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    CH A P T E R 1-1 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software The Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Rou ter installation and conf iguration tasks consist of the follo wing: • Install the SN 5428-2 Storag e Router according to the Cisco SN 5428-2 Stor ag e Router Har dwar e Ins[...]

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    1-2 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software SN 5428-2 Storage Router O verview SN 5428-2 Storage Router Overview The Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router provides universa l access to storage over IP networks. The storage router software cont rols the operation[...]

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    1-3 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software SN 5428-2 Storage Router Overview Fibre Channel o ver IP (FCIP) enabl es SN 5428-2 Storage Routers to pro vide connectivity b y tunneling through an IP network betw een storage area n etworks (SANs). (See Figure[...]

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    1-4 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software SCSI Routing Overview • LUN T respass feature—pro vides a LUN failo ver featur e for selected storage arrays that operate on the acti ve/passi ve port model. When enabled, th e trespass feature provides a re[...]

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    1-5 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software SCSI Routing Overview Routing SCSI Requests and Responses SCSI routing consists of routi ng SCSI requests an d responses between hosts in an IP network and FC storage. (See Figure 1-5 .) Figur e 1 -5 Routing SCS[...]

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    1-6 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software SCSI Routing Overview Basic Network Structure Figure 1-7 sho ws the basic struc ture of a SCSI routing ne twork. IP hosts with iSCSI dri vers access the storage routers t hrough an IP netw or k connected to the [...]

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    1-7 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software SCSI Routing Overview If the LUN is a v ailable, it is made a v ailable as an iSCSI LUN and numb ered with the iS CSI LUN number specified. F or example, if an iSCSI target and iSCSI LUN specified as Database , [...]

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    1-8 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software SCSI Routing Overview Access for SCSI routin g is controlled in the IP hosts an d the storage router . In an IP host, the iSCSI dri ver is configured with the Gigabit Ethern et IP addre ss of the SCSI routing in[...]

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    1-9 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software SCSI Routing Overview Figur e 1 -8 SCSI Routing Storag e Mapp ing and Access Contr ol Concept Available Instances of SCSI Routing Y o u can configure an SN 5428-2 Stor age Router with up to 12 instance s of SC S[...]

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    1-10 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Transparent SCSI Routing Overview Transparent SCSI Routing Overview T r ansparent SCSI routing provides IP hosts with access to intelli gent st orage arra ys as if each storage array were directly attached to t[...]

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    1-11 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software Transparent SCSI Routing Overview Routing SCSI Requests and Responses T ransparent SCSI routing consists of routing SCSI requests and responses between hosts in an IP network an d an intelligent storage arr ay [...]

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    1-12 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Transparent SCSI Routing Overview Basic Network Structure Figure 1-12 sho ws the basic structure of a transparent SCSI routing netwo rk. IP hosts with iSCSI dri vers access the storage routers through an IP net[...]

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    1-13 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software Transparent SCSI Routing Overview For e xample, if an iSCSI tar get were created for WWPN 3100112233445566 in a sto rage array , and that WWPN containe d LUNs 0 through 2, t hose LUNs would bec ome av ailable t[...]

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    1-14 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Transparent SCSI Routing Overview to it, with each host having a WWPN. Ta b l e 1 - 5 show s the correlation between the IP hosts, the G igabit Ethernet IP address of the SCSI routing instance, storage de vice [...]

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    1-15 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software FCIP Overview Available Instances of Transparent SCSI Routing When an SN 5428-2 Storage Router is deployed for transparent SCSI routing, it is automatically confi gured for one instance of tran sparent SCSI rou[...]

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    1-16 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software FCIP Overview Once configured, FCIP instances on each system become acti ve and esta blish their connecti vity via the IP network. The storage devices in one SAN access the storage devices in th e connected SAN[...]

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    1-17 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software FCIP Overview Figure 1-14 rep resents a basic, non-redundant stru cture of an FCIP netw ork conf iguration. In this example, an FC host or FC de vice connects to one or more Fibre Channel interfaces of each pee[...]

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    1-18 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Mixed Mode Overview Note For multiple path s between SANs, multiple pairs of systems deplo yed for FCIP need to be connected to the FC hosts or FC de vices. Howe ver , multiple SN 5 428-2 Storage Routers deplo [...]

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    1-19 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software Mixed Mode Overview Figur e 1 -19 Mixed Mode Ov erview (SCSI r outing and FCIP) Figure 1 -20 Mixed Mode Overview (T ransparent SCSI routing and FCIP) IP SN 5428-2 SN 5428-2 One internal FC initiator interface i[...]

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    1-20 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software VLAN Access Overv iew Basic Network Structure When a storage router is deployed for SCSI routing or t ransparent SCSI routing and FCIP , IP hosts with iSCSI driv ers access the storage rout er through the IP ne[...]

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    1-21 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software Zoning Overview Figur e 1 -21 VLAN Access Ov er view If the SN 5428-2 is used in a Cisco switched ne twork en vironment, conf igure the SN 5428-2 to use t he Cisco proprietary VLAN T runking Protocol (VTP). W i[...]

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    1-22 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Zoning Overview Once initiator WWPN1 and in itiator WWPN2 are conf igured, the SN 5428-2 will suppor t fabric zoning using the WWPNs of each FC storage device attached , either directly or on a fabric. The IP h[...]

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    1-23 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software Fibre Channel Interface Overview T o apply zoning to a f abric, enable the appropriate zo ne set. When you enable (or “activ ate”) a zone set, the system compiles zone sets of the same name fro m all SN 542[...]

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    1-24 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Authentication Over view • Assignment of a secondary interface per FCIP instan ce—allows the same IP address to be assigned to each Gigabit Ethernet interfac e configured for an FCIP instance; one interface[...]

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    1-25 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software SN 5428-2 Cluster Management Overview SN 5428-2 Cluster Management Overview Y ou can configure Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Routers in a cluster to allow the storag e routers to back each other up in case of fail ur[...]

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    1-26 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Where to Go Ne xt Figure 1 -23 SN 5428-2 Interf ace Na ming Syst em Ta b l e 1 - 6 sho ws v alid interface ty pe designators for the SN 5428 -2; Figure 1-24 sho ws eac h interface location and interf ace name o[...]

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    1-27 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN 5428-2 Storage Ro uter Software Where to Go Next • Chapter 10, “Config uring a High A vailability Cl uster” —Using the CLI for se tting up and m odifying cluster conf igurations • Chapter 11, “Maintaining and Ma nagi ng the SN 542[...]

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    1-28 Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide OL-4691-01 Chapter 1 Before Configur ing SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Where to Go Ne xt[...]