HP StorageWorks 2/16 - SAN Switch Bedienungsanleitung

user guide

hp StorageWorks

quickloop fabric assist

Product Version: Version 3.0.x

First Edition (February 2003)

PartNumber: AA-RTS1A-TE

This document provides an overview of QuickLoop Fabric Assist concepts, instructions for

installing QuickLoop Fabric Assist and zoning, and information about configuring and using

QuickLoop Fabric Assist.

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Quickloop Fabric Assist User Guide

First Edition (February 2003)

Part Number: AA-RTS1A-TE

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contents

About this Guide

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Equipment Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Rack Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Introducing QuickLoop

QuickLoop Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

QuickLoop Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Address Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Combining QuickLoop and Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing a QuickLoop

Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Installing a QuickLoop Using Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing a QuickLoop Using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using Quick Loop

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Administering QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

QuickLoop Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

QuickLoop Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Dual-switch QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

QuickLoop Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Sample Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuration 1: Emulating a Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuration 2: Dual-switch QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuration 3: Long Wave Laser Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuration 4: Mixed QuickLoop Mode and Fabric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Switch Level Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Port Level Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using QuickLoop Fabric Assist Mode

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Characteristics and Configuration Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Fault Isolation and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How Fabric Assist Mode Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Zone Configuration Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

LIP Propagation and Private Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Fabric Assist Mode Hosts and QuickLoop Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Preferred Phantom AL_PA Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

AL_PA Assignment Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sample Fabric Assist Mode Zone Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuration 1: Single Fabric Assist Mode Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Telnet Commands for Configuration 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuration 2: Two Fabric Assist Mode Zones in a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Telnet Commands for Configuration 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Fabric Assist Mode Telnet Commands

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Glossary

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guide

This user guide provides information to help you:

■Installing the optionally-licensed QuickLoop software.

■Configure the QuickLoop software.

■Contact technical support for additional assistance.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for use by System Administrators who are experienced with

the following:

■StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN Switches.

■Fabric Operating System V3.0 or later.

Prerequisites

Before you install or configure the software, make sure you consider the items in

the Document Conventions section that follow.

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Conventions

Conventions consist of the following:

■Document Conventions

■Text Symbols

Document Conventions

The document conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases.

Text Symbols

The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the

following meanings.

WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow

directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or loss of life.

Table 1: Document Conventions

Element Convention

Cross-reference links Blue text: Figure 1

Key and field names, menu items,

buttons, and dialog box titles Bold

File names, application names, and text

emphasis

Italics

User input, command and directory

names, and system responses (output

and messages)

Monospace font

COMMAND NAMES are uppercase

monospace font unless they are case

sensitive

Variables <monospace, italic font>

Website addresses Blue, underlined sans serif font text:

http://www.hp.com

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Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions

could result in damage to equipment or data.

Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points

of information.

Equipment Symbols

The following equipment symbols may be found on hardware for which this guide

pertains. They have the following meanings.

Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these

symbols indicates the presence of electrical shock hazards. Enclosed

area contains no operator serviceable parts.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock hazards,

do not open this enclosure.

Any RJ-45 receptacle marked with these symbols indicates a network

interface connection.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, fire, or damage to the

equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications connectors

into this receptacle.

Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols

indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. Contact with

this surface could result in injury.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component, allow

the surface to cool before touching.

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Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the

presence of multiple sources of power.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock,

remove all power cords to completely disconnect power from the

power supplies and systems.

Any product or assembly marked with these symbols indicates that the

component exceeds the recommended weight for one individual to

handle safely.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the

equipment, observe local occupational health and safety requirements

and guidelines for manually handling material.

Rack Stability

Rack stability protects personnel and equipment.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the

equipment, be sure that:

■The leveling jacks are extended to the floor.

■The full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks.

■In single rack installations, the stabilizing feet are attached to the rack.

■In multiple rack installations, the racks are coupled.

■Only one rack component is extended at any time. A rack may become

unstable if more than one rack component is extended for any reason.

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Getting Help

If you still have a question after reading this guide, contact an HP authorized

service provider or access our website:

http://www.hp.com

HP Technical Support

In North America, call technical support at 1-800-652-6672, available 24 hours a

day, 7 days a week.

Note: For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

Outside North America, call technical support at the nearest location. Telephone

numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP website under

support:

http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html

Be sure to have the following information available before calling:

■Technical support registration number (if applicable)

■Product serial numbers

■Product model names and numbers

■Applicable error messages

■Operating system type and revision level

■Detailed, specific questions

HP Storage Website

The HP website has the latest information on this product, as well as the latest

drivers. Access storage at:

http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/

storage.html

. From this website, select the appropriate product or solution.

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HP Authorized Reseller

For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller:

■In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518

■In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868

■Elsewhere, see the HP website for locations and telephone numbers:

http://www.hp.com

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