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Cisco UCS Director EMC Symmetrix VMAX Management Guide,Release 4.0First Published: August 14, 2013

Last Modified: September 19, 2013

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C O N T E N T S

P r e f a c e Preface v

Audience v

Conventions v

Related Documentation vii

Documentation Feedback vii

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request vii

C H A P T E R 1 Overview 1

Cisco UCS Director EMC VMAX Management Overview 1

VMAX Reports 1

C H A P T E R 2 Installing EMC Solutions Enabler 3

Installing the EMC Solutions Enabler 3

Adding a Solutions Enabler Account 4

C H A P T E R 3 Managing VMAX 7

Summary of Steps 7

VMAX Management 8

Thin Pools 8

Creating A Thin Pool 9

Data Devices 9

Creating a Data Device 10

Thin Devices 10

Creating a Thin Device 11

Meta Devices 12

Creating a Meta Device 12

Initiator Groups 13

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Creating an Initiator Group 14

Storage Groups 14

Creating an Empty Storage Group 15

Creating a Cascaded Storage Group 16

Port Groups 16

Creating a Port Group 17

Masking Views 17

Creating a Masking View 18

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Contents

Preface

This preface contains the following sections:

• Audience, page v

• Conventions, page v

• Related Documentation, page vii

• Documentation Feedback, page vii

• Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, page vii

AudienceThis guide is intended primarily for data center administrators who use Cisco UCS Director and who haveresponsibilities and expertise in one or more of the following:

• Server administration

• Storage administration

• Network administration

• Network security

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C H A P T E R 1Overview

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Cisco UCS Director EMC VMAX Management Overview, page 1

• VMAX Reports, page 1

Cisco UCS Director EMC VMAX Management OverviewCisco UCS Director supports EMC Symmetrix VMAX 10K and 20K. A VMAX license supports one engine(2 directors).

Cisco UCS Director connects to EMC VMAX using the EMC Solutions Enabler.

To manage VMAX in Cisco UCS Director, you use a Linux-based SMC or SPA server. We recommend Linuxversion 7.5.1+.

After building the Linux image and installing the EMC Solutions Enabler, you create an EMC VMAXSolutions Enabler account.

VMAX ReportsYou can see at a glance the following VMAX Summary reports:

• System capacity—Free vs. used (GB) pie chart

• System overview—Symmetrix version ID, Enginuity build version, model, Solution Enabler IP address,and number of engines, directors, thin devices, data devices, director ports, and disks.

• Storage—Total capacity, used capacity, and free capacity

Always click Refresh on the Summary tab to see updated information.Note

You can access tabs to create the following VMAX devices, views, pools, and groups. You can drill down toview details for each feature:

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• Thin Pools—Name

• Data Devices—Device count, capacity (GB), emulation, configuration, and disk group

• Thin Devices—Device count, capacity (GB), emulation, bind to thin pool (on/off), and option topre-allocate 100%

• Meta Devices—Head thin device selection, meta type, and member selection

• Initiator Groups—Group type (standard or cascaded), group name, type (iSCSI, FCP), and initiatorname. Consistent logical unit number (LUN) can be set to on or off.

• Storage Groups—Group type (empty or cascaded), and group name

• Port Groups—Group name and director port selection (all, none, or selected)

•Masking Views—View name, storage group selection, host LUN ID (specified or autogenerated),initiator group selection, and port group selection

The read-only report detail on VMAX system tabs includes the following information:

• Front EndDirectors—Symmetrix ID, director module, status, type, identification, and number of portsand directors

• Back End Directors—Director module, status, type, identification, and number of ports and directors

• Director Ports—Director module, port, maximum speed, port WWN, and node WWN

• Disks—Report ID, data center, account name, Symmetrix ID, technology, director module, externaldevelopment, hypervolume, disk location, ID, type, service status, disk group, target ID, service state,external WWN, speed, host spare, spindle ID, vendor, disk group name, interface, product, and capacitydata for disk groups

• Features—Name, type, capacity (GB), and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drivecapacity (GB)

• Tiers—Tier name, tier type, emulation, target protection, number of ports and directors, technology,disk location, and type

• Licenses—Feature name, license type, and capacity type

• Initiators—Initiator group, Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) enablement, userport name, user node name, initiator, type, iSCSI name, common serial number, SPC2 protocol, SCSIsupport, environment, volume set addressing, and other data

• FAST Policies—Policy name, tiers, number of tiers, number of storage groups, and emulation

•Memory—Slot number and capacity

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OverviewVMAX Reports

C H A P T E R 2Installing EMC Solutions Enabler


• Installing the EMC Solutions Enabler, page 3

• Adding a Solutions Enabler Account, page 4

Installing the EMC Solutions EnablerFor the base Linux image, you can use an SMC or SPA server running CentOS, version 5.7 x86 or x86_64.

For an SMC server, allow 20GB of space. For an SPA server, allow at least 120GB.

You can add libraries and legacy libraries to the VM, such as glibc.

You will also need gatekeepers to use for Raw Device Mapping (RDMs). Allow 6-8K for each RDM.

Step 1 Create the base Linux image for the VM you will use.Step 2 Assign a few gatekeepers as RDMs.Step 3 Reboot the Linux VM.Step 4 From the EMC Powerlink site, download the Linux Solutions Enabler package (Version 7.3.1+), and the SMAS package

se7310-Linux-i386-ni.tar.gz.Use MD5 Checksum 9809ac14ed8bfcc19789d7d5671d6015

Step 5 Using SCP, transfer the tar file to your VM.Step 6 At a command prompt, enter the following command to decompress the tar file: [root@smc ~]# tar xzvf

se7310-Linux-i386-ni.tar.gzStep 7 Install the EMC Solutions Enabler by entering the following command: [root@smc ~]# ./se7310_install.sh -install]Step 8 Verify that the emc/symcli bin folder is in the Linux path. For example: /opt/emc/symcli/bin


Adding a Solutions Enabler AccountBefore You Begin

An EMC VMAX Solutions Enabler must be installed on a Linux VM.

Step 1 Log into Cisco UCS Director.Step 2 Click Administration and choose Physical Accounts.Step 3 In the Physical Acccounts pane, click Add.Step 4 In the Add Account dialog box, complete the following fields:

DescriptionName

Choose the Data Center for this account.Data Center drop-down list

Choose Storage.Category drop-down list

Choose EMC VMAX Solutions Enabler.Account Type drop-down list

Choose Locally or Remotely.

If you chose to authenticate remotely, continue to Step 5.

Authentication Type drop-down list

The account name.Account Name field

The control station IP address for the VMAX device.Server Address field

The user ID for this account.User ID field

The password for this account.Password field

Choose the Transport Type ssh.Transport Type drop-down list

The port.Port field

The account description.Description field

The contact's email.Contact Email field

The location for this account.Location field

The service provider for this account.Service Provider field


Installing EMC Solutions EnablerAdding a Solutions Enabler Account

Step 5 For remote authentication, complete the additional field for UCS Authentication Domain.Step 6 Click Add.Step 7 In the Physical Acccounts pane, choose the account.Step 8 Click Test Connection.



C H A P T E R 3Managing VMAX


• Summary of Steps, page 7

• VMAX Management, page 8

• Thin Pools, page 8

• Data Devices, page 9

• Thin Devices, page 10

• Meta Devices, page 12

• Initiator Groups, page 13

• Storage Groups, page 14

• Port Groups, page 16

• Masking Views, page 17

Summary of Steps

Step 1 Add the EMC VMAX account(s).After adding your account, you have a populated inventory for all reports, including drill-down reports for maskingviews, thin pools, initiator groups, port groups, storage groups, and devices.

Step 2 Manage the needed pools, groups, devices and views:a) Create the thin pools.b) Create all devices: data devices, thin devices, and meta devices.c) Create the initiator groups.d) Create the storage groups.e) Create the port groups.f) Associate FAST policies with the storage groups.g) Add devices to the storage groups.


h) Create the masking views.

VMAX ManagementIn a Cisco UCS Director EMC VMAX account you manage the following pools, groups, devices, and views:

• Thin pools—Create/delete, expand, bind/unbind, and view details

• Devices—data devices, thin devices, and meta devices

• Initiator groups—Create/delete, rename, add/remove initiator, replace initiator, set override flags, andview details

• Storage groups—Create/delete, rename, add/remove device, associate/disassociate FAST policy, andview details

• Port groups—Create/delete, rename, add/remove port, and view details

• Masking views—Create/delete, rename, and view details

Thin PoolsA new thin pool requires a unique name.

Click buttons on the Thin Pools tab for the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create a thin pool.Create

Expand a thin pool.Expand

Bind a thin pool.Bind

Unbind a thin pool.Unbind

View detailed reports on a thin pool.View Details

Delete a thin pool.Delete


Managing VMAXVMAX Management

Creating A Thin PoolAn EMC VMAX thin pool is a collection of data devices that provide storage capacity for thin devices.

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX data center.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Thin Pools tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Thin Pool dialog box, enter a name in the Thin Pool Name field.Step 9 Click Submit.

Data DevicesA Symmetrix device is either a data device or a thin device.

The Data Devices tab provides the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create a data device.Create

Delete a data device.Delete

View detailed reports on a data device.View Details


Managing VMAXCreating A Thin Pool

Creating a Data Device

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX system.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Data Devices tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Data Device dialog box, complete the following fields:Step 9 DescriptionName

The data device count.Device Count field

The capacity, in gigabytes.Capacity (GB) field

Choose the Emulation type for the data device.Emulation drop-down list

Choose the Configuration for the data device.Configuration field

The disk group name.Disk Group field

Step 10 Click Submit.

What to Do Next

You can select a device and click View Details to see the drill-down report.

Thin DevicesA Symmetrix device is either a thin device or a data device.

The maximum size of a VMAX thin device (TDEV) is ~240 GB.

If you want to create a TDEV greater than this size, combine TDEVs to form a meta device. Each TDEVcan be part of only one meta device.

Note

The Thin Devices tab provides the following actions:


Managing VMAXCreating a Data Device

DescriptionButton Name

Create a thin device.Create

Delete a thin device.Delete

View detailed reports on a thin device.View Details

There is no Rename action for a TDEV. The device name is unique and remains the same even if the TDEVbecomes a meta device, and vice versa.

Creating a Thin Device

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX system.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Thin Devices tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Thin Device dialog box, complete the following fields:Step 9 DescriptionName

The thin device count.Device Count field

The capacity, in gigabytes.Capacity (GB) field

Choose the Emulation type for the thin device.Emulation drop-down list

Continue to Step 10.Bind to Thin Pool field

Check this check box to pre-allocate 100% of storage for the thin device.Pre-allocate 100% check box

Step 10 Choose either None, or choose a thin pool to bind this device to from the list.Step 11 Click Submit.

What to Do Next

You can select a device and click View Details to see the drill-down report.


Managing VMAXCreating a Thin Device

Meta DevicesA meta device enables you to aggregate thin devices to increase device size.

You can create a meta device with a thin device as the head, and other thin devices as members. The totalmeta device size is the combination of the head size, and all the member device sizes.

There is no Delete action for a meta device. Removing the members from a meta device results in a thindevice.

Note

TheMeta Devices tab provides the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create a new meta device.Create Meta

View detailed reports on a meta member device.View Details

Creating a Meta Device

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX system.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click theMeta Devices tab.Step 7 Click Create Meta.Step 8 In the Create Meta Device dialog box, complete the following fields:Step 9 DescriptionName

Click Select.

Continue to Step 10.

Select Head Thin Device field

Choose theMeta Type type.Meta Type drop-down list

Click Select.

Continue to Step 11.

Select Member Device(s) field


Managing VMAXMeta Devices

Step 10 In the Select dialog box, choose the head thin device, and click Select.Step 11 In the Select Items dialog box, click Check All, Check None, or check the boxes for individual devices.Step 12 Click Select.Step 13 In the Create Meta Device dialog box, click Submit.

Initiator GroupsA VMAX initiator group is a collection of host bus adapters (HBAs) that work together. Initiator groups thatcontain other initiator groups are considered cascaded initiator groups.

You can add, replace, or remove host initiators for an initiator group.

A new initiator group requires the following parameters:

• Initiator group type

• Initiator group name

• Initiator type

• Initiator name

• Consistent LUN (on/off)

Click buttons on the Initiator Groups tab for the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create an initiator group.Create

Rename an initiator group.Rename

Delete an initiator group.Delete

Add a host initiator.Add Initiator

Replace a host initiator.Replace Initiator

Remove a host initiator.Remove Initiator

Override flags for volume set addressing, common serial number, disableQ rest on UA, SPC2 protocol version, environment set, AS400, avoidreset broadcast, open VMS, SSCI support1, and SCS13.

Override Flags

View detailed reports on an initator group.View Details


Managing VMAXInitiator Groups

Creating an Initiator Group

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX system.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Initiator Group tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Initiator Group dialog box, complete the following fields:Step 9 DescriptionName

Choose the Initiator Group Type (Standard or Cascaded). Standard is thedefault initiator group type.

If you chose Cascaded, continue to Step 10.

Initiator Group Type drop-downlist

The initiator group name.Initiator Group Name field

Choose the initiator type (iSCSI or FCP). iSCSI is the default initiator type.Initiator Type drop-down list

The initiator name.Initiator Name field

Check this check box if you want to use consistent LUN. Unchecked is thedefault.

Consistent LUN check box

Step 10 For a cascaded initiator group, complete the following fields:DescriptionName

Select the parent initiator group.Select Parent Initiator Group field

Select the child initiator group.Select Child Initiator Group field


Storage GroupsAVMAX storage group is a collection of Symmetrix logical volumes that are used by an application, a server,or a collection of servers.


Managing VMAXCreating an Initiator Group

Storage groups present storage to hosts and are also used for FAST policies.

In Cisco UCS Director you can create VMAX storage groups that are either Empty or Cascaded. A cascadedgroup can be contained within a masking view to present storage resources to an entire cluster.

The Storage Groups tab provides the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create a storage group.Create

Rename a selected storage group.Rename

Delete a storage group.Delete

Add a new device to a selected storage group.Add Device

Remove a device from a storage group.Remove Device

Associate a FAST policy with a selected storage group.Associate FAST Policy

Disassociate a FAST policy from a selected storage group.Disassociate FAST Policy

View detailed reports on a storage group.View Details

Creating an Empty Storage Group

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX data center.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Storage Groups tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Storage Group dialog box, complete the following fields:

DescriptionName

Accept the default option Empty Storage Group.StorageGroupType drop-down list

The storage group name.Storage Group Name field



Managing VMAXCreating an Empty Storage Group

What to Do Next

Add devices and associate FAST policies to the storage group.

Creating a Cascaded Storage GroupA cascaded storage group can contain one or more child storage groups.

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX data center.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Storage Groups tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Storage Group dialog box, complete the following fields:

DescriptionName

Choose Cascaded Storage Group.StorageGroupType drop-down list

Choose the parent storage group.Select Parent Storage Group field

Choose the child storage group.Child Storage Group field


What to Do Next

Add devices and associate FAST policies to the storage group.

Port GroupsA VMAX port group is a collection of front-end ports.

The Port Groups tab provides the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create a new port group.Create

Rename a port group.Rename

Delete a port group.Delete


Managing VMAXCreating a Cascaded Storage Group

DescriptionButton Name

Add a new port to a selected group.Add Port

Remove a port from a group.Remove Port

View detailed reports on a selected port group.View Details

Creating a Port Group

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX data center.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click the Port Groups tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Port Group dialog box, complete the following fields:

DescriptionName

The port group name.Port Group Name field

Click Select.

Continue to Step 9.

Select Port Group Name field

Step 9 In the Select Items dialog box, choose the VMAX port group.Step 10 Click Select.Step 11 In the Create Port Group dialog box, click Submit.

Masking ViewsVMAX designates three types of auto-provisioning groups: storage groups, port groups, and initiator groups.These three groups work together as a masking view.

The masking view ensures that the target initiators (in an initiator group) can access the target storage resources(in a storage group) by means of the target ports (in a port group).

Masking views are also useful for making changes to storage presentation. Changes to groups that belong toa masking view, such as adding a device or port, are automatically reflected in the masking view.


Managing VMAXCreating a Port Group

Click buttons on theMasking Views tab for the following actions:DescriptionButton Name

Create a masking view.Create

Rename a masking view.Rename

View detailed reports on a masking view.View Details

Delete a masking view.Delete

Creating a Masking View

Before You Begin

You must create a storage group, initiator group, host LUN, and port group in the system.

You must attach devices to the storage group.

Step 1 Click Physical and choose Storage.Step 2 On the Storage pane, choose the VMAX data center.Step 3 Click the Systems tab.Step 4 In the Systems list, choose the Data Center.Step 5 Click View Details.Step 6 Click theMasking Views tab.Step 7 Click Create.Step 8 In the Create Masking Views dialog box, complete the following fields:

DescriptionName

The masking view name.Masking View Name field

Choose the Storage Group.Select Storage Group Name field

The host LUN ID.

If a LUN ID is not specified, the Host LUN ID isautogenerated.

Note

Host LUN ID field

Choose the Initiator Group.Select Initiator Group Name field

Choose the Port Group.Select Port Group Name field



Managing VMAXCreating a Masking View

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