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PowerVault220S

Pow erEdge2950

Dell PowerEdge 2950

Pow erEdge2950

Dell PowerEdge 2950

USED Disk Space

Free Disk Space

Direct Attached Storage

Local Storage

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ONLINESPARE

MIRROR 5

2PS 1PS

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HPProLiantDL370 G6

HP DL370 G6

USED Disk Space

Free Disk Space

BladeCenter

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IBM Blade Center

CD

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Local Storage

x 14 servers

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MIRROR 5

2PS 1PS

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HPProLiantDL370 G6

HP DL370 G6

Pow erEdge2950

Dell PowerEdge 2950

BladeCenter

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IBM Blade Center

CD

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CD

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2Gb4Gb

USED Disk Space

Free Disk Space

HPDellIBMFree Space

Future GrowthFuture GrowthFuture GrowthFuture Growth

Traditional Storage Storage Area Network

Benefits-Management

-Disk Utilization

-High Availability

-SAN Replication

-Scale

-Snapshot/Clone

Storage

Fibre ChannelStorage Scalability

Fibre Channel Switch

4Gbps

4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel HBA

BE 0 4 Fibre 5 Fibre

10/100 3 iSCSI2 iSCSI1 iSCSI0 iSCSI

4 Fibre 5 Fibre

10/100 3 iSCSI2 iSCSI1 iSCSI0 iSCSI

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B

A

SP Storage Controller

EMC CX3-20c iSCSI

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Disk Array Enclosure

EMC UltraPoint DAE

Sc

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Disk Drives

10Krpm

146GB10Krpm

146GB10Krpm

146GB

Controller 0

Initiator

Target

Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel Security

4Gbps

4Gbps

Server

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel HBA

Controller 0

LUN Masking

SAN Zoning

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Fibre Channel Zoning (Fabric Switches)

Oracle Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

QLOGIC HBA WWN

21:00:00:e1:4b:02:01:04

QLOGIC HBA WWN

21:00:00:a2:3b:02:01:05

EMC ControllerB Port0 WWN

50:06:04:81:D6:F3:45:42

EMC ControllerA Port0 WWN

50:06:04:41:D2:43:21:31

EMC ControllerB Port1 WWN

50:06:04:81:D7:F1:23:44

EMC ControllerA Port1 WWN

50:06:04:41:B3:44:25:71

WWN or Port Number

Communication Control

(Access List)

WWN or Port Number

Communication Control

(Access List)

Oracle

LUN

Controller AController B

ZoneZone

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Fibre Channel LUN Masking

(Storage Controller)

Oracle Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

FO

LUN0Oracle

LUN1

Exchange

LUN33

VMFS

LUN21

SQL

LUN0Oracle

LUN Visible To the ServerController AController B

Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel Single Path

4Gbps

4Gbps

Server

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel HBA

Controller 0

Initiator

Target

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel Dual Path Single

ControllerLoad Balancing &

HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor Software

Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

4Gbps 4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

Controller A

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel Dual Path Dual

ControllersLoad Balancing &

HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor Software &

Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

4Gbps 4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

4GbpsFailover

(Trespass)

FO

4Gbps Controller AController B

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel Dual Path Dual

ControllersLoad Balancing &

HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor Software &

Switch Redundancy

4Gbps

4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

Host Bus Adapter Failure

Controller AController B

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel Dual Path Dual

ControllersLoad Balancing &

HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor Software &

Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

Switch Failure

Controller AController B

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel Dual Path Dual

ControllersLoad Balancing &

HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor Software &

Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

Fibre Channel HBAFibre Channel HBA

4GbpsFailover

(Trespass) FO

4Gbps

Storage Controller Failure

Controller AController B

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel 4 Paths Dual Controllers

Load Balancing & HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor

Software &Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

4Gbps 4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

4GbpsFailover

(Trespass)

FO

4Gbps

Fibre Channel HBA Fibre Channel HBA

4Gbps 4Gbps

Storage Vendor MultiPath SoftwareMaximum 32 paths

Controller AController B

P0P1P0P1

P0P1P0P1

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel 4 Paths Dual Controllers

Load Balancing & HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor

Software &Switch Redundancy

4Gbps 4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

4GbpsFailover

(Trespass)

FO

4Gbps

Fibre Channel HBA Fibre Channel HBA

4Gbps 4Gbps

Storage Vendor MultiPath SoftwareMaximum 32 paths

HBA Failure

Controller AController B

P0P1

P0P1P0P1

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel 4 Paths Dual Controllers

Load Balancing & HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor

Software &Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

4GbpsFailover

(Trespass)

FO

4Gbps

Fibre Channel HBA Fibre Channel HBA

4Gbps 4Gbps

Storage Vendor MultiPath SoftwareMaximum 32 paths

Switch Failure

Controller B

P0P1P0P1

P1P1

Controller A

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

10/100

0 Fibre 1 FibreBE 0

5 Fibre4 Fibre3 Fibre2 Fibre

1

0

2 4

3 5

B

A

SP

Storage Controller

EMC 3-20f Fibre

Fibre Channel 4 Paths Dual Controllers

Load Balancing & HBA Redundancy with Storage Vendor

Software &Switch Redundancy

4Gbps4Gbps

Server

Fibre Channel Switch Fibre Channel Switch

4GbpsFailover

(Trespass)

FO4Gbps

Fibre Channel HBA Fibre Channel HBA

4Gbps 4Gbps

Storage Vendor MultiPath SoftwareMaximum 32 paths

Storage Controller Failure

Controller B

P0P1P0P1

P0P1

Controller A