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Demo Lab Guide – Compellent

SC4020 Feature Walk-through

Product Domain: Storage

Author: Joseph Correia Version: 1.01 Date: 22/01/2016

Table of Contents 1 Product Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 3

1.1 Lab Preparation Considerations and Caveats ....................................................................................... 4

2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

2.1 Lab Topology and Essential Information................................................................................................. 5

2.1.1 Element Access ........................................................................................................................................... 6

3 Compellent SC4020 ............................................................................................................................................. 8

3.1 Ease of Use and Automation – Volume Management ............................................................ 8

3.1.1 Create a new volume ............................................................................................................................ 9

3.1.2 Map volume to a server ....................................................................................................................... 11

3.1.3 View the volume in Windows ........................................................................................................... 14

3.1.4 5.3.6 Create a new Datastore ............................................................................................................ 17

3.1.5 5.3.7 Expand the Datastore ................................................................................................................ 22

3.1.6 5.3.8 Delete a Datastore .................................................................................................................... 23

3.1.7 Add a Raw Device Mapping to a Virtual Machine ....................................................................... 24

3.1.8 Delete a RDM ...........................................................................................................................................27

3.1.9 VM Storage Profiles ............................................................................................................................... 28

3.1.10 Delete VM Storage Profiles ................................................................................................................ 32

3.2 Data Protection ..................................................................................................................................... 34

3.2.1 Create a Manual Replay ....................................................................................................................... 34

3.2.2 Delete Files to Simulate Recovery Need ...................................................................................... 35

3.2.3 Local Recovery ...................................................................................................................................... 36

3.2.4 Delete the View Volume .....................................................................................................................37

3.2.5 Create a Replication ............................................................................................................................. 38

3.2.6 Viewing Replications ........................................................................................................................... 40

3.2.7 Reporting and Alerting (Managing) .................................................................................................. 41

3.2.8 How do I see what’s going on? ...................................................................................................... 43

3.2.9 Alerts and Thresholds Configuration ............................................................................................. 47

3.2.10 Chargeback .................................................................................................................................... 49

1 Product Overview

To compete with big business, you need efficient, real-time data access to quickly turn customer

interactions into transactions and information into insights. The Dell Storage SC4020 puts the high IOPs

and low latency your applications demand within reach.

Consider these top features:

- Auto-tuned for maximum performance and cost-savings based on real-time usage information

- FLASH-optimized for affordable all-flash or hybrid SSD/HDD deployments

- Fiber Channel or iSCSI SAN support included, with high-performance scale-out NAS option

- Perpetual software licensing for low lifecycle costs

- Award-winning Copilot Support

1.1 Lab Preparation Considerations and Caveats

It is in your best interests to ensure the demo environment you will be demonstrating is clean & tidy

before you begin. For this reason we would recommend, where possible, you log in to your demo at least

15 minutes prior to delivery and check the following;

1. Familiarize yourself with the environment during this time and check any specific features you are

expecting to demo.

2. Most importantly, be crystal clear with yourself on what it is you plan to show. A full demo of every

feature described below (with questions) can take several hours. If you only have a short time slot

be sure to focus on the key points that address the customer’s pain points and will drive value home

to them.

3. Ensure that you have scheduled the demo for sufficient time so as not to have the demo end before

you are finished with the customer.

Any other guidance on how the user should prepare for the lab can be added here. If there are limitation

or something the user should be aware of call out also.

2 Introduction

In this addendum you will find the demos suggested to use during module 6.There are six (6) unique

demos with internal labs using six (6) different types of Dell technology. Each demo will supply additional

information that you will use in conjunction with the basic demo tasks listed.

The purpose of this document is to provide the Dell Technical Sales force with the tools they need to

deliver an effective live demonstration of the Dell Compellent Storage Center v6.3 capabilities. These

include – but are not limited to – the following elements:

- Storage Center System Manager 6.3 web interface (SCSM)

- Enterprise Manager 6.3 (EM)

- Compellent vCenter Plug-in 1.5.3/2.0

2.1 Lab Topology and Essential Information

2.1.1 Element Access

Logging into Enterprise Manager:

On the desk top double click on the Enterprise Manager Client icon and enter the following details when

prompted:

- Username: Admin

- Password: password

Note: Host/IP and Web Server port will be pre-populated and should not be changed.

Logging into vCenter Server:

Double-click the vSphere client icon. The Client will log you in automatically.

Logging into Storage Center:

Double-click on the Compellent Storage Center icon and enter the following details when prompted:

- Username: Admin

3 Compellent SC4020

3.1 Ease of Use and Automation – Volume Management

In this demo you will be performing the following tasks:

- Create a New Volume

- Map a Volume to Server

- View the Volume in Windows

- Create a New Datastore

- Add a Raw Device Mapping to a VM

- Delete a Raw Mapping Device

- VM Storage Profiles

- Delete VM Storage Profiles

Gotha’s:

- Although it is true that we do not pre-allocate space on the volume there are always some

pages pre-allocated in the page-pool in order to ensure high performance when receiving new

writes. Be sure to use the correct language when describing the zero pre-allocation of space.

- Create a volume that is 2TB or smaller. Although Windows supports volumes larger than 2TB,

these disks need to be initiated as GPT disks and this adds another step to the process.

Remember we are trying to demonstrate simplicity and ease of use so the fewer steps the

better.

3.1.1 Create a new volume 1. From the System Explorer in the Storage Center GUI, expand the Storage view, right click Volumes

and select Create Volume. The New Volume wizard opens.

2. The Volume Size screen is displayed. Enter the desired size. Click Continue.

Note: Dynamic Capacity allows a virtual volume that can be larger than the available

physical disk space

3. The Replay Profile screen is displayed. Select the desired replay profiles. Click Continue.

4. The Volume Folder screen is displayed. Create a new folder if desired (this will open a new

dialogue box). Enter volume name: Demo Volume 1. Click Continue.

Note: Volume Folders are an organizational construct to organize volumes. For example,

Exchange volumes, SQL volumes. Volume Folders are optional.

5. The Volume Properties screen in displayed. Review the volume properties and click Create

Now.

3.1.2 Map volume to a server 1. The system asks about mapping a volume to a server, creating a volume, or creating a

server. Choose Map Volume to a Server.

2. The Server Mapping screen is displayed. Select your demo server and click Continue.

3. The Server Mappings screen is displayed. Click Advanced.

4. We can see that the systems have both iSCSI and FC mapping and we want to use just

the FC for this demo so select “Only map using specified server ports”, check the “Limit

ports by transport type” and select “Fibre Channel ports”. Click Continue.

Note: The LUN number in the advanced properties view is the number the server uses to

access the volume

5. Click Create Now.

6. The volume is mapped to the server. Click Close to exit the wizard.

7. Click on the volume and select the Mapping tab to see the connections made between

the volume and the server.

8. Select the Statistics tab to see that – regardless of the size of the volume you created at this

point in time it occupies zero space on the SAN.

Note: When demoing be sure to view the volume properties before the disk is formatted.

Disk formatting will cause some data to be written to disk.

9. Run the Rescan script located on the Desktop.

3.1.3 View the volume in Windows 1. From the Windows Server console, click the Computer Management icon from the

desktop taskbar, or through the Start menu: Start>Programs>Administrative>Computer

Management 2. Select Disk Management from the left hand tree.

3. The newly recognized volumes (seen as new disks) will appear below the existing disks. 4. Right-click Disk # (new disk number name) and select Initialize Disk

5. Right-click the unallocated Space to the right of the Disk # and select New Simple Volume.

6. Walk through the New Simple Volume wizard and accept all of the defaults. On the

Format Partition screen assign the volume a name if desired. Ensure that Perform a Quick

Format is selected.

Note: It will take some time for the format to complete if a Quick Format is not checked but

it will make no difference to the space taken on the SAN. For this reason we always

recommend using Quick Format.

7. Select Next and Finish.

8. Start My Computer, right-click on the new drive and click Properties.

Note: Although the drive has no user data on it at this time it does already contain system

data that occupies disk space.

9. Copy the “1GB of data” folder from the desktop to the new drive. View the volume

properties again in Storage Center.

10. You may need to refresh the GUI in order for the Statistics to update.

Note: Notice that the actual used space on the SAN is twice the size of the Volume Space

used. Since Compellent performs all new writes to RAID10 this is normal and later modules

will detail how to demonstrate the tiering effect of the system.

3.1.4 5.3.6 Create a new Datastore 1. Open the vSphere Client and navigate to Home>Inventory>Hosts and Clusters.

2. Right-click on your ESX host and select Manage Compellent Storage>Add Datastore

3. Select Create New Compellent Volume. Click Next.

4. Enter the Volume Name as My Demo Datastore and choose a volume size. Click

Next.

Note: Although it is possible to select a Volume Folder at this point, it is not possible to

create new Volume Folders from this view. The creation of new Volume Folders must be

performed from the Storage Center or Enterprise Manager GUI.

5. Select the Recommended Storage Profile. Click Next.

Note: Although it is possible to select any Storage Profile at this point – including any

previously created Custom profiles - it is not possible to create new Storage Profiles from this

view. The creation of new Storage Profiles must be performed from the Storage Center or

Enterprise Manager GUI.

6. Select the Daily replay profile and click Next.

Note: Although it is possible to select any Replay Profile at this point – including any previously

created custom profiles - it is not possible to create new Replay Profiles from this view. The

creation of new Replay Profiles must be performed from the Storage Center or Enterprise

Manager GUI.

7. Leave the default LUN number and click Next.

Note: The system will only display LUN numbers that are currently available. LUN numbers

already in use will not be displayed.

8. Select VMFS-5. Click Next.

9. Leave the default datastore name. Click Next.

10. Click Finish.

11. In the Recent Tasks view you will see the progress of the datastore creation and the

rescan of the ESX HBAs.

12. Navigate to Home>Inventory>Datastores and select My Demo Datastore. Select the

Compellent Storage tab.

Note: Compare the information in the various Views (General, Usage Statistics etc.) with the

information in the Storage Center GUI.

3.1.5 5.3.7 Expand the Datastore 1. Right-click on your demo datastore and select Manage Compellent Storage>Expand

Datastore.

2. Enter a new size for the volume. Click Next.

3. Click Finish.

3.1.6 Delete a Datastore 1. Right-click on your demo datastore and select Manage Compellent Storage>Remove Datastore.

2. Select permanently delete and click Next.

Note: In normal operation the recommendation is not to permanently delete volumes but

rather to use the Place in Recycle Bin option. This allows for accidental deletion of volumes

to be rolled back with limited impact.

3. Review the properties of the task and click Finish.

3.1.7 Add a Raw Device Mapping to a Virtual Machine 1. Navigate to Home>Inventory>VMs and Templates. Right-click your demo Virtual Machine

and select Manage Compellent Storage>Add Raw Device.

2. Select the host and click Next.

3. Select Create a New Compellent Volume. Click Next.

4. Assign the volume a name and size. Click Next.

5. Select the Recommended Storage Profile. Click Next.

6. Select the default Daily Replay Profile and click Next.

7. Accept the default LUN number and click Next.

8. Select Physical compatibility mode. Click Next.

9. Review the Raw Device settings and click Finish.

10. Browse to Home>Inventory>VMs and Template and select your demo Virtual Machine

and select the Compellent View.

Note: Compare the difference between the Storage Usage statistics of a Datastore created

via the plug-in with a RDM. Because the RDM does not have any file system data written to it

at this time it will occupy zero space on the SAN until data is written to the drive.

3.1.8 Delete a RDM 1. Navigate to Home>Inventory>VMs and Templates. Right-click your demo Virtual Machine

and select Manage Compellent Storage>Remove Raw Device.

2. Select the RDM previously created and click Next.

3. Select Permanently delete and click Next.

Note: In normal operation the recommendation is not to permanently delete volumes but

rather to use the Place in Recycle Bin option. This allows for accidental deletion of volumes

to be rolled back with limited impact.

3.1.9 VM Storage Profiles 1. Navigate to Home>VM Storage Profiles.

2. Select Create VM Storage Profile.

3. Enter the name Gold Service. Click Next.

4. Select the following Storage Capabilities: High-Performance, Multi-RAID, and Replicated;

Multi-tier, Performance, Replicated and Multi-tier, High-Performance, Replicated. Click Next.

5. Review the VM Storage Profile and click Finish.

6. Repeat the same steps for a Storage Profile called Bronze Service.

7. Select the Multi-tier Storage Capability. Click Next.

8. Navigate to Home>Inventory>Hosts and Clusters. Right-click your host and select New

Virtual Machine.

9. Select Typical. Click Next.

10. Select the Gold Service VM Storage Profile.

Note:– because of the settings of the VM Storage Profile we created earlier – all data stores

show as incompatible.

11. Select the Bronze Service VM Storage Profile

Note: because of the settings of the VM Storage Profile we created earlier – the My Demo

Datastore now shows as compatible.

12. Having demonstrated the VM Storage functionality you can now cancel out of the Create

New Virtual Machine wizard.

3.1.10 Delete VM Storage Profiles 1. Select each of the VM Storage Profiles you created earlier and select Delete VM Storage

Profile.

2. Click Yes.

3.2 Data Protection In this demo you will be performing the following tasks:

- Create a Manual replay

- Delete Files to Simulate Recovery

- Local Recovery

- Delete View Volume

- Create Replication

- Viewing Replications

Gotha’s:

- Some of the older documentation refers to “Unlimited Snapshots”. Although the

snapshot limit is so high as to be effectively limitless for most customers be aware that

there is actually a soft limit today and the terminology used should be “practically

limitless”.

- Be aware of the worst-case scenario for snapshots: that a tiny change to data (4k)

could take 2MB on the SAN due to the page allocation. However explain to the

customer that for applications that have this kind of write profile a 512K page could be

used and that the snapshot overhead will typically reside on T3 disks.

- Snapshots are crash-consistent unless an application-aware technology is being

used to take them. Explain the benefits of Replay Manager.

- Be sure to point out that SAN-based snapshots are not intended to replace traditional

backups and should not be considered an E2E DR solution on their own. For single-

system/single-site environments a traditional backup is still recommend for true DR

coverage.

3.2.1 Create a Manual Replay 1. From the System Explorer in the Storage Center GUI, right-click the volume created in the

previous step. Select Replay > Create Replay.

2. The Replay Expiration screen is displayed. Accept the defaults and click Create Now.

3. Select the volume and click the Replays tab to see the volume’s current Replays including

the manual Replay we just created.

3.2.2 Delete Files to Simulate Recovery Need 1. Navigate to your demo volume and delete some of the files copied earlier.

3.2.3 Local Recovery 1. Return to Storage Center and right-click the manual Replay created above and select

Create Volume from Replay.

Note: Check the Description field to ensure that it is the manual Replay you configured

2. The local recovery screen is displayed. Accept the default View name and click Create

Now.

3. Follow the previous steps to map this volume to you demo server.

4. Run the Rescan script located on the Desktop.

Note: The recovered disk will appear automatically because it has been initialized and formatted. The

server will recognize the volume and will assign the next sequential drive letter automatically.

5. Examine the View Volume’s statistics in the Storage Center and note that – other than the

small amount of space occupied by the new writes to volume it occupies no space on

the SAN, despite containing 500MB of data.

6. From My Computer open the new drive/volume and recover the deleted data.

3.2.4 Delete the View Volume 1. Once your data has been recovered you can delete the View Volume from Storage

Center. Right click the Demo Volume View 1 and select Delete.

2. A warning screen will appear to advise that the volume is currently mapped. Selected Yes

to complete the operation.

Note: Best Practices that the volume should have its drive letter unmapped before it is

removed from the system but it not necessary for the purposes of this demo.

3. Run the Rescan script from the Desktop.

3.2.5 Create a Replication

1. Open the Enterprise Manager Client. You will see your Storage Center and one other

designated for replications. Select your Storage Center, right-click and select

Tasks>Replication>Replicate Volumes.

2. Select the designated replication destination Storage Center and click Next.

3. Select the volume to replicate (your demo volume). Click Next.

4. The Replication Attributes screen is displayed. Accept the default settings and click Next.

Note: Replicate Active Replay, when checked, copies all writes from the active Replay area of

the volume. Deduplication, when checked, copies only the changed portions of the

Replay history on the source volume but is resource intensive.

5. The Replication Summary screen is displayed. Click Finish.

3.2.6 Viewing Replications

1. In the Enterprise Manager Client, click Replications & Live Volume in the left-hand

navigation pane.

2. All current Replications are shown. Select the Replication job you have just created and

the current properties and status will be shown in the bottom pane. Details on the

Replays, Progress and IO Reports can be view by selecting the appropriate tab in this

view.

Note: For recently created replications this data will be minimal.

3.2.7 Reporting and Alerting (Managing) With Enterprise Manager, all local and remote Storage Center systems are discovered using a

single console. This centralized interface provides a complete view of all aspects of the

Storage Center environment, significantly reducing storage administration time.

In this demo you will be performing the following tasks:

- How do I see what’s going on in the system?

- Alerts and Thresholds Configuration

- Chargeback

Note: that clearing alerts from Enterprise Manager does not clear them on the Storage Center

system(s)

Gotchas:

- IO views are updated fairly regularly but the Storage views are not. So be sure to show

information here that is longer term.

3.2.8 How do I see what’s going on?

Alert Management Select the Monitoring tab and show the current Alerts on all of the Storage Centers

selected.

Current Storage Status

Select the Storage tab and select a Storage Center. Click the Summary tab to show the

current Storage status.

Highlight the “Top 10 Fastest Growing Volumes” view to show ease of access to vital data.

Performance Monitoring Select the IO Usage tab to show an overview of the system’s performance.

Using the check boxes show how the data can be filtered.

Using the explorer view to show the performance details for a specific item

(volume/controller/port/profile/disk pool/disk).

Open the Comparison view to show that multiple objects can be view simultaneously.

Select all disks of a type to demonstrate both the Comparison view and that the load is

equally spread across all disks.

Charting Click on the Charting tab to start the recording. Show that data can be collected in varying

intervals by selecting the “Show Last” drop-down.

Perform a copy/write operation to the system to show that data is immediately displayed in

the Charting viewer.

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3.2.9 Alerts and Thresholds Configuration

Select the Threshold Alerts tab and select Definitions>Create Threshold Definition.

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Demonstrate the different types of Alerts that can be created (IO

Usage/Storage/Replication) and the granularity of the alerts possible.

Create an example alert to show that alerts can be applied across all Storage Centers that

Enterprise Manager is managing or just a subset.

Queries Select the Queries tab and demonstrate that queries can be run instantly or saved for

future use. For an immediate query you can query by Storage/Storage Type Tier/Actual

Space and use a 1GB Threshold Value.



3.2.10 Chargeback

Select the “Edit Chargeback Settings” to show the ease of configuration and flexibility of the

function.



Select the Add Department option to show how simple it is to create new Departments

and define pricing structures.

Select the Chargeback tab and select the last Run point.



Select the Departments tab to show an overview of the systems Chargeback is currently

configured for. Use the Add Volume/Add Volume Folders to show ease of configuration.



Show the “Add Line Item” option to demonstrate that non-array related items can be

added.


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