Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block Upon completion of this module, you should be able to: Identify Windows connectivity limits and guidelines Describe the implementation of VNX Fibre Channel connections to a Windows host Describe the implementation of VNX iSCSI connections to a Windows host Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block1

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block This lesson covers the following topics: Windows system limits and guidelines Windows HBA utilities Windows data alignment Lesson 1: Windows Storage Connectivity Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block2

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Connectivity: Requirements One or more VNX storage systems One or more Windows hosts Supported HBAs, HBA drivers, switches and cables Correctly configured switch zoning Correctly configured network A management station in the environment  Supported host and OS  Supported browser  Supported JRE  Network connectivity to storage systems 3Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Connectivity: Best Practices Use storage system-based RAID RAID type should be based on Application I/O pattern Use basic disks 8 kB page size for MS 2007 Exchange and 16kB for MS 2010 Exchange Align LUN on a 1024 kB boundary with Diskpart when needed 4Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. OneCommand Manager: Port Information Tab Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block 5

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. OneCommand Manager: Target Mapping tab 6Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Qlogic SANsurfer: Information VNX port WWPN 7Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Data Alignment Alignment of data to LUN structure Important when OS writes data to beginning of LUN Misaligned data  causes disk crossings  may not allow stripe alignment of large, uncached writes Windows 2008 and 2012 automatically aligns partitions at the 1 MB boundary  no user intervention is required  Refer to Microsoft KB Article Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Aligning Data with diskpart 2,048 sectors (specified with diskpart) reserved by Windows 4KB user data block First 5 stripes on a 4+1 R5 LUN 9Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Disk Alignment: Diskpart on a Windows Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block During this lesson the following topics were covered: Windows system limits and guidelines Windows HBA utilities Windows data alignment Lesson 1: Summary Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block11

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block This lesson covers the following topics: VNX Fibre Channel connections to a Windows Host VNX FCoE connections to a Windows Host VNX iSCSI connections to a Windows Host Lesson 2: Windows FC and iSCSI Connectivity Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block12

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Viewing Block Storage Ports Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block13

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Initiator Registration Records: Fibre Number of initiators is model dependent An initiator is an HBA or CNA port that can access the storage system Some HBAs and CNAs have two ports Each path consumes one initiator record Access from a server to an SP in a storage system can be: Single path Multipath Alternate path 14 Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Initiator Registration Records Format: Fibre Channel Hostname Host IP address Host HBA WWNs  128 bit number - WWNN + WWPN VNX port WWNs  128 bit number - WWNN + WWPN Operating system type  Allows appropriate response to host SCSI commands 15 Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Unisphere Host Initiators: Fibre Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block 16

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Initiator Information: Fibre 17Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Viewing SP Fibre Channel Port Properties 18Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Server and FCoE CNA Adapters Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block 19

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Initiator Registration Records: iSCSI Names iSCSI address  Uniquely identifies nodes  Two variations  iqn. – iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN)  iqn com.emc:cx.fnm a5  iqn com.emc:cx.fnm b5  eui. – Extended Unique Identifier (EUI)  eui AEA5574E 20 Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Unisphere Host Initiators: iSCSI Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block21

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Initiator Information: iSCSI Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block 22

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Viewing iSCSI Front-end Port Properties Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block23

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block During this lesson the following topics were covered: VNX Fibre Channel connections to a Windows Host VNX FCoE connections to a Windows Host VNX iSCSI connections to a Windows Host Lesson 2: Summary Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block24

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block This lesson covers the following topics: Implementing Windows FC connectivity Implementing Windows iSCSI connectivity Lesson 3: Implementing Windows Connectivity Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block25

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Connectivity Steps Check and validate all host to VNX connectivity (FC and iSCSI) OCManager utility (Emulex) SANsurfer (Qlogic) Unisphere Host Initiator option Unisphere Server Utility Create a storage group, add LUNs and connect your Windows host Run Windows Disk Management Rescan or reboot may be required Initialize the disk Write signature on disk (LUN) Add drive letter(s) Format the disk (LUN) Write data to the disk (LUN) Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block26

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Host Registration Automatically Manually Registration makes a host known to the storage system Fabric logins tell the VNX which ports and HBAs are connected iSCSI logins tell the VNX which ports and initiators (hardware or software based) are connected Connectivity depends on the protocol being used: 27 Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Unisphere Host Agent The Unisphere Host Agent tells the VNX about either the:  Hostname and HBA WWNs  Hostname and Host IQN or EUI 28 Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. EMC Unisphere Server Utility 29Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Creating a Storage Group 30Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Adding LUNs to a Storage Group 31Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Adding Hosts to a Storage Group 32Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows 2012 Disk Management: Online Disk 33Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Window 2012 Disk Management 34Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block During this lesson the following topics were covered: Implementing Windows FC connectivity Implementing Windows iSCSI connectivity Lesson 3: Summary Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block35

Copyright © 2014 EMC Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Summary Key points covered in this module: Connectivity requirements include:  Supported HBAs, HBA drivers, vendor management software, and proper cabling to the fabric switches.  Fabric switches properly configured and zoned  Management station with supported OS, Web Browser, Java, and network connectivity to the VNX. Several configuration are key to successful host integration, such as initiator records and port properties Steps to implement Windows connectivity in both a Fibre Channel and iSCSI environment Windows Host Installation and Integration for Block36