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Planning for SVC Cluster Installation - Single Cabinet vs.
Dual Cabinets
Choosing whether to install all 8 nodes of an SVC cluster in a single cabinet or to split
them across 2 separate cabinets (A Nodes in one and B Nodes in another) requires
consideration of your overall Storage environment you are implementing as well as the
facilities resiliency of the data center(s) you are installing your Storage environment into.
These guidelines are for a system installed in a single machine room (You can also further
increase availability by splitting the system between rooms, but that requires careful design of the
data system as a whole, including host configuration, storage system configuration, fabric design
and SVC configuration - which is beyond the scope of this document).
Data Center Facilities Aspects
Upstream redundancy of the power to your cabinet (power circuit panels and on-floor PDUs)
and within cabinet power redundancy (dual power strips or in-cabinet PDUs) as well as
upstream high availability structures (UPS, generators, etc.) will feed into your decision
Many data centers today are at an Uptime Tier 3 or higher level so power redundancy
concerns that would require a dual cabinet SVC implementation are not there
Fire Protection Systems Type (such as overhead wet pipe sprinkler systems, etc.) however
should be taken into consideration
Physical Separation and location of other key Storage environment components
Backend Disk Storage
If you are implementing a single SVC cluster attached to a single backend storage device or
string (XIV frame or DS8K string) then separating your SVC cluster across 2 cabinets is not
any more advantageous to your overall Storage environment than installing it in a single
cabinet in case of a facilities problem such as breakage of an overhead wet pipe sprinkler
head
SAN Directors (aka switches)
If you have your SAN director pair that all your front-end devices (servers, etc.) and your
back-end devices (SVCs, disk stores, VTLs, etc.)access installed together in the same
cabinet then again separating your SVC cluster across 2 cabinets is not any more
advantageous to your overall Storage environment than installing it in a single cabinet in
case of a facilities problem such as breakage of an overhead wetpipe sprinkler head.
Physical Separation Distance
If you are implementing your entire Storage environment with multiple redundant devices
physically separated across multiple cabinets and strings you need to ensure sufficient
enough physical distance to ensure that your redundant components are in different fire
protection zones or power sourced zones. Otherwise your end to end Storage environment
can be compromised in cases of a zonal facilities failure.
In summary, when making the choice between a single or dual cabinet SVC cluster installation
approach you need to factor in all aspects of the data center your are installing into as well as the
high availability design characteristics of your overall Storage environment
If the data center you are boarding into has the proper power redundancy attributes & your
Storage environment design strategy does not have fully redundant components placed at
sufficient distances apart then a single cabinet implementation will save you the costs
associated with the 2nd cabinet.
If the data center does not have a robust enough power redundancy infrastructure and/or your
Storage environment design strategy does have fully redundant components place at
sufficient distances apart then the investment in a dual cabinet implementation is certainly
justified in furthering the level of high availability/redundancy of your overall Storage
environment.
Another consideration would be that if you anticipate that you will be adding another SVC
cluster to your Storage environment in the future, by going with a dual cabinet approach from
the start and reserving remaining space in each cabinet for nodes from the 2nd cluster you
accomplish both objectives. In the dual cabinet elevations shown in later pages you will see
that we have included the space allocations for a future 2nd cluster (CL2) to be added to the
cabinets.
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SVC Cluster Rack Elevations (for older models without the redundant
ac-power switch)
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Examples of a 4 node cluster SVC Cluster Power Cabling Flow
Diagrams (with mandatory Redundant ac-Power Switches)
Please ensure that the power connection from each rack PDU goes to the Main receptacle on the ac-
Switch for one node in the IO Group pair and the Backup receptacle on the ac-Switch of the 2nd node in
the IO Group pair. And vice versa for the 2nd rack PDU source.
The excerpted examples below unfortunately dont clearly depict the alternating connections. Please refer
to the SVC Cluster Power Cabling Physical Diagrams a few pages further for a better depiction.
Excerpted
from
WP102010
SAN
Volume
Controller
Power
Cabling
Options &
Connector For use with 4 x 30-amp Rack PDU
Types for Implementations
Node
models CF8
& CG8
Author/Own
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Cabling Physical
Diagrams (single
cabinet)
IBM RPS Unit Info 10U Reserved (or 8U if 42U cabinet) for data
wiring patch panels
The picture below is of the RPS (Redundant ac-Power Switch),
IBM Feature Code 8300, that is included as part of newer SVC or filler panels
clusters. In more general terms this RPS unit is actually an
Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS).
You can see that the RPS is attached to its brackets and
mounted on the cabinet back rails to ensure the RPS main &
backup receptacles are facing the back of the cabinet. The
power out receptacles that are for connection to the UPS unit
should be facing the front of the cabinet. SVC #8 IOGroup 3 Node B AC AC
DC
DC
DC
DC DC
1U Filler Panel
SVC #5 IOGroup 2 Node A AC
AC
DC DC
1U Filler Panel
SVC #4 IOGroup 1 Node B AC AC
DC DC
1U Filler Panel
SVC #3 IOGroup 1 Node A AC AC
DC DC
1U Filler Panel
SVC #2 IOGroup 0 Node B
Power Cord from UPS gets plugged AC AC
RPS unit
1U Filler Panel
SVC #1 IOGroup 0 Node A AC AC
DC DC
1U Filler Panel
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CONTROLLERS TO THESE OUTLETS.
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Main Backup
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DC
1U Filler Panel
CL2 SVC #6 IOGroup 2 Node B
AC AC
DC DC
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CL2 SVC #4 IOGroup 1 Node B
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DC DC
1U Filler Panel
CL2 SVC #2 IOGroup 0 Node B AC AC
DC
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SVC#8 IOGroup 3 Node B AC AC
DC DC
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SVC #6 IOGroup 2 Node B AC
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SVC #4IOGroup 1 Node B
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SVC #2 IOGroup 0 Node B AC AC
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UPS Unit
Redundant ac-
power switch
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UPS Unit
Redundant ac-
power switch
(behind this 1U filler
panel racked on
back rails)
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