HP SAN Designer User Manual
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer 1.5 User Guide
This document describes how to use the HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer user interface to design
your Storage area Network. This document is intended for users and HP authorized service providers who use
the HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer software to design and obtain SAN analysis reports.
Part Number: AA-RWF0F-TE
First edition: December 2010
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Contents
1 Overview .......................................................................................... 7
Hardware and software requirements ............................................................................................ 7
2 Installing and removing SAN Designer .................................................. 9
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................ 9
Installing SAN Designer ............................................................................................................... 9
Repairing and upgrading SAN Designer ................................................................................. 9
Removing SAN Designer ............................................................................................................. 9
3 Using SAN Designer ........................................................................ 11
Designing a SAN ..................................................................................................................... 11
Opening SAN Design file created in SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier ............................................ 12
Specifying server details ............................................................................................................ 13
Adding a server group ........................................................................................................ 14
Adding a blade system group .............................................................................................. 15
Modifying a server group .................................................................................................... 16
Modifying a blade system group .......................................................................................... 17
Deleting a server group ....................................................................................................... 17
Deleting a blade system group ............................................................................................. 17
Specifying storage details .......................................................................................................... 17
Adding a storage group ...................................................................................................... 18
Modifying a storage group .................................................................................................. 18
Deleting a storage group ..................................................................................................... 19
Specifying fabric details ............................................................................................................ 19
Viewing SAN summary ............................................................................................................. 20
Printing a SAN design ............................................................................................................... 21
Saving a SAN design ................................................................................................................ 22
Specifying contact information .................................................................................................... 23
Requesting reports .................................................................................................................... 24
Viewing reports ........................................................................................................................ 25
Exiting from SAN Designer ........................................................................................................ 27
4 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 29
5 Support and other resources .............................................................. 31
Contacting HP .......................................................................................................................... 31
Subscription service ............................................................................................................ 31
Related information ................................................................................................................... 31
Documents ........................................................................................................................ 31
Websites ........................................................................................................................... 31
Documentation feedback ........................................................................................................... 32
Typographic conventions ........................................................................................................... 32
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Glossary ............................................................................................ 35
Index ................................................................................................. 37
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Figures
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer Welcome Screen ........................................ 121
Opening and converting SAN Design file .................................................................. 122
Opening SAN Design containing obsolete SAN components ........................................ 133
Opening SAN Design containing unsupported SAN components .................................. 134
Select Server/Blade window .................................................................................... 145
Server group window .............................................................................................. 156
Blade system group window ..................................................................................... 167
Select Storage window ............................................................................................ 188
Select Fabric window .............................................................................................. 199
View SAN Summary window ................................................................................... 2110
Print SAN Design window ........................................................................................ 2211
Save SAN Design window ....................................................................................... 2312
Contact Information window ..................................................................................... 2413
Request Report window ........................................................................................... 2514
Open Mail Attachment window ................................................................................ 2615
Decrypting Processed Report window ........................................................................ 2616
Decrypting Processed Report confirmation window ...................................................... 2617
Browse for Folder window ........................................................................................ 2718
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Tables
Hardware requirements ............................................................................................. 71
Error codes, cause, and action ................................................................................. 292
Document conventions ............................................................................................. 323
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1 Overview
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer (SAN Designer) provides a quick and easy way to design
your Storage Area Network (SAN), and obtain a SAN design along with a detailed list of SAN
components for your requirements.
SAN Designer offers the following features:
• Provides an intuitive, simple, and easy to use, graphical user interface to design SANs
• Enables you to design SAN based on performance, cost, and future growth needs
• Enables you to compare your SAN with respect to cost and performance
• Simplifies initial SAN implementation and helps reduce SAN infrastructure cost and complexity
• Generates a report containing SAN topology, device list, and a high level summary of the SAN
• Provides access to HP SAN design knowledge
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• Hardware and software requirements
• Supported operating systems
Hardware and software requirements
This section discusses the hardware and software requirements for installing SAN Designer.
• 25 MB of free disk space for installation
• To use SAN Designer, the following applications must be installed on a host where SAN Designer
is installed:
• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE), SE v1.5 or later
• Microsoft Excel viewer
• Microsoft Visio viewer
Table 1 lists the hardware requirements.
Table 1 Hardware requirements
RecommendedMinimumItem
Pentium IVPentium IIIProcessor
256 MB128 MBRAM
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Overview8
2 Installing and removing SAN Designer
Supported operating systems
Microsoft Windows system with any of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional edition with Service Pack 3
• Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
Installing SAN Designer
To install SAN Designer, complete the following steps:
1. Download HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer 1.5 package from the following website:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/sandesigner.html
2. Select a folder (for example, C:\temp) to save the SAN Designer install package.
3. Run the SANDesigner1.5_Setup.exe install package to install SAN Designer files.
Review and accept the license agreement. By default, the SAN Designer files and documentation
are installed in the following location:
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP SAN Designer
NOTE:
Ensure that JRE1.5 or later is installed on the host.
Repairing and upgrading SAN Designer
To repair or upgrade the currently installed SAN Designer software, complete the following steps:
1. Run the SANDesigner1.5_Setup.exe setup executable file.
2. Select Repair - Reinstall all features installed to repair the current installation.
Removing SAN Designer
To remove SAN Designer software, complete the following steps:
1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
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2. Select HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer v1.05.00 from the list of Currently installed
programs.
3. Click Change/Remove to remove the software.
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3 Using SAN Designer
HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer enables you to design a new SAN, or view and modify
an existing SAN design. This chapter discusses the following topics:
• Designing a SAN
• Specifying server details
• Specifying storage details
• Specifying fabric details
• Viewing SAN summary
• Printing a SAN design
• Saving a SAN design
Using the SAN Designer involves performing the following tasks successfully:
1. Specify server details.
2. Specify storage details.
3. Specify fabric details.
4. View, print, and save the SAN design.
5. Email your SAN design requirements to HP for analysis. HP sends back the processed report
consisting of SAN topology diagram, SAN inventory, and recommendations by email.
NOTE:
SAN Designer lists only the components that can be ordered (priced).
Designing a SAN
Launch the HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer 1.5 software by double-clicking the SAN
Designer shortcut icon from the desktop. The SAN Designer welcome screen is displayed. Figure 1
shows the SAN Designer welcome screen.
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Figure 1 HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer Welcome Screen
.
The following options are available in SAN Designer welcome screen:
• Design a New SAN - Select this option to design a new SAN.
• View or modify a saved SAN Design- Select this option to view or modify a saved SAN design.
SAN Designer enables you to save and modify a SAN Design. For more information on saving
SAN designs, see Saving a SAN design.
Click Next to view the Select Server/Blade window.
Opening SAN Design file created in SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier
If you are opening a SAN Design file that was created using SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier, you will
be prompted to convert the file to the latest SAN Designer format, as shown in Figure 2. Click Yes to
convert and open the file in SAN Designer 1.5.
NOTE:
Once the file is converted to SAN Design 1.5 format, you cannot open it using SAN Designer 1.3 or
earlier. You can only open the file using SAN Designer 1.5.
Figure 2 Opening and converting SAN Design file
.
If the SAN Design profile created using SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier contains obsolete SAN
components, you will be prompted to redesign the SAN by replacing them with alternate SAN
components, as shown in Figure 3. Click Yes to remove obsolete SAN components and open the file
in SAN Designer 1.5.
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