3.

ETERNUS SF MA collects and archives performance data, and can output information such as automatic diagnosis results or long-term
performance, not only on screen but also in the form of customizable reports.

The main functions are as follows.

- Automatic diagnosis

Problems with performance can be pre-empted through automatic diagnosis performed using indicators determined based on expert
know-how and (customizable) threshold values.
Diagnosis results can be scheduled for automatic output in regular reports.
Diagnosis results can also be presented as Baseline reports output in Excel format.

- Extensive performance data display and Navigation pane

The relationship between the resources can be analyzed from the server side or the storage system side by tracking the resources in a tree
structure.
This provides intuitive operation of display and performance analysis, enabling bottlenecks or the scope of problems to be identified
quickly.
For example, ETERNUS SF MA interoperates with Microsoft Windows Server, VMware vCenter Server, and Hyper-V to undertake
investigations that link the storage system and the IP network switches on the paths with performance problems for business servers by
displaying the storage access performance from the physical servers and the virtual machines.

- Storage cost reduction by using compression and high-speed queries

ETERNUS SF MA uses Fujitsu's highly efficient data compression for long-term storage of performance and event information.
Performance analyses covering long periods of time can be performed quickly using in-memory processing.

The solution provides a storage system that can operate non-stop, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The performance data display and automatic diagnosis functions of ETERNUS SF MA are useful to identify long-term performance trends and
prevent performance problems arising due to business growth.
Use of the Navigation pane and reports of ETERNUS SF MA also reduces administrator workloads.

*1: Requires the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser license for each ETERNUS AF/DX.
*2: Requires the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Optimization option for each ETERNUS AF/DX.
*3: Requires the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser QoS Management option for each ETERNUS AF/DX.
*4: Requires the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Storage Cluster option and the ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager license for each ETERNUS AF/DX.

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2. System Configuration

Non-stop storage systems use the transparent failover feature of Storage Cluster.
The system is configured with two ETERNUS AF/DX storage systems, the business servers, the Fibre Channel switches, and the management
servers running ETERNUS SF products.

This chapter describes the following aspects of the non-stop storage system configuration.

2.1.

Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration
Describes a redundant configuration for business environments as a basic configuration of non-stop storage systems.
The configuration uses two ETERNUS DX200 S4 storage systems.
The management server is virtually configured in a single physical server.

2.2. Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration (with Redundant Management Servers)
Describes a configuration that improves the availability of non-stop storage operation and monitoring.
The configuration uses two physical servers for the management servers and uses WSFC to make them redundant.

2.3.

Hardware Layout

Describes a hardware layout chosen to facilitate a response to problems at installation sites or during disasters.

2.4.

Workflow for System Configuration

Describes the sequence of steps for setting up the non-stop storage system.

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Application Hardware

Quantity

Business servers

FUJITSU Server

PRIMERGY RX2540 M1

n

Management

server

FUJITSU Server

PRIMERGY RX2540 M1

1

Fibre Channel

switches

Brocade

6505 switch 2

Storage systems

FUJITSU

Storage

ETERNUS DX200 S4

2

SAN multipath
LAN, used for operation

and monitoring

ESXi servers (for business servers) (vSphere HA)

Fibre Channel

switches

Business drives

(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

Flexible Tier Volume (FTV)

ESXi server (for the management server)

Business

server

#1

Business

server

#2

Business

server

#3

Business

server

#n

….

vCenter

Server

ESF

ServerMAServerMAProbe

Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration 2.1.

Overview of System Configuration 2.1.1.

The system uses VMware vSphere 6 for virtualization.
Storage Cluster is used to provide duplicate storage systems and vSphere HA is used to provide duplicate ESXi servers for the business servers.
Storage Cluster supports FC and iSCSI for connections between servers and storage systems, and connections between storage systems.
This configuration uses an FC.
Two Fibre Channel switches are also provided for redundancy.
A management server is used to manage the virtual environment and storage systems and to collect performance data.

Note that the servers listed below and network equipment such as the L2SW are not explained in this document.

NTP Server
The ESXi servers, vCenter Server, ESF Server, MA Server, MA Probe, Fibre Channel switches, and ETERNUS AF/DX use the NTP service to
synchronize their clocks.

DNS Server and AD Server
Required by vCenter Server, the ESXi servers, and management servers to check FQDNs with each other.

Figure-1 System overview

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Software

Hardware

Business servers Management server

….

vSphere HA

VMware

vSphere

VMware

vSphere

VMware

vSphere

….

No. of servers: n

Windows Windows Linux Windows

vCenter

Server

Appliance

ESF

Server

MA

Server

appliance

MA

Probe

appliance

No. of servers: 1

App App

App

App

Business

server #1

Business

server #2

Business

server #3

Business

server #n

VMware

vSphere

Windows

No. of storage systems: 2

Storage systems

Servers

Hypervisor

Cluster

OS

Middleware

vCenter

Server

MA

ServerMAProbe

ETERNUS SF

Switches

No. of Fibre Channel switches: 2

Software Block Diagram 2.1.2.

This section describes the software used to provide non-stop storage.

Business servers

VMware vSphere 6.0 is set up on ESXi servers and used for the hypervisor layer.
vSphere HA is used for the cluster layer, with the virtual servers able to run on any of the ESXi servers.
Either Windows or Linux can be used as the OS, depending on the requirements of the respective business servers.
Select the middleware that suits the operation based on the choice of OS.

Management server

As is the case with the business servers, VMware vSphere 6.0 is set up on an ESXi server and used for the hypervisor layer.
Because this example uses a single management server, vSphere HA is not used for the cluster layer.

ESF Server : As this document assumes a Windows OS, the Windows versions of ETERNUS SF are used.
MA Server : MA Server is set up as a directly connected appliance on a virtual server.
MA Probe : MA Probe is set up as a directly connected appliance on a virtual server.
vCenter Server : vCenter Server is set up as a directly connected appliance on a virtual server.

Figure-2 Software block diagram

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Storage

system

layer

….

vSphere HA

Windows

VMware

vSphere

VMware

vSphere

VMware

vSphere

….

No. of servers: n

Windows Windows

Linux

Windows

vCenter

Server

ESF

Server

MA

Server

MA

Probe

No. of servers: 1

App App App App

Business

server #1

Business
server #2

Business

server #3

Business

server #n

Fibre Channel switches

Business drives

(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

Flexible Tier Volume (FTV)

Switch

layer

Server

layer

Software

layer

Failure

SAN multipath

LAN, used for operation
and monitoring

ETERNUS

SF

Overview of Business Server Operation 2.1.3.

This section describes how the business servers work with non-stop storage.
The storage system (ETERNUS DX200 S4) is clustered at the storage system layer. If a failure occurs on the Primary storage, the storage
connected to the servers is switched over automatically by making the Secondary storage active.
AST is used to allocate data to the storage system in an efficient manner. Storage clustering is performed at the level of the volumes used for
AST.
Because the business servers are virtualized, users are not aware of which ESXi server they are running on.
If a failure occurs on an ESXi server, its business servers are automatically shifted to another ESXi server and operation continues.

Figure-3 Overview of business operation

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….

vSphere HA

VMware

vSphere

VMware

vSphere

VMware

vSphere

….

No. of ESXi servers: n

Windows Windows

Linux

Windows

App

App

App

App

Business
server #1

Business

server #2

Business

server #3

Business

server #n

Fibre Channel switches

Business drives

(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

Collection of performance data
by ETERNUS MA Probe

- ETERNUS Probe

- VMware Probe

Storage
system

layer

Switch

layer

Server

layer

Software

layer

SAN multipath

LAN, used for operation
and monitoring

Windows

vCenter

Server

ESF

Server

MA

Server

MA

Probe

No. of ESXi servers: 1

ETERNUS

SF

ETERNUS operation monitoring with
ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser

- Storage Cluster

- AST

- Auto QoS

Store data collected by MA
Probe on MA Server

Monitoring and operation of
ESXi servers

- Resource monitoring

- vSphere HA configuration
settings

Overview of Monitoring Server Operation 2.1.4.

ESF Server is used to manage the storage system (ETERNUS DX200 S4). It handles all aspects of storage operation, including configuration
changes, AST settings, and Auto QoS policy settings.
MA Probe collects performance data on the storage systems and servers. It can collect performance data from a variety of sources, including
ETERNUS Probe, VMware Probe, Linux Probe, and Windows Probe.
MA Server stores the performance data collected by MA Probe. It provides long-term archiving of the performance data, enabling analysis of
performance over a period of years.
vCenter Server is used to configure and manage the virtual environments running on the ESXi servers. If a failure occurs on an ESXi server, its
virtual servers are switched over to another ESXi server and automatically restarted.

Figure-4 Overview of the monitoring operation

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Fibre Channel switches

ESXi servers (for business servers) (vSphere HA)

Business drives

Business server#1Business server#2Business server#3Business server

#n

….

vCenter

Server

Management server

WSFC

ETERNUS SF

Management server

ETERNUS SF

ESF Server: Active ESF Server: Standby

WSFC shared drives

(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

SAN multipath
LAN, used for operation

and monitoring

Legend

Application Hardware Quantity

Business servers

FUJITSU Server

PRIMERGY RX2540 M1

n

Management

servers

FUJITSU Server

PRIMERGY RX2540 M1

2

vCenter servers

FUJITSU Server

PRIMERGY RX2540 M1

2

Fibre Channel

switches

Brocade 6505

switch 2

Storage systems

FUJITSU

Storage

ETERNUS DX200 S4

2

Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration (with Redundant Management Servers)

2.2.

System Configuration Overview

2.2.1.

This configuration is intended to improve the availability of the management servers in a non-stop storage system.
WSFC is used to configure a cluster of two physical servers in which ESF Manager handles storage management and the Storage Cluster
controller handles storage monitoring.
The shared drives for the management servers are allocated in the storage systems.

Figure-5

Refer to "2.1.

Example of a Non-Stop Storage Configuration

AD Server is also required to use WSFC.

System overview for management servers clustered using WSFC

" for details of the business server configuration and operation.

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SAN
LAN, used for operation and monitoring

Business servers

Fibre Channel switch

Business drives
(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

ETERNUS AF/DX

Management server

Business servers

Fibre Channel switch

Business drives
(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

ETERNUS AF/DX

Clustered

Clustered

A

B

C

Building/machine room/rack

Legend

Hardware Layout 2.3.

Protection against power supply problems or other disasters at the installation site requires that hardware units be physically installed in
different sites.
Accordingly, install duplicate hardware units in different buildings, on different floors, or in different racks.
Whether management servers are also installed at different sites depends on whether redundancy is used.

The following figure shows a layout in which management server redundancy is not used.

The business servers, Fibre Channel switches, and storage systems are installed in different buildings, on different floors, or in different racks.
By clustering the business servers and the storage systems between different sites, business continuity can be maintained in the event of a
problem that affects the entire site.
Install the management server at a different site to prevent it from being affected by the problems in the business servers and storage
systems.

Figure-6 Layout in which management server redundancy is not used

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Business servers

Fibre Channel switch

Business drives
(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

ETERNUS AF/DX

Management server

Business servers

Fibre Channel switch

Business drives
(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

ETERNUS AF/DX

Clustered

A

B

Clustered

Clustered

Management server

WSFC shared drives
(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

WSFC shared drives
(using Storage Cluster for clustering)

Clustered

Standby

Active

Active

Standby

Active

Standby

SAN
LAN, used for operation and monitoring

Building/machine room/rack

Legend

System availability can be further improved by providing redundancy for the management servers and by installing them in different sites.
The following figure shows a layout in which WSFC is used for management server clustering.

The management servers, business servers, Fibre Channel switches, and storage systems are installed in different buildings, on different
floors, or in different racks.
Separate management servers, business servers, and storage systems are clustered between different sites. In addition, the active nodes of
the business servers and storage system are located in a different site from the active node of the management server.

Figure-7 Layout in which WSFC is used for management server clustering

In the above example, site A is used for the active business servers and storage system and site B for the active management server.
This means that, in the event of a problem that affects the entirety of site A, monitoring continues to function, and the system continues to
operate by switching over to site B.

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Item

Opera tions for the ETERNUS DX200

S4/ETERNUS SF and Fibre Channel switches

Operations for VMware

Operations for clustering

mana gement servers

Configuration of

Storage Cluster

Advance

preparation

Implementation

of ETERNUS SF

Manager

Preparation f or

connecting

ETERNUS

Configuration of

AST

For a single

management server

For t wo manage ment
server s to be clustered

using WSFC

1

Configure

management servers

A

For t wo manage ment
server s to be clustered
using WSFC

For a single
management server

Register devi ces to ETERNUS SF Manager

Set up ETERN US SF Manager

Register ETERN US SF l icenses

Install ETERNUS SF Manager

Set up Fibre Channe l switch zoning

Check WWNs and HBAs

Create tiering policies

Create FTVs

Create tier pools

Ena ble AST

Implement ETERNUSSF Age nt

Set up Storage Cluster controllers

Set up ports

Set up REC paths

Set up TFOG

Set up access pa ths

Prepare business volumes

Confirm the synchroniza tion startup

Perform an initial setup of

the ETERNUS DX200 S4

Perf orm an i

nitial setup of

the Fiber Channel switches

Impl emen t ESXi hosts and vC enter Server

Create management server #1 (to

the OS

environment)

Configure

management servers

Create management servers (VMs) (to the

OS envi ronment)

Workflow for System Configuration 2.4.

This section describes the sequence of steps for setting up the example non-stop storage system configurations.
When the management servers are configured as VMs on vSphere, the steps to be performed are as shown below (from "Advance
preparation" to "Configuration of MA").
When the management servers are configured as a cluster using WSFC, the steps from "Configuration of Storage Cluster" onwards consist of
"Preparation of the WSFC environment" to "Customization of management server operations".

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Opera tions for the ETERNUS DX200

S4/ETERNUS SF and Fibre Channel switches

Operations for VMware

Operations for clustering

mana gement servers

Creation of

business servers
Configuration of

MA

Implementation

of MA

Configuration of

Auto QoS

1

B

Create datastores

Configure a business serv er VM environment

Configure VMware vSphere HA

Check the target volumes

Enable the Auto QoS setting

Set up the parameters related to Auto QoS

Implement an MA Server appliance

Set up the MA Server

Impleme nt an MA Probe appliance

Set up the MA Probe appliance

Share ETERNUS SF folders

Add an ETERNUS SF Probe

Add a VMware Probe

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S4/ETERNUS SF and Fibre Channel switches

Operations performed in management server #1 Operations performed in management server #2

Operations for clustering

mana gement serv ers

Preparation of the

WSFC

environment

Customization of

management

server operations

Configuration of

the WSFC

environment

B

A

Stop the service

Configure the management server #2

environment

Create shared drives

Change the management server #1

environment

Install WSFC

Create clusters

Set up the AdvancedCopy Manager CCM

environment

Set up the configuration file and registry

Set up shared drive files

Create cluster resources

Set up the acce ss permissions for the shared

drives

Execute the cl uster setup command

Prepare general-purpose scripts

Start ETERNUS SF Manager

Execute the cl uster setup command

Register the service resources

Prepare general-purpose scripts

Set up the configuration file and registry

Set up shared drive files

Set up the acce ss permissions for the shared

drives

Execute the cl uster setup command

Execute the cl uster setup command

Customize the Storage Cluster controllers

Create management server #2 (to the OS

environment)

When clustering the management servers using WSFC, perform the following steps in the workflow after Storage Cluster is configured in one
of the management servers.

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3. Conclusion

Non-stop storage is a solution for maximizing system availability with a cluster configuration created by combining ETERNUS SF products with
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This meets the need for operational continuity in virtual environments by providing a non-stop system with reliable 24-hour/365-day operation.
The installation of hardware in different sites maintains operation in the event of a problem, power outage, or other disaster.

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