I was reading one of my EMC manuals. It recommends "single HBA zoning", where each HBA is configured into a zone which contains the HBA and "one or more FA...
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That is the rule that I follow. No more that two members to a zone. It is easier to troubleshoot and keep track of. You are also not messing with existing...
Steve Calderoni
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Mar 9, 2004 3:04 pm
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emc_list: There is some possibility that we may have to replace an HBA in one of our HP UNIX servers. (Not confirmed yet.) We have HP rp7410s running hp-ux...
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Mar 9, 2004 3:08 pm
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Steve: Thanks. Stuart Stuart Abramson | WABTEC Corp. | Wilmerding, PA Off: 412/825-1434 | Cell: 412/417-1567 | email: sabramson@... ... From: Steve...
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Mar 9, 2004 3:10 pm
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You will need to give the new WWN in the switch a nic name (if you use them), record the old WWN and remove that nic name. Then in the volume logix database...
Steve Calderoni
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Mar 9, 2004 3:17 pm
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From what I was told by EMC you can only have 1 FA per zone but can have multiple HBA's in that zone. For performance reasons they recommend 1-FA and 1-HBA...
Naylor, Jim
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Mar 9, 2004 3:46 pm
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Hi Stuart. You will have to change the zoning and LUN Masking. The WWN typically is not preserved, it is typically hard coded to the HBA. I think the swap HBA...
Kochanski, Mark A
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Mar 10, 2004 4:02 pm
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The procedure is as follows (we have done this and tested): * Build new zone with new WWN and FA mapping and push. * Using command line can run: symmask -wwn...
Bodnar, George
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Mar 10, 2004 4:08 pm
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All: I should have summarized this yesterday. Sorry. Thanks to Hazari Shyam: From: Hazari Shyam (WQQ1SXH) [mailto:WQQ1SXH@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 09,...
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Mar 10, 2004 4:37 pm
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Tom, I am looking for SAN Management course. Please give the details. Regards Nesan 816-943-0920 913-271-4799...
EMC List: I built a MetaVolume with "symconfigure": form meta from device 035, config = striped; add dev 58 to meta 35; add dev 36 to meta 35; And now I'm...
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Mar 25, 2004 7:26 pm
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All: My problem turned out to be that my ECC/SDR is too OLD to do operations on NON-CONTIGUOUS MetaVolumes. We run ECC/SDR 4.3.4 and ESN Manager 2.2. I had...
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Mar 26, 2004 1:12 pm
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EMC_List: I'd like to know the differences in detail. Does EMC PowerLink have a "differences document" which is NOT marketing oriented? ("State-of-the-art,...
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Mar 29, 2004 2:12 pm
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The major difference is that in the backend, 8430 is a bus structure while the dmx is switched. James Zhao Email: jzhao@... ... From: SAbramson@......
Be a little careful with that assessment - EMC will point out this is not "switched" rather a "matrix" setup. Technically sort of like a direct bus between...
Bodnar, George
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Mar 29, 2004 3:23 pm
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All: We are going to disconnect/shut-down an old HP UNIX server in the near future. It is connected to the SAN: HP UNIX Server ------ Connectrix------Symmetrix...
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Mar 30, 2004 2:47 pm
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Hey Stuart, 1) you can un-zone and un-present luns etc with the server down. There is no need to have the server up. 2) I don't know of any *EMC* procedures...
Thanks.. Stuart Abramson | WABTEC Corp. | Wilmerding, PA Off: 412/825-1434 | Cell: 412/417-1567 | email: sabramson@... _____ From: Bill Higgins...
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Mar 30, 2004 9:20 pm
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Setup. . . 2 HBAs zoned with 2 Symm FAs. Do the devices need to be visible to the host on both FAs? So, would I have to create a copy of the devices to the...
Gretchen: Yes. ... / | | HV002-- | Switch | \ | | ... The same HV S/N is presented, zoned,...
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Apr 2, 2004 2:05 pm
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EMC_List: We had a vendor come in and make a presentation the other day. He introduced the topic of "core-edge" SAN topologies, which I had never heard of...
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Apr 5, 2004 3:01 pm
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Michael: thanks! Stuart Stuart Abramson | WABTEC Corp. | Wilmerding, PA Off: 412/825-1434 | Cell: 412/417-1567 | email: sabramson@... _____ From:...
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Apr 5, 2004 5:05 pm
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We use to run a config like this. We would have our staging environment and the secondary node of any cluster on the DS-16M's and our core infrastructre on a...
...I'm gone on a little R & R......I'll be returned Monday April 12, 2004. If you are experiencing a UNIX related issue, please call Ralph Burnette at...
Rita Workman
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Apr 6, 2004 1:00 am
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EMC_List: We have a Connectrix ED1032 (old) switch in our SAN. I manage it with ESN Manager 2.2. We just "acquired" a "new" DS-16B2 departmentatl switch. Can...
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Apr 14, 2004 7:39 pm
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All: Thanks, George. As George says below: "The DS-16B2 is definitely Brocade and the ED-1032 is definitely McData." McData's and Brocades can be "ISL-d", but...
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Apr 15, 2004 1:05 pm
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has anyone heard of any performance issues related to DMX-1000 raid7+1 and hp-ux 11.11 Volume Manager, This is how we found the performance issues. our DMX-100...
RD: I just did a similar test on my machine. I copied a 1 GB (cp file /dev/null) and timed it. HP N4000, HP-UX 11.0, emc 8430, 1Gbit/sec fibre cards: 1st...