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    . Application Notes hp S tor age W or ks F a br i c Inte r oper a b ilit y : Me r ging F a br i cs Ba sed on C- Ser i es and B- S er i es F ibr e C hannel S w itc hes Ele ven th E dition (Decembe r 200 7) P art Number: AA -RV1ZL - TE This doc ument summ ari z es . the steps r equir ed t o merg e t w o S AN fa bri cs, w her e one is constr ucted w i[...]

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    2 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes © Cop yr ight 2004, 200 7 Hewle tt- P ack ard De velopment Compan y , L .P . Hew lett-P ack ar d Company mak es no war ran t y of an y kind with r egard t o this mater ial, inc luding, but no t limited to, the imp lied w arr a[...]

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    About thi s document 3 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes About this doc ument This section describes the content refl ected in this do cumen t, including: ■ Application notes information , page 3 ■ Intended audience , page 3 ■ Other SAN interoperabil[...]

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    Intr oducti on 4 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes Introduction This application notes discusses the details on how to configure and merge HP C-series and B-series switches into a single standards base d interoperable fabric. This document also provides informati[...]

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    Check list f or merging fabr ics 5 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes C he c k l is t fo r m erg in g f ab ric s B- Series Complete the following steps before mer ging the fabrics: Step B1: verify switch firmware versions , page 6 Steps B2, B3: verify/confi[...]

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    B-Series configuration steps 6 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes B- Series configur ation steps The following steps provide in formation on how to verify , configure B-series switches for Interoperability . While it is possible to accomplis h this by using either[...]

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    B- Ser ies confi gur atio n step s 7 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes Fabric parameters (yes, y, no, n): [no] y Domain: (1..239) [97] Å S elect the domain ID in th e range 97-127, if change is required BB credit: (1..27) [16] R_A_TOV: (4000..120000) [100[...]

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    B-Series configuration steps 8 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes Step B4: disable management ser ver It is required to disable platform manageme nt services fabric wi de before enabling the interopmode and merging the fabrics. The fo llowing command when executed[...]

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    B- Ser ies confi gur atio n step s 9 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes cfgDisable: no EFFECTIVE configur ation interopMode is 1 NOTE: It is required that you boo t this switch to make this change take effect Switch:admin> fastboot Å r eboots the switch[...]

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    C- Ser i es conf igur ati on step s 1 0 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes C- Series configur ation steps The following steps provide in formation on how to verify , configure C-series switches for Interoperability . While it is possible to accomplis h this by usi[...]

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    C- Ser i es conf igur ati on step s 11 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes MDS9509# config t MDS9509(config)# vsan database MDS9509(config-vsan-db)# vsan 1 s uspend MDS9509# config t MDS9509(config)# fctimer e_d_tov 2000 <1000-100000> E_D_TOV in milli [...]

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    C- Ser i es conf igur ati on step s 1 2 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes MDS9509# show zoneset active zoneset name mdscore vsan 1 zone name vz1 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 v[...]

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    M erg in g fa bric s a nd veri fic at io n 13 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes M er ging fabr ic s and v erification After configuring both the fabrics individually as described above, now the identified E-ports from both sides can be connected to merge t[...]

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    M erg in g fa bric s a nd veri fic at io n 1 4 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes On the C-seri es MDS9509# show vsan 1 vsan 1 information name:VSAN0001 state:act ive interoperability mode:ye s Å verify mode loadbalancing:src-i d/dst-id/oxid operational state:up [...]

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    Expected behavi or from F ibr e Channel services 15 F abr ic Int ero perab ility: Merging F abr ics Based on C- Ser ies and B- Seri es Fibr e Channel S wit ches Appli cation Notes Expec ted beha vior fr om F ibre Channel ser v ices While in “Interoperability mode”, all the fi bre channel services from each of the switch types may not work the s[...]

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    Inter oper ab ili ty mode behav ior summary by s witch type 1 6 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes Inter operability mode behavior summary b y sw itc h ty pe The following is a summary of interoperability mode beha vior on C-Series switches. C- Ser ie s The MDS se[...]

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    Inter oper ab ili ty mode behav ior summary by s witch type 17 F abr ic Inte roper ab ilit y : Merging F abr ics Based on C- Ser ies and B- Seri es Fibr e Channel S wit ches Appli cation Notes B- Series The following is a summary of interoperability mode be havior on B-series switches. ■ “Msplmgmtdeactivate” must explicitly be run pr ior to c[...]

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    Mer gi ng z o nes -e x amp les 1 8 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes M er ging zones-e x amples In this example, we first create three zones vz1, vz2 and vz3 on one of the C-series switches and verify these zones propagate to all the C-series and B-series switche[...]

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    Mer gi ng z o nes -e x amp les 19 F ab ric In ter opera bility: Merging F abr ics Based on C- Ser ies and B- Ser ies F ibre Channe l Sw itches Appli cation Notes At this point we have created 3 zones, vz1, vz2 and vz3. W e have also created a “zoneset” titled “mdscore”. Now we will activate the zoneset MDSCORE MDS9509(config)# zoneset activ[...]

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    Mer gi ng z o nes -e x amp les 20 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics B ased on C-Ser ies and B- Series F ibre Chan nel S witches Appl ication Notes B-series s witch es Using the telnet on B-series switches verify that the zoning information has propagated properly . On B-series you will see the activ e configuration as well as any defin[...]

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    Mer gi ng z o nes -e x amp les 21 F ab ric In ter opera bility: Merging F abr ics Based on C- Ser ies and B- Ser ies F ibre Channe l Sw itches Appli cation Notes Now let us create three new zones vz1 1, vz22, and v z33. Switch3800:admin> zoneCreate :"vz11", "10:00:00:00:c9 :24:3d:90; 50:06:01:60:88:02:90:cb" Switch3800:admin&[...]

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    Mer gi ng z o nes -e x amp les 22 Fabr ic Interoper abili ty: Merging F abrics Based on C- Series and B-Series F ibre Channel S witches Applicat i on Notes Effective configuration: cfg: mdscore1 zone: vz11 10:00:00:00:c9:24:3d:90 50:06:01:60:88:02:90:cb zone: vz22 10:00:00:00:c9:24:3f:75 21:00:00:20:37:a7:ca:b7 21:00:00:20:37:a7:c7:e0 21:00:00:20:3[...]

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    Mer gi ng z o nes -e x amp les 23 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes MDS9509# show zone vsan 1 zone name vz1 vsan 1 pwwn 50:06:01:60:88:02:90:cb pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:24:3d:90 zone name vz2 vsan 1 pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:24:3f:75 pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:a7:ca:b7 pwwn[...]

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    Suppor ted configuration rules a nd guideli nes 2 4 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes Supported co nfigur ation rules and guidelines The following fabric configuration rul es apply when mixing the two fabrics: ■ Switches listed in Ta b l e 2 and Ta b l e 3 may [...]

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    Supported conf igurati on rules and gui delines 25 Fa bri c Inter opera bility: Merging F abr ics Bas ed on C - Seri es and B-Ser ies F ibr e Channel Sw itche s Applicati on Notes Figur e 1 : Recommended I OP configur ation diagram C- Ser i es Di r e c t o r C- Ser i es Di r e c t o r B- S er i es / C- S er i es B- S er i es / C- S er i es B- S er [...]

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    Suppor ted configuration rules a nd guideli nes 2 6 F abric Inter op er abilit y: Merging Fabr ics Based on C-Series and B-Seri es Fibre Channel Switches Applicat ion Notes HP Br ocad e 2 400 (HP reseller ) Compaq S tor age W orks SA N Sw it ch 8 2. 6 . 1 c 2. 6. 2 b 8 N/A Compaq S tor age W orks SA N Sw it ch 8- E L 8 HP Br ocade 2800 (HP reseller[...]

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    Supported conf igurati on rules and gui delines 27 F abr ic Inter oper ability: Mer ging F abri cs Based on C- Seri es and B-Se ries F ibr e Channel S witc hes Applicati on Notes T able 4 : Supported operating s ystem v ersions OS OS Versi on Mult i P ath Software HBA Dri ver/ Fi rmw are/BIOS (minim um req uired) Wi ndows 2000 AS SP3 Secur e P ath [...]

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    Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 28 Fabr ic Interoper abili ty: Merging F abrics Based on C- Series and B-Series F ibre Channel S witches Applicat i on Notes T roubleshooting 1. If you see segmentation errors on any of the sw itches after mer ging the fabrics, then verify that interoperability mode is enab led on all switches in the fabric. 2. Ensure al[...]