1. Storage Automation for BAO
by Sentry Software
Bertrand Martin
Prethevechand Thiyagarajan

2. Agenda Introduction Getting started Use cases Products Architecture
Features Overview
Supported Devices
Use cases
Environment Discovery
Provision storage for a server
Decommission a server

3. Sentry Software Sentry Software BMC Technology Alliance References
R&D company
Specialized in hardware and SAN
Develops solutions that complements BMC’s offering
Monitoring (BPPM) and Automation (BAO)
BPPM modules for EMC, Hitachi, HP, IBM, NetApp, Brocade, Cisco
BAO adapters for EMC, Hitachi, IBM, Brocade, Cisco
BMC Exclusive
Since 2004
BMC Technology Alliance
BMC MarketZone Direct
Products licensed as a BMC product
Same support and maintenance condition
One point of contact: BMC
References
500 customers around the globe
Biggest outsourcers, banks, telco, industry, etc.

4. Terminology Storage System Storage Pool Volume Storage Group
A entity that provides storage space, usually connected to a SAN through a couple controllers
An actual disk array (Clariion, Symmetrix, AMS, VSP)
A virtualization controller (V-Plex, VSP)
Storage Pool
Logical storage entity from which volumes are created
RAID Group: Physical array of disks grouped in a RAID configuration
Thin Pool: Thin Provisioning Pool, same as a RAID Group with additional thin provisioning capabilities
Volume
A storage volume allocated from a storage pool
Mapped by a host as a local physical disk
Storage Group
Logical entity grouping volumes, hosts and controller ports
Also known as SCSI Protocol Controllers
Defines the mapping (and masking) of volumes to hosts
All hosts in a Storage Group can access all volumes from the same group
Zone (zoning)
SAN-connected systems allowed by the SAN switch to “see” each others
Defined with ports or WWNs
WWN
Equivalent of the MAC address and/or IP address on a SAN network

5. Storage Automation by Sentry Software
Adapters for BAO
BAOAA for EMC Storage
BAOAA for Hitachi Storage
BAOAA for IBM DS 6000, DS 8000 Series Storage
BAOAA for DELL Compellent Storage
BAOAA for Brocade SAN
BAOAA for Cisco SAN
Main Objective: Make BAO able to interact with storage systems
Collect information about disk arrays, volumes and LUNs mapping
Integrate storage allocation into your provisioning workflows
Automate routine SAN maintenance tasks
Virtualize the provisioning processes across multiple storage vendors
Allocate storage based on service levels in your private cloud
Key Features
Collect Information on storage systems, disks, LUNs, and Storage Pools
Provision LUNs and configure the mapping with hosts
Decommission LUNs and de-configure Storage Groups
Integrate with BMC Storage Management module
Supported Storage Systems
EMC Symmetrix, Clariion, VNX
Hitachi AMS, USP, USP-V, VSP
IBM DS 6000, DS 8000 Series
Brocade SAN
Cisco MDS, Nexus

6. Architecture (EMC)

7. Architecture (Hitachi)

8. Architecture (IBM)

9. Architecture (DELL Compellent)

10. Architecture (Brocade)

11. Architecture (Cisco)

12. Features Overview Collect Information Provision Decommission
Disk arrays
Storage pools
LUNs
Settings
Provision
Associate LUNs with hosts (FC or iSCSI)
Decommission
Disassociate LUNs from hosts
Integration
Interface for an easy integration into BMC’s Adapter for Storage Management

13. Use Case: Environment Discovery
Discover the available storage systems
Get Storage System
Name, model, serial number
Size, consumed and available capacity
Discover the available storage pools
Get Pool
Name, type

14. Use Case: SAN Switch Zoning
Inputs
WWNs of the server and storage system
Workflow
Find the active zone configuration, create one if none
Create the zone
Add zone to zone configuration and activate
Output
Status

15. Use Case: Provision Storage for a Server
Inputs
Array Name
Storage Pool Name
Size
WWNs of the server
Workflow
Creates the LUN
Gets the list of controller ports
For each controller port
creates a Storage Group
that contains the WWNs
and the new LUN
Output
Status

16. Use Case: Decommission a Server
Inputs
WWNs of the server
Workflow
For each Storage Groups containing the WWNs
Remove WWN from Storage Group
If no remaining WWN, delete Storage Group
For each volume associated to the WWNs
If not member of any Storage Group, delete
Output
Status

17. Use Case: Service Levels
get-storage-pool
RAID type
Number of underlying disks
Disk type
Space guaranteed
get-disk
get-port
Ports speed
get-storage-group
Redundant ports
Storage Service Level Criteria
Performance
Applies on
RAID Type
Storage Pool
Number of Underlying Disks
Disk Type
Ports Speed
Storage System
Protection
Redundant ports
Storage System/LUN
Space guaranteed

18. Use Case: Provisioning Based on a Service Level
Inputs
size-bytes
raid-type
number-of-disks
disk-type
port-speed
number-of-ports
space-guaranteed
get-storage-system
Search for the storage systems with enough available space
get-port
Keep only those with the appropriate port speed
get-storage-pool
For each storage system, list the storage pools
Keep only those with the appropriate RAID type, disk type, number of disks, space guaranteed or not, and available space
create-zone
For each port of the selected storage system
For each WWN of the host
create-lun
Create the LUN in the identified storage pool
create-storage-group
Map the LUN to a host through the appropriate number of controller ports

19. Roadmap August 2012 October 2012 January 2013 June 2013 September 2013
BAOAA for Brocade SAN v1.0.00
October 2012
BAOAA for Cisco SAN v1.0.00
BAOAA for DELL Compellent v1.0.00
BAOAA for IBM DS6000, DS8000 v1.0.01
January 2013
BAOAA for Hitachi v1.0.02
June 2013
BAOAA for Symantec NetBackup v1.0.00
September 2013
BAOAA for HP BladeSystem
2013 H2
BAOAA for HP 3Par
BAOAA for IBM XiV
BAOAA for IBM SVC, v7000

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