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6 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003Numerous controller parameters are also changed to optimize for sequential orrandom I/O

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 7 When your array is on a public network, it is susceptible to viruses, worms, andother malware att

8 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003FIGURE 2 Two DAS ConfigurationsThe actual number of servers that can be connected varie

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 9The SAN can also support multiple Sun StorEdge 3510 FC arrays. Increasing thenumber of StorEdge arr

10 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003FIGURE 3 Increasing CapacityFirst StepsThere are two simple yet effective approaches f

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 11environment. For environments with different server configurations, choose thesolution that best m

12 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003Non-Redundant DAS ConfigurationsNote – Using single connections between Sun StorEdge 3

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 13Non-Redundant DAS Tips and Techniques A Sun StorEdge 3510 FC array with a single controller can b

14 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003Non-Redundant DAS Setup DetailsFIGURE 5 Non-Redundant DAS ConnectionsThe general proce

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 155. Map Logical Drive 0 to controller channel 0.6. Map Logical Drive 1 (if created) to controller c

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16 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003High-Availability DAS Tips and Techniques A Sun StorEdge 3510 FC array with two contr

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 17High-Availability DAS Setup DetailsFIGURE 7 High-Availability DAS ConnectionsThe general procedure

18 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 20032. Connect expansion units if needed.3. Configure cache optimization.4. Ensure fibre c

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 19Full-Fabric SAN ConfigurationsFIGURE 8 Typical Full-Fabric SAN ConfigurationTABLE 5 Configuration

20 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003Full-Fabric SAN Tips and Techniques In the fabric SAN configuration, the switches com

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 21Diagram showing a full-fabric SAN configurationFIGURE 9 Full-fabric SAN connectionsTABLE 6 Setup S

22 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003The general procedure for creating this configuration follows.1. Check the position of

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 23High-Performance SAN ConfigurationsFIGURE 10 Typical High-Performance SAN ConfigurationsTABLE 7 Co

24 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003High-Performance SAN Tips and Techniques In the high-performance SAN configuration, t

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 25Diagram showing high-performance SAN connectionsFIGURE 11 High-Performance SAN ConnectionsThe gene

iiiContentsOverview 1Introduction 2Overview 3Fibre Channel Architecture 3Fibre Channel Protocols 3Supported RAID Levels 4Logical Drives 4Cache Optimiz

26 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 20032. Connect expansion units if needed.3. Configure cache optimization.4. Ensure fibre c

iv Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003High-Availability DAS Tips and Techniques 16High-Availability DAS Setup Details 17Full

1Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge3510 FC ArrayThis document highlights Fibre Channel (FC) best practices which apply to the SunStorEdge 3510 FC ar

2 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003IntroductionThere are two popular methods for connecting storage to servers. The origi

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 3OverviewFibre Channel ArchitectureThe Sun StorEdge 3510 FC array RAID controller has six fibre chan

4 Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003In a point-to-point configuration, only one ID can be assigned to each host channel.If

Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array 5With at least one LD assigned to each controller, both controllers are active. Thisconfiguration is