C H A P T E R 4

Configure EMC Clariion Storage with the CLI

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Introduction, page 4-1
• Configuring the I/O TimeOut Values for the Switch, page 4-1
• Locating and Documenting the WWN of the Director, page 4-3
• Creating a Storage Group, page 4-4
• Adding the WWPNs of the Director into the Storage Group, page 4-4
• (Optional) Adding the WWPNs for Redundant Director, page 4-5
• Adding Virtual Servers to Storage Device, page 4-5

Introduction
This chapter provides an example of a storage configuration for an EMC Clariion storage device using
navicli.

Configuring the I/O TimeOut Values for the Switch

When using EMC storage with a Server Fabric Switch, change the default time-out value on the switch.
To use Element Manager to change the default Maximum amount of time for a logical unit to accept I/O
traffic. Increase this value if you are using an EMC storage device.
The value should be changed from the default (10 seconds) to 1800.

Step 1 Launch the Element Manager GUI.

You can also use the CLI by entering the fc srp lu logical-id min-io-timeout timeout command.
Step 2 Click the FibreChannel menu and select SRP. The SRP window opens.
Step 3 Click the Global tab.
Step 4 Enter 1800 in the DefaultItlMinIoTimeout field to specify the amount of time (in seconds) for an ITL
to accept I/O traffic (on non-sequential storage devices).
Step 5 Click the Apply button.

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Planning Your Storage Configuration

Planning Your Storage Configuration

Before beginning your storage configuration, you should plan the storage usage. Use the VFrame Site
Planning Guide and the topology provided by your Cisco representative.

Verifying the Current Capacity of Your Storage Device

It is important to understand that the type of topology you can achieve is partially dictated by the amount
of storage and WWPN registrations that are available on your storage device.

Step 1 The first step is to determine how many World Wide Port Name (WWPN) registrations can be added to
your device. Every storage device has a limited number of WWPNs that can be registered to each Storage
Processor (SP) port and the whole device. Check the specifications for your device to determine
registration limit.
Step 2 The next step is to determine the number of initiators that are already registered on the SP ports so that
you know how many registration entries remain.

Verifying the Number of Initiators Needed for your Configuration

As a general guideline, use the following to determine the number of initiators that need to be available
on your storage device:
Registrants for One SP = Number of gateway ports in a port pool that can see an SP port per Virtual
Server. (See Figure 4-1.)

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Locating and Documenting the WWN of the Director

Figure 4-1 Plan for the Number of Initiator Registrations

Viewing the Number of WWPNs Registered for all Storage Groups

View all the World Wide Port Names (WWPNs) registered on all storage groups for storage processor B.
./Navisphere/bin/navicli -h io-cx700-spa storagegroup -list | grep SP B.*3 | wc -l

Locating and Documenting the WWN of the Director

To locate and document the WWN, follow these steps:

Step 1 Locate the WWN of the Director. The WWN is a value made up of both the WWNN and WWPN.
a. Launch VFrame, if you have not already done so.
b. Click VFrame Directors in the navigation tree.
c. Click the Instances tab. The VFrame Director Instances window appears.
d. Click the name of the Director. The Director Instance Properties window appears.
e. Click the WWNs tab. (See Figure 4-2.)

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Creating a Storage Group

Figure 4-2 World Wide Port Names (WWPNs) for the Director

Step 2 Copy the WWPNs for the Directors into a text file for later use.

Creating a Storage Group

To create a storage group, follow this step:

Step 1 Create one Storage Group for the Director and all Virtual Servers.
./navicli -h 10.2.0.218 storagegroup -setpath -o -gname VF_Cluster

Adding the WWPNs of the Director into the Storage Group

You can add one of more WWPN to the storage group.

Adding the First Director WWPN to one SP Port

To add a director WWPN to an SP port, follow these steps:

Step 1 Add the first Director WWN (both the WWNN and WWPN), as shown in Figure 4-2.

Note Use this same step to add additional directors.

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(Optional) Adding the WWPNs for Redundant Director

The following example shows one of the Director WWNs being added to storage group VF_Cluster
through storage process (SP) B. The node in this example is named vf_Director_1.
./navicli -h 10.3.1.130 storagegroup -setpath -o -gname VF_Cluster -hbauid
2f:ff:00:05:ad:01:82:29:2f:ff:00:05:ad:05:82:29 -sp B -spport 3 -type 0x03 -host
vf_Director_1 -ip 1.1.1.1 -failovermode 1 -arraycommpath 0

Viewing the Number of WWPNs Registered for the Storage Group

After each WWPN entry, verify that the entry has been registered correctly.
The following example displays the WWPN count on Storage Processor (SP) b3 for a specific Storage
Group named VF_Cluster.
./navicli -h io-cx700-spa storagegroup -list -gname VF_Cluster | grep SP B.*3 | wc -l

Adding the First Director WWPN to Additional SP Port(s)

In most configurations the Director access all SP ports that are being used in the VFrame environment,
but the Virtual Server may only access certain SP ports.

Step 1 Add the WWPN through additional SP ports if you want the Director to access LUNs through multiple
target ports.
In this example, the Director is granted access to SP A:
./navicli -h 10.3.1.130 storagegroup -setpath -o -gname VF_Cluster -hbauid
2f:ff:00:05:ad:01:82:29:2f:ff:00:05:ad:05:82:29 -sp A -spport 3 -type 0x03 -host
vf_Director_1 -ip 1.1.1.1 -failovermode 1 -arraycommpath 0

(Optional) Adding the WWPNs for Redundant Director

Step 1 Locate the WWNs for the standby Director, if one has been configured, as described in step 1 above
Step 2 Add all standby Director WWNs to all SP ports through which you want the host to access LUNs.
a. Repeat Step 1 above for the standby Director.

Adding Virtual Servers to Storage Device

Step 1 Locate the WWNs for a Virtual Server and add it to the storage group that you created in step 1. Make
sure that you have carefully planned the storage target through which you want to grant access.

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Adding Virtual Servers to Storage Device

Step 2 Choose one of two possible methods to register the WWPN of the Virtual Server into the storage device:
a. Manually enter the WWPN into storage, as described in “Adding the WWPNs of the Director into the
Storage Group” on page 4.
b. Force the Virtual Server to persistently log into the storage device so that the WWPN value is
discovered in storage. The persistent login is accomplished by enabling Diagnostic Mode for the
Virtual Server.
To enable Diagnostic Mode for a Virtual Server:
– Click on your new group the Virtual Server Group menu. The Virtual Servers tab appears for
the VS Group.
– Check the box for the Virtual Server you want to add and select Enable Diagnostic Mode for
Selected Virtual Server(s) from the drop-down menu. The Virtual Server General tab appears.
– Note that only one Virtual Server can be selected at a time.
– Click the Diagnostic Report button in the Virtual Server General tab.
– The report shows the assigned storage configuration for the Virtual Server and verifies that
storage has been configured correctly.
– The Virtual Server should now be logged into the storage device, and will remain logged in until
you exit diagnostic mode. You can change the FC zoning, or modify the SRP configuration.
– Remove the Virtual Server from Diagnostic Mode before assigning it to any physical server.

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