Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Beyond disaster recovery -- 1.1.1 Whose responsibility is it? -- 1.1.2 The Internet brings increased risks -- 1.1.3 Planning for business continuity -- 1.2 Using a SAN for business continuance -- 1.2.1 SANs and business continuance -- 1.3 SAN business benefits -- 1.3.1 Storage consolidation and sharing of resources -- 1.3.2 Data sharing -- 1.3.3 Nondisruptive scalability for growth -- 1.3.4 Improved backup and recovery -- 1.3.5 High performance -- 1.3.6 High availability server clustering -- 1.3.7 Improved disaster tolerance -- 1.3.8 Allow selection of best of breed storage -- 1.3.9 Ease of data migration -- 1.3.10 Reduced total costs of ownership -- 1.3.11 Storage resources match e-business enterprise needs -- Chapter 2. SAN fabric components -- 2.1 Fibre Channel technology sub-components -- 2.2 Fibre Channel interconnects -- 2.2.1 Fibre Channel transmission rates -- 2.2.2 Small Form Factor Pluggable Module -- 2.2.3 Gigabit Interface Converters -- 2.2.4 Gigabit Link Modules -- 2.2.5 Media Interface Adapters -- 2.2.6 1x9 transceivers -- 2.2.7 Fibre Channel adapter cable -- 2.2.8 Host Bus Adapters -- 2.2.9 Loop Switches -- 2.2.10 Switches -- 2.2.11 Directors -- 2.2.12 Fibre Channel routers -- 2.2.13 Switch, director and router features -- 2.2.14 Test equipment -- Chapter 3. SAN features -- 3.1 Fabric implementation -- 3.1.1 Blocking -- 3.1.2 Ports -- 3.1.3 Fabric topologies -- 3.1.4 Point-to-point -- 3.1.5 Arbitrated loop -- 3.1.6 Switched fabric -- 3.1.7 Inter Switch Links -- 3.1.8 Adding new devices -- 3.2 Classes of service -- 3.2.1 Class 1 -- 3.2.2 Class 2 -- 3.2.3 Class 3 -- 3.2.4 Class 4 -- 3.2.5 Class 5 -- 3.2.6 Class 6 -- 3.2.7 Class F.

3.2.8 Communication -- 3.3 Buffers -- 3.4 Addressing -- 3.4.1 World Wide Name -- 3.4.2 WWN and WWPN -- 3.4.3 24-bit port address -- 3.4.4 Loop address -- 3.4.5 FICON addressing -- 3.5 Fabric services -- 3.5.1 Management services -- 3.5.2 Time services -- 3.5.3 Name services -- 3.5.4 Login services -- 3.5.5 Registered State Change Notification -- 3.6 Logins -- 3.6.1 Fabric login -- 3.6.2 Port login -- 3.6.3 Process login -- 3.7 Path routing mechanisms -- 3.7.1 Spanning tree -- 3.7.2 Fabric Shortest Path First -- 3.7.3 What is FSPF? -- 3.7.4 How does FSPF work? -- 3.7.5 How does FSPF help? -- 3.7.6 What happens when there is more than one shortest path? -- 3.7.7 Can FSPF cause any problems? -- 3.7.8 FC-PH-2 and speed -- 3.7.9 1, 2 and 4 Gbps and beyond -- 3.7.10 FC-PH, FC-PH-2, and FC-PH-3 -- 3.7.11 Layers -- 3.8 Zoning -- 3.8.1 Hardware zoning -- 3.8.2 Software zoning -- 3.9 Trunking -- 3.9.1 Frame filtering -- 3.9.2 Oversubscription -- 3.9.3 Congestion -- 3.9.4 Information units -- 3.9.5 The movement of data -- 3.9.6 Data encoding -- 3.10 Ordered set, frames, sequences, and exchanges -- 3.10.1 Ordered set -- 3.10.2 Frames -- 3.10.3 Sequences -- 3.10.4 Exchanges -- 3.10.5 Frames -- 3.10.6 In order and out of order -- 3.10.7 Latency -- 3.10.8 Heterogeneousness -- 3.10.9 Open Fiber Control -- 3.11 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) -- 3.11.1 Loop protocols -- 3.11.2 Fairness algorithm -- 3.11.3 Loop addressing -- 3.11.4 Private devices on NL_Ports -- 3.12 Factors and considerations -- 3.12.1 Limits -- 3.12.2 Security -- 3.12.3 Interoperability -- 3.13 Standards -- 3.14 SAN industry associations and organizations -- 3.14.1 Storage Networking Industry Association -- 3.14.2 Fibre Channel Industry Association -- 3.14.3 SCSI Trade Association -- 3.14.4 International Committee for Information Technology Standards -- 3.14.5 INCITS technical committee T11.

3.14.6 Information Storage Industry Consortium -- 3.14.7 Internet Engineering Task Force -- 3.14.8 American National Standards Institute -- 3.14.9 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -- 3.14.10 Distributed Management Task Force -- 3.14.11 List of evolved Fibre Channel standards -- 3.15 SAN software management standards -- 3.16 Standards-based management initiatives -- 3.16.1 The Storage Management Initiative -- 3.16.2 Open storage management with CIM -- 3.16.3 CIM Object Manager -- 3.16.4 Simple Network Management Protocol -- 3.16.5 Application Program Interface -- 3.16.6 In-band management -- 3.16.7 Out-of-band management -- 3.16.8 Service Location Protocol -- 3.16.9 Tivoli Common Agent Services -- 3.16.10 Managment of growing SANs -- 3.16.11 Application management -- 3.16.12 Data management -- 3.16.13 Resource management -- 3.16.14 Network management -- 3.16.15 Device Management -- 3.16.16 Fabric management methods -- 3.16.17 Common access methods -- 3.16.18 The SNIA Shared Storage Model -- 3.16.19 Long distance links -- 3.16.20 Backup windows -- 3.16.21 Restore and disaster recovery time -- 3.17 IBM Eserver zSeries and S/390 -- 3.17.1 IBM Eserver pSeries -- 3.17.2 IBM Eserver xSeries -- 3.17.3 IBM Eserver iSeries -- 3.18 Security -- 3.18.1 Fibre Channel security -- 3.19 Security mechanisms -- 3.19.1 Encryption -- 3.19.2 Authorization database -- 3.19.3 Authentication database -- 3.19.4 Authentication mechanisms -- 3.19.5 Accountability -- 3.19.6 Zoning -- 3.19.7 Isolating the fabric -- 3.19.8 LUN masking -- 3.19.9 Fibre Channel Authentication Protocol -- 3.19.10 Persistent binding -- 3.19.11 Port binding -- 3.19.12 Port type controls -- 3.19.13 IP security -- 3.20 Best practices -- 3.21 Virtualization -- 3.22 Solutions -- 3.23 Emerging technologies -- 3.24 iSCSI -- 3.25 iFCP -- 3.26 FCIP -- Chapter 4. SAN disciplines.

4.1 Floor plan -- 4.1.1 SAN inventory -- 4.1.2 Cable types and cable routing -- 4.1.3 Planning considerations and recommendations -- 4.1.4 Structured cabling -- 4.1.5 Data center fiber cabling options -- 4.1.6 Cabinets -- 4.1.7 Phone sockets -- 4.1.8 Environmental considerations -- 4.1.9 Location -- 4.1.10 Sequence for design -- 4.2 Naming conventions -- 4.2.1 Servers -- 4.2.2 Storage devices -- 4.2.3 Cabinets -- 4.2.4 Trunk cables -- 4.2.5 SAN fabric components -- 4.2.6 Cable labels -- 4.2.7 Zones -- 4.3 Documentation -- 4.4 Power-on sequence -- 4.5 Security -- 4.5.1 General -- 4.5.2 Physical access -- 4.5.3 Remote access -- 4.6 Education -- 4.6.1 SAN administrators -- 4.6.2 Skills -- 4.6.3 Certification -- Chapter 5. Host Bus Adapters -- 5.1 Selection criteria -- 5.1.1 IBM supported HBAs -- 5.1.2 Special features -- 5.1.3 Quantity of servers -- 5.1.4 HBA parameter settings -- Chapter 6. SAN design considerations -- 6.1 What do you want to achieve with a SAN? -- 6.1.1 Storage consolidation -- 6.1.2 High availability solutions -- 6.1.3 LAN-free backup -- 6.1.4 Server-free backup -- 6.1.5 Server-less backup -- 6.1.6 Disaster recovery -- 6.1.7 Flexibility -- 6.1.8 Goals -- 6.1.9 Benefits expected -- 6.1.10 TCO/ROI -- 6.1.11 Investment protection -- 6.2 Existing resources needs and planned growth -- 6.2.1 Collecting the data about existing resources -- 6.2.2 Planning for future needs -- 6.2.3 Platforms and storage -- 6.3 Select the core design for your environment -- 6.3.1 Selecting the topology -- 6.3.2 Scalability -- 6.3.3 Performance -- 6.3.4 Redundancy and resiliency -- 6.4 Host connectivity and Host Bus Adapters -- 6.4.1 Selection criteria -- 6.4.2 Multipathing software -- 6.4.3 Storage sizing -- 6.4.4 Management software -- 6.5 Director class or switch technology -- 6.6 General considerations -- 6.6.1 Ports and ASICs -- 6.6.2 Class F.

6.6.3 Domain IDs -- 6.6.4 Zoning -- 6.6.5 Physical infrastructure and distance -- 6.7 Interoperability issues in the design -- 6.7.1 Interoperability -- 6.7.2 Standards -- 6.7.3 Legacy equipment and technology -- 6.7.4 Heterogeneous support -- 6.7.5 Certification and support -- 6.7.6 OEM/IBM mixes -- 6.8 Pilot and test the design -- Chapter 7. IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch L10 -- 7.1 Product description -- 7.1.1 Specifications -- 7.1.2 Management -- 7.2 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) -- 7.3 Loop switch operation -- 7.4 FC-AL Active Trunking -- 7.5 Interoperability -- 7.5.1 Connecting the L10 to a fabric switch -- 7.6 Managing Streaming Data Flows -- 7.7 Part Numbers -- Chapter 8. IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type family -- 8.1 Product description -- 8.1.1 IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 fabric switch -- 8.1.2 IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 fabric switch -- 8.1.3 IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch M14 -- 8.1.4 IBM TotalStorage SAN256B director -- 8.1.5 IBM TotalStorage SAN 16B-R -- 8.2 Switch features -- 8.2.1 Advanced WEB TOOLS -- 8.2.2 Advanced Performance Monitoring -- 8.2.3 Advanced Security -- 8.2.4 Advanced Zoning -- 8.2.5 Extended Fabric -- 8.2.6 Fabric Manager -- 8.2.7 Fabric Watch -- 8.2.8 ISL Trunking -- 8.2.9 Dynamic Path Selection -- 8.2.10 Remote Switch -- 8.3 Advanced Security -- 8.3.1 Host-to-Switch Domain -- 8.3.2 Administrator-to-Security Management Domain -- 8.3.3 Security Management-to-Fabric Domain -- 8.3.4 Switch-to-Switch Domain -- 8.3.5 Fabric configuration servers -- 8.3.6 Management access controls -- 8.3.7 Device connection controls -- 8.3.8 Switch connection controls -- 8.3.9 Fibre Channel Authentication Protocol -- 8.4 ISL -- 8.4.1 ISLs without trunking or dynamic path selection -- 8.4.2 ISLs with trunking -- 8.4.3 Dynamic Path Selection -- 8.4.4 Switch count -- 8.4.5 Distributed fabrics -- 8.5 FICON -- 8.5.1 FICON servers.

8.5.2 Intermixed FICON and FCP.