IBM SAN: IBM 8000 SERIES

1. Explain architecture of DS 8000

DS 8000 is the enterprise level data storage system for IBM. It is the combination of Base Frame
and Expansion frames. It is high performance and high capacity storage system.

Base frame contains hardware components like

1. Fans plenum : Used to maintain the temp of entire storage box

2. DE(Disk Enclosures) : 8100,8300,8700 consists of 8 DE’s & 8800, 8870 consists of 10 DE”s.
For EXP : 8100=16,8300=16+16+16+8,8700=16+16+16+8,consists of DE’s &
8800=14+20+20,, 8870 =14+20+20,, consists of DE”s.

3. Each DE contains 2 FC switches , each FC switch contains 20 -32 ports depending on the
model. 16 Fc ports => 16 DDMS, 2 => reserved, 1=>DA, 1->DE to DE(for 20), 32 FC ports
24 DDMS, 2 => reserved, 2- > DA’s ,2-> DE to DE,2-> FC switch internal connectivity

4. HMC  Hardware Management Console is a technology created by IBM to provide a

standard interface for configuring and operating partitioned and SMP systems such as IBM
System i, IBM System p, IBM System z, and IBM Power Systems. ...

5. 2 Ethernet Switches  Each switch consists of 8 ports from that 2 ports HMC, 2 -> CEC’s
,2-> FSP, 2-> reserved

6. Processor Complex  It consists of two processor Units, each Unit consists of Processor
with cache and NVS.

Processors are : IBM eServer, Power 5 to power 7+ with different speeds, CACHE Size is : 128
GB- 1 TB.

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 7. I/o Enclosures : Base Frame Consists of 4 I/O Enclosures: Each I/O consists of 6 slots

1. HA 2. HA 3. DA 4.HA 5. HA 6. DA

8. Each HA (Host Adaptor) consists of 4 ports with 4 Gbps , DA’s (Disk Adaptor)consists of 4
ports with 4 gbps

9. For 8800, 8870 Each HA (Host Adaptor) consists of 8 ports (2 HA’s) with 8 Gbps , DA’s (Disk
Adaptor)consists of 4 ports (2 DA’s)with 8 gbps

10. RPC -> RACK POWER CONTROLLER,used to maintain the power of entire box . Like Power
Fluctuations

11. PPS -> Primary Power Supply

12. BBU’S -> Battery backup Unit, DC-UPS only for 8870

Data Flow In DS 8000 :

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DAISY CHAIN : Connectivity between DE DE , this connectivity is used for Expanding the Storage ,
also used for to reduce DA port connectivity .

DA Pair : It is used to connect 2 DA’S to DE . 1 DA Pair contains 4 DE’ Pair. 1 DA pair contains 192
disks.(FOR 8800,8870)

RIOG (Remote Input Output Group): It is a Loop connectivity between Processor Complex and I/O
Enclosures.

PCIE ( Peripheral Component Interconnect Express): It’s a point-point connectivity between

processors and I/O Enclosrues

Note :

 It increases performance of the processor ( More I/O’s), because of 1-1 connectivity.

 If 1 connectivity fails doesn’t effect to the system.

 It Diagnosis the hardware failure of processor, if any failure occurs it will directly intimate to the
HMC through FSP (Flexible Service Processor).

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  If we want to do any configuration changes or config upload need to intimate to the vendor of
the box we need to download and saved it in FTP through HMC with the help of FSP we can
make changes on Processors.

VIRTULIZATION :
Definition : virtualization means to create a virtual version of a device or resource , physically one
logically multiple

(or)

Abstraction process from the physical disk drives to a Logical volume that is presented to Hosts &
Servers in a way that they see it as through it were a physical disk.

(or)

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Virtualization : (Storage Allocation)

Virtualization in DS 8000- CLI :

Array Site: Collecting of 8 disks from 2 different DE’s ( 4 From Each DE) at Vendor Level.

Array : Defining of RAID type on Array site.( 5,6,10 only)

Rank : Creating a Storage Type as CKD(0.94 GB)/ FB (1 GB) from array.

Extent pool : Collection of Extents (From Rank group)

Each Rank should be same RAID type for Redundancy.

Extent pool consists of 16 Address Groups, each address group consists of 16 LSS , and each LSS consists of 0-255
LUN’s (256)

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LSS(Logical Storage Sub System) : It is a space which is equally portioned into fixed sizes. To allocate Hosts.

Volume : Storage space which is created from the extent pool to allocate host where host can write & read the
data .

Command Line Interface :

Login to DS8000 :

>DSCLI -hmc1 < IP OF STORAGE ARRAY> -username <user> -pwd <password>

To see the Array sites :

>lsarraysite –l
Arsite DA Pair dkcap (10^9B) State Array
=============================================
S01 0 146.0 Unassigned -
S02 0 146.0 Unassigned -
S03 0 500.0 Unassigned -
S04 0 500.0 Unassigned -

>mkarray –raidtype <5/6/10> -arsite <particular site>

>lsarray –l

Array State Data RAIDtype arsite Rank DA Pair DDMcap (10^9B)

=====================================================================
A0 Unassigned Normal 5 (6+P+S) S1 - 0 146.0
A1 Unassigned Normal 5 (6+P+S) S2 - 0 146.0
A2 Unassigned Normal 5 (6+P+S) S1 - 0 500.0
A3 Unassigned Normal 5 (6+P+S) S2 - 0 500.0

>mkrank –stgtype <fb/ckd> -array <array name>

>lsrank –l
ID Group State Datastate Array RAIDtype
IBM.2107-75FA120/R1 0 Normal Normal A1 5
IBM.2107-75FA120/R2 0 Normal Normal A2 5
IBM.2107-75FA120/R3 0 Normal Normal A3 5
IBM.2107-75FA120/R4 0 Normal Normal A4 5

>mkextpool –rankgrp <0/1> -stgtype <fb/ckd> -extpool <extpool name>

Note : o/1  Server 0= Even LSS allocated to CEC0

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 Server 1= odd LSS allocated to CEC1

>lsextpool –l
Name ID stgtype rankgrp
==============================
ckd-S0-T1 P0 ckd 0
ckd-S1-T1 P1 ckd 1
ckd-S0-T3 P2 ckd 0
ckd-S1-T3 P3 ckd 1

> chrank -extpool P0 R0 (po means-> pool ID, R0 means -> Rank group Id)

>mkfbvol –extpool <pool id> -cap <size> < units gb/tb> -volname
<lssid:lunid>

> mkfbvol -extpool P0 -name W2K#h -cap 50 -volgrp VG-W01 1200-1207

>mkhostconnect –wwpn <host> -volgrp <name> -profile <AIX/LINUX> hostname

Ex: mkhostconnect -wwname 12341234000A000F -hosttype VMWare host_1_port_1.

Copy Services in DS 8000:

1.Local
2.Remote
Local Copy Services :
Flash copy : point in time image copy within the storage unit.

a)Persistent flash copy: Full copy / Volume copy( source and

target volumes should be in same size)
b)Incremental flash copy : Modified data only copied from source
to target
c)Multiple relationship: 1 source to 12 targets

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2.Remote Copy Services :
Global copy : It is an asynchronous remote copy service No
limited distance.

Metro Mirror :it is a Synchronous copy service with in 300 kms.

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When ever data sends from the Host to primary storage , after
reaching the primary storage primary wills send data to the
secondary storage. After reaching Complete data to the target ,
then target will send acknowledgement to primary then primary
will send ack to host.
Global Mirror :
it is an asynchronous copy service across remote data centers.
With Unlimited distance feature used for disaster recovery

Remote Copy Services CLI:

Flash Copy :
>mkflash –dev <id of device> SVol:TVOl

Path establish between source and target:

>mkpprcpath –dev <devid> -srcLSS <ID> -tgLSS <ID> -remoteserver <wwn>
<sourceport LSS ID : target LSS ID>

Metro Mirror:
> mkpprc –dev <id> -remotedev <ID> -type mmrr <sourceVolid:targetVolid>

Global Copy :

> mkpprc –dev <id> -remotedev <ID> -type gcp <sourceVolid:targetVolid>

Global Mirror:

> mkgmr pvol:svol –remote wwpn

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