D-Link xStack Storage DSN-4000 Series, Manual

Page 1: ...D Link Systems Inc Page 1 December 2 2009 D Link System Inc xStack Storage DSN Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3 0 2 3 5 Rev A...

Page 2: ...ence herein to any specific commercial products process or service by trade name trademark manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement recommendation or favoring...

Page 3: ...e and skills to set up and maintain The Fibre Channel storage network starts with the fabric which involves the use of FC host bus adapters HBAs in each server connected by fiber cables to one or more...

Page 4: ...onal RAID Best of all D Link s iSCSI storage arrays are affordable Provision your storage from a single pool of available storage There is no need to dedicate drive groups or entire arrays to RAID typ...

Page 5: ...SX 3 0 2 3 5 D Link Systems Inc Page 5 December 2 2009 The D Link DSN 1100 10 iSCSI SAN The D Link DSN 2100 10 iSCSI SAN The D Link DSN 3200 10 3400 10 iSCSI SAN The D Link DSN 5110 10 5210 10 5410 10...

Page 6: ...ernel which supports VMotion traffic as well as iSCSI packets For a two NIC system it is recommended that the NICs be teamed as shown in Figure 2 This provides NIC cable failover and iSCSI traffic loa...

Page 7: ...xStack Storage DSN Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3 0 2 3 5 D Link Systems Inc Page 7 December 2 2009 Figure 2 ESX Two NIC Configuration for iSCSI Figure 3 ESX Four NIC Configuration for iSCSI...

Page 8: ...er page enter the IP address of the iSCSI storage array and change the Port from its 3260 default if necessary Configure Target Storage Array and Create the LUNs First the LUNs that will be assigned t...

Page 9: ...QL Server database on each VM is created on that VM s local disk so it too is stored on the LUN Since the database size 1 GB exceeds the memory available to the VM 512 MB SQL Server will have to acces...

Page 10: ...xStack Storage DSN Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3 0 2 3 5 D Link Systems Inc Page 10 December 2 2009 Figure 4 Basic Setup typical servers switch and xStack Storage DSN 3200 10 iSCSI SAN Solution...

Page 11: ...TORAGE CONNECTIVITY With the introduction of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 0 several new storage connectivity options were introduced This section covers the available storage options and reviews se...

Page 12: ...ater than the default See Figure 6 Figure 6 Disk LUN Formatting iSCSI IP SAN Connectivity As a best practice D Link recommends separating iSCSI traffic from other IP network traffic by implementing a...

Page 13: ...xStack Storage DSN Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3 0 2 3 5 D Link Systems Inc Page 13 December 2 2009 Figure 7 Add Network Wizard VMKernel for TCP IP and iSCSI...

Page 14: ...xStack Storage DSN Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3 0 2 3 5 D Link Systems Inc Page 14 December 2 2009 Figure 8 VMKernel Network Access...

Page 15: ...Series SAN Arrays VMware ESX 3 0 2 3 5 D Link Systems Inc Page 15 December 2 2009 Figure 9 Firewall Properties Enabling Software iSCSI Client via Port 3260 Figure 10 Initial iSCSI Software Adapter Co...

Page 16: ...or a recommendation but rather a consideration when designing dense storage solutions The benefits of iSCSI HBAs are best realized because the storage arrays will have a higher aggregated I O load th...

Page 17: ...imilar to ESX 3 0 2 Server in the above configuration However there are some basic differences noted in this section This section lists the steps required to configure the software initiator on the VM...

Page 18: ...lick on Properties The Firewall Properties box appears Figure 13 Firewall Properties Window 3 Check Software iSCSI Client 4 Select Configuration Storage Adapters on the ESX server 5 Select iSCSI softw...

Page 19: ...roperties window appears 7 Under the general tab select Configure tab Select the Enabled checkbox and click OK Select Close Figure 15 iSCSI software initiator properties window 8 Select iSCSI software...

Page 20: ...mber 2 2009 9 Select Properties under storage adapters Select Dynamic Discovery Select Add Provide the IP address of the xStack Storage iSCSI Data Port and click OK There may be a slight delay before...

Page 21: ...ESX server Figure 18 iSCSI target and LUNs as visible through VI client 2 Go to the configuration tab and select Storage Click on Add Storage select Disk Lun and click Next Select the newly added sto...

Page 22: ...ou elect to put your SAN on a normal communications network be prepared for the day when you will need to move it One case in which you may wish to put one leg of your SAN on a corporate network is wh...

Page 23: ...l iSCSI solution and is ideal for customers who have file intensive environments and are looking to deploy virtualization for a small subset of application data As proven in various implementations th...