EMC – VMAX allocation to V-series Netapp filers

When using EMC VMAX as a backend storage for Netapp V-Series filers, zoning and storage allocation has to be done in a certain way. Else chances are the filers will panic. The most standard set up I’ve seen so far is using a two node Netapp cluster using backend storage. Zoning and allocation varies based on V-Series model. This acticle covers the allocation for V3240/V3070/V3140.

The FA ports reserved on the array are: 5g:0, 6g:0 (both in fabric A), 11g:0, 12g:0 (both in fabric B).

For filers using external quad port cards – V3240

The filers will have port 3a/3b/3c/3d and 4a/4b/4c/4d to the filer. Node 1 is netapp1 and node 2 is netapp2.

Zoning should be done as below:

	Fabric A	Fabric B
Disks to be owned by Node 1	netapp1 – port 4a – 5g:0	netapp1 – port 3a – 12g:0
	netapp2 – port 3a – 5g:0	netapp2 – port 4a – 12g:0
Disks to be owned by Node 2	netapp1 – port 3b – 6g:0	netapp1 – port 4b – 11g:0
	netapp2 – port 4b – 6g:0	netapp2 – port 3b – 11g:0

VMAX – View and Groups

View	Initiator Group	Port Group	Storage Group
netapp1_4a_vwa	netapp1_4a_iga	vmax_5g0_pga	netapp1_sga
netapp1_3a_vwb	netapp1_3a_igb	vmax_12g0_pgb	netapp1_sgb
netapp2_3a_vwa	netapp2_3a_iga	vmax_5g0_pga	netapp1_sga
netapp2_4a_vwb	netapp2_4a_igb	vmax_12g0_pgb	netapp1_sgb
netapp2_4b_vwa	netapp2_4b_iga	vmax_6g0_pga	netapp2_sga
netapp2_3b_vwb	netapp2_3b_igb	vmax_11g0_pgb	netapp2_sgb
netapp1_3b_vwa	netapp1_3b_iga	vmax_6g0_pga	netapp2_sga
netapp1_4b_vwb	netapp1_4b_igb	vmax_11g0_pgb	netapp2_sgb

Disks to be owned by netapp1 should be added to storage groups netapp1_sga and netapp1_sgb.
Disks to be owned by netapp2 should be added to storage groups netapp2_sga and netapp2_sgb.
*vwa, *iga, *pga, *sga indicates fabric A.
*vwb, *igb, *pgb, *sgb indicates fabric B.

For filers using in build ports – V3070/V3140

The filers will have port 0a/0b/0c/0d to the filer. Node 1 is netapp1 and node 2 is netapp2.

Zoning should be done as below:

	Fabric A	Fabric B
Disks to be owned by Node 1	netapp1 – port 0a – 5g:0	netapp1 – port 0c – 12g:0
	netapp2 – port 0a – 5g:0	netapp2 – port 0c – 12g:0
Disks to be owned by Node 2	netapp1 – port 0b – 6g:0	netapp1 – port 0d – 11g:0
	netapp2 – port 0b – 6g:0	netapp2 – port 0d – 11g:0

VMAX – View and Groups

View	Initiator Group	Port Group	Storage Group
netapp1_0a_vwa	netapp1_0a_iga	vmax_5g0_pga	netapp1_sga
netapp1_0c_vwb	netapp1_0c_igb	vmax_12g0_pgb	netapp1_sgb
netapp2_0a_vwa	netapp2_0a_iga	vmax_5g0_pga	netapp1_sga
netapp2_0c_vwb	netapp2_0c_igb	vmax_12g0_pgb	netapp1_sgb
netapp2_0b_vwa	netapp2_0b_iga	vmax_6g0_pga	netapp2_sga
netapp2_0d_vwb	netapp2_0d_igb	vmax_11g0_pgb	netapp2_sgb
netapp1_0b_vwa	netapp1_0b_iga	vmax_6g0_pga	netapp2_sga
netapp1_0d_vwb	netapp1_0d_igb	vmax_11g0_pgb	netapp2_sgb

Disks to be owned by netapp1 should be added to storage groups netapp1_sga and netapp1_sgb.
Disks to be owned by netapp2 should be added to storage groups netapp2_sga and netapp2_sgb.
*vwa, *iga, *pga, *sga indicates fabric A.
*vwb, *igb, *pgb, *sgb indicates fabric B.

Configurations on VMAX

1. FA ports must be exclusively reserved for filer ports. Must not be shared with any other servers.
2. Only the netapp devices should be mapped to FA ports. ACLX devs are generally mapped to all ports on VMAX. Unmap them if they are mapped to filer FA ports. Check what is mapped using symcfg -sid 1234 list -addr -available -FA 5g -p 0
3. All tdevs must be fully pre-allocated when binding to the pool.
4. All tdevs must have SCSI -3 Persistent Reserve enabled. It is set by default on VMAX, so just verify.
5. Following flags must be enabled on the FA ports reserved for filers. They are enabled by default on VMAX, so just verify.

server# symcfg -sid 1234 list -v -FA 5g -p 0 | egrep -i "common|scsi_3|spc2|PP|UWN"
              Common_Serial_Number(C)      : Enabled
              SCSI_3(SC3)                  : Enabled
              SPC2_Protocol_Version(SPC2)  : Enabled
              SCSI_Support1(OS2007)        : Enabled
              Init_Point_to_Point(PP)      : Enabled
              Unique_WWN(UWN)              : Enabled
server#

6. Types of devices: a single root dev, a single dump dev, and multiple data devs per filer node to be shared between itself and its partner. Root dev to be assigned first, followed by dump dev, and then data devs.

Lun number to be used for masking root dev – 1
Lun number to be used for masking dump dev – 2
Lun number to be used for masking data devs – 5 onwards

Assign root dev on lun 1:
server# symaccess -sid 1234 create -name netapp1_sga -type storage -devs 1111
server# symaccess -sid 1234 create view -name netapp1_0a_vwa -ig netapp1_0a_iga -pg vmax_5g0_pga -sg netapp1_sga lun -1

Assign dump dev on lun 2:
server# symaccess -sid 1234 -name netapp1_sga -type storage add dev 1112 lun -2

Assign data devs from lun 5 onwards:
server# symaccess -sid 1234 -name netapp1_sga -type storage add dev 1113:1120 lun -5