HP C-Series User's Manual
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1. Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 19 Merging zones examples B series switches Using the telnet on B series switches verify that the zoning information has propagated properly On B series you will see the active configuration as well as any defined configurations that are not part of active configuration Switch3800 admin cfgshow Defined configuration cfg bzones bzl bz2 zone bz1 10 00 00 00 9 24 34 90 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb zone bz2 10 00 00 00 9 24 3 75 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 d Effective configuration cfg mdscore zone 21 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 zone 22 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3 75 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 21 00 00 20 37 7 7 zone vz3 10 00 00 e0 69 0 43 9f 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea 21 00 00 20 37 28 2 65 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0 Any other B series switches in the same fabric should display the same information switches in the Fabric now have the correct zoning information Creating zones on the B Series We will now create the zones and a zoneset on the B series It will be activated and we will then verify each switch in the fabric has the correct zoning in place The zone members in the examples will be the same as used in the previo2. 00 00 00 00 00 20 20 20 vz3 vsan 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 20 20 20 20 20 1 1 88 c9 c9 3 7 3d 34 69 3 37 37 37 37 02 24 24 a7 a7 a7 28 28 28 28 28 90 cl cy 43 31 24 22 cb 90 75 b7 e0 9f 6d Th ea 2e 26 65 Merging zones examples Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 23 Supported configuration rules and guidelines Supported configuration rules and guidelines The following fabric configuration rules apply when mixing the two fabrics m Switches listed in Table 2 and Table 3 may be used together in a fabric m Only the standards based interoperability mode Mode 1 is supported on MDS switches m Use the C Series Fabric Manager for all zoning administration This includes creating modifying enabling and disabling zones in the combined fabric m If you notice longer fabric reconfiguration times select one of the B series switches as the principal switch m IfSAN boot is required and the HBA is connected to a B Series switch then lock the switch port as a G port using the portcfggport command This prevents HBA coming up in loop topology m Cisco NPV mode is supported starting with SAN OS 3 2 1a Note The NPV mode can be
3. 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea 21 00 00 20 37 28 2e 65 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d This is correct The new configuration is effective and defined Now let us have a look at the other switches in the fabric C Series switches MDS9509 show zoneset active zoneset name mdscorel vsan 1 zone name 211 vsan 1 fcid 0x610400 pwwn 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 fcid 0x630500 pwwn 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb zone name vz22 vsan 1 fcid 0x630400 pwwn 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3 75 fcid 0x6514e2 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 fcid 0x6514e4 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 fcid 0x6514e8 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 d zone name vz33 vsan 1 fcid 0x651500 pwwn 10 00 00 e60 69 0 43 9 fcid 0 6105 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6d fcid 0x6105e0 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b fcid 0 6105 1 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea fcid 0x6105e2 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 2e 65 fcid 0 6105 4 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d zone name S default zone vsan 1 Notice the show zone command displays the zones we created earlier on this switch 22 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes MDS9509 show zone zone name vzl vsan pwwn 50 pwwn 10 zone name 10 21 21 21 pwwn pwwn pwwn pwwn zone name 10 21 21 pwwn pwwn pwwn pwwn pwwn pwwn 21 21 2 06 01 60 00 00 00 vz2 vsan 00 00 00 00
4. 1 63a1 A6 95A 11 00 10 PHSS 26798 11 11 09 PHKL 26 99 PDC 42 19 VA Patch 119130 26 Table 5 Supported storage system versions Firmware Version Storage System Represents Architecture minimum required EMA ESA12000 HSG 80 ACS 8 7F Patch 2 amp 3 EMA 16000 MA RA8000 MA6000 EVA 5000 HSV 110 HSV 100 VGS EVA 3000 EVA 4100 6100 8100 XCS XCS 5 x and 6 x XP 1024 XP 128 XP 1024 V21 13 02 00 00 XP 12000 XP 12000 XP10000 50 07 69 00 00 Table 6 HP BladeSystem Support p Class HP BladeSystem Fibre Channel Embedded p class Operating System interface switch Storage BL20p Microsoft Qlogic ISP2312 based Windows 2003 dyal port Fibre Windows 2000 Red Hat Enterprise Ar ose Linux 3 and 4 X86 for xp EVA SLES 8 X86 BladeSystem SLES 9 X86 BL60p HP UX 11 Qlogic ISP2312 Fibre Channel Ports 2Gb s Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 27 Troubleshooting Table 7 HP BladeSystem Support c Class HP BladeSystem Fibre Channel Embedded c class Operating System interface switch Storage BL460c Microsoft Emulex LPe1105 Brocade 4 Gb XP EVA 84650 Windows 2003 QlogicQMH2462 switch for MSA Windows 2000 BladeSystem Red Hat Enterprise Switch Mode Linux 3 and 4 X86 or AG Mode SLES 8 X86 aor T e Fabric SLES 9 X86 Switch for HP c Class BladeSyst
5. and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Merging fabrics and verification Merging fabrics and verification After configuring both the fabrics individually as described above now the identified E ports from both sides can be connected to merge them The fabric should now reconfigure and merge itself into a single fabric To verify the fabric has merged properly run the following commands on both B series and C series switch and ensure they are no segmentations or other errors On the B series open a telnet from one of the switches and execute the following command login admin Password BR38_09 admin gt BR38_09 admin gt switchshow switchName BR38_09 switchType 9 1 switchState Online switchMode Interop verify mode switchRole Principal switchDomain 101 verify domain ID switchId fffc65 switchWwn 10 00 00 60 69 50 04 4 switchBeacon OFF Zoning OFF port 0 id N2 No Light port 1 id N2 No Light port 2 id N2 Online F Port 50 06 0b 00 00 12 55 a0 port 3 id N2 No Light port id N2 Online F Port 10 00 00 00 c9 28 fd 96 port 5 id N2 No Light port 6 id N2 No Light port 7 id N2 No Light port 8 id N2 No Light port 9 id N2 No Light port 10 id N2 No Light port 11 id N2 No Light port 12 id N2 No Light port 13 id N2 Online E Port 20 00 00 0d ec 00 e1 c0 downstream port 14 N2 No Module port 15 N2 No Module BR38_09 admin gt Fabric Int
6. c7 e0 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 d zone vz33 10 00 00 e0 69 0 43 9f 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6d 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea 21 00 00 20 37 28 2e 65 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d Effective configuration no configuration in effect Now we create the configuration which when activated will be known on the MDS as the active zone set Switch3800 admin cfgCreate mdscore1 vzi11 vz22 vz33 Now we activate the configuration Switch3800 admin cfgEnable mdscore1 zone config mdscorel is in effect Updating flash Let s check the display on this switch Switch3800 admin cfgShow Defined configuration cfg mdscorel 211 vz22 vz33 zone vz11 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb zone vz22 10 00 00 00 9 24 3 75 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 d zone vz33 10 00 00 e0 69 0 43 9f 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6d 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea 21 00 00 20 37 28 2e 65 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 21 Merging zones examples Effective configuration cfg mdscorel zone 211 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb zone vz22 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3 75 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 21 00 00 20 37 7 7 zone vz33 10 00 00 60 69 0 43 9 21 200200 20 37 28 31 6d 21
7. 6 verify proper zoning configuration is in place page 9 C Series Complete the following steps before merging the fabrics Step C1 verify switch firmware versions page 10 Step C2 verify switch fabric default settings page 10 Step C3 verify the fabrics are in proper operating mode page 11 Step C4 verify configure switch domain IDs page 11 Step C5 verify proper zoning configuration is in place page 11 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 5 B Series configuration steps B Series configuration steps The following steps provide information on how to verify configure B series switches for Interoperability While it is possible to accomplish this by using either the Fabric Manager or the embedded Web Tools or the CLI the following steps use only CLI telnet for demonstrating this Step B1 verify switch firmware versions Before merging the fabrics make sure all the B Series switches in the fabric have the right firmware version See Table 2 for the supported firmware version to be used and update the switches if necessary Login to the switch as an admin and verify firmware version using the telnet command version Given below is an example Switch login Password XXXXXXXX Switch admin Switch admin version Kernel 2 4 19 Fabric OS v4 1 1 Made on Wed Jun 18 02 59 09 2003 Flash Thu Sep 4 19 36 06 2003 BootProm 3 2 4 Sw
8. Application Notes hp StorageWorks Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Eleventh Edition December 2007 Part Number AA RV1ZL TE This document summarizes the steps required to merge two SAN fabrics where one is constructed with C Series SAN switches and the other is constructed with B Series SAN switches For the latest version of these Application Notes and other SAN fabric interoperability documentation access the HP storage web site at www hp com country us eng prodserv storage html ra invent Copyright 2004 2007 Hewlett Packard Development Company Hewlett Packard Company makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular E ose Hewlett Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated into another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett Packard The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and s
9. The following telnet commands can be used to accomplish this See B series software manual for detailed explanation of these commands m cfgShow m zoneCreate m cfgCreate Verify Proper Zone Naming Ensure that zone names adhere to the following guidelines m All characters must be ASCII m must be between 1 and 64 characters in length m The first character of a name must be a letter A letter is defined as either an uppercase A Z or lower case a z character m character other than the first character must be either a lower case character a z or an upper case character A Z or a number 0 9 or the symbol _ Configure Zones using only PWWNs In the interoperability mode all the zone members must be defined using port WWNs only and defining them in any other way is not supported For example we can not define zones using FC port addresses or domain port combinations etc If there are any zones not defined as stated above redefine them using proper PWWNs Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 9 C Series configuration steps C Series configuration steps The following steps provide information on how to verify configure C series switches for Interoperability While it is possible to accomplish this by using either the Fabric Manager or the CLI the following steps use only CLI telnet for demonstrating this Step C1 verify switch fi
10. ability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes About this document About this document This section describes the content reflected in this document including Application notes information page 3 Intended audience page 3 Other SAN interoperability documentation page 3 Application notes information These Application Notes cover the following major topics Introduction page 4 How to read this document page 4 Check list for merging fabrics page 5 B Series configuration steps page 6 C Series configuration steps page 10 Merging fabrics and verification page 13 Expected behavior from Fibre Channel services page 15 Interoperability mode behavior summary by switch type page 16 Merging zones examples page 18 Supported configuration rules and guidelines page 24 Troubleshooting page 28 Intended audience This document is intended for customers who are considering merging SAN fabrics where one fabric is constructed with C Series SAN switches and the other fabric is constructed with B Series SAN switches Other SAN interoperability documentation Other SAN interoperability documents include SAN Design Reference Guide Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on M Series and B Series SAN Switches Additional documentation including white papers and best practices documents are available via the HP web site at htto www hp com Fabric Interoperabi
11. em Switch Mode or NPV Mode Troubleshooting 1 Ifyou see segmentation errors on any of the switches after merging the fabrics then verify that interoperability mode is enabled on all switches in the fabric 2 Ensure all the time out values are set properly especially E D TOV 2 secs and R A TOV 10 secs 3 If you see segmentation errors and messages like Platform Management Database Inconsistency on B series switches then disable the management server on B series switches using the msPIMgmtDeactivate telnet command as described in the earlier sections 4 Ifyou notice any zoning related issues verify that there were no duplicate zonesets or zones before merging Also ensure all zones are configured using pWWN only 28 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes
12. er vz3 MDS9509 config zoneset exit MDS9509 config 18 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Merging zones examples At this point we have created 3 zones vz1 vz2 and vz3 We have also created a zoneset titled mdscore Now we will activate the zoneset MDSCORE MDS9509 config zoneset activate name mdscore vsan 1 Zoneset Activation initiated check zone status MDS9509 config MDS9509 config MDS9509 config exit Now we will view each switch in the fabric to verify the zoning we defined is in place MDS9509 show zoneset active zoneset name mdscore vsan 1 zone name vzl vsan 1 fcid 0x630500 pwwn 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb fcid 0x610400 pwwn 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 zone name vz2 vsan 1 fcid 0x630400 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3 75 fcid 0x6514e2 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 fcid 0x6514e4 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 fcid 0x6514e8 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 7 7 zone name vz3 vsan 1 fcid 0x651500 pwwn 10 00 00 e60 69 0 43 9 fcid 0x6105dc pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6d fcid 0x6105e0 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b fcid 0 6105 1 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea fcid 0x6105e2 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 2 65 fcid 0 6105 4 pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d zone name default zone vsan 1 We should see the same information from other C series switches that are connected in the same fabric
13. eroperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 13 Merging fabrics and verification On the C series MDS9509 show 1 vsan 1 information name VSANO001 state active interoperability mode yes verify mode loadbalancing src id dst id oxid operational state up MDS9509 show fcdomain 1 The local switch is a Subordinated Switch Local switch run time information State Stable Local switch WWN 20 01 00 05 30 00 51 1f Running fabric name 10 00 00 60 69 22 32 91 Running priority 128 Current domain ID 0x64 100 verify domain id Local switch configuration information State Enabled Auto reconfiguration Disabled Contiguous allocation Disabled Configured fabric name 41 6e 64 69 61 6d 6f 21 Configured priority 128 Configured domain ID 0x64 100 preferred Principal switch run time information Running priority 2 Interface Role RCF reject fc2 1 Downstream Disabled f c2 2 Downstream Disabled fc2 7 Upstream Disabled Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Expected behavior from Fibre Channel services Expected behavior from Fibre Channel services While in Interoperability mode all the fibre channel services from each of the switch types may not work the same as in Native Mode However the following behavior is expected in an interoperating fabric Zon
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15. ess the principal switch agrees and assigns the requested ID MDS9509 config t MDS9509 config fcdomain domain 100 preferred vsan 1 When making changes to the domain you may restart the MDS domain manager function for the altered VSAN You may force a fabric reconfiguration with the disruptive keyword MDS9509 config fcdomain restart disruptive vsan 1 Or not force a fabric reconfiguration MDS9509 config fedomain restart vsan 1 Step C5 verify proper zoning configuration is in place Check for Duplicate Zone Sets zones To ensure proper zoning merge and operation verify there are no duplicate active ZoneSets or Zones across the two fabrics that need to be merged If any duplicate zones exist then rename them You can verify zoning information by using the show zone command For example to verify all active zones Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes n C Series configuration steps MDS9509 show zoneset active zoneset name mdscore vsan 1 zone name vzl vsan 1 fcid 0x630500 fcid 0x610400 pwwn pwwn zone name vz2 vsan 1 fcid fcid fcid fcid 0x630400 0x6514e2 0x6514e4 0x6514e8 pwwn pwwn pwwn pwwn zone name vz3 vsan 1 fcid fcid fcid fcid fcid fcid 0x651500 0 6105 0x6105e0 0 6105 1 0 6105 2 0 6105 4 pwwn pwwn pwwn pwwn
16. ield size 256 2112 2112 Sequence Level Switching 0 1 0 Disable Device Probing 0 1 0 Suppress Class F Traffic 0 1 0 SYNC IO mode 0 1 0 VC Encoded Address Mode 0 1 0 Core Switch PID Format 0 1 1 Per frame Route Priority 0 1 0 Long Distance Fabric 0 1 0 Virtual Channel parameters yes y no n no Zoning Operation parameters yes y no n no RSCN Transmission Mode yes y no n no Arbitrated Loop parameters yes y no n no System services yes y no n no Portlog events enable yes y no n no No changes Switch admin gt Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 7 B Series configuration steps Step B4 disable management server It is required to disable platform management services fabric wide before enabling the interopmode and merging the fabrics The following command when executed will deactivate the Platform Database Management Service of each switch in the fabric Switch admin msPlMgmtDeactivate This will erase all Platform entries Are you sure yes y no n no v Committing configuration done Request Fabric to Deactivate Platform Management services Done Switch admin gt Note It is required that you reboot the switch after executing this command However you may wait to reboot the switch until completing the next step B5 so tha
17. ies switches and verify these zones propagate to all the C series and B series switches in the interoperating fabric MDS9509 conf t Enter configuration commands one per line End with CNTL Z MDS9509 config zone name vzl1 vsan 1 MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 MDS9509 config zone exit MDS9509 config MDS9509 config zone name vz2 vsan 1 MDS9509 config zone MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3 f 75 MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 e0 MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 df MDS9509 config zone MDS9509 config zone exit MDS9509 config MDS9509 config zone name vz3 vsan 1 MDS9509 config zone MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 10 00 00 e0 69 0 43 9f MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6d MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 2e 65 MDS9509 config zone member pwwn 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d MDS9509 config zone MDS9509 config zone exit MDS9509 config MDS9509 config MDS9509 config zoneset name mdscore vsan 1 MDS9509 config zoneset member vz1 MDS9509 config zoneset member vz2 MDS9509 config zoneset memb
18. ing All zones will be done with PWWNs only Thus each switch type will implement zoning in its native form as if only PWWNs were used Other types of zoning definition are not supported FSPF The routing of frames within the fabric is not changed by the introduction of interoperability mode However note that the MDS 9000 will continue to use src id dst id ox id to load balance across multiple ISL links while B Series will use their default src id dst id so the return route may be different from the initial route when passing through an MDS 9000 Trunking Port Channels Trunking and Port channels continue to work between C series switches See Table 1 for more details Domain IDs A switch may have to change its domain ID to the range 97 127 This is to accommodate 32 domain address limitation followed by some vendors If a domain ID is changed which can be a disruptive event to the switch all devices attached to the switch will need to re login to the switch When domain IDs are changed the switch itself will need to reregister with the principal switch in the fabric to verify domain ID uniqueness Disruptive This is a switch wide event on B series and hence requires disabling the switch temporarily So plan accordingly when changing the domain ID Non Disruptive This event is limited to the vsan on C series where the change is taking place The MDS switch can perform this action as the domain manager process for this vsan is
19. itch admin gt For firmware upgrade procedures refer to B series Fabric OS Procedures Version 3 1 x 4 1 x User Guide available at http h18006 www1 hp com products storageworks fcsanswitch216 index html Steps B2 B3 verify configure switch domain IDs amp verify switch fabric default settings Ensure that all the switches between the two fabrics have unique domain IDs before they are merged List the domain ID addresses of each switch in both the fabrics and verify there are no duplicate IDs If any duplicate addresses exist change the IDs by assigning different domain numbers Given below is an example on how to change domain IDs on B series switches Use telnet session to perform the domain ID configurations This requires disabling the switch temporarily so plan accordingly Switch admin gt switchdisable Switch admin gt Switch admin gt configure Configure Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes B Series configuration steps Fabric parameters yes y no n no Domain 1 239 97 Select the domain ID in the range 97 127 if change is required BB credit 1 27 16 R A TOV 4000 120000 10000 Ensure this value is 10000 should be same for all switches in the fabric E D TOV 1000 5000 2000 Ensure this value is 2000 should be same for all switches in the fabric WAN TOV 1000 120000 0 Data f
20. lity Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 3 Introduction Introduction This application notes discusses the details on how to configure and merge HP C series and B series switches into a single standards based interoperable fabric This document also provides information on supported configurations expected behavior and any exceptions in the interoperability mode How to read this document If you are going to configure and merge the C series and B series fabrics read sections m Checklist for merging fabrics page 5 m Merging fabrics and verification page 13 m Troubleshooting page 28 If you are interested only in supported features configurations and switch os storage system versions read sections m Expected behavior from Fibre Channel services page 15 m Interoperability mode behavior summary by switch type page 16 m Supported configuration rules and guidelines page 24 4 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Check list for merging fabrics Check list for merging fabrics B Series Complete the following steps before merging the fabrics Step B1 verify switch firmware versions page 6 Steps B2 B3 verify configure switch domain IDs amp verify switch fabric default settings page 6 Step B4 disable management server page 8 Step B5 verify configure fabric operating mode page 8 Step B
21. milliseconds R A TOV 10000 milliseconds To modify these values use the following commands Note that these changes can not be made unless all VSANSs in the switch are suspended 10 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes C Series configuration steps MDS9509 config t MDS9509 config vsan database MDS9509 config vsan db 1 suspend MDS9509 config t MDS9509 config fctimer e d tov 2000 1000 100000 E D TOV in milliseconds 1000 100000 MDS9509 config fctimer r a tov 10000 lt 5000 100000 gt R A TOV in milliseconds 5000 100000 Step C3 verify the fabrics are in proper operating mode To enable interoperability mode on C series switches the first step is to place the VSAN of the E_Ports s that connect to the B series in interoperability mode MDS9509 config t MDS9509 config database MDS9509 config vsan db 1 interop Step C4 verify configure switch domain IDs The next step is to assign a domain ID in the range of 97 0x61 through 127 Ox7F while in interoperability mode we are limited to a total of 31 switches in the fabric In the MDS the default is to request an ID from the principal switch If the preferred keyword is used the MDS will request a specific ID but still join the fabric if the principal switch assigns a different ID If the static keyword is used the MDS will not join the fabric unl
22. n in interop mode Only the active zoneset is distributed to other switches The default zone behavior changes with the enabling of interop mode The default zone policy becomes deny m Modifying timers require all vsans across the switch to be put into the suspended state Table 1 C Series interoperability mode summary B Series see Table 2 Only VSANSs explicitly set for interop mode are affected All others maintain their independence High Availability Fully redundant dual supervisor modules maintain full functionality Domain IDs restricted to 97 127 Port Channels and TE ports Can still be used to directly connect two MDS 9000 switches together even while in interoperability mode However they cannot be used to directly connect to a non MDS switch Standard E ports are required to connect to non MDS switches Zones and Zonesets Only the active zoneset is propagated Up to 2000 zones can be supported by the MDS 9000 The default zone policy changes to deny 16 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Interoperability mode behavior summary by switch type Table 1 C Series interoperability mode summary Continued Fabric Manager and Element Manager Can still be used to fully manage the MDS 9000 and create zones to be distributed to the non MDS platforms FM can still view the entire mixed topology Secu
23. pwwn pwwn 50 10 10 21 21 21i 10 21 21 21 21 21 zone name Sdefault_zones Verify Proper Zone Naming 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 vsan 1 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 20 20 20 e0 220 2 20 20 20 20 88 c9 c9 37 24 37 69 oos 37 37 37 37 02 24 24 a7 a7 a7 28 28 28 28 28 Ensure that zone names adhere to the following guidelines m All characters must be ASCII m must be between 1 and 64 characters in length m The first character of a name must be a letter A letter is defined as either an uppercase A Z or lower case a z character m Any character other than the first character must be either a lower case character a z or 90 3d 3f Ca 43 3T 75 22 2e 26 24 cb 9 6d ea 65 0d an upper case character A Z or a number 0 9 or the symbol _ Configure Zones using only PWWNs In the interoperability mode all the zone members must be defined using port WWNs only and defining them in any other way is not supported For example we can not define zones using FC port addresses or domain port combinations etc If there are any zones not defined as stated above redefine them using proper PWWNs 12 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series
24. restarted and not the entire switch This still would require any devices logged into the vsan on that switch to relogin to obtain a new FCID Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 15 Interoperability mode behavior summary by switch type Interoperability mode behavior summary by switch type The following is a summary of interoperability mode behavior on C Series switches C Series The MDS series of switches are limited in the following areas when interoperating with other non MDS switches m Interop Mode only affects the specified The MDS 9000 can still operate with full functionality in other non interop mode vsans All switches that partake in the interoperable vsan should have that vsan set to interop mode even if they do not have any end devices m Domain IDs are restricted to the range 97 127 This is to accommodate nominal restriction to this same range by some vendors They can either be setup statically the MDS will only accept one domain ID if it doesn t get that domain ID it isolates itself from the fabric or preferred if it doesn t get its requested domain ID it ll take any other domain ID m TE ports and Port Channels cannot be used to connect MDS to non MDS switches Only E Ports can be used to connect to non MDS switches However TE ports and Port Channels can still be used to connect an MDS to other MDS switches even whe
25. rity Ssh telnet snmp v3 are supported Device Support Fabric pt2pt F mode B Series The following is a summary of interoperability mode behavior on B series switches Msplmgmtdeactivate must explicitly be run prior to connecting it to any C series or else the fabric will be segmented Zoning can only be done with pwwns Port numbers and nwwns are not valid fields to zone by In order to manage zoning administration from a B series switch all B series must be interconnected This is to facilitate the forwarding of the inactive zone configuration also Domain IDs are restricted to the range 97 127 This is to accommodate nominal restriction by some vendors Private loop targets will automatically be registered in the Fabric using translative mode Fabric Watch is restricted to Brocade switches only The full zoneset configuration is distributed to all switches in the fabric but C series accepts only active zoneset Disabled Services Secure Fabric OS is not supported Management Server is not supported Virtual Channels are disabled Quickloop is disabled Domain port representation in zones is not valid Trunking between B series is not supported Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 7 Merging zones examples Merging zones examples In this example we first create three zones vz1 vz2 and vz3 on one of the C ser
26. rks 16 SAN Switch 16 EL HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Compaq StorageWorks 32 counts as 6 switches and 2 64 ISL Ports SAN Switch Integrated 32 hops when applying 64 ISL Ports configuration rules HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Compaq StorageWorks 64 counts as 6 switches and 2 32 ISL Ports SAN Switch Integrated 64 hops when applying 32 ISL Ports configuration rules HP Surestore FC 1Gb 2Gb N A Entry Switch 8B N A Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 2 8 EL N A Compaq StorageWorks 2 16 SAN Switch 2 16 EL 2 HP Surestore FC 1Gb 2Gb N A Switch 8B HP Surestore FC 1Gb 2Gb Compaq StorageWorks Switch 16B SAN Switch 2 16 Table 3 Supported C Series product line switches Switch Name Firmware Version Number of Ports MDS 9513 Up to 528 MDS 9506 Up to 128 MDS 9509 Up to 224 MDS 9216 09 Upto 48 MDS 9716i 3 0 3 Up to 62 484 14 FC 3 1 2a ports and 2 GigE site ports MDS 9120 32 1a 20 MDS 9140 40 MDS 9124 24 MDS 9124e 24 26 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Supported configuration rules and guidelines Table 4 Supported operating system versions Multi Path Driver Firmware BIOS OS OS Version Software minimum required HBA Windows AS SP3 Secure Path 4 0c QLA 2342 8 2 0 71 1 33 2000 LP8000 5 4 82a16 3 91a1 1 63 1 Secure Path 4 0c LP952 5 4 82a16 3 91a1
27. rmware versions Verify all C series switches are configured with the correct firmware version as shown in Table 3 If necessary upgrade the switches with the supported firmware and refer to the MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide that can be accessed through the links provided at the URL below htto h18006 www1 hp com products storageworks cmds9506 leavinghp cisco htm MDS9509 show ver Cisco Storage Area Networking Operating System SAN OS Software TAC support http www cisco com tac Copyright c 1986 2002 by cisco Systems Inc Software kickstart version 1 0 1 build 1 0 0 260c gdb system version 1 0 1 build 1 0 0 260c gdb Hardware RAM 1932864 kB bootflash 503808 blocks block size 512b SlotO0 0 blocks block size 512b kickstart compile time 11 7 2002 21 00 00 system compile time 11 7 2002 20 00 00 Step C2 verify switch fabric default settings It may be necessary to change the Fibre Channel timers as well if they have been changed from the system defaults The MDS 9000 and B series FC Error Detect ED TOV and Resource Allocation RA TOV timers default to the same values They can be changed if needed The RA TOV default is 10 seconds and the ED TOV default is 2 seconds Per the FC SW2 standard these values must be the same on each switch within the fabric MDS9509 login admin Password XXXXXXXX MDS9509 show fctimer F S TOV 5000 milliseconds D S TOV 5000 milliseconds E D TOV 2000
28. supported with Brocade fabric configured in INTEROP mode or Native mode If the MDS9124e NPV is connected to an external fabric comprising of only Brocade switches use Brocade Native mode only If the MDS 9124e NPV is connected to an external fabric with a mix of Brocade and Cisco switches then Brocade and Cisco switches need to be set to interopmode 1 m Brocade AG mode is supported starting with FOS OS 5 2 1b Note The AG mode can be supported with Cisco fabric configured in INTEROP mode or Native mode If the AG is connected to an external fabric comprising of only Cisco switches use Cisco Native mode only If the AG is connected to an external fabric with a mix of Cisco and Brocade switches then Brocade and Cisco switches need to be set to interopmode 1 Brocade AG interoperability with Cisco is currently only supported with Emulex HBAs no Qlogic HBA support m Continuous Access EVA and Continuous Access XP storage systems are supported in a C Series and B Series interoperable heterogeneous switch fabric configurations See Table 5 for supported EVA and XP firmware versions 24 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Supported configuration rules and guidelines hosts targets hosts targets hosts targets hosts targets Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch B Series B Series B Series for HP p Class BladeSystem C Series C Series C Series Brocade 4Gb SAN Swi
29. t rebooting multiple times can be avoided Step B5 verify configure fabric operating mode For B Series switches the interopmode 1 must be enabled before merging with C series switches This command enables interopmode on individual switches only and hence must be executed on all B Series switches in the fabric Use the following telnet command to change the operating mode login admin Password xxxxxxxx Switch admin switchDisable Switch admin 0x101a8dd0 tThad Jan 20 10 47 55 WARNING FW STATUS SWITCH 3 Switch status changed from HEALTHY OK to Marginal Warning Switch admin gt Switch admin gt interopmode 1 The switch effective configuration will be lost when the operating mode is changed do you want to continue yes y no n no y Committing configuration done 8 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes B Series configuration steps cfgDisable no EFFECTIVE configuration interopMode is 1 NOTE It is required that you boot this switch to make this change take effect Switch admin fastboot reboots the switch quicker bypassing POST Step B6 verify proper zoning configuration is in place Check for Duplicate Zone Sets zones To ensure proper zoning merge and operation verify there are no duplicate active ZoneSets or Zones across the two fabrics that need to be merged If any duplicate zones exist then rename them
30. tch for HP c Class BladeSystem hosts hosts AU Tid C Series C Series Director Director targetS B Series B Series B Series B Series C Series C Series C Series C Series hosts targets hosts targets hosts targets hosts targets Recommended IOP configuration diagram 25283a Figure 1 Recommended IOP configuration diagram Table 2 Supported B Series product line switches Firmware HP StorageWorks Switch Name Version Number of Ports HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2 8 EL 2 8 power pack HP SAN Switch 2 16 2 16 EL 2 16 power pac HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2 8V TAA 2 8V TAA power ack 2 6v 2 16V TAA 2 16N FF 2 16N TAA power pack 57 32 2 32 power pack HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4 64 4 32 4 16 4 8 HP StorageWorks SAN Director 2 128 Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p Class BladeSystem Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c Class BladeSystem Compaq StorageWorks HP Switch Name Switch Name Number of Ports Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes 25 Supported configuration rules and guidelines Table 2 Supported B Series product line switches Continued Firmware HP StorageWorks Switch Name Version Number of Ports HP Brocade 2400 Compaq StorageWorks HP reseller SAN Switch 8 N Compaq StorageWorks SAN Switch 8 EL _ HP Brocade 2800 Compaq StorageWorks 16 HP reseller SAN Switch 16 N A Compaq StorageWo
31. us example but the zone names and zoneset name will change We will start by clearing the zoning configuration If this switch is part of the fabric all switches will have no zoning in effect after this command is issued Switch3800 admin cfgClear Do you really want to clear all configurations yes y no n no ves Clearing 11 zoning configurations Switch3800 admin cfgShow Defined configuration no configuration defined Effective configuration no configuration in effect 20 Fabric Interoperability Merging Fabrics Based on C Series and B Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes Merging zones examples Now let us create three new zones vz11 vz22 and vz33 Switch3800 admin zoneCreate vzii 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb Switch3800 admin zoneCreate vz22 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3 75 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 21 00 00 20 37 7 7 0 21 00 00 20 37 a7 c7 d Switch3800 admin zoneCreate vz33 10 00 00 e0 69 0 43 9f 21 00 00 20 37 28 31 6d 21 00 00 20 37 28 24 7b 21 00 00 20 37 28 22 ea Let us add more members to the zone vz33 Switch3800 admin zoneAdd vz33 21 00 00 20 37 28 2e 65 21 00 00 20 37 28 26 0d Now check the zones before making them active Switch3800 admin zoneShow Defined configuration zone vz11 10 00 00 00 c9 24 3d 90 50 06 01 60 88 02 90 cb zone vz22 10 00 00 00 9 24 3 75 21 00 00 20 37 a7 ca b7 21 00 00 20 37 a7
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