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ServerView Resource Orchestrator Cloud Edition V3.0.0 Setup Guide

D.3.3 When Using EMC CLARiiON Storage

This section explains how to configure EMC CLARiiON storage.


EMC CLARiiON Storage Configuration

Resource Orchestrator controls EMC CLARiiON storage through EMC Navisphere Manager.

A user ID and a password are required to use EMC Navisphere Manager.

For details on how to add a user ID, refer to the EMC Navisphere Manager manual.

In order to enhance communication security between Resource Orchestrator and EMC Navisphere Manager, security files are used for issuing Navisphere CLIs.

Create security files in the following directories of the server on which Resource Orchestrator is installed, using the command to create security files.

[Windows]
Installation_folder\Manager\etc\storage\emc\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (*1)

[Linux]
/etc/opt/FJSVrcvmr/storage/emc/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (*1)

*1: IP address of SP for EMC CLARiiON storage.
When there are multiple EMC CLARiiONs, create multiple directories.

For the user ID to execute commands to create security files, set SYSTEM for Windows, or root for Linux.

Use the following procedure to execute the command for SYSTEM users on Windows.

Information

For details on how to create security files, refer to the explanation in "-AddUserSecurity" switches of Navisphere CLI.

Note

  • The following settings are not configured in Resource Orchestrator. Therefore, configure these settings beforehand.

    • Define hot spares

    • Define RAID Groups

    • Create Traditional LUNs

  • For details on how to create RAID Groups and Traditional LUNs, refer to the manual of EMC CLARiiON storage.

  • Existing RAID Groups are also recognized as virtual storage, but RAID Groups are not recognized when they are used as hot spares.

  • It is not necessary to create a Storage Group which defines LUN masking (LUN mapping), as one is automatically created when creating an L-Server.

  • Pool and Thin LUN are not recognized.

  • When installing an OS and a multipath driver, it is necessary to make only one access path from the server to the storage.

  • It is necessary to install Resource Orchestrator and Navisphere CLI on the same server.

  • Only Fibre channel connections using FC ports (target mode) are supported.

  • The connection form to FC ports only supports fabric connections.

  • For EMC CLARiiON storage, after installing Resource Orchestrator it is necessary to create definition files combining ports for SAN storage.


When Connecting EMC CLARiiON Storage to Fibre Channel Switches

In Resource Orchestrator, when connecting EMC CLARiiON storage, Fibre Channel switches are not configured.

It is necessary to configure one-to-one WWPN zoning for Fibre Channel switches in advance.

It is necessary to define zoning combining the fibre channel switch combining the HBA Port WWPN value based on the WWN provided by the I/O Virtualization Option and the SP port WWPN value in the EMC CLARiiON storage used in Resource Orchestrator. For details on the configuration method, refer to the manual of the fibre channel switch.


Fibre Channel Switch Zoning Settings

Set zoning combining the WWPN value of HBA Port1 and the WWPN value of the first SP port defined in the storage_portset.rcxprop definition file, and combining the WWPN value of HBA Port2 and the WWPN value of the second SP port defined in portset.

Examples of command execution for an ETERNUS SN200 are as follows:

Example

Conditions

  • WWN value provided by the I/O Virtualization Option

    "20:00:00:17:42:51:00:0x"

  • WWPN value of HBA Port1

    "9:00:00 PM:17:42:51:00:0x"

  • WWPN value of HBA Port2

    "10:00:00 PM:17:42:51:00:0x"

  • WWPN value of SP port defined for the first portset

    "50:0a:09:81:88:bc:43:dc"

  • WWPN value of SP port defined for the first portset

    "50:0a:09:82:88:bc:43:dc"

zoneCreate "emc_a_0","50:0a:09:81:88:bc:43:dc;21:00:00:17:42:51:00:00" <RETURN>
zoneCreate "emc_b_0","50:0a:09:82:88:bc:43:dc;22:00:00:17:42:51:00:00" <RETURN>
...
zoneCreate "emc_a_f","50:0a:09:81:88:bc:43:dc;21:01:00:17:42:50:00:0f" <RETURN>
zoneCreate "emc_b_f","50:0a:09:82:88:bc:43:dc;22:01:00:17:42:50:00:0f" <RETURN>
cfgCreate "ror_cfg","emc_a_0;emc_b_0; ... ;emc_a_f;emc_b_f" <RETURN>
cfgEnable "ror_cfg" <RETURN>
cfgSave <RETURN>