Storage System Configuration and
Management
Upon completion of this module, you should be able
to:
Configure SP Networking
Validate SP Write Cache Configuration
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Storage System Configuration and
Management
Lesson 1: Configuring SP Networking
During this lesson the following topics are covered:
Configure VNX management ports
Configure VNX FC ports
Configure VNX iSCSI ports
Configure VNX FCoE ports
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Locating System Hardware
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Configuring SP Management Ports: Storage
Hardware
Right-click
Right-click on
on the
the SP
SP and
and
Virtual
Virtual port
port to
to launch
launch the
the SP
SP
Network Properties
Network Properties
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Configuring SP Management Ports from
Settings
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Locating iSCSi Ports
Right-click
Right-click
to
to launch
launch
iSCSI
iSCSI Port
Port
Properties
Properties
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Configuring iSCSI Ports
Supply
Supply the
the IP
IP address,
address,
Gateway
Gateway and
and Subnet
Subnet Mask
Mask in in
the IPv4 Configuration field
the IPv4 Configuration field
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Locating FCoE Port Properties
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Configuring FCoE Ports
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iSCSI Front-end Port Properties
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FCoE Front-end Port Properties
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Storage System Configuration and
Management
Lesson 1: Summary
During this lesson the following topics were covered:
Configuration of SP management interfaces
Setup of FC, iSCSI, and FCoE ports for block data
access
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Management
Lesson 2: Enabling SP Cache
During this lesson the following topics are covered:
Describe the benefits of VNX MultiCore Cache
Verify that Write Cache is enabled
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VNX Multicore Adaptive Cache
Data written to cache
Data is copied to disk
Data kept in memory
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Benefits of VNX Multicore Cache
MCC Aspect Benefit
Dynamic Watermarks Monitors the I/O demand
Measuring the rate of incoming
I/Os
Monitoring underlying RAID
groups
Flushing and Write Throttling Auto adjust incoming and
outgoing I/Os per RAID group
Provides the time needed to
adjust pre-cleaning age
Prevents 100% utilization of
Cache by write-intensive
workloads.
Protect the array from the
monopolization of resources by
a single workload
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Multicore Cache: Write Cache Option
Write Cache enabled (default)
Writes are acknowledged once
accepted into cache (and
mirrored)
Write Cache disabled
Writes directly to disk
Writes are only acknowledged
when written to disk
Unchecking Write Cache will
have significantly negative
impact on performance
EMC recommends Write Cache
always be enabled
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Lesson 2: Summary
During this lesson the following topics were covered:
Multicore Cached provides benefits of Adaptive
Cache, Dynamic Watermarks, Flushing and Write
Throttling
VNX Write Cache in enabled, by default, and
provides dynamic operations to benefit
performance
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Summary
Key points covered in this module:
Unisphere wizards for Network settings can be used
to configure SP management ports
Block data ports for iSCSI, FC, and FCoE can be
managed by navigating through Unisphere to
Settings > Network > Settings for Block
VNX Multicore Cache in enabled by default and
dynamically adjusts to provide optimal performance
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