Adding Disks and Creating LUNs in DDN S2A9900 and SS7000 Chassis

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Overview:

  1. Installing disks into a DDN enclosure
  2. LUN ADD
  3. ZONING EDIT
  4. TIER VERIFY
  5. CACHE WRITEBACK and AV FASTAV

 

Installing disks into a DDN enclosure 

There are four different enclosure configurations for a DDN based SAN: 5, 10, or 20 enclosures

5 Enclosures (SS7000_2X Enclosure mapping)

BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
A B
FRONT

10 Enclosures (SS7000_1X Enclosure mapping)

BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
49 50 51 52 53 54
DIMMs
55 56 57 58 59 60
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A
FRONT

20 Enclosures (SS7000_1X Enclosure mapping)

BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
49 50 51 52 53 54
DIMMs
55 56 57 58 59 60
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
A
FRONT
BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
109 110 111 112 113 114
DIMMs
115 116 117 118 119 120
97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108
85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
A
FRONT

 

Here is an example of a 5 enclosure install already populated with "14 tiers" of disks:

BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
A B
FRONT
BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
C D
FRONT
BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
E F
FRONT
BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
G H
FRONT
BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
P S
FRONT

 

Tier Information:
-----------------

                         Space
             Capacity  Available     Disk
Tier Owner     (MiB)     (MiB)      Status                LUN List
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  0 
   2 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  1 
   3 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  2 
   4 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  3 
   5 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  4 
   6 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  5 
   7 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  6 
   8 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  7 
   9 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  8 
  10 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  9 
  11 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  10 
  12 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  11 
  13 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  12 
  14 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  13 

Verifying TIER 1, 38.3%, Continuous.
Verifying TIER 3,  0.4%, Continuous.
Verifying TIER 8, 83.1%, Continuous.
Verifying TIER 10, 71.2%, Continuous.
All disks are healthy.

  Automatic disk restarting:   Disabled
  Automatic disk rebuilding:   Enabled
  Automatic SMART replacement: Disabled
  Maximum active rebuilds:     4
  Maximum active verifies:     2
  System rebuild extent:       64 MiB
  System rebuild delay:        10
  System delay IO limit:       0
  Journaling:                  Enabled                                     
                                     
              System Capacity 64096816 MiB, 0 MiB available.

 

If you were to add additional drives, say 30 drives for a total of 3 new tiers (10 drives per tier), you would add them to "15", "16", and "17" of each of the five enclosures.

BACK
I/O Modules
PSU
25 26 27 28 29 30
DIMMs
25 26 27 28 29 30
19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24
13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
A B
FRONT

...

LUN ADD 

 Once the disks are installed you will create internal LUNs.  For ease of configuration use one LUN per Tier.  You will use the command lun add=<LUN#>:

NOTE: LUN numbers start at "0" but Tier numbers start at "1".  In our example, Tier 15 will be used to create LUN 14 which we label "LUN14"

S2A 9900[1]: lun add=14

Enter a label for LUN 14 (up to 16 characters): LUN14

Enter the capacity (in Mbytes) for LUN 14, LUN14

0 for all available capacity (default): 0

Enter the number of tiers (1..8)

Default will auto select, 'e' to escape: 1

Enter the tiers, each one on a new line, or 'e' to escape:
15

Enter the block size, (512, 1024, 2048, 4096)
Default is 512, 'e' to escape: 512

Attempting to add LUN 14
Operation successful: LUN 14 was added to the system.

The LUN must be formatted before it can be used.

Would you like to format the LUN now? (y/N): Y

INFO INIT_137 1-22 18:48:21 Starting Format of LUN 14

NOTE: The lines that say (default) in them will allow simply hitting the ENTER key to apply the default value instead of entering a value.

 

Repeat the above for each internal LUN / Tier that has been added.

NOTE: Each LUN / Tier will be "owned" by the controller that was used to create it.  To "load balance" the creation of LUNs you can alternate creation between both controllers.

 

ZONING EDIT 

 The following will need to be done on each controller individually

Next we need to present, or map, the internal LUN / Tier through the fiber ports as "external" LUNs.  This is done using the zoning edit=n command:

NOTE: zoning edit can be invoked without specifying a port number (=n) in which case you will be asked to specify a port number.

  S2A 9900[1]: zoning edit=1

  Enter the new LUN zoning for host port 1.

  Enter the unique LUN mapping, as follows:

  G.l   GROUP.LUN number
  P     Place-holder
  R     Before GROUP.LUN to indicate Read-Only
  N     Clear current assignment
 ENTER  No change
  E     Exit command
  ?     Display detailed help text

External LUN 0: is not mapped.  Enter new internal LUN:

NOTE: zoning edit will cycle through each external LUN number even after you have passed the number of available internal LUNs / Tiers, to escape the loop type e

CAUTION: Changes take effect immediately!  If you accidentally change the mapping for an existing LUN it could cause data loss/corruption and will most-likely at least interrupt (offline) the SAN.  Changes should be done carefully.  Mistakes are best avoided by focusing on each line individually, the line will indicate current LUN mappings.  When in doubt strike the ENTER key or use e to escape and start over.

 

TIER VERIFY 

Next, run tier verify=on to allow the controller to continuously check the tier for disk related problems.

S2A 9900[1]: tier verify=on

                             Tier Status     

                         Space
             Capacity  Available     Disk
Tier Owner     (MiB)     (MiB)      Status                LUN List
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  0 
   2 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  1 
   3 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  2 
   4 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  3 
   5 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  4 
   6 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  5 
   7 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  6 
   8 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  7 
   9 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  8 
  10 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  9 
  11 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  10 
  12 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  11 
  13 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  12 
  14 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  13
  15 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  14
  16 +  2     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  15
  17 +  1     4578344          0  ABCDEFGHPS  16

                         Tier Verification Status:

 TIER   Scheduled   Continuous  Progress    Passes  Last Verify Completion Time  

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   1                    Yes       0.8%          29     16:17:07 01/22/2011 
   2        No          Yes                     29     16:17:05 01/22/2011 
   3                    Yes                     28     19:25:51 01/12/2011 
   4        No          Yes                     28     11:47:25 01/16/2011 
   5                    Yes                     28     09:35:10 01/22/2011 
   6        No          Yes                     27     09:46:24 01/22/2011 
   7                    Yes                     24     15:09:06 11/28/2010 
   8        No          Yes                     24     15:20:22 12/01/2010 
   9                    Yes                     24     09:21:15 12/04/2010 
  10        No          Yes                     24     15:10:33 12/12/2010 
  11                    Yes                     24     23:28:35 12/13/2010 
  12        No          Yes                     24     12:19:44 12/21/2010 
  13                    Yes                     48     22:39:50 12/30/2010 
  14        No          Yes                      0     12:46:02 01/05/2011 
  15                    Yes                      0     21:10:56 01/05/2011 
  16        No          Yes                      0     23:02:30 01/05/2011
  17                    Yes                      0     23:02:30 01/05/2011 

  System verify extent:    32 Mbytes
  System verify delay:     40
  Maximum active verifies: 2


Please enter a TIER ('a' for all TIERs owned by this unit or 'q' to quit): a

ALL valid TIERs owned by this unit selected

Do you want the verify to run continuously? (y/N): y

 

CACHE WRITEBACK and AV FASTAV 

Next, run cache writeback=on and av fastav=on

S2A 9900[1]: cache writeback=on

                          Current Cache settings

           Write   Maximum   MF  Prefetch
    LUN   Caching  Prefetch  Bit  Ceiling
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      0   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      1   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      2   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      3   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      4   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      5   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      6   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      7   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      8   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
      9   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     10   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     11   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     12   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     13   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     14   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     15   Enabled    x    1   On   65535
     16   Enabled    x    1   On   65535

Writeback Limit: 75%

                     2560.0 Mbytes of Cache Installed
                      (2048 Segments of 1024 Kbytes)

S2A 9900[1]: av fastav=on

           Current LUN Audio/Visual settings

                                Read     Write   Maximum
  LUN  Label          FastAV Continuous Caching  Prefetch
-----------------------------------------------------------
    0 SAS_0              On      Off       On       x  1
    1 SAS_1              On      Off       On       x  1
    2 SAS_2              On      Off       On       x  1
    3 SAS_3              On      Off       On       x  1
    4 SAS_4              On      Off       On       x  1
    5 SAS_5              On      Off       On       x  1
    6 SAS_6              On      Off       On       x  1
    7 SAS_7              On      Off       On       x  1
    8 SAS_8              On      Off       On       x  1
    9 SAS_9              On      Off       On       x  1
   10 SAS_10             On      Off       On       x  1
   11 SAS_11             On      Off       On       x  1
   12 SAS_12             On      Off       On       x  1
   13 SAS_13             On      Off       On       x  1
   14 SAS_14             On      Off       On       x  1
   15 SAS_15             On      Off       On       x  1
   16 SAS_16             On      Off       On       x  1

  Disk Audio/Visual settings are:  Disabled  (Using disk defaults)
    Recovery Time Limit:           65535

  Ordered Tag Count:     0
  Unit Attention:        Enabled
  FASTAV Timeout:        200
  RC Timeout:            250
  Fail Check Condition:  Disabled

 

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